Startups Directory

Stripe is a developer-first payments platform that simplifies accepting payments online and in-person through a simple seven-line API integration. Beyond payments, it provides a comprehensive suite of tools for treasury management, billing, fraud prevention, and compliance, enabling businesses to manage the full complexity of operating online. Founded by Patrick and John Collison, Stripe serves everyone from startups to enterprise companies across 195+ countries with a platform designed for both simplicity and scale.

Turn River Capital is a San Francisco-based private equity firm specializing in growth capital investments for B2B software companies. Founded in 2012, the firm combines flexible capital with an embedded growth operations team of SEO, SEM, and go-to-market experts to systematically scale portfolio companies. Turn River provides hands-on operational support including Sales, Marketing, and Customer Success Directors as a Service, differentiating itself through its operator-led, data-driven growth engineering approach. The firm manages $2.6B+ in assets across a concentrated portfolio of 19 platform companies, with recent marquee exits including the acquisition of Redwood Software and the take-private of SolarWinds for $4.4B.

Expel is a 24/7 managed SOC (Security Operations Center) that monitors cloud, hybrid, and on-premises environments using its proprietary Expel Workbench platform paired with expert security analysts. Unlike traditional MSSPs, Expel operates with complete transparency—customers see the same interface and investigation details as Expel analysts, eliminating the black box. The company helps organizations stop cyberattacks faster by extracting maximum value from existing security investments through API-based integrations that deploy in hours, not weeks.

Celonis is a process intelligence platform that uses process mining and AI to analyze event log data from enterprise systems (SAP, Salesforce, ServiceNow, etc.) and create a digital twin of how business processes actually execute. The platform identifies bottlenecks, inefficiencies, rework loops, and deviations from intended workflows in real-time, then provides actionable recommendations for optimization. It serves large enterprises across finance, supply chain, operations, and customer service looking to unlock millions in operational savings.

Airtable is a spreadsheet-database hybrid that combines the familiar interface of spreadsheets with relational database functionality, enabling non-technical users to build custom applications without coding. Used by over 80% of Fortune 100 companies, it powers workflows across film production, supply chain management, vaccine distribution, and more. The platform offers collaborative data management with flexible field types, attachments, and automation capabilities across free and paid tiers.

AlphaSense is an AI-powered market intelligence platform that helps financial professionals make faster, more confident decisions by surfacing insights from over 500 million documents including SEC filings, broker research, news, and earnings transcripts. Using advanced NLP and machine learning, the platform interprets complex financial queries contextually rather than through simple keyword matching, and its next-generation Generative Search connects qualitative insights with structured financial data. Trusted by 88% of the S&P 100 and 70% of top 50 hedge funds, AlphaSense functions as a complementary tool to traditional platforms like FactSet and Bloomberg rather than a direct replacement.

Contentsquare is a digital experience analytics platform that automatically captures and analyzes all user interactions across websites and applications to uncover friction points in the customer journey. The platform uses autocapture technology to eliminate manual event tracking, enabling product and UX teams to identify behavioral patterns and optimize conversion paths. Used by over 1,300 leading brands including Samsung, L'Oréal, and Microsoft, Contentsquare consolidates journey analysis, session replay, heatmaps, and AI-powered insights into a single platform—positioning itself as the Salesforce or Adobe for customer experience optimization.

Orca Security provides agentless cloud security scanning for AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud environments using proprietary SideScanning technology that analyzes block storage without deploying agents or impacting workload performance. The platform delivers instant visibility across multi-cloud infrastructure, detecting vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, malware, and compliance violations. Orca serves enterprise organizations requiring rapid deployment, complete cloud asset visibility, and minimal operational overhead. The company has achieved $1.8B valuation with backing from Google, Temasek, and other tier-one investors.

ReliaQuest's GreyMatter platform is an XDR-based security operations platform that consolidates alerts and telemetry from siloed security tools (SIEM, EDR, IDS, cloud, antivirus, firewall) into a single normalized view without requiring a data lake. The platform uses AI and automation to reduce duplicate alerts by 41-43% and enables automated threat containment within 5 minutes of detection. GreyMatter Discover, launched October 2025, unifies asset data across security and cloud tools to surface exposures and enable immediate action.

Fleetio is a cloud-based fleet maintenance management operating system that centralizes vehicle inspections, work orders, preventive maintenance, parts inventory, and fuel management for businesses across 100+ countries. The platform integrates with telematics and fuel card systems to provide real-time data, helping fleets minimize downtime and optimize maintenance workflows. Supporting over 8 million vehicles across 8,000+ fleets and processing 13 million repair orders annually, Fleetio differentiates itself through transparent pricing, unlimited users across all plans, and a network of 110,000 integrated repair shops.

