Top Marketplaces Startups in 2027

We help Shopify merchants sell subscriptions without ripping their hair out.

Our mission is to empower people to change the way the global economy works. We see a world in which very-very small businesses have much-much more sway in shaping the economy, local living economies are thriving everywhere, and people value authorship and provenance as much as price and convenience. We are bringing heart to commerce and making the world more fair, more sustainable, and more fun.

Founded in 2005 as the first peer-to-peer marketplace lending platform in the U.S., Prosper was built on a simple idea: connect people who want to borrow money with those who want to invest. Since inception, Prosper has helped more than a million people gain access to affordable credit with over $19 billion in loans originated through its platform. Our mission is to help our customers advance their financial well-being through a variety of products including personal loans, home equity lines of credit (HELOC) and the upcoming launch of our first credit card product. Our diverse culture rewards accountability and cross functional teamwork because we believe this encourages innovative thinking and helps us deliver on our mission. We’re on a mission to hire the very best, and we are committed to creating exceptional employee experiences where everyone is respected and has access to equal opportunity. We realize that new ideas can come from everywhere. It is important to us that every hire connects with our vision, mission, and core values. Join a leading fintech company that’s democratizing finance for all!

CharterUP aims to be the leading charter bus platform in the world and is looking for people that want to be along for the ride! We are disrupting the highly fragmented bus industry by connecting supply-side bus companies to demand-side clients (corporations, non-profits, and governmental entities). We strive towards having as many enthusiastic customers as possible, which leads to increased group travel and a greener earth.

Sniffspot is the world's largest network of dog parks. We are a unique community. In a “me first” world, we put dogs first. We love dogs, we have dogs, we try to give dogs as much overflowing joy as they give us. We believe that dogs have inherent worth, and we care deeply about their well-being. As long as we share a place on Earth, we believe dogs have an inherent right to live a fulfilling, joyful and rewarding life. We believe a more dog-friendly world is a better world. Dogs evolved and were bred in a world where they could run free in fields and forests. Modern society doesn’t carve spaces out for our canine companions and, as a result, dogs in the modern world are having all kinds of problems, like obesity, reactivity, and anxiety. We are coming together to provide safe spaces that allow dogs to let their instincts rise back to the top, to go wild and free, and to just be dogs again. Healing is a beautiful thing to witness.

Smartcat is an all-in-one platform connecting businesses and translators into a continuous translation delivery loop. By combining a collaborative workflow solution and a network of translation professionals, Smartcat drives the language industry to its full technological potential, making both customers and vendors happy in the process. Figures as of mid-2019: 10,000+ LSPs and end customers, 250,000+ freelancers, 70+ partners in 40+ countries.

SkipTheDishes is one of North America's fastest growing food delivery networks. We connect hungry people with restaurants and local Food Couriers through our algorithm-based food delivery system. We aren't a restaurant, a delivery company, or a traditional online ordering service - our network is a new and improved way to get the food you love to where you are. TECHNOLOGY Food delivery is complex. When you're dealing with the delivery of hot, time-sensitive food, there are thousands of variables at play. The type of transportation, traffic conditions, weather, and thermodynamics of the food are all important factors that contribute to whether you receive your food hot or cold. The team at SkipTheDishes has developed algorithms and an automated dispatch system for food delivery using geo-fencing. Our system allows us to run hundreds of orders a minute with very little human intervention - enabling a clear path to achieve significant scale.

Leland is a marketplace that connects higher ed applicants with pre-vetted admissions coaches who fit their budget, background, and goals within 48 hours. We believe that where you go to school is one of the most important decisions you make in your entire life. Yet today, millions of applicants navigate the process completely alone. This is largely due to college counselors and admissions consultants being tough to find, evaluate, trust and afford. We are building out the largest network of admissions coaches from top tier schools, all offering admissions help at different price points. We're starting with MBAs, but will eventually expand to other higher-ed application processes. We exist to unlock education. If education is important to you, we'd love to talk.

Antai Ventures is a Barcelona-based venture studio with presence across Southern Europe and Latam. Since 2012 we have co-founded +25 companies including Glovo, Wallapop, Nemuru, PlatanoMelon and Vitaance. Our ventures have raised more than $1.5B in funding, have generated more than $3B in shareholders value and currently employ more than 3.000 people. At Antai, we partner-up and invest in the best co-founders to build global companies willing to disrupt multi-billion dollar industries. In the last 10 years, we have gained experience in a variety of business models (E-Commerces/DNVBs, B2B SaaS, Marketplaces) operating in a wide range of industries including Edtech, Grocery, Healthtech, Fintech, Insurtech, Proptech, Autotech among others.

We’re a squad of fintech builders, powered by Stripe, on a mission to shatter old remittance and banking limits and unleash instant cross-border payments for the Caribbean and Latin America’s business and community landscape. Whether someone is sending funds from Toronto, London, or Miami, or spending it in Kingston Jamaica (our first country), our closed-loop ecosystem gets money moving fast, locally, and for real impact.