Monthly roundup · Hardware & Electronics · July 2026

Hardware & Electronics startup funding, July 2026: SambaNova Systems's $1.0B Growth leads 12 rounds

By Millionrounds ResearchPublished 1 August 2026Updated 16 October 2026

We read 12 equity rounds in Hardware & Electronics announced in July 2026, raising $1.4B between them: 6% of all the rounds we read that month and 3% of the money. The largest was SambaNova Systems's $1.0B Growth, led by General Atlantic. The median seed round was $16M, against $10M over the last twelve months in Hardware & Electronics; at Series A it was $17M.

Equity rounds12in Hardware & Electronics, 11 with an amount
Raised$1.4Bacross those rounds
Lead named92%of rounds say who led
Share of the month6%of rounds; 3% of the money

The biggest rounds

  1. 1SambaNova SystemsGrowth · United States · led by General Atlantic$1.0B
  2. 2EliyanSeries C · United States · led by Seligman Ventures$145M
  3. 3SSenraSeries B · United States · led by Lowercarbon Capital, Interlagos$65M
  4. 4QolabSeries B · United States$54M
  5. 5TYLsemiSeed · led by Matter Venture Partners$43M
  6. 6OXMIQ LabsSeries A · led by Samsung Catalyst Fund, Fundomo$35M
  7. 7ZuriQSeed · Switzerland · led by Quantonation$26M
  8. 8QuantumDiamondsSeries A · Germany · led by World Fund$17M
  9. 9Throne ScienceSeries A · United States · led by Will Ventures$10M
  10. 10AAinaSeed · India · led by 360 ONE, Redstart Labs$5.5M

Day by day

Equity rounds in Hardware & Electronics announced each day of July. The busiest day was 8 July, with 2.

1 July31 July

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.

Seed5$16Mthis month$10M12 months here
Series A3$17Mthis month$25M12 months here
Series B2$60Mthis month$50M12 months, all sectors
Series C1$145Mthis month$100M12 months, all sectors
Growth1$1.0Bthis month$113M12 months, all sectors

Where

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

Against the month

  • Rounds, Hardware & Electronics12
  • Rounds, all sectors216
  • Raised, Hardware & Electronics$1.4B
  • Raised, all sectors$41B

The whole of July 2026

Other sectors in July

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