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Arizona

Phoenix

Freeway partner cityData as of Oct 1, 2026
2,570
Companies
$58.2M
Venture funding in the last 12 months, 10 rounds
$1.0B
Venture funding, 2022–2026
152
Investor firms

Venture funding by year

* 2026 through Oct 2026. Rounds without a disclosed amount count as rounds, not dollars.
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YearVenture fundingRounds
2019$516.9M66
2020$535.2M50
2021$273.9M59
2022$329.9M62
2023$288.3M54
2024$105.7M31
2025$248.9M29
2026*$57.8M8

Industries

  • Health304
  • Enterprise software198
  • Fintech179
  • Marketing169
  • Real estate146
  • Education115
  • Media104
  • Food96
  • Energy83
  • Transportation79

And 20 more industries.

Companies in Phoenix

1,681–1,704 of 2,570 companies

  • Headquartered in Cave Creek, Arizona, the charity's mission is to strengthen communities experiencing extreme poverty in Northern Uganda. The organization acts as a community catalyst, accelerating impact through strategic partnerships that leverage resources, technology, and expertise to address needs voiced by local leaders. The operational focus is on the Moyo District in Northern Uganda, a remote area with a significant lack of infrastructure that hosts a large refugee population. Pipeline Worldwide's model is centered on developing skilled and healthy individuals who are empowered to become self-sufficient. The organization's approach aligns with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, concentrating on four main pillars: Good Health & Wellbeing, Education, Sustainable Development & Jobs, and Economic Empowerment. Projects deliver access to clean water, sanitation, education, and healthcare. In healthcare, initiatives include providing continued medical education, emergency transport, medical equipment, and infrastructure support. The organization's development work involves projects for clean drinking water, renewable energy, and sustainable structures. Empowerment programs focus on agricultural training, financial literacy, menstrual hygiene management, and support for community startups like soap and brick making. A key project is the Lonyi Village, a 3.4-acre humanitarian lodging and training campus designed to be a catalyst for community transformation in Moyo. The organization operates on a partnership-based model, collaborating with over 150 partners and procuring millions in donated goods and services to implement its projects.

    Early stage · 11–50 employees

  • Early stage

  • Pivital Systems

    Enterprise software

    Pivital Systems operates as a specialized engineering partner for organizations seeking to implement artificial intelligence and automation at an enterprise scale. The firm is positioned not as a vendor or a traditional consulting firm, but as a hands-on technical partner focused on long-term engagements. Based in Phoenix, Arizona, the company addresses what it identifies as the primary obstacle to successful AI deployment: the lack of a robust underlying foundation. Its business model centers on building and managing these foundational systems, ensuring AI models are reliable and can handle real-world operational loads.The company's services are concentrated in four main areas. Firstly, it provides on-premise AI server design, addressing the bare-metal infrastructure needs for high-performance computing. Secondly, it engages in custom large language model (LLM) development, creating bespoke models tailored to specific client requirements. The third area is SaaS platform management and development, having launched platforms across sectors like marketing and finance. Finally, Pivital Systems develops agentic AI tooling, creating intelligent automation for complex operational workflows. This integrated approach covers the full spectrum of intelligent automation, from physical hardware to deployed models and the workflows that make them operationally effective.Pivital Systems serves a diverse client base that includes enterprises in aerospace, manufacturing, healthcare, SaaS, and finance, among others. It delivers solutions such as AI-powered automation systems, workflow intelligence, custom data pipelines, and predictive models designed to enhance operational efficiency and provide actionable insights. For example, their work has resulted in significantly reduced cycle times in manufacturing, increased appointment bookings in healthcare, and improved lead qualification for SaaS companies.

    Early stage

  • Pivot Manufacturing

    Semiconductors, Space

    Early stage · 2–10 employees · $60K raised

  • Early stage · 2–10 employees

  • Early stage · 11–50 employees

  • Planatome

    Health

    Planatome, LLC is a medical device technology company specializing in the production of advanced surgical blades. The company serves surgeons and healthcare facilities by providing high precision, low trauma blades that significantly improve patient outcomes. Operating within the medical technology market, Planatome has adapted atomic level polishing techniques from the semiconductor industry to create blades with molecularly perfected cutting edges. These blades offer clean incisions and minimal tissue damage, setting them apart from conventional surgical tools that have seen little innovation in over a century. Planatome's business model revolves around the manufacturing and sale of these specialized blades, generating revenue through direct sales to medical institutions and surgical centers. By focusing on innovation and quality, Planatome aims to revolutionize surgical procedures and enhance healing processes for patients.

    Early stage · 11–50 employees · $6.0M raised

  • Early stage

  • Plannly

    Health, Enterprise software

    Plannly Health was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona. It has developed a cloud-based platform designed for healthcare systems to detect and act on workforce-risks before they escalate. The software gathers data from staff self-assessments and operational metrics, applying artificial intelligence and machine-learning models to uncover underlying causes of burnout, resource constraints, high workloads, and attrition among clinicians and other employees. The output comes in the form of dashboards and insight reports that allow administrators and leadership to prioritise interventions, allocate support resources, and monitor outcomes. By enabling early identification of risk drivers, Plannly Health aims to reduce the financial and human costs associated with staff turnover, reduced productivity and disrupted patient care. The company positions itself as a partner to hospitals and large health-systems that recognise workforce wellbeing as a strategic priority for operational resilience. The offering aligns with the wider shift in health-tech toward proactive employee wellbeing, data-driven decision making, and integrated analytics rather than reactive HR surveys. With its AI-based platform and subscription-based service model, Plannly Health is part of the growing HealthTech segment focused on workforce risk and operational efficiency in healthcare.

