Global venture funding totaled $23 billion in April 2025, flat year over year and down significantly month over month from $68 billion invested in March, Crunchbase data shows.
April’s funding total marks one of the slowest months in the past year.
The slow month follows an exceptionally strong March, which had the highest monthly funding amount since 2022 due to the single largest private financing on record — $40 billion for OpenAI. READ MORE