Funded & hiring · weekly report
Startups that raised Oct 5 – Oct 11, 2026 and are hiring
52 venture-backed startups closed funding rounds the week of Oct 5 – Oct 11, 2026, raising $6.0B in total, and together they have 875 open roles today. The largest round was Ramp's $1.9B Series G, led by Lightspeed Venture Partners. Ramp is hiring the most, with 166 open roles. Engineering is the most in-demand function.
- Direct from each company's ATS
- No recruiters or middlemen
- No scams or fake jobs
- No stale postings
- Startups funded
- 52
- Raised in total
- $6.0B
- Open roles today
- 875
- Median round
- $31M
Every startup that raised Oct 5 – Oct 11, 2026 and is hiring
| Company | Round | Closed | Led by | Open roles | Hiring most for |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Series G$1.9B | Oct 9, 2026 | Lightspeed Venture Partners, Khosla Ventures, Sequoia Capital, BoxGroup, General Catalyst | 166 | Sales & BD, Engineering | |
| Series A$870M | Oct 9, 2026 | Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia Capital, DCVC | 16 | Engineering, Legal | |
| Series B$475M | Oct 8, 2026 | Khosla Ventures, General Catalyst, Index Ventures, Spark Capital, ARCH Venture Partners | 19 | Engineering, Operations | |
| VinciPalo Alto, California, United States | Series B$250M | Oct 6, 2026 | Temasek, Advent International, Khosla Ventures, Eclipse, Madrona | 37 | Engineering, Sales & BD |
| Atomic MachinesEmeryville, California, United States | Venture round$250M | Oct 7, 2026 | Valor Equity Partners, Construct Capital, Tru Arrow Partners, Sozo Ventures, XTX Ventures | 35 | Engineering, Hardware |
| VoltusSan Francisco, California, United States | Series D$225M | Oct 8, 2026 | Generation Investment Management, Vitol, Climate Investment, All Aboard, NGP Energy Technology Partners | 15 | Sales & BD, Marketing |
| Series B$200M | Oct 6, 2026 | Lowercarbon Capital, TDK Ventures, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, US Department of Energy, Terabase Energy | 39 | Engineering, Operations | |
| ArenaSan Francisco, California, United States | Series B$200M | Oct 8, 2026 | Andreessen Horowitz, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Khosla Ventures, Endeavor Catalyst, Salesforce Ventures | 19 | Engineering, Sales & BD |
| ValonNew York, New York, United States | Series D$150M | Oct 5, 2026 | Andreessen Horowitz, Human Capital, Ribbit Capital, Zigg Capital, AlleyCorp | 29 | Engineering, Product |
| General MedicineSan Francisco, California, United States | Series B$120M | Oct 6, 2026 | Andreessen Horowitz, BoxGroup, Founder Collective, Matrix, VXI Capital | 16 | Clinical, Engineering |
| CapitolisNew York, New York, United States | Series E$120M | Oct 6, 2026 | Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia Capital, Index Ventures, Citi, Hercules Capital | 1 | Engineering |
| VEIRWoburn, Massachusetts, United States | Series C$110M | Oct 8, 2026 | Congruent Ventures, Matter Venture Partners, Engine Ventures, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Piva Capital | 12 | Engineering, Operations |
| Parallel SystemsLos Angeles, California, United States | Series C$100M | Oct 7, 2026 | Congruent Ventures, Riot Ventures, AVP, Cobalt Capital, Collaborative Fund | 21 | Engineering, Sales & BD |
| SpikoParis, Ile-de-France, France | Series B$90M | Oct 6, 2026 | Alumni Ventures, Bpifrance, Index Ventures, Speedinvest, Flourish Ventures | 22 | Sales & BD, Engineering |
| Multiply LabsSan Francisco, California, United States | Series B$75M | Oct 6, 2026 | Founders Fund, Lux Capital, Y Combinator, AstraZeneca, Lingotto | 12 | Engineering, Data & ML |
| Series B$60M | Oct 7, 2026 | NVIDIA, Menlo Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Samsung Electronics, SV Angel | 50 | Engineering, Data & ML | |
