PWC/CB Insight MoneyTree Report 4q2018

Read Full Report: https://www.pwc.com/us/en/moneytree-report/moneytree-report-q4-2018.pdf

Amid falling deal activity, US companies still raised a record-number of mega-rounds in 2018, with 184 $100M+ funding rounds. There was also a record number of new unicorns this year as 53 US VC-backed companies saw their valuation rise to over $1B.

NORTH AMERICA SURPASSES ASIA FOR MOST NEW UNICORNS FOR THE SECOND STRAIGHT QUARTER

North America saw a record number of private companies hit $1B valuations in Q4’18, at 21 companies.

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REPOST – IND Pipeline 20190114

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IND PIPELINE DEAL OF THE DAY

Wiliot, an Israel-based maker of semiconductors that harness ambient nanowatts of electromagnetic energy from cellular, WiFi and Bluetooth networks, raised $30 million in funding. Investors include Amazon, Avery Dennison, Samsung, Norwest Venture Partners, 83North Venture Capital, Grove Venture Partners, Qualcomm Ventures, and M Ventures.

OTHER DEALS OF INTEREST

Opsview, a Woburn, Massachusetts- and Reading, and London, UK-based company that unifies cloud and infrastructure monitoring, secured funding from SaaS Capital
Syncurity, a Bethesda, Md.-based security orchestration, automation and response (SOAR) platform provider, held the second and final close of its $2m seed funding
Reggora, a Boston, MA-based appraisal platform serving both appraisers and mortgage lenders, secured $3m in seed funding

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REPOST – IND Pipeline 20190107

REPOST: IND Pipeline 20190107

PICK OF THE DAY

Boom Supersonic, a Denver-based aerospace startup, raised $100 million in Series B funding. Investors included Sunstone Management and Y Combinator Continuity. Press release: http://bit.ly/2C8POy6

DEALS OF INTEREST

StructionSite Inc., an Oakland, CA-based provider of intelligent construction management software, raised its $1.5M seed round of financing
Grabango, a Berkeley, Calif.-based provider of enterprise class, checkout-free technology for existing stores, raised $12m in Series A financing

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Repost – Tech Exits and more great info from CB Insight

The $1B Rounds of 2018

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Today, we’re taking a look at kingmaker rounds in 2018, mega-deals, warehouse automation, and more, including:

11 mega-deals to round out the year
All the $1B+ kingmaker fundings in 2018
Tech exits hit record levels last year
Plus 11 mega deals that happened at end of the year ($100 million plus)
- Bakkt
- Boom Supersonic
- CarDekho
- Hello TransTec
- Niantic
- SpaceX
- Samsara Networks
- Tangent Technologies

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