{
  "id": 18122109,
  "title": "Tech funding hits 12-month low of $592 million in October; late-stage funding plunges 72%",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/tech-funding-hits-12-month-low-of-592-million-in-october-late-stage",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-11-04T11:50:15.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Economic Times Tech",
    "slug": "economic-times-tech",
    "url": "https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/funding/tech-funding-hits-12-month-low-of-592-million-in-october-late-stage-funding-plunges-72/articleshow/135538367.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Early-stage funding, by contrast, rose 114% sequentially to $361.6 million from $168.6 million and was up 10.8% from $326.4 million in October 2025. Early-stage rounds accounted for 61% of the month's funding.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}