Top Internet Startups in 2027

Knock is a caring group of people who came together from across the industry with the belief there had to be a better way to serve people in the journey between homes. We offer a first-of-its-kind Knock Bridge Loan™ that gives everyone in the process more convenience, certainty, and competitiveness. Founded in 2015, we have earned the industry’s trust: an A+ Better Business Bureau rating and relationships with more than 120,000 real estate agents in our 75 markets across the US. Launched by founding team members of Trulia, we are funded by industry leading investors, including Foundry Group, Greycroft, RRI, Parker89, and The National Association of Realtors who serves 1.6 million members. We’re most proud of the stories from people we’ve helped get their new home, and the five star Zillow rating from over 750 reviews. To learn more, Knock.com

We’re the essential technology platform used by hundreds of thousands of homebuyers and sellers to partner with top real estate agents and win at any step of the real estate journey — whether that’s finding a top agent, securing a competitive mortgage, or ensuring on-time, easy close. Every year, we facilitate billions of dollars of real estate on our platform. HomeLight empowers people to achieve better outcomes during one of life’s most important events: buying or selling their home. Our vision is a world where every real estate transaction is simple, certain, and satisfying.

We're building the data platform to power safe and fair decisions. Checkr provides fast, accurate information to power informed decisions. Our innovative technology and robust data platform help customers assess risk and ensure safety and compliance to build trusted workplaces and communities. We’re a team that thrives on solving complex problems with innovative solutions that advance our mission. Come join us!

Gusto is a modern, online people platform that helps small businesses take care of their teams. On top of full-service payroll, Gusto offers health insurance, 401(k)s, expert HR, and team management tools. Today, Gusto offices in Denver, San Francisco, and New York serve more than 100,000 businesses nationwide. Our customers come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds, not just because it's the right thing to do, but because it makes our company stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for small businesses, you will find a home at Gusto.

People.ai is the only revenue intelligence platform for go-to-market teams. We help sales, marketing, and customer success teams uncover every revenue opportunity from every customer. Companies like Lyft, Gainsight, Tanium, and Palo Alto Networks choose People.ai to capture contacts, activity, and engagement and drive actionable insights across all their revenue generation. Founded in 2016, People.ai is based in San Francisco and is backed by Y Combinator and Silicon Valley’s top investors, including Lightspeed Venture Partners and Andreessen Horowitz.

Ironclad is the #1 contract lifecycle management platform for innovative companies. L’Oréal, Staples, Mastercard, and other leading innovators use Ironclad to collaborate and negotiate on contracts, accelerate contracting while maintaining compliance, and turn contracts into critical carriers of operational business intelligence. It’s the only platform flexible enough to handle every type of contract workflow, whether a sales agreement, an HR agreement or a complex NDA. The company was named one of the 20 Rising Stars on the Forbes 2019 Cloud 100 list, and is backed by leading investors like Accel, Y Combinator, Sequoia, and Bond. For more information, visit ironcladapp.com or follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.

Modern Treasury builds payment operations software for high-growth companies. Our API and app modernize payment operations for disruptive companies building products that move and track money—think: rideshare marketplaces, digital wallet, fiat-crypto onramps—providing tools that help them grow faster. Enabling real-time payments, automatic reconciliation, continuous accounting, and compliance solutions, Modern Treasury’s platform is used to reconcile over three billion dollars per month. Founded in 2018, San Francisco-based Modern Treasury is backed by Benchmark, Altimeter, SVB Capital, Salesforce Ventures, NewView Capital, and Y Combinator.

Epic! is a leading digital media brand for kids, bringing unlimited reading and learning to 5 million children in homes and in schools. Epic!'s award-winning subscription-based platform is designed to foster a love of reading and self-directed learning, encouraging kids to explore their interests and learn in a fun, safe, kid-friendly environment with unlimited access to 25,000 books and videos. Partnerships with 250 leading publishers such as HarperCollins, Macmillan, and Nat Geo Kids bring an unparalleled selection of content to kids in the U.S. and around the world. Epic! is a rapidly-growing startup in Redwood City with great restaurants and coffee shops nearby. Parking is easy, and our office is a short walk from Caltrain. We’re a small but mighty team; all passionate about what we’re building. We have the support of terrific investors and veterans of the children’s publishing industry; and have been featured by Forbes, Parenting, Techcrunch, The TODAY Show and more.

Gorgias is a one-of-a-kind customer service platform specifically designed for ecommerce businesses to deliver effortless customer service at every stage of their growth. With its cutting-edge automation capabilities, Gorgias revolutionizes the way businesses interact with their customers, providing them with efficient and personalized support across email, voice, SMS, live chat, and social media channels. Founded in 2015, Gorgias began as a two-person team and has grown to more than 250 employees and eight offices in San Francisco, New York, Charlotte, Toronto, Buenos Aires, Paris, Lisbon, and Sydney. As a certified B Corporation, Gorgias is proud to be a leader in sustainable and equitable workplace practices. Today, Gorgias serves 12,000+ merchants in the ecommerce space, including Steve Madden, Glossier, BruMate, and TUSHY.

Today, there's more data and users outside the enterprise than inside, causing the network perimeter as we know it to dissolve. We realized a new perimeter was needed, one that is built in the cloud and follows and protects data wherever it goes, so we started Netskope to redefine Cloud, Network and Data Security. Since 2012, we have built the market-leading cloud security company and an award-winning culture powered by hundreds of employees spread across offices in Santa Clara, St. Louis, Bangalore, London, Melbourne, and Tokyo. Our core values are openness, honesty, and transparency, and we purposely developed our open desk layouts and large meeting spaces to support and promote partnerships, collaboration, and teamwork. From catered lunches and office celebrations to employee recognition events (pre and hopefully post-Covid) and social professional groups such as the Awesome Women of Netskope (AWON), we strive to keep work fun, supportive and interactive. Visit us at Netskope Careers. Follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter @Netskope for more updates.