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Startups that raised Oct 19 – Oct 25, 2026 and are hiring

38 venture-backed startups closed funding rounds the week of Oct 19 – Oct 25, 2026, raising $4.4B in total, and together they have 1,065 open roles today. The largest round was Tenstorrent's $1.5B Series E, led by Eclipse. Legora is hiring the most, with 311 open roles. Engineering is the most in-demand function.

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Startups funded
38
Raised in total
$4.4B
Open roles today
1,065
Median round
$35M

Every startup that raised Oct 19 – Oct 25, 2026 and is hiring

CompanyRoundClosedLed byOpen rolesHiring most for
TenstorrentSanta Clara, California, United StatesSeries E$1.5BOct 19, 2026Eclipse, ARK Investment Management, Plug and Play, T. Rowe Price, Morgan Stanley125Engineering, Operations
LegoraStockholm, Stockholms Lan, SwedenSeries E$550MOct 21, 2026Menlo Ventures, Accel, General Catalyst, Insight Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners311Sales & BD, Legal
SunoCambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesVenture round$400MOct 21, 2026Menlo Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Union Square Ventures, Quiet Capital, Forerunner71Engineering, Marketing
XonaBurlingame, California, United StatesSeries D$250MOct 22, 2026Gaingels, Future Ventures, Craft Ventures, Mana Ventures, Toyota Ventures54Engineering, Hardware
PathosNew York, New York, United StatesSeries E$237MOct 23, 2026New Enterprise Associates, Builders VC, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Revolution Growth6Clinical, Engineering
Warp SciencesSouth San Francisco, California, United StatesSeries A$215MOct 22, 2026Menlo Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, IVP, Mayfield Fund, Uncork Capital10Engineering, Finance
WhopBrooklyn, New York, United StatesSeries D$205MOct 21, 2026Sequoia Capital, Insight Partners, Bain Capital Ventures, A*, Soma Capital44Sales & BD, Marketing
TownSan Francisco, California, United StatesSeries B$108MOct 19, 2026Andreessen Horowitz, Menlo Ventures, South Park Commons, Conviction, Forerunner16Engineering, People
BlackWallTallinn, Harjumaa, EstoniaSeries C$100MOct 20, 2026AVP, Dawn Capital, Tera Ventures, MMC Ventures, Expeditions13Sales & BD, Operations
Reliable RoboticsMountain View, California, United StatesSeries D$90MOct 20, 2026Lightspeed Venture Partners, Eclipse, Gaingels, Mana Ventures, Coatue64Engineering, Hardware
Oro MobilityEstero, Florida, United StatesSeed$80MOct 20, 2026Certares, Cohen Private Ventures, Knighthead Capital Management11Legal, People
BlacksmithSan Francisco, California, United StatesSeries C$66MOct 21, 2026Sequoia Capital, Peak XV Partners, Y Combinator, Google Ventures, Premji Invest22Engineering, Operations
Hexagon BioMenlo Park, California, United StatesSeries C$62MOct 23, 20268VC, Two Sigma Ventures, The Column Group, Casdin Capital, Deviation Capital1Clinical
KevelDurham, North Carolina, United StatesSeries D$52MOct 21, 2026Orix Corporation USA’s Growth Capital Business, Iberis Capital, Fulcrum Equity Partners, Commerce Ventures, NC Tweener Fund3Design, Operations
DifferentSan Francisco, California, United StatesSeed$48.2MOct 20, 2026Lightspeed Venture Partners, General Catalyst, Together Fund, Firebolt Ventures, m]x[v10Engineering, Sales & BD
FormicBolingbrook, Illinois, United StatesSeries B$40MOct 22, 2026Alumni Ventures, Gaingels, Citi, Lux Capital, S2G Investments57Engineering, Hardware
Ambient.aiRedwood City, California, United StatesSeries C$40MOct 20, 2026Andreessen Horowitz, SV Angel, Y Combinator, Scrum Ventures, WndrCo25Sales & BD, Engineering
Baba CareNew York, New York, United StatesSeries A$40MOct 20, 2026General Catalyst, FirstMark, Genius Ventures, Soma Capital, Ground Up Ventures14Clinical, Sales & BD
CoastNew York, New York, United StatesVenture round$35MOct 22, 2026BoxGroup, Accel, Insight Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners, Foundation Capital18Sales & BD, Operations
