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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
$510.4M
Avg Funding
$20.4M
Global Reach
9
countries

Top Cities for Software

Burlingame
San Francisco
Poland
Palo Alto
Reston
Austin

Recently Funded Companies

Export
Burlingame, United States

Jaris delivers private-label embedded financial services to software-enabled payment providers.

$31.0M raised
Aug 2021

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

San Francisco, United States

Osaro is an artificial intelligence company developing products based on proprietary deep reinforcement learning technology.

$30.0M raised
Aug 2021

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Poland, United States

First AI powered, global, mass-inspections' management platform.

$293K raised
Aug 2021

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Palo Alto, United States

Palona AI develops AI software for restaurants that helps capture customer demand, process orders, and identify operational issues.

$20.0M raised
Aug 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

San Francisco, United States

Wispr Flow develops AI-powered tools for voice-based writing and meeting transcription.

$280.0M raised
Aug 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Reston, United States

Takt is a warehouse labor management and intelligence platform that integrates labor, automation, and robotics data into a unified model.

$9.3M raised
Aug 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Austin, United States

VastAdvisor provides a governed AI growth operating system that helps RIAs and wealth enterprises scale compliant client acquisition.

$1.0M raised
Aug 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

San Francisco, United States

Xpander.ai delivers backend infrastructure for AI agents, managing memory, tools, state, integrations, and native deployment within Slack.

$7.5M raised
Aug 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Aachen, Germany

amber connects company data from multiple systems to enable AI-powered search, chat, task automation, and project collaboration.

$8.1M raised
Aug 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Linköping, Sweden

SweGaN provides GaN-on-SiC epiwafers based on ground-breaking epitSaxial growth technology for manufacturers of RF components and devices.

$14.0M raised
Aug 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Enschede, The Netherlands

20face specializes in privacy proof solutions in the area of biometric recognition softwares and tools that aid in data security and more.

Aug 2026

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Stockholm, Sweden

A platform making flexible work simple, safe, and scalable for both individuals and businesses.

$450K raised
Aug 2025

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Istanbul, Turkey

F4e is an employee performance management platform that helps to manage and improve employee performance by using AI.

$1.0M raised
Aug 2024

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Boulder, United States

Beamer is a changelog and notification center tool that lets users announce new features, product updates, fixes, and special offers.

$20.2M raised
Aug 2023

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

St. Petersburg, United States

Dexalot operates a trading platform that brings a viable decentralized exchange.

$3.0M raised
Aug 2023

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Hong Kong, Hong Kong

ShiftCam's mission is to reinvent how mobile photography today could even more convenient, compact and comprehensive.

$845K raised
Aug 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Campbell, United States

Shoreline IoT is providing End-to-end Industrial AI + IoT solutions for various organizations.

$2.0M raised
Aug 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Bellevue, United States

Sofy is a no-code test automation platform that enables end-to-end testing from the CI/CD pipeline on real devices.

$7.8M raised
Aug 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Singapore, Singapore

TotallyAwesome is the digital engagement company that helps brands safely interact with kids, teens and families.

$10.0M raised
Aug 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Where techies discover opportunities.

$602K raised
Aug 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

San Francisco, United States

Location API for business automation

$25.0M raised
Aug 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

London, Canada

Big Viking Games provides free-to-play social, mobile, and HTML5 games.

Aug 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Palo Alto, United States

Quality mental health support platform.

$3.4M raised
Aug 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

San Francisco, United States

Universal APIs for social data & insights

$15.0M raised
Aug 2022

Founder Contacts

41,000+ verified contacts

Redwood City, United States

BigPanda is a software development firm that offers IT Ops, NOC, and DevOps teams to detect, investigate, and resolve IT incidents.

$20.0M raised
Aug 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
$20.4M
Total Funding Tracked
$510.4M
Countries Represented
9

Distribution by Funding Stage

Other25 companies

Top Cities for Software

1.San Francisco
5 companies$357.5M
2.Palo Alto
2 companies$23.4M
3.Burlingame
1 companies$31.0M
4.Poland
1 companies$293K
5.Reston
1 companies$9.3M

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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