PitchBook: investors put $74.6B into US startups in Q4 2024, up from an average of $42B in the prior nine quarters, with $32B invested across just five deals (Marina Temkin/TechCrunch)

Marina Temkin / TechCrunch:
PitchBook: investors put $74.6B into US startups in Q4 2024, up from an average of $42B in the prior nine quarters, with $32B invested across just five deals  —  After two years of relatively muted investment activity, it seems that VCs are starting to pour capital into startups at pandemic-era levels once again.