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Weekly funding roundups and venture capital trend analysis.
Daily Funding Roundup: Mar 24, 2026
Halter hits $2B unicorn with $220M from Founders Fund for AI livestock management. Dash0 reaches $1B with $110M for agentic observability. NoTraffic raises $90M for AI traffic signals. Immutrin launches with $87M co-founded by Nobel Laureate. Gimlet Labs ($80M), Mirage ($75M), Doss ($55M), Flexion ($50M), Shepherd ($42M), Highlight AI ($40M) also raise. Two unicorns minted, 60% of capital goes to non-US companies. Kleiner Perkins raises $3.5B.
Weekend Funding Roundup: Mar 23, 2026
Kalshi raises $1B at $22B valuation as prediction markets go institutional. Doctronic raises $40M for healthcare AI. Lace raises $40M from Atomico for atomic-level chipmaking in Norway. Palo Alto Networks acquires Chronosphere for $3.35B. Six more deals across developer security, space propulsion, digital comics, and IoT chips. US startup funding slows in March as AI megarounds cool.
Weekend Funding Roundup: Mar 22, 2026
Advanced Navigation hits $1B+ unicorn with $110M for GPS-alternative navigation backed by KKR and In-Q-Tel. Goldman Sachs puts $42.5M into GeoWealth. Bezos seeks $100B for Project Prometheus to AI-overhaul manufacturing. Amazon opens Trainium chip lab. Cursor admits Composer 2 built on Moonshot AI's Kimi. Week in review: $2.5B+ across 40+ deals, 3 unicorns, 4 acquisitions.
Weekend Funding Roundup: Mar 21, 2026
Bluesky discloses $100M Series B amid CEO transition to Toni Schneider. Imperative Care raises $100M for stroke treatment robotics. R1 Therapeutics launches from stealth with $77.5M Series A for kidney disease. Crossbow Therapeutics raises $77M for cancer immunotherapy. Biotech funding quietly surges with nearly $300M in life sciences deals. Blue Origin files for 51,600-satellite orbital data center constellation.
Daily Funding Roundup: Mar 20, 2026
Verily becomes independent with $300M strategic investment. Cape raises $100M at $900M for privacy-first mobile carrier. RoboForce gets $52M from CZ's YZi Labs for industrial robots. OpenAI acquires Astral (Python dev tools), Amazon acquires Rivr (delivery robots), Mastercard acquires BVNK ($1.8B stablecoin infrastructure), IBM completes $11B Confluent deal. Trump releases AI policy framework. Uber-Rivian $1.25B robotaxi deal.
Daily Funding Roundup: Mar 19, 2026
Cloaked raises $375M for consumer privacy infrastructure in one of the largest privacy rounds ever. Oasis Security gets $120M for non-human identity security. Latent Health scores $80M Series A at $600M valuation for clinical AI. Arc Boat Company, Deeptune, Posh, Edra, Claros, Hanover Park, Corridor, and Eclypsium also raise. Micron blowout earnings and 7% stock drop crystallize AI infrastructure paradox.
Daily Funding Roundup: Mar 18, 2026
XBOW hits $1B unicorn with $120M for autonomous offensive security. RunSybil raises $40M seed from Khosla Ventures for AI pen testing. BusRight gets $30M for student transportation AI. RAVEN.IO, Halcyon, Eragon, Condor Software, and Manifold also raise. Autonomous cybersecurity crosses $500M funded in March. Defense tech VC spending accelerates with Anduril eyeing $60B.
Daily Funding Roundup: Mar 17, 2026
Frore Systems hits $1.64B unicorn with $143M for AI chip cooling. Upvest raises $125M from Sapphire Ventures and Tencent for European investment infrastructure. Surf AI debuts $57M agentic security platform. Turquoise Health and Candex each raise $40M. Agentic security crosses $300M funded in March. GTC Day 2 confirms ecosystem is all-in on Nvidia's infrastructure vision.
