Monthly roundup · July 2026

Startup funding in July 2026: Blue Origin's $10B Growth leads 216 rounds

By Millionrounds ResearchPublished 1 August 2026Updated 1 November 2026

We read 216 equity rounds announced in July 2026, raising $41B between them. The largest was Blue Origin's $10B Growth, led by Coatue Asset Management. The median seed round was $5.1M, against $5.5M over the last twelve months; at Series A it was $19M. New Enterprise Associates led the most rounds, with 4.

Equity rounds216announced in July, 210 with an amount
Raised$41Bacross those rounds
Lead named82%of rounds say who led
Countries36where the month's rounds were raised

The biggest rounds

  1. 1Blue OriginGrowth · United States · led by Coatue Asset Management$10B
  2. 2KKling AIGrowth · China · led by CPE, CITIC Securities$3.0B
  3. 3HelsingSeries E · Germany · led by General Catalyst, Lightspeed Venture Partners$1.8B
  4. 4JJoulentGrowth · United States · led by National Grid$1.8B
  5. 5AtomsSeries C · United States · led by Andreessen Horowitz$1.7B
  6. 6Sharon AIGrowth · Australia · led by Situational Awareness$1.6B
  7. 7Shield AISeries G · United States · led by Advent International, JPMorgan Chase's Strategic Investment Group$1.5B
  8. 8Fireworks AISeries D · United States · led by Index Ventures, TCV$1.5B
  9. 9Quantum SystemsSeries D · Germany · led by Blackstone Group, Advent International$1.2B
  10. 10AAnt InternationalSeries A$1.2B
  11. 11CCommonwealth Fusion SystemsGrowth · United States$1.0B
  12. 12SambaNova SystemsGrowth · United States · led by General Atlantic$1.0B
  13. 13Together AISeries C · United States · led by Aramco Ventures$800M
  14. 14RampLate stage · United States · led by GIC, ICONIQ Capital$750M
  15. 15Neko HealthSeries C · Sweden · led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, O.G. Venture Partners$700M

Day by day

Equity rounds announced each day of July. Most are announced on weekdays; the busiest day was 8 July, with 18.

1 July31 July
Weekly roundupWeek of 6 July→Weekly roundupWeek of 13 July→Weekly roundupWeek of 20 July→Weekly roundupWeek of 27 July→

By stage, against the year

Each stage's median this month beside its median over the last twelve months.

Pre-seed13$4.3Mthis month$2.0M12-month median
Seed72$5.1Mthis month$5.5M12-month median
Series A48$19Mthis month$20M12-month median
Series B29$65Mthis month$50M12-month median
Series C18$125Mthis month$100M12-month median
Series D8$201Mthis month$150M12-month median
Growth22$175Mthis month$113M12-month median

The most active leads

Firms that led three or more of the month's rounds.

Country roundups

The month in the eight countries with the most equity rounds, each written up on its own.

92 roundsUnited States→ 27 roundsUnited Kingdom→ 10 roundsAustralia→ 10 roundsGermany→ 9 roundsIndia→ 5 roundsChina→

Sector roundups

The month in every sector with 10 or more equity rounds, each written up on its own. A company can sit in more than one sector.

131 roundsAI→36 roundsFintech→16 roundsClimate Tech→16 roundsEnergy→16 roundsManufacturing→15 roundsHealthcare→15 roundsCybersecurity→15 roundsRobotics→13 roundsSoftware→13 roundsAerospace & Space→12 roundsHardware & Electronics→12 roundsConstruction→12 roundsBig Data & Analytics→12 roundsBiotech→

Where

United States had the most rounds this month.

In what

AI was the busiest sector.