Most Backed Palo Alto, CA Startups 2026

15 Palo Alto, CA startups ranked by number of verified backers, led by ClickHouse, Glean, xAI. Each links to its full syndicate breakdown.

Palo Alto, CA accounts for 120 tracked companies with verified cap-table data, 120 of which disclose round sizes totalling $31B. The median disclosed raise is $125M, and the largest is TripActions at $2B, ahead of PsiQuantum ($1.7B) and Inflection AI ($1.5B).

The names that recur most often on these palo alto, ca cap tables are Lightspeed Venture Partners (12 companies), Khosla Ventures (9 companies), Andreessen Horowitz (7 companies), Sequoia Capital (7 companies), Accel (6 companies), General Catalyst (6 companies). By latest disclosed round, the market skews Series A (31), Series B (29), Series C (16), Series D (12).

Best funded Palo Alto, CA companies

  1. TripActions — $2B (latest: Series D)
  2. PsiQuantum — $1.7B (latest: Series E)
  3. Inflection AI — $1.5B (latest: Series A)
  4. Lambda — $1.5B (latest: Series E)
  5. SambaNova Systems — $1.4B (latest: Series E)
  6. World Labs — $1.2B (latest: Series A)
  7. BridgeBio Pharma — $1B (latest: Growth)
  8. Aeva — $754M (latest: Growth)
  9. Plume Design — $752M (latest: Series F)
  10. Ultima Genomics — $700M (latest: Series C)
  11. Next Insurance — $631M (latest: Series D)
  12. Houzz — $600M
  13. Medable — $521M (latest: Series D)
  14. Drip Capital — $500M (latest: Growth)
  15. Decart — $453M (latest: Series C)

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