Startup ecosystem

Top startups in Austin.

Austin has become a magnet for founders leaving the coasts — a fast-growing hub for software, fintech, hardware, and frontier tech, backed by a deep engineering talent pool and no state income tax.

12 notable startups · 68 funded companies · $6.88B · 22 accelerators · 10 hiring now · Reviewed Sep 2026

Notable startups

A curated list of companies headquartered in Austin, spanning the sectors that define its ecosystem. Each links to the company; where we hold their pitch deck, it's linked too.

Bumble logo
Bumble ↗
bumble.com
Consumer
The dating and social-networking company known for its women-first model, headquartered in Austin.
Founded
2014
Stage
Public
ICON logo
ICON ↗
iconbuild.com
Hardware
Construction-technology company 3D-printing homes and developing systems for large-scale, lower-cost building.
Founded
2017
Stage
Series B
Valuation
~$2B
Raised (SEC)
$435M
Firefly Aerospace logo
Firefly Aerospace ↗
fireflyspace.com
Space
Launch and space-services company building rockets and lunar landers, based in the Austin area.
Founded
2017
Stage
Public
Raised (SEC)
$405M
Apptronik logo
Apptronik ↗
apptronik.com
Robotics
Humanoid-robotics company spun out of the University of Texas, building general-purpose robots for work.
Founded
2016
Stage
Series A
Raised (SEC)
$734M
Open roles
83
Colossal Biosciences logo
Biotech
Biotech company applying genetic engineering to de-extinction and species-preservation projects.
Founded
2021
Stage
Series C
Valuation
~$10.2B
SolarWinds logo
SolarWinds ↗
solarwinds.com
Software
IT management and observability software for network, systems, and application monitoring.
Founded
1999
Stage
Public
NinjaOne logo
NinjaOne ↗
ninjaone.com
Software
Endpoint management and IT operations platform for managing and securing devices at scale.
Founded
2013
Stage
Late Stage
Valuation
~$5B
The Zebra logo
The Zebra ↗
thezebra.com
FinTech
Insurance comparison marketplace helping consumers shop and compare auto and home policies.
Founded
2012
Stage
Series D
Everlywell logo
Everlywell ↗
everlywell.com
Health
At-home health and lab testing company delivering diagnostics direct to consumers.
Founded
2015
Stage
Series E
Homeward logo
Homeward ↗
homeward.com
FinTech
Real-estate fintech helping buyers make cash offers and modernize the home-buying process.
Founded
2018
Stage
Series B
data.world logo
data.world ↗
data.world
Data
Enterprise data catalog and knowledge-graph platform for data governance and analytics.
Founded
2015
Stage
Series C
AlertMedia logo
AlertMedia ↗
alertmedia.com
Software
Emergency communication and threat-intelligence platform helping organizations keep people safe.
Founded
2013
Stage
Late Stage
Valuations are approximate, drawn from the most recent reported figures as of Sep 2026.

Most funded in Austin

By total disclosed across the period, one row per company. Combine filters to narrow — "Recently funded" plus "Hiring now" is who just raised and is actively recruiting.

$734M
Apptronik, Inc apptronik.com ↗
Software & Technology · 2 offerings · 83 open roles
$208M
$193M
ZenBusiness Inc.
$180M
$128M
Ambiq Micro, Inc. ambiq.com ↗
Software & Technology · 2 offerings · 46 open roles
$100M
NOVASOURCE POWER HOLDINGS, INC.
$75M
$63M
$60M
Triumvira Immunologics Inc.
$52M
Wander.com, Inc.
$52M
Royal Markets Inc.
$50M
SELF FINANCIAL, INC.
$49M
WIN Reality, Inc.
$40M
IntraBio Inc.
$40M
Reliance Health Inc.
$39M
NFN8 GROUP, INC.
$37M
Forward Lending, Inc.
$36M
Source Donor Inc.
$35M
SpyCloud, Inc.
$35M
Coder Technologies, Inc.
$35M
Olea Networks, Inc.
$35M
SourceDay, Inc.
$34M
ClosedLoop.ai Inc.
$34M
Slingshot Aerospace, Inc.
$33M
True Medicine Inc.
$32M
TeleVet, Inc.
$32M
Setpoint Technologies Inc.
$32M
Striveworks, Inc
$30M
Astromech AI Corp.
$30M
Clerk Retail, Inc.
$29M
Eventus Systems, Inc.
$29M
Cormint Data Systems, Inc.
$29M
Autonomize, Inc.
$28M
Tiff's Treats Holdings, Inc.
$28M
Expressable, Inc.
$28M
Mars Health, Inc.
$27M
Verifiable Inc.
$26M
FL101, Inc.
$25M
Quantum Loophole, Inc.
$25M
RightRev Inc
$22M
Spruce Services, Inc.
$22M
$21M
Veravas, Inc.
$20M
GenXComm, Inc.

Filter definitions — Hiring now: open roles on the company's public job board as of Sep 5, 2026. Hiring remote: that board lists remote or distributed roles. Recently funded: a Form D filed in the trailing twelve months. $100M+/$500M+: cumulative disclosed amount across all offerings. Repeat raisers: more than one offering on file. Up-and-coming: incorporated within the last four years and recently funded — incorporation year is disclosed by roughly half of filers, so this undercounts.

Accelerators in Austin

Austin founders can apply to 22 accelerator programs in our directory — including Astralabs, Austin Technology Incubator, Beam Angel Network, Capital Factory, CoLauncher, DivInc.

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