January 2026 Blitzscalable Venture Deal Review
Jul 4, 2026 · 31 min · 9 segments
Chris Yeh and Scott Johnson discuss select venture capital investments by top investors announced in January 2026.
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Jul 4, 2026 · 31 min · 9 segments
Chris Yeh and Scott Johnson discuss select venture capital investments by top investors announced in January 2026.
Chris YehHostScott JohnsonHostI'm going to talk about data because that's what I always do at the beginning of these podcasts.
Like Where are we with the numbers? How is that trending? And we're sort of in a steady state around 100.
So I can look forward a little bit and I could say that a little above 100 is the average in 2026 so far, January is 96.
So you can't really say this is what happened in the month of January, but for...
Looking backwards purposes, you could say that the announcements were leaning a little bit towards international, which is a little unusual.
And we're seeing a couple more Series C deals in this batch than we usually see.
to invest in a later stage round, unless it was one of the very top few companies.
And the fact that there's some breadth in the Series C financings is nice to see, a much healthier market that way.
I'm going to talk about data because that's what I always do at the beginning of these podcasts.
Like Where are we with the numbers? How is that trending? And we're sort of in a steady state around 100.
So I can look forward a little bit and I could say that a little above 100 is the average in 2026 so far, January is 96.
So you can't really say this is what happened in the month of January, but for...
Looking backwards purposes, you could say that the announcements were leaning a little bit towards international, which is a little unusual.
And we're seeing a couple more Series C deals in this batch than we usually see.
to invest in a later stage round, unless it was one of the very top few companies.
And the fact that there's some breadth in the Series C financings is nice to see, a much healthier market that way.
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