InforCapital: 1,314 April deals
- InforCapital said April 2026 produced 1,394 venture funding announcements, with $511 billion disclosed and $314 billion directed to AI companies as investors piled into model labs, software, and infrastructure bets. - The firm said 40 rounds of $500 million or more absorbed $482 billion, or 94% of disclosed venture capital, while average Series B financing reached $105 million in April. - The backdrop is a record-setting quarter: Crunchbase said AI captured 80% of global venture funding in Q1 2026, led by OpenAI, Anthropic, xAI, and Waymo. (crunchbase.com)
InforCapital says April 2026 brought 1,394 venture funding announcements, with $511 billion disclosed and $314 billion of that going to AI companies. (inforcapital.com) The biggest single deal was OpenAI’s March 31 financing: $122 billion in committed capital at an $852 billion post-money valuation, the company said. (openai.com) InforCapital said week three of April alone produced $210 billion in announced venture funding, nearly half again as much as any earlier week in its dataset. (inforcapital.com) The money was concentrated at the top. InforCapital counted 40 rounds of $500 million or more that absorbed $482 billion, or 94% of disclosed venture capital for the month. (inforcapital.com) That list included Shield AI, which announced a $1.5 billion Series G plus $500 million in preferred equity at a $12.7 billion valuation on March 26. (shield.ai) (reuters.com) Harvey added another marker below the frontier-model tier. The legal AI company said on March 25 that it raised $200 million at an $11 billion valuation. (harvey.ai) (cnbc.com) InforCapital said average Series B financing hit $105 million in April, far above the historical $10 million to $20 million range it used for comparison. (inforcapital.com) The April surge followed a record first quarter. Crunchbase said startups raised $300 billion globally in Q1 2026, with AI companies taking $242 billion, or 80% of the total. (crunchbase.com) Crunchbase said four of the five largest venture rounds ever recorded closed in Q1 2026: OpenAI, Anthropic, xAI, and Waymo together raised $188 billion. (crunchbase.com) InforCapital’s April tally points to the same market shape: fewer small checks mattering less, and a handful of AI companies setting the pace for everyone else. (inforcapital.com)
