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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
$299.7M
Avg Funding
$12.0M
Global Reach
9
countries

Top Cities for Software

Austin
San Francisco
Riga
Rochester
Bochum
Palo Alto

Recently Funded Companies

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Austin, United States

Rootwurks develops a learning experience platform (LXP) and compliance assessment tool to safeguard cannabis firms.

$3.9M raised
Mar 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

San Francisco, United States

Soundable Health is a digital health startup that unlocks the smartphone’s power to collect and analyze audible biomarkers.

Mar 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Riga, Latvia

Spotwise turns real-time radio ad tracking into automated lead generation using AI.

$450K raised
Mar 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Rochester, United States

Ambient Clinical Analytics is a provider of clinical analytics solutions to health systems and hospitals,

$5.0M raised
Mar 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Bochum, Germany

AI-native inspection software for industrial asset integrity & Non-Destructive Testing

$2.3M raised
Mar 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Palo Alto, United States

Sycamore provides an operating system for enterprises to build, deploy, and manage autonomous AI agents.

$65.0M raised
Mar 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

New York, United States

ScaleOps automates Kubernetes resource optimization, helping organizations reduce cloud costs and enhance operational efficiency.

$130.0M raised
Mar 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Newton, United States

CardioNexa is a company that offer technology related products and services for the health industry.

$300K raised
Mar 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Berkeley, United States

An AI inoculation against bureaucracy: horizontal infrastructure that coordinates massive human achievement while eliminating chaos.

$525K raised
Mar 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Toronto, Canada

PhenoTips is a computer software company that provides solution for clinical genetics, phenotyping, and human phenotype ontology.

Mar 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Paris, France

SCorp-io provides SCADA and IoT solutions for civil infrastructure with monitoring, control, analytics, and integration services.

$5.8M raised
Mar 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Knoxville, United States

SmartRIA's stated mission is to be the best SaaS company in the world at simplifying compliance for financial services.

Mar 2023

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Paris, France

We believe financial and estate planning should be accessible to everyone

Mar 2023

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Perth, Australia

Agora Livestock is a marketplace that provides price discovery and market access services for buyers, sellers, and agents.

$369K raised
Mar 2023

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

San Francisco, United States

Anvil is a paperwork automation platform that helps businesses simplify their paperwork processes.

$5.0M raised
Mar 2023

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

São Paulo, Brazil

Aravita uses artificial intelligence to solve one of the major challenges of the food industry waste.

$2.5M raised
Mar 2023

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Menlo Park, United States

Skan.ai uses cognitive technologies to map, model, and manage business processes by creating digital twins of human or digital interactions.

$40.0M raised
Mar 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Copenhagen, Denmark

Starred is a SaaS that helps companies track and improve their candidate experience.

$5.0M raised
Mar 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

San Francisco, United States

Sticky.app helps businesses boost user engagement with AI-driven in-app messaging, onboarding, and personalized experiences.

$3.6M raised
Mar 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

New York, United States

Uplisting is a property management system Company.

$300K raised
Mar 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Bremen, Germany

Valispace is a browser-based software that enables engineers to collaboratively develop cars, rockets, and other complex hardware.

$3.7M raised
Mar 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Dallas, United States

Unified data analytics software for car wash owners

$650K raised
Mar 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

New York, United States

Apploi is a workforce management platform that provides recruitment, onboarding, and credentialing for the healthcare industry.

$25.0M raised
Mar 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Barcelona, Spain

Danel Capital develops a platform using artificial intelligence for stock ranking and analysis.

$337K raised
Mar 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

San Francisco, United States

Xwing is an autonomous aviation company building a network of autonomous aircraft for regional distances.

Mar 2022

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
$12.0M
Total Funding Tracked
$299.7M
Countries Represented
9

Distribution by Funding Stage

Other25 companies

Top Cities for Software

1.San Francisco
4 companies$8.6M
2.New York
3 companies$155.3M
3.Paris
2 companies$5.8M
4.Austin
1 companies$3.9M
5.Riga
1 companies$450K

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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