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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
$196.8M
Avg Funding
$7.9M
Global Reach
7
countries

Top Cities for Software

San Francisco
New York
Raleigh
Zug
Bethesda
Tokyo

Recently Funded Companies

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San Francisco, United States

The only app development platform that gives IT teams the speed of low-code without compromising the power of code

Feb 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

New York, United States

Solid is an AI-powered gateway for business-ready data, designed to think like your team, not simply your tables.

$20.0M raised
Feb 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Raleigh, United States

Transforming Pharmacies Into Community Health Hubs

$3.5M raised
Feb 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Zug, Switzerland

Unicity Labs is constructing the Framework for the self-governing economy.

$3.0M raised
Feb 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Bethesda, United States

Storyraise provides nonprofits with an online tool to make stunning, digital reports.

$2.0M raised
Feb 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Tokyo, Japan

Yuimedi acquires, investigate, analyze medical data and provides accurate solutions.

Feb 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

San Francisco, United States

Firetiger is an AI-powered software platform that automatically detects, diagnoses, and fixes production issues.

$7.6M raised
Feb 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

San Francisco, United States

Cogent Security utilizes AI agents to manage vulnerabilities by connecting scanners and prioritizing fixes.

$42.0M raised
Feb 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

San Francisco, United States

Duckbill offers financial planning and analysis for enterprise infrastructure to help understand, negotiate, and optimize cloud spend.

$7.8M raised
Feb 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Sydney, Australia

Leverage for lean, ambitious law firms. AI-powered drafting, review and verification that gets you back to practicing law.

$1.3M raised
Feb 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Nashville, United States

PAYRA drives the cash flow of American companies. Our program was developed with the goal of eradicating accounts receivable.

$15.0M raised
Feb 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Barcelona, Spain

Quantum-Mechanics (QM) and Machine Learning (ML) Drug Discovery

$7.1M raised
Feb 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Flower Mound, United States

RedCritter offers business solution software that enables enterprises to manage, showcase, and reward employee achievements.

$1.0M raised
Feb 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Santa Clara, United States

Selector is a software company that provides an AIOps platform for operational intelligence.

$32.0M raised
Feb 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Palo Alto, United States

Singulr AI develops AI software for workflow automation, data processing, and API-based integration.

$10.0M raised
Feb 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Sydney, Australia

Twine AI create an operating system for modern go-to-market and product teams.

$1.5M raised
Feb 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

New York, United States

Aetion provides real-world evidence (RWE) and outcomes-based analytics solutions to life science companies and payers.

Feb 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Venice, United States

Cake Equity is the best equity management software to help startup founders accelerate team motivation through equity ownership.

Feb 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Victoria, Canada

Certn provides AI background screening solutions for recruiters and businesses.

$30.0M raised
Feb 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Utrecht, The Netherlands

Deeploy makes ML deployments accountable by giving explainable AI (XAI) a central place in ML operations (MLOps)

$2.6M raised
Feb 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Los Angeles, United States

Waste Energy is a blockchain and Web3 development platform that provides new means for brand engagement and revenue services.

$175K raised
Feb 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

San Francisco, United States

MirrorTab offers pixel streaming technology for web app security and customer interaction protection.

$8.5M raised
Feb 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Houston, United States

Digital Strategists empowers businesses with transformative digital solutions by integrating AI, ML, AR and VR technologies.

$190K raised
Feb 2023

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

New York, United States

Empowering design teams to create a more sustainable, resilient and cost-effective built environment, through economic insights at scale.

$1.2M raised
Feb 2023

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

New York, United States

Helping start ups and companies scale their engineering teams with top senior level talent from all over the world

$392K raised
Feb 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
$7.9M
Total Funding Tracked
$196.8M
Countries Represented
7

Distribution by Funding Stage

Other25 companies

Top Cities for Software

1.San Francisco
5 companies$65.8M
2.New York
4 companies$21.6M
3.Sydney
2 companies$2.8M
4.Raleigh
1 companies$3.5M
5.Zug
1 companies$3.0M

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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