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Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: 2021 saw $671 billion invested throughout the full year 2021, a staggering sum when compared to the annual highs seen at the start of the decade, said a study.
According to the latest quarterly report from KPMG Enterprise 2021 was the strongest year for VC investment on record, in terms of both total deal value and the number of VC deals seen globally.
The robust VC investment climate was highlighted in part by record-setting investment levels in numerous jurisdictions, including the US, Canada, Brazil, the UK, Germany, Israel, the Nordic region, Ireland, and India. Corporate VC investment also reached a new high during the quarter - more than a third higher than the previous record set in 2018.
The expanding breadth of VC investors, including an increasing number of non-traditional investors, globally propelled fundraising to near-record levels, only slightly lower than 2019's total. On the other end of the deal life cycle, both the number of exits and total exit value also broke records - with the latter almost three times the previous high.
Number of unicorn deals more than doubled year-over-year
Unicorn companies globally continued to account for a significant amount of VC investment in 2021, with several existing unicorns raising large rounds in Q4'21, including J&T Express ($2.5 billion), Lacework ($1.3 billion), Thrasio ($1 billion), and N26 ($900 million).
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