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

> 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.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/news/weekly/2026-08-03 (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

Equity rounds **73** announced this week, 69 with an amount

Raised **$12B** across those rounds

Lead named **81%** of rounds say who led

Countries **16** where this week's rounds were raised

## The biggest rounds

- [1 **Firmus Technologies** Growth · Australia **$2.0B**](https://millionrounds.com/company/firmus-technologies)
- [2 **Hadrian** Growth · United States · led by Valor Equity Partners, JP Morgan Chase **$1.4B**](https://millionrounds.com/company/hadrian)
- [3 **ICEYE** Series F · Finland · led by Scaleup Europe Fund, EQT's Scaleup Europe Fund **$1.2B**](https://millionrounds.com/company/iceye)
- [4 B **Base Power** Series D · United States · led by Valor Equity Partners, Ribbit Capital **$1.0B**](https://millionrounds.com/company/base-power)
- [5 **Valar Atomics** Series B · United States · led by Sequoia Capital **$1.0B**](https://millionrounds.com/company/valar-atomics)
- [6 **Lumilens** Series C · United States · led by Bain Capital Ventures, Spark Capital **$700M**](https://millionrounds.com/company/lumilens)
- [7 **Whatnot** Growth · United States · led by Greycroft **$545M**](https://millionrounds.com/company/whatnot)
- [8 **Antares** Series C · United States · led by Paradigm, Caffeinated Capital **$470M**](https://millionrounds.com/company/antares)
- [9 **Olix** Growth · United Kingdom · led by Fundomo **$312M**](https://millionrounds.com/company/olix)
- [10 V **Volta** Series A · led by Andreessen Horowitz, Altimeter **$300M**](https://millionrounds.com/company/volta)

## 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-seed](https://millionrounds.com/benchmarks/pre-seed) *8* **$6.0M** this week **$2.0M** 12-month median

[Seed](https://millionrounds.com/benchmarks/seed) *15* **$6.5M** this week **$5.5M** 12-month median

[Series A](https://millionrounds.com/benchmarks/series-a) *17* **$24M** this week **$20M** 12-month median

[Series B](https://millionrounds.com/benchmarks/series-b) *10* **$56M** this week **$50M** 12-month median

[Series C](https://millionrounds.com/benchmarks/series-c) *9* **$125M** this week **$100M** 12-month median

[Series D](https://millionrounds.com/benchmarks/series-d) *4* **$145M** this week **$158M** 12-month median

[Growth](https://millionrounds.com/benchmarks/growth) *7* **$312M** this week **$108M** 12-month median

## The most active leads

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

- [**New Enterprise Associates** Horizon3, TwelveLabs *2 led*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/new-enterprise-associates)
- [**Valor Equity Partners** Base Power, Hadrian *2 led*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/valor-equity-partners)
- [**JPMorgan Chase's Strategic Investment Group** Base Power, Hadrian *2 led*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jpmorgan-chase-s-strategic-investment-group)

## Where

- United States **30**
- United Kingdom **8**
- Brazil **5**
- China **4**
- Australia **4**
- Finland **2**

United States had the most rounds this week.

## In what

- AI **41**
- Fintech **14**
- Robotics **11**
- Energy **7**
- Logistics **6**
- Enterprise Software **6**
- Healthcare **6**
- Construction **6**

AI was the busiest sector.

**How this roundup is made**

It is written from the rounds we read that week in named articles and filings. Only equity rounds with a stage count towards the figures; debt, grants and public companies' raises do not. We read more sources every month, so the number of rounds says more about our coverage than about the market: compare medians, not totals. [How we read rounds](https://millionrounds.com/methodology) · [Report a mistake](https://millionrounds.com/corrections)