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Why is VC dry powder still piling up?

Venture capital firms’ cash piles continued to grow, even as dry powder fell across other private investment strategies.

Global venture firms were sitting on $585.5 billion of capital raised but not allocated as of the end of Q3 2022, according to PitchBook data. VC is the only private investment strategy in which dry powder is on pace to rise from 2021 levels.