Crunchbase: Global venture hits $159B in Q3 2026 with a record count of $1B+ rounds
Crunchbase News · 2026-10-05
Global venture funding reached $159B in Q3, down 25% from Q2 but up 53% year on year. A record 27 companies raised $1B+ rounds and AI took $102B, or 64%. The $679B nine-month total is the highest on record, showing capital piling into AI leaders.
Vocabulary
Read source ↗- quarter over quartercompared with the previous quarter
- jumbo sized roundsexceptionally large funding rounds
- exitsways investors cash out, such as IPOs or acquisitions