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145 Startups Raising Right Now: Stage, Sector, Geography, Decks

Pre-seed to Series A, across 40+ countries, every deck attached. Updated monthly, and free for founders to join

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Ruben Dominguez
Aug 07, 2026
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Most deal flow reaches you late. By the time a round lands in your inbox, it has already made the rounds.

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By Ruben Dominguez

So Luis Llorens at Plug and Play and I run a live list of startups actively raising, shared with a combined network of 300K+ angels, syndicates, and VCs across LinkedIn and both newsletters.

This month: 145 startups, all currently in market.


What’s in This Month’s List

By stage

▫️ 7% Stealth

▫️ 58% Pre-seed

▫️ 32% Seed

▫️ 3% Series A

By geography

▫️ 49% United States

▫️ 9% United Kingdom

▫️ 42% Rest of world

Sectors represented: AI, fintech, healthtech, insurtech, climate, deeptech, gaming, sportstech, and more.

Every row carries the founder’s LinkedIn and their deck.


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All 145, in one filterable list. Not a teaser, the live version, with the column most deal-flow feeds leave out: the deck on every row.

Each row gives you a company you can act on today:

▫️ Website, so you look before you leap

▫️ Country, sector, stage, so you filter to your thesis in seconds

▫️ Founder LinkedIn, for a warm-ish first touch

▫️ The deck, so you diligence without a single email back and forth

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All 145 startups currently raising, with the deck attached:

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