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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
$442.4M
Avg Funding
$17.7M
Global Reach
7
countries

Top Cities for Software

San Francisco
New York
Setagaya
Raleigh
Newark
Somerville

Recently Funded Companies

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San Francisco, United States

Plate IQ saves restaurants time and money by automating their invoice processing and accounts payable.

Nov 2021

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

New York, United States

Mycelial unifies Edge and Cloud SQLite instances peer-to-peer and without any data middleware.

$3.8M raised
Nov 2021

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Setagaya, Japan

Shaperon offers software to support corporate activities including the development of SaaS for the pharmaceutical and medical industries.

$4.0M raised
Jan 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

San Francisco, United States

Predicate is a network that simplifies transaction prerequisites to allow users and communities to define rules for on-chain interactions.

$8.0M raised
Jan 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Raleigh, United States

Klearly powers B2B revenue teams with the visibility and confidence to know where, when, and how to grow revenue.

$14.0M raised
Jan 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Newark, United States

Meet Caria, a leading international business in technology, consulting, business.

$1.0M raised
Jan 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Somerville, United States

Tulip is a frontline operations platform designed to empower companies with AI-enabled, connected applications.

$120.0M raised
Jan 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

New York, United States

Flip your CX with best in class Voice AI for retail eCommerce, transportation, and healthcare brands.

$20.0M raised
Jan 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Palo Alto, United States

Oncology first, AI Transformation Lab. Pioneers of BOSS [Business (Operating System) as Service]. We serve mission critical institutions.

$11.1M raised
Jan 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Brussels, Belgium

Decide better. Move faster.

$7.0M raised
Jan 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Whitestone, United States

Vitalcy is the engagement infrastructure for educational communities.

Jan 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Boise, United States

OurPetPolicy is a pet management company for landlords and property managers.

$8.0M raised
Jan 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Mountain View, United States

WitnessAI is building the guardrails that make AI safe, productive, and usable.

$58.0M raised
Jan 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Las Vegas, United States

Assail AI develops Ares, an agentic AI platform for autonomous offensive security testing targeting mobile apps, APIs, web infrastructure.

$250K raised
Jan 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Colorado Springs, United States

Defense Unicorns is a software startup that provides open-source software and AI capabilities for national security systems.

$136.0M raised
Jan 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

San Antonio, United States

GrowthLoop is a composable platform that uses AI agents to build, orchestrate, and measure marketing campaigns using cloud data.

Jan 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

West New York, United States

Fencer provides an integrated cybersecurity and compliance platform for software startups.

$5.5M raised
Jan 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Surry Hills, Australia

Cecil enables transparent and high-integrity data to scale global investments into nature.

Jan 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Helsinki, Finland

Network-led growth platform that helps B2B teams build pipeline through trusted relationships instead of cold outreach

$1.2M raised
Jan 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

San Francisco, United States

Indent handles access requests for cloud apps and infrastructure.

$290K raised
Nov 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Stowmarket, United Kingdom

EO Charging designs smart electric vehicle chargers and intelligent software for homes, workplaces, and destinations.

$32.8M raised
Nov 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Lehi, United States

Carketa is the future of inventory management and automotive retail.

Nov 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

San Francisco, United States

GitLaw is a free and simple way to create and organize legal docs.

$3.0M raised
Nov 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Seoul, South Korea

Galaxy operates a metaverse platform designed to provide users with infinite content.

$8.0M raised
Nov 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

San Francisco, United States

Logical offers a desktop AI co-pilot that understands context across apps, automates tasks, and maintains user data locally.

$500K raised
Nov 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
$17.7M
Total Funding Tracked
$442.4M
Countries Represented
7

Distribution by Funding Stage

Other25 companies

Top Cities for Software

1.San Francisco
5 companies$11.8M
2.New York
2 companies$23.8M
3.Setagaya
1 companies$4.0M
4.Raleigh
1 companies$14.0M
5.Newark
1 companies$1.0M

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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