69 Best Design Startups to Watch in 2025

The Definitive Seedtable Ranking of Design 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 205 start-ups with an aggregate funding of $5.4b. The average funding per company in this subset is $78.4m.

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

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$72.2m

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Arzeda is a biotechnology and software company designing custom microorganisms for industrial applications through computational enzyme design, protein optimization, and metabolic engineering.

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$103.5k

Money raised

Terminal Africa is the developer of a delivery aggregator platform designed to make it easier for Africans to send and receive products globally.

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$3.1m

Money raised

Aesthetic is a creative automation tool for digital marketers

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$133.4k

Money raised

Scintilla Iceland is an interior textile design company based in Reykjavik, Iceland.

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$491.5m

Money raised

InVision is New York City based startup building a collaborative and wireframing design tool.

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$781.9m

Money raised

Webflow is a company providing a design and hosting platform for users to create websites.

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Vollebak is a British clothing brand focusing on utilizing technology and science to construct "clothing for the future."

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$468.7m

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Minted is a design marketplace that connects users with artists to help them create something one-of-a-kind.

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$31.4m

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Company developing collaboration platform for teams to create and maintain design system documentation

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$670.0k

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A global platform for creating a blog, website, or online store. It was founded in 2007 and acquired by Square in 2018. It is located in San Francisco, California.

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$2.6m

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CoFluent Design was an electronic system level company that was acquired by Intel in 2011.

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Uxpin is a startup from Poland that make UI software tools.

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$42.6m

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A data-powered spreadsheet company for businesses. It was founded in 2016 and is located in Berlin, Germany.

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$46.0m

Money raised

Zazzle is an online retailer founded in 1999 by Matt Wilsey.

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$2.1m

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Spatial supplies a social understanding of location, founded by Griffin Morris, Lyden Foust and Will Kiessling.

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$12.8m

Money raised

Nodes is an education company in India founded by Prajakta Kulkarni.

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5

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$351.0m

Money raised

Cedar is a company founded in 2016 by Arel Lidow.

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$20.0m

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Tool for digital design, enabling designers to share and collaborate on their projects.

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$10.6m

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An e-learning company that has created a bootcamp for adults to gain skills necessary for careers in technology. It was acquired by Chegg in 2019. It was founded in 2012 and is located in Brooklyn, New York.

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$52.5m

Money raised

Developer of a real estate marketing platform to help real estate professionals to focus on lead management and collaborate effectively. The company's platform is for real estate professionals that are featuring MLS integration, high-resolution visuals, responsive design, mobile optimization, lead management tools, and marketing automation software for email, social media, and other channels, enabling clients to grow their businesses online.

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$448.6m

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Houzz is a company providing an online platform for home remodeling, architecture, interior design, decorating, landscaping and home improvement.

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$20.0m

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Splitwise is a company founded in 2011 by Jonathan Bittner, Marshall Weir and Ryan Laughlin.

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1

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$100.0m

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A consumer goods company specializing in ethical luxury bedding. It was founded in 2014 and is located in Summit, New Jersey.

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$977.0m

Money raised

Knotel is a company founded in 2016 by Amol Sarva.

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$76.5m

Money raised

Havenly is a company founded in 2014 by Lee Mayer, Jessie Dixon and Emily Motayed.

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$1.5m

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A startup focused on wearable technology design for workplace safety. It was founded in 2015 and is located in Barcelona, Spain.

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$7.5m

Money raised

Strikingly is a company providing an online web platform for building mobile-optimized websites. It participated in the W13 cohort of Y Combinator.

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3

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$38.0m

Money raised

Leadpages provides website and landing page building tools for small businesses.

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$6.0m

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Ecomedes is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2016 by Paul Shahriari, Michael Shahriari and Kathleen Egan.

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$135.0m

Money raised

HOVER transforms smartphone photos of a home to a fully measured, customizable 3D model to estimate a project and visualize what a final project will look like.

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$8.0m

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Betabrand is an online clothing community, based in San Francisco. We design, manufacture, and release new products nonstop.

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$8.0m

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SaaS-driven virtual reality-based tools for the architecture, engineering, and construction industry

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$60.0m

Money raised

Brooklinen is a manufacturer and supplier of sheets and pillows

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$5.2m

Money raised

SeedLegals is a company founded in 2016 by Anthony Rose, Laurent Laffy and Anthony Drogon.

