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The SEA Monthly Funding Tracker for June 2026 recorded a record-breaking surge in total capital deployment, reaching $3,846.33 million across 18 rounds. This represents an extraordinary 1,616.2 percent increase month-on-month (May 2026: $224.12 million), and a 1,469.8 percent increase compared to the same period last year (June 2025: $245.03 million).
While round count rose only modestly (18 versus 14 in May 2026 and 19 in June 2025), the surge was driven almost entirely by a cluster of billion- and hundred-million-dollar late-stage rounds rather than by broader deal volume.
Stage-Wise Funding Trends
June saw an overwhelming concentration of capital in mature companies. Late-stage funding dominated the month, accounting for 86.3 percent ($3,320 million) of the total capital. Early-stage funding contributed 10.4 percent ($400.93 million), while Seed-stage rounds made up the remaining 3.3 percent ($125.4 million). Late-stage consists of Series C onwards and PE funding.
IPOs and Acquisitions
Exit activity was subdued relative to the funding boom.
IPOs: 1 (compared to 2 in May)
Acquisitions: 1 (compared to 1 in May, and 7 in June 2025)
Top Funding Deals in June 2026
The month was headlined by a massive round for DayOne, which alone accounted for roughly 65 percent of the month’s total funding. Together, DayOne and Supabase made up about 78 percent of all capital raised.
DayOne – $2,500 million
Supabase – $500 million
Airwallex – $320 million
SiliconFlow – $294 million
Striding AI – $100 million
Respond.io – $62.5 million
Gero – $17 million
Libeara – $13.6 million
kAIgentic – $10 million
BeeX – $7.7 million
Locality Trends
Singapore remained the primary engine of SEA’s startup ecosystem, capturing almost the entire month’s capital.
Singapore: $3,779.83 million
Kuala Lumpur: $62.5 million
Venture Capital Funds (VC)
Addition → Airwallex – $320 million (Singapore)
Monk’s Hill Ventures → BeeX – $7.7 million (Singapore)
JRE Ventures → H3Zoom.AI – $3.6 million (Singapore)
Private Equity Funds (PE)
Hillhouse → DayOne – $2,500 million (Singapore)
GIC → Supabase – $500 million (Singapore)
Key Takeaways
Record-Breaking Month: Total funding surged more than 17-fold versus May, propelled by a handful of outsized late-stage and PE rounds. Stripping out DayOne and Supabase leaves roughly $846 million, a strong but far more typical month.
Late-Stage Dominance: More than $3.3 billion, over 86 percent of all capital, flowed into mature companies, led by DayOne’s $2.5 billion data-center round and Supabase’s $500 million raise.
Singapore’s Monopoly: Singapore-based startups claimed roughly 98 percent of the recorded dollar value, underscoring the city-state’s concentration of late-stage and private-equity liquidity.
AI Infrastructure Theme: Beyond the mega-deals, capital clustered around AI and infrastructure names — including SiliconFlow, Striding AI, kAIgentic, and Gero — signaling continued investor appetite for the region’s AI stack.
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