Overview of funding activity for North Carolina entrepreneurs in 2015.

1. 2015 NC Ecosystem

2. Triangle Ecosystem (as of 1/15/16)
© 2015 Council for Entrepreneurial Development

3. Telling the story…

4. Innovators Report: Key Takeaways
• Banner Year
• Big Deals
• Seed stage investments remain strong
• Triangle continues to dominate
• Continued interest from out of state investors
• Role of Non-VCs

5. Equity Funding by Sector

6. 2015 was Big!
$463
$622
$1.2
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2013 2014 2015
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7. How many companies got funded?
80
135
170
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
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180
2013 2014 2015

8. Companies by Funding Stage
89
$112,646,020
46
$190,538,025
21
$255,036,123
35
$602,333,405
Companies Dollars
Seed Series A Series B Follow On

9. Tech Sector – Deconstructed

10. Life Science Sector – Deconstructed

11. $0
$50
$100
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$200
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Q3 2013 Q4 2013 Q1 2014 Q2 2014 Q3 2014Q4 2014 Q1 2015 Q2 2015 Q3 2015 Q4 2015
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Tech Life Science
2015: Funding – by sector/quarter

12. Median Deal Size

13. Average Deal Size
$1.3M
$12.1M
$4.1M $17.1M

14. Equity Funding by Deal Size
There were more large deals completed in 2015, with nineteen (19)
deals over $15 million – compared to five (5) deals in 2013 and six (6)
deals of that size in 2014.

15. Top 5 Deals
$150m $50m
$39m $37m
$225m

16. Beyond Venture Capital

17. Funding by Top Cities/Region
Raleigh $116,532,706
Durham $300,345,398
Triangle $881,932,658
RTP $242,573,940
Charlotte
$269,847,648

18. 146 Unique Institutional Investors

19. Seed Stage Investors

20. Series A Investors

21. Series B Investors

22. Follow-on Investors

23. Most Active Investors

24. Most Active Out-of-State

25. 27 Exits in 2015
NASDAQ: VTVT
NYSE: MXPT

26. Local Venture Investor Updates

27. Local Angel Group Updates
Triangle Venture Alliance

28. Connect + Grow
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