Weekly funding roundup · 22 June to 28 June 2026

Startup funding, week of 22 June: Baseten's $1.5B Growth leads 42 rounds

We read 42 equity rounds announced from 22 June to 28 June 2026, raising $5.2B between them. The largest was Baseten's $1.5B Growth, led by Spark Capital and Wellington Management. The median seed round was $4.0M, against $5.5M over the last twelve months; at Series A it was $15M. Spark Capital led the most rounds, with 2.

Equity rounds42announced this week, 41 with an amount
Raised$5.2Bacross those rounds
Lead named88%of rounds say who led
Countries16where this week's rounds were raised

The biggest rounds

  1. 1BasetenGrowth · United States · led by Spark Capital, Wellington Management$1.5B
  2. 2AAppsFlyerSeries E · United States$1.0B
  3. 3AlanGrowth · France · led by Prosus Ventures$545M
  4. 4AirwallexSeries H · Singapore · led by Addition$460M
  5. 5Nearfield InstrumentsSeries D · Netherlands · led by Fidelity$380M
  6. 6UUpscale AISeries A · United States · led by PremjiInvest$190M
  7. 7BBionyra PharmaSeries A · France · led by Sofinnova Partners, Jeito Capital$165M
  8. 8Assort HealthSeries C · United States · led by Menlo Ventures$120M
  9. 9RRQ BioSeries A · United Kingdom · led by Frazier Life Sciences$115M
  10. 10TaktileSeries C · United States · led by Goldman Sachs Alternatives$110M

By stage, against the year

Each stage's median this week beside its median over the last twelve months. A single week is a small sample, so read the gap as a hint, not a trend.

Pre-seed4$4.0Mthis week$2.0M12-month median
Seed13$4.0Mthis week$5.5M12-month median
Series A13$15Mthis week$20M12-month median
Series B4$45Mthis week$50M12-month median
Series C3$110Mthis week$100M12-month median
Series D1$380Mthis week$158M12-month median
Growth2$1.0Bthis week$108M12-month median

The most active leads

Firms that led two or more of the week's rounds.

Where

  • United States16
  • United Kingdom4
  • France3
  • Austria3
  • Netherlands2
  • Brazil2

United States had the most rounds this week.

In what

  • AI20
  • Fintech11
  • Healthcare5
  • Biotech5
  • Enterprise Software3
  • Hardware & Electronics3
  • Construction3
  • Logistics3

AI was the busiest sector.