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Aug 31, 2025
Here are our Deep Tech statistics for 2025, covering funding trends, market size, AI, biotech, quantum computing, robotics, venture capital, and more.
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Our 2025 deep tech statistics report provides a clear look at how capital, research spending, and innovation are distributed across these new technologies.
As we explain in Konvoy’s latest guide, deep tech companies differ from traditional enterprise software or consumer internet startups.
They take longer to develop, need more funding, and rely on ongoing teamwork between venture capital, public funding, universities, and corporate R&D.
This report brings together data from venture capital monitors, market research firms, public policy documents, and R&D spending reports to give a clear picture of the deep tech industry in 2025.
Let's take a look at the findings.
In this analysis, you’ll find market size, venture capital investment, regional trends, and sector insights in artificial intelligence, quantum computing, biotechnology, and robotics.
1. The global deep tech market is projected at USD 729.1 billion for 2025, showing that deep tech is a large commercial market covering many science and engineering-based industries. (Mordor Intelligence)
2. The deep tech market is projected to reach USD 1,124.0 billion by 2030. (Mordor Intelligence)
3. The deep tech market is modeled at a 9.0%-9.2% CAGR between 2025 and 2030.
This growth shows how areas like AI, life sciences, advanced materials, robotics, and quantum technologies are all expanding together. (Mordor Intelligence)
4. A large share of venture capital goes to science-driven innovation instead of just traditional software, as deep tech accounted for approximately 32% of total global venture capital investment. (Dealroom)
5. The United Kingdom recorded USD 8.5 billion in deep tech investment just in 2024. (Dealroom)
6. U.S venture capital deployed USD 250.2 billion across 12,422 deals in 2025 year-to-date (through Q3 2025) with deep tech, including AI, comprising a significant share.
However, the numbers may change after Q4. (PitchBook–NVCA Venture Monitor, Q3 2025)
7. The median time to close a U.S. venture fund was 15.6 months in 2025 YTD.
Longer fundraising periods have a bigger impact on managers who focus on deep tech and specialized areas. (PitchBook–NVCA Venture Monitor, Q3 2025)
8. The ten largest VC funds captured 42.9% of total U.S. fundraising capital in 2025 YTD.
This capital concentration is key since large funds usually support late-stage deep tech deals. (Source: PitchBook–NVCA Venture Monitor, Q3 2025)
9. Deep Tech startups tracked a total of 57,669 companies globally. (Startus Insight)
10. The US hosts over 25,000 Deep Tech startups with USD 449 billion in funding from 2015 to 2025. (Startus Insight)
11. China has 6,100+ Deep Tech startups backed by USD 94.4B. (Startus Insight)
12. Artificial intelligence made up more than 37% of the total deep tech market in 2024.
According to the source, AI is expected to retain its top spot by the end of 2025, as it remains the primary choice for cloud use and business adoption. (Mordor Intelligence)
13. AI received about 77% of all deep tech funding in the UK between 2019 and 2025. (Dealroom)
14. In France and Israel, about 65% and 67% of deep tech funding went to AI. (Dealroom)
15. The market for using AI in drug discovery is expected to reach 16.52 billion US dollars by 2034.
For Venture Capital firms such as Konvoy, this gives an idea of how large the market is for AI in drug research. (BioSpace)
16. Inteest in deep tech for AI and drug discovery is expected to grow by about 30.7% each year from 2025 to 2034. (BioSpace)
17. Global public funding commitments to quantum technologies exceeded USD 42 billion as of 2024. Still, government funding is the main source. (McKinsey & Company)
18. Approximately 62% of quantum funding went to companies founded five or more years ago. (McKinsey & Company)
19. IBM targets delivery of its fault-tolerant “Quantum Starling” system by 2029. (Constellation Research)
20. In 2024, venture investors put over $2 billion into quantum startups, a 50% increase from 2023. By the third quarter of 2025, another $1.25 billion was invested, doubling the pace from the previous year. (SpinQ)
21. Quantum industry needs more skilled workers. By 2025, over 10,000 new quantum computing jobs are expected each year in areas like hardware, software, and research. (PatentPC)
22. European biotechnology R&D spending increased by 4.9% in 2024, reaching approximately EUR 193.7 billion. (EFPIA)
23. Global biotechnology industry is expected to bring in about $559 billion in revenue in 2025, following several years of steady growth. (IBISWorld)
24. There has been a strong growth of about 13% each year in recent years. For example, the industry grew from around $483 billion in 2024 to $546 billion in 2025. (PR Newswire)
25. In 2024, biotechnology and healthcare made up 27% of all private equity investment in Europe, just behind the information and communications technology (ICT) sector. (Panda International)
26. About 87% of biopharma R&D partnership investments have gone to AI platforms to speed up drug discovery and development. (EY Americas)
27. In 2025, there are about 12,487 biotech companies worldwide, up from around 9,200 five years ago. (IBISWorld)
28. 542,000 industrial robots were installed around the world in 2024. This is the fourth year in a row that more than half a million new robots have been added. (IFR)
29. Asia made up 74% of all new industrial robot installations, while Europe had 16% and the Americas had 9%. (IFR)
30. The global robotics market was valued at about $94.5 billion in 2024, which is a 14.7% increase from 2023.
31. Industry forecasts suggest the market will keep growing at a double-digit rate and could surpass $150 billion by the late 2020s. (AIPRM)
32. South Korea has the highest robot density, with about 1,012 industrial robots for every 10,000 manufacturing workers. (AIPRM)
33. By 2025, automation and machines were projected to display 85 million jobs. (SHRM)
Deep Tech Statistics for 2025 shows that this sector is a key part of global venture capital, public funding, and corporate R&D.
Artificial intelligence leads in both investment and business use. Biotechnology still needs the most funding, and robotics continues to grow.
On the other hand, Quantum computing depends on public funding because it takes longer to reach the market.
Still, trends could shift in 2026.
As we saw with the release of ChatGPT in 2023, the future often moves faster than we expect.
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