Startups Directory

Tricentis provides an AI-powered continuous testing platform that automates enterprise software testing through codeless, model-based test automation and intelligent AI agents. The platform serves large enterprises running complex applications across SAP, Salesforce, and mainframe systems, enabling them to accelerate release cycles while reducing testing costs by up to 85%. Tricentis stands apart through its enterprise-grade integrations, Vision AI for resilient test execution, and centralized control plane for orchestrating testing workflows across entire organizations.

Wiz is a cloud-native security platform that provides real-time visibility across multi-cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI, Kubernetes) using agentless APIs and graph-based analysis. It identifies exploitable attack paths and prioritizes risk based on business impact, enabling security teams to fix issues before they reach production. The platform serves enterprise security teams and has won over 40% of Fortune 100 companies with its unified "single pane of glass" approach to cloud security.

Saviynt's Identity Cloud is an AI-powered platform that maps, governs, and secures all types of identities—human, machine, and AI agents—across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments. The platform unifies identity governance and administration (IGA), privileged access management (PAM), application access governance, and identity security posture management into a single SaaS solution. It helps enterprises automate lifecycle tasks like onboarding, offboarding, access reviews, and compliance reporting while enforcing just-in-time security principles. Saviynt serves 600+ enterprises including more than one-fifth of the Fortune 100, managing over 100 million identities at half the cost of competitors like SailPoint.

Applied Intuition provides a cloud-based simulation and validation platform that enables autonomous vehicle developers to test and validate their systems in virtual environments before real-world deployment. The company's modular software suite—including Simian for simulation, Spectral for sensor modeling, and Basis for data management—accelerates development cycles from weeks to days while reducing costs. Serving 18 of the top 20 global automakers plus suppliers and autonomous programs, Applied Intuition has become the critical infrastructure for safety-critical vehicle software development across automotive, trucking, construction, and defense sectors.

Kiteworks is a unified secure communication platform that consolidates email, file sharing, managed file transfer, and data forms into a single solution with consistent security policies. It serves highly regulated enterprises and government agencies that need to protect sensitive data across multiple channels while maintaining audit compliance. The platform unifies disparate communication channels under one Data Policy Engine, provides DRM-enabled file editing, and includes an AI Data Gateway for safe generative AI usage.

Pangeam uses anonymous AI sensing and deep-learning technology to measure how workspace design actually performs against intent by tracking anonymous presence and ergonomic movements. The platform reveals detailed utilization patterns—foot traffic heatmaps, connection zones, dwell times—that go far beyond binary occupancy data. Enterprise real estate teams use Pangeam to optimize office layouts, support return-to-office strategies, and make data-driven capital expenditure decisions that can save millions.

Formstack is a no-code workflow automation platform that enables non-technical users to create digital forms, generate documents, and collect eSignatures while integrating seamlessly with CRMs and ERP systems. The platform solves the gap between business users who understand processes and technical teams who build solutions, empowering "citizen-developers" to automate workflows without programming. Used by over 32,000 organizations including Netflix, Shell, and Kaiser Permanente, Formstack saves users an average of 17 hours per week by automating data collection and document workflows.

Mistral AI develops open-weight and proprietary large language models (LLMs) that enterprises can deploy as SaaS, on-premises, or across any cloud provider. The company offers a complete AI stack including Le Chat (web/mobile interface), Mistral Code (coding assistant), Workflows Studio (enterprise orchestration), and Mistral Forge (synthetic data generation). Founded by three former Meta and DeepMind researchers, Mistral differentiates through EU-based infrastructure, Apache 2.0 open models, and flexibility to avoid multi-cloud lock-in while maintaining GDPR compliance.

Netskope is a cloud-native security platform that provides converged security and networking services through a CASB (Cloud Access Security Broker) and SASE architecture. The company monitors and governs cloud, SaaS, web, and private application traffic while preventing data theft and malware attacks using policies, algorithms, and heuristics. Netskope serves enterprises needing zero-trust security at scale, with 25% of Fortune 100 companies as customers. The platform went public in September 2025 after raising $1.44B across 9 funding rounds.

Miro is an infinite digital whiteboarding and visual collaboration platform that enables distributed teams to brainstorm, design, and plan in real-time. Built on a real-time collaborative canvas with 100+ integrations (Jira, Slack, Google Workspace), it supports use cases from product design and agile planning to customer journey mapping. The platform differentiates itself through asynchronous collaboration capabilities, pre-built templates, and AI-powered features (Miro Assist) that automate tasks and generate ideas. Used by over 100 million users across 250,000 organizations including Nike, IKEA, Deloitte, and Cisco.

