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SEC Fundraising Activity ( Aug 1 – 31, 2026 )

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Startup Funding

August 2026 Startup Financing: Technology, Energy and Life Sciences Lead

August’s SEC filing activity covered 544 companies raising capital through private offerings. The most common vertical was technology, particularly companies categorized as “Other Technology,” followed by commercial and residential real estate, biotechnology and health care, energy, and specialized financial services. The breadth of the filings reflects continued investor interest in artificial intelligence and software infrastructure, while climate technology, advanced manufacturing, space systems and novel therapeutics also attracted substantial capital.

Largest raises

The six largest disclosed offerings accounted for approximately $4.24 billion:

Companies at the forefront of innovation

Several of the month’s largest technology financings point to major shifts in how software, computing and digital markets are being built. Kalshi Inc. stands out for its role in event-based prediction markets, while Lovable Labs Inc represents the fast-growing effort to make software creation accessible through artificial intelligence. Developer productivity and software reliability were also prominent themes, with CodeRabbit Inc. raising nearly $143.0 million and Generalist AI, Inc. raising $208.2 million.

The computing stack itself attracted significant backing. Oxide Computer Co raised $445.0 million, signaling continued demand for differentiated server and data-center infrastructure. Modal Labs, Inc., Prefect Technologies, Inc., Feldera, Inc. and Ludwig Computing Inc. likewise illustrate sustained investment in data processing, machine-learning operations and developer infrastructure.

Climate, energy and industrial technology

Energy innovation was another defining feature of the month. Antora Energy, Inc. raised $550.0 million for its large-scale thermal energy storage focus, one of the largest climate-tech financings in the dataset. Nuclear and advanced power technologies also appeared repeatedly, including Antares Nuclear, Inc., OrganiCore Nuclear, Inc. and Cardinal Data Power, Inc.. PulseForge, Inc. and California Perovskite Technology Inc. add advanced manufacturing and next-generation solar materials to the month’s industrial technology story.

Space and aerospace were also represented by Castelion Corp, whose $800.0 million offering was the second-largest in the entire group, and Pixxel Space Technologies, Inc., which raised $125.0 million. WindBorne Systems Inc. added another noteworthy aerospace and geospatial-data financing.

Biotechnology and health care remain active

Life sciences companies continued to secure sizable private capital despite the longer development timelines typical of the sector. Epicrispr Biotechnologies, Inc. raised $212.8 million, while Georgiamune, Inc. raised $131.9 million. Other notable biotechnology offerings came from Claris Biotherapeutics, Inc., Integrated Biosciences, Inc., Prana Therapies, Inc. and Halia Therapeutics, Inc..

In health technology, iSchemaView, Inc., Cardiosense, Inc., Teal Health, Inc. and Limber Prosthetics, Inc. reflect continued investment in diagnostic tools, monitoring, women’s health and assistive medical technology.

Overall, August’s filings show a market willing to fund both highly scalable software platforms and capital-intensive efforts in energy, space, industrial systems and biotechnology. At the same time, the large number of real estate and structured-finance vehicles underscores that private offering activity extends well beyond venture-backed technology startups.

Top Companies

Kalshi Inc., New York, NY
Kalshi Inc. is a U.S.-based exchange that offers event-driven markets where customers trade contracts on the outcomes of real-world events.
Offering Amount: $1.5B, Sold: $1.12B, Investors: 71

Castelion Corp, El Segundo, CA

Castelion Corporation is an El Segundo, California–based defense and aerospace startup focused on development and production of hypersonic weapon systems and related defense hardware.
Offering Amount: $800M, Sold: $647M, Investors: 17

Antora Energy, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA
Antora Energy, Inc. is an energy technology company developing and deploying thermal energy storage systems for industrial applications.
Offering Amount: $550M, Sold: $457.63M, Investors: 24

Whatnot Inc., San Francisco, CA
Whatnot Inc. operates Whatnot, a live shopping marketplace where users can shop, sell, and connect around collectibles and other consumer goods.
Offering Amount: $547M, Sold: $547M, Investors: 17

Oxide Computer Co, Oakland, CA
Oxide Computer Company builds integrated hardware and software systems for running infrastructure at scale in customer-owned environments.
Offering Amount: $445M, Sold: $445M, Investors: 15

Crowdfunding Offerings

Crowdfunding: 56 August Filings Span AI, Climate, Health and Consumer Brands

Companies filed 56 crowdfunding offerings in August 2026, with target amounts ranging from approximately $10,000 to $350,000. The most common apparent verticals were food, beverage and hospitality; software, AI and digital services; health and biotech; clean energy and mobility; aerospace and advanced technology; and media, sports and consumer products.

With business descriptions unavailable in this filing set, the following themes are based primarily on company names and their apparent areas of focus.

