EQUITY FUNDING191 Deals • 170 Companies

2015 INNOVATORS REPORTTracking North Carolina’s Entrepreneurial Activity

$516,349,339$583,768,091$55,951,274$26,284,869

$261,829,537$186,756,355$74,241,324$9,814,775

$91,698,103$223,711,381$70,649,664$10,250,000

Total Funding2015 $1,182,353,5732014 $532,641,9912013 $396,309,148

Funding by Sector2015

2014

2013

TOTAL FOR 2015$1,182,353,573

LIFE SCIENCE$583,768,091

TECH$516,349,339

CLEANTECH$26,284,869

ADVANCED MANUFACTURING & MATERIALS$55,951,274

Funding by Top Cities/RegionTriangle Region $881,932,658Durham $300,345,398Charlotte $269,847,648RTP $242,573,940Raleigh $116,532,706

Funding byDeal Size

$27M

≤ $999K

$145M

$1M-4.9M

$169M

$5M-$14.9M

$237M

$15M-$29.9M

$179M

$30M-49.9M

$425M

≥ $50M

TOTAL # OF EQUITY DEALS

191

EQUITY DEALS2015 INNOVATORS REPORT

# OF COMPANIES COMPLETING DEALS

Q1Deals49

Companies46

Total Equity$223,186,800

Q2Deals49

Companies46

Total Equity$227,291,200

Q3Deals53

Companies46

Total Equity$441,093,974

Q4Deals40

Companies32

Total Equity$290,781,599

Tech$55,537,746

Life Science$132,076,554

Adv. Man. & Mat.$23,900,000

Cleantech$11,672,500

Tech$65,784,161

Life Science$149,957,039

Adv. Man. & Mat.$10,350,000

Cleantech$1,200,000

Tech$308,377,577

Life Science$112,244,037

Adv. Man. & Mat.$16,099,991

Cleantech$4,372,369

Tech$86,649,855

Life Science$189,490,461

Adv. Man. & Mat.$5,601,283

Cleantech$9,040,000

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CLEANTECH

8TECH

98

LIFE SCIENCE

52ADVANCED

MANUFACTURING & MATERIALS

12

2015 INNOVATORS REPORT

INVESTORS146 UNIQUE

INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS

16

International

WA2

CO2CA

24

TX5

MO5

IL3

IN1

OH1

TN 3

AL1

FL3

NC 36SC3

NJ2

MA11

MD2

DC2

NY19

REGIONAL BREAKDOWN

Northeast 34Mid-Atlantic 7Southeast 51Midwest 10Northwest 4California 24International 16

INTERNATIONAL BREAKDOWN

China 3Israel 3UK 2Singapore 2Germany 1France 1Ireland 1Belgium 1Saudi Arabia 1Thailand 1

PA2

VA 3

2015 INNOVATORS REPORT

27 EXITS IN 2015HIGHLIGHTS

The Innovators Report is made possible by generous gifts to the CED Annual Fund. Thank you to our many supporters! For more information on how to contribute, please visit www.cednc.org/donate.REPORT SOURCES: CED, National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), North Carolina Biotechnology Center, EY, PwC, SBIR.gov

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