Top Collaboration Startups in 2026

Pendo helps people adopt software more quickly and successfully. Pendo customers include the world’s leading software companies and digital enterprises, including Verizon, RE/MAX, LabCorp, OpenTable, Okta, Salesforce, and Zendesk. Founded in 2013 in the heart of Raleigh, North Carolina, Pendo is backed by Battery Ventures, Spark Capital, Meritech Capital and Sapphire Ventures. Through its ProductCraft and customer communities, sponsored events and podcast, Pendo aims to support the success of product and digital leaders everywhere. For more information, visit: pendo.io

The Lucid team has expanded from one ambitious college student to a team of 50+ employees. With teams dedicated to front- and back-end engineering, customer service, sales & marketing, and quality assurance, Lucid Software is a fast-growing and profitable business. We have two flagship products: Lucidchart and Lucidpress. Lucidchart has become one of the most popular diagramming apps on the web and the foremost alternative to Microsoft Visio. Lucidpress utilizes the drag-and-drop functionality of Lucidchart to create stunning print and digital content. Our goal at Lucid Software is to create cutting-edge web applications that transcend the experience of working on a desktop program. We’re constantly proving that a web app doesn’t have to be a substandard solution. With a combination of fantastic products and stellar people, we’re moving forward at the speed of Lucid

Slack is a messaging platform for teams that brings all communication together, creating a single unified archive accessible through powerful search. Launched in February 2014, Slack is the fastest growing B2B application ever and used by over 3 million daily active users.

Aircall is the phone system for modern business. An entirely cloud-based voice platform that integrates seamlessly with popular productivity and helpdesk tools that workplaces are already using, Aircall was built to make phone support as easy to manage as any other business workflow—accessible, transparent, and collaborative. Aircall believes that voice is the most powerful way to communicate with customers, prospects, candidates, and colleagues, and it is designed to take the headache out of what should be a delightful moment of human connection. Aircall was founded in 2014 and has raised over $100 million. Based in New York and Paris, the company has over 300 employees.

Nextiva is a Connected Communications company that helps businesses grow faster. It lets people work smarter using its business VoIP phone service, video conferencing, and text messaging software. More than 100,000 companies rely on Nextiva for customer and team communication. U.S. News ranked it the best business phone system in 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023. Nextiva’s business phone software regularly tops reviewer’s lists for superior uptime and ease of use. Nextiva uniquely manages all customer communications and engagement in one place to provide a truly unified view of the customer. It enhances the customer experience with sales and service tools, analytics, AI, and automation. Nextiva has pioneered Connected Communications from the ground up to provide actionable customer insights in real time across all channels, with communications at its core. With $200M in backing from Goldman Sachs Asset Management, we’re taking that vision to every customer, everywhere. Connected Communications leverages past and present conversations to provide a seamless employee and customer experience. It addresses the dilemma created by fragmented business tools by giving a complete picture of the customer in real time with actionable information for every user.

Asana was started with a mission: to help humanity thrive by enabling all teams to work together effortlessly. It’s a work-tracking tool that provides total clarity, energized focus, and frictionless collaboration, so that in every moment, each person knows what they should be doing and why they’re doing it. Asana is one of the fastest-growing SaaS companies today. Just five years since launch, we’re already making tens of millions of dollars each year with revenue growing exponentially. We’ve assembled an amazing group of people to do great things with us, and we're backed by some great investors, including: Adam D’Angelo, Aditya Agarwal and Ruchi Sanghvi, a16z, Andrew Mason, Benchmark Capital, Eric Ries, Founders Fund, Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan, Roger McNamee, Sam Altman, Tony Hsieh, 8VC

We're Fireflies.ai, and we're on a mission to make all meetings more productive. You know those moments when you wish you could remember that key insight from an important conversation? That's the itch we're scratching. We created a smart meeting assistant that quietly joins your meetings, records conversations, transcribes them and summarizes everything. It then automatically organizes the information into a searchable archive. Fireflies is the super-powered note-taker you've always wanted! Our goal is simple - help teams cut down on redundant conversations and unlock more value from their meetings. We integrate tightly with tools you already use like Zoom, Google Meet, Slack, Salesforce, and more so it feels seamless. Excited yet?

Over 83,000 brands and millions of information workers trust Smartsheet to help them accelerate business execution and address the volume and velocity of today’s collaborative work. Sound hard? It’s not. In fact, according to Forrester, over 92% of our customers say that Smartsheet is easy to deploy and use, and 96% of them would recommend Smartsheet to a colleague.

Making the “Best Ideas Win” is our mission. We believe that innovation has the power to make the world a better place, is too important to be left to chance, and that every individual deserves an opportunity to make the most of their ideas. Our software is used by the most innovative companies in the world. We have over 200 customers that use Brightidea to give people a voice in sharing their ideas at large organizations. The problem we’re solving is complex, creative, and exciting. Each of our products can function as a powerful stand-alone tool or utilized as part of a tightly-integrated system. Our suite provides the most mature solution available to support the entire end-to-end innovation process.

Recognized as a 2021 Technology Fast 500 by Deloitte, FloQast is the leader in accounting workflow automation created by accountants for accountants. The cloud-based, AI-enhanced software is trusted by more than 1,500 accounting teams, including those at Snowflake, Twilio, Instacart, Zoom, and The Golden State Warriors. In July 2021, FloQast raised a $110 million Series D at a $1.2 billion valuation — and we’re growing! What We Do By automating common accounting workflows and helping to streamline and make them more efficient, FloQast is the place where accounting teams want to work so they can focus on what matters most, even when that’s just logging off on time. Whether automating reconciliations, documentation requests, or streamlining recurring accounting processes, such as the month-end close, financial reporting, or payroll, FloQast enhances the way accounting teams already work to help them operate more efficiently. Learn more at FloQast.com. Here’s Why You Should Apply - What is engineering working on? Our FQ Engineering Blog showcases a number of our recent efforts straight from the engineers working on them. Check it out! - When we say our customers’ success is our priority, we’re not lying. Check us out on G2 Crowd and read a few of the 275+ 5-star reviews! - Why do 95% of reviewers on Glassdoor say they would refer FloQast as an employer to a friend? Maintaining a collaborative, open, and fun company culture regardless of where FloQasters are located can be tricky, but we’re up to the task. Check out what actual FloQast employees have to say on Glassdoor. - FloQast offers competitive compensation, stock options, full benefits, and a positive and supportive work environment - FloQast is regularly rated as one of the best places to work: - Inc. Magazine’s Best Workplaces in 2021 - Best Places to Work by LA Business Journal since 2017 - Built In’s ​​Best Place to Work in Los Angeles since 2018