---
title: "Growth Startups Showing Deceleration, Q3 2026"
url: https://signals.gitdealflow.com/stage/growth/signal/deceleration
description: "73 growth-stage startups showing deceleration in Q3 2026."
lastModified: 2026-08-26
source: VC Deal Flow Signal
---
# Growth Startups Showing Deceleration, Q3 2026

Startups whose 14-day commit velocity fell versus the prior window, a measurable slowdown that can mean a shipped milestone, a team transition, or a strategic pivot.

## Summary, Q3 2026

- 73 growth-stage startups showing deceleration
- Top: sonic-pi-net (EdTech), 94 commits/14d (-8%)
- Sectors represented: 15

## Investor Insight

At growth stage, engineering signals indicate strategic direction, a major deploy-frequency spike often maps to a product launch; an infrastructure buildout often signals a new business line. Useful for secondary investors, growth funds, and corporate development teams benchmarking targets. Deceleration is not automatically a red flag. A team that just shipped a major release often slows down to regroup. Read it alongside contributor growth and new repositories: falling velocity with stable or rising contributors usually means a finished push, while falling velocity and falling contributors together can flag turnover or a stalled roadmap.

## Matching Startups

1. **sonic-pi-net** (EdTech), 94 commits/14d, -8% change, 378 contributors
2. **hpi-schul-cloud** (EdTech), 14 commits/14d, -12% change, 4 contributors
3. **saleor** (E-commerce Infrastructure), 22 commits/14d, -12% change, 260 contributors
4. **scribe-org** (Data Infrastructure), 7 commits/14d, -12% change, 61 contributors
5. **dfinity** (Web3), 14 commits/14d, -18% change, 159 contributors
6. **KyberNetwork** (Web3), 23 commits/14d, -18% change, 57 contributors
7. **OpenC3** (Space Tech), 141 commits/14d, -18% change, 50 contributors
8. **medusajs** (E-commerce Infrastructure), 105 commits/14d, -19% change, 455 contributors
9. **space-wizards** (Gaming), 231 commits/14d, -19% change, 411 contributors
10. **phase-rs** (Gaming), 322 commits/14d, -20% change, 104 contributors
11. **rudderlabs** (Data Infrastructure), 17 commits/14d, -23% change, 111 contributors
12. **opensearch-project** (Data Infrastructure), 23 commits/14d, -30% change, 347 contributors
13. **dbt-labs** (Data Infrastructure), 99 commits/14d, -31% change, 379 contributors
14. **AdguardTeam** (Legal Tech), 643 commits/14d, -31% change, 93 contributors
15. **hedyorg** (EdTech), 10 commits/14d, -33% change, 362 contributors
16. **CelestiaProject** (Space Tech), 12 commits/14d, -33% change, 56 contributors
17. **langfuse** (Data Infrastructure), 78 commits/14d, -34% change, 194 contributors
18. **newton-physics** (Robotics), 62 commits/14d, -35% change, 83 contributors
19. **dagucloud** (Data Infrastructure), 23 commits/14d, -36% change, 77 contributors
20. **rerun-io** (Robotics), 57 commits/14d, -37% change, 178 contributors
21. **DimensionDev** (Web3), 13 commits/14d, -38% change, 71 contributors
22. **orangecoding** (PropTech), 24 commits/14d, -40% change, 52 contributors
23. **besu-eth** (Web3), 24 commits/14d, -41% change, 286 contributors
24. **Consensys** (Web3), 24 commits/14d, -41% change, 374 contributors
25. **PostHog** (HR Tech), 76 commits/14d, -43% change, 391 contributors
26. **activist-org** (Social & Community), 27 commits/14d, -44% change, 256 contributors
27. **tempoxyz** (E-commerce Infrastructure), 42 commits/14d, -45% change, 72 contributors
28. **SigNoz** (Data Infrastructure), 33 commits/14d, -45% change, 207 contributors
29. **PostHog** (Data Infrastructure), 1621 commits/14d, -45% change, 391 contributors
30. **intershop** (E-commerce Infrastructure), 7 commits/14d, -46% change, 69 contributors
31. **otter-sec** (EdTech), 9 commits/14d, -47% change, 354 contributors
