Weekly Funding rounds / Statistics / Insights of March 17, 2026

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Last week's funding report (March 16, 2026) from Parsers VC shows robust US activity with 63 rounds, followed by UK (11), India (14), Switzerland (11), France (4), and Germany (6). AI permeates nearly every sector, from agentic platforms (Axiamatic, Gumloop, Wonderful), healthcare automation (Amigo, Carefam, Nitra), and robotics (Genesis AI, Mind Robotics, Rhoda AI) to infrastructure like data centers (Nebius, Nexthop.ai) and cybersecurity (Kai.ai, Escape). Deep tech hardware stands out in networking (Eridu AI, Xscape Photonics), photonics, and neuromorphic computing (Great Sky). Mega-deals cluster in AI no-code (Lovable), e-commerce (Quince), and cloud (Nebius from Nvidia).

AI tags dominate US listings, often with #Automation, #SaaS, #Healthcare, evolving to agentic and infra-focused (e.g., Promptfoo for AI testing, zymtrace for GPU optimization). Healthcare biotech surges (Aneuvo, May Health, XCath), alongside fintech (PactFi, Sigma 360) and space (Mantis Space, Swarm Aero). Regional skew: US leads in scale/volume; UK/India mix AI with agtech (Cytotrait, Tropic) and e-commerce.

Investor selectivity favors scalable AI infra amid volatility, with Nvidia backing multiple deep tech plays (Nebius, Xscape). Agentic AI expands beyond dev tools to enterprise/productivity, signaling maturation. Hardware for AI (robotics, networking, photonics) accelerates, mirroring big-tech compute demands.

Last week rebounded to 143 rounds vs. March 10's 107 (-23% prior), March 3's 138 (-3%), Feb 24's 142 (+31%), and Feb 17's 108 (-16%), showing volume swings but US consistency (~40-60 deals). Capital surged +44% week-over-week (March 16), after March 10's -47%, March 3's +135%, Feb 24's -79%, Feb 17's +115%—mega AI/hardware outliers drive spikes (e.g., Nebius $2B like Feb 17's Anthropic). AI saturation intensifies (ubiquitous now vs. ~40-50% late 2025), US dominance persists, non-US stable (UK/India 10-14 rounds); deep tech hardware emphasis grows from March 3's photonics/biotech to broader robotics/space here.

Conclusion: AI agentic platforms and hardware infrastructure trends solidify amid funding volatility, with US dominance in mega-deals (e.g., Nvidia-backed plays) pointing to 2026 deep tech consolidation. Robotics, photonics, and cybersecurity agentics mature, extending beyond SaaS to physical/hardware realms, while healthcare biotech remains resilient. Compared to prior weeks' swings (e.g., March 10 dip, Feb 17 rebound), this week's uptick underscores selective VC bets on AI scalability over sheer volume—watch for Q1 hardware acceleration and potential non-US catch-up in agtech/AI hybrids. Overall, patterns affirm sustained investor appetite for transformative infra amid economic caution.

143 funding rounds, +33% from last week.

Total raised $7.41 billion, +44% since last week

63 funding rounds, total raised $10.5B

A Thousand Plus (Accelerates new beginnings for mothers and children globally through entrepreneurship and education) Raises $111.9K #Nonprofit #Humanitarian #GlobalDevelopment #SocialImpact #Philanthropy

Airbnb (A global platform for short-term lodging rentals and travel experiences) Raises $2.5B #Platform #Hospitality #Travel #Tech #RealEstate

Amigo (Builds & trains autonomous patient-facing clinical agents for healthcare) Raises $11M Series A Round from Optum Ventures, Madrona Venture Group #Clinical #Automation #AI #SaaS #Healthcare

Aneuvo (Develops non-invasive neuromodulation therapies for spinal cord injury rehabilitation) Raises $22M Series C Round #Neuromodulation #MedicalDevice #Healthcare #Technology #Rehabilitation

Arya (An AI-enabled platform providing couples wellness support and relationship tools) Raises $21M #Relationships #HealthTech #AI #Wellness #SaaS

Axiamatic (Provides an agentic platform to accelerate enterprise transformation programs) Raises $54M from Bessemer Venture Partners, Greylock Partners #Enterprise #Automation #AI #Transformation #SaaS

axiom.ai (Builds AI systems to mathematically verify software and scientific reasoning) Raises $200M Series A Round from Greycroft, Menlo Ventures, Madrona Venture Group at $1.6B Valuation #DeepTech #AI #Verification #Software #Mathematics

Birth Detroit Raises $500K Grant Round #Center #Care #HealthTech #Public #Nonprofit  #Center #Care #HealthTech #Public #Nonprofit

