Recently Funded Startups in Santa Cruz
Updated Sep 2026
FundedIQ holds 27 funded startups in Santa Cruz 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 Santa Cruz, along with the 27 most recently funded startups there.
Startups in Santa Cruz closed 10 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 6 of them in the last 12 months, and raised $223M in disclosed capital. The median disclosed round is $18M, with the middle half of rounds falling between $5.6M and $30M. Artificial Intelligence, Food and Beverage and Health Care hold the most companies by sector.
Artificial Intelligence leads this group, followed by Food and Beverage and Health Care. The presence of consumer goods alongside deep tech creates a split profile. Filtering by sub-sector separates the software builds from the physical product ventures. Mid-sized teams appear more frequently than solo founders, which indicates a preference for established operational structures over early seed prototypes.
Santa Cruz funded startup statistics
Most recent funding round on record: Aug 2026.
27 most recently funded startups in Santa Cruz
27 shownOrdered 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.
Santa Cruz startup funding trends
Funding activity
Startups in Santa Cruz closed 10 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 6 of them in the last 12, adding up to $223M in disclosed capital.
Round sizes
The median disclosed round is $18M, with the middle half running from $5.6M to $30M. 8 of 10 rounds disclosed an amount.
Sectors
Artificial Intelligence, Food and Beverage and Health Care hold the most companies, led by Artificial Intelligence at 5. The most common headcount band across the segment is 11-50.
Industries with the most funded startups in Santa Cruz
Sector counts across all 27 tracked companies in Santa Cruz. A company assigned more than one industry is counted in each.
Funding stages in Santa Cruz
How the last 24 months of funding rounds for funded startups in Santa Cruz break down by stage.
A further 4 rounds in this period were announced without a stage label and are not ranked above.
About the FundedIQ Santa Cruz 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 27 funded startups in Santa Cruz currently tracked. Round counts, capital totals and the median round are computed over a trailing 24 months. Rounds whose amount was not disclosed (2 of 10 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 Santa Cruz is dated Aug 2026.
The table above shows the 27 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 Santa Cruz?
FundedIQ tracks 27 funded startups in Santa Cruz. This page lists the 27 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 Santa Cruz raised?
Startups in Santa Cruz tracked by FundedIQ have raised $223M in disclosed capital across 10 funding rounds over the last 24 months, including 6 rounds in the last 12 months. 8 of those 10 rounds disclosed an amount; undisclosed rounds are excluded from the capital total.
What industries have the most funded startups in Santa Cruz?
Artificial Intelligence has the most, with 5 companies, followed by Food and Beverage (3), Health Care (3) and Apps (2). Sector counts include every company assigned that industry, and a company can carry more than one.
What is a typical funding round size for startups in Santa Cruz?
The median disclosed round over the last 24 months is $18M, and the middle half of rounds fall between $5.6M and $30M. 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 Santa Cruz?
Series C is the most common labelled stage, with 3 rounds in the last 24 months, ahead of Convertible Note (1) and Pre-Seed (1). A further 4 rounds were announced without a stage label and are not counted here.
How often is the Santa Cruz 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 Santa Cruz is dated Aug 2026. Counts and totals on this page are recomputed on every refresh.
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