{"version":1,"asset_type":"statistical_series","data_type":"time_series","slug":"us-vc-investment-seed","url":"https://apiardata.com/statistics/us-vc-investment-seed","html_url":"https://apiardata.com/statistics/us-vc-investment-seed/","title":"United States Seed & Start-Up Venture Capital Investment (2025)","description":"United States's Seed & Start-Up Venture Capital Investment: 21,927.8 USD millions in 2025, +19.9% YoY. OECD (OECD.SDD.TPS:DSD_VC@DF_VC_INV), 2007–2025.","domain":"markets","category":"Financial Markets","keywords":["Financial Markets","OECD","United States","2025"],"publisher":"OECD","frequency":"Annual","geography":"United States","temporal_coverage":"2007/2025","unit":"USD millions","last_updated":"2026-07-27","last_updated_text":"27 July 2026","data_as_of":"2025","variable_measured":"United States 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":"United States"},{"label":"Last updated","value":"27 July 2026"}],"kpis":[{"label":"United States (2025)","value":"21,927.8","unit":"USD millions","trend":{"direction":"up","value":"+19.9% YoY"}},{"label":"YoY Change","value":"+19.9%","unit":"USD millions"},{"label":"Trend","value":"up","unit":""},{"label":"Series length","value":"19","unit":"years of data"}],"series":[{"key":"value","label":"United States Seed & Start-Up Venture Capital Investment"}],"observation_count":19,"observations":[{"period":"2007","value":225.598945},{"period":"2008","value":276.53469979999994},{"period":"2009","value":316.4922909999999},{"period":"2010","value":462.6258280000003},{"period":"2011","value":1174.9875162999977},{"period":"2012","value":1602.6552425999982},{"period":"2013","value":4138.93875130255},{"period":"2014","value":4303.276096143},{"period":"2015","value":5468.714662994},{"period":"2016","value":5828.00552763181},{"period":"2017","value":6990.84594486872},{"period":"2018","value":10025.5406785581},{"period":"2019","value":10099.8753865601},{"period":"2020","value":11860.4096254484},{"period":"2021","value":18941.3682952742},{"period":"2022","value":24937.8722968861},{"period":"2023","value":16981.4605971452},{"period":"2024","value":18294.6470014048},{"period":"2025","value":21927.8078850431}],"table":{"columns":[{"key":"year","label":"Year"},{"key":"value","label":"USD millions"},{"key":"yoyChange","label":"YoY Change"}],"rows":[{"year":"2025","value":"21927.8","yoyChange":"+19.9%"},{"year":"2024","value":"18294.6","yoyChange":"+7.7%"},{"year":"2023","value":"16981.5","yoyChange":"-31.9%"},{"year":"2022","value":"24937.9","yoyChange":"+31.7%"},{"year":"2021","value":"18941.4","yoyChange":"+59.7%"},{"year":"2020","value":"11860.4","yoyChange":"+17.4%"},{"year":"2019","value":"10099.9","yoyChange":"+0.7%"},{"year":"2018","value":"10025.5","yoyChange":"+43.4%"},{"year":"2017","value":"6990.8","yoyChange":"+20.0%"},{"year":"2016","value":"5828.0","yoyChange":"+6.6%"},{"year":"2015","value":"5468.7","yoyChange":"+27.1%"},{"year":"2014","value":"4303.3","yoyChange":"+4.0%"},{"year":"2013","value":"4138.9","yoyChange":"+158.3%"},{"year":"2012","value":"1602.7","yoyChange":"+36.4%"},{"year":"2011","value":"1175.0","yoyChange":"+154.0%"},{"year":"2010","value":"462.6","yoyChange":"+46.2%"},{"year":"2009","value":"316.5","yoyChange":"+14.4%"},{"year":"2008","value":"276.5","yoyChange":"+22.6%"},{"year":"2007","value":"225.6","yoyChange":"n/a"}]},"qa":[{"question":"What does this indicator measure?","answer":"This page tracks seed and start-up stage venture capital investment in United States 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 24,937.9 USD millions in 2022 and reached its lowest recorded value of 225.6 in 2007. The latest reading of 21,927.8 in 2025 represents a change of +19.9%."}]}