Funding for U.S. and Canadian startups rose across all venture stages in the first quarter, and large exits also ticked up as both M&A and IPO activity gained momentum.
Overall, venture investors put $28.67 billion to work across seed through technology growth stage funding rounds in Q1 of 2018, according to Crunchbase projections. That’s up from $24.2 billion in Q4 and $18.23 billion in Q1 of 2018.
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