Startups Directory

Lovable is an AI-powered full-stack application development platform that transforms natural-language descriptions into production-ready source code with React frontends and Supabase backends. It generates real, editable code rather than visual blocks, enabling both technical and non-technical builders to create fully functional applications with high-quality UI design. The platform differentiates itself through code ownership (users can export to GitHub), superior design aesthetics compared to competitors, and remarkably fast growth—reaching $200M ARR and a $6.6B valuation within two years of launch.

Ontra is an AI-powered contract automation and intelligence platform that combines software with a global network of lawyers to handle high-volume contract negotiation, review, and compliance. The platform serves private markets firms, investment managers, and financial services companies by automating routine contracts (NDAs, joinders, engagement letters) and transforming contracts into actionable data through its suite of products: Accord (AI negotiation), Insight (fund compliance), and Atlas (entity management). Ontra has processed over 500,000 contracts for 800+ customers including Blackstone and Warburg Pincus, achieving up to 50% faster negotiation timelines and 68% cost reduction.

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.

Blackpoint Cyber delivers 24/7 managed detection, response, and remediation (MDR) services powered by a human-led Security Operations Center. The platform detects advanced threats by identifying malicious use of legitimate IT administration tools—a blind spot for traditional EDR and antivirus solutions. Built specifically for MSPs and their customers, Blackpoint eliminates alert fatigue by taking remediation action in real-time rather than leaving it to customers.

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.

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.

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.

CyberCube provides AI-powered cyber risk analytics and modeling software that translates cybersecurity exposures into quantified financial risk for insurance underwriting and portfolio management. The platform serves insurers, reinsurers, and brokers across the cyber insurance value chain, enabling data-driven decision-making beyond traditional underwriting factors like industry and geography. CyberCube's actuarial science combined with big data AI can predict risk multipliers (2x, 10x, 20x) for individual companies, and has demonstrated forecast accuracy within 1% of actual industry loss ratios. The company is trusted by 75% of top 40 US/European cyber insurers and commands over two-thirds of the global cyber reinsurance market by premium.

Muck Rack is a system of record for PR teams that combines journalist discovery, media monitoring, workflow automation, and analytics. It maintains an AI-powered database of over 600,000 journalists, podcasters, freelancers, and outlets, enabling PR professionals to identify the right targets instead of mass blasting. The platform monitors news across online, print, podcast, broadcast, and social channels, and serves as an operating system for PR workflows from outreach through measurement.

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.

Element451 is an AI-powered CRM platform purpose-built for higher education institutions to automate and personalize student recruitment, admissions, enrollment, and success workflows. The platform deploys AI agents to handle high-volume tasks like application reviews, prospect guidance, and personalized outreach, enabling colleges and universities to scale engagement while reducing staff workload. Serving 300+ institutions, Element451 helps enrollment teams reclaim time for human connection while improving yield and persistence metrics.

Distyl AI is an AI-native transformation consultant that converts business processes and SOPs into auditable AI workflows using its proprietary Distillery platform. It combines software subscriptions with high-touch professional services, deploying embedded engineering teams directly with Fortune 500 clients to implement enterprise-scale AI systems. The company operates as a premium consulting partner rather than a standalone SaaS vendor, bundling platform access with multi-year, outcome-based contracts worth tens of millions of dollars.

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.

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.

Zappi is an AI-powered consumer insights platform that helps enterprise brands test and optimize advertising creative and product innovation in hours instead of weeks. The platform automates traditionally manual market research through pre-built methodologies and compares concepts against 1.2 billion historical data points to predict in-market success. Used by 350+ global brands including PepsiCo and McDonald's, Zappi delivers quantitative consumer feedback within 48-72 hours, enabling faster, data-driven decision-making across marketing and product development.

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.

Valsoft is a holding company that acquires and develops vertical market software businesses providing mission-critical solutions in niche industries. Unlike traditional private equity, Valsoft operates as a permanent owner with no exit timeline, partnering long-term with management teams to grow portfolio companies. The company targets established software businesses in the $5-20M revenue range across verticals like automotive, supply chain, jewelry, and public administration. Since 2015, Valsoft has completed 25+ acquisitions annually and raised $420M to fuel continued expansion.

