MentionFox lists 69 Design tools companies. Of them, 63 are Y Combinator companies (the newest batch here is Fall 2026, with 1); 4 filed a Form D notice with the SEC; 2 won an SBIR or STTR award.
Companies69
Y Combinator63
Form D filers4
SBIR/STTR winners2
Design tools startups
| Company | What it does | Date | Amount | Round / stage | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| twentyfour26 | On Demand CNC Prototyping | Fall 2026 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Clio Studios, Inc | Filed Aug 24, 2026 | $5,000 | SEC Form D | ||
| Make the Dot Inc. | Filed Jul 23, 2026 | $2.3M | SEC Form D | ||
| Hera | We make sure every factory in the world builds without mistakes. | Summer 2026 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Marengo | AI-Native Engineering Firm designing Data Centers | Summer 2026 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Cloudsci LLC | This cbd sbir phase ii proposal will mature the proof-of-concept developed in phase i and develop a portable instrument prototype for… | Award starts Apr 15, 2026 | $1.3M | SBIR Phase II | Federal award record |
| Bloom | The brand layer for agents. | Spring 2026 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Prototyping.io | Autonomous manufacturing for mechanical parts | Spring 2026 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| CoordN8 Inc. | Filed Mar 9, 2026 | $500,000 | SEC Form D | ||
| SmileShape, Inc. (funding history) | Filed Feb 9, 2026 | $150,000 | SEC Form D | ||
| Aurorin Cad | Winter 2026 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | ||
| L2 Diagnostics LLC | Pfag, a multivalent peptide vaccine against malaria - abstract pfag is our novel malaria vaccine, composed of short synthetic peptides… | Award starts Sep 15, 2025 | $599,954 | STTR Phase I | Federal award record |
| Radius | Code and browse in the same place | Fall 2025 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Rivet | Explore dozens of design directions with your agent | Fall 2025 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Hera | AI Motion Designer | Summer 2025 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Interfere | Give engineering, product, and design teams insight into unseen issues | Summer 2025 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Topological | Physics-based foundation models for CAD optimization. | Summer 2025 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Alkali | The smarter way to estimate steel. | Spring 2025 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Godela | AI Physics Engine to replace simulations and prototypes | Spring 2025 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Adam | AI Powered CAD | Winter 2025 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Onlook | Cursor for Designers | Winter 2025 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Variant | Creative intelligence | Fall 2024 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Hestus, Inc. | An AI-powered CAD software | Summer 2024 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Polymet | AI Product Designer | Summer 2024 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Draftaid | Go from 3D models to CAD drawings using AI | Winter 2024 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Mocha | Build and publish web apps in minutes | Summer 2023 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Repaint | Build a website by chatting with AI | Summer 2023 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Tempo | Visual Editor for React, powered by AI | Summer 2023 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Alloy | AI prototyping tool for product managers | Winter 2023 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Aqueduct | Create, edit, and share procedural material graphs. | Winter 2023 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Designbase | Design and build great interfaces | Winter 2023 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Magic Patterns | Go from idea to production with AI. | Winter 2023 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Noya Software | Product design tool that lets everyone design like a designer | Winter 2023 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Versive | AI-first user research platform | Winter 2023 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Chordio | Summer 2022 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | ||
| Impractical | Your autonomous motion designer that turns every feature into a… | Summer 2022 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Avocademy | We teach UX/UI design and then help people get great jobs | Winter 2022 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Rally | Agentic User Research Infrastructure | Winter 2022 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Awesomic | Get matched with top 1% of talents in 24h | Summer 2021 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Customily | Making it easy to sell personalized products online. | Summer 2021 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Mach9 | AI CAD Software for Civil Engineering | Summer 2021 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Novatr | Online cohort based courses for architects, engineers and designers… | Summer 2021 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| ClipDrop | Turn regular mobile photos into professional product visuals | Winter 2021 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| FlutterFlow | Application Development Platform (Native Mobile + Web Apps) | Winter 2021 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Great Question | User research on autopilot | Winter 2021 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| LightTwist | Realistic virtual video studio to record and stream from your browser | Winter 2021 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Spline | Design and collaborate in multiple dimensions. | Winter 2021 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Uiflow | No-code platform for enterprise software companies | Winter 2021 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Waypoint | The email API built for product teams | Winter 2021 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Ditto | Manage the words across your team’s product from design to production. | Winter 2020 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Jitter | Fast and simple animation tool on the web 💫 | Winter 2020 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Typedream | Build & launch your website in minutes with AI | Winter 2020 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| PatternFast (prior: Tailornova/Couturme) | The fashion product engineering intelligence | Winter 2019 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Supernova | Design system platform joins developers and designers together | Winter 2019 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Visly | Build React components visually | Winter 2019 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Aesthetic | Your AI-powered creative apprentice 🪄 | Summer 2018 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Anima App | Anima - Design Agent | AgentGrid.io - Shared drive for humans & agents | Summer 2018 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| BioRender | 'Figma/Canva for scientists’ | Winter 2018 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Draftbit | Build mobile apps visually | Winter 2018 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Medumo | We manage patient instructions for hospitals | Winter 2018 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Universe | Design and build any kind of website | Winter 2018 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Superside | AI-First Creative Partner for Enterprise Teams | Winter 2016 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Font Awesome | Icons and social logos for your website. | Summer 2015 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Zeplin | Deliver on the Promise of Design | Summer 2015 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| ReadMe | Beautiful, personalized, interactive developer hubs | Winter 2015 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Lollipuff | Online Auctions for Authentic (Women's) Designer Goods | Winter 2013 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Easel | Easel is a visual design tool built for the web | Summer 2012 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Pixate | Mobile application prototyping | Summer 2012 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing | |
| Tumult | Tumult is building the next generation of apps for web design | Winter 2011 | Y Combinator batch | Y Combinator listing |
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