PitchBook News - First-time funds in a crisis

Read online | Don't want to receive these emails? Manage your subscription.

Log in

The Daily Pitch: VC

June 3, 2022

The Daily Pitch is powered by PitchBook’s industry-defining research and best-in-class data

In today's Daily Pitch, you'll find:

Our latest analyst note looks back to the global financial crisis to explore how first-time managers fare in an uncertain market.

A list of the most active global PE investors in healthcare.

Test your private markets knowledge with this week's PitchBook News Quiz.

Today's Top Stories

How emerging managers fared during the global financial crisis

First-time managers have been riding the venture capital boom with more than 200 new managers closing venture funds each year since 2017. But now, as the market faces a downturn, investors are hiking up the premium on experience in the fundraising market. While established managers are still flush with capital, Q1 data shows that emerging managers are already struggling to close their funds.

Our latest analyst note looks back to the global financial crisis to explore how first-time managers fare in an uncertain market. While the most difficult years are likely yet to come, the data is promising for managers that raise their first funds in the years leading up to a crisis.

read it now

Share:

SaaS valuations slide for late-stage deals

(Nuthawut Somsuk/Getty Images)

Shares of fast-growing SaaS companies have tumbled about 60% off their recent 12-month highs, and startup valuations are expected to follow suit.

But so far this year, the valuation descent has only been seen in late-stage deals, while median seed and early-stage software deal prices have reached record levels. Only time will tell if VC-backed SaaS startups' ultimate tumble is as pronounced as their publicly traded counterparts. However, analysts expect the valuation slump for private companies to be less severe.

Recommended Reads

Why private equity may not be the defensive play some claim it is. [The Wall Street Journal]

Wall Street assumed that one investor's prowess in the markets would translate into leading a multibillion-dollar money manager, a bet that has culminated in billions in losses and the shuttering of Melvin Capital Management. [Bloomberg]

After raising record funds last year, most Indian startups are now struggling to survive. [Al Jazeera]

Since yesterday, the PitchBook Platform added:

19

VC valuations

1848

People

567

Companies

23

Funds

See what our data software can do

Quick Takes

	The Daily Benchmark
	2016 Vintage Global Funds-of-Funds
	People
	UP.Partners promotes Ally Warson to partner
	VC Deals
	Guild hits $4.4B valuation
	Upstream Bio launches with $200M
	Constrafor locks down $100M+ in debt and equity
	JupiterOne banks $70M
	Yummy lands $47M
	Fundraising
	Ten Eleven Ventures collects $600M for third fund

The Daily Benchmark

2016 Vintage Global Funds-of-Funds

Median IRR

22.71%

Top Quartile IRR

29.20%

1.70x

Median TVPI

Select top performers

Adams Street Venture Innovation Fund

SVB Strategic Investors Fund VIII

Hamilton Lane Venture Capital Fund (Series 2016)

*IRR: net of fees

38 Funds in Benchmark »

Check out the latest version of PitchBook Benchmarks

People

UP.Partners promotes Ally Warson to partner

UP.Partners, an early-stage VC firm, has promoted Ally Warson to partner. Warson worked at ACME Capital and Google before joining UP.Partners in 2020.

View details

VC Deals

Guild hits $4.4B valuation

Guild has raised a $175 million Series F at a $4.4 billion valuation in a round led by Wellington Management. The Denver-based company is the developer of a workforce education and upskilling platform.

View round

View 23 competitors »

Upstream Bio launches with $200M

Upstream Bio has raised a $200 million Series A led by OrbiMed and Maruho. The biotech company develops therapeutics for inflammatory and allergic diseases.

View details

View 485 investments »

Constrafor locks down $100M+ in debt and equity

Constrafor has raised more than $100 million in seed funding, comprising an equity round led by Fintech Collective and a credit facility from CoVenture. The company offers a SaaS construction procurement platform.

View round

View 13 competitors »

JupiterOne banks $70M

JupiterOne has raised a $70 million Series C led by Tribe Capital. The funding values the company at more than $1 billion. Based in North Carolina, JupiterOne offers a cyber asset security platform.

View round

View 72 competitors »

Yummy lands $47M

Yummy has raised $47 million in a round led by Anthos Capital. Founded in 2020, the company operates an on-demand delivery and transportation platform across Venezuela and Bolivia.

View round

View similar company »

Don't miss our upcoming webinar

The investing environment has fundamentally shifted in the past several months, with inflation at a 40-year high, the Fed tightening monetary policy and growing fears of an economic recession.

In this webinar, our analysts will discuss the broader macroeconomic backdrop, how it has influenced the recent volatility and sell-off in public equity markets, and what it means for private markets now and going forward. The webinar will be held June 7 at 8 a.m. PT/11 a.m. ET.

Register now

Share:

Fundraising

Ten Eleven Ventures collects $600M for third fund

Ten Eleven Ventures has raised $600 million for its third generation fund. The firm plans to deploy the new capital into security companies across seed to growth stages.

View fund

View 41 investments »

Chart of the Day

Source: PitchBook's Q1 2022 US PE Breakdown

About PitchBook | Terms of use | Advertise with us | Contact

This email was sent to you via the PitchBook Platform.

Do you want to change your email address, get a different edition or unsubscribe? Manage your subscription here.

PitchBook News - First-time funds in a crisis

Older messages

Assessing the climate for VC valuations

Nontraditional VCs react to market headwinds

How PE will navigate the macro labyrinth

Emerging tech braces for impact

How far will tech investors fall?

You Might Also Like

The best weekend of the year

The Verge Trolls Google...Again!

LUC #50 [Special Edition]: The Most Popular Issues of the LUC Newsletter

Binance Converts Bitcoin Fund to USDC

Networking for Value vs Breadth

Influence Weekly #333 - Creators Cash In: Paid User-Generated Content Offering Explodes 93% In 2023

Overview of Today's Bitcoin Halving

🚀 350,000 Pageviews a Month in Under a Year

Weekly Dose of Optimism #90

The world's top startup cities