Global Startup Investment Overview

This interactive dashboard explores 25 years of global startup activity, revealing how funding patterns, valuations, and growth dynamics have evolved across major industries. It highlights emerging and established sectors, showing shifts in innovation focus and investment priorities over time. Users can navigate industry trends, compare performance benchmarks, and examine how factors like funding rounds, investor engagement, and market momentum shape the trajectory of companies worldwide. The visuals and comparisons offer a clear, data-driven view of the changing global startup landscape.

Data Source: Startup Growth & Investment Data

Startup Dashboard

DAX Measure Documentation

SUM('Startups'[Investment Amount (USD)])

This measure calculates the total sum of all investment amounts, providing a comprehensive view of the total capital injected across all startups in the dataset.

AVERAGE('Startups'[Growth Rate (%)])

This simple measure computes the average growth rate percentage across all startups in the dataset, offering a benchmark for general performance.

DISTINCTCOUNT('Startups'[Startup Name])

This measure counts the number of unique startup names, ensuring that each company is counted only once, regardless of how many funding rounds or entries it has.

SUM('Startups'[Valuation (USD)])

This measure aggregates the total valuation of all startups, providing a high-level view of the combined market value represented in the dataset.

AVERAGE('Startups'[Valuation (USD)])

This measure calculates the average valuation of all startups, giving a sense of the typical company value within the dataset.

AVERAGEX(
    VALUES('Startups'[Funding Rounds]),
    CALCULATE(AVERAGE('Startups'[Growth Rate (%)]))
)

This complex measure calculates the average growth rate for each funding round and then averages those results. It helps to understand the typical growth rate associated with a company's funding stage.

AVERAGEX(
    VALUES('Startups'[Funding Rounds]),
    CALCULATE(AVERAGE('Startups'[Number of Investors]))
)

This measure first averages the number of investors for each funding round and then averages those averages. It provides an indication of the typical investor engagement per funding stage.

DIVIDE(
    SUM('Startups'[Valuation (USD)]),
    SUM('Startups'[Investment Amount (USD)])
)

This measure calculates the Return on Investment (ROI) by dividing the total valuation by the total investment amount. A value greater than 1 indicates a positive return on capital.

CALCULATE(
    AVERAGE('Startups'[Valuation (USD)]),
    ALLEXCEPT('Startups', 'Startups'[Industry])
)

This measure calculates the average valuation within the same industry as the currently selected startup, ignoring other filters except for the `Industry` column. It is useful for benchmarking.

CALCULATE(
    AVERAGE('Startups'[Growth Rate (%)]),
    ALLEXCEPT('Startups', 'Startups'[Industry])
)

Similar to the valuation measure, this calculates the average growth rate for all startups within a specific industry, providing a comparative metric against the overall dataset.