Startups Directory

Mavenir is a cloud-native telecommunications software company that powers virtualized mobile core networks for communication service providers globally. The company provides Open vRAN, 5G Converged Packet Core, and cloud-native IMS solutions that run on commercial off-the-shelf hardware instead of proprietary telecom equipment. Mavenir powers more than 50% of the world's mobile subscribers across 250+ operators in 120 countries, including major carriers like T-Mobile, Dish, Rakuten, and Deutsche Telekom.

CyCognito is an attack surface discovery platform that autonomously simulates attacker techniques to identify internet-exposed and unmanaged assets across an organization's infrastructure. Using machine learning, NLP, and graph data models, it discovers business relationships, subsidiaries, and cloud environments without requiring customer integration or configuration. The platform prioritizes critical risks by filtering false positives through advanced AI, enabling security teams to focus remediation efforts on actual threats rather than vulnerability lists.

Framer is a React-powered design-to-web platform that lets designers build, animate, and publish production-ready websites without handing off to engineering. It combines Figma-like design capabilities with full website building and CMS functionality, enabling teams to go from interactive mockup to live site in a single tool. Used by 500K+ monthly designers including Miro, Perplexity AI, and 55% of Y Combinator's latest batch, Framer eliminates the traditional design-to-development handoff gap.

Redpanda is a Kafka-compatible streaming data platform built from the ground up in C++ to be 10x faster and 6x more resource-efficient than Apache Kafka. It eliminates external dependencies like ZooKeeper and JVM overhead, offering both fully-managed cloud deployment and self-hosted options. The platform supports inline WebAssembly transformations for real-time data enrichment and delivers predictable latency at scale by managing its own memory and disk I/O.

DealHub is an agentic Quote-to-Revenue platform that consolidates AI-powered CPQ, Contract Lifecycle Management, subscription and usage-based billing into a single system. It enables enterprises to design, launch, and scale modern monetization models—from Sales-Led to Product-Led Growth—without manual processes or developer intervention. The platform's no-code environment allows operations teams to adapt pricing and product configurations in real-time, while streamlining the entire revenue lifecycle from quoting through revenue recognition.

Global Processing Services provides GPS Apex, a multi-award-winning issuer processing platform that enables fintechs, digital banks, and embedded finance providers to process and manage credit, debit, and prepaid card transactions globally. Built by payment experts, the platform integrates seamlessly with issuers, program managers, card manufacturers, and service providers, powering next-generation payment segments including BNPL, expense management, B2B payments, crypto, and open banking. As of January 2022, GPS services operate in 48 countries, have processed 1.3+ billion transactions, and support 190 million issued cards across 180+ clients using 150+ currencies.

SumUp provides mobile payment infrastructure that enables small and medium-sized businesses to accept card payments via wireless card readers connected to smartphones or tablets. The company processes transactions within 1-2 business days and transfers funds directly to merchant bank accounts. SumUp operates in 36 markets across Europe, the US, Latin America, and Australia, serving over 4 million merchants from single-person operators to major event spaces. The platform differentiates through simplicity, accessibility for non-technical users, and the lowest transaction fees in its category.

⚠️ INACTIVE: Prime Trust was a technology-driven trust company that provided API-based financial infrastructure for fintech and digital asset companies, offering custody, funds processing, compliance, and transaction settlement services. The company served nearly 700 B2B clients including Swan, Abra, Dapper Labs, and Binance US. Prime Trust filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in August 2023 and is no longer operating.

Stronghold creates virtual payment networks that instantly settle transactions and enable interoperability between legacy banking systems and blockchain-based payment rails. The platform offers card processing, ACH transfers, merchant financing, and checkout services, with the unique ability to bridge traditional and modern payment infrastructure. They specifically serve high-compliance industries like gambling and alcohol that struggle to access financial services, rewarding transaction volume with SHx tokens that offset fees.

