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Startups that raised Aug 17 – Aug 23, 2026 and are hiring

30 venture-backed startups closed funding rounds the week of Aug 17 – Aug 23, 2026, raising $1.5B in total, and together they have 663 open roles today. The largest round was Wispr Flow's $280M Series B, led by Menlo Ventures. Cohere is hiring the most, with 126 open roles. Engineering is the most in-demand function.

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Startups funded
30
Raised in total
$1.5B
Open roles today
663
Median round
$20M

Every startup that raised Aug 17 – Aug 23, 2026 and is hiring

CompanyRoundClosedLed byOpen rolesHiring most for
Wispr FlowSan Francisco, California, United StatesSeries B$280MAug 17, 2026Menlo Ventures, Alumni Ventures, Peak XV Partners, 8VC, Forerunner30Engineering, Sales & BD
Gravis RoboticsZürich, Zurich, SwitzerlandSeries A$200MAug 17, 2026Pear VC, IQ Capital, SoftBank, Zacua Ventures, Armada Investment AG10Engineering, Hardware
DeepgramSan Francisco, California, United StatesSeries C$143MAug 18, 2026NVIDIA, Alumni Ventures, Y Combinator, BlackRock, Salesforce Ventures94Engineering, Sales & BD
Velaura AISanta Clara, California, United StatesSeries A$110MAug 18, 2026Mayfield Fund, MVP Ventures, StepStone Group, Capricorn Investment Group, Marathon Digital Holdings36Engineering, Design
UnrivaledMiami, Florida, United StatesSeries C$106MAug 17, 2026Bessemer Venture Partners, Serena Ventures, Avenue Capital Group, Next Legacy Partners, Warner Bros.15Marketing, Design
CohereToronto, Ontario, CanadaVenture round$100MAug 20, 2026NVIDIA, Radical Ventures, Alumni Ventures, Index Ventures, Salesforce Ventures126Engineering, Sales & BD
RilletPalo Alto, California, United StatesSeries C$100MAug 17, 2026Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia Capital, Oak HC/FT, Battery Ventures, FirstMark40Sales & BD, Finance
Blank StreetBrooklyn, New York, United StatesSeries C$75MAug 23, 2026General Atlantic, General Catalyst, Base10 Partners, Quiet Capital, HOF Capital100Operations, Finance
Ultra.techNew York, New York, United StatesVenture round$57.1MAug 20, 2026Y Combinator, Pioneer Fund, NextView Ventures, Rebel Fund, Great Wave Ventures18Engineering, Operations
Network BioNew York, New York, United StatesVenture round$50MAug 19, 2026Founders Fund, Fundomo, S32, Thiel Capital, Artis Ventures2Science, Customer
ConstantinopleSydney, New South Wales, AustraliaSeries B$44.4MAug 18, 2026Airtree Ventures, Prosus Ventures, Square Peg Capital, Great Southern Bank11Engineering, Data & ML
RundooRedwood City, California, United StatesSeries B$30MAug 19, 2026Sequoia Capital, Plug and Play, Bessemer Venture Partners, Battery Ventures, Quiet Capital11Sales & BD, Product
FlipStuttgart, Baden-Wurttemberg, GermanyVenture round$25MAug 19, 2026Plug and Play, HV Capital, NAP, Notion Capital, LEA Partners14Engineering, Marketing
Elveo MobileMclean, Virginia, United StatesConvertible Note$20MAug 17, 2026Fortress Investment Group, SES, Nelco, Columbia Capital, Greenspring Associates20Engineering, Operations
FSH Technologies (formerly Contenda)Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United StatesSeries A$20MAug 20, 2026General Catalyst, Ramp, Basis Set Ventures, Scribble Ventures, Acrew Capital8Engineering, Operations
Palona AIPalo Alto, California, United StatesSeries A$20MAug 17, 2026Defy.vc, Fusion Fund, UpHonest Capital, Webb Investment Network, Turbo Partners6Engineering, Science
KodyLondon, England, United KingdomSeries B$19.9MAug 17, 2026Lavender Hill Capital Partners, Janchor Partners, Yoyo Chang, HU Investments, Paul Rippon44Sales & BD, Engineering
Pixelgen TechnologiesStockholm, Stockholms Lan, SwedenSeries B$15.5MAug 20, 2026Flat Capital, EIC Accelerator, Industrifonden, Navigare Ventures, Colibri Ventures2Science, Engineering
BoomNew York, New York, United StatesSeries A$15MAug 18, 2026S3 Ventures, Company Ventures, Everywhere Ventures, Mischief, Gilgamesh Ventures12Sales & BD, Customer
Harell DataBellevue, Washington, United StatesSeed$15MAug 17, 2026FUSE, Cercano Management2Sales & BD, Engineering
Thunder ComputeSan Francisco, California, United StatesSeries A$13MAug 19, 2026Y Combinator, Transpose Platform Management, Amino Capital, Matrix, CyberAgent Capital3Engineering, Operations
TaktReston, Virginia, United StatesSeries A$9.3MAug 17, 2026Ballast Point Ventures7Data & ML, Engineering
idlerSan Francisco, California, United StatesSeed$9MAug 20, 2026Janine Leger, DC Dan Posch, Nur Bazylbekov, Smaiyl Makyshov, Paradigm6Engineering, Data & ML
amberAachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, GermanySeries A$8.1MAug 17, 2026Ventech, NRW.BANK, EY Startup Academy, Daniel Ruben, Mirko Kerschbaum19Engineering, Sales & BD
SolvaNew York, New York, United StatesSeed$6MAug 21, 2026Y Combinator, SV Angel, First Round Capital2Sales & BD, Engineering
HypercubicSan Francisco, California, United StatesSeed$5.3MAug 18, 2026Tony D., Mike Hinckley, Y Combinator, Pioneer Fund, CIV2Sales & BD
GroundedDetroit, Michigan, United StatesSeed$5MAug 18, 2026Michigan Outdoor Innovation Fund, Also Capital, Animal Capital, 81 Collection, Michigan Rise17Engineering, Sales & BD
Deliverome ProjectCambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesSeed$5MAug 20, 2026Astera Institute2Science
Solinide PhotonicsPartille, Vastra Gotaland, SwedenSeed$4.7MAug 20, 2026Norrsken Evolve, Navigare Ventures, Almi Invest GreenTech, Chalmers Ventures AB, Turbine Capital3Engineering, Hardware
AspenView Technology PartnersDenver, Colorado, United StatesSeed$1000KAug 21, 2026Undisclosed1Operations

By stage

  • Series A8
  • Seed8
  • Series B5
  • Series C4
  • Venture round4
  • Convertible Note1

Most active lead investors

  • Y Combinator5
  • Alumni Ventures3
  • NVIDIA2
  • Salesforce Ventures2
  • Bessemer Venture Partners2
  • Sequoia Capital2
  • Battery Ventures2
  • General Catalyst2

Open roles by function

Questions

Which startups raised money the week of Aug 17 – Aug 23, 2026?
Wispr Flow (Series B, $280M); Gravis Robotics (Series A, $200M); Deepgram (Series C, $143M); Velaura AI (Series A, $110M); Unrivaled (Series C, $106M); Cohere (Venture round, $100M); Rillet (Series C, $100M); Blank Street (Series C, $75M), and 22 more listed on this page.
Are these startups hiring?
Yes. Every company on this page has open roles right now: 663 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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