Top Software Startups in 2027

Topsort is the leading AI and Auction-based retail media global company, transforming retailers and marketplaces into top ad networks on par with industry giants. Through seamless integration, Topsort provides a comprehensive Bidless™ retail media tech stack featuring highly flexible API tools, an industry-leading privacy-safe clean room with robust online and in-store attribution, and a transparent ad network for streamlined media buying across multiple ad networks. In just three years since launch, Topsort has raised $38 million in funding from investors like Pear Ventures, Quiet Capital, FJ Labs, and Upload Ventures.

Legistify is one of the world's leading and fast growing legal technology companies. Our flagship offering LegisTrak is a single integrated, end to end legal management suite for enterprise customers. Our platform has coverage across varied use cases including contracts, litigation, legal notices, intellectual property as well as compliances through our in-built, fully customisable and automated modules. We are being used by over 300 large enterprises across multiple countries. Legistify also leverages machine learning to provide intelligence and insights using historic case data specifically across India. Some of our backers include Y combinator, Cathexis ventures, Indiamart, GSF, Java Capital and Titan VC. For more info visit - legistify.com

The future, as we see it, has millions of more devices connected to the internet — from self-driving cars, to delivery drones, to electric scooters, to smart farming sensors. Hologram is here to connect anything to the internet — via our global cellular platform and network available in over 196 countries and territories.

Voicera is building the data layer for trust analytics, empowering People to score sincerity in human communication objectively at scale. Why now? Trust is the new currency. • Problem: All video meetings are recorded and processed by LLMs. How people communicate is lost in transcription, causing misinterpretation, and bad decisions. • Solution : Sincerity™ by Voicera analyzes people's behavior to assess how truthful they are from non-verbal cues with 80% accuracy. • Use Cases: Sales (customer insights, revenue forecasts), Training, HR (recruitment), Internal Fraud Investigations… • Outcomes: Voicera empowers customers to make more informed, ethical decisions in situations where trust is critical.

Humanly is revolutionizing talent acquisition with our AI-powered recruiting platform, designed to automate screening, scheduling, and candidate engagement. As a fast-growing Series A company, we help mid-market and enterprise organizations transform their hiring processes, reducing time-to-hire and elevating candidate experience through intelligent automation. Behind our tech is a team of curious, driven, and deeply human people. We take ownership, move fast, and care about doing the right thing - for our customers, candidates, and each other. Our culture is built on collaboration, authenticity, and a shared belief that hiring can and should be better. We’ve been honored as a GeekWire Workplace of the Year nominee multiple years in a row, and named one of Will Reed’s Top 100 early-stage companies to work for. These recognitions reflect what we already know: Humanly is a place where people come to grow, build, do meaningful work- and have a little fun while we’re at it.

LawnGuru provides on-demand Lawn Care and Snow Removal services, ordered through mobile and web based applications. With the click of a button, LawnGuru instantly connects consumers with the best local outdoor service providers to take care of their lawn and snow removal needs within hours of each request. Consumers are delighted by the platforms simplicity, convenience and price. Service providers are amazed with the increased revenue, speed of payment and ease of acquiring new nearby business.

NexGenT is building the largest online IT school to help millions of people transition into tech jobs. Our mission is to inspire, create, and empower the next generation IT workforce by providing the highest quality tech education that is affordable to anyone.

Tray.io is a low-code, cloud-first approach to automation. We've built a scalable, resilient, and secure platform that transforms fragmented process into powerful business outcomes. Using the Tray platform, organizations can connect their entire cloud stack using APIs, and thanks to a visual workflow builder, customers can easily create automations that drive their business processes using clicks or code. Our focus is currently on the automation and integration of cloud software, but our bigger goal is to build a platform that is use-case agnostic and supports creating all kinds of software. Our challenge is to build a cutting edge product that is powerful and complete while also being beautiful and easy to use.

We're hiring: flexport.com/careers. At Flexport, we believe trade can move the human race forward. That’s why it’s our mission to make global trade easy for everyone. Flexport is building the platform for global logistics, empowering buyers, sellers and their logistics partners with the technology and services to grow and innovate. Today, companies of all sizes—from emerging brands to Fortune 500s—use Flexport technology to move more than $19B of merchandise across 112 countries every year. With offices on three continents, our team is as global as our client base. Wherever you are, whichever role you play, you’re guaranteed to share your day with passionate and resourceful team members who are in it together. Read more on our blog: flexport.com/blog.

Hi! I'm Benji, the Co-Founder and CEO at Ashby. At Ashby, we're improving the productivity of working professionals with intelligent and powerful software. We put a lot of effort into designing products that are approachable to beginners but mastered & extended by power users. In many ways, spreadsheets set the bar here. Our first products provide talent teams with clever automation, powerful analytics tools, and customizable workflows packaged in great UX. We haven't launched publicly, but we have many paying customers who love us and use us every day like Opendoor, Airtable, Duolingo, and Notion. Notion's Head of Talent said Ashby is "probably the tool we are in the most and rely on the most, as a recruiting team." Our culture is motivated by Abhik's (my co-founder and Head of Engineering) and my belief that a small talented team, given the right environment, can build a great product and service fast (and work regular hours!). We hire exceptional people and provide an environment where we can be happy, feel challenged, and do our best work. We are well funded and backed by great investors, including Y Combinator, Elad Gil, and Lachy Groom. We'll share more once we meet!