Totango is a cloud-based customer success platform that processes billions of customer signals to help teams identify at-risk customers, predict churn, and uncover expansion opportunities in real-time. The platform unifies three products—Unison (AI-powered customer intelligence), Totango (enterprise CS platform), and Catalyst (customer growth platform)—around a common dataset. It serves customer success and sales teams at mid-market to enterprise SaaS companies seeking to optimize revenue retention and growth through proactive customer engagement.

Cape is a privacy-first mobile carrier that owns and operates its own mobile core and SIMs, addressing network-layer vulnerabilities that app-based solutions cannot fix. Unlike traditional MVNOs that resell carrier services, Cape embeds privacy and security at the cellular infrastructure level to protect against SIM swaps, surveillance, and metadata breaches. Founded by former Palantir executives with national security expertise, Cape serves U.S. government agencies, enterprise executives, journalists, and privacy-conscious consumers across the country.

ExtraHop delivers a Network Detection and Response (NDR) platform called RevealX that applies cloud-scale AI to analyze petabytes of encrypted traffic daily across hybrid and multi-cloud environments. It combines NDR, network performance management, intrusion detection, and packet forensics in a single console to automatically discover devices, users, and applications while detecting threats and anomalies in real-time. The platform analyzes over 5,000 metrics and uses machine learning to baseline behavior and identify risks across all infrastructure and data-in-flight.

Immuta automates sensitive data discovery, security, and access control across multiple cloud data platforms using attribute-based access control (ABAC) and privacy-enhancing technologies. The platform enables organizations to identify sensitive data, enforce dynamic policies, and monitor data activity at scale across AWS services, Snowflake, Databricks, and other data platforms. Founded by a former U.S. Army intelligence officer, Immuta serves enterprises handling regulated data who need to reduce manual policy management by 75X while maintaining compliance with GDPR, CCPA, and other privacy regulations.

Cowbell Cyber is the leading provider of adaptive cyber insurance for small and medium-sized enterprises, serving nearly 30,000 businesses across the U.S., UK, and Australia. The company uses AI-powered continuous underwriting (Cowbell Factors) to compress the insurance process from submission to issuance in under 5 minutes, with renewal pricing directly tied to observed risk profiles throughout the year. Beyond insurance, Cowbell offers integrated Resiliency Services including MDR SOC, penetration testing, security training, and identity AI. Their largest cyber insurance distribution network in the U.S. spans over 14,000 producers and monitors 23 million businesses.

Pindrop uses acoustic fingerprinting and AI to authenticate phone callers by analyzing voice signatures, device characteristics, and behavioral patterns. The company serves banks, insurers, and large enterprises to prevent fraud across contact centers and voice communications. By extracting 147+ audio features and analyzing call metadata in milliseconds, Pindrop detects spoofed numbers, deepfakes, voice morphing, and synthesized voices that traditional authentication methods miss.

Claroty is an industrial cybersecurity platform that provides agentless, passive monitoring of OT, IoT, and IIoT assets across critical infrastructure environments. The platform integrates with existing security infrastructure to deliver visibility, threat detection, vulnerability management, and secure remote access without disrupting operational networks. Claroty's approach uses network traffic analysis rather than active scanning, making it the only practical solution for securing PLCs and SCADA systems that cannot tolerate downtime. The company serves Fortune 100 organizations in energy, manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, and other critical sectors.

Talon Cyber Security develops an enterprise-grade secure browser built on Chromium that isolates data and protects against threats across managed and unmanaged devices. The platform combines advanced data isolation techniques (screenshot prevention, clipboard restrictions) with workspace security and Zero Trust access policies for remote and hybrid workforces. It serves large enterprises seeking to prevent data breaches and enable secure access to corporate applications regardless of device type or operating system. The company was acquired by Palo Alto Networks in December 2023 for $625 million.

