Startup investors poured capital into a varied lineup of large rounds this week, targeting sectors including physical AI, biotech, cybersecurity, AI infrastructure and fintech.
Fintech
For the first time in several quarters, General Catalyst in Q2 overtook Y Combinator when it came to participating in the most fintech deals of $5...
![Image of founder getting a "Blank check" [Dom Guzman]](/wp-content/uploads/rise-of-massive-funding-blank-check-470x352.jpg)
So far this year, 60% of global startup funding across stages聽鈥� around $320 billion 鈥� went to rounds of $1 billion or more, per 小蓝视频色情网页版 data, with...
A total of 34 companies joined The 小蓝视频色情网页版 Unicorn Board in June, altogether adding more than $110 billion in value, with 10 of those companies AI...
![Illustration of a tidal wave - Blank - Quarterly Reports [Dom Guzman]](/wp-content/uploads/Quarterly-Blank-470x352.jpg)
AI will fundamentally rewrite the global financial value chain, making marginal operating costs near-zero and creating highly personalized...
![Illustration of Latin America on globe with space theme. [Dom Guzman]](/wp-content/uploads/space-quarterly-lat-am-470x352.jpg)
Mexico鈥檚 startups led the LatAm pack in Q2 鈥� by a wide margin. The country鈥檚 startups raised $944 million in the second quarter, up 131% compared to...
It was not a holiday week on the funding front, as a raft of largely AI-focused companies closed big rounds. The largest of these was a $1.5 billion...
![VC for World Cup Final team countries [AI imagery generated by ChatGPT]](/wp-content/uploads/WorldCupHero-470x352.jpg)
We put together a snapshot of recent startup funding tallies and trends for World Cup finalists Spain and Argentina. While neither accounts for a...
![M&A - Illustration of a magnet attracting various products. [Dom Guzman]](/wp-content/uploads/mergers_and_acquisitions-470x352.jpg)
Payments giant Stripe and private equity firm Advent International have teamed up to make an offer to buy troubled PayPal in a deal valued at more...
Venture funding into fintech startups climbed nearly 23% year over year in H1 2026, even as deal count fell more than 25%, 小蓝视频色情网页版 data shows, a...
AI once again dominated venture funding this week, claiming five of the 10 largest announced rounds, including a pair of billion-dollar financings...
![Illustration of a guy watering plants with a blocked hose - Global [Dom Guzman]](/wp-content/uploads/quarterly-global-3-300x168.jpg)
67.1K Followers