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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
$509.0M
Avg Funding
$20.4M
Global Reach
8
countries

Top Cities for Software

Munich
Mountain View
Dallas
Bellevue
Arnhem
Palo Alto

Recently Funded Companies

Export
Munich, Germany

Move makes any travel intent bookable through B2B Agentic Commerce Infrastructure for Travel.

$5.5M raised
Sep 2023

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Mountain View, United States

Metabob automatically finds complex logic-based errors hiding in your code and offers advanced developer productivity metrics

$247K raised
Sep 2023

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Dallas, United States

Live Earth is a real-time data visualization platform that offers streaming analytics software for enterprises.

$10.0M raised
Sep 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Bellevue, United States

Trestle provides the identity data APIs you need to create, develop, and reinforce customer relationships.

$1.0M raised
Sep 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Arnhem, The Netherlands

Enliven is the original virtual reality business committed to doing good.

$1.0M raised
Sep 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Palo Alto, United States

Mysten Labs develops tools that make web3 secure, reliable, and ready for mass adoption.

$300.0M raised
Sep 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Nashville, United States

Space Elements is a company that researches and develops space exploration technology.

$300K raised
Sep 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Montréal, Canada

Kaloom is a programmable data center networking software solution that will disrupt how cloud and data center networks are built.

$20.9M raised
Sep 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

New York, United States

Slide enables apps to serve Web3 experiences to everyday users.

$12.3M raised
Sep 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

San Francisco, United States

Real estate's most trusted deal management platform empowering smart investment decisions.

$43.0M raised
Sep 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Auckland, New Zealand

Authsignal is a drop-in consumer authentication platform. Uplift security & deploy passkey and authentication flows in record time.

$910K raised
Sep 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Marlborough, United States

AI platform transforming how universities admit, advise, and engage students.

$1.0M raised
Sep 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Wilmington, United States

Tangia is a viewer interaction platform that allows content creators to supercharge their viewer engagement.

$1.2M raised
Sep 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

San Francisco, United States

TigerEye provides AI tools for construction professionals to manage information and documents.

$30.0M raised
Sep 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Auckland, New Zealand

APIS Solutions provides hive management technology through iAPIS platform, offering hive monitoring and operations management for beekeepers

$11K raised
Sep 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

OMRT is a parametric design+engineering enterprise.

$5.0M raised
Sep 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Miami, United States

Usko Privacy provides a suite of analytics tools that enable consumers to monitor their spending.

$1.8M raised
Sep 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Cambridge, United Kingdom

FocalPoint has developed next generation navigation and positioning software for smartphones, wearables and autonomous vehicles.

$26.5M raised
Sep 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

London, United Kingdom

Mailchain is the communication layer for Web3. Send and receive messages between wallets and Web3 identities.

$4.6M raised
Sep 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

London, United Kingdom

Customer Success Platform, B2B SaaS

$4.7M raised
Sep 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Hamilton, New Zealand

Smart Access provides comprehensive accessibility audits of infrastructure for local and central governments.

$250K raised
Sep 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Oslo, Norway

SaaS, AI agent, CLI, Workflow builder, Integrations, API, Automation

$5.0M raised
Sep 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Zürich, Switzerland

Amplo is a no code platform that allows industrial customers to automate their machine operations using accessible AI.

$1.7M raised
Sep 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Weehawken, United States

TrueFort brings zero trust to application environments to detect and contain critical security risks before they impact your business.

$30.0M raised
Sep 2021

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Manchester, United Kingdom

Culture Shift is a technology company that has created a platform for people to confidentially and safely report workplace harassment.

$2.1M raised
Sep 2021

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Showing 51 to 75 of 19,430 companies

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
$20.4M
Total Funding Tracked
$509.0M
Countries Represented
8

Distribution by Funding Stage

Other25 companies

Top Cities for Software

1.San Francisco
2 companies$73.0M
2.Auckland
2 companies$922K
3.London
2 companies$9.3M
4.Munich
1 companies$5.5M
5.Mountain View
1 companies$247K

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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