#american startup funding

Overall, investment in U.S. and Canadian startups totaled a staggering $392 billion for the first half of 2026, per Crunchbase data, dwarfing anything we’ve seen before.

Investors poured $280 billion into seed through growth-stage rounds for U.S. and Canadian companies in 2025, per Crunchbase data, the highest annual total in four years.

In total, investors put $63.1 billion into reported seed through growth-stage rounds for U.S. and Canadian companies in Q3, per Crunchbase data; up incrementally from the prior quarter and far above year-ago levels.

North American venture funding spiked in the final quarter of 2024, closing out an up year for startup investment driven by continued momentum around artificial intelligence.

In total, investors put $40.5 billion into startups across all stages in Q3. That’s a decline of 10% from the prior quarter and an increase of 14% from year-ago levels.

Funding to Latin American startups rose in the second quarter, led by a resurgence in late-stage dealmaking and a pickup in venture investment in Mexico.

Funding to North American startups rose 30% quarter-over-quarter, driven by big rounds for artificial intelligence-focused companies. Early-stage dealmaking was particularly robust.

A couple of years ago, Latin America was the fastest-growing region in the world for startup investment. Hot companies from Brazil to Mexico were securing large, later-stage rounds to scale up in sectors like real estate, deliveries and e-commerce. N

North American startup investors closed out 2023 with the worst quarter of the year, pulling back sharply on late-stage deals amid a weak exit environment.

In the second quarter, investors put $31.8 billion into seed- through growth-stage rounds for U.S. and Canadian startups, per preliminary Crunchbase data.

After four consecutive down quarters, North American startup investors haven’t staged a definitive comeback yet. However, first-quarter numbers do show pockets of resilience, even as the general funding climate remains constrained.

We don’t use many exclamation points when writing about startup funding. But the 2021 North American annual tallies require at least a few. In short: It was a really big year for funding! Really, really big!! It was record-setting big, and not by a s