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 to learn more!

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May 2017
Blockchain Technology
Q2 Startup Market Trends and Insights

2. Blockchain technology report outline
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This report provides an overview of the blockchain technology sector and is
broken down into three sections
Sector Description
High-level sector
metrics, maps, and
category definitions
Trends & Insights
Infographics and data
points for the blockchain
technology sector
Quarterly Activity
Major funding and exit
events from the previous
90 days
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3. Blockchain Technology
Sector Description
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4. Blockchain startups are creating new businesses in 12 categories
4The graphic above shows a sampling of companies in each category, stats as of May 2017
Bitcoin / Blockchain
Technology
Learn about our full report with 923
companies across 12 categories with
$2.2B in funding
Bitcoin Exchanges Bitcoin Mining Bitcoin Wallets
Bitcoin Payments Bitcoin Financial Services
Trust
News
Bitcoin Infrastructure Blockchain Innovation Big Data Gambling Services

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Innovation quadrant for blockchain technology
AVERAGE FUNDING ($M)
AVERAGEAGE(YEARS)
ESTABLISHED HEAVYWEIGHTS
PIONEERS DISRUPTORS
This quadrant shows a relative segmentation of the categories with respect to one another, data as of May 2017
Bitcoin
Mining
Bitcoin
Big Data
Bitcoin
Wallets
Bitcoin Trust
& Verification
Blockchain
Innovations
Bitcoin
Payments
Bitcoin
Infrastructure
Bitcoin
Exchanges
Financial
Services
Bitcoin
News & Data
Bitcoin
Services
Bitcoin
Gambling

6. Blockchain startups play in many different categories (1 of 2)
6Category stats as of May 2017
Bitcoin Big Data
9 Startups, $47M Total Funding
Companies that develop tools to analyze activity on
the public ledger to increase transparency
Bitcoin Financial Services
145 Startups, $122M Total Funding
Companies that provide typical banking services
using bitcoin technology
Bitcoin Infrastructure
75 Startups, $131M Total Funding
Companies that build the technology that supports
the continued development of the bitcoin ecosystem
Bitcoin News and Data Services
57 Startups, $5M Total Funding
Companies that provide news and raw data services
around the bitcoin ecosystem
Bitcoin Exchanges
216 Startups, $442M Total Funding
Companies that allow users to buy and sell crypto-
currencies and implement trading strategies
Bitcoin Gambling
37 Startups, $4M Total Funding
Companies that offer gambling opportunities using
bitcoin as the stakes
Bitcoin Mining
72 Startups, $320M Total Funding
Companies that develop the computer hardware
associated with processing bitcoin transactions
Bitcoin Payments
107 Startups, $485M Total Funding
Companies that enable consumers to pay for real
world goods and services using bitcoin and for
merchants to accept those payments

7. Blockchain startups play in many different categories (2 of 2)
7Category stats as of May 2017
Bitcoin Services
27 Startups, $2M Total Funding
Companies that provide business services such as
recruiting and tax prep, but with a bitcoin focus
Bitcoin Wallets
108 Startups, $408M Total Funding
Companies that offer consumers a place to securely
store their bitcoins
Bitcoin Trust & Verification Services
21 Startups, $214M Total Funding
Companies that help verify a bitcoin user’s identity
for regulatory purposes
Blockchain Innovations
178 Startups, $1.1B Total Funding
Companies that are working on blockchain
distributed ledger technologies

8. Blockchain Technology
Sector Trends & Insights
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Investing into the sector is focused on blockchain innovations
The Blockchain Innovations category accounts for 33% of venture funding
and 17% of total companies in the blockchain technology sector
Venture Investing in Blockchain Technology
Companies are categorized by function, and therefore can exist in multiple categories. Data through May 2017
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VC funding into blockchain tech is growing
Overall blockchain technology VC funding grew at a CAGR of 152%
from 2011-2016, and 2017 is currently at 29% of 2016 funding
Blockchain Technology Funding Over Time
Data through May 2017
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Blockchain technology VC funding is occurring mostly at early stage rounds
Blockchain Technology Funding Amount By Round
50% of 2016 VC funding into blockchain technology were Series A rounds
Graphs shows only the funding rounds listed therein, data through May 2017
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Blockchain technology startups founded in 2013 lead in VC funding
Startups founded in 2013 account for 27% of the sector funding over the last
decade, and include companies like Circle, 21 Inc, and KnCMiner
Blockchain Technology Funding By Vintage Year
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Blockchain technology startups are a global phenomenon
Blockchain Technology Startup Count by Country
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Companies
Data through May 2017

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Investors into the sector tend to be specialists in blockchain technology
Selected Investor Activity in Blockchain Technology
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Blockchain technology exit activity is dominated by acquisitions
Exit events within the blockchain technology sector grew by 1400%
from 2011 to 2016, and 2017 is currently at 13% of 2016 exit events
Blockchain Technology M&A and IPO Events By Year
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16. Blockchain Technology
Quarterly Notable Events
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Recent blockchain technology funding statistics
There have been 36 blockchain technology funding events
from January 2017 through March 2017
Recent Blockchain Technology Funding Round Counts
Graph shows only the funding types listed therein, data as of May 2017
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Recent blockchain technology funding events
Notable Recent Blockchain Technology Funding Events
Company Funding Type Amount Date
Venture $30,000,000 Jan 25, 2017
Series B $24,000,000 Mar 8, 2017
Series A $15,000,000 Mar 30, 2017
Equity Crowdfunding $15,000,000 Mar 22, 2017
Series A $10,400,000 Mar 29, 2017
Blockchain technology startups raised $148 million
from January 2017 through March 2017
Data as of May 2017

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