Top Funding Wrap Of The Week – 28 September – 02 October 2026

Instinct

Instinct, a San Francisco, CA-based company building a personal agent for everyday life, has raised an additional $1 billion in its Series C funding round.

GMI Cloud

GMI Cloud, a Mountain View, CA-based provider of GPU infrastructure and inference services, has raised $668 million in funding, comprising $223 million in equity for Series B and a $445 million credit facility led by CTBC.

EliseAI

EliseAI, a New York City-based artificial intelligence and workflow automation platform for property management and healthcare sytems, has raised $350 million in a Series F funding round at a $4 billion valuation.

Armadin

Armadin, a Palo Alto, CA-based provider of an AI-native offensive cybersecurity platform, has raised $255.5 million in a Series B funding round, co-led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and Accel, bringing the total amount to $445 million.

Varda Space Industries

Varda Space Industries, an El Segundo, CA-based microgravity-enabled life sciences company, has secured $251 million in a Series D funding round led by Lux Capital and Natural Capital, bringing the total amount to $598 million.

PaleBlueDot AI

PaleBlueDot AI, a Palo Alto, CA-based provider of an infrastructure platform developing solutions for enterprise-scale deployment, raised $200M in Series C financing at a $3.2B valuation.

CScale

CScale, a Palo Alto, CA-based developer of optical interconnect technology for AI scale-up systems, has raised $145 million in a Series C financing round, bringing the total amount to $188 million.

Amprius

Amprius Technologies, a Fremont, California-based battery technology company, has been awarded a grant of up to $75 million from the U.S. Department of War to convert an existing U.S. electric vehicle battery production line for high-energy-density cells used in unmanned aerial systems.

TriGemX Bio

TriGemX Bio (fka Kallyope), a NYC-based biotechnology company focused on developing medicines for the treatment of migraine, has raised $94 million in a funding round.

Speclips

Speclipse, a South Korean company that develops laser- and AI-based skin treatments and skin cancer diagnostic solutions, has raised KRW 15 billion (around $10.7 million) in pre-IPO funding at a valuation of KRW 180 billion.

Name the Top USA Startups Funding Roundup in This Week(Top Funding Wrap of the Week – 28 September – 02 October 2026)

Instinct, GMI Cloud, EliseAI, Armadin, Varda Space Industries, PaleBlueDot AI, CScale, Amprius, TriGemX Bio, and Speclips vare the top 10 USA Startups Funding Roundup in This Week.