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Marketplace Startups

Updated July 2026

Companies in the marketplace sector developing innovative solutions and technologies.

Explore 1,475 recently funded marketplace companies with verified founder contact information and fundraising data.

Total Companies
1,475
Total Funding
$277.5M
Avg Funding
$11.1M
Global Reach
13
countries

Top Cities for Marketplace

Chicago
Créteil
Zug
San Francisco
Santiago
Mountain View

Recently Funded Companies

Export
Chicago, United States

Online marketplace that creates supply chain transparency & better connects distributors to retailers. Acquired by WIS, Int'l in Feb '23

$4.0M raised
Oct 2021

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Créteil, France

Beebs is the first C2C marketplace for parents & their kids.

$5.9M raised
Oct 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Zug, Switzerland

I2 invest is a marketplace Lending is revolutionising the classical banking system.

$3.8M raised
Oct 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

San Francisco, United States

Wonolo is an on-demand staffing platform for businesses to fill their immediate labor needs.

$138.0M raised
Oct 2021

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Santiago, Chile

Entrekids is a marketplace which sells baby products, clothing, footwear, sports, and books online.

$250K raised
Oct 2021

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Mountain View, United States

Decentology operates as a block-chain startup.

$4.3M raised
Oct 2021

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Singapore, Singapore

Crowdmarketing, social marketing and commerce, micro-influencer, nano-influencer marketplace platform

$7.0M raised
Oct 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Austin, United States

SubjectWell is the risk-free clinical trials marketplace for patient recruitment

$35.0M raised
Oct 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Brighton, United Kingdom

The world's largest sharing economy marketplace for vacation pet care

$10.0M raised
Oct 2021

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Riga, Latvia

Longenesis is a blockchain-based personal data marketplace.

$100K raised
Oct 2024

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Claremont, Australia

Khloro is a B2B marketplace for transparent food products.

$700K raised
Oct 2021

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Newark, United States

Optiwise is a platform for marketplace optimization based in California.

$2.4M raised
Oct 2024

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Den Haag, The Netherlands

Building digital market infrastructure for impact sectors

$477K raised
Oct 2025

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Manhattan, United States

TechRow is an entertainment platform that connects content, talent, and physical spaces to enable live, digital, and hybrid experiences.

$500K raised
Oct 2025

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

San Francisco, United States

Oxaam is a digital access platform that helps users manage and explore online subscriptions through a single account.

$1.0M raised
Oct 2024

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Sydney, Australia

Pushas is a premium sneaker marketplace.

$890K raised
Oct 2021

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

San Francisco, United States

HamsaPay is the world's first Smart, X-Border Trade DeFi Network leveraging blockchain technology.

Oct 2024

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Valencia, Spain

Club Clínico is a SaaS enabled marketplace for dental clinics so they can centralize, optimize and improve their procurement management.

$2.1M raised
Oct 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Lehi, United States

A peer to peer marketplace. Dree develops, markets, and operates a mobile platform that allows customers to outsource the chore of laundry.

Oct 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Grand Rapids, United States

Lantern is the cannabis e-commerce marketplace and on-demand delivery platform.

$40.0M raised
Oct 2021

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Chicago, United States

Grouping Home Services Marketplace

$1.0M raised
Oct 2025

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Osaka, Japan

BookBase is a publishing platform that allows anyone to post, sell and manage their manage novels.

$2.0M raised
Oct 2024

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Belize City, Belize

The First Layer 1, Web3 Aggregated Ecosystem That Unites Leading Blockchains Including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana & More.

$18.1M raised
Oct 2024

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Minneapolis, United States

Kaleidoscope designs, administers, and hosts branded scholarship and grant programs on a cloud-based marketplace.

Oct 2024

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Barueri, Brazil

Baasic is an embedded finance platform that enables companies to offer finance products and services.

Oct 2024

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Showing 1426 to 1450 of 1,475 companies

About the Marketplace Startup Ecosystem

The marketplace sector is an active area of startup innovation and venture capital investment. Companies in this space are developing new technologies, platforms, and services that address evolving market needs and create new business opportunities.

Funding Trends in Marketplace

Marketplace companies raise capital across various funding stages, from early seed rounds to late-stage growth financing. Investor interest in this sector is driven by the size of the addressable market, the pace of technology adoption, and the potential for scalable business models.

Growth Outlook

The marketplace sector is expected to continue evolving as technology advances, market dynamics shift, and new opportunities emerge. Companies that demonstrate strong product-market fit, efficient growth, and clear competitive advantages are well-positioned to attract continued investment.

Marketplace Funding Breakdown

Here is how funding is distributed among the 1,475 marketplace companies tracked in the VCBacked database.

Average Funding
$11.1M
Total Funding Tracked
$277.5M
Countries Represented
13

Distribution by Funding Stage

Other25 companies

Top Cities for Marketplace

1.San Francisco
3 companies$139.0M
2.Chicago
2 companies$5.0M
3.Créteil
1 companies$5.9M
4.Zug
1 companies$3.8M
5.Santiago
1 companies$250K

Related Industries

Companies in the marketplace sector often overlap with or complement businesses in adjacent industries. Exploring related verticals can help you discover additional companies, identify partnership opportunities, and understand the broader competitive landscape.

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