Technology and AI stand out

Several issuers appear focused on software, artificial intelligence, digital platforms or specialized technology. ARTHIA AI, Inc. PBC, StarBot Inc and ChatMD, Inc. point to continued crowdfunding interest in AI-enabled products and digital health tools. Simplex Chat, Inc. and Clearpool Digital LLC also appear positioned around digital communication or online services.

Other technology-oriented issuers include SemPresto, Inc., Peak Amp Instruments, Co., Wysera Inc, Boxsy Inc. and SwiftSift, Inc.. Their presence suggests that Regulation Crowdfunding continues to provide a route for early-stage companies developing specialized tools, platforms and instrumentation.

Climate, energy and mobility

Climate-related problem solving is another notable thread. Solar Development Group, LLC filed a $250,000 offering, making it one of the largest targets in the group. ZeroCarb Inc., Dolomite Energy Corp and Chuck Waste, Inc appear connected to decarbonization, energy or waste-management themes—areas where successful innovation can have benefits beyond the individual company.

Mobility and transportation technology are represented by Rad Life Mobility Inc., Metroair, Inc. and xCraft Enterprises, Inc.. The latter two names suggest potential interest in advanced aviation or aerial mobility, while Rad Life Mobility points toward transportation alternatives and accessible mobility.

Aerospace and advanced hardware

Aerospace remains a comparatively specialized but important crowdfunding category. bluShift Aerospace, Inc filed a $50,000 offering, while xCraft Enterprises, Inc. filed a smaller offering of approximately $10,003. These companies exemplify how crowdfunding can give retail investors exposure to capital-intensive technology sectors that traditionally rely heavily on institutional financing.

Optical and medical hardware also appear in the filings. Innovega Inc., which filed an offering of nearly $20,000, and TriplePulse, Inc. suggest continued activity in specialized device and health-technology development.

Health and life sciences

Health-focused issuers include Immunomatics, Inc., After Cancer Corp and ChatMD, Inc.. While the filings do not provide descriptions here, the names indicate work addressing cancer recovery, immunology and access to medical information—problems with significant public-health importance.

Consumer, food and hospitality activity

Food and beverage companies formed one of the broadest clusters. The roster includes Fine Treasure, LLC, Demitasse Specialty Coffee LLC, Yummy Future Inc, Best Is Yet To Come Brewing, Inc., Bearded Brewer LLC, Boone's Bourbon Co., Nosh Franchise Inc., Jordan Energy & Food Enterprise, LLC, Santiago Grocer Holdings LLC and Beyond Brix, Inc..

Hospitality, recreation and consumer-lifestyle offerings include Dothan FC, LLC, MRH CF, LLC, Kokopelli Outdoor, Inc., Ace Pickleball Club Media LLC, Skin Beauty Bar Inc., EVII Mission Hills Inc. and CERLOS(R) Factory I, LLC.

Media, entertainment and creator platforms

Crowdfunding also continues to support community-driven media and entertainment concepts. Relevant filings include Creator Networks, Inc., Fan Cruise LLC, Fanaty, Inc, Red Hen App LLC, Alula Film LLC, Thing in the Hall, LLC and Sounds Of Abundant Revival LLC. Saleen Automotive, Inc. adds a recognizable automotive and enthusiast-oriented name to the month’s filings.

The remaining August issuers were Cesl Site 2 LLC, Chateau Whatever LLC, Yakuru Inc, Stellaris Corp, Stratton & Ivy Inc., Oravanti Ventures Inc, Craftee Tri-Channel Drop LLC, Electus Global Education Co Inc and Kristenhtc LLC.

Top Companies

Cesl Site 2 LLC, Lake Forest, IL
CESL Site 2, LLC is developing, financing, constructing, owning, and operating an approximately 6.
Offering Amount: $350,000

Solar Development Group, LLC, Maitland, FL
Solar Development Group, LLC, operating under the ESA Solar brand, develops distributed and utility-scale solar and energy storage projects across the United States.
Offering Amount: $250,000

Fine Treasure, LLC, Las Vegas, NV
Fine Treasure, LLC, doing business as El Corazon, is developing a full-service Mexican restaurant and bar with live entertainment at Treasure Island Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Offering Amount: $249,999.36

Dothan FC, LLC, Dothan, AL
Dothan FC, LLC operates a soccer club focused on stadium improvements and fan experiences.
Offering Amount: $150,000

Clearpool Digital LLC, Lewes, DE
Clearpool Digital develops a blockchain-native decentralized exchange for 24/7 trading across digital assets and tokenized real-world assets.
Offering Amount: $100,000

IPOs

August 2026 IPO Activity

Companies filed 44 IPO-related registration statements with the SEC in August 2026. Activity was heavily concentrated in special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs): at least 16 filings clearly described blank-check offerings, with several additional SPAC-related filings lacking complete pricing or size information. The largest disclosed SPAC offerings included Gores Holdings XII, Inc. at $312 million, Gravity Acquisition Corp. at $250 million, GigCapital10 Corp. and Graf Industrial Corp. II at $220 million each, and Southport Acquisition Corp. II at $200 million.

