Menlo Park, California -- North American venture capital database VentureDeal tracks Alternative Energy technology companies that receive venture capital investment.
Below is a chart detailing the distribution of financing round amounts for the period January 1, 2015 to October 27, 2015:
53 transactions occurred during the roughly 10 month period, with an aggregate disclosed value of $779 million.
This compares unfavorably to 2014 performance for the same period, with 67 companies receiving $856 million in 2014, or roughly a 9% drop in 2015 funding volume vs. 2014.
There were a total of 11 transactions of more than $20 million in funding amounts, or approximately 21% of transaction activity. (A $300 million transaction was omitted from the chart for presentation purposes.)
42 transactions were for less than $20 million in funding amounts, representing 79% of transaction activity.