{"version":1,"asset_type":"statistical_series","data_type":"time_series","slug":"pt-vc-investment-seed","url":"https://apiardata.com/statistics/pt-vc-investment-seed","html_url":"https://apiardata.com/statistics/pt-vc-investment-seed/","title":"Portugal Seed & Start-Up Venture Capital Investment (2025)","description":"Portugal's Seed & Start-Up Venture Capital Investment: 8.8 USD millions in 2025, -35.4% YoY. OECD (OECD.SDD.TPS:DSD_VC@DF_VC_INV), 2007–2025.","domain":"markets","category":"Financial Markets","keywords":["Financial Markets","OECD","Portugal","2025"],"publisher":"OECD","frequency":"Annual","geography":"Portugal","temporal_coverage":"2007/2025","unit":"USD millions","last_updated":"2026-07-27","last_updated_text":"27 July 2026","data_as_of":"2025","variable_measured":"Portugal 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":"Portugal"},{"label":"Last updated","value":"27 July 2026"}],"kpis":[{"label":"Portugal (2025)","value":"8.8","unit":"USD millions","trend":{"direction":"down","value":"-35.4% YoY"}},{"label":"YoY Change","value":"-35.4%","unit":"USD millions"},{"label":"Trend","value":"down","unit":""},{"label":"Series length","value":"19","unit":"years of data"}],"series":[{"key":"value","label":"Portugal Seed & Start-Up Venture Capital Investment"}],"observation_count":19,"observations":[{"period":"2007","value":2.4846355707026877},{"period":"2008","value":1.7649065626109133},{"period":"2009","value":0.06694955643826685},{"period":"2010","value":0.07888014167774933},{"period":"2011","value":1.0718055427379676},{"period":"2012","value":1.2770799405276463},{"period":"2013","value":9.254326530464796},{"period":"2014","value":7.681431358623206},{"period":"2015","value":5.133716164100597},{"period":"2016","value":3.5400864517893225},{"period":"2017","value":1.9972763160952307},{"period":"2018","value":4.056259869605853},{"period":"2019","value":9.59099707855216},{"period":"2020","value":8.010563943336107},{"period":"2021","value":10.114203748354777},{"period":"2022","value":26.57571485548882},{"period":"2023","value":5.214958581572787},{"period":"2024","value":13.583874825729982},{"period":"2025","value":8.770929095637433}],"table":{"columns":[{"key":"year","label":"Year"},{"key":"value","label":"USD millions"},{"key":"yoyChange","label":"YoY Change"}],"rows":[{"year":"2025","value":"8.8","yoyChange":"-35.4%"},{"year":"2024","value":"13.6","yoyChange":"+160.5%"},{"year":"2023","value":"5.2","yoyChange":"-80.4%"},{"year":"2022","value":"26.6","yoyChange":"+162.8%"},{"year":"2021","value":"10.1","yoyChange":"+26.3%"},{"year":"2020","value":"8.0","yoyChange":"-16.5%"},{"year":"2019","value":"9.6","yoyChange":"+136.4%"},{"year":"2018","value":"4.1","yoyChange":"+103.1%"},{"year":"2017","value":"2.0","yoyChange":"-43.6%"},{"year":"2016","value":"3.5","yoyChange":"-31.0%"},{"year":"2015","value":"5.1","yoyChange":"-33.2%"},{"year":"2014","value":"7.7","yoyChange":"-17.0%"},{"year":"2013","value":"9.3","yoyChange":"+624.6%"},{"year":"2012","value":"1.3","yoyChange":"+19.2%"},{"year":"2011","value":"1.1","yoyChange":"+1258.8%"},{"year":"2010","value":"0.1","yoyChange":"+17.8%"},{"year":"2009","value":"0.1","yoyChange":"-96.2%"},{"year":"2008","value":"1.8","yoyChange":"-29.0%"},{"year":"2007","value":"2.5","yoyChange":"n/a"}]},"qa":[{"question":"What does this indicator measure?","answer":"This page tracks seed and start-up stage venture capital investment in Portugal 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 26.6 USD millions in 2022 and reached its lowest recorded value of 0.1 in 2009. The latest reading of 8.8 in 2025 represents a change of -35.4%."}]}