69 Best Local Search Internet Startups to Watch in 2025

The Definitive Seedtable Ranking of Local Search Internet 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 7,261 start-ups with an aggregate funding of $48.0b. The average funding per company in this subset is $695.2m.

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

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OpenAI logo

OpenAI

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment platform.

7

Funding Rounds

$18.2b

Money raised

yummly logo

yummly

A company offering a visual and semantic recipe search engine and aggregator.

5

Funding Rounds

$30.8m

Money raised

Ozon logo

Ozon

Ozon is a Russian e-commerce platform.

2

Funding Rounds

$21.0m

Money raised

READY Robotics logo

READY Robotics

READY Robotics is a company developing an industrial brand-agnostic operating system (Forge/OS) for industrial robots and automation.

7

Funding Rounds

$60.6m

Money raised

Instagram logo

Instagram

Instagram is a Menlo Park-based photo-sharing social media platform.

3

Funding Rounds

$57.5m

Money raised

Chime Bank logo

Chime Bank

A bank offering online banking services with no user no bank fees, and an option to receive direct deposit up to two days early. Chris Britt and Ryan King founded Chime in 2013, and the company is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

6

Funding Rounds

$799.8m

Money raised

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Numerai

Numerai is a hedge fund with stock market trades determined by crowdsourced artificial intelligence models. The best models receive rewards in the form of a cryptographic token called Numeraire (NMR) on the Ethereum blockchain.

3

Funding Rounds

$17.5m

Money raised

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Medium (company)

An online publishing platform used by amateur and professional writers. Membership fees are used to pay writers.

1

Funding Rounds

$31.0m

Money raised

1

Funding Rounds

$60.0m

Money raised

Reddit logo

Reddit

Reddit is an online platform for social news. It allows communities to submit links, create content, and discuss any topic of their interest.

6

Funding Rounds

$1.3b

Money raised

Swarm Technologies logo

Swarm Technologies

Swarm Technologies is a nanosatellite manufacturer and operator.

2

Funding Rounds

$27.7m

Money raised

Humane logo

Humane

Humane develops and commercializes consumer hardware, software, and services.

4

Funding Rounds

$230.0m

Money raised

Pembient logo

Pembient

Pembient uses advances in biotechnology to fabricate horn and other wildlife products to combat the threat to endangered species.

1

Funding Rounds

$50.0k

Money raised

Charles River Analytics logo

Charles River Analytics

Charles River Analytics is a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based R&D solutions provider in 1983.

9

Funding Rounds

$3.9m

Money raised

Pitney Bowes logo

Pitney Bowes

Pitney Bowes is a Stamford, Connecticut-based company founded in 1920 by Walter Bowes.

3

Funding Rounds

$900.0k

Money raised

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Faire (company)

Faire is a curated boutique wholesale marketplace connecting local retailers with thousands of emerging and established brands.

9

Funding Rounds

$1.5b

Money raised

Terminal Africa logo

Terminal Africa

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

2

Funding Rounds

$103.5k

Money raised

Klarna logo

Klarna

Klarna is a financial technology company providing e-commerce payment solutions for merchants and shoppers.

20

Funding Rounds

$3.8b

Money raised

Mysten Labs logo

Mysten Labs

Mysten Labs creates foundational infrastructure to accelerate the adoption of Web3.

2

Funding Rounds

$336.0m

Money raised

ShapeShift logo

ShapeShift

A web and API platform that provides Bitcoin and Altcoin conversion.

3

Funding Rounds

$2.3m

Money raised

JSquare logo

JSquare

JSquare is a San Francisco-based company founded in 1985 by Jeff Herman.

Sky and Space Global logo

Sky and Space Global

Sky and Space Global is an Australian nanosatellite company focused on IoT networks.

2

Funding Rounds

$12.1m

Money raised

Unsplash logo

Unsplash

Unsplash is a website dedicated to sharing copyright-free photography under the Unsplash license.

2

Funding Rounds

$31.3m

Money raised

C3 AI logo

C3 AI

C3 AI is an enterprise artificial intelligence software company providing a family of integrated products for accelerating digital transformation.

