The map plots every North American tech hub, with each city sized by the number of unicorns headquartered there. Next to it sit the region's top ten cities in the Global Tech Ecosystem Index 2026, ranked as Global Champions, Density Leaders and Rising Stars.
Generative AI music platform ensuring artist attribution.
TERZThijs Emondts & Reinier Zonneveld founded it. Emondts worked at Lehman Brothers and The Financialist. Zonneveld studied at University of Amsterdam.
A growing list of banks, brokerages, and retailers are blocking AI shopping and banking agents from acting on their sites — including Meta's new Muse agent.
A single hacker used a swarm of AI agents to break into more than 100 websites, including ones linked to John Deere, SharkNinja, and Cummins, according to security firm NorForge.
Every company, round and story, with its profile
Dealroom Premium members get the same edition, with each name linked to its profile on the platform.
The map plots every North American tech hub, with each city sized by the number of unicorns headquartered there. Next to it sit the region's top ten cities in the Global Tech Ecosystem Index 2026, ranked as Global Champions, Density Leaders and Rising Stars.
Automated tax solutions integrating with QuickBooks, enhancing human advisory with AI for seamless document management. Backed by Andreessen Horowitz and First Round Capital.
Benchmarks and evaluations for robotics models on real hardware.
ABABRYAdithiya Balaguru, Arnav Bhalla & Rohith Yelisetty founded it. Balaguru worked at United States National Geospatial Intelligence Agency. Bhalla worked at MD Anderson Cancer Center and Motif Neurotech.
A growing list of banks, brokerages, and retailers are blocking AI shopping and banking agents from acting on their sites — including Meta's new Muse agent.
A single hacker used a swarm of AI agents to break into more than 100 websites, including ones linked to John Deere, SharkNinja, and Cummins, according to security firm NorForge.
Every company, round and story, with its profile
Dealroom Premium members get the same edition, with each name linked to its profile on the platform.
The map plots every North American tech hub, with each city sized by the number of unicorns headquartered there. Next to it sit the region's top ten cities in the Global Tech Ecosystem Index 2026, ranked as Global Champions, Density Leaders and Rising Stars.
A platform to enhance wallets, loyalty programs, lending, and disbursements, driving revenue and engagement for banks, asset managers, enterprises, and SMEs. Backed by Mouro Capital and Susquehanna.
Generative AI music platform ensuring artist attribution.
TERZThijs Emondts & Reinier Zonneveld founded it. Emondts worked at Lehman Brothers and The Financialist. Zonneveld studied at University of Amsterdam.
UK battery maker Nyobolt has been selected by Agility Robotics to supply the ultra-fast charging battery system for Digit 5, the latest version of Agility's warehouse humanoid robot.
Every company, round and story, with its profile
Dealroom Premium members get the same edition, with each name linked to its profile on the platform.
The map plots every North American tech hub, with each city sized by the number of unicorns headquartered there. Next to it sit the region's top ten cities in the Global Tech Ecosystem Index 2026, ranked as Global Champions, Density Leaders and Rising Stars.
Developing advanced artificial intelligence systems capable of solving complex problems in computer science, mathematics, science, and engineering. Led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and Bessemer Venture Partners.
By country
South Korea$2.7B
China$2.1B
India$1.3B
Israel$356M
Japan$328M
Nigeria$229M
By sector
Food$2.6B
Transportation$1.4B
Enterprise$905M
Semiconductors$853M
Energy$745M
Robotics$547M
$7.7B across 313 rounds outside the US and Europe in October so far, by headquarters and by sector.
High-performance biopolymers from agricultural waste.
SVPKSneha Verma & Piyush Kumar Kesharwani founded it. Kesharwani studied at Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology And Sciences (SHUATS).
Shopify's internal AI agent River handled 121,804 Slack threads in September 2026, nearly quadrupling from 35,418 in March, chief executive officer Tobi Lütke said in an October 19 post on X.
Monday 26 October 2026Elon predicts ‘guppy-level death’ for 200+ neoclouds — Fuse’s Alan Chang tells his team to get ready to buy the distressed data centres
Sunday 25 October 2026UK's £2B Energy Wealth Fund reopens the debate over North Sea drilling
TenstorrentSanta Clara$1.5B Series E
NeolixChina$400M Series E
AaltoSemiNanjing City$206M Series A
VR
YYVikrant Ramteke & Yadi Yasheng founded it. Ramteke previously founded TotSpot and Finderous. Yasheng worked at Amazon and Firaxis Games.
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RZThijs Emondts & Reinier Zonneveld founded it. Emondts worked at Lehman Brothers and The Financialist. Zonneveld studied at University of Amsterdam.
MPMarco Piccardo founded it after working at Optical Society of America.
