Monthly roundup · Automotive & EVs · October 2026

Automotive & EVs startup funding, October 2026: Bedrock Robotics's $600M Series C leads 13 rounds

By Millionrounds ResearchPublished 1 November 2026Updated 3 November 2026

We read 13 equity rounds in Automotive & EVs announced in October 2026, raising $1.3B between them: 2% of all the rounds we read that month and 2% of the money. The largest was Bedrock Robotics's $600M Series C, led by Emergence Capital and CapitalG. The median seed round was $2.1M, against $5.5M over the last twelve months across all sectors; at Series A it was $20M.

Equity rounds13in Automotive & EVs, 13 with an amount
Raised$1.3Bacross those rounds
Lead named69%of rounds say who led
Share of the month2%of rounds; 2% of the money

The biggest rounds

  1. 1Bedrock RoboticsSeries C · United States · led by Emergence Capital, CapitalG$600M
  2. 2NeolixSeries E · China · led by Boyu Capital, China's National Artificial Intelligence Industry Investment Fund$400M
  3. 3OOro MobilityGrowth · United States$80M
  4. 4TTVS Automobile SolutionsSeries D · India · led by CE Ventures$45M
  5. 5GreenCell MobilityGrowth · India · led by Impact Fund Denmark (formerly IFU)$35M
  6. 6MAXSeries B · Nigeria$29M
  7. 7FlaiSeries A · United States · led by Base10 Partners$27M
  8. 8AutobiaSeries A · Saudi Arabia · led by Artal Capital$12M
  9. 9Battery SmartSeries C · India$10M
  10. 10MadicaPre-seed · led by Flourish Ventures$6.0M

Day by day

Equity rounds in Automotive & EVs announced each day of October. The busiest day was 8 October, with 2.

1 October31 October

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$5.0Mthis month$2.0M12 months, all sectors
Seed2$2.1Mthis month$5.5M12 months, all sectors
Series A2$20Mthis month$20M12 months, all sectors
Series B1$29Mthis month$50M12 months, all sectors
Series C2$305Mthis month$100M12 months, all sectors
Series D1$45Mthis month$150M12 months, all sectors
Growth2$58Mthis month$113M12 months, all sectors

Where

United States had the most Automotive & EVs rounds this month.

Against the month

  • Rounds, Automotive & EVs13
  • Rounds, all sectors733
  • Raised, Automotive & EVs$1.3B
  • Raised, all sectors$59B

The whole of October 2026

Other sectors in October

411 roundsAI→100 roundsFintech→72 roundsHealthcare→67 roundsSoftware→67 roundsRobotics→56 roundsManufacturing→44 roundsSaaS→44 roundsConstruction→42 roundsHardware & Electronics→41 roundsBiotech→34 roundsBig Data & Analytics→33 roundsEnergy→33 roundsLogistics→32 roundsEnterprise Software→29 roundsAerospace & Space→29 roundsHealthtech→28 roundsCybersecurity→26 roundsDefence Tech→25 roundsCloud→24 roundsEntertainment→23 roundsB2C→23 roundsFinancial Services→22 roundsMedical Devices→20 roundsCleantech→19 roundsE-commerce→19 roundsFood & Beverage→18 roundsReal Estate→18 roundsDeeptech→18 roundsSemiconductors→17 roundsAgtech→16 roundsDeveloper Tools→15 roundsWeb3 & Crypto→15 roundsRetail→15 roundsMartech→14 roundsSupply Chain→14 roundsInsurtech→14 roundsTelecoms→14 roundsClimate Tech→13 roundsRegtech→13 roundsChemicals & Materials→12 roundsFuture of Work→12 roundsB2B→12 roundsMedia→12 roundsGaming→11 roundsProfessional Services→11 roundsMarketplaces→11 roundsHR Tech→11 roundsEducation→11 roundsSalestech→10 roundsProptech→10 roundsPharma→10 roundsFashion→10 roundsTravel & Hospitality→