Health and care
crowdedClinics, telehealth, mental health, elder care, medical devices, care operations
- 1078 in 2 years4026 tracked89% alive$195M raised (12m)1967 grants
The map
Ideas are brainstormed across a grid, not a list. One axis is the sector whose pain you know, the other is what you can build with your own hands, and the third is how the business takes money. Your profile lights up the cells you can actually play in - that is why the interview asks what it asks.
Sectors: where the pain lives
Marketing, sales, support
crowdedDemand generation, CRM, content, call centers, customer service
- 994 in 2 years4776 tracked88% alive$2133M raised (12m)95 grants
Local services, hospitality, travel
crowdedRestaurants, hotels, salons, auto shops, home services, travel
- 982 in 2 years4948 tracked85% alive$660M raised (12m)124 grants
Legal, compliance, government
crowdedLegal services, regulatory compliance, procurement, civic and municipal services
- 884 in 2 years2591 tracked93% alive$347M raised (12m)263 grants
Software, data, IT infrastructure
crowdedDeveloper tools, cloud, databases, cybersecurity, observability, AI infra
- 709 in 2 years2591 tracked89% alive$4121M raised (12m)1311 grants
Industry and manufacturing
crowdedFactory automation, quality control, maintenance, machining, industrial supply
- 536 in 2 years4469 tracked84% alive$3119M raised (12m)426 grants
Construction and real estate
warmDesign, jobsite, facilities, property management, proptech
- 536 in 2 years4469 tracked84% alive$3119M raised (12m)426 grants
Agriculture and food
warmPrecision farming, greenhouses, processing, food brands, food supply chains
- 495 in 2 years2784 tracked86% alive$1104M raised (12m)961 grants
Education and work
warmSchools, universities, corporate training, hiring, HR, workforce management
- 450 in 2 years5806 tracked81% alive$2728M raised (12m)63 grants
Bio, pharma, life sciences
warmDrug discovery, diagnostics, lab instruments, agbio, synthetic biology
- 435 in 2 years2648 tracked85% alive$1220M raised (12m)2433 grants
Science and research infrastructure
warmLab software, instruments, publishing, scientific computing
- 435 in 2 years2648 tracked85% alive$1220M raised (12m)2433 grants
Transport and logistics
warmFreight, warehousing, last mile, maritime, aviation, fleet operations
- 422 in 2 years3369 tracked83% alive$1629M raised (12m)433 grants
Robotics and autonomy
thinRobot arms, drones, autonomous vehicles, service robots, machine vision in the field
- 383 in 2 years1923 tracked85% alive$1146M raised (12m)604 grants
Retail and e-commerce
thinStores, marketplaces, brands, merchandising, fulfillment, returns
- 336 in 2 years4706 tracked80% alive$1238M raised (12m)70 grants
Finance and insurance
thinPayments, lending, insurance, accounting, investing, banking infrastructure
- 225 in 2 years2102 tracked84% alive$1576M raised (12m)2 grants
Media, entertainment, creators
thinVideo and audio, games, publishing, creator tooling, advertising inventory
- 219 in 2 years2989 tracked79% alive$627M raised (12m)46 grants
Energy and climate
thinGeneration, grid, storage, carbon, climate adaptation, power for data centers
- 190 in 2 years1132 tracked89% alive$85M raised (12m)552 grants
Defense, space, public safety
thinDefense tech, ISR, space services, emergency response, policing
- 78 in 2 years271 tracked92% alive$127M raised (12m)195 grants
Counts come from the tracked corpus (accelerator portfolios, funding news, US federal grants) folded from clusters into sectors. Neighbouring sectors share clusters, so the numbers overlap - read them as density, not as a partition.
Capabilities: what you build with
Software and product engineeringML, models, applied AIData engineering and integrationsElectronics and embedded systemsMechanical design and fabricationRobotics and controlChemistry and materialsBiology and wet lab workClinical and medical practiceLaw and regulationFinance and accountingSales and business developmentMarketing, content, communityDesign and UXOperations, manufacturing, supply chainTeaching and training
Business shapes: how money arrives
Software subscriptionInfrastructure and APIsMarketplaceProductized service or agencyHardware productDeep tech R&D and licensingConsumer appOwn physical operationsProduct brandMedia and audience
Find your cells
The same sector produces completely different companies depending on what you can do: bio plus wet lab is grants and long horizons, bio plus software is selling tools to labs within a quarter. Answer the interview once and the radar works out which cells are yours.
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