Top Software Startups in 2027

Founded in 2012, smartthings gives people power to monitor, control, and automate their homes from wherever they are through a single mobile app. smartthings is based in mountain view, california and operates independently as a wholly owned subsidiary of samsung electronics.

Kwant.ai is the first company to use proprietary low powered sensors network to automate construction site data collection to improve safety and productivity. Using artificial intelligence, Kwant .ai provides actionable analytics like schedule and cost risk, early warning signals to optimize workforce and predict and prevent safety incidents. Kwant collects real-time location, time, identification and activity data of craft-workers and assets using minimal infrastructure not possible before and visualizes in 3D heatmap Their platform empowers owners, real estate developers, builders and insurance companies measure and mitigates risks Their customers already include some of the largest builders and is deployed in multiple projects where they are enabling decision makers to take proactive actions using predictive analytics and workers to adopt safety culture. It has already validated saving by increasing productivity by 11% and decreasing safety incidents by 80%

DV is powering the new standard of marketing performance, giving advertisers clarity and confidence in their digital investment. Built on best practices, DV solutions create value for media buyers and sellers by bringing transparency and accountability to the market, ensuring ad viewability, brand safety, fraud protection, accurate impression delivery and audience quality across campaigns to drive performance. Since 2008, DV has helped hundreds of Fortune 500 companies gain the most value out of their media spend by delivering best in class solutions across the digital ecosystem that help build a better industry.

Pulumi is a modern infrastructure as code tool that lets you declare infrastructure using real languages, with a SaaS management console for configuring identities, organizations, and related policies. By using real languages, developers and operators are able to work better together, sharing and reusing best practices, accomplishing new levels of automation, and unlocking access to ecosystems of existing tools. Check out our products: pulumi.com/product

Relay Network establishes a lasting, digital connection between businesses and their customers on a secure mobile communication channel that drives interactions and enhances the customer experience. Users connect with businesses to receive a personalized stream of interactive, service-based communications that guide them through meaningful moments in the customer journey. Headquartered in greater Philadelphia, PA, Relay is backed by NewSpring Capital and First Round Capital. For more information, visit relaynetwork.com or connect with Relay on Facebook and on Twitter at @Relayit. Relay, Relay Wire, and Wire are trademarks and service marks of Relay Network, LLC.

BirdEye enables you to be the best business. BirdEye drives business growth by getting new reviews and improving customer experience. More than 50,000 businesses use BirdEye to manage their reviews, be found online, gather customer feedback, improve operations and increase revenue. BirdEye’s all-in-one software includes review monitoring, review generation, review marketing, customer surveys, social listening, social publishing, social engagement, customer support ticketing, listings, webchat, business insights, and competitive benchmarking. Founded in 2012, BirdEye is headquartered in Silicon Valley and led by alumni from Google, Amazon and Yahoo. In 2019, BirdEye was ranked #60 in the “100 Best Software Companies” in the world by G2 Crowd. BirdEye is backed by Salesforce founder Marc Benioff, Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang, Trinity Ventures and World Innovation Lab.

Sinch gives mobile developers the best way to add communication into their apps. The company’s platform lets developers integrate voice, SMS, verification, IM, and video into their app in minutes with a few lines of code. Sinch has launched as an independent company with $12 million in funding and is based in Stockholm and San Francisco.

Our Story, So Far…At Pushpay, we build world-class giving and engagement solutions to help organizations grow their communities. Co-founders Eliot Crowther and Chris Heaslip have always had a passion for generosity. They wanted to find a way to use technology to serve the Church with generosity and connect people to their communities. When they had the idea for Pushpay, it was realized when trying to be generous at church. With no cash on hand and no checkbook, they wondered why there wasn't a better way. When people are passionate about a cause or an organization the last thing you want to do is make it challenging to support them or engage with them.

OpenAudience is the people-based marketing platform for the open web. OpenAudience allows publishers to gain insights about their audience and rethink how to value consumer attention. OpenAudience allows marketers to plan and buy with ease and performance across the open web, across all screens. The first of its kind capability to unlock walled garden advertising efficiency and ease across the entirety of the open web has been engineered around three core pillars: privacy, knowledge and performance. People first, reaching every digitally addressable adult across every device, screen and household on the open web. Clients work with OpenX because of our commitment to quality, our ability to deliver highly efficient and scalable marketplaces and our superior partner service. We are ranked as one of the cleanest supply sources for high-quality inventory in the world across both desktop and mobile app. Investment in high-quality teams and technology enables us to transact ever increasing value for clients as the industry expands to new platforms and screens.

Elastic, the Search AI Company, enables everyone to find the answers they need in real time, using all their data, at scale — unleashing the potential of businesses and people. The Elastic Search AI Platform, used by more than 50% of the Fortune 500, brings together the precision of search and the intelligence of AI to enable everyone to accelerate the results that matter. By taking advantage of all structured and unstructured data — securing and protecting private information more effectively — Elastic’s complete, cloud-based solutions for search, security, and observability help organizations deliver on the promise of AI.