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Small and medium-sized enterprises provide up to 78% of non-agricultural employment in emerging economies, though more than 30% fail within their first three years.
Total Danish VC investments reached EUR 182 million in Q1 2026, representing a 71% decline compared to EUR 620 million in Q4 2025.
Indonesia's digital economy recorded a Gross Merchandise Value of $82 billion in 2024, supported by more than 2,400 active startups across various sectors.
Startups face a structural financing gap that traditional intermediaries are poorly equipped to address, which crowdfunding helps alleviate across 4 primary models.
European VC deal value reached €21.9 billion in Q1 2026, driven by unprecedented AI deal penetration of 61.3%.
Finnish VC funds raised a total of €678 million (+115%) in new funds for future investments.
The global crowdfunding market reached $20.46 billion in 2025, with overall platform success rates ranging between 22-24%.
Mobile internet usage in the Latin American region reached 65% of the population by late 2023.
Nordic VC exit value rose to €18.7 billion in 2025, heavily driven by Klarna's €12.7 billion IPO.
The Business Innovation Center (BIC) opened in 2003 as a space of 4000 square meters articulated in 35 modules dedicated to innovative business ventures.
Annual VC funding into Irish SMEs fell by 23% in FY 2025, marking the first annual decline since 2018.
More than 87% of adults in Colombia held at least one formal financial product according to national financial inclusion reporting.
India’s venture capital (VC)/growth equity market reached approximately $16 billion in 2025, logging its second consecutive year of growth.
The Venture Capital and Private Equity sector in Spain manages a portfolio of over 2,500 companies, representing 6.27% of Spain's GDP.
The EU faces an annual investment gap of €750-800 billion to boost productivity, support the digital transition, and meet climate goals.
Private equity and venture capital backed companies employed 151,390 people in Norway in 2024.
Indigenous technology and services sector exports grew by 7%, reaching €9.05 billion in 2024.
Irish AI companies raised €256 million across 75 deals YTD in 2026, following a record €691.3 million raised across 107 deals in 2025.
Venture capital investment in Swiss start-ups increased by 23.9% in 2025 to a total of CHF 2.95 billion.
In 2025, the overall early-stage ecosystem in Italy monitored a total of 419 investments compared to 406 operations in 2024.
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.
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.
Funding was evenly distributed across development stages, with €726 million invested in startups (Series A/B) and €714 million in scale-ups (Series C+).
In Q4 2025, $91.6 billion was deployed across an estimated 4,482 VC deals in the US market.
Total venture capital investment volume in Swedish portfolio companies rebounded in 2024 to SEK 6.9 billion from SEK 4.4 billion in 2023.
European climate funds raised $61 billion in 2025, nearly double the US total of $37 billion, with Europe's fund close rate holding at 71% versus 35% in the US.
Italy ranks among the top ten countries globally for scientific output with over 2.6 million publications.
DACH VC deal activity through Q3 2025 reached €8.4 billion across 1,085 completed deals, pacing 9% YoY below 2024 levels.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang estimates that $2T worth of data centers will power software globally over the next four to five years [p.4].
The total number of financing rounds fell by 10.1% year-on-year to 124 rounds.
