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Startups that raised Jul 27 – Aug 2, 2026 and are hiring

27 venture-backed startups closed funding rounds the week of Jul 27 – Aug 2, 2026, raising $3.4B in total, and together they have 509 open roles today. The largest round was Commonwealth Fusion Systems's $1.0B Venture round, led by Temasek. Commonwealth Fusion Systems is hiring the most, with 113 open roles. Engineering is the most in-demand function.

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Startups funded
27
Raised in total
$3.4B
Open roles today
509
Median round
$26M

Every startup that raised Jul 27 – Aug 2, 2026 and is hiring

CompanyRoundClosedLed byOpen rolesHiring most for
Commonwealth Fusion SystemsCambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesVenture round$1.0BJul 30, 2026Temasek, Khosla Ventures, Coatue, HOF Capital, Safar Partners113Engineering, Hardware
Multiverse ComputingDonostia-san Sebastián, Pais Vasco, SpainSeries C$570MJul 27, 2026CDP Venture Capital, Redstone.VC, Creative Destruction Lab, Inveready, Forgepoint Capital8Sales & BD, Engineering
Antora EnergySunnyvale, California, United StatesSeries C$550MJul 30, 2026Temasek, BlackRock, Eclipse, Salesforce Ventures, Creative Destruction Lab44Engineering, Hardware
AntaresLos Angeles, California, United StatesSeries C$370MJul 27, 2026Paradigm, BoxGroup, Caffeinated Capital, Industrious Ventures, Banter Capital86Engineering, Finance
SimilePalo Alto, California, United StatesSeries B$200MJul 30, 2026Index Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures, Factory, A*, Greenoaks15Engineering, Design
EliyanSanta Clara, California, United StatesSeries C$145MJul 29, 2026Plug and Play, Meta, SK Hynix, Cisco Investments, AMD22Engineering, Design
DwellyLondon, England, United KingdomSeries B$95MJul 28, 2026General Catalyst, s16vc, Davidovs Venture Collective, Trinity Capital, Begin Capital25Operations, Marketing
Ratio TherapeuticsBoston, Massachusetts, United StatesSeries C$70MJul 31, 2026Eli Lilly, Catalio Capital Management, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Cornell University, Duquesne Family Office7Science, Hardware
ChipAgentsGoleta, California, United StatesSeries A$60MJul 29, 2026B Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners, Ericsson, Matter Venture Partners, Amino Capital16Engineering, Sales & BD
InforcerRichmond, Richmond upon Thames, United KingdomSeries C$50MJul 30, 2026Insight Partners, Dawn Capital, Meritech Capital Partners33Sales & BD, Customer
P-1 AIHenderson, Nevada, United StatesSeries A$50MJul 29, 2026Village Global, New Enterprise Associates, Radical Ventures, Lerer Hippeau, Jeff Dean6Engineering, Data & ML
HarmonyNew York, New York, United StatesSeed$34MJul 28, 2026Lightspeed Venture Partners, Fin Capital, Hitachi Ventures, Operator Partners, Assaf Rappaport13Sales & BD, People
GreyparrotLondon, England, United KingdomSeries B$27MJul 28, 2026Plug and Play, Speedinvest, 360 Capital, Creative Destruction Lab, Closed Loop Partners2Operations
Flourish HealthRichmond, Virginia, United StatesSeries A$26MJul 27, 2026B Capital, 25madison, Cherryrock Capital, F-Prime, AV8 Ventures16Operations, Clinical
Array LabsPalo Alto, California, United StatesVenture round$21MJul 27, 2026Y Combinator, Gaingels, Liquid 2 Ventures, Soma Capital, KOMPAS VC36Engineering, Marketing
TerminalToronto, Ontario, CanadaSeries A$20MJul 29, 2026Y Combinator, Battery Ventures, Golden Ventures, Northside Ventures, Wayfinder Ventures9Sales & BD, Engineering
QureightCambridge, Cambridgeshire, United KingdomSeries B$20MJul 29, 2026Ascension, XTX Ventures, Playfair Capital, Molten Ventures, Guinness Ventures4Engineering, Product
HenryNew City, New York, United StatesSeries A$16.5MJul 29, 2026Y Combinator, FirstMark, Pioneer Fund, Karman Ventures, RXR8Sales & BD, People
Precise BehavioralWestlake Village, California, United StatesVenture round$14.2MJul 29, 2026Converge Capital Partners, Ziegler Link-Age Funds, Kapital Partners, A1 Health Ventures, Granite Financial Holdings3Sales & BD, Finance
Smallest.aiSan Francisco, California, United StatesSeries A$13MJul 30, 20263one4 Capital, Better Capital, Sierra Ventures, Amazon Web Services, Seligman Ventures2Engineering
DiscernNew City, New York, United StatesSeries A$10MJul 29, 2026Walkabout Ventures, Bungalow Capital Management3Marketing, Operations
BuildforceHouston, Texas, United StatesSeries A$10MJul 28, 2026Saepio Capital, S3 Ventures, Karman Ventures, Blue Heron Capital, Mercury Fund1People
Copper HomeBerkeley, California, United StatesSeed$9.8MJul 29, 2026Voyager Ventures, Designer Fund, Collaborative Fund, E14 Fund, Dangerous Ventures9Engineering, Sales & BD
Pangram LabsBrooklyn, New York, United StatesVenture round$9MJul 29, 2026Menlo Ventures, Haystack, Script Capital, Cadenza Ventures, ScOp Venture Capital16Engineering, Sales & BD
GenomenonAnn Arbor, Michigan, United StatesVenture round$6MJul 30, 2026Michigan Rise, BroadOak Capital Partners, Spring Mountain Capital, University of Michigan, Beringea3Sales & BD
5U AIMunich, Bayern, GermanyPre-Seed$3.2MJul 28, 2026Yorick Koster, Can Gerling, Emerge VC, Cengiz Sahin6Engineering, Sales & BD
QunettBoston, Massachusetts, United StatesSeed$1.5MAug 1, 2026MassVentures3Engineering

By stage

  • Series A8
  • Series C6
  • Venture round5
  • Series B4
  • Seed3
  • Pre-Seed1

Most active lead investors

  • Creative Destruction Lab3
  • Y Combinator3
  • Temasek2
  • Plug and Play2
  • B Capital2
  • Karman Ventures2
  • Khosla Ventures1
  • Coatue1

Open roles by function

Questions

Which startups raised money the week of Jul 27 – Aug 2, 2026?
Commonwealth Fusion Systems (Venture round, $1.0B); Multiverse Computing (Series C, $570M); Antora Energy (Series C, $550M); Antares (Series C, $370M); Simile (Series B, $200M); Eliyan (Series C, $145M); Dwelly (Series B, $95M); Ratio Therapeutics (Series C, $70M), and 19 more listed on this page.
Are these startups hiring?
Yes. Every company on this page has open roles right now: 509 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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