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Top 100 VC-Backed Startups 2026

Leading venture-backed startups sorted by total funding raised across all rounds.

As of July 2026, these 100 companies have raised $976.3B in combined funding.

Showing top 100 of 16,027 matching companies · Ranked by total funding raised · Updated Jul 2026

1
OpenAI

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artifi...

San Francisco, United States5001–10000Artificial Intelligence, Generative AI
Corporate Round·$179.6B·Mar 2026
2
Anthropic

Anthropic is an AI research company that builds reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.

San Francisco, United States1001–5000Artificial Intelligence, Generative AI
Series G+·$123.7B·May 2026
3
xAI

xAI is an AI platform for accelerating human scientific discovery.

San Francisco, United States201–500Artificial Intelligence, Generative AI
Series E·$41.4B·Jan 2026
4
Waymo

Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with a mission to make it safe and easy for peo...

Mountain View, United States1001–5000Artificial Intelligence, Autonomous Vehicles
Venture Round·$31.6B·May 2026
5
Ant Group

Global fintech company operating Alipay and providing digital payment, wealth management, insuran...

Hangzhou, China10001+Digital Payments, Financial Services
Series C·$28.5B·Jun 2018
6
Masdar City

Pioneering sustainable urban community and innovation hub in Abu Dhabi.

Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesClean Energy, Real Estate
Corporate Round·$22.0B·Feb 2008
7
Didi Chuxing

Didi Chuxing is a mobile transportation platform, offering a full range of commuting options to 4...

Beijing, China10001+Marketplace, Mobility
Corporate Round·$20.2B·Feb 2018
8
Databricks

Databricks is the pioneer of the data lakehouse, a unified platform for data science, machine lea...

San Francisco, United States10001+Analytics, Artificial Intelligence
Series G+·$19.0B·Dec 2025
9
Vantage Data Centers

Wholesale data center campus operator serving hyperscalers, cloud providers, and large enterprise...

Santa Clara, United States1001–5000Cloud, Infrastructure
Growth Equity·$17.2B·Sep 2025
10
Nscale

AI compute infrastructure platform backed by NVIDIA.

London, United Kingdom201–500Artificial Intelligence, Infrastructure
Series C·$16.6B·Mar 2026
11
Anduril

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform US and allied mili...

Costa Mesa, United States1001–5000Artificial Intelligence, Defense Tech
Venture Round·$15.3B·May 2026
12
FiberCop NetCo

The national fixed line network in Italy which encompasses all infrastructure required to provide...

Milan, Italy10001+Telecommunications
Private Equity·$14.2B·Jul 2024
13
Block.one

Blockchain software company that developed the EOS.IO protocol, raising $4B+ in a record-breaking...

George Town, Cayman Islands51–200Crypto & Web3
Corporate Round·$14.0B·May 2021
14
JUUL

Juul Labs develops vapor products designed to offer adult smokers an alternative to combustible c...

Washington, United States501–1000Hardware, Electronic Cigarettes
Corporate Round·$14.0B·Dec 2018
15
Rapidus

Japanese semiconductor manufacturer developing advanced 2nm chip technology.

Tokyo, Japan501–1000Semiconductors
Grant·$13.6B·Apr 2026
16
Reliance Retail

Reliance Retail operates an online and offline retail business in Food & Grocery, Fashion & Lifes...

Mumbai, India10001+E-Commerce, Retail
Private Equity·$12.4B·Oct 2023
17
Prometheus

AI-powered platform designed for immigration law firms

New York, United States1–10Artificial Intelligence, Legal Tech
Series B·$12.0B·Jun 2026
18
Stegra

Green steel company using hydrogen and renewable electricity to decarbonize steel production. For...

Stockholm, Sweden201–500Clean Tech, Green Steel
Venture Round·$11.9B·Jun 2026
19
Sedgwick

Claims management and productivity solutions

Memphis, United States10001+Insurance, Business Services
Private Equity·$11.2B·Sep 2024
20
Sempra Infrastructure Partners

Leading North American energy infrastructure platform.

San Diego, United States1001–5000Climate Tech
Corporate Round·$10.4B·Sep 2025
21
Refresco

Independent beverage contract manufacturer offering critical bottling services in North America a...

Rotterdam, Netherlands10001+Manufacturing, Food & Drinks
Private Equity·$9.8B·Feb 2022
22
Subway

World's largest fast-food restaurant chain by number of locations, specializing in submarine sand...

Milford, United States10001+Food & Beverage, Retail
Private Equity·$9.6B·Aug 2023
23
ByteDance

ByteDance is a Chinese technology company that utilizes AI to distribute content based on users' ...

Beijing, China10001+Social Media, Artificial Intelligence
Growth Equity·$9.1B·Jun 2019
24
Jio

Reliance Jio is a next-generation technology platform focused on providing high-quality and affor...

Navi Mumbai, India10001+Telecommunications
Corporate Round·$8.8B·May 2020
25
Varsity Brands

A platform comprised of two businesses with a mission of elevating the student experience through...

Dallas5001–10000Education, Retail
Private Equity·$8.8B·Aug 2024

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