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Startups that raised Aug 10 – Aug 16, 2026 and are hiring

16 venture-backed startups closed funding rounds the week of Aug 10 – Aug 16, 2026, raising $2.1B in total, and together they have 582 open roles today. The largest round was River AI's $1.1B Series A, led by NVIDIA. Petfolk is hiring the most, with 260 open roles. Engineering is the most in-demand function.

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Startups funded
16
Raised in total
$2.1B
Open roles today
582
Median round
$25M

Every startup that raised Aug 10 – Aug 16, 2026 and is hiring

CompanyRoundClosedLed byOpen rolesHiring most for
River AIPalo Alto, California, United StatesSeries A$1.1BAug 11, 2026NVIDIA, Temasek, General Catalyst, Y Combinator, AMP PBC19Engineering, People
LovableStockholm, Stockholms Lan, SwedenSeries C$400MAug 12, 2026Menlo Ventures, Accel, Khosla Ventures, Antler, Salesforce Ventures80Engineering, Marketing
Neros TechnologiesLos Angeles, California, United StatesSeries C$250MAug 11, 2026Valor Equity Partners, Sequoia Capital, Spark Capital, BoxGroup, Fundomo104Engineering, Operations
CodeRabbitSan Francisco, California, United StatesSeries C$143MAug 12, 2026CRV, Flex Capital, Atomico, Scale Venture Partners, SineWave Ventures39Sales & BD, Engineering
Flagler HealthNew York, New York, United StatesSeries B$50MAug 11, 2026Alumni Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, SignalFire, Tribeca Venture Partners, PROOF18Sales & BD, Clinical
Vals AISan Francisco, California, United StatesSeries A$40MAug 13, 2026Andreessen Horowitz, Pear VC, 8VC, Bloomberg Beta, Hudson River Trading7Science, Engineering
PetfolkCharlotte, North Carolina, United StatesVenture round$40MAug 13, 2026Deerfield Management, White Star Capital, Cutting Horse, Idea Farm Ventures, Movendo Capital260Clinical, Operations
PathwayPalo Alto, California, United StatesSeed$30MAug 11, 2026Inovo.vc, TQ Ventures, Amazon Web Services, Market One Capital, Id4 ventures5Engineering, Marketing
ApartmentIQMadison, Wisconsin, United StatesSeries C$25MAug 11, 2026Flyover Capital, gener8tor, Novel Capital, Dundee Venture Capital, American Family Ventures11Data & ML, Sales & BD
Teal HealthSan Francisco, California, United StatesSeries A$18.3MAug 12, 2026Forerunner, Precursor Ventures, Felicis, Serena Ventures, LabCorp4Sales & BD, Marketing
AGent EnergyHouston, Texas, United StatesSeed$11MAug 13, 2026CIV, MassMutual Ventures, Spero Ventures, Zero Infinity Partners, Intrepid Investment Management5Engineering, Data & ML
Valstad ShipworksAustin, Texas, United StatesVenture round$8.6MAug 13, 202610vc, N49P, Northside Ventures, Elementum Ventures10Engineering, Hardware
Riven SystemsNew York, New York, United StatesPre-Seed$7.9MAug 13, 2026Alumni Ventures, Scout Ventures, US Department of Energy, New System Ventures, CLAI Ventures8Engineering, Science
Neuromorphic LabsWilmington, Delaware, United StatesSeed$5.1MAug 12, 2026Toyota Ventures, Amplify Partners, SaaS Ventures, Flying Fish Partners, Tandem Ventures5Engineering, Sales & BD
ChampionHQIndianapolis, Indiana, United StatesSeed$4.8MAug 11, 2026Stage 2 Capital, Flyover Capital, High Alpha, Bread and Butter Ventures1Sales & BD
KantokoHurstville, New South Wales, AustraliaSeed$2.5MAug 13, 2026Side Stage Ventures, Tenmile, Vu Tran, Andrew Barnes6Clinical, Marketing

By stage

  • Seed5
  • Series C4
  • Series A3
  • Venture round2
  • Series B1
  • Pre-Seed1

Most active lead investors

  • Alumni Ventures2
  • Flyover Capital2
  • NVIDIA1
  • Temasek1
  • General Catalyst1
  • Y Combinator1
  • AMP PBC1
  • Menlo Ventures1

Open roles by function

Questions

Which startups raised money the week of Aug 10 – Aug 16, 2026?
River AI (Series A, $1.1B); Lovable (Series C, $400M); Neros Technologies (Series C, $250M); CodeRabbit (Series C, $143M); Flagler Health (Series B, $50M); Vals AI (Series A, $40M); Petfolk (Venture round, $40M); Pathway (Seed, $30M), and 8 more listed on this page.
Are these startups hiring?
Yes. Every company on this page has open roles right now: 582 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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