After setting a record for single-month startup funding in March, April funding came in strong with $2.6B raised by NYC startups across 97 deals, the single highest monthly total number of companies funded.
Today, I take a look at the state of venture capital and early-stage funding for April 2021 in New York. Analyzing some publicly available data from our friends at CrunchBase, we break down the aggregate statistics for all funding deals by stage of funding (Early-stage [Pre-Seed, Seed], Series A, Series B, and Late Stage [Series C+]) including mention of notable rounds. In order to maintain a focus on tech-enabled startups, this analysis does not include rounds for biotech, real estate, lending startups as well as debt financings.
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The average Seed round in NYC for April was $3.2M Tweet This
The median Seed round in NYC for April was $3.0M Tweet This
$129.0M was invested across early stages rounds in NYC in April Tweet This
18.2% of early-stage funding nationally went to startups in NYC in April Tweet This
The average Series A round in NYC for April was $14.0M Tweet This
The median Series A round in NYC for April was $12.6M Tweet This
$462.7M was invested across Series A rounds in NYC in April Tweet This
21.1% of Series A funding nationally went to startups in NYC in April Tweet This
The average Series B round in NYC for April was $45.0M Tweet This
The median Series B round in NYC for April was $33.0M Tweet This
$495.5M was invested across Series B rounds in NYC in April Tweet This
17% of Series B funding nationally went to startups in NYC in April Tweet This
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The average late-stage round in NYC for April was $118.1M Tweet This
The median late-stage round in NYC for April was $80.0M Tweet This
$1.5B was invested across late-stage rounds in NYC in April Tweet This
11.4% of late-stage funding nationally went to startups in NYC in April Tweet This
$2.6B was invested in NYC #startups in April in NYC across 97 deals Tweet This
13.6% of startup funding nationally went to startups in NYC in April Tweet This
NYC VC funding in April was -45% from last month and +326% from the same period last year Tweet This