Across offerings with disclosed terms, the month represented more than $2.2 billion in stated gross offering capacity, although this figure includes SPAC units, potential warrant exercises, direct offerings and other registration types and should not be interpreted as completed IPO proceeds. A number of filings were resale registrations—such as those involving Obsidian Therapeutics, Inc., Aura Consolidated Group, Inc., and YouneeqAI Technical Services, Inc.—from which the issuers would receive no proceeds.

Common industry themes

Companies to watch

Several issuers stand out for the problems they may address or the technologies they represent. Naoris Quantum Protocol Inc. is notable for combining quantum-oriented technology with security and decentralized infrastructure themes. StableCoinX Inc. provides exposure to the rapidly evolving stablecoin and digital-asset ecosystem, while YouneeqAI Technical Services, Inc. reflects the continued commercialization of AI services. In biotechnology, Electra Therapeutics, Inc. and Obsidian Therapeutics, Inc. are noteworthy because advances in therapeutic development could address significant unmet medical needs.

Overall, August was defined less by a broad wave of traditional operating-company IPOs and more by SPAC formation, technology-oriented registrations, biotechnology filings and secondary offerings. The unusually large number of incomplete or nontraditional registrations also suggests that the month’s filing activity should be viewed as an early indicator of potential market activity rather than a measure of completed public listings.

Top IPOs

Power Ultra Inc., Bonsall, CA
EcoPlus, Inc. is an environmental waste technology company focused on a fundamental technique and patent related to brown grease and other waste fats, oils, and grease.
Offering: Rose Hill Acquisition Corporation is conducting an initial public offering of 12,500,000 units at $10.00 per unit, raising $125 million. Each unit consists of one Class A ordinary share and one-half of one redeemable warrant. The warrants allow holders to purchase Class A shares at $11.50 per share after certain conditions are met. The company is a blank check company formed to complete a business combination and has not yet selected a target. The offering includes an over-allotment option for 1,875,000 additional units. The sponsor and affiliated parties are purchasing warrants in a concurrent private placement. The units will be listed on Nasdaq under the symbol "ROSEU," with separate trading of shares and warrants expected later. Investors have redemption rights upon the completion of the initial business combination or if no combination occurs within 15 months.

Ionetix Corporation, Lansing, MI
Ionetix Corporation is a cyclotron technology platform company that develops compact, cryogen-free superconducting cyclotrons and provides full-service radioisotope production and radiopharmaceutical manufacturing solutions.
Offering: No offering information is available in the provided text.

Tejascore Techsystems Inc, Miami, FL
Tejascore Techsystems Inc is a U.S.-based holding company focused on building an integrated automotive technology group.
Offering: Tier 2 Offering, Securities Offered 50000000, Offering Amount 50000000.00

Obsidian Therapeutics, Inc., Cambridge, MA
Obsidian Therapeutics, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing engineered tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte (TIL) cell therapies for solid tumors.
Offering: Resale offering by selling stockholders of up to 29,164,045 shares of the company's common stock. The company will not receive proceeds from the sales.

Aura Consolidated Group, Inc., Boston, MA
Aura Consolidated Group, Inc. provides subscription-based digital safety, identity protection, privacy, and cybersecurity solutions for individuals, families, businesses, and institutions.
Offering: Resale offering by selling stockholders of up to 143,277,908 shares of common stock, including shares underlying CDIs, warrant shares, and shares issuable upon conversion of preferred stock. The company will not receive proceeds from the sales.

Venture Funds

Altimeter Premier Growth VIII, L.P., Boston, MA
Altimeter Premier Growth VIII, L.P. is a Delaware limited partnership formed in 2025 as a private venture capital fund.
Offering Amount: $1.56B, Sold: $1.56B, Investors: 177

First Round Capital X-F, L.P., Philadelphia, PA
First Round Capital X-F, L.P. is a venture capital investment fund associated with First Round, an early-stage investment firm.
Offering Amount: $325M

Ospraie Ag Science LLC, New York, NY
Ospraie Ag Science LLC is dedicated to advancing agricultural technology through strategic investments.
Sold: $238.74M, Investors: 80

Prudence Fund IV, LP, New York, NY
Prudence Fund IV, LP is a New York-based venture capital fund managed by Prudence.
Offering Amount: $125M, Sold: $33.65M, Investors: 42

Autilus Mekone III LP, Santa Monica, CA
Autilus Mekone III LP is a Santa Monica-based venture capital fund managed by Autilus Partners LLC. The fund is structured as a limited partnership and operates as a pooled investment vehicle.
Sold: $102.79M, Investors: 12