How software startups are being valued across venture rounds in 2024.
Info from 1,112 primary US venture rounds raised in 2024. Freshly baked data 🥖
Note that these are post-money valuations for software companies only, we've excluded hard tech and biotech to make comparison more valid.
𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗔
$52M median
Under $50M most common tier
𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗕
$140M median
𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗖
$238M median
Widest range of round sizes. Many under $50M, many over $1 billion.
𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗗
$637M median
32% of rounds in this stage valued at unicorn status
𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗘+
$1.2B median
64% unicorns
Q2 2024 looks like a slightly better overall quarter than Q1 in terms of total funding - optimism for the weekend ahead!
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