Daily Funding Roundup: Mar 16, 2026
Nvidia GTC dominates: Jensen Huang projects $1T in chip revenue through 2027, unveils Groq 3 LPU (first chip from $20B Groq acquisition), previews Feynman architecture. Apple acquires MotionVFX. SEC proposes twice-yearly earnings. AI agent security becomes a funded category. $42M+ across 5 deals including Memories.ai, GridBeyond, and Nadia Care.
Weekend Funding Roundup: Mar 14-15, 2026
Weekend recap of an extraordinary week. Nscale's record $2B European Series C at $14.6B. AMI Labs' $1.03B seed (largest European seed ever). Nvidia invests $2B in Nebius. Quince hits $10.1B at $500M Series E. Anthropic vs. Pentagon standoff deepens. Nvidia GTC preview. upGrad acquires Unacademy. Five unicorns minted in three days.
Daily Funding Roundup: Mar 13, 2026
$545M+ raised across 9 deals. Axiom hits $1.6B unicorn for verified AI in 5 months. Wonderful reaches $2B in 13 months. ORO Labs raises $100M for procurement AI. Gumloop gets $50M from Benchmark. Cybersecurity pivots to securing AI agents with $80M to Bold and Onyx Security.
Daily Funding Roundup: Mar 12, 2026
$2.2B+ raised across 6 deals. VAST Data hits $30B at $1B Series F. Mind Robotics raises $500M Series A (Rivian spinout). Replit triples to $9B with $400M Series D. Sunday hits unicorn status for household robots. Three robotics unicorns in 48 hours. VC mega-fund wave: GC $10B, Spark $3B, Founders Fund $6B.
Daily Funding Roundup: Mar 11, 2026
$2B+ raised across 8 deals. Two new unicorns: Rhoda AI ($450M for robotics intelligence at $1.7B) and Nexthop AI ($500M for AI networking at $4.2B). Legora triples valuation to $5.55B. Armadin launches from stealth with $190M and CIA backing. AI networking emerges as a new category with $700M across two deals.
Daily Funding Roundup: Mar 10, 2026
Signals-only Monday. February's record $189B month was 82% driven by three deals. California VC diversity reporting goes live with April 1 filings. Market enters execution phase as early-March companies deploy capital. Concentration becomes structural.
Daily Funding Roundup: Mar 9, 2026
Signals-only Sunday. Fintech VCs pivot from consumer to infrastructure bets, publishing 2026 outlooks emphasizing 'real utility over hype.' AI chip export rules complicate hardware startup planning. Accelerator and investor session activity picks up ahead of Q2 deployment cycles.
Weekly Funding Roundup: Mar 2-7, 2026
$2.3B+ raised across 19+ deals. Sierra Space ($550M at $8B), MatX ($500M AI chips), and Vast ($500M space station) lead the week. Two new unicorns: Science Corp ($1.25B, brain-computer interfaces) and Nominal ($1B in 10 months). Space tech dominates with $1.05B in two days. European enterprise software attracts US-tier investors. Compiled from 6 daily roundups.
Daily Funding Roundup: Mar 7, 2026
Signals-only day. TRAC identifies 30 startups most likely to hit unicorn status in 2026. Broadcom CEO projects $100B+ AI chip market by 2027. SparkLabs launches $20M Saudi Arabia fund. March's first week closes at $2.6B+ across 15+ deals spanning space, AI, cybersecurity, and fintech.
Daily Funding Roundup: Mar 6, 2026
Sierra Space raises $550M at $8B valuation for space and defense tech. Palo Alto Networks founder Nir Zuk launches Cylake from stealth with $45M seed from Greylock for AI-native cybersecurity. Abrigo acquires 360 View. Space tech tops $1B in two days with back-to-back Sierra Space and Vast rounds.
Daily Funding Roundup: Mar 5, 2026
Vast raises $500M for the world's first commercial space station. Science Corp hits $1.25B unicorn valuation with $230M for brain-computer interfaces. Nominal reaches $1B at $80M from Founders Fund. ZyG lands $58M seed from ironSource founders. European enterprise deeptech thrives with four deals across Amsterdam, Stockholm, Munich, and Dublin.
