The Weekly Notable Startup Funding Report takes us on a trip across various ecosystems in the US, highlighting some of the notable funding activity in the various markets that we track. The notable startup funding rounds for the week ending 8/1/26 feature funding details for COR, Simile, Epitel, and twenty-five other deals representing $2.2B in new funding that you need to know about. Founded by Jonathan Awad, Timothy Hyde, and William Slessman in 2023, Baselayer has now raised a total of $47M in total equity funding and is backed by Koro Capital and M13. Founded by Jose Gettas, Martin Minces, and Santiago Bibiloni in 2019, COR has now raised a total of $38.7M in total equity funding and is backed by FTV Capital. Founded by Mark Lehmkuhle in 2017, Epitel has now raised a total of $41.7M in total equity funding and is backed by Catalyst Health Ventures and Genoa Ventures.