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Startups that raised in the week of February 2, 2026
25 startups announced a funding round in the week of February 2, 2026, raising $18B in disclosed capital. The median round was $27M. AI & machine learning was the busiest industry with 15 rounds.
- Announced rounds
- 25Feb 2 to Feb 8
- Raised
- $18Bdisclosed
- Median round
- $27Mof 25 with an amount
- SEC filings
- 0no announcement
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This period was added afterwards from news archives and SEC filings (full live tracking began in the week of November 9, 2026). It is less complete than later periods, so treat the totals as a floor.
The week of February 2, 2026 in numbers
- The biggest round was Waymo, which raised $16B on February 2.
- By stage: Pre-seed 1 (4%), Seed and angel 7 (28%), Series A 5 (20%), Series B 4 (16%), Series C and later 3 (12%).
- 15 of the 25 rounds (60%) went to AI and machine learning companies.
- 6 rounds were $100M or more.
- 2 of these companies are posting open roles today, 78 roles in total.
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The 10 biggest rounds
| Date | Company | Round | Industry | Headquarters | Backers | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waymo | $16B | Waymo (opens in a new tab) | ||||
| ElevenLabs | $500M · $11B valuation | AI & machine learning | Sequoia | WSJ (opens in a new tab) | ||
| CesiumAstro | $470M | Manufacturing & industrial | GovCon Wire (opens in a new tab) | |||
| Fundamental | $255M Series A | TechCrunch (opens in a new tab) | ||||
| Positron AI | $230M Series B | Climate & energy | Business Wire (opens in a new tab) | |||
| Midi Health | $100M Series D | Healthcare & digital health | Femtech Insider (opens in a new tab) | |||
| TRM Labs | $70M Series C | Cybersecurity | TRM Labs (opens in a new tab) | |||
| Osmo | $70M Series B | AI & machine learning | Glossy (opens in a new tab) | |||
| The Whole Truth | $51M Series D | Moneycontrol (opens in a new tab) | ||||
| Biorce | €43.8M Series A | Healthcare & digital health | Spain | EU-Startups (opens in a new tab) |
By stage, industry and size
By round
By industry
A company can sit in more than one industry, so shares add up to more than 100%.
By round size
Median round: $27M.
Every round announced in the week of February 2, 2026
| Date | Company | Round | Industry | Headquarters | Backers | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bollywood dance teammates | $5.3M | AI & machine learning | Business Insider (opens in a new tab) | |||
| Veritus | $10.1M Seed | Fintech & payments | FF News (opens in a new tab) | |||
| ZILO | $15.3M | Consumer & e-commerce | Peak XV | Fortune India (opens in a new tab) | ||
| Fibr AI | $5.7M Seed | Media & marketing | Accel | Entrackr (opens in a new tab) | ||
| Fintower | €1.5M Seed | AI & machine learning | Sweden | Cision News (opens in a new tab) | ||
| SenAI | $6.2M Seed | Cybersecurity | Israel | The Jerusalem Post (opens in a new tab) | ||
| FinOpsly | $4.45M Seed | AI & machine learning | Ohio Tech News (opens in a new tab) | |||
| Fundamental | $255M Series A | TechCrunch (opens in a new tab) | ||||
| BeConfident | $15.8M Series A | Prosus (opens in a new tab) | ||||
| Apeiron Labs | $9.5M Series A | Data & analytics | Business Wire (opens in a new tab) | |||
| Argentinian fintech Tapi | $27M Series B | Fintech & payments | Argentina | FinTech Futures (opens in a new tab) | ||
| ElevenLabs | $500M · $11B valuation | AI & machine learning | Sequoia | WSJ (opens in a new tab) | ||
| The Whole Truth | $51M Series D | Moneycontrol (opens in a new tab) | ||||
| TRM Labs | $70M Series C | Cybersecurity | TRM Labs (opens in a new tab) | |||
| Positron AI | $230M Series B | Climate & energy | Business Wire (opens in a new tab) | |||
| Osmo | $70M Series B | AI & machine learning | Glossy (opens in a new tab) | |||
| Polaron | $8M Seed | AI & machine learning | Imperial College London (opens in a new tab) | |||
| Linkup | $10M Seed | AI & machine learning | Gradient | Yahoo Finance (opens in a new tab) | ||
| Midi Health | $100M Series D | Healthcare & digital health | Femtech Insider (opens in a new tab) | |||
| CesiumAstro | $470M | Manufacturing & industrial | GovCon Wire (opens in a new tab) | |||
| Artificial Labs | $45M Series B | Business Wire (opens in a new tab) | ||||
| Orion | $32M Series A | Cybersecurity | IBM | CTech (opens in a new tab) | ||
| Biorce | €43.8M Series A | Healthcare & digital health | Spain | EU-Startups (opens in a new tab) | ||
| Waymo | $16B | Waymo (opens in a new tab) | ||||
| BizTrip AI | $1.5M Pre-seed | AI & machine learning | Business Wire (opens in a new tab) |
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Funding announcements in the news and trade press, plus SEC Form D filings by young US companies. Equity rounds only; a company counts once per round. Open roles are today's count on each company's own job board.
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