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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
$349.5M
Avg Funding
$14.0M
Global Reach
8
countries

Top Cities for Software

New Castle
San Francisco
Tokyo
New York
Berlin
Tallinn

Recently Funded Companies

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New Castle, United States

The only Proactive AI Agent for customer support

$7.0M raised
Sep 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

San Francisco, United States

Axis (FKA Wager AI) powers global gaming and enterprise platforms with real-time personalization and engagement at scale.

$1.2M raised
Sep 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

San Francisco, United States

Strada is a conversational AI platform helping insurance carriers, MGAs & brokers automate their phone calls.

$1.8M raised
Sep 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

San Francisco, United States

Thunderbit is an AI-powered web scraper for data extraction, enrichment, and automation across formats.

$3.5M raised
Sep 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Tokyo, Japan

LayerX is a software company that develops and provides products to enhance creativity and resolve social issues.

$101.9M raised
Sep 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

San Francisco, United States

Exonic is an internet-native, crowdsourced AI drug discovery company.

$500K raised
Sep 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

New York, United States

Sticker turns any software into a commerce platform by enabling in-app purchasing of supplies, services, and products.

$1.0M raised
Sep 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Berlin, Germany

yoona.ai is a B2B SaaS platform for product design.

$1.8M raised
Sep 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

San Francisco, United States

Building the world's best financial advisor, powered by AI (free options for individuals)

$2.0M raised
Sep 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Tallinn, Estonia

Warren is a complete self-service cloud platform for regional infrastructure service providers.

$350K raised
Aug 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Redwood City, United States

FriendliAI is an AI infrastructure company that enables deployment, scaling, and monitoring of large language and multimodal models.

$20.0M raised
Aug 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Zug, Switzerland

Ariadne design smart data-driven financial simulation tools for ALM and risk management, parallel accounting and transaction-processing.

$350K raised
Aug 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

New York, United States

ALIGNMT AI is a software company that offers a comprehensive AI governance and risk management platform for healthcare organizations.

$6.5M raised
Aug 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Lincoln, United States

Maptician provides office space and facilities management software for businesses of any size.

$4.1M raised
Aug 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Dover, United States

Maisa offers an agentic process automation platform that enhances the performance of AI and LLM.

$25.0M raised
Aug 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Dover, United States

Ordinal is an AI-powered research assistant that helps municipal governments streamline operations through approved documents and data.

$1.6M raised
Aug 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Rexburg, United States

PodUp is a comprehensive platform that allows users to create, produce, and monetize podcasts with ease.

$5.8M raised
Aug 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Toppi provides AI-driven local marketing to boost visibility, manage your reputation, and automate online tasks without breaking the bank.

$1.2M raised
Aug 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Framer is a website design platform that empowers users to design, publish, and manage custom websites using a visual editing canvas.

$100.0M raised
Aug 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

San Francisco, United States

Central simplifies payroll, hiring, benefits, and compliance for startups, automating back-office tasks to save time and reduce risks.

$8.6M raised
Aug 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Toronto, Canada

Bench IQ arms law firms with intel on their judges using AI.

$5.3M raised
Aug 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Houston, United States

Aurelian is an AI platform designed to automate routes, triage, and resolve non-emergency police calls.

$14.0M raised
Aug 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

São Paulo, Brazil

Self-learning plug & play AI employee for non-technical SMBs

$4.5M raised
Aug 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Marina Del Rey, United States

CommanderAI is the sales intelligence platform built for waste haulers, ensuring you focus only on prospects that actually need service.

$1.7M raised
Aug 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

San Mateo, United States

Aurasell is an AI-native platform that manages the entire go-to-market process for sales teams and operations.

$30.0M raised
Aug 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 19,691 software companies tracked in the VCBacked database.

Average Funding
$14.0M
Total Funding Tracked
$349.5M
Countries Represented
8

Distribution by Funding Stage

Other25 companies

Top Cities for Software

1.San Francisco
6 companies$17.6M
2.New York
2 companies$7.5M
3.Dover
2 companies$26.6M
4.Amsterdam
2 companies$101.2M
5.New Castle
1 companies$7.0M

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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