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Startups that raised in the week of February 23, 2026
24 startups announced a funding round in the week of February 23, 2026, raising $1.3B in disclosed capital. The median round was $18.3M. AI & machine learning was the busiest industry with 10 rounds.
- Announced rounds
- 24Feb 23 to Mar 1
- Raised
- $1.3Bdisclosed
- Median round
- $18.3Mof 24 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 23, 2026 in numbers
- The biggest round was MatX, which raised $500M on February 24.
- By stage: Pre-seed 1 (4%), Seed and angel 3 (13%), Series A 8 (33%), Series B 2 (8%), Series C and later 2 (8%).
- 10 of the 24 rounds (42%) went to AI and machine learning companies.
- 3 rounds were $100M or more.
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The 10 biggest rounds
| Date | Company | Round | Industry | Headquarters | Backers | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MatX | $500M | Hardware & semiconductors | Bloomberg (opens in a new tab) | |||
| SHINE Technologies | $240M | BizTimes - Milwaukee Business News (opens in a new tab) | ||||
| ADDING MULTIMEDIA Aalyria | $100M | Business Wire (opens in a new tab) | ||||
| Breadfast | $50M Pre-Series C | Africa Private Equity News (opens in a new tab) | ||||
| Rowspace | $50M | Fintech & payments | Sequoia | Fortune (opens in a new tab) | ||
| Nimble | $47M Series B | AI & machine learning | CTech (opens in a new tab) | |||
| Letter AI | $40M | AI & machine learning | United States | Crain's Chicago Business (opens in a new tab) | ||
| Circuit | $30M Angel | AI & machine learning | United States | Axios (opens in a new tab) | ||
| Sensera Systems | $27M Series B | Business Wire (opens in a new tab) | ||||
| RLWRLD | $26M Seed | Robotics | The Robot Report (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: $18.3M.
Every round announced in the week of February 23, 2026
| Date | Company | Round | Industry | Headquarters | Backers | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Multitude Insights | $10M Series A | Business Wire (opens in a new tab) | ||||
| L.E.S.S. | $22M Series C | Startupticker (opens in a new tab) | ||||
| Breadfast | $50M Pre-Series C | Africa Private Equity News (opens in a new tab) | ||||
| Sensera Systems | $27M Series B | Business Wire (opens in a new tab) | ||||
| Dots | $8.9M Series A | Fintech & payments | Business Wire (opens in a new tab) | |||
| SHINE Technologies | $240M | BizTimes - Milwaukee Business News (opens in a new tab) | ||||
| Letter AI | $40M | AI & machine learning | United States | Crain's Chicago Business (opens in a new tab) | ||
| JetScale AI | $5.4M Seed | AI & machine learning | Business Wire (opens in a new tab) | |||
| Abram Scientific | $11.75M Series A | Octapharma AG | PR Newswire (opens in a new tab) | |||
| Wheel the World | $11M Series A | PhocusWire (opens in a new tab) | ||||
| RLWRLD | $26M Seed | Robotics | The Robot Report (opens in a new tab) | |||
| S2.dev | $3.85M | Developer tools & infrastructure | Accel | Entrackr (opens in a new tab) | ||
| Rowspace | $50M | Fintech & payments | Sequoia | Fortune (opens in a new tab) | ||
| Union.ai | $19M | AI & machine learning | United States | GeekWire (opens in a new tab) | ||
| Xflow | $16.6M Series A · $85M valuation | General Catalyst | PayPal Newsroom (opens in a new tab) | |||
| Handl Health | $14M Series A | Healthcare & digital health | Yahoo Finance (opens in a new tab) | |||
| Tamarind Bio | $13.6M Series A | Biotech & life sciences | Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News (opens in a new tab) | |||
| Wishlink | $17.5M | Media & marketing | Vertex Ventures | The Economic Times (opens in a new tab) | ||
| MatX | $500M | Hardware & semiconductors | Bloomberg (opens in a new tab) | |||
| Dytto | €1.5M Pre-seed | AI & machine learning | EU-Startups (opens in a new tab) | |||
| Nimble | $47M Series B | AI & machine learning | CTech (opens in a new tab) | |||
| Circuit | $30M Angel | AI & machine learning | United States | Axios (opens in a new tab) | ||
| ADDING MULTIMEDIA Aalyria | $100M | Business Wire (opens in a new tab) | ||||
| Hypercore | $13.5M Series A | Fintech & payments | CTech (opens in a new tab) |
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