Recently Funded Series C Artificial Intelligence Startups
Updated Sep 2026
Funded Series C Artificial Intelligence startups number 295 in FundedIQ, tracked with their funding rounds, amounts, investors, industries, locations and company details. This page provides an overview of the Series C Artificial Intelligence startup funding landscape, along with the 100 most recently funded Series C Artificial Intelligence startups.
San Francisco and New York hold the deepest concentrations of these companies. Series C Artificial Intelligence startups closed 122 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 68 of them in the last 12 months, and raised $21B in disclosed capital. The median disclosed round is $83M, with the middle half of rounds falling between $49M and $148M.
These organizations have scaled past early prototypes into established enterprises with significant staffing. Backing from NVIDIA and Sequoia Capital indicates a shift toward industrial application. With a primary concentration in the United States and Israel, these firms represent mature targets for high ticket enterprise contracts. They possess the operational scale to support complex integrations across global markets.
Series C Artificial Intelligence funded startup statistics
Most recent funding round on record: Sep 2026. Investors appearing most often across Artificial Intelligence funding rounds: NVIDIA, Index Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Alumni Ventures, BlackRock.
100 most recently funded Series C Artificial Intelligence startups
100 of 295Ordered by the date of the latest funding round. Each row gives the company, its location and industry, what it does, the stage and date of that round, and the disclosed amount.
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Series C Artificial Intelligence startup funding trends
Funding activity
Series C Artificial Intelligence startups closed 122 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 68 of them in the last 12, adding up to $21B in disclosed capital.
Round sizes
The median disclosed round is $83M, with the middle half running from $49M to $148M. 114 of 122 rounds disclosed an amount.
Company size
The most common headcount band across the segment is 101-250.
Investors
NVIDIA, Index Ventures and Sequoia Capital appear most often across funded Series C Artificial Intelligence startups on record.
Countries with the most funded Series C Artificial Intelligence startups
Where funded Series C Artificial Intelligence startups are headquartered, by the country on the company record.
Where are funded Series C Artificial Intelligence startups located?
Where funded Series C Artificial Intelligence startups are based, by the city on the company record.
Top investors in Series C Artificial Intelligence startups
The investors named most often across funded Series C Artificial Intelligence startups.
Counts companies in this segment that name the firm as a backer. Investor names entered the pipeline in July 2026, so they cover the companies funded since.
About the FundedIQ Series C Artificial Intelligence startup funding data
FundedIQ tracks announced startup funding rounds and organises them by company, funding date, stage, amount, industry, location and investor. The dataset is refreshed weekly, and new rounds are normalised and de-duplicated before they are published, so the same round reported twice on different dates is recorded once.
Figures on this page cover the 295 funded Series C Artificial Intelligence startups currently tracked. Round counts, capital totals and the median round are computed over a trailing 24 months. Rounds whose amount was not disclosed (8 of 122 in that period) are counted as rounds but excluded from capital totals and from the median. The most recent round on record for funded Series C Artificial Intelligence startups is dated Sep 2026.
The table above shows the 100 most recently funded companies. Full funding histories, investor lists and founder contacts across the whole dataset open on a FundedIQ plan.
Frequently asked questions
How many funded Series C Artificial Intelligence startups are there?
FundedIQ tracks 295 funded Series C Artificial Intelligence startups. This page lists the 100 most recently funded of them, ordered by the date of their latest round, and the full set is available on a FundedIQ plan.
How much funding have Series C Artificial Intelligence startups raised?
Series C Artificial Intelligence startups tracked by FundedIQ have raised $21B in disclosed capital across 122 funding rounds over the last 24 months, including 68 rounds in the last 12 months. 114 of those 122 rounds disclosed an amount; undisclosed rounds are excluded from the capital total.
Which countries have the most funded Series C Artificial Intelligence startups?
United States leads with 210 companies, ahead of Israel (23), United Kingdom (16) and Canada (7).
Which cities have the most funded Series C Artificial Intelligence startups?
San Francisco leads with 51 companies, then New York (28), Tel Aviv (17) and London (12).
Which investors back the most Series C Artificial Intelligence startups?
NVIDIA, Index Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Alumni Ventures and BlackRock appear most often across funded Series C Artificial Intelligence startups in the FundedIQ dataset. The count is the number of tracked companies naming each firm as a backer, so it reflects the companies on record rather than every deal a firm has ever done.
What is a typical funding round size for Series C Artificial Intelligence startups?
The median disclosed round over the last 24 months is $83M, and the middle half of rounds fall between $49M and $148M. Round sizes vary widely by stage, so the seed and later-stage bands sit well either side of that figure.
How often is the Series C Artificial Intelligence startup funding data updated?
The dataset is refreshed weekly. New rounds are normalised and de-duplicated before they are published, and the most recent round currently on record for funded Series C Artificial Intelligence startups is dated Sep 2026. Counts and totals on this page are recomputed on every refresh.
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