venture financing report - 2014 year in review

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32% 29% 19% 20% 35% 26% 22% 17% 35% 30% 16% 19% 2009  2010  2011 DEAL BREAKDOWN—By Series. 2014 saw a marked increase in the percentage of Series A deals completed, reaching 44% of all transactions. 40% 24% 17% 19% 2012 37% 27% 16% 19% 2013 44% 25% 18% 14% 2014  Series A  Series B  Series C  Series D or Higher 2014 marked a banner year for both total deal volumes and aggregate dollars raised. During 2014, we handled 540 disclosable nancing transactions, representing more than $9.5 billion of invested capital. B oth numbers represent volumes not seen since the inception of this report over seven years ago. We witnessed an increase in median pre- money valuations across all deal stages in 2014. In fact, median valuations reached levels not seen in over six years. Valuation increases were most pronounced in Series A deals, where median pre-money valuations hit $15 million in 2014. Series B transactions saw valuations increase to $38 million. Deals with median pre-money valuations greater than $100 million also rose to 18% of total transactions. Also of note was the mix of deal types during the year. Series A transactions made up 4 4% of all nancings in 2014, the highest level in over six years. This may correlate to a broader mix and sources of Series A funding being available to entrepreneurs. Additionally, the percentage of up versus at/down rounds hit historical highs in 2014, as over 80% of nancings were up rounds. During 2014, basic deal terms reected a company-friendly environment. The percentage of deals with a liquidation preference of 1x or less increased across all deal stages in 2014. We also saw a decrease in the percentage of deals including fully participating preferred provisions across all deal stages, with the exception of Series D+ transactions. The percentage of recapitalization transactions dropped to  just 5% of deals during the year, while deals structured in tranches decreased to just 11% of transactions, a level not seen in six years. 2 014 V enture Financing in Review— A Banner Year for Deal Volumes and Invested Capital *  * Quarterly analysis based upon 103 completed deals totaling approximately $1.4 billion in the fourth quarter of 2014; 125 completed deals totaling approximately $1.8 billion in the third quarter of 2014; 189 completed deals totaling approximately $3.7 billion in the second quarter of 2014 and 123 completed deals totaling approximately $2.7 billion in the rst quarter of 2014. Please note our past quarterly deal numbers can change based on data not available at the time of the report. COOLEY VENTURE FINANCING REPORT 2014 YEAR IN REVI EW attorney advertisement TOTAL DEAL VOLUME AND AGGREGATE DOLLARS RAISED. We handled 540 disclosable nancings in 2014 representing over $9.5 billion of invested capital. 2009 2010 201 1 2012 2013 2014 $0 $5 $10 0 200 400 600 TRENDS IN FINANCIAL TERMS  # of Deals 397 430 440 443 432 540 Amt (billions)  $4.25 $5.01 $6.69 $6.01 $4.81 $9.50

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2009 2010 2011

DEAL BREAKDOWNmdashBy Series 2014 saw a marked increase in the percentage of Series A deals

completed reaching 44 of all transactions

40

24

17

19

2012

37

27

16

19

2013

44

25

18

14

2014

Series A Series B Series C Series D or Higher

2014 marked a banner year for both total

deal volumes and aggregate dollars raised

During 2014 we handled 540 disclosable

financing transactions representing more than

$95 billion of invested capital Both numbers

represent volumes not seen since the

inception of this report over seven years ago

We witnessed an increase in median pre-

money valuations across all deal stages in

2014 In fact median valuations reachedlevels not seen in over six years Valuation

increases were most pronounced in Series

A deals where median pre-money valuations

hit $15 million in 2014 Series B transactions

saw valuations increase to $38 million Deals

with median pre-money valuations greater

than $100 million also rose to 18 of total

transactions

Also of note was the mix of deal types during

the year Series A transactions made up 44

of all financings in 2014 the highest level inover six years This may correlate to a broader

mix and sources of Series A funding being

available to entrepreneurs Additionally the

percentage of up versus flatdown rounds

hit historical highs in 2014 as over 80 of

financings were up rounds

During 2014 basic deal terms reflected

a company-friendly environment The

percentage of deals with a liquidation

preference of 1x or less increased acrossall deal stages in 2014 We also saw a

decrease in the percentage of deals including

fully participating preferred provisions

across all deal stages with the exception

of Series D+ transactions The percentage

of recapitalization transactions dropped to

just 5 of deals during the year while deals

structured in tranches decreased to just 11

of transactions a level not seen in six years

2014 Venture Financing in ReviewmdashA Banner Year for Deal Volumes and Invested Capital

Quarterly analysis based upon 103 completed deals totaling approximately $14 billion in the fourth quarter of 2014 125

completed deals totaling approximately $18 billion in the third quarter of 2014 189 completed deals totaling approximately $37

billion in the second quarter of 2014 and 123 completed deals totaling approximately $27 billion in the first quarter of 2014

Please note our past quarterly deal numbers can change based on data not available at the time of the report

COOLEY VENTURE FINANCING REPORT

2 0 14 Y E A R I N R E V I E W

attorney advertisement

TOTAL DEAL VOLUME AND AGGREGATE DOLLARS RAISED We handled 540 disclosable

financings in 2014 representing over $95 billion of invested capital

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

$0

$5

$10

0

200

400

600

TRENDS IN FINANCIAL TERMS

of Deals 397 430 440 443 432 540

Amt (billions) $425 $501 $669 $601 $481 $950

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CO O LEY VENTURE F INANC ING REPO RT

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

0

25

50

75

100

33

61

71 75 7180

MEDIAN PRE-MONEY VALUATION ($ millions)mdashBy Series We saw median pre-money valuationsincrease across all deal stages in 2014

