Top Internet Startups in 2027

The Shelf brings big-data and machine-learning to the world of influencer/word-of-mouth marketing. Our paying customers include startups, agencies, and big brands. They utilize our platform to: a) Discover relevant influencers from our database of 200K and growing influencers b) Setup campaigns, invite influencers to those campaigns, and manage everything using our built-in emailing system c) Additionally, customers are able to analyze and engage with influencer mentions directly from Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, Instagram, and blogs through our platform. Our technology platform is orders of magnitude superior to existing agency-style solutions. Specifically, we achieve : -significantly more coverage -high scalability -and powerful relevance-based search functionality.

Pearmill is a software-powered advertising agency. We produce world-class creative, handle ad operations, and use machine learning-powered data enrichment to scale our efforts. We help companies across many different verticals (education, home, employment, productivity, etc.) acquire customers.

Sezzle is an alternative payment platform that helps merchants increase online sales by enabling their customers to pay for their orders with interest-free installment plans. Consumers pay over time, but our merchant partners are paid upfront, eliminating risk of fraud or non-payment. When you pay with Sezzle, your purchase is split into four equal, interest-free installments automatically scheduled over the next six weeks. It's a financially responsible way to pay over time and build credit. Because 67% of consumers under the age of 30 have sub- or non-prime credit scores, we use a proprietary algorithm over traditional credit checks to determine credit worthiness, enabling more consumers to get approved.

Anatta is an ecommerce agency that helps health & wellness brands make more money. We partner with digitally native eCommerce brands to exponentially grow their revenue, increase conversions and drive performance. For over 10 years we have helped multi-million dollar companies generate the highest amount of revenue in the least amount of time. Headquartered in Los Angeles, with offices in Charleston, and Bangalore, we provide expertise with Progressive Web Apps (PWAs), User Experience (UX) and Design, Performance Optimization, Re-Platforms (Shopify), Brand Storytelling and more. Our clients include WeWork, Rothy’s, Four Sigmatic, Berkey Filters, Smartypants Vitamins, Kettle & Fire, Kosås, NutriBullet, Dr. Mark Hyman, Marie Forleo and scores more.

DataDome stops cyberfraud and bots in real time, outpacing AI-driven fraud from simple to sophisticated across your sites, apps, and APIs. Named a Leader in the 2024 Forrester Wave for Bot Management, the DataDome platform is built on a multi-layered AI engine that focuses on intent, not just identity. Because it’s not about knowing who’s real, it’s about what they intend to do. With thousands of AI models that adapt to every fraudulent click, signup, and login, DataDome blocks fraud in less than 2 milliseconds, without compromising performance. DataDome is fully automated and integrates seamlessly into any tech stack. Backed by a 24/7 SOC team of advanced threat researchers, DataDome stops over 400 billion attacks annually. Experience protection that outperforms with DataDome.

Fundraise Up is a rapidly growing financial technology company headquartered in Brooklyn, NY that provides online fundraising software to enterprise nonprofits. Fundraise Up's AI-powered platform is leveraged by trusted organizations like UNICEF USA, American Heart Association, Partners In Health, and Stand Up to Cancer, to double their recurring donor acquisition rates and increase overall digital donation revenue by 2X.

Travoom is the social marketplace for bucket list travel experiences we empower people to discover, create, and share bucket list experiences and to buy online, 85% of multinight experience are not available online today.

Our core product is the Apple Design Award-winning preschool app, Pok Pok Playroom. It's a playroom of open-ended, evergreen toys that spark creativity, imagination and learning through play. There are no rules, no menus and no language. Kids can't win or lose. It's an intuitive, empowering experience that kids 2-6 and beyond can play with independently for years. We stripped away all the fluff and prioritize safety first so kids can simply play (and learn!) and parents can finally feel good about screen time.

Chicory believes in the power of recipes to inspire consumers and drive commerce. As the leading contextual commerce advertising platform, we transform recipe content into commerce media. Our platform powers a network of recipe publishers and retailers that CPG brands use to reach 123 million high-intent grocery shoppers each month. Chicory's contextual advertising and shoppable recipe solutions can be found on 5,200+ websites and food blogs, including the Food Network, Delish and LandOLakes.com. Sites enabled with our technology take grocery shoppers from inspiration to checkout in just a few clicks, driving products to cart for 60+ leading retailers. Recognized as a 2022 Top 50 Best Small Companies to Work For by BuiltIn NYC and as a 2022 Fastest-Growing Private Company in America by Inc. 5000, we believe that what sets Chicory apart is our diverse experiences and skillsets coupled with our shared values. Learn more at chicory.co.

DebtBook makes powerful, easy-to-use, cloud-based debt and lease management software for government, higher education, and healthcare finance teams. We make GASB-87 implementation and ongoing compliance easy and produce results that you will be confident in.