Startup Financing Report 2013-04-29

 

Startup Financing Report

2013-04-29

( for the Week of 2013-04-22 to 2013-04-28 )

The Startup Financing Report is published each Monday on WITNESSETH: Law, Deals, & Data. This Report tracks startup-company financing activity reported during the prior week. The data is based on Form D disclosures filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The individual deals underlying the data can be accessed here for new companies, here for all companies, and here for venture capital funds. The numbers in this beta version of the report are preliminary and subject to later update.

A Very Slow Week for Startup Financing

Fundraising collapsed last week for all types of companies-- startups, more established companies, and venture funds. All were down significantly from the week before and from the same period last year.

All Operating Companies Raising Money
	Weekly	% Change from Week Before	% Change from Same Period Last Year	Year to Date Total
Number of Deals	198	1.5 %	-18.5 %	3,335
Total Offering Amount	$ 703,663,880	-37.1 %	-38.9 %	$ 15,416,283,524
Total Amount Sold	$ 458,978,014	-19.2 %	-37.94 %	$ 10,023,961,977
Total Number of Investors	1,998	14.1 %	-3.9 %	33,055
* Total Offering Amount is the total size of the offering. Total Amount Sold is the amount of the offering that had been sold as of the report date.

 

New Operating Companies** Raising Money
	Weekly	% Change from Week Before	% Change from Same Period Last Year	Year to Date Total
Number of Deals	107	-10.8 %	-10.1 %	1,905
Total Offering Amount	$ 491,684,097	-46.3 %	-14.5 %	$ 10,379,195,779
Total Amount Sold	$ 296,120,054	-21.8 %	7 %	$ 5,899,003,413
Total Number of Investors	908	-13.1 %	-7.1 %	18,104
* Total Offering Amount is the total size of the offering. Total Amount Sold is the amount of the offering that had been sold as of the report date. ** New Operating Companies are those that have not previously filed any SEC documents.

 

Venture Capital Funds Raising Money
	Weekly	% Change from Week Before	% Change from Same Period Last Year	Year to Date Total
Number of Financings	9	-18.2 %	-40 %	154
Total Offering Amount	$ 86,840,412	-90.2 %	-90.5 %	$ 12,533,254,814
Total Amount Sold	$ 53,503,412	-91.1 %	-86.44 %	$ 10,205,719,868
Total Number of Investors	274	-10.5 %	-20.6 %	3,064
* Total Offering Amount is the total size of the offering. Total Amount Sold is the amount of the offering that had been sold as of the report date.

 

Legal Structure of Operating Companies
	New Operating Companies		All Operating Companies
	2012 Totals	2013 Year to Date	2012 Totals	2013 Year to Date
Corporation	38.6 %	38.1 %	51 %	49.1 %
Limited Liability Company	49.5 %	51 %	38.7 %	41.1 %

Archived Startup Financing Reports
2013-04-29	Startup Financing Report	All Companies	New Companies	Venture Funds
2013-04-22	Startup Financing Report	All Companies	New Companies	Venture Funds
2013-04-15	Startup Financing Report	All Companies	New Companies	Venture Funds
2013-04-08	Startup Financing Report	All Companies	New Companies	Venture Funds
2013-04-01	Startup Financing Report	All Companies	New Companies	Venture Funds
2013-03-25	Startup Financing Report	All Companies	New Companies	Venture Funds
2013-03-18	Startup Financing Report	All Companies	New Companies	Venture Funds
2013-03-11	Startup Financing Report	All Companies	New Companies	Venture Funds
2013-03-04	Startup Financing Report	All Companies	New Companies	Venture Funds
2013-02-25	Startup Financing Report	All Companies	New Companies	Venture Funds
2013-02-18	Startup Financing Report	All Companies	New Companies	Venture Funds
2013-02-11	Startup Financing Report	All Companies	New Companies	Venture Funds
2013-02-04	Startup Financing Report	All Companies	New Companies	Venture Funds
2013-01-28	Startup Financing Report	All Companies	New Companies	Venture Funds
2013-01-21	Startup Financing Report	All Companies	New Companies	Venture Funds
2013-01-14	Startup Financing Report	All Companies	New Companies	Venture Funds
2013-01-07	Startup Financing Report	All Companies	New Companies	Venture Funds

 

Notes: For information about the methodology used in this report, see here. For answers to frequently asked questions about this report, see here.