Startups Directory

ConsenSys is a global blockchain infrastructure and software company founded by Ethereum co-founder Joseph Lubin that builds developer tools, enterprise applications, and scaling solutions powered by Ethereum. Its flagship products—MetaMask (self-custodial wallet securing $60B in assets) and Infura (node infrastructure serving millions of transactions)—serve as critical infrastructure for the Web3 ecosystem. The company also develops Linea (Layer 2 scaling), Quorum (enterprise blockchain platform acquired from JPMorgan), and provides smart contract auditing and staking services to enterprises and developers.

Aleo is a Layer 1 blockchain that uses zero-knowledge proofs to enable private, scalable decentralized applications. Unlike traditional blockchains where validators execute every transaction, Aleo offloads smart contract execution off-chain through a Prover Market, allowing users to hide transaction details while processing thousands of transactions per second. The platform combines general-purpose programmability with privacy by default, differentiating itself as one of the first blockchains to leverage zero-knowledge technology for both privacy and scalability.

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.

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.

Next Play Capital is a venture capital fund of funds and SPV platform that invests in access-constrained venture funds and venture-backed companies across consumer, fintech, and IT/SaaS. Founded by former NFL athletes and seasoned tech investors, the firm leverages a unique community of professional athletes, executives, and entrepreneurs to provide LP access to typically restricted investment opportunities. As of May 2023, the firm merged with Legacy Venture to become Next Legacy Partners, though it continues operating under the Next Play Capital brand. The firm manages approximately $450M in assets under management across three flagship funds and 24+ SPVs.

Everphone is a Device-as-a-Service (DaaS) platform that enables enterprises to procure, manage, and deploy corporate smartphones and tablets through a subscription model. The company converts device expenses from capital expenditure to predictable monthly operating costs, handling the entire lifecycle including sourcing, MDM configuration, deployment, repairs, and data erasure. Everphone currently manages over 250,000 devices for more than 1,000 companies, including DAX companies and major consulting firms, freeing IT teams approximately 2 hours per device.

When I Work is an employee scheduling and time tracking platform built for shift-based teams in hospitality, retail, healthcare, and field service industries. It combines scheduling, GPS-based time tracking, team messaging, and labor forecasting in a single app, with an AI-powered auto-scheduler that matches shifts to employee eligibility and availability. The platform serves over 1 million users across 150,000+ customers in 50+ countries and differentiates on affordability—starting at $2.50 per user/month with auto-scheduling included, a feature typically reserved for premium tiers at competitors.

Pleo is a European spend management platform that issues smart corporate payment cards (physical and virtual) integrated with real-time expense tracking and accounting software. It automates the entire employee spending workflow—from card transactions to receipt capture to invoice management—while giving finance teams budget controls and fraud detection. Pleo serves 40,000+ small and medium-sized businesses across 14 European markets, positioning itself as the dominant player in a spend management category worth $80B+ globally.

Writer is a full-stack generative AI platform that enables enterprises to build, deploy, and scale custom AI applications grounded in proprietary company data. The platform combines proprietary Palmyra language models, graph-based RAG, AI guardrails, and developer tools to reduce hallucinations and ensure accurate, on-brand outputs. Companies like Uber, Salesforce, and L'Oréal use Writer to automate customer support, legal documentation, and content generation while maintaining control over sensitive data.

Hai Robotics develops Automated Case-handling Mobile Robots (ACRs) and modular ASRS systems that intelligently bring totes and cartons to workstations rather than moving entire racks. The company's HaiPick family of solutions enables warehouses to achieve 99%+ pick accuracy, 4x efficiency gains, and 75% footprint reduction through vertical storage up to 12 meters. With 2,000+ robots deployed across 200+ projects in 20+ countries, Hai Robotics holds 90% market share in the ACR robot category and has established itself as the category pioneer.

Upscale AI develops high-performance AI networking infrastructure combining custom silicon (SkyHammer ASICs), systems, and software to enable ultra-low-latency connections between GPUs, AI accelerators, and storage in large-scale AI clusters. The company competes directly with Nvidia's NVSwitch by building open-standards networking solutions designed for hyperscalers and AI infrastructure operators seeking scalable alternatives to proprietary architectures. Founded by serial entrepreneurs from Palo Alto Networks, Innovium, and Cavium, Upscale is backed by $300M+ in funding and positioning open standards as superior to closed ecosystems for AI infrastructure.

Moniepoint is an all-in-one financial platform providing payment processing, digital banking, credit facilities, and business management tools for small and medium-sized businesses across Nigeria and expanding internationally. The company operates a network of payment terminals integrated with mobile banking apps, allowing merchants to accept payments, manage inventory, and access working capital loans underwritten by transaction data. With 1 billion+ monthly transactions and $22 billion in annual payment volume, Moniepoint has become Nigeria's largest agent banking player, serving 10 million businesses and individuals.

Viral Nation is a global influencer marketing and talent management company that combines full-service agency capabilities with proprietary AI-powered software. The company operates across multiple divisions including VN Marketing (digital agency), VN Talent and VN Sports (creator/athlete representation), and VN Tech (software platform CreatorOS). They help brands connect with influencers while using AI technology to vet creators for brand safety and measure campaign ROI.

