Who’s raising, region by region

North American startup funding shattered records in H1 2026, driven by AI

US & Canadian startups took in roughly $392B in the first half of 2026 as AI megarounds piled up.

Almost 90 new unicorns have been minted so far this year

A running tally of the private companies that crossed the $1B valuation mark in 2026.

The week’s 10 biggest funding rounds: megarounds in enterprise software, AI and space tech

Crunchbase’s weekly ranking of the largest disclosed rounds — a fast read on where late-stage money is going.

An AI agent startup let its own agent run its $100M fundraise

A sign of the moment: the company handed the mechanics of a nine-figure raise to its AI agent.

Probably raises $9M to build a more reliable kind of AI

An early-stage round worth watching for angels tracking the seed end of the AI market.

Mexico extends its venture lead over Brazil as more global VCs enter Latin America

Mexico overtook Brazil in venture dollars for the first time in over a decade; five nine-figure rounds closed in Q2.

Late-stage deals dominate Latin American funding in Q1

Analysis of a maturing market where growth-stage cheques are pulling ahead of early-stage volume.

Global investors boost Latin America’s late-stage funding boom in Q1

International VCs — Sequoia, a16z, Tencent and others — drove a jump in the region’s biggest rounds.

AI-driven unicorns and Brazil’s VC comeback

A regional report on Brazil’s recovering venture market and the new wave of AI-led startups.

LatAm startups gear up for a 2026 investment revival, with fintech a key focus

Outlook piece on where LatAm capital is expected to concentrate this year.

Records broken as eight European startups raised $1bn+ rounds in 2026

Europe set an all-time high for both deal count and total funding across billion-dollar rounds in H1.

He sold his last company to Palantir — now he’s betting $32M that robots can fix construction

A profile of Amsterdam’s Monumental and its Khosla-led Series B for autonomous bricklaying robots.

Europe’s biggest new funds in H1 2026

The largest new VC funds raised in Europe this half — useful for spotting who’s about to deploy.

Robotics startup Monumental raises $32m backed by Khosla Ventures

Sifted’s take on the same round, with detail on the outcome-based “pay per wall” model.

China leads Asia’s startup funding to its highest level in more than 3 years

Asian companies raised ~$27.4B in Q1 — nearly double a year earlier — with AI and deep tech leading.

Asia’s biggest startup funding rounds: Week 24, 2026

Weekly ranking led by Silicon Box, Innefu Labs and MyGate — a quick pulse on the region’s largest deals.

Singapore’s Silicon Box secures $78M financing to accelerate advanced packaging

A debt facility (Ares, InnoVen, January Capital) on top of the chipmaker’s equity round — how growth-stage hardware blends debt and equity.

SE Asia startup funding stays thin in Q1 2026 even as deal sizes grow

Southeast Asia’s quarterly review: fewer deals, bigger cheques, Singapore taking the lion’s share.

Asia startup funding rounds, June 2026: top 15 deals ranked

A ranked monthly list of the region’s largest disclosed rounds.