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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
$173.7M
Avg Funding
$6.9M
Global Reach
6
countries

Top Cities for Software

Boston
New York
Santiago
Heidelberg
Worcester
San Francisco

Recently Funded Companies

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Boston, United States

Merlin Labs develops hardware and software solutions that deliver the capability for aircraft to fly useful missions autonomously.

$80.0M raised
Apr 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

New York, United States

Tryll Engine is a full-stack, on-device AI infrastructure for game development, enabling real-time systems.

$600K raised
Apr 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Santiago, Chile

PaaS, diseñada para la protección contra incendios forestales, mediante el monitoreo de bosques con inteligencia artificial.

$155K raised
Apr 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

New York, United States

Blockworks is a data and software platform for investors and onchain businesses.

Apr 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Heidelberg, Germany

Cirql One makes SAP data AI-ready — fast, open, and without vendor lock-in.

$5.8M raised
Apr 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Worcester, United States

Embue is a cloud based platform for managing smart apartments and buildings.

$974K raised
Apr 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

San Francisco, United States

OpenObserve provides an open-source observability platform for monitoring logs, metrics, and traces in a unified system.

$10.0M raised
Apr 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

San Francisco, United States

Operational Superintelligence for Global Logistics

Apr 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Vancouver, Canada

Apera AI provides 4D Vision technology for industrial robotics, enhancing speed, reliability, and scalability in manufacturing automation.

Apr 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Miami Beach, United States

AI Adoption & Upskilling Platform for Modern Teams

$2.0M raised
Apr 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Seattle, United States

Hardware-free real-time assets tracking

$650K raised
Apr 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Chicago, United States

definity is the Agentic Data Engineering Platform for Lakehouse & Spark – optimize cost, prevent incidents, accelerate dev velocity.

$12.0M raised
Apr 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Austin, United States

AI Global Trade Compliance Infrastructure

$2.1M raised
Apr 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Merrimack, United States

Insygna's Agentic Workforce Management platform helps enterprises onboard, govern, and offboard AI agents like temporary workers.

$2.5M raised
Apr 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Denver, United States

authID.ai is a global provider of biometric identity proofing and authentication solutions delivered by an easy to integrate IDaaS platform.

$4.0M raised
Apr 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Denver, United States

Miles is a technology company offering innovative digital solutions, software development, and scalable business services

$700K raised
Apr 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

New York, United States

Scalestack is a data enrichment, prioritization, and activation platform that enriches and prioritizes data with customizable AI agents.

$3.0M raised
Apr 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Montevideo, Uruguay

The Climate Box provides educational materials and frost forecasting tools to farmers and agricultural companies to manage risk of frost.

$100K raised
Apr 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Santa Clara, United States

Cohesity is a data management technology firm that offers hyper-converged secondary storage solutions for backups, files, and analytics.

$5.0M raised
Apr 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Boston, United States

SaaS platform for healthcare companies

$11.5M raised
Apr 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Irvine, United States

Boundless Devices is a telecommunication company

$2.8M raised
Apr 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

San Francisco, United States

Burgeonix links job seekers with tech and startup roles, offering tools, updates, and career resources for applicants and employers.

$250K raised
Apr 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Marietta, United States

ChiroHD is a cloud-based EHR company focusing on the chiropractic space.

$26.0M raised
Apr 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

São Paulo, Brazil

Fintalk is an AI startup focused on Human Interaction for large corporations, reducing human need on call centers, field services and beyond

$1.1M raised
Apr 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

São Paulo, Brazil

Fin-X is a technology platform that connects healthcare players focused on revenue cycle, operational efficiency, and data organization.

$2.5M raised
Apr 2025

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
$6.9M
Total Funding Tracked
$173.7M
Countries Represented
6

Distribution by Funding Stage

Other25 companies

Top Cities for Software

1.New York
3 companies$3.6M
2.San Francisco
3 companies$10.3M
3.Boston
2 companies$91.5M
4.Denver
2 companies$4.7M
5.São Paulo
2 companies$3.6M

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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