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Startups that raised Aug 24 – Aug 30, 2026 and are hiring

18 venture-backed startups closed funding rounds the week of Aug 24 – Aug 30, 2026, raising $743M in total, and together they have 204 open roles today. The largest round was Owner's $240M Series D, led by Headline. Owner is hiring the most, with 45 open roles. Engineering is the most in-demand function.

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Startups funded
18
Raised in total
$743M
Open roles today
204
Median round
$20M

Every startup that raised Aug 24 – Aug 30, 2026 and is hiring

CompanyRoundClosedLed byOpen rolesHiring most for
OwnerPalo Alto, California, United StatesSeries D$240MAug 28, 2026Headline, Y Combinator, 9Yards Capital, Goldman Sachs Asset Management, Redpoint45Engineering, Sales & BD
Emerald AIWashington, District of Columbia, United StatesSeries A$150MAug 25, 2026NVIDIA, General Catalyst, Radical Ventures, Salesforce Ventures, Aramco Ventures8Legal, Product
Cyclic MaterialsKingston, Ontario, CanadaVenture round$75MAug 27, 2026Fifth Wall, T. Rowe Price, Hitachi Ventures, Energy Impact Partners, BMW i Ventures33Engineering, Sales & BD
RQD ClearingNew York, New York, United StatesVenture round$74MAug 27, 2026Nyca Partners, Bain Capital Tech Opportunities, Belvedere Strategic Capital, ABN AMRO Clearing1Legal
DigsVancouver, Washington, United StatesSeries A$25.3MAug 25, 2026FUSE, Flying Fish Partners, Betaworks, Deepwater Asset Management, Builders FirstSource2Sales & BD, Customer
TransfyrBoston, Massachusetts, United StatesSeed$25MAug 26, 2026General Catalyst, Neo, Lux Capital, SV Angel, MVP Ventures8Engineering, Sales & BD
Hike MedicalSan Francisco, California, United StatesSeries A$22.5MAug 25, 2026Fifth Down Capital, Saga Ventures, Rosecliff Ventures, Indicator Ventures, RiverPark Ventures14Sales & BD, People
LevantaSeattle, Washington, United StatesSeries B$22MAug 27, 2026Volition Capital, Ryan Frazier, LongRun Capital, Open Sky Ventures10Sales & BD, Marketing
Corvus RoboticsMountain View, California, United StatesVenture round$20MAug 25, 2026Y Combinator, S2G Investments, Catalyst Investors, One Way Ventures, f7 Ventures8Engineering, Hardware
Mundo AISan Francisco, California, United StatesSeries A$20MAug 27, 2026Y Combinator, GreatPoint Ventures, NEXT Frontier Capital, N1, E12 Ventures3Product, Operations
Halo IndustriesSanta Clara, California, United StatesVenture round$17MAug 27, 2026Ba Fang International Investment, 8VC, SAIC, US Innovative Technology Fund, Harmonix Fund19Engineering, Hardware
Onos HealthSan Francisco, California, United StatesSeries A$17MAug 26, 2026Haystack, Costanoa Ventures, Pathlight Ventures, Flare Capital Partners, Nebular8Engineering, Data & ML
eComIDStockholm, Stockholms Lan, SwedenSeed$17MAug 25, 2026Regeneration.VC, Course Corrected, CapitalT, Systemiq capital, Sebastian Knutsson5Engineering, Sales & BD
Teragen EnergySouthborough, Massachusetts, United StatesPre-Seed$6MAug 26, 2026UntroD Capital, Energy Capital Ventures®, BEVC, AP Ventures, Massachusetts Clean Energy Center3Engineering
EULERSan Diego, California, United StatesSeed$4.3MAug 24, 2026Channel Equity Partners19Engineering, Sales & BD
VolveOslo, Oslo, NorwaySeed$3MAug 25, 2026Antler, Norrsken Evolve, Startuplab, Skyfall Ventures, J124Sales & BD, Engineering
KAZIMIBerlin, Berlin, GermanyPre-Seed$2.6MAug 24, 2026Janne Peltola, Adnaan Ebrahim, IBB Ventures, Market One Capital, Dilpesh Parmar3Engineering, Operations
Reformer ClubMünchen, Bayern, GermanyPre-Seed$2.3MAug 27, 2026Vorwerk Ventures11People, Marketing

By stage

  • Series A5
  • Venture round4
  • Seed4
  • Pre-Seed3
  • Series D1
  • Series B1

Most active lead investors

  • Y Combinator3
  • General Catalyst2
  • Headline1
  • 9Yards Capital1
  • Goldman Sachs Asset Management1
  • Redpoint1
  • NVIDIA1
  • Radical Ventures1

Open roles by function

Questions

Which startups raised money the week of Aug 24 – Aug 30, 2026?
Owner (Series D, $240M); Emerald AI (Series A, $150M); Cyclic Materials (Venture round, $75M); RQD Clearing (Venture round, $74M); Digs (Series A, $25.3M); Transfyr (Seed, $25M); Hike Medical (Series A, $22.5M); Levanta (Series B, $22M), and 10 more listed on this page.
Are these startups hiring?
Yes. Every company on this page has open roles right now: 204 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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