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Software Startups

Updated August 2026

Enterprise and consumer software companies building productivity tools, platforms, and applications that transform how businesses and individuals work.

Explore 19,430 recently funded software companies with verified founder contact information and fundraising data.

Total Companies
19,430
Total Funding
$369.8M
Avg Funding
$14.8M
Global Reach
11
countries

Top Cities for Software

Kowloon City
Stuttgart
San Francisco
Frankfurt
Warsaw
Aiken

Recently Funded Companies

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Kowloon City, Hong Kong

ProcessOn is a collaborative drawing platform that allows users to easily create a variety of diagrams such as mindmaps and flowcharts.

$13.3M raised
Jul 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Stuttgart, Germany

ScaleNC is a B2B start-up that offers on-demand services for sheet metal manufacturing on a cloud platform.

$4.1M raised
Jul 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

San Francisco, United States

SmartRecruiters is a recruiting AI company that provides a hiring platform that automates and optimizes the talent acquisition process.

$110.0M raised
Jul 2021

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Frankfurt, Germany

Split is a cutting-edge service extension that allows restaurants to serve their customers at any time.

$495K raised
Jul 2021

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Warsaw, Poland

The fastest way to collect feedback from customers.

$2.4M raised
Jul 2021

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Aiken, United States

Team 21 Studio is an Independent Game Development Studio creating amazing experiences in VR.

$1.0M raised
Jul 2021

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Toronto, Canada

Untether AI develops AI chips to enable new frontiers in AI applications.

$125.0M raised
Jul 2021

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

San Francisco, United States

Zenput develops an operations execution software for restaurants, c-stores, and grocers.

$27.0M raised
Jul 2021

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

San Francisco, United States

Mural is a collaborative intelligence company generating effective ideation, innovation, alignment, and team building.

$50.0M raised
Jul 2021

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

BlockArt is the NFT protocol for creatives using the blockchain as material for data art.

$1.0M raised
Jul 2021

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Frankfurt, Germany

BLOCKSIZE empowers financial market participants to transform their business and provide bank-grade solutions for managing digital assets.

$5.1M raised
Jul 2021

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Iasi, Romania

Early-stage porfolio management suite for accelerators, angels and funds.

$589K raised
Jul 2021

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Edmonton, Canada

PainWorth is a legal services application that uses artificial intelligence to automate personal injury claims for injury victims.

$1.7M raised
Jul 2021

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Lake Geneva, United States

An infrastructure layer for the audio creator economy.

$1.0M raised
Jul 2021

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Detroit, United States

The supply chain platform reshaping how hardware is built, delivered, and serviced

$3.5M raised
Jul 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Dover, United States

Kerbz Adventures is a digital platform focused on racing adventures, motorsport events, and travel services.

$500K raised
Jul 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Seattle, United States

AI agents for consumer products compliance

$2.1M raised
Jul 2024

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Boulder, United States

Thrive Protocol maximizes value creation across top crypto communities

$2.2M raised
Jul 2024

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Esenler, Turkey

WeBee is a guest engagement platform that creates a digital bridge between hoteliers and guests to maximize guest satisfaction.

$300K raised
Jul 2024

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Manhattan, United States

Point-of-Sales (POS) for live events and venues

Jul 2024

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Toronto, Canada

Ethica offers innovative cloud solutions, ensuring secure, scalable, fast and always-on internet access.

$1.7M raised
Jul 2024

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Bogotá, Colombia

The best solar companies are Popular Powered | B2B SaaS empowering solar companies with actionable data & insights.

$1.1M raised
Jul 2024

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Sydney, Australia

PV Lighthouse operates as an online resource for photovoltaic scientists and engineers.

$1.3M raised
Jul 2024

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Hamburg, Germany

Phrase is a software localization platform that provides API, integrations, and translation editor services.

$13.4M raised
Jul 2023

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

London, United Kingdom

FACIA, pioneers biometric authentication & facial recognition, reshaping identity verification with liveness detection technology.

$1.1M raised
Jul 2023

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

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About the Software Startup Ecosystem

The software industry remains one of the largest and most active sectors in venture capital. Enterprise SaaS, developer tools, and vertical software platforms continue to attract significant investment as companies across every industry adopt cloud-based solutions. The shift to remote work has further accelerated demand for productivity, collaboration, and infrastructure software.

Funding Trends in Software

Software companies consistently raise capital across all funding stages, from pre-seed to late-stage growth rounds. The sector benefits from strong recurring revenue models, high gross margins, and scalable distribution. Investors are particularly drawn to companies with strong net revenue retention, product-led growth strategies, and large addressable markets.

Growth Outlook

The software sector is expected to continue growing as artificial intelligence, automation, and cloud computing create new categories and expand existing ones. Companies that successfully integrate AI capabilities into their products, address underserved vertical markets, or build platform ecosystems are well-positioned for long-term growth.

Software Funding Breakdown

Here is how funding is distributed among the 19,430 software companies tracked in the VCBacked database.

Average Funding
$14.8M
Total Funding Tracked
$369.8M
Countries Represented
11

Distribution by Funding Stage

Other25 companies

Top Cities for Software

1.San Francisco
3 companies$187.0M
2.Frankfurt
2 companies$5.6M
3.Toronto
2 companies$126.7M
4.Kowloon City
1 companies$13.3M
5.Stuttgart
1 companies$4.1M

Related Industries

Companies in the software 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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