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Startups that raised Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026 and are hiring

31 venture-backed startups closed funding rounds the week of Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026, raising $6.8B in total, and together they have 894 open roles today. The largest round was Crusoe's $3.9B Series F, led by NVIDIA. Crusoe is hiring the most, with 359 open roles. Engineering is the most in-demand function.

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Startups funded
31
Raised in total
$6.8B
Open roles today
894
Median round
$46M

Every startup that raised Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026 and is hiring

CompanyRoundClosedLed byOpen rolesHiring most for
CrusoeDenver, Colorado, United StatesSeries F$3.9BSep 3, 2026NVIDIA, Valor Equity Partners, TPG, ARK Investment Management, Radical Ventures359Engineering, Hardware
SorareParis, Ile-de-France, FranceVenture round$680MSep 3, 2026Headline, Accel, Bessemer Venture Partners, IVP, Benchmark4Engineering
WonderfulAmsterdam, Noord-Holland, The NetherlandsSeries C$550MSep 2, 2026Insight Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners, Index Ventures, IVP, Swish Ventures120Engineering, Sales & BD
Gimlet LabsSan Francisco, California, United StatesSeries B$300MSep 4, 2026Andreessen Horowitz, Menlo Ventures, Eclipse, Emergence Capital, Sapphire Ventures13Science, Engineering
DavidNew York, New York, United StatesSeries B$250MSep 2, 2026Valor Equity Partners, Greenoaks, ICONIQ Capital, Imaginary Ventures, Valor Siren Ventures37Data & ML, Hardware
Lyte AISunnyvale, California, United StatesSeries C$165MSep 2, 2026Atreides Management, Ora Global, Fidelity, Maverick Silicon, EXOR N.V.53Engineering, Hardware
ProducePayLos Angeles, California, United StatesVenture round$140MSep 1, 2026Menlo Ventures, International Finance Corporation, 500 Global, Millennium Management, IDB Invest1Finance
Thyme CareNashville, Tennessee, United StatesSeries E$125MSep 2, 2026Andreessen Horowitz, Bessemer Venture Partners, Foresite Capital, Town Hall Ventures, AlleyCorp46Clinical, People
HiddenLayerAustin, Texas, United StatesSeries B$100MSep 2, 2026Morgan Stanley, Ten Eleven Ventures, Booz Allen Ventures, Delta-v Capital, M12 - Microsoft's Venture Fund13Sales & BD, Product
StuutNew York, New York, United StatesVenture round$67.6MSep 2, 2026Andreessen Horowitz, Khosla Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Vesey Ventures, Activant Capital21Sales & BD, Engineering
Physical SuperintelligenceCambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesSeed$58MSep 1, 2026SV Angel, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Robot Ventures, Susa Ventures, Solari Capital19Engineering, Science
HyImpulse TechnologiesNeuenstadt Am Kocher, Baden-Wurttemberg, GermanySeries A$57.9MSep 2, 2026MBG Baden Wuerttemberg, Bayern Kapital, UK Space Agency, North Ventures, Join Capital17Engineering, Operations
CapacitySaint Louis, Missouri, United StatesSeries E$54MSep 2, 2026Greenoaks, Inveready, Foothill Ventures, Oceans, Pari Passu Venture Partners1Engineering
ConveoAntwerp, Antwerpen, BelgiumSeries A$50MSep 2, 2026Y Combinator, Balderton Capital, Pioneer Fund, Pitchdrive, Team Ignite Ventures16Sales & BD, Marketing
Bluecore EnergyLong Beach, California, United StatesSeed$50MSep 3, 2026Slauson & Co., Capital Factory, Harlem Capital, Animal Capital, Precursor Ventures10Engineering, Operations
LightAustin, Texas, United StatesSeries A$46MSep 1, 2026BoxGroup, Spark Capital, Matrix, Activate Capital Partners, MCJ11Sales & BD, Marketing
WaferSan Francisco, California, United StatesSeries A$40MSep 1, 2026First Peak Ventures, Y Combinator, Wing Venture Capital, Chemistry, Liquid 2 Ventures2Marketing, Engineering
N-Power MedicineRedwood City, California, United StatesSeries B$32MSep 1, 2026Innovatus Capital Partners, LabCorp Venture Fund, Merck Global Health Innovation Fund7Clinical, Operations
AfterQuerySan Francisco, California, United StatesSeries B$30MSep 1, 2026BoxGroup, Y Combinator, Altos Ventures, The Raine Group, Raine Ventures39Operations, Engineering
PatientIQChicago, Illinois, United StatesSeries C$30MSep 3, 2026August Capital, Hughes & Company, Health Enterprise Partners5Sales & BD, Marketing
GridsightWollongong, New South Wales, AustraliaSeries B$25.8MSep 1, 2026Insight Partners, Airtree Ventures, Aera VC, Energy Transition Ventures, Climate Capital29Operations, Data & ML
Aslan ProtectsWashington, District of Columbia, United StatesSeed$20.8MSep 1, 2026BoxGroup, Alumni Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Precursor Ventures, Abstract6Engineering, Marketing
atiraGräfelfing, Bayern, GermanySeed$15MSep 3, 2026Accel, UVC Partners, BOOOM, Fortino Ventures, Bastian Nominacher11Engineering, Sales & BD
Norbert HealthBrooklyn, New York, United StatesSeries A$14MSep 1, 2026C4 Ventures, LDV Capital, HCVC, Newlab, Cardinal Capital Group13Engineering
Critical Materials GroupTalpa, Texas, United StatesSeed$10.3MSep 2, 2026Overmatch Ventures, Fulcrum Venture Group, Victory Six Advisors16Hardware, Finance
Chariot ClaimsNew York, New York, United StatesVenture round$9.5MSep 3, 2026Alumni Ventures, Lightbank, Indicator Ventures, FJ Labs, Graph Ventures6Engineering, Legal
HelogenNew York, New York, United StatesSeed$7.1MSep 1, 2026Mana Ventures, One Way Ventures, AUM Ventures, Oceans, Blisce2Marketing, Engineering
Zeit AIMunich, Bayern, GermanySeed$5.8MSep 3, 2026Y Combinator, Cervin Ventures, Charlie Songhurst, Sequoia Scout, ACE Ventures7Sales & BD, Engineering
Elm AINew York, New York, United StatesSeed$3.8MSep 2, 2026Engineering Capital, Beta Boom, Working Capital, (ERA) Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator, Cornell Tech3Legal, Sales & BD
Full Health MedicalCastlebar, Mayo, IrelandSeed$3.5MSep 1, 2026Elkstone Capital Partners, Enterprise Ireland1Engineering
Prompt.ioSeattle, Washington, United StatesVenture round$1.5MSep 1, 2026Daniel Schryer6Sales & BD, Engineering

By stage

  • Seed9
  • Series B6
  • Venture round5
  • Series A5
  • Series C3
  • Series E2
  • Series F1

Most active lead investors

  • Y Combinator4
  • Bessemer Venture Partners3
  • Andreessen Horowitz3
  • BoxGroup3
  • Valor Equity Partners2
  • Accel2
  • IVP2
  • Insight Partners2

Open roles by function

Questions

Which startups raised money the week of Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026?
Crusoe (Series F, $3.9B); Sorare (Venture round, $680M); Wonderful (Series C, $550M); Gimlet Labs (Series B, $300M); David (Series B, $250M); Lyte AI (Series C, $165M); ProducePay (Venture round, $140M); Thyme Care (Series E, $125M), and 23 more listed on this page.
Are these startups hiring?
Yes. Every company on this page has open roles right now: 894 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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