Human Security provides AI-powered bot management and fraud detection software that protects digital interactions across websites, apps, and APIs. The platform verifies over 20 trillion digital interactions weekly for 500+ global brands, detecting everything from basic scripts to sophisticated botnets and transaction fraud. Human Security differentiates itself through advanced behavioral analysis and multi-method detection that blocks fraudulent actors while enabling legitimate traffic and trusted AI agents to move freely.

Malwarebytes is a cybersecurity company that detects, prevents, and remediates malware, ransomware, spyware, and other cyber threats using AI-powered behavioral analysis and heuristics. The company serves both individual consumers and businesses through a freemium consumer model and a tiered enterprise offering (rebranded as ThreatDown). Unlike traditional antivirus software, Malwarebytes combines signature-based detection with behavioral analysis to catch threats competitors miss, earning recognition from The New York Times for its hybrid detection approach.

Shadowfax is a technology-driven logistics marketplace connecting businesses with a vast network of delivery partners to provide last-mile, hyperlocal, and express delivery services. The platform serves e-commerce companies, quick commerce platforms, SMEs, D2C brands, and individual customers with same-day, next-day, and instant delivery capabilities. Shadowfax differentiates through proprietary logistics software offering real-time tracking, route optimization, and a transparent flat-rate billing model (Shadowfax 360) that eliminates weight-based pricing disputes. The company has achieved significant scale with major customers including Flipkart, Amazon, Domino's, Big Basket, and Paytm.

Codat is a universal API platform that enables software providers and financial institutions to access, synchronize, and interpret small business financial data in real-time. It connects to 35+ accounting, banking, and commerce platforms through a single standardized API, making integrations 6x faster than building in-house. The platform serves over 300 global clients including major banks and fintechs like Brex, Jeeves, and PayPal Zettle, with 150,000+ small businesses connected.

Anyscale provides a fully managed platform for building, scaling, and deploying AI applications on Ray, an open-source distributed computing engine. It eliminates the infrastructure complexity of scaling Python-based AI workloads across CPUs, GPUs, and accelerators by providing a unified runtime that abstracts away distributed systems engineering. Developers can start locally and seamlessly scale to thousands of machines without rewriting code. The platform serves enterprises running compute-intensive AI applications at scale, with customers including Apple, Uber, OpenAI, and LinkedIn.

MoEngage is an AI-powered customer engagement platform that orchestrates personalized omnichannel experiences across mobile, web, email, SMS, and social media. It serves enterprise and mid-market brands by consolidating customer data from multiple touchpoints and automating targeted communications at scale. The platform processes 3.2 billion messages daily for 1,350+ global brands like Flipkart, Domino's, and Deutsche Telekom, combining real-time analytics with machine learning-driven journey orchestration.

Swap Commerce is an e-commerce operating system that unifies backend operations—shipping, returns, inventory, tax, compliance, and cross-border workflows—into a single platform. It serves rapidly scaling D2C and e-commerce brands that need to manage complex global logistics without maintaining multiple disconnected tools. The platform reduces operational costs by up to 30% and increases revenue by 8% through AI-driven inventory management and automated cross-border compliance. Swap has evolved from a returns-focused solution into a comprehensive commerce backbone that enables brands to expand internationally without manual overhead.

Clip is Mexico's leading mobile point-of-sale and digital payment platform that enables small businesses and independent merchants to accept card payments via smartphones and tablets. The platform eliminates traditional barriers to payment acceptance—monthly fees, minimum transaction requirements, and excessive paperwork—while addressing Mexico's cash-heavy economy where 80% of personal consumption expenditure occurs offline. Beyond card readers, Clip offers inventory management, online commerce solutions, payment links, and business financing services, serving over 1 million merchants.

Swiftly is a digital operating system for brick-and-mortar retail that unifies retail data, enables real-time shopper segmentation, and powers omnichannel campaigns. It helps independent and regional grocers compete with giants like Amazon and Walmart by providing mobile engagement, personalization, loyalty integration, and closed-loop retail media capabilities. The platform operates on a revenue-sharing model where Swiftly's success is directly tied to the retail media revenue generated by its clients. Swiftly shoppers spend 1.5x more than average customers and drive over 25% of product and payment volume for participating retailers.

