India
On a year-on-year basis, funding value rose nearly 14% from $4.18 billion in Q1 2025.
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Three-Circle looking to raise up to $1b in Hong Kong listing
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Greater China
Startups raised just under $7.8b in March through the completion of 284 deals.
Singapore
Startup funding reached $582.2m, a 352.3% rise from February.
On a year-on-year basis, both deal value and volume increased.
The deal volume also fell by a third.
Startups in the region raised about $128.7m across 27 equity deals in Feb.
Neysa also became the country’s first startup unicorn of 2026.
There were only 25 equity deals in the month—the lowest on record.
There was strong investor appetite for policy-aligned industries like software and semiconductor.
However, compared with Jan 2025, total funding fell 39.3%, while deal volume dropped 4.8%.
