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Startup Funding Trends

Announced rounds, M&A, IPOs and SEC Form D filings by month · stats for the latest complete month: Oct (so far) vs Sep (periods close at 16:00 UTC) · browse every deal →

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Early data: news coverage since 2025-10-23, SEC Form D filings since 2026-04-01 (11 events in this view). Form D filings are primary-source records of private offerings by operating companies (funds and real-estate vehicles excluded); their amount is the amount already sold. Non-USD amounts are converted at fixed rates. Percent changes on small samples are indicative only.
Funding events · Oct (so far)
11n/a
Prior month: 0
Disclosed amount
$291.2Mn/a
9 disclosed · prior — · excl. M&A
SF Bay Area
11n/a
100% of events · prior 0
Most active sector
AI
7 events
Fastest-rising sector
AI
0 → 7 events
Most active lead investor
Striker Venture Partners
Led 1 deal (many ties)

Rising sectors and rounds

Events: prior month → latest complete month

  • AIsector0 → 7n/a
  • Seed/Angelround0 → 5n/a
  • Enterprise Softwaresector0 → 2n/a
  • Fintechsector0 → 1n/a
  • Othersector0 → 1n/a
  • Debtround0 → 1n/a

Falling sectors and rounds

Events: prior month → latest complete month

Nothing falling yet.

By sector

AIn/a
Latest 7 · prior 0
Share since Sep64% now
Enterprise Softwaren/a
Latest 2 · prior 0
Share since Sep18% now
Fintechn/a
Latest 1 · prior 0
Share since Sep9% now
Othern/a
Latest 1 · prior 0
Share since Sep9% now

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The latest month in brief

In the month of Oct (so far) (latest complete month, periods close at 16:00 UTC), Midu tracked 11 SF Bay Area announced funding rounds, acquisitions and IPOs reported in the news. 9 disclosed an amount, totaling about $291.2M (converted to USD at fixed rates; Form D counts amount already sold). The most active sector was AI with 7 events. The largest reported rounds were Stand ($70.0M, Series C+), Elorian ($55.0M, Seed/Angel), LearnUpon ($50.0M, Debt). The most frequent lead investor was Striker Venture Partners (1 deal). News coverage starts 2025-10-23 and Form D data starts 2026-04-01; samples are still small, so treat trends as indicative.

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