Top Software Startups in 2026

ITCON Services is an industry leading systems integrator with strong technical development, operations and database administration qualifications. We specialize in cloud infrastructure, cybersecurity solutions and information privacy, full lifecycle software development, business intelligence and data warehousing services, and contact center support for clients across sectors.

Kero builds real-time sports betting technology for sportsbook operators around the world. Our engine ingests live play-by-play sports data and produces continuously updating in-game betting markets, including micro bets, contextual markets, and player-driven props. In simple terms: we price the next meaningful moment in a game, whether that is the next pitch, shot, drive, field goal, possession, or player outcome. We operate at the intersection of sports, probability, trading, machine learning, and product. The hard part is not just building models; it is building models that work in real time, on messy sports data, under commercial and risk constraints, and that can be shipped into live betting products. We are a lean, distributed team serving a global market. Kero is an ideal place for people who love sports, think critically, take ownership, and want to help build the next generation of live betting experiences.

Osedea is a Montreal digital agency focusing on resolving complex challenges using emerging technologies to help our clients be more efficient. Our client portfolio is very diverse ranging from small startups to large multinational companies in various industries such as healthcare, mining, insurance, etc. We develop awesome web and mobile solutions. Our projects encompass a broad set of language and tools such as PHP, Node, Ruby, Python, Angular, iOS, Android, etc.

Cyberator: Governance, Risk & Compliance tool Our cloud-based solution can accurately identify organization’s cyber risks, security gaps and compliance requirements. It allows the organization to adapt a holistic and risk-based approach in order to build a proper cybersecurity strategy and take quick actions.

We make business loans attractive (Smart, Simple, Safe, Affordable and Easy). Credit Risk management is a crucial element of any business portfolio’s success. The economic crisis of 2008 highlighted the rise of customer credit failure. More than 25% of business failures are the result of customer defaults. Our solution focuses on a reliable credit risk score for businesses by building a business-to-business (B2B) credit risk community. Our community can identify, prevent, reduce, and block credit downfalls, increase ability to grant more credit to the right customers, and do it in a cost effective approach for the entire customer base. By implementing big data algorithms, analyzing real time data, and sharing within the community, we are changing the credit risk market.

Entrupy aims to fight the global problem of counterfeits to become the de-facto standard for instant authentication. Entrupy is a hardware-enabled SaaS company that uses computer vision algorithms and microscopy to bring trust to transactions of high-value physical goods. Currently in use by thousands of secondary resellers and marketplaces worldwide, Entrupy provides the only scalable technology capable of authenticating luxury products from brands such as Louis Vuitton, Chanel and Hermès, among others. The service launched in 2016, following four years of research led by Ashlesh Sharma, Vidyuth Srinivasan and Lakshminarayanan Subramanian, Professor at New York University. Investors include DG Lab Fund, deep learning pioneer and Facebook AI Research (FAIR) director, Yann LeCun, serial entrepreneur and investor Zach Coelius, cloud computing pioneer and Google VP of Infrastructure Eric Brewer, and Japanese venture capital firm, Accord Ventures.

Cardinality was founded with a mission to consumerize Health & Human Services (“HHS”) by providing the stakeholders with the same delightful experience as they would experience in everyday lives with modern products such as Apple, Gmail among others. US Govt spends $ 1Tn for HHS delivery every year with the technology supporting the same was built ~30 years back. By leveraging Cardinality, several agencies are able to meaningfully streamline & transform their businesses. Cardinality’s integrated HHS platform offers 4 core experiences namely (1) Citizen (2) Worker, (3) Leadership & (4) Regulatory across 3 critical programs namely (1) Comprehensive Welfare for CCWIS, Juvenile & Adult (2) Child Support (3) Family Services including SNAP, TANF- in one place. Cardinality’s platform currently serves 6 million Americans with several agencies across America rapidly adopting Cardinality as the preferred platform of choice in their modernization efforts.

Skedda removes the hassle of manually managing the booking and scheduling of your spaces. The perfect booking platform for rooms, desks, studios, labs, courts and more. Skedda brings together everything that’s required to handle the scheduling of any space, large or small. A booking platform with a strong focus on performance, reliability, security, integrations and support. Reduce administration with self-service bookings

Vish is changing and innovating the hair color industry. At the local level, Vish helps salons eliminate waste, manage their inventory, increase service revenue, and provide valuable insight into their color business. At the global level, Vish will revolutionize supply chain management for the entire hair color industry. Designed by leading colorists, Vish is a complete color management system comprised of a Bluetooth enabled scale connected to the Vish app on a tablet, cloud based web app, and front desk app.

More than one million Americans will sleep tonight not knowing if they'll sleep in the same place tomorrow. People who lack housing face a vicious cycle of financial and social poverty, creating lasting barriers that can cut life expectancy by 20+ years. [Samaritan](samaritan.city) (Techstars W '20) is a support platform helping people access the financial and social capital needed to find a stable home. The platform has helped its Members reach [life-changing outcomes](samaritan.city/stories) in early deployments. We’re now contracting with some of the top health insurers in the country to scale the intervention and are excited to rapidly hire a number of new team members and get strong internal / external processes in place as we gear up for this next phase of growth.