Global venture capital investments developed robustly in the first quarter of 2025. This is shown by the new Venture Pulse from KPMG, for which the global venture capital market is regularly evaluated. Global investments reached a new high in the first three months of the year: at 126.3 billion US dollars, more funds were made available than at any time in the last eleven quarters – despite ongoing geopolitical uncertainties, tense trade relations and a persistently weak IPO market.
The increase is primarily due to several major investments in the field of artificial intelligence (AI), including the record USD 40 billion financing round in the American AI company OpenAI. Other US start-ups were also able to secure significant financial injections.
