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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 5–Oct 11 vs Sep 28–Oct 4 (periods close at 16:00 UTC) · browse every deal →

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USSF Bay AreaEuropeOtherGlobal
All sourcesNewsSEC Form D
Early data: news coverage since 2025-10-23, SEC Form D filings since 2026-04-01 (43 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 5–Oct 11
11n/a
Prior week: 0
Disclosed amount
$296.2Mn/a
10 disclosed · prior — · excl. M&A
SF Bay Area
2n/a
18% of events · prior 0
Most active sector
AI
5 events
Fastest-rising sector
AI
0 → 5 events
Most active lead investor
Vertex Ventures SEA & India
Led 1 deal (many ties)

Rising sectors and rounds

Events: prior week → latest complete week

  • AIsector0 → 5n/a
  • Seed/Angelround0 → 5n/a
  • Othersector0 → 3n/a
  • Series Around0 → 3n/a
  • Healthcaresector0 → 1n/a
  • Enterprise Softwaresector0 → 1n/a

Falling sectors and rounds

Events: prior week → latest complete week

Nothing falling yet.

By sector

AIn/a
Latest 5 · prior 0
Share since Aug 24–Aug 3050% now
Othern/a
Latest 3 · prior 0
Share since Aug 24–Aug 3013% now
Fintechn/a
Latest 1 · prior 0
Share since Aug 24–Aug 309% now
Enterprise Softwaren/a
Latest 1 · prior 0
Share since Aug 24–Aug 306% now
Healthcaren/a
Latest 1 · prior 0
Share since Aug 24–Aug 309% now
Consumern/a
Latest 0 · prior 0
Share since Aug 24–Aug 309% now
Crypto/Web3n/a
Latest 0 · prior 0
Share since Aug 24–Aug 303% now

Compare trends

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0816Aug 24–Aug 30Aug 31–Sep 6Sep 7–Sep 13Sep 14–Sep 20Sep 21–Sep 27Sep 28–Oct 4Oct 5–Oct 11Oct 12–Oct 18 (so far)

The latest week in brief

In the week of Oct 5–Oct 11 (latest complete week, periods close at 16:00 UTC), Midu tracked 11 US announced funding rounds, acquisitions and IPOs reported in the news. 10 disclosed an amount, totaling about $296.2M (converted to USD at fixed rates; Form D counts amount already sold). 2 of them (18%) were based in the SF Bay Area. The most active sector was AI with 5 events. The largest reported rounds were Valon ($150.0M, Series C+), Vesta ($30.0M), Wally ($25.0M, Series A). The most frequent lead investor was Vertex Ventures SEA & India (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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