Weekly edition

Week 17, 2026 (20 Apr to 26 Apr)

39 rounds and $12.3B raised. The biggest: Project Prometheus, $10B.

Compared with week 16

Average of the 4 weeks before: 43 rounds, $34.2B a week. This week is -64% on capital.

The week in charts

AI took 92% of the capital this week, up from 24% in week 16. Project Prometheus alone raised $10B, 81% of it.

6 of 39 rounds made 95% of the capital.

Rounds of $100M or more, Week 17, 2026 (20 Apr to 26 Apr)
	Rounds	Capital
$100M or more	6	$11.7B
The rest	33	$600M

The busiest day: Fri 24 Apr, $10.1B across 8 rounds.

Capital raised per day, Week 17, 2026 (20 Apr to 26 Apr)
Day	Rounds	Capital	Biggest round
Mon 20 Apr	6	$85M	Rivan, $33.8M
Tue 21 Apr	10	$369M	Ray Therapeutics, $125M
Wed 22 Apr	8	$1.5B	Vast Data, $1B
Thu 23 Apr	5	$141M	Cloudsmith, $72M
Fri 24 Apr	8	$10.1B	Project Prometheus, $10B
Sat 25 Apr	0	$0K
Sun 26 Apr	2	$115M	Sereact, $110M

AI raised $11.4B, 92% of the capital. Choose a sector to filter the rounds below.

Capital by sector, Week 17, 2026 (20 Apr to 26 Apr)
Sector	Capital	Share	Rounds
AI	$11.4B	92%	17
Health	$384M	3%	7
Climate & Energy	$380M	3%	1
Cybersecurity	$72M	<1%	1
Other	$52.1M	<1%	6
Enterprise software	$25.7M	<1%	1
Fintech	$22M	<1%	2
Consumer	$12M	<1%	3
Robotics & Hardware	$5M	<1%	1

The 10 biggest rounds raised $12B, 97% of the total.

39 companies raised $12.3B. A bigger tile is a bigger round.

Bessemer Venture Partners joined 2 rounds, leading 2, more than any other investor.

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

Rounds joined so far, the last 8 weeks
Investor	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Week 15	Week 16	Week 17
Accel	1	2	4	5	7	8	8	8
Lightspeed Venture Partners	0	0	0	3	5	6	6	7
Bessemer Venture Partners	0	1	2	4	4	5	5	7
Y Combinator	0	1	1	2	3	5	6	7
General Catalyst	0	1	2	4	5	6	6	6

United Kingdom raised $33.8M, <1% of the capital. Rounds in 7 countries, 31 with no country disclosed.

San Francisco raised $10.1B, more than all of Europe ($40.5M). Rounds from 17 cities.

Seed was the most common stage: 8 rounds, median $9.3M. The median round size is under each column.

Biggest gain: AI, +$10.3B. Biggest drop: Climate & Energy, -$920M. Change in capital raised. Only where both periods have rounds.

Sectors against week 16
Sectors	Week 17, 2026 (20 Apr to 26 Apr)	week 16	Change
AI	$11.4B	$1.1B	+$10.3B
Health	$384M	$332M	+$51.5M
Consumer	$12M	$5.5M	+$6.5M
Robotics & Hardware	$5M	$77.4M	-$72.4M
Enterprise software	$25.7M	$175M	-$149M
Fintech	$22M	$405M	-$383M
Climate & Energy	$380M	$1.3B	-$920M
Other	$52.1M	$1.1B	-$1B