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Early-stage deals took 94% of the equity raised against 22% in August.
Late-stage funding vanished in September 2026 after accounting for 77.5% of the total in August and 55.1% a year earlier, according to Tracxn.
Early-stage funding captured 94.2% of the month’s total, up from 22.1% in August and 37.6% in September 2025.
Seed-stage’s share rose to 5.8% from 0.4% in August but trailed the 7.3% recorded in September 2025.
Vertex Ventures led venture capital funds with two deals, followed by Foundation Capital and In Group Holdings with one each.
JIC Technology Investment was the only private equity fund amongst the month’s top investors with one deal, whilst no incubators were recorded.
This comes as Singapore tech companies raised only $52m in equity funding in September, down 94.02% month on month and 89.83% year on year.
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