Venture Capital Trends August 2025

If you’re a founder, investor, or fund manager, this report will help you understand where capital is currently moving and how to position yourself.

What’s Inside:

• Fundraising Data: 31 new funds announced in August 2025, with $3.22B disclosed (and $3.5B+ estimated).
• Sector Deep Dives:
  
  - AI (21% of funds)
  
  - Healthcare (16%).
  
  - Climate Tech (12%)
  
  - Defense/Dual-Use (7%)
• Geographic shifts - US hubs diversifying, Europe building institutional-grade vehicles, Asia-Pacific’s quality over quantity.
• Stage focus - 67% of funds targeting pre-seed to Series A, plus new continuation and evergreen models at growth stage.
• LP Evolution - Pension funds, corporate VCs, and operator-driven LP networks reshaping capital flow.
• Fund innovation - Evergreen structures, continuation vehicles, crypto fund-of-funds, and niche specialist strategies.
• Strategic insights - Practical recommendations for founders, LPs, and managers on how to win in this new era of specialization.
• Appendix: Complete fund table - full breakdown of every fund announced in August 2025.

I’ve put a lot of attention and research into this (it’s not AI-scraped), and I truly hope it helps you!

Ivelina from EverythingStartups.com