Top Information Technology Startups in 2027

Adelaide is working on a tough problem - measuring the quality of advertising placements - whose solution will impact the direction of the media industry and culture for decades to come. Our vision is to increase the transparency of an $800B industry and create a more fair and equitable market for consumer attention.

We combine expert curation and unmatched value to connect readers with books they’ll love. We believe that discovering, buying, marketing, and selling books online should always be an easy, joyful experience. We lean into two key concepts – expert curation and unmatched value – to build innovative products and tools that get the right books into the right hands. Our teams at BookBub and Chirp have helped the publishing industry drive hundreds of millions of dollars in ebook and audiobook sales worldwide – and every day, millions of readers turn to us for help finding books they’ll love.

Legion has built an AI-powered Workforce Management platform that enables tight labor spend management and rapid time to value while ensuring great experiences for employees and customers alike. Using the latest in ML and AI, the platform automatically forecasts demand, computes precise labor needs, and staffs the right employees at the right times based on employee preferences and skills. Legion’s cloud and mobile-native solution brings cutting edge machine learning, artificial intelligence, and beautiful interfaces together to deliver over 10x return on investment. Legion was founded by Sanish Mondkar, the former Chief Product Officer of SAP, and serves many innovative customers including Racetrac Petroleum, Panda Express, Cinemark, Barry's Bootcamp, Soulcycle and Philz Coffee. Legion has been recognized as a Gartner Cool Vendor, and was recently included on JMP Securities’ Hot 100 List of the Best Privately Held Software Companies. Legion is backed by investors including Norwest, Stripes, First Round Capital, XYZ Ventures, the Webb Investment Network, Workday Ventures, and NTT DOCOMO Ventures. The company is based in Redwood City, California.

Branch is the leading workforce payments platform that helps businesses deliver fast, flexible options for workers to get paid. Whether it’s sending earnings to employees or contractors, companies choose Branch because they know that faster payments can help them strengthen worker loyalty, save time and money, and drive business growth. Earners that sign up with Branch can receive a bank account, quick access to earned wages, rewards, and personal finance tools to help them manage their cash flow between pay cycles. Branch partners with the nation’s leading companies in hospitality, healthcare, gig platforms & marketplaces, and staffing services. Branch has been honored with a Webby Award—Best Financial Services, FinTech Breakthrough Award, Gartner Eye on Innovation: Financial Services, and Great Place to Work Certification.

Teads is the global media platform. We have united and empowered the best publishers in the world and distribute ads to over 1.7. billion people every month within professionally-produced content. Our end-to-end platform delivers full-funnel, outcome-oriented advertising powered by cutting-edge creative technology (Teads Studio) and AI-driven optimization. Not content with outdated ad experiences in the market, we have reinvented digital ads and raised quality standards to delight users, publishers and advertisers. Teads partners with the leading marketers, agencies and publishers through its team of 850+ in 29 countries. We're committed to creating a dynamic work environment that values diversity and inclusion, and represents employees across a variety of skill sets. We embrace contributions from all ages, sexes, races, ethnicities, religions, sexual orientations and gender identities.

Kard believes that today's consumer needs a comprehensive rewards solution that doesn't require them to learn a new platform. By partnering with both merchants and financial institutions, we’re redefining the loyalty industry to provide cardholders with even better rewards.

Shortfundly is an OTT (Over-The-Top) marketplace designed specifically for short films and indie content. It serves as a platform for filmmakers to showcase their work and for viewers to discover a wide range of short films across various genres. Here are some key aspects of Shortfundly OTT Marketplace: Content Discovery: Shortfundly offers an extensive collection of short films, making it easier for viewers to find and watch unique and diverse content that may not be available on mainstream platforms. Filmmaker Support: The platform provides a space for independent filmmakers to reach a global audience, helping them to gain recognition and potentially monetize their work. User Experience: With a user-friendly interface, Shortfundly ensures that viewers can easily navigate through the content, search for specific films, and enjoy a seamless viewing experience. Community Building: Shortfundly fosters a community of filmmakers and film enthusiasts, encouraging interaction and feedback through reviews and ratings. Monetization: Filmmakers can earn revenue through various monetization options provided by the platform, such as pay-per-view, subscriptions, and ad-based models. Accessibility: The platform is accessible on multiple devices, including smartphones, tablets, and desktops, allowing users to watch content anytime, anywhere. Curated Content: Shortfundly curates its content to ensure high quality and relevance, providing viewers with a well-selected catalog of short films. Overall, Shortfundly OTT Marketplace aims to bridge the gap between indie filmmakers and their audience, offering a specialized platform for the promotion and enjoyment of short films.

Hivemapper is a decentralized mapping network designed to build and update the world's most important information - a map of the world that all humans share. Hivemapper's new mapping economy shares the economic benefits of the global map with those that build the map. What could be more human than for humans to own the map of the physical earth that we humans are deeply integrated to in the most basic of ways. Learn Why Hivemapper? docs.hivemapper.com/building-hivemapper/why-hivemapper

Welcome to Vroom. The hassle-free haggle-free way to buy and sell cars online. We help consumers save time, money (and their sanity!) by bringing all three aspects of the car buying process – buying, financing and selling – online in an easy, transparent and affordable way. Vroom offers thousands of high quality, refurbished, pre-owned vehicles with free delivery to customers’ doors nationwide. Vroom was created by entrepreneurs with tech expertise and car acumen and is based in NY and Dallas.

Crammed calendars, email overload, and nonstop Zooms can leave you feeling like none of your time is your own. So we created the first Voice App for when meetings take too long and writing feels impersonal.