A Practical Shortlist of Companies at the Series A Stage—With the Caveats That Matter

The 12 companies below are categorized as Series A startups by a third-party directory, but their financing stages have not been independently verified. Use this shortlist to discover companies, then confirm each company’s funding history and current operating status through a company announcement, investor release, regulatory filing, or another authoritative transaction record before applying, prospecting, investing, or citing it.

12 companies categorized as Series A

The startups.gallery Series A directory supplies short descriptions, work arrangements, and base locations for these companies. It does not provide company-level round dates, amounts, investors, or primary funding announcements. Although the page title references 2026, that does not establish that every entry was financed or verified in 2026.

This is an illustrative shortlist—not a ranking, complete market map, or definitive list of companies currently at Series A.

Company	Directory description or category	Work arrangement and listed base	Verification status
ResolveAI	AI	Onsite; San Francisco	Directory-listed; financing not independently verified
Tempo	Web3; stablecoin payments	Onsite; San Francisco	Directory-listed; financing not independently verified
Motif	Design software for buildings	Remote; San Francisco	Directory-listed; financing not independently verified
Summation	AI analysts for finance and operations	Remote; Bellevue	Directory-listed; financing not independently verified
Apothékary	Health and wellness	Remote; New York	Directory-listed; financing not independently verified
Tembo	Developer tools; background agents for technical teams	Remote; Cincinnati	Directory-listed; financing not independently verified
Rox	Sales productivity	Onsite; San Francisco	Directory-listed; financing not independently verified
Prophetic	Health and wellness device	Remote; San Francisco	Directory-listed; financing not independently verified
TigerEye—directory labels it “Acquired by Lennar”	Modern business intelligence for go-to-market teams	Remote; San Francisco	Directory-listed; financing not independently verified
Draftwise	Productivity; AI-assisted contract drafting	Remote; New York	Directory-listed; financing not independently verified
Doubleword	Not supplied	Onsite; London	Directory-listed; financing not independently verified
Defacto	Not supplied	Remote; Paris	Directory-listed; financing not independently verified

TigerEye requires particular care: the directory includes it in the Series A collection while also labeling it acquired by Lennar. “Historically categorized as Series A” and “currently an independent Series A startup” are materially different statements.

What makes a company a Series A startup?

Series A generally refers to a company’s first major venture financing after seed and often involves investors purchasing preferred stock. Instruments, ownership rights, terminology, and transaction structures can vary by country, sector, investor group, and individual deal, so the label is not a standardized certification. The Series A overview provides background on preferred stock and variations in deal structure.

Companies commonly use Series A capital to continue developing products or services, expand the team, acquire customers, invest in marketing, and build the operational capacity needed to scale. In the typical sequence, seed financing precedes Series A, while Series B and Series C support later phases of expansion. LTSE’s overview describes this broad progression and the common uses of Series A capital.

A Series A designation does not prove product-market fit, predictable revenue, low churn, efficient growth, active hiring, or future success. It also does not establish that Series A remains the company’s latest round. A directory may preserve the label after a company raises a later round, is acquired, merges, shuts down, or changes its name.

A reliable description therefore needs to answer two separate questions:

1. Historical financing: Did the company complete a transaction identified as Series A?
2. Current status: Is Series A still its latest confirmed round, and does the company remain an independent operating business?

How to verify that a startup is still at Series A

Treat an undated directory entry as a research lead. Build a company-level record using authoritative evidence, prioritizing the company’s funding announcement, an investor announcement, a regulatory filing, or another direct transaction record.

Check these six fields:

1. Primary funding announcement: Locate a direct announcement or filing that identifies the company and transaction.
2. Announcement date: Record the complete date rather than relying on a year in a directory title.
3. Amount: Determine whether the figure represents the specific round, cumulative funding, a commitment, or capital already funded.
4. Lead and participating investors: Confirm each investor against the primary record rather than a generic directory list.
5. Latest confirmed financing: Search for later Series B or C rounds, extensions, bridge rounds, debt, or other material financings.
6. Current operating status: Check for an acquisition, merger, shutdown, rebrand, or other lifecycle change.

A page title containing “2026” establishes only how a directory is presented. It does not prove that every company record was researched or refreshed in 2026. Likewise, repeated appearances across directories may increase discoverability, but they do not independently verify a transaction: publishers can rely on shared data providers, repeat one another, or preserve stale classifications.

