There Are No Easy A's in Venture Capital These Days
It takes, on average, about 2½ years for a company in the U.S. to reach Series A, according to a Crunchbase analysis of startups with at least $1 million in initial pre-seed or seed funding. Back in 2015, it took about a year and a half. The average timespan dropped slightly last year, but then rose again this year.
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