Who's Investing: 16 Funds, 13 Rounds, $2.86bn: Week of 10–17 August 2026
Sixteen funds were observed writing cheques across 13 rounds totalling $2,861M in the week of 10–17 August 2026, down sharply from 45 funds the previous week.
◆ Funds this week
16
◆ Fresh capital
$2.9B
◆ Previous week
45 funds · $701M
◆ Published
17 August 2026
◆ The Week
In the seven days to 17 August 2026, Startup Scout tracked 16 funds deploying capital across 13 rounds, with $2,861M in total disclosed capital. That is down from 45 funds active the previous week — a drop of 29 — suggesting a notable mid-August contraction in observed deal velocity. All 13 rounds were fully disclosed; there were no undisclosed amounts in this window.
◆ Stages
Series A was the most represented stage, with 6 funds observed investing at that level. Seed attracted 4 funds, Series B and Series C each drew 3 funds, and 1 fund invested at growth stage — indicating this window skewed toward early-to-mid conviction bets rather than late-stage scale-up.
series-a6 funds
seed4 funds
series-b3 funds
series-c3 funds
growth1 fund
◆ Sectors
Cybersecurity was the most active sector by fund count, attracting 3 funds this week — more than any other category. AI Infrastructure, Developer Tools, Drones & UAV, Enterprise Software, and Fintech each drew 1 fund. The cybersecurity cluster is consistent with sustained enterprise demand for AI-security tooling, regulatory pressure on critical infrastructure across the UK, Europe and North America, and the maturation of a wave of AI-native threat-detection businesses that are now reaching Series A scale.
Cybersecurity3 funds
AI Infrastructure1 fund
Developer Tools1 fund
Drones & UAV1 fund
Enterprise Software1 fund
Fintech1 fund
◆ Geography
North America dominated by fund count, with 10 of the 16 active funds headquartered there. Europe accounted for 3 funds, the United Kingdom for 2, and South Asia for 1 — reflecting a broadly Anglophone and western-European investor base this week, with a single India-headquartered fund rounding out the picture.
North America10 funds
Europe3 funds
United Kingdom2 funds
South Asia1 fund
◆ The Database
The full database of observed deals, fund profiles and round details is available to Fusion42 Raise subscribers at the Startup Scout dashboard.
All tracked funds →◆ Funds in this edition