Recently Funded Startups in Kentucky
Updated Oct 2026
FundedIQ holds 154 funded startups in Kentucky 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 Kentucky, along with the 100 most recently funded startups there.
Startups in Kentucky closed 67 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 38 of them in the last 12 months, and raised $581M in disclosed capital. The median disclosed round is $2.0M, with the middle half of rounds falling between $600K and $7.0M. Health Care, Financial Services and Artificial Intelligence hold the most companies by sector. Louisville and California hold the deepest concentrations of funded startups in Kentucky.
Health Care and Financial Services lead the regional activity. Early stage capital dominates the funding mix, which means many companies remain small. Local venture activity centers on Louisville and Lexington. Approaching these founders requires a strategy for early growth stages, as most firms lack the scale seen in coastal markets.
Kentucky funded startup statistics
Most recent funding round on record: Aug 2026.
100 most recently funded startups in Kentucky
100 of 154Ordered 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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Kentucky startup funding trends
Funding activity
Startups in Kentucky closed 67 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 38 of them in the last 12, adding up to $581M in disclosed capital.
Round sizes
The median disclosed round is $2.0M, with the middle half running from $600K to $7.0M. 55 of 67 rounds disclosed an amount.
Sectors
Health Care, Financial Services and Artificial Intelligence hold the most companies, led by Health Care at 28. The most common headcount band across the segment is 1-10.
Industries with the most funded startups in Kentucky
Sector counts across all 154 tracked companies in Kentucky. A company assigned more than one industry is counted in each.
Where are funded startups located in Kentucky?
Where funded startups in Kentucky are based, by the city on the company record.
Funding stages in Kentucky
How the last 24 months of funding rounds for funded startups in Kentucky break down by stage.
A further 40 rounds in this period were announced without a stage label and are not ranked above.
About the FundedIQ Kentucky 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 154 funded startups in Kentucky currently tracked. Round counts, capital totals and the median round are computed over a trailing 24 months. Rounds whose amount was not disclosed (12 of 67 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 Kentucky 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 Kentucky?
FundedIQ tracks 154 funded startups in Kentucky. 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 Kentucky raised?
Startups in Kentucky tracked by FundedIQ have raised $581M in disclosed capital across 67 funding rounds over the last 24 months, including 38 rounds in the last 12 months. 55 of those 67 rounds disclosed an amount; undisclosed rounds are excluded from the capital total.
What industries have the most funded startups in Kentucky?
Health Care has the most, with 28 companies, followed by Financial Services (9), Artificial Intelligence (8) and Community and Lifestyle (8). Sector counts include every company assigned that industry, and a company can carry more than one.
Which cities have the most funded startups in Kentucky?
Louisville leads with 49 companies, then California (30), Lexington (26) and Canada (9).
What is a typical funding round size for startups in Kentucky?
The median disclosed round over the last 24 months is $2.0M, and the middle half of rounds fall between $600K and $7.0M. 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 Kentucky?
Seed is the most common labelled stage, with 14 rounds in the last 24 months, ahead of Series A (7) and Pre-Seed (3). A further 40 rounds were announced without a stage label and are not counted here.
How often is the Kentucky 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 Kentucky is dated Aug 2026. Counts and totals on this page are recomputed on every refresh.
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