# Startup funding in South Korea, October 2026: FuriosaAI's $620M Series D leads 24 rounds > We read 24 equity rounds raised in South Korea and announced in October 2026, raising $700M between them: 3% of the rounds we read worldwide that month and... Source: https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/south-korea (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) Equity rounds **24** raised in South Korea, 8 with an amount Raised **$700M** across those rounds Lead named **29%** of rounds say who led Share of the world **3%** of rounds; 1% of the money ## The biggest rounds - [1 **FuriosaAI** Series D · led by National Growth Fund, National Growth Fund of Korea **$620M**](https://millionrounds.com/company/furiosaai) - [2 T **Trior** Series C **$25M**](https://millionrounds.com/company/trior) - [3 **AIZ Entertainment** Series A **$15M**](https://millionrounds.com/company/aiz-entertainment) - [4 E **Eyez Entertainment** Series A **$15M**](https://millionrounds.com/company/eyez-entertainment) - [5 **NanoForge AI** Seed · led by Mirae Asset Venture Investment **$11M**](https://millionrounds.com/company/nanoforge-ai) - [6 N **NationA** Series A **$6.5M**](https://millionrounds.com/company/nationa) - [7 N **Necta Group** Seed · led by Portal Ventures **$5.0M**](https://millionrounds.com/company/necta-group) - [8 T **TraceWeave** Seed · led by Mirae Asset Capital **$2.3M**](https://millionrounds.com/company/traceweave) ## Day by day Equity rounds raised in South Korea and announced each day of October. The busiest day was 22 October, with 6. 1 October 31 October ## By stage, against the year Each stage's median this month beside its twelve-month median: South Korea's own where we hold enough rounds for a benchmark, otherwise the worldwide one. [Pre-seed](https://millionrounds.com/benchmarks/pre-seed) *1* **-** this month **$2.0M** 12 months, worldwide [Seed](https://millionrounds.com/benchmarks/seed) *8* **$5.0M** this month **$5.5M** 12 months, worldwide [Series A](https://millionrounds.com/benchmarks/series-a) *10* **$15M** this month **$20M** 12 months, worldwide [Series B](https://millionrounds.com/benchmarks/series-b) *1* **-** this month **$50M** 12 months, worldwide [Series C](https://millionrounds.com/benchmarks/series-c) *2* **$25M** this month **$100M** 12 months, worldwide [Series D](https://millionrounds.com/benchmarks/series-d) *1* **$620M** this month **$150M** 12 months, worldwide [Growth](https://millionrounds.com/benchmarks/growth) *1* **-** this month **$113M** 12 months, worldwide ## In what - [AI](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/ai) **20** - [Entertainment](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/entertainment) **9** - [Media](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/media) **7** - [Biotech](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/biotech) **2** - [Cloud](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/cloud) **2** - [Gaming](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/gaming) **2** - [Enterprise Software](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/enterprise-software) **2** - [Semiconductors](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/sector/semiconductors) **2** AI was the busiest sector in South Korea. ## Against the world - Rounds, South Korea **24** - Rounds, worldwide **733** - Raised, South Korea **$700M** - Raised, worldwide **$59B** [The whole of October 2026](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10) ## Other countries in October [281 rounds **United States** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/united-states)[74 rounds **India** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/india)[56 rounds **United Kingdom** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/united-kingdom)[31 rounds **China** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/china)[25 rounds **Japan** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/japan)[18 rounds **Canada** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/canada)[17 rounds **France** *→*](https://millionrounds.com/news/monthly/2026-10/france) **How this roundup is made** It is written from the rounds we read that month in named articles and filings, counted by the country the company raised in. Only equity rounds with a stage count; debt, grants and public companies' raises do not. Each month the eight countries with the most equity rounds get their 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)