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China Leads Asia’s Startup Funding To Its Highest Level In More Than 3 Years
Joanna Glasner
April 13, 2026
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Asia’s startup funding swung higher in the first quarter of this year, boosted by a rebound in Chinese venture investment.
Overall, investors put $27.4 billion to work across seed- through growth-stage financings for Asian companies in Q1, per Crunchbase data. That’s up about 20% from the prior quarter and nearly double year-ago levels.
Total funding also hit its highest level in more than three years, as charted below.
Funding went to bigger rounds, not more of them. Per Crunchbase data, deal counts were flat with the prior quarter and up incrementally from prior year levels. In general, deal counts haven’t fluctuated widely from quarter to quarter over the past few years, as seen in the chart below.
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Most gains go to China
Funding rose across stages, with most going to later stage
Early stage was strong too
Seed also showed an upswing
A record quarter for AI
Looking up
Methodology
Glossary of funding terms
Most gains go to China
An estimated $16.5 billion —
来源：news.crunchbase.com