The record funding pace continues into the third quarter of 2021 with $160 billion invested globally, matching the huge funding increase in the second quarter and up 78 percent year over year.
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New funding records
Prior to 2021, global funding had not reached over $100 billion in a single quarter.
Funding in 2021 has far superseded that amount, with the first quarter tracking at $135 billion, the second quarter reaching $159 billion, and the most recent quarter peaking at $160 billion.
Super-sized
Larger fundings dominated, with $103 billion (64 percent) invested in 400 companies that raised rounds of $100 million or more this past quarter. …
