Startup Funding Tracker — 2026-04-06
This week's coverage caps a historic quarter in venture funding, with Q1 2026 shattering all records as investors poured $300 billion into approximately 6,000 startups globally — a 150%+ surge quarter-over-quarter and year-over-year. The single biggest story remains the week's dominant defense round: Saronic's $1.75 billion Series D led the Crunchbase top-10 list. Sectors dominated by AI/ML, defense, and crypto (which raised $5 billion in Q1 alone) defined this extraordinary funding cycle.
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