During this year, we all have felt the impact of the turbulent 2020. Luckily for VC, 2021 continued to be a momentous year in terms of invested capital. According to Pitchbook, the venture capitalist industry has invested a staggering amount of money into startups — $677 billion. It illustrates a year-over-year growth of more than 155% compared to the $265 billion invested in 2020.