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Last week’s report points to a cooldown in activity, with both deal count and capital raised dropping sharply from the prior week, but the market still showing selective strength in large, strategic rounds. The pattern is not broad-based weakness so much as a shift toward fewer but more meaningful financings, especially in AI, infrastructure, healthcare, fintech, and defense.
Compared with the earlier weekly reports you shared, this fits a larger arc: late September and early October 2025 showed stronger momentum, with the previous weeks moving from a rebound into a more active market before settling into normal week-to-week fluctuation. By contrast, this latest report looks more uneven, suggesting investors are being more selective after a period of heavier activity. The presence of several sizable rounds in AI infrastructure and enterprise automation also suggests that capital is still available, but it is concentrating in categories tied to efficiency, workflow automation, and core technical advantage.
Geographically, the United States remains the clear center of gravity, while the United Kingdom and India continue to produce smaller but notable activity pockets. India’s mix of fintech, lending, utilities, and AI-linked deals suggests continued interest in digitization and financial access, while the UK examples lean toward fintech and AI security. That combination reinforces a broader pattern: investors are favoring practical, revenue-adjacent products over speculative themes.
The main insight is that this is not a collapse in venture appetite; it looks more like a reset toward quality and scale. Compared with the earlier weeks you linked, the market has moved from recovery and expansion into a more disciplined, selective phase. In short: activity is softer, but the strongest companies in AI, infrastructure, and healthcare are still getting funded.
Last week's funding rounds
65 funding rounds, -41% from last week.
Number of funding rounds - April 13, 2026 by Parsers VC
Total raised $3.98 billion, -65% since last week
Total raised $, bln - April 13, 2026 by Parsers VC
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Funding rounds in United States
26 funding rounds, total raised $1.96M
AfterQuery (Provides AI developers with high-quality datasets for training AI models) Raises $30M from BoxGroup, Y Combinator #AI #Data #Enterprise #MachineLearning #SaaS
Apnimed (Develops oral therapies for sleep-related breathing disorders, focusing on obstructive sleep apnea) Raises $150M #Sleep #Biotech #ClinicalTrials #Healthcare #Pharmaceutical
cadootz! (A snack brand creating organic, protein-packed snack crackers designed specifically for kids) Raises $3M Seed Round from Selva Ventures #ConsumerGoods #Food #Kids #Organic #Snacks
Click Therapeutics® (Develops and commercializes digital therapeutics for mental and neurological disorders) Raises $50M Series D Round #Therapeutics #DigitalHealth #MentalHealth #Schizophrenia #Software
Felix (Automates complex professional workflows with reliable, traceable AI-powered steps) Raises $1.7M Pre-Seed Round from Palantir Technologies, Amazon #AI #Automation #Fintech #LegalTech #SaaS
firmus (Provides AI infrastructure solutions for businesses) Raises $505M from Coatue, Nvidia #Cloud #Computing #Data #Infrastructure #AI
GitButler (Simplifies Git workflows with an intuitive interface and automated code change management) Raises $17M Series A Round from a16z #DeveloperTools #DevOps #Git #Software #Automation
Hermeus (Builds high-Mach unmanned aircraft for national security missions) Raises $350M Series C Round from 137 Ventures, Canaan Partners, Founders Fund, Socium Ventures, Cox Enterprises, In-Q-Tel, RTX Ventures at $1B Valuation #Unmanned #Aerospace #Aviation #Defense #Hardware
INSURICA (A large independent insurance broker providing risk management and insurance solutions) Raises $24.8M #FinancialServices #IndependentAgent #Insurance #RiskManagement #Brokerage
NewBird (Provides agentic AI solutions for optimizing enterprise production operations) Raises $19.3M from Lightspeed Venture Partners, Mayfield Fund, Stepstone, M12, Vertex Ventures US #AI #Automation #Enterprise #MachineLearning #SaaS
Life Biosciences (Develops cellular rejuvenation therapies to reverse and prevent multiple diseases of aging) Raises $80M Series D Round #BioTech #ClinicalTrials #Healthcare #Therapeutics #Aging
Livid (Provides an ad-free video hosting platform for creators and small businesses) Raises $10M #AdTech #B2B #Creators #SaaS #VideoHosting
Luminai (An AI-native platform automating healthcare workflows by encoding hospital SOPs) Raises $38M Series B Round from Peak XV Partners #Enterprise #Healthcare #SaaS #AI #Automation
