Weekly Funding Roundup: May 17-23, 2026
Record $4.8B week with 34 funding rounds led by MiRus $1.5B healthcare mega-deal and Hark $700M Series A backed by all major chip makers. Six new unicorns emerged in physical tech resurgence.
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Weekly Funding Roundup: May 17-23, 2026
Record $4.8B week with 34 funding rounds led by MiRus $1.5B healthcare mega-deal and Hark $700M Series A backed by all major chip makers. Six new unicorns emerged in physical tech resurgence.
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- May 23, 2026Weekly Funding Roundup: May 17-23, 2026Record $4.8B week with 34 funding rounds led by MiRus $1.5B healthcare mega-deal and Hark $700M Series A backed by all major chip makers. Six new unicorns emerged in physical tech resurgence.
- May 16, 2026Weekly Funding Tracker — Week of May 9, 2026Healthcare/biotech and AI-native enterprise tools led this week's funding with $354.5M across 7 rounds. Exaforce's $125M Series B at $725M valuation signals cybersecurity premium pricing.
- May 9, 2026Weekly Funding Roundup: Sierra's $950M Mega-Round Leads Week's Activity — May 2-9, 2026Sierra's $950M mega-round headlines this week's funding activity, alongside Ramp's potential $40B valuation surge and Corgi's rapid unicorn ascent. Enterprise AI and fintech infrastructure dominate capital flows.
- May 2, 2026Weekly Funding Roundup: Apr 25 - May 2, 2026 — Record Seed Round for Ineffable IntelligenceEurope's largest seed round ever highlights a week of $1.37B in high-value funding. Ineffable Intelligence raised $1.1B at $5.1B valuation; autonomous aviation and robotics gain traction.
- Apr 25, 2026Weekly Funding Roundup: Apr 18-25, 2026 — Defense Mega-Rounds Lead as AI Investment SurgesDefense tech mega-rounds dominated this week with Shield AI ($2B) and Saronic ($1.75B) leading. Anthropic's $5B Amazon circular deal and Factory's $150M highlight AI infrastructure and enterprise coding as hot sectors.
- Apr 18, 2026Weekly Funding Roundup: April 11-18, 202617 confirmed funding rounds totaling $1.8B+, led by Slate Auto's $650M Series C. AI infrastructure dominates with Sygaldry ($105M), nEye.ai ($80M), and pending Fluidstack $1B raise at $18B valuation.
- Apr 11, 2026Weekly Funding Roundup: April 7 - 11, 2026GitButler raised $17M Series A for next-generation Git tooling, leading this week's funding activity. YC S25 and W25 batch companies continue launching. Data collection shifted to HN RSS due to source restrictions.