What are beauty startups?

Another thing that has become a goal for many companies in the beauty industry is personalized beauty options. They’ve spotted the insecurities most of the customers face when it comes to choosing the perfect skincare products and realized that when customers use the wrong product and don’t see desired results, they are most likely to blame the brand or the product line.

Moreover, to help customers and help brands keep their reputation, many beauty startups are working hard to implement AI-powered apps so customers can easily create their skin profile and get selected products that are suitable for their skin.

The best beauty startups that are shaking up the beauty industry

Vegamour

Founded in 2016, Vegamour is a vegan beauty brand focused on hair care and treatments. They make premium products using plant-based ingredients to nourish hair, eyebrows, and eyelashes. Many hair growth serums and foams contain chemicals that can cause skin irritation or lack proven results. Vegamour uses ingredients like mung bean sprouts, curcumin, and red clover which research shows can boost thickness and shine when applied topically. Their formulas are safe, natural options for hair wellness.

Vegamour stands out from other beauty brands because it uses science-backed plant extracts and vitamins rather than harsh additives. All products are certified vegan and cruelty-free. The company aims to make hair growth and scalp care options accessible that actually work but also align with clean, green beauty standards.

Planity

Planity provides an online beauty booking platform that connects clients to over 10,000 hair, nail, massage, and aesthetic medicine locations across France. Via website and mobile app, Planity allows users to easily discover wellness professionals in their local area, check real-time availability, book appointments 24/7, plus access exclusive promotional offers.

For beauty business owners and franchise chains, Planity enables them to digitize booking management and efficiently coordinate client schedules across all staff. By centralizing and streamlining the appointment process through technology, Planity gives businesses valuable time savings while empowering customers with more flexibility and transparency around self-care bookings. The end result is making personal care and beauty routines stress-free to schedule at reputable neighborhood salons nationwide.

Function of Beauty

The customizing process starts with taking the quiz so their team can gain insights into your needs. After that, their in-house chemists create your 100% custom formula based on your answers, and your formula is delivered right to your door. Moreover, their social mission is to support and provide opportunities for women and girls in STEM.

Madison Reed

This beauty startup will help you accomplish your hair goals by giving you the best products for coloring, protecting, treating, and styling your hair, as well as some fast fixes, and a 2-step salon-secret system for healthy‑looking hair color with brilliant shine.

RealSelf

Founded in 2006, RealSelf features community advice and reviews covering procedures from skin care to plastic surgery. Over 2 million members exchange insights on treatment options, costs, doctor reputations, and personal stories.

RealSelf also verifies credentials of practicing doctors listed. Members can directly contact clinics and set up consultations. By enabling transparency and connections at scale, RealSelf aims to guide all health and beauty enhancement decisions.

Billie

Apart from their products, this is one of the best beauty startups because they also try to make the world a better place by donating 1% of their revenue to support women and important causes around the world. The razor that started it all is made based on women’s needs, hence it navigates more curves and angles. It’s also encased in aloe moisturizer for an incredibly smooth glide every time.

TULA Skincare

They don’t formulate with toxic ingredients or irritants that might compromise the health of your skin, but have over 1,600 ingredients they will never formulate with. Hence, TULA Skincare guarantees that 100% of its products are clinically tested for efficacy.

ManiMe

All you need to do is simply scan your hands, select your design, and receive your high-tech manicure in the comfort of your own home. They can be self-applied or removed in moments, making time-consuming and damaging treatments a ritual of the past. Lastly, this manicure is toxin-free and cruelty-free and can be applied in 5 minutes or less.

By Humankind

Their main goal besides clean products is to eliminate single-use plastic waste from your routine. For that purpose, they create high-performing formulas that work as hard for you like the packaging of By Humankind does for our planet. Additionally, this beauty startup packs and ships products in recycled paper with soy-based inks, which you can recycle or compost.

NakedPoppy

After taking a 3-minute beauty assessment, you will have a personalized choice of the safest, cleanest, and most luxuriously crafted makeup and skincare. Furthermore, this isn’t just about cutting out the major no-no’s. It’s about delivering the most highly vetted and safest beauty products and making sure you don’t waste time on anything but the best of the best.

Quip

These brushes are thoughtfully created by dentists and designers with all the guiding features teeth need to stay healthy. With this smart brush, you can track and make better brushing habits and even earn gifts or discounts when achieving your goals. They also have innovative and eco-friendly floss, gums that prevent cavities, and everything else you need to have the best oral care.

Shampora

To create the personalized products you need to connect with the team of Shampora and have a professional consultation. Every hair is unique and it must be treated that way. Therefore, having a chance to create your tailor-made formula is undoubtedly the best way to have gorgeous hair.

NØIE

What makes this beauty startup unique is that they combine the knowledge they get from your Skin Profile with the data from over 150,000 people and their experiences with the products. So not only do they know what works but they also know what works for whom and what works best for you.

Bloomeffects

Formulas for all products are clean, safe, effective, and infused with breakthrough proprietary dutch tulip complex from Holland. Hence, using these products you will have youthful and glowing skin and you will be a part of the mission to protect the environment.

Virtue Labs

The biggest advantage of this protein, and why it’s proven that will work is the fact that our bodies recognize it as our own. It’s pulled to where it’s needed, strand by strand, smoothing, resurfacing, and filling in cracks of damage. Therefore, Virtue Labs, by leveraging those advantages, creates one of the most effective hair care products.

RadSwan

RadSwan is another one of the rising beauty startups, but this company is strictly focused on providing hair fashion design for black women. As they say, black hair is culture and it’s always been the safest and boldest form of self-expression, therefore, it’s imperative to have hair products that are most suitable for those hair types.

You can choose from a variety of products for different shapes, and even choose from RadKits with selected products. Moreover, they have educational videos that will give you more insights and tips on how to take care of your hair.

C and The Moon

Being aware of that, the founder of C and The Moon in 2018 brought scrub to the product to market and started this journey. They have body scrubs, glow oils, candles, and gift boxes, all environmentally friendly and with natural ingredients.

Bread Beauty Supply

Furthermore, they have products to layer between showers like hair oils and hair cream. Their products are designed for curly, textured hair, but are suitable for all hair types, especially on strands that get extra dry sometimes.

Sunday2Sunday

Nothing, especially not your hair should keep you from living life to the fullest, hence, Sunday2Sunday empowers you to sweat freely, because when it comes to your hair, they are here to handle the bounce back.

Routinely

Changes in your lifestyle, environment and hormonal balance have a direct impact on your skin, and generic skincare doesn’t address the ever-changing nature of the skin. Luckily, Routinely design your custom skincare routine based on your specific profile.

Young King Hair Care

All products are vegan and free from harmful ingredients. They utilize plant-based, environmentally friendly ingredients that are proven to naturally stimulate hair follicles to promote hair growth. Additionally, all products have a citrus scent, that spices up the confidence self-care gives.

Algologie

Thanks to the use of ultra-actives stem cells these innovative products have already proved their efficiency. Algologie is undoubtedly one of those beauty startups that together with clean skincare products, prioritize the clean environment as well.

What all these beauty startups have in common

What are media startups?

Media startups are companies that provide technology, services, or content that help media organizations grow their businesses. The term “media startup” is often used to describe a business that provides new types of content or services that didn’t exist before it came along.

