NYC Startups Raised $4.94 Billion in October, a Monthly Record
NYC startups raised a record $4.94 billion across 54 rounds in October, with Ramp's $1.85 billion Series G ranking as the largest startup round in city history, per AlleyWatch.
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Mega Rounds
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Mega Rounds
Southeast Asia funding hits $3.68B as Kling AI dominates
Southeast Asia startups raised $3.6827 billion across 13 October 2026 rounds, up 1,665% from September. Kling AI took 81% of capi…
Private AI Funding More Than Halved From $226 Billion to $103.3 Billion
Private AI funding fell 54% in six months, from $226 billion in Q1 to $103.3 billion in Q3, as deal counts hit an 18-month low wh…
Different Lands $48M Seed Round
Different has raised $48 million in seed funding, per FinSMEs — an outsized first round that resets expectations for the category…
MENA Startup Funding Holds Up on Mega-Rounds as Saudi Arabia Drives Rebound
Saudi Arabia powered a quarterly MENA funding rebound, with mega-rounds sustaining regional totals as capital concentrates in the…
Crunchbase Counts a Big Week for Big Checks in Latest Funding Tally
Crunchbase News flags "a big week for big checks" in its latest ranking of the ten largest venture funding rounds — a sign of con…
Two Billion-Dollar Deals Led Last Week's Top 10 Funding Rounds
Cybersecurity and AI infrastructure startups each closed billion-dollar rounds to lead the week's 10 biggest funding deals, per C…
Billion-Dollar-Plus Funding Rounds Keep Multiplying, Crunchbase Reports
Crunchbase News documents the continued rise of billion-dollar-plus venture rounds, a shift that concentrates late-stage capital…
AI mega-rounds squeeze the venture capital business model
Financial Times analysis: AI mega-rounds are squeezing traditional VC firms, straining fund sizes and pricing out mid-sized inves…
Crunchbase Weekly Top 10: AI Funds Defy Summer Slowdown
Crunchbase News published its weekly top-10 funding roundup with the headline "No Summer Doldrums As Dollars Still Flow To AI." T…
AI Megadeals Drive February Startup Funding to $189B Record
Crunchbase News logged roughly $189 billion in February startup funding, a single-month record driven by outsized AI rounds — eve…