Global venture funding hit an all-time high in the first quarter of 2021. That sort of increase in venture funding is typically attributable to growth in late-stage funding. But, along with a surge in late-stage funding, there is also a marked increase in early-stage funding last quarter, with $39 billion invested in nascent startups, up from $25 billion in the fourth quarter and $22 billion in the first quarter of 2020.
The Q1 figure marks an all-time global high for early-stage funding.
Growth equity leads early stage The most active investor leading at the Series A and B stages was, surprisingly enough, a growth-stage investor: Insight Partners, which led six Series A fundings. The firm is not alone: Private equity investors now lead just shy of a quarter of all Series A and B fundings, up from 15 percent a decade earlier, relative to venture and micro venture leads.
Post by Jaime Medina, SISOCO PARTNERS.