United Kingdom (2025)
6,495.6
USD millions
-0.7% YoY
YoY Change
-0.7%
USD millions
Trend
down
Series length
19
years of data

Data

United Kingdom Venture Capital Investment (Total) (2025) — source data. OECD.
Year USD millions YoY Change
2025 6,495.6 -0.7%
2024 6,538.6 +68.7%
2023 3,875.4 +2.7%
2022 3,773.9 -43.3%
2021 6,659.4 +113.5%
2020 3,119.6 -7.7%
2019 3,380.1 +31.2%
2018 2,577 +11.0%
2017 2,320.9 +135.7%
2016 984.7 -33.7%
2015 1,484.2 +23.1%
2014 1,206.1 +36.6%
2013 882.9 -15.0%
2012 1,039.1 -5.0%
2011 1,093.5 +19.3%
2010 916.9 -6.9%
2009 984.9 -53.9%
2008 2,138.5 +5.6%
2007 2,025.3 n/a

About this Dataset

United Kingdom recorded 6,495.6 USD millions in 2025. The latest change was -0.7%. Across 2007–2025 the series ranges from 882.9 in 2013 to 6,659.4 in 2021.

This page tracks total venture capital investment (all investment stages) in United Kingdom from 2007 to present, in USD millions. VC investment volume is a leading indicator of startup ecosystem vitality and innovation capital availability.

Data sourced from OECD via SDMX REST API. Values use harmonised methodology intended for cross-country comparison.

Frequently Asked Questions

This page tracks total venture capital investment (all investment stages) in United Kingdom 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.

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).

The series peaked at 6,659.4 USD millions in 2021 and reached its lowest recorded value of 882.9 in 2013. The latest reading of 6,495.6 in 2025 represents a change of -0.7%.