Crosslink Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm founded in 1989 that invests $1-9M in Seed and Series A technology companies across enterprise software, financial services, and IT infrastructure. Beyond capital deployment, the firm provides portfolio companies with access to its proprietary Alpha Network—an invite-only community of 2,000+ founders, CEOs, and operators—plus dedicated support teams in San Francisco and Menlo Park offering talent networks, business development, and strategic guidance. Crosslink manages over $4.2B in assets across venture and public equity strategies, with a track record including exits like Postmates (acquired by Uber), Chime, and Coupa.

Chainguard provides secure-by-default container images, language libraries, and VM images with zero known CVEs, eliminating vulnerabilities at the source rather than scanning after deployment. Every artifact includes built-in SBOMs, signed provenance, and daily security patches with an SLA-backed remediation guarantee. The platform delivers a 97.6% reduction in CVEs on average and serves enterprises and development teams building software supply chains that require compliance and security assurance.

Protekt is an enterprise risk management (ERM) software platform that helps large organizations structure, monitor, and manage risk across governance, compliance, operational resilience, vendor management, and business continuity. Founded in 1999 by former PwC risk leaders, the company has grown to 183 employees and recently raised $280M from PSG Equity. With a 97% annual customer retention rate and recognition as a G2 Top 50 GRC vendor and Gartner representative vendor, Protekt serves Fortune 500 companies and financial institutions globally.

Cockroach Labs builds CockroachDB, a distributed SQL database that combines the ACID transaction guarantees and relational model of traditional databases with the horizontal scalability and fault tolerance of NoSQL systems. It's PostgreSQL wire-compatible and designed to survive datacenter failures with zero manual intervention. The platform serves enterprises and innovators requiring always-on, globally distributed databases that scale seamlessly across cloud providers and on-premises infrastructure.

Worki is an AI-native infrastructure platform that unifies fragmented healthcare workforce and HR systems into a single contextual data layer. The platform sits between existing tools like Workday, UKG, Oracle, and ServiceNow, mapping task-role architecture to identify where AI agents can augment or automate administrative work. Using a four-part system (Pathways, Unify, Amplifiers, Infrasharing), Worki enables health systems to reduce overhead by 20%+ while deploying AI agents with human governance across workforce operations.

Uniphore is an AI-native platform that enables enterprises to deploy agentic AI across business functions through a composable, secure infrastructure. The Business AI Cloud combines a unified data layer, autonomous small language model factory, governed model foundation, and workflow-based agent orchestration—designed specifically for large enterprises requiring production-grade AI with data governance and security. Uniphore powers over 750,000 end users across 1,600 enterprises in 20 countries, with customers including JPMorgan Chase, Verizon, DHL, and the U.S. Coast Guard.

Collibra provides a unified Data Intelligence Cloud platform that combines data catalog, governance, lineage, quality, and privacy capabilities into a single source of truth for enterprise metadata. The platform helps large organizations break down data silos and establish clear data ownership and provenance across teams. Built on a graph-based repository, it enables businesses and technical teams to collaborate on data governance while supporting regulatory compliance and data product delivery. Collibra serves Fortune 500 companies like HSBC, Pfizer, and Shell that struggle with data chaos and the need for enterprise-wide data governance.

Island is an enterprise-grade secure browser built on Chromium that replaces legacy security tools like SASE platforms and VDI by embedding security controls directly into the browser. It enables organizations to enforce granular, context-based policies that allow data to flow freely between enterprise apps while preventing unauthorized sharing, data leakage, and malicious activities. The browser provides last-mile controls over print, downloads, screenshots, and copy/paste even outside the browser environment, giving enterprises complete visibility and governance over user activity.

Salesforce Ventures is a multi-stage venture capital firm founded in 2009 that invests in enterprise software and cloud computing companies from seed through growth stages. With over $6 billion deployed across 630+ portfolio companies, it leverages Salesforce's decades of cloud expertise and deep relationships with Fortune 500 decision-makers to provide portfolio companies with unparalleled market access, strategic partnerships, and customer introductions. The firm operates with an evergreen funding model and has achieved 75 unicorns, 29 IPOs, and 111 acquisitions in its portfolio, including notable exits like Stripe, Zoom, Snowflake, and DocuSign. Its recent $1 billion AI fund commitment reflects a strategic focus on enterprise AI innovation.

Clari is a revenue orchestration platform that uses AI to unify data from 200+ customer-facing enterprise systems—including CRM, email, calendar, marketing automation, and conversations—to deliver predictive forecasting and revenue intelligence. It serves sales, marketing, and customer success teams at enterprise companies like Okta, Adobe, Workday, and Zoom, helping them achieve predictable revenue through AI-driven insights and automated workflows. The platform stands out by capturing time-series activity data across the entire revenue stack and applying continuous AI analysis to guide revenue leaders with forecasts, deal intelligence, and recommended actions.

