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January 2026 funding

Startup funding rounds announced in January 2026: 10 rounds worth $23.5bn.

Raised$23.5bn
Rounds10
Median round$275m
$1bn+ valuations8
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Biggest round · Palo AltoxAI raises $20bn in an upsized Series E round

All 10 rounds

UpwindSeries B · Cybersecurity · San Francisco · 26 Jan$250mMewsSeries D+ · Enterprise software · Amsterdam · 22 Jan$300mOvivaSeries D+ · Healthtech & bio · Altendorf · 22 Jan$220mPreplySeries D+ · Edtech · Barcelona · 21 Jan$150mhumans&Seed · AI · United States · 20 Jan$480mParloaSeries D+ · AI · Berlin · 15 Jan$350mSkild AISeries C · Robotics & hardware · Pittsburgh · 14 Jan$1.4bnHarmattan AISeries B · Defence & space · Paris · 12 Jan$200mxAISeries D+ · AI · Palo Alto · 6 Jan$20bnLMArenaSeries A · AI · United States · 6 Jan$150m

By sector

AI4 rounds$20.98bnRobotics & hardware1 round$1.4bnEnterprise software1 round$300mCybersecurity1 round$250mHealthtech & bio1 round$220mDefence & space1 round$200mEdtech1 round$150m

By stage

Series D+5 rounds$21.02bnSeries C1 round$1.4bnSeed1 round$480mSeries B2 rounds$450mSeries A1 round$150m

By region

North America5 rounds$22.28bnEurope5 rounds$1.22bn

Compare months

November59 rounds$4.99bnOctober182 rounds$15.42bnSeptember125 rounds$26.72bnAugust11 rounds$11.53bnJuly10 rounds$7.15bnJune10 rounds$6.24bnMay11 rounds$75.48bnApril10 rounds$3.98bnMarch11 rounds$129.16bnFebruary9 rounds$4.45bnJanuary10 rounds$23.5bn

Rankings, reports and weekly roundups

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