The Data Room #5

Venture Intelligence for Investors & Startups

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Drawbridge Data
April 07, 2023

Weekly Fundraising Overview

< Sector specific weekly fundraising overview // 3.31 - 4.06 >

The Mad Dash

< Curated charts that filter the noise to tell the real story / >

With YC Demo Day underway and new S23 applications due today, we take a closer look at who Y Combinator invest in. We discovered a heavy preference on credentials form top schools and the big tech giants that we all know. Nothing surprising here.

Meanwhile, data for looking into the most unicorn founders by college shows a more diverse story with a mix of top schools along with some underrepresented universities in tech such as BYU, Wisconsin, Maryland, and Michigan. Two Israeli-based universities, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology and Hebrew University break the top 10, despite a 50% fall in Israeli-based tech startups in 2022 [1] and accounting for only around 10% of global yearly VC investments [2].

Data consolidated by Casual highlights the VC reset that began in early 2022 which only continues into 2023. Many top funds continue to raise and deploy capital despite uncertain macro conditions, while newer funds from the 2021 vintage might have deployed their capital too quickly at unsustainable valuations and are struggling to raise a new fund as easily from LPs.

Must Reads of the Week

< Top reads from the week in fundraising, startups and venture capital / >

Cant Miss Tweets

< Must See tweets from VCs, Angels and Builders / >

Fundraising Journey Q&A

< Sharing insights & takeaways from the fundraising process / >

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