Verkada is an AI-powered, cloud-native security platform that unifies video surveillance, access control, alarms, intercoms, and air quality monitoring through a single integrated software interface called Verkada Command. Built by Stanford founders and a Meraki veteran, it replaces legacy hardware-based security systems with a modern, subscription-based model where sensors stream to secure cloud infrastructure with hybrid architecture for continuous operation during outages. The platform processes over 20 million images per hour to provide actionable insights like occupancy rates, foot traffic patterns, and security violations across enterprise campuses.

Automation Anywhere provides an enterprise agentic process automation platform that combines RPA, AI, and cognitive technologies to enable organizations to automate mission-critical business processes at scale. The platform deploys software bots that handle repetitive, rule-based tasks 24/7 with higher accuracy than humans, incorporating natural language processing, computer vision, and machine learning. It serves large enterprises across industries seeking to automate end-to-end workflows while maintaining security and compliance. The company is recognized as a Gartner Magic Quadrant Leader for RPA for the seventh consecutive year.

Dataiku is a centralized AI and data analytics platform that enables organizations to develop, deploy, and manage machine learning models and AI applications at scale. It serves enterprise teams across data science, analytics, and AI governance with tools for data preparation, model building, and responsible AI deployment. The platform bridges the gap between data experts and business users, providing a controlled environment for analytics and AI without requiring deep technical expertise. Customers like Unilever, Morgan Stanley, and J&J use it for use cases ranging from predictive maintenance to supply chain optimization.

Tradeshift is a cloud-based business network platform that automates purchase-to-pay workflows, e-invoicing, and supply chain financing across 70 countries. It uniquely empowers suppliers as active participants through a unified portal for invoice submission, payment tracking, and early payment financing, while managing compliance globally. The platform connects millions of suppliers to enterprise buyers, eliminating manual processes and enabling real-time visibility across buyer-supplier relationships.

Genesis Global is a cloud-based low-code application development platform purpose-built for financial markets firms. It enables developers to build mission-critical, real-time applications 5x faster than traditional development with less code and lower cost, featuring event-driven architecture optimized for low-latency, high-throughput scenarios. The platform differentiates from generic low-code solutions by being specifically designed for the complexities of financial markets, replacing the traditional buy-vs-build challenge with a buy-to-build approach.

Pathlock provides unified access orchestration that continuously monitors and synthesizes transactions across enterprise applications to enforce least-privilege access and surface actual compliance violations. The platform automates user provisioning, temporary elevation, access reviews, control testing, and transaction monitoring across SAP, ERP, HCM, CRM and 144+ other critical applications. Serving 1,200+ Global 2000 customers, Pathlock eliminates manual access governance while maintaining audit readiness and Zero Trust compliance. Named overall leader in Access Control Tools for Multi-Vendor environments by KuppingerCole.

Mosyle is a cloud-based unified platform purpose-built for Apple device management in enterprise and education environments. It integrates mobile device management (MDM), endpoint security, identity management, application deployment, and compliance automation into a single solution. Unlike competitors, Mosyle offers comprehensive functionality at $1/device/month for businesses and $0.46/month for education, with the ability to patch and deploy virtually any compatible application. The company serves over 47,000 organizations managing millions of Apple devices across K-12 schools, SMBs, and enterprises.

Yugabyte is an open-source distributed SQL database that combines strong consistency with ACID transactional support across data centers and regions. It supports two APIs—PostgreSQL-compatible YSQL and Cassandra-compatible YCQL—on the same underlying distributed engine, enabling automatic sharding, replication, and dynamic scaling. The company serves cloud-native enterprises in financial services, payments, streaming, and IoT that need multi-region active-active deployments with predictable performance.

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.

n8n is a workflow automation platform that combines visual no-code building with code-based customization, designed for technical teams. It supports 500+ integrations, self-hosting, and native AI agent capabilities with memory, evaluations, and multi-agent orchestration. Unlike purely visual tools like Zapier, n8n includes a built-in VS Code-style code editor for JavaScript and Python, enabling complex, multi-step automations. The platform powers mission-critical workflows for 3,000+ enterprises globally.

Kong is an API platform that provides a centralized control plane for managing, securing, and observing APIs and microservices across clouds, Kubernetes, and data centers. The platform handles request routing, transformation, authentication, rate limiting, and real-time analytics to prevent API sprawl. Kong serves enterprise organizations dealing with complex API ecosystems, from Global 2000 companies to mid-market enterprises. The company is positioned as a leader in API management with both open-source and commercial offerings.