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.

Naoma is an AI video sales agent that delivers live, personalized product demos directly in-browser 24/7 in any language. It qualifies leads, answers questions, and routes prospects to CRM or checkout without human involvement, reducing demo wait times from 24+ hours to 10 seconds. Unlike pre-recorded demo tools, Naoma runs on real product flows with genuine AI interaction, achieving 6-20% visitor-to-demo conversion rates.

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.

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.

ClickUp is a converged workspace platform that natively integrates tasks, documents, real-time chat, goals, and whiteboards into a single unified interface. It positions itself as an all-in-one alternative to fragmented productivity stacks, eliminating context switching through deep feature integration rather than loose API connections. The platform offers 15+ customizable layouts and advanced capabilities like automation, time tracking, and dashboards at lower price tiers than competitors like Asana and Monday.com.

Filevine is a Legal Operating Intelligence System (LOIS) that unifies case management, document handling, deposition management, and billing into a single AI-embedded platform for legal practices. It consolidates fragmented tools by integrating emails, documents, deadlines, contacts, and communications into one searchable interface with native AI capabilities. The platform serves personal injury, workers' compensation, and civil litigation firms, from boutiques to Fortune 500 enterprises, with best-in-class 96%+ gross retention and NDR over 120%. Filevine differentiates through its all-in-one approach and proprietary training data from 20M+ daily document uploads, enabling AI that understands complete case context rather than isolated fragments.

Flyntlok is a modern, cloud-based dealer management system (DMS) purpose-built for equipment dealers of all sizes—from small tools to mining trucks. Founded and operated by equipment dealers themselves, it streamlines mission-critical workflows including point-of-sale, inventory, rentals, fleet scheduling, and work orders while integrating in real-time with QuickBooks and Sage Intacct. Unlike legacy monolithic systems, Flyntlok was designed ground-up as modern SaaS software, focusing on best-in-class features dealers actually need rather than bloated all-in-one suites.

Sysdig is a cloud-native security platform that stops cloud attacks in real time through runtime insights and AI-powered threat detection. It delivers unified visibility across cloud workloads, identities, and services to uncover hidden attack paths and prioritize vulnerabilities that matter most. The platform combines vulnerability management, adaptive runtime defense, compliance automation, and forensics in a single agent, serving enterprise DevOps and security teams managing containerized and Kubernetes environments. Sysdig differentiates through its ContainerVision and ServiceVision technologies, offering both security and observability capabilities that competitors typically provide separately.

Zinnia is the core infrastructure platform for the life and annuity insurance industry, enabling carriers to design, launch, and service insurance products across multiple distribution channels. The platform powers over 55% of digital annuity volume in the US and serves 70+ carriers and 225K+ advisors. Zinnia streamlines legacy insurance processes through cloud-based solutions like The Policy Processor, which handles 3M+ applications annually, while integrating with existing systems to deliver modern digital experiences for carriers, advisors, and policyholders.

SandboxAQ develops Large Quantitative Models (LQMs)—physics-aware AI systems that solve complex problems in drug discovery, cybersecurity, and GPS-denied navigation. The company spun out from Alphabet in 2022 with six years of internal R&D and serves Global 1000 enterprises through cloud-delivered software subscriptions. Unlike general-purpose LLMs, SandboxAQ's models incorporate quantitative reasoning for measurable real-world outcomes in regulated, calculation-intensive domains.

PayFit is Europe's leading cloud-based payroll and HR software that combines the control of in-house payroll with the expertise of outsourced services. It automates payroll calculations, tax deductions, and social contributions while offering integrated HR capabilities including absence management, time tracking, expense tracking, and onboarding. The platform targets SMBs with 20-300 employees across Europe, with particular strength in France and the UK, serving over 6,500 companies.

Mapbox provides customizable mapping infrastructure and location intelligence APIs that enable developers to embed powerful maps, navigation, and routing capabilities into their own applications. Unlike Google Maps which focuses on consumer navigation, Mapbox offers complete control over design, styling, and data layers, making it ideal for enterprises that need to visualize complex data and build location-aware experiences. The platform powers 40% of Fortune 500 companies across fleet management, logistics, business intelligence, and other industries requiring precise location data and real-time insights.

