Top Design Startups in 2027

SeedLegals is the one-stop destination for taking care of all the legals you’ll need to build, run and fund your company. There are 100,000 new growth startups in the UK every year. Each spends thousands of pounds on unique documentation. SeedLegals uses the power of the network to change that. Using mass deal data and the network effect, SeedLegals gives you the knowledge, documentation and data to build corporate, team and funding agreements that are perfect for your company. SeedLegals gives each the knowledge & data to make the best decisions for their startup funding & legals, and puts them in control.

Squarespace makes beautiful products to help people with creative ideas succeed. Our platform empowers millions of people — from individuals and local artists to entrepreneurs shaping the world’s most iconic businesses — to share their stories and create an impactful, stylish, and easy-to-manage online presence.

Since 2002, we’ve had over 1.2 million enrollments and helped people fast-track their careers and make a meaningful difference, while supporting millions more through open-source content. We collaborate with over 250 leading designers from Google, NASA, Harvard, and Adobe to make world-class learning accessible. We are a fully remote company, bringing together exceptional talent from across the globe. Read more about our values, company culture and open positions: ixdf.org/about

CoLab Software is the world’s simplest cloud-based design review platform with the only dedicated issue tracking system for mechanical and product design teams. Our mission is to enable diverse teams to unlock global design collaboration on projects that accelerate innovative technology development. The platform is called Gradient and is built upon an industry leading 2D/3D web-based file viewing system with our custom developed issue tracking and project management directly integrated. Gradient allows all stakeholders (internal and external) the ability to collaborate on reviews they are invited to with no other software needed, downloads or plugins. CoLab Software is a venture-backed company with 14 employees based out of Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada.

Did you know… only a third of product teams actually do *continuous* product research? A lack of time, tools, and resources often mean that valuable user insights are left in the dark. With Maze, you can shine a light on what your users really want and make more strategic product decisions. Maze is a product research platform dedicated to making life easier for modern product teams. With versatile features—from prototype testing, to video and screen recordings of usability sessions—Maze empowers over 60,000 brands, from Samsung to Braze, to learn about their audiences and act fast. With easy one-click integrations to some of the world’s leading design platforms, Maze makes it easier than ever to test designs, ideas, and prototypes. Import prototypes seamlessly to Figma, Adobe XD, InVision, Marvel, and Sketch to help round up feedback and move ideas in the right direction. As well as being accessible across multiple devices, mazes can be shared with users across the globe in just a matter of clicks. A simple URL is all that’s needed to gather user insights in a matter of hours. Once the results roll in, Maze does the work for you with automated analytics that display responses in visually digestible reports. As well as looking beautiful, a Maze Report can be shared easily with major stakeholders for further discussion and ideations. With the Comments feature, customizing your reports with summaries and follow-up actions has never been simpler. With flexible plans built to accompany your product research goals, Maze is designed to empower you—whether you’re a team of one or 100. And if you’re still not sure where to begin with your product research, Maze’s curated gallery of [Templates](maze.co/templates/product) will steer you in the right direction.

Vori is the only modern B2B operating system for the grocery industry (think Instacart or DoorDash but for grocery retailers and their wholesale suppliers). Our technology seamlessly connects data across the food supply chain, streamlining operations for grocers and suppliers while democratizing food supply access. Our customers include everyone from Safeway and CVS properties on down to local corner stores.

Harry’s Inc. started in 2013 with a specific goal: disrupt the shaving industry by creating an innovative, everyday product at a fair price. Since then, Harry’s has expanded to Canada and Europe, developed relationships with retailers such as Target and Walmart, expanded our grooming brand into a personal care powerhouse, launched two new brands including Flamingo and Cat Person, and made our first brand acquisition with Lumē. The key to our success? Our amazing people. From chemists, mechanical engineers, CX associates, to creative directors, sourcing managers, and logistics specialists, the Harry’s team is composed of some of the most brilliant, diverse, and humble people you’ll ever meet. Our brands answer unmet consumer needs, but our company is a place of inclusion and innovation that attracts some of the brightest minds across industries, geographies, and backgrounds. Whether we have a team of 5 or 500, our core values and our startup mentality remain; we value continuous improvement and learning, teamwork and collaboration, creative problem solving, and open and direct dialogue and feedback.

At Zoomo, we're leading the charge in enabling our vision to transition every urban mile to light electric vehicles (LEV) that are accessible to build carbon-neutral cities. To that end, we are building the world’s most convenient, affordable, and safe e-bike platform. We’re a fast-growing startup with a global footprint across the U.S., U.K, Europe, and Australia, and are now the trusted partner to some of the world’s leading and most innovative companies like Uber, DoorDash, Dexus, Domino’s, Pizza Hut, Wholefoods, Gorillas, Just Eat, Getir and many more.

Storetasker is the leading talent platform for Consumer Brands - changing how brands hire exceptional freelancers and agencies across development, design, marketing, finance, and operations. The platform has supported thousands of fractional hires for brands like Alo Yoga, Dermalogica, SoundCloud, DraftKings, Verve Coffee, and many more. Our matching agent sources from a highly vetted network, delivers warm introductions to the right specialists, and streamlines fractional hiring end to end. We empower entrepreneurs to bring their ideas to life by finding the right fractional teammates, and we help craft the future of work for a global community of insanely talented freelancers and agencies. To date, we've raised $4.3M from top investors, including Flybridge, Founder Collective, Techstars, and HubSpot Ventures.