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.
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.
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