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Startups that raised in the week of February 16, 2026
25 startups announced a funding round in the week of February 16, 2026, raising $1.4B in disclosed capital. The median round was $20M. AI & machine learning was the busiest industry with 9 rounds.
- Announced rounds
- 25Feb 16 to Feb 22
- Raised
- $1.4Bdisclosed
- Median round
- $20Mof 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 16, 2026 in numbers
- The biggest round was Vestwell, which raised $385M on February 18.
- By stage: Pre-seed 2 (8%), Seed and angel 3 (12%), Series A 8 (32%), Series B 1 (4%), Series C and later 2 (8%).
- 9 of the 25 rounds (36%) went to AI and machine learning companies.
- 4 rounds were $100M or more.
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The 10 biggest rounds
| Date | Company | Round | Industry | Headquarters | Backers | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vestwell | $385M | Crunchbase News (opens in a new tab) | ||||
| Temporal | $300M | Developer tools & infrastructure | United States | GeekWire (opens in a new tab) | ||
| Code Metal | $125M | Defense & space | WIRED (opens in a new tab) | |||
| Render | $100M Series C extension · $1.5B valuation | AI & machine learning | Business Wire (opens in a new tab) | |||
| Braintrust | $80M | Developer tools & infrastructure | Axios (opens in a new tab) | |||
| DG Matrix | $60M Series A | Climate & energy | Business Wire (opens in a new tab) | |||
| Pepper | $50M Series C | Business Wire (opens in a new tab) | ||||
| SatVu | £30M | European Spaceflight (opens in a new tab) | ||||
| Avantos | $25M | AI & machine learning | Bessemer | Wealth Management (opens in a new tab) | ||
| Stable Money | $25M · $175M valuation | Peak XV | Entrackr (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: $20M.
Every round announced in the week of February 16, 2026
| Date | Company | Round | Industry | Headquarters | Backers | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biochar-Fueled Soil Brand, Rosy | $5M Series A | Forbes (opens in a new tab) | ||||
| Hemi Health | €4M | Healthcare & digital health | Denmark | EU-Startups (opens in a new tab) | ||
| EFEX | $8M Seed | LatamList (opens in a new tab) | ||||
| Pepper | $50M Series C | Business Wire (opens in a new tab) | ||||
| Qumis | $4.3M | Fintech & payments | The Business Journals (opens in a new tab) | |||
| Neobank Rizon | $2M Pre-seed | Fintech & payments | Financial IT (opens in a new tab) | |||
| Code Metal | $125M | Defense & space | WIRED (opens in a new tab) | |||
| DG Matrix | $60M Series A | Climate & energy | Business Wire (opens in a new tab) | |||
| Starget | $18M Series A | Biotech & life sciences | Israel | CTech (opens in a new tab) | ||
| Avantos | $25M | AI & machine learning | Bessemer | Wealth Management (opens in a new tab) | ||
| Stable Money | $25M · $175M valuation | Peak XV | Entrackr (opens in a new tab) | |||
| Hook | $10M Series A | AI & machine learning | Khosla Ventures | Music Business Worldwide (opens in a new tab) | ||
| Vestwell | $385M | Crunchbase News (opens in a new tab) | ||||
| Rotem Lurie | $25M Series A | Cybersecurity | CTech (opens in a new tab) | |||
| Solid | $20M Seed | AI & machine learning | CTech (opens in a new tab) | |||
| SatVu | £30M | European Spaceflight (opens in a new tab) | ||||
| Braintrust | $80M | Developer tools & infrastructure | Axios (opens in a new tab) | |||
| Breaker | $9M Seed | Defense & space | Defence Connect (opens in a new tab) | |||
| Render | $100M Series C extension · $1.5B valuation | AI & machine learning | Business Wire (opens in a new tab) | |||
| Temporal | $300M | Developer tools & infrastructure | United States | GeekWire (opens in a new tab) | ||
| Seasats | $20M Series A | PR Newswire (opens in a new tab) | ||||
| Dataro | $14.28M Series A | The NonProfit Times (opens in a new tab) | ||||
| VulnCheck | $25M Series B | Cybersecurity | SecurityWeek (opens in a new tab) | |||
| Otto Money | $1.3M Pre-seed | Pravega Ventures | Indiatimes (opens in a new tab) | |||
| CASHIN | $16M Series A | Fintech & payments | Saudi Arabia | Impact46 | Wamda (opens in a new tab) |
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