Top Design 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

Productboard is a customer-centric product management platform that helps organizations get the right products to market, faster. Over 5,400 companies, including Microsoft, Zoom, 1-800-Contacts, and UiPath, use Productboard to understand what users need, prioritize what to build next, and rally everyone around their roadmap. With offices in San Francisco, Prague, and Vancouver, Productboard is backed by leading investors like Dragoneer Investment Group, Tiger Global Management, Index Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Sequoia Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners, and Credo Ventures. Learn more at productboard.com.

At Joy, we believe software can help organize and bring people together in the real world. Digital tools can (and should) bring people closer together—online and offline. Joy fosters real relationships and real communication, helping people organize, share, and remember their important life events. We are building a virtual event planner that aims to help people plan events both large and small. From a concert or a school reunion to a destination wedding on a tropical island. We are starting with one of the biggest life events - the wedding.

Sofar Sounds was founded from a rooftop concert in 2009 hosted by Rafe Offer. He had eight people come over and listen to musician, Dave Alexander, play. This hobby and desire for more personal performances founded Sofar Sounds. Sofar Sounds is about allowing people the opportunity to go to thoughtfully picked out performances in small venues in order to give people a more personal live experience. We connect thousands of artists and hosts to people who sign up. We are set up in 444 cities. Signing up is free, then you get emails inviting you to performances and from there you can buy tickets for the ones you wish you attend.

Houzz is the leading platform for home remodeling and design, providing people with everything they need to improve their homes from start to finish – online or from a mobile device. From decorating a small room to building a custom home and everything in between, Houzz connects millions of homeowners, home design enthusiasts and home improvement professionals across the country and around the world. With the largest residential design database in the world and a vibrant community empowered by technology, Houzz is the easiest way for people to find inspiration, get advice, buy products and hire the professionals they need to help turn their ideas into reality. Headquartered in Palo Alto, CA, Houzz also has offices in Irvine, San Diego, Phoenix, Nashville, London, Berlin, Sydney, Moscow, Tokyo and Tel Aviv. To apply for jobs at Houzz please go to houzz.com/jobs.

Wizeline transforms how teams build technology. We bring Silicon Valley innovation to the world with a global network of over 5000 developers and non-technical talent to build engaging customer experiences. Anyone can innovate with Wizeline. We help enterprises develop and release intelligent software solutions. Our unique combination of global engineering teams, proprietary technology, and education opportunities ensures that end users enjoy consistent, high-quality experiences. Learn more at wizeline.com/consulting.

Founded in 2009, contentsquare is a digital experience insights platform that helps businesses understand how and why users are interacting with their app, mobile and web sites. we compute billions of touch and mouse movements, and transform this knowledge into profitable actions that increase engagement, reduce operational costs and maximize conversion rates. using behavioral data, artificial intelligence and big data to provide automatic recommendations, contentsquare empowers every member of the digital team to easily measure the impact of their actions, and make fast and productive data-driven decisions to optimize the customer journey.

Fellow wants to help people easily brew ridiculously good coffee and tea at home. Our first product, the Duo Coffee Steeper, is a dual chamber french press with a two-stage filter. The value prop seems to be appealing as Duo is now over $200,000 in pre-sales. Right now we're working on a portfolio of complementary products that will fast follow behind the launch of Duo in February.

Two Point One is a global agency that accelerates businesses by creating unified, device-agnostic brand experiences. With a focus on delivering world class mobile and web solutions, Two Point One is an innovation partner that prepares businesses for their most critical stages of product-driven growth.

We are a top-tier and evolving Digital Transformation Agency that co‑innovates with the world's most ambitious brands to create transformative digital experiences. Bounteous exists at the intersection of the definition of consultancies, integrators, and agencies. We pride ourselves on our long-standing track record of ideating, innovating, implementing award-winning solutions, and driving best-in-class results for brands like Wilson, Coca-Cola, Panda Express, Mars, Shake Shack, Denis, and many others. We offer a variety of services including strategy, experience design, technology, analytics & insight, and marketing. Additionally, we partner with several leading technology companies including Google, Adobe, Acquia, Akeneo, Shopify Plus, and Magento. Our vision is to be the co-innovation partner to the world's highest-performing companies, and our mission is to help our clients compete and win digitally. With offices in the USA, Canada, Ukraine, and India, Bounteous is one of the fastest-growing agencies in Mexico.