U.S. seed-stage investment actually declined a bit last year, particularly in a handful of industries including several beset by disappointing performance of startups funded in recent prior years. We take a look.
Seed funding
There has been some seed-stage shape-shifting in recent years. We take a look and find that those early-stage funding deals, on average, are getting...
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Funding to Europe-based startups settled year over year in 2024. Funding reached $51 billion, down by 5% year over year from $54 billion invested in...
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While global venture investment rebounded last year, the Asia funding market cratered, totaling only $65.8 billion in 2024 — the exact same low the...
North American venture funding spiked in the final quarter of 2024, closing out an up year for startup investment driven by continued momentum around...
Global venture capital funding in October reached $32 billion, marking the highest month for startup investment so far in 2024.
So far in 2024, just 118 small and midsized U.S. startup investors — excluding funds operated by firms that have raised $2 billion or more in total —...
Chemistry, a new early-stage VC firm founded by former Bessemer Venture Partners, Andreessen Horowitz and Index Ventures investors, announced its...
The third quarter was the second-largest for venture funding to AI startups ever — with a whopping $19.1 billion raised, per Crunchbase.
Funding activity shows especially heavy enthusiasm around artificial intelligence, with roughly a third of funding in our sample set going to AI...
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Total venture dollars to Asia-based startups fell to $13.2 billion — its smallest total since it hit $13 billion in Q1 2015 — according to Crunchbase...
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