Monthly roundup · United States · July 2026

Startup funding in the United States, July 2026: Blue Origin's $10B Growth leads 92 rounds

By Millionrounds ResearchPublished 1 August 2026Updated 28 October 2026

We read 92 equity rounds raised in the United States and announced in July 2026, raising $26B between them: 43% of the rounds we read worldwide that month and 63% of the money. The largest was Blue Origin's $10B Growth, led by Coatue Asset Management. The median seed round was $7.0M, against $8.5M over the last twelve months in the United States; at Series A it was $23M. Khosla Ventures led the most rounds, with 3.

Equity rounds92raised in the United States, 90 with an amount
Raised$26Bacross those rounds
Lead named85%of rounds say who led
Share of the world43%of rounds; 63% of the money

The biggest rounds

  1. 1Blue OriginGrowth · led by Coatue Asset Management$10B
  2. 2JJoulentGrowth · led by National Grid$1.8B
  3. 3AtomsSeries C · led by Andreessen Horowitz$1.7B
  4. 4Fireworks AISeries D · led by Index Ventures, TCV$1.5B
  5. 5Shield AISeries G · led by Advent International, JPMorgan Chase's Strategic Investment Group$1.5B
  6. 6SambaNova SystemsGrowth · led by General Atlantic$1.0B
  7. 7CCommonwealth Fusion SystemsGrowth$1.0B
  8. 8Together AISeries C · led by Aramco Ventures$800M
  9. 9RampLate stage · led by GIC, ICONIQ Capital$750M
  10. 10WWonderGrowth · led by Tactile Ventures$650M

Day by day

Equity rounds raised in the United States and announced each day of July. The busiest day was 8 July, with 8.

1 July31 July

By stage, against the year

Each stage's median this month beside its twelve-month median: the United States's own where we hold enough rounds for a benchmark, otherwise the worldwide one.

Pre-seed3$10Mthis month$3.0M12 months here
Seed29$7.0Mthis month$8.5M12 months here
Series A22$23Mthis month$25M12 months here
Series B12$68Mthis month$60M12 months here
Series C9$130Mthis month$100M12 months here
Series D4$284Mthis month$170M12 months here
Growth10$475Mthis month$200M12 months here

The most active leads

Firms that led two or more of the month's rounds in the United States.

In what

AI was the busiest sector in the United States.

Against the world

  • Rounds, the United States92
  • Rounds, worldwide216
  • Raised, the United States$26B
  • Raised, worldwide$41B

The whole of July 2026

Other countries in July

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