The most promising media startups

Motherly

Founded in 2015, Motherly is a media company aiming to redefine what it means to be a mom today. Unlike old-fashioned parenthood guidebooks, Motherly celebrates the messiness and realities of modern motherhood. Through their website, social channels, and email newsletters, Motherly provides information tailored for busy moms raising kids while also pursuing careers and passions.

With authentic voices of real moms paired with guidance from health experts, Motherly balances wisdom from experienced parents with up-to-date facts and research. The passionate team aims to highlight the diversity in mothers’ backgrounds and parenting decisions today.

United Masters

UnitedMasters provides an innovative music distribution platform that empowers independent artists with independence. Unlike restrictive record deals, UnitedMasters lets musicians maintain full ownership rights and creative control while still accessing key industry opportunities like radio play, commercial deals, and premium branded partnerships. By directly connecting unsigned musicians to fans and major brands seeking their talent, UnitedMasters offers a new forward-thinking model.

Rather than locking artists into unilateral business terms and poor revenue splits endemic of big music labels, UnitedMasters leverages technology to serve artists’ interests first. With an equitable, artist-centric approach, the company is challenging the status quo to give musicians their deserved autonomy while expanding their commercial exposure and income at scale.

PRYNTD

The platform integrates social media live streaming and it’s useful for shows with present and streaming fans and also for deeper artist-fan engagement. Moreover, merchandise, sold on the platform by artists is affordable immersive wearables with electro-tactile haptic feedback to fully immerse the fan in the in-person or live-streaming experience.

The Story Market

Additionally, this fast-growing media startup helps publishers source high-quality content from publications and freelancers worldwide. This is a global content marketplace that connects freelance publishers and journalists. It can be used for publishers to find journalists through uploaded stories or receive recommendations and buy online or print licenses for them.

Pluto TV

The startup is headquartered in Los Angeles but is growing its international footprint and it’s available across three continents and 26 countries. Furthermore, this media service curates a diverse lineup of channels, in partnership with nearly 400 international media companies, offering a wide array of genres, categories, and languages.

Fanatiz

Fanatiz offers both monthly and annual subscriptions and is the only platform available today that customizes the entire online customer experience. More specifically, it’s allowing viewers to select their favorite team and be fed unique details and updates ongoing (match times, player stats, and highlights, to name a few).

Podscribe

Having Podscribe take care of your ads gives advertisers confidence with their buys, especially on smaller less-known podcasts. This media company can take care of competitive separation, correct length, correct spot (eg mid vs pre-roll), brand-safe, and more.

Epidemic Sound

Its innovative digital rights model paves the way for creators. That’s because everyone from YouTubers to small businesses to the world’s largest brands can use ‘restriction-free music’ to take their videos to the next level, whilst simultaneously supporting the musicians it works with both creatively and financially.

Newsadoo

Additionally, users can choose from regional, national, and international newspapers and magazines and it’s available for free on all devices. They also have a Trending Stories feature so you can see what’s happening at a glance.

MainStreaming

They deliver live and on-demand video, integrating all operative phases for ingesting, encoding, management, and distribution. The team of MainStreaming has a mission to foster an AI technology revolution that will shake the traditional architecture, thus, they’re paving the path for innovative intelligent distribution, which will exponentially improve network efficiency, streaming governance, and resource optimization.

Zuddl

Being aware that until now, online conferences often feel like a one-way webinar and in most cases, attendees have no impact on the outcome, this media company decided to make a change. Therefore, the team behind Zuddl built a library of templates for all of the configurable elements of conferences. Using this solution, companies can build off of existing templates and get their event up and running within minutes.

Locker

Locker is an easy-to-use app that finds the top trending sports stories across the world’s top websites and social platforms to ensure you never miss the pieces that matter. Live scores,  performance ratings, league tables, and player profiles are just a few of the real-time stats you will have at your fingertips.

Zvook

They make audio advertising instant, simple, transparent, and monetizable from day one. Furthermore, this innovative platform empowers marketers with everything they need in one place to handle managing, searching, and booking their podcast buys.

MatchCasts

Using this platform, brands can create a host-read script or upload their own audio ads, run audio campaigns, choose from a variety of advertising options from pre-roll and midroll to a variety of sponsorship options, and more.

Ride Home Media

Furthermore, another podcast that is published every weekday is the Kottke Ride Home. This is a podcast featuring the coolest stuff that happened in the world today. Progress, science, life-hacks, memes, exciting art, and hope.

Brut.

This media startup publishes content daily across eight social platforms and is available in three languages. It’s generating over 1,5B views a month and is considered to be one of the most reliable media platforms this year.

WorldPlus

By breaking down the traditional styles of reading magazines WorldPlus stole the spotlight in the media industry. With a growth mindset, innovative solutions, and a progressive work environment they deliver world-renowned magazines in 8 languages in a digital and interactive format.

Citispotter Limited

This innovative technology detects insensitive or negative tones and language that violates the brand’s standards and values and reduces the danger of inconsistent and insensitive messages by automating the editing process and decreasing human supervision by 90%.

Newslit

The team of Newslit is doing everything to make media monitoring made simple. All you need to do is choose your topic, and refine your search and you will get the news wherever you need them. After that, you can use their integration tools to share your content anywhere.

Artlist

Founded in 2016, Artlist operates an online marketplace with thousands of high-quality music and SFX tracks available for licensing. Their catalog spans genres and moods for enhancing video, apps, podcasts, and more.

Compared to traditional stock audio sites, Artlist focuses on Unlimited subscriptions with unlimited downloads. This simplified model suits small creative teams needing affordable, straight-forward music access.With strong growth since launch, Artlist streamlines audio licensing so creators can focus on bringing projects to life.

Restream

Founded in 2014, Restream provides tools to stream video simultaneously to various social and video platforms with ease. Users can broadcast to sites like Twitch, YouTube, Facebook together.

Restream’s technology eliminates the need for multiple encoding setups. Creators can manage content and engage audiences from one dashboard

Data Skrive

Founded in 2021, Data Skrive automatically generates articles and narratives using sports data and machine learning algorithms. Their AI-generated text covers games, matches, teams, and players.

The platform customizes content for clients’ unique needs and audiences. By automating personalized sports reporting, Data Skrive provides scalable production capacity.

Podfund

Founded in 2019, Podfund provides capital investments specifically to independent podcast creators and networks. Their goal is to enable podcasters to grow their audience and content.

Podfund focuses on podcasts with engaged communities and high-quality content. Investments to date include true crime and independent news shows generating millions of downloads.

Asian Boss

Their videos provide candid perspectives on issues ranging from dating and relationships to social trends and politics. Street interviews are a signature of Asian Boss, capturing uncensored public opinion.

Lingokids

Founded in 2016 by parents Cristóbal Viedma and Thibault de Chassepoir, Lingokids was created to fill a need for effective and entertaining language learning resources for kids. Viedma and de Chassepoir were frustrated by the lack of quality digital language tools for their own young children.

Lingokids provides lessons in over 40 language courses including Spanish, French, Mandarin, and German. The curriculum combines vocabulary building, basic grammar, pronunciation, and cultural awareness.

Greenfly

Founded in 2012 by former NFL player Osi Umenyiora, Greenfly began as a platform to help athletes monetize their social media influence. Athletes could use Greenfly to easily create and share branded content for sponsors.

