Recently Funded Biotechnology Startups in the United States
Updated Sep 2026
Funded Biotechnology startups in the United States (US) number 2,510 in FundedIQ, tracked with their funding rounds, amounts, investors, industries, locations and company details. This page provides an overview of the Biotechnology startup funding landscape in the United States, along with the 100 most recently funded Biotechnology startups in the United States.
The median disclosed round is $11M, with the middle half of rounds falling between $3.0M and $53M. Cambridge and San Diego hold the deepest concentrations of these companies. Biotechnology startups in the United States closed 1,370 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 709 of them in the last 12 months, and raised $67B in disclosed capital.
Biotechnology funding clusters heavily around Cambridge and San Diego. While San Francisco and New York provide additional focal points, the concentration in Massachusetts and California dominates. Sourcing deals involves focusing on these specific urban centers. Fidelity and the National Science Foundation back these ventures across various stages, making a few cities the primary gateway for this sector.
Biotechnology funded startup statistics in the United States
Most recent funding round on record: Aug 2026. Investors appearing most often across Biotechnology in the United States funding rounds: Fidelity, National Science Foundation, Cormorant Asset Management, Eli Lilly, Foresite Capital.
100 most recently funded Biotechnology startups in the United States
100 of 2,510Ordered 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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Biotechnology startup funding trends in the United States
Funding activity
Biotechnology startups in the United States closed 1,370 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 709 of them in the last 12, adding up to $67B in disclosed capital.
Round sizes
The median disclosed round is $11M, with the middle half running from $3.0M to $53M. 1,205 of 1,370 rounds disclosed an amount.
Company size
The most common headcount band across the segment is 11-50.
Investors
Fidelity, National Science Foundation and Cormorant Asset Management appear most often across funded Biotechnology startups in the United States on record.
Where are funded Biotechnology startups located in the United States?
Where funded Biotechnology startups in the United States are based, by the city on the company record.
Funded Biotechnology startups in the United States by state
The states with the most funded startups on record.
Top investors in Biotechnology startups in the United States
The investors named most often across funded Biotechnology startups in the United States.
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 of funded Biotechnology startups in the United States
How the last 24 months of funding rounds for funded Biotechnology startups in the United States break down by stage.
A further 967 rounds in this period were announced without a stage label and are not ranked above.
About the FundedIQ Biotechnology startup funding data in the United States
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 2,510 funded Biotechnology startups in the United States currently tracked. Round counts, capital totals and the median round are computed over a trailing 24 months. Rounds whose amount was not disclosed (165 of 1,370 in that period) are counted as rounds but excluded from capital totals and from the median. The most recent round on record for funded Biotechnology startups in the United States is dated Aug 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 Biotechnology startups are there in the United States?
FundedIQ tracks 2,510 funded Biotechnology startups in the United States. 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 Biotechnology startups in the United States raised?
Biotechnology startups in the United States tracked by FundedIQ have raised $67B in disclosed capital across 1,370 funding rounds over the last 24 months, including 709 rounds in the last 12 months. 1,205 of those 1,370 rounds disclosed an amount; undisclosed rounds are excluded from the capital total.
Which cities have the most funded Biotechnology startups in the United States?
Cambridge leads with 186 companies, then San Diego (151), San Francisco (150) and New York (126).
Which investors back the most Biotechnology startups in the United States?
Fidelity, National Science Foundation, Cormorant Asset Management, Eli Lilly and Foresite Capital appear most often across funded Biotechnology startups in the United States 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 Biotechnology startups in the United States?
The median disclosed round over the last 24 months is $11M, and the middle half of rounds fall between $3.0M and $53M. 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 Biotechnology startups in the United States?
Seed is the most common labelled stage, with 119 rounds in the last 24 months, ahead of Series A (109) and Series B (84). A further 967 rounds were announced without a stage label and are not counted here.
How often is the Biotechnology startup funding data in the United States 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 Biotechnology startups in the United States is dated Aug 2026. Counts and totals on this page are recomputed on every refresh.
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