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Updated 23 Oct 2026

Fintech startups closed 2,253 funding rounds from October 2025 to September 2026, 11.2% of all startup rounds, and raised $30.5 billion in the rounds with a disclosed amount. Source: FundingWatcher, October 2026.

Value
2,253
Unit
funding rounds dated October 2025 to September 2026
Data as of
23 October 2026
Source
FundingWatcher, October 2026
Fintech startup funding rounds per month by region, October 2025 to September 2026United StatesEuropeChinaRest of the worldUnited States, Oct 25: 115Europe, Oct 25: 39China, Oct 25: 1Rest of the world, Oct 25: 76231Oct 25United States, Nov 25: 60Europe, Nov 25: 23China, Nov 25: 3Rest of the world, Nov 25: 60146Nov 25United States, Dec 25: 76Europe, Dec 25: 27China, Dec 25: 5Rest of the world, Dec 25: 75183Dec 25United States, Jan 26: 135Europe, Jan 26: 36China, Jan 26: 7Rest of the world, Jan 26: 54232Jan 26United States, Feb 26: 91Europe, Feb 26: 37China, Feb 26: 3Rest of the world, Feb 26: 64195Feb 26United States, Mar 26: 115Europe, Mar 26: 37China, Mar 26: 5Rest of the world, Mar 26: 51208Mar 26United States, Apr 26: 88Europe, Apr 26: 33China, Apr 26: 6Rest of the world, Apr 26: 56183Apr 26United States, May 26: 84Europe, May 26: 27China, May 26: 3Rest of the world, May 26: 41155May 26United States, Jun 26: 114Europe, Jun 26: 34China, Jun 26: 2Rest of the world, Jun 26: 61211Jun 26United States, Jul 26: 77Europe, Jul 26: 28China, Jul 26: 2Rest of the world, Jul 26: 49156Jul 26United States, Aug 26: 67Europe, Aug 26: 24China, Aug 26: 4Rest of the world, Aug 26: 60155Aug 26United States, Sep 26: 84Europe, Sep 26: 47China, Sep 26: 2Rest of the world, Sep 26: 65198Sep 26
Figure 1. Fintech 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 202523113.6%$3.5B
November 20251469.6%$1.3B
December 202518311.7%$1.3B
January 202623210.9%$2.2B
February 202619511.9%$2.3B
March 202620811.2%$2.1B
April 202618312.6%$2.4B
May 202615511.5%$1.9B
June 202621111.2%$4.9B
July 20261569.7%$3.1B
August 202615510.2%$2.6B
September 202619810.6%$2.9B

Table 1. Fintech startup funding, by month. Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 23 October 2026. Base: 2,253.

Stage

StageRoundsMedian round
Pre-seed534$500K
Seed1,104$2.7M
Series A344$14M
Series B138$30M
Series C81$50M
Series D+52$95M

Table 2. Fintech startup funding, by stage. Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 23 October 2026. Base: 2,253.

Previous values

MonthData as ofValue
October 202619 October 20262,263
September 202628 September 20262,290

Table 3. Fintech 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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Fintech startups closed 2,253 funding rounds from October 2025 to September 2026, 11.2% of all startup rounds, and raised $30.5 billion in the rounds with a disclosed amount. Source: FundingWatcher, October 2026.
https://fundingwatcher.com/data/fintech-startup-funding/
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<p>Source: <a href="https://fundingwatcher.com/data/fintech-startup-funding/">FundingWatcher</a>, October 2026</p>

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