201 startups announced funding in April 2026. Stage, amount, investors and market for each round, with a business-model breakdown per company.
By region: Other regions 49 · North America 43 · China 37 · Europe 35 · Asia 18 · Japan 15 · Korea 4
AI nutrition scale.
Fintech.
Native multimodal world model / AI generation.
Smart education services.
Embodied AI / robotics.
High-performance dexterous robotic hands.
The world's first 'mutual friend'.
openBIM software and construction DX services: OpenAEC SaaS and desktop apps (free IFC viewer, bSDD and CDE plugins), Contex AI agent workflow platform, and BIM/CIM consulting.
Tech-enabled B2B distribution platform for brands in Indonesia combining sales/inventory tools, logistics and embedded credit.
AI learning app that turns notes, PDFs, slides and videos into flashcards and quizzes using spaced repetition and active recall.
Generative AI
Fintech compliance.
Secures enterprise AI agents.
Olfactory biocontrol to protect crops.
Confidential-computing security infrastructure for enterprise AI agents
Machine-native payment rails that let AI agents discover, negotiate and pay for APIs, SaaS tools and other digital services.
AI platform for hotels to increase conversion and drive direct bookings.
HR tech.
AI co-worker platform for hotels.
Safe payments by AI agents.
Retirement savings access.
Bridges legal and engineering software.
Helps brands show up in ChatGPT, Rufus and other AI assistants.
Tools that restructure and compress AI models so they run efficiently on smaller or local machines with less energy.
Collects real-time customer feedback for food service and turns it into operational indicators (recurrence, ticket, etc.).
Keeps AI financial agents from going off the rails.
Agentic AI facility-management platform that coordinates local technicians for multi-location businesses and integrates with existing CMMS.
Harness for multi-agent swarms.
AI-powered finance automation platform: treasury and yield accounts, accounts payable, payroll and multi-entity cash management for finance teams.
AI workforce management for hospitality.
Small business financing.
Critical mineral extraction technology.
Open-source and AI infrastructure services.
AI narrative intelligence platform
Autonomous orbital transfer vehicle
LLM-based robot "brains" for autonomous tasks.
AI decision engine for retail that adds a reasoning layer on existing data and orchestration systems to turn customer behavioural signals into real-time individualised decisions…
An AI agent that continuously optimises AWS usage, combined with pooled buying power across companies, to cut cloud bills.
Agentic OS of 500+ reusable AI-native capability nodes driven by natural language.
Turns building materials into auditable, monetisable circular assets.
General embodied-intelligence service robots (HiFi-UMI data collection, Omni-Simple-World model, 23 DOF humanoid body) for hotel, home, elderly care and retail scenarios.
AI marketing compliance.
AI security
Robots (DJI alumni).
Asia's full-stack AI cloud.
Digital lending platform offering instant personal loans, business loans, loan against property, two-wheeler loans and loans against mutual funds.