Q2 2026 · Growth

Growth Startups Showing Engineering Acceleration

Growth-stage startups at Series C and beyond. Engineering signals at this scale indicate platform expansion, new product line development, or preparation for an IPO or major strategic milestone. Currently tracking 46 growth startups across 18 sectors. solidusio leads with 13 commits over 14 days (+333%).

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.

Sector breakdown — Growth

Cybersecurity

8 growth startups

Data Infrastructure

8 growth startups

AI & Machine Learning

6 growth startups

Enterprise SaaS

4 growth startups

EdTech

3 growth startups

E-commerce Infrastructure

3 growth startups

Developer Tools

2 growth startups

AgTech

2 growth startups

Climate Tech

1 growth startup

Healthcare

1 growth startup

Web3

1 growth startup

Robotics

1 growth startup

Legal Tech

1 growth startup

HR Tech

1 growth startup

PropTech

1 growth startup

Gaming

1 growth startup

Space Tech

1 growth startup

Social & Community

1 growth startup

Ranked growth startups — Q2 2026

#	Company	Stage	Geo	Commits (14d)	Change	Contributors	Contrib. Growth	New Repos	Signal
1	solidusio Become the brand everyone talks about. View signal profile →	Growth	Unknown	13	+333%	100	+0%	0	Deploy frequency spike
2	JanssenProject Cloud Native Identity and Access Management Platform View signal profile →	Growth	US	461	+77%	100	+44%	0	Framework migration
3	akto-api-security Instant API Security View signal profile →	Growth	US	267	+75%	53	+0%	1	Framework migration
4	ihmcrobotics IHMC Robotics Lab on GitHub View signal profile →	Growth	Unknown	23	+44%	79	+6%	0	Framework migration
5	photoprism AI-Powered Photos App for the Decentralized Web. We are on a mission to protect your freedom and privacy. View signal profile →	Growth	EU	34	+36%	100	+0%	0	Framework migration
6	projectdiscovery Monitor your infrastructure. Real vulnerabilities. Zero noise. View signal profile →	Growth	Unknown	529	+17%	100	+0%	0	Framework migration
7	harvard-edge View signal profile →	Growth	Unknown	532	+10%	95	+32%	1	Framework migration
8	saleor The commerce API that puts developers first. View signal profile →	Growth	Unknown	19	+6%	100	+0%	0	Framework migration
9	Infisical Infisical is the open-source secrets management platform: Sync secrets across your team/infrastructure, prevent secret l View signal profile →	Growth	US	504	+5%	100	+40%	3	Infrastructure buildout
10	VictoriaMetrics Easy to use and fast monitoring solution View signal profile →	Growth	US	71	+4%	100	+0%	0	Framework migration
11	carbon-design-system An open-source design system built by IBM. View signal profile →	Growth	US	79	-1%	100	+0%	1	Framework migration
12	dagster-io An orchestration platform for the development, production, and observation of data assets. View signal profile →	Growth	US	120	-4%	100	+19%	1	Framework migration
13	langchain-ai View signal profile →	Growth	US	105	-5%	100	+20%	1	Framework migration
14	wazuh The Open Source Security Platform. Unified XDR and SIEM protection for endpoints and cloud workloads. View signal profile →	Growth	US	215	-6%	100	+7%	1	Framework migration
15	open-condo-software View signal profile →	Growth	LATAM	46	-6%	51	+0%	0	Framework migration
16	paperless-ngx View signal profile →	Growth	Unknown	54	-10%	100	+0%	0	Framework migration
17	open-condo-software View signal profile →	Growth	LATAM	44	-10%	51	+0%	0	Framework migration
18	PostHog The single platform to analyze, test, observe, and deploy new features View signal profile →	Growth	US	231	-11%	100	+0%	3	Infrastructure buildout
19	nautechsystems next-generation algorithmic trading technologies View signal profile →	Growth	Unknown	178	-12%	100	+16%	1	Framework migration
20	gravitational The easiest, most secure way to access all your infrastructure. View signal profile →	Growth	US	169	-12%	100	+8%	0	Framework migration
21	polarsource Turn your software into a business View signal profile →	Growth	Unknown	291	-14%	100	+0%	0	Framework migration
22	mlflow The open source AI engineering platform for agents, LLMs, and ML models. View signal profile →	Growth	US	358	-21%	100	+20%	0	Framework migration
23	dbt-labs dbt helps data teams work like software engineers—to ship trusted data, faster. View signal profile →	Growth	Unknown	362	-21%	100	+0%	2	Framework migration
24	betagouv Communauté des incubateurs de Services Publics Numériques View signal profile →	Growth	EU	16	-24%	100	+32%	1	Framework migration
25	nocobase View signal profile →	Growth	Unknown	54	-25%	98	+0%	1	Framework migration
