Recently Funded Startups in North America
Updated Sep 2026
FundedIQ holds 32,213 funded startups in North America 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 North America, along with the 100 most recently funded startups there.
Artificial Intelligence, Financial Services and Biotechnology hold the most companies by sector. San Francisco and New York hold the deepest concentrations of funded startups in North America. Startups in North America closed 14,663 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 8,104 of them in the last 12 months, and raised $600B in disclosed capital. The median disclosed round is $6.5M, with the middle half of rounds falling between $1.4M and $28M.
Activity clusters heavily in San Francisco and New York, though Toronto and Boston provide significant secondary anchors. Artificial Intelligence and Financial Services lead the sector. Sourcing across North America means prioritizing a few dominant cities rather than a broad regional sweep. This concentration simplifies outreach for those targeting the United States and Canada.
North America funded startup statistics
Most recent funding round on record: Sep 2026. Investors appearing most often across North America funding rounds: Y Combinator, Alumni Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Khosla Ventures, BoxGroup.
100 most recently funded startups in North America
100 of 32,213Ordered 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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North America startup funding trends
Funding activity
Startups in North America closed 14,663 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 8,104 of them in the last 12, adding up to $600B in disclosed capital.
Round sizes
The median disclosed round is $6.5M, with the middle half running from $1.4M to $28M. 11,931 of 14,663 rounds disclosed an amount.
Sectors
Artificial Intelligence, Financial Services and Biotechnology hold the most companies, led by Artificial Intelligence at 4,506. The most common headcount band across the segment is 11-50.
Investors
Y Combinator, Alumni Ventures and Andreessen Horowitz appear most often across funded startups in North America on record.
Industries with the most funded startups in North America
Sector counts across all 32,213 tracked companies in North America. A company assigned more than one industry is counted in each.
Countries with the most funded startups in North America
Where funded startups in North America are headquartered, by the country on the company record.
Where are funded startups located in North America?
Where funded startups in North America are based, by the city on the company record.
Top investors in North America startups
The investors named most often across funded startups in North America.
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 North America
How the last 24 months of funding rounds for funded startups in North America break down by stage.
A further 7,886 rounds in this period were announced without a stage label and are not ranked above.
About the FundedIQ North America 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 32,213 funded startups in North America currently tracked. Round counts, capital totals and the median round are computed over a trailing 24 months. Rounds whose amount was not disclosed (2,732 of 14,663 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 North America is dated Sep 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 North America?
FundedIQ tracks 32,213 funded startups in North America. 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 North America raised?
Startups in North America tracked by FundedIQ have raised $600B in disclosed capital across 14,663 funding rounds over the last 24 months, including 8,104 rounds in the last 12 months. 11,931 of those 14,663 rounds disclosed an amount; undisclosed rounds are excluded from the capital total.
What industries have the most funded startups in North America?
Artificial Intelligence has the most, with 4,506 companies, followed by Financial Services (2,836), Biotechnology (2,759) and Health Care (2,457). Sector counts include every company assigned that industry, and a company can carry more than one.
Which countries have the most funded startups in North America?
United States leads with 29,057 companies, ahead of Canada (3,040), Bermuda (3) and United Kingdom (2).
Which cities have the most funded startups in North America?
San Francisco leads with 3,582 companies, then New York (3,183), Los Angeles (878) and Toronto (843).
Which investors back the most startups in North America?
Y Combinator, Alumni Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Khosla Ventures and BoxGroup appear most often across funded startups in North America 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 North America?
The median disclosed round over the last 24 months is $6.5M, and the middle half of rounds fall between $1.4M and $28M. 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 North America?
Seed is the most common labelled stage, with 2,784 rounds in the last 24 months, ahead of Series A (1,364) and Pre-Seed (1,068). A further 7,886 rounds were announced without a stage label and are not counted here.
How often is the North America 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 North America is dated Sep 2026. Counts and totals on this page are recomputed on every refresh.
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