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Startups that raised Sep 7 – Sep 13, 2026 and are hiring

50 venture-backed startups closed funding rounds the week of Sep 7 – Sep 13, 2026, raising $13B in total, and together they have 1,592 open roles today. The largest round was Mistral AI's $3.5B Series D, led by Andreessen Horowitz. Mistral AI is hiring the most, with 208 open roles. Engineering is the most in-demand function.

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Startups funded
50
Raised in total
$13B
Open roles today
1,592
Median round
$55.9M

Every startup that raised Sep 7 – Sep 13, 2026 and is hiring

CompanyRoundClosedLed byOpen rolesHiring most for
Mistral AIParis, Ile-de-France, FranceSeries D$3.5BSep 8, 2026Andreessen Horowitz, Headline, NVIDIA, Bpifrance, General Catalyst208Engineering, Sales & BD
The Boring CompanyBastrop, Texas, United StatesSeries D$3.0BSep 9, 2026Andreessen Horowitz, Temasek, Valor Equity Partners, Sequoia Capital, Founders Fund121Operations, Engineering
CognitionSan Francisco, California, United StatesSeries E$2.0BSep 8, 2026Andreessen Horowitz, NVIDIA, BoxGroup, General Catalyst, Accel100Sales & BD, Engineering
Mach IndustriesHuntington Beach, California, United StatesSeries C$600MSep 10, 2026BoxGroup, Khosla Ventures, Sequoia Capital, DCVC, MANTIS Venture Capital140Engineering, Hardware
Fab2California, Kentucky, United StatesSeries A$500MSep 8, 2026Paradigm, Mana Ventures, StepStone Group, Protagonist, Fundomo59Engineering, Hardware
PositronReno, Nevada, United StatesSeries C$500MSep 10, 2026Valor Equity Partners, New Enterprise Associates, DFJ Growth, Atreides Management, Cisco Investments19Engineering, Design
The Exploration CompanyMunich, Bayern, GermanySeries C$450MSep 8, 2026Bpifrance, Bessemer Venture Partners, EQT, Vsquared Ventures, Cherry Ventures106Engineering, Hardware
CovenantHouston, Texas, United StatesSeries A$250MSep 9, 2026Andreessen Horowitz, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Founders Fund, 8VC, Lux Capital31Hardware, Engineering
CylakeSunnyvale, California, United StatesConvertible Note$245MSep 8, 2026Lightspeed Venture Partners, Redpoint, Greylock, Picture Capital, IQT15Engineering, Sales & BD
ForusNew York, New York, United StatesSeries C$150MSep 8, 2026BoxGroup, General Catalyst, Accel, Pear VC, Neo52Sales & BD, Engineering
TARAustin, Texas, United StatesSeries A$120MSep 10, 2026Spark Capital, Buckley Ventures, Align Fund43Engineering, Operations
BrainChild BioSeattle, Washington, United StatesSeries A$116MSep 8, 2026WRF Capital, Seattle Children’s, ScaleReady5Operations, Legal
ClayNew York, New York, United StatesSeries D$115MSep 9, 2026Andreessen Horowitz, Wellington Management, BoxGroup, Sequoia Capital, Conviction57Sales & BD, Engineering
Perry WeatherDallas, Texas, United StatesSeries C$110MSep 9, 2026Arthur Ventures, Silversmith Capital Partners, Teamworthy Ventures22Sales & BD, Engineering
KrakenCheyenne, Wyoming, United StatesVenture round$100MSep 10, 2026HSG, Tribe Capital, Apollo, Kraken, Blockchain Capital88Engineering, Product
Xcimer EnergyDenver, Colorado, United StatesVenture round$100MSep 9, 2026Lowercarbon Capital, Gigascale Capital, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, US Department of Energy, Starlight Ventures54Engineering, Hardware
