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Q1 2010 – VENTURE CAPITAL ACTIVITY REPORT
A data-driven perspective into the entrepreneurial economy
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BACKGROUND About This Report
About CB Insights
CB Insights is capturing and structuring information about the
entrepreneurial economy: a world that includes high-growth and
middle-market private companies, venture capital firms, private
equity firms, angel investors, incubators and universities. The
company aims to cater this information to meet the growing needs
of investors, corporations, service providers, governments and the
private companies themselves. CB Insights is an offering by CB
Information Services.
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The enclosed quarterly venture capital activity report offers a data-
driven view and selected analytics and commentary into United
States’ venture capital activity based on data collected, cleansed
and confirmed by CB Insights.
DEFINITIONS & RESEARCH METHODOLOGY Ensuring Data Integrity
What Is Excluded from These Venture Capital Numbers?
What is Included in These Venture Capital Numbers?
• Equity financings into emerging companies. Funding must come from
venture capital firms including corporate venture groups.
• Fundings of only private companies. Public companies of any kind on
any exchange (even Pink Sheets) are not included in our numbers even
if they received investment by a venture firm(s)
• Companies must be headquartered in the USA. Our geographic data is
based on the city and state where the company receiving investment is
headquartered. If a company has a satellite office/presence in multiple
cities or was founded in a particular city but has moved its HQ, our
results reflect only this address.
• Only include the investment made in the quarter for tranched
investments.