Global venture investment halfway through 2021? A record-breaking $288 billion.
IPO deal volume this year? Also a record, at $80 billion.
Startup acquisitions? Yep, they’re on a tear, too.
Unicorn startups? Now valued at $3 trillion globally — another record.
Funding to cybersecurity startups? All-time high.
Ditto for venture funding to HR startups, autotech startups, proptech startups, spacetech startups — you name it, if it’s a remotely promising sector that benefits from tech innovation, odds are VCs are throwing piles of money at it.
Unopened story pitches in my inbox? Somewhere north of a trillion.
OK, that last one may be a little hyperbolic. …
