Over 235 venture firms have embraced data, automation, and AI to drive better decisions, stronger returns, and leaner teams. The Data-Driven VC Landscape Report 2025 captures how the most forward-thinking funds are upgrading their tech stack, hiring engineers, and building proprietary platforms to stay ahead.

Produced by Dr. Andre Retterath and his team in partnership with leading VC tools Vestberry, Affinity and Deckmatch, this year’s report is the ultimate benchmark for any VC rethinking their operations. We’re proud to support it — and even prouder that our CEO, Marek Zamecnik, was named one of the Top 100 leaders shaping the future of portfolio intelligence.

So, what are the top funds doing differently? Here are three key takeaways — and how a platform like Vestberry helps turn those insights into action.

Tools Are Powering Data-Driven Initiatives

The number of truly data-driven VC firms has jumped to 235, and nearly 65% of them use at least one internally built tool across their techstack. While deal sourcing remains the top automation priority, more of the value creation chain is coming into focus, from portfolio monitoring to back-office operations. These firms are abandoning spreadsheets and outdated practices in favor of structured, automated platforms that cut manual errors and free up time for strategic work.

If you feel like you’re behind, don’t worry. You’re not too late. According to the report, only 40% of VCs believe they are fully leveraging automation, data, and AI in their operations. The rest are still ramping up or figuring things out.

Most funds blend internal and external solutions to get the best of both worlds. Even without in-house engineers, firms can boost efficiency by selecting the right off-the-shelf tools. For example, Vestberry automates post-investment data capture, analysis, and reporting, providing real-time dashboards and forecasts that empower VC teams to make faster, data-backed decisions.

Set up right, AI becomes a team superpower

AI copilots are already helping firms automate research, due diligence, memo writing, and outreach. As a result, many funds expect leaner investment teams. However, nearly all are adding engineers to scale their data infrastructure.

Most data-driven VCs remain in the hype phase: early wins in automation and analytics have raised expectations, but challenges around data quality, tool adoption, and budget are limiting full impact. The most widely adopted LLMs and chatbot agents among DDVCs are ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, and Gemini.

Besides security, relying on advanced algorithms demands more than skilled prompting. It requires clean, structured data and reliable workflows. Tools like Vestberry makes your portfolio data clean, standardized and exportable, unlocking real productivity and insights across your team.

Owning your data = Owning your advantage

70 percent of data-driven VCs combine external market feeds with proprietary first-party data, acquiring what’s available and enriching it with their own filters and signals.

The real challenge remains collecting, processing and making the data actionable. Spreadsheets can’t keep up with today’s volume or complexity. AI agents and chatbots require clean, structured inputs to provide reliable context and outputs. Without a dedicated data warehouse or database, funds struggle to manage their data and extract a true competitive edge.

For example, some firms use platforms like Vestberry to centralize portfolio data in one secure location, automate data collection, and gain real-time performance dashboards. This approach helps teams to save time on manual data management and focus on data-driven decision making.

We’re excited to see our customers in the list of leading data driven venture capital firms named in the DDVC Landscape report. Top firms like Earlybird, Pale Blue Dot or Anthemis are no longer relying solely on third-party tools. Instead, they’re building proprietary data platforms that combine internal metrics with market data to uncover insights competitors miss. 

The direction is clear: modern VCs run on data. The 2025 Data-Driven VC Landscape Report is your roadmap to follow their lead and Vestberry is the tool to help you do it.

Download the full report here and see what top VCs are doing differently