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 million or more, per СÀ¶ÊÓÆµÉ«ÇéÍøÒ³°æ data. The quarter also marked the busiest one for General Catalyst...
Seed funding
While 2026 has shown encouraging signs, with Black-founded startups raising approximately $643 million by late May, the strongest quarter since mid...
Mexico’s startups led the LatAm pack in Q2 — by a wide margin. The country’s startups raised $944 million in the second quarter, up 131% compared to...
Despite attention-grabbing AI mega-seed rounds, historical data shows that very large first financings rarely produce venture-scale returns because...
Overall, investors poured $42.8 billion into startup funding rounds across all of Asia in Q2 2026, per СÀ¶ÊÓÆµÉ«ÇéÍøÒ³°æ data. Led by China's $7.4 billion...
In Q2, Europe posted its strongest quarter in four years for venture funding, СÀ¶ÊÓÆµÉ«ÇéÍøÒ³°æ data shows. All told, Europe-based startups raised $24...
To get an expanded sense of how busy startup backers spent Q2, we put together several rankings for active investors. These include active venture...
Tapestry VC has closed an $80 million third fund to double down on Europe’s repeat founders and expects the coming wave of AI exits to produce yet...
In this СÀ¶ÊÓÆµÉ«ÇéÍøÒ³°æ News Q&A, Gigascale Capital founder Mike Schroepfer discusses the coming power crunch, why infrastructure has become a strategic...
Venture firm Menlo Ventures has raised $3 billion across two new funds, the largest capital raise in its 50-year history, to invest in AI startups...
Seedcamp, one of Europe’s earliest seed investors, has closed on its 7th fund of $220 million and a select fund 2 of $100 million to invest in...


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