Top Health & Biotech Startups 2026: Biggest Rounds, Most Valuable Companies & Top Investors

Value Add VC has tracked 90 Health & Biotech venture rounds in 2026 totaling $7.4B, including 13 rounds ($777M) in Q4 2026. Ranked below: the biggest rounds, the companies that raised the most in 2026 and the ones with the highest reported valuations, and the most active lead investors.

Biotech, healthcare and health-tech startups, from drug discovery to care delivery. Private companies only; rounds tracked by Value Add VC, not a market total.

Methodology

Rounds tracked by Value Add VC from filings, wire releases and news outlets — not a total for the whole market or a complete list of every Health & Biotech company. Data window: 2026 year-to-date for the biggest rounds, the companies that raised the most, and lead-investor rankings. Companies by valuation show each company's latest reported valuation (since mid-2025) — an older figure is left off rather than shown as current.

Ranked by dollar amount (rounds, companies by funding), by latest reported figure (companies by valuation), and by number of tracked deals led (investors). Public companies, debt, fund closes, acquisitions and unverified/rumored rounds are excluded.

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Biggest Health & Biotech rounds, 2026 year-to-date

#DateCompanyStageAmountLed bySource
1Jul 14, 2026Chai DiscoverySeries C$400MIndex VenturesLaw360
2Jun 25, 2026Ollin BiosciencesSeries B$330MTCG CrossoverCrunchbase News
3Sep 23, 2026Enveda BiosciencesSeries E$311MCatalio Capital ManagementTech Startups
4Sep 16, 2026Anew LabsUndisclosed$290MHongShan (Sequoia China)TheNextWeb
5Sep 9, 2026Encoded TherapeuticsSeries F$275MGoogle Ventures (GV)Encoded Therapeutics (Business Wire via BioSpace)
6Sep 24, 2026Precision NeuroscienceSeries D$250MPershing Square, Ackman Oxman InstituteGlobeNewswire
7Sep 25, 2026OpenEvidenceSeries C$250MAndreessen HorowitzRefresh Miami
8Sep 5, 2026Scan.comSeries C$220MNoteusFierce Healthcare
9Mar 26, 2026eMedSeries A$200M—PR Newswire
10Jun 26, 2026Osanni BioSeries B$190M—Crunchbase News
11Jul 2, 2026Celea TherapeuticsUndisclosed$180MRA CapitalCelea Therapeutics
12Sep 16, 2026FortellUndisclosed$163MFounders Fund, Thrive Capital, Valor Equity PartnersTechCrunch
13May 14, 2026Ollin BiosciencesUndisclosed$156.2M—SEC EDGAR Form D
14Sep 25, 2026RightwaySeries E$155MFrancisco PartnersPR Newswire
15Sep 23, 2026Basecamp ResearchSeries C$140MSection 32PR Newswire

Biggest Health & Biotech rounds, Q4 2026

#DateCompanyStageAmountLed bySource
1Oct 13, 2026Souffle TherapeuticsSeries B$135M—FinancialContent
2Oct 6, 2026General MedicineSeries B$120MAndreessen HorowitzPR Newswire
3Oct 11, 2026TriGemX BioUndisclosed$94MTCGXPulse 2.0
4Oct 13, 2026SukiSeries E$90M—FinancialContent (Business Wire)
5Oct 6, 2026KymaTheraSeries B$80M—Pulse2.com
6Oct 6, 2026Multiply LabsSeries B$75M—Business Wire
7Oct 10, 2026Atrium TherapeuticsUndisclosed$50M—Pulse 2.0
8Oct 7, 2026HealthleapSeed + Series A$38MSequoia Capital, First Round CapitalTechCrunch
9Oct 6, 2026VitalizeSeries A$31M—Pulse2.com
10Oct 7, 2026WhiteLab GenomicsSeries B$26M—Pulse 2.0
11Oct 8, 2026AblePay HealthSeries A$20MF-Prime CapitalPulse 2.0
12Oct 13, 2026MakeOUndisclosed$10M—e27
13Oct 10, 2026Vinci PharmaceuticalsSeries A$8M—Pulse 2.0

Health & Biotech companies that raised the most in 2026

#Company2026 tracked fundingTracked roundsLatest round
1Ollin Biosciences$486M2Jun 25, 2026
2Chai Discovery$400M1Jul 14, 2026
3Enveda Biosciences$311M1Sep 23, 2026
4Anew Labs$290M1Sep 16, 2026
5Encoded Therapeutics$275M1Sep 9, 2026
6OpenEvidence$250M1Sep 25, 2026
7Precision Neuroscience$250M1Sep 24, 2026
8Scan.com$220M1Sep 5, 2026
9eMed$200M1Mar 26, 2026
10Osanni Bio$190M1Jun 26, 2026
11Celea Therapeutics$180M1Jul 2, 2026
12Fortell$163M1Sep 16, 2026
13Rightway$155M1Sep 25, 2026
14Basecamp Research$140M1Sep 23, 2026
15Souffle Therapeutics$135M1Oct 13, 2026

Most valuable Health & Biotech companies (latest reported valuation, since mid-2025)

#CompanyValuationAs ofSource
1Colossal Biosciences$10.32B2025-09-18Colossal Biosciences
2Commure$7B2026-05-19Commure
3Chai Discovery$3.8B2026-07-17Crunchbase News
4Function Health$2.5B2025-11-19TechCrunch
5Enveda Biosciences~$2B2026-09-23Tech Startups
6Rightway$1.75B2026-09-24Bloomberg
7Precision Neuroscience~$1B2026-09-24GlobeNewswire

Not enough tracked lead-investor data yet for Health & Biotech.

Latest Health & Biotech rounds (last 30 days)

#DateCompanyStageAmountLed bySource
1Oct 13, 2026MakeOUndisclosed$10M—e27
2Oct 13, 2026Souffle TherapeuticsSeries B$135M—FinancialContent
3Oct 13, 2026SukiSeries E$90M—FinancialContent (Business Wire)
4Oct 11, 2026TriGemX BioUndisclosed$94MTCGXPulse 2.0
5Oct 10, 2026Atrium TherapeuticsUndisclosed$50M—Pulse 2.0
6Oct 10, 2026Vinci PharmaceuticalsSeries A$8M—Pulse 2.0
7Oct 8, 2026AblePay HealthSeries A$20MF-Prime CapitalPulse 2.0
8Oct 7, 2026HealthleapSeed + Series A$38MSequoia Capital, First Round CapitalTechCrunch
9Oct 7, 2026WhiteLab GenomicsSeries B$26M—Pulse 2.0
10Oct 6, 2026General MedicineSeries B$120MAndreessen HorowitzPR Newswire
11Oct 6, 2026KymaTheraSeries B$80M—Pulse2.com
12Oct 6, 2026Multiply LabsSeries B$75M—Business Wire
13Oct 6, 2026VitalizeSeries A$31M—Pulse2.com
14Sep 30, 2026Tiny HealthSeries B$33MB CapitalThe SaaS News
15Sep 29, 2026BioStem TechnologiesUndisclosed$3M—SEC EDGAR Form D

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