October 26, 2026 — November 1, 2026
1 funding rounds totaling $10M tracked by Value Add VC for the week of Oct 26. These are the rounds our database recorded, not a total for the whole market.
Value Add VC intelligence database (rounds tracked from filings, wires and outlets)
| Item | Rounds | $M raised |
|---|---|---|
| 29 | 7829 | |
| 30 | 6156 | |
| 26 | 5100 | |
| 31 | 7008 | |
| 32 | 14332 | |
| 51 | 8959 | |
| 47 | 4814 | |
| 53 | 4544 | |
| 65 | 8031 | |
| 77 | 5766 | |
| 79 | 23053 | |
| 1 | 10 |
| Company | Amount | Stage | Led by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cognition | $10M | — | — |
Trends by sector over 3, 6 and 12 months: startup funding by sector →
Value Add VC intelligence database (rounds tracked from filings, wires and outlets)
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| May 26 | $76.4B · 45 rounds |
| Jun 26 | $39.0B · 98 rounds |
| Jul 26 | $35.6B · 150 rounds |
| Aug 26 | $30.8B · 140 rounds |
| Sep 26 | $37.4B · 187 rounds |
| Oct 26 | $38.0B · 243 rounds |
Anthropic's public S-1 is on SEC EDGAR: $16.3 billion of H1 2026 revenue, an $80.7 billion net loss (mostly a non-cash charge), and a Nasdaq listing under ticker "ANT." Price, share count and raise size are still blank.
Value Add VC's tracker now counts 40 VC and PE fund closes totaling $72.4 billion, a figure that dwarfs the roughly $10 billion six firms closed in just the past week.
Lycia Therapeutics priced an upsized $317.5M IPO and Zai Lab raised $250M in a PIPE the same week Anthropic's leaked prospectus showed a $42B net loss -- biotech's IPO window still works even as AI mega-valuations get harder to price.
Robinhood Ventures Fund I bought a $10 million stake in Cognition, the AI coding startup behind Devin, giving non-accredited investors indirect exposure to a private company valued at $48 billion.
Partners Group closed a $510 million rated feeder vehicle so U.S. insurers can buy into its private credit evergreen strategy with lower regulatory capital charges, its second such vehicle in 2026.
Obra Capital closed its fifth collateralized loan obligation in under two years, a $403.6 million deal that pushes its cumulative CLO issuance above $2 billion.
| Date | Category | Headline | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 26 | IPO | Anthropic Files For IPO: $16.3B H1 Revenue, Nasdaq 'ANT' | $16.3B H1 Revenue | SEC EDGAR |
| Oct 26 | FUNDING | Fund Closes Have Quietly Reached $72.4B Across 40 Vehicles | $72.4B Tracked | Value Add Pulse Analysis |
| Oct 26 | IPO | Biotechs Keep Pricing IPOs While AI Mega-Valuations Wobble | Value Add Pulse Analysis | |
| Oct 26 | FUNDING | Robinhood Opens Retail Door Into Cognition's $48B AI Bet | $10M Stake | Pulse 2.0 |
| Oct 26 | FUNDING | Partners Group's $510M Feeder Lets Insurers Buy Private Credit | $510M Feeder Fund | Pulse 2.0 |
| Oct 26 | FUNDING | Obra Capital Closes Its Fifth CLO, Tops $2B In Two Years | $403.6M CLO | Pulse 2.0 |
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