69 Best Business Development Startups to Watch in 2024

SumUp is a payments processing platform for small businesses founded in 2012 by Stefan Jeschonnek.

Total Raised: $684.88M

Last Funding: $624.00M (Unknown)

Manufacturer of biodegradable microcapsules and microparticles for use in consumer goods.

Total Raised: $54.13M

Last Funding: $35.00M (Series B)

Arbolus is a provider of an expert insights platform founded in 2018 by Will Leeming.

Total Raised: $42.50M

Last Funding: $20.00M (Series B)

The full-stack financial management and accounting platform to centralise all financial data in one place Beyond banking player that aggregates all purchasing, sales and banking data sources to simplify business admin, including cash flow, invoicing and supplier payment tracking Pennylane Compta integrates an accounting service that provides daily support and takes care of all accounting tasks Went from 0 to €2M of ARR in eleven months

Total Raised: $60.12M

Last Funding: $43.12M (Series C)

commercetools is an enterprise commerce company providing modern cloud-native API-lead offerings.

Total Raised: $306.73M

Last Funding: $17.00M (Series B)

Autobooks is a Detroit-based developer of an integrated payments and accounting platform.

Total Raised: $87.00M

Last Funding: $50.00M (Series C)

Countingup is a business current account & online accounting software.

Total Raised: $17.52M

Last Funding: $12.60M (Series A)

SumUp is a payments processing platform for small businesses founded in 2012 by Stefan Jeschonnek.

Total Raised: $17.00M

Last Funding: $17.00M (Series B)

Moula is a company founded in 2013.

Total Raised: $20.00M

Last Funding: $20.00M (Series D)

Multis is a company that has created a cryptocurrency bank for companies. It was founded in 2018 and is located in San Francisco, California.

Total Raised: $2.33M

Last Funding: $2.20M (Unknown)

Platform allowing individuals to invest in small companies for equity or annual returns.

Total Raised: $13.50M

Last Funding: $13.50M (Unknown)

Melio is a payment platform that allows small- and medium-sized businesses to make payments to other companies electronically.

Total Raised: $0.66M

Last Funding: $0.66M (Pre Seed)

Cashvue is a Seattle-based company founded in 2017.

Fluent is a Denver-based data technology company developing the Fluency Score, a FICO-like score for startups.

Adenzo is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2015.

Grow is a company founded in 2015 by Joseph Walsh.

Making sure small businesses don't run out of cash

Foloosi (Arabic: فلوسي) is a UAE-based fintech startup founded by Omar Bin Brek (CEO) and Mohan K (CTO) in Dubai, UAE in 2018.

The Accountancy Cloud is a London-based company founded in 2014 by Stephen Hanlon.

Machine2Learn BV is an artificial Intelligence company founded in 2017 by Ali Bahramisharif.

Upgrade is a neo-bank offering affordable credit to consumers.

PCCI Group is a Dubai-based company founded in 2001.

Aspect Software is a Westford, Massachusetts-based company.

Company providing a customer engagement platform for businesses and salespeople.

OpenText is a software company offering an enterprise information management platform.

IBM is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation.

Linear is a Melbourne-based company founded in 2006.

CREXi is a Los Angeles-based company.

Station F is a startup campus in Paris

Crestmark Bank is a Troy, Michigan-based company founded in 1996.

Telstra is an australian telecommunications company founded in 1901 by David Thodey.

A cloud-based technology for automating transactions for B2B companies.

Tracxn is a research firm that provides information, mostly startup data, for venture capitalists and corporate development offices.

Newtown Partners is a venture capital firm investing in technology startups in South Africa.

An Indian artificial intelligence company creating conversational AI technology

Aspire is a company founded in 2018 by Giovanni Casinelli, Joel Leong, Andrea Baronchelli, Giacomo Ficari and Stefano Pellegrino.

Kustomer is a customer service software founded in 2015 by Jeremy Suriel.

Open is a neobank based in India offering Business accounts including a debit card, with all transactions being managed from an iPhone or Android application. Open currently accepts to open mobile bank accounts for residents of India.

Heyday offers a digital marketplace for sellers to promote consumer products and brands.

C2FO, the world's market for working capital and risk-free profit, is the only working capital exchange that allows companies to optimize their working capital positions in a live marketplace. Companies across the globe use C2FO to increase their gross and net profit while simultaneously producing working capital flows to their supply chain. C2FO is Collaborative Cash Flow Optimization.

IdeaScale is a Berkeley, California-based company founded in 2009.

Lulalend is a South Africa-based company founded in 2014.

Axiom Zen is the development studio best known for creating the CryptoKitties game

Software company to provide invoice and payment tools for small business

Mojio is the leading open platform for connecting cars and providing an expanding marketplace of apps and services that provide accurate, near real-time information about what's happening under the hood.

Rho is a New York-based digital banking service for entrepreneurs.

A loyalty rewards software company. It was acquired by Oracle on November 8, 2019.

Innovia Consulting is an Onalaska (town), Wisconsin-based company founded in 1984.

Company for outsourced research through a network of scientific service providers.

Qover designs, builds, and distributes digital insurance solutions for fast-growing companies across Europe.

WiFi provider driven by a community WiFi approach.

Founders Factory is a company founded in 2015 by Ray Shealy.

The Long-Term Stock Exchange is a financial services company and Securities Exchange.

OpenStore connects merchants and customers through a platform that gives sellers access to data and capital.