We tracked 125 startup funding rounds in September 2026, together worth $26.72bn in disclosed funding. The median disclosed round was $35m.
The largest was Crusoe's $3.9bn Series D+ round, led by Atreides Management and Mubadala Capital, at a $30.9bn valuation. 48 rounds reached $100m or more and accounted for 93% of the money.
AI led by sector with $13.31bn across 22 rounds. By region, North America took $19.02bn (71%).
30 companys raised at a valuation of $1bn or more: HiBob, Lyte, Gimlet Labs, Cognition, Mistral AI, Celero and others.
The biggest rounds
- 1CrusoeSeries D+ · AI · Denver$3.9bn
- 2Mistral AISeries D+ · AI · Paris$3.5bn
- 3The Boring CompanySeries D+ · Mobility & logistics · Bastrop$3bn
- 4CognitionSeries D+ · AI · San Francisco$2bn
- 5Stoke SpaceSeries D+ · Defence & space · Kent$1bn
- 6InstinctSeries C · AI · San Francisco$1bn
- 7PositronSeries C · AI · Reno$875m
- 8Mach IndustriesSeries C · Defence & space · Huntington Beach$600m
- 9HarveySeries D+ · Legal & compliance · San Francisco$550m
- 10TemporalSeries D+ · Developer tools · United States$550m
Figures cover the rounds in our tracker, which records disclosed amounts converted to US dollars at announcement. See the methodology.