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BlackRock

Focus: Robotics & hardware, AI

BlackRock took part in 4 of the startup funding rounds we tracked in 2026, leading or co-leading 1 worth $200m. By money raised, its biggest sectors were AI and Robotics & hardware. The largest was OpenAI's $122bn Growth round. The most recent was ICON's Series D+ round in October 2026.

Deployed as lead$200m

Rounds led1

Rounds joined4

Largest round$122bn

Rounds led (1)

ICONSeries D+ · Robotics & hardware · Austin · 13 Oct$200m

Also invested (3)

Mistral AISeries D+ · AI · Paris · 8 Sep$3.5bn OpenAIGrowth · AI · San Francisco · 31 Mar$122bn Axelera AIGrowth · Robotics & hardware · Eindhoven · 24 Feb$250m

By sector

AI$125.5bn Robotics & hardware$450m

By stage

Series D+$3.7bn Growth$122.25bn

Co-investors

Andreessen Horowitz2 rounds NVIDIA2 rounds Baillie Gifford1 round CAZ Investments1 round Norwest1 round Overmatch1 round Tiger Global1 round Scaleup Europe Fund1 round Advent1 round Bpifrance1 round