Weekly funding roundup · 3 August to 9 August 2026

Startup funding, week of 3 August: Firmus Technologies's $2.0B Growth leads 73 rounds

By Millionrounds ResearchPublished 10 August 2026Updated 22 October 2026

We read 73 equity rounds announced from 3 August to 9 August 2026, raising $12B between them. The largest was Firmus Technologies's $2.0B Growth. The median seed round was $6.5M, against $5.5M over the last twelve months; at Series A it was $24M. New Enterprise Associates led the most rounds, with 2.

Equity rounds73announced this week, 69 with an amount
Raised$12Bacross those rounds
Lead named81%of rounds say who led
Countries16where this week's rounds were raised

The biggest rounds

  1. 1Firmus TechnologiesGrowth · Australia$2.0B
  2. 2HadrianGrowth · United States · led by Valor Equity Partners, JP Morgan Chase$1.4B
  3. 3ICEYESeries F · Finland · led by Scaleup Europe Fund, EQT's Scaleup Europe Fund$1.2B
  4. 4BBase PowerSeries D · United States · led by Valor Equity Partners, Ribbit Capital$1.0B
  5. 5Valar AtomicsSeries B · United States · led by Sequoia Capital$1.0B
  6. 6LumilensSeries C · United States · led by Bain Capital Ventures, Spark Capital$700M
  7. 7WhatnotGrowth · United States · led by Greycroft$545M
  8. 8AntaresSeries C · United States · led by Paradigm, Caffeinated Capital$470M
  9. 9OlixGrowth · United Kingdom · led by Fundomo$312M
  10. 10VVoltaSeries A · led by Andreessen Horowitz, Altimeter$300M

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-seed8$6.0Mthis week$2.0M12-month median
Seed15$6.5Mthis week$5.5M12-month median
Series A17$24Mthis week$20M12-month median
Series B10$56Mthis week$50M12-month median
Series C9$125Mthis week$100M12-month median
Series D4$145Mthis week$158M12-month median
Growth7$312Mthis week$108M12-month median

The most active leads

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

Where

  • United States30
  • United Kingdom8
  • Brazil5
  • China4
  • Australia4
  • Finland2

United States had the most rounds this week.

In what

  • AI41
  • Fintech14
  • Robotics11
  • Energy7
  • Logistics6
  • Enterprise Software6
  • Healthcare6
  • Construction6

AI was the busiest sector.