Monthly roundup · Chemicals & Materials · October 2026

Chemicals & Materials startup funding, October 2026: Group14 Technologies's $169M Series D leads 13 rounds

By Millionrounds ResearchPublished 1 November 2026

We read 13 equity rounds in Chemicals & Materials announced in October 2026, raising $311M between them: 2% of all the rounds we read that month and 1% of the money. The largest was Group14 Technologies's $169M Series D. The median seed round was $12M, against $5.5M over the last twelve months across all sectors; at Series A it was $9.0M.

Equity rounds13in Chemicals & Materials, 9 with an amount
Raised$311Macross those rounds
Lead named85%of rounds say who led
Share of the month2%of rounds; 1% of the money

The biggest rounds

  1. 1Group14 TechnologiesSeries D · United States$169M
  2. 2AlbertSeries B · United States · led by TCV$55M
  3. 3WhizzoSeries B · India · led by Aavishkaar Venture Capital, Bertelsmann Investments$26M
  4. 4HHephaestusSeries A · United Kingdom · led by CiRi Ventures$17M
  5. 5AAmerican Advanced MaterialsSeed · United States · led by Amity Ventures$13M
  6. 6NanoForge AISeed · South Korea · led by Mirae Asset Venture Investment$11M
  7. 7UniSieveSeries A · Switzerland · led by Orano Venture Fund$9.0M
  8. 8ConcreteneSeries A · United Kingdom · led by PXN Equity Finance$6.0M
  9. 9MMatter MachinePre-seed · United Kingdom · led by IP Group$5.3M

Day by day

Equity rounds in Chemicals & Materials announced each day of October. The busiest day was 12 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$5.3Mthis month$2.0M12 months, all sectors
Seed2$12Mthis month$5.5M12 months, all sectors
Series A3$9.0Mthis month$20M12 months, all sectors
Series B2$41Mthis month$50M12 months, all sectors
Series D1$169Mthis month$150M12 months, all sectors
Growth3-this month$113M12 months, all sectors

Where

United States had the most Chemicals & Materials rounds this month.

Against the month

  • Rounds, Chemicals & Materials13
  • Rounds, all sectors733
  • Raised, Chemicals & Materials$311M
  • 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 roundsAutomotive & EVs→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→