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Startups that raised May 18 – May 24, 2026 and are hiring

43 venture-backed startups closed funding rounds the week of May 18 – May 24, 2026, raising $2.6B in total, and together they have 1,017 open roles today. The largest round was Modal Labs's $355M Series C, led by General Catalyst. Commure is hiring the most, with 79 open roles. Engineering is the most in-demand function.

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  • No stale postings
Startups funded
43
Raised in total
$2.6B
Open roles today
1,017
Median round
$35M

Every startup that raised May 18 – May 24, 2026 and is hiring

CompanyRoundClosedLed byOpen rolesHiring most for
Modal LabsNew York, New York, United StatesSeries C$355MMay 21, 2026General Catalyst, Accel, Menlo Ventures, Gaingels, Creandum38Engineering, Sales & BD
AmcaEl Segundo, California, United StatesSeries B$300MMay 20, 2026Andreessen Horowitz, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Founders Fund, Construct Capital, Caffeinated Capital50Engineering, Operations
ArmadaSan Francisco, California, United StatesSeries B$230MMay 19, 2026Valor Equity Partners, SV Angel, Founders Fund, BlackRock, 8VC39Engineering, Legal
MercurySan Francisco, California, United StatesSeries D$200MMay 20, 2026Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia Capital, TCV, SV Angel, 500 Global65Engineering, Sales & BD
cAMPfield TherapeuticsSan Diego, California, United StatesSeries A$180MMay 20, 2026RA Capital Management, Novo Holdings, Venrock, Abingworth, Frazier Life Sciences4Sales & BD, Clinical
FartherSan Francisco, California, United StatesSeries D$150MMay 21, 2026General Atlantic, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Khosla Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Cota Capital32Engineering, Sales & BD
NourishNew York, New York, United StatesSeries C$100MMay 19, 2026Menlo Ventures, BoxGroup, TCV, Thrive Capital, Index Ventures76Sales & BD, Engineering
PrimerLondon, England, United KingdomSeries C$100MMay 20, 2026Accel, Peak XV Partners, Speedinvest, RTP Global, Balderton Capital26Marketing, Engineering
ExaSan Francisco, California, United StatesSeries C$85MMay 20, 2026Andreessen Horowitz, Lightspeed Venture Partners, NVIDIA, Y Combinator, Benchmark58Engineering, Sales & BD
Sigma ComputingSan Francisco, California, United StatesSeries E$80MMay 18, 2026K5 Global, Spark Capital, Avenir, Sutter Hill Ventures, Workday Ventures73Engineering, Sales & BD
MomentNew York, New York, United StatesSeries C$78MMay 19, 2026Andreessen Horowitz, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Index Ventures, Neo, Venrock12Engineering, Legal
ViktorWilmington, Delaware, United StatesSeries A$75MMay 19, 2026Accel, Bek Ventures, Inovo.vc, Leonis Capital, KAYA26Marketing, Engineering
CommureMountain View, California, United StatesVenture round$70MMay 19, 2026General Catalyst, Sequoia Capital, Quiet Capital, 8VC, Morgan Stanley79Engineering, Sales & BD
SocketStanford, California, United StatesSeries C$60MMay 20, 2026Andreessen Horowitz, Thrive Capital, Abstract, South Park Commons, Village Global27Sales & BD, Engineering
RelayToronto, Ontario, CanadaVenture round$50MMay 19, 2026General Catalyst, Inovia Capital, Bain Capital Ventures, Tribe Capital, Panache Ventures49Engineering, Marketing
UnframeCupertino, California, United StatesSeries B$50MMay 19, 2026Bessemer Venture Partners, Craft Ventures, TLV Partners, Highland Europe, Third Point Ventures33Engineering, Product
Lexroom.aiMilan, Lombardia, ItalySeries B$49.9MMay 19, 2026Base10 Partners, Entourage, Left Lane Capital, Acurio Ventures, Vento48Sales & BD, Customer
DustParis, Ile-de-France, FranceSeries B$40MMay 18, 2026Sequoia Capital, Abstract, XYZ Venture Capital, Seedcamp, Snowflake23Sales & BD, Customer
PivotParis, Ile-de-France, FranceSeries B$40MMay 21, 2026Emblem, Notion Capital, Visionaries Club, Forestay Capital, Cocoa3Sales & BD
Tomorrow.ioBoston, Massachusetts, United StatesSeries F$35MMay 18, 2026HarbourVest Partners, Seraphim Space, Pitango VC, Canaan Partners, Flybridge21Engineering, Sales & BD
bunchBerlin, Berlin, GermanySeries B$35MMay 19, 2026Klarna, Cherry Ventures, Illuminate Financial, Moonfare, Portage Ventures34Sales & BD, Engineering
Catena LabsBoston, Massachusetts, United StatesSeries A$30MMay 20, 2026General Catalyst, a16z crypto, QED Investors, Oak HC/FT, IDG Capital4Engineering, Legal
