CrunchBase Reveals: The Average Successful Startup Raises $25.3 Million, Sells For $196.8 Million

Most investments fail but the few successful ones more than make all the money back -- or so startup investors hope. But what sort of returns do these profitable exits bring in? According to a new analysis of all the exits listed in CrunchBase, the average successful company has raised $25.3 million, and sold for $196.8 million, for investor profits of 676% (if you assume the investors own 100% of the company, which they normally don't). Meanwhile, IPO-bound companies generated lower percentage returns, but made a lot more money per exit.?The average one raised $580.3 million while private, then went public with a market cap of $2.3 billion on its first day of public trading for 303% profit on investment. Mouse over the dots below for more details.

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