Over time, Greenfly expanded its capabilities to serve additional industries. The platform makes it simple for businesses to coordinate and manage user-generated content from any influencer or brand supporter

Uscreen

Founded in 2013, Uscreen provides the technology and infrastructure for creators to launch customized video streaming services. This allows them to control and monetize their content while building direct relationships with viewers.

Creators can use Uscreen to build their own branded channels, set pricing plans, manage subscribers, and track analytics. Features like multi-device video playback, offline viewing, and digital rights management help them optimize viewer experience.

Nextup

Founded in 2020, Nextup provides a dedicated home for up-and-coming and established comedians to share their work. The platform offers fans exclusive access to original comedy they won’t find anywhere else.

Nextup features a mix of recorded stand-up specials, podcasts, sketch shows, panel shows, and other comedy programming. The content spans a wide range of styles from musical comedy to improv to deadpan humor.Many comedians on Nextup are rising stars on the UK comedy circuit.

Veed

Founded in 2019, Veed aims to make online video creation accessible to everyone. The platform provides intuitive tools to produce high-quality videos without professional skills.

Key features of Veed include a drag-and-drop video editor, over 50 million royalty-free media assets, customizable templates, and built-in collaboration. Users can add effects, transitions, filters, text, and more with just a few clicks.Veed also enables multi-language subtitling through machine translation and an online transcription editor.

What these media startups have in common

The most successful media startups know their audience inside out – no fan is off-limits, no follower irrelevant. They know how to engage their audience in a way that feels natural and authentic. This helps them grow organically by word-of-mouth instead of paying for exposure on social media platforms like Facebook or Instagram.

Moreover, they’re adaptable to changing times and are always on the lookout for ways to better serve their customers’ needs with new products, services, or content formats. They are always thinking about how to make their content stand out from other content in their niche.  

The most innovative HVAC manufacturing startups for 2025

HVAC manufacturing startups are the companies that are dedicated to creating innovative products and technologies. The main goal of these companies is to create efficient and effective solutions for your home or office. They have different types of engineers, designers, and product managers in their team who work together to come up with new ideas.

More specifically, HVAC stands for Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning. This means that HVAC manufacturing startups produce products that are used for heating, ventilation, or air conditioning. The market is pretty huge, as people need these devices in their homes every year. In fact, it’s a multi-billion dollar industry with many opportunities for growth and development.

Quilt

Founded in 2022, Quilt is tackling the challenge of modernizing climate control in residential spaces. Traditional HVAC systems can be bulky, inefficient, and difficult to control while existing ductless systems often sacrifice style for functionality. The company’s innovative approach combines advanced heat pump technology with artificial intelligence to create a more responsive and energy-efficient system. Their AI algorithms learn from user preferences and patterns, automatically adjusting temperatures throughout the day to maximize both comfort and energy savings.

Quilt’s design philosophy prioritizes both form and function. Unlike traditional heat pump units that can be eyesores, their system is designed to blend seamlessly with modern home décor. This attention to aesthetics makes their solution particularly attractive to design-conscious homeowners.

UpSmith

UpSmith provides a software platform called Boost, built specifically to help skilled trades companies scale amid labor shortages. UpSmith targets businesses in HVAC, plumbing, electrical, construction, facilities maintenance, and similar technical service fields struggling with recruitment and retention issues. The Boost platform streamlines attracting, hiring, training, and managing trade professionals to combat chronic talent deficits in these growing industries.

By combining customized onboarding curriculum, in-house technical training programs, tailored HR policies, and digital tools to automate administrative tasks, UpSmith offers an all-in-one workforce development solution. This enables skilled trades companies to rapidly upskill employees, increase productivity, improve quality standards, and expand capacity to take on more clients and contracts.

Dandelion Energy

Dandelion Energy is an HVAC manufacturing startup that proudly works with customers to create personalized geothermal installations for their homes. The Dandelion geothermal system is a smart, affordable alternative to heating or cooling your home with electricity and gas. 

The team of this HVAC manufacturer will come to your home and install a geothermal system that instantly heats, cools, and provides hot water. They can give you immediate comfort, no waiting for your system to heat up. Consequently, your energy bill will drop, and you can rest easy knowing it’s the lowest cost heating and cooling option available.

BlocPower

BlocPower with all-electric heating and cooling is upgrading America’s buildings to be smarter, greener, and healthier for all. This is one of the fastest-growing HVAC manufacturing startups and so far it has completed energy projects in 1,200+ buildings and delivered results ahead of schedule and under budget.

Moreover, BlocPower has developed proprietary software that they use for analysis, leasing, project management, and monitoring of urban clean energy projects. That way its customers are saving 20-40% on their energy bills each year.

Exergyn

Exergyn significantly impacts global air quality and climate change for the better by designing and developing SMA core technology so its global partners can transform their product offering to be more environmentally friendly, without compromising on cost, weight, size, or efficiencies.

This HVAC manufacturing startup is a pioneer in the commercial-scale application of shape memory alloys (SMA). By developing their game-changing product applications across many industries, the team of Exergyn significantly impacts global air quality and climate change for the better.

dPoint Technologies

A world leader in energy recovery technology – dPoint Technologies, fuel cell membranes capture the power of buildings’ exhaust air for use in heating and providing hot water for buildings. Their solar energy recovery ventilators can improve the energy efficiency and air quality of your home or business by transferring heat and humidity between the intake and exhaust.

Until today, dPoint Humidifiers have been used in thousands of fuel cell systems worldwide and continue to build a technology platform so they can provide humidification solutions for fuel cell system designers and integrators.

SinoGreen

SinoGreen is another rising HVAC manufacturer that offers a wide range of heating, cooling, and other HVAC products to the commercial, industrial, and agricultural markets. All of their product lines create a better environment for your plants or animals with clean air and lower heating/cooling costs. 

They develop, produce and distribute axial ventilation fans, air heater units, air circulation fans, air inlets, air filters/traps, cooling pads, poultry houses, evaporative air coolers for the greenhouse, livestock buildings, and swine houses, industry, factory, workshop in particular.

SkyCool

SkyCool is driven by the mission to deliver sustainable, energy-efficient cooling solutions to customers interested in reducing energy costs and carbon footprint. To achieve that they are harnessing an untapped renewable resource which is improving the efficiency of all cooling systems.

More specifically, their panels turn the sky into a renewable resource and reduce the electricity use of air conditioning and refrigeration systems. This HVAC manufacturer is a perfect example that using technology, experts can bring efficient, climate-friendly cooling to all parts of the globe.

KAD Air Conditioning

KAD Air Conditioning is one of the most prominent HVAC manufacturing startups of Ducting in the UAE. The primary principle of this HVAC manufacturer is based on offering its customers high-quality, customized ducting solutions, all of which are delivered to them on time.

What makes them one of the best HVAC manufacturing startups is the fact that their manufacturing process conforms to the highest international standards and specifications, which is can be seen in their ISO certification. Today KAD Air Conditioning is growing and recognized as one of the most trusted names in Ducting in the Air Conditioning industry of the UAE.