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.

Dojo is a fintech company providing card payment solutions, hardware, and business services for small and medium-sized businesses across the UK and Ireland. The company offers the Dojo Go card machine (processing 58% faster than industry average), payment links, online payment options, and integrated tools like booking platforms and business funding. Dojo differentiates itself through transparent pricing, flexible contracts, next-day payouts (including weekends), and 450+ EPOS integrations, targeting merchants frustrated by traditional payment providers' complexity and hidden fees.

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.

Olist is a comprehensive SMB commerce enabler ecosystem serving Latin American small and medium businesses. The platform integrates three core pillars: a marketplace aggregation tool (Olist Store) that lets merchants list on multiple marketplaces through a single interface, a logistics and fulfillment network (Olist Pax), and financial services (Olist Credit and Olist Pay). By consolidating reputation management, inventory control, order fulfillment, and working capital access, Olist addresses the core pain points preventing SMBs from scaling on digital marketplaces.

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.

GWI is an AI-powered audience intelligence platform that combines survey data from millions of global panelists with advanced analytics to deliver consumer insights at scale. The platform democratizes market research by replacing expensive, slow traditional methods with self-service dashboards, AI-assisted analysis (Agent Spark), and automated presentation generation (Canvas). It serves marketing teams, agencies, and brands across 50+ markets with 200,000+ profiling data points covering demographics, behavior, media consumption, and social trends. GWI differentiates through real-time AI integration, global coverage, and instant insights versus traditional market research's slow turnaround.

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.

AppZen is an AI-powered autonomous spend-to-pay platform that automates manual financial processes across expense management, accounts payable, and corporate card monitoring. The platform uses finance-tuned large language models trained on 10+ years of transaction data to audit, approve, and flag policy violations with 95%+ accuracy. It serves enterprise finance teams at 500+ global companies including 65 Fortune 500 firms, delivering $2B+ in documented savings by automating 50%+ of manual work without additional headcount.

Sendcloud is an all-in-one shipping platform that automates the entire shipping process for e-commerce retailers across 100+ platforms and carriers. Founded in 2012, it centralizes label printing, order packing, branded tracking, and returns management—reducing shipping complexity from hours to minutes. The platform serves 23,000+ merchants primarily in Europe with data-driven shipping intelligence, smart automation rules, and pre-negotiated carrier rates, positioning itself as purpose-built for scaling European e-commerce operations.

Tredence is a global data science and AI solutions provider that bridges the gap between insight generation and business value realization. They deliver domain-centric AI/ML solutions across customer analytics, supply chain optimization, MLOps, and data engineering for Fortune 500 enterprises in retail, CPG, healthcare, financial services, and industrials. With $205M in funding and 1,717+ employees, Tredence combines deep industry expertise with agility to embed analytics directly into customer applications and decision-making workflows.

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.

Quantexa is a Decision Intelligence platform that connects siloed internal and external data sources to create contextualized views of people, organizations, and events using AI and machine learning. The platform delivers 90% more accuracy and 60x faster model resolution than traditional approaches through proprietary entity resolution and contextual scoring technology. It serves enterprise organizations across financial services, telecommunications, and public sector to automate compliance, detect fraud, and unify customer views without requiring legacy system replacement.

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.

Bloomreach is an AI-powered commerce platform that unifies real-time customer and product data to personalize ecommerce experiences across all digital touchpoints. The platform combines intelligent search and merchandising, a headless CMS, customer data capabilities, and marketing automation—all powered by Loomi AI. It serves 1,400+ global brands including American Eagle, Pandora, and Albertsons, enabling them to deliver hyper-personalized shopping experiences that drive measurable conversion and revenue lifts.

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.

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.

Amelia is an enterprise conversational AI platform that combines deterministic workflows with generative AI to automate customer and employee interactions. The platform handles complex, multi-turn conversations across customer service, IT support, HR, and other business functions while reducing escalations to human agents. Unlike rigid rule-based chatbots, Amelia can orchestrate multiple AI agents and adapt to user requests that deviate from training data, delivering human-like interactions at scale. The company was acquired by SoundHound AI in August 2024 for $80 million.

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

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

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

DigniFi is an embedded finance platform that enables auto repair shops, dealerships, and service centers to offer point-of-sale financing to customers for repairs, parts, accessories, and maintenance. The company has built a fintech marketplace connecting consumers across multiple credit tiers with lenders, processing applications in under 5 minutes with decisions typically within 2 minutes. With 6,800+ merchant partners and $445M in transaction volume facilitated, DigniFi differentiates through fast approvals, support for underserved credit profiles, and seamless integration into automotive service workflows.

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.

9fin is an AI-native intelligence platform that transforms complex financial data into structured, decision-ready insights for debt market professionals. It combines proprietary data from the world's largest team of private credit journalists with AI-powered workflows and human oversight to help credit teams identify deals, analyze risk, and monitor global debt markets in minutes instead of weeks. The platform serves over 300 leading banks, asset managers, law firms, and advisory firms globally, positioning itself as a modern alternative to legacy systems like Bloomberg and FactSet with a focus on debt markets and AI automation.

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.