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Software Startups

Updated October 2026

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

Explore 19,691 recently funded software companies with verified founder contact information and fundraising data.

Total Companies
19,691
Total Funding
$1.3B
Avg Funding
$52.4M
Global Reach
5
countries

Top Cities for Software

San Francisco
San Jose
Somerville
New York
Portsmouth
Los Angeles

Recently Funded Companies

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San Francisco, United States

Instinct provides a personal assistant that connects with applications and devices to help manage everyday tasks and information.

$1.0B raised
Sep 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

San Jose, United States

SiMa.ai develops hardware and software for deploying physical AI applications at the edge.

$150.0M raised
Sep 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Somerville, United States

We are a Boston-based startup using AI and audio technologies to create safer & more inclusive voice chat experiences with ToxMod

$25.0M raised
Sep 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

New York, United States

Digital business cards with lead capture, analytics, CRM integrations, and automated follow-up.

$250K raised
Sep 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Portsmouth, United States

HELIOS is an AI-powered hockey performance platform using wearable sensors and video to measure player development.

$1.1M raised
Sep 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Los Angeles, United States

What if cell towers were designed in the 2020s, not the 90s?

$2.3M raised
Sep 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

London, United Kingdom

Knight Ai: Pioneering AI-powered software solutions. Crafting intelligent mobile apps, web apps, Chrome extensions, and WordPress plugins.

$1.0M raised
Sep 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Casper, United States

Nightshark enables trader to automate their flow without any API restrictions

$18.0M raised
Sep 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Boston, United States

Camlann video game publishing and marketing operating system for PC & console game studios

Sep 2024

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

San Francisco, United States

All Blue Labs is a software company.

$24.6M raised
Sep 2023

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Nantes, France

Altior is an IT company that offers cloud industrial management software and ERP solution.

$1.4M raised
Sep 2023

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Mountain View, United States

Accredible provides a digital badge and certificate platform.

Sep 2023

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

London, United Kingdom

Flawless provides AI-powered operations observability & incident management for ecommerce & marketplace businesses.

$2.2M raised
Sep 2023

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Columbia, United States

Playfora is redefining e-commerce with a payment application that makes it easy to sell items via limited-entry raffles.

$400K raised
Sep 2023

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

London, United Kingdom

Hofy is a software company that develops remote work management platform and supplies IT peripherals.

$15.0M raised
Sep 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Chicago, United States

Tegus is a market intelligence platform for investors that provides thousands of instantly available, peer-led expert call transcripts.

$20.0M raised
Sep 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

San Francisco, United States

Jeli is an incident analysis platform that combines more comprehensive data to deliver more proactive solutions and identify problems.

$15.0M raised
Sep 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

New York, United States

Kaleidoscope is a collaborative, cloud-based research platform for organizing and tracking scientific activities.

$6.0M raised
Sep 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Houston, United States

HTX Labs is a commercial software company that offers humanize training solutions.

$3.2M raised
Sep 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

San Francisco, United States

The integrated commerce platform for serious businesses — combining hosting, payments, marketing automation, and AI site creation in one.

$750K raised
Sep 2021

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Bergen, Norway

Nahmii is a software, designed to solve a fundamental problem in the blockchain space.

$8.0M raised
Sep 2021

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

New York, United States

Onna helps innovative enterprises discover, govern and derive actionable insights from unstructured data

$11.0M raised
Sep 2021

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

New York, United States

Unlock is an access control protocol built on blockchain that let creators monetize their content without relying on a middleman.

$4.0M raised
Sep 2021

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

San Francisco, United States

Gem is a recruiting platform that integrates with third-party applications such as LinkedIn, Gmail, etc.

Sep 2021

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Sofia, Bulgaria

Last mile delivery software solution

$1.1M raised
Sep 2021

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 19,691 software companies tracked in the VCBacked database.

Average Funding
$52.4M
Total Funding Tracked
$1.3B
Countries Represented
5

Distribution by Funding Stage

Other25 companies

Top Cities for Software

1.San Francisco
5 companies$1.0B
2.New York
4 companies$21.3M
3.London
3 companies$18.2M
4.San Jose
1 companies$150.0M
5.Somerville
1 companies$25.0M

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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