Biggest startup funding rounds in August 2026
The largest startup rounds announced in August 2026, ranked by round size.
Rounds ranked11
Combined$11.53bn
Median$400m
- 1DatabricksGrowth Data & analytics · San Francisco · 13 Aug · led by Coatue · $190bn valuation$5bn
- 2FirmusGrowth AI · Sydney · 7 Aug · $10.5bn valuation$2bn
- 3HadrianSeries D+ Defence & space · Torrance · 6 Aug · led by WCM Investment Management, Washington Harbour Partners · $7.87bn valuation$1.37bn
- 4River AISeries A AI · Palo Alto · 11 Aug · led by General Catalyst, AMP PBC$1.1bn
- 5Valar AtomicsSeries B Climate & energy · Hawthorne · 3 Aug · led by Sequoia Capital$1bn
- 6LovableSeries C AI · Stockholm · 12 Aug · led by Menlo Ventures, Scaleup Europe Fund · $13.3bn valuation$400m
- 7Cambridge AerospaceSeries C Defence & space · London · 10 Aug · led by DFJ Growth · $3.4bn valuation$300m
- 8HappyRobotSeries C AI · San Francisco · 4 Aug · led by Prysm Capital, Eurazeo · $1.2bn valuation$150m
- 9RiverSeries C Mobility & logistics · Bengaluru · 5 Aug · led by Elev8 Venture Partners, Claypond Capital$120m
- 10DecadeSeed Fintech · Brazil · 4 Aug · led by Greenoaks, Benchmark$85m
- 11JemSeries A HR & work · Cape Town · 17 Aug · led by Quona Capital$8.4m
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