The venture capital industry slowed down in Q1 2022.
The venture capital industry slowed down in Q1 2022.
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NVCA: U.S. venture investments cooled down in Q1 after record 2021

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Venture capital dealmaking activity and exits slowed in the first quarter after a record-breaking 2021, according to the Q1 2022 PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor.

In stark contrast to the flurry of public listing activity in 2021, IPOs and exits of VC-backed startups came to a near-complete halt during the first three months of the year with only $33.6 billion in exit value posted after three consecutive quarters over $192.0 billion.

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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.