Venture capitalists invested a record $288 billion in the first half of 2021

AXIOS July 8, 2021
Dan Primack

Venture capitalists invested $288 billion in the first half of 2021, an all-time record, per Crunchbase.

By the numbers: Venture capitalists invested $140 billion into U.S.-based startups in the first half of 2021, an all-time record, per Ernst & Young. At that pace, the 2020 total should be surpassed in a matter of days.

• Venture capitalists sold $232 billion worth of tech startups in the first half of 2021, an all-time record, according to 451 Research (a unit of S&P Global Market Intelligence).
• 410 companies went public on the Nasdaq in the first half of 2021, an all-time record, partially driven by an all-time record number of SPAC listings.
• Buyout activity in the first...

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