Daily Funding Roundup: Mar 4, 2026
Eight Sleep raises $50M at $1.5B valuation from Tether Investments for AI sleep tech. Crossover Markets closes $31M Series B led by Tradeweb Markets with a roster of TradFi market makers building institutional crypto infrastructure. ArmorCode adds $16M for cybersecurity exposure management. TradFi-crypto convergence accelerates.
Daily Funding Roundup: Mar 3, 2026
Prolium Bioscience launches with $50M Series A for autoimmune T-cell engagers. Mojo AI closes $10M Series B for AI construction safety. Anduril reportedly seeking ~$4B at $60B valuation. Accenture acquires Ookla. Care.com sold at a $180M loss by IAC.
Daily Funding Roundup: Mar 2, 2026
MatX raises $500M Series B for AI chips as a Nvidia alternative, co-led by Jane Street and Situational Awareness. Smack Technologies lands $32M for a defense-focused frontier AI lab. Cursor surpasses $2B ARR, doubling in just 3 months. Three acquisitions in supply chain, cloud comms, and consulting.
Daily Funding Roundup: Mar 1, 2026
California's VC diversity reporting law (FIPVCC) takes effect, requiring demographic reporting from venture firms. No major new rounds as market digests February's record $195B+ in AI-tracked capital. Hyperscaler infrastructure spend projected at ~$700B for 2026.
February 2026: The Month That Redefined Capital
$195B+ in AI-tracked venture capital. OpenAI's $110B and Anthropic's $30B made February 2026 the most extraordinary month in private capital history. Physical AI, autonomous vehicles, and energy emerged as major categories alongside foundation models. A deep-dive into the numbers, themes, and what March should watch for.
Weekly Funding Roundup: Feb 23-28, 2026
OpenAI raises $110B in history's largest private round at $840B valuation. Wayve lands $1.5B for autonomous driving. Neysa gets $1.2B for India's sovereign AI cloud. SHINE Technologies crosses $1B total for nuclear fusion. Two new unicorns minted (Basis, Profound). Compiled from 6 daily roundups.
Daily Funding Roundup: Feb 28, 2026
SHINE Technologies crosses $1B in total funding with a $240M Series E for nuclear fusion, anchored by Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong's $150M personal investment. Google pays Form Energy $1B for 100-hour iron-air batteries to power AI data centers. February closes as record month for AI VC at $195B+.
Daily Funding Roundup: Feb 27, 2026
OpenAI raises $110B in the largest private round ever at $840B valuation. Amazon commits $50B, SoftBank $30B, NVIDIA $30B. Zomato founder Deepinder Goyal raises $54M for brain-monitoring wearable Temple. Khosla Ventures makes first Brazil bet with $17.25M in AI HR platform Comp.
Daily Funding Roundup: Feb 26, 2026
Neysa lands $1.2B from Blackstone for India's sovereign AI cloud. UpGuard resurfaces with $75M Series C after 4+ years. Encord hits $550M valuation with $60M for physical AI data. Letter AI pulls $40M from Battery Ventures. RLWRLD and NODA AI add $51M in robotics and defense AI.
Daily Funding Roundup: Feb 25, 2026
Gambit Security launches from stealth with $61M for AI data resilience. Guidde raises $50M Series B for AI digital adoption. Rowspace emerges with $50M from Sequoia for AI finance. Harper pulls $47M for AI insurance brokerage. Thrive stakes $1B in OpenAI at $285B valuation.
Daily Funding Roundup: Feb 24, 2026
Wayve raises $1.5B Series D at $8.6B for autonomous driving with Mercedes, Nissan, Stellantis, and Uber backing. Axelera AI draws $250M+ for edge chips co-led by BlackRock. Two new unicorns minted: Basis ($1.15B, AI accounting) and Profound ($1B, AI search). Seven deals totaling $2B+.
Daily Funding Roundup: Feb 23, 2026
Ubicquia raises $106M Series D for AI-driven smart infrastructure. IQM Quantum Computers going public via SPAC at $1.8B valuation. Pegasus expands AISIN CVC fund to $100M. Second Sight Ventures closes $75M debut fund. AI investor loyalty fades as OpenAI backers join Anthropic.
