Monthly roundup · Retail · October 2026

Retail startup funding, October 2026: Scanntech's $180M Series F leads 15 rounds

By Millionrounds ResearchPublished 1 November 2026

We read 15 equity rounds in Retail announced in October 2026, raising $415M between them: 2% of all the rounds we read that month and 1% of the money. The largest was Scanntech's $180M Series F, led by L Catterton and Partners Group. The median seed round was $3.3M, against $5.5M over the last twelve months across all sectors; at Series A it was $10M.

Equity rounds15in Retail, 15 with an amount
Raised$415Macross those rounds
Lead named87%of rounds say who led
Share of the month2%of rounds; 1% of the money

The biggest rounds

  1. 1SScanntechSeries F · Brazil · led by L Catterton, Partners Group$180M
  2. 2SolinkGrowth · Canada · led by Vertu Capital$100M
  3. 3KevelGrowth · United States$52M
  4. 4ReuseSeries A · Chile · led by At One Ventures$21M
  5. 5AltaSeries A · United States · led by Forerunner Ventures$20M
  6. 6SantéSeries A · United States · led by FINTOP$15M
  7. 7DDalet LabsPre-seed · led by Lightspeed Venture Partners$7.0M
  8. 8CelesSeries A · Colombia · led by SP Ventures$5.0M
  9. 9KISAHSeries A · India · led by Fireside Ventures$3.7M
  10. 10LLoopsSeed · United States · led by A16z Speedrun, Andreessen Horowitz's a16z speedrun accelerator$3.5M

Day by day

Equity rounds in Retail announced each day of October. The busiest day was 9 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-seed4$813Kthis month$2.0M12 months, all sectors
Seed2$3.3Mthis month$5.5M12 months, all sectors
Series A6$10Mthis month$20M12 months, all sectors
Growth2$76Mthis month$113M12 months, all sectors

Where

United States had the most Retail rounds this month.

Against the month

  • Rounds, Retail15
  • Rounds, all sectors733
  • Raised, Retail$415M
  • 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 roundsMartech→14 roundsSupply Chain→14 roundsInsurtech→14 roundsTelecoms→14 roundsClimate Tech→13 roundsRegtech→13 roundsAutomotive & EVs→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→