Assent Compliance provides a cloud-based SaaS platform that automates the collection, validation, and management of supply chain compliance data for large manufacturers. The platform replaces manual Excel-based vendor audits with centralized data management and delivers actionable insights into supply chain risks across compliance, ESG, and sustainability requirements. Assent serves over 30% of S&P 500 product companies and 300,000+ clients in regulated industries like aerospace, automotive, and electronics, helping them identify labor trafficking risks, manage harmful substances, ensure conflict minerals compliance, and build defensible ESG programs.

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.

Personio is a cloud-based HR management platform that centralizes recruiting, onboarding, time tracking, performance management, and compliance in a single system for SMEs and startups. The platform eliminates fragmented HR processes by consolidating employee data, workflows, and analytics while offering AI-powered insights through Personio Assistant. It integrates with over 200 business applications and serves as an alternative to legacy HR systems, enabling HR teams to operate more efficiently while improving employee experience.

Mambu is a cloud-native SaaS core banking platform that powers digital-first lending and deposit services for financial institutions. It replaces expensive, slow legacy banking software with a composable architecture where implementation takes months instead of years, integration takes minutes, and updates deploy continuously. Serving over 260 customers across 65 countries including N26, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, and Western Union, Mambu enables banks and fintechs to rapidly launch innovative customer journeys via APIs connected to payment providers and complementary SaaS services.

HoneyBook is an AI-powered business management platform built for independent service professionals and creative entrepreneurs like photographers, designers, event planners, and consultants. It automates back-office workflows—from lead capture and proposals to invoicing, contracts, scheduling, and payments—enabling freelancers to focus on their craft. The platform integrates client communication, project management, and financial tools in one place, with recent expansions into lending and financial services. What sets HoneyBook apart is its laser focus on the needs of solo entrepreneurs and small service teams rather than general-purpose business software.

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.

Fireworks AI provides a unified inference and fine-tuning platform for open-source large language, vision, and multimodal models, eliminating the need for users to manage GPU infrastructure. The platform serves over 100 state-of-the-art models with 4x lower latency than competitors like vLLM and up to 12x faster inference than comparable engines. Built by former Meta and Google AI leaders, Fireworks enables developers and enterprises to deploy, customize, and scale AI models with enterprise-grade compliance and zero data retention by default.

CloudBees provides enterprise-grade continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) solutions that automate software development and deployment across hybrid and multi-cloud environments. Built on Jenkins and optimized for Kubernetes, the platform enables organizations to manage complex deployment pipelines, reduce manual errors, and scale CI practices across teams. CloudBees serves over 500 of the world's largest companies in finance, technology, healthcare, and government sectors, offering both cloud-native and on-premise solutions.

Harness is an AI-powered DevOps platform that automates software deployment, testing, and verification across the development lifecycle. The platform uses machine learning to detect deployment anomalies, intelligently rollback failed releases, and manage progressive delivery strategies. Unlike generalist CI/CD tools, Harness specializes exclusively in continuous delivery and deployment decisions, providing deep optimization for complex deployment scenarios. It serves enterprise engineering teams looking to reduce manual deployment work and improve release reliability.

Addepar is a cloud-based wealth management platform that aggregates portfolio data from over 350 custodians across 45 countries, enabling RIAs and wealth managers to track complex holdings including alternative investments like private equity, venture capital, and real estate. The platform ingests daily data from 7+ million accounts and serves over 800 firms managing $4 trillion in assets. Key differentiation comes from its specialized handling of difficult-to-model alternative assets and recent expansions into trading/rebalancing (Addepar Trading, Sept 2024) and private fund data management (Feb 2025).

Ontic is a Connected Intelligence Platform that unifies security operations by aggregating threat indicators, OSINT data, and case management into a single system of record. It serves Fortune 500 companies and federal agencies to identify threats, assess risk, and respond faster to protect people and organizations. The platform consolidates research, incident investigation, real-time threat detection, and vulnerability assessments—solving the problem that investigators lose up to 50% of their time chasing down disparate data sources.

Mixpanel is an event-based product analytics platform that helps companies measure user behavior through detailed event tracking, retention analysis, and funnel visualization. The platform goes beyond traditional page-view analytics to capture specific user interactions like clicks, scrolls, and video plays, providing AI-powered insights into user engagement. Built by former Slide employees who recognized that startups lacked access to sophisticated analytics tools, Mixpanel now serves nearly 20,000 companies including 14% of Fortune 500 companies like Netflix, Uber, and Pinterest.

Paddle is a Merchant of Record (MoR) platform that handles payments, billing, taxes, and compliance for SaaS and software companies globally. Rather than requiring businesses to build their own payment infrastructure, Paddle acts as the merchant of record, processing transactions across 200 markets while managing currency conversion, tax remittance, fraud prevention, and regulatory compliance. The platform processes 122M+ transactions annually and has remitted $89M in sales taxes, serving 3,000+ customers including Verizon, ServiceNow, and Fortinet.

