Bubbly? Early Stage VCs Fundraising Faster Than Ever

The New Pace Of VC fundraising? Why Early Stage VCs Are Fundraising Faster Than Ever by Winter Mead, Pitch Book

The following is a post written by Winter Mead, a senior associate at Sapphire Ventures. You can find Winter on Twitter at @wintmead.

Many would agree that company financing dynamics in venture capital have changed in recent years, especially with respect to valuations rising, round sizes increasing and companies staying private for longer. From my vantage point, these dynamics are contributing to an accelerating pace of VC fundraising. The story told below using PitchBook data explains partly why early stage VCs have been coming back to fundraise faster and why this trend may persist if financing dynamics continue at...