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

$0

$5

$10

$15

$20

SERIES A

$55$70

$80 $80$95

$150

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

$0

$10

$20

$30

$40

$50

SERIES B

$171$200

$230

$296$265

$380

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

$0

$50

$100

$150

SERIES D or HIGHER

$450

$800

$966

$1100$1000

$1306

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

$0

$50

$100

$150

SERIES C

$300

$450 $500 $500 $500

$925

PERCENTAGE OF UP DOWN AND FLAT ROUNDS The percentage of up rounds reached 80 of

transactions in 2014

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CO O LEY VENTURE F INANC ING REPO RT

PRE-MONEY VALUATIONS OF MORE THAN $100 MILLIONmdashBy Deal The data point to an increase in

the percentage of deals with a median pre-money valuation greater than $100 million in 2014

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

0

5

10

15

20

25

7

13

1714 15

18

lt=1X gt1X-=lt2X gt2X-=lt3X gt3X No ne

0

20

40

60

80

100

SERIES A

lt=1X gt1X-=lt2X gt2 X-=lt3X gt3X None

0

20

40

60

80

100

SERIES B

I I I

I I

lt=1X gt1X-=lt2X gt2X-=lt3X gt3X No ne

0

20

40

60

80

100

SERIES C

lt=1X gt1X-=lt2X gt2X-=lt3 X gt3X None

0

20

40

60

80

100

SERIES D or HIGHER

LIQUIDATION PREFERENCEmdashBy Series In 2014 the percentage of deals with a liquidation preference

of 1x or less increased across all deal stages

2009 851 107 16 16 08

2010 950 43 00 00 07

2011 918 30 22 00 30

2012 933 60 00 07 00

2013 922 47 08 00 23

2014 962 32 05 00 00

2009 861 74 18 28 18

2010 950 40 00 10 00

2011 915 76 08 00 00

2012 920 46 23 11 00

2013 882 97 11 00 11

2014 922 58 10 00 10

2009 732 211 56 00 00

2010 929 24 35 12 00

2011 871 81 16 16 16

2012 873 95 00 16 16

2013 875 89 18 00 18

2014 933 53 13 00 00

2009 781 164 41 00 14

2010 779 191 00 00 29

2011 882 79 13 13 13

2012 831 113 28 00 28

2013 761 164 30 15 30

2014 877 105 18 00 00

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CO O LEY VENTURE F INANC ING REPO RT

LIQUIDATION PREFERENCE PARTICIPATION FEATURESmdashBy Series The percentage of deals with

fully participating preferred provisions in 2014 decreased in all deal stages with the exception of Series

D+ transactions

None 2x Cap 3x Cap gt3x Cap Full

0

20

40

60

80

100

SERIES A

I

I I I

I

None 2x Cap 3x Cap gt3x Cap Full

0

20

40

60

80

100

SERIES B

I I I

I I

None 2x Cap 3x Cap gt 3x Cap Full

0

20

40

60

80

100

SERIES C

I I

I I

I

None 2x Cap 3x Cap gt 3x Cap Full

0

20

40

60

80

100

SERIES D or HIGHER

2009 324 56 127 28 465

2010 329 153 106 47 365

2011 548 81 97 16 258

2012 413 79 127 48 333

2013 589 125 71 00 214

2014 747 27 53 40 133

2009 370 82 110 68 370

2010 471 88 103 74 265

2011 513 40 171 66 210

2012 479 84 127 42 268

2013 508 104 104 60 224

2014 474 88 105 35 298

2009 504 50 99 25 322

2010 540 86 65 14 295

2011 689 22 74 22 193

2012 680 47 60 13 200

2013 750 62 31 23 133

2014 789 38 38 11 124

2009 398 65 83 46 407

2010 630 90 40 40 200

2011 610 76 68 17 229

2012 568 80 46 57 250

2013645 64 43 22 226

2014 689 58 19 10 223

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CO O LEY VENTURE F INANC ING REPO RT

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

0

25

50

PERCENTAGE OF DEALS WITH PARTICIPATING PREFERRED991252By Year and Series Deals utilizing

participating preferred provisions decreased to just 26 of transactions in 2014

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

0

25

50

75

59

49

38 40

3226

Series A 274 330 274 300 264 325

Series B 297 191 301 238 273 267

Series C 219 294 183 231 190 158

Series D or Higher 210 186 242 231 273 250

RECAPITALIZATIONSmdashBy Year We observed a continued trend of fewer recapitalization transactions in

2014

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

0

5

10

15

10

76 6 6

5

TRANCHED DEALSmdashBy Year The percentage of deals structured in tranches decreased significantly in

2014 from prior years

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

0

10

20

30

40

27 27

2017

20

11

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CO O LEY VENTURE F INANC ING REPO RT

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

0

10

20

30

PERCENTAGE OF DEALS WITH PAY-TO-PLAYmdashBy Year and Series During 2014 there was a marked

decrease in the utilization of pay-to-play provisions in later stage deals

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

0

5

10

15

20

16

10

5 5 6

4

Series A 107 79 22 13 08 23

Series B 130 80 08 46 22 47

Series C 183 82 145 111 132 00

Series D or Higher 219 191 92 113 138 119

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

50

75

100

63

68

62

7269

82

PERCENTAGE OF DEALS WITH DRAG-ALONGmdashBy Year and Series Utilization of drag-along provisions

in 2014 increased to 82 of deals

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

0

20

40

60

80

100

Series A 653 684 511 713 727 849

Series B 704 700 729 739 763 903

Series C 648 729 710 698 804 747

Series D or Higher 480 632 710 775 627 842

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ANTI-DILUTION PROTECTIONmdashBy Year Over the last year more than 94 of transactions included

broad-based weighted average anti-dilution protection The chart below breaks out the percentage of

deals with broad-based weighted average narrow-based weighted average full ratchet and no anti-

dilution protection

Narrow-BasedWgt-Avg

Full Ratchet Broad-BasedWgt-Avg

None

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

0

20

40

60

80

100

No CA 55 85 59 36 47 23

Other 301 303 247 183 165 154

REDEMPTION PROVISION AND DIVIDEND PROVISION UTILIZATIONmdashBy Region We continued

to see a gap in the usage of redemption and accruing dividend provisions between SF Bay AreaSilicon

