Weekly edition

Week 42, 2026 (12 Oct to 18 Oct)

92 rounds and $3.5B raised. The biggest: Modal Labs, $750M.

Compared with week 41

Average of the 4 weeks before: 88 rounds, $6B a week. This week is -42% on capital.

The week in charts

AI took 51% of the capital this week, up from 46% in week 41. $3.5B in all, down 40% on week 41.

6 of 92 rounds made 49% of the capital.

Rounds of $100M or more, Week 42, 2026 (12 Oct to 18 Oct)
	Rounds	Capital
$100M or more	6	$1.7B
The rest	86	$1.8B

The busiest day: Wed 14 Oct, $1.3B across 28 rounds.

Capital raised per day, Week 42, 2026 (12 Oct to 18 Oct)
Day	Rounds	Capital	Biggest round
Mon 12 Oct	9	$264M	Hone, $60M
Tue 13 Oct	29	$964M	ICON, $200M
Wed 14 Oct	28	$1.3B	Modal Labs, $750M
Thu 15 Oct	22	$480M	Stand, $70M
Fri 16 Oct	4	$469M	OMass Therapeutics, $310M
Sat 17 Oct	0	$0K
Sun 18 Oct	0	$0K

AI raised $1.8B, 51% of the capital. Choose a sector to filter the rounds below.

Capital by sector, Week 42, 2026 (12 Oct to 18 Oct)
Sector	Capital	Share	Rounds
AI	$1.8B	51%	45
Other	$571M	16%	10
Health	$262M	8%	11
Robotics & Hardware	$246M	7%	5
Climate & Energy	$210M	6%	7
Consumer	$185M	5%	3
Fintech	$143M	4%	5
Enterprise software	$76.3M	2%	5
Cybersecurity	$4M	<1%	1

The 10 biggest rounds raised $2B, 58% of the total.

92 companies raised $3.5B. A bigger tile is a bigger round.

The 72 biggest of 92. Open on a wider screen for all of them, or see every round below.

Accel joined 5 rounds, leading 3, 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 4 times.

Rounds joined so far, the last 8 weeks
Investor	Week 35	Week 36	Week 37	Week 38	Week 39	Week 40	Week 41	Week 42
Y Combinator	2	5	8	8	13	15	17	20
Andreessen Horowitz	0	1	6	7	8	12	17	17
Insight Partners	0	3	5	9	13	15	16	16
Accel	1	2	6	6	8	11	11	16
General Catalyst	1	2	5	11	13	14	15	16

United States raised $850M, 24% of the capital. Rounds in 13 countries, 35 with no country disclosed.

San Francisco raised $424M, more than all of Europe ($280M). Rounds from 32 cities.

Seed was the most common stage: 26 rounds, median $5.9M. The median round size is under each column.

Biggest gain: Consumer, +$141M. Biggest drop: AI, -$852M. Change in capital raised. Only where both periods have rounds.

Sectors against week 41
Sectors	Week 42, 2026 (12 Oct to 18 Oct)	week 41	Change
Consumer	$185M	$44.4M	+$141M
Enterprise software	$76.3M	$50.5M	+$25.9M
Cybersecurity	$4M	$30M	-$26M
Fintech	$143M	$317M	-$174M
Health	$262M	$483M	-$221M
Climate & Energy	$210M	$538M	-$328M
Robotics & Hardware	$246M	$589M	-$342M
Other	$571M	$1.1B	-$494M
AI	$1.8B	$2.6B	-$852M

Biggest gain: India, +$82.2M. Biggest drop: United States, -$1.4B. Change in capital raised. Only where both periods have rounds.

Countries against week 41
Countries	Week 42, 2026 (12 Oct to 18 Oct)	week 41	Change
India	$160M	$78M	+$82.2M
Germany	$95.7M	$24.8M	+$70.9M
Spain	$21.9M	$1.7M	+$20.3M
Singapore	$7.6M	$20M	-$12.4M
France	$95.2M	$121M	-$25.6M
United Kingdom	$19M	$223M	-$204M
United States	$850M	$2.2B	-$1.4B

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