Crunchbase: Q3 deal pace holds steady as funding falls

Crunchbase data shows most top VCs matched or increased their Q3 deal count even as overall funding fell, partly due to a lack of new giant AI rounds. Y Combinator led with 45 deals, while Insight Partners and Andreessen Horowitz led 18 and 16 rounds; Valor and Atreides tied at $7.7B in led deal value.

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