Top Software Startups in 2026

Agent IQ makes banking personal again by transforming the digital banking experience through 1:1 customer interactions supplemented by state-of-the-art Conversational AI for banks, credit unions and other financial organizations.

Mode is a fast-growing startup building software that gives analytics teams superpowers. We're making businesses and communities more analytical with collaborative tools for data analysts. We're building the most advanced web-based environment for creating, sharing, and discussing ad-hoc analysis using a variety of technologies. By combining analytics tools with a collaborative user experience Mode is alleviating the most pressing bottleneck for analytical organizations.

Mixcloud is an audio streaming platform that supports creators to craft a deeper listening experience and build their own fan communities. It is home to a unique catalog of 50 million DJ mixes, radio shows and podcasts handcrafted by the world’s finest DJs, online radio stations and cultural tastemakers, available to be listened to for free across all devices. Mixcloud’s mission is to get more fans directly supporting creators and build a more sustainable future for audio culture. Founded in 2009, the London-based company operates a fair and legal streaming service that ensures artists, songwriters and rights-holders behind the music receive their fair royalties. It also offers a direct fan-to-creator channel subscription model that uniquely enables the long-form audio creator to take part in the online revenue mix. LOUD is Mixcloud’s cultural strategy and activation consultancy, working with global brands such as Dr. Martens, Marriott, Adidas, Red Bull, Shure and more to achieve culture/brand fit. Visit mixcloud.com and download the apps on iOS or Android. For brand partnerships, visit loud.mixcloud.com. We’re a culturally active bunch, with many of us pursuing our passions as DJs, radio hosts or creatives. Benefits include unlimited holiday, stock, flex working, free yoga, DJ lessons, & cater weekly lunches.

FE International is an award-winning global M&A advisor of SaaS, e-commerce and content businesses. It has completed acquisitions for thousands of founders, owners and acquirers, and is the preeminent valuation thought leader in the industry. Its team includes experts in exit planning, valuation, accounting, legal and more. Founded in 2010, FE is known for its extensive network of pre-qualified international investors. With headquarters in New York and regional offices in Miami, San Francisco and London, FE is an international company serving clients worldwide. It was named one of The Americas’ Fastest Growing Companies in 2021 and 2020 by The Financial Times and is also a two-time Inc. 5000 company. Take a peek into the M&A industry by reading our Mid-Year Report. It contains data from tens of thousands of FE valuations and over 1,000 acquisitions. We’ve combed through this information line by line to give you detailed insights into the M&A landscape, including what happened in the first half of 2021 and what you can expect in the second half of 2021. feinternational.com/mid-year-report-2021 For more information about FE International visit feinternational.com.

Material Impact Inc. dba Spoiler Alert is a Boston-based supply chain software company that partners with food manufacturers and grocery distributors to better manage excess and distressed inventory. In working with some of the world’s largest food brands and a national network of discount retailers and hunger relief organizations, Spoiler Alert offers a best-in-class, enterprise software solution and suite of B2B sales management tools that allow suppliers to strengthen their relationships with their customers, bring greater efficiency and accuracy to their surplus inventory management workflows, and keep good food from going to waste. While we care deeply about our customers’ financial and operational improvements, our team’s hearts and minds are motivated by the impact our work has in addressing some of the largest environmental and social opportunities of our generation - at the intersection of food waste, resource deficiency, climate change, affordable nutrition, and hunger. We couldn’t be more excited to be combining critical technology breakthroughs - including workflow automation, augmented intelligence, wholesale ecommerce, traceability, and supply chain management - to an industry that is so critical for daily life. Born out of MIT in 2015, Spoiler Alert is headquartered in Boston's Back Bay neighborhood and is backed by some of the nation's leading food, agriculture, and supply chain investors. For more about Spoiler Alert, visit spoileralert.com.

Trustpair empowers large global companies to eliminate vendor payment fraud with a market leading account validation automation platform. Trustpair serves over 300 enterprise customers, helping finance teams protect against 100% of fraud attacks. The company’s global presence includes offices in New York City, Paris, and Milan. Our team is composed of 100+ employees with 15 different nationalities who are dedicated to payment security. Trustpair raised 20 million euros to accelerate international growth, and equip finance leaders with the tools needed to tackle sophisticated fraud tactics such as AI, deepfakes, cyber attacks, and more.

With deep understanding of both technology and the government, Dcode breaks down barriers to improve government. Dcode has worked with nearly 100 tech companies and hundreds of government organizations, driving more than 200 new implementations of commercial technology in government and millions in federal contracts.

Quinncia is an AI-based career development platform that helps students improve interview skills, polish resumes and find jobs. With the mission to make career development a part of academic curriculum, Quinncia allows career service to scale their offerings allowing each student to get personalized feedback on their resume and interviewing skills. Quinncia’s AI is growing fast to change career professional development in higher education. Find out more at: quinncia.io/about

The InsightRX software platform leverages patient demographics, biomarkers, genetics, and drug levels to provide a patient specific dose. The software provides predictive analytics for healthcare practitioners (HCPs) in a user-friendly manner, enabling scientifically informed decision making for personalized medicine. 

Simply put, AdQuick is the easiest way to buy outdoor advertising. Broadest selection of inventory — our technology builds campaigns based on every available ad location from the large media companies to the sole proprietors. AdQuick also has exclusive access to locations. Like this one in Wrigley Field! Fastest process — we're integrated with outdoor ad companies on the backend, so the buying process is seamless and single-threaded, no matter how many different billboard companies your campaign involves Data driven — our campaign planning and post-campaign analytics make outdoor advertising more data driven than it has ever been. See attached breakdown of some of the metrics we provide to measure your outdoor ad spend. Here and here are posts explaining some of our analytics. Some of our early customers include Instacart, Lyft, H&R Block, and OVO music label and we've booked campaigns nationwide.