Top hardware startups (2026)
19,187
Startups
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164,659
All startups
4 September 2026
Data as of
100 rows
| # | Company | City | Stage | Last round | Date | Total raised |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | London | Series C | Series C | 2023-06-28 | |
| 2 | Etched | San Jose | Series D+ | Series D | 2026-08-18 | $1.6B |
| 3 | Agibot | Shanghai | Seed | Seed | 2025-08-01 | $84.8M |
| 4 | Starcloud | Redmond | Series A | Series A | 2026-08-21 | $443.9M |
| 5 | Terra Industries | Abuja | Seed | Seed | 2026-08-17 | $51.8M |
| 6 | Gravis Robotics | Zürich | Series A | Series A | 2026-08-17 | $223.0M |
| 7 | Generalist AI | San Mateo | Series B | Series B | 2026-08-24 | $753.0M |
| 8 | Humanoid | London | Series A | Series A | 2026-07-21 | $152.0M |
| 9 | Callosum | London | Seed | Seed | 2026-08-20 | $110.2M |
| 10 | Meshy AI | Sunnyvale | Series B | Series B | 2026-07-20 | $450.0M |
| 11 | Helsing | Munich | Series D+ | Series E | 2026-07-13 | $3.3B |
| 12 | Sesame | San Francisco | Series B | Series B | 2025-10-21 | |
| 13 | VAST Data | New York | Series D+ | Series F | 2026-04-09 | $1.4B |
| 14 | Flock Safety | Atlanta | Series D+ | Series I | 2026-04-17 | $1.2B |
| 15 | Unitree Robotics | Hangzhou | Series C | Series C | 2025-06-19 | |
| 16 | X Square Robot | Shenzhen | Series C | Series C | 2026-06-29 | $591.0M |
| 17 | Lumilens | San Jose | Series C | Series C | 2026-08-06 | $836.5M |
| 18 | NEURA Robotics | Metzingen | Series C | Series C | 2026-06-10 | $1.7B |
| 19 | Cambridge Aerospace | Cambridge | Series C | Series C | 2026-08-10 | $600.0M |
| 20 | Agility Robotics | Albany | Series C | Series C | 2025-09-10 | |
| 21 | OLIX | London | Series B | Series B | 2026-08-03 | $562.0M |
| 22 | Neros Technologies | Los Angeles | Series C | Series C | 2026-08-11 | $369.5M |
| 23 | Upwind Security | San Francisco | Series B | Series B | 2026-01-26 | $430.0M |
| 24 | Airbound | Bengaluru | Series A | Series A | 2026-08-24 | $47.5M |
| 25 | DEEPX | Seongnam | Series D+ | Series D | 2026-08-03 | $131.0M |
| 26 | microagi | Munich | Seed | Seed | 2026-07-16 | $55.0M |
| 27 | Northwood Space | Torrance | Series B | Series B | 2026-01-27 | $136.4M |
| 28 | Lingchu Intelligence | Haidian | Series A | Series A | 2026-08-27 | $390.4M |
| 29 | Axiom Space | Houston | Series D+ | Series D | 2026-06-04 | $1.0B |
| 30 | Silicon Data | New York | Series A | Series A | 2026-08-04 | $35.2M |
| 31 | Quantum Systems | Gilching | Series D+ | Series D | 2026-07-02 | $2.0B |
| 32 | Sumsub | Limassol | Series B | Series B | 2022-12-15 | |
| 33 | Sigma Computing | San Francisco | Series D+ | Series E | 2026-05-18 | $725.3M |
| 34 | Halcyon | Austin | Series C | Series C | 2024-11-25 | $190.0M |
| 35 | Moloco | Redwood City | Series D+ | Series D | 2023-06-29 | $215.7M |
| 36 | Chemify | Glasgow | Series B | Series B | 2025-10-21 | |
| 37 | Mach Industries | Huntington Beach | Series C | Series C | 2026-06-01 | $484.7M |
| 38 | Halter | Auckland | Series D+ | Series E | 2026-03-24 | $419.1M |
| 39 | Vast | Long Beach | Series A | Series A | 2026-03-05 | $650.0M |
| 40 | Velaura AI | Santa Clara | Series A | Series A | 2026-08-18 | $424.0M |
| 41 | Coco | Santa Monica | Series B | Series B | 2025-06-11 | $121.5M |
| 42 | ChipAgents | Goleta | Series A | Series A | 2026-07-29 | $134.1M |
| 43 | Koi | Tel Aviv | Series A | Series A | 2025-09-10 | $48.0M |
| 44 | Eight Sleep | New York | Series D+ | Series D | 2026-03-04 | $301.8M |
| 45 | Anduril Industries | Costa Mesa | Series D+ | Series H | 2026-05-13 | $11.4B |
| 46 | BILT | Grapevine | Series B | Series B | 2024-12-16 | $33.5M |
| 47 | Lightelligence | Boston | Series C | Series C | 2025-09-04 | $246.4M |
| 48 | Tools For Humanity | San Francisco | Series C | Series C | 2023-05-25 | $244.0M |
| 49 | WEKA | Campbell | Series D+ | Series E | 2024-05-15 | $415.1M |
| 50 | Waymo | Mountain View | Series C | Series C | 2024-07-23 | |