Mach9San Francisco, California, United StatesSeries A$34.5MOct 21, 2026Bessemer Venture Partners, Quiet Capital, First Round Capital, Y Combinator, Tiger Global Management15Engineering, Sales & BD
OptivoltSan Francisco, California, United StatesSeries A$32MOct 21, 2026RA Capital Management, Techstars, VXI Capital, Streamlined, Valo Ventures15Engineering, Operations
Enact IntelligenceZürich, Zurich, SwitzerlandPre-Seed$30MOct 22, 2026redalpine, Notion Capital, Firstminute Capital, Thomas Wolf, Arthur Mensch12Engineering, Data & ML
HyperlayerLondon, England, United KingdomSeries A$26MOct 19, 2026Susquehanna International Group, Mouro Capital, Iona Star, Flintlock Capital, CDAM14Engineering, Product
QualitateNew York, New York, United StatesSeries A$25MOct 20, 2026Insight Partners, IA Ventures, Crew Capital, Tony Berkman, Travis May29Sales & BD, Data & ML
FORT RoboticsPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, United StatesVenture round$20MOct 22, 2026Gaingels, Quiet Capital, Mana Ventures, Tiger Global Management, Creative Ventures4Engineering, Sales & BD
FireflyNew York, New York, United StatesSeries A$20MOct 20, 2026BoxGroup, Definition, Susa Ventures4Design, Sales & BD
LongeyeSan Francisco, California, United StatesSeries A$20MOct 21, 2026Andreessen Horowitz, Seven Stars, N47, Abraham Bachrach, Seth Forsgren3Sales & BD, Engineering
AscertainNew York, New York, United StatesVenture round$20MOct 19, 2026Deerfield Management, Northwell Health, Aegis Ventures, Northwell Holdings7Engineering, Sales & BD
iVerifyLong Island City, New York, United StatesVenture round$17MOct 20, 2026BoxGroup, Sands Capital Ventures, Morgan Stanley, Mischief, MANTIS Venture Capital3Finance, Engineering
FirstWorkSan Francisco, California, United StatesSeries A$15MOct 21, 2026Gradient, Y Combinator, 468 Capital, Deel, Soma Capital13Sales & BD, Engineering
MuralNew York, New York, United StatesSeries A$15MOct 20, 2026Tether, North Island Ventures, Digital Currency Group, Firstminute Capital, AlleyCorp13Sales & BD, Marketing
Electric Plant CompanySan Francisco, California, United StatesSeed$11.2MOct 20, 2026Endeavor Catalyst, Everywhere Ventures, Ludlow Ventures, Climactic VC, Ponderosa Ventures3Engineering
Kivo HealthSan Francisco, California, United StatesSeries A$10MOct 23, 2026Y Combinator, Liquid 2 Ventures, Allumia Ventures, MassMutual Ventures, Heuristic Capital4Clinical, Marketing
YGOBerlin, Berlin, GermanySeries A$9MOct 21, 2026Ventech, Caesar Capital, Patrick Andrae, Sake Bosch, Felix Jahn3Finance, Marketing
PascalCambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesVenture round$8.5MOct 21, 2026Khosla Ventures, Engine Ventures, Sazze Partners, US Department of Energy, LB Investment5Engineering, Sales & BD
OpplyLondon, England, United KingdomVenture round$7.5MOct 21, 2026In This Together, Index Ventures, Entrepreneurs First, Anthemis, Ventures Together8Sales & BD, Operations
Impossible CloudHamburg, Hamburg, GermanyVenture round$1.5MOct 19, 2026HV Capital, Protocol Labs, 1kx, Giesecke+Devrient Ventures, TS Ventures10Sales & BD, Operations
Our Next EnergyNovi, Michigan, United StatesSeries COct 23, 2026Temasek, Franklin Templeton, Coatue, Fifth Wall, Breakthrough Energy Ventures25Engineering, Hardware

By stage

  • Series A12
  • Venture round8
  • Series C5
  • Series D4
  • Series E3
  • Seed3
  • Series B2
  • Pre-Seed1

Most active lead investors

  • Y Combinator5
  • Menlo Ventures4
  • Insight Partners4
  • Lightspeed Venture Partners4
  • Gaingels4
  • General Catalyst3
  • Bessemer Venture Partners3
  • Quiet Capital3

Open roles by function

Questions

Which startups raised money the week of Oct 19 – Oct 25, 2026?
Tenstorrent (Series E, $1.5B); Legora (Series E, $550M); Suno (Venture round, $400M); Xona (Series D, $250M); Pathos (Series E, $237M); Warp Sciences (Series A, $215M); Whop (Series D, $205M); Town (Series B, $108M), and 30 more listed on this page.
Are these startups hiring?
Yes. Every company on this page has open roles right now: 1,065 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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