Health and care
crowdedClinics, telehealth, mental health, elder care, medical devices, care operations
- 1083 in 2 years4124 tracked89% alive$493M raised (12m)2229 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
Local services, hospitality, travel
crowdedRestaurants, hotels, salons, auto shops, home services, travel
- 996 in 2 years5052 tracked85% alive$1293M raised (12m)128 grants
Marketing, sales, support
crowdedDemand generation, CRM, content, call centers, customer service
- 990 in 2 years4868 tracked88% alive$2300M raised (12m)98 grants
Legal, compliance, government
crowdedLegal services, regulatory compliance, procurement, civic and municipal services
- 895 in 2 years2677 tracked93% alive$1053M raised (12m)288 grants
Software, data, IT infrastructure
crowdedDeveloper tools, cloud, databases, cybersecurity, observability, AI infra
- 731 in 2 years2678 tracked89% alive$27188M raised (12m)1347 grants
Industry and manufacturing
crowdedFactory automation, quality control, maintenance, machining, industrial supply
- 526 in 2 years4516 tracked84% alive$3257M raised (12m)442 grants
Construction and real estate
warmDesign, jobsite, facilities, property management, proptech
- 526 in 2 years4516 tracked84% alive$3257M raised (12m)442 grants
Agriculture and food
warmPrecision farming, greenhouses, processing, food brands, food supply chains
- 475 in 2 years2827 tracked86% alive$1280M raised (12m)997 grants
Education and work
warmSchools, universities, corporate training, hiring, HR, workforce management
- 444 in 2 years5852 tracked81% alive$3328M raised (12m)64 grants
Bio, pharma, life sciences
warmDrug discovery, diagnostics, lab instruments, agbio, synthetic biology
- 437 in 2 years2687 tracked85% alive$1448M raised (12m)2700 grants
Science and research infrastructure
warmLab software, instruments, publishing, scientific computing
- 437 in 2 years2687 tracked85% alive$1448M raised (12m)2700 grants
Transport and logistics
warmFreight, warehousing, last mile, maritime, aviation, fleet operations
- 416 in 2 years3408 tracked83% alive$1823M raised (12m)450 grants
Robotics and autonomy
thinRobot arms, drones, autonomous vehicles, service robots, machine vision in the field
- 386 in 2 years1959 tracked85% alive$1676M raised (12m)632 grants
Retail and e-commerce
thinStores, marketplaces, brands, merchandising, fulfillment, returns
- 334 in 2 years4744 tracked80% alive$1895M raised (12m)72 grants
Finance and insurance
thinPayments, lending, insurance, accounting, investing, banking infrastructure
- 226 in 2 years2127 tracked84% alive$1704M raised (12m)2 grants
Media, entertainment, creators
thinVideo and audio, games, publishing, creator tooling, advertising inventory
- 225 in 2 years3018 tracked79% alive$1161M raised (12m)47 grants
Energy and climate
thinGeneration, grid, storage, carbon, climate adaptation, power for data centers
- 168 in 2 years1145 tracked88% alive$190M raised (12m)572 grants
Defense, space, public safety
thinDefense tech, ISR, space services, emergency response, policing
- 79 in 2 years277 tracked93% alive$587M raised (12m)207 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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