(Weekly funding roundup March 23-29) VC inflow drops to lowest level for the year

Indian startup VC funding hit its lowest weekly level of 2026 at $66M across 16 deals, with no single transaction exceeding $15M. The gap versus global AI raises — Anthropic alone pulled $65B, more than all Indian startups combined over four years — signals that investor capital is concentrating in AI-native ecosystems, leaving emerging markets without a credible AI anchor to attract institutional flow.