Venture Stats

VentureSource, a division of Dow Jones, just released their Venture Capital Industry report for 2006. The report is co-authored with Ernst & Young.

For those who follow the VC industry, below are some interesting 2005 statistics:

• Commitments to VC Funds, $22.2 bn. Up 18.7% from 2004
• VC Financings, $22.1bn. Up 2.8% from 2004
• IT Financings, $12 bn. Down 4% form 2004
  
• Software Financings, $5.11bn, Down 6% from 2004
  
• Number of Active Firms, 1,417
  
• Down 49% from 2000, 61% if you define active as > 4 deals per year.
  
• Number of exits, 397.
  
• IPOs: 41, down 38% from 2004, with $2.24bn raised via IPO
  
• M&A: 356, down 12% from 2004, with $27bn in total exit value
  
• Number of private companies funded since 2000 net of 2005 exits: 5,406 with $132bn invested in them
• Average of $24.4m invested in companies
• At current exit rate, will take 13.6 years to get through backlog
  
• Median M&A exit $47.5m
• Median Pre-moneys
• Seed $2m
• A $5.4m
• B $14m