United States Seed-Stage Venture Capital Investment (2025)
United States's Seed-Stage Venture Capital Investment: 21,927.8 USD millions in 2025, +19.9% YoY. OECD (OECD.SDD.TPS:DSD_VC@DF_VC_INV), 2007–2025.
United States (2025)
21,927.8
USD millions
+19.9% YoY
YoY Change
+19.9%
Trend
up
Series length
19
years of data
Data
| Year | USD millions | YoY Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21,927.8 | +19.9% |
| 2024 | 18,294.6 | +7.7% |
| 2023 | 16,981.5 | -31.9% |
| 2022 | 24,937.9 | +31.7% |
| 2021 | 18,941.4 | +59.7% |
| 2020 | 11,860.4 | +17.4% |
| 2019 | 10,099.9 | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 10,025.5 | +43.4% |
| 2017 | 6,990.8 | +20.0% |
| 2016 | 5,828 | +6.6% |
| 2015 | 5,468.7 | +27.1% |
| 2014 | 4,303.3 | +4.0% |
| 2013 | 4,138.9 | +158.3% |
| 2012 | 1,602.7 | +36.4% |
| 2011 | 1,175 | +154.0% |
| 2010 | 462.6 | +46.2% |
| 2009 | 316.5 | +14.4% |
| 2008 | 276.5 | +22.6% |
| 2007 | 225.6 | n/a |
About this Dataset
United States recorded 21,927.8 USD millions in 2025. The latest change was +19.9%. Across 2007–2025 the series ranges from 225.6 USD millions in 2007 to 24,937.9 USD millions in 2022.
This page tracks seed-stage venture capital investment in United States. Early-stage investment is the leading indicator of innovation pipeline formation and future unicorn creation.
Data sourced from OECD via SDMX REST API. Values use harmonised methodology intended for cross-country comparison.
Frequently Asked Questions
This page tracks seed-stage venture capital investment in United States. Early-stage investment is the leading indicator of innovation pipeline formation and future unicorn creation. 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 24,937.9 USD millions in 2022 and reached its lowest recorded value of 225.6 USD millions in 2007. The latest reading is 21,927.8 USD millions in 2025. The latest change was +19.9%.