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Last week shows a clear surge in both deal count and capital deployed versus the prior week, driven by several very large rounds in deep tech, defense, energy and infrastructure alongside many AI-native and healthcare rounds. Patterns and comparisons with recent weeks:
Concentration of capital: a small number of mega-rounds (defense, energy, data-center, semiconductor, satellite, and AI infrastructure) account for a disproportionate share of total dollars, mirroring a pattern seen in prior reports but amplified this week.
Sector mix: AI (platforms, agentic systems, developer tools), HealthTech/Biotech, infrastructure (data centers, energy, satellites), robotics/automation, and fintech/blockchain dominate headlines. This follows the multi-week trend toward AI-first and infra bets; see last week’s snapshots for continuity: https://newsletter.parsers.vc/p/weekly-funding-rounds-statistics-insights-of-may-12-2026
Geographic skew: US deals continue to capture most capital and largest rounds; UK and India show activity but smaller aggregate sums compared with the US. Past issues show the same regional concentration (examples: https://newsletter.parsers.vc/p/weekly-funding-rounds-statistics-insights-of-april-28-2026).
Stage distribution: mix of late-stage mega-rounds and clustered seed/early-stage AI and health companies — signalling both continued LP appetite for scale-ups and active early-stage dealflow in AI/health verticals (consistent with trends through April: https://newsletter.parsers.vc/p/weekly-funding-rounds-statistics-insights-of-april-21-2026).
Investor mix: participation from top-tier VCs, strategic corporate investors, and large asset managers suggests institutional confidence in select capital-intensive plays (seen repeatedly in prior reports).
Insights
Market is bifurcating: big, capital-intensive winners attract outsized allocations while many early-stage AI and health startups continue to raise smaller rounds.
Infrastructure and defense are back in focus as investors de-risk through tangible, long-duration assets.
Expect volatility in week-to-week totals driven by timing of a few outsized raises rather than broad-market shifts.
Conclusion: Last week’s spike reflects concentration of capital into several megadeals amid sustained healthy early-stage AI/health activity; underlying market momentum remains intact but totals are sensitive to a handful of large transactions.
Last week's funding rounds
69 funding rounds, +77% from last week.
Number of funding rounds - May 18, 2026 by Parsers VC
Total raised $15.91 billion, +250% since last week
Total raised $, bln - May 18, 2026 by Parsers VC
Funding rounds in United States
36 funding rounds, total raised $11.09B
Modicus Prime (Provides AI compliance infrastructure software for regulated pharmaceutical environments) Raises $8M from Silverton Partners, Frist Cressey Ventures #SaaS #AI #Compliance #HealthTech #Pharma
Ciridae (Develops an AI-powered operating system to digitize core workflows for real economy businesses) Raises $20M Seed Round from General Catalyst, a16z, Accel Partners #AI #Enterprise #Industrial #Infrastructure #SaaS
4am (A science-backed skincare brand offering innovative, portable facial cleansing solutions) Raises $4M Seed Round #Skincare #Wellness #Beauty #Consumer #Retail
9amHealth (An AI-driven virtual platform providing specialized clinical care for chronic health conditions) Raises $26M Series B Round from Catalio Capital Management, Define Ventures #Telemedicine #AI #B2B #HealthTech #SaaS
Anduril Industries (A defense technology company building advanced autonomous systems for military applications) Raises $5B Series H Round from THRIVE CAPITAL, a16z at $61B Valuation #Robotics #AI #Autonomy #Defense #Hardware
Any Lab Test Now Raises $21.5K #Lab #HealthTech #Service #Drug #InsurTech #Lab #HealthTech #Service #Drug #InsurTech
Astranis (Designs and manufactures small, high-orbit satellites for secure global communications) Raises $300M Series E Round from Franklin Templeton, Fidelity Management and Research Company, a16z, Snowpoint Ventures, BlackRock, Baillie Gifford, BAM Elevate #Infrastructure #Satellite #Telecom #Aerospace #Defense