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.

360Learning is an AI-powered learning platform that combines LMS and LXP capabilities to enable organizations to create, share, and scale collaborative training at speed. The platform turns internal expertise into skills-based learning for employees, customers, and partners through peer learning and team-driven knowledge sharing rather than top-down course delivery. It integrates deeply with enterprise systems like SAP and Workday, helping L&D teams reduce course creation time from 3-6 months to as little as 17 minutes.

CoachHub is a global digital coaching platform that connects employees with certified business coaches through AI-enabled matching and seamless video/messaging tools. The platform scales personalized one-on-one coaching across organizations while reducing costs and logistics of traditional in-person coaching. CoachHub recently launched AIMY, an AI-powered coaching solution, and serves enterprise clients including Fujitsu, KPMG, and Electrolux. The platform combines behavioral science frameworks with a network of 3,500+ certified coaches across 90 countries.

Drata is a security and compliance automation platform that continuously monitors an organization's tech stack to collect evidence of security controls and automate compliance workflows. It integrates with SaaS apps, cloud providers, and employee devices to centralize compliance data across 30+ frameworks including SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, and GDPR. The platform automates 80% of evidence collection and unifies risk, controls, and audits in a single dashboard, reducing manual compliance work from hundreds of hours to actionable automation.

Workato is an enterprise automation and orchestration platform that connects applications, data sources, and workflows across organizations through a low-code interface. It bridges the gap between simple tools like Zapier and overly technical enterprise platforms, enabling business users to build complex automations for sales, HR, IT, and marketing without coding. The platform includes event-driven triggers, real-time data sync, API management, and enterprise governance features like audits and role-based access. Workato serves mid-market to enterprise organizations seeking to automate cross-system processes at scale.

Creatio is an agentic CRM and workflow automation platform built on no-code principles with AI embedded across all features. It enables business users to design complex business processes using BPMN, manage unstructured workflows through case management, and build enterprise applications without writing code. The platform runs millions of workflows daily for thousands of customers across 100+ countries, with particular strength in financial services, manufacturing, and enterprise segments.

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.

E2open is a cloud-based supply chain visibility and orchestration platform that connects over 480,000 manufacturing, logistics, and distribution partners into a single multi-enterprise network. It enables enterprises to share real-time data—forecasts, purchase orders, shipments, and inventory—breaking down silos across fragmented supplier networks. The platform tracks over 16 billion transactions annually and serves global manufacturers like Pepsi, Cisco, Dell, and 3M who need end-to-end visibility across complex, outsourced production networks.

Lock 8 Partners is a lower middle-market private equity firm that acquires proven B2B SaaS and tech-enabled services companies with strong products but inefficient go-to-market strategies. The firm provides capital, senior leadership, and operational expertise to help portfolio companies scale, leveraging 30+ years of SaaS GTM and sales enablement experience. Lock 8 targets stable, under-the-radar businesses with demonstrated market fit and solid foundations, transforming them into world-class organizations through a collaborative, replicable operating model.

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.

Tomorrow.io is a weather intelligence platform that delivers hyperlocal, real-time forecasts and actionable atmospheric insights powered by proprietary satellite data, IoT networks, and AI models. The company serves enterprises across aviation, energy, logistics, and sports that need to mitigate weather-related operational risks and capitalize on opportunities. Tomorrow.io differentiates itself as a software-first company with its own weather models running at ultra-high resolution, rather than a traditional earth observation company selling raw data. The platform includes Gale, a generative AI assistant that synthesizes complex weather data into personalized recommendations.

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.

Demandbase is an AI-powered account-based marketing (ABM) platform that helps B2B companies identify high-intent target accounts, engage them across multiple channels, and accelerate revenue growth. The platform combines advertising, marketing orchestration, and account intelligence to show which target accounts are visiting your website, consuming relevant content, and displaying buying signals. With over 2,800 customers including Salesforce, Adobe, and DocuSign, Demandbase unifies fragmented go-to-market data into actionable insights for sales and marketing alignment.

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.

Dialpad is an AI-powered cloud communications platform combining unified business phone systems, video meetings, contact center capabilities, and sales tools with real-time transcription and sentiment analysis. Founded by Google Voice veterans, it serves over 7,000 customers including Netflix, T-Mobile, and Uber with $200M+ ARR. The platform uses proprietary Voice Intelligence (VI) technology to transform raw conversations into actionable insights through speech recognition, NLP, and machine learning.