Guesty is an all-in-one property management platform that automates operations for short-term rental hosts and managers across 500,000+ properties in 100+ countries. The software unifies reservations, guest communication, channel management, and payments across 60+ OTAs including Airbnb, Booking.com, and Vrbo. Property managers save up to 20 hours per week through streamlined automation and real-time synchronization. The platform differentiates through superior channel integration (60+ vs competitors' 22), 24/7 support with 230-person team, and recent AI-powered revenue management tools.

Meter delivers enterprise networking as a fully integrated service, combining custom-built hardware (firewalls, switches, access points, 5G gateways), proprietary software, and managed operations into a single subscription. The company disrupts traditional networking by eliminating the need for separate hardware vendors and IT operations, delivering secure, reliable connectivity across branch offices, campuses, and data centers. Meter's vertically integrated approach—designing and manufacturing all components simultaneously—enables superior performance, security, and scalability compared to best-of-breed alternatives.

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.

Zoovu is an AI-powered product discovery and guided selling platform that transforms messy product data into semantically enriched information powering conversational buying experiences. It serves enterprise retailers and brands across e-commerce, B2B, and complex product categories by replacing generic keyword search with intelligent question-based navigation. The platform integrates search, guided selling, product configuration, and bundling from a single system, enabling customers to discover products through natural language interactions rather than static product listings. Zoovu's differentiation lies in its unified approach and advisor-model questioning sequences that match how buyers naturally navigate complex product categories.

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.

Xelix is an AI-powered accounts payable intelligence platform that bolts onto existing ERP and AP systems to enhance financial controls and prevent fraud. Unlike traditional AP automation vendors, Xelix focuses on assurance, overpayment detection, and vendor statement reconciliation using proprietary AI models trained on seven years of data. The platform processes $200B+ in annual invoice flow, reviewing 500+ data points per invoice to identify threats and errors in real-time, and has achieved a 98% customer retention rate.

Dremio is a data lakehouse platform that enables fast SQL analytics on open data storage formats like Apache Iceberg, Amazon S3, and Azure Data Lake Storage without requiring data movement into proprietary systems. It combines the query performance of traditional data warehouses with the cost efficiency and flexibility of cloud object storage. The platform serves enterprises that want to query distributed data in place while maintaining interoperability and avoiding vendor lock-in. Dremio has raised $420M and is trusted by thousands of global enterprises including Shell, TD Bank, Michelin, and FactSet.

Delphi is an AI platform that creates digital clones of real people—capturing their knowledge, personality, reasoning, and opinions—enabling 1-on-1 personalized interactions at scale via text, voice, and video. It uses adaptive temporal knowledge graphs to build a 3D model of how someone thinks, not just what they know. The platform serves creators, coaches, executives, and experts who want to scale their influence and expertise without replicating themselves. What sets Delphi apart is its focus on authenticity: only the actual person can create their digital mind (verified by ID), guardrails prevent hallucination, and users maintain full control of their data.

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.

Lightmatter develops photonic processors and interconnects that dramatically reduce energy consumption and latency in AI computing by replacing electrical connections with optical ones. The company's Envise chip combines traditional electronics with integrated photonic elements for AI acceleration, while its Passage interconnect technology enables data to move 100x faster between chips. They serve hyperscale cloud providers and AI data center operators, addressing the critical bottleneck of data movement energy consumption in modern AI workloads.

DoubleVerify is a SaaS measurement and verification platform that independently validates digital ad delivery across the entire ecosystem, including open web, CTV, social media, and commerce networks. The platform certifies ads as viewable, fraud-free, brand-safe, and geo-targeted using proprietary AI and machine learning that processes over 8.3 trillion media transactions annually in 100+ languages. It serves 1,500+ customers including 49 of the top 50 global advertisers, providing both pre-bid avoidance and post-bid monitoring capabilities. DoubleVerify differentiates through its independent verification methodology and unbiased analytics, helping advertisers optimize ad spend and protect brand reputation at scale.

Firework is an enterprise video commerce platform that enables brands to create interactive, shoppable video experiences embedded directly on their websites and apps. The platform combines in-video shopping, live streaming, and AI-powered content creation to drive customer engagement and conversion. Firework differentiates itself through seamless integration with 100+ commerce platforms, always-on virtual showrooms, and enterprise-grade features purpose-built for large-scale operations. Notable customers include Kraft Heinz, Unilever, Mattel, and American Express, with demonstrated conversion rate improvements of 7-13x industry averages.

