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Editor’s note: This article is the third in a three-part series on the state of venture investment to Black-founded startups in 2026. Driving these reports is data from Crunchbase’s Diversity Spotlight feature, which offers in...

When someone spends $60 billion to buy a startup, M&A spending suddenly starts looking pretty robust.

Those were the unsurprising findings of a Crunchbase analysis of U.S. startup acquisition outlays in 2026. So far this year, acquirers have spent at least $119.8 billion buying private, venture-backed companies, on pace to exceed 2025’s record-setting tally.

XCures, a startup that uses AI to streamline patient data and medical records, has closed a $46 million Series B financing round, it tells Crunchbase News exclusively.

This is an ongoing series on investors focused on rebuilding the physical layer. The first interview in the series was with Peter Barrett, a decade-long investor at Playground Global.