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Startup funding in October 2026

Name: Startup funding rounds, October 2026
Creator: StartupReader
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So far in October 2026, StartupReader reported 362 startup funding rounds, disclosing about $40.5B across 357 of them. The biggest was DeepSeek's $15B round. Seed was the most common stage, with 74 rounds. AI & Machine Learning led by sector, with 52 rounds.

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At a glance2026

October 2026

funding rounds: 362
disclosed, 357 rounds: ~$40.5B
Indian rounds: 52
disclosed in India: ~$659M

The biggest rounds

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Rounds by stage

Stage not stated160 rounds44%

Seed74 rounds20%

Series A51 rounds14%

Pre-seed27 rounds7%

Series B26 rounds7%

Series D8 rounds2%

Series C7 rounds2%

Debt2 rounds1%

Rounds by sector

AI & Machine Learning52 rounds14%

Robotics & Hardware35 rounds10%

Fintech34 rounds9%

Healthtech31 rounds9%

Space & Aerospace20 rounds6%

SaaS18 rounds5%

Cybersecurity17 rounds5%

Semiconductors & Electronics14 rounds4%

Disclosed money by sector

AI & Machine Learning~$20B

Robotics & Hardware~$5.57B

Fintech~$3.5B

Semiconductors & Electronics~$2.41B

Space & Aerospace~$1.55B

Biotech & Life Sciences~$1.5B

Healthtech~$1.1B

SaaS~$759M

Where the companies are

Bengaluru12 rounds3%

India8 rounds2%

UK6 rounds2%

London6 rounds2%

New York5 rounds1%

Seattle5 rounds1%

Europe5 rounds1%

U.S.3 rounds1%

Most active investors

Investors named in two or more rounds this month.

1.Nvidia5 rounds
2.Sequoia Capital3 rounds
3.8VC3 rounds
4.B Capital3 rounds
5.Accel3 rounds
6.Seedcamp3 rounds
7.Instinct3 rounds
8.Founders Fund2 rounds
9.Jane Street2 rounds
10.Temasek2 rounds
11.AstraZeneca2 rounds
12.IVP2 rounds
13.Insight Partners2 rounds
14.Sequoia2 rounds
15.Peter Thiel2 rounds

India: 52 rounds

This week in India →

About $659M disclosed across 52 rounds. Seed was the most common stage.

Indian rounds by stage

Stage not stated25 rounds48%

Seed8 rounds15%

Series A7 rounds13%

Series B4 rounds8%

Series C3 rounds6%

Pre-seed3 rounds6%

Pre-IPO1 round2%

Debt1 round2%

Indian rounds by city

Bengaluru12 rounds23%

India8 rounds15%

Pune2 rounds4%

Mumbai2 rounds4%

Southeast Asia1 round2%

Delhi1 round2%

Rajasthan1 round2%

Jaipur1 round2%

How this report is made

Every round here comes from a funding brief StartupReader published that month, with the company, amount, stage, investors and place taken from the brief's fact card and duplicates removed. Capital raised by listed companies (IPOs, QIPs, bond issues) is left out. Rupee and euro amounts are converted to US dollars at fixed approximate rates. Coverage isn't exhaustive, so treat totals as a floor. The data is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 with a link to this page.

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