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Which categories startups are raising in: 47 categories ranked by capital raised, each with its companies, first raise and most recent raise.
| Category | Companies | With a sourced raise | Total raised | Most recent raise |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AI agents | 279 | 84 | $5.27B | Ando · 2026-09-24 |
| Developer tools and cloud | 131 | 48 | $3.78B | Liquid Compute · 2026-09-19 |
| Foundation models and research | 61 | 29 | $3.52B | micro1 · 2026-09-23 |
| AI infrastructure and compute | 87 | 31 | $3.43B | micro1 · 2026-09-23 |
| Climate and energy | 18 | 8 | $2.37B | Solcoa Industries · 2026-09-25 |
| Robotics and hardware | 81 | 29 | $2.3B | Robocurve PBC · 2026-09-19 |
| Consumer and social | 1381 | 26 | $1.66B | Ando · 2026-09-24 |
| Prediction markets | 31 | 15 | $1.19B | functionSPACE · 2026-09-25 |
| Data and analytics | 55 | 17 | $1.16B | Hypestats · 2026-09-17 |
| Manufacturing and industrial | 24 | 13 | $1.04B | Watney Robotics · 2026-09-17 |
| Cybersecurity | 54 | 19 | $1.04B | Nebu Security · 2026-09-11 |
| Stablecoins | 656 | 33 | $994.61M | HIFI · 2026-09-24 |
| Crypto payments crypto | 179 | 33 | $971.28M | HIFI · 2026-09-24 |
| Fintech | 1173 | 22 | $845.25M | Hickory · 2026-09-21 |
| Crypto x AI crypto | 100 | 26 | $797.84M | Circle Internet Group · 2026-09-22 |
| Media and content | 29 | 14 | $694.25M | Infini · 2026-09-22 |
| Sales and marketing | 17 | 8 | $662M | Profound · 2026-09-17 |
| Defense and security | 9 | 3 | $576M | Edgerun · 2026-09-11 |
| Education | 21 | 9 | $489.9M | Robocurve PBC · 2026-09-19 |
| Legal and compliance | 18 | 10 | $486.05M | Hickory · 2026-09-21 |
| Voice and audio AI | 18 | 7 | $451M | Aristotle · 2026-09-16 |
| Gaming | 252 | 10 | $418.5M | Summer Engine · 2026-08-27 |
| HR and recruiting | 24 | 7 | $304.22M | Vela Energy · 2026-09-21 |
| Yield and vaults crypto | 10 | 9 | $302.05M | Evernorth · 2026-09-18 |
| AI coding and devtools | 21 | 6 | $220.6M | Whitney · 2026-09-14 |
| RWA and tokenization crypto | 18 | 11 | $197.5M | PonyGo · 2026-09-20 |
| Crypto security crypto | 11 | 7 | $166.5M | OpenZeppelin · 2026-09-17 |
| Lending and credit | 12 | 8 | $165.2M | HIFI · 2026-09-24 |
| Health and bio | 26 | 8 | $159.12M | Parasma · 2026-09-11 |
| Exchanges and on-ramps crypto | 15 | 10 | $133M | Payward · 2026-09-10 |
| ZK and privacy crypto | 8 | 6 | $125.5M | Travix · 2026-09-21 |
| Logistics and mobility | 8 | 3 | $106.75M | Vela Energy · 2026-09-21 |
| Insurance | 13 | 3 | $103M | Artificial Intelligence Underwriting Company · 2026-09-19 |
| Trading tools and bots crypto | 8 | 6 | $92.75M | Arbital · 2026-09-11 |
| L1s, L2s and rollups crypto | 15 | 9 | $87.48M | Travix · 2026-09-21 |
| Crypto social and consumer crypto | 91 | 11 | $45.6M | Rep · 2026-09-17 |
| Crypto gaming crypto | 43 | 6 | $30.2M | RealGo · 2026-09-09 |
| DEXs and AMMs crypto | 12 | 9 | $26.4M | Deadstock · 2026-09-14 |
| DAOs and governance crypto | 1 | 1 | $20M | Velocity · 2026-09-15 |
| Oracles and on-chain data crypto | 3 | 3 | $9.7M | Oddpool · 2026-09-03 |
| Commerce and retail | 18 | 2 | $9.5M | Shire Intelligence · 2026-09-21 |
| Wallets and accounts crypto | 9 | 3 | $8.48M | Sovra · 2026-06-17 |
| Memecoins and launchpads crypto | 3 | 2 | $8.2M | PonyGo · 2026-09-20 |
| NFTs and collectibles crypto | 3 | 2 | $7M | LimeWire · 2026-09-14 |
| DePIN crypto | 2 | 2 | $7M | TINA · 2026-09-11 |
| Perpetuals DEXs crypto | 4 | 1 | $3M | Travix · 2026-09-21 |
| Real estate and construction | 2 | 0 | n/a | Realpact · 2026-09-11 |
Companies are placed in up to three categories from their descriptions. Totals only count rounds that link to a source. The same data as JSON: /api/v1/categories.
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