Most Backed Berkeley, CA Startups 2026

6 Berkeley, CA startups ranked by number of verified backers, led by Twelve, Arize AI, Caribou Biosciences. Each links to its full syndicate breakdown.

Berkeley, CA accounts for 38 tracked companies with verified cap-table data, 38 of which disclose round sizes totalling $6.7B. The median disclosed raise is $105M, and the largest is KoBold Metals at $1.2B, ahead of Perfect Day ($840M) and Pivot Bio ($430M).

The names that recur most often on these berkeley, ca cap tables are Andreessen Horowitz (6 companies), S2G Ventures (3 companies), Temasek (2 companies), Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (2 companies), Breakthrough Energy Ventures (2 companies), Franklin Templeton (2 companies). By latest disclosed round, the market skews Series A (11), Series B (9), Growth (5), Series D (4).

Best funded Berkeley, CA companies

  1. KoBold Metals — $1.2B (latest: Series D)
  2. Perfect Day — $840M (latest: Growth)
  3. Pivot Bio — $430M (latest: Series D)
  4. Rigetti Computing — $301M (latest: Other Equity)
  5. Lilac Solutions — $300M (latest: Series B)
  6. Profluent Bio — $295M (latest: Growth)
  7. Ripple Foods — $274M (latest: Growth)
  8. Oasis Labs — $235M (latest: Series B)
  9. Lygos — $230M
  10. Ray Therapeutics — $230M (latest: Series B)
  11. Covariant — $222M (latest: Series C)
  12. Domestika — $200M (latest: Series D)
  13. RelationalAI — $150M (latest: Growth)
  14. Arize AI — $131M (latest: Series C)
  15. Terabase Energy — $130M (latest: Series C)

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