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Startups that raised May 25 – May 31, 2026 and are hiring

39 venture-backed startups closed funding rounds the week of May 25 – May 31, 2026, raising $1.6B in total, and together they have 1,181 open roles today. The largest round was Stord's $250M Series F, led by Franklin Templeton. Anthropic is hiring the most, with 638 open roles. Engineering is the most in-demand function.

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Startups funded
39
Raised in total
$1.6B
Open roles today
1,181
Median round
$28.8M

Every startup that raised May 25 – May 31, 2026 and is hiring

CompanyRoundClosedLed byOpen rolesHiring most for
StordAtlanta, Georgia, United StatesSeries F$250MMay 26, 2026Franklin Templeton, BoxGroup, Gaingels, Founders Fund, Bond99Engineering, Operations
Focused EnergyDarmstadt, Hessen, GermanySeries A$240MMay 27, 2026Prime Movers Lab, US Department of Energy, European Innovation Council Fund, SPRIN-D, RWE40Engineering, People
OpenRouterNew York, New York, United StatesSeries B$113MMay 26, 2026Andreessen Horowitz, Menlo Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Transpose Platform Management, NVentures28Engineering, Sales & BD
FonoaDublin, Dublin, IrelandSeries C$110MMay 28, 2026Headline, Index Ventures, Coatue, FJ Labs, Karman Ventures20Sales & BD, Engineering
Garner HealthNew York, New York, United StatesSeries E$100MMay 28, 2026BoxGroup, Sequoia Capital, Thrive Capital, Abstract, Founders Fund73Sales & BD, Engineering
Observable SpaceSanta Monica, California, United StatesSeries A$90MMay 28, 2026Lux Capital, Upfront Ventures, Oceans, Marlinspike Capital, Embedded Ventures26Engineering, Hardware
WeRoadMilan, Lombardia, ItalySeries C$58MMay 27, 2026Airbnb, H14, Alchimia Investments, Giovanni Gardelli, Luca Ferrante Carrante16Marketing, Sales & BD
American TerawattSan Francisco, California, United StatesVenture round$52.6MMay 26, 2026Undisclosed7Engineering, Operations
ClearNote HealthSan Diego, California, United StatesSeries D$52MMay 27, 2026Mattias Westman, Pathology Asia Holdings, Stephen Quake, Sandy Weill3Science, Operations
InherentLondon, England, United KingdomSeed$50MMay 28, 2026Index Ventures, Radical Ventures, NVentures, Metaplanet, Ex/Ante5Engineering
Orbital IndustriesLondon, England, United KingdomSeries B$49.7MMay 28, 2026Radical Ventures, Toyota Ventures, NVentures, Fly Ventures, Plural7Engineering, Marketing
DaloopaNew York, New York, United StatesSeries C$47MMay 28, 2026Nexus Venture Partners, Morgan Stanley, Liquid 2 Ventures, Touring Capital, Hack VC15Sales & BD, Product
PaceNew York, New York, United StatesSeries B$46MMay 27, 2026Sequoia Capital, Thrive Capital, Emergence Capital, PruVen Capital23Sales & BD, Engineering
Gray SwanPittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United StatesSeries A$40MMay 28, 2026Samsung NEXT, Wing Venture Capital, Madrona, Obvious Ventures, Snowflake Ventures16Engineering, Sales & BD
Geordie AILondon, England, United KingdomSeries A$30MMay 28, 2026General Catalyst, Balderton Capital, Ten Eleven Ventures, Crosspoint Capital Partners, AWS & Crowdstrike Cybersecurity Accelerator10Sales & BD, Finance
Secretome TherapeuticsDallas, Texas, United StatesSeries A$30MMay 27, 2026RA Capital Management, TEDCO, University System of Maryland Momentum Fund, Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy, HEST4Hardware, Science
Saris AISan Francisco, California, United StatesSeries A$28.8MMay 28, 20268VC, Liquid 2 Ventures, Audacious Ventures, Homebrew, Btech Consortium3Design, Product
Countable LabsPalo Alto, California, United StatesSeries A$26MMay 28, 2026Primer Ventures, ARCH Venture Partners, F-Prime5Sales & BD, Hardware
10BeautyBurlington, Massachusetts, United StatesVenture round$23.5MMay 28, 2026Lerer Hippeau, Shine Capital, Inspired Capital Partners, Imaginary Ventures, Red Sea Ventures6Hardware, Marketing
