Monthly roundup · Hardware & Electronics · June 2026

Hardware & Electronics startup funding, June 2026: Nearfield Instruments's $380M Series D leads 11 rounds

By Millionrounds ResearchPublished 1 July 2026Updated 1 November 2026

We read 11 equity rounds in Hardware & Electronics announced in June 2026, raising $1.3B between them: 4% of all the rounds we read that month and 4% of the money. The largest was Nearfield Instruments's $380M Series D, led by Fidelity. The median seed round was $7.0M, against $10M over the last twelve months in Hardware & Electronics; at Series A it was $55M. Seven Seven Six led the most rounds, with 2.

Equity rounds11in Hardware & Electronics, 10 with an amount
Raised$1.3Bacross those rounds
Lead named82%of rounds say who led
Share of the month4%of rounds; 4% of the money

The biggest rounds

  1. 1Nearfield InstrumentsSeries D · Netherlands · led by Fidelity$380M
  2. 2Oxford Quantum CircuitsSeries C · United Kingdom · led by Bullhound Capital$350M
  3. 3EtchedSeries C · United States · led by Sequoia Capital, Stripes$300M
  4. 4ZutaCoreSeries C · United States$100M
  5. 5EleQtronSeries A · Germany · led by Schwarz Digits$67M
  6. 6AxoftSeries A · United States · led by C.P. Group Innovation$55M
  7. 7BoardSeries A · United States · led by Union Square Ventures$20M
  8. 8HaloBraidSeed · United Kingdom · led by Seven Seven Six$7.0M
  9. 9HHaloSeed · United States · led by Seven Seven Six$7.0M
  10. 10QuantX LabsSeed · Australia · led by Serendipity Capital$5.0M

Day by day

Equity rounds in Hardware & Electronics announced each day of June. The busiest day was 5 June, with 4.

1 June30 June

By stage, against the year

Each stage's median this month beside its twelve-month median: the sector's own where we hold enough rounds for a benchmark, otherwise the one across all sectors.

Seed3$7.0Mthis month$10M12 months here
Series A4$55Mthis month$25M12 months here
Series C3$300Mthis month$100M12 months, all sectors
Series D1$380Mthis month$150M12 months, all sectors

The most active leads

Firms that led two or more of the month's rounds in Hardware & Electronics.

Where

United States had the most Hardware & Electronics rounds this month.

Against the month

  • Rounds, Hardware & Electronics11
  • Rounds, all sectors245
  • Raised, Hardware & Electronics$1.3B
  • Raised, all sectors$35B

The whole of June 2026

Other sectors in June

124 roundsAI→39 roundsFintech→37 roundsHealthcare→24 roundsBig Data & Analytics→23 roundsBiotech→20 roundsRobotics→20 roundsEnterprise Software→16 roundsEnergy→16 roundsConstruction→15 roundsSoftware→12 roundsFinancial Services→11 roundsDefence Tech→11 roundsAerospace & Space→11 roundsMedical Devices→11 roundsLogistics→10 roundsManufacturing→