In January 2026 a16z announced $15B raised across five new funds (its largest haul ever, led by a $6.75B Growth fund), and in May 2026 its crypto arm closed a fifth fund at $2.2B; firmwide AUM is now roughly $90B+.

Leadership transitioned in November 2025 as Roelof Botha stepped aside and Alfred Lin and Pat Grady became co-stewards; in April 2026 they raised ~$7B for Sequoia's biggest-ever late-stage expansion fund, doubling down on AI.

On 7 January 2026 AppWorks held the final close of Fund IV at $165M, lifting total funds raised to $386M, with three sovereign LPs (Taiwan's National Development Fund, Malaysia's Jelawang Capital, and Korea's KVIC) joining a single vehicle for the first time.

No major new flagship raise in 2025-2026; latest known: in July 2024 Index announced $2.3B across two funds ($800M venture Fund XII and $1.5B Growth VII), and a January 2026 Bloomberg feature noted ~1,100% returns and a generational transition underway.

On 20 February 2026 Peak XV (ex-Sequoia India/SEA) closed $1.3B across India seed, India venture, and APAC funds — its first major independent raise since the 2023 Sequoia split — bringing total AUM above $10B, amid notable early-2026 partner departures (Ashish Agrawal, Ishaan Mittal).

In 2025 Hashed secured a strategic investment from Japan's SMBC Nikko Securities (SMFG group) into its Venture Fund III, and in December 2025 published its 'Protocol Economy 2026' thesis pivoting toward infrastructure, stablecoins, RWA, and on-chain enterprise systems over narrative-driven projects.

In November 2025 Pitango closed $300M across two early-stage funds — Pitango First (AI, infrastructure, quantum, cyber, cloud) and Pitango HealthTech — amid a strong run of exits including the Via IPO, PsiQuantum's $1B round, and the Vertos acquisition.

On 12 December 2025 JAFCO announced its SV8 series — its first flagship fund in three and a half years and its largest ever — with ¥50B raised toward a ¥100B (~$680M) target, focused on social-impact deep tech including AI, space, and nuclear fusion.

In February 2025 East Ventures and Korea's SV Investment announced the first close of a $100M Southeast Asia-South Korea corridor fund (anchored by Korea Development Bank), targeting biotech/healthcare, future mobility, green tech, and media; firmwide AUM is around $1B.

In July 2025 OMERS Ventures laid off much of its US team (headcount cut from 19 to 12) and its most senior VC leader Michael Yang departed, as the Canadian pension's venture arm refocused on the domestic Canadian market — following its 2023 exit from Europe.

In January 2026 Antler closed $510M in new global funds (with half earmarked for US founders and a new San Francisco residency), pushing total global capital above $1B; LPs include the New Mexico State Investment Council and Denmark's EIFO.

Now running four cohorts a year (since 2025) of roughly 140-200 companies each — Winter 2026 funded 196 — with acceptance rates at record lows (Summer 2025 reported ~0.6%); CEO Garry Tan has pushed an AI-native thesis, noting ~25% of recent startups had ~95% of their code written by AI.