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Startups that raised Apr 27 – May 3, 2026 and are hiring

34 venture-backed startups closed funding rounds the week of Apr 27 – May 3, 2026, raising $2.7B in total, and together they have 565 open roles today. The largest round was Ineffable Intelligence's $1.1B Seed, led by Lightspeed Venture Partners. True Anomaly is hiring the most, with 200 open roles. Engineering is the most in-demand function.

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Startups funded
34
Raised in total
$2.7B
Open roles today
565
Median round
$23.5M

Every startup that raised Apr 27 – May 3, 2026 and is hiring

CompanyRoundClosedLed byOpen rolesHiring most for
Ineffable IntelligenceLondon, England, United KingdomSeed$1.1BApr 27, 2026Lightspeed Venture Partners, NVIDIA, British Business Bank, Sequoia Capital, Index Ventures3Engineering
True AnomalyCentennial, Colorado, United StatesSeries D$600MApr 28, 2026Menlo Ventures, Accel, Paradigm, Eclipse, VanEck200Engineering, Hardware
SereactStuttgart, Baden-Wurttemberg, GermanySeries B$110MApr 27, 2026Headline, Creandum, Daphni, Air Street Capital, Felix Capital38Engineering, Operations
Scout AISunnyvale, California, United StatesSeries A$100MApr 29, 2026Gaingels, Draper Associates, Booz Allen Ventures, FJ Labs, Decisive Point27Engineering, Hardware
ParallelPalo Alto, California, United StatesSeries B$100MApr 28, 2026Sequoia Capital, Abstract, Index Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Kleiner Perkins26Engineering, Sales & BD
Iterative HealthCambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesSeries C$77MApr 30, 2026Plug and Play, Alumni Ventures, Eli Lilly, Insight Partners, Clearlake Capital Group64Clinical, Science
FunSan Francisco, California, United StatesSeries A$72MMay 1, 2026SignalFire, Multicoin Capital, Soma Capital, Infinity Ventures, Pharsalus Capital16Engineering, Legal
JuliaHubCambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesSeries B$65MApr 30, 2026General Catalyst, Menlo Ventures, National Science Foundation, Founder Collective, AE Industrial Partners4Sales & BD, Finance
Manifest OSNew York, New York, United StatesSeries A$60MApr 28, 2026Menlo Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, First Round Capital, Quiet Capital7Engineering, Legal
CMBlu EnergyAlzenau, Bayern, GermanySeries C$58.3MApr 30, 2026Strabag, Samsung Ventures, Ministry of Environment and Energy1Mixed
CounterpartLos Angeles, California, United StatesSeries C$50MApr 28, 2026Valor Equity Partners, Felicis, Susa Ventures, Vy Capital10Engineering, Sales & BD
Actively AINew York, New York, United StatesSeries B$45MApr 28, 2026TCV, Bain Capital Ventures, First Round Capital, Alkeon Capital, First Harmonic20Engineering, Sales & BD
MarbleCambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesSeries B$30MApr 28, 2026Invest Nebraska3Engineering
SPREAD AIBerlin, Berlin, GermanySeries B$29.3MApr 29, 2026Salesforce Ventures, OTB Ventures, NAP, DTCP, HV Capital8Sales & BD, People
Odys AviationLong Beach, California, United StatesVenture round$26MApr 28, 2026Gaingels, Y Combinator, Soma Capital, Giant Ventures, 11.2 Capital13Engineering, Hardware
InvisixEindhoven, Noord-Brabant, The NetherlandsSeed$23.5MMay 1, 2026Hitachi Ventures, imec.xpand, Transition, Doosan Investment11Engineering, Legal
Hypervision SurgicalLondon, England, United KingdomSeries A$23MApr 29, 2026IP Group, Heal Capital, redalpine, Life Extension Ventures, Angelini Ventures3Legal, People
PursuitAnn Arbor, Michigan, United StatesSeries A$22MApr 29, 2026Basis Set Ventures, Teamworthy Ventures, Jack Altman, AI Grant, Mike Rosengarten1Sales & BD
Living CarbonSan Francisco, California, United StatesVenture round$21MApr 30, 2026Temasek Holdings, Y Combinator, Toyota Ventures, Felicis, Lowercarbon Capital1Sales & BD
PhotonBrooklyn, New York, United StatesSeries A$16MApr 30, 2026BoxGroup, Flare Capital Partners, Susa Ventures, Healthier Capital, Long Journey Ventures9Sales & BD, Operations
PerformativCopenhagen, Hovedstaden, DenmarkSeries A$14MApr 28, 2026iGlobe Partners, Export and Investment Fund, Deutsche Borse, FinTech Collective, Rabo Investments8Engineering, Sales & BD
ClarasightNew York, New York, United StatesSeries A$11.5MApr 28, 2026XYZ Venture Capital, Rackhouse Venture Capital, MCJ, Thayer Investment Partners, Clocktower Technology Ventures4Sales & BD, Customer
MarlooAuckland, Auckland, New ZealandSeed$10MApr 28, 2026Icehouse Ventures, Blackbird Ventures, Co Ventures, Henrik Bohman, Warren Hogarth13Customer, Sales & BD
OpenObserveSan Francisco, California, United StatesSeries A$10MApr 29, 2026Nexus Venture Partners, Dell Technologies Capital, Secure Octane, Dan Pinto, Cardinia Ventures7Sales & BD, Engineering
QuoIntelligenceFrankfurt, Hessen, GermanySeries A$8.6MApr 27, 2026eCAPITAL ENTREPRENEURIAL PARTNERS, Elevator Ventures, BM H Beteiligungs-Managementgesellschaft Hessen, 22 Capital, EIC Scaling Club2Sales & BD
RedpineAIStockholm, Stockholms Lan, SwedenSeed$8MApr 28, 2026Luminar Ventures, node.vc, NordicNinja VC, Peter Sarlin, Patrik Liu Tran6Engineering, Design
DexLondon, England, United KingdomSeed$5.3MApr 27, 2026Andreessen Horowitz, Notion Capital, Concept Ventures, a16z speedrun, Charlie Songhurst4Engineering, Data & ML
TitanNew York, New York, United StatesSeed$3MApr 28, 2026Undisclosed13Engineering, Sales & BD
Cnuic TechnologiesEdinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United KingdomPre-Seed$3MApr 28, 2026Sands Capital Ventures, Tensor Ventures, Blank Ventures, Silicon Roundabout Ventures, Superlative RM1Mixed
Novel MicrodevicesBaltimore, Maryland, United StatesConvertible Note$1MApr 27, 2026TEDCO, CARB-X, National Institutes of Health, Maryland Department of Commerce1Hardware
AvocaNew York, New York, United StatesSeries BApr 27, 2026General Catalyst, BoxGroup, Nexus Venture Partners, Y Combinator, Kleiner Perkins26Sales & BD, Engineering
Stability AILondon, England, United KingdomSeries BApr 30, 2026Lightspeed Venture Partners, Coatue, Greycroft, Betaworks, Intel6Engineering, Data & ML
BlockworksNew York, New York, United StatesSeries AApr 29, 2026Coinbase Ventures, ParaFi Capital, Flowdesk, Framework Ventures, Auros5Sales & BD, Engineering
ElectraBoulder, Colorado, United StatesVenture roundApr 28, 2026Temasek Holdings, Valor Equity Partners, National Science Foundation, S2G Investments, Lowercarbon Capital4Engineering, Hardware

