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Startup Funding Trends

Announced rounds, M&A, IPOs and SEC Form D filings by week · stats for the latest complete week: Oct 12–Oct 18 (so far) vs Oct 5–Oct 11 (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 12–Oct 18 (so far)
9↑ 350%
Prior week: 2
Disclosed amount
$276.0M↑ 1716%
7 disclosed · prior $15.2M · excl. M&A
SF Bay Area
9↑ 350%
100% of events · prior 2
Most active sector
AI
6 events
Fastest-rising sector
AI
1 → 6 events
Most active lead investor
Striker Venture Partners
Led 1 deal (many ties)

Rising sectors and rounds

Events: prior week → latest complete week

  • AIsector1 → 6↑ 500%
  • Seed/Angelround2 → 3↑ 50%
  • Fintechsector0 → 1n/a
  • Othersector0 → 1n/a
  • Debtround0 → 1n/a
  • Series C+round0 → 1n/a

Falling sectors and rounds

Events: prior week → latest complete week

Nothing falling yet.

By sector

AI↑ 500%
Latest 6 · prior 1
Share since Oct 5–Oct 1167% now
Enterprise Software 0%
Latest 1 · prior 1
Share since Oct 5–Oct 1111% now
Fintechn/a
Latest 1 · prior 0
Share since Oct 5–Oct 1111% now
Othern/a
Latest 1 · prior 0
Share since Oct 5–Oct 1111% now

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036Oct 5–Oct 11Oct 12–Oct 18 (so far)

The latest week in brief

In the week of Oct 12–Oct 18 (so far) (latest complete week, periods close at 16:00 UTC), Midu tracked 9 SF Bay Area announced funding rounds, acquisitions and IPOs reported in the news, versus 2 the week before. 7 disclosed an amount, totaling about $276.0M (converted to USD at fixed rates; Form D counts amount already sold), compared with $15.2M the week before. The most active sector was AI with 6 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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