SignalbaseUpdated 15 Jul 2026

Top recently funded startups in United States, week of 2026-04-06

United States logged 70 verified funding rounds in the week ending 05 Apr 2026, totalling ≈$129.5B. OpenAI anchors the week with a ≈$122.0B growth equity in Research Services. Technology, Information and Media was the busiest sector with 23 deals.

Week of 2026-04-06United States70 deals≈$129.5B raised

Country	United States
Deals this week	70
Total raised	≈$129.5B
Top sector	Technology, Information and Media (23)
Most common round	Seed (18)
Most active investor	KKR (4 deals)
Sources tracked	363

The biggest 5 deals this week

#	Company	Amount	Round	Sector	Announced
1	OpenAI	$122.0B	growth equity	Research Services	01 Apr 2026
2	Celestial AI	$2.0B	—	Technology, Information and Media	31 Mar 2026
3	Saronic Technologies	$1.8B	Series D	Maritime Technology	31 Mar 2026
4	Universal Music Group	€500.0M	share buyback	Entertainment Providers	30 Mar 2026
5	Valar Atomics	$450.0M	—	Oil and Gas	02 Apr 2026

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Starcloud, TENEX.AI, SubCloud, Conductor, ScaleOps, Ambrosia Biosciences Inc., Adobe Sign, Coderow and 57 more closed rounds this week. Sign up to see amounts, round types, sectors and investor lists.

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Closer look at the top 3

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.”
From the announcement · 01 Apr 2026

17 more sources tracked. Read the full press release and reporter coverage.

Investors: Amazon (lead), SoftBank (lead), Microsoft, NVIDIA (lead).

Celestial AI

Announced 31 Mar 2026

$2.0B · Technology, Information and Media · United States

Celestial AI was acquired by Marvell Technology in February 2026. This page is no longer active. Please follow Marvell Technology (https://www.linkedin.com/company/marvell/) for updates.

Most active investors this week

#	Investor	Deals
1	KKR	4
2	Y Combinator	4
3	Andreessen Horowitz	3
4	Kleiner Perkins	3
5	Qube Research & Technologies (QRT)	3
6	Uncork Capital	3
7	8VC	2
8	Elad Gil	2
9	General Catalyst	2
10	Georgian	2

What this week tells us

Technology, Information and Media accounted for 23 of 70 verified deals in United States this week. The stage mix was 22 early-stage (pre-seed to seed) against 48 Series A or later. KKR was the most active investor, backing 4 of the week's rounds.

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Built from 70 verified funding signals tracked by Signalbase. Window: 30 Mar – 05 Apr 2026. Last refresh: 15 Jul 2026.