PitchBook just released its recap of 2014 venture capital trends by region, focusing on the most active regions and presenting the information in infographic form. Each infographic can be found here: Bay Area, Pacific Northwest, New York metro and Europe. Below is also a quick summary of the highlights by region:

Bay Area:

  • The median pre-money valuation for 2014 was $28.2m (up from $18.3m for 2013).
  • The most active sector (by both deal count and capital invested), by a wide margin, was information technology.
  • The region accounted for 29.7% of total global venture capital invested and 21.7% of the total global venture capital deal count.

Pacific Northwest:

  • The median pre-money valuation for 2014 was $15.8m (up from $14.4m for 2013).
  • The two most active sectors (by both deal count and capital invested) were information technology and healthcare.
  • The region accounted for 2.8% of total global venture capital invested and 2.3% of the total global venture capital deal count.
  • The region’s most active investors (by deal count) were Madrona Venture Group, Portland Seed Fund, WRF Capital, Founder’s Co-op and Maveron.

New York metro:

  • The median pre-money valuation for 2014 was $17.1m (up from $12.8m for 2013).
  • The two most active sectors (by both deal count and capital invested) were information technology and B2C.
  • The region accounted for 5.7% of total global venture capital invested and 7.2% of the total global venture capital deal count.

Europe:

  • The most active sector by deal count was information technology and the most active sectors by capital invested was a tie between information technology and healthcare.
  • The region accounted for 20.1% of total global venture capital invested and 12.9% of the total global venture capital deal count.
  • The region’s most active investors (by deal count) were High-Tech Grunderfonds, Kima Ventures, Scottish Enterprise, Index Ventures and Octopus Investments.