April’s Most Active US Investors Included Some Usual Suspects, And Some Unusual Ones
Summary
Crunchbase aggregated investor activity for April and found a mix of established VCs, tech giants and some unexpected entrants topping the charts. Y Combinator led in total venture participation, while Khosla Ventures led the most rounds as a lead investor. Google and Amazon emerged as the highest-spending lead investors largely due to massive Anthropic commitments, and other notable players included Neo, Gaingels, Drive Capital and Access Industries. Overall deal activity was slightly below March but AI megadeals kept investment momentum strong.
Funding
Amount
$10.0B
Total raised
Date
April 1, 2026
Announcement date
Investors
Access Industries, Drive Capital, Launchpad Accelerator, Video Island
Lead investors
Company
anthropic.com
Funded company
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industries
No industries detected
applications
Accounting and Taxes
AskAI Classifications
Labels
Data Infrastructure Software
AI Platform Software
Storage Software
