Europe's venture funding plateaued at $12.6 billion in Q1 2025 ' flat quarter over quarter and year over year, Crunchbase data shows. Without the sort of outsized AI funding rounds seen in North America in the first quarter, the continent's share of global funding also fell. Funding in the latest quarter was on the lower end of the spectrum in Europe. Since the venture funding downturn started in 2022, funding in the region has fluctuated by quarter. The lowest quarter in the past year was above $10 billion and the strongest was above $16 billion. A smaller proportion of global venture capital went to Europe-based startups in the first quarter ' 11%, down from 16% in 2024 ' in large part due to one outsized round in the U.S.: OpenAI's $40 billion raise, the largest private market funding round on record. !function(e,n,i,s){var d="InfogramEmbeds";var o=e.getElementsByTagName(n)[0];if(window[d]&&window[d].initialized)window[d].process&&window[d].process();else...
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