By stage

  • Series A11
  • Series B8
  • Seed6
  • Series C3
  • Venture round3
  • Series D1
  • Pre-Seed1
  • Convertible Note1

Most active lead investors

  • Menlo Ventures3
  • Kleiner Perkins3
  • Y Combinator3
  • Lightspeed Venture Partners2
  • Sequoia Capital2
  • Index Ventures2
  • Gaingels2
  • Soma Capital2

Open roles by function

Questions

Which startups raised money the week of Apr 27 – May 3, 2026?
Ineffable Intelligence (Seed, $1.1B); True Anomaly (Series D, $600M); Sereact (Series B, $110M); Scout AI (Series A, $100M); Parallel (Series B, $100M); Iterative Health (Series C, $77M); Fun (Series A, $72M); JuliaHub (Series B, $65M), and 26 more listed on this page.
Are these startups hiring?
Yes. Every company on this page has open roles right now: 565 in total, read directly from each company's own hiring system and re-checked daily.
Where does this data come from?
Funding rounds come from public announcements and filings. Open roles come straight from each company's applicant tracking system (Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby, Workday and others) or careers page, not from recruiters or reposts.

Grouped by the week each round closed (Monday to Sunday, UTC). Open-role counts are live and change as companies hire. Only companies with at least one open role are listed.

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