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Top 100 VC-Backed Startups 2026

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

As of August 2026, these 100 companies have raised $976.8B in combined funding.

Showing top 100 of 18,766 matching companies · Ranked by total funding raised · Updated Aug 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·$47.4B·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·$29.6B·Feb 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
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+·$20.0B·Jul 2026
8
Project Prometheus

AI company focused on applying artificial intelligence to physical tasks, launched with $6.2B ini...

San Francisco, United States51–200Artificial Intelligence, Manufacturing
Series B·$18.2B·Jun 2026
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
JUUL

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

Washington, United States501–1000Hardware, Electronic Cigarettes
Corporate Round·$14.8B·Dec 2018
11
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
12
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
13
Rapidus

Japanese semiconductor manufacturer developing advanced 2nm chip technology.

Tokyo, Japan501–1000Semiconductors
Grant·$13.6B·Apr 2026
14
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
15
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Bezos' Prometheus

AI startup building artificial general engineer for physical-world robotics and automation.

51–200Artificial Intelligence, Developer Tools
Series B·$12.0B·Jun 2026
16
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·$11.3B·May 2026
17
Sedgwick

Claims management and productivity solutions

Memphis, United States10001+Insurance, business services
Private Equity·$11.2B·Sep 2024
18
Sempra Infrastructure Partners

Leading North American energy infrastructure platform.

San Diego, United States1001–5000Climate Tech
Corporate Round·$10.4B·Sep 2025
19
Reliance Jio

India's largest telecom network and digital services provider, offering 5G, broadband, and mobile...

Mumbai, India10001+Telecommunications, Digital Infrastructure
Corporate Round·$10.0B·Jun 2020
20
Refresco

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

Rotterdam, Netherlands10001+Manufacturing, Food & Drinks
Private Equity·$9.8B·Feb 2022
21
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
22
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
23
Stegra

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

Stockholm, Sweden201–500Clean Tech, Green Steel
Venture Round·$8.8B·Jun 2026
24
Stripe

Economic infrastructure for the internet.

South San Francisco, United States5001–10000Banking, Fintech
Series G+·$8.8B·Mar 2023
25
Varsity Brands

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

Dallas, United States5001–10000Education, Retail
Private Equity·$8.8B·Aug 2024

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