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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 5,203 recently funded grant companies with lead investors, funding amounts, and founding team data.

Last updated: October 2026
Total Companies
5,203
Total Funding
$118.5M
Avg Funding
$4.7M
Global Reach
7
countries

Top Industries for Grant Funding

IndustryCompaniesTotal Funding
Biotechnology7$34.6M
Artificial Intelligence (AI)2$17.0M
CleanTech2$74K
Augmented Reality1$256K
Fitness1$1.3M
Association1Undisclosed
Homeless Shelter1$1.3M
Data Integration1$22K
Mineral1$400K
Chemical1$400K

Grant Companies by City

CityCompaniesTotal Funding
Schenectady1$256K
San Diego1$2.5M
Bristol1$1.3M
Barcelona1Undisclosed
Tulsa1$1.3M
New York1Undisclosed
Seattle1Undisclosed
Kyiv1$22K
Minneapolis1$5.8M
Somerville1$305K

Recently Funded Grant Companies

Export
Schenectady, United States
Augmented Reality

Intelligent Medicine is a software and simulation startup company.

$256K raised
Mar 2022
San Diego, United States
Biotechnology

Amydis is a pharmaceutical company that focuses on developing innovative chemistry to detect diseases.

$2.5M raised
Mar 2026
Bristol, United Kingdom
Fitness

Gympanzees is a charity that operates an inclusive play, exercise, and leisure business specifically created for disabled children.

$1.3M raised
Mar 2026
Barcelona, Spain
Association

AFR-IX telecom designs, buils and delivers high quality connectivity on fibre optics services to-from-within AFRICA.

Mar 2025
Tulsa, United States
Homeless Shelter

Eden Village of Tulsa is a non-profit organization that provides affordable and necessary housing solutions.

$1.3M raised
Mar 2025
New York, United States
Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Enspi.io is the virtual power plant for B2B energy management.

Mar 2025
Seattle, United States
CleanTech

Flow Environmental Systems is an engineering firm developing economically feasible and ecologically conscious HVAC&R technologies.

Mar 2025
Kyiv, Ukraine
Data Integration

GetOrder is a restaurant software that integrates food delivery platforms with POS

$22K raised
Mar 2025
Minneapolis, United States
Biotechnology

Luminary Therapeutic is a cancer research center that develops pre-clinical stage cell therapy for cancer and autoimmune diseases.

$5.8M raised
Mar 2025
Somerville, United States
Biotechnology

Novaurum Bioscience creates nano-biological coatings for medical implants to reduce infections and enhance healing.

$305K raised
Mar 2025
Sunnyvale, United States
Biotechnology

PETcoil makes multimodality molecular imaging more accurate, sensitive, and affordable.

$4.1M raised
Mar 2025
Denver, United States
Mineral

Big Blue Technologies is developing a thermal magnesium metal production process.

$400K raised
Mar 2024
West Valley City, United States
Chemical

Blacksand Technology develops a meltless process to produce spherical refractory alloy metal powders.

$400K raised
Mar 2024
San Jose, United States
Electrical Distribution

Energy Internet Corporation unites engineering and hardware systems to produce efficient energy storage and renewable energy distribution.

$400K raised
Mar 2024
Mountain View, United States
Aerospace

Flawless Photonics is an innovative organization comprised of subject matter experts from the many disciplines.

$400K raised
Mar 2024
Palo Alto, United States
Neuroscience

Forest Neurotech to empower individuals and improving lives by developing a minimally invasive ultrasonic whole-brain computer interface.

$14.0M raised
Mar 2024
Edinburgh, United Kingdom

IDRIC is the hub of the green transition in the UK's industrial heartlands.

$1.3M raised
Mar 2024
Wilmington, United States
Agriculture

NAPIGEN is a biotechnology company that addresses novel genome engineering of various organisms such as plants, microbes, and animals.

Mar 2024
San Francisco, United States
Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Arya's AI concierge makes it radically easy for couples to invest in their relationship and love life, inside and outside the bedroom.

$17.0M raised
Mar 2026
Vancouver, Canada
CleanTech

Bayes Studio is a technology company that provides AI-powered environmental monitoring and wildfire detection and management solutions.

$74K raised
Mar 2026
Cambridge, United States
Biotechnology

Casma Therapeutics is a biotechnology company harnessing the natural cellular process of autophagy to design new medicines.

$7.6M raised
Mar 2026
Belfast, United Kingdom
AgTech

CattleEye provides a complete solution to livestock farmers, allowing them to monitor the performance and welfare of their cows.

$456K raised
Mar 2026
Paris, France
Energy

Jimmy develops and operates thermal generators that supply industrial facilities with process heat produced through nuclear fission.

$46.5M raised
Mar 2026
Umeå, Sweden
Biotechnology

LipUm operates as a biotechnology company that offers anti-inflammatory drugs.

$9.3M raised
Mar 2026
Providence, United States
Biotechnology

MindImmune Therapeutics is a pharmaceutical company developing drugs to treat diseases of the central nervous system.

$5.0M raised
Mar 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 5,203 grant companies tracked in the VCBacked database, here is a snapshot of current funding activity at this stage.

Average Funding
$4.7M
Funded Last 12 Months
9
of 25 on this page
Industries Represented
10+
Cities Represented
10+

Top Industries Receiving Grant Funding

7 companies
2 companies
1 companies
1 companies

Top Cities for Grant Startups

1.Schenectady
1 companies
2.San Diego
1 companies
3.Bristol
1 companies
4.Barcelona
1 companies
5.Tulsa
1 companies

How to Find Grant Startups

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You can narrow your search by filtering companies by industry vertical, city or region, or by exploring specific combinations such as Grant biotechnology companies. Each company profile includes funding details, founder names, and contact information to help you reach out directly.

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