Menlo Park, California -- North American venture capital database VentureDeal tracks venture capital debt transactions for over 40 industries, including general technology and life science companies.
The chart below shows the amount of venture capital debt raised for companies by industry in calendar year 2015. Note that amounts may include an equity element:
Transportation was the number one recipient of investment, with Uber raising $1.6 billion in debt investment in January, 2015.
The next most active industry for the year was that of Financial Services. 27 companies raised debt either exclusively or as part of a larger equity and debt round.
The life sciences were represented in third and fourth place, with Medical Devices and Pharmaceutical industries each raising just shy of $600 million in debt rounds.
Alternative Energy companies rounded out the top five raising slightly less than $500 million in debt deals during the year.