We tracked 30 startup funding rounds in Q1 2026, together worth $157.11bn in disclosed funding. The median disclosed round was $375m.
The largest was OpenAI's $122bn Growth round, led by SoftBank and Andreessen Horowitz, at a $852bn valuation. 28 rounds reached $100m or more and accounted for 100% of the money.
AI led by sector with $147.51bn across 9 rounds. By region, North America took $148.96bn (95%).
19 companys raised at a valuation of $1bn or more: LMArena, Harmattan AI, Skild AI, Parloa, humans&, Preply and others.
The biggest rounds
- 1OpenAIGrowth · AI · San Francisco$122bn
- 2xAISeries D+ · AI · Palo Alto$20bn
- 3NscaleSeries C · AI · London$2bn
- 4Shield AISeries D+ · Defence & space · San Diego$2bn
- 5Skild AISeries C · Robotics & hardware · Pittsburgh$1.4bn
- 6WayveSeries D+ · Mobility & logistics · London$1.2bn
- 7AMI LabsSeed · AI · Paris$1.03bn
- 8World LabsGrowth · AI · United States$1bn
- 9LegoraSeries D+ · Legal & compliance · Stockholm$550m
- 10ApptronikSeries A · Robotics & hardware · Austin$520m
Figures cover the rounds in our tracker, which records disclosed amounts converted to US dollars at announcement. See the methodology.