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Scottsdale

Freeway partner cityData as of Oct 1, 2026
1,830
Companies
$58.6M
Venture funding in the last 12 months, 13 rounds
$1.3B
Venture funding, 2022–2026
108
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$780.1M52
2020$152.7M41
2021$1.2B68
2022$502.4M53
2023$603.4M45
2024$84.1M24
2025$60.8M7
2026*$58.6M12

Industries

  • Health275
  • Fintech171
  • Enterprise software157
  • Marketing153
  • Real estate104
  • Food67
  • Education65
  • Media60
  • Energy57
  • Wellness & beauty56

And 20 more industries.

Companies in Scottsdale

145–168 of 1,830 companies

  • Early stage

  • Aural Analytics, established in 2015, operates as a digital health company specializing in clinical-grade speech analytics to monitor brain health. Their work is built on a foundation of over 25 years of research in speech neuroscience, heavily funded by the NIH and NSF. The firm provides a cloud-based software platform that analyzes speech to detect and measure changes in neurological health, serving clinical trials, life science organizations, and healthcare systems. Revenue is generated through its technology and services offered to these partners. The company's business model focuses on integrating its technology into existing healthcare and research ecosystems. In March 2024, Aural Analytics was acquired by Linus Health, a move intended to expand Linus Health's cognitive assessment capabilities by integrating Aural's speech analytics into its platform. Aural Analytics' core product is a platform that uses speech signal processing and cognitive-linguistic analysis to extract clinically relevant metrics. This technology is delivered through mobile applications, SDKs, and APIs, making it accessible for both in-clinic and remote use. The platform's main offering, known as Speech Vitals, captures speech samples through app-based tests and analyzes them to provide insights into motor control, respiratory function, and cognitive linguistics. This enables the objective measurement of disease progression for conditions like ALS, dementia, and Parkinson's. The technology is designed to be language and device agnostic and has been deployed in numerous languages across multiple continents. A key feature is its ability to detect subtle changes in speech that may be imperceptible to human ears, potentially allowing for earlier detection of neurological issues. The FDA has granted Breakthrough Device designation for its technology in relation to ALS and registered Speech Vitals as a computerized cognitive assessment aid.

    Early stage · 2–10 employees · $2.5M raised

  • Early stage · 2–10 employees

  • Early stage

  • Autom8ly LLC.

    Enterprise software

    Autom8ly LLC provides AI solutions designed to integrate with a company's existing systems and workflows. He holds over 100 patents. The company operates on a philosophy it terms "Cooperative AI," where its systems are designed to function as collaborative partners with human employees rather than as replacements. This approach emphasizes augmenting team capabilities, with AI handling scale, identifying insights, and managing repetitive tasks, while humans oversee decisions requiring ethics and context. Autom8ly treats each AI deployment like onboarding a new employee, with a proprietary 9-step methodology that defines objectives and measures performance to build trust and determine the level of autonomy the AI earns over time. Autom8ly follows a 100% channel-based business model, partnering with MSPs, resellers, and other service providers who have existing market and customer knowledge. The company does not sell directly but enables its partners to deliver AI-powered solutions under their own brands. It specializes in creating solutions for complex, compliance-heavy verticals, including automotive, hospitality, veterinary care, legal services, retail, and collections. Services include process automation, customer experience optimization, predictive analytics, and fraud detection. A notable product is the 10DLC Onboarding Assistant, an AI-driven system that simplifies the SMS compliance registration process for businesses, significantly reducing the time required and increasing first-submission success rates. Other offerings include advanced voice agents, real-time call assistance, and AI-powered QA and transcription systems.

