Weekly edition

Week 41, 2026 (5 Oct to 11 Oct)

99 rounds and $5.7B raised. The biggest: TypeSafe, $870M.

Compared with week 40

Average of the 4 weeks before: 84 rounds, $8.5B a week. This week is -33% on capital.

The week in charts

AI took 46% of the capital this week, about the same as in week 40. $5.7B in all, up 53% on week 40.

16 of 99 rounds made 71% of the capital.

Rounds of $100M or more, Week 41, 2026 (5 Oct to 11 Oct)
	Rounds	Capital
$100M or more	16	$4.1B
The rest	83	$1.7B

The busiest day: Fri 9 Oct, $1.5B across 8 rounds.

Capital raised per day, Week 41, 2026 (5 Oct to 11 Oct)
Day	Rounds	Capital	Biggest round
Mon 5 Oct	18	$843M	SignSplit, $400M
Tue 6 Oct	26	$1.1B	Vinci, $250M
Wed 7 Oct	25	$1B	Ledgebrook, $200M
Thu 8 Oct	18	$1.1B	Manus, $500M
Fri 9 Oct	8	$1.5B	TypeSafe, $870M
Sat 10 Oct	2	$54M	KONST, $30M
Sun 11 Oct	2	$122M	VEIR, $110M

AI raised $2.6B, 46% of the capital. Choose a sector to filter the rounds below.

Capital by sector, Week 41, 2026 (5 Oct to 11 Oct)
Sector	Capital	Share	Rounds
AI	$2.6B	46%	38
Other	$1.1B	19%	17
Robotics & Hardware	$589M	10%	7
Climate & Energy	$538M	9%	6
Health	$483M	8%	13
Fintech	$317M	6%	9
Enterprise software	$50.5M	<1%	3
Consumer	$44.4M	<1%	5
Cybersecurity	$30M	<1%	1

The 10 biggest rounds raised $3.4B, 59% of the total.

99 companies raised $5.7B. A bigger tile is a bigger round.

The 72 biggest of 99. Open on a wider screen for all of them, or see every round below.

Andreessen Horowitz joined 5 rounds, leading 2, more than any other investor.

Ranked by rounds joined so far. Andreessen Horowitz finished first with 20 rounds over the last 8 weeks. The lead changed hands 4 times.

Rounds joined so far, the last 8 weeks
Investor	Week 34	Week 35	Week 36	Week 37	Week 38	Week 39	Week 40	Week 41
Andreessen Horowitz	3	3	4	9	10	11	15	20
Y Combinator	2	4	7	10	10	15	17	19
General Catalyst	2	3	4	7	13	15	16	17
Insight Partners	0	0	3	5	9	13	15	16
Sequoia Capital	2	2	3	6	9	10	11	14

United States raised $2.2B, 39% of the capital. Rounds in 18 countries, 38 with no country disclosed.

Singapore raised $520M, more than all of Europe ($501M). Rounds from 45 cities.

Series A was the most common stage: 25 rounds, median $20M. The median round size is under each column.

Biggest gain: AI, +$932M. Biggest drop: Enterprise software, -$267M. Change in capital raised. Only where both periods have rounds.

Sectors against week 40
Sectors	Week 41, 2026 (5 Oct to 11 Oct)	week 40	Change
AI	$2.6B	$1.7B	+$932M
Robotics & Hardware	$589M	$23.3M	+$565M
Other	$1.1B	$537M	+$528M
Climate & Energy	$538M	$365M	+$173M
Health	$483M	$342M	+$141M
Consumer	$44.4M	$11.9M	+$32.5M
Fintech	$317M	$465M	-$148M
Enterprise software	$50.5M	$317M	-$267M

Biggest gain: United Kingdom, +$199M. Biggest drop: Germany, -$184M. Change in capital raised. Only where both periods have rounds.

Countries against week 40
Countries	Week 41, 2026 (5 Oct to 11 Oct)	week 40	Change
United Kingdom	$223M	$23.9M	+$199M
United States	$2.2B	$2.1B	+$111M
France	$121M	$34.4M	+$86.4M
Switzerland	$58.4M	$7.5M	+$50.9M
Denmark	$7.6M	$2.8M	+$4.8M
Saudi Arabia	$12M	$22M	-$10M
India	$78M	$205M	-$127M
Germany	$24.8M	$209M	-$184M

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