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Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Global VC funding in 2020 was $300.5 billion - up from $281.6 billion in 2019 and second only to 2018's record $329.7 billion despite a drop in deal volume.
According to the KPMG Private Enterprise Venture Pulse report, despite global uncertainty resulting from several ongoing events including the COVID 19 pandemic, the US presidential election, Brexit negotiations, and trade tensions between the US and China, global VC investment remained very robust.
Annual VC investment in the Americas reached a record $164.3 billion during 2020, including an annual record high of $156.2 billion in the US. Annual VC investment in Europe also saw a record of $49.0 billion during the year.
Global median deal sizes rose across all deal stages in 2020 - to $1.2 million for seed/angel deals, $4.5 million for early-stage deals, and $9.9 million for later-stage deals.
Global median pre-money valuations rose across Series A and higher rounds during 2020, including $525 million for Series D or later rounds, compared to $410 million in 2019.
Other global median pre-money valuations were $22 million for Series A, $70 million for Series B, and $180 million for Series C deals. Global median pre-money valuations for Seed stage deals held steady at $6 million between 2019 and 2020.
Global first-time venture financing dropped for the third straight year - to $24.9 billion across 6,580 deals in 2020 from $29.4 billion across 8,149 deals in 2019.
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