The Finance Shelf

Waymo

Company · UN · 4 documents

Key number
1.7 EUR billion
German VC Deal Volume Q1 2026. KfW p.3
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€1.7 billion
German VC Investment Volume Q1 2026. KfW p.3
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$215.4 billion
Capital Invested in 2024. National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) p.5
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£61 million
Spinout company share sales in 2018/2019. Octopus Ventures p.2
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4.9 billion USD
European AI investment in 2019. Octopus Ventures p.20

Venture Capital Dashboard Q1 2026

ReportKfWJanuary 202618 pages

Funding across stages in Germany was evenly split, with the start-up segment raising EUR 726 million and the scale-up segment raising EUR 714 million.

Venture Capital Dashboard Q1 2026

ReportKfWJanuary 202618 pages

Funding was evenly distributed across development stages, with €726 million invested in startups (Series A/B) and €714 million in scale-ups (Series C+).

Entrepreneurial Impact Ranking 2020

ReportOctopus VenturesJanuary 202022 pages

The 2018/2019 academic year was a record year for spinout exits from UK universities, with sales of spinout company shares totalling more than £61 million, an increase of 37% from 2017/2018.