Startups Directory

Navan (formerly TripActions) is an integrated platform combining corporate travel booking, expense management, and smart corporate cards into a single solution for global businesses. The platform uses real-time data to proactively monitor employee travel, alert users to disruptions, and provide 24/7 support—cutting average booking time from 60 minutes to 6 minutes. It integrates with major ERP systems like SAP, NetSuite, and Microsoft Dynamics to give finance teams real-time spend visibility. The company serves 5,000+ customers including Zoom, Lyft, Wayfair, and Adobe, with 90% adoption rates post-purchase.

Merama is a holding company that acquires majority stakes in high-growth, direct-to-consumer e-commerce brands across Latin America and the U.S., while allowing founders to retain ownership and operational control. The company provides acquired brands with working capital, e-commerce expertise, and proprietary technology tools to accelerate growth and expansion. Having evolved from an e-commerce aggregator model, Merama now operates as a more focused holding company managing a curated portfolio of six major brands rather than dozens. The company has raised over $430M in equity and debt financing since its December 2020 founding.

Podium is a unified customer communication platform that centralizes all interactions for local service businesses—from text messages and web chat to social media—into a single inbox. The platform automates review requests, appointment scheduling, and customer engagement, and includes an AI Employee ('Jerry') that handles inquiries, books appointments, and processes transactions autonomously. Podium serves over 100,000 businesses including auto dealerships, dental offices, HVAC services, and retailers, with customers reporting 30% sales increases and 56% higher appointment show rates.

Ridge Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2007 that invests $2-7M in Seed and Series A rounds for experienced founders building enterprise software companies. With $540M in total AUM across 7 funds, Ridge combines capital with access to its 100+ company Ridge Revenue Network of Fortune 500 CXOs to help founders achieve early product-market fit and revenue. The firm focuses on infrastructure, developer tools, APIs, AI, cybersecurity, and corporate SaaS, backing founders who prioritize substance and revenue over hype.

Productboard is a product management system that unifies customer feedback from multiple sources, enabling teams to prioritize development work based on specific user needs. The platform provides roadmap management, idea management, feedback consolidation, and user personas—with a core strength in creating audience-specific roadmap views for team alignment. Over 6,000 companies including Zoom, Microsoft, and Salesforce use it to connect customer insights directly to product strategy. Recently launched Productboard Spark, an AI-powered product agent that automates workflows from customer discovery through launch orchestration.

Wasoko is a B2B e-commerce marketplace that connects large manufacturers (P&G, Unilever, Nestlé) with over 450,000 small retail shops and kiosks across East Africa. Shop owners order essential goods like rice, soap, and household items via a mobile app, receiving same-day delivery at bulk discounts. The platform also embeds Buy Now Pay Later financing with 99%+ repayment rates, functioning as both a distributor and informal financial services provider for underserved retailers.

CommerceIQ is an AI-powered retail ecommerce management platform that helps consumer brands optimize sales across major online marketplaces like Amazon, Walmart, Target, and Instacart. It unifies digital shelf optimization, retail media advertising, and supply chain management through machine learning and automation to drive profitable market share growth. The platform serves over 2,200 brands globally, including Nestle, Colgate, and Whirlpool, delivering measurable results like 40% incremental sales increases and 32% reduction in out-of-stock rates.

TradeDepot is a B2B e-commerce and embedded finance platform connecting FMCG brands to over 100,000 small retailers across Nigeria. The platform offers digital commerce, buy-now-pay-later inventory financing, integrated logistics, and data analytics. It uniquely combines a hyper-local marketplace model with embedded credit to help micro-retailers expand purchasing power while reducing supplier delivery costs by up to 25%.