What makes them one of the best HVAC manufacturing startups is the fact that their manufacturing process conforms to the highest international standards and specifications, which is can be seen in their ISO certification. Today KAD Air Conditioning is growing and recognized as one of the most trusted names in Ducting in the Air Conditioning industry of the UAE.

Blue Frontier

Blue Frontier by developing a truly smart air conditioning system changes the concentration of a salt solution and creates cooling with minimal energy requirements. Further explained, the air conditioner will require less than half the electricity than a conventional system. 

Furthermore, their A/C doesn’t consume electricity when it’s working and the system can decouple humidity control from air temperature control, a feat difficult to accomplish with your conventional A/C technology. This ensures that your and all users will never feel too hot or too cold, but just right all the time. 

Hydronic Shell

Hydronic Shell by introducing a new category of HVAC and facade system that will enable deep energy retrofits of existing multifamily buildings transforms the construction industry for good. This way the team of Hydronic Shell dramatically reduces greenhouse gas emissions from cities around the world. 

The system that this HVAC manufacturing startup developed will reduce the heating and cooling energy consumption of existing buildings by an order of magnitude while achieving major improvements in other key areas of performance, including thermal comfort and indoor air quality.

MG Cooling Solutions

MG Cooling Solutions is providing a complete solution for air conditioning, air cooling, and ventilation for hotels, office spaces, restaurants, institutes, hospitals, and industrial projects. They provide customized solutions for specific needs and also conduct an energy audit to check on the operational efficiency of all electrical equipment like HVAC systems to save on high electricity bills. 

This HVAC manufacturer has a mission to revolutionize HVAC Industry in India with precise engineering calculations to deliver energy-efficient and cost-efficient projects and facilitate healthy Air Conditioning with integrity, honesty, and best ethical practices.

Oxygen8

Oxygen8 is one of the most promising HVAC manufacturing startups that is developing products that improve the health, comfort, and energy efficiency of buildings. One of their most innovative solutions is the Dedicated Outdoor Air System (DOAS) product line that provides fresh, healthy, and comfortable air to offices, schools, and commercial buildings in an energy-efficient way.

The team of this HVAC manufacturer has a history of problem-solving through entrepreneurship, creativity, and green technology, therefore, Oxygen8 introduces a series of smart solutions that help create comfortable indoor environments.

Gradient

Gradient is transforming every home to be more comfortable and healthy without compromising the environment. This HVAC manufacturing startup has a vision for a future where everyone has access to comfortable buildings that are fully decarbonized. 

Their launch product is a direct-to-consumer high-efficiency and low-carbon heat pump, with a clever design that means the unit doesn’t obstruct the view out the window and places the noisier components on the outside.

Nationwide Coils

Nationwide Coils is a commercial HVAC manufacturer and supplier of custom and OEM replacement coils you need to keep an eye on this year. They are known for providing excellent customer service, quality HVAC products, quick lead times, and fair and competitive pricing.

Additionally, Nationwide Coils can manufacture any replacement coil for all major OEM brands. Also, for corrosive environments, they offer a range of protective coating options to help prolong the life of your coil.

Tado

Tado is another fast-growing HVAC manufacturing company that makes every heating system smart. Their team strongly believes that unnecessarily wasting energy should be a thing of the past and therefore are creating solutions that optimize home energy consumption without sacrificing comfort.

They have an international team of professionals from diverse backgrounds who develop technologies, set new standards, and challenge the status quo. Additionally, they ensure optimally air-conditioned rooms with no hassle or high costs.

Phononic

Phononic developed a breakthrough technology that is creating new markets and transforming industries with innovative solid-state solutions that disrupt antiquated business models and incumbent technologies. 

The team of experts that makes Phononic one of the most innovative HVAC manufacturers are rethinking everything that’s been designed to cool and heat. They are well aware of the benefits of using their solid-state technology, thus, they’ve developed a few different mind-blowing heating and cooling solutions.

ACS Klima

ACS Klima developed innovative air conditioning solutions are used for cooling, heating, ventilation, and processes to improve the condition of the air. Their solutions refer to the process of dehumidification in the indoor environment and provide cooling and heat comfort.

This is one of the leading HVAC manufacturing startups in Turkey, but they also have distributors and branch offices in Russia, Iran, Qatar, Pakistan, Israel, Tunisia, and more. With their solutions, they are combining advanced technology with efficiency and they are saving energy for future generations.

Thermal Care

Thermal Care is another industry expert and value leader in process heating and cooling solutions you must know if you are interested in the HVAC manufacturing industry. This company provides heat transfer equipment for various industries and by offering a wide range of standard, off-the-shelf models and integrated, customized industrial process heating and cooling solutions it specializes in meeting the specific needs of its customers.

They are providing sales assistance to customers that rely on their extensive knowledge of process cooling applications and solutions. After the sale, they are known to offer fast, friendly, and efficient answers to equipment maintenance and service questions.

DewAir Corporation

DewAir Corporation has the vision to create a world where controlling the humidity and temperature in homes and commercial applications such as greenhouses have minimal energy and carbon footprint and is as easy as switching on the lights.

For that purpose, they are bringing to use innovative solutions to reduce the world’s carbon and energy footprints due to heating, ventilation, and air conditioning across the globe by manufacturing outstanding high-performance, ultra-efficient commercial and residential HVAC products.

Trumbull Campbell Associates

Trumbull Campbell Associates is one of New England’s leading HVAC manufacturing startups that are offering superior sales and application support, comprehensive controls, and start-up and service solutions for your HVAC system and building automation needs.

This HVAC manufacturer provides integrated control solutions for commercial and industrial HVAC systems. Moreover, their experienced team designs and writes programs and installs complete HVAC control systems to meet a building owner’s automation needs.

Smart Joules

Founded in 2010, Smart Joules develops wireless sensors and controls that integrate with HVAC equipment. Machine learning algorithms then optimize operating patterns to slash waste while preserving comfort.

By enhancing existing infrastructure performance, Smart Joules enables substantial energy savings with minimal investment. Their intelligent efficiency retrofits provide a high-ROI path to sustainability.

enVerid

Founded in 2010, enVerid develops air cleaning and conditioning modules that enable HVAC optimization techniques like airside economization and ventilation reduction. This slashes electricity demand.

By enabling HVAC equipment to run smarter not harder, enVerid unlocks substantial cost and carbon savings from existing systems. Their bolt-on modules deliver outsized efficiency gains without full system replacement.

Ecosync

Founded in 2021, Ecosync uses machine learning to analyze HVAC sensor data and energy usage patterns. The system identifies wasteful operating situations and automatically adjusts settings for efficiency.

For building owners struggling with energy waste, Ecosync delivers optimization without replacing legacy systems. Their AI layer tunes HVAC components into an efficient, responsive whole. Though early stage, Ecosync targets a major pain point in carbon and costs.

Hometree

Launched in 2019, Hometree provides an all-in-one solution spanning boiler recommendations, financing, installation scheduling, accredited engineers, and aftercare. Customers progress seamlessly from online quote to completed fitting.

By handling the entire boiler replacement process, Hometree simplifies a project notorious for hassle and uncertainty. Their customer-centric approach brings new standards of speed and transparency.

75F

Founded in 2012, 75F develops wireless sensors, cloud analytics, and controls that orchestrate building systems based on predictive modeling and usage patterns. Facility managers gain granular oversight and efficiency.