Valley and other geographic regions during 2014

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

0

20

40

60

REDEMPTION PROVISIONS I I I

No CA 158 157 124 153 120 88

Other 478 454 443 358 366 284

I I I

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

0

10

20

30

40

ACCRUING DIVIDENDS

About The Cooley Venture Financing Report This quarterly report provides data reflecting Cooleyrsquos experience in

venture capital financing terms and trends Information is taken from transactions in which Cooley served as counsel to

either the issuing company or investors For more information regarding this report please contact the Cooley attorneys

listed below

About Cooley Cooleyrsquos attorneys solve legal issues for entrepreneurs investors financial institutions and established

companies Clients partner with Cooley on transformative deals complex IP and regulatory matters and bet-the-companylitigation often where innovation meets the law

Cooley has 850 lawyers across 12 offices in the United States China and Europe

This Cooley Venture Financing Report is not intended to provide specific legal advice or to establish an attorney-client relationship copy2015

Cooley LLP 3175 Hanover Street Palo Alto CA Palo Alto CA 94304 +1 650 843 5000 Permission is granted to make and redistribute

without change copies of this entire document provided that such copies are complete and unaltered and identify Cooley LLP as the author

All other rights reserved

wwwcooleycom

BOSTON MA Patrick Mitchell +1 617 937 2315BROOMFIELD CO Brent Fassett +1 720 566 4025LONDON Justin Stock +44 0 20 7556 4260LOS ANGELES CA David Young +1 310 883 6416NEW YORK NY Babak (Bo) Yaghmaie +1 212 479 6556PALO ALTO CA Matt Bartus +1 650 843 5756

RESTON VA Mike Lincoln +1 703 456 8022SAN DIEGO CA Tom Coll +1 858 550 6013SAN FRANCISCO CA Craig Jacoby +1 415 693 2147SEATTLE WA Gordon Empey +1 206 452 8752SHANGHAI Patrick Loofbourrow +86 21 6030 0608WASHINGTON DC Ryan Naftulin +1 202 842 7822

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CO O LEY VENTURE F INANC ING REPO RT

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

0

25

50

75

100

33

61

71 75 7180

MEDIAN PRE-MONEY VALUATION ($ millions)mdashBy Series We saw median pre-money valuationsincrease across all deal stages in 2014

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

$0

$5

$10

$15

$20

SERIES A

$55$70

$80 $80$95

$150

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

$0

$10

$20

$30

$40

$50

SERIES B

$171$200

$230

$296$265

$380

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

$0

$50

$100

$150

SERIES D or HIGHER

$450

$800

$966

$1100$1000

$1306

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

$0

$50

$100

$150

SERIES C

$300

$450 $500 $500 $500

$925

PERCENTAGE OF UP DOWN AND FLAT ROUNDS The percentage of up rounds reached 80 of

transactions in 2014

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3

CO O LEY VENTURE F INANC ING REPO RT

PRE-MONEY VALUATIONS OF MORE THAN $100 MILLIONmdashBy Deal The data point to an increase in

the percentage of deals with a median pre-money valuation greater than $100 million in 2014

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

0

5

10

15

20

25

7

13

1714 15

18

lt=1X gt1X-=lt2X gt2X-=lt3X gt3X No ne

0

20

40

60

80

100

SERIES A

lt=1X gt1X-=lt2X gt2 X-=lt3X gt3X None

0

20

40

60

80

100

SERIES B

I I I

I I

lt=1X gt1X-=lt2X gt2X-=lt3X gt3X No ne

0

20

40

60

80

100

SERIES C

lt=1X gt1X-=lt2X gt2X-=lt3 X gt3X None

0

20

40

60

80

100

SERIES D or HIGHER

LIQUIDATION PREFERENCEmdashBy Series In 2014 the percentage of deals with a liquidation preference

of 1x or less increased across all deal stages

2009 851 107 16 16 08

2010 950 43 00 00 07

2011 918 30 22 00 30

2012 933 60 00 07 00

2013 922 47 08 00 23

2014 962 32 05 00 00

2009 861 74 18 28 18

2010 950 40 00 10 00

2011 915 76 08 00 00

2012 920 46 23 11 00

2013 882 97 11 00 11

2014 922 58 10 00 10

2009 732 211 56 00 00

2010 929 24 35 12 00

2011 871 81 16 16 16

2012 873 95 00 16 16

2013 875 89 18 00 18

2014 933 53 13 00 00

2009 781 164 41 00 14

2010 779 191 00 00 29

2011 882 79 13 13 13

2012 831 113 28 00 28

2013 761 164 30 15 30

2014 877 105 18 00 00

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4

CO O LEY VENTURE F INANC ING REPO RT

LIQUIDATION PREFERENCE PARTICIPATION FEATURESmdashBy Series The percentage of deals with

fully participating preferred provisions in 2014 decreased in all deal stages with the exception of Series

D+ transactions

None 2x Cap 3x Cap gt3x Cap Full

0

20

40

60

80

100

SERIES A

I

I I I

I

None 2x Cap 3x Cap gt3x Cap Full

0

20

40

60

80

100

SERIES B

I I I

I I

None 2x Cap 3x Cap gt 3x Cap Full

0

20

40

60

80

100

SERIES C

I I

I I

I

None 2x Cap 3x Cap gt 3x Cap Full

0

20

40

60

80

100

SERIES D or HIGHER

2009 324 56 127 28 465

2010 329 153 106 47 365

2011 548 81 97 16 258

2012 413 79 127 48 333

2013 589 125 71 00 214

2014 747 27 53 40 133

2009 370 82 110 68 370

2010 471 88 103 74 265

2011 513 40 171 66 210

2012 479 84 127 42 268

2013 508 104 104 60 224

2014 474 88 105 35 298

2009 504 50 99 25 322

2010 540 86 65 14 295

2011 689 22 74 22 193

2012 680 47 60 13 200

2013 750 62 31 23 133

2014 789 38 38 11 124

2009 398 65 83 46 407

2010 630 90 40 40 200

2011 610 76 68 17 229

2012 568 80 46 57 250

2013645 64 43 22 226

2014 689 58 19 10 223

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5

CO O LEY VENTURE F INANC ING REPO RT

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

0

25

50

PERCENTAGE OF DEALS WITH PARTICIPATING PREFERRED991252By Year and Series Deals utilizing

participating preferred provisions decreased to just 26 of transactions in 2014

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

0

25

50

75

59

49

38 40

3226

Series A 274 330 274 300 264 325

Series B 297 191 301 238 273 267

Series C 219 294 183 231 190 158

Series D or Higher 210 186 242 231 273 250

RECAPITALIZATIONSmdashBy Year We observed a continued trend of fewer recapitalization transactions in

