Weekly edition

Week 30, 2026 (20 Jul to 26 Jul)

52 rounds and $3B raised. The biggest: CuspAI, $450M.

Compared with week 29

Average of the 4 weeks before: 54 rounds, $6B a week. This week is -50% on capital.

The week in charts

AI took 54% of the capital this week, down from 57% in week 29. $3B in all, down 62% on week 29.

11 of 52 rounds made 76% of the capital.

Rounds of $100M or more, Week 30, 2026 (20 Jul to 26 Jul)
	Rounds	Capital
$100M or more	11	$2.3B
The rest	41	$717M

The busiest day: Wed 22 Jul, $1.3B across 14 rounds.

Capital raised per day, Week 30, 2026 (20 Jul to 26 Jul)
Day	Rounds	Capital	Biggest round
Mon 20 Jul	10	$258M	Neo, $100M
Tue 21 Jul	10	$649M	CuspAI, $450M
Wed 22 Jul	14	$1.3B	Meshy, $400M
Thu 23 Jul	13	$660M	Etched, $300M
Fri 24 Jul	5	$96.1M	Moa Technology, $29.5M
Sat 25 Jul	0	$0K
Sun 26 Jul	0	$0K

AI raised $1.6B, 54% of the capital. Choose a sector to filter the rounds below.

Capital by sector, Week 30, 2026 (20 Jul to 26 Jul)
Sector	Capital	Share	Rounds
AI	$1.6B	54%	20
Health	$347M	12%	9
Other	$272M	9%	11
Cybersecurity	$260M	9%	2
Robotics & Hardware	$207M	7%	3
Fintech	$187M	6%	2
Enterprise software	$74M	2%	2
Climate & Energy	$10.7M	<1%	2
Consumer	$10.5M	<1%	1

The 10 biggest rounds raised $2.2B, 73% of the total.

52 companies raised $3B. A bigger tile is a bigger round.

Lux Capital joined 4 rounds, leading 2, more than any other investor.

Ranked by rounds joined so far. Index Ventures finished first with 16 rounds over the last 8 weeks. The lead changed hands twice.

Rounds joined so far, the last 8 weeks
Investor	Week 23	Week 24	Week 25	Week 26	Week 27	Week 28	Week 29	Week 30
Index Ventures	1	3	4	6	10	12	15	16
Y Combinator	3	4	5	7	8	10	13	15
Sequoia Capital	1	2	2	7	9	9	11	14
Accel	0	2	5	7	9	9	11	14
General Catalyst	1	5	5	8	10	11	12	12

United States raised $153M, 5% of the capital. Rounds in 8 countries, 34 with no country disclosed.

Sunnyvale raised $400M, more than all of Europe ($171M). Rounds from 17 cities.

Seed was the most common stage: 12 rounds, median $6.9M. The median round size is under each column.

Biggest gain: Cybersecurity, +$247M. Biggest drop: AI, -$2.9B. Change in capital raised. Only where both periods have rounds.

Sectors against week 29
Sectors	Week 30, 2026 (20 Jul to 26 Jul)	week 29	Change
Cybersecurity	$260M	$13M	+$247M
Climate & Energy	$10.7M	$2.6M	+$8.1M
Enterprise software	$74M	$160M	-$86M
Other	$272M	$449M	-$178M
Robotics & Hardware	$207M	$509M	-$302M
Fintech	$187M	$528M	-$341M
Consumer	$10.5M	$668M	-$657M
Health	$347M	$1.1B	-$732M
AI	$1.6B	$4.5B	-$2.9B