DailyPay is an earned wage access (EWA) platform that enables employers and payroll providers to offer employees access to wages they've already earned before their scheduled payday. The service integrates directly with employer payroll systems to track daily earnings and allows employees to transfer funds to any bank account or DailyPay's fee-free prepaid card. With 6M+ employees across nearly 1,000 employers including Fortune 500 companies like Target, Kroger, and McDonald's, DailyPay differentiates through tight payroll integration and a free employee experience, positioning itself as the category leader.

Gusto is a cloud-based payroll, benefits, and HR software platform designed for small and medium-sized businesses. It automates payroll processing, tax filing, benefits administration, and employee onboarding while simplifying workflows that were traditionally manual and error-prone. The platform saves businesses approximately $1,800 annually in payroll and HR administration costs and is known for its user-friendly interface compared to legacy systems like ADP.

Lattice is a People Success Platform that unifies performance management, goal-setting, employee engagement, compensation management, career development, and people analytics into a single solution for mid-to-large enterprises. The platform helps organizations move beyond annual performance cycles to continuous feedback and development workflows. Customers like Huge and Million Dollar Baby Co. report significant efficiency gains—including 2,000 hours saved and 92% survey completion rates. Lattice differentiates itself through deep modularity, comprehensive HRIS integration, and enterprise-grade analytics capabilities.

Sierra builds an Agent OS platform that deploys conversational AI agents across voice, chat, and other channels to handle customer service, sales, and engagement workflows. The platform goes beyond basic chatbots—agents access company data, take actions across enterprise systems like CRM and billing, and maintain context across customer interactions over time. Sierra serves Fortune 50 enterprises and leading brands including Prudential, Cigna, SoFi, and Brex, with agents processing thousands of customer conversations monthly. The company has achieved unprecedented growth, reaching $150M ARR in eight quarters and serving over 40% of the Fortune 50.

DataBahn.ai is an AI-powered data pipeline and fabric platform that enables enterprises to securely collect, enrich, orchestrate, and optimize telemetry across security, application, observability, and IoT/OT systems. The platform solves critical challenges in SOCs by automating the identification and filtering of redundant, duplicated, or noisy security telemetry—over 80% of which may be unnecessary—reducing SIEM costs by up to 50% while maintaining incident detection coverage. With 500+ integrations and AI agents like Cruz (which detects schema drift) and the newly launched AIDI (Autonomous In-Stream Data Intelligence), DataBahn processes data in transit rather than after delivery, ensuring it arrives normalized, classified, and ready for use.

Signal AI is an enterprise AI platform that monitors and analyzes over 2 billion data points from traditional and social media across 226 markets and 120+ languages to identify external risks and opportunities in real-time. The platform combines discriminative and generative AI to surface relevant signals from noise, replacing traditional Boolean keyword-based monitoring with AI-powered accuracy. It serves Fortune 500 companies across compliance, reputation management, and risk intelligence use cases, with notable customers including Bank of America, Google, HSBC, Deloitte, and EY.

SnapLogic is an Intelligent Integration Platform-as-a-Service (iPaaS) that enables enterprises to connect cloud applications, on-premises software, databases, data warehouses, and APIs through a visual, drag-and-drop interface. The platform supports ETL/ELT, reverse ETL, app-to-app integration, and full lifecycle API management with native AI capabilities. Founded by Gaurav Dhillon (former CEO of Informatica), SnapLogic serves Global 2000 companies across all verticals who need to accelerate data pipelines and automate business processes without extensive hand-coded development.

Thought Machine builds Vault Core, a cloud-native core banking platform that enables banks to run any financial product they design using smart contracts and a real-time ledger architecture. Unlike legacy monolithic systems, Vault Core is cloud-agnostic, microservices-based, and allows banks to migrate existing products while innovating new ones without disruption. The company also offers Vault Payments for global payment processing. Backed by tier-1 banks including JPMorgan Chase, ING, and Lloyds Banking Group as both customers and investors, Thought Machine has become the infrastructure layer modernizing legacy banking systems.

mParticle is a real-time customer data platform (CDP) purpose-built for multi-channel consumer brands to unify data from web, mobile, CRM, and third-party sources. The platform standardizes and enriches data in real-time before activating it across 300+ downstream systems including analytics, marketing automation, and data warehouses. Founded in 2013 with native mobile SDKs as architectural DNA, mParticle differentiates through superior mobile data collection, data quality enforcement (Data Planning), and identity resolution (IDSync). In January 2025, mParticle was acquired by Rokt for $300 million to create a hybrid CDP combining real-time activation with cloud-native analytics.

