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Startups that raised in the week of May 25, 2026
17 startups announced a funding round in the week of May 25, 2026, raising $2.3B in disclosed capital. The median round was $47M. AI & machine learning was the busiest industry with 9 rounds.
- Announced rounds
- 17May 25 to May 31
- Raised
- $2.3Bdisclosed
- Median round
- $47Mof 17 with an amount
- SEC filings
- 0no announcement
← May 18 to May 24 · Jun 1 to Jun 7 → · Download this week as CSV · Every round
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 May 25, 2026 in numbers
- The biggest round was Cognition, which raised $1B on May 27.
- By stage: Pre-seed 1 (6%), Seed and angel 1 (6%), Series A 3 (18%), Series B 3 (18%), Series C and later 4 (24%).
- 9 of the 17 rounds (53%) went to AI and machine learning companies.
- 6 rounds were $100M or more.
- 2 of these companies are posting open roles today, 84 roles in total.
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The 10 biggest rounds
| Date | Company | Round | Industry | Headquarters | Backers | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cognition | $1B · $25B valuation | Developer tools & infrastructure | TechCrunch (opens in a new tab) | |||
| Modal Labs | $355M | AI & machine learning | Data Center Dynamics (opens in a new tab) | |||
| Focused Energy | $240M Series A | Climate & energy | Business Wire (opens in a new tab) | |||
| XCENA | $135M Series B | Business Wire (opens in a new tab) | ||||
| Fonoa | €94.4M Series C | Fintech & payments | Ireland | EU-Startups (opens in a new tab) | ||
| Garner Health | $100M Series E · $2.74B valuation | Healthcare & digital health | Fierce Healthcare (opens in a new tab) | |||
| Reactor | $59M | Media & marketing | Variety (opens in a new tab) | |||
| WeRoad | $58M | Consumer & e-commerce | TechCrunch (opens in a new tab) | |||
| Daloopa | $47M Series C | AI & machine learning | PR Newswire (opens in a new tab) | |||
| Pace | $46M Series B | Fintech & payments | Business Wire (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: $47M.
Every round announced in the week of May 25, 2026
| Date | Company | Round | Industry | Headquarters | Backers | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Utilidata | $40M Series C | AI & machine learning | Pulse 2.0 (opens in a new tab) | |||
| Mafer AI | €2M Pre-seed | AI & machine learning | Capital Riesgo (opens in a new tab) | |||
| Fonoa | €94.4M Series C | Fintech & payments | Ireland | EU-Startups (opens in a new tab) | ||
| XCENA | $135M Series B | Business Wire (opens in a new tab) | ||||
| Zeely | $1M | AI & machine learning | Inventure.com.ua. (opens in a new tab) | |||
| Reactor | $59M | Media & marketing | Variety (opens in a new tab) | |||
| Daloopa | $47M Series C | AI & machine learning | PR Newswire (opens in a new tab) | |||
| Garner Health | $100M Series E · $2.74B valuation | Healthcare & digital health | Fierce Healthcare (opens in a new tab) | |||
| Geordie AI | $30M Series A | AI & machine learning | Fortune (opens in a new tab) | |||
| Cognition | $1B · $25B valuation | Developer tools & infrastructure | TechCrunch (opens in a new tab) | |||
| Paralign Health | $3M Seed | Healthcare & digital health | Business Wire (opens in a new tab) | |||
| WeRoad | $58M | Consumer & e-commerce | TechCrunch (opens in a new tab) | |||
| Pace | $46M Series B | Fintech & payments | Business Wire (opens in a new tab) | |||
| Focused Energy | $240M Series A | Climate & energy | Business Wire (opens in a new tab) | |||
| Phytolon | $23.6M Series B | Food Business News (opens in a new tab) | ||||
| Quanscient | €10M Series A | Hardware & semiconductors | Quantum Computing Report (opens in a new tab) | |||
| Modal Labs | $355M | AI & machine learning | Data Center Dynamics (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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