# Startup funding in July 2026: Blue Origin's $10B Growth leads 216 rounds > 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. Source: https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-07 (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) Equity rounds **216** announced in July, 210 with an amount Raised **$41B** across those rounds Lead named **82%** of rounds say who led Countries **36** where the month's rounds were raised ## The biggest rounds - [1 **Blue Origin** Growth · United States · led by Coatue Asset Management **$10B**](https://millionrounds.com/company/blue-origin) - [2 K **Kling AI** Growth · China · led by CPE, CITIC Securities **$3.0B**](https://millionrounds.com/company/kling-ai) - [3 **Helsing** Series E · Germany · led by General Catalyst, Lightspeed Venture Partners **$1.8B**](https://millionrounds.com/company/helsing) - [4 J **Joulent** Growth · United States · led by National Grid **$1.8B**](https://millionrounds.com/company/joulent) - [5 **Atoms** Series C · United States · led by Andreessen Horowitz **$1.7B**](https://millionrounds.com/company/atoms) - [6 **Sharon AI** Growth · Australia · led by Situational Awareness **$1.6B**](https://millionrounds.com/company/sharon-ai) - [7 **Shield AI** Series G · United States · led by Advent International, JPMorgan Chase's Strategic Investment Group **$1.5B**](https://millionrounds.com/company/shield-ai) - [8 **Fireworks AI** Series D · United States · led by Index Ventures, TCV **$1.5B**](https://millionrounds.com/company/fireworks-ai) - [9 **Quantum Systems** Series D · Germany · led by Blackstone Group, Advent International **$1.2B**](https://millionrounds.com/company/quantum-systems) - [10 A **Ant International** Series A **$1.2B**](https://millionrounds.com/company/ant-international) - [11 C **Commonwealth Fusion Systems** Growth · United States **$1.0B**](https://millionrounds.com/company/commonwealth-fusion-systems) - [12 **SambaNova Systems** Growth · United States · led by General Atlantic **$1.0B**](https://millionrounds.com/company/sambanova-systems) - [13 **Together AI** Series C · United States · led by Aramco Ventures **$800M**](https://millionrounds.com/company/together-ai) - [14 **Ramp** Late stage · United States · led by GIC, ICONIQ Capital **$750M**](https://millionrounds.com/company/ramp) - [15 **Neko Health** Series C · Sweden · led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, O.G. Venture Partners **$700M**](https://millionrounds.com/company/neko-health) ## Day by day Equity rounds announced each day of July. Most are announced on weekdays; the busiest day was 8 July, with 18. 1 July 31 July [Weekly roundup **Week of 6 July** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/weekly/2026-07-06)[Weekly roundup **Week of 13 July** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/weekly/2026-07-13)[Weekly roundup **Week of 20 July** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/weekly/2026-07-20)[Weekly roundup **Week of 27 July** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/weekly/2026-07-27) ## By stage, against the year Each stage's median this month beside its median over the last twelve months. [Pre-seed](https://millionrounds.com/benchmarks/pre-seed) *13* **$4.3M** this month **$2.0M** 12-month median [Seed](https://millionrounds.com/benchmarks/seed) *72* **$5.1M** this month **$5.5M** 12-month median [Series A](https://millionrounds.com/benchmarks/series-a) *48* **$19M** this month **$20M** 12-month median [Series B](https://millionrounds.com/benchmarks/series-b) *29* **$65M** this month **$50M** 12-month median [Series C](https://millionrounds.com/benchmarks/series-c) *18* **$125M** this month **$100M** 12-month median [Series D](https://millionrounds.com/benchmarks/series-d) *8* **$201M** this month **$150M** 12-month median [Growth](https://millionrounds.com/benchmarks/growth) *22* **$175M** this month **$113M** 12-month median ## The most active leads Firms that led three or more of the month's rounds. - [**New Enterprise Associates** Centralize, CuspAI, Databento and 1 more *4 led*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/new-enterprise-associates) - [**General Catalyst** Dwelly, Helsing, Inner Logic *3 led*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst) - [**Lightspeed Venture Partners** Harmony, Helsing, Neko Health *3 led*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners) - [**Khosla Ventures** Dili, Norm Ai, Oratomic *3 led*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/khosla-ventures) - [**Insight Partners** DataBahn, Inforcer, Passionfroot *3 led*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/insight-venture-partners) ## Country roundups The month in the eight countries with the most equity rounds, each written up on its own. [92 rounds **United States** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-07/united-states)[27 rounds **United Kingdom** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-07/united-kingdom)[10 rounds **Australia** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-07/australia)[10 rounds **Germany** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-07/germany)[9 rounds **India** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-07/india)[5 rounds **China** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-07/china) ## 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 rounds **AI** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-07/sector/ai)[36 rounds **Fintech** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-07/sector/fintech)[16 rounds **Climate Tech** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-07/sector/climate)[16 rounds **Energy** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-07/sector/energy)[16 rounds **Manufacturing** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-07/sector/manufacturing)[15 rounds **Healthcare** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-07/sector/healthcare)[15 rounds **Cybersecurity** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-07/sector/cybersecurity)[15 rounds **Robotics** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-07/sector/robotics)[13 rounds **Software** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-07/sector/software)[13 rounds **Aerospace & Space** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-07/sector/aerospace)[12 rounds **Hardware & Electronics** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-07/sector/hardware)[12 rounds **Construction** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-07/sector/construction)[12 rounds **Big Data & Analytics** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-07/sector/big-data)[12 rounds **Biotech** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-07/sector/biotech) ## Where - [United States](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-07/united-states) **92** - [United Kingdom](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-07/united-kingdom) **27** - [Australia](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-07/australia) **10** - [Germany](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-07/germany) **10** - [India](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-07/india) **9** - [China](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-07/china) **5** - Brazil **4** - Belgium **4** United States had the most rounds this month. ## In what - [AI](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-07/sector/ai) **131** - [Fintech](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-07/sector/fintech) **36** - [Climate Tech](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-07/sector/climate) **16** - [Manufacturing](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-07/sector/manufacturing) **16** - [Energy](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-07/sector/energy) **16** - [Healthcare](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-07/sector/healthcare) **15** - [Robotics](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-07/sector/robotics) **15** - [Cybersecurity](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-07/sector/cybersecurity) **15** AI was the busiest sector. **How this roundup is made** It is written from the rounds we read that month in named articles and filings. Only equity rounds with a stage count towards the figures; debt, grants and public companies' raises do not. We read more sources every month, so the number of rounds says more about our coverage than about the market: compare medians, not totals. [How we read rounds](https://millionrounds.com/methodology) · [Report a mistake](https://millionrounds.com/corrections)