Sector mix
Artificial Intelligence (AI) topped the month with 40 rounds. Two sectors deep is usually enough for a founder deck “competitive landscape” slide — use the links below rather than a generic Google search.
Q1 2026
Q1 2026: 226 rounds, Artificial Intelligence led
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Q1 2026: 226 rounds, Artificial Intelligence led
226Rounds publishedQ1 2026
35%Early-stage sharePre-seed + seed labels
Artificial IntelligenceTop sector40 rounds
BengaluruTop city80 rounds
Summary
This report summarises 226 startup funding notices VC Dekho collected for Q1 2026. We are not guessing market size — every number here comes from a public disclosure with a date, and usually a company name, amount, or investor list.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) was the busiest sector label (40 rounds, 18% of the month). Accel appeared on more notices than any other matched fund. That pattern is what founders should copy into a research sprint: read the deals, then open the funds.
About 35% of notices carried a pre-seed or seed stage label — useful if you are raising a first institutional cheque and want proof points from the same month.
What VC Dekho observed
Geography
Bengaluru led city tags with 80 notices. Metro concentration is normal in India; if you are outside the top city, anchor your story to sector and stage instead of pretending geography is evenly spread.
Investor activity
Accel led matched fund mentions (7 rounds). Treat that as a research queue, not an endorsement — open the profile, check stage and sector fit, then decide who to email.
Largest disclosed round
Neysa published $1200.00 Mn. Even if you are raising a smaller cheque, read the notice for investor names you can trace into the directory.
Sectors this period
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Stages this period
Funds writing the most cheques
Ranked by disclosed round mentions — click through for thesis, cheque size, and partners.
Startups to study
Open a company for investors named on the notice, then jump to fund profiles.
$1200.00 Mn.NeysaStageNot listedInvestors360 ONE Asset, TVS CapitalArtificial Intelligence (AI)
$80.58 Mn.Arya.agStageSeries DInvestorsGEF Capital PartnersAgro
$70.00 Mn.EmergentStageSeries BInvestorsSoftBank, ProsusArtificial Intelligence (AI)
$60.00 Mn.RocketlaneStageSeries CInvestorsInsight PartnersInformation Technology
$53.00 Mn.Neo Asset ManagementStageNot listedInvestorsTVS CapitalFinancial Services
$51.00 Mn.The Whole Truth (TWT)StageSeedInvestorsSauce VC, Peak XV PartnersFMCGIf you are raising next
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Founder takeaway
What to do with this
For Q1 2026, Artificial Intelligence led disclosed activity and Accel was the most repeated fund name. Founders raising now should mirror that research path: open comparable deals, trace investors into the directory, then outreach only after stage and cheque fit look real.
Cite this report
According to VC Dekho’s disclosed funding tracker, 226 startup rounds were published in Q1 2026; top sectors: Artificial Intelligence (AI) (40), Healthcare (30), Financial Services (21); most active investors: Accel, Rainmatter (Zerodha), Blume Ventures. Source: vcdekho.com/funding/reports/2026-q1.