Top Software Startups in North America

Futbol is the only sport played in 200+ countries, has a fan-base of the half the world’s population and is a $44B industry and growing? Even though it’s the largest sport in the world, more than 500M youth go underserved and unnoticed due to economic and geographic barriers, impeding them from connecting outside of their immediate communities; with those best able to help them succeed. A key underserved market is the female population. FutbolConnect’s mobile technology and FREE online tools overcome these barriers so they can be viewed, connected or discovered, by millions of coaches worldwide who are seeking new talent, simply by completing a FREE multimedia profile where they can --Input their stats, start creating their sports resume --Upload & post their pics and videos --Connect & chat with others --Select, follow & see live scores of their favorite professional teams --And engage with great content Our competitors all have a Futbol web presence with multiple features, several language options, and FREE and/or FEE-based services. However, their focus is on established and professional players. FutbolConnect will connect with those players who have the economic means but also the millions of players who don’t. We’re a Freemium model, building a searchable database of a coveted market of footballers to attract digital advertisers, corporate sponsors, and upsell with other premium valued added services; eStore, eTraining, Games and more. . Our Go-to-Market Strategy entails: -- Kick-starting with “Boots on the Ground” --Targeted social media marketing, campaigns and online ads (earned/paid) --Sponsorships, Tournaments and Events --Strategic partnerships --Professional Endorsements

Alpaca is a series B fintech startup that’s raised over $70M in funding. Alpaca’s technology and suite of APIs powers hundreds of thousands of individual traders and hundreds of businesses worldwide. From developers and product managers to founders and CTOs, a broad audience interacts with Alpaca’s products and uses them to start, run, and scale their companies. Removing the barriers to embedded finance helps more new businesses get started and expedites growth for existing companies. Alpaca API allows developers to build apps, services, and trading algorithms that can access US financial markets. *Securities by Alpaca Securities LLC (alpaca.markets/#disclosures )*

Afresh is on a mission to reduce food waste and increase access to nutritious food globally by transforming the fresh food supply chain. Our AI-powered solutions optimize the multi-trillion-dollar grocery industry's food ordering, production, and merchandising processes. We built the first platform capable of handling all of Fresh food’s complexities. We are relentlessly focused on helping grocers reduce waste, increase profitability, and bring better, fresher food to their communities. Afresh is currently deployed in hundreds of grocery stores across the United States and is on track to reduce 30 million pounds of food waste per year with our existing customers alone. By 2021, we're aiming to reduce food waste by a quarter billion pounds per year. We are a passionate team united by our mission to make an impact. As an Afresh employee, you’ll own meaningful work that will challenge you and change the future of how fresh, nutritious food makes its way through the supply chain. We hope you’ll join us!

Kalepa is the Professional Grade AI underwriting platform trusted by top-tier insurers to accelerate profitable premium growth. We automate what slows underwriters down and amplify what makes them exceptional - covering the full workflow from submission intake and triage through to risk evaluation, quote and bind, and portfolio steering. Our clients include Berkley, Munich Re, Bowhead, Canopius, Paragon, and Secura. The results are measurable: 40% faster quote turnaround, 5–15% improvement in bind rates, and 960+ basis points of combined ratio improvement. Working at Kalepa means working on a genuinely hard problem - and seeing your work go live quickly and directly benefit clients. There's no such thing as boredom here. Every day brings something new, and there's always an opportunity to make a meaningful impact. The culture is built on hustle, grit, and transparency. We hire exceptional people who take pride in their craft. If you're energized by our mission and share our values - get in touch.

Soven Developer, where all your web and app development needs are taken care of. Here at Soven Developer, we believe in top-notch quality work with our employees striving to exceed expectations. We deliver the finest web and app development services in the market. Here at Soven Developer, our goal is to provide 100% satisfaction to each and every one of our clients by providing excellent software development, along with fast and seamless customer support. Ensuring you’re always taken care of. Our seamless development technology is unmatched when coupled with incredibly affordable pricing. We aim to provide our services to a wide range of businesses no matter the size. This is done through affordable pricing with the cheapest rates guaranteed. Our certified application developers will ensure that all your projects are completed on time, hassle-free. But, is that all we offer? Absolutely not. Our seamless development technology is unmatched when coupled with incredible pricing. Yes, you

Whether it’s creating more housing, upgrading our infrastructure, or adapting to climate change, one thing is clear: the construction industry is at the center of solving some of our biggest problems. At Kojo, it is our guiding mission to build sustainable solutions to these problems. As colleagues, we aim to embody our Core Values and we are empowered by what our shared vision of the future looks like when we succeed together.

Epoch helps companies build stronger workplace culture by bringing people together. We provide an integrated event and initiative management solution for every modern workplace that cares about employee engagement. Epoch works as a catalyst to help growing companies shape their culture. Through Epoch, people operations, internal comms and employee program (DEI, L&D, EX, WX) teams are can actively engage with their employees and empower them through various employee-centric initiatives and programs while receiving data-driven insights and feedback. Backed by Rally Ventures, mxv, Precursor Ventures, Maschmeyer Group Ventures, Gelt VC, Katelin Holloway (prev VP People Reddit) and incredible angel investors.

Richpanel is building autonomous AI agents that help every brand deliver instant support and seamlessly talk to millions of customers at the same time. These AI agents are capable of mimicking humans simply by observing them. They can self-learn situation handling for every type of customer query. They understand what information is accessed for every situation, decisions to make and what tools to take action on. Richpanel started in 2020, is used by over 2,000+ brands and is funded by Sequoia. ## Gradual Autonomy AI agents start by suggesting response and actions to humans and based on human feedback start doing more and more of the work. This dramatically increases human agents' productivity and enables brands to scale their support operations while maintaining a lean team. Customer support is one of the most obvious use cases for AI, and no one has yet been able to build truly autonomous AI agents - *yet*. The players that create this will disrupt a massive market worth $400B+ per year. ## Why is Richpanel winning - **Access to data:** Started as a CX platform, we are sitting on 2,000+ paying customers that are willing and excited to try this. We have access to data and business logic. - **Agent vs chatbots:** We are not building chatbots but agents that can retrieve data, make decisions and take actions across applications. That's the difference between 20% vs 90% resolution rates. - **Continuous learning:** We started with [Richpanel sidekick](richpanel.com/sidekick) that assists human agents and learns from their feedback. The current model is best-in-class and ahead of competitors by a huge margin. ## Traction - 30 employees - 2,000+ Customers - Funded by Sequoia (same investors behind Apple, Google, AirBnB, Instagram) - Millions in ARR and profitable - We have Glassdoor rating of 4.4 (as of July 2024). You can read the reviews [here](glassdoor.com/Reviews/Richpanel-Reviews-E2207405.htm).

SEP is a software product and design company that builds products for global, midsize and small companies. Started in 1988 and headquartered in Westfield, Indiana, SEP was created by four Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology graduates. SEP is one of Indiana’s largest software development firms with more than 180 employees. SEP partners with companies to develop software products and information systems that solve complex problems and building products that impact people’s lives. SEP serves Fortune and Global 1000 clients as well as mid-sized and startup companies.

PatientPop is a fast-growing healthcare technology company with $75 million in funding. PatientPop has one simple mission: to help healthcare practices thrive. We do this by giving providers everything they need attract and recall patients to continuously grow their practices. With PatientPop, providers can attract more patients, manage online reputation, modernize the patient experience, and automate the front office — all without sacrificing quality patient care. We've helped thousands of providers since our founding in 2014. Along the way, we cultivated an incredible work environment — one of the best, according to Great Place to Work.