Weekly edition

Week 16, 2026 (13 Apr to 19 Apr)

48 rounds and $4.4B raised. The biggest: Slate, $650M.

Compared with week 15

Average of the 4 weeks before: 40 rounds, $33.7B a week. This week is -87% on capital.

The week in charts

Climate & Energy took 29% of the capital this week, up from <1% in week 15. $4.4B in all, up 60% on week 15.

12 of 48 rounds made 81% of the capital.

Rounds of $100M or more, Week 16, 2026 (13 Apr to 19 Apr)
	Rounds	Capital
$100M or more	12	$3.6B
The rest	36	$845M

The busiest day: Wed 15 Apr, $1.6B across 15 rounds.

Capital raised per day, Week 16, 2026 (13 Apr to 19 Apr)
Day	Rounds	Capital	Biggest round
Mon 13 Apr	5	$779M	Slate Auto, $650M
Tue 14 Apr	10	$436M	Sygaldry, $139M
Wed 15 Apr	15	$1.6B	Slate, $650M
Thu 16 Apr	9	$327M	K1x, $175M
Fri 17 Apr	7	$1.2B	TARS, $455M
Sat 18 Apr	0	$0K
Sun 19 Apr	2	$105M	Pulnovo Medical, $100M

Climate & Energy raised $1.3B, 29% of the capital. Choose a sector to filter the rounds below.

Capital by sector, Week 16, 2026 (13 Apr to 19 Apr)
Sector	Capital	Share	Rounds
Climate & Energy	$1.3B	29%	2
AI	$1.1B	24%	18
Other	$1.1B	24%	16
Fintech	$405M	9%	1
Health	$332M	8%	6
Enterprise software	$175M	4%	1
Robotics & Hardware	$77.4M	2%	2
Consumer	$5.5M	<1%	2

The 10 biggest rounds raised $3.4B, 76% of the total.

48 companies raised $4.4B. A bigger tile is a bigger round.

Antler joined 4 rounds, more than any other investor.

Ranked by rounds joined so far. Accel finished first with 12 rounds over the last 8 weeks.

Rounds joined so far, the last 8 weeks
Investor	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Week 15	Week 16
Accel	4	5	6	8	9	11	12	12
Spark Capital	3	3	4	4	7	8	8	9
Y Combinator	3	3	4	4	5	6	8	9
General Catalyst	2	2	3	4	6	7	8	8
Lightspeed Venture Partners	2	2	2	2	5	7	8	8

United States raised $750M, 17% of the capital. Rounds in 11 countries, 34 with no country disclosed.

Mexico City raised $405M, more than all of Europe ($87.4M). Rounds from 21 cities.

Series A was the most common stage: 8 rounds, median $18M. The median round size is under each column.

Biggest gain: Climate & Energy, +$1.3B. Biggest drop: Robotics & Hardware, -$930M. Change in capital raised. Only where both periods have rounds.

Sectors against week 15
Sectors	Week 16, 2026 (13 Apr to 19 Apr)	week 15	Change
Climate & Energy	$1.3B	$2.5M	+$1.3B
Other	$1.1B	$332M	+$727M
Fintech	$405M	$40M	+$365M
Health	$332M	$227M	+$105M
Enterprise software	$175M	$94.1M	+$80.9M
AI	$1.1B	$1B	+$29.7M
Consumer	$5.5M	$14.8M	-$9.2M
Robotics & Hardware	$77.4M	$1B	-$930M