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Startups that raised Sep 21 – Sep 27, 2026 and are hiring

36 venture-backed startups closed funding rounds the week of Sep 21 – Sep 27, 2026, raising $2.5B in total, and together they have 672 open roles today. The largest round was Cyera's $400M Series G, led by Temasek. Cyera is hiring the most, with 224 open roles. Engineering is the most in-demand function.

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Startups funded
36
Raised in total
$2.5B
Open roles today
672
Median round
$25M

Every startup that raised Sep 21 – Sep 27, 2026 and is hiring

CompanyRoundClosedLed byOpen rolesHiring most for
CyeraNew York, New York, United StatesSeries G$400MSep 22, 2026Temasek, Accel, Sequoia Capital, Cyera, Lightspeed Venture Partners224Sales & BD, Engineering
Snorkel AISan Francisco, California, United StatesSeries E$350MSep 22, 2026Factory, Insight Partners, Accel, Lightspeed Venture Partners, S3243Engineering, Data & ML
EnvedaBoulder, Colorado, United StatesSeries E$311MSep 23, 2026Lightspeed Venture Partners, Catalio Capital Management, Lux Capital, FPV Ventures, T. Rowe Price6Science, Clinical
Hubble NetworkSeattle, Washington, United StatesSeries C$200MSep 23, 2026Gaingels, Y Combinator, Transpose Platform Management, Smith Point Capital, Carthona Capital19Engineering, Sales & BD
Basecamp ResearchLondon, England, United KingdomSeries C$140MSep 23, 2026Menlo Ventures, S32, Catalio Capital Management, True Ventures, Hummingbird Ventures13Science, Operations
RainmakerEl Segundo, California, United StatesSeries B$100MSep 21, 2026DCVC, Lowercarbon Capital, Long Journey Ventures, noa, Dream Ventures26Sales & BD, Engineering
NumeralSan Francisco, California, United StatesSeries C$100MSep 23, 2026Insight Partners, Mayfield Fund, Y Combinator, Uncork Capital, Salesforce Ventures24Sales & BD, Engineering
EmaMountain View, California, United StatesSeries B$77MSep 23, 2026Accel, S32, Hitachi Ventures, Creaegis, Wipro Ventures41Engineering, Sales & BD
FirecrawlSan Francisco, California, United StatesSeries B$75MSep 22, 2026Nexus Venture Partners, Y Combinator, Freestyle Capital, Altos Ventures, Offline Ventures34Engineering, Sales & BD
BigHat BiosciencesSan Mateo, California, United StatesSeries C$75MSep 24, 2026Andreessen Horowitz, S32, Catalio Capital Management, Eli Lilly, 8VC15Science, Operations
WithinSan Francisco, California, United StatesVenture round$70MSep 23, 2026Quiet Capital, Y Combinator, Invus, Scale Venture Partners, Tola Capital14Sales & BD, Engineering
Amber ElectricMelbourne, Victoria, AustraliaSeries E$55.9MSep 21, 2026Main Sequence Ventures, ETF Partners, Morgan Stanley Investment Management, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Square Peg Capital2Marketing
ConfidoNew York, New York, United StatesSeries B$55MSep 22, 2026Insight Partners, Y Combinator, Liquid 2 Ventures, Footwork, BFG Partners35Engineering, Sales & BD
UniUniRichmond, British Columbia, CanadaVenture round$55MSep 25, 2026Bessemer Venture Partners, Redpoint, Alibaba Group, Lanchi Ventures, Vision Plus Capital21Operations, Sales & BD
ANDE.AI LTDNew York, New York, United StatesSeries A$52MSep 22, 2026Duration Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Bain Capital, Sierra Ventures, Redpoint9Product, Sales & BD
Solcoa IndustriesAlameda, California, United StatesVenture round$45MSep 24, 2026Bain Capital Ventures, Gigascale Capital, Long Journey Ventures, Felicis, 8090 Industries10Engineering, Hardware
Outmarket AISan Francisco, California, United StatesSeries B$34.5MSep 25, 2026Everywhere Ventures, SignalFire, Fika Ventures, TTV Capital, Dash Fund19Engineering, Sales & BD
ChamelioNew York, New York, United StatesSeries A$26MSep 22, 2026Emerge Ventures, Entrée Capital, Work-Bench, fresh.fund, Bright Pixel Capital8Sales & BD, Engineering
