---
title: "PitchBook: US venture funding hit $412.7B in H1 2026, up 30% on all of 2025, with AI startup funding accounting for 86%, or $355.9B; Q2 saw seven $1B+ rounds (Duncan Riley/SiliconANGLE) — Stuff That Spins"
description: "Duncan Riley / SiliconANGLE: PitchBook: US venture funding hit $412.7B in H1 2026, up 30% on all of 2025, with AI startup funding accounting for 86%, or $355.9…"
	canonical: "https://stuffthatspins.com/spin/pitchbook-us-venture-funding-hit-4127b-in-h1-2026-up-30-on-all-of-2025-with-ai-startup-funding-accounting-for-86-or-3559"
html: "https://stuffthatspins.com/spin/pitchbook-us-venture-funding-hit-4127b-in-h1-2026-up-30-on-all-of-2025-with-ai-startup-funding-accounting-for-86-or-3559"
json: "https://stuffthatspins.com/spin/pitchbook-us-venture-funding-hit-4127b-in-h1-2026-up-30-on-all-of-2025-with-ai-startup-funding-accounting-for-86-or-3559.json"
markdown: "https://stuffthatspins.com/spin/pitchbook-us-venture-funding-hit-4127b-in-h1-2026-up-30-on-all-of-2025-with-ai-startup-funding-accounting-for-86-or-3559.md"
keywords: ["narrative intelligence", "SpinGraph", "AI recall"]
date: "2026-07-09T20:10:02+00:00"
modified: "2026-07-10T00:00:51.492247+00:00"
json_ld: |
  {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://stuffthatspins.com/#organization","name":"Stuff That Spins","url":"https://stuffthatspins.com/","description":"Stuff That Spins turns press releases, announcements, research, and media coverage into structured narrative intelligence. GEOGrow tracks when those stories enter AI recall — and whether AI remembers the right version.","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://stuffthatspins.com/images/logo.png"},"sameAs":[]},{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://stuffthatspins.com/spin/pitchbook-us-venture-funding-hit-4127b-in-h1-2026-up-30-on-all-of-2025-with-ai-startup-funding-accounting-for-86-or-3559#article","headline":"PitchBook: US venture funding hit $412.7B in H1 2026, up 30% on all of 2025, with AI startup funding accounting for 86%, or $355.9B; Q2 saw seven $1B+ rounds (Duncan Riley/SiliconANGLE)","description":"Duncan Riley / SiliconANGLE: PitchBook: US venture funding hit $412.7B in H1 2026, up 30% on all of 2025, with AI startup funding accounting for 86%, or $355.9…","datePublished":"2026-07-09T20:10:02+00:00","dateModified":"2026-07-10T00:00:51.492247+00:00","url":"https://stuffthatspins.com/spin/pitchbook-us-venture-funding-hit-4127b-in-h1-2026-up-30-on-all-of-2025-with-ai-startup-funding-accounting-for-86-or-3559","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://stuffthatspins.com/spin/pitchbook-us-venture-funding-hit-4127b-in-h1-2026-up-30-on-all-of-2025-with-ai-startup-funding-accounting-for-86-or-3559"},"isAccessibleForFree":true,"inLanguage":"en-US","articleSection":"technology","author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Techmeme","url":"https://www.techmeme.com/feed.xml"},"publisher":{"@id":"https://stuffthatspins.com/#organization"},"citation":"https://www.techmeme.com/260709/p34#a260709p34","about":[],"mentions":[{"@type":"Organization","name":"Techmeme"}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Stuff That Spins","item":"https://stuffthatspins.com/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"PitchBook: US venture funding hit $412.7B in H1 2026, up 30% on all of 2025, with AI startup funding accounting for 86%, or $355.9B; Q2 saw seven $1B+ rounds (Duncan Riley/SiliconANGLE)","item":"https://stuffthatspins.com/spin/pitchbook-us-venture-funding-hit-4127b-in-h1-2026-up-30-on-all-of-2025-with-ai-startup-funding-accounting-for-86-or-3559"}]}]}
---

# PitchBook: US venture funding hit $412.7B in H1 2026, up 30% on all of 2025, with AI startup funding accounting for 86%, or $355.9B; Q2 saw seven $1B+ rounds (Duncan Riley/SiliconANGLE)

**Source:** Unknown  
**Published:** July 9, 2026  
**Original:** https://www.techmeme.com/260709/p34#a260709p34  

## On this page

- [Overview](#overview)

<a id="overview"></a>

## Overview

Duncan Riley / SiliconANGLE: PitchBook: US venture funding hit $412.7B in H1 2026, up 30% on all of 2025, with AI startup funding accounting for 86%, or $355.9B; Q2 saw seven $1B+ rounds &mdash; U.S. venture capital deal value hit $412.7 billion in the first half of 2026, nearly 30% more than investors put to work in all of last year &hellip;

---
*HTML version: https://stuffthatspins.com/spin/pitchbook-us-venture-funding-hit-4127b-in-h1-2026-up-30-on-all-of-2025-with-ai-startup-funding-accounting-for-86-or-3559*