Weekly Funding Roundup: Feb 16-22, 2026
$2.2B+ raised across 24+ deals. Vestwell ($385M), Temporal ($300M), Heron Power ($140M), and Code Metal ($125M unicorn) lead the week. 7 acquisitions totaling $13B+. Battery Ventures closes $3.25B fund. Compiled from 7 daily roundups with links to each day's full analysis.
Daily Funding Roundup: Feb 22, 2026
A quiet Sunday dominated by signals over deals. Quantonation closes oversubscribed ~$260M quantum fund. SoCal hard tech VC surge revealed at $8.85B in 2025. Teen AI founders attract serious VC attention.
Daily Funding Roundup: Feb 21, 2026
ChipAgents raises $50M Series A1 for agentic AI chip design as TSMC-backed Matter Venture Partners leads. Adapt lands $10M seed for enterprise AI agents. The mood shifts as Google warns LLM wrappers may not survive and public AI skepticism intensifies.
Daily Funding Roundup: Feb 20, 2026
Code Metal hits unicorn status with $125M Series B at $1.25B valuation for verifiable AI code translation. Pepper raises $50M Series C for food distribution tech. India dominates headlines as General Catalyst pledges $5B and Peak XV closes $1.3B.
Daily Funding Roundup: Feb 19, 2026
Two $80M Series B rounds lead the day as Jump scales AI for financial advisors and Braintrust hits $800M valuation for AI observability. inKind closes $450M for restaurant commerce, Novig raises $75M for prediction markets, and Cogent Security lands $42M for AI-driven vulnerability management.
Daily Funding Roundup: Feb 18, 2026
Vestwell raises $385M Series E at $2B valuation for digital savings infrastructure, Heron Power lands $140M Series B for solid-state transformers, Battery Ventures closes $3.25B fund, and Quantonation bets $240M on quantum.
Daily Funding Roundup: Feb 17, 2026
Temporal Technologies raises $300M Series D at $5B valuation to power AI agent reliability, Vega Security hits $700M with $120M Series B, Danaher confirms $10B Masimo acquisition, and XTEND goes public via $1.5B SPAC merger for defense drones.
Daily Funding Roundup: Feb 16, 2026
OpenAI acqui-hires OpenClaw creator in headline deal, Danaher nears $10B Masimo acquisition, and six startup rounds totaling $105M+ span semiconductors, quantum, defense, fintech, and real estate.
Weekly Funding Roundup: Feb 9–15, 2026
Anthropic closes a historic $30B Series G at $380B valuation, Apptronik extends Series A to $520M for humanoid robots, Runway raises $315M Series E for generative video, and Gather AI lands $40M for warehouse drones.
Weekly Funding Roundup: Feb 2–8, 2026
Waymo raises a massive $16B at $126B valuation, Cerebras lands $1B Series H, ElevenLabs closes $500M Series D, and four more rounds totaling $18.5B in a single week.
January 2026: The Month AI Became Infrastructure
$55B in global VC, more than double January 2025. AI captured 57% of all capital as investors shifted from model hype to industrial-scale infrastructure bets. A deep-dive into the numbers, the mood, and what it means.
Weekly Funding Roundup: Jan 26–Feb 1, 2026
Nvidia makes a $2B strategic investment in CoreWeave and Synthesia closes $200M Series E at $4B valuation. January closes at ~$55B in total VC funding.
Weekly Funding Roundup: Jan 19–25, 2026
A digestion week: 117 global deals but lower aggregate capital. Accelsius raises $65M for AI data center cooling and Aclarion secures $10.4M for AI-powered back pain diagnostics.
Weekly Funding Roundup: Jan 12–18, 2026
Skild AI raises $1.4B for embodied AI, Etched lands $500M for transformer ASICs, and ClickHouse closes $400M Series D at $15B valuation. $2.3B across 3 major rounds.
Funding Roundup: Jan 1–11, 2026
The year opened with a bang: xAI's $20B Series E, Databricks' $5B close, DayOne ($2B), Skild AI ($1.4B), and six more rounds totaling $29.7B in the first 11 days.