Recently Funded Startups in San Diego
Updated Oct 2026
FundedIQ tracks 453 funded startups in San Diego, with their funding rounds, amounts, investors, industries, locations and company details. This page provides an overview of the startup funding landscape in San Diego, along with the 100 most recently funded startups there.
Startups in San Diego closed 216 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 120 of them in the last 12 months, and raised $10B in disclosed capital. The median disclosed round is $10M, with the middle half of rounds falling between $3.0M and $38M. Biotechnology, Health Care and Artificial Intelligence hold the most companies by sector.
San Diego activity centers on early ventures. Seed and Series A stages dominate, which means most companies are still refining product market fit. These lean teams often maintain small headcounts. Sourcing here involves identifying founders before they reach late stage maturity. Prospecting targets lean operations where leadership still manages daily tactical execution.
San Diego funded startup statistics
Most recent funding round on record: Oct 2026. Investors appearing most often across San Diego funding rounds: Eli Lilly, Foresite Capital, National Science Foundation.
100 most recently funded startups in San Diego
100 of 453Ordered 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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San Diego startup funding trends
Funding activity
Startups in San Diego closed 216 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 120 of them in the last 12, adding up to $10B in disclosed capital.
Round sizes
The median disclosed round is $10M, with the middle half running from $3.0M to $38M. 175 of 216 rounds disclosed an amount.
Sectors
Biotechnology, Health Care and Artificial Intelligence hold the most companies, led by Biotechnology at 159. The most common headcount band across the segment is 11-50.
Investors
Eli Lilly, Foresite Capital and National Science Foundation appear most often across funded startups in San Diego on record.
Industries with the most funded startups in San Diego
Sector counts across all 453 tracked companies in San Diego. A company assigned more than one industry is counted in each.
Top investors in San Diego startups
The investors named most often across funded startups in San Diego.
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 San Diego
How the last 24 months of funding rounds for funded startups in San Diego break down by stage.
A further 122 rounds in this period were announced without a stage label and are not ranked above.
About the FundedIQ San Diego 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 453 funded startups in San Diego currently tracked. Round counts, capital totals and the median round are computed over a trailing 24 months. Rounds whose amount was not disclosed (41 of 216 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 San Diego is dated Oct 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 San Diego?
FundedIQ tracks 453 funded startups in San Diego. 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 San Diego raised?
Startups in San Diego tracked by FundedIQ have raised $10B in disclosed capital across 216 funding rounds over the last 24 months, including 120 rounds in the last 12 months. 175 of those 216 rounds disclosed an amount; undisclosed rounds are excluded from the capital total.
What industries have the most funded startups in San Diego?
Biotechnology has the most, with 159 companies, followed by Health Care (44), Artificial Intelligence (43) and Financial Services (23). Sector counts include every company assigned that industry, and a company can carry more than one.
Which investors back the most startups in San Diego?
Eli Lilly, Foresite Capital and National Science Foundation appear most often across funded startups in San Diego 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 San Diego?
The median disclosed round over the last 24 months is $10M, and the middle half of rounds fall between $3.0M and $38M. 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 San Diego?
Seed is the most common labelled stage, with 30 rounds in the last 24 months, ahead of Series A (20) and Series B (17). A further 122 rounds were announced without a stage label and are not counted here.
How often is the San Diego 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 San Diego is dated Oct 2026. Counts and totals on this page are recomputed on every refresh.
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