Apr 13, 2026

Venture Capital Pulse — April 13, 2026

This week's VC deal flow was headlined by a diverse mix of semiconductor, aerospace, biotech, and fintech rounds, with SiFive leading the pack at $400M for custom chip designs. AI infrastructure and defense-adjacent sectors continued attracting outsized capital, while CB Insights data confirmed Q1 2026 set a quarterly global funding record of $286B — though exit activity fell to a two-year low. The dominant story this week is the divergence between record-shattering fundraising volumes and a compressing exit market, forcing investors to rethink liquidity strategies.

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Apr 10, 2026

Venture Capital Pulse — 2026-04-10

Global venture funding set an all-time quarterly record in Q1 2026, with investors deploying $300 billion into approximately 6,000 startups worldwide — up over 150% quarter-over-quarter and year-over-year, according to Crunchbase. North American companies alone captured $252.6 billion of that total. The standout deal of the week is Spain's Xoople, which raised $130 million to build AI-ready Earth-mapping spacecraft, while AI and defense infrastructure dominate as the dominant sector themes driving both capital concentration and strategic dealmaking.

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Apr 6, 2026

Venture Capital Pulse — 2026-04-06

This week's standout story remains the historic Q1 2026 venture capital data, with global startup investment hitting $300 billion across 6,000 deals — a 150%+ surge year-over-year driven by AI mega-rounds. The standout deal of the period is Saronic's $1.75 billion Series D, the largest non-AI funding round of the week, underscoring defense tech's growing prominence alongside the AI boom. Foundational AI continues to dominate capital concentration, having already doubled all of 2025's totals in a single quarter.

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Apr 5, 2026

Venture Capital Pulse — 2026-04-05

The week ending April 5, 2026 was dominated by the aftershocks of Q1's record-shattering $300 billion in global venture funding — the most ever recorded for a single quarter — driven by unprecedented mega-deals in AI and autonomy. The standout deal of the week was Saronic's $1.75 billion Series D for its autonomous naval vessels platform, topping Crunchbase's weekly rankings. Defense, wearables, energy, and cybersecurity all captured significant capital, signaling a broadening of investor appetite beyond pure software AI.

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Apr 3, 2026

Venture Capital Pulse — 2026-04-03

Q1 2026 shattered all-time venture capital records with $300 billion deployed across 6,000 startups globally, representing a 150%+ increase year-over-year, according to Crunchbase data. The dominant story of the week is the explosive growth of foundational AI startup funding, which in Q1 alone doubled the entirety of 2025's AI funding and topped nearly every full-year VC total in history. AI infrastructure — from nuclear-backed energy systems and grid-scale storage to next-gen semiconductors and orbital data centers — is now the defining sector of the 2026 investment landscape.

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Apr 2, 2026

Venture Capital Pulse — 2026-04-02

Q1 2026 shattered all previous venture capital records, with investors pouring $300 billion into approximately 6,000 startups globally — a staggering 150%+ increase quarter-over-quarter and year-over-year, according to Crunchbase data published just 17 hours ago. The biggest driver: unprecedented mega-deals into AI frontier labs including OpenAI, Anthropic, xAI, and Waymo. AI infrastructure, autonomous defense, fintech rails, and next-generation healthcare dominated the day's funding headlines as the quarter-end data confirmed the most concentrated capital deployment in VC history.

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Apr 1, 2026

Venture Capital Pulse — Week of April 1, 2026

The final days of March 2026 saw venture capital deal flow dominated by AI infrastructure, space-based computing, and identity security, with Indian startup OpenFX landing a headline-grabbing $94 million raise. Seed-stage AI companies continue to attract outsized capital, with the largest recent seed rounds overwhelmingly concentrated at the intersection of AI and the physical world. The infrastructure-first investment thesis is consolidating across global markets as investors increasingly demand defensible unit economics over pure growth narratives.

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Mar 31, 2026

Venture Capital Pulse — Week of March 31, 2026

This week's dealmaking was headlined by OpenAI's disclosure of an additional $10 billion raise, with defense tech, enterprise AI, and autonomy sectors capturing the largest checks. The pace of large-scale deals picked up notably compared to prior weeks, with a varied mix of sectors including AI, defense, and even laundry tech rounding out the top financings. Biotech also remained active, as tracked by Fierce Biotech's ongoing 2026 fundraising tracker.

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Mar 30, 2026

Venture Capital Pulse — Week of March 30, 2026

This week's biggest story is OpenAI's disclosure of yet another $10 billion raise, headlining a varied week for large-scale VC dealmaking that also featured significant activity in defense tech, enterprise AI, and autonomy. According to Crunchbase's weekly roundup (published 2 days ago), the pace of large-scale dealmaking picked up notably, with AI and defense dominating the top of the charts. Fidelity Private Shares also published fresh analysis this week on the evolving VC landscape for founders, underscoring continued selectivity and liquidity themes heading into Q2 2026.

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Mar 29, 2026

Venture Capital Pulse — Week of March 29, 2026

Fresh deal flow this week skewed toward robotics and autonomous systems, with Lucid Bots closing an oversubscribed $20M Series B for its robotic exterior cleaning platform. The IPO pipeline continues to heat up, with SpaceX eyeing a $75B listing and SoftBank's $40B loan to OpenAI generating intense market speculation about a coming public debut. Healthcare AI and fintech infrastructure remain the dominant sectors attracting capital, as the broader market awaits several mega-cap listings that could reshape venture liquidity dynamics.

4 min read/15 sources

Mar 28, 2026

Venture Capital Pulse — Week of March 28, 2026

This week's venture capital activity spotlights a sharp surge in capital flowing into AI infrastructure, defense autonomy, healthcare automation, robotics, and financial systems modernization. The biggest deal of the period was Deccan AI's $25 million raise in India, while globally the stablecoin/fintech corridor captured attention with XFX's $17 million Series A led by Castle Island Ventures. Autonomous robotics for physical industries emerged as a breakout theme, with Lucid Bots' oversubscribed $20 million Series B underscoring investor appetite for real-world AI deployment beyond software.

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Mar 25, 2026

Venture Capital Pulse — Week of March 25, 2026

U.S. startup funding slowed sharply in March 2026, almost entirely due to fewer giant AI megarounds compared to the record-breaking $189 billion February. Despite the overall slowdown, this week's deals remained heavily concentrated in cybersecurity, AI infrastructure, and biotech — with human-centric AI and intelligent automation leading early-stage momentum. The Crunchbase weekly ranking of the 10 biggest U.S. rounds featured a notable tilt toward security and privacy-focused startups, signaling that defense-oriented tech has become a durable VC darling alongside AI.

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Mar 22, 2026

Venture Capital Pulse — Week of March 22, 2026

This week's deal flow was marked by a notable pullback in deal size compared to recent weeks, with cybersecurity and AI remaining the dominant sectors attracting capital. The biggest single deal spotlight fell on Cloaked, a privacy-focused startup, as security and AI infrastructure deals topped the weekly leaderboard. A macro trend continues to crystallize: AI startups now account for 41% of all venture dollars on Carta, a record annual share of the $128 billion raised last year.

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