Series A funding: what it is, what investors expect, and who raised one in 2026
What Series A funding is, how it differs from seed and Series B, what investors look for before leading one, and the startups that raised a Series A in 2026, with every amount linked to the announcement it came from.
Series A funding is a startup's first large priced round after seed: the money that turns a product with early traction into a business that can grow repeatably. On October 1, 2026, Recent Funding listed 1094 companies whose latest round is a Series A, and 368 of them announced it in 2026 with an amount linked to its source.
What a Series A is
A Series A is usually the first round priced by a lead venture fund on the strength of the business rather than the idea. By the time a company raises one, it typically has:
- A product people use and pay for, or a clear path to revenue that the numbers already show.
- Repeatable growth: the same channel or motion works more than once, so new money buys more of it.
- A team that can scale it, because most of the round goes into hiring.
The lead investor normally takes a board seat and sets the price, and earlier investors from the seed round often follow on.
Seed, Series A and Series B
- Seed funds the first version of the business and the search for product-market fit.
- Series A funds scaling what already works.
- Series B and later fund expansion: new markets, new products, larger teams.
The labels describe where a company is, not a fixed amount. Some 2026 seed rounds are larger than many Series As, so Recent Funding records the stage an announcement uses rather than inferring it from the size.
The largest Series A rounds of 2026
These are the biggest Series A rounds announced this year among companies whose latest round is a Series A. Each amount links to the announcement it came from. Very large Series A figures are worth reading at the source before quoting: some combine several tranches, or a strategic investment, into one headline number.
| # | Company | Industry | Stage | Amount | Announced | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ai | series-a | $1.1B | TechCrunch | ||
| 2 |  Astranova Mobility | other | series-a | $1B | CNBC TV18 | |
| 3 | other | series-a | $500M | vastspace.com | ||
| 4 |  Inertia | other | series-a | $450M | fundraisingfox.com | |
| 5 |  Groq | other | series-a | $350M | groq.com | |
| 6 | ai | series-a | $320M | Pulse 2.0 | ||
| 7 | other | series-a | $320M | fundraisingfox.com | ||
| 8 | infra-devtools | series-a | $250M | techcrunch.com | ||
| 9 | other | series-a | $250M | fundraisingfox.com | ||
| 10 |  Focused Energy | other | series-a | $240M | fundraisingfox.com | |
| 11 | other | series-a | $225M | fundraisingfox.com | ||
| 12 | ai | series-a | $200M | Pulse 2.0 | ||
| 13 | other | series-a | $200M | siliconangle.com | ||
| 14 |  Upscale AI | other | series-a | $190M | fundraisingfox.com | |
| 15 |  Bionyra | other | series-a | $165M | fundraisingfox.com | |
| 16 | robotics-hardware | series-a | $152M | thehumanoid.ai | ||
| 17 |  Quantum Art | other | series-a | $140M | siliconangle.com | |
| 18 | other | series-a | $135M | fundraisingfox.com | ||
| 19 |  Quobly | other | series-a | $133M | SiliconANGLE | |
| 20 | ai | series-a | $130M | AI Insider |
Series A rounds announced recently
The newest Series A announcements, from the last 90 days (since July 3, 2026), newest first. 91 have a linked amount.
| # | Company | Industry | Stage | Amount | Announced | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Miter | other | series-a | $40M | axios.com | |
| 2 | other | series-a | $97M | efficient.computer | ||
| 3 | other | series-a | $11.5M | thesaasnews.com | ||
| 4 |  Arivihan (Arivihan Technologies Private Limited) | other | series-a | $10M | dealroom.co | |
| 5 | energy-climate | series-a | $40M | pv magazine USA | ||
| 6 | defi | series-a | $37M | The Block | ||
| 7 | other | series-a | $6.67M | dealroom.co | ||
| 8 | SSuperlogic | data-analytics | series-a | $13.7M | TechCrunch | |
| 9 |  Disha Health (Curelink Private Limited) | other | series-a | $5.96M | tracxn.com | |
| 10 | Ddtcpay | payments-stablecoins | series-a | $15M | crypto-fundraising.info | |
| 11 | FFinloop | fintech | series-a | $10M | dropstab.com | |
| 12 | payments-stablecoins | series-a | $10M | dropstab.com | ||
| 13 |  Maven Robotics | ai | series-a | $100M | siliconangle.com | |
| 14 |  Highstock | other | series-a | $30M | wwd.com | |
| 15 |  Graph AI | other | series-a | $13.3M | prnewswire.com | |
| 16 |  Theater | other | series-a | $7.8M | retail.economictimes.indiatimes.com | |
| 17 | fintech | series-a | $22M | techinafrica.com | ||
| 18 | other | series-a | $21M | dealstreetasia.com | ||
| 19 |  DigitalPaani | other | series-a | $2.3M | thesaasnews.com | |
| 20 |  Navana.ai | ai | series-a | $4.2M | newzchain.com | |
| 21 |  Cradlewise | other | series-a | $12M | retail.economictimes.indiatimes.com | |
| 22 | consumer-social | series-a | $50M | finsmes.com | ||
| 23 |  Yuma Energy | other | series-a | $35M | wiondrive.com | |
| 24 | other | series-a | $2.1M | startupresearcher.com | ||
| 25 |  Retro | other | series-a | $21M | techcrunch.com | |
| 26 | other | series-a | $12M | raising.fi | ||
| 27 |  OORJAA | other | series-a | $1M | entrepreneur.economictimes.indiatimes.com | |
| 28 | other | series-a | $10M | yourstory.com | ||
| 29 |  Curaa | other | series-a | $4.2M | startups.center | |
| 30 | CCity Protocol (Cooking City) | gaming | series-a | $4M | dropstab.com |
How to find startups that just raised a Series A
Every company here has a profile with its raise history, investors and links, for example River AI at /companies/river-ai/. To track new rounds as they are announced, filter the directory by stage, or query the API:
curl "https://recentfunding.com/api/v1/rounds?stage=series-a&since=2026-01-01&limit=5"Each round in the response carries the amount and the source_url it came from. The API guide lists every field and filter, and the funds that lead these rounds are ranked on the investors page.