Big round · 4 August 2026

Antares raises $470M Series C led by Paradigm

By Millionrounds ResearchPublished 16 September 2026

Antares, based in United States, has raised $470M in a Series C led by Paradigm and Caffeinated Capital, announced on 4 August 2026. 4 other investors joined. It is the 110th largest equity round we recorded in the twelve months to that date, and the 19th largest Series C of 182. The median Series C over the same period was $100M, so this one is 4.7 times that. Its previous round on record was a Series B of $96M in December 2025, 8 months earlier.

Raised$470M3 sources reported it
StageSeries C1 earlier round on record
Investors62 named as lead
Where USUnited States

Defence TechEnergy

How big is it?

Against every equity round we recorded in the twelve months to 4 August 2026. Ranks count companies, so the same raise reported twice is counted once.

#110equity round of the last twelve months
#19Series C of 182 in that time
#77round in United States, of 1,092
This round$470M
Median Series C$100M

4.7 times the median Series C of the last twelve months.

Who invested

Also in the round

Funding history

  1. August 2026Series C$470M
  2. December 2025Series B$96M

$566M raised across the 2 rounds we hold.

Reported by

  1. TechCrunch27 July
  2. TechStartups27 July
  3. Ventureburn27 July

The round's figures come from these reports; each link opens the original.

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Firmus Technologies$2.0B GrowthLumilens$700M Series CHadrian$1.4B GrowthMoove$250M Series CICEYE$1.2B Series FHappyRobot$150M Series C
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