# Chemicals & Materials startup funding, October 2026: Group14 Technologies's $169M Series D leads 13 rounds > 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... Source: https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/chemicals (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) Equity rounds **13** in Chemicals & Materials, 9 with an amount Raised **$311M** across those rounds Lead named **85%** of rounds say who led Share of the month **2%** of rounds; 1% of the money ## The biggest rounds - [1 **Group14 Technologies** Series D · United States **$169M**](https://millionrounds.com/company/group14-technologies) - [2 **Albert** Series B · United States · led by TCV **$55M**](https://millionrounds.com/company/albert) - [3 **Whizzo** Series B · India · led by Aavishkaar Venture Capital, Bertelsmann Investments **$26M**](https://millionrounds.com/company/whizzo) - [4 H **Hephaestus** Series A · United Kingdom · led by CiRi Ventures **$17M**](https://millionrounds.com/company/hephaestus) - [5 A **American Advanced Materials** Seed · United States · led by Amity Ventures **$13M**](https://millionrounds.com/company/american-advanced-materials) - [6 **NanoForge AI** Seed · South Korea · led by Mirae Asset Venture Investment **$11M**](https://millionrounds.com/company/nanoforge-ai) - [7 **UniSieve** Series A · Switzerland · led by Orano Venture Fund **$9.0M**](https://millionrounds.com/company/unisieve) - [8 **Concretene** Series A · United Kingdom · led by PXN Equity Finance **$6.0M**](https://millionrounds.com/company/concretene) - [9 M **Matter Machine** Pre-seed · United Kingdom · led by IP Group **$5.3M**](https://millionrounds.com/company/matter-machine) ## Day by day Equity rounds in Chemicals & Materials announced each day of October. The busiest day was 12 October, with 2. 1 October 31 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-seed](https://millionrounds.com/benchmarks/pre-seed) *2* **$5.3M** this month **$2.0M** 12 months, all sectors [Seed](https://millionrounds.com/benchmarks/seed) *2* **$12M** this month **$5.5M** 12 months, all sectors [Series A](https://millionrounds.com/benchmarks/series-a) *3* **$9.0M** this month **$20M** 12 months, all sectors [Series B](https://millionrounds.com/benchmarks/series-b) *2* **$41M** this month **$50M** 12 months, all sectors [Series D](https://millionrounds.com/benchmarks/series-d) *1* **$169M** this month **$150M** 12 months, all sectors [Growth](https://millionrounds.com/benchmarks/growth) *3* **-** this month **$113M** 12 months, all sectors ## Where - [United States](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/united-states) **5** - [United Kingdom](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/united-kingdom) **3** - Switzerland **1** - [South Korea](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/south-korea) **1** - Türkiye **1** - Italy **1** - [India](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/india) **1** United States had the most Chemicals & Materials rounds this month. ## Against the month - Rounds, Chemicals & Materials **13** - Rounds, all sectors **733** - Raised, Chemicals & Materials **$311M** - Raised, all sectors **$59B** [The whole of October 2026](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10) ## Other sectors in October [411 rounds **AI** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/ai)[100 rounds **Fintech** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/fintech)[72 rounds **Healthcare** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/healthcare)[67 rounds **Software** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/software)[67 rounds **Robotics** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/robotics)[56 rounds **Manufacturing** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/manufacturing)[44 rounds **SaaS** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/saas)[44 rounds **Construction** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/construction)[42 rounds **Hardware & Electronics** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/hardware)[41 rounds **Biotech** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/biotech)[34 rounds **Big Data & Analytics** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/big-data)[33 rounds **Energy** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/energy)[33 rounds **Logistics** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/logistics)[32 rounds **Enterprise Software** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/enterprise-software)[29 rounds **Aerospace & Space** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/aerospace)[29 rounds **Healthtech** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/healthtech)[28 rounds **Cybersecurity** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/cybersecurity)[26 rounds **Defence Tech** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/defensetech)[25 rounds **Cloud** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/cloud)[24 rounds **Entertainment** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/entertainment)[23 rounds **B2C** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/b2c)[23 rounds **Financial Services** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/financial-services)[22 rounds **Medical Devices** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/medical-device)[20 rounds **Cleantech** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/cleantech)[19 rounds **E-commerce** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/ecommerce)[19 rounds **Food & Beverage** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/food-beverage)[18 rounds **Real Estate** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/real-estate)[18 rounds **Deeptech** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/deeptech)[18 rounds **Semiconductors** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/semiconductors)[17 rounds **Agtech** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/agtech)[16 rounds **Developer Tools** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/developer-tools)[15 rounds **Web3 & Crypto** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/web3)[15 rounds **Retail** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/retail)[15 rounds **Martech** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/martech)[14 rounds **Supply Chain** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/supply-chain)[14 rounds **Insurtech** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/insurtech)[14 rounds **Telecoms** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/telecom)[14 rounds **Climate Tech** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/climate)[13 rounds **Regtech** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/regtech)[13 rounds **Automotive & EVs** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/automotive)[12 rounds **Future of Work** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/future-of-work)[12 rounds **B2B** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/b2b)[12 rounds **Media** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/media)[12 rounds **Gaming** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/gaming)[11 rounds **Professional Services** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/consulting)[11 rounds **Marketplaces** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/marketplace)[11 rounds **HR Tech** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/hrtech)[11 rounds **Education** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/education)[11 rounds **Salestech** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/salestech)[10 rounds **Proptech** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/proptech)[10 rounds **Pharma** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/pharma)[10 rounds **Fashion** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/fashion)[10 rounds **Travel & Hospitality** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/traveltech) **How this roundup is made** It is written from the rounds we read that month in named articles and filings, by the sectors we file each company under; a company can sit in more than one, so sector roundups overlap. Only equity rounds with a stage count; debt, grants and public companies' raises do not. Each sector with 10 or more equity rounds in a month gets its own roundup. We read more sources every month, so compare medians, not totals. [How we read rounds](https://millionrounds.com/methodology) · [Report a mistake](https://millionrounds.com/corrections)