Recently Funded Startups in Dorset
Updated Oct 2026
FundedIQ tracks 8 funded startups in Dorset, with their funding rounds, amounts, investors, industries, locations and company details. This page provides an overview of the startup funding landscape in Dorset, along with the 8 most recently funded startups there.
Commerce and Shopping, Consumer Electronics and Data and Analytics hold the most companies by sector. Poole and Christchurch hold the deepest concentrations of funded startups in Dorset. Startups in Dorset closed 3 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 1 of them in the last 12 months, and raised $72M in disclosed capital. The median disclosed round is $3.2M, with the middle half of rounds falling between $2.1M and $36M.
Commerce and Shopping dominates the mix, though Consumer Electronics and Data and Analytics create a surprising technical slant for the region. Activity clusters in Poole and Christchurch. Because Seed stages prevail, filtering by sub-sector reveals the actual utility of the region for those seeking early hardware or food and beverage bets.
Dorset funded startup statistics
Most recent funding round on record: Jun 2026.
8 most recently funded startups in Dorset
8 shownOrdered 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.
Dorset startup funding trends
Funding activity
Startups in Dorset closed 3 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 1 of them in the last 12, adding up to $72M in disclosed capital.
Round sizes
The median disclosed round is $3.2M, with the middle half running from $2.1M to $36M. 3 of 3 rounds disclosed an amount.
Sectors
Commerce and Shopping, Consumer Electronics and Data and Analytics hold the most companies, led by Commerce and Shopping at 2. The most common headcount band across the segment is 1-10.
Industries with the most funded startups in Dorset
Sector counts across all 8 tracked companies in Dorset. A company assigned more than one industry is counted in each.
Where are funded startups located in Dorset?
Where funded startups in Dorset are based, by the city on the company record.
About the FundedIQ Dorset 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 8 funded startups in Dorset currently tracked. Round counts, capital totals and the median round are computed over a trailing 24 months. Rounds whose amount was not disclosed (0 of 3 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 Dorset is dated Jun 2026.
The table above shows the 8 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 Dorset?
FundedIQ tracks 8 funded startups in Dorset. This page lists the 8 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 Dorset raised?
Startups in Dorset tracked by FundedIQ have raised $72M in disclosed capital across 3 funding rounds over the last 24 months, including 1 rounds in the last 12 months. 3 of those 3 rounds disclosed an amount; undisclosed rounds are excluded from the capital total.
What industries have the most funded startups in Dorset?
Commerce and Shopping has the most, with 2 companies, followed by Consumer Electronics (1), Data and Analytics (1) and Food and Beverage (1). Sector counts include every company assigned that industry, and a company can carry more than one.
Which cities have the most funded startups in Dorset?
Poole leads with 3 companies, then Christchurch (2), Blandford Forum (1) and Dorchester (1).
What is a typical funding round size for startups in Dorset?
The median disclosed round over the last 24 months is $3.2M, and the middle half of rounds fall between $2.1M and $36M. Round sizes vary widely by stage, so the seed and later-stage bands sit well either side of that figure.
How often is the Dorset 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 Dorset is dated Jun 2026. Counts and totals on this page are recomputed on every refresh.
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