Monthly roundup · Construction · August 2026

Construction startup funding, August 2026: Thrive Holdings's $2.0B Growth leads 21 rounds

By Millionrounds ResearchPublished 1 September 2026Updated 3 November 2026

We read 21 equity rounds in Construction announced in August 2026, raising $3.7B between them: 10% of all the rounds we read that month and 15% of the money. The largest was Thrive Holdings's $2.0B Growth, led by SoftBank BB Corp and Altimeter. The median seed round was $26M, against $5.2M over the last twelve months in Construction; at Series A it was $34M. SoftBank BB Corp led the most rounds, with 2.

Equity rounds21in Construction, 21 with an amount
Raised$3.7Bacross those rounds
Lead named86%of rounds say who led
Share of the month10%of rounds; 15% of the money

The biggest rounds

  1. 1Thrive HoldingsGrowth · United States · led by SoftBank BB Corp, Altimeter$2.0B
  2. 2GroqSeries A · United States · led by Disruptive$350M
  3. 3VVoltaSeries A · led by Andreessen Horowitz, Altimeter$300M
  4. 4PanthalassaGrowth · United States · led by Hanwha Asset Management, 8090 Industries$225M
  5. 5Gravis RoboticsSeries A · Switzerland · led by SoftBank BB Corp$200M
  6. 6EErco EnergíaSeries C · Colombia$129M
  7. 7Velaura AISeries A · United States · led by Seligman Ventures$110M
  8. 8CallosumSeed · United Kingdom · led by Atomico$100M
  9. 9YYunoSeries B · Colombia · led by Global PayTech Ventures$45M
  10. 10TrajectorySeries A · United States$40M

Day by day

Equity rounds in Construction announced each day of August. The busiest day was 4 August, with 2.

1 August31 August

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-seed2$1.9Mthis month$2.0M12 months, all sectors
Seed3$26Mthis month$5.2M12 months here
Series A10$34Mthis month$24M12 months here
Series B1$45Mthis month$40M12 months here
Series C2$85Mthis month$100M12 months, all sectors
Growth3$225Mthis month$113M12 months, all sectors

The most active leads

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

Where

United States had the most Construction rounds this month.

Against the month

  • Rounds, Construction21
  • Rounds, all sectors220
  • Raised, Construction$3.7B
  • Raised, all sectors$25B

The whole of August 2026

Other sectors in August

117 roundsAI→32 roundsFintech→24 roundsRobotics→18 roundsHealthcare→18 roundsSoftware→17 roundsEnergy→14 roundsLogistics→14 roundsBig Data & Analytics→13 roundsDefence Tech→12 roundsEnterprise Software→12 roundsCloud→11 roundsCleantech→11 roundsBiotech→11 roundsCybersecurity→10 roundsClimate Tech→