January VC fundraising hit $22.5 billion. Sounds massive but...
One firm raised 67% of it.
First, some quick stats:
• Number of funds: 40
• Total capital raised: $22.5B (disclosed)
A handful of mega VC funds skewed the total:
• a16z: $15B ❗
• Lux Capital: $1.5B
• Antler: $510M
By fund count, 3 areas dominated:
• AI, AI infrastructure, GenAI
• Climate, energy, decarbonization
• Biotech, health, life sciences
Other things to note:
→ The US still dominated dollars.
→ Europe showed a high fund count with smaller average sizes.
→ Israel and deeptech hubs emphasized focus over scale.
40 funds raised:
↳1. Andreessen Horowitz – $15B+ fund
↳2. Lux Capital – $1.5B fund
↳3. DTCP – €500M fund
↳4. Antler – $510M fund
↳5. Obvious Ventures – $360M fund
↳6. Yosemite – $200M+ toward $350M fund
↳7. Voyager Ventures – $275M fund
↳8. daphni – €260M fund
↳9. Basis Set Ventures – $250M fund
↳10. Dharana Capital – $250M fund
↳11. Servier Ventures – $234M fund
↳12. Healthier Capital – $220M fund
↳13. 2150 – €210M fund
↳14. AppWorks – $165M fund
↳15. PureTerra Ventures – €150M fund
↳16. b2venture – €150M fund
↳17. Vi Partners – CHF150M fund (first close)
↳18. Epidarex Capital – $145M+ fund (first close)
↳19. Hetz Ventures – $140M fund
↳20. SEMCAP Food & Nutrition – $125M fund
↳21. Arkin Bio Ventures – $100M fund
↳22. Deep33 Ventures – $100M fund
↳23. e2vc – €100M fund (first close)
↳24. seed + speed Ventures – €90M fund
↳25. Rosberg Ventures – €86M fund
↳26. Social Leverage – $85M fund
↳27. 2048 Ventures – $82M fund
↳28. The Footprint Firm – €76M fund
↳29. Ananda Impact Ventures – €73M fund (first close)
↳30. Heartland Ventures – $60M fund
↳31. 4Founders Capital – €60M fund
↳32. TRAVELTECH.VC – €50M fund
↳33. Citrine Venture Partners – $50M fund
↳34. Orion Industrial Ventures – $43M fund
↳35. Mission (formerly Demium) – €35M fund
↳36. Navam Capital – $34.3M fund
↳37. Superorganism – $25.9M fund
↳38. Somersault Ventures – $20M fund
↳39. Vanagon Ventures – €20M fund
↳40. ZOHO.VC – €10M fund
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