Top Developer Tools Startups 2026: Biggest Rounds, Most Valuable Companies & Top Investors

Value Add VC has tracked 22 Developer Tools venture rounds in 2026 totaling $5.4B, including 6 rounds ($133M) in Q4 2026. Ranked below: the biggest rounds, the companies that raised the most in 2026 and the ones with the highest reported valuations, and the most active lead investors.

Developer tools and infrastructure software startups. Private companies only; rounds tracked by Value Add VC, not a market total.

Methodology

Rounds tracked by Value Add VC from filings, wire releases and news outlets โ€” not a total for the whole market or a complete list of every Developer Tools company. Data window: 2026 year-to-date for the biggest rounds, the companies that raised the most, and lead-investor rankings. Companies by valuation show each company's latest reported valuation (since mid-2025) โ€” an older figure is left off rather than shown as current.

Ranked by dollar amount (rounds, companies by funding), by latest reported figure (companies by valuation), and by number of tracked deals led (investors). Public companies, debt, fund closes, acquisitions and unverified/rumored rounds are excluded.

Last updated 2026-10-14. Missing a company or round? Submit it โ†’

Biggest Developer Tools rounds, 2026 year-to-date

#DateCompanyStageAmountLed bySource
1Sep 8, 2026CognitionSeries E$2BAndreessen Horowitz, Accel, Founders FundTechCrunch
2May 27, 2026CognitionUndisclosed$1BLux Capital, General Catalyst, 8VCTechCrunch
3Aug 20, 2026PoolsideUndisclosed$1Bโ€”no source link
4Mar 11, 2026ReplitSeries D$400MGeorgianTechCrunch
5Sep 16, 2026FactoryUndisclosed$200MKhosla Ventures, Blackstone (Tech Hub), Sequoia CapitalTechFundingNews
6Aug 12, 2026CodeRabbitSeries C$143MAtomico, Smash CapitalPulse2
7Jul 8, 20268090 LabsSeries A$135Mโ€”Business Wire
8Sep 22, 2026FirecrawlSeries B$75MSmash CapitalSiliconANGLE
9Jul 9, 2026OllamaSeries B$65MTheory VenturesTechCrunch
10Aug 4, 2026ConvexUndisclosed$57MInsight PartnersSiliconANGLE
11Sep 30, 2026Flow EngineeringSeries B$50MValor Equity Partners, Atreides ManagementTechCrunch
12Aug 12, 2026BlacksmithSeries B$45MPeak XV PartnersPR Newswire
13Oct 5, 2026Namespace LabsSeries B$42MScale Venture PartnersSiliconANGLE
14Oct 1, 2026doxx.netSeries A$38MAndreessen HorowitzRefresh Miami
15Aug 1, 2026PaperSeries A$34MAccel, Iconiq CapitalEnid News & Eagle (Business Wire)

Biggest Developer Tools rounds, Q4 2026

#DateCompanyStageAmountLed bySource
1Oct 5, 2026Namespace LabsSeries B$42MScale Venture PartnersSiliconANGLE
2Oct 1, 2026doxx.netSeries A$38MAndreessen HorowitzRefresh Miami
3Oct 1, 2026RestateSeries A$20Mโ€”The SaaS News
4Oct 9, 2026MeticulousSeries A$15MChemistry VenturesPulse 2.0
5Oct 12, 2026AlgoX2Extension$10MBessemer Venture PartnersPulse 2.0
6Oct 12, 2026KlarentSeed$8MMosaic VenturesTech Funding News

Developer Tools companies that raised the most in 2026

#Company2026 tracked fundingTracked roundsLatest round
1Cognition$3.0B2Sep 8, 2026
2Poolside$1.0B1Aug 20, 2026
3Replit$400M1Mar 11, 2026
4Factory$200M1Sep 16, 2026
5CodeRabbit$143M1Aug 12, 2026
68090 Labs$135M1Jul 8, 2026
7Firecrawl$75M1Sep 22, 2026
8Ollama$65M1Jul 9, 2026
9Convex$57M1Aug 4, 2026
10Flow Engineering$50M1Sep 30, 2026
11Blacksmith$45M1Aug 12, 2026
12Namespace Labs$42M1Oct 5, 2026
13doxx.net$38M1Oct 1, 2026
14Paper$34M1Aug 1, 2026
15Restate$20M1Oct 1, 2026

Most valuable Developer Tools companies (latest reported valuation, since mid-2025)

#CompanyValuationAs ofSource
1Cognition$48B2026-09-08TechCrunch
2Poolside$12B2026-08The Information
3Replit$9B2026-03-11TechCrunch
4Factory$5B2026-10-05TechCrunch
5LangChain$1.25B2025-10-20LangChain
6Flow Engineering$750M2026-10-01SiliconANGLE

Not enough tracked lead-investor data yet for Developer Tools.

Latest Developer Tools rounds (last 30 days)

#DateCompanyStageAmountLed bySource
1Oct 12, 2026AlgoX2Extension$10MBessemer Venture PartnersPulse 2.0
2Oct 12, 2026KlarentSeed$8MMosaic VenturesTech Funding News
3Oct 9, 2026MeticulousSeries A$15MChemistry VenturesPulse 2.0
4Oct 5, 2026Namespace LabsSeries B$42MScale Venture PartnersSiliconANGLE
5Oct 1, 2026doxx.netSeries A$38MAndreessen HorowitzRefresh Miami
6Oct 1, 2026RestateSeries A$20Mโ€”The SaaS News
7Sep 30, 2026Flow EngineeringSeries B$50MValor Equity Partners, Atreides ManagementTechCrunch
8Sep 28, 2026Row ZeroSeed$10Mโ€”The SaaS News
9Sep 22, 2026FirecrawlSeries B$75MSmash CapitalSiliconANGLE
10Sep 16, 2026FactoryUndisclosed$200MKhosla Ventures, Blackstone (Tech Hub), Sequoia CapitalTechFundingNews

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