By unifying and automating operations, 75F enables substantial energy and cost reductions from existing infrastructure. Their system pays for itself through avoided waste and labor.

What all these HVAC manufacturing startups have in common

Even though all of the above mentioned HVAC manufacturing startups are unique in their own way, there are still a few things they all have in common. So let’s find out what all of the best HVAC manufacturers have to offer.

The best HVAC manufacturing startups all have great a product that solves a problem, like how to save money on heating and cooling bills or how to make your home more comfortable.

Furthermore, they understand their customers and their competitors’ customers. They know who their target customers are and what they’re looking for in an HVAC system. They also know who their competitors’ customers are and what kind of products they offer them.

Last but not least, they have a unique selling point (USP). A USP is something that makes your startup stand out from other similar businesses in your industry – something that sets you apart from competitors who offer similar services or products, or who target the same customers as you do.

That being said, we can all agree that the best HVAC manufacturing startups solve real problems that people have every day: warm or cold homes, high energy bills, and poor indoor air quality. These companies create products or services that make people’s lives easier and more comfortable. This includes everything from smart thermostats to energy-efficient windows and HVAC systems with built-in smart features like remote control capabilities.

What are retail startups?

The retail sector is one of the most important for any economy, and it’s no surprise that so many entrepreneurs are trying to get in on the action.

Retail startups are disrupting the traditional retail industry by offering a new way of shopping. They are redefining the way we shop and offering new solutions to old problems.

These startups can be defined as companies that use technology to create a better customer experience for shoppers. They are using their technological resources to offer consumers something that was not previously available or was difficult to access before.

Best retail startups you need to know if you keep an eye on the retail industry

There are many retail startups out there and everyone wants to be the next great retail startup for obvious reasons. While brick-and-mortar retail has been on the decline, online e-commerce sales continue to rise. Below you’ll find the 28 most promising startups making the most noise.

Specsmakers

Founded in 2010 in Spain, Specsmakers has opened over 400 stores across Europe and Latin America. Their focus is on providing the latest popular frames and lens options at prices up to 30% lower than typical vision care retailers. Customers also save time with Specsmakers’ efficient service model, they can get a comprehensive eye exam and pick out new glasses or contacts in around 30 minutes.

Specsmakers keep prices low through innovative management strategies like centralized forecasting and sourcing. Store interiors are also optimized to lower build and operating costs. These savings get passed directly to customers, making Specsmakers one of the industry’s discount leaders.

Focalpay

Focalpay offers a streamlined retail payment management platform, featuring its innovative Pay by Bank service. This feature allows customers to transfer funds directly from their bank account to the merchant’s, eliminating intermediaries and enabling merchants to save on transaction fees while safeguarding their payment infrastructure.

Furthermore, the payment service is available as a standalone API, making it easily integrable into various products such as mobile wallets, retailer checkout software, scan & pay systems, invoicing, and e-commerce checkouts. By providing a comprehensive and adaptable payment solution, Focalpay simplifies the payment process for both merchants and customers, offering cost savings, enhanced security, and seamless integration across multiple platforms.

Borobabi

Borobabi is one of the most remarkable retail startups this year. Their team is restyling the future of children’s fashion by encouraging lifetime returns on all of their products. That way they are empowering our community to reduce closet footprint and elevating ethical circular fashion.

This retail startup is making ethically and sustainably crafted clothing that is accessible to all parents. However, the biggest hero of their story is their circular model of responsible sources, upcycles, and recycles products to ensure the health of our planet for generations to come.

Showfields

Showfields is an innovative retail concept built to engage and inspire customers’ sense of discovery through revolving experiences with the brands and communities shaping our future. 

They partner with brands to create a stage for immersive storytelling and unlock new offline channels for growth.

Moreover, you can “Shop by mission” and you can choose what you stand for the most. From locally made and woman founded, to good for the earth and more, shopping from this retail startup means you will know you spend your money for the food cause.

1822 Denim

1822 Denim is one of the most promising retail startups nowadays, committed to three brand pillars: inclusivity, technology, and sustainability. The brand was built on the belief that denim should be fashion-forward, accessible, and backed by purpose. Therefore, their team decided to break the rules on traditional sizing methods and set out to create a new standard of inclusivity and sustainability. 

Consequently, as they say, and we totally agree, they’re more than just a brand – they’re a community of fashion pioneers, who believe it’s time to re-think the conversation around sizing, quality denim shouldn’t break the bank and every woman should have a pair of jeans that she feels confident in.

Censuum

Censuum offers a collaborative retail experience featuring responsible online brands. They’ve developed a subscription-based retail-as-a-service platform for online brands to scale sales and marketing through physical retail or co-retailing.

You can use the platform to test physical retail or extend your current reach, pilot new products, learn more about your customers, add new ones, collaborate with other amazing brands, share the cost, utilize each other’s strengths, and more.

Way

Way is an innovative retail startup that developed software that makes it easy for brands to elevate their experiences. They provide the technology, the automation, the ease, and the simplicity so you can define all the possibilities. 

Furthermore, you create the experience and curate the host to ensure brand consistency at every touchpoint, so that you’re not just living up to your brand, but building it. Simply put, Way is a simple, scalable software platform to create, curate, and launch brand experiences and events in minutes.

Bulletin

The founders of Bulletin, as former retailers, wanted to build a wholesale solution that helps stores with cash flow, and a marketplace experience that as they say: “helps them find the very best brands – the ones customers will notice, fall in love with, and keep coming back for”. Even though we would say this is a revolutionary retail startup, their team says this is not a revolution, it’s just what all retailers and brands deserve.

Camp

Camp is another impressive retail startup that is known for its totally unique shop/play hybrid experience in its physical locations across the United States. Inside CAMP stores are rotating themed experiences and every surface is a seamless blend of play and product.

With expertly curated product collections, rounds-ups of top toys, tips on forward-looking play trends, and a wealth of engaging activities to enjoy together, there’s no doubt why Camp is becoming a favorite place for some fun and unique family time.

Conex

Conex is a company dedicated to the development of revolutionary solutions for the high-end cosmetics market. This retail startup has a mission to provide clients with a new way of connecting with their customers in the retail environment. 

What got them the place in the list of the best retail startups is their new cosmetics display solutions that are designed to be a turnkey system containing a state-of-the-art artificial intelligence system. With such a solution, Conex is making it easy for retailers to interact with customers in a simple way while delivering the most accurate and personalized information.

Burrow

Burrow is not an ordinary furniture company. The team of Burrow, frustrated by compromises between quality, affordability, and convenience, now is taking a new approach to furniture. More specifically, they focus on three fundamental changes: a modular platform, a focus on function and fashion, and an investment in community and experience.

Their studio anchors its practice in two of the most sought-after design movements in history: American Mid-Century Modernism and contemporary Scandinavian style. Furthermore, because style is nothing without substance, from the modular assembly to built-in chargers, to multipurpose trays, this retail startup is always looking to add delightful, functional features.

Standard

Standard is a startup that is transforming the retail industry for good. They’ve developed the first checkout-free solution that works in any existing store, and moreover, the Standard platform allows customers to walk in, take what they need, and walk out. This means no more waiting in line or stopping to scan or pay. 

