At Snipply, we write a ton on the future of work. According to Deloitte, the future of work is being shaped by two powerful forces: “The growing adoption of artificial intelligence in the workplace, and the expansion of the workforce to include both on- and off-balance-sheet talent.”
With that being said, there are number related areas defining the future of work. Let’s take a look at some of the top startups around the globe, shaping the future of how, where, and when we get work done. But first…
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 at 11 through 20.
20. Alpha
Total funding: $14,639,204
Alpha’s on-demand insights platform empowers clients to rapidly accelerate experimentation, inform business decisions with customer wants and needs, deliver and scale agile research capabilities, and develop better products faster. By integrating traditionally manual tasks like audience sourcing, concept designing, test scripting, and data reporting, the platform accelerates time-to-insight from months to hours. One of their taglines is that they’re the fastest way for companies to learn more about their future customers.
Website — alphahq.com
Total Funds Raised— $14,639,204
19. Flip
Sublet, get out of your lease or find a flexible place to live. Flip is the easiest way to sublet or get out of your lease, and it’s 100% free for listers. While more of a future of living startup, the future of work is all about working where and when you want, and Flip certainly helps with that.
Website — flip.lease/
Total Funds Raised— $7,300,000
18. Thrive Global
Founded and led by Arianna Huffington, Thrive Global is a corporate and consumer well-being and productivity platform aimed at changing the way we work and live. Thrive Global’s mission is to end the epidemic of stress and burnout by offering companies and individuals sustainable, science-based solutions to enhance both well-being and performance. Thrive Global’s three interconnected core components are: corporate trainings and workshops that bring the latest strategies and tools around health and well-being to organizations; a media platform that serves as the global hub for the conversation about well-being and performance, with an emphasis on action; and an e-commerce platform that offers a curated selection of the best technology and products for well-being.
Website — www.thriveglobal.com/
Total Funds Raised— $50,000,000
17. Pendo
Pendo is a product experience platform that helps software product teams deliver software users love. By combining product analytics with qualitative feedback, Pendo closes the loop with users, learning from product usage patterns and user sentiment so product teams can make more informed decisions. With this, you can target and prioritize features and enhancements, identify which customers are at risk for churn, and which ones are ready to advocate. From these same insights, you can easily set up in-app messages, guides and walkthroughs without any coding to help users get the most value from your products.
Website — www.pendo.io
Total Funds Raised — $208,250,000
16. Front
Front is reinventing the inbox so people can accomplish more together. With new workflows, efficient collaboration, and all their communication channels in one place, more than 5,000 businesses rely on their Front inbox to be more productive as a team. Founded in 2013, Front has raised $79 million from Sequoia, DFJ, and others to unlock new ways to work that make people more efficient, fulfilled, and ultimately happier at work.
Website — frontapp.com
Total Funds Raised — $138,250,000
15. Lattice
Lattice is a people management platform that enables People Leaders to develop engaged, high-performing teams. By combining continuous performance management and employee engagement in one solution, HR and People teams get powerful, real-time analytics that leads to actionable insights turning managers into leaders, employees into high-performers, and companies into the best places to work. Lattice was founded in 2015 and based in San Francisco, California.
Website — www.lattice.com/
Total Funds Raised — $49,320,000
14. Neighbor
Founded in 2017, Neighbor is a peer-to-peer self-storage company based in the Silicon Slopes of Lehi, Utah. The company connects people who have unused space in their homes, garages or apartments to renters who are looking for affordable storage. Neighbor benefits renters by providing safer, more accessible storage for half the price of a traditional self-storage unit, while giving hosts the opportunity to earn thousands of dollars per year from their empty space. Neighbor’s team helps keep the connection safe, easy and friendly and provides an unprecedented $25,000 renter guarantee for items stored and a $1 million host liability guarantee so that good neighbors everywhere can help each other out.
Website — www.neighbor.com
Total Funds Raised — $12,700,000
13. The Wing
The Wing is a network of work and community spaces designed for women with locations in New York, California, and Washington, D.C. The Wing’s mission is the professional, civic, social, and economic advancement of women through the community.
Wesbite — www.the-wing.com
Total funding: $117,500,000
12. Primer
Primer wants to help companies understand massive stores of text data using AI. It uses machine learning techniques to help parse and collate a large number of documents across several languages in order to facilitate further investigation. Users feed Primer’s software a stream of documents, and it automatically summarizes what it determines to be the most important information out of that haystack of data. Users are then able to filter by topic, event, and other categories to drill down into the information Primer collected so they can go beyond the automatically generated headlines.
Website — primer.ai/
Total Funds Raised — $54,700,000
11. Porch
Porch.com is a home services platform that helps homeowners maintain their homes and get projects done by connecting them with quality home improvement professionals. Porch is available nationwide online, through the Porch App and serves as the exclusive in-store resource in over 1,720 Lowe’s stores across the U.S.
Website — porch.com
Total Funds Raised — $119,850,000
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