Global venture capital (VC) investment grows from $83.8 billion in 9,458 deals in Q4 2023 to 2024, amid geopolitical tensions, prolonged exit of VC-backed companies, and declining investment. That fell slightly to $75.9 billion on 7,520 deals in the first quarter. At a later trading stage. VC investment levels in Q1 2024 were the lowest since Q2 2019, and the number of VC deals was the lowest since Q2 2016.
This figure compares to the $5.2 billion raised by Sweden-based H2 Green Steel and the The deal is backed by a $4 billion raise by Anthropic, which is headquartered in New York. Analyze global investment trends across major jurisdictions around the world. In China, he also had two large deals over $1 billion during the quarter. His $1.1 billion raise by IM Motors and his $1 billion raise by YueZhiAnMian.
VC investment fell in both the Americas and Asia this quarter, but rose in Europe, entirely on the back of the H2 Green Steel funding. The Americas accounted for almost half of global VC funding in Q1 2024 ($38.2 billion in 3,205 deals), with the US accounting for the majority of this amount ($36.6 billion in 2,882 deals). Ta. Meanwhile, Asia Pacific raised $18.9 billion across 2,305 deals, and Europe raised $17.9 billion across 1,798 deals.
However, global exit activity remains subdued, declining from $49.8 billion in Q4 2023 to $30.7 billion in Q1 2024, the lowest level since Q4 2016. It has become. This is despite the US increasing from $12.5 billion to $18.6 billion quarter-on-quarter. Exit activity in Asia recorded the worst decline, falling to $10 billion in the first quarter of 2024, compared to $33.9 billion in the fourth quarter of 2023.