2014

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

0

5

10

15

10

76 6 6

5

TRANCHED DEALSmdashBy Year The percentage of deals structured in tranches decreased significantly in

2014 from prior years

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

0

10

20

30

40

27 27

2017

20

11

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6

CO O LEY VENTURE F INANC ING REPO RT

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

0

10

20

30

PERCENTAGE OF DEALS WITH PAY-TO-PLAYmdashBy Year and Series During 2014 there was a marked

decrease in the utilization of pay-to-play provisions in later stage deals

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

0

5

10

15

20

16

10

5 5 6

4

Series A 107 79 22 13 08 23

Series B 130 80 08 46 22 47

Series C 183 82 145 111 132 00

Series D or Higher 219 191 92 113 138 119

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

50

75

100

63

68

62

7269

82

PERCENTAGE OF DEALS WITH DRAG-ALONGmdashBy Year and Series Utilization of drag-along provisions

in 2014 increased to 82 of deals

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

0

20

40

60

80

100

Series A 653 684 511 713 727 849

Series B 704 700 729 739 763 903

Series C 648 729 710 698 804 747

Series D or Higher 480 632 710 775 627 842

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7

CO O LEY VENTURE F INANC ING REPO RT

ANTI-DILUTION PROTECTIONmdashBy Year Over the last year more than 94 of transactions included

broad-based weighted average anti-dilution protection The chart below breaks out the percentage of

deals with broad-based weighted average narrow-based weighted average full ratchet and no anti-

dilution protection

Narrow-BasedWgt-Avg

Full Ratchet Broad-BasedWgt-Avg

None

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

0

20

40

60

80

100

No CA 55 85 59 36 47 23

Other 301 303 247 183 165 154

REDEMPTION PROVISION AND DIVIDEND PROVISION UTILIZATIONmdashBy Region We continued

to see a gap in the usage of redemption and accruing dividend provisions between SF Bay AreaSilicon

Valley and other geographic regions during 2014

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

0

20

40

60

REDEMPTION PROVISIONS I I I

No CA 158 157 124 153 120 88

Other 478 454 443 358 366 284

I I I

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

0

10

20

30

40

ACCRUING DIVIDENDS

About The Cooley Venture Financing Report This quarterly report provides data reflecting Cooleyrsquos experience in

venture capital financing terms and trends Information is taken from transactions in which Cooley served as counsel to

either the issuing company or investors For more information regarding this report please contact the Cooley attorneys

listed below

About Cooley Cooleyrsquos attorneys solve legal issues for entrepreneurs investors financial institutions and established

companies Clients partner with Cooley on transformative deals complex IP and regulatory matters and bet-the-companylitigation often where innovation meets the law

Cooley has 850 lawyers across 12 offices in the United States China and Europe

This Cooley Venture Financing Report is not intended to provide specific legal advice or to establish an attorney-client relationship copy2015

Cooley LLP 3175 Hanover Street Palo Alto CA Palo Alto CA 94304 +1 650 843 5000 Permission is granted to make and redistribute

without change copies of this entire document provided that such copies are complete and unaltered and identify Cooley LLP as the author

All other rights reserved

wwwcooleycom

BOSTON MA Patrick Mitchell +1 617 937 2315BROOMFIELD CO Brent Fassett +1 720 566 4025LONDON Justin Stock +44 0 20 7556 4260LOS ANGELES CA David Young +1 310 883 6416NEW YORK NY Babak (Bo) Yaghmaie +1 212 479 6556PALO ALTO CA Matt Bartus +1 650 843 5756

RESTON VA Mike Lincoln +1 703 456 8022SAN DIEGO CA Tom Coll +1 858 550 6013SAN FRANCISCO CA Craig Jacoby +1 415 693 2147SEATTLE WA Gordon Empey +1 206 452 8752SHANGHAI Patrick Loofbourrow +86 21 6030 0608WASHINGTON DC Ryan Naftulin +1 202 842 7822

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CO O LEY VENTURE F INANC ING REPO RT

PRE-MONEY VALUATIONS OF MORE THAN $100 MILLIONmdashBy Deal The data point to an increase in

the percentage of deals with a median pre-money valuation greater than $100 million in 2014

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

0

5

10

15

20

25

7

13

1714 15

18

lt=1X gt1X-=lt2X gt2X-=lt3X gt3X No ne

0

20

40

60

80

100

SERIES A

lt=1X gt1X-=lt2X gt2 X-=lt3X gt3X None

0

20

40

60

80

100

SERIES B

I I I

I I

lt=1X gt1X-=lt2X gt2X-=lt3X gt3X No ne

0

20

40

60

80

100

SERIES C

lt=1X gt1X-=lt2X gt2X-=lt3 X gt3X None

0

20

40

60

80

100

SERIES D or HIGHER

LIQUIDATION PREFERENCEmdashBy Series In 2014 the percentage of deals with a liquidation preference

of 1x or less increased across all deal stages

2009 851 107 16 16 08

2010 950 43 00 00 07

2011 918 30 22 00 30

2012 933 60 00 07 00

2013 922 47 08 00 23

2014 962 32 05 00 00

2009 861 74 18 28 18

2010 950 40 00 10 00

2011 915 76 08 00 00

2012 920 46 23 11 00

2013 882 97 11 00 11

2014 922 58 10 00 10

2009 732 211 56 00 00

2010 929 24 35 12 00

2011 871 81 16 16 16

2012 873 95 00 16 16

2013 875 89 18 00 18

2014 933 53 13 00 00

2009 781 164 41 00 14

2010 779 191 00 00 29

2011 882 79 13 13 13

2012 831 113 28 00 28

2013 761 164 30 15 30

2014 877 105 18 00 00

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4

CO O LEY VENTURE F INANC ING REPO RT

LIQUIDATION PREFERENCE PARTICIPATION FEATURESmdashBy Series The percentage of deals with

fully participating preferred provisions in 2014 decreased in all deal stages with the exception of Series

