Tucson
Data as of Oct 1, 2026Venture funding by year
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| Year | Venture funding | Rounds |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | $14.1M | 12 |
| 2020 | $29.2M | 11 |
| 2021 | $19.9M | 11 |
| 2022 | $35.6M | 9 |
| 2023 | $3.7M | 7 |
| 2024 | $28.2M | 11 |
| 2025 | $17.2M | 6 |
| 2026* | $10.0M | 2 |
Industries
- Health126
- Energy46
- Education37
- Semiconductors37
- Fintech34
- Food30
- Enterprise software29
- Real estate26
- Kids22
- Security17
And 19 more industries.
Companies in Tucson
313–336 of 715 companies
- ilava
Food
Early stage · 2–10 employees
Early stage · 11–50 employees
- Inara
Legal
Early stage · 11–50 employees
- independent courier az
Fashion
Early stage
Early stage
- Industrial IoT Solutions
Semiconductors
The firm operates as a technology distributor and implementer of Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) solutions, focusing on the Latin American market with a presence in the United States, Brazil, and Mexico. It targets clients in heavy industries such as mining, manufacturing, and oil & gas.The core business model revolves around distributing and deploying technologies from selected vendors to facilitate the Industry 4.0 transformation for its clients. The service portfolio includes defining strategic roadmaps, providing business justification with ROI analysis, and implementing specific systems like Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES 4.0), Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA), and Human-Machine Interfaces (HMI).Revenue is generated through the sale, deployment, and support of these information technology solutions. The company leverages its 30 years of experience in the LATAM market to offer value through rapid implementation and a quick return on investment. Key technological offerings include equipment automation, Robotic Process Automation (RPA), and RFID solutions. Its platform allows for detailed product configuration, which can be embedded into RFID tags to track products, parts, and components, thereby improving plant management, tracking production orders, and identifying unproductive time.
Early stage · 1 employees
- Industry Rockstar
Education
Industry Rockstar is a business education and services conglomerate that assists entrepreneurs in launching and scaling their companies. Founded in 2007 by Kane and Alessia Minkus, the company provides training programs, mentorship, and various business services. Over the last two decades, the founders have cultivated a significant presence in the business mentorship space, impacting over five million professionals across 80 countries through online and in-person events. The founders, Kane and Alessia Minkus, are serial entrepreneurs who have started over 40 companies, generating hundreds of millions in revenue. Their journey began with diverse business ventures and real estate acquisitions before they shifted focus to mentoring and establishing an incubator for other businesses. Alessia Minkus, in particular, focuses on mentoring female founders and has a background of scaling nine of her own companies to a total of over $500 million in revenue. They have collaborated with and shared stages with numerous high-profile figures, including Richard Branson and Tony Robbins. Industry Rockstar operates on a business-to-consumer model, offering a range of paid programs and certifications. These include the "AI Assisted Entrepreneur Sprint," "AI Agency Certification," and the "Start At The Top Mentorship Program," which are designed to help entrepreneurs integrate AI, build their brand, and scale their operations. Revenue is generated through these educational offerings. In addition to training, the company has several service divisions, including automation services like CRM campaigns, AI solution development, private advisory, event organization, branding, video production, and a call center for lead generation and customer support. The company's core offerings are training programs that fuse AI technology with business strategies for marketing, sales, and leadership. They provide systems for entrepreneurs to master AI tools, automate tasks, create online courses, and develop scalable consulting models. Industry Rockstar also offers 'done-for-you' services in branding and marketing, creating assets like websites, brand videos, and presentation decks to enhance clients' market presence. Their outreach division combines AI with human agents to provide lead generation, virtual assistance, and customer support services.
Early stage · 11–50 employees
Early stage · 2–10 employees
Early stage
- Innovate-A-thon
Education
Early stage · 2–10 employees
- Inspire Horizons
Health
Early stage · 2–10 employees
- Instant BioScan
Health
Instant BioScan, now part of METTLER TOLEDO Thornton, specializes in real-time microbial monitoring systems (RMS) designed to detect and quantify microbial and inert particle contaminants in liquids. The company's core technology utilizes intrinsic fluorescence emission under UV illumination to identify microbes, eliminating the need for reagent dye labeling. This approach offers significant advantages such as no sample preparation, easy operation, low maintenance, and both automatic and manual sanitizing functionalities. Instant BioScan serves a diverse range of industries including pharmaceutical, parenteral drug manufacturing, drinking water, wastewater, food and beverage, personal care, recreational, and oil and gas sectors. The company operates in the industrial water management market, providing solutions that enhance process control, optimization, early warning detection, diagnosis, and remediation. The business model is centered around selling its RMS units and related services to industrial clients who require stringent microbial monitoring to comply with regulatory standards and ensure product safety. Revenue is generated through the sale of these monitoring systems, as well as ongoing maintenance and support services.