    Early stage · 2–10 employees

  • Automattik AI

    Enterprise software

    Early stage · 1 employees

  • Early stage · 2–10 employees

  • Global Dental Science, LLC, operating under the brand name AvaDent, is a dental innovations company focused on automating processes to improve dental procedures and patient outcomes. The company's core product is the AvaDent Digital Denture, which is developed using a proprietary digital platform for removable prosthetics. This system utilizes Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE) and CAD/CAM technology to design and manufacture dentures. The process begins with digital patient records, which are then used to design the prosthesis in software before it is milled from a solid, pre-shrunk block of high-density PMMA (polymethyl methacrylate). This monolithic design, milled from a single piece, creates a stronger, more durable, and more bacteria-resistant final product compared to traditional methods that bond separate teeth to a base. This digital workflow significantly reduces the time required for both dentists and patients, enabling the delivery of a premium denture in as few as two appointments instead of the traditional five or more. Global Dental Science operates a 27,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility in Scottsdale, Arizona, which opened in 2011. The company's business model serves dental professionals, including laboratories, dentists, and prosthodontists, by either providing the final milled product or sending the STL design file for in-house milling or 3D printing. Clients can also use AvaDent's design services by sending scan files of patient impressions. A key benefit is the creation of a permanent digital record, allowing for the easy and quick replacement of lost or damaged dentures. The company also has significant contracts with government agencies, such as the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), to provide dental products and services.

    Breakout · 51–200 employees

  • Early stage

  • Early stage · 11–50 employees

  • Early stage

  • Axel Automotive

    Enterprise software

    Axel Automotive provides a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform for the automotive retail industry, designed to unify and manage dealership data. The company's core offering is the Axel One Suite, a platform that centralizes data from disparate dealership sources like DMS, CRM, and inventory management systems. This integration provides dealerships with control over their operational data, which is stored in the dealership's own private cloud to ensure security. The business model is likely subscription-based, targeting automotive dealership groups. The platform aims to solve issues of data fragmentation, improve operational efficiency, and increase profitability by enabling data-driven decision-making. Key features of the Axel One Suite include pre-built and custom reporting tools, analytics, customer data aggregation, and equity mining to identify sales opportunities. Products within the suite such as Axel Mine and Axel Service Max offer reporting and marketing automation. In June 2025, the company announced it had secured $5 million in Series A funding from FM Capital to scale its operations and enhance the Axel One platform.

    Early stage · 11–50 employees

  • Axio, formerly known as Primer, is repositioning itself as an AI-native ecosystem designed to overhaul the technology infrastructure within educational institutions. On July 8, 2024, the company, originally named Primer, rebranded to Axio, a name derived from the Greek word for "value" and blending "AI" with "XO" to reflect its focus on human-centric artificial intelligence. The company was founded in 2023 and is headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona. His background includes leading teams to win global innovation challenges, which informs Axio's mission to democratize personalized education.Axio operates as a comprehensive, AI-native platform that integrates the functionalities of a Learning Management System (LMS), Customer Relationship Management (CRM), and Student Information System (SIS). This integrated approach aims to streamline operations for educational institutions, from recruitment and admissions to personalized instruction and student success monitoring. The business model appears to be enterprise-focused, providing its platform to academic institutions and also licensing its technology for other products in the education sector. By consolidating these core systems, Axio intends to reduce administrative overhead and reallocate resources toward the student learning experience.The platform offers a suite of AI-driven tools for different stakeholders within an educational setting. For educators, Axio facilitates the rapid creation of adaptive learning experiences, including AI-generated courses and real-time assessments. It can adapt content from existing materials like PDFs or syllabi to build new courses. For administrators, the platform's CRM is built specifically for education, featuring AI agents that guide applicants, support current students, and trigger outreach based on academic signals. For students, Axio provides a personalized learning companion that tailors educational paths based on individual interests and career goals, incorporating features like health tracking and automatic journaling to support overall well-being. The system is designed to be modular, allowing institutions to adopt different components, such as the LMS or CRM, independently. Axio has achieved SOC 2® Type II compliance, indicating a formal review of its security protocols for protecting customer data.

    Early stage · 11–50 employees

  • Axiom Capital Funding is a direct lender that provides capital to small and medium-sized businesses throughout the United States. The firm's core services include management consulting, capital advisory, and strategy and growth frameworks. It specializes in structuring and sourcing growth capital, debt solutions, and strategic funding partnerships. The company's offerings encompass merchant cash advances, business lines of credit, equipment financing, and SBA loans, particularly for businesses that may not meet the criteria for traditional bank financing. Axiom Capital Advisers, a related entity, counsels growth-oriented businesses by integrating capital strategy with operational insights to help companies expand and improve performance. Their advisory services target founder-led companies, SMEs, mid-market enterprises, and businesses in both service-driven and capital-intensive industries. The process involves a structured evaluation of financial performance and operational infrastructure to identify value drivers, followed by the development of a tailored roadmap aligned with capital and growth objectives. Another associated firm, Axiom Capital Group, manages an investment fund focused on equity and mezzanine investments in established middle-market operating businesses. This fund targets companies with revenues between $5 million and $100 million and EBITDA of at least $1 million. It often engages in buyouts or acquisitions of controlling interests, partnering with existing management or helping to form new leadership teams. The group also has experience in corporate turnarounds, assisting in the restructuring of distressed companies.