D+ transactions

None 2x Cap 3x Cap gt3x Cap Full

0

20

40

60

80

100

SERIES A

I

I I I

I

None 2x Cap 3x Cap gt3x Cap Full

0

20

40

60

80

100

SERIES B

I I I

I I

None 2x Cap 3x Cap gt 3x Cap Full

0

20

40

60

80

100

SERIES C

I I

I I

I

None 2x Cap 3x Cap gt 3x Cap Full

0

20

40

60

80

100

SERIES D or HIGHER

2009 324 56 127 28 465

2010 329 153 106 47 365

2011 548 81 97 16 258

2012 413 79 127 48 333

2013 589 125 71 00 214

2014 747 27 53 40 133

2009 370 82 110 68 370

2010 471 88 103 74 265

2011 513 40 171 66 210

2012 479 84 127 42 268

2013 508 104 104 60 224

2014 474 88 105 35 298

2009 504 50 99 25 322

2010 540 86 65 14 295

2011 689 22 74 22 193

2012 680 47 60 13 200

2013 750 62 31 23 133

2014 789 38 38 11 124

2009 398 65 83 46 407

2010 630 90 40 40 200

2011 610 76 68 17 229

2012 568 80 46 57 250

2013645 64 43 22 226

2014 689 58 19 10 223

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5

CO O LEY VENTURE F INANC ING REPO RT

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

0

25

50

PERCENTAGE OF DEALS WITH PARTICIPATING PREFERRED991252By Year and Series Deals utilizing

participating preferred provisions decreased to just 26 of transactions in 2014

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

0

25

50

75

59

49

38 40

3226

Series A 274 330 274 300 264 325

Series B 297 191 301 238 273 267

Series C 219 294 183 231 190 158

Series D or Higher 210 186 242 231 273 250

RECAPITALIZATIONSmdashBy Year We observed a continued trend of fewer recapitalization transactions in

2014

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

0

5

10

15

10

76 6 6

5

TRANCHED DEALSmdashBy Year The percentage of deals structured in tranches decreased significantly in

2014 from prior years

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

0

10

20

30

40

27 27

2017

20

11

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6

CO O LEY VENTURE F INANC ING REPO RT

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

0

10

20

30

PERCENTAGE OF DEALS WITH PAY-TO-PLAYmdashBy Year and Series During 2014 there was a marked

decrease in the utilization of pay-to-play provisions in later stage deals

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

0

5

10

15

20

16

10

5 5 6

4

Series A 107 79 22 13 08 23

Series B 130 80 08 46 22 47

Series C 183 82 145 111 132 00

Series D or Higher 219 191 92 113 138 119

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

50

75

100

63

68

62

7269

82

PERCENTAGE OF DEALS WITH DRAG-ALONGmdashBy Year and Series Utilization of drag-along provisions

in 2014 increased to 82 of deals

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

0

20

40

60

80

100

Series A 653 684 511 713 727 849

Series B 704 700 729 739 763 903

Series C 648 729 710 698 804 747

Series D or Higher 480 632 710 775 627 842

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7

CO O LEY VENTURE F INANC ING REPO RT

ANTI-DILUTION PROTECTIONmdashBy Year Over the last year more than 94 of transactions included

broad-based weighted average anti-dilution protection The chart below breaks out the percentage of

deals with broad-based weighted average narrow-based weighted average full ratchet and no anti-

dilution protection

Narrow-BasedWgt-Avg

Full Ratchet Broad-BasedWgt-Avg

None

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

0

20

40

60

80

100

No CA 55 85 59 36 47 23

Other 301 303 247 183 165 154

REDEMPTION PROVISION AND DIVIDEND PROVISION UTILIZATIONmdashBy Region We continued

to see a gap in the usage of redemption and accruing dividend provisions between SF Bay AreaSilicon

Valley and other geographic regions during 2014

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

0

20

40

60

REDEMPTION PROVISIONS I I I

No CA 158 157 124 153 120 88

Other 478 454 443 358 366 284

I I I

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

0

10

20

30

40

ACCRUING DIVIDENDS

About The Cooley Venture Financing Report This quarterly report provides data reflecting Cooleyrsquos experience in

venture capital financing terms and trends Information is taken from transactions in which Cooley served as counsel to

either the issuing company or investors For more information regarding this report please contact the Cooley attorneys

listed below

About Cooley Cooleyrsquos attorneys solve legal issues for entrepreneurs investors financial institutions and established

companies Clients partner with Cooley on transformative deals complex IP and regulatory matters and bet-the-companylitigation often where innovation meets the law

Cooley has 850 lawyers across 12 offices in the United States China and Europe

This Cooley Venture Financing Report is not intended to provide specific legal advice or to establish an attorney-client relationship copy2015

Cooley LLP 3175 Hanover Street Palo Alto CA Palo Alto CA 94304 +1 650 843 5000 Permission is granted to make and redistribute

without change copies of this entire document provided that such copies are complete and unaltered and identify Cooley LLP as the author

