Will Price: Venture Stats

"For those who follow the VC industry, below are some interesting 2005 statistics:


Commitments to VC Funds, $22.2 bn. Up 18.7% from 2004
VC Financings, $22.1bn. Up 2.8% from 2004
IT Financings, $12 bn. Down 4% form 2004

Software Financings, $5.11bn, Down 6% from 2004

Number of Active Firms, 1,417

Down 49% from 2000, 61% if you define active as > 4 deals per year.

Number of exits, 397.

IPOs: 41, down 38% from 2004, with $2.24bn raised via IPO

M&A: 356, down 12% from 2004, with $27bn in total exit value

Number of private companies funded since 2000 net of 2005 exits: 5,406 with $132bn invested in them
Average of $24.4m invested in companies
At current exit rate, will take 13.6 years to get through backlog

Median M&A exit $47.5m
Median Pre-moneys
Seed $2m
A $5.4m
B $14m"