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.

Scandit provides enterprise-grade computer vision SDK technology that enables smart data capture—barcode scanning, text and object recognition—on any mobile device or smart camera. The platform allows third-party apps to integrate advanced barcode scanning that works reliably in extreme conditions: low light, damaged labels, and challenging angles. Scandit's proprietary algorithms achieve 5x faster scanning speeds compared to competitors and serve over 1,700 global customers across retail, logistics, healthcare, and manufacturing sectors.

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.

Vanta is an agentic trust platform that automates compliance and security monitoring by performing 1,200+ control checks hourly across 35+ global frameworks. It replaces manual, point-in-time compliance processes with continuous monitoring and AI-powered automation that reduces audit completion times by 50%. The platform integrates with 300+ systems to collect evidence automatically and power real-time risk detection, enabling organizations to maintain compliance at scale without manual overhead.

Deliverect is an AI-powered, API-first platform that integrates online orders from third-party delivery channels (Uber Eats, Deliveroo, Glovo, DoorDash) directly into restaurants' POS systems, eliminating manual order re-entry and reducing errors. The platform has expanded beyond restaurants to serve convenience stores, grocery retailers, and dark kitchens across 52 markets. With over 80,000 businesses using the platform and 1+ billion orders processed, Deliverect streamlines operations for everything from delivery and dine-in to take-out, drive-thru, and catering.

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.

HiBob is a cloud-based Human Capital Management (HCM) platform that centralizes HR operations including onboarding, performance management, payroll, time tracking, and employee engagement. Built for mid-market companies (50-500 employees), it combines core HRIS functionality with AI-powered insights and modern UX to help teams connect, develop, and retain talent. The platform has achieved 254% average ROI with payback in under 9 months, and recently integrated payroll processing through the acquisition of Pento.

Cribl is a vendor-neutral observability pipeline that sits between data sources and downstream analytics tools, providing complete control over data collection, filtering, enrichment, normalization, and routing. It helps enterprises reduce observability data volumes by 25%+ while eliminating cloud waste across tools like Splunk and Datadog. The platform abstracts the complexity of managing multiple data sources and destinations, allowing teams to process telemetry data in-flight without vendor lock-in. Cribl serves Fortune 100/500 companies that struggle with exploding observability costs and data sprawl.

Vendr is an AI-powered SaaS buying and management platform that eliminates friction from enterprise software procurement. The platform combines AI-assisted negotiation (powered by Ruth, an autonomous agent trained on the world's largest SaaS pricing dataset) with expert negotiators to help finance and procurement teams optimize software spend, access benchmarking data, and manage renewals. Vendr has facilitated over $2.5B in SaaS purchases across 2,600+ suppliers for customers including HubSpot, Brex, Canva, and Reddit.

MasterControl provides quality management and manufacturing execution software for life sciences companies navigating regulated product development and commercialization. The platform automates GxP (Good Practice) workflows across quality, compliance, supply chain, clinical trials, and product development. Built specifically for FDA-regulated industries, MasterControl has evolved from document management to a comprehensive quality operations platform trusted by 1,250+ companies and nearly 1 million users globally.

Legora is an AI-powered legal workspace that automates complex legal workflows including contract review, due diligence, document drafting, and legal research. Built with agentic AI that reasons through multi-step legal tasks, it integrates deeply into Microsoft Word and document management systems like iManage and SharePoint. The platform enables lawyers to work with AI as a co-counsel, leveraging features like Tabular Review for mass contract analysis, Research for precedent discovery, and Workflows for playbook-driven automation. Legora reduces manual document handling and accelerates legal delivery without sacrificing accuracy or oversight.

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.

Inferact commercializes vLLM, the world's most popular open-source LLM inference engine, delivering 2-4× throughput improvements over competing systems. Built by the original vLLM creators from UC Berkeley, Inferact serves enterprises and AI companies seeking to deploy frontier models at scale without proprietary lock-in. The company owns the roadmap of a widely-adopted community project with 2,000+ contributors while maintaining a lean 14-person team.