All other rights reserved

wwwcooleycom

BOSTON MA Patrick Mitchell +1 617 937 2315BROOMFIELD CO Brent Fassett +1 720 566 4025LONDON Justin Stock +44 0 20 7556 4260LOS ANGELES CA David Young +1 310 883 6416NEW YORK NY Babak (Bo) Yaghmaie +1 212 479 6556PALO ALTO CA Matt Bartus +1 650 843 5756

RESTON VA Mike Lincoln +1 703 456 8022SAN DIEGO CA Tom Coll +1 858 550 6013SAN FRANCISCO CA Craig Jacoby +1 415 693 2147SEATTLE WA Gordon Empey +1 206 452 8752SHANGHAI Patrick Loofbourrow +86 21 6030 0608WASHINGTON DC Ryan Naftulin +1 202 842 7822

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4

CO O LEY VENTURE F INANC ING REPO RT

LIQUIDATION PREFERENCE PARTICIPATION FEATURESmdashBy Series The percentage of deals with

fully participating preferred provisions in 2014 decreased in all deal stages with the exception of Series

D+ transactions

None 2x Cap 3x Cap gt3x Cap Full

0

20

40

60

80

100

SERIES A

I

I I I

I

None 2x Cap 3x Cap gt3x Cap Full

0

20

40

60

80

100

SERIES B

I I I

I I

None 2x Cap 3x Cap gt 3x Cap Full

0

20

40

60

80

100

SERIES C

I I

I I

I

None 2x Cap 3x Cap gt 3x Cap Full

0

20

40

60

80

100

SERIES D or HIGHER

2009 324 56 127 28 465

2010 329 153 106 47 365

2011 548 81 97 16 258

2012 413 79 127 48 333

2013 589 125 71 00 214

2014 747 27 53 40 133

2009 370 82 110 68 370

2010 471 88 103 74 265

2011 513 40 171 66 210

2012 479 84 127 42 268

2013 508 104 104 60 224

2014 474 88 105 35 298

2009 504 50 99 25 322

2010 540 86 65 14 295

2011 689 22 74 22 193

2012 680 47 60 13 200

2013 750 62 31 23 133

2014 789 38 38 11 124

2009 398 65 83 46 407

2010 630 90 40 40 200

2011 610 76 68 17 229

2012 568 80 46 57 250

2013645 64 43 22 226

2014 689 58 19 10 223

892019 Venture Financing Report - 2014 Year in Review

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5

CO O LEY VENTURE F INANC ING REPO RT

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

0

25

50

PERCENTAGE OF DEALS WITH PARTICIPATING PREFERRED991252By Year and Series Deals utilizing

participating preferred provisions decreased to just 26 of transactions in 2014

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

0

25

50

75

59

49

38 40

3226

Series A 274 330 274 300 264 325

Series B 297 191 301 238 273 267

Series C 219 294 183 231 190 158

Series D or Higher 210 186 242 231 273 250

RECAPITALIZATIONSmdashBy Year We observed a continued trend of fewer recapitalization transactions in

2014

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

0

5

10

15

10

76 6 6

5

TRANCHED DEALSmdashBy Year The percentage of deals structured in tranches decreased significantly in

2014 from prior years

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

0

10

20

30

40

27 27

2017

20

11

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6

CO O LEY VENTURE F INANC ING REPO RT

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

0

10

20

30

PERCENTAGE OF DEALS WITH PAY-TO-PLAYmdashBy Year and Series During 2014 there was a marked

decrease in the utilization of pay-to-play provisions in later stage deals

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

0

5

10

15

20

16

10

5 5 6

4

Series A 107 79 22 13 08 23

Series B 130 80 08 46 22 47

Series C 183 82 145 111 132 00

Series D or Higher 219 191 92 113 138 119

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

50

75

100

63

68

62

7269

82

PERCENTAGE OF DEALS WITH DRAG-ALONGmdashBy Year and Series Utilization of drag-along provisions

in 2014 increased to 82 of deals

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

0

20

40

60

80

100

Series A 653 684 511 713 727 849

Series B 704 700 729 739 763 903

Series C 648 729 710 698 804 747

Series D or Higher 480 632 710 775 627 842

892019 Venture Financing Report - 2014 Year in Review

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7

CO O LEY VENTURE F INANC ING REPO RT

ANTI-DILUTION PROTECTIONmdashBy Year Over the last year more than 94 of transactions included

broad-based weighted average anti-dilution protection The chart below breaks out the percentage of

deals with broad-based weighted average narrow-based weighted average full ratchet and no anti-

dilution protection

Narrow-BasedWgt-Avg

Full Ratchet Broad-BasedWgt-Avg

None

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

0

20

40

60

80

100

No CA 55 85 59 36 47 23

Other 301 303 247 183 165 154

REDEMPTION PROVISION AND DIVIDEND PROVISION UTILIZATIONmdashBy Region We continued

to see a gap in the usage of redemption and accruing dividend provisions between SF Bay AreaSilicon

Valley and other geographic regions during 2014

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

0

20

40

60

REDEMPTION PROVISIONS I I I

No CA 158 157 124 153 120 88

Other 478 454 443 358 366 284

I I I

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

0

10

20

30

40

ACCRUING DIVIDENDS

About The Cooley Venture Financing Report This quarterly report provides data reflecting Cooleyrsquos experience in

venture capital financing terms and trends Information is taken from transactions in which Cooley served as counsel to

either the issuing company or investors For more information regarding this report please contact the Cooley attorneys

listed below

About Cooley Cooleyrsquos attorneys solve legal issues for entrepreneurs investors financial institutions and established

companies Clients partner with Cooley on transformative deals complex IP and regulatory matters and bet-the-companylitigation often where innovation meets the law

Cooley has 850 lawyers across 12 offices in the United States China and Europe

This Cooley Venture Financing Report is not intended to provide specific legal advice or to establish an attorney-client relationship copy2015

Cooley LLP 3175 Hanover Street Palo Alto CA Palo Alto CA 94304 +1 650 843 5000 Permission is granted to make and redistribute

without change copies of this entire document provided that such copies are complete and unaltered and identify Cooley LLP as the author

