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  Venture Debt

  Tariff-induced volatility is pushing even more growth-stage startups to venture debt

  April 24, 2025

  Shut out of the IPO market, more mature companies are turning to venture debt, which has seen record growth recently.

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  Startups

  AI eats up 58% of global venture dollars as fear of missing out drives up dealmaking

  April 16, 2025

  In North America, AI & ML startups took in 70% of all VC investment in the region

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  Venture Debt

  Venture debt hits all-time high as startups diverge from VC expectations

  February 18, 2025

  Venture debt lenders say their business has hit prime time as startups struggle to raise from traditional VCs.

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  Venture Monitor

  Emerging GPs no longer closing more VC funds than experienced peers

  January 31, 2025

  LPs rattled by tough economic headwinds and political uncertainty have been more reticent to back emerging managers

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  AI

  AI nabs better deal terms than the rest of VC

  October 15, 2024

  A shortage of top-tier AI founders has translated into a more favorable dealmaking environment.

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  Venture Capital

  AI eats up 41% of US VC deal value, with help from Big Tech bucks

  August 13, 2024

  The money driving the biggest story in venture capital isn’t coming from VC firms.

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  Venture Monitor

  3 charts: Tough times for VC newcomers as larger funds dominate

  July 19, 2024

  While 2024 has been a difficult year for VC fundraising, emerging managers are bearing the brunt of the pain as larger, more high-profile firms assert their dominance

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  Fund Performance

  Venture’s asset growth has become an albatross around its neck

  July 15, 2024

  The VC industry has a $1.2 trillion problem: It manages far more assets than the exit markets can currently absorb.

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  Limited Partners

  Global VC fundraising on track for worst year since 2015

  July 9, 2024

  The IPO drought explains why fund launches are drying up faster than a lake in Phoenix.

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  Startups

  3 charts: The US has more startups than VCs can support

  April 15, 2024

  There are still over 55,000 solvent VC-backed companies in the US, many of which are aggressively competing for funding.

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  Fund Performance

  VC fund returns uptick signals sunnier skies in 2024

  April 10, 2024

  VCs tend to mark their portfolio holdings based on comparable public stocks, which saw a revival in the latter half of 2023.

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  Venture Monitor

  4 charts: 2023’s VC investor pullback

  January 18, 2024

  Following one of the most challenging years for startups and VCs, we chart the effects of the investor exodus.

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  Venture Monitor

  Despite AI boost, unicorn creation hits 6-year low

  January 17, 2024

  Fewer unicorns were minted in 2023 than any year since 2017, but among them, generative AI companies dominated.

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  Venture Monitor

  VC fund closes stretch to 15 months—longest in a decade

  January 15, 2024

  Venture investors are taking longer than ever to fundraise from LPs, says the latest PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor.

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  Venture Monitor

  Recent IPOs won’t pull 2023 out of VC exit value trough

  October 17, 2023

  Exits rebounded in Q3, but total liquidity for the VC ecosystem is still expected to be low in closing out 2023.

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  Venture Monitor

  VC fundraising on track for 67% decline with little relief in sight

  October 15, 2023

  The venture fundraising environment has been one of the worst of the past decade, LPs say. And they aren’t sure activity will pick up next year.

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  Venture Monitor

  5 big trends shaping VC investing today

  July 13, 2023

  The loss of crossover investors and dismal fund performance are reminders that investors and LPs may continue to look elsewhere for returns.

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  Venture Monitor

  VC finds its footing as headwinds weaken

  July 5, 2023

  The venture capital market has started to stabilize after a sharp correction that began last year.

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