SignalbaseUpdated 22 Aug 2026

Top recently funded startups in United States, week of 2021-08-23

United States logged 28 verified funding rounds in the week ending 22 Aug 2021, totalling ≈$2.2B. DriveWealth anchors the week with a ≈$450.0M Series D in Financial Services. Financial Services was the busiest sector with 7 deals.

Week of 2021-08-23United States28 deals≈$2.2B raised

Country	United States
Deals this week	28
Total raised	≈$2.2B
Top sector	Financial Services (7)
Most common round	Series A (6)
Most active investor	Andreessen Horowitz (6 deals)
Sources tracked	87

The biggest 5 deals this week

#	Company	Amount	Round	Sector	Announced
1	DriveWealth	$450.0M	Series D	Financial Services	20 Aug 2021
2	Rubrik, Inc.	$261.0M	Series E	Cybersecurity	17 Aug 2021
3	Nevro	$250.0M	Series E	Medical Equipment Manufacturing	18 Aug 2021
4	Apeel Sciences	$250.0M	Series E	Food Technology	18 Aug 2021
5	Ample	$160.0M	Series C	Utilities	20 Aug 2021

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23 more funding rounds this week

Apollo GraphQL, Maven Clinic, NearU, Carrot Fertility, Sentz Global, Empower, Angiex Inc., Meru Health and 15 more closed rounds this week. Sign up to see amounts, round types, sectors and investor lists.

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Closer look at the top 3

DriveWealth

Announced 20 Aug 2021

$450.0M · Series D · Financial Services · United States

DriveWealth is a global B2B financial technology platform.

“DriveWealth Raises $450M Series D Valuing the Company at 2.85B – DriveWealth Skip to content Contact Solutions Solutions We work with clients to bring investing to their end clients around the globe.”
From the announcement · 20 Aug 2021

Investors: Insight Partners (lead), Accel (lead), Point72 Ventures, Fidelity International Strategic Ventures, Base 10, FTX, SoftBank Vision Fund, Greyhound Capital, FlightDeck.

Rubrik, Inc.

Announced 17 Aug 2021

$261.0M · Series E · Cybersecurity · United States

“Rubrik IPO Timeline and Financing Details - Forge July Private Market Update As pipeline fills, IPO performance remains uneven Read The New Report Individual Investors Employee Shareholders Institutional Investors Private Companies Accredited Investors Seed & Angel Investors Asset Managers & Hedge Funds Family Offices Venture Capital Firms Wealth M”
From the announcement · 17 Aug 2021

Most active investors this week

#	Investor	Deals
1	Andreessen Horowitz	6
2	Y Combinator	5
3	Anne Wojcicki of 23andMe	2
4	Caffeinated Capital	2
5	David Barber of Almanac Insights	2
6	Disruptive	2
7	GIC	2
8	Icon Ventures	2
9	Initialized Capital	2
10	Insight Partners

What this week tells us

Financial Services accounted for 7 of 28 verified deals in United States this week. The stage mix was 6 early-stage (pre-seed to seed) against 22 Series A or later. Andreessen Horowitz was the most active investor, backing 6 of the week's rounds.

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Built from 28 verified funding signals tracked by Signalbase. Window: 16 Aug – 22 Aug 2021. Last refresh: 22 Aug 2026.