NVCA said U.S. venture deals exceeded $300 billion in 2021.
NVCA previously said U.S. venture deals exceeded $300 billion in 2021.
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NVCA: U.S venture capital deals soar past $300B in 2021

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Venture capital dealmaking, exit and fundraising values all broke records in 2021 by stunning amounts, according to the PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor report.

The U.S. VC industry saw $329.9 billion invested across an estimated 17,054 deals, a record for deal count and roughly double 2020’s previous deal value high, said the National Venture Capital Association.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.