1、2024 VENTURE CAPITAL REPORT OverviewPre-Seed and Seed TrendsAfter two years of avoiding the slowdown that plagued later-stage deals,pre-seed and seed financings were the only stages showing year-over-year declines in deal count for 2024.However,this decline in deal volume may be less of an intention

2、al shift away from these deals and more of a willingness by investors to consider post-seed investments again.With the market uncertainty of late 2022 and 2023,many investors sought the(relatively)easier valuation judgments and smaller capital commitments of pre-seed and seed deals.This focus soften

3、ed in 2024 according to data comparing yearly venture capital deals by stage.Pre-seed deals represented under 7%of total venture capital deals in 2020 and 2021 before jumping to 9%in 2022 and 16%in 2023.Similarly,seed deals jumped from 21%in 2021 to 28%in 2022 and 33%in 2023.This trend reversed in 2

4、024,as the relative share of all post-seed rounds increased,and pre-seed and seed rounds retreated toward 2022 levels.Despite the modest decrease in deal counts,valuation caps for pre-seed deals,valuations for seed financings and transaction sizes for both categories grew year-over-year,indicating t

5、hat the market is not meaningfully softening for these earliest deals.While median valuations for later-stage rounds are still substantially below 2021 highs,pre-seed and seed rounds reached all-time highs.The 2024 median post-money valuation cap of$15.0 million in pre-seed deals and the median pre-

6、money valuation of$20.0 million for seed rounds are,respectively,20%and 33%above 2021 levels.This combination of fewer deals and increased valuation and deal size indicates that investors are imposing higher standards for companies and only the larger,higher quality deals are being funded.0%20202021