438 startups announced funding in September 2026. Stage, amount, investors and market for each round, with a business-model breakdown per company.
By region: North America 151 · Europe 84 · China 62 · Other regions 60 · Japan 36 · Korea 23 · Asia 22
No-code platform that turns corporate content into interactive, measurable game-based learning for security awareness, L&D and sales enablement.
Next-generation cell reprogramming.
Small mobile collaborative robots for aerospace assembly: drilling, riveting, sealing, grinding and inspection.
AI companion robots (humanoid, robot dog, portable pet) running a multimodal psychology LLM for emotional support of teens and students.
Astrus uses reinforcement learning to automatically turn analog circuit requirements into manufacturing-ready physical chip layouts.
Enterprise data-agent infrastructure (AskBI, AskDoc and 'digital workers') that answers business data questions in natural language.
Golf-course management robots
Health Force is a platform that uses AI agents to automate hospital insurance claims processing end-to-end for private hospital groups.
AI credit infrastructure for MSME lending: loan origination, credit decisioning, agentic credit intelligence, embedded financing.
Buy-now-pay-later payments.
Defence stealth drone / UAV developer.
Survival predictions from radiology scans for cancer trials.
AI that turns retail strategy into store-level actions.
Unifies fragmented energy data
Health-benefits brokerage for SMBs: human advisors plus AI agents.
AI-for-science materials R&D (SynMatAI) for semiconductor materials such as CPO optical adhesives and thermal interface materials.
Structures local-government information into AI content
Develops 'diet probiotics' and green-bio materials (DH24).
Large-format WAAM (metal additive manufacturing).
An AI agent platform that handles sales and customer support conversations using a company's own operations, processes, policies and customer data, with handoff to humans.
Voice AI.
Healthtech automation.
AI pet wearables, cameras and sleep mats that track GPS, vitals and behavior to build a digital health file for each pet.
Consulting + AI tools + operations for SMB marketing.
Multi-agent AI that works through Teams, email and existing systems to automate procurement tasks: supplier selection, contract negotiation, purchase orders and invoice processing.
AI video platform: lifelike avatars, video generation from docs/prompts, dubbing and translation, plus interactive roleplay and survey sessions.
Data-centre robots.
Payments.
Neuroprosthesis for profound blindness.
AI health insurance.
AI cancer research.
Mobile app that digitizes shop-floor improvement activities and issue tracking on factory layout diagrams, replacing paper and Excel.
KIDZBot physical-AI robot ecosystem for children.
Metal 3D printing.
Technology for Egypt's recycling economy.
AI forecasting
Stablecoin last-mile
Retrofit autonomous navigation technology for boats.
Agentic AI metal procurement platform.
AI supply chain automation.
Gene editing technology.
Cura uses an electrochemical process on limestone to produce low-carbon cement while separating out CO2.
Data security
Digital twin platform.
Bit is an AI household assistant app that coordinates with service providers, makes authorized purchases, books reservations and gathers home maintenance quotes.
Develops modular recirculating aquaculture systems for land-based fish farming.
Generative-engine-optimization platform that continuously analyzes how a company and its products are mentioned in ChatGPT and Gemini answers and proposes fixes.