We tracked 146 startup funding rounds in Q3 2026, together worth $45.4bn in disclosed funding. The median disclosed round was $65m.
The largest was Databricks's $5bn Growth round, led by Coatue, at a $190bn valuation. 66 rounds reached $100m or more and accounted for 96% of the money.
AI led by sector with $18.47bn across 27 rounds. By region, North America took $30.29bn (67%).
41 companys raised at a valuation of $1bn or more: Quantum Systems, Proxima Fusion, Helsing, Walden Robotics, Fireworks AI, HappyRobot and others.
The biggest rounds
- 1DatabricksGrowth · Data & analytics · San Francisco$5bn
- 2CrusoeSeries D+ · AI · Denver$3.9bn
- 3Mistral AISeries D+ · AI · Paris$3.5bn
- 4The Boring CompanySeries D+ · Mobility & logistics · Bastrop$3bn
- 5FirmusGrowth · AI · Sydney$2bn
- 6CognitionSeries D+ · AI · San Francisco$2bn
- 7HelsingSeries D+ · Defence & space · Munich$1.8bn
- 8Fireworks AISeries D+ · AI · San Mateo$1.51bn
- 9HadrianSeries D+ · Defence & space · Torrance$1.37bn
- 10Quantum SystemsSeries D+ · Defence & space · Munich$1.2bn
Figures cover the rounds in our tracker, which records disclosed amounts converted to US dollars at announcement. See the methodology.