Top Tech Startups to Work For in 2026

With liquidity solutions, exclusive data and insights and a vibrant marketplace, we are powering a global private market that is transparent, accessible and seamless for companies, their employees, investors and institutions. Forge is backed by top Silicon Valley investors and large, global institutions including Deutsche Börse, Temasek, Wells Fargo, BNP Paribas, FT Partners, Draper Associates, Peter Thiel, Munich Re Ventures and LUN Partners Group.

At January, we bring humanity to consumer finance. Using data intelligence, we create trust and deliver better outcomes for consumers and creditors alike. Our mission is simple: expand access to credit while empowering consumers to achieve lasting stability and control of their financial lives. We began by building the foundation for creditors to engage with and support their borrowers at scale across the entire debt lifecycle. We’ve mastered outsourced collections by combining best-in-class performance with differentiated consumer satisfaction and superior compliance.  And we’re just getting started. Together, we’re creating a financial system where trust and opportunity spark lasting change in people’s lives.

At ALT, we’re on a mission to unlock the value of alternative assets, and looking for talented people who share our vision. Our platform enables users to exchange, invest, value, securely store, and authenticate their collectible cards. And we envision a world where anything is an investable asset.

Codelitt is a software development firm helping corporations build new products and solve their most pressing problems with the speed, technology, and innovation of a startup. Codelitt develops scalable technology solutions to solve problems such as siloed data, inefficient workflows, lackluster client experiences, and lack of bandwidth and expertise to execute on innovation initiatives. Because Codelitt puts people and the user first, everything we create solves real problems that affect our clients’ lives. Our solutions are intuitive and enjoyable to use. We use an iterative and validated approach to every problem we solve. Interested in joining our team? Check out our open positions!

Hummingbird is a platform for managing anti-money laundering (AML) operations. Compliance professionals use Hummingbird to collect case information, conduct investigations, and report on unusual or suspicious behaviors. The platform dramatically reduces paperwork and improves efficiency, enabling AML investigators to refocus on fighting financial crime. Hummingbird’s founding team brings together product and regulatory experience from organizations like Square, IDEO, the Department of the Treasury, and the OCC. Hummingbird is using data and design to modernize regulatory compliance in finance.

At Alloy, we work with consumer goods companies that make the products we eat, wear, and use every day. We’re tackling a real and complex problem for them—managing supply and demand in the face of constantly changing customer behavior, highly complex supply chain networks, 40-year-old data standards and labor-intensive manual processes. Alloy is fast-growing, profitable, and backed by leading investors with an expanding presence across the world. Our team hails from successful startups, leading tech companies and Fortune 100 enterprises. We believe deeply in fostering individual ownership, iterating to excellence, focusing on what matters, communicating openly & respectfully, and supporting one another.

Optimal Dynamics was created from decades of research at Princeton University focused specifically on freight and logistics. We believe continual learning and challenging ourselves allows us to stay at the leading edge of innovation. There are hundreds of billions of dollars of waste throughout global logistics that could be partially or completely avoided with AI technology. We’re on a mission to turn this around with the most robust optimization engine ever built for transportation planning.

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.

At home, work, and on the road, we put the right chargers in the right places. EVgo operates in over 50 major metropolitan areas across the country with charging stations that serve all electric cars on the road today. Founded in 2010 by NRG Energy, Inc., a Fortune 200 leader in renewable energy, EVgo is now an independent company with a majority ownership by Vision Ridge Partners of Boulder, Colorado, a climate action-oriented investment firm.

Electric Hydrogen (EH2) is a deep decarbonization company building low-cost, high-efficiency, fossil-free hydrogen systems. Industrial sectors like ammonia and steel production account for a third of global GHGs and will require fossil-free hydrogen at cost parity to eliminate CO2 emissions. Electric Hydrogen is rethinking electrolysis from the ground up to compete with dirty hydrogen on cost and scale. The company's technology brings hydrogen solutions to industry, infrastructure, freight and beyond. The experience of Electric Hydrogen's leadership team at revolutionary clean energy companies like Tesla and First Solar makes EH2 a qualified hydrogen company to break through today’s barriers of efficiency and cost to make measurable progress toward a zero-emission industrial sector in this decade.