PilgrimRedwood City, California, United StatesSeed$25MSep 23, 2026MANTIS Venture Capital, Buckley Ventures, Firstminute Capital, Cantos, Shine Capital15Engineering, Operations
CorridorNew York, New York, United StatesSeed$25MSep 21, 2026BoxGroup, Bain Capital Ventures, Definition, GoAhead Ventures, Embedding VC7Sales & BD, Product
RamonaDurham, North Carolina, United StatesSeries A$25MSep 22, 2026ARCH Venture Partners, National Science Foundation, Overlap Holdings, E14 Fund, Fall Line Capital1Sales & BD
AndoSan Francisco, California, United StatesSeed$20MSep 24, 2026Emergence Capital, Accel, Index Ventures, Contrary6Engineering, Design
Basalt HealthNashville, Tennessee, United StatesSeries A$20MSep 24, 2026New Enterprise Associates, Frist Cressey Ventures, 25madison, 25m Health5Sales & BD, Engineering
Mojave Energy SystemsSunnyvale, California, United StatesSeries B$19MSep 23, 2026MetaTrail, Alumni Ventures, Fifth Wall, At One Ventures, Myriad Venture Partners8Engineering, Sales & BD
TrebellarSan Francisco, California, United StatesSeries A$18MSep 24, 2026Haystack, Everywhere Ventures, K Fund, Bynd Venture Capital, Blossom Capital5Sales & BD, Engineering
OuterlimitLondon, England, United KingdomPre-Seed$16.1MSep 22, 2026Brian Murphy, Sam Morgan, Crane Venture Partners, Evolution Equity Partners, AlbionVC4Engineering, Data & ML
International Payments IdentitySingapore, Central Region, SingaporeSeries A$16MSep 24, 2026Citi, QED Investors, HSBC, Foundation Capital, Quona Capital8Engineering, Legal
Sela AISan Francisco, California, United StatesSeries A$15MSep 22, 2026Emergence Capital, Costanoa Ventures14Engineering, Product
KiraPalo Alto, California, United StatesVenture round$15MSep 21, 2026Alumni Ventures, New Enterprise Associates, AI Fund12Engineering, Product
Bird & BeToronto, Ontario, CanadaSeries A$13MSep 22, 2026HSR Ventures, Founder Collective, BAM Ventures, Slow Ventures, BFG Partners3Sales & BD, Product
AxyaMontréal, Quebec, CanadaSeries A$12MSep 24, 2026Business Development Bank of Canada, CIBC, Creative Destruction Lab, Real Ventures, Yamaha Motor Ventures5Sales & BD, Data & ML
MAGIC AILondon, England, United KingdomSeries B$10.7MSep 23, 2026Fasanara Capital, SFC Capital, Active Partners, Beringea, IW Capital3Marketing
American SupercriticalHighlands Ranch, Colorado, United StatesPre-Seed$8MSep 23, 2026Alumni Ventures, Silent Ventures, Riot Ventures, Mana Ventures, Harpoon7Engineering
ManateeDenver, Colorado, United StatesVenture round$4MSep 24, 2026Techstars, SpringTime Ventures, Grand Ventures, Progression, GreyMatter3Clinical, Sales & BD
Pepper AuditorsColumbus, Ohio, United StatesSeed$1.9MSep 21, 2026Undisclosed2Engineering
Productive MachinesSheffield, Sheffield, United KingdomVenture round$1.7MSep 21, 2026Fuel Ventures, Mercia Ventures, Future Planet Capital, Innovate UK, Finance Yorkshire1Operations

By stage

  • Series A9
  • Series B7
  • Venture round6
  • Series C4
  • Seed4
  • Series E3
  • Pre-Seed2
  • Series G1

Most active lead investors

  • Y Combinator5
  • Accel4
  • Lightspeed Venture Partners4
  • S324
  • Insight Partners3
  • Catalio Capital Management3
  • Alumni Ventures3
  • Long Journey Ventures2

Open roles by function

Questions

Which startups raised money the week of Sep 21 – Sep 27, 2026?
Cyera (Series G, $400M); Snorkel AI (Series E, $350M); Enveda (Series E, $311M); Hubble Network (Series C, $200M); Basecamp Research (Series C, $140M); Rainmaker (Series B, $100M); Numeral (Series C, $100M); Ema (Series B, $77M), and 28 more listed on this page.
Are these startups hiring?
Yes. Every company on this page has open roles right now: 672 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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