Global investing in startups hit $297 billion in Q1 2026, breaking all records, according to new Crunchbase data. 5x increase over the $118 billion raised in the previous quarter. This single-quarter haul outpaces every full year of global VC activity prior to 2019. The unprecedented spike was fueled by just …
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