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Venture Has Had Better Risk-Adjusted Returns
Since 1984, venture funds have exhibited comparable risk to some public and private equity investments, while potentially offering better returns.
Source: Morgan Stanley (2020), "Public to Private Equity in the United States: A Long-Term Look". Past performance does not ensure future results and expected risk, returns, or other projections may not reflect future performance. All asset classes correspond to the period 1984-2015, except for venture capital funds, which reflect the period 1984-2013, representing the most recent data available at the time of the study publication.
Risk Level vs Other Equities
Comparable Risk Profile
Similar long-run standard deviation to small public companies
Returns
Best Risk Adjusted Returns
Well above average risk-adjusted returns of any asset class
High Growth Companies Are Often VC Investments
Since 2006, the number of deals and the capital raised have been growing exponentially, reaching a total of $164 billion invested across 11,651 deals in 2020 alone.
Annual VC Investment
$164B
Annual deployed venture capital investment in last measured year
Annual Investment Rounds
11,651
Number of VC funding rounds in most recent year
Growth Trend
+243% Increase
Number of annual VC investment rounds vs. 15 years ago
Venture capital investments over time

Source: NVCA, 2021. “NVCA 2021 Yearbook”, with underlying data provided by Pitchbook. Analysis period 2002-2020. The chart as displayed includes the total capital raised for each year in the VC asset class and the number of investments made by VC funds.



