{"version":1,"asset_type":"statistical_series","data_type":"time_series","slug":"es-vc-investment-seed","url":"https://apiardata.com/statistics/es-vc-investment-seed","html_url":"https://apiardata.com/statistics/es-vc-investment-seed/","title":"Spain Seed & Start-Up Venture Capital Investment (2025)","description":"Spain's Seed & Start-Up Venture Capital Investment: 79.3 USD millions in 2025, +224.9% YoY. OECD (OECD.SDD.TPS:DSD_VC@DF_VC_INV), 2007–2025.","domain":"markets","category":"Financial Markets","keywords":["Financial Markets","OECD","Spain","2025"],"publisher":"OECD","frequency":"Annual","geography":"Spain","temporal_coverage":"2007/2025","unit":"USD millions","last_updated":"2026-07-27","last_updated_text":"27 July 2026","data_as_of":"2025","variable_measured":"Spain Seed & Start-Up Venture Capital Investment","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":"Spain"},{"label":"Last updated","value":"27 July 2026"}],"kpis":[{"label":"Spain (2025)","value":"79.3","unit":"USD millions","trend":{"direction":"up","value":"+224.9% YoY"}},{"label":"YoY Change","value":"+224.9%","unit":"USD millions"},{"label":"Trend","value":"up","unit":""},{"label":"Series length","value":"19","unit":"years of data"}],"series":[{"key":"value","label":"Spain Seed & Start-Up Venture Capital Investment"}],"observation_count":19,"observations":[{"period":"2007","value":34.0434830754185},{"period":"2008","value":27.379480855087817},{"period":"2009","value":28.765992749641992},{"period":"2010","value":20.416076441034996},{"period":"2011","value":28.041912886150865},{"period":"2012","value":25.49436997894938},{"period":"2013","value":27.487753689140053},{"period":"2014","value":16.25586765581521},{"period":"2015","value":18.569628846412037},{"period":"2016","value":14.732548299938399},{"period":"2017","value":22.345500312125257},{"period":"2018","value":35.684158299535106},{"period":"2019","value":23.469648684047645},{"period":"2020","value":83.8688443625311},{"period":"2021","value":58.61533233098458},{"period":"2022","value":43.6367666667983},{"period":"2023","value":39.685423923691154},{"period":"2024","value":24.4065970872817},{"period":"2025","value":79.28752664952226}],"table":{"columns":[{"key":"year","label":"Year"},{"key":"value","label":"USD millions"},{"key":"yoyChange","label":"YoY Change"}],"rows":[{"year":"2025","value":"79.3","yoyChange":"+224.9%"},{"year":"2024","value":"24.4","yoyChange":"-38.5%"},{"year":"2023","value":"39.7","yoyChange":"-9.1%"},{"year":"2022","value":"43.6","yoyChange":"-25.6%"},{"year":"2021","value":"58.6","yoyChange":"-30.1%"},{"year":"2020","value":"83.9","yoyChange":"+257.4%"},{"year":"2019","value":"23.5","yoyChange":"-34.2%"},{"year":"2018","value":"35.7","yoyChange":"+59.7%"},{"year":"2017","value":"22.3","yoyChange":"+51.7%"},{"year":"2016","value":"14.7","yoyChange":"-20.7%"},{"year":"2015","value":"18.6","yoyChange":"+14.2%"},{"year":"2014","value":"16.3","yoyChange":"-40.9%"},{"year":"2013","value":"27.5","yoyChange":"+7.8%"},{"year":"2012","value":"25.5","yoyChange":"-9.1%"},{"year":"2011","value":"28.0","yoyChange":"+37.4%"},{"year":"2010","value":"20.4","yoyChange":"-29.0%"},{"year":"2009","value":"28.8","yoyChange":"+5.1%"},{"year":"2008","value":"27.4","yoyChange":"-19.6%"},{"year":"2007","value":"34.0","yoyChange":"n/a"}]},"qa":[{"question":"What does this indicator measure?","answer":"This page tracks seed and start-up stage venture capital investment in Spain from 2007 to present. Early-stage investment is the leading indicator of innovation pipeline formation and future unicorn creation. 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 83.9 USD millions in 2020 and reached its lowest recorded value of 14.7 in 2016. The latest reading of 79.3 in 2025 represents a change of +224.9%."}]}