In Q1 2025, AI commanded 71% of total VC deal value, according to PitchBook For Q1 2025, AI has accounted for 71% of total VC deal value, according to new PitchBook data. Fortune · Apr 24, 2025
Trump's tariffs dash hopes of VC comeback in 2025: 'It's going to be an ugly problem' Tariff uncertainty is putting even more pressure on the VC market, leaving investors hesitant as tech companies postpone IPOs. Fortune · Apr 16, 2025
The oxymoron of Mira Murati’s reported $2 billion seed round OpenAI CTO Mira Murati has reportedly doubled the amount of funding she’s seeking to raise for her startup Thinking Machines Lab. Fortune · Apr 11, 2025
Mira Murati’s reported $2 billion 'seed' funding suggests the AI boom is alive and well, even after a week of economic chaos Former OpenAI Chief Tech Officer Mira Murati’s AI startup, Thinking Machines, is looking to raise a massive $2 billion seed round, according to Business Insider. If true, it’s a jarring number that could reframe the debate about the AI boom. Fortune · Apr 11, 2025
History suggests a tariff-induced downturn may cause a reckoning in the venture capital industry The venture market has been reorienting itself the last three years. It may just be getting started. Fortune · Apr 8, 2025
There are 372 AI unicorns right now, according to PitchBook. Here’s what that means Right now, in the tech industry paddock, there are 372 AI unicorns, according to PitchBook. Fortune · Mar 28, 2025
Foodtech deal count hit a record low in Q4 2024, says PitchBook Q4 2024 was a rather limited time for foodtech funding, according to new PitchBook data. Fortune · Feb 21, 2025
Female founders feel less supported, optimistic VC gender gaps affect founder optimism, support, and mental health. Fortune · Feb 10, 2025
Venture capital continued its slump in 2024—with Asian deals hitting their lowest count in a decade Just over 27% of all deals happened in Asia last year, according to PitchBook, amid geopolitical tensions and a sluggish China. Fortune · Jan 7, 2025
Here’s what you need to know about Turo, the car rental app allegedly used in the New Orleans attack and the Cybertruck explosion outside Las Vegas Trump Hotel The Turo app is like Airbnb for renting vehicles. Fortune · Jan 3, 2025
Three charts explaining where the AI frenzy is right now PitchBook recently released its Q3 AI and ML report. Fortune · Dec 3, 2024
Insight Partners has paid out nearly $8 billion this year—but returns for its giant 2021 fund have mostly come up dry The lack of distributions is leading to a rise in continuation funds in private equity Fortune · Oct 28, 2024
For AI agent startups, deal count is up 81.4% year over year, says PitchBook Per PitchBook, YC is the leading investor in LLM agents, by all-time number of investments. In the trailing 12 months, there have been 156 deals in the space. Fortune · Sep 24, 2024
Mobility tech deal value was up 13.9% quarter over quarter, led by autonomous driving startups, according to PitchBook Q2 saw some green shoots for mobility tech as a sector, as VCs invested $6.7 billion in mobility tech, marking a 13.9% quarter-over-quarter increase in deal value, according to PitchBook. Fortune · Sep 16, 2024
Fortune · Sep 4, 2024 VCs invested $1.2 billion in insurtechs in Q2 2024, according to PitchBook Today, the insurtech sector is still attracting investment, albeit pulled-back and with asterisks. In the second quarter of 2024, $1.2 billion in VC money was invested across 106 insurtech deals, a recent PitchBook report showed.
Fortune · Aug 8, 2024 Flat and down rounds have hit a decade high, according to new PitchBook data PitchBook just released its quarterly U.S. Valuations Report, and its data isn’t surprising—but it is cryptic. Flat and down rounds hit a decade high, while median late-stage valuations (this year to date) are surpassing the 2021 bull market.
Fortune · Jul 12, 2024 AI startups raised $24 billion globally in Q2, but the question remains: Where will value in AI accrue? Here’s one VC’s (slightly) contrarian take. PitchBook isn’t ready to call a comeback, but deal counts are looking up: In Q2 this year, U.S. VCs invested $55.6 billion in 4,226 deals, marking the highest quarterly deal count since Q2 2022. Meanwhile, AI startups raised $24 billion globally in Q2, Crunchbase says.
Fortune · Jun 26, 2024 For U.S. VCs, average fund size this year hit $153.5 million. But fundraising is only going well for a select few, PitchBook data shows. Data pretty clearly suggests that, for lots of fundraising VCs right now, it is brutal out here. But there are nuances to this, as illustrated in PitchBook’s just-published mid-year update to its 2024 U.S. Venture Capital Outlook.
Fortune · Jun 4, 2024 What I learned about dealmaking (and mascots) in Japan In 2023, total VC deal activity in Japan shook out to $5.1 billion in value, across 1,213 deals, according to PitchBook.
Ballotpedia · Apr 2, 2024 Economy and Society April 2, 2024: Mississippi issues cease and desist order to BlackRock, warns of potential finesEconomy and Society April 2, 2024: Economy and Society is Ballotpedia’s weekly review of the developments in corporate activism; corporate political engagement; and the environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) trends and events that characterize the growing intersection between business and politics.
Evening Standard · Feb 13, 2024 Legal tech firm Farewill sees value written down more than £50 million by shareholder Daily Mail Legal tech firm Farewill has seen its valuation slashed by more than £50 million by one of its major shareholders, the Standard has learnt, amid growing signs European tech firms are struggling to hold on to the heady valuations they attracted during the height of the pandemic.
International Business Times UK · Jan 19, 2024 Kiln Emerges Victorious Amid Crypto Downturn, Secures $17M Funding in 2023 According to data from PitchBook, VC investments in crypto companies witnessed a staggering 68% drop in 2023 compared to the robust figures seen in 2022.
Fortune · Dec 6, 2023 AI is so indispensable for this profession that nearly 60% of the workers who use it say they’d rather take a 10% pay cut than go without the technology Many market intelligence researchers have become reliant on AI to do their jobs—it could be a sign of what's to come across the economy.
Evening Standard · Nov 22, 2023 European tech valuations fall again as storm clouds gather for start-ups Valuations of European tech firms continued to decline in the third quarter, figures out today show, as start-ups battled for survival amid weaker consumer sentiment, scant venture capital investment and slower growth.
Fortune · Nov 14, 2023 The new realities of venture capital, in 3 charts PitchBook data shows that seed and pre-seed fundraising have been resilient to the downturn.