Internet of Things (IoT)
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Venture Scanner Innovation Quadrants
Our Innovation Quadrants are a framework to guide you in the startup research and scouting process. The Innovation Quadrant organizes emerging technology categories into four states of innovation by plotting the categories on two axes. One axis uses average age to show maturity. The other uses average funding to give a sense of traction.
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Venture Scanner Sector Maps
Our sector maps are snapshots of our emerging technology research areas. We show the categories that make up a sector and a random sampling of the startups that are innovating in each category. In this post we share our most up-to-date sector maps for all of our 17 sector reports. They are all available for download.
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IoT Q1 2020 Funding
The below chart summarizes IoT year-to-date funding compared to last year. As you can see, Q1 2020 funding closed at $4.7B, which is a 15% increase from Q1 2019. A quarter of the way through 2020, and we are at 28% of the 2019 full-year funding amount.
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IoT 2019 Exit Activity Increased
As part of our research process, we track and analyze exit developments within the sector. The below chart shows IoT exit activity over time. As you can see, IoT exit activity increased from 2015 through 2017, and then dropped in 2018 before rebounding in 2019 to 50 exits.
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Venture Scanner Innovation Quadrants
Our Innovation Quadrants are a framework to guide you in the startup scouting process. The Innovation Quadrant organizes emerging technology categories into four states of innovation by plotting the categories on two axes. One axis uses average age to show maturity. The other uses average funding to give a sense of traction.
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Venture Scanner Sector Maps
Our sector maps are snapshots of our emerging technology reports. We show the categories that make up a sector and a random sampling of the startups that are innovating in each category. In this post we share our most up-to-date sector maps for all of our 17 sector reports. They are all available for download.
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Notable IoT Startups and Geek+ Profile
As you may know, Venture Scanner provides emerging technology research services to support corporate innovation and startup scouting. To give you a view into our client-only research, here is an excerpt focused on notable startups.
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IoT 2019 Funding Dipped
The below chart shows IoT funding over time and calls out the largest funding rounds in recent years. As you can see, IoT funding hit a record year in 2018, and then established a new baseline in 2019 at $16.3B.
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IoT Software Leads Internet of Things Exit Activity
How do the different internet of things (IoT) categories compare in terms of exit activity? Let’s find out in the graph below, which shows the number of all-time IoT acquisitions and IPOs by category through Q3 2019.
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IoT Lifestyle Leads Internet of Things Funding
The internet of things (IoT) industry has seen $88B in all-time funding through Q3 2019. Let's examine the graphic below and analyze which of the 20 IoT categories are leading the sector in total funding amounts.
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