Internet Of Things Funding in 2019 Projected to Fall After Outlier Year

How is the funding environment shaping up for internet of things in 2019? As we pass the mid-year mark, let’s see how the year-to-date metrics compare to the historical trends. The graph below shows IoT total funding by year, stacked by quarters.

Internet Of Things Funding Over Time

As the graphic demonstrates, IoT has amassed $8.5B through Q1 and Q2 of this year. This amount represents 32% of the total funding in 2018, and 149% of the funding through Q2 in 2018. The top three funding events in Q2 2019 include a $1.7B round into Infineon Technologies, a $420M round into PAX Labs, and a $280M round into Magic Leap.

A straight-line projection of the completed funding this year would result in $16.9B, which is 64% of the total 2018 funding. On the other hand, a weighted quarterly average projection of 2019 funding would result in $39.3B, which exceeds the total 2018 funding by 49%. Therefore, based on the mid-year data and leaning towards the straight-line projection, we expect 2019 to fall somewhat from the 2018 total.

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Internet Of Things Investor Activity Has Been Slowing Down

How has investor appetite in internet of things evolved throughout the years? In this blog post we examine the total investments by year into this sector to help answer that question. The graph below shows the total number of investors in all deals stacked by quarters.

Internet Of Things Investors Over Time

As the graphic demonstrates, investor activity in IoT has been gradually decreasing in recent years. The 5-Year CAGR of IoT investor activity from 2013 to 2018 is 12%. In addition, the sector has seen a total of 571 investors in all deals through Q2 of this year. This represents 39% of the total investor activity in 2018, and 66% of the investor activity through Q2 in 2018. Taking all these data points together, we can see that investor appetite for IoT deals is on a downward trend in recent years.

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Internet of Things Report Highlights – Q2 2019

Here is our Q2 2019 summary report on the internet of things startup sector. The following report includes a sector overview and recent activity.

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Internet Of Things Exit Activity in 2019 Projected To Be On Par With 2018

How has the exit activity for internet of things developed in the first half of 2019? This blog post explores IoT exit metrics through Q2 2019 and compares them to previous years. The graph below shows the number of IoT exits by year, stacked by quarters.

Internet Of Things Exits Over Time

As the graphic demonstrates, IoT has seen a total of 26 exit events through Q2 of this year. This represents 54% of the total exits in 2018, and 93% of the exits through Q2 in 2018. Some of the exit events in Q2 2019 include Control4’s acquisition by SnapAV, Leap Motion’s acquisition by Ultrahaptics, and Tufin’s IPO.

A straight-line projection of the completed exit activity this year would come out to 52 exit events, which exceeds the total exits in 2018 by 8%. On the other hand, a weighted quarterly average projection of 2019 exit activity would come out to 45 exit events, which falls short of the total exits in 2018 by 7%. Therefore, based on the mid-year data, IoT exit activity in 2019 is projected to be relatively equal to the exit activity in 2018.

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Internet of Things Average Funding Shows Robust Growth

For this quarter’s funding analysis, let’s examine how average funding in the internet of things (IoT) sector is evolving. The graphic below shows the IoT average funding across all deals over time by quarter.

Internet of Things Average Funding Deal Size

As the graphic demonstrates, internet of things average funding deal size in Q1 2019 was at $42M, which increased by 69% from the $25M in the same quarter last year. The average funding deal size has demonstrated robust growth, with the average funding last quarter around 8 times larger than it was 5 years ago. The top three funding events in Q1 2019 include a $1.3B round into OneWeb, a $600M round into Horizon Robotics, and a $245M round into Niantic.

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Internet of Things Sector Overview – Q1 2019

This blog post examines the different components of the internet of things (IoT) ecosystem. We will illustrate what the categories of innovation are and which categories have the most companies. We will also compare the categories in terms of their funding and maturity.

IoT Home Is The Largest Internet of Things Category

Let’s start off by looking at the Sector Map. We have classified 2,257 IoT startups into 20 categories. They have raised $81B from 3,651 investors. The Sector Map highlights the number of companies in each category. It also shows a random sampling of companies in each category.

Internet of Things Logo Map

We see that IoT Home is the largest category with 332 companies. These companies create connected devices focused on residential segment usage. These devices include home security, home automation, and energy management systems. Some example companies are Eero, Leeo, Tado°, and Netatmo.

Let’s now look at our Innovation Quadrant to find out the funding and maturity of these categories in relation to one another.

The Pioneers Quadrant Has the Most Internet of Things Categories

Our Innovation Quadrant divides the IoT categories into four different quadrants.

Internet Of Things Innovation Quadrant

We see that the Pioneers quadrant has the most number of IoT categories at 9, accounting for 45% of all IoT categories. The IoT Utilities category has the highest average age, and the IoT Lifestyle and Entertainment category has the highest average funding. On the other hand, the IoT Tags category is low on both average funding and age.

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Internet Of Things Report Highlights – Q1 2019

Here is our Q1 2019 summary report on the internet of things startup sector. The following report includes a sector overview and recent activity.

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IoT Health Care Leads Internet Of Things In Number of Investors

The internet of things (IoT) industry has seen 3,580 investors and $79B total all time funding. Let’s analyze which IoT categories have the most number of investors actively financing the startups. The graphic below highlights IoT categories based on the number of investors in each category.

Internet of Things Investors Per Category

As the graphic demonstrates, IoT Health Care has the highest number of investors at 810, with IoT Software Platforms right behind at 803. In addition, the average number of investors across all IoT categories is 385. IoT Health Care companies create connected devices that track health metrics or help improve health well-being. IoT Software Platform companies build backend software systems that provide infrastructure for IoT companies.

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Internet of Things Funding Experiences Explosive Growth in 2018

As we make our way through Q1 of 2019, let’s look back on 2018 and analyze how funding in the IoT sector compares to previous years. The graphic below shows the total annual IoT funding amounts over time.

IoT Funding Over Time

As the graphic demonstrates, 2018 was a record year for IoT funding at $26B. It represents a staggering 94% increase from the previous year’s funding. In addition, IoT funding grew at a CAGR of 54% over the past 5 years. Some of the largest funding events in 2018 include a $12.8B round for JUUL, a $1.1B round for View, an $820M round for UBTech Robotics, and a $550M round for Peloton.

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IoT Investors With the Most Activity

The internet of things (IoT) industry has seen $77B in total all time funding. Let’s analyze the investors making bets into IoT and identify the most active firms.

The graphic below shows IoT investors based on their number of investments into the sector. If an investor participates in two investment rounds in the same company (such as a Series A and Series B), that would qualify as two investments for this graphic.

IoT Investors with Most Investments

As the graphic demonstrates, SOSV has made the most bets in the IoT sector with 145 investments. Techstars follows with 82 investments. Examples of companies that SOSV invested in include Leap Motion, Particle, Nura, and Bloomlife. It’s interesting to note that Intel Capital, Qualcomm Ventures, and GE Ventures are on this list, as sometimes they operate as corporate investors in this space. Let’s see which investors make their way onto this list in 2019!

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