| 51 | Quintessent | Goleta | Series A | Series A | 2026-08-24 | $53.9M |
| 52 | Physical Intelligence | San Francisco | Series B | Series B | 2025-11-20 | $1.1B |
| 53 | Overland AI | Seattle | Series B | Series B | 2026-02-03 | $142.0M |
| 54 | Aurelius Systems | San Francisco | Series A | Series A | 2026-08-05 | $50.0M |
| 55 | GalaxEye | Chennai | Series A | Series A | 2026-03-12 | $18.4M |
| 56 | Astromech | Austin | Seed | Seed | 2026-08-20 | $60.5M |
| 57 | Celestial AI | Santa Clara | Series C | Series C | 2025-03-11 | $593.9M |
| 58 | ENGINEAI | Shenzhen | Series B | Series B | 2026-05-06 | $381.0M |
| 59 | Ayar Labs | San Jose | Series D+ | Series E | 2026-02-28 | $874.6M |
| 60 | Groq | San Jose | Series A | Series A | 2026-08-17 | $2.8B |
| 61 | Oasis Security | New York | Series B | Series B | 2026-03-19 | $195.0M |
| 62 | Hush Security | Tel Aviv-yafo | Series A | Series A | 2026-07-28 | $41.0M |
| 63 | Allen Control Systems | Austin | Series B | Series B | 2026-06-05 | $242.0M |
| 64 | Helcim | Calgary | Series C | Series C | 2026-08-21 | $71.2M |
| 65 | DriveNets | Ra'anana | Series D+ | Series D | 2026-06-01 | $1.6B |
| 66 | Neysa | Mumbai | Series B | Series B | 2026-02-16 | $649.9M |
| 67 | Fractile | London | Series B | Series B | 2026-05-13 | $263.8M |
| 68 | XBOW | Seattle | Series C | Series C | 2026-05-06 | $272.0M |
| 69 | Spirit AI | Beijing | Series A | Series A | 2026-06-03 | $841.4M |
| 70 | Transcend | San Francisco | Series B | Series B | 2024-05-28 | $69.0M |
| 71 | Point2 Technology | San Jose | Series B | Series B | 2026-08-10 | $187.2M |
| 72 | Positron | Reno | Series B | Series B | 2026-02-04 | $305.1M |
| 73 | MatX | Mountain View | Series B | Series B | 2026-02-24 | $625.0M |
| 74 | Armada | San Francisco | Series B | Series B | 2026-05-19 | $469.0M |
| 75 | Mara | San Francisco | Pre-seed | Pre-seed | 2026-08-26 | $7.8M |
| 76 | Motion Brain | Shanghai | Seed | Seed | 2026-08-19 | $134.6M |
| 77 | Tractian | Atlanta | Series C | Series C | 2024-12-05 | $183.7M |
| 78 | Galaxea AI | Suzhou | Series B | Series B | 2026-04-02 | $604.6M |
| 79 | Prime Intellect | San Francisco | Series A | Series A | 2026-07-08 | $150.5M |
| 80 | Heaviside Industries | Los Angeles | Series B | Series B | 2026-08-12 | $88.0M |
| 81 | Dyna Robotics | Redwood City | Series A | Series A | 2025-09-15 | $143.5M |
| 82 | LambdaTest | San Francisco | Series D+ | Series D | 2024-12-10 | |
| 83 | Retell AI | San Francisco | Seed | Seed | 2024-04-03 | $4.7M |
| 84 | Linkerbot | Beijing | Series B | Series B | 2026-04-29 | $245.1M |
| 85 | Dominion Dynamics | Ottawa | Series A | Series A | 2026-06-30 | $116.4M |
| 86 | Knox | Austin | Series A | Series A | 2026-03-17 | $31.5M |
| 87 | MinIO | Redwood City | Series B | Series B | 2022-01-26 | $126.3M |
| 88 | Standard Bots | New York | Series C | Series C | 2026-06-09 | $265.0M |
| 89 | Boosteroid | Austin | Series A | Series A | 2021-01-01 | $80.0M |
| 90 | Skydio | San Mateo | Series D+ | Series F | 2026-04-23 | $850.0M |
| 91 | eComID | Stockholm | Seed | Seed | 2026-08-25 | $20.0M |
| 92 | Qunnect | New York | Series A | Series A | 2025-06-24 | $22.5M |
| 93 | OptQC | Tokyo | Series A | Series A | 2026-08-03 | $58.5M |
| 94 | Eliyan | Santa Clara | Series C | Series C | 2026-07-29 | $295.0M |
| 95 | Frore Systems | San Jose | Series D+ | Series D | 2026-03-16 | $323.0M |
| 96 | Lumen | Tel Aviv | Series B | Series B | 2022-12-01 | |
| 97 | DG Matrix | Raleigh | Series A | Series A | 2026-02-18 | $80.0M |
| 98 | W4 Games | Dublin | Series B | Series B | 2026-08-25 | $44.6M |
| 99 | mimic | Zürich | Seed | Seed | 2025-11-03 | |
| 100 | Cluely | New York | Series A | Series A | 2025-06-20 | $20.3M |
Table 1. Top hardware startups (2026), by total raised. Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 4 September 2026. Base: 19,187.
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Cite: FundingWatcher, 19,187 startups, 4 September 2026. https://fundingwatcher.com/startups/hardware/