Startup funding this week: the startups that raised, Oct 26–Nov 2, 2026
Startup funding rounds announced from Oct 26 to Nov 2, 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.
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In the seven days to November 2, 2026, 164 startups announced a funding round with a sourced amount (238 announced a round in all). The largest were FuriosaAI ($620M), Bedrock Robotics ($600M) and Wealthsimple ($425M).
The largest rounds this week
| # | Company | Industry | Stage | Amount | Announced | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | robotics-hardware | series-b+ | $620M | The Next Web | ||
| 2 | infra-devtools | series-b+ | $600M | techcrunch.com | ||
| 3 | fintech | series-b+ | $425M | thesaasnews.com | ||
| 4 | security-privacy | series-b+ | $400M | hackernoon.com | ||
| 5 |  Northwood | defense | series-b+ | $375M | techcrunch.com | |
| 6 | ai | series-b+ | $300.02M | chinaventure.com.cn | ||
| 7 | ai | series-b+ | $194.96M | finance.biggo.com | ||
| 8 | energy-climate | series-b+ | $167.58M | megaproject.com | ||
| 9 |  Firehawk Defense | defense | unknown | $150M | dallasnews.com | |
| 10 | ai-agents | series-b+ | $150M | unite.ai | ||
| 11 | robotics-hardware | seed | $130M | theinformation.com | ||
| 12 |  Hypersonica | defense | unknown | $112.16M | tech.eu | |
| 13 | bio-health | series-b+ | $105.01M | eu.36kr.com | ||
| 14 | ai | series-a | $100M | chinaventure.com.cn | ||
| 15 | fintech | series-b+ | $100M | securities.io | ||
| 16 | ai | series-a | $100M | techcrunch.com | ||
| 17 | robotics-hardware | series-a | $100M | technode.com | ||
| 18 | data-analytics | series-b+ | $100M | linkedin.com | ||
| 19 | ai | series-b+ | $100M | businesswire.com | ||
| 20 | bio-health | series-a | $90M | pulse2.com | ||
| 21 | ai | series-a | $86M | geekwire.com | ||
| 22 | ai | series-a | $66M | app.dealroom.co | ||
| 23 | payments-stablecoins | series-a | $63M | coinmarketcap.com | ||
| 24 | infra-devtools | series-b+ | $61.53M | startbase.com | ||
| 25 | fintech | 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 | 33 |
| bio-health | 26 |
| robotics-hardware | 17 |
| fintech | 10 |
| ecommerce-retail | 9 |
| ai-agents | 8 |
| infra-devtools | 7 |
| defense | 6 |
| energy-climate | 6 |
| data-analytics | 5 |
| security-privacy | 5 |
| food-agriculture | 4 |
| hr-work | 4 |
| trading-markets | 4 |
| consumer-social | 3 |
| proptech | 3 |
| defi | 2 |
| gaming | 2 |
| logistics-mobility | 2 |
| other | 2 |
| payments-stablecoins | 2 |
| edtech | 1 |
| enterprise-software | 1 |
| insurtech | 1 |
| media-marketing | 1 |
By stage
| Stage | Companies |
|---|---|
| seed | 47 |
| series-a | 43 |
| unknown | 29 |
| series-b+ | 26 |
| pre-seed | 19 |
Flagged in stealth before they announced
The last column is the days between the stealth flag and this week's announcement.
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 | |||
| Abdullah Geduk | Founder | — | undisclosed | — | ||
| Sina Atalay | Founder | — | undisclosed | — | ||
| Jeffrey Hung | Founder | — | undisclosed | — | ||
| Shivam Hingorani | Founder | — | $9.91M | — | ||
| Tammy Crawford | CEO | — | 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 | ||
| Zeike Taylor | Founder | — | $13.35M | adsilico.uk | ||
| Prateek Manocha | Founder | — | $7.4M | — | ||
| Wei Zhuang Tan | Founder | — | $7.4M | — | ||
| Aditya Ghosh | Founder | — | $47.28M | — | ||
| Anand Srinivasan | Founder | — | $47.28M | — | ||
| Belson Coutinho | Founder | — | $47.28M | — |
More founders are on founders.
Get this data
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $RF_KEY" "https://recentfunding.com/api/v1/rounds?since=2026-10-26"Every parameter is in the API docs. Last week's roundup: week of Oct 19.
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