Who's Investing: 26 Funds Deploy $690M Across 25 Rounds: 2–9 Nov 2026
A sharp week for early-stage cheques: 26 funds backed 25 rounds totalling $690M, up from just 9 funds the prior week, with seed dominating and North America leading.
◆ Funds this week
26
◆ Fresh capital
$690M
◆ Previous week
9 funds · $2.3B
◆ Published
9 November 2026
◆ The Week
In the week of 2–9 November 2026, Startup Scout recorded 26 funds deploying $690M across 25 rounds — with every round disclosing its amount. That is up from 9 funds observed investing the previous week, a jump of 17 funds in a single edition. The pace and breadth of this window signal a meaningful uptick in deployment activity heading into the year's final quarter.
◆ Stages
Seed was the most active stage this week with 12 funds observed writing cheques at that level, followed by Series A with 8 and pre-seed with 6. Series B accounted for 1 fund and Series D for 1 — confirming that the window's activity was overwhelmingly concentrated at the earliest stages of the funding continuum.
seed12 funds
series-a8 funds
pre-seed6 funds
series-b1 fund
series-d1 fund
◆ Sectors
Developer Tools and Digital Health tied as the most active sectors by fund count, each drawing 3 funds, followed closely by AI & ML, Cybersecurity, Deeptech, Fintech, Robotics, and Space Tech — each attracting 2 funds. The breadth across hard-science and infrastructure categories (Deeptech, Space Tech, Robotics alongside Cybersecurity) reflects a maturation in investor appetite beyond pure software plays, driven by defence-spending tailwinds, energy-transition urgency, and maturing deep-tech supply chains that are now producing investable early-stage companies at scale.
Developer Tools3 funds
Digital Health3 funds
AI & ML2 funds
Cybersecurity2 funds
deeptech2 funds
Fintech2 funds
◆ Geography
North America was the dominant home base for active funds this week, with 13 funds headquartered there — more than double all other geographies combined. Europe contributed 6 funds, East Asia 3, the United Kingdom 2, and Israel and South Asia 1 each. The North American concentration reflects where the larger cheques are being written, though the European and East Asian presence confirms continued cross-border deal participation.
North America13 funds
Europe6 funds
East Asia3 funds
United Kingdom2 funds
Israel1 fund
South Asia1 fund
◆ The Database
The full database of funds, rounds, and co-investor lists from this window — and every prior edition — is available in the Fusion42 Startup Scout platform.
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