Venture Monitor Q2 2026
In H1 2026, US VC deal value reached $412.7 billion with megadeals of $100 million or more representing 87.5% of total capital deployed.
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In H1 2026, US VC deal value reached $412.7 billion with megadeals of $100 million or more representing 87.5% of total capital deployed.
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Over 99 percent of all U.S. banking organizations were well capitalized as of the fourth quarter of 2025.
Total incremental fundraising in CEE reached €1.87 billion in 2025, representing a 3% decrease from 2024 but remaining 21% above the previous five-year average.
UK private capital markets face a structural liquidity gap, with PE sponsors deploying capital at a 2.1x deployment-to-exit ratio between 2021 and 2025.
Acquisition-related deals made up 75% of all activity by count YTD, leading estimated volume at €11.7 billion.
Finnish buyout and growth investors raised €535 million in new capital in 2025, representing a 47% decrease compared to the previous year.
European VC deal value reached €21.9 billion in Q1 2026, driven by unprecedented AI deal penetration of 61.3%.
Industrials led global sector distribution in Q1 2026, accounting for 61 IPOs and $14b in proceeds.
Nordic VC exit value rose to €18.7 billion in 2025, heavily driven by Klarna's €12.7 billion IPO.
The Nordic PE market recorded an average of 392 deals per quarter in 2025, compared with 377 in 2024, 355 in 2023, and 388 in 2022.
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Total venture capital invested in Swiss start-ups increased by 23.9% in 2025 to CHF 2.95 billion.
In YTD 2026, U.S. seed capital invested reached $19B across a projected 4,724E deal count, with a median seed deal size of $3.0M.
In the second half of 2025, the Italian private equity market recorded a total of 322 investments and 26 divestments.
India PE-VC investments declined approximately 17% year over year to about $36 billion in 2025, while VC investments grew roughly 18% to $16 billion.
US venture capital deal value reached $515.8 billion across an estimated 14,199 deals through the first three quarters of 2026.
In Q4 2025, $91.6 billion was deployed across an estimated 4,482 VC deals in the US market.
Artificial intelligence captured 65.4 percent of all deal value, driven by 487 mega-deals of $100 million or more that accounted for 67 percent of total value.
Venture capital investment in Swiss start-ups increased by 23.9% in 2025 to a total of CHF 2.95 billion.
Funding across stages in Germany was evenly split, with the start-up segment raising EUR 726 million and the scale-up segment raising EUR 714 million.
Private equity investments in Sweden reached SEK 133bn across 457 companies in 2025.
India’s venture capital (VC)/growth equity market reached approximately $16 billion in 2025, logging its second consecutive year of growth.
Total global fintech investment increased from $95.5 billion in 2024 to $116 billion in 2025, ending three consecutive years of decline.
Funding was evenly distributed across development stages, with €726 million invested in startups (Series A/B) and €714 million in scale-ups (Series C+).
The survey collected responses from 80 employees across at least 30 private equity firms in Finland.
DACH VC deal activity through Q3 2025 reached €8.4 billion across 1,085 completed deals, pacing 9% YoY below 2024 levels.
Finnish growth companies received €161m (-55% YoY) across 30 (-23% YoY) deals from domestic and foreign investors.
As of 29 December 2024, listed private equity firms globally managed €4,140 billion in assets and had a combined market cap of €663 billion.
A total of 787 VC and PE mid-market fund managers contributed their insights to the Q4 2025 barometer survey.