Monthly roundup · Fintech · September 2026

Fintech startup funding, September 2026: barq's $330M Series A leads 51 rounds

By Millionrounds ResearchPublished 1 October 2026Updated 3 November 2026

We read 51 equity rounds in Fintech announced in September 2026, raising $2.1B between them: 14% of all the rounds we read that month and 5% of the money. The largest was barq's $330M Series A. The median seed round was $4.6M, against $5.0M over the last twelve months in Fintech; at Series A it was $16M. Andreessen Horowitz led the most rounds, with 2.

Equity rounds51in Fintech, 48 with an amount
Raised$2.1Bacross those rounds
Lead named78%of rounds say who led
Share of the month14%of rounds; 5% of the money

The biggest rounds

  1. 1barqSeries A · Saudi Arabia$330M
  2. 2TabbySeries F · Saudi Arabia · led by Blue Pool Capital$233M
  3. 3FFélixSeries C · United States · led by Andreessen Horowitz, General Catalyst$200M
  4. 4KapitalSeries C · Mexico$125M
  5. 5JeevesSeries C · led by CoinFund$110M
  6. 6ThatchSeries C · United States$108M
  7. 7NNumeralSeries C · United States · led by Insight Partners$100M
  8. 8Savvy WealthSeries C · United States · led by The Halo Fund$100M
  9. 9KisshtGrowth · India$87M
  10. 10A5XSeries D · Brazil · led by Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley Investment Management$70M

Day by day

Equity rounds in Fintech announced each day of September. The busiest day was 15 September, with 5.

1 September30 September

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-seed8$2.0Mthis month$2.4M12 months here
Seed13$4.6Mthis month$5.0M12 months here
Series A11$16Mthis month$16M12 months here
Series B5$30Mthis month$40M12 months here
Series C7$108Mthis month$68M12 months here
Series D1$70Mthis month$150M12 months, all sectors
Growth5$25Mthis month$56M12 months here

The most active leads

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

Where

United States had the most Fintech rounds this month.

Against the month

  • Rounds, Fintech51
  • Rounds, all sectors357
  • Raised, Fintech$2.1B
  • Raised, all sectors$39B

The whole of September 2026

Other sectors in September

195 roundsAI→39 roundsHealthcare→30 roundsBig Data & Analytics→27 roundsBiotech→25 roundsRobotics→24 roundsCybersecurity→23 roundsHardware & Electronics→22 roundsEnterprise Software→21 roundsSoftware→21 roundsEnergy→21 roundsConstruction→20 roundsHealthtech→20 roundsSaaS→19 roundsLogistics→17 roundsManufacturing→16 roundsCleantech→14 roundsAerospace & Space→14 roundsDefence Tech→13 roundsTelecoms→13 roundsSemiconductors→13 roundsClimate Tech→11 roundsAutomotive & EVs→10 roundsCloud→