Deep tech startups that raised money in the last 12 months
141 deep tech startups announced or filed 165 venture rounds in the last 12 months, $7.1B of it stated. 40 of the rounds came in the last 90 days. The largest: Cloover (Venture round · $1.2B), Oratomic (Venture round · $475M) and Core Automation (Venture round · $432.1M). 43 of these startups are hiring now, with 731 open roles.
The newest rounds
| Startup | Round | Date | Open roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| YYuchuang Bandao Ti | Series B | 24 Oct 2026 | – |
 Parallax Space | Venture round · $250kSEC Form D | 23 Oct 2026 | – |
 VECKTA | Series A · $11M | 20 Oct 2026 | – |
 Oratomic | Venture round · $475M | 8 Oct 2026 | 18 |
 Universal Quantum | Series A · $100M | 8 Oct 2026 | 31 |
 Type One Energy | Venture round · $200M | 6 Oct 2026 | 35 |
 CScale | Series C · $145M | 30 Sep 2026 | – |
 Ellison Institute of Technology | Venture roundregistry filing | 24 Sep 2026 | 68 |
 Kairos Power | Venture round · $100M | 21 Sep 2026 | 62 |
 Rainmaker | Series B · $100M | 20 Sep 2026 | 17 |
 Nix Biosensors | Series A · $10M | 18 Sep 2026 | – |
 EigenQ | Venture round · $22.2MSEC Form D | 17 Sep 2026 | – |
 CorePower Magnetics | Venture round · $10.6M | 17 Sep 2026 | – |
 Eterna Regeneratives | Venture round · $4M | 16 Sep 2026 | – |
 Planted | Venture round · $31.8M | 15 Sep 2026 | – |
 Frontier Computing | Pre-seed · $10M | 14 Sep 2026 | – |
 SirenOpt | Venture round · $19.4MSEC Form D | 10 Sep 2026 | 13 |
 QNu LabsNational Quantum Mission | Venture round · $24M | 9 Sep 2026 | 5 |
 Bluecore Energy | Seed · $50M | 8 Sep 2026 | 5 |
 Woven Bio | Venture roundregistry filing | 6 Sep 2026 | – |
 Cari | Venture round · $32.5M | 4 Sep 2026 | – |
 Coherence Engine logo | Venture roundregistry filing | 2 Sep 2026 | – |
 Molten Salt Solutions | Venture round · $7M | 31 Aug 2026 | – |
 Ponda | Equity crowdfunding · $1.7M | 28 Aug 2026 | – |
 eleQtron | Venture roundregistry filing | 28 Aug 2026 | 13 |
 Riverlane | Venture roundregistry filing | 27 Aug 2026 | 36 |
 ColibrITD | Seed · $4.3M | 27 Aug 2026 | – |
 CivilGrid | Series A · $26M | 26 Aug 2026 | 8 |
 IVFmicro | Venture roundregistry filing | 26 Aug 2026 | – |
 Paragraf | Venture roundregistry filing | 26 Aug 2026 | 4 |
 Voya Energy | Series A · $35M | 26 Aug 2026 | – |
 Csignum | Venture round · $761kregistry filing | 24 Aug 2026 | – |
 Genomics England | Venture roundregistry filing | 24 Aug 2026 | 5 |
| Bluecore Energy | Venture round · $19.4MSEC Form D | 20 Aug 2026 | 5 |
 minimass™ | Venture roundregistry filing | 18 Aug 2026 | – |
 Plastometrex | Venture roundregistry filing | 18 Aug 2026 | – |
 ORCA Computing | Venture roundregistry filing | 18 Aug 2026 | – |
 Nexeon Ltd. | Venture roundregistry filing | 17 Aug 2026 | – |
 Nuada | Venture roundregistry filing | 17 Aug 2026 | 3 |
 Discovered MaterialsLightspeed Venture Partners | Seed · $9M | 10 Aug 2026 | 2 |
 Limber Prosthetics | Venture round · $135kSEC Form D | 7 Aug 2026 | – |
 Inductosense | Venture roundregistry filing | 6 Aug 2026 | – |
 Antares Nuclear | Venture round · $60MSEC Form D | 3 Aug 2026 | 82 |
 Time Is Brain | Venture round · $3.2M | 30 Jul 2026 | – |
| UUniversal Signalling logo | Venture roundregistry filing | 28 Jul 2026 | – |
 Multiverse Computing | Series C | 27 Jul 2026 | 7 |
 Starlight Engine | Venture round · $412.1M | 24 Jul 2026 | 5 |
 Allocortech | Venture round · $6.7MSEC Form D | 23 Jul 2026 | – |
 Qdot Technology Seed | Venture roundregistry filing | 23 Jul 2026 | – |
 Mach42IP Group | Venture round · $8.9M | 21 Jul 2026 | – |
The largest rounds
| Startup | Round | Date | Open roles |
|---|---|---|---|
 Cloover | Venture round · $1.2B | 20 Jan 2026 | 24 |
| Oratomic | Venture round · $475M | 8 Oct 2026 | 18 |
 Core Automation | Venture round · $432.1MSEC Form D | 15 Jul 2026 | – |
| Starlight Engine | Venture round · $412.1M | 24 Jul 2026 | 5 |
 OQC | Venture round · $330.2M | 2 Jun 2026 | 26 |
| Antares Nuclear | Venture round · $320MSEC Form D | 8 Jul 2026 | 82 |
| OratomicARCH Venture Partners, Spark Capital | Venture round · $300M | 10 Jul 2026 | 18 |
 Focused Energy | Series A · $240M | 26 May 2026 | – |
 EnergyX | Venture round · $225M | 10 Jul 2026 | – |
| Type One Energy | Venture round · $200M | 6 Oct 2026 | 35 |
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Questions
Which deep tech startups raised money recently?
141 deep tech startups announced or filed 165 venture rounds in the last 12 months, $7.1B of it stated. 40 of the rounds came in the last 90 days. The largest: Cloover (Venture round · $1.2B), Oratomic (Venture round · $475M) and Core Automation (Venture round · $432.1M). 43 of these startups are hiring now, with 731 open roles.
Where do these rounds come from?
From the startups' own announcements and the press, from SEC Form D filings in the United States and from the share allotments company registers publish (a filing is marked as one in the list). One round per startup, type and week; amounts as stated, in US dollars.
Are these startups hiring?
43 of the 141 startups have open roles on their own careers boards right now, 731 roles in all; each count links to them.