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Updated 23 Oct 2026

Software startups closed 10,108 funding rounds from October 2025 to September 2026, 50.3% of all startup rounds, and raised $196.3 billion in the rounds with a disclosed amount. Source: FundingWatcher, October 2026.

Value
10,108
Unit
funding rounds dated October 2025 to September 2026
Data as of
23 October 2026
Source
FundingWatcher, October 2026
Software startup funding rounds per month by region, October 2025 to September 2026United StatesEuropeChinaRest of the worldUnited States, Oct 25: 443Europe, Oct 25: 158China, Oct 25: 35Rest of the world, Oct 25: 210846Oct 25United States, Nov 25: 326Europe, Nov 25: 137China, Nov 25: 53Rest of the world, Nov 25: 198714Nov 25United States, Dec 25: 387Europe, Dec 25: 123China, Dec 25: 78Rest of the world, Dec 25: 186774Dec 25United States, Jan 26: 735Europe, Jan 26: 127China, Jan 26: 92Rest of the world, Jan 26: 1741,128Jan 26United States, Feb 26: 430Europe, Feb 26: 147China, Feb 26: 50Rest of the world, Feb 26: 179806Feb 26United States, Mar 26: 561Europe, Mar 26: 169China, Mar 26: 65Rest of the world, Mar 26: 139934Mar 26United States, Apr 26: 376Europe, Apr 26: 135China, Apr 26: 64Rest of the world, Apr 26: 141716Apr 26United States, May 26: 377Europe, May 26: 137China, May 26: 49Rest of the world, May 26: 129692May 26United States, Jun 26: 553Europe, Jun 26: 206China, Jun 26: 77Rest of the world, Jun 26: 1711,007Jun 26United States, Jul 26: 383Europe, Jul 26: 139China, Jul 26: 75Rest of the world, Jul 26: 169766Jul 26United States, Aug 26: 390Europe, Aug 26: 99China, Aug 26: 80Rest of the world, Aug 26: 189758Aug 26United States, Sep 26: 482Europe, Sep 26: 190China, Sep 26: 81Rest of the world, Sep 26: 214967Sep 26
Figure 1. Software 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 202584649.8%$9B
November 202571446.9%$7.9B
December 202577449.4%$6.7B
January 20261,12853.2%$29.6B
February 202680649.2%$8.8B
March 202693450.5%$14.5B
April 202671649.1%$13B
May 202669251.3%$14.4B
June 20261,00753.5%$26.4B
July 202676647.5%$18.7B
August 202675849.7%$16.2B
September 202696752.0%$31.1B

Table 1. Software startup funding, by month. Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 23 October 2026. Base: 10,108.

Stage

StageRoundsMedian round
Pre-seed2,816$500K
Seed4,853$2.5M
Series A1,405$15M
Series B629$32.5M
Series C249$70M
Series D+156$114.4M

Table 2. Software startup funding, by stage. Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 23 October 2026. Base: 10,108.

Previous values

MonthData as ofValue
October 202619 October 202610,104
September 202628 September 20269,961

Table 3. Software 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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Software startups closed 10,108 funding rounds from October 2025 to September 2026, 50.3% of all startup rounds, and raised $196.3 billion in the rounds with a disclosed amount. Source: FundingWatcher, October 2026.
https://fundingwatcher.com/data/software-startup-funding/
<a href="https://fundingwatcher.com/data/software-startup-funding/"><img src="https://fundingwatcher.com/static/figures/software-startup-funding.png" alt="Software startups closed 10,108 funding rounds from October 2025 to September 2026, 50.3% of all startup rounds, and raised $196.3 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/software-startup-funding/">FundingWatcher</a>, October 2026</p>

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