Deal activity picks up pace after a slow start to January

Private investment activity picked up in the second week of 2025, after a slowdown over the past few weeks amid holiday season.

- Nitesh Kumar & Malvika Maloo

Deals inked by venture capital (VC) and private equity (PE) investors rose to 25 during the week to 12 January, from 10 in the previous week, which was one of the slowest in about eleven months, according to data collated by VCCircle.

Also, the amount of capital infused across these deals also improved on a weekly basis by about 73% to $533 million. The week before, the total value of PE and VC deals stood at $308 million, primarily led by deals in the health tech space.

In the biggest deal last week, healthcare-focused software-as-a-service unicorn Innovacer completed a $275 million fundraise as a part of its Series F round that included primary and secondary capital. The round saw participation from American investors B Capital Group, Danaher Ventures Llc, Microsoft's venture fund arm M12, British investment firm Generation Investment Management, and healthcare firms Banner Health and Kaiser Permanente.