#venture funding

Even as the rest of the world saw new highs in 2021 for venture funding, Asia refused to be outdone. The region set a new record with venture investment last year totaling $165.1 billion, up 50 percent from 2020 when that number hit $110.2 billion, a

Seattle-area startups raised $2.7 billion in the first half of 2026, down 40% from a year ago, even as U.S. venture funding hit a record $412.7 billion. The disconnect: AI mega-rounds are driving the national boom, and Seattle's biggest deals were in

Venture funding in 2021 broke records across the board, Crunchbase data shows, with investment last year up more than 10x what it was a decade earlier. Global venture investment last year totaled $643 billion, compared to $335 billion for 2020—markin

Venture funding in Asia got off to a brutal start in 2023, declining 33% from the previous quarter and a massive 57% from the first quarter of last year.

In Q2, Europe posted its strongest quarter in four years for venture funding, Crunchbase data shows. All told, Europe-based startups raised $24 billion in the just-ended quarter, up around a third quarter over quarter and two-thirds higher than the $

Total venture funding in the Asia region fell to $17.3 billion in Q1, a drop of 4% from Q4 2023 and an 8% decline year to year, Crunchbase data shows. The total represents the lowest amount of funding in the Asia region in a single quarter since Q4 2

Despite venture funding starting to pick up globally, Asia funding can’t seem to get on board. The region suffered its worst quarter for venture funding since the final quarter of 2015, with Asia-based startups raising only $14.6 billion — a 32% drop

Global venture funding ticked up year over year in Q2 2025, reaching $91 billion, with a greater concentration of capital into the largest funding rounds compared to a year ago, Crunchbase data shows.

Brazil is back in the lead in Latin America's venture funding tally — and in a big way. Brazil-based startups raised $692 million in Q3, up 47% year over year and 92% quarter over quarter.