Swiftly is a vertical SaaS platform and retail media marketplace that unifies first-party shopper data across POS, loyalty, ecommerce, and mobile to enable identity resolution, audience targeting, and closed-loop attribution. The platform serves both grocery retailers and CPG brands, allowing independent and regional grocers to compete with Amazon and Walmart through digital engagement tools, personalized loyalty programs, and high-margin media monetization. Major customers including PepsiCo, Red Bull, and Kraft Heinz use Swiftly to drive in-store sales across 33,000+ locations. Swiftly operates a two-sided marketplace where retailers gain digital surfaces and CPG brands access premium, retailer-owned inventory via a unified campaign engine.

Forum Brands is a technology-driven e-commerce acquisition platform that identifies, purchases, and scales high-potential digital-native brands—primarily Amazon FBA sellers and DTC companies. Using proprietary algorithms analyzing 60+ million data points, the company can evaluate acquisition targets and make offers within 48 hours, providing founders with payment in 30 days or less. Forum then applies operational expertise and omnichannel infrastructure to transform acquired brands into category leaders. The team is 75% ex-Amazon and led by McKinsey/PE veterans, giving them deep consumer operations and M&A expertise.

Remodel Health is the nation's largest ICHRA (Individual Coverage Health Reimbursement Arrangement) administrator, enabling employers to provide employees with pre-tax dollars to purchase their own ACA health plans. Unlike software-only competitors, Remodel combines technology with full-service administration and expert guidance through the entire ICHRA process. The platform serves employers, brokers, employees, and payors, delivering an average of 30% savings and 2.5x ROI on health benefits spend.

Pave is a real-time compensation management platform that replaces outdated spreadsheets and stale consultant data with live, integrated salary benchmarking and pay planning tools. The platform helps mid-market and enterprise companies plan merit cycles, manage pay ranges, benchmark compensation, and communicate total rewards through automated integrations with HRIS, ATS, and EMS systems. Pave differentiates itself through real-time market data updated monthly and persistent system integrations, enabling data-driven compensation decisions at scale.

FloQast is a financial close management SaaS platform that automates and centralizes the month-end accounting close process for enterprise finance teams. The software replaces manual spreadsheets and email chains with AI-powered reconciliation (up to 98% auto-reconciliation), task management, and real-time visibility into close progress. FloQast serves 3,500+ global accounting teams including Shopify, Twilio, and Chipotle, positioning itself as the straightforward, user-friendly alternative to more complex enterprise close automation platforms.

Bitwarden is an open-source password manager that enables individuals, teams, and enterprises to securely store and manage credentials with zero-knowledge encryption—meaning Bitwarden cannot access user data. The platform serves over 10 million users across 180+ countries and offers specialized products including a Password Manager, Secrets Manager for developers, and Passwordless.dev for building FIDO2 WebAuthn authentication. Bitwarden differentiates through open-source transparency, client-side encryption, fast enterprise deployment (70% live in under a month), and a freemium model that converts users to paid plans.

Aztec is a privacy-first Layer 2 rollup for Ethereum that enables encrypted transaction execution and private smart contracts while maintaining public verifiability through zero-knowledge proofs. Unlike privacy blockchains like Zcash, Aztec is programmable—developers can specify privacy at granular levels (users, data, metadata, or full contract logic) using the Noir language. It uses client-side proof generation to keep sensitive data off centralized servers, enabling institutions and users to conduct confidential DeFi operations on Ethereum.

Ghost Financial is a fintech platform designed to serve ghost kitchens and restaurant operators with integrated financing, insurance, and payment solutions. The platform uses AI-powered underwriting and API integrations with POS systems (Toast) and delivery apps (DoorDash) to assess operational health and make fast lending decisions. It offers a 1% cash-back credit card for inventory purchases and expansion loans, with the ability to lift operator margins by up to 10%. However, the company appears to be inactive as of 2023-2024 based on multiple database sources.