7

Funding Rounds

$875.5m

Money raised

Rigetti Computing logo

Rigetti Computing

Rigetti Computing is a quantum computing company based in Berkeley, California.

10

Funding Rounds

$269.5m

Money raised

Bolt logo

Bolt

Bolt, previously Taxify, is a technology start-up and developer of an on-demand transportation platform.

15

Funding Rounds

$3.2b

Money raised

Full Circle Biochar logo

Full Circle Biochar

Full Circle Biochar is a developer of products and technologies based on bio-charcoal for the agricultural markets.

1

Funding Rounds

$27.5k

Money raised

Elastic logo

Elastic

Elastic is a software company that creates products for searching for information on the Internet. It was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco and Amsterdam.

4

Funding Rounds

$165.0m

Money raised

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CUJO AI

CUJO AI is a network intelligence software company.

4

Funding Rounds

$8.5m

Money raised

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Density (company)

Density is a San Francisco-based company building a people-counting system to measure the number of people in or passing through a physical space such as a hallway, lobby, or conference hall.

9

Funding Rounds

$217.2m

Money raised

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Kepler Communications

Kepler Communications is a company that has a focus on satellite production and communication networks.

7

Funding Rounds

$81.3m

Money raised

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Augury (company)

Augury is a B2B company developing hardware and software solutions to help monitor and diagnose a machine's health through wireless sensors and artificial intelligence capabilities.

7

Funding Rounds

$294.0m

Money raised

Netscape logo

Netscape

Netscape is an american computer services company founded in 1994 by Marc Andreessen, James H. Clark, Aleks Totic, Lou Montulli and Jon Mittelhauser.

1

Funding Rounds

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Exabeam

Exabeam is a San Mateo, California-based data security analytics company offering cybersecurity and early cyber attack detection software.

8

Funding Rounds

$390.0m

Money raised

Dropp logo

Dropp

Geo-Based Minting, Land, and AR, developed with usable NFTs.

1

Funding Rounds

$8.0m

Money raised

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LotusFlare

LotusFlare is a developer of digital engagement platforms intended to help companies acquire, engage, retain, and monetize users on digital channels.

4

Funding Rounds

$12.0m

Money raised

Kajeet logo

Kajeet

Kajeet, the industry leader for safe, mobile student Internet connectivity outside the classroom, helps students succeed in school.

5

Funding Rounds

$83.0m

Money raised

Quora logo

Quora

Quora is a question-and-answer website founded in 2010 by Adam D'Angelo and Charlie Cheever.

5

Funding Rounds

$286.0m

Money raised

Coursera logo

Coursera

Coursera is an online education technology company founded in 2012 by Daphne Koller.

8

Funding Rounds

$431.5m

Money raised

Hypergiant Industries logo

Hypergiant Industries

Hypergiant Industries is a machine learning and artificial intelligence company offering client-focused services and research and development in various fields. The company was founded by Ben Lamm and John Fremont in 2018.

2

Funding Rounds

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Tacit Knowledge

Tacit Knowledge is a London-headquartered software and IT consulting company developing enterprise software solutions for digital commerce companies.

2

Funding Rounds

$13.9m

Money raised

Openpath Security Inc. logo

Openpath Security Inc.

Openpath Security Inc. is a Culver City, California-based cybersecurity company offering mobile and cloud-enabled access control systems.

3

Funding Rounds

$63.0m

Money raised

Wise logo

Wise

Wise, previously TransferWise, is a company that offers money transfers services founded by Kristo Käärmann and Taavet Hinrikus.

6

Funding Rounds

$898.4m

Money raised

AirMap logo

AirMap

AirMap is a California-based drone industry company improving low-altitude-airspace infrastructure to help drone operators fly safely and legally.

6

Funding Rounds

$46.9m

Money raised

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Bugcrowd

Bugcrowd is an enterprise cloud computing and computer security crowdsourcing company that offers a platform for security testing, web, mobile, source code, and client-side applications.

8

Funding Rounds

$180.7m

Money raised

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Labster

Developer of fully interactive advanced lab simulations designed to create scalable science training software. The company's simulations offer a virtual laboratory based on mathematical algorithms that support open-ended investigations along with molecular three-dimension animations, quiz questions, and background theory.

