The article also highlights some significant global deals, with the largest being a Series F round worth approximately $104 million for Germany-based Solaris. The report concludes by noting that the U.S. dominated in terms of big funding rounds for the week, with half of the deals exceeding the $100 million mark.
Key takeaways:
- The largest startup funding deal in the week of March 16 to 22, 2024, was by food delivery startup Wonder, which raised $700 million, bringing its total funding to nearly $1.8 billion.
- Biotech companies dominated the funding rounds with Mirador Therapeutics, Capstan Therapeutics, Engrail Therapeutics, and Clasp Therapeutics raising $400M, $175M, $157M, and $150M respectively.
- Other significant funding rounds included cloud startup Foundry with $80M, cybersecurity firm BigID and fintech platform Figure Markets both with $60M, Web3 company Succinct with $55M, and healthcare AI developer Hippocratic AI with $53M.
- The biggest funding round outside the U.S. was by Germany-based Solaris, an embedded finance platform, which raised approximately $104 million.