Apr 6, 2026

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.

8 min read/15 sources

Apr 5, 2026

Startup Funding Tracker — 2026-04-05

This week's funding environment remained extraordinarily active, with at least 10 major rounds tracked across defense, security, AI, healthcare, and quantum computing. The single largest deal was Saronic's $1.75 billion Series D, while the broader defense-and-deep-tech theme dominated investor appetite. Biometric security player Alcatraz AI closed a $50M Series B, and quantum startup CavilinQ secured early-stage seed funding — underscoring diversification beyond pure foundational AI plays.

6 min read/15 sources

Apr 4, 2026

Startup Funding Tracker — 2026-04-04

This week's funding landscape is dominated by defense tech, physical security AI, and healthcare technology, with the biggest single round going to autonomous vessel maker Saronic at $1.75 billion Series D. Across all tracked fresh deals, at least $1.811 billion in new capital was deployed in the past 24 hours. Defense and security infrastructure continue to attract the largest checks, while early-stage unicorn formation hit a historic pace in Q1 2026.

5 min read/15 sources

Apr 3, 2026

Startup Funding Tracker — 2026-04-03

Foundational AI startups alone raised $178 billion in Q1 2026 — double all of 2025 — as fresh sector data published today underscores the historic scale of the AI funding boom. The dominant story remains the concentration of capital in frontier AI labs, with infrastructure plays in semiconductors, energy, and orbital data centers also pulling record rounds. Today's fresh reporting from Crunchbase confirms foundational AI deal volume is now running 466.9% ahead of 2024's pace.

5 min read/15 sources

Apr 2, 2026

Startup Funding Tracker — 2026-04-02

Q1 2026 closed with a historic bang: investors poured $300 billion into approximately 6,000 startups globally — up more than 150% quarter-over-quarter and year-over-year, according to Crunchbase data. Four mega-deals into OpenAI, Anthropic, xAI, and Waymo anchored the record quarter, while a broader market surge lifted AI infrastructure, fintech, defense tech, and autonomous mobility. The dominant theme: AI capital concentration is accelerating, with seed rounds swelling in both size and valuation.

6 min read/15 sources

Apr 1, 2026

Startup Funding Tracker — 2026-04-01

Today's funding landscape centers on infrastructure-first investing, with capital flowing into AI chips, cloud efficiency, and consumer wearables. The biggest deal of the past 24 hours is fitness wearable company Whoop's $575 million round at a $10 billion valuation — the largest VC deal of the year for Massachusetts startups. Meanwhile, AI dominates seed-stage investing, and IPO signals are emerging across multiple sectors.

4 min read/15 sources

Mar 31, 2026

Startup Funding Tracker — 2026-03-31

Today's edition highlights a strong wave of fresh capital across fintech, litigation tech, and biotech, with the biggest fresh deal being German tokenization startup Midas raising $50 million in early-stage funding. The IPO pipeline remains the week's dominant macro story, with SpaceX's anticipated June listing at a $1.75 trillion valuation commanding attention alongside Relativity's proposed IPO filing. On the VC side, Bow River Capital's acquisition of Spur Capital Partners and Audeo Ventures exceeding its $50M fund target signal continued structural activity in the investor ecosystem.

4 min read/15 sources

Mar 30, 2026

Startup Funding Tracker — 2026-03-30

Today's coverage spotlights a week dominated by AI and defense mega-deals, with OpenAI's additional $10 billion disclosure and Shield AI's $12.7 billion valuation headlining the action. SpaceX's anticipated IPO filing — potentially the largest in history at a $1.75 trillion target — is the defining exit story of the moment. The convergence of AI infrastructure, defense autonomy, and consumer tech continues to drive the biggest rounds in the market.

5 min read/15 sources

Mar 29, 2026

Startup Funding Tracker — 2026-03-29

This week's biggest story is the frenzied buildup toward a series of historic public listings, with SpaceX targeting a $75 billion IPO and Anthropic eyeing a $60 billion debut, while Crunchbase data confirms the week's largest funding rounds were led by OpenAI's additional $10 billion disclosure across AI, defense tech, and enterprise autonomy sectors. At least 10 notable deals made headlines in the past 24 hours, spanning AI infrastructure, healthcare automation, and defense. The dominant theme: mega-capital concentration in AI continues, with retail investor access emerging as a new frontier in public markets.

5 min read/15 sources

Mar 28, 2026

Startup Funding Tracker — 2026-03-28

Today's coverage spans a surge in defense AI, healthcare, and legal tech funding, with Shield AI's landmark $2 billion raise at a $12.7 billion valuation headlining the day's activity. Across India, the U.S., and Europe, multiple sectors captured fresh capital as investors remain bullish on AI infrastructure and autonomy. The biggest story hovering over the market, however, is SpaceX's impending IPO — potentially the largest in history — which Elon Musk is structuring to allocate up to 30% of shares to retail investors.

6 min read/15 sources

Mar 23, 2026

Startup Funding Tracker — 2026-03-23

This week's venture landscape featured a notable slowdown in deal size compared to recent record-breaking weeks, with cybersecurity, AI infrastructure, and European deep-tech dominating the largest disclosed rounds. The biggest single deal of the coverage period was AMI Labs' landmark $1.03B seed round — the largest seed in European history — founded by Yann LeCun to build "world model" AI systems. Security- and privacy-focused startups, alongside biotech and robotics, rounded out a week defined more by strategic bets than sheer volume.

7 min read/15 sources

Mar 22, 2026

Startup Funding Tracker — 2026-03-22

This week's venture capital landscape was marked by a notable slowdown in deal size compared to recent weeks, with cybersecurity, AI infrastructure, and privacy-focused startups dominating the largest rounds. The biggest story of the week remains AI's overwhelming grip on venture funding: AI startups now account for a record 41% of the $128 billion in VC dollars raised on Carta in 2025, and investor interest shows no sign of cooling. Meanwhile, SpaceX's anticipated IPO filing and a fresh SPAC launch are keeping the public market pipeline active.

7 min read/15 sources

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