Natter.ai (Uses AI video interviews to gather employee feedback and insights for organizations) Raises $23M from Costanoa Ventures, Renegade Partners, Village Global Management #SaaS #AI #Analytics #Enterprise #HRTech
Onward by RoyalCare Raises $1.9M Grant Round #Transportation #Service #IT #Product #Marketplace #Transportation #Service #IT #Product #Marketplace
Patlytics (Provides an AI platform for the full patent lifecycle, from application to portfolio management) Raises $40M Series B Round from SignalFire #AI #B2B #IP #LegalTech #SaaS
PeakMetrics (An AI-driven platform providing narrative intelligence to organizations) Raises $6M Series A Round from Moneta Ventures, Techstars, Parameter Ventures #Security #AI #Analytics #Intelligence #SaaS
Petwealth (Provides at-home PCR diagnostics and AI-powered health intelligence for dogs and cats) Raises $1.7M #AI #Biotech #Diagnostics #HealthTech #PetTech
ReAlta Life Sciences, Inc. (Developing a first-in-class therapy for Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy (HIE) in newborns) Raises $40M #Pharmaceuticals #BioTech #Inflammation #Neurology #Pediatrics
Refiant (Develops AI model compression algorithms for energy efficiency) Raises $5M Seed Round from VoLo Earth Ventures #AI #DeepTech #Efficiency #MachineLearning #Software
SiFive (Sells chip designs based on the open-source RISC-V architecture) Raises $400M Series G Round from Nvidia #Semiconductors #AI #Chips #Hardware #RISCV
SimpliFed (A virtual maternal healthcare platform evolving into a comprehensive Virtual OB model) Raises $10.8M Series A Round from Morningside Group #Telehealth #DigitalHealth #Healthcare #MaternalHealth #OBGYN
Sora Fuel (Produces jet fuel from air, water, and renewable energy using a novel carbon capture system) Raises $14.6M from Wireframe Ventures, Inspired #Aviation #CarbonCapture #ClimateTech #RenewableEnergy #SustainableFuel
SpectronRx (A radiopharmaceutical CDMO/CMO and isotope manufacturer serving global clinical applications) Raises $85M from OrbiMed #Radiopharma #CDMO #Healthcare #Manufacturing #Pharmaceutical
The Community Development Trust Raises $50M #Development #FinTech #Supply #Estate #Investment #Development #FinTech #Supply #Estate #Investment
zypl.ai (Applies synthetic data for AI decisioning in financial services) Raises $5.5M from Carbide Ventures #AI #FinTech #MachineLearning #SaaS #SyntheticData
Funding rounds in United Kingdom
2 funding rounds, total raised $73M
MillTech (Provides FX and cash management solutions for fund managers and global corporates) Raises $60M #Automation #Fintech #RiskManagement #SaaS #Treasury
Trent AI (Secures AI agents with specialized AI security agents, mitigating risks and vulnerabilities) Raises $13M Seed Round from Spotify, LocalGlobe #Cybersecurity #SaaS #Security #Agents #AI
Funding rounds in India
9 funding rounds, total raised $416M
Ecoil (Transforms waste cooking oil into sustainable biofuel, reducing waste and promoting clean energy) Raises $2.5M Series A Round #WasteManagement #Biofuel #CleanTech #RenewableEnergy #Sustainability
Gosats (A fintech platform earning users asset-based rewards on everyday spending) Raises $5M Series A Round from Y Combinator, Konvoy Ventures #Rewards #Bitcoin #FinTech #Gold #India
KisaanSay Online Store (A direct-from-origin food brand connecting Indian farmers with consumers) Raises $3.94M from NABVENTURES #D2C #FMCG #FoodTech #Retail #AgriTech
Kreditbee (A digital lending platform providing financial products to millions of Indians) Raises $280M Series E Round from Advent International #Technology #AI #Finance #FinTech #Lending
Kuku FM (An AI-driven storytelling platform offering diverse content across multiple formats) Raises $347.7K IPO Round #Entertainment #MobileApps #AI #ContentCreation #Edutainment
SILA (Provides integrated, tech-enabled facility management and real estate services) Raises $100M from Permira #Technology #Facilities #Outsourcing #RealEstate #Services
Skillsvest (Fintech platform providing 'pay only if you earn' financing for international master’s students) Raises $637.5K Pre-Seed Round from Plug and Play Tech Center #Fintech #India #International #StudentLoans #Edtech
Tsecond (Develops edge AI and data infrastructure for defence and mission-critical applications) Raises $21.5M #Security #AI #DataInfrastructure #Defence #EdgeComputing
WorkOnGrid (Helps utility providers predict issues and automate tasks for efficient operations) Raises $2.61M from Indian Angel Network #Utilities #AI #Automation #DataAnalytics #SaaS
Funding rounds in Switzerland
5 funding rounds, total raised $5.86M
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