13 Russian and Russia-linked founders raised $1.034B across 9 rounds announced in 2026

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A sourced, non-exhaustive list — not a definitive census — of 9 completed funding rounds announced in 2026 (through September 4) whose founders are Russian or Russia-linked, totaling $1.034 billion counting each company round once. "Russian founder" is inconsistently reported: the colour of each mark separates direct Russian identification from broader Russia-linked cases where nationality was not explicitly stated.

All 9 rounds by amount raised

Amounts in US$ millions · hover a bar for founders, investors and sourcing

direct Russian identification (incl. Russian Forbes profiles)Russia-linked; nationality not explicitly stated

Plata’s $405M Series C at a $5B valuation is the year’s largest event; two of its three founders are ex-Tinkoff executives and Oleg Tinkov is directly described as a Russian entrepreneur — themoscowtimes.com

Alex Mashrabov appears twice: Higgsfield announced an $80M Series A extension in January and a $400M Series B in August, quadrupling its valuation to $5.4B — theoutpost.ai

The two $400M+ events account for $805M — 78% of the unique-round total; the remaining seven rounds together raised $229M — megadeal.blog

Five of nine events rest on broader Russia-linked evidence — Russian roots, prior careers or companies in Russia — with nationality never explicitly stated, e.g. All3’s founders of Samokat — hypersinc.com

Every round, every founder, every source

Announced	Company	Founders	Amount	Round	Valuation	Investors	Identification	Sources

Method: live English- and Russian-language web research through 2026-09-04; completed and announced rounds only, excluding financing merely planned or in talks. 9 event rows, one per unique 2026 funding round; amounts are the disclosed round size in US$ millions and are never summed per founder because co-founders share the same company round. Dates shown exactly as reported (some month-only or year-only); blank fields were not disclosed. This is a sourced, non-exhaustive list, not a definitive census of Russian founders.

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