Funding benchmark · last 12 months
From 36 seed rounds announced in Manufacturing over the last twelve months, each read from a named source. Half of them raised between $2.5M and $11M.
36 rounds counted · recounted nightly
The trend
From $4.0M in 2025 Q1 to $4.0M in 2026 Q3. Quarters with fewer than five rounds are left blank.
Who leads
The firms that led the most seed rounds in Manufacturing this year.
Recent examples
Bloom7 Oct 2026 · SNAK Venture Partners$3.6M-17%
Extend Robotics2 Oct 2026 · Skyworks Venture Capital Fund$3.4M-21%
FOOD FOUNDERS Studio30 Sept 2026 · Not named$4.5M+3%
Dragonfly Advanced Materials22 Sept 2026 · Northstar Ventures$1.3M-69%
QSENSATO17 Sept 2026 · Quantonation$1.1M-75%
KIT-AR28 Aug 2026 · Not named$4.0M-8%
Walden Robotics15 Jul 2026 · Toyota Ventures$300M+6791%
Katalyze AI6 Jul 2026 · Bonfire Ventures$11M+141%They come from announced rounds. Large rounds are almost always announced and many small ones never are, so the true typical round is probably a little smaller than shown, most of all at pre-seed and seed. Every round behind them is in the record with its source. How we read rounds.
Other stages in Manufacturing
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The median is $4.4M, from 36 seed rounds announced in Manufacturing in the last twelve months. Half of them raised between $2.5M and $11M; one in ten raised more than $18M.
Rounds announced in the last twelve months with a stated amount and stage, each read from a named article or filing. A page is only published where at least 30 rounds stand behind it.
Towards larger rounds, yes. Big rounds are announced; many small ones never are. So the true typical round is probably a little smaller than the figure here, especially at pre-seed and seed.
The figures are recounted from the record every night, as new rounds are read.