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Arizona

Tucson

Data as of Oct 1, 2026
715
Companies
$10.0M
Venture funding in the last 12 months, 2 rounds
$94.7M
Venture funding, 2022–2026
32
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$14.1M12
2020$29.2M11
2021$19.9M11
2022$35.6M9
2023$3.7M7
2024$28.2M11
2025$17.2M6
2026*$10.0M2

Industries

  • Health126
  • Energy46
  • Education37
  • Semiconductors37
  • Fintech34
  • Food30
  • Enterprise software29
  • Real estate26
  • Kids22
  • Security17

And 19 more industries.

Companies in Tucson

241–264 of 715 companies

  • Fangamer

    Gaming

    Fangamer is a niche video game merchandise company headquartered in Arizona, established in 2008. The company specializes in creating and selling a wide range of products inspired by popular video games, including shirts, plushes, books, and other collectibles. Fangamer's target market primarily consists of video game enthusiasts and collectors who seek high-quality, unique merchandise that celebrates their favorite games. The company operates in the gaming and entertainment merchandise sector, leveraging partnerships with game developers and artists to produce exclusive and officially licensed products. Fangamer generates revenue through direct sales on its e-commerce platform, as well as through collaborations and limited edition releases that drive customer engagement and repeat purchases. The business model focuses on maintaining a diverse product line and frequently updating its offerings to keep pace with new game releases and trends in the gaming community.

    Breakout · 51–200 employees · $50K raised

  • Early stage · 2–10 employees

  • Early stage

  • Fileguru

    Gaming

    Early stage

  • Early stage · 2–10 employees

  • Firebird Food Services LLC is a locally owned business that provides high-end, high-tech vending solutions to the Tucson, Arizona community. The company targets businesses, offering to enhance break rooms, waiting rooms, lobbies, and other communal spaces with its machines. The business model is centered on owning, placing, and maintaining the vending machines and their contents, providing a hassle-free service for their clients. Firebird Food Services does not have publicly listed founders.The company's core offering consists of modern, refrigerated, and highly configurable vending machines that accept various digital payment methods. Unlike traditional vending services that primarily offer chips and soda, Firebird focuses on providing healthier grab-and-go food options. The product selection is personalized based on client preferences and can include items such as energy drinks, Keto snacks, vegetarian options, and full meals. The service includes scheduling machine maintenance and refilling around the client's business hours and actively seeking feedback to refine food and beverage choices.

    Early stage · 1 employees

  • Fishtail

    Semiconductors

    Early stage · 2–10 employees

  • Early stage

  • Early stage · 2–10 employees

  • Early stage · 2–10 employees

  • Flock Off

    Energy

    Early stage · 11–50 employees

  • Flooring Direct

    Real estate

    Breakout · 51–200 employees

  • Early stage

  • Early stage

  • Fraqtals specializes in modular Print Pods that revolutionize the screen printing industry with a seamless combination of screen printing and heat press technology. The company offers a range of products, including the Pro Pod package for professional screen printers and entrepreneurs, and the Mini Pods package for small businesses, artists, and hobbyists. These products are designed to be compact and space-saving, providing mobility and flexibility for creative projects. Fraqtals serves a diverse clientele, from home-based businesses to pop-up shops, offering comprehensive training sessions to ensure efficient and high-quality printing processes. The business model focuses on selling these innovative printing solutions, catering to both beginners and experienced printers who value convenience and quality.

    Early stage

  • Early stage

  • FreeFall Aerospace

    Telecom, Space

    FreeFall Aerospace, founded in 2016, is a Tucson, Arizona-based company specializing in advanced antenna technology for both space and ground communications. The company originated from a technology transfer partnership with the University of Arizona, leveraging research from radio astronomy and planetary exploration. It serves a range of clients, from government and military agencies to commercial satellite operators and universities. The company's business revolves around the development and sale of its proprietary antenna systems and related engineering services, including custom feed systems and space mission analysis. In Spring 2020, FreeFall Aerospace partnered with ED2 Corporation to form FreeFall 5G, Inc., aiming to adapt its technology for the global 5G market.The company's core products are its innovative antenna systems, which utilize a spherical reflector design to offer significant size, weight, power, and cost (SWaP-C) advantages over traditional parabolic antennas. A key offering is the patented Inflatable Antenna System, an ultra-lightweight and compact solution for small spacecraft that inflates on orbit. This design provides a wide field of view and enables rapid, efficient beam steering with minimal moving parts, making it ideal for tracking satellite constellations in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) and Medium Earth Orbit (MEO). For ground applications, the All Sky Antenna features a stationary spherical reflector, which reduces operational complexity and power consumption, suiting it for remote and rural locations. The company has received multiple funding rounds, including a Series A for $1.3M in October 2023, and was named Startup Innovator of the Year in 2019 by the Arizona Commerce Authority.

    Early stage · 11–50 employees · $2.3M raised

  • Early stage · 2–10 employees

  • Early stage · 11–50 employees

  • Early stage

  • Early stage · 1 employees

  • General Plasma

    Semiconductors

    Early stage

  • GenetiRate, LLC operates at the intersection of agricultural technology and aquaculture, providing a specialized solution to enhance production efficiency. His research, originally aimed at human health issues like obesity, revealed that the metabolic rate of embryonic fish could forecast their future growth. This discovery was translated into a commercial technology with the help of Tech Launch Arizona, the university's commercialization arm, which managed the intellectual property and licensing.The core of GenetiRate's business is a patented assay that measures the metabolic rate of individual aquatic animals, including fish, mollusks, and crustaceans, at the embryonic stage. This allows for the sorting of eggs, embryos, or hatchlings to identify individuals genetically superior for growth. By selecting for a high metabolic rate, aquaculture producers can identify fish that are expected to grow 10-30% faster and exhibit improved feed efficiency. This is a critical advantage in an industry where feed can constitute nearly 50% of production costs. The company offers services such as on-site and in-house sorting of embryos, eggs, and spat, as well as mail-in biopsy kits. For instance, breeders might retain the top 5-10% of sorted ova for broodstock, while producers could discard the bottom 25-50% to optimize rearing resources. This selective process directly addresses the challenge of accurately measuring feed conversion on an individual level in aquaculture species. GenetiRate gained early traction and validation, receiving the Seafood Innovation Award at the 2019 North Atlantic Seafood Forum and joining the Hatch aquaculture accelerator. In February 2021, the startup was acquired by IMV Technologies, a global leader in animal assisted reproduction biotechnologies. This acquisition provided GenetiRate with the resources to expand its technology application across more species within the global aquaculture market.

    Early stage

  • Geosavi

    Legal

    Early stage

Recent venture rounds

CompanyRoundAmountDateInvestors
World View EnterprisesLate VC$10.0MMar 2026Ondas Holdings
KeysEarly VCUndisclosedMar 2026Not disclosed
Revolute RoboticsSeed$1.9MOct 2025ANIMO Ventures, Ascend VC
Delta Development TeamSeries AUndisclosedAug 2025Pasadena Angels, Desert Angels, Central Texas Angel Network +3 more
TYBSeries A$11.0MJun 2025Coinbase Ventures, Unusual Ventures, Castle Island Ventures +2 more
T&R Recovery GroupGrowth Equity VCUndisclosedJun 2025Cyprium Investment Partners, Genesis Park
Branch TherapeuticsSeed$4.0MMay 2025GKCC
SorbiforceSeed$270KApr 2025StartEngine
Precision EpigenomicsSeries A$1.5MSep 2024Shaffer Capital
World View EnterprisesLate VC$25.0MMay 2024Breakthrough Victoria
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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