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7

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$427.6m

Money raised

Online home interior design and renovation platform in India.

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A company making quantum electronic design automation toolkits for designing and optimizing nano and quantum electronics.

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$5.0m

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Moo is a London-based company founded in 2006.

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$1.9m

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Operator of an online marketplace intended to offer second-hand designer furniture. The company's marketplace offers iconic and authentic pieces offered by private and professional sellers and promotes them to an audience of connoisseurs, enabling consumers to get branded refurbished products at an affordable price.

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$20.0m

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A software company offering a headless content management system for editing online content.

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$4.0m

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ProteinQure is a biotechnology company using quantum computing for molecular simulations and drug discovery.

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5

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$76.3m

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Platform enabling teams to design, share, and collaborate on 3D projects using virtual reality.

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$40.9m

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Dolls Kill is an online boutique featuring a rebellious spirit and attitude, mixed with a bit of punk rock, goth, glam and festival fashion.

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$55.4m

Money raised

HOMEE is a technology platform for connecting insurers, policyholders, and skilled service providers in the claims process. The HOMEE platform, in combination with a registered network of 20,000 contractors, is utilized by leading firms in the insurance and warranty sectors.

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$177.9k

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Endless Robotics is an India-based company founded by Nitesh Boyina, Akhil Varma, Srikar Reddy, Puneeth Bandikatla and Hiring Manager.

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$42.0m

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Loco is a Earth, Texas-based company.

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$9.0m

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Curio is a company founded in 2011 by David E. Chen.

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$15.7m

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Swivel is a company offering short-term business spaces for lease.

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$14.0m

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Ironhack is an online technology learning platform founded in 2013 by Gonzalo Manrique.

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$350.0k

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Operator of an apparel brand intended to create eco-friendly clothes for men and women. The company's brand focuses on using natural fibers, renewable resources, and recycled materials that include organic cotton, linen, wool, and recycled polyester, enabling customers to have access to a wide variety of sustainable clothing.

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$1.0m

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AliveShoes is a custom shoes marketplace founded in 2013 by Luca Botticelli.

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$31.7m

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Sensyn Robotics is a Japan-based robotics company.

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$50.0k

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Sproutel is a Providence, Rhode Island-based company founded in 2012 by Hannah Chung.

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$61.5m

Money raised

Kittl is the most intuitive and easy-to-use design platform which helps you to create stunning designs that impress everyone. Easily learn new design techniques and improve yourself to become a better creator.

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$5.5m

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Platform that collects, stores, and distributes design tokens and assets to help manage brand identity automatically.

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$3.1m

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LexSet is a Brooklyn, New York-based company providing visual analytics solutions for applications in a variety of industries.

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$20.0m

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Genially is the world-leader in interactive visual communication.

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$1.2m

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Dwell is a company founded in 2000.

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$52.5m

Money raised

InVideo is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2017 by Sanket Shah.

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$10.0m

Money raised

Sourcebits is a company founded in 2006 by Rohit Singal.

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$76.2m

Money raised

Infinited Fiber technology brings enormous social, environmental and economical impact to the textile value chain and everybody's wardrobe.

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$2.0m

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Rayon is a built for Speed. Designed for Teams founded in 2021 by Bastien Dolla.

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$10.5m

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Developing immersive VR tech experiences for the premium fashion and art sectors, boosting sales and customer engagement.

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$20.0m

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LiquidHub is a Philadelphia-based company founded in 2001.

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$43.0m

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Stacker turns spreadsheets into internal apps and customer portals

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$4.0m

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Ekotrope is a Boston-based company founded in 2010 by Ziv Rozenblum, Cy Kilbourn and Nick Sisler.

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$25.0k

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Bazaart is a company founded in 2012 by Uri Kogan, Dror Yaffe, Stas Goferman and Gili Golander.

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$12.6m

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Anima App provides tools that enable web designers to generated websites or download HTML/CSS code.

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$200.0k

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Apis Cor is the first company to develop a specialized equipment for 3D printing in the construction industry. Their technology is capable of printing wall structures entirely on-site without extra assembly required. Apis Cor develops a number of technologies for concrete 3D printing.

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$60.0m

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Modsy offers home design guidance and space visualizations

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