US Startup Funding Slows Sharply In March

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• A $110 billion funding round will likely take years, not weeks or months, to be topped

  60% confidence

• This month's funding deceleration is mostly a U.S. phenomenon

  60% confidence

• The slowdown is almost entirely due to fewer giant AI megarounds closing this month

  60% confidence

• American companies raised just around $13 billion in seed through growth-stage funding in March 2026 so far

  60% confidence

• US startup funding slowed dramatically in March 2026 after strong January and February

  60% confidence

• European startup funding hit its highest point of the year in March 2026

  60% confidence

• February's U.S. funding tally will remain one for the record books

  60% confidence

• Early- and seed-stage dealmaking in March is on track to come in close to the prior two months' levels

  60% confidence

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