By Akash Pasricha From The Seattle Times Venture capital is continuing its surge in the Pacific Northwest, as startup investment across the United States is on track to shatter records, according to a new report released this week. The spike is driven by a rise in late-stage investment, and particularly deals that exceed $100 million, said the report produced by PitchBook, a Seattle-based financial data company, and the National Venture Capital Association. “There’s more capital, there’s more investors, there’s more interest, there’s more of everything in venture,” said Kyle Stanford, a senior analyst at PitchBook, who contributed to the report. In Washington state, startup investment totaled more than $3.4 billion in the first half of 2021, already nearly 70 percent of the $5 billion total investment seen in 2020. In 2019, the state’s total was $4.1 billion. Washington has seen its share of megadeals this year. Umoja Biopharma, a venture …