What Current Series B Trends Say About The US Startup Scene, And Big-Name Investors Stay Active Despite Questions In The Market

[Crunchbase News]( March 12, 2022 [1]( [What Current Series B Trends Say About The US Startup Scene]( Last year, the average Series B round for a U.S. company clocked in at $45 million—up nearly 50 percent from 2020. And so far in 2022, round size has ticked up even higher. Size isn’t the only thing that’s changing. [Series B Trends →]( [2]( [Gaingels And Tiger Global Lead Startup Deals In February As Big-Name Investors Stay Active Despite Questions In The Market]( Even as talk persisted of a slowdown in venture dollars going to startups and valuations being cut, the likes of Tiger Global, Insight Partners, Andreessen Horowitz and Lightspeed Venture Partners all announced more deals in U.S.-based startups last month than they did in January. [Investment Leaders →]( [3]( [The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Deals: Acorns And Stax Take In Big Rounds]( After a slowdown of funding announcements—for obvious reasons— things returned to normalcy last week. [Biggest Rounds →]( [4]( [Fintech Funding Takes A Tumble]( Venture capitalists’ enthusiasm for fintech, which ranked as the hottest sector for startup investment last year, is showing signs of waning. [Falling Funding →]( [5]( [After a Slowdown, Funding Returns To Advertising Technologies]( Privacy changes by some of the biggest tech companies may provide an opportunity for innovation in advertising—and that may be what some investors are betting on as 2021 was a banner year in the space. [Advertising Tech →]( [6]( [From Reshuffling to Retention, These Trends Will Define B2B Sales in 2022]( Alyssa Merwin, VP of Global Sales Solutions at LinkedIn, shares the trends she believes will have the most significant impact on sales teams in 2022—and how to prepare. [View Trends →]( [Privacy Policy]( | [Terms of Service]( | [View in Browser]( | [Unsubscribe]( Crunchbase, Inc. 564 Market Street, Suite 700 San Francisco, CA 94104