    Early stage · 2–10 employees · $1.4M raised

  • Early stage

  • Platinum Home Warranty

    Energy, Home & living

    Early stage · 11–50 employees

  • PLATZ Capital Partners, LLC. is a loan brokerage firm licensed in Arizona that serves business clients across the United States. The firm specializes in sourcing and placing capital by connecting its clients with a vetted network of business-friendly lenders to meet operational, development, and growth financing needs. Its business model centers on acting as a conduit to a nationwide lender network, simplifying the complexity of capital access and accelerating financing for its clients. PLATZ Capital helps businesses identify financing opportunities and matches them with appropriate lenders to facilitate faster deal closures. Howell has a professional background in Finance, Business Development, Information Technology, and Project Management, with experience at large multinational corporations and private-capital start-ups. He holds an MBA and an MS in Finance from Northeastern University. He earned an MBA in Entrepreneurship & Finance from Northeastern University and degrees in Economics from McGill University. Their combined expertise in finance, business, operations, and real estate informs the firm's holistic approach to client service. The company's services include arranging equipment loans, federally backed SBA loans, and enabling clients to draw funds against their existing assets. PLATZ Capital aims to provide financial experience that helps businesses make better financing decisions and secure capital at competitive rates.

    Early stage · 1 employees

  • Player Toolbox is a specialized platform designed to enhance individual football player development through a comprehensive system of progressive exercises. The company serves athletes, coaches, and parents by providing tailored training content that focuses on individual and position-specific skills. Operating in the sports training and development market, Player Toolbox offers a subscription-based model that grants access to a wealth of resources, including training videos developed by renowned experts like Tony Strudwick. The platform's core product is the Individual Development Plan, which integrates technical, tactical, mental, and physical aspects of player growth. This holistic approach ensures that players can maximize their potential even when training away from their team environment. Revenue is generated through subscriptions and sales of additional training materials.

    Early stage · $100K raised

  • Early stage · 2–10 employees

  • Early stage

  • Playmakers

    Marketing

    Early stage · 2–10 employees

  • PLOW

    Fashion

    Early stage

  • Pluvial

    Enterprise software

    Early stage · 1 employees

  • Early stage · 2–10 employees

  • PollsPlatform.com is a unique startup that operates in the e-commerce industry, providing an innovative solution to online businesses. The company offers a platform where shoppers can create polls from an online store's product range. This feature allows users to seek opinions from their friends before making a purchase, thereby increasing brand awareness and conversion rates. The business model of PollsPlatform.com is designed to serve online stores and e-commerce platforms, aiming to reduce user acquisition costs and boost year-on-year growth. The company's data indicates that stores using their polling feature see a fourfold increase in conversions. The platform's functionality is inherently social, encouraging users to share polls with their friends, which in turn increases the virality of the brand. Each shared poll reportedly acquires two new customers for the online store. The platform also boasts a high engagement rate, with over 40% of users who are sent a poll participating and being drawn back onto the online store's platform. PollsPlatform.com leverages the power of social validation, as getting input from friends makes customers more confident and five times more likely to make a purchase. The company's platform can be set up for users in a single day, providing a swift solution for online stores looking to increase their customer base and conversion rates. In terms of revenue generation, while it's not explicitly stated, it can be inferred that PollsPlatform.com likely operates on a subscription-based model or charges a fee per poll created or per conversion achieved.

    Early stage · 11–50 employees · $2.2M raised

  • PolyientX

    Gaming

    Early stage · 2–10 employees

  • Pomifera

    Wellness & beauty

    Breakout · 51–200 employees

  • Early stage · 11–50 employees

  • Breakout · 51–200 employees

Recent venture rounds

CompanyRoundAmountDateInvestors
MiiHealthSeed$2.8MAug 2026Not disclosed
BoreDMSeries AUndisclosedJun 2026Five Elms Capital
Prickly Pear HealthSeedUndisclosedMar 2026Emmeline Ventures
ALTREarly VCUndisclosedMar 2026Branca International
MatturEarly VCUndisclosedFeb 2026Outlier Solutions, Inc.
Oats OvernightGrowth Equity VC$45.0MJan 2026Asto Consumer Partners
COCO5Late VC$10.0MJan 2026Not disclosed
Breakthru MedicineSeries AUndisclosedJan 2026Not disclosed
Steady InstallSeed$400KDec 2025Not disclosed
Cloverleaf NetworksEarly VCUndisclosedDec 2025SuperK Ventures
Investors based here
Accelerators and programs

Source: Dealroom, data as of Oct 1, 2026. Venture funding sums venture-type rounds with a disclosed amount; rounds raised by companies already public or bought out are left out. The last 12 months run from Nov 2025 to Oct 2026.

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