Weekly funding roundup · 10 August to 16 August 2026

Startup funding, week of 10 August: Thrive Holdings's $2.0B Growth leads 31 rounds

By Millionrounds ResearchPublished 17 August 2026Updated 29 October 2026

We read 31 equity rounds announced from 10 August to 16 August 2026, raising $4.7B between them. The largest was Thrive Holdings's $2.0B Growth, led by SoftBank BB Corp and Altimeter. The median seed round was $5.2M, against $5.5M over the last twelve months; at Series A it was $42M. Sequoia Capital led the most rounds, with 2.

Equity rounds31announced this week, 29 with an amount
Raised$4.7Bacross those rounds
Lead named87%of rounds say who led
Countries11where this week's rounds were raised

The biggest rounds

  1. 1Thrive HoldingsGrowth · United States · led by SoftBank BB Corp, Altimeter$2.0B
  2. 2Form EnergySeries G · United States · led by T. Rowe Price$750M
  3. 3LovableSeries C · Sweden · led by Menlo Ventures, Scaleup Europe Fund$400M
  4. 4Cambridge AerospaceSeries C · United Kingdom · led by DFJ$300M
  5. 5Neros TechnologiesSeries C · United States · led by Sequoia Capital, American Strategic Technology Fund (ASTF)$250M
  6. 6SimileSeries B · United States · led by Greenoaks$200M
  7. 7CodeRabbitSeries C · United States · led by Atomico, Smash Capital$143M
  8. 8YuluSeries C · India · led by GEF Capital Partners$93M
  9. 9InfinimmuneSeries A · United States · led by Playground Global, Regeneron Ventures$75M
  10. 10Skan AISeries C · United States · led by Cathay Innovation, Dell Technologies Capital$63M

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-seed3$1.2Mthis week$2.0M12-month median
Seed7$5.2Mthis week$5.5M12-month median
Series A2$42Mthis week$20M12-month median
Series B7$45Mthis week$50M12-month median
Series C7$143Mthis week$100M12-month median
Growth4$50Mthis week$108M12-month median

The most active leads

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

Where

  • United States13
  • Australia2
  • United Kingdom2
  • India2
  • Nigeria2
  • Uruguay1

United States had the most rounds this week.

In what

  • AI16
  • Fintech6
  • Healthcare3
  • Cybersecurity3
  • Construction3
  • Logistics3
  • Developer Tools3
  • Robotics3

AI was the busiest sector.