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VentureView: GlobalData's VC Activity Coverage - Q4 2021 Edition

Published: 04 January 2022 Pages: 33 Code: GDDIS0006VCQD

Globaldata’s VentureView: GlobalData's VC Activity Coverage - Q4 2021 Edition report provides information about unicorn analysis, investment activity, and stage analysis among others.

Digitalization accounted for 20% of the top ten VC deals to accumulate nearly $2.5bn in total investment in Q4 2021. With developments in food delivery, ride-sharing, and other unified communication and collaboration solutions, the technology theme has broken through some of the conventional bottlenecks.

Advances in space technology are pushing companies to increasingly explore beyond the Earth's atmosphere. Colorado's Sierra Space, with an aim to develop a more accessible space economy, has accumulated $1.4bn to develop space transportation and infrastructure that would provide "space-as-a-service".

View comprehensive outlook of the VC activity:

  • Q4 2021 venture funding activity recorded a new peak during last 5 years, jump of 91% YoY
  • 2021 funding witnessed a significant growth of 115% over 2020
  • Mega size investments contributed 65% of the total deal value in Q4 2021
  • Q4 2021 saw a 14% jump in mega venture funding investment as compared to Q3 2021 and a 119% growth YoY
  • 2021 mega investments exceed the 2020 funding activity by 151%
  • Q4 2021 witnessed a consecutive three-quarter increment in deals valued at over $50 million
  • In Q4 2021, only Seed and Series C funding registered the growth, remaining funding activity saw decline QoQ
  • Series A median funding witnessed highest growth of 17%, while Series D saw highest fall of 20% QoQ

Geographical analysis:

  • In Q4 2021, only Europe and Middle East & Africa witnessed increase in investment value and volume, other regions saw decline in either value or volume or both
  • All countries record increase in investment value and volume, except France which saw a minor dip in volume

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