17 Mar, 2022 US-based start-ups raised $44.1 billion in VC funding in the first two months of 2022, finds GlobalData
Posted in BankingUS-based startups continued to raise the highest venture capital (VC) funding amount globally in 2022, according to GlobalData. The leading data and analytics company reveals that a total of 1,656 VC funding deals were announced in the US during the first two months of 2022, while the disclosed funding value of these deals stood at $44.1 billion, the highest capital raised by any country.
Aurojyoti Bose, Lead Analyst at GlobalData, comments: “The US accounted for around 40% of the total deal volume and value. Moreover, several big-ticket deals valued at more than $100 million were announced in the US during this period. However, February saw a decline in deal value, as well as volume, compared to the previous month.”
An analysis of GlobalData’s Financial Deals database reveals that the decline was in line with the global trend which saw several key markets VC funding activity decline. Despite this, the US held the lion’s share of the global VC funding landscape.
Some of the notable VC funding deals announced in the US during the first two months of 2022 included $1 billion funding raised by Securonix, $935 million funding raised by Flexport, $550 million raised by Fireblocks, $517.8 million funding raised by Eikon Therapeutics and $500 million raised by AvantStay.