LightTableDenver, Colorado, United StatesSeries A$22MMay 27, 2026Primary Venture Partners, Blackhorn Ventures, 9Yards Capital, DivcoWest, Banter Capital5Sales & BD, Customer
Solstice HealthNew York, New York, United StatesSeries A$21MMay 28, 2026Transformation Capital, Virtue, Twelve Below, Edward Lando, Pareto Holdings17Engineering, Sales & BD
TensormeshFoster City, California, United StatesSeed$20MMay 27, 2026CoreWeave, NVentures, Valley Capital Partners, AMD Ventures, Laude Ventures2Engineering
LastwallMountain View, California, United StatesSeries A$16MMay 27, 2026Business Development Bank of Canada, Elemental Impact, Blue Bear Capital, Streamlined, New Brunswick Innovation Foundation4Engineering
TrajectorySan Francisco, California, United StatesSeed$15MMay 27, 2026BoxGroup, Radical Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Jeff Dean, Conviction7Design, People
PercepticLondon, England, United KingdomSeed$12MMay 26, 2026Accel, Air Street Capital, Outlier Grove, Elder Gull7Engineering, Science
Dalton MillsWestfield, New Jersey, United StatesSeed$9.2MMay 27, 2026Undisclosed2Product, Engineering
LucisArtannes-sur-indre, Centre, FranceSeries A$8.5MMay 26, 2026General Catalyst, Y Combinator, Singular, Rebel Fund, Kima Ventures13Operations, Engineering
Proper VoltageCarlsbad, California, United StatesVenture round$6.5MMay 26, 2026Undisclosed11Engineering, Operations
Kubera HealthNew York, New York, United StatesSeed$6.5MMay 28, 2026Upfront Ventures, Company Ventures, SemperVirens Venture Capital, Dria Ventures1Engineering
BintiOakland, California, United StatesVenture round$6MMay 31, 2026BoxGroup, Founders Fund, SV Angel, Basis Set Ventures, First Round Capital12Engineering, Product
Go SwagGlasgow, Glasgow City, United KingdomVenture round$5MMay 27, 2026Mercia Ventures, Techstart Ventures1People
FicusNew York, New York, United StatesPre-Seed$2.4MMay 29, 2026Founder Collective, Better Tomorrow Ventures2Operations, Engineering
AnthropicSan Francisco, California, United StatesSeries HMay 28, 2026TPG, General Catalyst, Temasek Holdings, Accel, Menlo Ventures638Engineering, Sales & BD
H1.coNew York, New York, United StatesVenture roundMay 28, 2026Menlo Ventures, Y Combinator, IVP, Lux Capital, Flex Capital19Engineering, Product
TriomicsSan Francisco, California, United StatesSeries BMay 27, 2026General Catalyst, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Nexus Venture Partners, Y Combinator, Battery Ventures15Engineering, Sales & BD
SuperDialSan Francisco, California, United StatesSeries BMay 29, 2026BoxGroup, Slow Ventures, FJ Labs, Soma Capital, SignalFire8Sales & BD, Operations
Ember LifeSciencesLos Angeles, California, United StatesSeries AMay 27, 2026Cardinal Health, Sea Court Capital, Amgen Ventures, Carrier Ventures, TDF Ventures5Engineering, Sales & BD
ConstraforManhattan, New York, United StatesSeries AMay 29, 2026Motive Partners, Village Global, Ramp, Uber, Liquid 2 Ventures4Sales & BD, Engineering
PayslipMayo, Mayo, IrelandVenture roundMay 28, 2026Salica, Enterprise Ireland, Mouro Capital, Frontline Ventures, Middlegame Ventures2Mixed

By stage

  • Series A13
  • Venture round7
  • Seed6
  • Series B5
  • Series C3
  • Series F1
  • Series E1
  • Series D1
  • Pre-Seed1
  • Series H1

Most active lead investors

  • BoxGroup5
  • NVentures4
  • General Catalyst4
  • Founders Fund3
  • Menlo Ventures3
  • Sequoia Capital3
  • Radical Ventures3
  • Liquid 2 Ventures3

Open roles by function

Questions

Which startups raised money the week of May 25 – May 31, 2026?
Stord (Series F, $250M); Focused Energy (Series A, $240M); OpenRouter (Series B, $113M); Fonoa (Series C, $110M); Garner Health (Series E, $100M); Observable Space (Series A, $90M); WeRoad (Series C, $58M); American Terawatt (Venture round, $52.6M), and 31 more listed on this page.
Are these startups hiring?
Yes. Every company on this page has open roles right now: 1,181 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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