The company’s machine vision and AI-powered solution is the only one that can be quickly and easily installed in retailers’ existing stores, representing a giant leap forward for retail tech. It also enables retailers to rapidly deliver an amazing new shopping experience to customers, so they can easily create a better buyer-supplier relationship and get more loyal customers.

Sunbit

Sunbit is a buy now, pay later technology made for everyday needs that eases the stress of buying everyday needs by offering fair, fast, and transparent payment options to people from all walks of life. 

This technology is developed and used to reduce the stress from daily purchases. That way is helping shoppers realize the full potential of their buying power while providing local businesses with tools to sell easier. The team of Sunbit has experts in machine learning, software, retail, and financial services, therefore, we believe that they are one of the most promising retail startups you need to keep an eye on this year.

Grove Collaborative

Grove Collaborative is born on the belief that what people bring into their homes contributes to that homey, cozy feel. Prompted to try to make that idea a reality, the founders of this retail startup are transforming household products into a force for good. 

Because of their vision of the world with only sustainable choices, every order you make at Grove Collaborative is a plastic neutral order. Therefore, by making and selling products that go easy on the Earth, prioritizing sustainable packaging materials, and carbon offsetting every shipment that goes out the door, these retail company is proving that businesses can be a force of good.

Away

Away is a modern lifestyle brand that is known for creating thoughtful products with the intent to transform travel. Their luggage is designed by travelers, for travelers, therefore you can be sure they have thoughtful and purposeful products. 

This is one of the fastest-growing retail startups and it’s already expanding into new travel product categories including apparel, wellness, and lifestyle accessories. Furthermore, they are investing in the growth of physical retail in the US and abroad–with the plan to open 50 new stores in the next few years.

Gymshark

Started in a garage in Birmingham, the UK with nothing but a sewing machine, a screen printer, and ambitions Gymshark is now one of the best retail startups in the world. This sporting good manufacturing creates clothes that help everyone become their personal best and the content you’ll find inspiration in.

Gymshark core values are to be accessible to everybody, and conscious of the world we live in, which means caring for those around us and being proactive to create positive change. Moreover, they are not forgetting the garage mentality that made them ambitious, agile, and disruptive, hence their improvement and growth don’t end here, since they are willing to grow without limits.

iRetailCheck

iRetailCheck uses AI video analytics to monitor staffed and self-checkouts, queues, and store exit in retail stores. This retail startup developed a staffed checkout solution, CaddyCheck, which automatically monitors shopping carts passing through the checkout for items left in or under the cart. 

This retail company brings together highly experienced professionals in the areas of retail loss prevention solutions, Machine Learning AI video, Deep Learning, and image content analysis, and that way is creating a revolutionary and innovative approach to automated visual problem-solving.

Stockwell

Stockwell is another promising retail startup that is leveraging technology to build and operates smart stores. They develop solutions that bring the convenience of modern retail to everywhere people live, work, and play. 

With Stockwell, anyone can open the store, pay, and request new items through their app on a smartphone. This smart store is equipped for anything–from lunch on the go to laundry-day supplies and the smart tech inside learn what’s selling and what’s not so they won’t just give the people what they want, but give them what they need.

Skims

Skims is a solutions-oriented brand that is dedicated to creating the next generation of underwear, loungewear, and shapewear. By providing solutions to every type of body, this retail startup is setting new standards for what should a clothing brand stand for. 

From underwear that stretches to twice its size to technically constructed shapewear that enhances your curves, their goal is to consistently innovate on the past and advance the industry for the future.

Feather

Feather is a retail startup with a simple concept to create furniture that fits the way we live today. Being aware that tastes evolve, city renters move on average every 1-2 years, living arrangements change, budgets fluctuate, and many don’t want to commit to or can’t afford quality furniture so they end up resorting to cheaper alternatives that aren’t built to last, Feather came up with a more sustainable pattern.

They create affordable, modern, smart, stylish, well-made, and sustainable furniture and their responsible approach to furniture is grounded in rental, reuse, and refurbishment. Hence, this retail startup is offering a more circular approach and helping a new generation of renters create homes they love even when life is in motion.

Neighborhood Goods

Neighborhood Goods developed a platform that’s offering retail stores as a service for businesses. This rising retail startup provides a turnkey solution to open a brick-and-mortar storefront featuring social spaces, events, food, and live speakers. 

The company offers a new retail concept that connects brands and shoppers through community platforms. Moreover, the company’s stores offer clothes, beauty, bags, and wellness products for both men and women.

Capillary

Founded in 2008, Capillary offers AI-powered CRM solutions to help brands optimize their engagement and marketing. Their platforms provide real-time customer insight and predictive analytics.

Key capabilities include campaign management, loyalty programs, personalized communications, and sales tracking across channels. The data-driven tools aim to boost customer acquisition, transactions, share of wallet, and lifetime value.

Extend

Founded in 2019, Extend partners with online retailers to provide extended warranties on products at checkout. Customers get an enhanced warranty experience completely handled by Extend.

When a customer files a claim, Extend handles approvals instantly and proactively ships replacements without retailers needing to get involved. This convenience converts more shoppers to buy warranties.

Picnic

Founded in 2016, Picnic has developed automated fulfillment centers to enable low-cost grocery delivery. Their compact hub-and-spoke model locates micro-centers inside residential areas for efficient last-mile delivery.

By utilizing AI and automation technology, their facilities can take orders, pick items, and load vehicles in minutes. This allows on-demand delivery with minimal labor costs.

Otrium

Founded in 2019, Otrium partners with brands to sell their leftover end-of-season apparel at discounts. This provides a tailored outlet store for every brand while clearing their old stock.

The data-driven platform optimizes pricing and surfaces styles to each buyer based on their preferences. Consumers access outlet deals on fashion from hundreds of designers in one place.

Cosmose

Founded in 2015, Cosmose analyzes anonymous location data from mobile devices to provide insights into real-world consumer behavior. Their platform tracks foot traffic to make predictions about offline spending trends.

Retailers and brands across industries leverage Cosmose to optimize planning around brick-and-mortar sales, inventory, promotions, and more.

Summersalt

Launched in 2017, Summersalt produces a line of women’s apparel designed for staying chic on the move. Their pieces include swimsuits, dresses, tops, bottoms, and loungewear made from innovative fabrics.

Summersalt creates their clothing to withstand wrinkles and wear-and-tear while traveling. Yet the styles remain fashionable for dining, sightseeing, and other adventures. The direct-to-consumer brand also focuses on eco-friendly materials and ethical production.

What all these retail startups have in common

Retail startups have a unique set of challenges that they must overcome, such as finding the right location, managing inventory, and building an online presence. While some retail startups are successful, others close their doors after just a few months.

However, what all successful retail startups have in common is both, a great idea, and the ability to execute it. And, there are many ways to do this. However, the most important thing is to make sure that you’re not just creating something that sounds good on paper. Even if your idea is good, if you don’t have the ability to execute it, then it won’t work out well in the end no matter what you do.

What are cyber security startups?

While many large companies offer some form of cyber security protection, there are many cyber security startups that specialize in providing this type of service as well. Some focus on specific areas such as data protection or mobile security while others offer a wide range of services for different types of businesses.

World’s best 31 cyber security startups you need to know in 2025

One thing is for sure! The future looks bright for this industry since there will always be new threats popping up so businesses will need to continue investing in better ways to protect themselves from these threats.

