FundedIQ holds 321 funded startups in Houston 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 Houston, along with the 100 most recently funded startups there.
Startups in Houston closed 178 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 106 of them in the last 12 months, and raised $29B in disclosed capital. The median disclosed round is $10M, with the middle half of rounds falling between $2.0M and $74M. Energy, Health Care and Artificial Intelligence hold the most companies by sector.
Energy and Health Care dominate the local mix, though Artificial Intelligence and Biotechnology add unexpected breadth. Mid-sized teams are common, while smaller outfits and larger enterprises fill out the rest. Filtering by these sub-sectors separates traditional industrial plays from newer tech bets. This mix means a general search misses the specialized clinical and technical focus typical of the region.
Houston funded startup statistics
Funded startups in Houston
321
tracked in the database
Funding rounds, last 12 months
106
178 over 24 months
Disclosed capital raised, 24 months
$29B
136 of 178 rounds disclosed an amount
Median round size
$10M
middle half $2.0M to $74M
Most recent funding round on record: Aug 2026.
100 most recently funded startups in Houston
100 of 321
Ordered 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.
Startups in Houston closed 178 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 106 of them in the last 12, adding up to $29B in disclosed capital.
Round sizes
The median disclosed round is $10M, with the middle half running from $2.0M to $74M. 136 of 178 rounds disclosed an amount.
Sectors
Energy, Health Care and Artificial Intelligence hold the most companies, led by Energy at 74. The most common headcount band across the segment is 11-50.
Industries with the most funded startups in Houston
Sector counts across all 321 tracked companies in Houston. A company assigned more than one industry is counted in each.
A further 116 rounds in this period were announced without a stage label and are not ranked above.
About the FundedIQ Houston 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 321 funded startups in Houston currently tracked.
Round counts, capital totals and the median round are computed over a trailing 24 months.
Rounds whose amount was not disclosed (42 of 178 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 Houston 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 startups are there in Houston?
FundedIQ tracks 321 funded startups in Houston. 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 Houston raised?
Startups in Houston tracked by FundedIQ have raised $29B in disclosed capital across 178 funding rounds over the last 24 months, including 106 rounds in the last 12 months. 136 of those 178 rounds disclosed an amount; undisclosed rounds are excluded from the capital total.
What industries have the most funded startups in Houston?
Energy has the most, with 74 companies, followed by Health Care (30), Artificial Intelligence (26) and Biotechnology (24). Sector counts include every company assigned that industry, and a company can carry more than one.
What is a typical funding round size for startups in Houston?
The median disclosed round over the last 24 months is $10M, and the middle half of rounds fall between $2.0M and $74M. 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 Houston?
Seed is the most common labelled stage, with 30 rounds in the last 24 months, ahead of Series A (16) and Private Equity (4). A further 116 rounds were announced without a stage label and are not counted here.
How often is the Houston 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 Houston is dated Aug 2026. Counts and totals on this page are recomputed on every refresh.