Total Funding

Date created: Oct 12, 2022  •   Last updated: Oct 12, 2022

What is Total Funding

Total Funding measures the total amount of venture capital funding raised by a company.

Total Funding Formula

ƒ Sum(Total Funding)

How to calculate Total Funding

If your startup starts with a seed funding round of $5M, followed by $10M Series A funding and $15M Series B funding, then your total funding amounts to $30M.

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What is a good Total Funding benchmark?

Almost $300 billion in venture funding was invested across the world in the second half of 2021.

Total Funding benchmarks

Global Venture Dollar Volume 2021

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2021, Crunchbase

North American Venture Dollar Volume 2021

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2021, Crunchbase
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How to visualize Total Funding?

Use a bar chart to segment your total funding by year. Alternatively, you can also view your overall funding numbers with a summary chart. Take a look at the examples:

Total Funding visualization examples

Total Funding

$14M

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1.05

vs previous period

Summary Chart

Here's an example of how to visualize your current Total Funding data in comparison to a previous time period or date range.

Total Funding

Bar Chart

Here's an example of how to visualize your Total Funding data in a bar chart to observe segmented data.
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Total Funding

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Measuring Total Funding

More about Total Funding

Total Funding is the sum of all capital funding your company has raised till date. By tracking this metric along with spending and capital efficiency metrics such as Net Burn, Bessemer Efficiency Score, and Burn Multiple, you can gather a better understanding of how efficiently your capital is being spent. This allows you to adjust your spending habits if needed or adjust your budgeting to better enable your startup’s growth.

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