Startup funding this week: the startups that raised, Sep 29–Oct 6, 2026
Startup funding rounds announced from Sep 29 to Oct 6, 2026: the largest with the amount linked to its announcement, by industry and stage, the startups flagged in stealth before they announced, and the founders behind them.
In the seven days to October 6, 2026, 140 startups announced a funding round with a sourced amount (259 announced a round in all). The largest were Maxwell Power ($800M), GMI Cloud ($668M) and EliseAI ($350M). Rounds a later review found wrong (an acquisition stored as a round, a figure that was not a round, a duplicate company, a stock exchange) have been taken out of this week's lists.
The largest rounds this week
| # | Company | Industry | Stage | Amount | Announced | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MMaxwell Power | energy-climate | series-b+ | $800M | morningstar.com | |
| 2 |  GMI Cloud | infra-devtools | unknown | $668M | eu.36kr.com | |
| 3 | EEliseAI | ai | series-b+ | $350M | startupitalia.eu | |
| 4 | AArmadin | unknown | $255M | thesaasnews.com | ||
| 5 |  Varda | robotics-hardware | series-b+ | $251M | reuters.com | |
| 6 |  Mal | fintech | seed | $230M | thefintechtimes.com | |
| 7 |  PaleBlueDot AI | infra-devtools | series-b+ | $200M | pulse2.com | |
| 8 |  Verda | infra-devtools | series-b+ | $189M | bebeez.eu | |
| 9 | SSimple Energy | energy-climate | series-b+ | $180M | BW Disrupt | |
| 10 | SSupabase | infra-devtools | series-b+ | $150M | prnewswire.com | |
| 11 | VValon | fintech | series-b+ | $150M | valon.ai | |
| 12 | CCScale | ai | series-b+ | $145M | economictimes.indiatimes.com | |
| 13 | HHertha Metals | robotics-hardware | series-a | $133.65M | businesswire.com | |
| 14 | HHomeward | proptech | series-b+ | $120M | venturecapital.com | |
| 15 | OOnomondo | infra-devtools | series-b+ | $113.55M | tech.eu | |
| 16 | JJeeves | series-b+ | $110M | app.dealroom.co | ||
| 17 |  Efficient Computer | robotics-hardware | series-b+ | $97M | efficient.computer | |
| 18 | TTriGemX Bio | bio-health | unknown | $94M | businesswire.com | |
| 19 |  Ona Therapeutics | bio-health | series-b+ | $86.6M | irbbarcelona.org | |
| 20 | RR1 Therapeutics | bio-health | series-a | $80.5M | clinicaltrialsarena.com | |
| 21 | BBreye Therapeutics | bio-health | series-a | $76.65M | european-biotechnology.com | |
| 22 | AAnaCardio | bio-health | series-b+ | $70.97M | anacardio.com | |
| 23 | LLinux Laboratories | bio-health | series-b+ | $70M | bwdisrupt.com | |
| 24 |  Metaview | ai | series-b+ | $60M | thenextweb.com | |
| 25 | RReco | ai | series-b+ | $55M | thesaasnews.com |
Every amount links to its announcement. The rest of the week's rounds, and every round since, are on recently funded startups.
By industry
| Industry | Companies |
|---|---|
| ai | 47 |
| bio-health | 21 |
| robotics-hardware | 11 |
| fintech | 9 |
| infra-devtools | 9 |
| ai-agents | 5 |
| energy-climate | 4 |
| food-agriculture | 4 |
| proptech | 4 |
| security-privacy | 4 |
| consumer-social | 2 |
| data-analytics | 2 |
| defi | 2 |
| ecommerce-retail | 2 |
| enterprise-software | 2 |
| insurtech | 2 |
| legal-gov | 2 |
| logistics-mobility | 2 |
| media-marketing | 2 |
| trading-markets | 1 |
By stage
| Stage | Companies |
|---|---|
| seed | 43 |
| series-a | 30 |
| series-b+ | 27 |
| unknown | 23 |
| pre-seed | 17 |
Flagged in stealth before they announced
The last column is the days between the stealth flag and this week's announcement.
| # | Company | Industry | Stage | Flagged | Latest round | Announced | Days from flag |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FFlow Engineering | infra-devtools | unknown | $50M | 14 | ||
| 2 | Rrevnu | ai | unknown | $3M | 132 | ||
| 3 | AArmadin | — | unknown | $255M | 170 | ||
| 4 | JJeeves | — | series-b+ | $110M | 195 | ||
| 5 |  Proximal | ai | unknown | $15M | 222 |
All flagged companies are on stealth startups.
The founders behind this week's rounds
| Founder | Role | Company | Flagged | Latest round | Announced | Listed at |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matias Ketonen | Head of Growth | FFlow Engineering | $50M | — | ||
| Pari Singh | Founder | FFlow Engineering | $50M | — | ||
| Roja Buck | Chief Technology Officer | FFlow Engineering | $50M | — | ||
| Art Freebrey | Founder | Rrevnu | $3M | revnu.com | ||
| George Jefferson | Founder | Rrevnu | $3M | revnu.com | ||
| Barbara Massa | Chief Operating Officer | AArmadin | $255M | — | ||
| Brian Gumbel | Chief Revenue Officer | AArmadin | $255M | — | ||
| David Slater | Founder | AArmadin | $255M | — | ||
| Evan Pena | Founder | AArmadin | $255M | — | ||
| Gregory Heon | Vice President of Product Management | AArmadin | $255M | — | ||
| Kevin Mandia | Founder | AArmadin | $255M | — | ||
| Marco Genovese | Head of Security Architecture | AArmadin | $255M | — | ||
| Michael Rogers | SVP of Strategic Partnerships & Alliances | AArmadin | $255M | — | ||
| Travis Lanham | Founder | AArmadin | $255M | — | ||
| Bhushan Ekbote | Head of Central Sales Operations | JJeeves | $110M | — | ||
| Dileep Thazhmon | Founder & CEO | JJeeves | $110M | foundertrace.com | ||
| Gustavo Gorenstein | CEO Brasil | JJeeves | $110M | — | ||
| Kash Baghaei | Chief Product Officer | JJeeves | $110M | — | ||
| Pablo Cortina | Chief Risk Officer | JJeeves | $110M | — | ||
| Rosa Jimenez-Cano | Head of Comms | JJeeves | $110M | — |
More founders are on founders.
Get this data
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $RF_KEY" "https://recentfunding.com/api/v1/rounds?since=2026-09-29"Every parameter is in the API docs. Last week's roundup: week of Sep 22.
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