An open-source Postgres backend combining databases, authentication, storage, real-time updates and serverless functions.
Startup Funding News
New startup rounds, lead investors and the businesses behind the funding.
16 rounds · $126.1B disclosed · $143M median
| Company | Amount | Stage / sector | Lead investor | Announced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Supabase An open-source Postgres backend combining databases, authentication, storage, real-time updates and serverless functions. | $150M | Undisclosed Developer tools | GIC | |
| Photon Photon provides a framework and messaging infrastructure for connecting AI agents to iMessage, WhatsApp and other communication channels. | $4.5M | Seed Developer tools | Gradient Ventures, A* | |
| Temporal Technologies Temporal provides open-source software and a managed cloud service that preserve workflow state, so applications can recover from failures and finish long-running work. | $550M | Series C+ Developer tools | Lightspeed Venture Partners, Wellington Management, Goldman Sachs Alternatives Growth Equity, Tiger Global | |
| Baseten Baseten runs AI models in production, providing inference infrastructure and engineering support so developers can serve specialized models inside their applications. | $1.5B | Series C+ AI | Altimeter Capital, Conviction, Spark Capital, Sands Capital, Wellington Management | |
| Supabase An open-source Postgres backend combining databases, authentication, storage, real-time updates and serverless functions. | $500M | Series C+ Developer tools | GIC | |
| OpenAI AI models delivered through ChatGPT, developer APIs and Codex for conversation, analysis and software development. | $122B | Undisclosed Artificial intelligence | SoftBank, Andreessen Horowitz, D. E. Shaw Ventures, MGX, TPG, T. Rowe Price Associates | |
| Code Metal Code Metal translates software between programming languages and optimizes it for target hardware, with verification tools for defense and other demanding engineering environments. | $125M | Series B Developer tools | Salesforce Ventures | |
| Braintrust Braintrust helps software teams trace AI applications, evaluate model outputs and investigate failures in production agents. | $80M | Series B Developer tools | ICONIQ Capital | |
| Render Render provides managed cloud infrastructure for deploying applications, databases and long-running services. | $100M | Series C+ Developer tools | Georgian | |
| Temporal Technologies Temporal provides open-source software and a managed cloud service that preserve workflow state, so applications can recover from failures and finish long-running work. | $300M | Series C+ Developer tools | Andreessen Horowitz | |
| Modelence Modelence provides an open-source TypeScript framework and cloud platform that combine app authentication, databases, deployment and monitoring, with an AI builder for generating full-stack applications. | $3M | Seed Developer tools | Y Combinator | |
| Inferact Inferact develops AI inference software around vLLM, the open-source engine that serves language models across different accelerators and model architectures. | $150M | Seed AI infrastructure | Andreessen Horowitz, Lightspeed Venture Partners | |
| LiveKit LiveKit provides an open-source framework and cloud infrastructure for building, deploying and monitoring real-time voice and video AI agents. | $100M | Series C+ Developer tools | Index Ventures | |
| Baseten Baseten runs AI models in production, providing inference infrastructure and engineering support so developers can serve specialized models inside their applications. | $300M | Series C+ AI | IVP, CapitalG | |
| Deepgram Deepgram provides APIs for speech recognition, speech generation and conversational voice agents, with cloud and self-hosted deployment options. | $130M | Series C+ AI | AVP | |
| Defense Unicorns Defense Unicorns provides software packaging, deployment and maintenance tools for military systems that operate with limited connectivity or in disconnected environments. | $136M | Series B Defense tech | Bain Capital |
Photon provides a framework and messaging infrastructure for connecting AI agents to iMessage, WhatsApp and other communication channels.
Temporal provides open-source software and a managed cloud service that preserve workflow state, so applications can recover from failures and finish long-running work.
Baseten runs AI models in production, providing inference infrastructure and engineering support so developers can serve specialized models inside their applications.
An open-source Postgres backend combining databases, authentication, storage, real-time updates and serverless functions.
AI models delivered through ChatGPT, developer APIs and Codex for conversation, analysis and software development.
Code Metal translates software between programming languages and optimizes it for target hardware, with verification tools for defense and other demanding engineering environments.
Braintrust helps software teams trace AI applications, evaluate model outputs and investigate failures in production agents.
Render provides managed cloud infrastructure for deploying applications, databases and long-running services.
Temporal provides open-source software and a managed cloud service that preserve workflow state, so applications can recover from failures and finish long-running work.
Modelence provides an open-source TypeScript framework and cloud platform that combine app authentication, databases, deployment and monitoring, with an AI builder for generating full-stack applications.
Inferact develops AI inference software around vLLM, the open-source engine that serves language models across different accelerators and model architectures.
LiveKit provides an open-source framework and cloud infrastructure for building, deploying and monitoring real-time voice and video AI agents.
Baseten runs AI models in production, providing inference infrastructure and engineering support so developers can serve specialized models inside their applications.
Deepgram provides APIs for speech recognition, speech generation and conversational voice agents, with cloud and self-hosted deployment options.
Defense Unicorns provides software packaging, deployment and maintenance tools for military systems that operate with limited connectivity or in disconnected environments.
Reports & briefings
September 2026 Startup Funding Report
72 sourced rounds, with company profiles and participating investors.
Sep 21 – 27, 2026 Startup Funding Weekly
26 sourced rounds, with company profiles and participating investors.
Sep 14 – 20, 2026 Startup Funding Weekly
4 sourced rounds, with company profiles and participating investors.
Active investors
| Investor | Rounds | Led | Recent investments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01Lightspeed Venture Partners | 22 | 5 | Temporal TechnologiesNeko Health |
| 02Andreessen Horowitz | 21 | 7 | ArmadinEliseAI |
| 03General Catalyst | 20 | 1 | General IntuitionDwelly |
| 04Index Ventures | 19 | 5 | Temporal TechnologiesMistral AI |