Weekly edition

Week 32, 2026 (3 Aug to 9 Aug)

64 rounds and $6.3B raised. The biggest: Firmus, $2B.

Compared with week 31

Average of the 4 weeks before: 50 rounds, $5.2B a week. This week is +23% on capital.

The week in charts

AI took 57% of the capital this week, down from 65% in week 31. Firmus alone raised $2B, 32% of it.

12 of 64 rounds made 82% of the capital.

Rounds of $100M or more, Week 32, 2026 (3 Aug to 9 Aug)
	Rounds	Capital
$100M or more	12	$5.2B
The rest	52	$1.1B

The busiest day: Fri 7 Aug, $2.3B across 2 rounds.

Capital raised per day, Week 32, 2026 (3 Aug to 9 Aug)
Day	Rounds	Capital	Biggest round
Mon 3 Aug	12	$1.1B	Olix, $312M
Tue 4 Aug	22	$1.7B	Base Power, $1B
Wed 5 Aug	20	$954M	Volta, $300M
Thu 6 Aug	8	$338M	Acrab, $130M
Fri 7 Aug	2	$2.3B	Firmus, $2B
Sat 8 Aug	0	$0K
Sun 9 Aug	0	$0K

AI raised $3.6B, 57% of the capital. Choose a sector to filter the rounds below.

Capital by sector, Week 32, 2026 (3 Aug to 9 Aug)
Sector	Capital	Share	Rounds
AI	$3.6B	57%	36
Other	$1.6B	25%	9
Robotics & Hardware	$323M	5%	3
Cybersecurity	$313M	5%	3
Fintech	$280M	4%	3
Climate & Energy	$198M	3%	4
Health	$51M	<1%	4
Consumer	$3.2M	<1%	2

The 10 biggest rounds raised $5B, 78% of the total.

64 companies raised $6.3B. A bigger tile is a bigger round.

Andreessen Horowitz joined 5 rounds, leading 1, 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 25	Week 26	Week 27	Week 28	Week 29	Week 30	Week 31	Week 32
Index Ventures	1	3	7	9	12	13	14	16
Y Combinator	1	3	4	6	9	11	14	16
Accel	3	5	7	7	9	12	13	14
Andreessen Horowitz	1	5	5	6	6	9	9	14
Sequoia Capital	0	5	7	7	9	12	12	12

Australia raised $2B, 32% of the capital. Rounds in 18 countries, 24 with no country disclosed.

Sydney raised $2B, more than all of North America ($756M). Rounds from 31 cities.

Series B was the most common stage: 13 rounds, median $45M. The median round size is under each column.

Biggest gain: Robotics & Hardware, +$323M. Biggest drop: Climate & Energy, -$824M. Change in capital raised. Only where both periods have rounds.

Sectors against week 31
Sectors	Week 32, 2026 (3 Aug to 9 Aug)	week 31	Change
Other	$1.6B	$400M	+$1.2B
Robotics & Hardware	$323M	$777K	+$323M
Fintech	$280M	$96M	+$184M
Cybersecurity	$313M	$190M	+$123M
Consumer	$3.2M	$17M	-$13.8M
Health	$51M	$630M	-$579M
AI	$3.6B	$4.4B	-$796M
Climate & Energy	$198M	$1B	-$824M

Biggest gain: United Kingdom, +$392M. Biggest drop: United States, -$1.5B. Change in capital raised. Only where both periods have rounds.

Countries against week 31
Countries	Week 32, 2026 (3 Aug to 9 Aug)	week 31	Change
United Kingdom	$636M	$244M	+$392M
Israel	$160M	$30M	+$130M
India	$133M	$5.5M	+$127M
Netherlands	$42.4M	$23.3M	+$19.1M
Germany	$6.9M	$2.6M	+$4.3M
Bulgaria	$311K	$9.9M	-$9.6M
Switzerland	$5M	$35.5M	-$30.6M
United States	$756M	$2.2B	-$1.5B

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