Savvy WealthNew York, New York, United StatesSeries C$100MSep 9, 2026BoxGroup, Alumni Ventures, Index Ventures, A*, Thrive Capital19Engineering, Sales & BD
Maven RoboticsSanta Clara, California, United StatesSeries A$100MSep 10, 2026Plug and Play, LocalGlobe, Vine Ventures, RoboStrategy, XTX Ventures18Engineering
SequenBrooklyn, New York, United StatesSeries B$90MSep 10, 2026Prysm Capital, Greycroft, Correlation Ventures, Threshold, White Star Capital14Sales & BD, Engineering
TRM LabsSan Francisco, California, United StatesSeries C$70MSep 9, 2026Alumni Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Quiet Capital, B Capital, Y Combinator108Engineering, Sales & BD
InspirenNew York, New York, United StatesSeries C$70MSep 10, 2026Primary Venture Partners, Insight Partners, Lightbank, Avenir, Scale Venture Partners4Customer, Engineering
Athletic BrewingMilford, Connecticut, United StatesVenture round$68MSep 11, 2026Drake Maye, General Atlantic, Keurig Dr Pepper, Alliance Consumer Growth, Wheelhouse 360 Partners8Hardware, Finance
TwoStep TherapeuticsPalo Alto, California, United StatesSeries A$62.5MSep 9, 2026Insight Partners, NFX, Medical Excellence Capital, 2048 Ventures, Pfizer Venture Investments1Mixed
Poseidon AerospaceSan Francisco, California, United StatesSeries A$60MSep 8, 2026TQ Ventures, Draper Associates, GoAhead Ventures, G Squared, Starship Ventures22Engineering, Marketing
XapienLondon, England, United KingdomSeries B$55.9MSep 10, 2026Spectrum Equity, YFM Equity Partners, Sunway iLabs, Deeptech Labs, D2 Fund13Engineering, Sales & BD
ArchySan Jose, California, United StatesSeries C$50MSep 11, 2026Bessemer Venture Partners, TCV, The Twenty Minute VC, CRV, Entrée Capital11Engineering, Sales & BD
LightfieldSan Francisco, California, United StatesSeries A$47MSep 9, 2026Andreessen Horowitz, Alumni Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, 8VC, Coatue19Engineering, Marketing
TavionStockholm, Stockholms Lan, SwedenVenture round$39.6MSep 10, 2026Course Corrected, BackingMinds, Leitmotif, Emad Zand, Carl Manneh13Operations, Finance
LatitudeSpring, Texas, United StatesSeries A$35MSep 9, 2026Lightspeed Venture Partners, OpenFX, Oak HC/FT, New Enterprise Associates, Faction5Sales & BD, Product
Cloverleaf BioNew Haven, Connecticut, United StatesSeed$33MSep 8, 2026Eli Lilly, Draper Associates, AbbVie, Mission BioCapital, Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund3Science
AntiochNew York, New York, United StatesSeries A$32MSep 8, 2026BoxGroup, A*, Abstract, Icehouse Ventures, Greylock7Sales & BD, Engineering
Vecna RoboticsWaltham, Massachusetts, United StatesVenture round$31MSep 9, 2026Tiger Global Management, Highland Capital Partners, Tau Ventures, Tectonic Ventures, Unless4Engineering, Sales & BD
RogoNew York, New York, United StatesVenture round$30MSep 10, 2026BoxGroup, Khosla Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Thrive Capital, MANTIS Venture Capital86Sales & BD, Engineering
LuminaryNew York, New York, United StatesSeries A$22MSep 10, 20268VC, Fin Capital, Rockefeller Capital Management, BNY, Ten Coves Capital10Engineering, Sales & BD
BleeBrooklyn, New York, United StatesSeries A$20MSep 8, 2026Y Combinator, Fin Capital, Hannah Grey, National Bank of Canada, Penny Jar Capital8Sales & BD, Customer
