Weekly edition

Week 8, 2026 (16 Feb to 22 Feb)

45 rounds and $2.5B raised. The biggest: Apptronik, $520M.

Compared with week 7

Average of the 4 weeks before: 53 rounds, $11.2B a week. This week is -78% on capital.

The week in charts

Fintech took 29% of the capital this week, up from <1% in week 7. $2.5B in all, down 93% on week 7.

7 of 45 rounds made 67% of the capital.

Rounds of $100M or more, Week 8, 2026 (16 Feb to 22 Feb)
	Rounds	Capital
$100M or more	7	$1.7B
The rest	38	$808M

The busiest day: Wed 18 Feb, $655M across 6 rounds.

Capital raised per day, Week 8, 2026 (16 Feb to 22 Feb)
Day	Rounds	Capital	Biggest round
Mon 16 Feb	6	$574M	Apptronik, $520M
Tue 17 Feb	13	$634M	Kavak, $300M
Wed 18 Feb	6	$655M	Vestwell, $385M
Thu 19 Feb	11	$491M	Heron Power, $140M
Fri 20 Feb	5	$78.5M	Vizzia, $35.3M
Sat 21 Feb	2	$22M	Inscope, $14.5M
Sun 22 Feb	2	$24M	Plato, $14.5M

Fintech raised $716M, 29% of the capital. Choose a sector to filter the rounds below.

Capital by sector, Week 8, 2026 (16 Feb to 22 Feb)
Sector	Capital	Share	Rounds
Fintech	$716M	29%	6
AI	$695M	28%	17
Robotics & Hardware	$545M	22%	3
Enterprise software	$290M	12%	4
Other	$173M	7%	9
Cybersecurity	$47M	2%	2
Health	$10.8M	<1%	3
Climate & Energy	$2M	<1%	1

The 10 biggest rounds raised $1.9B, 77% of the total.

45 companies raised $2.5B. A bigger tile is a bigger round.

Bessemer Venture Partners joined 3 rounds, leading 1, more than any other investor.

Ranked by rounds joined so far. Lightspeed Venture Partners finished first with 21 rounds over the last 8 weeks. The lead changed hands once.

Rounds joined so far, the last 8 weeks
Investor	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8
Lightspeed Venture Partners	0	4	6	9	14	17	18	21
Y Combinator	0	2	4	8	11	11	13	13
Accel	1	2	2	4	6	9	10	11
Bessemer Venture Partners	0	3	5	6	7	7	8	11
Sequoia Capital	0	1	3	4	8	9	9	9

Mexico raised $300M, 12% of the capital. Rounds in 8 countries, 35 with no country disclosed.

Austin raised $576M, more than all of Asia ($35M). Rounds from 18 cities.

Seed was the most common stage: 9 rounds, median $6M. The median round size is under each column.

Biggest gain: Fintech, +$624M. Biggest drop: AI, -$30.1B. Change in capital raised. Only where both periods have rounds.

Sectors against week 7
Sectors	Week 8, 2026 (16 Feb to 22 Feb)	week 7	Change
Fintech	$716M	$92M	+$624M
Robotics & Hardware	$545M	$244M	+$301M
Other	$173M	$26.4M	+$147M
Cybersecurity	$47M	$120M	-$73M
Enterprise software	$290M	$419M	-$129M
Climate & Energy	$2M	$560M	-$558M
Health	$10.8M	$1B	-$1B
AI	$695M	$30.8B	-$30.1B