Top Software Startups in 2027

Placemakr is a venture-backed startup on a mission to change the future of hospitality and home. With properties in three cities (and many more coming!) we operate a platform that allows buildings to blur the line between hotels and apartments. Our platform is an all-in-one solution which includes property operations, customer acquisitions, and the tech stack to operate with more flexibility than any other company in the market. Our tech-enabled buildings create a one-of-a-kind guest experience and tremendous value in the underlying real estate. Whether a guest or resident is with us for three days or three years, these are more than just spaces to spend the night—they are a place to call home. Our property team members focus on bringing our business to life at each of our buildings with a focus on execution, and resident and guest experience. Our non-property team members focus on supporting property execution and the evolution of the other areas of the platform. The non-property roles are remote-first with the option to work out of our DC or SF offices. We think in-person collaboration and bonding is extremely important, so our remote-first team members participate in quarterly in-person retreats with their teams at various locations across the U.S.

We launched Riot Games in 2006 to develop, publish, and support games made by players, for players. In 2009, we released our debut title, League of Legends. League has gone on to be the most-played PC game in the world and a key driver of the explosive growth of esports. Players are the foundation of our community and it’s for them that we continue to evolve the League experience both in and out of game. Founded by Brandon Beck and Marc Merrill, and currently under the leadership of CEO Nicolo Laurent, we're headquartered in Los Angeles, California, and have 2,500+ Rioters in 20+ offices worldwide.

Autonomists help the world be more productive. This new world of hybrid workplaces presents challenges that traditional furniture cannot solve. That’s why Autonomous integrates collaborative and organizational software into ergonomic hardware, to create offices that are as dynamic as the people using them. Autonomous currently powers 130,000 businesses and 1,000,000 individuals across the globe. Today, we’re helping these people successfully transition to flexible work environments. And to do that, we’re defining what those environments are. Our mission has stayed the same over the years – empower people to do their best work and feel their best selves. Join us if you want to build tools for the new world of work. Join us if you want to put these tools in the hands of people who are waiting for them.

Elementum builds intuitive, mobile-first apps to help companies streamline procurement, logistics, and manufacturing operations. Powered by the world’s first product graph™, Elementum provides a complete picture of the global product economy for smarter, more proactive supply chains. Customers get actionable insights and early warning signals to assign, collaborate on, and resolve issues--wherever, whenever.

At Truckstop, we develop and deliver software, solutions, and services that empower freight professionals of all sizes to run their businesses from start to finish. Freight carriers, brokers, and shippers look to Truckstop as a trusted advisor that delivers the technology they need to start, operate, and grow a freight business with speed, ease, and efficiency. We provide the freight industry with Trucknology: Technology, solutions, experience, and expertise unique to Truckstop that empower freight professionals at every level to achieve success on their own terms. As a premier SaaS provider creating innovative technology for the freight industry, we are always looking for fresh talent and great minds with new ideas. Join a workplace culture where individuality is celebrated and unique strengths are maximized.

UpGuard is a complete third-party risk and attack surface management platform. Our security ratings engine monitors millions of companies every day. VendorRisk enables UpGuard's enterprise customer to control third-party risk and improve their cyber security posture by monitoring, rating and sending targeted security questionnaires to its vendors. upguard.com/product/vendorrisk UpGuard's BreachSight continuously monitors businesses for data exposures, enabling them to prevent breaches, protect their reputation and avoid regulatory fines. upguard.com/product/breachsight Companies in regulated industries such as financial services, energy and health count on UpGuard daily to guarantee their systems. UpGuard.com

We are improving the TV viewing experience, enabling content discovery, and addressing audience fragmentation across screens to strengthen television’s business model and relevance to consumers. Our data and measurement products are transforming the way today’s largest brands across the media landscape are thinking about their business. Given the dramatic growth in streaming services, connected devices, time-shifting, and multi-screen viewership, our data solves real problems and creates meaningful competitive advantage for our clients.

Hospitable, an Inc. 5000 company, gifts short-term rental hosts their valuable time back. Founded in 2016, Hospitable’s tools allow hosts to automate the most time-consuming elements of hosting. Hosts use Hospitable to answer 90% of guest messages with AI-powered automated messaging, to automate their team notifications so they never miss a clean, and to avoid double bookings with a synchronized calendar across booking channels. Hospitable allows hosts to build their own direct booking website with guest vetting, $5M damage protection, and payment processing built-in. Hospitable also connects with popular 3rd party online travel agencies such as Airbnb, Vrbo, and [Booking.com](booking.com).

At TrueLayer, we’re building a global open banking platform that’s changing how money moves and so much more. We make payments and refunds instant, account data accessible and verification seamless — all so innovators in every industry can build better financial experiences for their users. To date, we’ve raised $270 million from world-renowned investors including Stripe, Tiger Global, Addition and Tencent. We’ve got offices in London, Milan, and Dublin And we’re trusted by industry leaders like Revolut, Cazoo and Trading 212… though we’re not stopping here. Our vision is a financial system that works for everyone. To make that happen, we’re creating original and innovative products that will remove the friction from finance for good. We’re seriously scaling our infrastructure, we’re entering new territories all the time, we’re cornering a whole new category — and we’d like your help to get us there. Mission: We're building intelligent infrastructure that puts fintech at people’s fingertips. Open banking ignited a new generation of financial products. Exposing complex infrastructure as simple code, giving consumers more control over their financial lives, and injecting competition into sectors that had stood still for too long. The thing is, it’s just getting started... So we’ve decided to accelerate it. Opening things up even further. By crafting products that unlock compelling use cases, allowing any business to integrate finance into their applications. Encouraging new connections, collaborations, and commercial models, introducing open banking into every industry. We are TrueLayer. We’re opening up finance for everyone.

We're changing the way millions of small businesses make money, spend money and track money. Wave delivers innovative financial services and award-winning free software to small- and micro-businesses around the world. By improving cash flow (Payments), delivering money to employees (Payroll), helping businesses get paid (Invoicing), preparing for tax time and providing business insights (Accounting, Receipts), Wave covers the spectrum of a small business owner's financial life, and helps businesses grow and thrive.