Recently Funded Startups in Austin
Updated Oct 2026
FundedIQ holds 689 funded startups in Austin and keeps their funding rounds, amounts, investors, industries, locations and company details up to date. This page provides an overview of the startup funding landscape in Austin, along with the 100 most recently funded startups there.
Artificial Intelligence, Financial Services and Information Technology hold the most companies by sector. Startups in Austin closed 304 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 161 of them in the last 12 months, and raised $22B in disclosed capital. The median disclosed round is $9.1M, with the middle half of rounds falling between $2.5M and $35M.
Austin startups center on Artificial Intelligence and Financial Services. Early stage labels and small headcount bands define the profile. These companies are lean and new. They act as agile targets for vendors selling foundational tools or analysts tracking early signals. The concentration of small teams means decision making happens quickly.
Austin funded startup statistics
Most recent funding round on record: Oct 2026. Investors appearing most often across Austin funding rounds: Spark Capital, 8VC, Andreessen Horowitz, Bond, LiveOak Ventures.
100 most recently funded startups in Austin
100 of 689Ordered by the date of the latest funding round. Each row gives the company, its location and industry, what it does, the stage and date of that round, and the disclosed amount.
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Austin startup funding trends
Funding activity
Startups in Austin closed 304 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 161 of them in the last 12, adding up to $22B in disclosed capital.
Round sizes
The median disclosed round is $9.1M, with the middle half running from $2.5M to $35M. 245 of 304 rounds disclosed an amount.
Sectors
Artificial Intelligence, Financial Services and Information Technology hold the most companies, led by Artificial Intelligence at 100. The most common headcount band across the segment is 11-50.
Investors
Spark Capital, 8VC and Andreessen Horowitz appear most often across funded startups in Austin on record.
Industries with the most funded startups in Austin
Sector counts across all 689 tracked companies in Austin. A company assigned more than one industry is counted in each.
Top investors in Austin startups
The investors named most often across funded startups in Austin.
Counts companies in this segment that name the firm as a backer. Investor names entered the pipeline in July 2026, so they cover the companies funded since.
Funding stages in Austin
How the last 24 months of funding rounds for funded startups in Austin break down by stage.
A further 124 rounds in this period were announced without a stage label and are not ranked above.
About the FundedIQ Austin startup funding data
FundedIQ tracks announced startup funding rounds and organises them by company, funding date, stage, amount, industry, location and investor. The dataset is refreshed weekly, and new rounds are normalised and de-duplicated before they are published, so the same round reported twice on different dates is recorded once.
Figures on this page cover the 689 funded startups in Austin currently tracked. Round counts, capital totals and the median round are computed over a trailing 24 months. Rounds whose amount was not disclosed (59 of 304 in that period) are counted as rounds but excluded from capital totals and from the median. The most recent round on record for funded startups in Austin is dated Oct 2026.
The table above shows the 100 most recently funded companies. Full funding histories, investor lists and founder contacts across the whole dataset open on a FundedIQ plan.
Frequently asked questions
How many funded startups are there in Austin?
FundedIQ tracks 689 funded startups in Austin. This page lists the 100 most recently funded of them, ordered by the date of their latest round, and the full set is available on a FundedIQ plan.
How much funding have startups in Austin raised?
Startups in Austin tracked by FundedIQ have raised $22B in disclosed capital across 304 funding rounds over the last 24 months, including 161 rounds in the last 12 months. 245 of those 304 rounds disclosed an amount; undisclosed rounds are excluded from the capital total.
What industries have the most funded startups in Austin?
Artificial Intelligence has the most, with 100 companies, followed by Financial Services (92), Information Technology (42) and Commerce and Shopping (37). Sector counts include every company assigned that industry, and a company can carry more than one.
Which investors back the most startups in Austin?
Spark Capital, 8VC, Andreessen Horowitz, Bond and LiveOak Ventures appear most often across funded startups in Austin in the FundedIQ dataset. The count is the number of tracked companies naming each firm as a backer, so it reflects the companies on record rather than every deal a firm has ever done.
What is a typical funding round size for startups in Austin?
The median disclosed round over the last 24 months is $9.1M, and the middle half of rounds fall between $2.5M and $35M. Round sizes vary widely by stage, so the seed and later-stage bands sit well either side of that figure.
What is the most common funding stage for startups in Austin?
Seed is the most common labelled stage, with 84 rounds in the last 24 months, ahead of Series A (39) and Pre-Seed (20). A further 124 rounds were announced without a stage label and are not counted here.
How often is the Austin startup funding data updated?
The dataset is refreshed weekly. New rounds are normalised and de-duplicated before they are published, and the most recent round currently on record for funded startups in Austin is dated Oct 2026. Counts and totals on this page are recomputed on every refresh.
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