The Private Investment Community Today
From New York City to Silicon Valley venture capitalists have been a driving force in backing driven entrepreneurs and turning small companies into world-wide brands. VC's have averaged investing over $25 billion in 4,000 deals each year over the past five years. Private Equity firms have invested an average of over one trillion dollars each year in over 10,000 deals over the same five years according to numerous independent reports, including the PwC/NVCA MoneyTree™ Report. VC-Backed Exits Reach Record Highs In 2014. In the past year alone, CrunchBase captured over 2500 acquisitions and 288 IPOs worldwide.
New reports highlight that venture capital and private equity backed companies hit the big time much sooner and are meeting major milestones (including $500 million, $1 billion, and $5 billion valuations) two to three times faster than they did roughly 15 years ago, highlighting 500,000 venture-backed tech companies dating back to 2000.
