Early-stage deals dominate March startup funding

Total funding hits $229.3m across 17 rounds, with seed contributing $51.1m.

Stage-wise figures show early-stage funding accounted for the largest share of startup funding in March 2026, according to data compiled by market intelligence platform Tracxn.

Early-stage funding ended at $178.2m representing 77.7% of total amount spent, followed by seed-stage deals at $51.1m or 22.3%. No late-stage funding was recorded during the month.

In comparison, February 2026 saw $24.1m or 50.8% in seed funding and $23.4m or 49.2% in early-stage funding, with no late-stage activity recorded.

March 2025, by contrast, saw 82.3% of funding go to late-stage activity whilst seed-stage funding and early-stage funding accounted for 6.8% and 10.9%, respectively.

The largest deals in March were led by Startale at $50m, Mozark at $40m, and TazaPay at $36m. Other notable transactions included Video Rebirth at $30m and Agnes AI at $20m.

Amongst investors, Vertex Ventures led multiple rounds with myFirst at $8m and dtcpay at $10m, whilst IFC and RTP Global backed Mozark and TazaPay, respectively.