| HoneSan Francisco, California, United States | Seed$60M | Oct 8, 2026 | Index Ventures, Benchmark | 12 | Engineering, Operations |
| Series B$52.5M | Oct 7, 2026 | Andreessen Horowitz, Khosla Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Insight Partners, Activant Capital | 20 | Sales & BD, Engineering | |
| GallatinEl Segundo, California, United States | Series A$50M | Oct 8, 2026 | 8VC, Silent Ventures, Banter Capital, Moonshots Capital | 25 | Engineering, Sales & BD |
| Series A$50M | Oct 9, 2026 | Y Combinator, Wing Venture Capital, Framework Ventures, Pioneer Fund, M13 | 17 | Operations, Engineering | |
| Namespace LabsSan Francisco, California, United States | Series B$42M | Oct 5, 2026 | New Enterprise Associates, The Twenty Minute VC, Susa Ventures, K5 Global, Essence VC | 14 | Engineering, Sales & BD |
| Mars Energy GroupRocklin, California, United States | Venture round$41.1M | Oct 9, 2026 | Mars Equity Partners | 21 | Operations, Hardware |
| HadrianAmsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands | Series B$40M | Oct 6, 2026 | Motive Partners, SmartFin, HV Capital, Picus Capital, Village Global | 12 | Sales & BD, Engineering |
| Turba LabsPalo Alto, California, United States | Series A$40M | Oct 6, 2026 | Creandum, Cusp Capital, System.One | 3 | People, Finance |
| SkydwellerOklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States | Seed$40M | Oct 5, 2026 | Neva SGR, Palantir Technologies, Federal Aviation Administration, Milano Investment Partners SGR, Leonardo Company | 3 | Engineering |
| FortastraTorrance, California, United States | Series A$32.6M | Oct 8, 2026 | Upfront Ventures, First In, Space Capital, Side Door Ventures, ATX Venture Partners | 15 | Engineering, People |
| VitalizeSan Francisco, California, United States | Series A$31M | Oct 6, 2026 | Norwest, .406 Ventures, Y Combinator, Oak HC/FT, Everywhere Ventures | 20 | Customer, Marketing |
| VestaSan Francisco, California, United States | Series B$30M | Oct 8, 2026 | Andreessen Horowitz, Bain Capital Ventures, Navitas Capital, Conversion Capital, Zigg Capital | 13 | Engineering, People |
| HealthLeapSan Francisco, California, United States | Series A$30M | Oct 7, 2026 | Sequoia Capital, Transpose Platform Management, Hummingbird Ventures, First Round Capital | 10 | Engineering, Product |
| FlaiSan Francisco, California, United States | Series A$27M | Oct 6, 2026 | Base10 Partners, SV Angel, First Round Capital, Y Combinator, Toyota Ventures | 17 | Sales & BD, Customer |
| TrueLayerLondon, England, United Kingdom | Venture round$27M | Oct 8, 2026 | Temasek, Stripe, CDP Venture Capital, Northzone, Tencent | 4 | Finance, Data & ML |
| Seed$25M | Oct 6, 2026 | Bessemer Venture Partners, SV Angel, Spark Capital, Silent Ventures, Benchmark | 23 | Engineering, Operations | |
| Kapta SpaceSeattle, Washington, United States | Series A$24M | Oct 8, 2026 | Entrada Ventures, Bison Ventures, Washington Harbour Partners, Fitz Gate Ventures, MetaVC Partners | 12 | Engineering, Design |
| Turn2xMunich, Bayern, Germany | Series A$22.5M | Oct 6, 2026 | Tilman Weide, Christoph Zinsser, Verve Ventures, First Momentum Ventures, LEA Partners | 3 | Operations, Engineering |
| VoccaParis, Ile-de-France, France | Series A$20M | Oct 6, 2026 | Speedinvest, Norrsken VC, FJ Labs, Firstminute Capital, Kima Ventures | 20 | Sales & BD, Operations |
| MeliusNew York, New York, United States | Series A$20M | Oct 6, 2026 | General Catalyst, CRV, Vine Ventures, Anti Fund, Genius Ventures | 5 | Sales & BD, Marketing |
| finmidBerlin, Berlin, Germany | Series A$19.1M | Oct 6, 2026 | Blossom Capital, Earlybird Venture Capital, Big Pi Ventures, Main Set, Maximilian Tayenthal | 8 | Sales & BD, Legal |
