PitchBook: US VCs have invested ~$14.2B in European AI startups so far in 2025, with founders saying US investors better fit the sector's high upfront costs
This article is brutal. … Forums: r/europe : Europe's AI Startups Look Stateside for Bigger Checks, Quicker Deals. Founders seeking funding see U.S. investors as better fit for sector's fast pace and...
PitchBook: in 2023, US VCs returned $26B worth of shares back to investors, the lowest amount since 2011, and invested $60B more than they collected, a record
Berber Jin / Wall Street Journal :
Dealroom: US VCs provided 65% of VC money for European defense startups in 2024, up from 18% in 2023, for $458M total YTD, or 3x+ more than in any prior year
Sylvia Pfeifer / Financial Times : X: @elenlazarou and @pluralplatform X: Elena Lazarou / @elenlazarou : “The US provided more than 65 per cent of venture capital defence tech investment in Europe so...
PitchBook: US VCs have $311B in unspent cash, as investors shy away from risky bets and focus on dividends, after raising a record $435B between 2020 and 2022
Financial Times :
HSBC: UK startups raised $4.9B in Q3, attracting ~37% of that from US VCs, taking 2023 funding so far to ~$15B, or about the same as France and Germany combined
Irina Anghel / Bloomberg :
US VC and PE firms are assessing how Biden's executive order on Chinese tech impacts their holdings and are weighing strategies to comply or exit China
Biden signed an executive order to block US VCs & PE firms investing in quantum computing, advanced chips and artificial intelligence in an effort to stop China's military from accessing American fund...
Biden's Chinese tech EO leaves US VCs and private equity firms trying to work out the impact on their holdings and weighing up strategies to comply or exit
Private equity and venture capital funds targeted in Biden administration's crackdown — After President Joe Biden announced a ban …
PitchBook: US VCs invested $39.8B in Q2 2023, down ~50% YoY, across 3,011 startup deals, down ~33% YoY, with the number of angel or seed deals falling ~50% YoY
Venture capitalists are funding fewer startups, especially at the earliest stages of a company's life, according to new data from research firm PitchBook.
a16z, Sequoia, and others are increasingly investing in defense tech startups; PitchBook: US VCs invested $33B in the sector in 2022, up from below $16B in 2019
Tabby Kinder / Financial Times :
As some US VCs crash parties in the Middle East to find funding, some view their desperation poorly because the region's investors value long-term relationships
Bloomberg : Tweets: @matthew_petti and @jeffnolan Tweets: Matthew Petti / @matthew_petti : Now that Silicon Valley's American gravy train is grinding to a halt, tech executives are increasingly looki...