{"version":1,"asset_type":"statistical_series","data_type":"time_series","slug":"de-vc-investment-total","url":"https://apiardata.com/statistics/de-vc-investment-total","html_url":"https://apiardata.com/statistics/de-vc-investment-total/","title":"Germany Venture Capital Investment (Total) (2025)","description":"Germany's Venture Capital Investment (Total): 2,766.7 USD millions in 2025, -11.4% YoY. OECD (OECD.SDD.TPS:DSD_VC@DF_VC_INV), 2007–2025.","domain":"markets","category":"Financial Markets","keywords":["Financial Markets","OECD","Germany","2025"],"publisher":"OECD","frequency":"Annual","geography":"Germany","temporal_coverage":"2007/2025","unit":"USD millions","last_updated":"2026-07-27","last_updated_text":"27 July 2026","data_as_of":"2025","variable_measured":"Germany Venture Capital Investment (Total)","license":"https://apiardata.com/data-license","is_accessible_for_free":true,"sources":[{"name":"OECD","url":"https://data-explorer.oecd.org/vis?fs[0]=Topic%2C0%7CFinancial+sector%23FIN%23&pg=0&fc=Topic&bp=true&snb=10"}],"meta":[{"label":"Frequency","value":"Annual"},{"label":"Coverage","value":"2007–2025"},{"label":"Observations","value":"19"},{"label":"Geography","value":"Germany"},{"label":"Last updated","value":"27 July 2026"}],"kpis":[{"label":"Germany (2025)","value":"2,766.7","unit":"USD millions","trend":{"direction":"down","value":"-11.4% YoY"}},{"label":"YoY Change","value":"-11.4%","unit":"USD millions"},{"label":"Trend","value":"down","unit":""},{"label":"Series length","value":"19","unit":"years of data"}],"series":[{"key":"value","label":"Germany Venture Capital Investment (Total)"}],"observation_count":19,"observations":[{"period":"2007","value":1077.87215194106},{"period":"2008","value":1545.002970043591},{"period":"2009","value":888.3992040255623},{"period":"2010","value":888.3555133023141},{"period":"2011","value":975.839178501418},{"period":"2012","value":742.9495294410083},{"period":"2013","value":918.4436177765506},{"period":"2014","value":895.2189116868467},{"period":"2015","value":1030.0716494580097},{"period":"2016","value":1516.3583897234041},{"period":"2017","value":1550.3917050855218},{"period":"2018","value":1743.9379449976816},{"period":"2019","value":2348.9340128662884},{"period":"2020","value":2121.535662103658},{"period":"2021","value":4871.956096585116},{"period":"2022","value":3524.717689505965},{"period":"2023","value":2572.7090761558575},{"period":"2024","value":3122.059341400712},{"period":"2025","value":2766.6586181734556}],"table":{"columns":[{"key":"year","label":"Year"},{"key":"value","label":"USD millions"},{"key":"yoyChange","label":"YoY Change"}],"rows":[{"year":"2025","value":"2766.7","yoyChange":"-11.4%"},{"year":"2024","value":"3122.1","yoyChange":"+21.4%"},{"year":"2023","value":"2572.7","yoyChange":"-27.0%"},{"year":"2022","value":"3524.7","yoyChange":"-27.7%"},{"year":"2021","value":"4872.0","yoyChange":"+129.6%"},{"year":"2020","value":"2121.5","yoyChange":"-9.7%"},{"year":"2019","value":"2348.9","yoyChange":"+34.7%"},{"year":"2018","value":"1743.9","yoyChange":"+12.5%"},{"year":"2017","value":"1550.4","yoyChange":"+2.2%"},{"year":"2016","value":"1516.4","yoyChange":"+47.2%"},{"year":"2015","value":"1030.1","yoyChange":"+15.1%"},{"year":"2014","value":"895.2","yoyChange":"-2.5%"},{"year":"2013","value":"918.4","yoyChange":"+23.6%"},{"year":"2012","value":"742.9","yoyChange":"-23.9%"},{"year":"2011","value":"975.8","yoyChange":"+9.8%"},{"year":"2010","value":"888.4","yoyChange":"unchanged"},{"year":"2009","value":"888.4","yoyChange":"-42.5%"},{"year":"2008","value":"1545.0","yoyChange":"+43.3%"},{"year":"2007","value":"1077.9","yoyChange":"n/a"}]},"qa":[{"question":"What does this indicator measure?","answer":"This page tracks total venture capital investment (all investment stages) in Germany from 2007 to present, in USD millions. VC investment volume is a leading indicator of startup ecosystem vitality and innovation capital availability. It is published by OECD and updated annually."},{"question":"How current is this data?","answer":"The most recent observation covers 2025. OECD typically publishes this series with a lag of several months after the reference period. The series runs 2007–2025 (19 observations)."},{"question":"What is the long-term trend?","answer":"The series peaked at 4,872 USD millions in 2021 and reached its lowest recorded value of 742.9 in 2012. The latest reading of 2,766.7 in 2025 represents a change of -11.4%."}]}