TigerEye demonstrates why financing history and present status belong in separate fields. Its entry combines a Series A category with an “acquired by Lennar” label. A careful record would preserve any verified historical round while separately stating the acquisition status; it would not call the company a current, independent Series A startup without further evidence.

For comparison, one Dealroom Series A watchlist defined eligibility as having Series A as the company’s most recent funding round. However, the displayed page was last updated on June 11, 2024, and the available material does not include the underlying company records needed to validate individual entries. Its eligibility rule should not be confused with current verification.

Use a consistent research template:

Company:
Sector:
Headquarters:
Series A date:
Committed amount:
Funded amount, if tranched:
Lead investor:
Participating investors:
Latest round:
Current status:
Primary source:
Last checked:

This format helps prevent three common errors: confusing a Series A amount with cumulative funding, treating committed capital as already funded, and allowing a historical stage label to obscure a later financing or acquisition.

What the available lists show about sectors and locations

The supplied directory samples span AI, developer tools, healthcare, biotechnology, productivity, Web3, fintech, robotics, aerospace, data services, and design. One broader Series A directory sample includes descriptions related to clinical workflows, drug discovery, APIs, robotics, space, blockchain data, and other fields, with visible locations including Brooklyn, New York City, the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, and remote arrangements.

The startups.gallery sample adds Bellevue, Cincinnati, London, and Paris, as well as listings based in San Francisco and New York. Taken together, the directories show variety, but they are curated, partial samples built using different inclusion methods.

San Francisco and New York recur in the visible listings, but that is only a browsing observation. These samples cannot establish geographic market share or show that either city leads the wider Series A market. Similarly, the prominence of AI descriptions does not establish that AI is the largest Series A sector.

Directory classifications also differ. One publisher may categorize companies according to their latest round, another may preserve a historical stage, and another may promote “recently funded” companies without providing announcement dates. Categories can overlap as well: an AI-assisted contract product might be classified as productivity, legal technology, or applied AI depending on the publisher.

Job seekers should treat “remote” as a discovery filter, not an employment promise. It does not establish that the company is hiring, that a particular opening is remote, or that the employer can hire in every jurisdiction. Confirm current openings, office expectations, time-zone requirements, and location eligibility on the company’s own careers page.

Series A dilution and the documents behind the round

Carta reports that the median equity sold in a 2025 Series A round was 18% within a dataset covering 5,118 US primary priced rounds across stages. Carta does not disclose how many of those transactions were Series A, its platform does not represent the entire market, and the primary-round data exclude many bridge and extension financings. The Carta dilution analysis therefore supports a bounded reference point rather than a universal market rule.

Founders can use 18% as one scenario-modeling input—not as a required or optimal target. A model might compare lower-dilution, 18%, and higher-dilution cases while testing how round size, valuation, option-pool changes, and converted securities affect ownership. The appropriate outcome depends on the capital required, available financing alternatives, investor rights, and the risk of remaining underfunded.

Sector economics can also affect dilution. Carta’s commentary indicates that capital-intensive businesses such as biotech may experience higher early-stage dilution, but its cited biotech range is not specific to Series A and should not be treated as a Series A benchmark.

Dilution is only one part of a priced financing. Founders must also understand the documents that create the security and allocate economic, information, voting, and transfer rights. The NVCA model venture-financing documents include:

• Certificate of Incorporation
• Stock Purchase Agreement
• Investors’ Rights Agreement
• Voting Agreement
• Right of First Refusal and Co-Sale Agreement

These documents address different parts of the same transaction and are intended to operate as a coordinated set. Focusing only on headline valuation or ownership sold can leave consequential economic and governance provisions unexamined.

NVCA’s updated models also include mechanics for time- or milestone-based tranched financings. Financing records should distinguish:

The NVCA templates are starting points, require transaction-specific tailoring, and are not legal advice.

Ultimately, this shortlist is a discovery tool rather than a verified market database. Confirm each company’s financing and present status before applying, prospecting, investing, or citing it. Founders evaluating a Series A can treat the 18% dilution figure as a bounded reference, review the full financing document set with qualified counsel, and distinguish committed from funded capital when a round is tranched.