SardineMiami, Florida, United StatesSeries C$25MMay 20, 2026Andreessen Horowitz, ConsenSys, XYZ Venture Capital, Coinbase Ventures, Village Global38Engineering, Sales & BD
Scope AILondon, England, United KingdomSeries A$20MMay 19, 2026Entrepreneurs First, Index Ventures, Susa Ventures, Soma Capital, Syndicate One2Marketing, Engineering
MuybridgeFornebu, Akershus, NorwaySeries A$16MMay 21, 2026RunwayFBU, Idekapital, Fairpoint Capital, Investinor8Engineering, Sales & BD
The PathReno, Nevada, United StatesSeed$14.3MMay 21, 2026Prime Movers Lab, Designer Fund, Apolo Ohno, Deontay Wilder3Sales & BD, Marketing
SearchableThousand Oaks, California, United StatesVenture round$14MMay 18, 2026Headline, Freestyle Capital14Sales & BD, Design
getquinBerlin, Berlin, GermanyVenture round$14MMay 19, 2026Heartfelt Capital, Portage Ventures, State Street, APX, Motive Ventures9Sales & BD, Marketing
HellbenderPittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United StatesSeed$12.5MMay 19, 2026Active Angels Network, Gaingels, Mana Ventures, Sum Ventures, Veredas Partners10Engineering, Hardware
TextureNew York, New York, United StatesSeries A$12.5MMay 23, 2026Abstract, Equal Ventures, Lerer Hippeau, VoLo Earth Ventures, Day One Ventures7Engineering, Sales & BD
BlacksmithSan Francisco, California, United StatesVenture round$10MMay 20, 2026Y Combinator, Google Ventures, Machina Ventures, Theo Browne, JJ Fliegelman20Engineering, Sales & BD
EisenNew York, New York, United StatesSeries A$10MMay 19, 2026Index Ventures, First Round Capital, Cowboy Ventures, Operator Partners, MissionOG5Engineering, Sales & BD
CircuitHubSouth Deerfield, Massachusetts, United StatesSeries A$9.7MMay 20, 2026Y Combinator, Plural, Google Ventures, Alexis Ohanian8Engineering, Hardware
CyclesLausanne, Vaud, SwitzerlandSeed$6.4MMay 21, 2026Coinbase Ventures, Compound, Blockchange Ventures, CMCC Global, Maven 11 Capital4Sales & BD, Product
HandleSan Francisco, California, United StatesSeries B$5MMay 22, 2026Y Combinator, Liquid 2 Ventures, Zigg Capital, Suffolk Technologies, Wex4Sales & BD, Product
FaceUpPrague, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech RepublicSeries A$5MMay 19, 2026Fil Rouge Capital (FRC), European Investment Fund, Tilia Impact Ventures, Reflex Capital, Gi21 Capital4Sales & BD, Product
Century HealthNew York, New York, United StatesSeed$5MMay 19, 2026Alumni Ventures, 25madison, Origin Ventures, Everywhere Ventures, 2048 Ventures1Sales & BD
RelyDover, Delaware, United StatesSeed$4.5MMay 19, 2026Better Tomorrow Ventures, 2048 Ventures, Range Ventures2Customer, Engineering
Alice & BobParis, Ile-de-France, FranceSeries BMay 22, 2026Bpifrance, NVentures, AVP, BREEGA, European Innovation Council27Engineering, Operations
Aera TechnologyMountain View, California, United StatesVenture roundMay 19, 2026Georgian, New Enterprise Associates, NewView Capital, Accenture Ventures, DFJ Growth15Sales & BD, Engineering
RADARNew York, New York, United StatesSeries BMay 19, 2026Y Combinator, Nimble Partners, Colle Capital Partners, NTT DOCOMO Ventures, Gideon Strategic Partners7Customer, Operations
Retro BiosciencesRedwood City, California, United StatesVenture roundMay 22, 2026Sam Altman, 4P Capital5Legal, Hardware
StiltaSan Francisco, California, United StatesSeedMay 19, 2026Andreessen Horowitz, Y Combinator4Engineering

By stage

  • Series B10
  • Series A9
  • Series C7
  • Venture round7
  • Seed6
  • Series D2
  • Series E1
  • Series F1

Most active lead investors

  • Andreessen Horowitz7
  • Y Combinator6
  • General Catalyst4
  • Lightspeed Venture Partners4
  • Index Ventures4
  • Accel3
  • Sequoia Capital3
  • Abstract3

Open roles by function

Questions

Which startups raised money the week of May 18 – May 24, 2026?
Modal Labs (Series C, $355M); Amca (Series B, $300M); Armada (Series B, $230M); Mercury (Series D, $200M); cAMPfield Therapeutics (Series A, $180M); Farther (Series D, $150M); Nourish (Series C, $100M); Primer (Series C, $100M), and 35 more listed on this page.
Are these startups hiring?
Yes. Every company on this page has open roles right now: 1,017 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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43 Startups That Raised May 18 – May 24, 2026 and Are Hiring | JustBacked