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 31 through 40.
40. Splice
Splice designs and develops a technology platform for music creators streamlines the fragmented process of creating and sharing music. It also provides artists with means to connect with fans and other artists to solicit feedback throughout every step of the process. Matthieu Aimonetti and Steve Martocci founded Splice in 2013. It has its headquarters in New York City.
Website — www.splice.com/
Total Funds Raised — $104,749,998
39. Krisp
Krisp app makes Remote Workers more professional. With Krisp you can take calls from wherever you want without worrying about privacy and background noise. The app works with all Conferencing and Recording apps out of the box. It also supports any headset and microphone (built-in, Bluetooth or USB). Krisp has been built in Armenia and has offices in Berkeley and Yerevan.
Website — krisp.ai/
Total Funds Raised — $3,475,000
38. Yellowbrick Data
Yellowbrick Data was founded in 2014 by experts in database and flash memory technologies to simplify data warehousing. They wanted to solve the challenges of high availability, running complex mixed workloads, support for ad-hoc SQL, computing correct answers on any schema, massive scalability and supporting large numbers of concurrent users. Yellowbrick Data empowers companies to make faster decisions with all of their data. Built for enterprises and the hybrid cloud, the Yellowbrick Data Warehouse deploys powerful analytics anywhere, with best-in-class economics.
Website — yellowbrick.com/
Total Funds Rasied — $173,000,000
37. Contentful
Contentful provides the essential content infrastructure for your projects, making content accessible via APIs and editable in a CMS-like web app. Companies such as Spotify, Urban Outfitters, Red Bull, Jack in the Box, The British Museum, Xoom, Lenovo, and many others rely on Contentful to author, manage and deliver digital content to any device and multiple platforms.
Website — www.contentful.com
Total Funds Raised — $79,600,000
36. Productboard
Productboard is the product management system that helps product teams get the right products to market, faster. Over 2,600 modern, product-led companies, like Zendesk, UiPath, and Microsoft, use productboard to understand what users really need, prioritize what to build next, and rally everyone around their roadmap.
Website — www.productboard.com
Total Funds Raised — $64,700,000
35. Vymo
Vymo is a personal assistant app that automates sales force activities, driving sales effectiveness. By capturing rich, contextual data, it generates actionable insights that help managers make need-based interventions to close more deals. The company’s aim is to help its clients achieve an unprecedented degree of sales productivity by automating the activities of enterprise sales and service teams.
Website — www.getvymo.com
Total Funds Raised — $23,000,000
34. Superhuman
Superhuman is rebuilding the inbox from the ground up to make you brilliant at what you do. Superhuman is gorgeous, blazingly fast, and comes with advanced features that make you feel superhuman like AI, Triage, Undo Send, Insights from social networks, Follow-up Reminders, Scheduled Messages, and Read Statuses. The team previously founded Rapportive (acquired by LinkedIn), created pry (used by 25% of ruby developers), and co-founded Rapleaf/Liveramp (acquired for $310M).
Website — superhuman.com/
Total Funds Raised — $33,000,000
33. Spike
Spike is an application that converts existing emails into a multimedia mobile messaging format based on the people and groups that matter most to its users. Spike automatically turns its users’ old and new email messages to natural chat conversations. It supports real-time messaging, document and photo-sharing, voice and video calls, and more, eliminating the need to use multiple apps to stay in touch. Spike syncs with desktop emails so that conversations, documents, and media will be stored right in its users’ clouds. The company’s goal is to bring all of communications, emails, chats, calls, team collaborations, tasks, and voice notes to one place.
Website — www.spikenow.com
Total Funds Raised — $7,320,000
32. Filevine
Filevine is a cloud-based project, team and client management app for legal professionals and firms. Filevine moves beyond using multiple applications that parse time and productivity by providing a singular digital office space. It allows users with different roles and responsibilities to work in real-time as it stores and tracks email, case discussions, sharing and uploading files, collaboration on documents, tracking and setting due dates, and assigning tasks.
Website — filevine.com/
Total Funds Raised — $12,360,000
31. Fieldwire
Construction companies of all sizes use Fieldwire to power clear communication on over 500,000 projects worldwide. With its easy-to-use mobile application, Fieldwire saves each user 1 hour every day by enabling more efficient information sharing onsite. Fieldwire’s key features include plan viewing, task management, issue tracking, reporting, and more — all accessible from one place. Fieldwire is venture-backed by top investors in the industry and is already transforming the way dispersed teams communicate and collaborate on projects.
Website — www.fieldwire.com
Total Funds Raised — $41,200,000
So that does it for this portion of the list! If you loved the countdown make sure to follow our blog, as we’ll be adding the next sets of 10 daily, as well as providing tons of resources and commentary over the next few weeks on everything from the future of work to growth hacks and automation.
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