SignalbaseUpdated 15 Sept 2026

Top recently funded startups in United States, week of 2026-09-14

United States logged 36 verified funding rounds in the week ending 13 Sept 2026, totalling ≈$6.1B. Cognition anchors the week with a ≈$2.0B Series E in Software Development. Technology, Information and Media was the busiest sector with 11 deals.

Week of 2026-09-14United States36 deals≈$6.1B raised

Country	United States
Deals this week	36
Total raised	≈$6.1B
Top sector	Technology, Information and Media (11)
Most common round	Series A (16)
Most active investor	Amar Hanspal (2 deals)
Sources tracked	156

The biggest 5 deals this week

#	Company	Amount	Round	Sector	Announced
1	Cognition	$2.0B	Series E	Software Development	08 Sept 2026
2	Stoke Space	$1.0B	Series E	Defense and Space Manufacturing	08 Sept 2026
3	Positron AI	$875.0M	Series C	Manufacturing	10 Sept 2026
4	Suniva	$835.0M	—	Manufacturing	08 Sept 2026
5	Celero Commerce	$275.0M	Series C

🔒

31 more funding rounds this week

Covenant, Split Pay, Perry Weather, Maven Robotics, Archy, Bluecore, Micrologic, Impossible Objects, Inc. and 23 more closed rounds this week. Sign up to see amounts, round types, sectors and investor lists.

Start 7-day free trial →

Closer look at the top 3

Cognition

Announced 08 Sept 2026

$2.0B · Series E · Software Development · United States

We are an applied AI lab building end-to-end software agents. We're the makers of Devin, the first AI software engineer. Our team is extremely talent-dense.

“⚡ BREAKING: Cognition Raises Over $2B Series E at $48B Valuation to Scale Devin AI software-engineering company Cognition has raised over $2 billion in a Series E funding round at a $48 billion valuation to scale its Devin agent.”
From the announcement · 08 Sept 2026

4 more sources tracked. Read the full press release and reporter coverage.

Stoke Space

Announced 08 Sept 2026

$1.0B · Series E · Defense and Space Manufacturing · United States

We're on a mission - starting with 100% reusable rockets. At Stoke, we hire the best in the industry, grant them extreme ownership of their work, then celebrate their boundary-pushing speed of innovation.

Most active investors this week

#	Investor	Deals
1	Amar Hanspal	2
2	Arthur Ventures	2
3	Bessemer Venture Partners	2
4	Fin Capital	2
5	Ironspring Ventures	2
6	Joseph Khoury	2
7	Rajesh Ram	2
8	SMBC Fin Atlas Beyond Fund	2
9	Spark Capital	2
10	WND Ventures	2

What this week tells us

Technology, Information and Media accounted for 11 of 36 verified deals in United States this week. The stage mix was 5 early-stage (pre-seed to seed) against 31 Series A or later. Amar Hanspal was the most active investor, backing 2 of the week's rounds.