Weekly funding roundup
Startup funding, 14–20 Sept 2026
14–20 September 2026
Startups announced 9 funding rounds in the week of 14–20 September 2026, disclosing about $960M across all of them.
The largest was Open Cosmos's $346M.
Fintech (2), AI & Machine Learning (2) and Space & Aerospace (1) drew the most rounds.
- Rounds
- 9
- Disclosed
- ~$960M
- Largest
- $346M
- Open Cosmos
- Top stage
- Series D
Every round, biggest first
$346M
Open Cosmossatellite manufacturing
$295M
$100M
VantoraAI startups for industrial firms
$69.9M
Series D
$53M
Hang TenAI startup
$40M
Series B
$34M
Comp AIpost-audit compliance monitoring
$20M
Seed
Fin.compayments startup
$2M
By stage
| Stage not stated | 6 | ~$830M |
| Series D | 1 | ~$69.9M |
| Series B | 1 | ~$40M |
| Seed | 1 | ~$20M |
By sector
| Fintech | 2 | ~$89.9M |
| AI & Machine Learning | 2 | ~$55M |
| Space & Aerospace | 1 | ~$346M |
| Semiconductors & Electronics | 1 | ~$295M |
| Deep Tech | 1 | ~$100M |
| SaaS | 1 | ~$40M |
| Cybersecurity | 1 | ~$34M |
Where
| China | 1 | ~$295M |
| Brazil | 1 | ~$69.9M |
| Portland | 1 | ~$2M |
How this is compiled
Each row is a funding round reported in a StartupReader brief that week; its amount, round, lead investor and place come from the brief's story card, which is checked against the brief's text. Follow a row to the brief and the outlets it credits. A round reported twice is counted once. Amounts are shown as reported; to add them up, other currencies are converted at fixed approximate rates (€1 = $1.16, £1 = $1.33, $1 = ₹88). Spotted a mistake? Tell us.