Blockchain Tech Q3 2017 Highlights by Venture Scanner
- 1. Startup Market Quarterly Highlights BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY August 2017
- 2. Blockchain technology snapshot outline 2 This snapshot provides an overview of the blockchain technology sector and is broken down into three sections SectorDescription High-level sector metrics, innovation quadrant, and category definitions Trends& Insights Infographics and data points for the blockchain technology sector QuarterlyActivity Major funding and exit events from the previous 90 days Venture Scanner reports are built by analysts utilizing our startup database and research platform
- 4. 4 Blockchain technology startups are creating new businesses in 12 categories The full Venture Scanner market report and database tracks 945 companies with $3.5B in funding BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY The graphic above shows a random sampling of companiesin each category, data cumulativeas of August 2017 Exchanges Mining Wallets Payments FinancialServices Infrastructure BlockchainInnovations BigData Trust Gambling News Services
- 5. 5 Innovation quadrant for blockchain technology This quadrant shows a relative segmentationof the categories with respect to oneanother, data cumulativeas of August 2017 AverageFunding ESTABLISHED HEAVYWEIGHTS PIONEERS DISRUPTORS AverageAge Blockchain Innovations Payments Exchanges Wallets Mining Trust Financial Services Infrastructure Big Data News/Data Gambling Services
- 6. Blockchain technology startups play in many different categories (1 of 2) 6Category stats cumulativeas of Augusts 2017 Big Data 8 Startups, $47M Total Funding Companies that develop tools to analyze activity on the public ledger to increase transparency Financial Services 148 Startups, $227M Total Funding Companies that provide typical banking services using blockchain technology Infrastructure 74 Startups, $131M Total Funding Companies that build the technology that supports the continued development of blockchain ecosystems News and Data Services 58 Startups, $6M Total Funding Companies that provide news and raw data services around blockchain ecosystems Exchanges 230 Startups, $572M Total Funding Companies that allow users to buy and sell crypto- currencies and implement trading strategies Gambling 37 Startups, $4M Total Funding Companies that offer gambling opportunities using digital currencies as the stakes Mining 71 Startups, $342M Total Funding Companies that develop the computer hardware associated with processing blockchain transactions Payments 107 Startups, $626M Total Funding Companies that enable consumers to pay for real world goods and services using digital currencies and for merchants to accept those payments
- 7. Blockchain technology startups play in many different categories (2 of 2) 7Category stats cumulativeas of Augusts 2017 Services 32 Startups, $3M Total Funding Companies that provide business services such as recruiting and tax prep, but with a digital currency focus Wallets 112 Startups, $564M Total Funding Companies that offer consumers a place to securely store their digital currencies Trust & VerificationServices 21 Startups, $239M Total Funding Companies that help verify a digital currency user’s identity for regulatory purposes Innovations 196 Startups, $2.2B Total Funding Companies that are working on blockchain distributed ledger technologies
- 8. Sector Trends & Insights 8
- 9. 9 Investing into the sector is occurring across a variety of categories The Blockchain Innovations category accounts for 43% of venturefunding and 18% of totalcompanies in the blockchain technology sector Venture Investing in Blockchain Technology Companiesare categorized by function, and therefore can exist in multiple categories. Data cumulativethrough August 2017 - 50 100 150 200 250 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 CompanyCount TotalFunding($B) VC Funding Count
- 10. 10 VC funding into blockchain tech has grown in recent years Overall blockchain technology funding grewata CAGRof 153% from 2011- 2016, and 2017 is currently at 157% of 2016 funding Blockchain Technology Funding Over Time Data cumulativethrough August 2017 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.2 1.4 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 TotalFunding($B)
- 11. 11 Blockchain technology funding amounts are focused on early stage events Blockchain Technology Funding Amount By Round SeriesA financings accounted for 48% of total 2016 sector VC funding Graphs shows only the funding rounds listed therein, data cumulativethrough August 2017 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 FundingAmount($M) Late Stage Series D Series C Series B Series A Seed
- 12. 12 Blockchain technology startups founded in 2014 lead in VC funding Startups founded in 2014 account for 35% of the sectorfunding over the last decade, and include companies like Protocol Labs, Blockstream, and R3 Blockchain Technology Funding By Vintage Year Data cumulativethrough August 2017 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.2 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 TotalFunding($B) Year Founded
- 13. 13 Blockchain technology startups are a global phenomenon Blockchain Technology Startup Count by Country Data cumulativethrough August 2017 3500 Companies
- 14. 14 A variety of top investors are making bets into blockchain technology Selected Investor Activity in Blockchain Technology The above count represents a subset of overall investor activity, data cumulativethrough August 2017 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 NumberofInvestments Number of Investments Number of Companies Backed
- 15. 15 Exits within the space have been dominated by acquisitions Exit events within the sector has grown 14 times from 2012 to 2016, and 2017 is currently at 33% of the 2016 total Blockchain Technology M&A and IPO Events By Year Data cumulativethrough August 2017 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 NumberofExits Public Acquired
- 17. 17 Recent blockchain technology funding statistics There have been 29 funding events from April 2017 through June 2017 Recent Blockchain Technology Funding RoundCounts Graph shows only the funding types listed therein 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Seed Series A Series B Series C Series D Series E Late Stage FundingEventCount
- 18. 18 Recent blockchain technology funding events Notable Recent Blockchain Technology Funding Events Company FundingType Amount Date Venture $107,000,000 May 23, 2017 Initial Coin Offering $80,000,000 June 27, 2017 Series A $44,000,000 May 8, 2017 Series B $40,000,000 June 22, 2017 Post IPO Debt $25,000,000 May 11, 2017 Blockchain technology startups raised $414 million from April 2017 through June 2017
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