| Sharp PerformanceNew York, New York, United States | Series A$18M | Oct 8, 2026 | Andreessen Horowitz, SV Angel, A*, FJ Labs, Liquid 2 Ventures | 9 | People, Marketing |
| Siena AINew York, New York, United States | Series A$17M | Oct 6, 2026 | Sierra Ventures, GapMinder VC, Village Global, Pari Passu Venture Partners, SuperAngel.Fund | 10 | Sales & BD, Engineering |
| Adden EnergyWaltham, Massachusetts, United States | Venture round$16.9M | Oct 5, 2026 | At One Ventures, Primavera Capital Group, Rhapsody Venture Partners, MassVentures | 4 | Hardware, Engineering |
| Preference ModelSan Francisco, California, United States | Seed$16M | Oct 7, 2026 | Andreessen Horowitz, South Park Commons, SignalFire, Fei-Fei Li, Ian Goodfellow | 6 | Engineering, Data & ML |
| PandektesCopenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark | Series A$15.1M | Oct 5, 2026 | Alstin Capital, PROfounders Capital, Scale Capital, People Ventures, Interface Capital | 11 | Sales & BD, Engineering |
| SantéNew York, New York, United States | Series A$15M | Oct 5, 2026 | Y Combinator, Bonfire Ventures, FINTOP Capital, Operator Collective, Veridical Ventures | 10 | Engineering, Sales & BD |
| AmpersandSan Francisco, California, United States | Series A$15M | Oct 6, 2026 | Bessemer Venture Partners, Mana Ventures, Matrix, Flex Capital, basecase capital | 6 | Engineering, Sales & BD |
| GhostSan Francisco, California, United States | Seed$11M | Oct 5, 2026 | Andreessen Horowitz, SV Angel, Abstract, Karman Ventures, Audacious Ventures | 4 | Engineering, Operations |
| UpSmithDallas, Texas, United States | Series A$10M | Oct 5, 2026 | Andreessen Horowitz, Accel, Hannah Grey, Karman Ventures, Asymmetric Capital Partners | 3 | Sales & BD, Engineering |
| callioraMunich, Bayern, Germany | Pre-Seed$6M | Oct 6, 2026 | redalpine, Bertelsmann Healthcare Investments, Peter Sarlin, Ulrich Wandschneider, Frank Hutter | 5 | Operations, Engineering |
| Phinity LabsSan Francisco, California, United States | Seed$5.2M | Oct 8, 2026 | Pear VC, Uncork Capital, Moxxie Ventures, Jeffrey Dean, PearX | 4 | Design, Operations |
| Amira LearningSan Francisco, California, United States | Venture round$5M | Oct 9, 2026 | Owl Ventures, Vertical Venture Partners, GSV Ventures, Rethink Education, Amazon Alexa Fund | 6 | Engineering, People |
| Vibrant PlanetTruckee, California, United States | Venture round$4.2M | Oct 5, 2026 | Cisco, Emerson Collective, Elemental Impact, Ecosystem Integrity Fund, Microsoft | 2 | Engineering |
| RovexGainesville, Florida, United States | Seed$4.1M | Oct 8, 2026 | Phase Shift Ventures | 6 | Engineering, Marketing |
| Future WorksNew York, New York, United States | Seed$370K | Oct 9, 2026 | Undisclosed | 3 | Engineering, Product |
By stage
- Series A19
- Series B12
- Seed8
- Venture round6
- Series D2
- Series C2
- Series G1
- Series E1
- Pre-Seed1
Most active lead investors
- Andreessen Horowitz11
- Sequoia Capital6
- Khosla Ventures5
- Y Combinator5
- SV Angel5
- Index Ventures4
- General Catalyst3
- Lightspeed Venture Partners2
Open roles by function
- Engineering325
- Sales & BD175
- Operations62
- Marketing42
- People35
- Customer33
- Finance27
- Product27
Questions
- Which startups raised money the week of Oct 5 – Oct 11, 2026?
- Ramp (Series G, $1.9B); TypeSafe AI (Series A, $870M); Oratomic (Series B, $475M); Vinci (Series B, $250M); Atomic Machines (Venture round, $250M); Voltus (Series D, $225M); Type One Energy (Series B, $200M); Arena (Series B, $200M), and 44 more listed on this page.
- Are these startups hiring?
- Yes. Every company on this page has open roles right now: 875 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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