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Startups that raised Sep 28 – Oct 4, 2026 and are hiring

17 venture-backed startups closed funding rounds the week of Sep 28 – Oct 4, 2026, raising $1.3B in total, and together they have 415 open roles today. The largest round was EliseAI's $350M Series F, led by Andreessen Horowitz. EliseAI is hiring the most, with 125 open roles. Engineering is the most in-demand function.

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Startups funded
17
Raised in total
$1.3B
Open roles today
415
Median round
$48M

Every startup that raised Sep 28 – Oct 4, 2026 and is hiring

CompanyRoundClosedLed byOpen rolesHiring most for
EliseAINew York, New York, United StatesSeries F$350MSep 29, 2026Andreessen Horowitz, Bessemer Venture Partners, Invus, Sapphire Ventures, 9Yards Capital125Sales & BD, Operations
General IntuitionNew York, New York, United StatesVenture round$220MSep 29, 2026Alumni Ventures, General Catalyst, Khosla Ventures, Valor Equity Partners, Atreides Management18Engineering, Finance
ReverionEresing, Bayern, GermanySeries B$175MSep 28, 2026Energy Impact Partners, Extantia Capital, UVC Partners, GGF, Allianz25Engineering, Hardware
JeevesMiami, Florida, United StatesSeries C$110MSep 29, 2026Andreessen Horowitz, Alumni Ventures, Gaingels, Tribe Capital, Y Combinator75Sales & BD, Product
Quartermaster AIArlington, Virginia, United StatesSeries B$100MSep 28, 2026BoxGroup, Insight Partners, Quiet Capital, Operator Partners, Overmatch Ventures16Operations, Engineering
Efficient ComputerPittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United StatesSeries B$97MSep 29, 2026BoxGroup, Eclipse, Union Square Ventures, TQ Ventures, Overmatch Ventures22Engineering, Design
RecoAltamonte Springs, Florida, United StatesSeries B$55MSep 29, 2026Insight Partners, Plug and Play, Quadrille Capital, Zeev Ventures, boldstart ventures6Sales & BD, Product
Flow EngineeringLondon, England, United KingdomSeries B$50MSep 30, 2026Jonas von Malottki, Valor Equity Partners, Sequoia Capital, SV Angel, Human Capital27Engineering, Sales & BD
ai3BioPittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United StatesSeries A$48MSep 29, 2026Ziff Capital Partners, UPMC Enterprises, Tanis ventures, Cockrell Interests1Mixed
Tiny HealthAustin, Texas, United StatesSeries B$33MSep 29, 2026Alumni Ventures, Gaingels, B Capital, Denver Ventures, TheVentureCity21Marketing, Sales & BD
ModulateSomerville, Massachusetts, United StatesVenture round$25MSep 28, 2026Lakestar, Sierra Ventures, Future Ventures, Third Kind Venture Capital, Galaxy Interactive3Engineering
OuterSignalWilmington, Delaware, United StatesSeries A$22MSep 30, 2026Rich Vogel, Sahil Bhaiwala, Long Journey Ventures, BAM Ventures, Abstract9Customer, Sales & BD
Destro AIBrooklyn, New York, United StatesSeed$8MSep 29, 2026Base10 Partners, Bonfire Ventures, Unshackled Ventures, CoFound Partners11Hardware, Engineering
SoloPulseNorcross, Georgia, United StatesSeed$7.2MSep 29, 2026Dajji Capital, Cantos, First Spark Ventures, Crosscut Ventures, EVE Atlas13Engineering
Something & NothingLondon, England, United KingdomVenture round$6.4MSep 29, 2026ACF Investors, Venrex, Rianta Capital, Anotherway Ventures, The Group Spadel1Operations
Brodie Rec LeaguesToronto, Ontario, CanadaSeed$2.5MSep 29, 2026Golden Ventures, Lerer Hippeau37Operations, Marketing
BeamlinkLos Angeles, California, United StatesVenture round$2.3MSep 28, 2026National Science Foundation, Cisco, CIC Angels, Inicio Ventures5Engineering, Design

By stage

  • Series B6
  • Venture round4
  • Seed3
  • Series A2
  • Series F1
  • Series C1

Most active lead investors

  • Alumni Ventures3
  • Andreessen Horowitz2
  • Valor Equity Partners2
  • Gaingels2
  • BoxGroup2
  • Insight Partners2
  • Overmatch Ventures2
  • Bessemer Venture Partners1

Open roles by function

Questions

Which startups raised money the week of Sep 28 – Oct 4, 2026?
EliseAI (Series F, $350M); General Intuition (Venture round, $220M); Reverion (Series B, $175M); Jeeves (Series C, $110M); Quartermaster AI (Series B, $100M); Efficient Computer (Series B, $97M); Reco (Series B, $55M); Flow Engineering (Series B, $50M), and 9 more listed on this page.
Are these startups hiring?
Yes. Every company on this page has open roles right now: 415 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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