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State of the Markets Report Q2 2021
Key takeaways
Trending to be a landmark year.
01
Venture fundraising becomes more concentrated
The top 10% of funds account for 68% of venture fundraising in Q1 2021.
02
The COVID-19 pandemic stifled revenue growth for companies
The median time to scale to $75M in revenue increased half a year in 2020 to 5 years.
03
SPACs are chasing Frontier Tech companies
The proportion of de-SPACs involving a Frontier Tech company increased from 4% in 2019 to 30% in 2021.
Don’t look SPACS in anger
An interesting nuance of going public via a SPAC is the ability for companies to include forecasts in their regulatory filings—generally prohibited for traditional IPOs. When analyzing revenue growth projections for companies that completed a SPAC merger, they ranged from ~30% to ~150%.
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Andrew Pardo
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Sr. Associate, Research
Andrew Pardo is a senior research associate responsible for conducting data-driven analyses on the innovation economy that SVB serves.
Eli Oftedal
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Senior Researcher, Market Insights
Eli is a senior researcher for SVB’s Market Insights, which provides data-driven research and analyses on the innovation economy and venture ecosystem.