

Below, we’ll show you our analysis on each specific case. To do so, we pulled data and information from web archives, books, S-1s, founder interviews, the CB Insights platform, and more.įor each company, we dove into the remarkable numbers they posted before their IPOs and acquisitions, the driving factors behind their growth, and the roles of their most significant investors. We analyzed 45 of the biggest VC hits of all time to learn more about what those home runs have in common.

Getting valued at a billion or more does nothing for our model.” “If you do the math around our goal of returning the fund with our high impact companies, you will notice that we need these companies to exit at a billion dollars or more. Those wins often make up for all the losses and then some - they “return the fund.”įred Wilson of Union Square Ventures (USV), also a Smart Money VC, has written that, for USV, this translates to needing at least two $1B exits per fund: Likewise, VCs swing hard, and occasionally hit a home run. VC firms funnel $62B to US-based companies in Q1’21ĭig into the latest trends in venture capital funding in the CB Insights and PwC MoneyTree Headline Report.
