Week of August 6 – August 12, 2026
Quick Summary
Welcome back to This Week in the Index, where we’ll give a brief overview of what happened this week among Prime Unicorn Index components. The summer lull appears to be ending, with massive rounds raised from the likes of Whatnot and Hadrian. The Prime Unicorn 30 Index is +2.4% week over week.
Primary Rounds & Filings
- Whatnot: 1-to-4 forward split, $545M Series G raised (+83.3% vs prior round)
- Lila Sciences*: Series B-1 and B-2 authorized (+414.6% vs prior round)
- Hadrian Automation*: $1.37B Series D raised (+264.0% vs prior round)
Secondary Transactions
- Vercel: $200.85 (−4.4%)
- Supabase: $69.00 (+0.1%)
- Mercury Technologies*: $16.84 (−5.0%)
- Whoop: $9.00 (+2.9%)
Public Components
- SpaceX (SPCX): +35.0% to $146.15
- Cerebras (CBRS): +22.3% to $262.06
- Ethos (LIFE)*: +21.2% to $33.59
- Fervo Energy (FRVO)*: −8.6% to $20.16
- Freenome Holdings (FRNM)*: +5.9% to $11.55
- Hawkeye 360 (HAWK)*: +5.1% to $24.73
- Generate Biomedicines (GENB)*: +4.1% to $15.09
- EquipmentShare (EQPT)*: +3.5% to $20.68
Notable News
- SpaceX above IPO price after first lockup period expired
- Cerebras reported strong Q2 earnings report
- Form Energy raises $750M Series G
- Anthropic to watermark text generated by AI models
Index Performance
The Prime Unicorn 30 Index closed at 314.08 on Aug 12, up 2.4% vs 306.78 on Aug 5.
*These companies are components of the Prime Unicorn Composite Index, but are not included in the Prime Unicorn 30 Index.