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Asia's startup funding reached $38.5 billion in Q3, the second-highest quarterly tally on record.
Why it matters: Crunchbase data shows AI captured about 55% of Asia's $38.5B Q3 venture total, with China taking 70%, giving readers a concrete read on where regional capital is concentrating.
Toronto-based AgTech startup Molagri raised $5.2 million USD ($8.2 million CAD) in seed funding led by Convective Capital.
Why it matters: The round shows how AI-driven protein design is moving from lab research into agricultural biotech, with Y Combinator and Paul Graham backing a two-person Toronto team.
Pear VC closed its fifth fund at $333 million, about $99 million less than the $432 million it raised in May 2023.
Why it matters: Pear VC's smaller Fund V shows how seed investors are betting that early founder access, not fund size, decides who wins AI deals.
Scimplify raised a $25M all-equity round led by Hitachi Ventures, with Henkel and Teknor Apex joining as investors.
Why it matters: Scimplify's round shows how AI agents are being applied to specialty chemicals and critical materials, with revenue and customer numbers that indicate real commercial traction.
European startup funding reached $25 billion in Q3, the region's strongest quarter in four years and up 77% year over year.
Why it matters: Crunchbase data shows AI took a record 75% of Europe's $25B Q3 venture total, with Germany and France closing the gap on the UK.
North American startup funding fell 35% quarter over quarter to $92 billion in Q3.
Why it matters: Crunchbase's quarterly data shows the funding dip traces to the absence of OpenAI and Anthropic megarounds rather than a broad venture pullback.
Global venture funding reached $159 billion in Q3 2026 across nearly 6,000 startups.
Why it matters: Crunchbase's Q3 2026 data shows a record 27 billion-dollar rounds and $159B in global venture funding, giving readers a concrete read on where AI capital is concentrating.
TechCrunch compiled a running list, using Crunchbase and PitchBook data, of the VC-backed startups that reached $1 billion valuations in 2025.
Why it matters: A month-by-month record of the startups that crossed $1B in 2025, useful for seeing which AI segments, from inference to agents, drew the largest rounds.
Sequoia Capital announced a $750 million early-stage fund for Series A startups and a $200 million seed fund.
Why it matters: Sequoia's new funds keep the same size as its 2022 vehicles, and the piece names the early AI bets that paid off, giving a concrete read on how top firms are pricing the AI boom.
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