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Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Global VC investment fell from a five-quarter high of $95.5 billion in Q2'24 to a nearly seven-year low of $70.1 billion in Q3'24, revealed a study.
According to the Q3'24 edition of KPMG Private Enterprise's Venture Pulse, the decline came despite another solid quarter of VC investment in AI; the sector accounted for six of the ten largest VC deals globally, including a $1.5 billion raise by Anduril Industries and a $1 billion raise by Safe Superintelligence.
While the Americas continued to attract the largest share of VC investment in Q3'24, total investment in the region still fell from $58.6 billion in Q2'24 to $41.4 billion in Q3'24.
In Asia, VC investment fell from $18.5 billion to $15.6 billion quarter-over-quarter, while in Europe it dropped from $17.9 billion to $12.5 billion.
Global corporate VC investment fell from $54 billion to $35.2 billion between Q2'24 and Q3'24; this included declines from $34.4 billion to $19.6 billion in the Americas-including from $32.7 to $17.8 billion in the US-from $10.7 to $9.4 billion in Asia, and from $8.5 billion to $5.9 billion in Europe.
Meanwhile, global exit value fell to a six-quarter low of $39.2 billion, driven primarily by a slowdown in US-based exit activity-which fell from $25.2 billion to $11.2 billion between Q2'24 and Q3'24, as the number of exits fell to a seventeen-quarter low of 244. Asia, which saw a five-year low of $11.2 billion in exit value in Q2'24, saw exit value ...................... To view our full article Click here
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