Monthly roundup · China · August 2026

Startup funding in China, August 2026: Beijing Interstellar Glory's $148M Series E leads 5 rounds

By Millionrounds ResearchPublished 1 September 2026Updated 16 October 2026

We read 5 equity rounds raised in China and announced in August 2026, raising $242M between them: 2% of the rounds we read worldwide that month and 1% of the money. The largest was Beijing Interstellar Glory's $148M Series E. The median seed round was $49M, against $5.5M over the last twelve months worldwide.

Equity rounds5raised in China, 3 with an amount
Raised$242Macross those rounds
Lead named40%of rounds say who led
Share of the world2%of rounds; 1% of the money

The biggest rounds

  1. 1BBeijing Interstellar GlorySeries E$148M
  2. 2AActive TechnologySeed · led by Zhongke Chuangxing$49M
  3. 3DDongxi FusionPre-seed$45M

Day by day

Equity rounds raised in China and announced each day of August. The busiest day was 3 August, with 1.

1 August31 August

By stage, against the year

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

Pre-seed1$45Mthis month$2.0M12 months, worldwide
Seed2$49Mthis month$5.5M12 months, worldwide
Series A1-this month$20M12 months, worldwide

In what

AI was the busiest sector in China.

Against the world

  • Rounds, China5
  • Rounds, worldwide220
  • Raised, China$242M
  • Raised, worldwide$25B

The whole of August 2026

Other countries in August

93 roundsUnited States→ 24 roundsUnited Kingdom→ 12 roundsAustralia→ 9 roundsCanada→ 8 roundsIndia→ 8 roundsBrazil→