Phoenix
Venture funding by year
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| Year | Venture funding | Rounds |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | $516.9M | 66 |
| 2020 | $535.2M | 50 |
| 2021 | $273.9M | 59 |
| 2022 | $329.9M | 62 |
| 2023 | $288.3M | 54 |
| 2024 | $105.7M | 31 |
| 2025 | $248.9M | 29 |
| 2026* | $57.8M | 8 |
Industries
- Health304
- Enterprise software198
- Fintech179
- Marketing169
- Real estate146
- Education115
- Media104
- Food96
- Energy83
- Transportation79
And 20 more industries.
Companies in Phoenix
1,945–1,968 of 2,570 companies
Early stage
- Sevrak
Legal
Sevrak provides engineering, integration, and automation solutions specifically tailored for the eDiscovery and legal technology sectors. The company's primary clients include service providers, legal tech vendors, in-house legal operations teams, and law firms. Its business model revolves around helping these clients enhance their technology stacks and streamline complex workflows.The core services offered by Sevrak are categorized into three main areas: Build, Integrate, and Advise. The 'Build' service focuses on creating custom products, internal tools, and product features designed for auditability, reliability, and maintainability. 'Integrate' aims to connect disparate tools within a client's existing technology stack—such as Microsoft 365, Slack, and various data platforms—to create a seamless, unified system. The 'Advise' service offers strategic guidance on workflow optimization, architecture pressure-testing, and technology onboarding, drawing from the team's background as operators in the field. By turning manual processes into automated systems, Sevrak helps clients protect margins, differentiate themselves in the market, reduce support loads, and control costs.
Early stage · 2–10 employees
- ShadeSolutions.com
Home & living
Early stage · 11–50 employees
- ShadowGen
Robotics
Early stage · 2–10 employees
- ShandeeLand
Food
ShandeeLand is a media entity centered around its namesake podcast, which began in 2020. The ShandeeLand podcast explores topics such as food allergies, business, and life moments through interviews with a variety of guests. The show is hosted by Shandee Chernow, who is also the founder and CEO of CertiStar, a software company that helps the hospitality industry manage food allergen information. Chernow's personal experience with the onset of life-threatening food allergies in her late 20s was the impetus for founding CertiStar in 2017. Frustrated by the anxiety of dining out, she developed a software solution to provide clear, fact-based menu information for diners with allergies, aiming to reduce risks for both customers and restaurants. Based in Phoenix, Arizona, CertiStar's MenuStar software allows restaurant staff to quickly identify safe menu options for customers based on their specific allergies. The ShandeeLand podcast serves as a platform to discuss these themes in more depth. Chernow interviews guests from diverse backgrounds, including chefs, restaurateurs, entrepreneurs, celebrities, and food allergy innovators. The conversations aim to inspire and motivate listeners by sharing success stories and life experiences. Episodes have featured topics ranging from the operational side of the restaurant industry to navigating travel with severe food allergies and legal advocacy for the food allergy community. The podcast often highlights the work of other advocates and entrepreneurs in the food allergy space, creating a resource for the community.
Early stage · 2–10 employees
Early stage · 2–10 employees
- Sharetheride
Transportation
Early stage
Early stage · 11–50 employees
- Shift Neuroscience
Health
Early stage · 1 employees
- ShiftUp
Marketing, Enterprise software
ShiftUp is a Phoenix-based technology company providing an AI-powered sales intelligence platform designed to transform how enterprise sales teams operate. The advent of advanced AI, like ChatGPT, in 2022 provided the final component to automate and scale their vision. The platform integrates natively with Salesforce, with plans for broader CRM integration, and automates critical go-to-market tasks such as account research, opportunity identification, stakeholder mapping, and strategic planning. By analyzing an organization's data, it surfaces hidden revenue opportunities in dormant accounts and delivers prioritized, actionable insights directly to sales representatives within their existing CRM environment. This approach is designed to make sellers more productive from their first week, addressing challenges like high employee turnover and the erosion of institutional knowledge in sales organizations. The company does not simply overlay AI onto existing tools but instead re-architects the entire sales workflow to be more efficient and intelligent. The capital is allocated to accelerate product development, enhance customer success programs, and build its brand presence. The company targets enterprise clients in sectors including telecommunications, technology, healthcare, and manufacturing.
