Startups Directory

DayOne develops hyperscale data center infrastructure optimized for cloud, AI, and edge computing workloads. The company offers modular build systems, advanced liquid cooling, and infrastructure management tools designed for rapid deployment and operational resilience. DayOne serves US and Chinese hyperscalers with a focus on sustainability, strategic new markets, and fast time-to-deployment. The company has secured approximately 1GW of customer commitments and operates as a next-generation colocation platform with greenfield developments across Asia-Pacific and Europe.

Nerdio is a cloud management platform that automates the deployment, scaling, and cost optimization of Azure Virtual Desktop and Windows 365 environments. It helps Managed Service Providers and enterprise IT teams reduce Azure infrastructure costs by up to 80% through intelligent resource right-sizing and automation. The platform extends Microsoft Azure's native capabilities with advanced auto-scaling, license optimization, security, compliance, and monitoring features, replacing manual processes that typically take weeks with automated workflows executable in hours.

NinjaOne is a unified IT operations platform that consolidates endpoint management, patch management, backup, and remote access into a single console. It serves MSPs and enterprises struggling with endpoint sprawl—over 50% of employees use 4-5 devices daily, yet 90% of organizations can't actively monitor all endpoints. The platform automates IT tasks, improves security, and reduces operational costs through a lightweight agent that provides centralized visibility and control across Windows, Mac, Linux, and mobile devices.

TierPoint is a carrier-neutral data center and cloud services provider offering colocation, private/multitenant cloud, hybrid cloud connectivity, managed IT, and disaster recovery solutions. The company serves enterprises and Fortune 500 companies across public and private sectors with secure, reliable infrastructure at the internet's edge. TierPoint differentiates through high-density colocation (130kW+ per rack) supporting HPC and AI workloads, a self-provisioning customer portal, and comprehensive managed services including security and business continuity.

EcoVadis is a SaaS platform that enables organizations to assess, measure, and improve sustainability performance across their value chains. The platform provides detailed sustainability scorecards (0-100) covering environment, labor & human rights, ethics, and sustainable procurement, with analysts reviewing 15+ hours of evidence per assessment. Used by 150,000+ companies across 175 countries, EcoVadis serves as both a self-assessment tool for rated companies and an enterprise solution for buyers evaluating supplier sustainability. The company differentiates through rigorous third-party analysis, transparent scoring, and integration with major procurement ecosystems.

IBS Software provides modular, cloud-native mission-critical solutions for airlines covering passenger services, air cargo management, loyalty programs, and flight/crew operations. The platform consolidates fragmented airline operations—historically managed through manual processes across multiple systems—into a single integrated platform with AI/ML capabilities. Named customers include Korean Air, Thai Airways, Delta Cargo, and Lufthansa Cargo, with recent deployments demonstrating strong demand for integrated airline management solutions.

O9 Solutions provides an AI-powered SaaS platform that unifies enterprise planning across supply chain, demand forecasting, inventory optimization, and revenue management. Built on a proprietary Enterprise Knowledge Graph and in-memory Graph-Cube architecture, the platform ingests data from ERP systems, POS terminals, and syndicated sources to power scenario-based decision-making. The company differentiates through modular planning applications and generative AI agents that enable cross-functional analysis and root-cause investigations, positioning itself to capture customers migrating from legacy planning systems like SAP APO.

Critical Start delivers AI-assisted managed detection and response (MDR) with contractual response accountability, combining 24x7 AI-accelerated threat detection with human-validated investigation across IT and OT environments. The platform uses the Trusted Behavior Registry (TBR) Agent to filter known-good behavior and surface true threats faster, with guaranteed sub-60-minute time-to-respond for critical alerts. Serving global enterprises in finance, healthcare, and manufacturing, Critical Start differentiates through complete signal coverage, flexible deployment, and transparent SLA-backed service delivery.

Sigma Computing is a cloud-native analytics platform that auto-generates SQL, enabling business users to analyze billions of rows of data directly from cloud warehouses (Snowflake, BigQuery, Databricks, Redshift) using a familiar spreadsheet interface—without writing code or extracting data. The platform eliminates the need for data engineers as middlemen by allowing non-technical stakeholders to self-serve analytics with live, zero-copy query execution. Sigma positions itself as the bridge between spreadsheet simplicity and modern cloud data architecture, combining spreadsheet familiarity with enterprise-grade BI capabilities.

Motive is a comprehensive physical operations platform that combines AI-powered dashcams, GPS tracking, compliance tools, and spend management into a unified operating system for fleet and field service businesses. Serving nearly 100,000 customers from small operators to Fortune 500 enterprises like Halliburton and Maersk, Motive started as an electronic logging device (ELD) compliance tool and evolved into an all-in-one solution that consolidates vehicle, driver, and equipment data. The platform uniquely integrates both operational visibility and financial management through the Motive Card, a fee-free corporate Mastercard for automated fleet spend.

