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Last week's report shows a dip in funding rounds compared to the prior week, but a strong rebound in total capital raised. The US dominated with the bulk of activity, featuring high-profile deals in AI across healthcare (e.g., Avo, InSight Health), cybersecurity (Censys, TENEX.AI), and infrastructure (Automated Kubernetes, Starcloud). Other sectors like biotech/pharma (Ambrosia, ImmunityBio), fintech (CRB, OpenFX), and deep tech (Cognichip, Monarch Quantum) also drew big investments. UK focused on AI fintech (9fin) and healthtech; India highlighted infrastructure (airtel) and AI procurement (NowPurchase). Smaller European countries (France, Finland, etc.) had modest but consistent activity.
Key patterns: AI tags appear in over half of listed US deals, spanning automation, security, and cloud—signaling investor bets on agentic and enterprise AI. Mega-rounds clustered in defense/autonomy (Saronic), wearables (WHOOP), and space/AI data centers (Starcloud). Non-tech outliers like sports (Colorado Buffaloes) and charity were minor.
Comparison to Prior Weeks
Compared to March 31, rounds fell but capital surged, reversing a potential slowdown. Earlier reports like March 24 and March 17 show steadier round volumes, with AI/healthcare consistent but less fintech emphasis. Going back to February (Feb 24) and January (Jan 27), US dominance holds (always 40%+ rounds), but last week's AI intensity exceeds late 2025 dips seen in Dec 30 and Nov 25. India’s outsized capital (led by airtel) bucks prior weeks' smaller deals.
Trends and Insights
AI remains the hottest sector, evolving from gen AI (like Runway) to infrastructure enablers (Noon, Qodo AI), suggesting maturation toward production-scale deployment. Capital concentration in fewer, larger rounds indicates risk aversion amid economic caution—fewer early-stage vs. growth bets. Geographically, US leads but Asia (India, Singapore) gains traction in infra/AI. Defense/space and sustainable tech (ThinkLabs, Via Separations) emerge as niches.
Conclusion: AI infrastructure and enterprise apps drive a quality-over-quantity shift; expect sustained US focus with rising global competition.
Last week's funding rounds
110 funding rounds, -18% from last week.
Number of funding rounds - April 6, 2026 by Parsers VC
Total raised $11.15 billion, +41% since last week
Total raised $, bln - April 6, 2026 by Parsers VC
Funding rounds in United States
46 funding rounds, total raised $6.31B
AccuQuant (Advances AI-driven financial infrastructure for improved efficiency and accuracy) Raises $20M #MachineLearning #AI #Automation #DataAnalytics #FinancialInfrastructure
Avo (An AI platform integrating into EHRs to synthesize data, draft documentation, and provide clinical guidance) Raises $10M Series A Round from AlleyCorp, Noro-Moseley Partners #AI #ClinicalDecisionSupport #Healthcare #HealthTech #SaaS
Alcatraz (Develops AI-powered facial authentication systems for secure physical access control) Raises $50M Series B Round from European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Almaz Capital #AccessControl #AI #Biometrics #DeepTech #Security
Alien (Builds trust infrastructure for the agentic economy, verifying humans and AI agents) Raises $7.1M Pre-Seed Round from Manta Ray Ventures #Web3 #AI #Blockchain #Identity #Security
Ambient Clinical Analytics (Provides real-time clinical analytics and decision support for improved patient care) Raises $5M #SaaS #AI #Analytics #Healthcare #MedicalDevice
Ambrosia Biosciences (Developing orally delivered small molecule therapies for cardiometabolic diseases) Raises $100M Series B Round from Janus Henderson Investors, Boulder Ventures, Dyal Capital Partners #Metabolic #Pharma #Biotech #Cardio #GLP-1
Automated Kubernetes Resource Optimization (Provides a platform for Autonomous Cloud and AI Infrastructure Resource Management) Raises $130M Series C Round from NFX, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Glilot Capital Partners, Insight Partners at $800M Valuation #AI #Automation #Cloud #Infrastructure #SaaS
Censys (Develops solutions for threat hunting and proactive incident response) Raises $70M Series D Round from Intel Capital, Morgan Stanley, Greylock Partners, GV #AI #Cybersecurity #Intelligence #SaaS #Security
