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While today’s picture may mirror what happened when the Fed dropped rates four years ago, there are also several significant ways in which the current environment differs for VCs.

In recent years, the secondary market has become the primary place where many startups and their investors are able to fill the void created by an extended quiet period in the IPO market.

Engineers of all kinds command some of the highest salaries of any startup employees. But the meteoric ascent of AI tools and technology has pushed salaries even higher.

Years of regulatory muddiness created uncertainty among crypto startups, but a wave of new regulation could represent an opening of the floodgates for VC funding.

In Q2, 16.6% of all venture capital raised came from bridge rounds, up from 11.8% during the same period last year. What’s behind the recent bump?

Series A deal count on Carta was down 18% year over year, while cash raised declined by 23%. But valuations at the stage keep going up.

So far this year, about 61% of tenders administered on Carta involved companies at Series C or later, while the other 39% involved companies between the seed stage and Series B.

Early-stage investors say that this change is symptomatic of larger transitions underway in the venture market, including an expansion in the number of solo GPs and other emerging managers.

Explore key trends across stages and sub-sectors in this detailed breakdown that highlights why healthcare investors typically require a bigger piece of the pie.

The new global tariff policy by the U.S. and ongoing negotiations have begun to change the way that some early-stage investors are approaching deals. But the global machine of startup fundraising is still churning along.

In 2024, companies in the AI space stunned the market by raising huge rounds at lofty valuations from some of the most prestigious investors. Some headline-grabbing rounds were raised mere weeks after launch.