Venture capital investment in Europe amounts to around EUR 30 billion, compared with USD 177 billion in the United States.

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• The claim gives no reference period ('amounts to' is present-tense), so it cannot be pinned to a specific year; figures appear consistent with roughly 2023-era data, but the exact pairing was not confirmed.
• The most recent pre-session data found for the US (2024: $209 billion per KPMG Venture Pulse) is higher than the claimed $177 billion, so if the MEP intended recent data the US figure is understated (difference >10%).
• Banque de France's cumulative figure (EUR 89 billion for the EU, 2014–2023) covers only the EU and uses a narrower scope than 'Europe', and does not confirm an annual figure of ~€30 billion.
• Only one independent secondary source (KPMG) was found for the US figure; per the verification rules a single secondary source is insufficient to refute, and no primary source (Invest Europe annual report, PitchBook/NVCA yearbook) with the exact claimed figures could be retrieved within the search limit.
• OECD data show global VC investment of USD 427.1 billion in 2025, with AI absorbing 61%; this more recent context is not reflected in the claim.
• Two independent sources or one primary source confirming the claim could not be found.

Sources

• PrimaryBanque de France — How can Europe scale up its venture capital market?Between 2014 and 2023, VC investment amounted to EUR 89 billion in the EU, compared with over EUR 1,000 billion in the United States.
• PrimaryOECD — Venture capital investments in artificial intelligence through 2025In 2025, venture capital (VC) investments in AI firms globally made up over half (61%, USD 258.7 billion) of all VC investment (USD 427.1 billion).
• SecondaryKPMG press release — 2024 global VC investment rises to $368 billionUS sees $209 billion in VC investment in 2024—third highest total in 20 years; 2024 global VC investment rises to $368 billion.
• SecondaryInvest Europe newsroom — Venture Capital: Fuelling European Innovation reportVCs invested €96 billion in almost 27,000 European companies over last 10 years, new Invest Europe report shows; European VCs deliver 23% net annual returns.