Recently Funded Startups in San Francisco
Updated Oct 2026
Funded startups in San Francisco number 3,793 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 San Francisco, along with the 100 most recently funded startups there.
The median disclosed round is $8.0M, with the middle half of rounds falling between $1.6M and $28M. Artificial Intelligence, Financial Services and Information Technology hold the most companies by sector. Startups in San Francisco closed 1,880 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 1,004 of them in the last 12 months, and raised $74B in disclosed capital.
Artificial Intelligence dominates the local mix. Early stage funding defines the typical firm, creating a pool of lean teams. These small operations lack deep internal infrastructure. They represent a target for vendors selling foundational tools. The concentration of Seed and Pre-Seed firms means the buyer is often a founder with a fresh check and a need for rapid scale.
San Francisco funded startup statistics
Most recent funding round on record: Oct 2026. Investors appearing most often across San Francisco funding rounds: Y Combinator, Andreessen Horowitz, Alumni Ventures, Index Ventures, General Catalyst.
100 most recently funded startups in San Francisco
100 of 3,793Ordered 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 Francisco startup funding trends
Funding activity
Startups in San Francisco closed 1,880 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 1,004 of them in the last 12, adding up to $74B in disclosed capital.
Round sizes
The median disclosed round is $8.0M, with the middle half running from $1.6M to $28M. 1,608 of 1,880 rounds disclosed an amount.
Sectors
Artificial Intelligence, Financial Services and Information Technology hold the most companies, led by Artificial Intelligence at 1,172. The most common headcount band across the segment is 11-50.
Investors
Y Combinator, Andreessen Horowitz and Alumni Ventures appear most often across funded startups in San Francisco on record.
Industries with the most funded startups in San Francisco
Sector counts across all 3,793 tracked companies in San Francisco. A company assigned more than one industry is counted in each.
Top investors in San Francisco startups
The investors named most often across funded startups in San Francisco.
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 Francisco
How the last 24 months of funding rounds for funded startups in San Francisco break down by stage.
A further 405 rounds in this period were announced without a stage label and are not ranked above.
About the FundedIQ San Francisco 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 3,793 funded startups in San Francisco currently tracked. Round counts, capital totals and the median round are computed over a trailing 24 months. Rounds whose amount was not disclosed (272 of 1,880 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 Francisco 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 Francisco?
FundedIQ tracks 3,793 funded startups in San Francisco. 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 Francisco raised?
Startups in San Francisco tracked by FundedIQ have raised $74B in disclosed capital across 1,880 funding rounds over the last 24 months, including 1,004 rounds in the last 12 months. 1,608 of those 1,880 rounds disclosed an amount; undisclosed rounds are excluded from the capital total.
What industries have the most funded startups in San Francisco?
Artificial Intelligence has the most, with 1,172 companies, followed by Financial Services (358), Information Technology (310) and Apps (193). Sector counts include every company assigned that industry, and a company can carry more than one.
Which investors back the most startups in San Francisco?
Y Combinator, Andreessen Horowitz, Alumni Ventures, Index Ventures and General Catalyst appear most often across funded startups in San Francisco 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 Francisco?
The median disclosed round over the last 24 months is $8.0M, and the middle half of rounds fall between $1.6M 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 San Francisco?
Seed is the most common labelled stage, with 533 rounds in the last 24 months, ahead of Pre-Seed (397) and Series A (274). A further 405 rounds were announced without a stage label and are not counted here.
How often is the San Francisco 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 Francisco is dated Oct 2026. Counts and totals on this page are recomputed on every refresh.
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