AngelList Venture is a marketplace and back-office software platform that connects early-stage startups with angel investors, syndicates, and venture funds while providing compliance, legal, and fund management infrastructure. The platform serves fund managers, syndicates, and startups by removing operational friction from fundraising and fund administration. As of 2025, the platform supports $171 billion in assets under administration across 25,000+ active investment vehicles and has helped 108 unicorn companies secure early-stage capital.

Fazz is a B2B neobank and payment infrastructure platform serving businesses across Southeast Asia, from warungs to Fortune 500 companies. The platform enables businesses to accept payments (e-wallet, bank transfer, credit card), maintain business cash accounts with 4% interest, access corporate cards, and utilize lending products like invoice financing. Fazz addresses the $300 billion funding gap for MSMEs by providing enterprise-grade financial tools at accessible price points, processing over $6 billion in annualized GTV.

BitGo is the largest independent digital asset custodian, securing approximately 20% of all on-chain Bitcoin transactions and holding over $100 billion in digital assets. The company provides a full-stack platform combining multisignature wallet technology, regulated custody, and prime brokerage services for institutions including banks, fintechs, hedge funds, and asset managers. BitGo pioneered multi-sig architecture that eliminates single points of failure, differentiating it from competitors by providing insurance-grade security with clear legal title to custodied assets.

Unit is a banking-as-a-service (BaaS) platform that enables companies to embed financial features—checking accounts, cards, payments, and lending—directly into their products via APIs, SDKs, and white-labeled UIs. The platform reduces what typically takes 18 months of bank negotiations and compliance work into a 5-week deployment. Unit differentiates by owning its own ledger, the most critical and sensitive part of the ecosystem, delivering superior technical control and user experience compared to competitors.

Wrapbook is a vertical SaaS platform for the entertainment industry that automates production payroll, accounting, and crew management at scale. It serves as an Employer of Record (EOR) for payroll taxes, withholdings, and compliance, while unifying cost tracking and reporting in a single platform. Built-in union compliance for 16 collective bargaining agreements and a team of industry experts from SAG-AFTRA, DGA, and IATSE give it a distinct competitive edge in managing hundreds to thousands of crew members per production.

Pine Labs is a merchant commerce platform that powers offline and online retail transactions through cloud-based POS terminals and payment processing solutions. The company operates 350,000+ terminals across 3,700+ cities in India and Malaysia, serving 100,000+ merchants with integrated financing, analytics, and loyalty tools. Pine Labs differentiates through multi-bank integrations on a single terminal—unlike competitors who require separate hardware for each bank partnership—and proprietary EMI conversion powered by bank cardholder analytics. The platform went public in November 2025 after raising $954M across 12 funding rounds.

Tranch was an invoice-to-payment platform that enabled enterprises to optimize cash flow by offering flexible payment options to their clients. The platform provided three payment methods: Pay Now (instant bank transfers via FedNow), Pay by Card (virtual terminals for billing teams), and Pay Later (invoices spread over 2-12 months). Tranch served law firms, SaaS companies, consulting firms, and agencies, allowing suppliers to get paid upfront while customers settled invoices worth up to $500,000 on flexible terms. **IMPORTANT: Tranch was acquired by Elite on January 3, 2025, and is no longer independently operating.**

Kushki is a regional payments infrastructure platform that standardizes Latin America's fragmented payment ecosystem by integrating credit/debit cards, bank transfers, and 300,000+ cash payment points through a single API. Operating as the first non-bank acquirer licensed in the region, it enables businesses across LatAm to accept payments globally, receive funds in local currency, and process transactions end-to-end with direct VISA/Mastercard connections. The platform provides omnichannel solutions spanning e-commerce, m-commerce, and physical retail through customizable integration options including APIs, SDKs, plugins, and payment buttons.

