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Startups that raised in the week of July 27, 2026

28 startups announced a funding round in the week of July 27, 2026, raising $2.5B in disclosed capital. The median round was $21.4M. AI & machine learning was the busiest industry with 11 rounds.

Announced rounds
28Jul 27 to Aug 2
Raised
$2.5Bdisclosed
Median round
$21.4Mof 28 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 July 27, 2026 in numbers

  • The biggest round was Antora, which raised $550M Series C on July 30.
  • By stage: Pre-seed 2 (7%), Seed and angel 10 (36%), Series A 7 (25%), Series B 2 (7%), Series C and later 4 (14%).
  • 11 of the 28 rounds (39%) went to AI and machine learning companies.
  • 6 rounds were $100M or more.
  • 1 of these companies are posting open roles today, 24 roles in total.

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The 10 biggest rounds

The biggest rounds of the week of July 27, 2026
DateCompanyRoundIndustryHeadquartersBackersSource
Antora$550M Series CClimate & energyBusiness Wire (opens in a new tab)
Multiverse Computing€500M Series CStartupbusiness (opens in a new tab)
K2 Space$500M Series D · $6.8B valuationDefense & spacePR Newswire (opens in a new tab)
Simile$200M Series A · $2B valuationTechCrunch (opens in a new tab)
CAIS$170M Series DVista Equity Partnerscitybiz (opens in a new tab)
Onyx$113M Series B · $640M valuationCybersecurityCTech (opens in a new tab)
Freehand$75MAI & machine learningBattery Ventures, NewRoad +1The Economic Times (opens in a new tab)
Enigma$71MRoboticsTechCrunch (opens in a new tab)
Fish Audio$52M SeedMedia & marketingTechCrunch (opens in a new tab)
DataBahn$40M Series BAI & machine learningInsight PartnersPR Newswire (opens in a new tab)

By stage, industry and size

By round

  1. Pre-seed2 · 7.1%
  2. Seed and angel10 · 36%
  3. Series A7 · 25%
  4. Series B2 · 7.1%
  5. Series C and later4 · 14%
  6. Round not named3 · 11%

By industry

A company can sit in more than one industry, so shares add up to more than 100%.

  1. AI & machine learning11 · 39%
  2. Robotics3 · 11%
  3. Biotech & life sciences2 · 7.1%
  4. Healthcare & digital health2 · 7.1%
  5. Consumer & e-commerce1 · 3.6%
  6. Cybersecurity1 · 3.6%
  7. Climate & energy1 · 3.6%
  8. Defense & space1 · 3.6%
  9. Legal & compliance1 · 3.6%
  10. Developer tools & infrastructure1 · 3.6%

By round size

Median round: $21.4M.

  1. $1–5M4 · 14%
  2. $5–10M5 · 18%
  3. $10–25M6 · 21%
  4. $25–50M4 · 14%
  5. $50–100M3 · 11%
  6. $100–250M3 · 11%
  7. $250M+3 · 11%

Every round announced in the week of July 27, 2026

Funding rounds announced in the week of July 27, 2026
DateCompanyRoundIndustryHeadquartersBackersSource
Bidbus$15M Series AConsumer & e-commerceYahoo Finance (opens in a new tab)
SUIND₹20.5 crore SeedRoboticsTransition VCEntrackr (opens in a new tab)
Bundle$5.5M Pre-seedUnited Arab EmiratesJawlah (opens in a new tab)
Onyx$113M Series B · $640M valuationCybersecurityCTech (opens in a new tab)
Antora$550M Series CClimate & energyBusiness Wire (opens in a new tab)
K2 Space$500M Series D · $6.8B valuationDefense & spacePR Newswire (opens in a new tab)
Dili$21.7MLegal & complianceTechCrunch (opens in a new tab)
DataBahn$40M Series BAI & machine learningInsight PartnersPR Newswire (opens in a new tab)
Simile$200M Series A · $2B valuationTechCrunch (opens in a new tab)
ZuriQ$25.5M SeedQuantum Computing Report (opens in a new tab)
Revspot$4.8M Series AAI & machine learningYourstory (opens in a new tab)
Freehand$75MAI & machine learningBattery Ventures, NewRoad +1The Economic Times (opens in a new tab)
Adjuvia Therapeutics$8M SeedBiotech & life sciencesBusiness Wire (opens in a new tab)
Polar$5.7M SeedAI & machine learningcitybiz (opens in a new tab)
Dimension$1.65M SeedAI & machine learningcitybiz (opens in a new tab)
CAIS$170M Series DVista Equity Partnerscitybiz (opens in a new tab)
Encore AI$30M Series AAI & machine learningCTech (opens in a new tab)
CORE Biomedicine$21M Series ABiotech & life sciencesPR Newswire (opens in a new tab)
Corner Health$32.5M SeedHealthcare & digital healthHealthcare IT Today (opens in a new tab)
Curant.ai$3.1M SeedAI & machine learningYahoo Finance (opens in a new tab)
Fish Audio$52M SeedMedia & marketingTechCrunch (opens in a new tab)
Antares Labs$7.25M SeedReal estate & constructionPulse 2.0 (opens in a new tab)
Epic Markets$10M Pre-seedUnited Arab EmiratesJawlah (opens in a new tab)
Multiverse Computing€500M Series CStartupbusiness (opens in a new tab)
Neon$13M Series AAndreessen Horowitz And Renegade Partners, KRAFTONPulse 2.0 (opens in a new tab)
Magnendo$18M Series ARoboticsNeuroNews International (opens in a new tab)
Enigma$71MRoboticsTechCrunch (opens in a new tab)
Dopl Technologies$6.3M SeedBusiness Wire (opens in a new tab)

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