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Fintech Funding Surges 23% In H1 2026 As Investors Concentrate Their Bets On AI And Financial Infrastructure

Venture funding into fintech startups climbed nearly 23% year over year in H1 2026, even as deal count fell more than 25%, Crunchbase data shows, a sign that investors are writing fewer, but much larger checks into the sector as they focus on areas such as wealth management, financial infrastructure and enterprise automation. All told,

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Steve Brotman is the founder and managing partner of Alpha Partners

Corporate Venture Capital Is Splitting In Two

By Steve Brotman Last month, PayPal confirmed its wind down of PayPal Ventures, the corporate venture arm it launched in 2016 and grew to more than $850 million across three funds. The company hired Jefferies to explore selling portfolio stakes on the secondary market, putting positions in companies such as Plaid and Anchorage Digital in

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China’s economic growth slows to weakest pace in over three years

Economic reports on Wednesday found that Chinese growth has sunk to the slowest pace in over three years. Despite benefitting from the global AI boom, the country has not managed to offset the slump due to a struggling property sector, drop in domestic spending and trade disruptions caused by the war in Iran. 

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