Weekly edition

Week 51, 2025 (15 Dec to 21 Dec)

81 rounds and $6.8B raised. The biggest: Databricks, $4B.

Compared with week 50

Average of the 2 weeks before: 92 rounds, $4.6B a week. This week is +49% on capital.

The week in charts

AI took 84% of the capital this week, up from 35% in week 50. Databricks alone raised $4B, 59% of it.

10 of 81 rounds made 83% of the capital.

Rounds of $100M or more, Week 51, 2025 (15 Dec to 21 Dec)
	Rounds	Capital
$100M or more	10	$5.6B
The rest	71	$1.2B

The busiest day: Tue 16 Dec, $4.5B across 24 rounds.

Capital raised per day, Week 51, 2025 (15 Dec to 21 Dec)
Day	Rounds	Capital	Biggest round
Mon 15 Dec	12	$337M	Chai Discovery, $130M
Tue 16 Dec	24	$4.5B	Databricks, $4B
Wed 17 Dec	20	$765M	Radiant, $300M
Thu 18 Dec	13	$739M	Lovable, $330M
Fri 19 Dec	12	$412M	Galbot, $300M
Sat 20 Dec	0	$0K
Sun 21 Dec	0	$0K

AI raised $5.7B, 84% of the capital. Choose a sector to filter the rounds below.

Capital by sector, Week 51, 2025 (15 Dec to 21 Dec)
Sector	Capital	Share	Rounds
AI	$5.7B	84%	35
Climate & Energy	$503M	7%	7
Fintech	$152M	2%	3
Health	$146M	2%	7
Robotics & Hardware	$98.7M	1%	6
Enterprise software	$80.7M	1%	6
Consumer	$74.2M	1%	11
Other	$28.1M	<1%	3
Web3	$21.4M	<1%	2
Cybersecurity	$8.8M	<1%	1

The 10 biggest rounds raised $5.6B, 83% of the total.

81 companies raised $6.8B. A bigger tile is a bigger round.

The 69 biggest of 81. Open on a wider screen for all of them, or see every round below.

Y Combinator joined 6 rounds, leading 1, more than any other investor.

Ranked by rounds joined so far. General Catalyst finished first with 13 rounds over the last 3 weeks.

Rounds joined so far, the last 3 weeks
Investor	Week 49	Week 50	Week 51
General Catalyst	4	8	13
Y Combinator	2	6	12
Andreessen Horowitz	4	6	10
Sequoia Capital	3	5	6
Lightspeed Venture Partners	3	5	6

United States raised $5.6B, 82% of the capital. Rounds in 18 countries.

San Francisco raised $4.3B, more than all of Europe ($709M). Rounds from 30 cities.

Seed was the most common stage: 26 rounds, median $3.9M. The median round size is under each column.

Biggest gain: AI, +$4B. Biggest drop: Cybersecurity, -$708M. Change in capital raised. Only where both periods have rounds.

Sectors against week 50
Sectors	Week 51, 2025 (15 Dec to 21 Dec)	week 50	Change
AI	$5.7B	$1.7B	+$4B
Consumer	$74.2M	$13.7M	+$60.6M
Enterprise software	$80.7M	$71.1M	+$9.6M
Web3	$21.4M	$28.1M	-$6.6M
Other	$28.1M	$180M	-$152M
Robotics & Hardware	$98.7M	$341M	-$243M
Climate & Energy	$503M	$762M	-$259M
Fintech	$152M	$458M	-$306M
Health	$146M	$590M	-$444M
Cybersecurity	$8.8M	$717M	-$708M

Biggest gain: United States, +$2.1B. Biggest drop: Singapore, -$367M. Change in capital raised. Only where both periods have rounds.

Countries against week 50
Countries	Week 51, 2025 (15 Dec to 21 Dec)	week 50	Change
United States	$5.6B	$3.5B	+$2.1B
Switzerland	$100M	$26.6M	+$73.4M
China	$300M	$228M	+$72M
Germany	$47.9M	$6.8M	+$41.1M
India	$148M	$113M	+$35.9M
United Kingdom	$194M	$264M	-$70.2M
Israel	$35M	$260M	-$225M
Singapore	$30M	$397M	-$367M

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