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Global Venture Funding In Q1 2025 Indicate Strongest Quarter For Investment Since Q2 2022
Funding key findings Both the largest funding round for a venture-backed company and the largest acquisition of a venture-backed company ever occurred in Q1 2025, reflecting a warming startup environment and marking the strongest quarter for venture investment since Q2 2022. OpenAI raised the largest private round ever in Q1 2025, a $40 billion funding […]
Funding key findings
- Both the largest funding round for a venture-backed company and the largest acquisition of a venture-backed company ever occurred in Q1 2025, reflecting a warming startup environment and marking the strongest quarter for venture investment since Q2 2022.
- OpenAI raised the largest private round ever in Q1 2025, a $40 billion funding that values the company at an unprecedented $300 billion. The deal, which alone accounts for more than half of U.S. venture funding in Q1, pushed global funding in the first quarter to $112 billion, Crunchbase data shows.
