Value Add Pulse
Pulse by the
Numbers
Aggregated stats from 444 stories tracked by our AI pipeline — deal flow, sector momentum, and the biggest rounds in the last 30 days.
444
Stories Tracked
$94.0B
Capital Tracked
$180M
Median Round
142
Deals w/ Amount
5-Week Activity Tape
Capital tracked (bars, left axis) and deal count (line, right axis) over the last five calendar weeks. The bar includes all categories where a dollar figure was extractable.
Biggest Rounds — Last 30 Days
Top 8 individual rounds by disclosed dollar amount tracked in Pulse. Click any bar to read the full story.
$7.4BDeepSeek Raises $7.4B -- Becomes China's Most Valuable AI Startup at $50B+→$6.8BWhy AI Infrastructure Megarounds Are Swallowing the Series B Market→$5.0BThiel Capital's Jack Selby Nabs Stakes in Etched Through Arizona Ties→$5.0BNvidia Competitor Etched Hits $5B Valuation on $1B in AI Chip Sales→$3.2BCrypto VCs Are Quietly Out-Raising AI VCs on Fund Size→$3.0BCrusoe in Talks to Raise $3B, Tripling Valuation to ~$30B→$3.0BMenlo Ventures Raises $3B -- Its Largest Fund Ever -- After Its Anthropic Bet Turned Into ~$14B→$2.8BKuaishou Spins Off Kling AI in Record $2.8B Round, Setting Up Hong Kong IPO→
Story Volume by Category — This Week vs Last Week
Stories published in the trailing 7 days (solid) versus the prior 7 days (muted), broken out by coverage category. A rising bar means a category is accelerating in coverage.
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