Key Month-on-Month Metrics
Total funding rose to $2,557.8M in March from $895.2M in February, a $1,662.5M month-over-month increase, against $3,557.1M in March 2025. The number of rounds moved to 68 from 52, and median round size to $8.0M from $4.4M. Unique investors rose to 215 from 149.
One round accounts for 39% of the month's total. Kalshi raised $1,000.0M, so the headline figure describes that deal more than it describes the market. Excluding it, March raised $1,557.8M across the remaining 67 rounds.
By sector, Infrastructure led with 12 (+5.7 against its 12-month baseline), Payments 10 (+4.7), DeFi 8 (-8.2).
One round accounts for 39% of the month's total. Kalshi raised $1,000.0M, so the headline figure describes that deal more than it describes the market. Excluding it, March raised $1,557.8M across the remaining 67 rounds.
By sector, Infrastructure led with 12 (+5.7 against its 12-month baseline), Payments 10 (+4.7), DeFi 8 (-8.2).
| Feb 26 | Mar 26 | MoM | |
|---|---|---|---|
| # of rounds | 52 | 68 | ▲30.8% |
| Med. Round size (MM) | 4.4 | 8.0 | ▲80.8% |
| Unique investors | 149 | 215 | ▲44.3% |
| Round Med. # investors | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.0% |
Largest investments
Kalshi announced a round of 1,000,000,000 on 19 Mar 2026. Investors: Coatue. Kalshi is a CFTC-regulated event derivatives exchange where users trade binary contracts (yes/no) on real-world outcomes
Polymarket announced a round of 600,000,000 on 27 Mar 2026. Investors: Intercontinental Exchange. Polymarket is an information markets platform that lets you trade on the world’s most highly-debated topics (e.g. coronavirus, politics, current events, etc). On Polymarket, you build a portfolio based on your forecasts and earn a return if you are right
Bluesky announced a round of 100,000,000 on 19 Mar 2026. Investors: Bain Capital, Alumni Ventures, True Ventures, Anthos Capital, Knight Foundation, Bloomberg Beta. Bluesky is a decentralized social media platform built on the AT Protocol, enabling a federated social network where users control their data, identity, and moderation experience.
OpenFX announced a round of 94,000,000 on 31 Mar 2026. Investors: Accel, Atomico, Lightspeed Faction, M13, Northzone, Pantera Capital. OpenFX is a fintech platform providing FX market making and cross-border payment infrastructure. It enables remittance providers and payment platforms to access 24/7 liquidity, API-based integrations, and near-instant settlement for global transfers
Kast announced a round of 80,000,000 on 09 Mar 2026. Investors: QED Investors, Left Lane Capital, HongShan, Peak XV Partners, DST Global. KAST is a stablecoin-powered payments platform offering virtual and physical crypto cards for global spending. It supports assets like USDT, USDC, and USDe and integrates with Apple Pay and Google Pay for purchases at millions of merchants.
Credits and Disclaimers
Data Source: The data presented in this report is sourced from DefiLlama's funding rounds database. We acknowledge and appreciate their work in providing valuable insights into the web3 funding landscape. Issues up to and including March 2026 were compiled from Token Terminal and Crunchbase; the whole series has since been restated on a single source so that figures are comparable across months.
Methodology: The rounds included are those DefiLlama records as web3 fundraising, categorised by its own sector taxonomy. Each round is counted once, in the month it was announced. Where a round names several investors, each is counted once per round for the purposes of the investor ranking, and a round may appear under only one sector.
A note on valuation: earlier issues reported a median round valuation. Fewer than one round in ten discloses a valuation, so that median rested on a handful of observations each month and moved on sampling noise rather than on the market. It has been withdrawn rather than reported with a precision the data cannot carry. Median round size, which is disclosed for almost every round, is reported in its place.
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