Centivax (Develops a universal flu vaccine and broadly neutralizing therapeutic assets) Raises $37M from Structure Fund #Pharmaceuticals #Vaccines #Biotech #Healthcare #Immunology
Coder (Provides a cloud platform for secure, standardized enterprise software development environments) Raises $90M Series C Round from Uncork Capital, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts #AI #Cloud #DevOps #SaaS #Security
Cognichip (Reinvents chip design using physics-inspired AI models for faster, cheaper innovation) Raises $60M Series A Round from Mayfield Fund, Lux Capital Management #Semiconductors #AI #Automation #ChipDesign #DeepTech
Colorado Buffaloes Men Basketball (A collegiate men's basketball program competing in the Big 12 Conference) Raises $300K #Sports #Athletics #Basketball #College #Competition
CRB (Provides financial infrastructure powering services for fintech and tech platforms) Raises $50M from T. Rowe Price #Fintech #Lending #Payments #AI #Crypto
Cross River Bank (Offers embedded financial solutions, powering lending, payments, and crypto for tech partners) Raises $50M from T. Rowe Price #Banking #Crypto #EmbeddedFinance #FinTech #Payments
Daydream (An AI-native agency delivering an unfair advantage in organic search) Raises $15M Series A Round from First Round Capital, WndrCo #Automation #Marketing #SaaS #SEO #AI
Earlyasset (Develops infrastructure for the venture secondary market, increasing liquidity in private markets) Raises $2M Pre-Seed Round from Cervin Ventures #Fintech #Platform #SaaS #VentureCapital #B2B
Gander Robotics (Develops autonomous rescue systems for maritime operations using AI-powered sonar) Raises $1.1M Pre-Seed Round from Impellent Ventures #Autonomy #Defense #Maritime #Robotics #AI
Glimpse.ai (Automates operations for consumer packaged goods and retail brands using AI) Raises $35M Series A Round from Y Combinator, 8VC, a16z #AI #Automation #CPG #Fintech #Retail
ImmunityBio, Inc. (Develops next-generation immunotherapies to treat cancer and infectious diseases) Raises $100M from Oberland Capital #Oncology #Pharmaceutical #BioTech #Healthcare #Immunotherapy
InSight Health Services Corp, Inc. (AI-powered platform reducing healthcare administrative burdens with voice & chat agents) Raises $11M Series A Round from Kindred Ventures #AI #Automation #Clinical #Healthcare #SaaS
JARC Florida Raises $1M #Service #Charity #Service #Charity
JIMINI HEALTH (Provides AI-supported behavioral health engagement integrated with EHRs) Raises $17M Seed Round from Town Hall Ventures, M13, Zetta Venture Partners #ClinicalTech #Healthcare #MentalHealth #SaaS #AI
Marvell Technology (Develops infrastructure processing units and data connectivity solutions) Raises $2B from Nvidia #AI #DataCenters #Networking #Photonics #Semiconductors
Mesabi Metallics Company (Developing a sustainable iron ore pellet production facility) Raises $150M from Macquarie Capital #Manufacturing #Materials #Mining #Sustainability #Energy
Monarch Quantum (Develops integrated photonics hardware for quantum computing, sensing, and networking) Raises $55M from Serendipity Capital #DeepTech #Hardware #Photonics #Quantum #Computing
Neurolief (Develops non-invasive neuromodulation therapies for mental health and neurological disorders) Raises $6M #MentalHealth #Neurology #Neuroscience #Healthcare #MedicalDevice
Noon (An AI-native platform for designing and developing digital products directly on production code) Raises $44M Seed Round from Chemistry, First Round Capital, SVAngel, Elevation Capital #Productivity #SaaS #Software #AI #Design
Numos (Provides an AI platform for enterprise finance teams, analyzing transactions across systems) Raises $4.25M Seed Round from General Catalyst, Operator Collective #Automation #Enterprise #Fintech #SaaS #AI
OpenFX (Builds infrastructure connecting banking systems with payment rails using stablecoins) Raises $94M Series A Round from Atomico, M13, Northzone Ventures, Pantera, Accel Partners #CrossBorder #FinTech #Payments #Stablecoins #Blockchain
Passes (A creator monetization platform offering multiple revenue streams and low fees) Raises $66.6M Series A Round from Bond Capital (San Francisco), Multicoin Capital #Platform #SaaS #Tech #CreatorEconomy #Fintech
