largest named round
Etched
$300M Series C
Sequoia Capital and a16z appear as investors in the scanned sources.
Seven major VC firms disclosed 16 recent startup investments
A scan of official firm pages found 16 specific investments published between May and August 2026. Sequoia and Accel supplied the largest recent sets in this shortlist, with three disclosed startups each.
16
recent investments found
7
major VC firms represented
15
distinct startups
2026
announcement year
Disclosures found by investor
investments in shortlist
0123 investments
What stands out
The largest named round was Etched’s $300 million Series C. Sequoia’s announcement identifies the financing and the investor’s partnership with the AI-chip startup. sequoiacap.com
Index disclosed a $200 million Series B for Simile. It was the second-largest explicitly quantified round in the set. indexventures.com
Seed investing remains visible. Oak, Pocket, Tolmo, Nirva, Corma, Sable and Nebex were described as seed or seed investments across five firms.
Etched appears with two investors. The same Series C is associated with Sequoia and a16z in the scanned announcement set, so 16 investor-startup records represent 15 distinct startups.
Three notable rounds
second-largest named round
Simile
$200M Series B
Index Ventures published the round announcement on 30 July.
cybersecurity growth round
Onyx Security
$113M Series B
Bessemer described its backing of the agentic-security company.
Recent investment records
| Investor | Startup | Funding round | Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accel | Oak | $60M seed round | 2026 | accel.com |
| Accel | Seed | 2026 | accel.com | |
| Accel | Tolmo | Seed round | 2026 | accel.com |
| Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) | Volta | Series A | 2026 | a16z.com |
| Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) | Town | $55M Series A | 2026 | a16z.com |
| Bessemer Venture Partners | Onyx Security | $113M Series B | 2026 | bvp.com |
| Bessemer Venture Partners | Act | Series A ($60M total funding) | 2026 | bvp.com |
| GV | Nebex | Seed investment | 2026 | gv.com |
| GV | MokN | Series A | 2026 | gv.com |
| Index Ventures | Simile | $200M Series B | 2026 | indexventures.com |
| Lightspeed Venture Partners | Judgment Labs | Series A | 2026 | lsvp.com |
| Lightspeed Venture Partners | Nirva | $8M seed round | 2026 | lsvp.com |
| Lightspeed Venture Partners | DualBird | Series A | 2026 | lsvp.com |
| Sequoia Capital | Corma | Seed round | 2026 | sequoiacap.com |
| Sequoia Capital | Etched | $300M Series C | 2026 | sequoiacap.com |
| Sequoia Capital | Sable | Seed round | 2026 | sequoiacap.com |
Method: scanned official investment, news, perspectives and company pages from major VC firms on 24 August 2026. The 16 rows are investor–startup disclosures, not a comprehensive census of every transaction; round amounts are shown only where the source stated them.