We analyzed the terms of 215 venture financings closed in the second quarter of 2019 by companies headquartered in Silicon Valley. The quarter showed the highest percentage of up rounds since 2004, when we first started...more
9/5/2019
/ Capital Formation ,
Early Stage Companies ,
Initial Public Offering (IPO) ,
Investment ,
Investors ,
Popular ,
Private Equity ,
Silicon Valley ,
Startups ,
Technology Sector ,
Valuation ,
Venture Capital
Background -
We analyzed the deal terms of 83 financings for privately-held, U.S.-based companies valued at $1 billion or more—known as unicorns—that raised money in 2017 and the first half of 2018. We included comparative...more