Monthly roundup · Software · July 2026

Software startup funding, July 2026: Fireworks AI's $1.5B Series D leads 13 rounds

By Millionrounds ResearchPublished 1 August 2026Updated 16 October 2026

We read 13 equity rounds in Software announced in July 2026, raising $2.4B between them: 6% of all the rounds we read that month and 6% of the money. The largest was Fireworks AI's $1.5B Series D, led by Index Ventures and TCV. The median seed round was $1.2M, against $5.0M over the last twelve months in Software; at Series A it was $13M.

Equity rounds13in Software, 13 with an amount
Raised$2.4Bacross those rounds
Lead named92%of rounds say who led
Share of the month6%of rounds; 6% of the money

The biggest rounds

  1. 1Fireworks AISeries D · United States · led by Index Ventures, TCV$1.5B
  2. 2Multiverse ComputingSeries C · Spain · led by ForgePoint Capital, Bullhound Capital$570M
  3. 3EmergentSeries C · United States · led by Creaegis$130M
  4. 4InforcerSeries C · United Kingdom · led by Insight Partners$50M
  5. 5SyneraSeries B · Germany · led by DTCF$46M
  6. 6CCORSeries A · Argentina · led by FTV Capital$30M
  7. 7GridcogSeries A · United Kingdom · led by ABB Technology Ventures$14M
  8. 8FFuchs & EuleSeries A · Germany · led by Get Fund$11M
  9. 9SSpeakeasySeed · United States · led by Positive Sum$8.8M
  10. 10CCueSeries A · South Africa · led by FAM Investments, Knife Capital$5.0M

Day by day

Equity rounds in Software 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.

Pre-seed1$1.0Mthis month$2.0M12 months here
Seed3$1.2Mthis month$5.0M12 months here
Series A4$13Mthis month$18M12 months here
Series B1$46Mthis month$50M12 months, all sectors
Series C3$130Mthis month$100M12 months, all sectors
Series D1$1.5Bthis month$150M12 months, all sectors

Where

United Kingdom had the most Software rounds this month.

Against the month

  • Rounds, Software13
  • Rounds, all sectors216
  • Raised, Software$2.4B
  • 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 roundsAerospace & Space→12 roundsHardware & Electronics→12 roundsConstruction→12 roundsBig Data & Analytics→12 roundsBiotech→