Top Information Technology Startups in 2026

Gamesight builds technology to help kickass games find commercial success. We do this by empowering game publishers with data so they can better understand their community, players, and game performance. We specialize in Measurement & Attribution, Influencer Activations, Creator Programs, and Creator-Led Playtests, all tailored to meet the unique needs of each game at every stage of its lifecycle.

Midnite is a next-generation betting platform that is built for today’s fandom. We are a collective of engineers, quants, designers, and marketers who all share a passion for esports, sports, and gaming. We aim to bring fans together and enhance their interactions with their favourite games through the rush of winning money. Whether you want to back your favourite football team or put some money down to win your next game in Call of Duty, Midnite lets you get some skin in the game. Designed and built from the ground up with the newest technologies, we made Midnite for all levels of fandom. Making Midnite intuitive, immersive, and immediately understandable is hard work. But we believe that by keeping this our north star, we can make something truly awesome. We are backed by some of the world’s top investors that have brought you companies like Draftkings, Betfair, Revolut, Just Eat, and many more.

Thriver is a company that’s synonymous with workplace culture. Thousands of companies rely on Thriver’s technology to curate food and culture programs and increase employee engagement in the workplace. With offerings ranging from daily meal programs to virtual experiences for remote teams, Thriver has a reputation amongst employers and employees for fostering the togetherness that organizations need to thrive. thriver.com

Esper is building the next generation of mission-critical Android IoT and edge devices with a DevOps philosophy. Our management platform and OS (Esper Enhanced Android, or EEA) are in use across the globe in industries ranging from in-home healthcare, to industrial IoT, to smart fitness, to restaurants and hospitality. What makes us different? Put simply: We know Android (and we love it). We created Esper to sustainably address the needs of fleets at scale. Remote control, remote debugging, and automatic self-healing are core features of the Esper platform, but they’re also just part of our DevOps DNA.

Mastercard is a payments and technology company that connects consumers, businesses, merchants, and governments. They provide data services and marketing center. Their marketing materials help card portfolios and businesses. They also provide fraud prevention solutions and payment ecosystem security.

Silicon valley based SaaS startup, focused on delivering a magical online checkout experience for customers, and solution for the top three challenges merchantes have today: conversion, acceptance and fraud. Our current focus is LATAM, and expanding fast.

Upper Hand offers sports organizations a suite of online tools to effectively manage their businesses. By offering solutions to manage lessons, camps, clinics, teams and memberships, Upper Hand enables sports businesses to cut through the clutter of administration and enhance the clients’ experience with their organization. Upper Hand also allows sports organizations to intelligently manage their business by providing features including online registration, payments management (including cash), booking and scheduling, contact management, roster management, financial reporting, marketing and communication with their clients.

Picktime is one of the world's leading scheduling platforms providing a quick, intuitive tool that enables professionals to book meetings with clients. We help businesses worldwide to coordinate their meeting times for their clients effortlessly. Picktime's mission is to equip businesses worldwide with easy & pleasant scheduling experiences and help them maximize their efficiency and time. Picktime caters to companies of any scale irrespective of their Industry. We have marked our presence in more than 100+ countries with over a million users.

TribalScale is a rapidly growing digital product, design and development company, made up of the best and brightest from across the world. Headquartered in Toronto, TribalScale continues to expand its global footprint with offices in Dubai, New York, and Irvine, California. Our teams create world-class products and digital experiences across Web, Mobile, and Emerging Technologies for high profile brands, such as ABC News, AAA and PGA Tour, to usher them into the digital age. Some of the platforms and environments that we work with: - Mobile Apps & Web Services (iOS, tvOS, Android) - Voice User Interfaces (Amazon Alexa, Google Home) - Connected Cars and Home - Beacon Solutions - VR & AR

At IndieBio, we are committed to building a future where biology is not only a field of study, but a technology that will help solve our world’s most challenging problems. We are part of SOSV, one of the world's top early-stage investors, and our three-month programs are designed to put founders side-by-side every day with technical experts as well as provide $500,000 in capital to ensure a fast start for world shaping ideas. Graduates of IndieBio benefit from the remarkable IndieBio community as well as well as ongoing SOSV investment through A, B and later rounds. We have locations in New York City and San Francisco. If you are driven to change the world around you, then stop waiting: APPLY NOW!