Captur (AI infrastructure for enterprise mobile-apps verifying user-submitted photos) Raises $6M Seed Round from Rally Ventures, Sure Valley Ventures #Enterprise #AI #SaaS #Mobile #ImageRecognition

Carefam (Develops a conversational AI platform for healthcare HR, automating staffing processes) Raises $14.5M #Healthcare #Automation #AI #SaaS #HRTech

Chowbus (An AI-powered platform for culturally rooted restaurants, offering POS and management tools) Raises $81M from Prysm Capital, Fika Ventures #B2B #AI #SaaS #Restaurants #Fintech

Depot (Develops a high-performance software development and build acceleration platform) Raises $10M Series A Round from Felicis Ventures, Y Combinator #Infrastructure #DevOps #CI/CD #AI #Software

Dify (Provides an open-source AI workflow platform for building and deploying custom AI applications) Raises $30M from Lightspeed Venture Partners, M12, 5Y Capital, Bain Capital, Tiger Global #SaaS #OpenSource #DevOps #Automation #AI

DiligenceSquared (Automates commercial due diligence and market research for investment teams using an AI-native platform) Raises $5M Seed Round from Y Combinator #FinTech #DueDiligence #AI #SaaS #MarketResearch

Emboline, Inc. (Develops embolic protection technology for transcatheter cardiovascular procedures) Raises $20M from Trinity Capital #Healthcare #Cardiology #Technology #MedicalDevice #Innovation

Eridu AI (Develops high-performance AI networking solutions for data centers) Raises $200M Series A Round from Kleiner Perkins, TDK Ventures, Socratic Partners, Matter Venture Partners, Eclipse Ventures, MediaTek, Fusion Fund #Hardware #DataCenter #AI #Semiconductors #Networking

Ernesta Inc. (Offers designer-quality, custom-sized rugs through an omni-channel platform) Raises $20M Series B Round from True Ventures #E-commerce #Design #Retail #Manufacturing #HomeDecor

Escape - GraphQL Security (Develops an offensive security engineering platform using AI agents to automate security testing) Raises $18.01M Series A Round from Balderton Capital, IRIS Capital Venture, Y Combinator, Uncorrelated #Automation #AI #SaaS #DevSecOps #Cybersecurity

FRCC (Provides accessible higher education and workforce training to diverse student populations) Raises $499K #Education #CommunityCollege #Workforce #Training #HigherEd

Freestyle (A modern baby care brand offering diapers and wipes with advanced absorbency and skin-safe materials) Raises $10M Series A Round from Silas Capital, Mucker Capital #ConsumerGoods #BabyCare #Retail #Health #eCommerce

Gangkhar Inc (Builds an AI-native embedded protection infrastructure platform for insurers and digital platforms) Raises $4.25M Seed Round from Seedstars Investments, Anthemis Group, Rally Cap VC #Insurtech #EmbeddedFinance #AI #SaaS #Platform

Genesis AI (A full-stack robotics company developing general-purpose robotics solutions) Raises $105M Seed Round from Eclipse Ventures, Bpifrance #DeepTech #Automation #AI #Robotics #Manufacturing

Great Sky (Develops brain-inspired superconducting computing platform for artificial intelligence) Raises $14M Seed Round #Neuromorphic #Computing #AI #Superconducting #Photonics

Greenlight Networks (Provides fiber-to-the-home internet service with symmetrical speeds up to 8 Gbps) Raises $24M #Connectivity #Broadband #Telecom #Internet #FiberOptic

Gumloop (Builds an AI automation & agent platform for employees to automate work tasks) Raises $50M Series B Round from Benchmark (San Francisco), Y Combinator, Nexus Venture Partners, BoxGroup, First Round Capital #Automation #AI #SaaS #Productivity #Enterprise

Heritage Holding (Develops distributed solar and battery storage projects across Texas) Raises $28.5M #Renewable #Infrastructure #Energy #Storage #Solar

Infleqtion UK (Develops quantum technology solutions for various applications) Raises $3.9M #Innovation #Computing #Technology #Quantum #Physics

11 funding rounds, total raised $2.2B

Augur (Builds AI-powered perception systems for public safety and critical infrastructure protection) Raises $15M Seed Round from Plural VC, Tiny.VC #Surveillance #Security #PublicSafety #Infrastructure #AI

Avvoka (Automates legal drafting for firms and enterprises using AI and structured workflows) Raises $18.89M #Automation #AI #SaaS #LegalTech #B2B

