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Venture Capital vs Private Equity Fund Assets

Gross assets of venture capital funds and private equity funds advised by SEC-registered and exempt reporting advisers, $ trillions, yearly

Private equity funds: $11.31T in 2025+$2.04T since 2023
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SEC Division of Investment Management, Investment Adviser Statistics, from Form ADV filed by SEC-registered and exempt reporting advisers. Each year uses the latest figure for each fund; a fund reported by several advisers is counted once. Gross assets include borrowed money.

The two halves of private equity investing side by side: buyout and growth funds, and venture capital funds that back young companies, measured the same way from the advisers’ own filings.

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Private Equity Funds: Gross Assets on Form ADV (SEC statistics, annual, $ trillions). Source: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Division of Investment Management, Analytics Office: Investment Adviser Statistics and supporting data (www.sec.gov/data-research/investment-management-data), U.S. government work in the public domain; the SEC asks for citation as the source.

Venture Capital Funds: Gross Assets on Form ADV (SEC statistics, annual, $ trillions). Source: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Division of Investment Management, Analytics Office: Investment Adviser Statistics and supporting data (www.sec.gov/data-research/investment-management-data), U.S. government work in the public domain; the SEC asks for citation as the source.

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