All other rights reserved

wwwcooleycom

BOSTON MA Patrick Mitchell +1 617 937 2315BROOMFIELD CO Brent Fassett +1 720 566 4025LONDON Justin Stock +44 0 20 7556 4260LOS ANGELES CA David Young +1 310 883 6416NEW YORK NY Babak (Bo) Yaghmaie +1 212 479 6556PALO ALTO CA Matt Bartus +1 650 843 5756

RESTON VA Mike Lincoln +1 703 456 8022SAN DIEGO CA Tom Coll +1 858 550 6013SAN FRANCISCO CA Craig Jacoby +1 415 693 2147SEATTLE WA Gordon Empey +1 206 452 8752SHANGHAI Patrick Loofbourrow +86 21 6030 0608WASHINGTON DC Ryan Naftulin +1 202 842 7822

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5

CO O LEY VENTURE F INANC ING REPO RT

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

0

25

50

PERCENTAGE OF DEALS WITH PARTICIPATING PREFERRED991252By Year and Series Deals utilizing

participating preferred provisions decreased to just 26 of transactions in 2014

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

0

25

50

75

59

49

38 40

3226

Series A 274 330 274 300 264 325

Series B 297 191 301 238 273 267

Series C 219 294 183 231 190 158

Series D or Higher 210 186 242 231 273 250

RECAPITALIZATIONSmdashBy Year We observed a continued trend of fewer recapitalization transactions in

2014

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

0

5

10

15

10

76 6 6

5

TRANCHED DEALSmdashBy Year The percentage of deals structured in tranches decreased significantly in

2014 from prior years

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

0

10

20

30

40

27 27

2017

20

11

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6

CO O LEY VENTURE F INANC ING REPO RT

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

0

10

20

30

PERCENTAGE OF DEALS WITH PAY-TO-PLAYmdashBy Year and Series During 2014 there was a marked

decrease in the utilization of pay-to-play provisions in later stage deals

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

0

5

10

15

20

16

10

5 5 6

4

Series A 107 79 22 13 08 23

Series B 130 80 08 46 22 47

Series C 183 82 145 111 132 00

Series D or Higher 219 191 92 113 138 119

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

50

75

100

63

68

62

7269

82

PERCENTAGE OF DEALS WITH DRAG-ALONGmdashBy Year and Series Utilization of drag-along provisions

in 2014 increased to 82 of deals

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

0

20

40

60

80

100

Series A 653 684 511 713 727 849

Series B 704 700 729 739 763 903

Series C 648 729 710 698 804 747

Series D or Higher 480 632 710 775 627 842

892019 Venture Financing Report - 2014 Year in Review

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7

CO O LEY VENTURE F INANC ING REPO RT

ANTI-DILUTION PROTECTIONmdashBy Year Over the last year more than 94 of transactions included

broad-based weighted average anti-dilution protection The chart below breaks out the percentage of

deals with broad-based weighted average narrow-based weighted average full ratchet and no anti-

dilution protection

Narrow-BasedWgt-Avg

Full Ratchet Broad-BasedWgt-Avg

None

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

0

20

40

60

80

100

No CA 55 85 59 36 47 23

Other 301 303 247 183 165 154

REDEMPTION PROVISION AND DIVIDEND PROVISION UTILIZATIONmdashBy Region We continued

to see a gap in the usage of redemption and accruing dividend provisions between SF Bay AreaSilicon

Valley and other geographic regions during 2014

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

0

20

40

60

REDEMPTION PROVISIONS I I I

No CA 158 157 124 153 120 88

Other 478 454 443 358 366 284

I I I

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

0

10

20

30

40

ACCRUING DIVIDENDS

About The Cooley Venture Financing Report This quarterly report provides data reflecting Cooleyrsquos experience in

venture capital financing terms and trends Information is taken from transactions in which Cooley served as counsel to

either the issuing company or investors For more information regarding this report please contact the Cooley attorneys

listed below

About Cooley Cooleyrsquos attorneys solve legal issues for entrepreneurs investors financial institutions and established

companies Clients partner with Cooley on transformative deals complex IP and regulatory matters and bet-the-companylitigation often where innovation meets the law

Cooley has 850 lawyers across 12 offices in the United States China and Europe

This Cooley Venture Financing Report is not intended to provide specific legal advice or to establish an attorney-client relationship copy2015

Cooley LLP 3175 Hanover Street Palo Alto CA Palo Alto CA 94304 +1 650 843 5000 Permission is granted to make and redistribute

without change copies of this entire document provided that such copies are complete and unaltered and identify Cooley LLP as the author

All other rights reserved

wwwcooleycom

BOSTON MA Patrick Mitchell +1 617 937 2315BROOMFIELD CO Brent Fassett +1 720 566 4025LONDON Justin Stock +44 0 20 7556 4260LOS ANGELES CA David Young +1 310 883 6416NEW YORK NY Babak (Bo) Yaghmaie +1 212 479 6556PALO ALTO CA Matt Bartus +1 650 843 5756

RESTON VA Mike Lincoln +1 703 456 8022SAN DIEGO CA Tom Coll +1 858 550 6013SAN FRANCISCO CA Craig Jacoby +1 415 693 2147SEATTLE WA Gordon Empey +1 206 452 8752SHANGHAI Patrick Loofbourrow +86 21 6030 0608WASHINGTON DC Ryan Naftulin +1 202 842 7822

