风险投资包装——2024年第四季度全球科技

Page/ 2Startups raised$330B in venturecapital in 2024.Global venture capital was up6% year on year.Startups raised 25k fundingrounds in 2024. Page/ 32024 saw thereturn ofmegarounds,which were up29% year onyear.Round of $100M+ accountedfor 53% of all VC investmentin 2024. Page/ 4The US, Chinaand the UKremain thetop threecountries byventure capitalin 2024.Itʼs a mixed picture in terms ofgrowth for the biggest startupecosystems. The Netherlandsgrew the most of the top 10year on year, after acomparatively slow 2023.The US notably grew 30%year on year. While the rest ofthe world combined wasdown 14%. Page/ 5Six of the top 10tech hubs byventure capitalin 2024 arein the US.VC investment is up for 6 ofthe top 10 metro hubs againstlast year.The Bay Area has raised moreventure capital in 2024 as thenext ten hubs combined.Denver was the fastestgrowing ecosystem of the top10 in 2024. Page/ 6US startupsraised moreventure capitalthan the rest ofthe worldcombined in202457% of global VC went to USstartups, the highest share ina decade. Page/ 7Europe raised16% of global VC,ahead of China(12%) and therest of Asia(11%)The US surge in 2024 was areversal of a recent trend formore global venturedistribution. This was largelydriven by AI venturedominance in the US. Page/ 8Globally,startups raised$97B in venturecapital in Q42024.Investment in Q4 was up 30%year on year. It was thesecond highest Q4 on record,after Q4 2021. Source:Dealroom.co▊$0–1m (pre-seed)▊$1–4m (seed)▊$4–15m (series A)▊$15–40m (series B)▊$40–100m (series C)▊$100–250m(mega rounds)▊$250m+ (mega+) Page/ 9Source:Dealroom.coThe biggest venturecapital rounds in2024Eight of the 10 biggest rounds in 2024were in the US. They are all AIcompanies. Nine out of 10 are AIcompanies, the exception beingChinese EV company AVATR.» see roundsSource:Dealroom.co GenAIBay Area$4BGrowth Equity VC - Nov 2024Defence AIIrvine$1.5BSeries F - Aug 2024 Page/ 10Source:Early-stage rounds under$15M have slowedslightly▊$4–15m (Series A)▊$1–4m (Seed)▊$0–1m (pre-Seed)Dealroom.co Breakout-stage VC hasbeen consistent in2023/24▊$40–100m (Series C)▊$15–40m (Series B) Late-stage investment isramping up again, Q4being a standout in 2024▊$100–250m▊$250m+ Page/ 11EnterpriseSoftware is themost fundedindustry in techin 2024.$92.7B was been raised byEnterprise Softwarecompanies in 2024, many ofthem AI enabled/related. Page/ 12AI venturecapital hit an alltime high in 2024$110B was invested in AI-firstcompanies in 2024.AI investment was up 62%year on year,. By comparison,the rest of tech VC was down9% globally. Page/ 13Within AI,foundationallayers have hadthe highest VCgrowth in thelast two years Page/ 14AI now makes upa third of globalventure capital,up from just 3%in 2010 Page/ 15The US is evenmore AI focussedthan the globalaverage; 42% ofUS VC was raisedby AI startups in202425% of venture capital raisedin Europe was raised by AIstartups. The share in the restof the world in 18%. Page/ 16Generative AIhas been thebiggest driver ofAI investmentgrowth Page/ 17AI is the commondenominatoramong all themost fundedfrontiertechnology areasfrom 2024 Page/ 18VC funds raised$132B in drypowder in 2024 Page/ 19The 10 largestnew funds raisedmade up 28% ofthe total» see all new funds For live updates onglobal VC trends,visitdealroom.co/guides» Explore the landscape» Explore the landscape» Explore the landscape