Twenty-Seven Checks and Everyone Else
Q3 2026 venture funding hit $159B, with 27 mega rounds taking a third. Bruce Bendell on concentration, secondary discounts and finding the real price.
Q3 2026 venture funding hit $159B, with 27 mega rounds taking a third. Bruce Bendell on concentration, secondary discounts and finding the real price.
Climate tech raised $19.6B in Q3 2026 across just 686 deals. Bruce Bendell on why EV and climate investing is really about pricing factories, batteries and loans.
Follow-on venture debt rose from $4.7B to $12.3B. Bruce Bendell on why startup loans now sit in private credit portfolios and why they are so hard to sell.