6

Funding Rounds

$168.0m

Money raised

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Toyon Research Corporation

Toyon Research Corporation is a Goleta, California-based company that researches and develops radio frequency and antenna systems that was founded in 1980.

9

Funding Rounds

$3.9m

Money raised

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Hinge Health

The World's First Digital Clinic for Back and Joint Pain

11

Funding Rounds

$4.1b

Money raised

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Ning (website)

Ning is an online platform for people and organizations to create custom social networks.

4

Funding Rounds

$134.0m

Money raised

Ayla Networks logo

Ayla Networks

Ayla Networks is a technology company developing a platform as a service (PaaS) for managing internet of things (IoT) devices.

6

Funding Rounds

$144.4m

Money raised

Bigchain DB logo

Bigchain DB

BigchainDB is a scalable blockchain database that enables developers and enterprise to deploy blockchain proof-of-concepts, platforms and apps with a scalable blockchain database.

2

Funding Rounds

$5.4m

Money raised

Grove Collaborative logo

Grove Collaborative

Grove Collaborative is an online, subscription-based retailer selling natural home and health products.

4

Funding Rounds

$477.4m

Money raised

FogHorn Systems logo

FogHorn Systems

FogHorn Systems is a Real-Time Edge Intelligence for Industrial IoT founded in 2014 by Sastry Malladi.

5

Funding Rounds

$84.5m

Money raised

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DuckDuckGo

DuckDuckGo is a company developing an Internet search engine that emphasizes protecting searchers' privacy and avoiding filtered results to meet personalized search results.

3

Funding Rounds

$113.0m

Money raised

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Commonwealth Fusion Systems

Commonwealth Fusion Systems is a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based research and development company developing fusion power systems based on ARC tokamak reactors.

5

Funding Rounds

$2.1b

Money raised

N26 (bank) logo

N26 (bank)

N26 is a is a mobile banking company headquartered in Berlin, Germany.

14

Funding Rounds

$2.5b

Money raised

Khan Academy logo

Khan Academy

Khan Academy is a nonprofit online educational organization that was founded in 2008.

5

Funding Rounds

$19.7m

Money raised

SAM Seamless Network logo

SAM Seamless Network

SAM Seamless Network is a cybersecurity technology platform that protects the connected home by tackling cyber security threats at the source.

3

Funding Rounds

$35.5m

Money raised

Algolia logo

Algolia

Algolia is a company designing and building search and discovery API for websites and mobile apps. It participated in the W14 cohort of Y Combinator.

9

Funding Rounds

$462.2m

Money raised

Revolut logo

Revolut

Revolut is a London-based Fintech startup and bank offering mobile banking, card payments, money remittance, and foreign exchange services.

12

Funding Rounds

$1.7b

Money raised

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Adarga (company)

Adarga is a UK-based artificial intelligence software provider working with customers across defense, national security, and commercial organizations.

4

Funding Rounds

$51.0m

Money raised

Superplastic logo

Superplastic

Superplastic is a creative product and experience studio founded in 2018.

7

Funding Rounds

$66.0m

Money raised

Hawkers (company) logo

Hawkers (company)

Hawkers is an Elche, Spain-based sunglass brand.

2

Funding Rounds

$80.9m

Money raised

Replit logo

Replit

Replit is a San Francisco-based IDE and software development environment company making a browser application platform for coding in over fifty programming languages.

7

Funding Rounds

$207.3m

Money raised

Soapbox Labs logo

Soapbox Labs

Speech recognition software that provides voice-enabled experiences for kids of all ages, accents, and dialects while prioritizing privacy.

5

Funding Rounds

$8.4m

Money raised

Scopely logo

Scopely

Scopely - leading mobile game development company.

8

Funding Rounds

$1.2b

Money raised

Seeq logo

Seeq

Seeq is a company that offers an application that processes data analytics.

7

Funding Rounds

$119.2m

Money raised

Mercury logo

Mercury

Mercury is a company making banking products for startups based in San Francisco and backed by a16z.

4

Funding Rounds

$126.0m

Money raised

Moz logo

Moz

Moz is a company developing and providing inbound marketing analytics software.

4

Funding Rounds

$30.4m

Money raised