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Venture Capital

Strategies, focus areas, funds and trends across our venture capital coverage.

11
Firms
Allocated AUM
3
Funds
15
Strategies
Peak fundraising year
2025 — 2 funds closed
Most concentrated region
Europe — 45% of firms
Top sector
Media & Entertainment — 1 of 11 firms
11FIRMS
Strategy mix

Strategies & sub-strategies

Insight

Growth leads — 45% of firms run it — nearly 5× Secondaries, the smallest strategy.

Fund vintage trend

New funds launched per vintage year, based on tracked closings

2024: 1120242025: 222025PEAK

Industry focus

Bubble size = number of firms active in sector

Media & Entertainment: 11Media &EntertainmentSports & Live Events: 11Sports & Live EventsSoftware / SaaS: 11Software / SaaSArtificial Intelligence: 11ArtificialIntelligenceEnterprise Software: 11Enterprise SoftwareFintech: 11Fintech

By region

Firm count by geography

Europe: 5Europe: 55EuropeNorth America: 4North America: 44North Ameri…Asia: 3Asia: 33AsiaUnited Kingdom: 2United Kingdom: 22United King…United States: 2United States: 22United Stat…

Verticals

Funds

NEWAdams Street Partners European Venture Fund IIPrimary Venture Fund Investments · fundraising2025European Venture Fund IPrimary Venture Fund Investments · closed2025 · $304.23MVenture Innovation Fund IVFund of Funds, Growth & Secondaries · closed2024 · $1.2B