Startup Funding Roundup #2 — March 2026
Startup Funding Roundup #2– We are now half way through March 2026 and we have seen some major funding rounds take place, continue reading to learn more.
Several notable funding rounds were announced this week across developer tools, healthcare AI, fintech infrastructure, robotics, and data engineering. Large late-stage rounds continue to concentrate in AI and automation, while early-stage funding remains active in vertical software and infrastructure tooling.
Below is a selection of recent deals.
Replit raises $400M Series D
Replit, a cloud-based development platform that allows users to write, run, and deploy applications directly in the browser, raised a $400 million Series D round led by Georgian, with participation from 1789 Capital, Accenture Ventures, and others.
The company provides collaborative coding environments and AI-assisted development tools, positioning itself as part of the emerging generation of browser-native software development platforms.
The round reflects continued investor conviction in AI-enabled developer tooling, one of the most active categories in the current funding cycle.
Mind Robotics raises $500M Series A
Mind Robotics, a developer of artificial intelligence and robotics systems for industrial and manufacturing environments, raised a $500 million Series A led by Accel and Andreessen Horowitz.
The company is building AI-driven robotics platforms designed to automate complex physical tasks in production settings, an area attracting increasing investor attention as advances in foundation models begin to move into real-world industrial applications.
The size of the round highlights growing interest in the convergence of AI, robotics, and advanced manufacturing.
Carefam raises $10.5M for healthcare workforce automation
Carefam, a New York-based startup building AI chatbots for healthcare workforce coordination, raised a $10.5 million round led by Pitango HealthTech.
The company’s platform automates recruiting, scheduling, and communication with clinicians for hospitals and healthcare providers, targeting one of the largest operational cost centers in healthcare systems.
Vertical AI solutions for healthcare operations continue to see strong early-stage funding activity, particularly in areas tied to staffing and administrative workflows.
Ezra raises $8M seed for asset-backed finance infrastructure
Ezra, a San Francisco startup building software for asset-backed financing, raised an $8 million seed round led by Congruent Ventures, with participation from Planeteer, Wireframe, KDX, Stepchange, and Leap Forward.
The company’s platform organizes deal data and automates credit analysis and due diligence for structured finance transactions.
Infrastructure software for private credit and asset-backed markets has become an increasingly active startup category as these markets grow in size and complexity.
Tower raises $6.4M to build AI-native data pipeline platform
Tower, a Berlin-based startup developing a platform for testing, deploying, and running production data pipelines built with AI coding assistants, raised $6.4 million across pre-seed and seed rounds.
DIG Ventures led the pre-seed round, while Speedinvest led the seed, with participation from Flyer One Ventures, Roosh Ventures, Celero Ventures, and Angel Invest.
The company is focused on tooling for teams using AI-generated code in production environments, an emerging category as software development workflows shift toward AI-assisted programming.