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These 11 Charts Show The State Of Startup Investing At The Beginning Of 2025

3 days ago | news.crunchbase.com | Marlize van Romburgh

We take a closer look at the major startup and VC trends in Q1 2025.
March Mints 11 New Unicorns, As $200B Is Added Through Up Rounds And Board Posts Strong Exits

1 week ago | news.crunchbase.com | Gené Teare

Eleven new companies joined The Crunchbase Unicorn Board in March, adding around $16 billion in value to the board. Another $200 billion in value was added via up rounds for companies already on the board, and March was a strong exit month for unicorn companies. Let’s dive in. ExitsIn total, seven companies — collectively valued at around $48 billion as private companies — left the board last month via IPOs or M&A deals.
Infinite Reality Buys Touchcast For $500M As M&A Spree Continues

1 week ago | news.crunchbase.com | Joanna Glasner

Spacial computing and AI unicorn Infinite Reality announced today that it will acquire agentic AI company Touchcast in a cash and stock deal valued at $500 million. The purchase is the latest in a long spree of acquisitions by 6-year-old Infinite Reality. Per Crunchbase data, the company has made 10 acquisitions to date, including eight since last April. Many are rather pricey deals too.
Global M&A Startup Dealmaking Sees Year-To-Year Boost In Q1

1 week ago | news.crunchbase.com | Chris Metinko

Dealmaking involving VC-backed startups jumped 26% year to year in Q1, but stayed pretty steady from the final quarter of 2024 even as many hoped for a significant increase. Crunchbase data shows there were 550 M&A deals involving venture-backed startups in the first quarter of 2025. That number is well ahead of the 435 deals completed in Q1 last year, but actually a slight tick below the 563 deals done in Q4.
The Longer IPOs Delay, The Less Likely Debuts Will Happen

1 week ago | news.crunchbase.com | Joanna Glasner

Going public is not a decision any company takes lightly. For complex, high-revenue businesses in particular, an IPO filing reliably requires years of preparation and hefty investment. Likewise, postponing or canceling a planned debut is never a flippant choice. Sometimes there’s a positive reason, like an acquirer swooping in with an attractive offer. More commonly, it’s a negative one, like a market downturn.
Can We Please Still Have Nice Things That AI Hasn’t Touched?

1 week ago | news.crunchbase.com | Aron Solomon

“The Wizard of Oz” — yes, that Wizard of Oz — is getting a full-blown AI makeover. Google Cloud and DeepMind, in collaboration with the Sphere in Las Vegas, have used something they’re calling “performance generation” and “outpainting” to enhance the film’s resolution and extend the background beyond what was ever shot. According to Ravi Rajamani, managing director of generative AI engineering at Google Cloud, AI has “touched over 90% of the movie.”Ninety. Percent.
Cybersecurity Funding Ticks Up Despite Slow Deal Flow

1 week ago | news.crunchbase.com | Chris Metinko

After successive quarters of decline, venture funding to cybersecurity startups nudged up in the first quarter — and could see even more investment after having the largest acquisition of a private, venture-backed company ever. Total funding to VC-backed cybersecurity startups topped $2.7 billion in Q1, per Crunchbase data. That’s a 29% increase from the last quarter of 2024, and just a slight dip from the $2.8 billion raised in the same quarter last year.
Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund Closes $4.6B Growth Fund

1 week ago | news.crunchbase.com | Chris Metinko

Even as liquidity from exits remains stalled, it hasn’t stopped some firms from raising massive new growth funds. The most recent example is Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund, which has closed a $4.6 billion late-stage venture fund, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The new fund, Founders Fund Growth III, had been reported back in December as being about $3 billion.
Most-Active Startup Investors Spent More In Q1

1 week ago | news.crunchbase.com | Joanna Glasner

Although technically the first quarter ended just two weeks ago, in market time it feels exponentially longer. In recent days, we’ve seen a tariff-induced market meltdown, a partial bounce-back, and a startup exit pipeline that went from heating up to effectively stalled. As a result, our fresh quarterly data on the most-active investors already seems to have a retro vibe. It was an optimistic vibe, while it lasted. Global startup investment hit its highest level in years, driven by AI enthusiasm.
The Week’s Biggest Funding Rounds: Base Power Fuels Somewhat Quiet Week

2 weeks ago | news.crunchbase.com | Chris Metinko

Want to keep track of the largest startup funding deals in 2025 with our curated list of $100 million-plus venture deals to U.S.-based companies? Check out The Crunchbase Megadeals Board. This is a weekly feature that runs down the week’s top 10 announced funding rounds in the U.S. Check out the biggest funding rounds of last week here. Although there were a handful of nine-figure rounds this week, funding news, in general, seemed quiet.