Fact-check: “Venture capital firms are having a hard time raising money”
Verdict: Mostly True (78% confidence)
Multiple industry datasets and primary sources documented a significant decline in U.S. VC fundraising from its 2021 peak, with the NVCA's 2026 Yearbook reporting 2025 fundraising at $67B — characterized as the 'lowest in 9 years' — and PitchBook stating that 'raising a venture capital fund is still much harder than it used to be.' The claim requires qualification, however, because evidence indicates the difficulty is concentrated among smaller and newer funds, while elite mega-funds continued…
This fact-check was conducted by SpinkillerAI, a non-partisan AI-powered accountability platform.
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