Startup Financing Report 2014-05-05

 

Startup Financing Report

2014-05-05

( for the Week of 2014-04-28 to 2014-05-04 )

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.

Weekly Synopsis:

All Operating Companies Raising Money
	Weekly	% Change from Week Before	% Change from Same Period Last Year	Year to Date Total
Number of Deals	201	-11.1 %	37.7 %	3,406
Total Offering Amount	$ 1,340,934,337	17.9 %	234 %	$ 15,139,367,510
Total Amount Sold	$ 722,820,490	3.6 %	138.42 %	$ 9,553,316,654
Total Number of Investors	1,849	-2.3 %	63.6 %	31,640
* 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	114	-8.8 %	40.7 %	1,972
Total Offering Amount	$ 582,852,341	-14.7 %	148.8 %	$ 10,035,533,803
Total Amount Sold	$ 329,759,884	-16.6 %	124.08 %	$ 5,204,418,710
Total Number of Investors	1,287	21.6 %	102.4 %	17,426
* 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	8	-20 %	-38.5 %	253
Total Offering Amount	$ 352,500,000	6 %	-55.2 %	$ 14,981,107,720
Total Amount Sold	$ 4,660,000	-97.8 %	-92.3 %	$ 10,400,697,975
Total Number of Investors	12	-94.8 %	-94.2 %	3,837
* 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
	2013 Totals	2014 Year to Date	2013 Totals	2014 Year to Date
Corporation	37.8 %	38 %	49.4 %	49.4 %
Limited Liability Company	51.4 %	50.8 %	41.1 %	41.2 %

 

Archived Startup Financing Reports
2014-05-05	Startup Financing Report	All Companies	New Companies	Venture Funds
2014-04-28	Startup Financing Report	All Companies	New Companies	Venture Funds
2014-04-21	Startup Financing Report	All Companies	New Companies	Venture Funds
2014-04-14	Startup Financing Report	All Companies	New Companies	Venture Funds
2014-04-07	Startup Financing Report	All Companies	New Companies	Venture Funds
2014-03-31	Startup Financing Report	All Companies	New Companies	Venture Funds
2014-03-24	Startup Financing Report	All Companies	New Companies	Venture Funds
2014-03-17	Startup Financing Report	All Companies	New Companies	Venture Funds
2014-03-10	Startup Financing Report	All Companies	New Companies	Venture Funds
2014-03-03	Startup Financing Report	All Companies	New Companies	Venture Funds
2014-02-24	Startup Financing Report	All Companies	New Companies	Venture Funds
2014-02-17	Startup Financing Report	All Companies	New Companies	Venture Funds
2014-02-10	Startup Financing Report	All Companies	New Companies	Venture Funds
2014-02-03	Startup Financing Report	All Companies	New Companies	Venture Funds
2014-01-27	Startup Financing Report	All Companies	New Companies	Venture Funds
2014-01-20	Startup Financing Report	All Companies	New Companies	Venture Funds
2014-01-13	Startup Financing Report	All Companies	New Companies	Venture Funds
2014-01-06	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.