Health and care
crowdedClinics, telehealth, mental health, elder care, medical devices, care operations
- 604 in 2 years3202 tracked89% alive$135M raised (12m)1664 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
- 581 in 2 years3790 tracked88% alive$2030M raised (12m)76 grants
Local services, hospitality, travel
crowdedRestaurants, hotels, salons, auto shops, home services, travel
- 569 in 2 years4150 tracked85% alive$588M raised (12m)102 grants
Legal, compliance, government
crowdedLegal services, regulatory compliance, procurement, civic and municipal services
- 539 in 2 years1934 tracked93% alive$140M raised (12m)226 grants
Software, data, IT infrastructure
crowdedDeveloper tools, cloud, databases, cybersecurity, observability, AI infra
- 467 in 2 years2089 tracked89% alive$561M raised (12m)1215 grants
Industry and manufacturing
crowdedFactory automation, quality control, maintenance, machining, industrial supply
- 249 in 2 years3821 tracked85% alive$2667M raised (12m)360 grants
Construction and real estate
warmDesign, jobsite, facilities, property management, proptech
- 249 in 2 years3821 tracked85% alive$2667M raised (12m)360 grants
Education and work
warmSchools, universities, corporate training, hiring, HR, workforce management
- 200 in 2 years5052 tracked82% alive$2592M raised (12m)50 grants
Transport and logistics
warmFreight, warehousing, last mile, maritime, aviation, fleet operations
- 195 in 2 years2979 tracked84% alive$675M raised (12m)363 grants
Robotics and autonomy
warmRobot arms, drones, autonomous vehicles, service robots, machine vision in the field
- 191 in 2 years1707 tracked86% alive$700M raised (12m)518 grants
Bio, pharma, life sciences
warmDrug discovery, diagnostics, lab instruments, agbio, synthetic biology
- 188 in 2 years2244 tracked85% alive$122M raised (12m)2117 grants
Science and research infrastructure
warmLab software, instruments, publishing, scientific computing
- 188 in 2 years2244 tracked85% alive$122M raised (12m)2117 grants
Agriculture and food
thinPrecision farming, greenhouses, processing, food brands, food supply chains
- 185 in 2 years2441 tracked87% alive$658M raised (12m)837 grants
Retail and e-commerce
thinStores, marketplaces, brands, merchandising, fulfillment, returns
- 146 in 2 years4210 tracked81% alive$600M raised (12m)53 grants
Finance and insurance
thinPayments, lending, insurance, accounting, investing, banking infrastructure
- 118 in 2 years1834 tracked85% alive$220M raised (12m)2 grants
Media, entertainment, creators
thinVideo and audio, games, publishing, creator tooling, advertising inventory
- 94 in 2 years2706 tracked81% alive$575M raised (12m)38 grants
Defense, space, public safety
thinDefense tech, ISR, space services, emergency response, policing
- 48 in 2 years232 tracked94% alive$50M raised (12m)170 grants
Energy and climate
thinGeneration, grid, storage, carbon, climate adaptation, power for data centers
- 42 in 2 years966 tracked90% alive$8M raised (12m)489 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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