Weekly funding roundup · 2 November to 8 November 2026

Startup funding, week of 2 November: Shield AI's $2.0B Series H leads 152 rounds

By Millionrounds ResearchPublished 9 November 2026

We read 152 equity rounds announced from 2 November to 8 November 2026, raising $11B between them. The largest was Shield AI's $2.0B Series H, led by Disruptive and Innovation X Capital. The median seed round was $5.8M, against $5.5M over the last twelve months; at Series A it was $15M. Andreessen Horowitz led the most rounds, with 4.

Equity rounds152announced this week, 129 with an amount
Raised$11Bacross those rounds
Lead named80%of rounds say who led
Countries30where this week's rounds were raised

The biggest rounds

  1. 1Shield AI logoShield AISeries H · United States · led by Disruptive, Innovation X Capital$2.0B
  2. 2Zipline logoZiplineGrowth · United States · led by Paradigm, WCM Investment Management$1.5B
  3. 3fal logofalSeries F · United States · led by Bessemer Venture Partners$1.3B
  4. 4CesiumAstro logoCesiumAstroSeries D · United States · led by Janus Henderson$730M
  5. 5Devoted Health logoDevoted HealthSeries G · United States$555M
  6. 6Nooks logoNooksGrowth · United States · led by General Catalyst, General Catalyst's Customer Value Fund (CVF)$500M
  7. 7Northwood Space logoNorthwood SpaceSeries C · United States · led by Andreessen Horowitz, DFJ$375M
  8. 8Harbinger logoHarbingerSeries D · United States · led by Tiger Global Management, Capricorn Investment$240M
  9. 9SSand.aiSeries A · China · led by Cornerstone Capital, Wangsu Science & Technology$200M
  10. 10aaSand.aiSeries A · China · led by Co-Stone Capital, Wangsu Science & Technology$200M

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-seed30$2.3Mthis week$2.0M12-month median
Seed51$5.8Mthis week$5.5M12-month median
Series A34$15Mthis week$20M12-month median
Series B14$94Mthis week$50M12-month median
Series C7$100Mthis week$100M12-month median
Series D7$42Mthis week$150M12-month median
Growth3$500Mthis week$113M12-month median

The most active leads

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

Where

  • United States48
  • India15
  • United Kingdom12
  • South Korea10
  • Germany10
  • Japan8

United States had the most rounds this week.

In what

  • AI76
  • Healthcare21
  • Robotics19
  • Fintech17
  • Logistics15
  • Biotech13
  • Enterprise Software11
  • Software10

AI was the busiest sector.