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Outdoors Startups

Updated July 2026

Outdoor-industry startups across apparel, gear, camping, hiking, hunting, and outdoor-recreation software — selling to consumers, guides, retailers, and outfitters.

Explore 100 recently funded outdoors companies with verified founder contact information and fundraising data.

Total Companies
100
Total Funding
$40.2M
Avg Funding
$1.6M
Global Reach
6
countries

Top Cities for Outdoors

Austin
Newport Beach
Baton Rouge
Tumwater
Charlotte
Milan

Recently Funded Companies

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Austin, United States

BirdDog is an outdoor and sporting goods company that offers hunting services.

$500K raised
Apr 2025

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Newport Beach, United States

Jupe is a hospitality product technology startup providing well appointed shelters to those seeking to enhance experiential offerings.

$1.1M raised
Apr 2025

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Baton Rouge, United States

Mallard Bay is a SaaS platform helping hunting and fishing outfitters manage bookings, payments, and operations in one place.

$880K raised
Mar 2025

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Tumwater, United States

SENDY is an online marketplace and Gear Hub that lets users Buy, Sell and Rent Adventure Sports equipment anywhere in North America.

$50K raised
Mar 2025

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Charlotte, United States

Craftwork is a home service company that provides interior and exterior painting works.

$7.0M raised
Jan 2025

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Austin, United States

Unlocking the Outdoors

$1.5M raised
Oct 2024

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Milan, Italy

A platform where certified guides can organize group trips for extreme sports enthusiasts

$1.3M raised
Sep 2024

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Bozeman, United States

LandTrust is a marketplace where people can list, discover, and book private land for hunting, fishing, and outdoor experiences.

$1.2M raised
Jul 2024

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Memphis, United States

AnyCreek is an online platform for booking outdoor adventures and empowering guides and outfitters to manage and operate their business

$1.8M raised
Jun 2024

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Bend, United States

App-based platform to rent an RV as easily as renting an electric scooter.

$250K raised
May 2024

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Hasselt, Belgium

Raw Stadia is a sports technology company that specializes in surface player interactions.

$1.6M raised
Dec 2023

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Atlantic Highlands, United States

Moove operates a team-based fitness and merchandize platform intended to offer collective fitness challenges and other sports activities.

$280K raised
Aug 2023

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

New Orleans, United States

Spot2Nite is an online travel agency (OTA) servicing the outdoor hospitality industry.

$3.0M raised
Apr 2023

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Boulder, United States

Driving conservation of natural lands by connecting and enabling land management organizations through collaborative mapping software

Apr 2023

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

London, United Kingdom

Beyonk is The Best Event Ticketing Software For Ease Of Use

$5.8M raised
Mar 2023

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Zug, Switzerland

#1 Travel Maps – free, offline, detailed mobile maps of the world with travel guides, trusted by 140M travelers worldwide, OSM.org powered.

Jan 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Chattanooga, United States

Zoe Angling Group specializes in innovating and selling sport fishing products.

$1.1M raised
Jan 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Bozeman, United States

MTNTOUGH is a group of physical trainers, specializing in backcountry, tactical, and hunter athletes.

$870K raised
Jan 2023

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Frisco, United States

Adventure Sports Parks provide epicenters that enables concept to design, then construction to management and programming.

$625K raised
Jan 2024

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Somersworth, United States

New England Sports Hub is a 135,000 sq ft climate controlled air dome for all tournaments and events

$3.2M raised
Dec 2023

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

London, United Kingdom

WILD.AI is building a knowledge base of female datasets, across all ages, life stages, and ethnicity.

$2.9M raised
Jan 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Seattle, United States

Route Line is an end-to-end adventure company that provides access to beautifully outfitted, premium RVs, and Adventure vehicles.

$1.5M raised
Dec 2021

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Hanalei, United States

Holey Grail Donuts is a producer of taro donuts fried in coconut oil, hand-harvested, and crafted.

$382K raised
Dec 2024

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Chamonix, France

Whympr helps you plan, organize and keep track of your mountain outings.

$2.3M raised
Dec 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Denver, United States

Kokopelli Outdoor is a manufacturer of rafts to make river travel and alpine lake fishing comfortable.

$1.0M raised
Dec 2023

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

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About the Outdoors Startup Ecosystem

The outdoors sector is an active area of startup innovation and venture capital investment. Companies in this space are developing new technologies, platforms, and services that address evolving market needs and create new business opportunities.

Funding Trends in Outdoors

Outdoors companies raise capital across various funding stages, from early seed rounds to late-stage growth financing. Investor interest in this sector is driven by the size of the addressable market, the pace of technology adoption, and the potential for scalable business models.

Growth Outlook

The outdoors sector is expected to continue evolving as technology advances, market dynamics shift, and new opportunities emerge. Companies that demonstrate strong product-market fit, efficient growth, and clear competitive advantages are well-positioned to attract continued investment.

Outdoors Funding Breakdown

Here is how funding is distributed among the 100 outdoors companies tracked in the VCBacked database.

Average Funding
$1.6M
Total Funding Tracked
$40.2M
Countries Represented
6

Distribution by Funding Stage

Other25 companies

Top Cities for Outdoors

1.Austin
2 companies$2.0M
2.Bozeman
2 companies$2.0M
3.London
2 companies$8.7M
4.Newport Beach
1 companies$1.1M
5.Baton Rouge
1 companies$880K

Related Industries

Companies in the outdoors sector often overlap with or complement businesses in adjacent industries. Exploring related verticals can help you discover additional companies, identify partnership opportunities, and understand the broader competitive landscape.

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