We tracked 11 startup funding rounds in May 2026, together worth $75.48bn in disclosed funding. The median disclosed round was $700m.
The largest was Anthropic's $65bn Series D+ round, led by Altimeter Capital and Dragoneer, at a $965bn valuation. 9 rounds reached $100m or more and accounted for 100% of the money.
AI led by sector with $66.74bn across 5 rounds. By region, North America took $72.65bn (96%).
6 companys raised at a valuation of $1bn or more: Sierra, Anduril, Rapido, Hark, Cognition, Anthropic.
The biggest rounds
- 1AnthropicSeries D+ · AI · San Francisco$65bn
- 2AndurilSeries D+ · Defence & space · Costa Mesa$5bn
- 3Isomorphic LabsSeries B · Healthtech & bio · London$2.1bn
- 4CognitionSeries D+ · Developer tools · San Francisco$1bn
- 5SierraSeries D+ · AI · San Francisco$950m
- 6HarkSeries A · AI · United States$700m
- 7RapidoGrowth · Mobility & logistics · Bengaluru$240m
- 8FractileSeries B · Robotics & hardware · London$220m
- 9QuantWareSeries B · Robotics & hardware · Delft$178m
- 10ViktorSeries A · AI · Warsaw$75m
Figures cover the rounds in our tracker, which records disclosed amounts converted to US dollars at announcement. See the methodology.