Brooklyn's startup scene is defined by its diverse industries and significant venture capital backing. Companies in artificial intelligence, healthcare, and gaming are particularly prominent.
AI developer Hugging Face leads the pack with $395.2 million in funding. Health-tech firm Inspiren and fantasy sports platform Underdog Fantasy have also attracted substantial capital.
Below is our list of 39 Brooklyn startups worth keeping an eye on.
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Get the Sheet for $50Inspiren has developed an AI platform to help senior living providers monitor patient care and improve clinical workflows. Their system uses computer vision to track interactions between staff and patients, providing data that helps improve care quality and operational efficiency.
| Year Founded | 2016 |
| Founders | Michael Wang, Paul Coyne, Vincent Cocito |
| Funding Amount | $142.8M |
| Startup Size | Mid-Size Team (51-250) |
| Last Funding Status | Series B |
| Top Investors | Primary Venture Partners, Insight Partners, Scale Venture Partners, Story Ventures, Studio VC |
Roam builds a virtual office platform where remote teams can work together in a shared digital space. The software is designed to bring back the spontaneous conversations and easy collaboration of a physical office, helping distributed teams feel more connected.
| Year Founded | 2021 |
| Founders | Grace Sutherland, Howard Lerman, Jon Brod, Sean MacIsaac, Tom Dixon |
| Funding Amount | $51.2M |
| Startup Size | Lean Team (11-50) |
| Last Funding Status | Series A |
| Top Investors | IVP, GTMfund, Correlation Ventures, Edward Lando, Jules Maltz |
Underdog Fantasy offers a daily fantasy sports platform with a focus on simple and innovative game formats. They are particularly known for their massive season-long Best Ball tournaments and daily Pick'em contests.
| Year Founded | 2020 |
| Founders | Brandon Stakenborg, Jeremy Levine |
| Funding Amount | $115M |
| Startup Size | Large Team (251-1,000) |
| Last Funding Status | Series C |
| Top Investors | BlackRock, Spark Capital, SV Angel, MANTIS Venture Capital, Palm Tree Crew |
Oula Health created a collaborative maternity care model that brings together midwives and obstetricians in one practice. This integrated approach provides comprehensive support for patients throughout their pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum journey.
| Year Founded | 2019 |
| Founders | Adrianne Nickerson, Elaine Purcell |
| Funding Amount | $50.3M |
| Startup Size | Mid-Size Team (51-250) |
| Last Funding Status | Series B |
| Top Investors | Alumni Ventures, 8VC, Kapor Capital, Maverick Ventures, Female Founders Fund |
XL Batteries has created a novel electrolyte chemistry that extends the operational life of redox flow batteries. Their technology enables more cost-effective, long-duration energy storage by reducing degradation and waste.
| Year Founded | 2019 |
| Founders | Thomas Sisto |
| Funding Amount | $25.4M |
| Startup Size | Lean Team (11-50) |
| Last Funding Status | Seed |
| Top Investors | National Science Foundation, Third Derivative, SIP Global Partners, Catalus Capital, Xerox Venture Capital |
Vibranium Labs develops an AI platform that acts as an on-call engineer to help resolve software incidents. Their system is designed to automate the entire incident response process, reducing stress and downtime for engineering teams.
| Year Founded | 2024 |
| Founders | — |
| Funding Amount | $4.6M |
| Startup Size | Founding Team (1-10) |
| Last Funding Status | Seed |
| Top Investors | Andreessen Horowitz, Franklin Templeton, Gaingels, Plug and Play, Digital Currency Group |
Artemis builds an intelligence platform to help manage indoor farming operations. Their software provides growers with data-driven insights to increase crop yields and overall profitability.
| Year Founded | 2015 |
| Founders | Allison Kopf, Jason Camp |
| Funding Amount | $12.4M |
| Startup Size | Lean Team (11-50) |
| Last Funding Status | Series A |
| Top Investors | Astanor Ventures, Compound, Talis Capital, TechCrunch, Brooklyn Bridge Ventures |
Hugging Face operates a collaborative platform for the AI community to build, train, and share machine learning models. Their open-source tools and vast repository of models have made them a central hub for developers.
| Year Founded | 2016 |
| Founders | Clément Delangue, Julien Chaumond, Thomas Wolf |
| Funding Amount | $395.2M |
| Startup Size | Mid-Size Team (51-250) |
| Last Funding Status | Venture Round |
| Top Investors | NVIDIA, Sequoia Capital, Google, Lux Capital, Amazon |
Titan connects VC-backed founders with a curated network of executive coaches and performance psychologists. The service focuses on providing elite-level support to help leaders navigate the pressures of building a high-growth company.
| Year Founded | 2020 |
| Founders | AJ Goldstein |
| Funding Amount | $5.7M |
| Startup Size | Founding Team (1-10) |
| Last Funding Status | Seed |
| Top Investors | Alumni Ventures, Bling Capital, Abstract, Newfund, Story Ventures |
Near Space Labs captures high-resolution aerial imagery using a fleet of zero-emission stratospheric balloons. This frequently updated geospatial data helps organizations with mapping, urban planning, and monitoring environmental changes.
| Year Founded | 2017 |
| Founders | Albert Caubet, Ignasi Lluch, Rema Matevosyan |
| Funding Amount | $34.5M |
| Startup Size | Lean Team (11-50) |
| Last Funding Status | Series B |
| Top Investors | Gaingels, Draper Associates, Third Sphere, Toyota Ventures, Leadout Capital |
29 Additional Brooklyn Startups Worth Following
The top 10 are just a small slice of what’s happening across Brooklyn. Founders are building in all kinds of fields, from AI to media, and have raised over $2 billion combined to fund their work.
Some of these companies are just getting started, while others are already well known names. Here’s a look at the rest of the startups shaping the Brooklyn ecosystem.