15 Best Auction Startups to Watch in 2025

The Definitive Seedtable Ranking of Auction Startups

We track 71,000+ companies and rank them dynamically using our Seedtable Score – a score that uses quantitative and qualitative data points to signal the momentum behind a company. We then monitor the list manually leveraging our expertise as founders and investors.

There are 15 start-ups with an aggregate funding of $368.6m. The average funding per company in this subset is $24.6m.

Last update to the database: Feb 18, 2025. See changelog.

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Turn

Turn is a Redwood City, California-based company founded in 2004.

2

Funding Rounds

$160.0m

Money raised

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Reverb.com

Founded in 2012, reverb is the world's largest dedicated online marketplace for buying and selling new and used music gear.

2

Funding Rounds

$2.8m

Money raised

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Barnebys

Barnebys is an online art auctions platform founded in 2011 by Christopher Barnekow, Pontus Silfverstolpe and Gustaf Grapengiesser.

2

Funding Rounds

$4.6m

Money raised

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Aerospike

Aerospike is a high-performance, NoSQL database designed for real-time, mission-critical applications. It is known for its speed, scalability, and reliability, making it suitable for use cases that require low-latency data access and high throughput. Aerospike is optimized for speed, providing sub-millisecond latency for read and write operations.I

2

Funding Rounds

$32.0m

Money raised

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AdMeld

AdMeld is a company founded in 2007.

3

Funding Rounds

$30.0m

Money raised

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Listia

Listia offers an online auction marketplace for bidding and trading goods. The platform uses a virtual credit system allowing users to get items they like without using money.

3

Funding Rounds

$9.4m

Money raised

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ContextWeb

Company

5

Funding Rounds

$63.5m

Money raised

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TicketsNow

TicketsNow is a company founded in 2006.

1

Funding Rounds

$34.0m

Money raised

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Limundo

Online auction platform in Serbia selling clothing, accessories, electronics, and home appliances.

1

Funding Rounds

$1.1m

Money raised

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Swoopo

Swoopo is a Minneapolis-based company founded in 2005.

2

Funding Rounds

$14.0m

Money raised

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Auctionata

Auctionata is a Berlin-based auction company founded in 2012.

1

Funding Rounds

$3.3m

Money raised

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Pricefalls (company)

Pricefalls is a Las Vegas-based company founded in 2009 by Elliot Moskow.

1

Funding Rounds

$400.0k

Money raised

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Auctionpay

Auctionpay is a company founded in 2002.

1

Funding Rounds

$5.5m

Money raised

1

Funding Rounds

$8.0m

Money raised

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artandseek

artandseek is a company founded in 2007.

1

Funding Rounds

$50.0k

Money raised