Startup funding this week: the startups that raised, Oct 19–Oct 26, 2026
Startup funding rounds announced from Oct 19 to Oct 26, 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 26, 2026, 178 startups announced a funding round with a sourced amount (267 announced a round in all). The largest were Flapping Airplanes ($1B), Bedrock Robotics ($600M) and Neolix ($400M).
The largest rounds this week
| # | Company | Industry | Stage | Amount | Announced | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ai | series-a | $1B | indexventures.com | ||
| 2 | infra-devtools | series-b+ | $600M | citybiz.co | ||
| 3 | ai | series-b+ | $400M | tradingview.com | ||
| 4 | defense | series-b+ | $325M | tradingview.com | ||
| 5 | enterprise-software | series-b+ | $250M | unite.ai | ||
| 6 | ai | series-b+ | $237M | axios.com | ||
| 7 | ai | seed | $230M | tradersunion.com | ||
| 8 | bio-health | series-a | $215M | thenextweb.com | ||
| 9 | bio-health | series-b+ | $200M | biospace.com | ||
| 10 | defense | seed | $200M | techcrunch.com | ||
| 11 | ecommerce-retail | series-b+ | $200M | marketwatch.com | ||
| 12 | ai | series-a | $150M | theaiinsider.tech | ||
| 13 | robotics-hardware | seed | $150M | Dealroom | ||
| 14 | fintech | series-a | $140M | thesaasnews.com | ||
| 15 | bio-health | series-b+ | $135.04M | manilatimes.net | ||
| 16 | ai | series-b+ | $130M | prnewswire.com | ||
| 17 | ai | series-b+ | $115M | reliable.co | ||
| 18 |  Peak Energy | energy-climate | series-b+ | $108M | prnewswire.com | |
| 19 | consumer-social | series-b+ | $108M | x.com | ||
| 20 | security-privacy | series-b+ | $100M | thesaasnews.com | ||
| 21 | logistics-mobility | unknown | $80M | pulse2.com | ||
| 22 | ai | series-b+ | $74.92M | iyiou.com | ||
| 23 | infra-devtools | series-b+ | $66M | finsmes.com | ||
| 24 |  Hexagon Bio | bio-health | series-b+ | $62M | manilatimes.net | |
| 25 | infra-devtools | series-b+ | $60M | finsmes.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 | 23 |
| robotics-hardware | 11 |
| fintech | 9 |
| ecommerce-retail | 8 |
| logistics-mobility | 8 |
| consumer-social | 7 |
| energy-climate | 7 |
| enterprise-software | 7 |
| infra-devtools | 6 |
| defense | 5 |
| food-agriculture | 5 |
| insurtech | 5 |
| media-marketing | 5 |
| security-privacy | 5 |
| payments-stablecoins | 4 |
| proptech | 4 |
| ai-agents | 3 |
| data-analytics | 3 |
| defi | 2 |
| other | 2 |
| legal-gov | 1 |
| trading-markets | 1 |
By stage
| Stage | Companies |
|---|---|
| seed | 52 |
| series-b+ | 37 |
| series-a | 35 |
| unknown | 29 |
| pre-seed | 25 |
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 | fintech | series-b+ | $60M | 197 | |||
| 2 | consumer-social | series-b+ | $108M | 231 | |||
| 3 | ai | series-a | $1B | 248 |
All flagged companies are on stealth startups.
The founders behind this week's rounds
| Founder | Role | Company | Flagged | Latest round | Announced | Listed at |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ivan Chalov | Co-founder and COO | $60M | neviswealth.com | |||
| Mark Swan X · LinkedIn | Co-founder and CEO | $60M | neviswealth.com | |||
| Philipp Burda | Co-founder and CPO | $60M | neviswealth.com | |||
| Jean-Denis Greze X | Founder | $108M | — | |||
| Tony Vincent | Founder | $108M | — | |||
| Aidan Smith X · LinkedIn | Founder | $1B | — | |||
| Asher Spector X | Founder | $1B | — | |||
| Benjamin Spector | Founder | $1B | — | |||
| Sergei Pull (Pustylnikov) | Founder | — | undisclosed | — | ||
| Sofya Leyn | Founder | — | undisclosed | — | ||
| Timofei Bondarev | Founder | — | undisclosed | — | ||
| Els Hubloux | Chief Financial Officer | — | $7.84M | — | ||
| Jeremy Arthur | Founder | — | undisclosed | — | ||
| Kendal Maughan | Founder | — | undisclosed | — | ||
| Alejandro Frangi | Founder | — | $13.35M | — | ||
| Anthony Holmes | Chief Product Officer | — | $13.35M | — | ||
| Beckie Bown | Chief Financial Officer | — | $13.35M | — | ||
| Nishant Ravikumar | Founder | — | $13.35M | adsilico.uk | ||
| Professor Alejandro Frangi | Founder | — | $13.35M | adsilico.uk | ||
| Sheena Macpherson | Founder | — | $13.35M | adsilico.uk |
More founders are on founders.
Get this data
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $RF_KEY" "https://recentfunding.com/api/v1/rounds?since=2026-10-19"Every parameter is in the API docs. Last week's roundup: week of Oct 12.
Related on Recent Funding
- Startup funding data: the last 30 days in charts
- Recently funded startups, updated daily
- Money flow: raises, acquisitions and new funds
- Startup lead generation: recently funded startups as sales leads
- Startup valuation: how it is set, and the biggest valuation jumps of 2026
- Stealth startup founders: who is building in stealth, and how to find them
- Recent Funding API docs: every endpoint behind this post; a free API key takes just an email