The AlleyWatch August 2022 New York Venture Capital Funding Report

On Sep 8, 2022

Despite strong economic headwinds, venture activity in New York remains robust with 90 deals during the traditionally slowest month of the year. A strong number of seed companies closing rounds (48) with a marked return of late-stage activity.

Today, I take a look at the state of venture capital and early-stage funding for August 2022 in New York. Analyzing some publicly available data from our friends at CrunchBase, we break down the aggregate statistics for all funding deals by stage of funding (Early-stage [Pre-Seed, Seed], Series A, Series B, and Late Stage [Series C+]) including mention of notable rounds. In order to maintain a focus on tech-enabled startups, this analysis does not include rounds for biotech, real estate, lending startups as well as debt financings.

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The average Seed round in NYC for August was $3.9M Tweet This
The median Seed round in NYC for August was $3.2M Tweet This
$186.3M was invested across early stages rounds in NYC in August Tweet This
22% of early-stage funding nationally went to startups in NYC in August Tweet This

The average Series A round in NYC for August was $12.2M Tweet This
The median Series A round in NYC for August was $8.3M Tweet This
$292.1M was invested across Series A rounds in NYC in August Tweet This
15% of Series A funding nationally went to startups in NYC in August Tweet This

The average Series B round in NYC for August was $18.8M Tweet This
The median Series B round in NYC for August was $17.0M Tweet This
$169.0M was invested across Series B rounds in NYC in August Tweet This
10% of Series B funding nationally went to startups in NYC in August Tweet This

The average late-stage round in NYC for August was $86.5M Tweet This
The median late-stage round in NYC for August was $60.0M Tweet This
$778.5M was invested across late-stage rounds in NYC in August Tweet This
16% of late-stage funding nationally went to startups in NYC in August Tweet This

$1.4B was invested in NYC #startups in August in NYC across 90 deals Tweet This
15% of startup funding nationally went to startups in NYC in August Tweet This
NYC VC funding in August was +34% from last month and -39% from the same period last year Tweet This