Combat Medical (Develops medical devices to improve cancer therapeutic delivery and effectiveness) Raises $3.51M Series A Round #Healthcare #BladderCancer #Oncology #MedicalDevice #Hyperthermia

CrawlJobs (An AI-powered global job board and recruitment platform leveraging automation) Raises $3M #JobBoard #Automation #AI #SaaS #Recruitment

Cytotrait (Develops gene-editing tech for improved crop traits and agricultural applications) Raises $4.05M Seed Round from Future Planet Capital, Parkwalk Advisors, Northern Gritstone #Biotech #Agtech #Agriculture #Sustainability #GeneEditing

Hosel (A platform for golfers to compare, buy, and trade pre-owned golf clubs with trust and transparency) Raises $674.5K Pre-Seed Round #Marketplace #Golf #E-commerce #Tech #Resale

Isembard (Automates manufacturing of component parts for space, defence, and robotics industries) Raises $50.29M Series A Round from UNION SQUARE VENTURES, Notion, Tamarack Global, IQ Capital Partners #Manufacturing #Engineering #Automation #Software #Robotics

Kinewell (Develops offshore wind farm optimization software using AI and supercomputing) Raises $1.01M Seed Round from Mercia Asset Management #RenewableEnergy #Optimization #AI #WindPower #Software

Nscale (A hyperscaler building vertically integrated AI infrastructure for global enterprise deployments) Raises $2B Series C Round from Lenovo, Surveyor Capital, Nvidia, Point72, 8090 Industries at $14.6B Valuation #DataCenters #Compute #AI #Infrastructure #Hyperscaler

Spotlight Pathology (Develops AI software for faster, consistent blood cancer diagnosis via digital pathology image analysis) Raises $1.89M Seed Round #Diagnostics #Cancer #AI #Pathology #Healthtech

Tropic (Develops gene-edited tropical crops for improved yield, disease resistance, and sustainability) Raises $106.77M Series C Round from IQ Capital Partners, Temasek Holdings, ABN AMRO Ventures, Polaris Partners, Forbion #BioTech #AgTech #Sustainability #GeneEditing #FoodTech

14 funding rounds, total raised $215M

Blinkit (A quick commerce platform delivering groceries and essentials in minutes) Raises $52.16M #E-commerce #Delivery #Retail #QuickCommerce #Grocery

Bonkers Corner (An apparel brand focused on trendy and affordable fashion for young adults) Raises $15M Series A Round #Fashion #E-commerce #Apparel #Retail #Lifestyle

Captain Fresh (A global packaged seafood company building integrated, traceable supply chains) Raises $31.58M #FoodTech #B2B #Traceability #SupplyChain #Seafood

Coreworks (Automates enterprise reporting using artificial intelligence) Raises $5M Seed Round #Enterprise #Automation #AI #SaaS #Reporting

GalaxEye Space (Building the world’s first multi-sensor earth observation satellite) Raises $5.12M Series A Round from Speciale Invest #EarthObservation #DeepTech #SpaceTech #Satellite #RemoteSensing

Kaar Tech (Offers an enterprise operating system to large conglomerates) Raises $11M Series B Round from A91 Partners at $231.8K Valuation #CloudMigration #AI #Infrastructure #EnterpriseSoftware #Data

Nurix AI (Develops AI-powered solutions for various industries, focusing on automation and optimization) Raises $14.7M from General Catalyst, Prosus #DeepTech #Automation #AI #Software #MachineLearning

Officebanao (Provides workspace interior solutions for businesses) Raises $4.03M #Furniture #B2B #Workspace #RealEstate #InteriorDesign

SEDEMAC Mechatronics (Manufactures electronic component units for mobility and industrial markets) Raises $37.77M from A91 Partners #Industrial #Electronics #Components #Automotive #Manufacturing

Smartworld Developers (Develops real estate projects, focusing on luxury and branded residences) Raises $115.9K #Investment #Development #Residential #RealEstate #Luxury

StrideOne (An NBFC focused on enterprise anchor programs and partner-lender network expansion) Raises $11.59M #FinTech #FinancialServices #Technology #NBFC #Lending

Teach For India (Recruits and trains promising graduates to teach in underserved schools) Raises $788.1K #Education #AI #Teaching #Nonprofit #Leadership

WayCool Foods (An agritech startup focused on food production & distribution, connecting farmers to markets) Raises $24.34M #AgriTech #Agriculture #Technology #SupplyChain #FoodTech

ZOFF (A direct-to-consumer spice brand offering blended and whole spices) Raises $2M #FMCG #D2C #Spices #Retail #FoodTech

11 funding rounds, total raised $33.5M

4 funding rounds, total raised $72M

6 funding rounds, total raised $75M

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