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Updated 23 Oct 2026

Cybersecurity startups closed 779 funding rounds from October 2025 to September 2026, 3.9% of all startup rounds, and raised $13.2 billion in the rounds with a disclosed amount. Source: FundingWatcher, October 2026.

Value
779
Unit
funding rounds dated October 2025 to September 2026
Data as of
23 October 2026
Source
FundingWatcher, October 2026
Cybersecurity startup funding rounds per month by region, October 2025 to September 2026United StatesEuropeChinaRest of the worldUnited States, Oct 25: 35Europe, Oct 25: 19Rest of the world, Oct 25: 1165Oct 25United States, Nov 25: 27Europe, Nov 25: 8China, Nov 25: 2Rest of the world, Nov 25: 1956Nov 25United States, Dec 25: 37Europe, Dec 25: 11China, Dec 25: 9Rest of the world, Dec 25: 1673Dec 25United States, Jan 26: 51Europe, Jan 26: 10China, Jan 26: 5Rest of the world, Jan 26: 1177Jan 26United States, Feb 26: 37Europe, Feb 26: 12China, Feb 26: 1Rest of the world, Feb 26: 757Feb 26United States, Mar 26: 50Europe, Mar 26: 12China, Mar 26: 1Rest of the world, Mar 26: 871Mar 26United States, Apr 26: 29Europe, Apr 26: 9Rest of the world, Apr 26: 1048Apr 26United States, May 26: 39Europe, May 26: 16China, May 26: 1Rest of the world, May 26: 1268May 26United States, Jun 26: 45Europe, Jun 26: 17China, Jun 26: 1Rest of the world, Jun 26: 1174Jun 26United States, Jul 26: 31Europe, Jul 26: 15China, Jul 26: 2Rest of the world, Jul 26: 1260Jul 26United States, Aug 26: 27Europe, Aug 26: 10China, Aug 26: 2Rest of the world, Aug 26: 1453Aug 26United States, Sep 26: 42Europe, Sep 26: 21China, Sep 26: 3Rest of the world, Sep 26: 1177Sep 26
Figure 1. Cybersecurity startup funding rounds per month by region, October 2025 to September 2026. Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 23 October 2026.

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Month

MonthRoundsShare of all roundsRaised
October 2025653.8%$897.5M
November 2025563.7%$465.3M
December 2025734.7%$1.3B
January 2026773.6%$770.3M
February 2026573.5%$878.1M
March 2026713.8%$1.7B
April 2026483.3%$572.9M
May 2026685.0%$599.2M
June 2026743.9%$1.4B
July 2026603.7%$1.4B
August 2026533.5%$1.2B
September 2026774.1%$2B

Table 1. Cybersecurity startup funding, by month. Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 23 October 2026. Base: 779.

Stage

StageRoundsMedian round
Pre-seed169$500K
Seed354$3.2M
Series A157$19M
Series B61$31.7M
Series C27$60M
Series D+11$190M

Table 2. Cybersecurity startup funding, by stage. Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 23 October 2026. Base: 779.

Previous values

MonthData as ofValue
October 202619 October 2026780
September 202628 September 2026782

Table 3. Cybersecurity startup funding, value at each monthly update. Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 23 October 2026.

Method: Rounds dated October 2025 to September 2026, counted from the startup file of 23 October 2026. The file keeps each company's most recent pre-seed, seed, angel or Series A to J round only, so a company that raised twice in the window counts once. Industry is the Crunchbase category group. Raised sums the rounds with a disclosed amount. Full method.

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Cybersecurity startups closed 779 funding rounds from October 2025 to September 2026, 3.9% of all startup rounds, and raised $13.2 billion in the rounds with a disclosed amount. Source: FundingWatcher, October 2026.
https://fundingwatcher.com/data/cybersecurity-startup-funding/
<a href="https://fundingwatcher.com/data/cybersecurity-startup-funding/"><img src="https://fundingwatcher.com/static/figures/cybersecurity-startup-funding.png" alt="Cybersecurity startups closed 779 funding rounds from October 2025 to September 2026, 3.9% of all startup rounds, and raised $13.2 billion in the rounds with a disclosed amount." width="1200" style="max-width:100%;height:auto"></a>
<p>Source: <a href="https://fundingwatcher.com/data/cybersecurity-startup-funding/">FundingWatcher</a>, October 2026</p>

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