Recently Funded Startups in Massachusetts
Updated Nov 2026
There are 1,810 funded startups in Massachusetts in the FundedIQ database, each with its funding rounds, amounts, investors, industries, locations and company details. This page provides an overview of the startup funding landscape in Massachusetts, along with the 100 most recently funded startups there.
Startups in Massachusetts closed 693 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 372 of them in the last 12 months, and raised $32B in disclosed capital. The median disclosed round is $17M, with the middle half of rounds falling between $4.0M and $54M. Biotechnology, Artificial Intelligence and Health Care hold the most companies by sector. Boston and Cambridge hold the deepest concentrations of funded startups in Massachusetts.
Biotechnology dominates the mix, though Artificial Intelligence and Health Care provide significant weight. Financial Services and Energy add unexpected breadth. Coatue and Eli Lilly appear frequently. Filtering by sub-sector separates the life science heavyweights from the technical firms. This composition means the segment blends deep science with software, which changes how a user targets specific technical capabilities.
Massachusetts funded startup statistics
Most recent funding round on record: Nov 2026. Investors appearing most often across Massachusetts funding rounds: National Science Foundation, Alumni Ventures, Coatue, Eli Lilly, MassVentures.
100 most recently funded startups in Massachusetts
100 of 1,810Ordered 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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Massachusetts startup funding trends
Funding activity
Startups in Massachusetts closed 693 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 372 of them in the last 12, adding up to $32B in disclosed capital.
Round sizes
The median disclosed round is $17M, with the middle half running from $4.0M to $54M. 566 of 693 rounds disclosed an amount.
Sectors
Biotechnology, Artificial Intelligence and Health Care hold the most companies, led by Biotechnology at 486. The most common headcount band across the segment is 11-50.
Investors
National Science Foundation, Alumni Ventures and Coatue appear most often across funded startups in Massachusetts on record.
Industries with the most funded startups in Massachusetts
Sector counts across all 1,810 tracked companies in Massachusetts. A company assigned more than one industry is counted in each.
Where are funded startups located in Massachusetts?
Where funded startups in Massachusetts are based, by the city on the company record.
Top investors in Massachusetts startups
The investors named most often across funded startups in Massachusetts.
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 Massachusetts
How the last 24 months of funding rounds for funded startups in Massachusetts break down by stage.
A further 417 rounds in this period were announced without a stage label and are not ranked above.
About the FundedIQ Massachusetts 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 1,810 funded startups in Massachusetts currently tracked. Round counts, capital totals and the median round are computed over a trailing 24 months. Rounds whose amount was not disclosed (127 of 693 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 Massachusetts is dated Nov 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 Massachusetts?
FundedIQ tracks 1,810 funded startups in Massachusetts. 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 Massachusetts raised?
Startups in Massachusetts tracked by FundedIQ have raised $32B in disclosed capital across 693 funding rounds over the last 24 months, including 372 rounds in the last 12 months. 566 of those 693 rounds disclosed an amount; undisclosed rounds are excluded from the capital total.
What industries have the most funded startups in Massachusetts?
Biotechnology has the most, with 486 companies, followed by Artificial Intelligence (204), Health Care (179) and Financial Services (77). Sector counts include every company assigned that industry, and a company can carry more than one.
Which cities have the most funded startups in Massachusetts?
Boston leads with 728 companies, then Cambridge (393), Waltham (71) and Somerville (54).
Which investors back the most startups in Massachusetts?
National Science Foundation, Alumni Ventures, Coatue, Eli Lilly and MassVentures appear most often across funded startups in Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts?
The median disclosed round over the last 24 months is $17M, and the middle half of rounds fall between $4.0M and $54M. 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 Massachusetts?
Series A is the most common labelled stage, with 82 rounds in the last 24 months, ahead of Seed (70) and Series B (63). A further 417 rounds were announced without a stage label and are not counted here.
How often is the Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts is dated Nov 2026. Counts and totals on this page are recomputed on every refresh.
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