Moreover, if you are curious to find out more, we have identified some of the top cyber security startups out there and below we are presenting their most innovative solutions.

Corelight

Founded in 2013, unlike traditional network monitoring that only captures basic traffic data, Corelight’s advanced network sensors track and analyze very nuanced patterns in real time. This allows unusual activity, potential intrusions, or risky connections to be flagged right away before damage occurs. Crucially, Corelight also logs comprehensive evidence like timestamps and source codes to aid forensic analysis.

Considered the most powerful network visibility tool available today, Corelight is based on open-source technology but engineered for enterprise security needs. It processes vast amounts of activity data at high speeds to inform cybersecurity teams. With an unprecedented view across infrastructure thanks to Corelight, IT personnel gain invaluable context and evidence to hunt threats, verify alerts, or conduct virtual crime scene investigations after an attack.

Drata

Drata is an automated security and compliance platform built to help companies meet industry compliance standards with less effort. Drata streamlines the process of achieving and staying compliant with regulations including SOC 2, HIPAA, GDPR, and more. The platform uses automation to replace manual work typically needed for compliance such as risk assessments, control testing, questionnaires, and evidence gathering.

This reduces the burden on companies working towards compliance certification. Drata centralizes compliance management, provides user-friendly dashboards, and scales to serve small businesses to enterprises. With Drata, companies can implement consistent security controls and maintain continual compliance more efficiently as they grow.

Beyond Identity

Beyond Identity is one of the most secure, passwordless authentication platforms. They are focused on tech forward-thinking organizations globally and are breaking down the barriers between identity, device management, and security. 

This cyber security startup beyond Identity fundamentally changes the way the world logs in. More specifically, it’s eliminating passwords, one-time codes, no user actions, and second devices required, and it’s providing users with a frictionless multi-factor login experience.

Cyble

Cyble is a cyber security startup that has an eagle-eye perspective on the threat landscape. They’ve done comprehensive research with the intent to help businesses identify and mitigate cyber risks before they become a threat to your organization.

This SaaS-based enterprise platform collects intelligence data in real-time across open and closed sources which enables you to monitor, map, and mitigate your digital risk footprint. They deliver actionable threat intel well before your organization is at risk, through a combination of industry-leading Machine Learning capabilities and peerless Human Analytics.

Deduce

Deduce guarantees safety and uses a vast identity network to fight back against account takeover and new registration fraud. The enthusiastic team of this cyber security startup is analyzing over 1.4B daily events involving 500M+ identity profiles across an always-growing network of +150,000 sites and apps.

That being the case, it’s the largest independent identity graph for trust and risk, delivering unprecedented behavioral intelligence as the first line of defense against account-takeover (ATO) fraud and account-creation fraud.

Ermetic

Ermetic developed an identity-first cloud infrastructure security platform that provides multi-cloud, holistic protection in an easy-to-deploy SaaS solution. This cyber security startup is continuously analyzing permissions, behavior, and configurations across the full stack of network, identities, data, and compute resources to prevent breaches.

Moreover, they are using advanced analytics to assess, prioritize and automatically remediate risks, which makes it possible to reduce your attack surface and enforce the least privilege at scale even in the most complex cloud environments.

Ubiq Security

Ubiq Security reduces breach risk, free up precious resources, and builds compliant and secure-by-design applications, by empowering engineering, security, and compliance teams around the world. 

They are building native, client-side encryption and key management into any application in minutes and encrypting your most sensitive data before it leaves the application. By doing that, the storage layer – and adversaries – only ever see ciphertext. More specifically, application native client-side encryption protects data from supply-chain attacks, sophisticated attackers, and insider threats.

Lightspin

Lightspin is graph-based cloud security built by and for cloud engineers. The amazing team of this startup developed a solution that remediates and prioritizes security findings from across AWS, Azure, GCP, and K8s environments, in a single click.

The platform provides maximum security value, with minimal effort required which means this complete solution reduces your team’s effort, secures your environment, and provides you with the prioritization and remediation of critical potential attack paths.

Tailscale

Tailscale is a perfect solution if you want to create a secure network between your computers, servers, and cloud instances that works even when separated by firewalls or subnets. It requires a zero-config VPN and installs on any device in minutes, can work from anywhere and it can manage firewall rules for you.

With this solution, best practices used by billion-dollar companies are made easy and affordable for teams of every size. Among the many features, to maximize the security of your business, it has an automatic key rotation, it’s secured with WireGuard, point-to-point connections, and audit-compliant logging.

Bridgecrew

Bridgecrew is changing the way teams secure their cloud infrastructureby leveraging security-as-code. The platform this cyber security startup has developed identifies and automatically fixes cloud infrastructure misconfigurations in both run-time and build-time.

To make cloud security simpler and more accessible the startup is backed by NFX, Battery Ventures, Sorensen Ventures, and others. Hence, today it enables DevOps and security teams to more efficiently keep their clouds secure and stay compliant.

Orca Security

Orca Security provides cloud-wide, workload-deep security and compliance for AWS, Azure, and GCP without the gaps in coverage, alert fatigue, and operational costs of agents. Delivered as SaaS, Orca Security’s patent-pending SideScanning™ technology detects vulnerabilities, malware, lateral movement risk, misconfigurations, weak and leaked passwords and unsecured PII. 

The difference from other cyber security solutions is that this startup treats your cloud as an interconnected web of assets, prioritizing risk based on the severity of the underlying security issue combined with environmental context, including its potential damage and accessibility to the business.

Havoc Shield

Havoc Shield is an all-in-one information cybersecurity platform that includes everything businesses need to secure their remote workforce, manage passwords, train how to spot phishing emails, and stop hackers from accessing their data.

Since now businesses have more employees working from home, in an environment that blurs the boundary between corporate and personal, increased cyber security protection is imperative. Luckily, this cyber security startup guards your company against evolving threats, even if your company lacks the internal cybersecurity bandwidth or expertise to craft and implement policies on your own.

Cado Security

Cado Security is another rising cyber security startup that provides a cloud investigation platform that empowers security teams to respond to threats at cloud speed. They automate data capture and processing across cloud and container environments, and they effortlessly deliver forensic-level detail and unprecedented context to take the complexity out of cloud investigations.

Using this solution, businesses can do Cloud Investigations, Container Investigations, and Cloud Threat Hunting. Moreover, built by incident response experts, Cado Security leverages patent-pending technology so security teams can efficiently investigate and respond to cyber incidents at cloud speed.

Riot

Riot is an all-in-one platform that drives better protection to get your team ready for cyber attacks. By building consumer-first products everyone loves they are on a mission to turn your employees into your company’s biggest cybersecurity asset.

Using the features of Riot, you can run a phishing drill to discover how your team would react when facing a phishing attack, all while giving your employees the opportunity to practice in a safe environment.

Twingate

Simply put, Twingate is a fast-growing cyber security startup that provides a simple, modern approach to securing online work. It enables you to create a secure network between your servers, computers, and cloud instances even when separated by firewalls or subnets.

The company developed a solution that enables organizations to rapidly implement a modern zero-trust network that is more secure and maintainable than VPNs. Furthermore, it empowers IT teams to easily configure a software-defined perimeter without changing infrastructure, and centrally manage user access to internal apps, whether they are on-prem or in the cloud.

