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Entrepreneur-celebrities Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos have made space tech startups much more prominent investor targets. Space tech has been gaining altitude since 2012, with deals...
HR tech closed out 2016 with a record deal count. Mega-rounds ($100M+) went to Ceridian, SnagAJob, and Liepin. HR tech closed out 2016 at record levels...
Early-stage deals dominate with 58% of global deal share in 2016.|Early-stage deals dominate with 58% of global deal share in 2016. In 2016 investors continued to...
As costs of DNA sequencing go down and reliability goes up, deal share is moving from later-stage investments to early-stage startups.|As costs of DNA sequencing go...
From transit planning software to data storytelling platforms to civic engagement platforms, govtech startups raised $336M in 2016 In 2013, 8VC founding partner Joe Lonsdale wrote,...
Deals declined 25% in full-year 2016 and Q4’16 was the slowest quarter for deal activity since Q1’14. Deals to on-demand startups fell to a two-and-a-half year...
Both global deal activity and total funding dropped 19% in full-year 2016 amid a tightening financing environment. Transportation network companies (TNCs) enabling on-demand access to ride-hailing...
Non-US deal share has gradually increased, from 21% in 2012, to nearly 40% in 2016. From stopping cyberattacks to operating autonomous vehicles to visually searching through...
Four real estate tech companies became unicorns last year. 2016 was the best year yet for real estate tech funding. Not only did the category reach...
Augmented and virtual reality startups saw a collective $1.8B invested in 2016, far and away the largest year for funding to the space. After the surge...