Recently Funded Startups in California
Updated Oct 2026
FundedIQ holds 9,049 funded startups in California 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 California, along with the 100 most recently funded startups there.
Startups in California closed 3,845 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 1,956 of them in the last 12 months, and raised $176B in disclosed capital. The median disclosed round is $10M, with the middle half of rounds falling between $2.8M and $40M. Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology and Financial Services hold the most companies by sector. San Francisco and Los Angeles hold the deepest concentrations of funded startups in California.
Artificial Intelligence dominates the mix, followed by Biotechnology and Financial Services. This composition means a filter for Information Technology or Health Care captures a different class of buyer. San Francisco and Los Angeles anchor the geography. Heavy involvement from Alumni Ventures and Y Combinator indicates a high volume of early stage activity across these sectors.
California funded startup statistics
Most recent funding round on record: Oct 2026. Investors appearing most often across California funding rounds: Y Combinator, Alumni Ventures, NVIDIA, Sequoia Capital, Menlo Ventures.
100 most recently funded startups in California
100 of 9,049Ordered 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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California startup funding trends
Funding activity
Startups in California closed 3,845 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 1,956 of them in the last 12, adding up to $176B in disclosed capital.
Round sizes
The median disclosed round is $10M, with the middle half running from $2.8M to $40M. 3,180 of 3,845 rounds disclosed an amount.
Sectors
Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology and Financial Services hold the most companies, led by Artificial Intelligence at 1,916. The most common headcount band across the segment is 11-50.
Investors
Y Combinator, Alumni Ventures and NVIDIA appear most often across funded startups in California on record.
Industries with the most funded startups in California
Sector counts across all 9,049 tracked companies in California. A company assigned more than one industry is counted in each.
Where are funded startups located in California?
Where funded startups in California are based, by the city on the company record.
Top investors in California startups
The investors named most often across funded startups in California.
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 California
How the last 24 months of funding rounds for funded startups in California break down by stage.
A further 1,566 rounds in this period were announced without a stage label and are not ranked above.
About the FundedIQ California 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 9,049 funded startups in California currently tracked. Round counts, capital totals and the median round are computed over a trailing 24 months. Rounds whose amount was not disclosed (665 of 3,845 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 California 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 California?
FundedIQ tracks 9,049 funded startups in California. 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 California raised?
Startups in California tracked by FundedIQ have raised $176B in disclosed capital across 3,845 funding rounds over the last 24 months, including 1,956 rounds in the last 12 months. 3,180 of those 3,845 rounds disclosed an amount; undisclosed rounds are excluded from the capital total.
What industries have the most funded startups in California?
Artificial Intelligence has the most, with 1,916 companies, followed by Biotechnology (810), Financial Services (691) and Information Technology (561). Sector counts include every company assigned that industry, and a company can carry more than one.
Which cities have the most funded startups in California?
San Francisco leads with 3,474 companies, then Los Angeles (855), San Diego (436) and Palo Alto (424).
Which investors back the most startups in California?
Y Combinator, Alumni Ventures, NVIDIA, Sequoia Capital and Menlo Ventures appear most often across funded startups in California 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 California?
The median disclosed round over the last 24 months is $10M, and the middle half of rounds fall between $2.8M and $40M. 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 California?
Seed is the most common labelled stage, with 791 rounds in the last 24 months, ahead of Series A (460) and Pre-Seed (432). A further 1,566 rounds were announced without a stage label and are not counted here.
How often is the California 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 California is dated Oct 2026. Counts and totals on this page are recomputed on every refresh.
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