Massive funding week
Startups just pulled another monster funding week — Entrepreneurs First raised $200M (pre-idea playbook), Gumloop closed a $50M Series B led by Benchmark, and Nscale landed a $2B round valuing it at $14.6B, among other headline deals tracked in this funding roundup weekly funding roundup monster week deals Nscale raise.
Entrepreneurs First named a roster of veteran backers — including John and Patrick Collison, Eric Schmidt, Claire Hughes Johnson, Danny Rimer and Greylock — in its March 11, 2026 announcement. businesswire.com The firm told reporters its portfolio has climbed to more than $16 billion and that it is explicitly positioning itself as a “bridge between the US and Europe,” per Sifted’s coverage on March 11, 2026. sifted.eu Benchmark partner Josh Randle — who joined the firm from Kleiner Perkins last October — led Gumloop’s latest financing, marking his first deal as a Benchmark lead, TechCrunch reported on March 12, 2026. techcrunch.com Gumloop’s own blog lists participation from Nexus VP, First Round, Y Combinator, BoxGroup and Shopify Ventures and names customers such as Shopify, Ramp, Gusto, Instacart and Opendoor as early users. gumloop.com Nscale said the round was led by Aker ASA and 8090 Industries in its March 9, 2026 press release, and the company confirmed Sheryl Sandberg, Susan Decker and Nick Clegg have joined its board as it scales AI data‑centre deployments. nscale.com
