Top Java Startups in 2026

CharterUP aims to be the leading charter bus platform in the world and is looking for people that want to be along for the ride! We are disrupting the highly fragmented bus industry by connecting supply-side bus companies to demand-side clients (corporations, non-profits, and governmental entities). We strive towards having as many enthusiastic customers as possible, which leads to increased group travel and a greener earth.

Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ: QLYS) is a pioneer and leading provider of cloud-based security and compliance solutions with over 9,300 customers in more than 120 countries, including a majority of each of the Forbes Global 100 and Fortune 100. Qualys helps organizations streamline and consolidate their security and compliance solutions in a single platform and build security into digital transformation initiatives for greater agility, better business outcomes and substantial cost savings. The Qualys Cloud Platform and its integrated Cloud Apps deliver businesses critical security intelligence continuously, enabling them to automate the full spectrum of auditing, compliance and protection for IT systems and web applications on premises, on endpoints and elastic clouds.

HONK is the on-demand mobile app for tow, tire change, jump start, fuel and lock out services nationwide, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. HONK’s faster ETAs and “Guaranteed Never to Exceed” prices, which start at just $49 without membership fees or limitations, offer motorists an alternative to outdated membership-based motor clubs. Learn more about HONK or download it free at honkforhelp.com.

Ad Hoc LLC is a software development and design consultancy. We work with government agencies to build products that enable citizen to government interactions. Ad Hoc LLC was founded by Paul Smith and Greg Gershman after they helped rescue HealthCare.gov. Since founding the company, Ad Hoc has worked with federal and state agencies to re-imagine how digital services can be done better by applying the latest methods and tools in software engineering, design, and user experience.

Our products provide soldiers with capability overmatch w.r.t. peer and near peer threats.

At Field Nation, we are breaking the barriers to work and enabling the gig economy. We’re a tech company that offers a web-based marketplace solution for buyers and sellers of contract services to simply connect, work, and manage their business. We look for collaborators, innovators, and problem solvers to join us in our common purpose of changing the way work gets done. We were named a Top Workplace by the Star Tribune in 2017, 2018, and 2019 and we look to hire extraordinary people and provide them extraordinary benefits.

At ION, we enable financial institutions, central banks and corporations to digitize and automate their most business-critical processes. Our software improves decision-making, increases efficiency, simplifies complex processes, and empowers people

We partner with associations, unions, and employers to deliver value-for-money, collective retirement plans that combine user-friendly technology, digital retirement planning, low-cost investments, secure lifetime income, and a fiduciary duty to members. Our work is serving a wide range of people who’ve lacked access to good workplace retirement benefits, from home care workers to physicians to not-for-profit employees to workers across Canada’s private sector.

Headquartered in Silicon Valley with over 3,000 technologists located in engineering delivery centers throughout the US, Western, Central, and Eastern Europe, Grid Dynamics is known for architecting and delivering some of the largest digital transformation programs in the retail, brands, CPG, manufacturing, technology, and financial sectors to help its clients win market share, shorten time to market and reduce costs of digital operations on a massive scale.

Space Capital is an early stage venture capital firm investing in the Space economy, specifically focused on unlocking the value in Space technology stacks such as GPS, Geospatial Intelligence, and Communications. We are actively investing out of our second fund and manage over $35 million in assets. Our sector focus enables us to be a true partner to our portfolio companies and unlock significant value far in excess of our investment capital. Space Capital is the parent brand of Space Angels, an online angel investment platform recognized as the most active investor in the space economy, and Space Talent, a career platform and central node for space industry jobs.