LMArena is a crowdsourced AI evaluation platform where users compare anonymous model responses through blind pairwise voting, generating a public leaderboard ranked by human preference rather than static benchmarks. The platform serves AI labs, enterprises, and developers seeking production-ready model evaluations across domains including law and medicine. Its commercial AI Evaluations service generates $30M+ annualized run rate by providing enterprises access to community feedback data for model improvement. The platform has become the most-cited 'real user preference' leaderboard in AI, with 5M+ monthly users generating 60M+ conversations monthly.

Akeneo is a Product Experience Management (PXM) platform that centralizes product data, content, and intelligence across all sales channels. It serves enterprise retailers and manufacturers who need to manage complex product catalogs at scale, with AI-driven capabilities that govern data in real-time from supplier to post-sale. The platform combines a free open-source community edition with enterprise SaaS editions, making it accessible to both SMBs and Fortune 500 companies. Akeneo's differentiation lies in its focus on making product data 'perform'—driving traffic, conversions, and AI discoverability—rather than just managing it.

Denim is a financial operations platform built specifically for freight brokers, automating invoicing, collections, carrier payments, and providing flexible invoice factoring. Unlike traditional factoring companies with all-or-nothing models, Denim lets brokers choose which invoices to factor and when, while AI-powered algorithms evaluate risk across 20 data points per shipment. The platform integrates with accounting software like QuickBooks and has processed over $2 billion in payments, reducing daily financial operations tasks by 75%.

Tines is a no-code AI orchestration platform that enables security and IT teams to automate mission-critical workflows without writing code. It serves as the integration layer between disparate security and IT tools, allowing teams to build intelligent agents that monitor alerts, manage compliance, handle employee lifecycle, and orchestrate patch management. Founded by former security leaders from eBay and DocuSign who experienced the pain of manual security operations firsthand, Tines has grown to a $1.125B valuation with 378 employees.

TimescaleDB is an open-source PostgreSQL extension optimized for time-series data, delivering 10-100x faster query performance than MongoDB and InfluxDB while supporting millions of events per second with up to 95% storage compression. Built by Ajay Kulkarni and Michael Freedman (Princeton professor), it serves companies ingesting and analyzing massive volumes of time-stamped data across IoT, blockchain, maritime, and industrial applications. The product maintains full PostgreSQL compatibility—same drivers, clients, and SQL—while adding automatic time-partitioning (hypertables) and columnar compression.

Solutions by Text is a compliance-first enterprise text messaging platform that enables real-time payments through SMS—the only end-to-end solution combining native text and payment capabilities for consumer finance. Built on FinText™ technology, it helps lenders, servicers, and collection agencies conduct compliant customer communications and accept payments directly through text messages. The platform serves over 1,500 customers in regulated industries, with 60% of new customers previously avoiding SMS due to compliance concerns.

IntegrityNext is a supply chain sustainability intelligence and orchestration platform that automates supplier compliance, ESG assessments, and risk detection across complex global supply chains. The platform helps large enterprises embed sustainability into their operating model by automating data collection, compliance workflows, and generating early-warning signals before issues become disruptions. Serving 600+ customers managing ~2.8M suppliers across 190 countries, IntegrityNext delivers measurable ROI—a third-party study quantified 180% ROI over three years with break-even in eight months.

Alkira is a cloud-native network infrastructure-as-a-service platform that unifies connectivity across multiple clouds, data centers, and on-premises environments through a single control plane. It solves the fragmentation of east-west traffic between clouds by providing enterprises with an intuitive design canvas to deploy and manage network connectivity in minutes without hardware or agents. Founded by the team behind Viptela (acquired by Cisco for $610M), Alkira has raised $184M from top-tier investors including Kleiner Perkins, Sequoia Capital, and Tiger Global Management.

DataSnipper is an intelligent automation platform that embeds directly into Excel, allowing auditors to extract data from unstructured sources (invoices, bank statements, documents) with automatic reconciliation and complete audit trails. Used by 600K+ professionals across all Big Four accounting firms and 175+ countries, it solves the manual, error-prone work of matching and verifying financial data. The platform's key differentiator is working within Excel workflows rather than forcing migration to new systems, enabling rapid adoption and high user loyalty.

Supabase is an open-source backend-as-a-service platform that provides developers with a PostgreSQL database, authentication, instant APIs, real-time subscriptions, edge functions, and storage—all accessible through a web interface. It eliminates backend infrastructure setup, allowing developers to focus on frontend development while maintaining full control over their data through self-hosting capabilities. The platform has become the default backend for AI coding tools like Bolt and Lovable, and serves over 4 million developers including 36% of recent Y Combinator batches.

Invisible Technologies is an AI operations platform that combines software automation with human expertise to help enterprises operationalize AI at scale. The platform (Meridial) includes five modular components—Neuron for data infrastructure, Atomic for workflow mapping, Expert Marketplace for human labor, Synapse for evaluation, and Axon for agentic automation—enabling clients to structure messy data, build digital workflows, and deploy AI agents. Serving enterprises like Microsoft, SAIC, and the Charlotte Hornets, Invisible positions itself as "Operations-as-a-Service," bridging pure software automation and traditional outsourcing to solve the enterprise challenge of getting AI models into production and quantifying ROI.