Ginkgo Bioworks
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What they do:
Our mission is to make biology easier to engineer.
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HQ: Boston, MA, United States
Top Manufacturing Startups
This list has 486 startups and was last updated on Oct 15, 2026. 109 of them are hiring right now. Biggest hubs: San Francisco (223), New York (26), and Los Angeles (22). Largest teams: Relativity Space, Ginkgo Bioworks, and Gecko Robotics. Latest round: Scimplify raised $25M (Oct 15, 2026).
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What they do:
Tech-powered women's wellness.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Rigetti Computing
Public
What they do:
Quantum coherent supercomputing.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Relativity Space
Hiring
What they do:
Building humanity’s multiplanetary future.
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HQ: Los Angeles, CA, United States
Gecko Robotics
Hiring
What they do:
AI + Robotics for the Built World
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HQ: Pittsburgh, PA, United States
What they do:
Decarbonizing the chemicals industry.
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HQ: Houston, TX, United States
What they do:
Powering a better future for textiles.
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CircuitHub
Hiring
What they do:
On-Demand Electronics Manufacturing
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HQ: London, United Kingdom
Funding:
$25.5M · Equity · May 2026
Multiply Labs
Hiring
What they do:
Robotic production capacity for the pharma manufacturing industry
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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$75M · Series B · Oct 2026
Human Archive
Hiring
What they do:
Physical AI data lab
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
What they do:
Absorbable wrap for blood vessels
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HQ: Houston, TX, United States
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$10M · Debt · May 2026
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Low-energy chip startup Efficient Computer Co. said today it has closed on a $97 million round of funding in the second major investment it has picked up this year. The round was led by TQ Ventures and saw…
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$97M · Sep 2026
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Scimplify, a startup that helps companies source the chemicals they use to make their products, has raised $25 million in funding. TechCrunch reported today that the Series C round was led by Hitachi Ventures. It was…
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$25M · Series C · Oct 2026
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VoltR, a French manufacturer of eco-designed lithium batteries, has secured €22 million to accelerate its industrialisation. This financing combines a €16 million equity investment and €6 million in grants secured…
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HQ: France
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€22M · Oct 2026
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French industrial energytech company Epyr has raised a €15 million Series A round led by SlateVC. Existing investors AENU and Daphni are doubling down, alongside WEPA Ventures, OVNI Capital and Auru...
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€15M · Series A · Oct 2026
What they do:
Next-generation DNA synthesis using enzymes
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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Semiconductor startupUbitium has raised $14 million in new seed funding to develop its universalprocessor for autonomous machines and other physical AI applications. The roundwas led by Ibex Investors...
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$14M · Seed · Oct 2026
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Inbolt, a Paris-based robot intelligence company that enables robots to see, think, and adapt in real time, has raised €11 million to fund US and APAC expansion and entry into data centres and electronics…
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€11M · Sep 2026
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One of President Donald Trump’s main priorities is to revive America’s manufacturing industry in order to reduce its reliance on foreign imports and create more jobs, and a startup called Forgepoint Inc. shares the…
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$9.8M · Seed · Oct 2026
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MintNeuro, an Imperial College London spinout developing specialised chips for neural devices from implants to wearables, has raised $5 million to drive its commercial scale-up. The company is develop...
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$5M · Oct 2026
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Omnio, a Umeå-based BioTech startup, has raised an oversubscribed €2.9 million round from existing investors and shareholders to advance its plasminogen-based therapy for hard-to-heal chronic wounds toward clinical…
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HQ: Sweden
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€2.9M · Oct 2026
Atomic Industries
Hiring
What they do:
Software orchestrated mass production of plastics
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HQ: Cleveland, OH, United States
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Danish-Lithuanian Unmanned aerial vehicle manufacturer MNP Technologijos, operating under the Monopulse brand, has raised over €2 million from investors in Lithuania and abroad. Investors included Co...
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€2M · Oct 2026
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Plug-and-play AI platform with sensors and dashboards that makes…
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HQ: Atlanta, GA, United States
Nox Metals
Hiring
What they do:
Supplying America's Industrial Base
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HQ: Detroit, MI, United States
What they do:
Physical AI for Warehouses and Factories
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SOUNDBOKS
Hiring
What they do:
We're creating the loudest battery-driven speaker on the market
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HQ: Copenhagen, Denmark
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Lygos (W16) built and commercialized sustainable, high-performance…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Volta Labs, Inc.
Hiring
What they do:
Unlocking the utility of genomics for the world.
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HQ: Boston, MA, United States
What they do:
Unlocking the next generation of mRNA medicines
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HQ: Oxford, United Kingdom
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Petcube is on the mission to improve lives of pets and pet owners…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
What they do:
Building robotic mushroom farms
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
AON3D
Hiring
What they do:
Additive Manufacturing with advanced materials
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Overview
Hiring
What they do:
Reshaping industrial quality with AI, hardware, and software
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
What they do:
We grow cells for biotech companies.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
What they do:
Robots that automate the everyday tasks of microbiologists.
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HQ: Copenhagen, Denmark
Questions and answers
How many startups are on this list?
There are 486 startups on this list, last updated on Oct 15, 2026.
Which of them are hiring?
109 of them are hiring right now, including Ginkgo Bioworks, Relativity Space, and Gecko Robotics.
Which of them have the largest teams?
By team size: Relativity Space (2,500 employees), Ginkgo Bioworks (641 employees), and Gecko Robotics (230 employees).
Which of them raised money recently?
Latest rounds: Scimplify — $25M Series C (Oct 2026), NN — $53.1M Equity (Oct 2026), and RxFunction — $4.01M Options (Oct 2026).
Where are they based?
The biggest hubs are San Francisco (223), New York (26), and Los Angeles (22).