Top Tech Startups in New England, United States in 2027

T-Rex has been recognized as a “fastest growing company” on the Inc. 5000 list. We’re blazing new paths in federal government IT modernization and transformation with our deep technical expertise in Systems Integration and Development, Cloud Adoption and Infrastructure Optimization, Cybersecurity, Data Engineering and Analytics, and Mission Critical Services.

Sama is tackling the $8.8 trillion employee engagement problem by democratising professional coaching. Sama is building a scalable B2B2C subscription-based solution to provide employees of all levels their own digital coach. Coaching helps empower employees, to be more engaged, productive and ultimately happier. Sama is purpose-driven and aims to tackle employee engagement. Its solution also allows it to address inclusion and diversity challenges within organisations. We are tapping into the $156bn professional education sector. Our strategy is to launch and establish ourselves in the UK and then expand internationally. A coach in your pocket – employees are matched with the best qualified coach to address their needs or challenges through an app which connects them to the coach either through instant messaging or via a scheduled video call.

Buying and selling a used car brings to mind paperwork, pushy salesman, price haggling, it’s all terrible and we won’t stand for it! At Clutch we stock only the best inventory, thoroughly inspect and photograph all of our cars, and provide free to your door test drives. Clutch is built on trust, transparency, and convenience; we’re making buying a used car an awesome experience. Statistically, a vehicle is the second largest item someone will purchase in their lifetime – we want that to be as special for them, as it is for us.

To reach Net Zero, the U.S. needs between 200-400 gigawatts of grid-scale energy storage by 2050, requiring over $1 trillion dollars in investment. Tierra Climate is an innovative technology company dedicated to unleashing the decarbonization potential of grid-scale energy storage. We’re pioneering a new category of environmental attributes for energy storage that will enable sustainability-minded companies to financially support emissions-reducing energy storage. In short, we help companies pay batteries to clean the electricity grid. We’ve raised $1.6 million in funding and plan to double our team to support our growth. Learn more about our mission here in our recent podcast interview with David Roberts on Volts: volts.wtf/p/grid-scale-batteries-do-not-currently#details

We’re Civic Roundtable – a mission-driven, venture-backed startup (seed led by General Catalyst) that makes government more effective and efficient through technology. We build tools for government workers on the frontlines of public problems that matter to all of us, from preventing homelessness in our communities to administering our elections. Our first product is a collaboration and knowledge sharing platform that saves government workers time and energy by connecting them to the people they trust most: their peers. In our first year alone, we have onboarded thousands of users and are off to the races powering problem-solvers across levels and functions of government.

MOLTEN is a cloud platform that streamlines core operations of media and entertainment enterprises. MOLTEN digitizes and transforms rights, content, and licensing operations across enterprises, empowering teams with real-time insight and automation tools to do more, accelerating deal-making and content monetization worldwide. MOLTEN offers multiple integrated cloud-based services to power back-end operations for media and entertainment enterprises, which include content rights, storage, delivery and licensing management.

CourseStorm is on a mission to streamline access to education by offering an impossibly simple way for local education programs to list their classes online, spread the word about their offerings, and process registrations for them, complete with credit card processing. When most people think of education, they think of elementary school, high schools, colleges, and universities. But in the US, measured by enrollments, there are 2x more registrations in classes outside of traditional school. These classes are offered by a variety of providers including after-school programs, hospitals, libraries, museums, non-profits, and internal training performed at large companies. CourseStorm is the fastest and easiest way for these organizations to get up and running.

HDS Features Powered by our two proprietary technology platforms - RoboFS and RetailerFS - HDS offers consumers the ability to shop for fresher-than-store groceries and general merchandise from the world’s leading retailers One-stop-shopping for grocery and from 100s of leading brands. Everything - your groceries, clothes, cosmetics, prescriptions, etc. - arrives in a single delivery Fresher-than-store perishables - fruits, vegetables and meats, personalized to your tastes. Seamless returns - just give it back to us on our next visit Eco-friendly packaging. We use reusable totes, resulting in zero cardboard waste. Free delivery scheduled, same-day or 1-hour express

Avela is a platform for organizations and governments to run markets to equitably allocate resources and opportunities. The right person in the right position will change the world. Learning opportunities, field-based experiences, and consultant projects all have something in common. Currently, these opportunities are allocated through a combination of manual processes, spreadsheets, and trial-and-error - rife with implicit bias and questionable outcomes. Our mission is to more equitably and efficiently distribute opportunity. Learn more at avela.org

Braze is the leading customer engagement platform that empowers brands to Be Absolutely Engaging™. Braze helps brands deliver great customer experiences that drive value both for consumers and for their businesses. Built on a foundation of composable intelligence, BrazeAI™ allows marketers to combine and activate AI agents, models, and features at every touchpoint throughout the Braze Customer Engagement Platform for smarter, faster, and more meaningful customer engagement. From cross-channel messaging and journey orchestration to Al-powered decisioning and optimization, Braze enables companies to turn action into interaction through autonomous, 1:1 personalized experiences. The company has been consistently recognized as a Leader in marketing technology by industry analysts, and was named a G2 “Best of Marketing and Digital Advertising Software Product” in 2026. Braze was also named a 2026 Best Places to Work by Built In, a 2025 America’s Greenest Companies by Newsweek, and a 2025 Fortune Best Workplace in Technology™ by Great Place To Work®. The company is headquartered in New York with 15 offices across the Americas, EMEA, and APAC. Learn more at braze.com.