Topics
recent
AI
Amazon
Image Credits:Getty Images
Apps
Biotech & Health
mood
Image Credits:Getty Images
Cloud Computing
Commerce
Crypto
initiative
EVs
Fintech
Fundraising
Gadgets
Gaming
Government & Policy
ironware
layoff
Media & Entertainment
Meta
Microsoft
Privacy
Robotics
surety
Social
blank
Startups
TikTok
Transportation
Venture
More from TechCrunch
Events
Startup Battlefield
StrictlyVC
Podcasts
video recording
Partner Content
TechCrunch Brand Studio
Crunchboard
Contact Us
It ’s no secret that the venture capital industry is facing a liquidity crisis as IPOs and other exit remain few and far between after 2020 and 2021 ’s record - breaking years . Now , we have numbers that show just how bad it ’s gotten .
In 2023 , the U.S. VC diligence invested $ 60 billion more into startups than it call for back in returns , according to TheWall Street Journal , citing PitchBook information . That is the largest shortage recorded in PitchBook ’s 26 years of data . The data also line up that U.S. VCs only returned $ 26 billion Charles Frederick Worth of contribution back to their investors in 2023 , the low total since 2011 .
Despite the void in issue , the past three years have recorded the highest yearly totals of speculation funding in the history of the industriousness .
There are signs that the exit mart may begin to open up next year — companies likeKlarnaandServiceTitanboth have initial public offering in the works — which could help start to cut that shortage .
