2018 has been an ugly year for many public companies.
2018 has been a great year for many private companies and expect 2019 to be as good.
If you are a Founder/CEO of a VC backed startup, you shouldn’t feel down about access to capital, there is a ton of cash floating around.
In 2018, $75 BILLION has been raised by US based VC firms. The $75B is an aggregate of 286 new VC funds raised in 2018. The $75B doesn’t include non-US based firms who are actively investing here or corporate investors or family offices or Softbank. Point being is there a lot of capital available if you are staying private and need more money.
The put the $75B into context, if you look at the VC fundraising data during the top of the last market in 2007, the total was almost exactly half, with $37B in capital raised. So assuming we are going into a downturn, there 2x more capital this time vs 2008.
Here is a list of the 50 largest VC funds that were raised in 2018 , go get that money!
| Fund Size ($M) | Fund Name |
| 8,000.00 | Sequoia Capital Global Growth Fund III |
| 6,300.00 | Insight Venture Partners X |
| 3,750.00 | Tiger Global Private Investment Partners XI |
| 2,500.00 | Petershill Private Equity |
| 1,913.31 | Lime Rock Partners IV AF |
| 1,850.00 | Bessemer Venture Partners X |
| 1,800.00 | Sequoia Capital China Growth Fund V |
| 1,500.00 | Norwest Venture Partners XIV |
| 1,375.00 | General Catalyst Group IX |
| 1,360.00 | GGV Capital VII |
| 1,350.00 | NewView Capital Fund I |
| 1,300.00 | Providence Strategic Growth III |
| 1,200.00 | JMI Equity Fund IX |
| 1,050.00 | Lightspeed Venture Partners Select III |
| 1,000.00 | Thrive Capital Partners VI |
| 1,000.00 | Index Ventures Growth V |
| 800.00 | Battery Ventures XII |
| 750.00 | Lightspeed Venture Partners XII |
| 700.00 | Main Post Growth Capital II |
| 670.00 | Silversmith Capital Partners II |
| 650.00 | Index Ventures IX |
| 650.00 | Accel-KKR Growth Capital Partners III |
| 650.00 | Bain Capital Venture Fund 2019 |
| 640.00 | 8VC Fund II |
| 638.54 | Meritech Capital Partners VI |
| 600.00 | Lime Rock Partners VIII |
| 600.00 | Charles River Partnership XVII |
| 550.00 | Sequoia Capital China Venture Fund VII |
| 535.00 | Level Equity Growth Partners IV |
| 520.00 | Lead Edge Capital IV |
| 500.00 | Bertram Growth Capital III |
| 460.00 | GGV Discovery Fund II |
| 450.00 | Battery Ventures XII Side Fund |
| 450.00 | Ampersand 2018 |
| 450.00 | Matrix Partners XI |
| 435.00 | Emergence Capital Partners V |
| 420.00 | Ribbit Capital V |
| 400.00 | Investcorp Technology Partners IV |
| 400.00 | Venrock Healthcare Capital Partners III |
| 400.00 | Redpoint Ventures VII |
| 400.00 | Scale Venture Partners VI |
| 392.00 | Sprout Endurance Partners |
| 362.24 | Cordillera Investment Fund II |
| 360.00 | B Capital Fund |
| 360.00 | Forerunner Partners IV |
| 350.00 | Capricorn Healthcare & Special Opportunities II |
| 350.00 | G2VP I |
| 350.00 | Trinity Hunt Partners V |
| 350.00 | True Ventures VI |
| 350.00 | Alliance Consumer Growth Fund IV |
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