CloudNCLondon, England, United KingdomSeries B$20MSep 8, 2026Entrepreneurs First, Lockheed Martin Ventures, Atomico, Episode 1, Elkstone Capital Partners7Engineering, Sales & BD
PistonCupertino, California, United StatesSeries A$15MSep 10, 2026Pear VC, Spark Capital, Bond, FPV Ventures17Sales & BD, Customer
R3 LithiumCovington, Georgia, United StatesSeries A$15MSep 10, 2026Integral GlobalTech Partners, TDK Ventures, AXIAL Partners9Finance, Hardware
FundcraftBertrange, Luxembourg, LuxembourgVenture round$14MSep 9, 20263VC, Riverside Acceleration Capital, Middlegame Ventures, SIX FinTech Ventures, Secways16Engineering, Finance
Ridge BiotechnologiesPalo Alto, California, United StatesSeed$13MSep 9, 2026Dimension Capital, Sutter Hill Ventures, Overlap Holdings1Science
Distance TechnologiesHelsinki, Southern Finland, FinlandVenture round$11.2MSep 9, 2026Google Ventures, Maki.vc, FOV Ventures, Business Finland, Hella Ventures7Engineering
ZeroRiskAlpharetta, Georgia, United StatesSeries A$10MSep 9, 2026Elkstone Capital Partners, Middlegame Ventures3Data & ML
HelmGuard AILondon, England, United KingdomSeed$7.3MSep 9, 2026Entrepreneurs First, Stage 2 Capital, Infinity Ventures, FinTech Collective, Frontline Ventures4Engineering, Sales & BD
MetacognitionAdelaide, South Australia, AustraliaPre-Seed$7.2MSep 9, 2026Main Sequence Ventures4Engineering, Data & ML
First TableQueenstown, Canterbury, New ZealandSeries B$7.2MSep 10, 2026Icehouse Ventures, Altered Capital, K1W1, Callaghan Innovation, Invest South5Sales & BD, Engineering
FuroMunich, Bayern, GermanySeed$4.6MSep 10, 2026Neo, TQ Ventures, Sandberg Bernthal Venture Partners, CDTM Venture Fund5Sales & BD, Operations
CherubBurbank, California, United StatesSeed$4.5MSep 8, 2026Valeria Lipovetsky, Slauson & Co., Baukunst, Ghost Angel, Maggie Sellers Reum3Sales & BD, Marketing
LightsageSan Francisco, California, United StatesSeed$4MSep 8, 2026Nexus Venture Partners, Zeno Rocha, Eric Ciarla, Ivan Burazin, Abhinav Asthana4Engineering, Sales & BD
GrubelMünchen, Bayern, GermanyPre-Seed$3.5MSep 10, 2026Point Nine, Jeff Dean, Winston Weinberg, Ion Stoica, Gabe Pereyra3Engineering, Operations
SapienSan Francisco, California, United StatesVenture roundSep 8, 2026General Catalyst, Neo, K5 Global, Blockchain Founders Fund, Scott Belsky11Engineering, Sales & BD

By stage

  • Series A15
  • Series C9
  • Venture round9
  • Seed6
  • Series B4
  • Series D3
  • Pre-Seed2
  • Series E1
  • Convertible Note1

Most active lead investors

  • BoxGroup7
  • Andreessen Horowitz6
  • General Catalyst4
  • Sequoia Capital4
  • Lightspeed Venture Partners4
  • Bessemer Venture Partners3
  • 8VC3
  • Neo3

Open roles by function

Questions

Which startups raised money the week of Sep 7 – Sep 13, 2026?
Mistral AI (Series D, $3.5B); The Boring Company (Series D, $3.0B); Cognition (Series E, $2.0B); Mach Industries (Series C, $600M); Fab2 (Series A, $500M); Positron (Series C, $500M); The Exploration Company (Series C, $450M); Covenant (Series A, $250M), and 42 more listed on this page.
Are these startups hiring?
Yes. Every company on this page has open roles right now: 1,592 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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