#china leads asia

Overall, investors put $27.4 billion to work across seed- through growth-stage financings for Asian companies in Q1, per Crunchbase data. That’s up about 20% from the prior quarter and nearly double year-ago levels, with total funding also hitting it

Overall, funding in Asia in the first half of 2025 was down roughly a third from the same period last year. Deal volume also declined, with reported deal counts at every stage lower in the first two quarters of 2025 than year-ago levels.