32. **Submitty** (EdTech), 23 commits/14d, -48% change, 332 contributors
33. **open-telemetry** (Data Infrastructure), 22 commits/14d, -48% change, 408 contributors
34. **autowarefoundation** (Robotics), 63 commits/14d, -48% change, 82 contributors
35. **naev** (Space Tech), 38 commits/14d, -48% change, 168 contributors
36. **sunlabuiuc** (Healthcare), 1 commits/14d, -50% change, 56 contributors
37. **livekit** (Robotics), 13 commits/14d, -50% change, 74 contributors
38. **LiteFarmOrg** (AgTech), 79 commits/14d, -50% change, 65 contributors
39. **vendurehq** (E-commerce Infrastructure), 32 commits/14d, -54% change, 284 contributors
40. **RocketPy-Team** (Space Tech), 24 commits/14d, -54% change, 72 contributors
41. **open-condo-software** (Enterprise SaaS), 24 commits/14d, -55% change, 50 contributors
42. **medplum** (Healthcare), 44 commits/14d, -56% change, 185 contributors
43. **SeismicSystems** (Web3), 4 commits/14d, -56% change, 7 contributors
44. **debezium** (Data Infrastructure), 54 commits/14d, -56% change, 362 contributors
45. **ihmcrobotics** (Robotics), 4 commits/14d, -60% change, 79 contributors
46. **FyroxEngine** (Gaming), 8 commits/14d, -60% change, 86 contributors
47. **ohcnetwork** (Healthcare), 11 commits/14d, -61% change, 330 contributors
48. **wasp-lang** (Enterprise SaaS), 16 commits/14d, -61% change, 113 contributors
49. **earthians** (Healthcare), 18 commits/14d, -62% change, 86 contributors
50. **Paymenter** (E-commerce Infrastructure), 3 commits/14d, -62% change, 52 contributors
51. **cilium** (Data Infrastructure), 82 commits/14d, -63% change, 398 contributors
52. **IntersectMBO** (Web3), 52 commits/14d, -64% change, 165 contributors
53. **wp-erp** (HR Tech), 4 commits/14d, -64% change, 59 contributors
54. **Balatro-Multiplayer** (Gaming), 54 commits/14d, -64% change, 54 contributors
55. **Far-Beyond-Pulsar** (Gaming), 84 commits/14d, -65% change, 54 contributors
56. **flaskbb** (Social & Community), 14 commits/14d, -66% change, 63 contributors
57. **archtechx** (Enterprise SaaS), 2 commits/14d, -67% change, 71 contributors
58. **jmix-framework** (Enterprise SaaS), 9 commits/14d, -69% change, 84 contributors
59. **ParabolInc** (Enterprise SaaS), 5 commits/14d, -71% change, 78 contributors
60. **redpanda-data** (Data Infrastructure), 91 commits/14d, -71% change, 175 contributors
61. **CosmWasm** (Web3), 4 commits/14d, -73% change, 102 contributors
62. **ever-co** (Supply Chain), 35 commits/14d, -75% change, 80 contributors
63. **ever-co** (Enterprise SaaS), 35 commits/14d, -75% change, 80 contributors
64. **finos** (Legal Tech), 4 commits/14d, -75% change, 52 contributors
65. **CarbonScribe** (AgTech), 12 commits/14d, -78% change, 85 contributors
66. **cpinitiative** (EdTech), 53 commits/14d, -80% change, 342 contributors
67. **cyberbotics** (Robotics), 1 commits/14d, -80% change, 128 contributors
68. **ChainSafe** (Web3), 19 commits/14d, -82% change, 141 contributors
69. **hapifhir** (Healthcare), 4 commits/14d, -85% change, 267 contributors
70. **onflow** (Web3), 6 commits/14d, -85% change, 99 contributors
71. **zenstackhq** (Enterprise SaaS), 1 commits/14d, -86% change, 78 contributors
72. **status-im** (Web3), 5 commits/14d, -89% change, 255 contributors
73. **borglab** (Robotics), 3 commits/14d, -96% change, 235 contributors

## Sector Breakdown

- **Data Infrastructure**, 12 startups
- **Web3**, 11 startups
- **Enterprise SaaS**, 7 startups
- **Robotics**, 7 startups
- **EdTech**, 6 startups
- **E-commerce Infrastructure**, 6 startups
- **Healthcare**, 5 startups
- **Gaming**, 5 startups
- **Space Tech**, 4 startups
- **Legal Tech**, 2 startups
- **HR Tech**, 2 startups
- **AgTech**, 2 startups
- **Social & Community**, 2 startups
- **Supply Chain**, 1 startup
- **PropTech**, 1 startup

## Canonical

https://signals.gitdealflow.com/stage/growth/signal/deceleration