    Early stage · 1 employees

  • Axosoft

    Marketing, Enterprise software

    Breakout · 51–200 employees

  • Early stage · 2–10 employees

  • AZ CoWork

    Real estate

    Early stage · 2–10 employees

  • Azpropertymatch

    Real estate

    Early stage

  • Early stage

  • B2C 3PL Advisors, LLC

    Enterprise software

    B2C 3PL Advisors, LLC is a consulting firm that provides guidance to companies navigating the business-to-consumer (B2C) third-party logistics (3PL) and eCommerce fulfillment sector. Gulisano has held numerous executive positions, including President, CEO, and COO, at organizations ranging from logistics technology startups to large, established logistics corporations. For the last decade, his focus has been on the nuances of direct-to-consumer fulfillment, a high-growth segment of the warehousing industry. The company's business model is centered on providing expert advisory services to three primary client types. For Third-Party Logistics (3PL) companies, the firm offers guidance on expanding into direct-to-consumer and eCommerce fulfillment. This includes training on B2C-specific terminology, developing sales and marketing strategies, and establishing pricing and costing models for eCommerce operations. For retailers and shippers, B2C 3PL Advisors assists in improving fulfillment and warehouse operations, whether through optimizing in-house processes or by guiding them through the process of outsourcing to a 3PL partner for the first time. This includes managing requests for proposals (RFPs), selecting the right 3PL, and measuring performance. The firm has noted experience in categories such as supplements, apparel, consumer packaged goods (CPG), and multi-level marketing (MLM). The firm also serves private equity groups looking to acquire 3PL companies. It leverages its industry knowledge and relationships to facilitate initial conversations and provides due diligence support by helping to assess a target company's operations, client base, and technology. Core service offerings include operational setup for picking areas, integration with shopping carts and warehouse management systems (WMS), and the development of client portals and performance dashboards. B2C 3PL Advisors also facilitates introductions to a network of partners specializing in packaging, parcel freight, automation, and real estate to provide comprehensive support.

    Early stage · 2–10 employees

  • Breakout · 51–200 employees

  • Breakout · 51–200 employees

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    Early stage

  • BacPac

    Education, Kids

    The platform enables parents to discover and enroll their children in a wide variety of programs such as sports, STEM, arts, dance, and music without needing to make long-term commitments. BacPac is a wholly owned subsidiary of Parsus Solutions, LLC. The business model targets two main user groups: parents looking for flexible activities for their children, and educators or activity providers seeking to fill their classes. For parents, the app offers a way to let children sample different interests. Revenue is generated through a token-based system; parents can purchase tokens either on an ad-hoc basis or through monthly subscriptions, which are then used to pay for classes. The price per token decreases with larger subscription bundles. Educators can list their classes, set their own prices, and get paid each time a child attends. The platform is free for educators to join, and BacPac offers support in creating class descriptions and providing photos. The app is available on both Google Play and the Apple App Store. Users can browse available classes and schedules without signing up, and new users receive free tokens upon account creation. The company, registered as BACPAC INC., is based in Scottsdale, AZ.

    Early stage

Recent venture rounds

CompanyRoundAmountDateInvestors
Monetary MetalsEarly VC$10.5MSep 2026Not disclosed
Sparkle Grooming Co.Early VC$6.0MSep 2026Mars Petcare, Digitalis Ventures
Anuncia Medical, Inc.Early VC$100KAug 2026Accelerating Angels
CND Life SciencesEarly VCUndisclosedAug 2026Curve Partners
One RavenSeed$5.0MJul 2026Fifth Wall Ventures
Health EndeavorsGrowth Equity VCUndisclosedJul 2026Decathlon Capital Partners
AtlysAngelUndisclosedJul 2026Not disclosed
equipifiSeries B$34.0MMay 2026SixThirty Ventures, New Stack Ventures, Rise of the Rest +7 more
v4c.aiSeries AUndisclosedMay 2026Tquila, Databricks Ventures
Veterinary Sales & MarketingGrowth Equity VCUndisclosedApr 2026Chinook Investment Partners
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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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