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Saturday 17 October 2026

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The Runner's Startup Stack

The Runner's Startup Stack. 158 companies that sell runners what they take, wear and track, and where they buy it: fuel, hydration, performance boosters, recovery, protein and supplements, testing, wearables, training apps, kit and retailers.

The chart maps 158 companies selling runners what they take, wear and track: fuel, hydration, performance boosters, recovery, protein and supplements, testing, wearables, training apps, kit and retailers. European companies make 36 of the 56 fuel brands, including Maurten, Science in Sport and Precision Fuel & Hydration. US companies make 11 of the 16 hydration brands and 20 of the 36 testing, wearable and training-app companies.

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  • XHEARTSuzhou Shi$700M Late VC

    AI agents and automation for business operations.

  • MHX TechnologyChina$243M

    Automotive AI chips and domain controller solutions. Backed by HyT Capital and Lanchi Ventures.

  • GOFO ExpressUS$100M Early VC

    Technology-driven last-mile delivery for e-commerce. Backed by Ethosangelfund and fresh.fund.

By country

  • US$61B
  • South Korea$2.6B
  • China$1.4B
  • UK$1B
  • Spain$630M
  • India$618M

By sector

  • Enterprise software$55B
  • Health$6B
  • Fintech$5.2B
  • Hosting$4.4B
  • Food$2.9B
  • Energy$2.2B

$71B across 738 rounds in October so far, by headquarters and by sector.

  • RATLOGDresden$125K raised

    Reusable heavy-lift rockets for European space access.

    CWPKFKCharlie Weise, Paul Kunhart & Felix Kelm founded it. Weise studied at Dresden University of Technology.

  • MontoraFleet

    COBOL and mainframe code migration with behavioural verification.

    TSTanveer Singh

  • Where businesses forge their own apps.

    FMFaisal Muhammad

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