PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and CB Insight recently released the results of its US MoneyTree^TM Report on U.S. venture funding for the first quarter of 2017.  The report indicates that venture capitalists invested $13.9 billion in 1,104 deals in the first quarter, which constituted a 15% increase in dollars and a 2% decrease in deals as compared with the fourth quarter of 2016, when $12.0 billion was invested in 1,085 deals (see chart below, which shows total venture funding from the second quarter of 2015 through the first quarter of 2017; chart from MoneyTree^TM Report).  While the increase in dollars and deals in the first quarter of 2017 reversed an eight-quarter low in both dollars and deals in the fourth quarter of 2016, first quarter funding was still $1.8 billion behind last year's pace.

With respect to funding by sector, the internet sector captured the top spot among the sectors tracked in the report, collecting $5.2 billion in 485 deals in the first quarter of 2017.  The healthcare sector came in second, with $3.7 billion invested in 190 deals (see chart below, which shows venture funding for the internet, healthcare, mobile & telecommunications, software (non-internet/mobile), and industrial sectors; chart from MoneyTree^TM Report).

The report also includes separate analyses of funding in the areas of artificial intelligence, digital health, and cybersecurity, as well as funding by geographic region and a global regional comparison.

For additional information regarding this and other related topics, please see:

• "Venture Funding Normalizes in 2016 After Strong First Half," February 8, 2017
• " Second Quarter Venture Funding Increases 20% from First Quarter," October 11, 2016
• "Venture Funding Reaches Highest Level in More Than a Decade," February 25, 2016
• "Third Quarter Venture Funding Declines 27% from Second Quarter," October 22, 2014
• "Software Sector Leads Pack in 2Q Venture Funding and Biotech Sector Finishes Second," July 20, 2014
• "Software Sector Leads First Quarter Venture Funding to Thirteen Year High; Biotech Sector Finishes Second (Again)," April 30, 2014
• "Biotech Venture Funding Rebounded in 2013 After Strong Fourth Quarter," January 26, 2014
• "Biotech Venture Funding Sees Second Quarter Rebound," July 22, 2013
• "Biotech Venture Funding Down 33% in First Quarter," April 30, 2013
• "Annual Venture Funding Drops for First Time in Three Years," February 4, 2013
• "Biotech Venture Funding Up 64% in Third Quarter," October 29, 2012
• "Venture Funding in Life Sciences Sector Drops 9% in Second Quarter," July 22, 2012
• "Biotech Venture Funding Drops 43% in First Quarter," May 3, 2012
• "Venture Funding Increased 22% in 2011," February 2, 2012
• "Life Sciences Venture Funding Drops in Third Quarter," October 27, 2011
• "Life Sciences Venture Funding up 37% in Second Quarter," August 1, 2011
• "VentureSource Reports 35% Increase in 1Q Venture Funding," April 26, 2011
• "NVCA Reports Modest Gains in First Quarter Venture Funding," April 19, 2011

• "NVCA Reports 31% Drop in Venture Funding for Third Quarter," October 17, 2010

• "NVCA Reports 34% Increase in Venture Funding for Second Quarter," July 22, 2010

• "NVCA Report Shows First Quarter Drop in Venture Funding," April 20, 2010

• "Biotech/Pharma Financing Improving, R&D Spending Up," August 31, 2009
• "NVCA Study Shows Increase in Third Quarter Venture Funding," October 23, 2009

• "First Quarter Venture Capital Funding at 12-Year Low," April 23, 2009

• "NVCA Study Shows Decline in 2008 Investment; BIO Study Predicts Biotech Rebound in 2009," February 16, 2009