KPMG Private Enterprise's quarterly report analyses the latest global trends in venture capital investment data and provides insights from both a global and regional perspective. This edition provides in-depth analysis on the lifecycle of venture capital investments across the Americas, EMA and ASPAC, including a look at investment activity such as valuations, financing, deal sizes, mergers & acquisitions, exits, corporate investment and industry highlights.
Ongoing market challenges, including the lack of exits, high interest rates, and continued geopolitical uncertainties kept VC investors cautious during Q1’24. In addition to scrutinizing potential deals more heavily, VC investors also showed less willingness to provide bridge funding to their existing portfolio companies, driving startups to increase their focus on cost cutting and achieving profitability even further.
In this quarter’s edition of Venture Pulse, we examine these and a number of other interesting global and regional trends, including:
Noticeable drop in Series D+ deals
Protracted lack of IPO and M&A exit opportunities
Increasing interest in defense technologies
Growing number of secondary transactions
Continuing investment in AI and cleantech
