The State of Venture Funding in 2019 in Seven Graphs

As I was prepping for VC associate interviews, I played around with some Crunchbase Pro data to explore the funding landscape in 2019.

The plot types include barplots, boxplots, scatterplots, bubble maps, heat maps and tree maps.

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Smaller rounds are more common

Series B is the most common round for >$10m

More money before, more money next

Same info as above but different kind of plot

Bi-coastal dominance

Late stage ventures have raised more rounds

Customer Service companies dominate

Summary

These plots summarize the state of funding in 2019 and confirm certain assumptions, such as:

• The total amount ever raised is related to the future amount raised
• San Francisco is by far the largest attractor for funding
• Companies raising >$10m tend to be raising their Series B
• Late stage ventures have generally gone through a lot more rounds

And a few surprising ones:

• Customer Service, Automotive and Biotech are the three largest segments

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