Following news last month that New York’s hottest venture firm, Thrive, just raised $10 billion for a new fund — its largest ever, double the previous one — another big-name VC firm is attempting to equal that raise.

General Catalyst is in talks to raise $10 billion, unnamed sources tell Bloomberg.

This firm, which has recast itself as a broader financial services company, raised $8 billion just a couple of years ago in 2024.

Meanwhile, Spark Capital is trying to raise $3 billion, sources tell The Information, which would also be a big boost from its previous funds.

And, as TechCrunch just exclusively reported, Founders Fund is about to close a new $6 billion fund, too.

All of this follows Andreessen Horowitz’s $15 billion in new funding announced in January.

Venture firms were already sitting on a record amount of dry powder, meaning money available but not yet invested, at the end of 2025, according to the year-end report by PitchBook and the National Venture Capital Association.

But 2026 is already shaping up to be a year of bigger and more, at least for venture firms with name recognition and enviable portfolios

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