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6

CO O LEY VENTURE F INANC ING REPO RT

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

0

10

20

30

PERCENTAGE OF DEALS WITH PAY-TO-PLAYmdashBy Year and Series During 2014 there was a marked

decrease in the utilization of pay-to-play provisions in later stage deals

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

0

5

10

15

20

16

10

5 5 6

4

Series A 107 79 22 13 08 23

Series B 130 80 08 46 22 47

Series C 183 82 145 111 132 00

Series D or Higher 219 191 92 113 138 119

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

50

75

100

63

68

62

7269

82

PERCENTAGE OF DEALS WITH DRAG-ALONGmdashBy Year and Series Utilization of drag-along provisions

in 2014 increased to 82 of deals

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

0

20

40

60

80

100

Series A 653 684 511 713 727 849

Series B 704 700 729 739 763 903

Series C 648 729 710 698 804 747

Series D or Higher 480 632 710 775 627 842

892019 Venture Financing Report - 2014 Year in Review

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7

CO O LEY VENTURE F INANC ING REPO RT

ANTI-DILUTION PROTECTIONmdashBy Year Over the last year more than 94 of transactions included

broad-based weighted average anti-dilution protection The chart below breaks out the percentage of

deals with broad-based weighted average narrow-based weighted average full ratchet and no anti-

dilution protection

Narrow-BasedWgt-Avg

Full Ratchet Broad-BasedWgt-Avg

None

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

0

20

40

60

80

100

No CA 55 85 59 36 47 23

Other 301 303 247 183 165 154

REDEMPTION PROVISION AND DIVIDEND PROVISION UTILIZATIONmdashBy Region We continued

to see a gap in the usage of redemption and accruing dividend provisions between SF Bay AreaSilicon

Valley and other geographic regions during 2014

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

0

20

40

60

REDEMPTION PROVISIONS I I I

No CA 158 157 124 153 120 88

Other 478 454 443 358 366 284

I I I

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

0

10

20

30

40

ACCRUING DIVIDENDS

About The Cooley Venture Financing Report This quarterly report provides data reflecting Cooleyrsquos experience in

venture capital financing terms and trends Information is taken from transactions in which Cooley served as counsel to

either the issuing company or investors For more information regarding this report please contact the Cooley attorneys

listed below

About Cooley Cooleyrsquos attorneys solve legal issues for entrepreneurs investors financial institutions and established

companies Clients partner with Cooley on transformative deals complex IP and regulatory matters and bet-the-companylitigation often where innovation meets the law

Cooley has 850 lawyers across 12 offices in the United States China and Europe

This Cooley Venture Financing Report is not intended to provide specific legal advice or to establish an attorney-client relationship copy2015

Cooley LLP 3175 Hanover Street Palo Alto CA Palo Alto CA 94304 +1 650 843 5000 Permission is granted to make and redistribute

without change copies of this entire document provided that such copies are complete and unaltered and identify Cooley LLP as the author

All other rights reserved

wwwcooleycom

BOSTON MA Patrick Mitchell +1 617 937 2315BROOMFIELD CO Brent Fassett +1 720 566 4025LONDON Justin Stock +44 0 20 7556 4260LOS ANGELES CA David Young +1 310 883 6416NEW YORK NY Babak (Bo) Yaghmaie +1 212 479 6556PALO ALTO CA Matt Bartus +1 650 843 5756

RESTON VA Mike Lincoln +1 703 456 8022SAN DIEGO CA Tom Coll +1 858 550 6013SAN FRANCISCO CA Craig Jacoby +1 415 693 2147SEATTLE WA Gordon Empey +1 206 452 8752SHANGHAI Patrick Loofbourrow +86 21 6030 0608WASHINGTON DC Ryan Naftulin +1 202 842 7822

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7

CO O LEY VENTURE F INANC ING REPO RT

ANTI-DILUTION PROTECTIONmdashBy Year Over the last year more than 94 of transactions included

broad-based weighted average anti-dilution protection The chart below breaks out the percentage of

deals with broad-based weighted average narrow-based weighted average full ratchet and no anti-

dilution protection

Narrow-BasedWgt-Avg

Full Ratchet Broad-BasedWgt-Avg

None

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

0

20

40

60

80

100

No CA 55 85 59 36 47 23

Other 301 303 247 183 165 154

REDEMPTION PROVISION AND DIVIDEND PROVISION UTILIZATIONmdashBy Region We continued

to see a gap in the usage of redemption and accruing dividend provisions between SF Bay AreaSilicon

Valley and other geographic regions during 2014

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

0

20

40

60

REDEMPTION PROVISIONS I I I

No CA 158 157 124 153 120 88

Other 478 454 443 358 366 284

I I I

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

0

10

20

30

40

ACCRUING DIVIDENDS

About The Cooley Venture Financing Report This quarterly report provides data reflecting Cooleyrsquos experience in

venture capital financing terms and trends Information is taken from transactions in which Cooley served as counsel to

either the issuing company or investors For more information regarding this report please contact the Cooley attorneys

listed below

About Cooley Cooleyrsquos attorneys solve legal issues for entrepreneurs investors financial institutions and established

companies Clients partner with Cooley on transformative deals complex IP and regulatory matters and bet-the-companylitigation often where innovation meets the law

Cooley has 850 lawyers across 12 offices in the United States China and Europe

This Cooley Venture Financing Report is not intended to provide specific legal advice or to establish an attorney-client relationship copy2015

Cooley LLP 3175 Hanover Street Palo Alto CA Palo Alto CA 94304 +1 650 843 5000 Permission is granted to make and redistribute

without change copies of this entire document provided that such copies are complete and unaltered and identify Cooley LLP as the author

All other rights reserved

wwwcooleycom

BOSTON MA Patrick Mitchell +1 617 937 2315BROOMFIELD CO Brent Fassett +1 720 566 4025LONDON Justin Stock +44 0 20 7556 4260LOS ANGELES CA David Young +1 310 883 6416NEW YORK NY Babak (Bo) Yaghmaie +1 212 479 6556PALO ALTO CA Matt Bartus +1 650 843 5756

RESTON VA Mike Lincoln +1 703 456 8022SAN DIEGO CA Tom Coll +1 858 550 6013SAN FRANCISCO CA Craig Jacoby +1 415 693 2147SEATTLE WA Gordon Empey +1 206 452 8752SHANGHAI Patrick Loofbourrow +86 21 6030 0608WASHINGTON DC Ryan Naftulin +1 202 842 7822