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Updated 23 Oct 2026

Health care startups closed 3,291 funding rounds from October 2025 to September 2026, 16.4% of all startup rounds, and raised $48.4 billion in the rounds with a disclosed amount. Source: FundingWatcher, October 2026.

Value
3,291
Unit
funding rounds dated October 2025 to September 2026
Data as of
23 October 2026
Source
FundingWatcher, October 2026
Health care startup funding rounds per month by region, October 2025 to September 2026United StatesEuropeChinaRest of the worldUnited States, Oct 25: 168Europe, Oct 25: 53China, Oct 25: 23Rest of the world, Oct 25: 60304Oct 25United States, Nov 25: 110Europe, Nov 25: 38China, Nov 25: 59Rest of the world, Nov 25: 68275Nov 25United States, Dec 25: 129Europe, Dec 25: 37China, Dec 25: 66Rest of the world, Dec 25: 48280Dec 25United States, Jan 26: 209Europe, Jan 26: 46China, Jan 26: 83Rest of the world, Jan 26: 40378Jan 26United States, Feb 26: 110Europe, Feb 26: 46China, Feb 26: 35Rest of the world, Feb 26: 53244Feb 26United States, Mar 26: 139Europe, Mar 26: 38China, Mar 26: 52Rest of the world, Mar 26: 47276Mar 26United States, Apr 26: 112Europe, Apr 26: 33China, Apr 26: 35Rest of the world, Apr 26: 39219Apr 26United States, May 26: 106Europe, May 26: 34China, May 26: 40Rest of the world, May 26: 44224May 26United States, Jun 26: 158Europe, Jun 26: 65China, Jun 26: 38Rest of the world, Jun 26: 58319Jun 26United States, Jul 26: 120Europe, Jul 26: 40China, Jul 26: 42Rest of the world, Jul 26: 29231Jul 26United States, Aug 26: 123Europe, Aug 26: 17China, Aug 26: 33Rest of the world, Aug 26: 47220Aug 26United States, Sep 26: 160Europe, Sep 26: 73China, Sep 26: 31Rest of the world, Sep 26: 57321Sep 26
Figure 1. Health care 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 202530417.9%$4.9B
November 202527518.1%$3B
December 202528017.9%$3.4B
January 202637817.8%$5B
February 202624414.9%$3.1B
March 202627614.9%$3.6B
April 202621915.0%$2.8B
May 202622416.6%$3B
June 202631916.9%$5.2B
July 202623114.3%$3.9B
August 202622014.4%$3.3B
September 202632117.2%$7B

Table 1. Health care startup funding, by month. Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 23 October 2026. Base: 3,291.

Stage

StageRoundsMedian round
Pre-seed502$500K
Seed1,556$2M
Series A663$14.7M
Series B329$26M
Series C145$40M
Series D+96$65.5M

Table 2. Health care startup funding, by stage. Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 23 October 2026. Base: 3,291.

Previous values

MonthData as ofValue
October 202619 October 20263,297
September 202628 September 20263,269

Table 3. Health care 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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Health care startups closed 3,291 funding rounds from October 2025 to September 2026, 16.4% of all startup rounds, and raised $48.4 billion in the rounds with a disclosed amount. Source: FundingWatcher, October 2026.
https://fundingwatcher.com/data/health-care-startup-funding/
<a href="https://fundingwatcher.com/data/health-care-startup-funding/"><img src="https://fundingwatcher.com/static/figures/health-care-startup-funding.png" alt="Health care startups closed 3,291 funding rounds from October 2025 to September 2026, 16.4% of all startup rounds, and raised $48.4 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/health-care-startup-funding/">FundingWatcher</a>, October 2026</p>

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