Top Software Startups in 2027

Wunderkind is a leading performance marketing engine that delivers tailored experiences at scale. Digital businesses use Wunderkind to remember who users are better than ever before, allowing them to deliver high-performing, one-to-one messages on websites, through emails and texts, and in ads at a scale that’s not otherwise possible. Wunderkind drives $1.2 billion dollars annually in directly attributable revenue for top eCommerce brands like Uniqlo, Sonos and HelloFresh, often ranking as a top-3 revenue channel in their own analytics. Wunderkind is maniacally obsessed with ROI and aims to be the infrastructural interface between individuals and brands in a world where consumers choose what they want, from whom, and when. Learn more at wunderkind.co.

Ethos is a technology company that makes getting life insurance easier, faster, and better for everyone. We leverage deep technology and data science in our mission to protect the next million families by streamlining the life insurance process so it's more accessible and convenient. We’ve issued billions in coverage each month and eliminated the traditional barriers, ushering the industry into the modern age. This full-stack technology platform is the backbone of family financial health. Ethos has raised over $400 million from Sequoia Capital, SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Accel, and Google Ventures (GV). We are listed in Forbes’ Top 50 Fintechs of 2020, and as one of Built In's "Best Places to Work" of 2022. Come join us on our mission to protect the next million families.

CaptivateIQ is modernizing how businesses compensate their hardworking teams with an automated and flexible, no-code commissions solution. Pay people accurately and on time so they can be more productive. Share insights with sales leadership on which plans are growing the business. Minimize human-error and hours spent calculating commissions each month. We believe that hard work should be rewarded and that there's a smarter way to do that than with complicated spreadsheets. We partner with leading companies including Gong, Intercom, and Udemy to automate their commissions process and add transparency back. CaptivateIQ has raised over $63M from Accel, Sequoia Capital, Amity, S28, and YCombinator. We have over a hundred awesome team members and we're still growing. Join us on our journey to modernize the world of incentive compensation! - Series B with Accel and Sequoia: techcrunch.com/2021/04/07/captivateiq-raises-46m-for-its-no-code-sales-commis… - Video Demo: vimeo.com/454530462 - Career Page: captivateiq.com/careers - #1 Sales Commission Solution: captivateiq.com/blog/we-are-number-one-on-g2 - Our Story: captivateiq.com/blog/our-journey-to-modernize-commissions - LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/captivateiq - Remote Life at CaptivateIQ: vimeo.com/517341199

IrisAgent is AI for customer support. We plug into the helpdesks teams already run (Zendesk, Salesforce Service, Intercom, Freshdesk) and put AI to work across the whole support operation: AI agents for chat, email, voice, and SMS, automated ticket tagging and routing, QA scoring of every support conversation, and support analytics that show leaders what is actually happening. Our buyers are VPs and Heads of Support and CX Ops. Customers like Tekion have seen about 50% chat resolution and about 5x agent productivity across 300K+ queries. We also build Iris Control, an LLM control plane for engineering leaders: irisagent.com/llm-control-plane We raised a $4.1M seed led by Neotribe Ventures with Engineering Capital. We are a small team, HQ in Mountain View, CA, with the team distributed across the US. Learn more at irisagent.com

Incode Technologies is an omnichannel biometric identity company that builds secure, top-rated solutions for frictionless banking, hospitality, and retail experiences. Incode sets a new standard in convenience and security in order to enhance customer experiences and build a global database of identities using the world’s fastest edge-facial recognition technology as recognized by the United States Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Incode’s anti-spoofing technology, LiveBeam, doesn’t require any user interaction and is the first passive facial liveness system in the world to achieve Level-1 certification for NIST iBeta Presentation Attack Detection (PAD) testing. The company’s web and mobile solutions are adopted globally for a variety of applications, including onboarding, identity & ID verification, and transactions by some of the world’s largest financial institutions, governments, and retailers. Founded in 2015 by a passionate serial-entrepreneur and a group of hard-working individuals, we seek out people from diverse backgrounds and encourage them to take risks and approach new challenges unconventionally. We believe brilliant minds have the power to do great things! We’re a fun-loving, goal-crushing team who are immensely proud to be part of a common goal: to map the identity of humankind. Headquartered in San Francisco, the company operates globally with additional offices in Latin America and Europe.

Podium exists to help local businesses win. Using Podium’s technology, local businesses are able to simplify the way they build their business and modernize the way they communicate with their customers – from collecting payments, facilitating online reviews, launching marketing campaigns, and much more. Our work and focus on local business and helping them to build thriving businesses has been recognized across the industry, including Forbes’ Next Billion Dollar Startups, Forbes’ Cloud 100, the Inc. 5000 (#13), and Fast Company’s World’s Most Innovative Companies. For more about our product, watch this video. Podium has a positive, inclusive, and supportive culture and was recently named one of Inc. Magazine’s Best Workplaces for 2021 (4 years in a row). We look for people who are curious, creative and are willing to do the work to be a little better every day. We also embody our company values in all that we do, which always starts with being Customer Obsessed, followed by Be a Founder, Zero Drama, and Enjoy the Ride.

Zenefits is the leading all-in-one HCM (human capital management) solution for small and medium businesses. Designed as an interconnected ecosystem of apps, Zenefits delivers the most complete HR experience by combining its own powerful apps with dozens of best-of-breed providers on the Zenefits platform. Built on a modern technology stack, Zenefits’ platform provides a comprehensive Employee Record tightly integrated with Zenefits’ apps like onboarding, payroll, compliance and benefits administration and partner apps like email, expense management, 401(k) and employee engagement. The result is a powerful HCM solution that helps mid-market businesses manage their people, stay compliant and save thousands of hours in lost time. Mission: To help businesses thrive by creating a complete HR platform that empowers employees and manages change.

PartsBase, Inc., founded in 1996, located in Boca Raton, operates the world's largest B2B online parts locator service for the aviation, aerospace and defense industries. PartsBase has grown the Worldwide Community to over 30,000 end users in 164 countries. This is an opportunity to work for a financially stable company with $20 million+ in annual revenues.

We have created a brand new class of financial product - an "Obligo". It is something between a security deposit and a pre-auth (billing authorization). Our platform is solving a huge problem for both tenants and landlords, and the demand is out of this world. The conditions are ripe for Obligo to become the new industry standard!

Speechmatics are global experts in deep learning and speech recognition, providing technology that understands every voice. We have built the most accurate and inclusive speech-to-text engine available, which is now working with an amazing mix of global companies. We are VC backed, in the final stages of growth fundraising. Joining us means working with some of the smartest minds around the world, focused on cutting-edge projects and deploying the latest techniques to disrupt the market. We believe in putting people first; we’ll do all we can to help you develop your skills and give you the tools you need to thrive. We support people to work wherever they work best and also understand the importance of coming together to collaborate, socialise and build relationships. This is only the beginning; we’re looking for amazing people like you to continue our journey…