Recently Funded Startups in Palo Alto
Updated Sep 2026
Funded startups in Palo Alto number 459 in FundedIQ, tracked with their funding rounds, amounts, investors, industries, locations and company details. This page provides an overview of the startup funding landscape in Palo Alto, along with the 100 most recently funded startups there.
The median disclosed round is $20M, with the middle half of rounds falling between $6.0M and $60M. Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology and Information Technology hold the most companies by sector. Startups in Palo Alto closed 250 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 135 of them in the last 12 months, and raised $18B in disclosed capital.
Palo Alto activity centers on early stage ventures. Seed and Series A rounds dominate, meaning these companies are building initial teams and refining product market fit. Greenoaks and Sequoia Capital lead the funding activity. This concentration of early stage firms makes the area a primary source for identifying nascent technology before it scales into later growth phases.
Palo Alto funded startup statistics
Most recent funding round on record: Aug 2026. Investors appearing most often across Palo Alto funding rounds: Y Combinator, Greenoaks, Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Gaingels.
100 most recently funded startups in Palo Alto
100 of 459Ordered 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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Palo Alto startup funding trends
Funding activity
Startups in Palo Alto closed 250 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 135 of them in the last 12, adding up to $18B in disclosed capital.
Round sizes
The median disclosed round is $20M, with the middle half running from $6.0M to $60M. 217 of 250 rounds disclosed an amount.
Sectors
Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology and Information Technology hold the most companies, led by Artificial Intelligence at 174. The most common headcount band across the segment is 11-50.
Investors
Y Combinator, Greenoaks and Sequoia Capital appear most often across funded startups in Palo Alto on record.
Industries with the most funded startups in Palo Alto
Sector counts across all 459 tracked companies in Palo Alto. A company assigned more than one industry is counted in each.
Top investors in Palo Alto startups
The investors named most often across funded startups in Palo Alto.
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 Palo Alto
How the last 24 months of funding rounds for funded startups in Palo Alto break down by stage.
A further 74 rounds in this period were announced without a stage label and are not ranked above.
About the FundedIQ Palo Alto 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 459 funded startups in Palo Alto currently tracked. Round counts, capital totals and the median round are computed over a trailing 24 months. Rounds whose amount was not disclosed (33 of 250 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 Palo Alto 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 Palo Alto?
FundedIQ tracks 459 funded startups in Palo Alto. 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 Palo Alto raised?
Startups in Palo Alto tracked by FundedIQ have raised $18B in disclosed capital across 250 funding rounds over the last 24 months, including 135 rounds in the last 12 months. 217 of those 250 rounds disclosed an amount; undisclosed rounds are excluded from the capital total.
What industries have the most funded startups in Palo Alto?
Artificial Intelligence has the most, with 174 companies, followed by Biotechnology (35), Information Technology (33) and Financial Services (25). Sector counts include every company assigned that industry, and a company can carry more than one.
Which investors back the most startups in Palo Alto?
Y Combinator, Greenoaks, Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz and Gaingels appear most often across funded startups in Palo Alto 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 Palo Alto?
The median disclosed round over the last 24 months is $20M, and the middle half of rounds fall between $6.0M and $60M. 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 Palo Alto?
Seed is the most common labelled stage, with 64 rounds in the last 24 months, ahead of Series A (47) and Series B (28). A further 74 rounds were announced without a stage label and are not counted here.
How often is the Palo Alto 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 Palo Alto is dated Aug 2026. Counts and totals on this page are recomputed on every refresh.
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