Finishing up Snipply’s countdown of the top 50 future of work startups we finally arrive at the top ten. If interested in checking out the other list segments make sure to follow our Medium publication, and if you want to see the full list in one shot, head over to our blog.
How Did We Make The List?
We used Crunchbase Pro’s search feature for this list. First, we defined the categories for “future of work” which include — collaboration, collaborative consumption, document management, document preparation, productivity tools, real-time, product management, database, file sharing, content, freelance, peer to peer, outsourcing, content creators, and virtual workforce.
We then excluded all companies marked as closed and searched for founded after 1/1/2013. The way the list is sorted is by “CB Rank”. Crunchbase defines CB Rank as follows:
The Crunchbase Rank algorithm takes many signals into account including the number of connections a profile has, the level of community engagement, funding events, news articles, and acquisitions.
A company’s Rank is fluid and subject to rising and decaying over time with time-sensitive events. Events such as product launches, funding events, leadership changes, and news affect a company’s Crunchbase Rank.
We removed the startups that clearly aren’t related to the future of work, and here we are — the top 50 future of work startups headquartered globally. Let’s take a look a the top 10.
10. Hive
Hive is a productivity platform that drives companies to work forward. Their productivity platform powers the fast pace at companies like Starbucks, Uber, IBM, and Netflix, and they are passionate about changing how people work and communicate. Hive aims to improve workplace productivity for companies of all types and sizes. Hive was founded by John Furneaux and Eric Typaldos in 2015 and is based in New York, USA.
Website — hive.com/
Total funds Raised — $16,000,000
9. Slite
Slite is where modern teams write and organize their content: meeting notes, processes, how to’s, collaborative docs, and more. Slite helps teams work more thoughtfully — it’s a simple tool to write and centralize docs in a way that encourages a less interrupted, more transparent way of working. They’re also a fully-remote team and YC grads.
Website — slite.com
Total Funds Raised — $15,400,000
8. Pitch
Pitch provides the next generation of content collaboration and presentation software which enables anyone to easily develop and share beautiful presentations. Behind Pitch is a senior team funded by renowned investors. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Berlin, Germany.
Website — pitch.com
Total Funds Raised — $52,700,711
Eigen is a research-led artificial intelligence company based in London and New York. The company’s mission is to help individuals and organizations make the right decisions, and this is done by unlocking the value of their qualitative data. Eigen automates the extraction and classification of information from documents. Its simple, flexible Natural Language Processing (NLP) technology accurately extracts information from diverse types of documents at scale and can be integrated into our clients’ workflows. The company uses use state-of-the-art machine learning algorithms to recognize patterns in text and give accurate answers to unique questions.
Website — www.eigentech.com/
Total Funds Raised — $59,382,862
6. Coda
Coda creates online documents and the utility of applications into a single new canvas. Coda is a new type of doc that blends the flexibility of documents, the power of spreadsheets, and the utility of applications into a single new canvas. That’s Coda. It lets you make a doc as powerful as an app. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in San Francisco, California.
Website — coda.io/
Total Funds Raised — $60,000,000
5. Unqork
Unqork is a no-code enterprise application platform that helps large companies build, deploy, and manage complex applications. Companies like Liberty Mutual, Goldman Sachs, and John Hancock are using Unqork’s drag-and-drop interface to build enterprise applications faster, with higher quality, and lower costs than conventional approaches. It digitizes the entire client lifecycle and enables financial services and insurance companies to bring complex and regulated products to market.e.
Website — www.unqork.com/
Total Funds Raised — $158,169,951
4. WorkJam
WorkJam is an employee engagement suite that unleashes the potential of enterprise workforces through agile scheduling, transformative communication, experiential learning, and tailored recognition, empowering the shift-based, hourly, and non-desk workers. It manages and optimizes the entire employee-employer relationship life cycle with dynamic mobile communication and workforce management to drive operational efficiency and productivity. It also enables employers to improve labor cost management and sales through better communication with their workforce, enhanced employee self-service, and better customer experience through a more motivated and engaged staff.
Website — www.workjam.com/
Total Funds Raised — $62,000,000
3. Maven
Maven is a media coalition of professional content destinations. It operates on a shared digital publishing, advertising, and distribution platform, providing a major media scale alternative to news and information distributed on social platforms. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.
Website — maven.io
Total Funds Raised — $77,625,000
2. Notion
Notion is for notes, tasks, wikis, and databases. The app blends everyday work apps into one. It serves as an all-in-one workspace for note-taking, task management, and project management. The app can be accessed via most web browsers. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
Website — www.notion.so/
Total Funds Raised — $60,000,000
Forecast is a business management platform that helps project-based companies automate operations, empower people, and leverage insights to drive business performance and client success. The company believes every day should be filled with less ad-hoc and administrative work. With Forecast, people spend time acting from data, instead of spending time collecting data. It enables people to move from old world projects first to a new world of clients first, which in turn delivers better results.
Total Funds Raised — $9,703,798
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