20 Best Image Recognition Startups to Watch in 2025

The Definitive Seedtable Ranking of Image Recognition 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 20 start-ups with an aggregate funding of $784.3m. The average funding per company in this subset is $39.2m.

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

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Sky Engine AI logo

Sky Engine AI

Sky Engine AI is an advanced data science technology and research company that develops evolutionary AI platform for deep learning in virtual reality for any computer vision applications.

7

Funding Rounds

$11.1m

Money raised

Descartes Labs logo

Descartes Labs

Global-Scale Predictive Intelligence providing access to science-ready imagery and intelligence from multiple data sources

6

Funding Rounds

$78.5m

Money raised

Picfair logo

Picfair

Millions of images from photographers worldwide, available as downloads & prints. Fair pricing and fairly paid photographers. Upload, name your price, start selling downloads & prints instantly from your own customizable photography store, and from our marketplace, for free.

7

Funding Rounds

$2.6m

Money raised

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Lunit Inc.

Lunit Inc. is a deep learning AI technology-based software developer in the field of medical data analysis.

6

Funding Rounds

$107.4m

Money raised

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Red Points

Red Points protects your brand and content in the digital environment. We are able to do this through our proprietary technology which employs machine learning algorithms to scan the internet and identify all violations and infringements. Specialties: Data Security, Machine Learning

6

Funding Rounds

$135.2m

Money raised

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Frenzy (company)

Frenzy company provides computer vision SaaS solutions.

2

Funding Rounds

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dreyev

dreyev is an information technology and services company founded in 2017 and headquartered in New York.

4

Funding Rounds

$1.2m

Money raised

Plantix logo

Plantix

Biggest digital agro-ecosystem around small holder farming, including an AI powered crop doctor, disease alerts and the right remedies.

4

Funding Rounds

$19.2m

Money raised

Kpler logo

Kpler

Kpler is a fast-growing data & analytics firm on a mission to facilitate efficient and sustainable trade.

1

Funding Rounds

$200.0m

Money raised

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Follow

Follow is an healthcare startup that offers solutions for orthopedic surgery.

2

Funding Rounds

$60.2k

Money raised

Cortexica logo

Cortexica

Cortexica is a company that specializes in AI, Machine Learning and Computer Vision for image and video analysis.

4

Funding Rounds

$8.4m

Money raised

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GeoEye

GeoEye is a Dulles, Virginia, United States-based informational technology and satellite imagery company.

1

Funding Rounds

$78.0m

Money raised

China United Smart Technology (SZ) Co., Ltd. logo

China United Smart Technology (SZ) Co., Ltd.

China United Smart Technology (SZ) Co., Ltd. is a company that specializes in research and development, production of intelligent image robots.

3

Funding Rounds

$19.7m

Money raised

Lumitron Technologies Inc. logo

Lumitron Technologies Inc.

Lumitron Technologies develops and commercializes new high­‐fidelity imaging x-ray systems.

2

Funding Rounds

$59.9m

Money raised

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Navya

NAVYA is a leading French name in the autonomous vehicle market and in smart shared mobility solutions.

1

Funding Rounds

$33.0m

Money raised

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CrowdVision

CrowdVision is a company that serves as a pioneer in the video analytics space.

1

Funding Rounds

DeepAR logo

DeepAR

DeepAR is a mobile-optimized face AR SDK.

2

Funding Rounds

$712.5k

Money raised

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Hasty (company)

Hasty is a company developing image annotation with AI assistance.

2

Funding Rounds

$7.4m

Money raised

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Catch+Release

Catch+Release is a company founded in 2015 by Analisa Goodin.

1

Funding Rounds

$14.0m

Money raised

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RealTimeImage

RealTimeImage is a San Bruno, California-based image recognition company.

1

Funding Rounds

$8.0m

Money raised