A report providing an overview of the Blockchain Technology startup landscape. Includes a sector overview, graphical trends with insights, and recent funding/exit events. Contact info@venturescanner.com or visit www.venturescanner.com to learn more!
2. Blockchain technology snapshot outline
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This snapshot provides an overview of the blockchain technology sector and is
broken down into three sections
SectorDescription
High-level sector metrics,
innovation quadrant, and
category definitions
Trends& Insights
Infographics and data points
for the blockchain technology
sector
QuarterlyActivity
Major funding and exit
events from the previous
90 days
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Blockchain technology startups are creating new businesses in 12 categories
The full Venture Scanner market report
and database tracks 945 companies with
$3.5B in funding
BLOCKCHAIN
TECHNOLOGY
The graphic above shows a random sampling of companiesin each category, data cumulativeas of August 2017
Exchanges Mining Wallets
Payments FinancialServices
Infrastructure BlockchainInnovations BigData
Trust
Gambling
News
Services
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Innovation quadrant for blockchain technology
This quadrant shows a relative segmentationof the categories with respect to oneanother, data cumulativeas of August 2017
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PIONEERS DISRUPTORS
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Blockchain
Innovations
Payments
Exchanges Wallets
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Trust
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Services
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Big Data
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Gambling
Services
6. Blockchain technology startups play in many different categories (1 of 2)
6Category stats cumulativeas of Augusts 2017
Big Data
8 Startups, $47M Total Funding
Companies that develop tools to analyze activity on the
public ledger to increase transparency
Financial Services
148 Startups, $227M Total Funding
Companies that provide typical banking services using
blockchain technology
Infrastructure
74 Startups, $131M Total Funding
Companies that build the technology that supports the
continued development of blockchain ecosystems
News and Data Services
58 Startups, $6M Total Funding
Companies that provide news and raw data services
around blockchain ecosystems
Exchanges
230 Startups, $572M Total Funding
Companies that allow users to buy and sell crypto-
currencies and implement trading strategies
Gambling
37 Startups, $4M Total Funding
Companies that offer gambling opportunities using
digital currencies as the stakes
Mining
71 Startups, $342M Total Funding
Companies that develop the computer hardware
associated with processing blockchain transactions
Payments
107 Startups, $626M Total Funding
Companies that enable consumers to pay for real world
goods and services using digital currencies and for
merchants to accept those payments
7. Blockchain technology startups play in many different categories (2 of 2)
7Category stats cumulativeas of Augusts 2017
Services
32 Startups, $3M Total Funding
Companies that provide business services such as
recruiting and tax prep, but with a digital currency focus
Wallets
112 Startups, $564M Total Funding
Companies that offer consumers a place to securely store
their digital currencies
Trust & VerificationServices
21 Startups, $239M Total Funding
Companies that help verify a digital currency user’s
identity for regulatory purposes
Innovations
196 Startups, $2.2B Total Funding
Companies that are working on blockchain distributed
ledger technologies
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Investing into the sector is occurring across a variety of categories
The Blockchain Innovations category accounts for 43% of venturefunding and 18%
of totalcompanies in the blockchain technology sector
Venture Investing in Blockchain Technology
Companiesare categorized by function, and therefore can exist in multiple categories. Data cumulativethrough August 2017
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VC funding into blockchain tech has grown in recent years
Overall blockchain technology funding grewata CAGRof 153% from 2011-
2016, and 2017 is currently at 157% of 2016 funding
Blockchain Technology Funding Over Time
Data cumulativethrough August 2017
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Blockchain technology funding amounts are focused on early stage events
Blockchain Technology Funding Amount By Round
SeriesA financings accounted for 48% of total 2016 sector VC funding
Graphs shows only the funding rounds listed therein, data cumulativethrough August 2017
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Blockchain technology startups founded in 2014 lead in VC funding
Startups founded in 2014 account for 35% of the sectorfunding over the last decade, and
include companies like Protocol Labs, Blockstream, and R3
Blockchain Technology Funding By Vintage Year
Data cumulativethrough August 2017
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Blockchain technology startups are a global phenomenon
Blockchain Technology Startup Count by Country
Data cumulativethrough August 2017
3500
Companies
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A variety of top investors are making bets into blockchain technology
Selected Investor Activity in Blockchain Technology
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Exits within the space have been dominated by acquisitions
Exit events within the sector has grown 14 times from 2012 to 2016, and 2017
is currently at 33% of the 2016 total
Blockchain Technology M&A and IPO Events By Year
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Recent blockchain technology funding statistics
There have been 29 funding events from April 2017 through June 2017
Recent Blockchain Technology Funding RoundCounts
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Recent blockchain technology funding events
Notable Recent Blockchain Technology Funding Events
Company FundingType Amount Date
Venture $107,000,000 May 23, 2017
Initial Coin Offering $80,000,000 June 27, 2017
Series A $44,000,000 May 8, 2017
Series B $40,000,000 June 22, 2017
Post IPO Debt $25,000,000 May 11, 2017
Blockchain technology startups raised $414 million from April 2017 through
June 2017
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