Kore.ai is an enterprise conversational and agentic AI platform that enables organizations to build, deploy, and operate AI agents for customer service, employee support, and business process automation. The platform combines conversational AI, generative LLMs, RAG, and workflow orchestration to create intelligent virtual assistants that integrate with existing enterprise systems like Salesforce, NICE, and Genesys. Trusted by Global 2000 companies including PNC, AT&T, Cigna, and Coca-Cola, Kore.ai delivers significant ROI through automation—with customers reporting 30-80% reductions in agent workload and inquiry resolution times.

Contrast Security embeds runtime security sensors directly into application code to detect vulnerabilities and attacks in real time across the entire software lifecycle. Unlike traditional static or dynamic scanning tools, it uses patented deep security instrumentation to observe actual data flows and execution paths in development, testing, and production environments. The platform combines IAST (Interactive Application Security Testing) and RASP (Runtime Application Self-Protection) capabilities in a single solution, dramatically reducing false positives and enabling developers and security teams to act on real threats. Trusted by Fortune 500 companies including BMW, AXA, and NTT.

Ironclad is a cloud-based Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) platform that automates contract creation, negotiation, and management for enterprise teams. It combines workflow automation, AI-powered redlining, and a browser-based Word editor to streamline the entire contract lifecycle. The platform uses GPT-4 integration to flag risks, extract key terms, and suggest language, while maintaining audit trails and centralized contract repositories. Ironclad serves legal and procurement teams across mid-market and enterprise organizations looking to reduce contract cycle times and improve compliance.

Glean is an AI-powered enterprise search and workplace assistant that builds a knowledge graph of an organization's internal data, people, and interactions to generate highly personalized, permissions-aware answers. Unlike general-purpose AI tools, Glean understands company context and combines it with large language models to solve real business problems. The platform has evolved from enterprise search to a general-purpose work assistant with an agent platform for automating workplace tasks. It serves enterprise organizations looking to unlock knowledge trapped across dispersed data sources.

Cloudbeds is an all-in-one cloud-based hospitality management platform that unifies reservations, channel management, revenue optimization, and guest experience tools for independent hotels, hostels, and property managers. The platform synchronizes inventory and rates across 300+ OTAs in real-time and uses AI-powered pricing intelligence to maximize revenue. Used by 26,000+ properties across 157 countries generating $15B+ in annual room sales, Cloudbeds differentiates through tight integration of operations and distribution rather than modular APIs.

Anaconda provides a secure, governed platform for open-source Python package management and AI development across the entire lifecycle. The company offers Conda, a dependency and environment manager that ensures reproducibility and compatibility across platforms, solving critical challenges with unvetted packages, dependency conflicts, and security gaps. Trusted by 95% of Fortune 500 companies and 50 million users globally, Anaconda enables enterprises to build and deploy AI systems reliably while maintaining governance and compliance.

Darwinbox is a cloud-based HCM platform that manages the entire employee lifecycle from recruitment through retirement. The platform combines recruitment, onboarding, payroll, performance management, and analytics in a single system with 15 modules built in just 6 years. It serves mid-market enterprises (3,000+ employees) across 130 countries with a mobile-first, AI-powered interface and exceptional customization capabilities.

Cents is a fully integrated software, hardware, and payments platform built specifically for the laundry industry. It unifies point-of-sale systems, on-machine payments, pickup and delivery management, dynamic pricing, marketing automation, and business intelligence into a single dashboard. The platform powers nearly 1 in 6 laundromats in the U.S. and processes over $1 billion in payments annually across 4,500+ locations. Unlike fragmented competitors, Cents is the only company making a full commitment across software, hardware, and payments all under one roof.

Noname Security is an AI-powered API security platform that automatically discovers, inventories, and protects all APIs across an organization's environment. The platform identifies vulnerabilities including data leakage, authorization issues, misconfigurations, and suspicious behavior without requiring agents or network modifications. It serves enterprises across financial services, healthcare, retail, and public sector, protecting over 10 million APIs and nearly $3 trillion in revenue streams. Noname was acquired by Akamai in May 2024 for $450M and is being integrated into Akamai's API Security offering.

Monte Carlo is an end-to-end Data + AI Observability Platform that monitors data warehouses, lakes, ETL pipelines, and BI tools to automatically detect anomalies, identify root causes, and alert teams to data issues before they impact business. The platform uses machine learning and baseline-driven anomaly detection to eliminate manual threshold-setting and validation rules. It serves data-driven enterprises like Nasdaq, Honeywell, and Roche who need real-time visibility into data health across their entire stack.