Weekly edition

Week 44, 2026 (26 Oct to 1 Nov)

55 rounds and $6.5B raised. The biggest: Re:Build, $2.1B.

Week still running: figures so far, compared once it ends

Rounds: 55
Capital raised: $6.5B
Median round: $10.5M

Average of the 4 weeks before: 86 rounds, $8.6B a week. This week is -24% on capital.

The week in charts

Re:Build alone raised $2.1B, 32% of the capital this week so far.

Mega-rounds against the rest

7 of 55 rounds made 88% of the capital.

Rounds of $100M or more, Week 44, 2026 (26 Oct to 1 Nov)
	Rounds	Capital
$100M or more	7	$5.8B
The rest	48	$770M

Capital raised per day

The busiest day: Tue 27 Oct, $4.5B across 15 rounds.

Capital raised per day, Week 44, 2026 (26 Oct to 1 Nov)
Day	Rounds	Capital	Biggest round
Mon 26 Oct	12	$734M	Bedrock Robotics, $600M
Tue 27 Oct	15	$4.5B	Re:Build, $2.1B
Wed 28 Oct	11	$287M	Foundry, $100M
Thu 29 Oct	17	$975M	FuriosaAI, $620M

Where the capital went

AI raised $1.3B, 20% of the capital. Choose a sector to filter the rounds below.

Capital by sector, Week 44, 2026 (26 Oct to 1 Nov)
Sector	Capital	Share	Rounds
Other	$5B	77%	13
AI	$1.3B	20%	23
Consumer	$67.6M	1%	6
Health	$53.9M	<1%	6
Cybersecurity	$40M	<1%	1
Fintech	$24.5M	<1%	3
Enterprise software	$10.1M	<1%	2
Robotics & Hardware	$2.2M	<1%	1

The 10 biggest rounds

The 10 biggest rounds raised $5.9B, 91% of the total.

Everyone who raised

55 companies raised $6.5B. A bigger tile is a bigger round.

Most active investors

Y Combinator joined 7 rounds, more than any other investor.

The investor race, last 8 weeks

Ranked by rounds joined so far. Y Combinator finished first with 25 rounds over the last 8 weeks. The lead changed hands 3 times.

Rounds joined so far, the last 8 weeks
Investor	Week 37	Week 38	Week 39	Week 40	Week 41	Week 42	Week 43	Week 44
Y Combinator	3	3	8	10	12	15	18	25
General Catalyst	3	9	11	12	13	14	17	21
Andreessen Horowitz	5	6	7	11	16	16	18	18
Accel	4	4	6	9	9	14	17	17
Sequoia Capital	3	6	7	8	11	12	15	16

Where the rounds were

United States raised $5B, 77% of the capital. Rounds in 12 countries, 19 with no country disclosed.

The cities that raised

San Francisco raised $923M, more than all of Asia ($720M). Rounds from 17 cities.

Rounds by stage

Series A was the most common stage: 15 rounds, median $20M. The median round size is under each column.

Rounds by stage, Week 44, 2026 (26 Oct to 1 Nov)
Stage	Rounds	Median round
Pre-Seed	8	$1.9M
Seed	13	$4M
Series A	15	$20M
Series B	3	$40M
Series C	2	$308M
Other or undisclosed	14	$34M

Sectors against week 43

Biggest gain: Consumer, +$28.1M. Biggest drop: AI, -$18.5B. Change in capital raised, Week 44, 2026 (26 Oct to 1 Nov) so far against the whole of week 43. Only where both periods have rounds.

Sectors against week 43
Sectors	Week 44, 2026 (26 Oct to 1 Nov)	week 43	Change
Other	$5B	$669M	+$4.4B
Consumer	$67.6M	$39.5M	+$28.1M
Fintech	$24.5M	$52.1M	-$27.6M
Cybersecurity	$40M	$100M	-$60M
Health	$53.9M	$301M	-$247M
Robotics & Hardware	$2.2M	$251M	-$249M
Enterprise software	$10.1M	$284M	-$274M
AI	$1.3B	$19.8B	-$18.5B

Countries against week 43

Biggest gain: United States, +$4.5B. Biggest drop: Sweden, -$547M. Change in capital raised, Week 44, 2026 (26 Oct to 1 Nov) so far against the whole of week 43. Only where both periods have rounds.

Countries against week 43
Countries	Week 44, 2026 (26 Oct to 1 Nov)	week 43	Change
United States	$5B	$526M	+$4.5B
United Kingdom	$129M	$2.5M	+$127M
Israel	$40M	$34M	+$6M
Spain	$13.8M	$8.4M	+$5.4M
Finland	$7.9M	$16.6M	-$8.6M
India	$52.1M	$67.5M	-$15.4M
France	$5.6M	$250M	-$244M
Sweden	$3M	$550M	-$547M

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