All facets of U.S. venture capital industry are ‘astounding,’ report finds

Venture capital activity reached new highs, through the first three quarters of the year, according to the Q3 2021 PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor released today.

Annual records in deals, venture capital fundraising, and exit values were set, according to the report, through just the first three quarters of 2021.

For the quarter, venture capital firms poured in $82.8 billion into 3,518 deals, the report found.  That brings the total year-to-date numbers to nearly $240 billion invested into nearly 13,000 deals.  In 2020, the prior annual record for investment, venture firms put in $166.4 billion. READ MORE