Astrocade AI, (An AI-powered platform enabling users to create and play games without coding experience) Raises $56M Series B Round from Chaac Ventures, Sequoia Capital, LG Technology Ventures, Nvidia, Google, Conviction #SaaS #AI #Entertainment #Gaming #GenerativeAI
Basata (An AI-powered operating system automating healthcare administrative tasks and patient referrals) Raises $21M Series A Round from Basis Set Ventures, Cowboy Ventures #AI #Automation #B2B #HealthTech #SaaS
BranchLab (An AI platform for pharma commercialization and healthcare audience optimization) Raises $26M Series A Round from FCA Venture Partners, Sanofi-Genzyme Bioventures #Pharma #SaaS #AI #Healthcare #Marketing
Cerevance (Develops targeted therapies for neurodegenerative diseases and obesity using a proprietary platform) Raises $20M Series C Round from Lightstone Ventures, GV, SV Health Investors, Double Point Ventures #Therapeutics #Biotech #DrugDiscovery #Healthcare #Neurology
Chromie Health (An AI-powered SMS-based platform automating nursing shift scheduling for hospitals) Raises $2M Pre-Seed Round from AIX Ventures #AI #Automation #B2B #HealthTech #SaaS
CopilotKit (Provides an enterprise agentic frontend stack for generative UI and human-AI collaboration) Raises $27M Series A Round from Glilot Capital Partners, NFX, SignalFire, Fresh.Fund, J-Ventures #DeveloperTools #Enterprise #Frontend #SaaS #AI
Coworked (An agentic AI platform that automates project management tasks within enterprise ecosystems) Raises $1.8M from Techstars, Underdog Labs #AI #Automation #Enterprise #Productivity #SaaS
Dandelion Health (Provides a multimodal clinical intelligence platform for pharmaceutical drug development) Raises $14M Series A Round from Colle Capital Partners, Convergent Ventures, Primary Venture Partners #Pharma #AI #Biotech #Data #HealthTech
DataMission.ai (An AI-native operating platform designed to optimize municipal workflows for local governments) Raises $1M Seed Round #SaaS #AI #Data #GovTech #Municipal
District (An AI-powered commerce platform helping creators build and scale online stores without coding) Raises $14.7M Seed Round from Kindred Ventures, a16z, Greylock Partners #AI #B2B #Commerce #Retail #SaaS
Exaforce (An AI-powered agentic platform providing real-time security operations and threat detection) Raises $125M Series B Round from Peak XV Partners, Mayfield Fund, HarbourVest Partners, Khosla Ventures #Cybersecurity #SaaS #AI #Automation #B2B
Global Medical Response Raises $479M IPO Round #MedTech #Service #Care #Transportation #HealthTech #MedTech #Service #Care #Transportation #HealthTech
Jesse and Ben (Produces seed-oil-free, clean-label frozen french fries for the national retail market) Raises $10M Series A Round from Midnight Venture Partners, Willow Growth Partners, Greycroft #Consumer #CPG #FoodTech #Retail #Sustainable
Kanvas Biosciences (Uses spatial biology to develop microbiome therapeutics and live biotherapeutic products) Raises $48M Series A Round from Pangaea Ventures, Germin8 Ventures, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, DCVC #Microbiome #Oncology #Therapeutics #AI #Biotech
Mind Robotics (Develops AI-powered industrial robotics for complex manufacturing automation) Raises $400M from Meritech Capital Partners, Redpoint Ventures, Bain Capital, Kleiner Perkins, Garuda, Greenoaks Capital Partners, SVAngel, Eclipse Ventures, Accel Partners, a16z #Robotics #AI #Automation #Manufacturing #DeepTech
miracles Raises $350K #Own #Own
Outmarket AI (An AI platform providing intelligent workflows for insurance brokerages) Raises $17M Series A Round from SignalFire, TTV Capital #SaaS #AI #Automation #Fintech #Insurance
Panthalassa (Develops wave-powered floating data centers to support AI computing infrastructure) Raises $140M Series B Round #CleanTech #DataCenter #Infrastructure #RenewableEnergy #AI
Ripple (Provides enterprise blockchain and crypto solutions for global payments) Raises $200M from Neuberger Berman #Payments #Blockchain #Crypto #Enterprise #FinTech
Rivermark Medical, Inc. (Develops non-surgical, reversible medical devices for treating benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH)) Raises $20M Series D Round from Andera Partners #Urology #Biotech #Devices #Healthcare #MedTech
Secludy (Provides a platform generating synthetic data for secure, compliant enterprise AI model training) Raises $4M Seed Round from Wedbush Ventures, Precursor Ventures, The Syndicate, Launch fund, Hustle Fund #AI #DataSecurity #Fintech #Privacy #SaaS
