Most Backed Developer Tools Startups 2026

24 Developer Tools startups ranked by number of verified backers, led by ClickHouse, Nominal, Gumloop. Each links to its full syndicate breakdown.

Developer Tools accounts for 84 tracked companies with verified cap-table data, 84 of which disclose round sizes totalling $19B. The median disclosed raise is $96M, and the largest is Anysphere at $3B, ahead of Chaos ($1B) and Cognition ($1B).

The names that recur most often on these developer tools cap tables are Accel (9 companies), Insight Partners (8 companies), Sequoia Capital (8 companies), Y Combinator (7 companies), GV (7 companies), Kleiner Perkins (6 companies). By latest disclosed round, the market skews Series B (26), Series A (20), Series D (13), Series C (13).

Best funded Developer Tools companies

  1. Anysphere — $3B (latest: Series D)
  2. Chaos — $1B (latest: Series D)
  3. Cognition — $1B (latest: Series A)
  4. Knock — $900M (latest: Series C)
  5. Replit — $878M (latest: Series D)
  6. Vercel — $863M (latest: Series F)
  7. Temporal Technologies — $650M (latest: Series D)
  8. ClickHouse — $640M (latest: Series D)
  9. Cribl — $590M (latest: Series E)
  10. Harness — $570M (latest: Series D)
  11. Coralogix — $550M (latest: Series F)
  12. Postman — $400M (latest: Series D)
  13. Confluent — $375M (latest: Series E)
  14. LaunchDarkly — $350M (latest: Series D)
  15. Algolia — $334M (latest: Series D)

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