Cerby

Cerby delivers the world’s first user-driven security platform for unmanageable applications. This cyber security startup protects brands around the world, by automating manual processes, uncovering security issues, and empowering users to implement zero-trust principles. 

Their innovative technology uses robotic process automation to understand applications in a business context and automatically enforces security best practices before misconfigurations turn into breaches. When employees are trusted to choose the best applications for their work, the team of Cerby believes that employee application choice and security can go hand-in-hand.

Cycode

Cycode is a complete software supply chain security solution that provides security, visibility, and integrity across all phases of the SDLC. This cyber security startup integrates with DevOps tools and infrastructure providers, hardens their security postures by implementing consistent governance, and reduces the risk of breaches with a series of scanning engines that look for issues like hardcoded secrets, and code leaks, infrastructure as code misconfigurations, and more. 

Moreover, Cycode’s knowledge graph tracks user activity, code integrity, and events across the SDLC to prioritize risk, find anomalies, and prevent code tampering. Businesses can gain total visibility across all tools, teams, and phases of their software delivery pipeline and implement and enforce consistent policies across DevOps tools and infrastructure.

AaDya Security

The team of AaDya Security believes the size of the business or budget shouldn’t limit your ability to combat cyber threats. Because of that they created a browser-based platform that is easy to install, easy to manage, and provides the 24/7 protection and support you deserve, at a price you can afford.

They’ve developed Judy – a virtual cybersecurity assistant and the heart and brains of the platform. It works 24/7 across all devices and does everything from go-between to behind-the-scenes to make work safer and easier for the entire team to secure the most sensitive company and customer information.

Cyvatar

Cyvatar is technology-enabled cyber security as a service (CSaaS) provider that is disrupting a $150 billion industry by delivering and introducing smarter, measurable managed security subscriptions to help you achieve compliance and security faster and more efficiently.

Their team takes on the heavy lifting without requiring businesses to invest in additional resources. They are maintaining the problems before businesses complete the most traditional POCs which means their cyber avatars have installed, configured, assessed, and remediated your environment.

Horizon3.ai

Horizon3.ai is one of the most promising cyber security startups that have a mission to help you find and fix attack vectors before attackers can exploit them. Their autonomous penetration testing solution – NodeZero, enables organizations to continuously assess the security posture of their enterprise, including external, identity, on-prem, IoT, and cloud attack surfaces.

Like ransomware, APTs, and other threat actors, their algorithms discover and fingerprint your attack surface, identifying the ways exploitable misconfigurations, vulnerabilities, harvested credentials, and dangerous product defaults can be chained together to facilitate a compromise.

Liongard

Founded in 2015, Liongard recognized MSPs lacked efficient, affordable ways to document and safeguard growing customer environments. Their platform offers MSPs the data centralization needed to deliver robust cybersecurity services more profitably.

Major MSPs like Consilio rely on Liongard to simplify delivering managed security. As hybrid work proliferates, Liongard allows MSPs to demonstrate customer security oversight. Their platform reflects the IT channel’s crucial role securing modern distributed technology landscapes.

Safebreach

Founded by cybersecurity veterans in 2021, Safebreach provides penetration testing-as-a-service to match the evolving threat landscape. Daily ethical attacks expose risks as infrastructure and apps continuously change. This allows clients to strengthen security postures.

Early customers, including Snyk and The United Nations Office for Project Services, leverage Safebreach’s automation to stay ahead of threats. As cyberattacks grow more sophisticated, Safebreach empowers defenders to find and fill vulnerabilities at hacker speed.

Illumio

Founded in 2013, Illumio realized existing perimeter security was ineffective at preventing breach propagation once a threat infiltrated the network. Their Zero Trust model assumes no asset is truly safe and contains compromise through workload isolation.

Major firms like Morgan Stanley and Salesforce leverage Illumio to minimize blast radius from cyberattacks. As organizations embrace Zero Trust, Illumio’s micro-segmentation fulfills the imperative to reduce risks, costs and recovery time from breaches.

Tanium

Founded in 2007, Tanium understood the endpoint integrity challenges organizations faced as environments grew remote and distributed. Their platform unifies critical endpoint data to enable IT operations, security and risk teams to easily secure enterprise infrastructure.

Leading firms like Citigroup and Walmart use Tanium to secure heterogeneous technology footprints through continuous endpoint visibility and control. As enterprise IT explodes in complexity, Tanium makes managing and securing it simple at scale.

Snyk

Founded in 2015, Snyk offers security analysis solutions for developers using open source libraries and containers. Their tools integrate into IDEs to detect vulnerabilities during coding.

Snyk’s real-time alerts, dependency visualizer, and auto-remediation streamline finding and fixing security issues before production. This aims to enable faster, more secure software development.

Wiz

Founded in 2018, Wiz offers a cloud security platform that continuously monitors configurations, workloads, and activities across cloud environments. Their tools help detect misconfigurations, anomalies, vulnerabilities, and threats.

By centralizing visibility and control, Wiz aims to simplify cloud security management for enterprises. Automated remediation and compliance reporting capabilities reduce risk exposure related to cloud adoption.

Coalition

Founded in 2017, Coalition provides customized cyber policies along with security monitoring and response tools for subscribers. Their platform automates application, underwriting, and claims to streamline cyber protection.

By integrating insurance with technology, Coalition aims to make enterprise-grade security accessible for smaller companies. Their products help minimize SMBs’ cyber risk and related financial exposure.

Socure

Founded in 2012, Socure applies AI and machine learning to digital identity proofing. Their algorithms analyze social, financial, email, phone, and other data points to verify identities remotely.

Socure’s predictive scoring aims to approve more good transactions and reduce false positives for end users. Their solutions help clients like banks and government agencies minimize identity fraud and maintenance costs.

 Abnormal Security

Founded in 2018, Abnormal Security utilizes AI and machine learning to protect against advanced phishing, business email compromise, and other targeted email threats. Their platform analyzes behavior patterns in email content and traffic to stop attacks.

By identifying sophisticated attacker methods, Abnormal Security provides an extra layer of protection beyond conventional email security tools. Their solutions aim to significantly reduce targeted email risk exposure for businesses.

Verkada

Founded in 2016, Verkada is a cyber security startup that combines intelligent edge-based cameras with centralized management software. Their cameras utilize on-device processing for features like motion search, offfline access, and bandwidth efficiency.

By unifying new edge cameras with legacy systems, Verkada aims to upgrade security without replacing existing infrastructure. Their platform scales across offices, production facilities, banks and more.

Transmit Security

Founded in 2014, Transmit Security eliminates passwords and shared secrets through strong cryptographic identity. Their solutions include passwordless sign-on, multi-factor authentication, and digital account security.

By removing the risks of passwords and social engineering, Transmit Security aims to secure access and stop account takeovers. Their technology simplifies login experiences for users across channels.

Conclusion

Cyber security startups are all over the place right now. From simple password managers to full-fledged enterprise security suites, it seems like every company is trying to get in on the action.

However, one thing all cyber security startups have in common is that they are trying to solve some sort of problem related to securing digital assets. Furthermore, the above-mentioned cyber security startups are an integral part of the cybersecurity ecosystem and play an important role in developing new products and services, which help protect businesses from cyber threats.