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Freelance reporter. Specialize in finance, venture capital and private equity Foodie. Real estate investor. No Cal address. East Coast attitude.
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Biotech Startup Investment Held Steady Even As AI Funding Surged

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By Joanna Glasner Verified
| Crunchbase News Verified
While the AI boom has disrupted funding patterns across the startup sphere, biotech has remained a rare steady sector for investment. For the past few years, global funding to biotech startups has hovered between $36 billion and $40 billion. Per Crunchbase data, 2026 is on track to stay close to that range. The numbers don’t paint an especially bullish picture, even though overall venture investment rose to a record level in the first half of this year.
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The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: AI Tools And Assistants Lead Sparser Lineup Of Megadeals

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By Joanna Glasner Verified
| Crunchbase News Verified
Want to keep track of the largest startup funding deals in 2026 with our curated list of $100 million-plus venture deals to U.S.-based companies? Check out The Crunchbase Megadeals Board. This is a weekly feature that runs down the week’s top 10 announced funding rounds in the U.S. Check out last week’s biggest funding deal roundup here. Most of this week’s largest funding recipients were AI-focused startups, with Instinct, a developer of AI assistants, pulling in the biggest round.
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Sector Snapshot: Space Tech Startup Funding Orbits New Highs

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By Joanna Glasner Verified
| Crunchbase News Verified
In a year that has featured SpaceX delivering the largest IPO in startup history, you might think venture investors would be particularly enthused about upside potential for the space tech sector. And you’d be right. So far this year, a record $20.3 billion in global seed- through growth-stage funding has gone to companies in space- and satellite-related sectors, per Crunchbase data. That’s already by far the highest annual tally on record, and we’ve still got four months left in 2026.
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