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This is the highest in 12 quarters.
Tech startups raised $5.5b in equity funding in the third quarter (Q3) of 2026, the highest across the 12 quarters tracked and up 39.26% from $4b in the previous quarter, according to a Tracxn report.
On a year-on-year basis, funding surged 142.08% from $2.3b in Q3 2025.
The Q3 window runs from 1 July to 30 September.
The 12-quarter data showed uneven funding activity. Equity funding stood at $955m in the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2023 before more than doubling to $2.16b in Q1 2024.
It edged down to $1.84b in Q2, then sank to $590m in Q3 2024, the lowest across the reporting period.
Funding rose nearly fourfold to $2.27b in Q4 2024, then almost halved to $1.16b in Q1 2025 and slid further to $957m in Q2.
It more than doubled in Q3 2025 before dropping again to $1.15b in Q4.
Growth then ran for three straight quarters in 2026, starting with about $3b in Q1 and continuing through Q2 and Q3.
Kling AI led the quarter’s rounds with $2.8b, about half of the quarterly total. It was followed by Ant International at $1.2b, Sharpa at $670m, CRYPTO at $400m, and Acrab AI at $130m.
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