Early stage · 11–50 employees · $1.0M raised
Intelligent Clinical Systems (ICS) is developing an AI-powered platform to enhance efficiency in clinical environments. The company's core product is the Ambient Intelligent Infrastructure™ (Aii™), a system designed to transform hospital supply rooms into responsive, voice-to-visual environments. This technology aims to guide clinicians with light and voice commands, helping them locate necessary supplies with precision and speed.The Aii™ platform integrates edge-native AI, real-time context recognition, and federated learning while preserving privacy. By embedding intelligence directly into the clinical workspace, ICS seeks to reduce operational delays and lessen the cognitive load on healthcare professionals, allowing them to dedicate more time to patient care. The system operates on the principle of ambient intelligence, creating an environment that is sensitive and responsive to the presence of people. This approach enables the technology to operate in the background, anticipating needs without requiring explicit commands from the user. Intelligent Clinical Systems is part of the University of Arizona Center for Innovation (UACI), a startup incubator. The business model for AI-driven healthcare companies like ICS often involves providing solutions as a service (SaaS), which may include pilot projects and an individual approach for clients, or functioning as an AI platform vendor. Revenue is typically generated through subscription fees or other service-based charges.
Early stage · 2–10 employees
Early stage · 1 employees
- Invision Power Services
Energy, Enterprise software
Early stage · 11–50 employees
- IronFist Design
Marketing
Early stage · 1 employees
- Itdefenseshield
Security
Early stage
- Ivyaudio
Music
Early stage
Early stage · 2–10 employees
Early stage · 2–10 employees
- JobKaster
Jobs & recruitment
Early stage · 2–10 employees
- Justified Capital
Fintech
Justified Capital is a firm that develops and implements quantitative, algorithmic trading strategies designed to deliver risk-controlled returns while actively mitigating risks it identifies as originating from police abuse. The firm's core philosophy is built on the premise that a significant, often unaddressed, risk to investment principals stems from personal vulnerabilities that can be exploited by authorities, a concept the firm refers to as "Police risk". This perspective was born from the principal's own experiences, which led to the development of strategies engineered to be resilient against such exogenous, non-market pressures. The firm's primary objective is to generate industry-leading, risk-controlled returns through automated and objective trading systems. By making its strategies as algorithmic as possible, Justified Capital aims to remove the subjective human element that it believes is susceptible to external manipulation. A secondary, yet integral, goal of the company is to drive reform in police practices by demonstrating a viable economic model that is insulated from the very risks such abuses can create.The investment approach is rooted in statistical research and is highly systematized. The strategies are designed to function and produce returns even under extreme conditions, including what the firm describes as the principal facing a violation of their constitutional rights. This focus on durability and objectivity means that investment decisions are based on thoughtfully written code and prospectuses, ensuring that the strategies are scalable and can withstand significant personal duress on the principal. The firm explicitly states that its strategies are built to produce risk-free returns irrespective of police abuse, positioning itself as a unique vehicle for investors concerned with this particular class of systemic risk.
Early stage
- Kaelenharwell
Wellness & beauty
Early stage
- Kalil & Co
Fintech, Media
Early stage · 2–10 employees
Recent venture rounds
| Company | Round | Amount | Date | Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World View Enterprises | Late VC | $10.0M | Mar 2026 | Ondas Holdings |
| Keys | Early VC | Undisclosed | Mar 2026 | Not disclosed |
| Revolute Robotics | Seed | $1.9M | Oct 2025 | ANIMO Ventures, Ascend VC |
| Delta Development Team | Series A | Undisclosed | Aug 2025 | Pasadena Angels, Desert Angels, Central Texas Angel Network +3 more |
| TYB | Series A | $11.0M | Jun 2025 | Coinbase Ventures, Unusual Ventures, Castle Island Ventures +2 more |
| T&R Recovery Group | Growth Equity VC | Undisclosed | Jun 2025 | Cyprium Investment Partners, Genesis Park |
| Branch Therapeutics | Seed | $4.0M | May 2025 | GKCC |
| Sorbiforce | Seed | $270K | Apr 2025 | StartEngine |
| Precision Epigenomics | Series A | $1.5M | Sep 2024 | Shaffer Capital |
| World View Enterprises | Late VC | $25.0M | May 2024 | Breakthrough Victoria |