Weekly edition

Week 35, 2026 (24 Aug to 30 Aug)

73 rounds and $3B raised. The biggest: Ajaib, $270M.

Compared with week 34

Average of the 4 weeks before: 61 rounds, $6.8B a week. This week is -55% on capital.

The week in charts

AI took 32% of the capital this week, down from 58% in week 34. $3B in all, down 33% on week 34.

8 of 73 rounds made 58% of the capital.

Rounds of $100M or more, Week 35, 2026 (24 Aug to 30 Aug)
	Rounds	Capital
$100M or more	8	$1.8B
The rest	65	$1.3B

The busiest day: Thu 27 Aug, $960M across 17 rounds.

Capital raised per day, Week 35, 2026 (24 Aug to 30 Aug)
Day	Rounds	Capital	Biggest round
Mon 24 Aug	12	$496M	Starcloud, $250M
Tue 25 Aug	23	$595M	Gatik, $200M
Wed 26 Aug	17	$428M	Emerald AI, $150M
Thu 27 Aug	17	$960M	Instinct, $250M
Fri 28 Aug	4	$554M	Ajaib, $270M
Sat 29 Aug	0	$0K
Sun 30 Aug	0	$0K

AI raised $957M, 32% of the capital. Choose a sector to filter the rounds below.

Capital by sector, Week 35, 2026 (24 Aug to 30 Aug)
Sector	Capital	Share	Rounds
Other	$977M	32%	16
AI	$957M	32%	24
Fintech	$656M	22%	9
Health	$118M	4%	4
Enterprise software	$108M	4%	4
Climate & Energy	$92.8M	3%	6
Robotics & Hardware	$64M	2%	5
Consumer	$57.3M	2%	4
Cybersecurity	$2.6M	<1%	1

The 10 biggest rounds raised $1.9B, 63% of the total.

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

The 72 biggest of 73. Open on a wider screen for all of them, or see every round below.

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

Ranked by rounds joined so far. Y Combinator finished first with 20 rounds over the last 8 weeks. The lead changed hands once.

Rounds joined so far, the last 8 weeks
Investor	Week 28	Week 29	Week 30	Week 31	Week 32	Week 33	Week 34	Week 35
Y Combinator	2	5	7	10	12	16	18	20
Andreessen Horowitz	1	1	4	4	9	10	13	13
Bessemer Venture Partners	1	2	5	5	7	9	11	11
Khosla Ventures	2	5	5	6	7	7	10	11
Accel	0	2	5	6	7	9	10	11

United States raised $904M, 30% of the capital. Rounds in 18 countries, 20 with no country disclosed.

San Francisco raised $404M, more than all of Europe ($215M). Rounds from 34 cities.

Series A was the most common stage: 17 rounds, median $20M. The median round size is under each column.

Biggest gain: Fintech, +$538M. Biggest drop: AI, -$1.7B. Change in capital raised. Only where both periods have rounds.

Sectors against week 34
Sectors	Week 35, 2026 (24 Aug to 30 Aug)	week 34	Change
Other	$977M	$147M	+$831M
Fintech	$656M	$118M	+$538M
Consumer	$57.3M	$12.4M	+$44.9M
Enterprise software	$108M	$92.6M	+$15.6M
Cybersecurity	$2.6M	$18M	-$15.4M
Health	$118M	$201M	-$83.5M
Climate & Energy	$92.8M	$246M	-$153M
Robotics & Hardware	$64M	$1.1B	-$1B
AI	$957M	$2.6B	-$1.7B

Biggest gain: Australia, +$51M. Biggest drop: United States, -$1.3B. Change in capital raised. Only where both periods have rounds.

Countries against week 34
Countries	Week 35, 2026 (24 Aug to 30 Aug)	week 34	Change
Australia	$56M	$5M	+$51M
India	$220M	$203M	+$16.8M
Sweden	$17M	$15.5M	+$1.5M
South Africa	$1.2M	$16.8M	-$15.6M
United Kingdom	$124M	$142M	-$17.7M
Germany	$2.6M	$33.6M	-$31.1M
Switzerland	$40M	$200M	-$160M
United States	$904M	$2.2B	-$1.3B

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