Weekly edition

Week 13, 2026 (23 Mar to 29 Mar)

51 rounds and $4.6B raised. The biggest: Shield AI, $2B.

Compared with week 12

Average of the 4 weeks before: 42 rounds, $4.5B a week. This week is +3% on capital.

The week in charts

AI took 64% of the capital this week, up from 36% in week 12. Shield AI alone raised $2B, 44% of it.

12 of 51 rounds made 81% of the capital.

Rounds of $100M or more, Week 13, 2026 (23 Mar to 29 Mar)
	Rounds	Capital
$100M or more	12	$3.7B
The rest	39	$891M

The busiest day: Thu 26 Mar, $2.4B across 13 rounds.

Capital raised per day, Week 13, 2026 (23 Mar to 29 Mar)
Day	Rounds	Capital	Biggest round
Mon 23 Mar	9	$396M	XBOW, $120M
Tue 24 Mar	13	$983M	Cambridge Mobile Telematics, $350M
Wed 25 Mar	9	$574M	Qualified Health, $125M
Thu 26 Mar	13	$2.4B	Shield AI, $2B
Fri 27 Mar	4	$146M	ODC, $45M
Sat 28 Mar	1	$20M	Bellatrix Aerospace, $20M
Sun 29 Mar	2	$35M	Sett, $30M

AI raised $2.9B, 64% of the capital. Choose a sector to filter the rounds below.

Capital by sector, Week 13, 2026 (23 Mar to 29 Mar)
Sector	Capital	Share	Rounds
AI	$2.9B	64%	20
Other	$546M	12%	11
Fintech	$391M	9%	3
Enterprise software	$330M	7%	6
Robotics & Hardware	$191M	4%	4
Cybersecurity	$143M	3%	2
Health	$48.2M	1%	3
Climate & Energy	$6.8M	<1%	1
Consumer	$4M	<1%	1

The 10 biggest rounds raised $3.5B, 76% of the total.

51 companies raised $4.6B. A bigger tile is a bigger round.

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

Ranked by rounds joined so far. Accel finished first with 14 rounds over the last 8 weeks. The lead changed hands twice.

Rounds joined so far, the last 8 weeks
Investor	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13
Accel	3	4	5	9	10	11	13	14
Peak XV Partners	1	4	6	8	8	10	11	12
Lightspeed Venture Partners	3	4	7	9	9	9	9	12
Andreessen Horowitz	2	4	5	5	6	9	10	11
General Catalyst	0	0	3	5	5	6	7	9

Israel raised $140M, 3% of the capital. Rounds in 12 countries, 32 with no country disclosed.

San Diego raised $2B, more than all of Asia ($332M). Rounds from 19 cities.

Series B was the most common stage: 9 rounds, median $40M. The median round size is under each column.

Biggest gain: AI, +$2B. Biggest drop: Enterprise software, -$304M. Change in capital raised. Only where both periods have rounds.

Sectors against week 12
Sectors	Week 13, 2026 (23 Mar to 29 Mar)	week 12	Change
AI	$2.9B	$885M	+$2B
Fintech	$391M	$125M	+$266M
Other	$546M	$338M	+$208M
Cybersecurity	$143M	$20M	+$123M
Robotics & Hardware	$191M	$151M	+$40.6M
Climate & Energy	$6.8M	$3.4M	+$3.4M
Health	$48.2M	$331M	-$282M
Enterprise software	$330M	$634M	-$304M