26	fleetdm Open device, endpoint, and vulnerability management for everything from macOS to Android. View signal profile →	Growth	Unknown	347	-26%	100	+0%	0	Framework migration
27	OpenCTI-Platform Open Cyber Threat Intelligence Platform View signal profile →	Growth	US	73	-31%	100	+0%	0	Framework migration
28	roboflow View signal profile →	Growth	US	39	-35%	90	+5%	2	Framework migration
29	OpenAPITools A collection of tools for OpenAPI specifications. (NOTE: This organization is not affiliated with OpenAPI Initiative (OA View signal profile →	Growth	Unknown	55	-35%	100	+5%	0	Framework migration
30	nextcloud 📱☁️💻 A safe home for all your data – community-driven, free & open source 👏 View signal profile →	Growth	Unknown	57	-39%	100	+0%	0	Framework migration
31	ClickHouse View signal profile →	Growth	US	2,184	-40%	100	+0%	4	Infrastructure buildout
32	LiteFarmOrg View signal profile →	Growth	Canada	84	-41%	65	+0%	0	Framework migration
33	ever-co The Everything Platform for Businesses™ View signal profile →	Growth	US	13	-50%	79	+0%	1	Framework migration
34	argotorg Building the critical infrastructure for Ethereum applications. View signal profile →	Growth	Unknown	13	-54%	100	+0%	1	Framework migration
35	mdn Data and tools related to MDN Web Docs (formerly Mozilla Developer Network, formerly Mozilla Developer Center...) View signal profile →	Growth	Unknown	225	-55%	100	+0%	0	Framework migration
36	debezium Distributed open source platform for change data capture View signal profile →	Growth	Unknown	61	-55%	100	+35%	0	Framework migration
37	FlaxEngine A true game changer View signal profile →	Growth	Unknown	83	-55%	89	+30%	0	Framework migration
38	hapifhir This is the source home for the HAPI FHIR project. Note that we are in the progress of migrating our codebase from the m View signal profile →	Growth	Unknown	22	-56%	100	+79%	0	Engineering hiring burst
39	bagisto A Free and Opensource laravel eCommerce framework built for all to build and scale your business. View signal profile →	Growth	APAC	12	-56%	100	+0%	0	Framework migration
40	ParabolInc Tools for building better teams View signal profile →	Growth	US	21	-56%	78	+0%	1	Framework migration
41	naev Migrated to https://codeberg.org/naev .Naev is a 2D space trading and combat game that combines elements from the action View signal profile →	Growth	Unknown	71	-58%	100	+0%	0	Framework migration
42	cilium eBPF-based Networking, Security, and Observability View signal profile →	Growth	Unknown	70	-59%	100	+0%	1	Framework migration
43	odpi LF AI & Data is an umbrella foundation,artificial intelligence, machine learning, deep learning, and data. View signal profile →	Growth	Unknown	8	-64%	62	+0%	0	Framework migration
44	KDE Official read-only mirror of the KDE project. Please don't send pull requests; to contribute code see https://community. View signal profile →	Growth	Unknown	9	-72%	59	+0%	0	Framework migration
45	hpi-schul-cloud View signal profile →	Growth	EU	3	-75%	100	+0%	2	Framework migration
46	airbytehq Simple & extensible open-source data integration View signal profile →	Growth	US	164	-77%	100	+0%	0	Framework migration

Sorted by commit velocity change (14-day window). Stage from contributor count + enrichment data. Last updated Q2 2026.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which growth startups are showing the strongest engineering signals in Q2 2026?

In Q2 2026, solidusio (E-commerce Infrastructure) leads growth startups with 13 commits over a rolling 14-day window (+333% change) and 100 active contributors. Across all 46 tracked growth startups, the average 14-day commit velocity is 182 commits. The dominant engineering signal pattern is "Framework migration".

What should investors look for in growth engineering signals?

Which sectors have the most growth activity?

In Q2 2026, the top sectors by growth startup count are Cybersecurity (8), Data Infrastructure (8), AI & Machine Learning (6), Enterprise SaaS (4), EdTech (3). Each sector page has its own ranked list and sector-specific context.

How is stage determined in these rankings?

Stage is derived from contributor count, team-size enrichment data, and funding history where publicly available. Stage classifications use broad buckets (Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A/B, Growth) to provide meaningful sample sizes. These are estimates — always verify independently before any investment action.

Other stages

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