Pheronym.eth Raises $378K #AgriTech #BioTech #Technology #Business #Development #AgriTech #BioTech #Technology #Business #Development
Posh Technologies (A social-first ticketing ecosystem for event organizers to build communities) Raises $37M Series B Round from EPIC Ventures, Goodwater Capital, FirstMark #Community #Events #Marketing #SaaS #Ticketing
Qodo AI (Provides AI-powered code review and governance for software development) Raises $70M Series B Round from Vine Ventures, Qumra Capital, Square Peg Capital, Susa Ventures #Automation #DevOps #Security #Software #AI
Runway (Generates, edits, and understands video content using AI, serving creators and enterprises) Raises $10M at $5.3B Valuation #Media #Simulation #Video #AI #GenAI
SambaNova Systems (Develops AI hardware and software solutions for data-intensive applications) Raises $15M from Intel Capital #AI #Computing #Hardware #Inference #Semiconductors
Saronic (Builds autonomous surface vessels for military applications, reducing risk and cost) Raises $1.75B from Kleiner Perkins #Maritime #Robotics #AI #Autonomy #Defense
Sona (AI platform for managing frontline labor operations efficiently) Raises $45M Series B Round from Felicis Ventures, Italian Founders Fund, Northzone Ventures #SaaS #Workforce #AI #Automation #Enterprise
Funding rounds in United Kingdom
5 funding rounds, total raised $231M
9fin (AI-native platform for global debt capital markets combining data, analytics, and AI workflows) Raises $170M Series C Round from Spark Capital, Redalpine Venture Partners, HarbourVest Partners, Highland Europe, Seedcamp, CPP Investments at $1.3B Valuation #AI #Analytics #DebtMarkets #FinTech #SaaS
Lucida Medical (Uses AI to accelerate and improve prostate cancer diagnosis from MRI scans) Raises $11.74M from XTX Ventures, IW Capital #AI #Cancer #Diagnostics #Healthtech #MedicalImaging
Paysend (Enables seamless cross-border money movement via a global digital payments platform) Raises $25M #FinTech #Global #Payments #CrossBorder #Digital
Riplo (Develops an AI operating system to improve efficiency in consulting workflows) Raises $3.1M Pre-Seed Round from Cherry Ventures Management #Automation #Consulting #SaaS #Workflow #AI
Semarion (Develops next-generation tools for cell-based drug discovery using a unique SemaCyte platform) Raises $3.8M #DrugDiscovery #LifeSciences #Microfluidics #Assay #Biotech
Funding rounds in India
9 funding rounds, total raised $1.85B
airtel (Operates data centers and edge facilities for enterprises, startups, and government) Raises $1B from The Carlyle Group, Alpha Wave Global #Cloud #DataCenters #Enterprise #Infrastructure #Technology
gnani.ai (Develops a full-stack agentic AI platform focused on sovereign AI voice agents) Raises $10M from Aavishkaar Capital #AgenticAI #AI #Enterprise #SaaS #VoiceTech
Indifi (A tech-driven digital lending platform focused on providing credit to Indian SMEs) Raises $4.64M #SME #Digital #FinTech #India #Lending
Licious (An online platform delivering fresh meat and seafood directly to consumers) Raises $135.1K #SupplyChain #E-commerce #FoodTech #Grocery #Retail
Navanc (Transforms secured lending by providing AI-native banking infrastructure for property-led risk) Raises $1.22M Seed Round #B2B #Fintech #Lending #RealEstate #AI
NowPurchase (AI-enabled B2B procurement platform for metal manufacturers) Raises $800M Series B Round from InfoEdge Ventures #AI #B2B #Manufacturing #Procurement #Recycling
PALMONAS (A startup expanding its offline presence in the beauty and wellness sector) Raises $40M Series B Round from Vertex Growth, Vertex Ventures US #Consumer #Offline #Retail #Wellness #Beauty
Proho (An AI-powered platform offering guaranteed home resale, reducing uncertainty in property transactions) Raises $1M Pre-Seed Round #PropTech #RealEstate #AI #Fintech #India
Tata Steel (A leading global steel company producing a wide range of steel products) Raises $203.4K #Manufacturing #Materials #Steel #Industry #Infrastructure
Funding rounds in France
5 funding rounds, total raised $1B
Funding rounds in Finland
5 funding rounds, total raised $65M
Funding rounds in Switzerland
4 funding rounds, total raised $6.65M
Funding rounds in Sweden
4 funding rounds, total raised $341M
Funding rounds in Singapore
3 funding rounds, total raised $422M
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