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Recently Funded Grant Startups

Grant companies represent a specific stage in the startup funding lifecycle, each with unique characteristics and growth opportunities.

Explore 5,149 recently funded grant companies with lead investors, funding amounts, and founding team data.

Last updated: August 2026
Total Companies
5,149
Total Funding
$82.5M
Avg Funding
$3.3M
Global Reach
3
countries

Top Industries for Grant Funding

IndustryCompaniesTotal Funding
Artificial Intelligence (AI)13Undisclosed
Agentic AI2Undisclosed
Biotechnology1$1000K
Analytics1Undisclosed
Bioinformatics1Undisclosed
Aerospace1Undisclosed
Cyber Security1Undisclosed
AI Infrastructure1$500K
Fitness1Undisclosed
Developer Tools1Undisclosed

Grant Companies by City

CityCompaniesTotal Funding
San Francisco15$500K
Chicago1$1000K
Pullman1Undisclosed
Wilmington1Undisclosed
Seattle1Undisclosed
Princeton1Undisclosed
Mountain View1Undisclosed
Berlin1Undisclosed
Belmont1Undisclosed
West Palm Beach1$81.0M

Recently Funded Grant Companies

Export
Chicago, United States
Biotechnology

Oxalo Therapeutics creates drugs to treat rare kidney diseases and prevent recurring kidney stones.

$1000K raised
Apr 2022
San Francisco, United States
Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Spotpay offers a digital wallet platform and payment software that lets users send, receive, and spend money.

Apr 2026
Pullman, United States
Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Voltair develops autonomous drones providing real-time infrastructure inspection and aerial data analytics services.

Apr 2026
San Francisco, United States
Artificial Intelligence (AI)

EigenPal provides AI-driven document automation to process, extract, and manage enterprise business documents efficiently.

Apr 2026
San Francisco, United States
Analytics

Cajal offers datasets, frameworks, and RL environments to train and assess AI models in formal verification and mathematical reasoning.

Apr 2026
Wilmington, United States
Agentic AI

Carson builds AI agents with adaptive interfaces that assist with outreach, lead qualification, slide creation, and task automation.

Apr 2026
San Francisco, United States
Bioinformatics

Cell Type develops models that simulate human drug response and analyze single-cell data for target selection and clinical design.

Apr 2026
Seattle, United States
Aerospace

Constellation Space develops software that predicts satellite link failures and automates network routing using AI and real-time telemetry.

Apr 2026
Princeton, United States
Cyber Security

Crosslayer Labs offers cybersecurity software that monitors web infrastructure and detects website and API hijacking threats.

Apr 2026
San Francisco, United States
AI Infrastructure

Cumulus Labs develops software for creating, running, and managing virtual labs and hands-on training environments.

$500K raised
Apr 2026
San Francisco, United States
Fitness

Fort provides a wearable device and platform that helps users track strength training, monitor progress, and guide exercise form.

Apr 2026
San Francisco, United States
Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Jinba builds an AI platform that lets enterprises create and run automated workflows using natural language across teams.

Apr 2026
Mountain View, United States
Agentic AI

Klaus AI is an agentic AI company that offers personal virtual assistant on cloud infrastructure.

Apr 2026
Berlin, Germany
Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Mango Medical develops AI-powered software for orthopedic surgical planning, enabling faster, personalized treatment decisions.

Apr 2026
Belmont, United States
Developer Tools

Mendral offers DevOps software that monitors continuous integration pipelines, diagnoses failures, and generates code fixes.

Apr 2026
San Francisco, United States
Database

One Robot builds a data platform that uses world models to detect action policy failures and generate synthetic trajectories for robots.

Apr 2026
San Francisco, United States
Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Oxus AI offers an AI audit platform that automates internal audit documentation, control testing, and evidence analysis for audit teams.

Apr 2026
San Francisco, United States
Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Piris Labs develops optical interconnects and software for AI inference and data center compute infrastructure.

Apr 2026
San Francisco, United States
Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Polymorph offers an AI platform that builds user profiles from product data and automates onboarding, notifications, and revenue workflows.

Apr 2026
San Francisco, United States
Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Reframe offers AI agents that automate vendor communication, track parts, and manage supply chain workflows for manufacturing teams.

Apr 2026
San Francisco, United States
Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Robby offers AI software that supports HVAC technicians with job context, documentation, and syncing service data to office systems.

Apr 2026
San Francisco, United States
Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Robots develops autonomous depot operation system to automate charging and operational workflows for electric and AV fleets.

Apr 2026
West Palm Beach, United States
Energy Storage

Rye Development specializes in pumped storage facilities and hydropower energy projects.

$81.0M raised
Apr 2026
San Francisco, United States
Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Samora AI offers voice agents that automate inbound and outbound calls, execute workflows, and integrate with business systems.

Apr 2026
London, United Kingdom
Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Seeing Systems designs and builds autonomous hardware using AI and computer vision.

Apr 2026
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What is Grant Funding?

Grant represents a specific stage in the venture capital funding lifecycle. Companies at this stage have unique characteristics that define their growth trajectory and investment requirements.

Typical Funding Range

Varies

The actual amount varies based on market conditions, company traction, and investor appetite.

What It's Used For

Capital raised at this stage is typically used to accelerate growth, expand the team, develop the product, and increase market presence.

Who Invests at the Grant Stage?

Investors at this stage include a mix of venture capital firms, angel investors, and institutional investors, depending on the size and maturity of the company.

Key Metrics Investors Evaluate

Key metrics vary by stage but generally include revenue growth, user acquisition, market size, team strength, and operational efficiency.

Grant Funding Trends

Based on 5,149 grant companies tracked in the VCBacked database, here is a snapshot of current funding activity at this stage.

Average Funding
$3.3M
Funded Last 12 Months
24
of 25 on this page
Industries Represented
10+
Cities Represented
10+

Top Industries Receiving Grant Funding

2 companies
1 companies
1 companies
1 companies

Top Cities for Grant Startups

1.San Francisco
15 companies
2.Chicago
1 companies
3.Pullman
1 companies
4.Wilmington
1 companies
5.Seattle
1 companies

How to Find Grant Startups

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