Top Data Startups in 2027

Change Research goes deep to uncover breakthrough insights that make our clients successful. As a Public Benefit Corporation with two brands — Change Research and Embold Research — we seek to make the world more humane, scientific, and just; as a technology company, we seek to innovate and re-define what it means to measure public opinion. Change Research was founded to bring high-quality, accurate polling to political campaigns and causes. Embold Research is an audience research partner for governments, 501(c)(3)s, public affairs teams, and companies that seek reliable research on the communities they serve.

PST.AG is a growing medium-sized business with headquarters in the historical city of Weimar, Germany. With continuous coordination with legal authorities from around the world (e.g. customs authorities, export control authorities). PST.AG is the leading provider of customs/global trade data, helping companies from a diverse range of industries. You are exceptionally talented, bright, and driven people. Razor-sharp eyes for detail push them through their workdays and keep them determined to meet high standards. Does this sound like you? Then you might want to consider a career as our next team member.

Our mission is to make it easy to manage and work with data. Insycle – a modern platform to organize, cleanse, and manage CRM data – is a beloved SaaS product used by thousands of users from more than 80 countries. Product overview video: insycle.com We’re headquartered in New York City.

The only conversational AI platform for Self Storage. When others close their doors at 6PM, you’re still open. 24/7 in fact. You’d be surprised at how many people are looking to rent storage units at 2AM. The goal of automation should be to make the lives of people easier—whether those people are your customers or your facility manager. Automation eliminates repetitive and tedious tasks—freeing up people to spend their time on more worthwhile activities.

FOSSA provides the technology to help organizations understand what’s in their code and automate license tracking/compliance without slowing development. Replacing manual systems, FOSSA automatically scans code to analyze license data, generates disclosures/attribution and surfaces issues all on a continuous basis. This allows companies to automate compliance in the background, letting developers write software safely, quickly and in real-time without introducing layers of people and process.

About Clear Demand: Clear Demand is the leader in AI-driven price and promotion optimization for retailers. Our platform transforms pricing from a challenge to a competitive advantage, helping retailers make smarter, data-backed decisions across the entire pricing lifecycle. By integrating competitive intelligence, pricing rules, and demand modelling, we enable retailers to maximize profit, drive growth, and enhance customer loyalty — all while maintaining pricing compliance and brand integrity. With Clear Demand, retailers stay ahead of the market, automate complex pricing decisions, and unlock new opportunities for growth.

Reap is a technology company dedicated to fuelling the ambitions of small businesses. We deliver corporate payment solutions to improve the way small businesses operate today and prepare them for the challenges of tomorrow. Currently, Reap's online payments platform enables small businesses to pay expenses and collect revenue – to and from anyone, anywhere – entirely via credit card. The company has revolutionised the way businesses manage cash flow, leveraging credit cards to smooth cash flow and increase capital efficiency by digitising day-to-day finances and transactions. As strong advocates of small to medium-sized businesses, Reap believes businesses should operate at their potential, not at their size. Reap continues to innovate, advancing technology and building better tools for small businesses to level the playing field – by giving every small business the access of a large enterprise. Reap is supported by an empowering group of investors; including Global Founders Capital, Bertelsmann Asia Investments, Index Ventures, Fresco Capital and Hustle Fund. Our current operation spans Hong Kong and Singapore and continues to expand.

Shift5 is a cybersecurity company that provides hardware and software solutions to defend operational technology (OT) platforms, such as planes, satellites, ground combat vehicles, and large-scale mining and construction vehicles.

Revelate’s data fulfillment platform provides a suite of capabilities for data sharing and data commercialization for our customers to fully realize the value of their data. We reduce the burden for IT and Data & Analytics teams to distribute data, the way the consumer needs it, in and outside of their organization. Revelate integrates into the fabric of any data ecosystem to prepare, package, and distribute data from anywhere to anyone. Revelate is a platform designed to maximize flexibility for providers and consumers without sacrificing ownership or security concerns. Every time data is accessed, we make sure the consumer or system has permission to do so. We take every opportunity to keep data secure at every step of the distribution process meaning that you can make data self service because of the automation to check entitlements, licensing and access but also create a curated experience for consumers and administrators. Data productization is the best way to increase the quality, traceability, and usability of data. Revelate provides an interface for non-technical users to create and distribute data products. We also have a purpose built ETL and suite of technical services to construct and deliver the most complex of data products.

Our product is a platform where AI/ML and analytics are powered by decentralized, responsible, and equitable data ownership. Our mission is to simplify and guide the developer experience of creating, sharing, discovering, and using data forever, to be connected, fast, and fair.