TerraPay is a mobile-first international payment network that interconnects financial services providers—banks, mobile wallets, money transfer operators, and payment platforms—through a single API. Operating as an asset-light, network-heavy model, TerraPay enables seamless cross-border fund transfers to 139 receive countries with access to 7.5+ billion bank accounts and 2.1+ billion mobile wallets. The platform reduces integration friction for partners while capturing transaction routing and settlement economics, positioning itself as a preferred rails provider for remittances, gig platforms, and marketplaces in emerging markets.

MFS Africa is Africa's largest mobile money interoperability hub, connecting over 400 million mobile wallets and millions of bank accounts across 40+ countries through a single API. The platform enables enterprises—from fintech companies to NGOs—to scale digital payment strategies by providing seamless cross-border transfers, merchant payments, bulk payouts, and bank-to-wallet services. With partnerships spanning 180+ mobile money operators and global remittance providers like Western Union and MoneyGram, MFS Africa has become the infrastructure backbone for digital payments across the continent.

Sure is an API-driven infrastructure platform that enables businesses to embed insurance products directly into their customer experiences in milliseconds. The company provides policy management, claims settlement, and quoting infrastructure that allows brands and carriers to launch digital insurance programs without building from scratch. Sure serves enterprises like Tesla, MasterCard, Intuit, and Carvana, differentiating through fully embedded end-to-end experiences built from the ground up rather than rebranded legacy solutions.

Veriff is an AI-powered identity verification platform that automatically verifies customer identities using facial recognition, document validation, and behavioral analysis. The company serves fintech, marketplaces, and regulated industries through an API-based service that achieves 99.6% fraud detection accuracy in ~6 seconds. Veriff differentiates itself with support for 12,500+ identity documents (vs. competitors' ~2,500) and industry-leading speed, enabling businesses to reduce verification drop-offs and improve conversion rates.

SynthBee is an enterprise AI platform that amplifies human expertise through Collaborative Intelligence™, enabling businesses to solve complex scientific, engineering, design, and creative challenges in minutes instead of weeks or months. Unlike conventional AI systems designed to automate decision-making, SynthBee emphasizes human control, transparency, privacy, and auditability. The platform serves Fortune 500 companies across aerospace, defense, automotive, healthcare, and financial services with a philosophy of computational democracy rather than AI autonomy.

Apna is a mobile-first digital marketplace connecting entry-level and blue/gray-collar job seekers to employers across India. The platform features 70+ professional communities (carpenters, painters, telecallers, delivery personnel, etc.) and uses AI-driven matching to enable bulk hiring campaigns, automated candidate sourcing, and integrated chat for interview coordination. Employers can post jobs, filter profiles, unlock contact details, and engage candidates via WhatsApp, while job seekers access real-time alerts, interview prep tools, and social networking features.

Maltego is an all-in-one investigation platform that transforms complex, dispersed data into actionable insights through link analysis and visualization. Used by 2,000+ government organizations and 4,000+ companies—including the FBI, INTERPOL, and half of the Dow 30—it enables investigators to conduct OSINT investigations, analyze large datasets, monitor threats in real-time, and capture digital evidence. The platform's key differentiator is its ability to automatically merge matching information from multiple sources into a single graph, enabling teams to uncover hidden connections and patterns in minutes rather than days.

ControlUp ONE is an Autonomous Endpoint Management (AEM) platform that unifies digital employee experience (DEX) monitoring, remediation, and AI-powered support across virtual desktops, physical endpoints, and cloud environments. It provides IT teams real-time visibility into performance metrics, user sessions, and applications with proactive troubleshooting and no-code automation capabilities. The platform serves large enterprises managing complex hybrid IT environments, with customers including four of the top five U.S. health insurance companies and over 50 Fortune 100 companies. ControlUp differentiates through specialized VDI endpoint monitoring, script-based automation, and autonomous remediation workflows powered by agentic AI.