Family offices and corporate investors are making fewer but larger investments as global uncertainty from the Iran conflict impacts deal activity. While the number of deals has dropped, the value of megadeals has increased.
- Family offices reduced direct investments by 25% in March compared to February (adjusted for month length).
- 25% of March's family office investments were part of mega-rounds exceeding $100 million.
- A $1.03 billion seed round for Advanced Machine Intelligence was co-led by Jeff Bezos' family office.
- Global M&A value rose 26% year-over-year to $1.2 trillion in Q1 2026, but deal count fell 17%.
- Premji Invest led a $450 million Series A for Rhoda AI in March.
- The second week of March saw the lowest global M&A value in over a year, below $33 billion.
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