Venture capital (VC) is the financing of start-ups and small businesses by investment banks, private investors and other financial institutions. As a form of private equity funding, venture capitalists try to assess and invest in startups that will have a long-term return potential. In 2020, North America had the highest value of VC deal funding globally, totaling over *** billion U.S. dollars in financing. How many VC deals have been completed in each region? In 2020, North America dominated the VC financing scene in terms of the value of deals closed that year, followed by Asia and then Europe. Similarly, the highest volume of VC financing deals was also closed in North America – just under ***** deals in total. Following the pattern of deal value, Asia had the second-highest number of VC financing deals closed, and Europe the third-highest. Impact of COVID-19 on stock indices worldwide As of the first quarter of 2021, the internet industry in the U.S. saw the highest value of venture capital investment – almost ** billion U.S. dollars in funding. This was followed by the healthcare and mobile and telecommunications industries, although with significantly less funding in comparison to the internet industry. Overall, the value of venture capital funding invested in the United States in 2020 amounted to more than *** billion dollars – an increase compared to the previous year, despite the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

In 2023, the state that had the highest value of venture capital (VC) investment in the United States was California. The value of VC investments made in California amounted to over ** billion U.S. dollars, followed by New York with nearly ***** billion U.S. dollars. Massachusetts secured the third position with around ** billion U.S. dollars worth of investment. In terms of deal volume, California also led the U.S. market as the state with the highest number of venture capital deals closed. How has venture capital investment in the U.S. changed over time? Over the course of the last five years, the value of venture capital investment in the United States has generally increased, albeit with some fluctuation. Despite the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic that have impacted economies worldwide, VC investments amounted to a value of around *** billion U.S. dollars in 2020 – a significant increase from the value obtained in the previous year. Which industries received the most VC funding? In the United States, the value of venture capital investment was highest in the software industry in 2023, with deal value of over ** billion U.S. dollars. This was followed by the commercial products and service industry, and then the pharma and biotech sector.

2021 set a new record for venture capital investments in the United States, amounting to approximately *** billion U.S. dollars, nearly twice as much as the previous year. Venture capital is defined as temporary equity investment in young, innovative, non-listed companies that stand out on the market. Although the companies lack the current earning power, they have above average growth potential, which makes them an attractive investment opportunity. In 2023, it was ***** billion U.S. dollars, which was a significant decline when compared to the previous year.

The proportion of venture capital (VC) funding that went to startups with female founders only or at least one female founder globally didn't change significantly from 2011 to 2020. In 2020, startups with only female founders received *** percent of global VC funding, while startups with both male and female cofounders received * percent of funding. In 2011, female-only founded companies and female/male cofounded companies received **** percent and ***** percent of global VC funding, respectively.

In 2024, mental health ventures leveraging AI attracted a total funding of around *** billion U.S. dollars worldwide. This accounted for ** percent of all venture capital investment in the mental health sector. The share of investment in mental health ventures with AI generally decreased since 2020, when ** percent of all VC investment were deployed to ventures with AI.

In 2024, the number of venture capital (VC) investment deals in construction tech increased significantly. The VC deal count reached its peak with *** deals that year, which was more than ***** times higher than in 2020. Meanwhile, the value of VC investment on construction tech barely increased in 2024.

In 2020, investment in Latin American startups amounted to more than *** billion U.S. dollars, down from nearly *** billion dollars reported the previous year. In the last decade, venture capital investments in the region grew by more than *** thousand percent.

Venture capital (VC) is the financing of start-ups and small businesses by investment banks, private investors and other financial institutions. As a form of private equity funding, venture capitalists try to assess and invest in startups that will have a long-term return potential. In 2020, ************* had the highest number of VC deals globally with over ***** funding deals.

In countries with the highest number of COVID-19 cases, the amount of venture capital funding decreased for some and increased for others. The United States had the highest number of COVID-19 cases worldwide as of the end of July 2020, with venture capital funding amounting to **** billion U.S. dollars. This is *** billion U.S. dollars less than the average value of VC funding recorded in the U.S. in the first halves of 2018 and 2019.

Conversely, India had the third-highest COVID-19 case count in the world, and recorded **** billion U.S. dollars in venture funding between January and June 2020. This value was **** billion U.S. dollars higher than the value of VC invested in the first halves of 2018 and 2019.

This statistic shows the venture capital (VC) funding in Europe by different investment stages from the first quarter of 2020 to the third quarter of 2022. In all quarters, the majority of the European venture capital funding was acquired by companies in their later stage. As of the third quarter of 2022, late stage firms acquired investments worth *** billion U.S. dollars, whereas those in angel-seed stage acquired investments amounting to *** billion U.S. dollars.

The median size of venture capital deals in 2023 was lower than in the previous years, except for the angel and seed stage. In 2023, the median deal size of later stage VC-backed companies amounted to *** million U.S. dollars, down from *** million U.S. dollars in the previous year.

In the first halves of 2019 and 2020, California was the leading state in terms of venture capital (VC) funding in the United States. In the first half of 2019 and 2020, California recorded **** billion and **** billion U.S. dollars in VC funding, respectively. This was followed by New York, with **** billion U.S. dollars in venture funding in the first half of 2019, and *** billion U.S. dollars in the first half of 2020. The top three is completed by Massachusetts, with *** billion U.S. dollars in VC funding recorded in 2019, and seven billion U.S. dollars recorded in the first half of 2020.

The number of seed and angel venture capital deals closed globally fluctuated significantly since early 2020. In the first quarter of 2022, 4,272 seed and angel deals were completed, which was over 1,000 deals fewer than the fourth quarter of 2021.

The number of early-stage venture capital deals closed globally fell steadily from mid-2019 to the end of 2020. Since the first quarter of 2021, the number of early-stage deals completed partially recovered, reaching 2,364 in the first quarter of 2022.

In 2020, the value of venture capital investments in Mexico amounted to approximately ***** million U.S. dollars, down from over ***** million U.S. dollars raised by Mexican startups in the previous year. Late venture capital concentrated over ** percent of the country's investments as of September 2019.

Venture capital (VC) is a kind of investment meant for high-potential startups and small businesses that is often accompanied by a high risk level. In 2020, the number of venture capital investment deals in Latin America amounted to ***, up from *** deals recorded a year earlier. VC investments increased by over *** percent in the last decade.

In 2020, venture capital (VC) investments in Brazil amounted to **** billion Brazilian reals. This shows a significant increase in comparison to 2016, when the value of VC investments added up to *** million Brazilian reals.

In 2023, the funding value of early-stage venture capital deals reached **** billion U.S. dollars. In comparison, late-stage deals reached a funding value of **** billion U.S. dollars over the same year.

During the third quarter of 2020, the digital banking and credit platform Konfío closed the largest venture capital deal in Mexico, amounting to ** million U.S. dollars. The proptech startup Flat ranked second, with an investment value of ** million dollars. As of February 2021, venture capital investments received by Konfío added up to around *** million dollars.

This statistic shows the healthcare information technology (HIT) venture capital (VC) funding worldwide from 2010 to 2020. A total of 8.55 billion U.S. dollars of VC funding took place in 2019, but funding increased to almost 15 billion U.S. dollars during pandemic year 2020.