I was reading Mark Suster's latest blog post (actually its a presentation embedded into a blog post) and I came across this slide.
I don't know what the source of this data is and I don't know if this is just M&A exits or if it includes IPOs as well. It really doesn't matter for the basic point that Mark is making with this slide.
Based on the NVCA statistics on the venture capital industry, there are on average 1,000 early stage financings every year. I suppose a few of those 1,000 financings are for the same company, but I doubt that many are. So we can use 1,000 as an approximation of the number of companies that get funded in a given year.
To read the full, original article click on this link: A VC: There Aren't Many Exits Over $100mm
Author:Fred Wilson