Shyld AI (Develops edge-native agentic AI for autonomous disinfection and hospital workflow optimization) Raises $13.4M Seed Round #SaaS #AI #DeepTech #Healthcare #Robotics
Sierra (An AI-powered platform providing autonomous customer experience agents for enterprise use) Raises $950M from Tiger Global, GV #SaaS #AI #Automation #CustomerService #Enterprise
Solaris Energy (Provides reliable power generation solutions for data centers, energy, and industrial markets) Raises $2B #Utilities #Energy #Infrastructure #NaturalGas #PowerGeneration
Tessera Labs (An AI-native platform that automates and accelerates complex enterprise resource planning upgrades) Raises $60M from Foundation Capital, Osage University Partners, a16z #Automation #B2B #Enterprise #SaaS #AI
Vapi (An enterprise platform for building and deploying scalable, low-latency AI voice agents) Raises $50M Series B Round from Y Combinator, Peak XV Partners, M12, Kleiner Perkins, Bessemer Venture Partners, Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund, New York Life Ventures #Voice #AI #Automation #Enterprise #SaaS
Vector.ai (An AI-powered ad automation platform enabling B2B marketers to target buyers via intent signals) Raises $10M Series A Round from HubSpot Ventures, SignalFire #SaaS #AdTech #AI #B2B #Marketing
VoltaGrid (Provides behind-the-meter power generation and energy management solutions for industrial needs) Raises $1B from The Blackstone Group #Energy #Infrastructure #Power #Sustainability #DataCenters
Vori (An AI-powered operating system automating grocery store inventory, payments, and operations) Raises $22M Series B Round from Greylock Partners, The Factory #SupplyChain #AI #Fintech #RetailTech #SaaS
Funding rounds in United Kingdom
6 funding rounds, total raised $2.63B
Adfin (An AI-powered platform automating finance workflows and money movement for businesses) Raises $18M Series A Round from Index Ventures, Visionaries Club #SaaS #AI #Automation #Fintech #Payments
Elliptic (Provides enterprise-grade on-chain analytics and compliance solutions for digital assets) Raises $120M Series D Round from Nasdaq Ventures, Deutsche Bank #SaaS #AI #Blockchain #Compliance #FinTech
Fractile (Designs AI inference chips to overcome memory bandwidth limits and accelerate AI system outputs) Raises $220M Series B Round from 8VC, Accel Partners, Conviction, Founders Fund, Felicis Ventures #AI #Computing #DeepTech #Hardware #Semiconductors
Isomorphic Labs (An AI-driven drug discovery company leveraging computation to accelerate therapeutic development) Raises $2.1B Series B Round from Temasek Holdings, GV, THRIVE CAPITAL, CapitalG #DrugDiscovery #Healthcare #Tech #AI #BioTech
Paymentology (A cloud-native issuer-processing platform for card and digital payment experiences at scale) Raises $175M from Apis Partners #SaaS #B2B #Cloud #FinTech #Payments
Tolemy Bio (An AI-native software platform that helps scientists model and direct complex cellular behavior) Raises $1.64M Pre-Seed Round from Barcelona's Angel Fund • Masia, JME Venture Capital #AI #Biotech #DeepTech #SaaS #Software
Funding rounds in India
5 funding rounds, total raised $33M
AI Library (Creates software delivery autopilots that automate lifecycles with supervised AI agents) Raises $560K Pre-Seed Round #AI #Automation #B2B #Enterprise #Software
Dil Brands (A virtual restaurant enabler helping local eateries scale through tech and supply chain solutions) Raises $7.52M Series B Round from Bikaji Foods, Alteria Capital #SaaS #B2B #CloudKitchen #FoodTech #Logistics
HRDWYR (A fabless semiconductor startup designing AI-native chips for edge processing and efficiency) Raises $13M Series A Round from Ideaspring Capital #EdgeComputing #Hardware #Semiconductor #AI #DeepTech
Mekr (An ODM platform integrating product engineering, prototyping, and mass production for electronics) Raises $7.04M Series A Round from Avaana Capital, Titan Capital #Manufacturing #B2B #ConsumerElectronics #Engineering #Hardware
Sindhuja Microcredit Pvt. Ltd. (A microfinance institution providing credit to low-income women and MSMEs in rural India) Raises $5M Series C Round from GAWA Capital #Microfinance #FinTech #ImpactInvesting #Inclusion #Lending
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