Silicon Valley is the land of big ideas and startups looking to become the next household name. According to a recent Venture Capital report, venture firms nationwide invested $7.8 billion in 1,005 startups in the third quarter of 2013 alone. Nearly half that money went to companies in Silicon Valley.
PitchBook’s 2013 Global Venture Capital data reports there were 107 IPOs in 2013--the highest number since 2007, and according to the Silicon Valley Business Journal, more than 1,900 startups made funding efforts public on AngelList since the site opened to public pitches last fall. There are now more sources of funding for early-stage, promising companies than ever before.
