Top recently funded startups in United States, week of 2026-04-06
United States logged 79 verified funding rounds in the week ending 05 Apr 2026, totalling ≈$133.4B. OpenAI anchors the week with a ≈$122.0B growth equity in Research Services. Technology, Information and Media was the busiest sector with 22 deals.
| Country |  United States |
| Deals this week | 79 |
| Total raised | ≈$133.4B |
| Top sector | Technology, Information and Media (22) |
| Most common round | Seed (19) |
| Most active investor | KKR (4 deals) |
| Sources tracked | 378 |
The biggest 5 deals this week
| # | Company | Amount | Round | Sector | Announced |
|---|
| 1 | OpenAI | $122.0B | growth equity | Research Services | 01 Apr 2026 |
| 2 | Anthropic | $3.5B | equity | Financial Services | 03 Mar 2025 |
| 3 | Celestial AI | $2.0B | — | Technology, Information and Media | 31 Mar 2026 |
| 4 | Saronic Technologies | $1.8B | Series D | Maritime Technology | 31 Mar 2026 |
| 5 | Universal Music Group | €500.0M | share buyback | Entertainment Providers | 30 Mar 2026 |
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74 more funding rounds this week
Valar Atomics, Starcloud, TENEX.AI, SubCloud, Conductor, The Oppenheimer Law Firm, PLLC, ScaleOps, Ambrosia Biosciences Inc. and 66 more closed rounds this week. Sign up to see amounts, round types, sectors and investor lists.
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OpenAI
Announced 01 Apr 2026$122.0B · growth equity · Research Services · United States
OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity.
“OpenAI is an artificial intelligence research and deployment company whose mission is to ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity.”
17 more sources tracked. Read the full press release and reporter coverage.
Sign up to read →Investors: Amazon (lead), SoftBank (lead), Microsoft, NVIDIA (lead).
Anthropic
Announced 03 Mar 2025$3.5B · equity · Financial Services · United States
Anthropic is a privately held early stage investment fund operating across the US, India and China.
“Anthropic raises Series E at $61.5B post-money valuation \ Anthropic Skip to main content Skip to footer Research Policy Commitments Learn News Try Claude Announcements Anthropic raises Series E at $61.5B post-money valuation Mar 3, 2025 Anthropic has raised $3.5 billion at a $61.5 billion post-money valuation.”
Most active investors this week
| # | Investor | Deals |
|---|
| 1 | KKR | 4 |
| 2 | Y Combinator | 4 |
| 3 | Andreessen Horowitz | 3 |
| 4 | Elad Gil | 3 |
| 5 | General Catalyst | 3 |
| 6 | Kleiner Perkins | 3 |
| 7 | Qube Research & Technologies (QRT) | 3 |
| 8 | Uncork Capital | 3 |
| 9 | 8VC | 2 |
| 10 | Bain Capital Ventures | 2 |
What this week tells us
Technology, Information and Media accounted for 22 of 79 verified deals in United States this week. The stage mix was 23 early-stage (pre-seed to seed) against 56 Series A or later. KKR was the most active investor, backing 4 of the week's rounds.
Built from 79 verified funding signals tracked by Signalbase. Window: 30 Mar – 05 Apr 2026. Last refresh: 21 Aug 2026.
