Today we take a look at the state of venture capital and angel funding during the all of July, both in New York and nationally. Analyzing some publicly available data from our friends at CrunchBase, we break down the national aggregate statistics for all funding deals by stage of funding (Angel/Seed, Series A, Series B, and Series C+).
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Key Takeaways:
The number of deals in New York and nationally slightly fell during the month of August which to expected given the summer holiday. Valuations on deal size returned to more appropriate levels in the month of August versus July where the average early stage deal size was over $1.6M both nationally and in NYC.
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Average Angel and Seed round in NYC for August was $1.02M Tweet this
Average Angel and Seed round in the US for August was $1.07Mk Tweet this
Key Takeaways:
There was no slowdown in the Series A deals both nationally and in NYC in August and things remained steady and on par with historical averages and previous months’ levels.
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Average Series A round in NYC for August was $7.3M Tweet this
Average Series A round in the US for August was $7.2M Tweet this
Key Takeaways:
There was another slight decrease in the number of Series B deals as is to be expected because of the summer. However, the checks that were written were of larger sizes in Series B deals nationally as aggregate funding was up nearly 25%.
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Average Series B round in NYC for August was $18.3M Tweet this
Average Series B round in the US for August was $15.5M Tweet this
Key Takeaways:
As in the theme for this report, the number of deals and aggregate funding fell slightly in Series C+ rounds nationally. In NYC, the number of these later stage deals actually increased as did the average valuation.
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Average Series C+ round in NYC for August was $29.2M Tweet this
Average Series C+ round in the US for August was $32.2 Tweet this
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$327M was invested in angel and venture financing for #startups in August in NYC across 40 deals Tweet this
$3.2B was invested in angel and venture financing for #startups in August in the US across 432 deals Tweet this