Early stage · 11–50 employees · $3.0M raised
- Shiny's Academy
Education
Shiny's Academy offers personalized, high-quality academic support for students in grades 3 through 12. The company’s mission is to unlock each student's potential by addressing the root causes of learning challenges through individualized instruction. Her background as a Mathematics educator, Senior Scientist at a research and development organization, and an IT professional informs the academy's teaching approach. This approach is centered on building strong academic foundations, confidence, and independent learning skills. Shiny's Academy provides tutoring in mathematics, including arithmetic, pre-algebra, algebra, geometry, pre-calculus, and calculus, as well as in science and English. The English program covers reading comprehension, foundational literacy, writing, and grammar for elementary, middle, and high school levels. The academy employs a structured process that begins with a comprehensive assessment to understand a student's knowledge, reasoning skills, and learning style. Instruction is delivered in small groups to ensure focused attention. The academy emphasizes clear goals, regular progress tracking, and collaboration with families to ensure measurable academic progress.
Early stage · 2–10 employees
- SHIPFR8
Jobs & recruitment, Transportation
Early stage · 11–50 employees
- SHIPHAUS
Transportation
Early stage · 2–10 employees
- Shombayboerboels
Hosting, Semiconductors
Early stage
Early stage
- Shortsaleopedia
Legal, Marketing
Early stage · 2–10 employees
- Sibi
Transportation
Breakout · 51–200 employees
- SideBar
Enterprise software
Early stage · 11–50 employees
- Sidebarbeverage
Food
Early stage · 2–10 employees
- Sidekick360
Enterprise software
Early stage · 1 employees
- Sight Pharma
Health
Sight Sciences, Inc. operates as a medical technology company with a clear focus on addressing the underlying causes of highly prevalent eye diseases. Sight Sciences has a dual focus, targeting both glaucoma and dry eye disease, two of the largest segments in the eyecare market. This strategy diversifies its market approach and addresses significant unmet needs in patient care. The company's financial model is characterized by a high gross margin, reported at 83% in the third quarter of 2024, though this is offset by substantial investments in sales, marketing, and research and development to drive market adoption and continued product development.Sight Sciences offers two primary products: the OMNI® Surgical System and the TearCare® System. The OMNI Surgical System is a minimally invasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS) device used for canaloplasty to reduce intraocular pressure in adult patients with primary open-angle glaucoma. The TearCare System is designed to treat Meibomian Gland Dysfunction (MGD), a principal cause of evaporative dry eye disease. A key milestone was the FDA 510(k) clearance for the OMNI Surgical System in 2018, followed by clearance for the TearCare System in 2019, which enabled commercial launches into these respective markets. The company achieved another significant step in 2021 with its Initial Public Offering (IPO) on Nasdaq, raising substantial capital to fund commercial expansion and further research.
Late stage · $60.0M raised
Early stage · 2–10 employees
Breakout · 51–200 employees
- signerX
Legal
Early stage · 1 employees
Recent venture rounds
| Company | Round | Amount | Date | Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MiiHealth | Seed | $2.8M | Aug 2026 | Not disclosed |
| BoreDM | Series A | Undisclosed | Jun 2026 | Five Elms Capital |
| Prickly Pear Health | Seed | Undisclosed | Mar 2026 | Emmeline Ventures |
| ALTR | Early VC | Undisclosed | Mar 2026 | Branca International |
| Mattur | Early VC | Undisclosed | Feb 2026 | Outlier Solutions, Inc. |
| Oats Overnight | Growth Equity VC | $45.0M | Jan 2026 | Asto Consumer Partners |
| COCO5 | Late VC | $10.0M | Jan 2026 | Not disclosed |
| Breakthru Medicine | Series A | Undisclosed | Jan 2026 | Not disclosed |
| Steady Install | Seed | $400K | Dec 2025 | Not disclosed |
| Cloverleaf Networks | Early VC | Undisclosed | Dec 2025 | SuperK Ventures |
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