A report providing an overview of the Future of TV startup landscape. Includes a sector overview, graphical trends with insights, and recent funding/exit events. Contact info@venturescanner.com to learn more!

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May 2017
Future of Television
Q2 Startup Market Trends and Insights

2. Future of television (TV) report outline
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This report provides an overview of the Future of Television and is broken
down into three sections
Sector Description
High-level sector
metrics, maps, and
category definitions
Trends & Insights
Infographics and data
points for the Future of TV
sector
Quarterly Activity
Major funding and exit
events from the previous
90 days
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3. Future of Television
Sector Description
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4. Future of TV startups are creating new businesses in 11 categories
4The graphic above shows a sampling of companies in each category, stats as of May 2017
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Multi-Channel Networks Video Analytics Video Licensing Video Discovery Video Creation
Video Advertising Video Consumption
Social Video Video Infrastructure Video Distribution Video Management

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Innovation quadrant for the Future of TV
AVERAGE FUNDING
AVERAGEAGE
ESTABLISHED HEAVYWEIGHTS
PIONEERS DISRUPTORS
This quadrant shows a relative segmentation of the categories with respect to one another, data as of May 2017
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6. Future of TV startups play in many different categories (1 of 2)
6Category stats as of May 2017
Multi-Channel Networks
49 Startups, $997M Total Funding
Companies that aggregate content from
multiple publishers, such as individual
YouTube publishers, into one channel
Video Advertising
141 Startups, $3.5B Total Funding
Companies that facilitate the delivery of video
ads, aggregate video inventory, or provide a
marketplace for digital ad space
Video Consumption
130 Startups, $9B Total Funding
Companies that enable users to consume video
content through the internet and across
multiple screens
Social Video
134 Startups, $5.5B Total Funding
Companies that build social networks around
video content and provide applications
intended for use alongside video content
Video Analytics
43 Startups, $653M Total Funding
Companies that provide viewer analytics and
social media data around video content to
publishers and content creators
Video Creation
64 Startups, $3.3B Total Funding
Companies that offer streamlined toolsets that
enable users to produce and edit their own
video content

7. Future of TV startups play in many different categories (2 of 2)
7Category stats as of May 2017
Video Discovery
69 Startups, $343M Total Funding
Companies that help users find relevant video
content based on user preferences
Video Infrastructure
47 Startups, $1.6B Total Funding
Companies that provide the backend systems
to support video streaming services, data
management, or data collection
Video Management
96 Startups, $2B Total Funding
Companies that help manage video content
libraries, such as video upload processing and
metadata tagging
Video Distribution
123 Startups, $2.7B Total Funding
Companies that provide a network of servers to
deliver content to users based on their
geographical location
Video Licensing
39 Startups, $2.6B Total Funding
Companies that manage the copyright on video
content, syndicate with advertisers, and deliver
the content to publishers

8. Future of Television
Sector Trends & Insights
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Investing into the sector is occurring across a variety of categories
The Video Consumption category accounts for 28% of venture funding and
13% of total companies in the Future of TV sector
Venture Investing in the Future of TV
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VC funding into the Future of TV is growing
Overall Future of TV VC funding grew at a CAGR of 15% from 2011-
2016, and 2017 is currently at 68% of 2016 funding
Future of TV Funding Over Time
Data through May 2017
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The Future of TV sector has seen a spike in late stage funding
Future of TV Funding Amount By Round
62% of 2016 Future of TV VC funding went into Late Stage events
Graphs shows only the funding rounds listed therein, data through May 2017
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Future of TV startups founded in 2011 lead in VC funding
Startups founded in 2011 account for 26% of the sector funding over the last
decade, and include companies like Snap Inc., Kuaishou, and Fastly
Future of TV Funding By Vintage Year
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Future of TV startups are a global phenomenon
Future of TV Startup Count by Country
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Top VC investors are making bets into the Future of TV sector
Selected Investor Activity in the Future of TV
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Future of TV exit activity is dominated by acquisitions
Exit events within the Future of TV sector grew by 40% from 2011 to
2016, and 2017 is currently at 86% of 2016 exit events
Future of TV M&A and IPO Events By Year
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16. Future of Television
Quarterly Notable Events
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Recent Future of TV funding statistics
There have been 30 Future of TV funding events from January
2017 through March 2017
Recent Future of TV Funding Round Counts
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Recent Future of TV funding events
Notable Recent Future of TV Funding Events
Company Funding Type Amount Date
Debt Financing $1,530,000,000 Jan 31, 2017
Kuaishou
Series D $350,000,000 Mar 30, 2017
Series B $90,000,000 Feb 7, 2017
Chushou
Venture $58,000,000 Jan 12, 2017
Venture $56,000,000 Jan 17, 2017
Future of TV startups raised $2.4 billion from January
2017 through March 2017
Data as of May 2017

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Recent Future of TV exit events
Notable Recent Future of TV Exit Events
Company Acquirer Amount Date
$929,000,000 Jan 23, 2017
$310,000,000 Feb 22, 2017
$308,000,000 Mar 21, 2017
$10,000,000 Mar 10, 2017
$115,000 Feb 16, 2017
There have been 15 Future of TV exit events from January 2017 through
March 2017, consisting of 14 acquisitions and 1 IPO
Data as of May 2017

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