China’s Largest Startup Deal Ever Lifts Global Venture Funding To $59B In OctoberGlobal venture funding in October totaled $59 billion, a 45% jump from a year earlier, per Crunchbase data, in large part due to a record-setting $15.9 billion funding round for China’s DeepSeek.Crunchbase News · 2026-11-03T12:00:44.000Z