Weekly edition

Week 34, 2026 (17 Aug to 23 Aug)

75 rounds and $4.5B raised. The biggest: Castelion, $800M.

Compared with week 33

Average of the 4 weeks before: 55 rounds, $6.4B a week. This week is -29% on capital.

The week in charts

AI took 58% of the capital this week, down from 74% in week 33. $4.5B in all, down 52% on week 33.

13 of 75 rounds made 81% of the capital.

Rounds of $100M or more, Week 34, 2026 (17 Aug to 23 Aug)
	Rounds	Capital
$100M or more	13	$3.7B
The rest	62	$882M

The busiest day: Wed 19 Aug, $1.4B across 23 rounds.

Capital raised per day, Week 34, 2026 (17 Aug to 23 Aug)
Day	Rounds	Capital	Biggest round
Mon 17 Aug	13	$1.3B	Higgsfield, $400M
Tue 18 Aug	15	$208M	Hopscotch Primary Care, $53M
Wed 19 Aug	23	$1.4B	Etched, $700M
Thu 20 Aug	15	$474M	Cityblock Health, $116M
Fri 21 Aug	9	$1.1B	Castelion, $800M
Sat 22 Aug	0	$0K
Sun 23 Aug	0	$0K

AI raised $2.6B, 58% of the capital. Choose a sector to filter the rounds below.

Capital by sector, Week 34, 2026 (17 Aug to 23 Aug)
Sector	Capital	Share	Rounds
AI	$2.6B	58%	31
Robotics & Hardware	$1.1B	23%	5
Climate & Energy	$246M	5%	9
Health	$201M	4%	6
Other	$147M	3%	10
Fintech	$118M	3%	5
Enterprise software	$92.6M	2%	5
Cybersecurity	$18M	<1%	1
Consumer	$12.4M	<1%	3

The 10 biggest rounds raised $3.4B, 74% of the total.

75 companies raised $4.5B. A bigger tile is a bigger round.

The 72 biggest of 75. Open on a wider screen for all of them, or see every round below.

Andreessen Horowitz joined 3 rounds, leading 1, more than any other investor.

Ranked by rounds joined so far. Y Combinator finished first with 19 rounds over the last 8 weeks. The lead changed hands once.

Rounds joined so far, the last 8 weeks
Investor	Week 27	Week 28	Week 29	Week 30	Week 31	Week 32	Week 33	Week 34
Y Combinator	1	3	6	8	11	13	17	19
Index Ventures	4	6	9	10	11	13	13	13
Andreessen Horowitz	0	1	1	4	4	9	10	13
Bessemer Venture Partners	1	2	3	6	6	8	10	12
Accel	2	2	4	7	8	9	11	12

United States raised $2.2B, 48% of the capital. Rounds in 18 countries, 20 with no country disclosed.

Torrance raised $800M, more than all of Europe ($413M). Rounds from 41 cities.

Seed was the most common stage: 18 rounds, median $5.9M. The median round size is under each column.

Biggest gain: Robotics & Hardware, +$512M. Biggest drop: AI, -$4.3B. Change in capital raised. Only where both periods have rounds.

Sectors against week 33
Sectors	Week 34, 2026 (17 Aug to 23 Aug)	week 33	Change
Robotics & Hardware	$1.1B	$554M	+$512M
Climate & Energy	$246M	$87.2M	+$159M
Enterprise software	$92.6M	$7.5M	+$85.1M
Cybersecurity	$18M	$6.9M	+$11.1M
Fintech	$118M	$167M	-$49.2M
Health	$201M	$373M	-$172M
Other	$147M	$694M	-$547M
Consumer	$12.4M	$560M	-$548M
AI	$2.6B	$6.9B	-$4.3B

Biggest gain: India, +$120M. Biggest drop: United States, -$3.5B. Change in capital raised. Only where both periods have rounds.

Countries against week 33
Countries	Week 34, 2026 (17 Aug to 23 Aug)	week 33	Change
India	$203M	$82.8M	+$120M
Switzerland	$200M	$154M	+$46.1M
Germany	$33.6M	$2M	+$31.6M
China	$12M	$30M	-$18M
Nigeria	$18M	$40M	-$22M
United Kingdom	$142M	$347M	-$206M
Sweden	$15.5M	$402M	-$387M
United States	$2.2B	$5.6B	-$3.5B

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