Weekly edition

Week 39, 2026 (21 Sept to 27 Sept)

67 rounds and $3.8B raised. The biggest: TEKEVER, $580M.

Compared with week 38

Average of the 4 weeks before: 85 rounds, $8.4B a week. This week is -54% on capital.

The week in charts

AI took 52% of the capital this week, down from 65% in week 38. $3.8B in all, down 65% on week 38.

11 of 67 rounds made 72% of the capital.

Rounds of $100M or more, Week 39, 2026 (21 Sept to 27 Sept)
	Rounds	Capital
$100M or more	11	$2.8B
The rest	56	$1.1B

The busiest day: Wed 23 Sept, $1.5B across 17 rounds.

Capital raised per day, Week 39, 2026 (21 Sept to 27 Sept)
Day	Rounds	Capital	Biggest round
Mon 21 Sept	5	$172M	Rainmaker, $100M
Tue 22 Sept	24	$1B	Snorkel AI, $350M
Wed 23 Sept	17	$1.5B	TEKEVER, $580M
Thu 24 Sept	18	$1B	Island, $400M
Fri 25 Sept	2	$11.1M	Dextr AI, $6.7M
Sat 26 Sept	0	$0K
Sun 27 Sept	1	$100M	Numeral, $100M

AI raised $2B, 52% of the capital. Choose a sector to filter the rounds below.

Capital by sector, Week 39, 2026 (21 Sept to 27 Sept)
Sector	Capital	Share	Rounds
AI	$2B	52%	28
Health	$465M	12%	6
Cybersecurity	$400M	10%	1
Robotics & Hardware	$356M	9%	3
Fintech	$265M	7%	11
Climate & Energy	$211M	6%	4
Enterprise software	$67.8M	2%	5
Other	$62.2M	2%	7
Consumer	$3.5M	<1%	2

The 10 biggest rounds raised $2.7B, 69% of the total.

67 companies raised $3.8B. A bigger tile is a bigger round.

Y Combinator joined 5 rounds, leading 1, more than any other investor.

Ranked by rounds joined so far. Y Combinator finished first with 21 rounds over the last 8 weeks. The lead changed hands 3 times.

Rounds joined so far, the last 8 weeks
Investor	Week 32	Week 33	Week 34	Week 35	Week 36	Week 37	Week 38	Week 39
Y Combinator	2	6	8	10	13	16	16	21
Andreessen Horowitz	5	6	9	9	10	15	16	17
General Catalyst	0	1	3	4	5	8	14	16
Lightspeed Venture Partners	2	3	4	5	5	9	13	15
Insight Partners	1	1	1	1	4	6	10	14

United States raised $1.7B, 44% of the capital. Rounds in 15 countries, 21 with no country disclosed.

New York raised $589M, more than all of Asia ($461M). Rounds from 31 cities.

Seed was the most common stage: 14 rounds, median $4.7M. The median round size is under each column.

Biggest gain: Cybersecurity, +$317M. Biggest drop: AI, -$5B. Change in capital raised. Only where both periods have rounds.

Sectors against week 38
Sectors	Week 39, 2026 (21 Sept to 27 Sept)	week 38	Change
Cybersecurity	$400M	$83.3M	+$317M
Health	$465M	$301M	+$164M
Consumer	$3.5M	$10M	-$6.5M
Climate & Energy	$211M	$266M	-$54.7M
Enterprise software	$67.8M	$250M	-$182M
Fintech	$265M	$530M	-$265M
Robotics & Hardware	$356M	$1.2B	-$817M
Other	$62.2M	$1.2B	-$1.1B
AI	$2B	$7B	-$5B

Biggest gain: India, +$76.4M. Biggest drop: United States, -$3.2B. Change in capital raised. Only where both periods have rounds.

Countries against week 38
Countries	Week 39, 2026 (21 Sept to 27 Sept)	week 38	Change
India	$88.6M	$12.2M	+$76.4M
Spain	$56M	$5.6M	+$50.4M
France	$53.9M	$19M	+$34.9M
Netherlands	$50.6M	$234M	-$184M
China	$343M	$550M	-$207M
Italy	$18.8M	$270M	-$251M
United Kingdom	$145M	$486M	-$341M
United States	$1.7B	$4.9B	-$3.2B

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