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A $31M seed round: in the US, 'seed' has drifted away from angels

MIT spinoff Apollo Atomics closed an oversubscribed $31M seed round, backed by funds and collective-investing platforms alike.

MIT spinoff Apollo Atomics announced an oversubscribed $31M seed round led by FCVC, with Y Combinator, Telesoft Partners, Alumni Ventures, Robinhood Ventures, Nucleation Capital, Pelion Venture Partners and Duke Capital participating. This is no longer a round a group of individuals can lead: in US deep tech, the first round now matches the size of a Series A in most of Asia.

31 triệu USD

Apollo Atomics seed round

510 tỷ USD

Global startup funding, H1 2026 (Crunchbase)

440 tỷ USD

Full-year 2025 total, for comparison

Sources

  1. 01Tech Startups – VC & Startup Funding Roundup, August 20, 2026 (Apollo Atomics seed) ↗
  2. 02Crunchbase News – Global Startup Investment Hit Record $510B In H1 2026 ↗

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