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Updated November 2026

1,221 SaaS Startups in 2026

A SaaS startup, on this list, is a software-as-a-service company founded in 2021 or later: the last five years. Most are AI-native, from voice and legal AI to coding agents, and the biggest already employ hundreds of people. The first table ranks them by headcount; the most funded have a table of their own.

Companies
1,221
In LeadWave's database, November 2026
Total funding raised
$5.4B
Across 112 funded companies
Median headcount
6
Of 1,028 with a known headcount
Median year founded
2021
Of 1,221 with a known year

Top SaaS startups by headcount

The 30 with the most employees, of 1,221. Headcount is the latest known figure.

Top SaaS startups by headcount
CompanyWebsiteEmployeesHeadcountFundingLinkedInCEO
1Topmatetopmate.io1,001–5,0001,969—LinkedInAnkit Agarwal
2ElevenLabselevenlabs.io1,001–5,0001,500$792MLinkedInMati Staniszewski
3Factoryfactory.ai1,001–5,0001,019—LinkedInMatan Grinberg
4Harveyharvey.ai501–1,000843—LinkedInWinston Weinberg
5Together AItogether.ai201–500450$1.3BLinkedInVipul Ved Prakash
6HappyRobothappyrobot.ai201–500350$253.9MLinkedInPablo Palafox
7brightfinbrightfin.com201–500——LinkedInJoel Martins
8Wonderfulwonderful.ai201–500350—LinkedInBar Winkler
9beehiivbeehiiv.com201–500221$16.7MLinkedInTyler Denk
10TwelveLabstwelvelabs.io51–200180$207.1MLinkedInJae Lee
11FLORAflora.ai51–200180—LinkedInWeber Wong
12Legoralegora.com51–200180—LinkedInMax Junestrand
13Profoundtryprofound.com51–200147—LinkedInJames Cadwallader
14Spendflospendflo.com51–200138—LinkedInSiddharth Sridharan
15Nominalnominal.io51–200131$185.1MLinkedInCameron McCord
16Islandisland.io51–200——LinkedInMichael Fey
17Dustdust.tt51–200118—LinkedInGabriel Hubert
18Qureosqureos.com51–200118—LinkedInAlexander Epure
19CodeRabbitcoderabbit.ai51–200116—LinkedInHarjot Gill
20AfterQueryafterquery.com51–200115$30.5MLinkedInSpencer Mateega
21Makimakipeople.com51–200112—LinkedInMaxime Legardez Coquin
22Smallest AIsmallest.ai51–200110$21.3MLinkedInSudarshan Kamath
23Rogorogo.ai51–200110—LinkedInGabriel Stengel
24Ryerye.com51–200110—LinkedInArjun Bhargava
25ClickHouseclickhouse.com51–200109—LinkedInAaron Katz
26Kalekalecard.com51–200104——Isha Patel
27Tripo 3Dtripo3d.ai51–20099$200MLinkedInSimon Song
28AirOpsairops.com51–20095—LinkedInAlex Halliday
29bunchbunch.capital51–20095——Enrico Ohnemüller
30Notchnotch.cx51–20094$48MLinkedInRafael Broshi

Most funded SaaS startups

The 20 that raised the most, by total disclosed funding, of 112 with known funding.

Most funded SaaS startups
CompanyWebsiteEmployeesHeadcountFundingLinkedInCEO
1Together AItogether.ai201–500450$1.3BLinkedInVipul Ved Prakash
2Luma AIlumalabs.ai11–5021$1.1BLinkedInAmit Jain
3ElevenLabselevenlabs.io1,001–5,0001,500$792MLinkedInMati Staniszewski
4HappyRobothappyrobot.ai201–500350$253.9MLinkedInPablo Palafox
5TwelveLabstwelvelabs.io51–200180$207.1MLinkedInJae Lee
6Tripo 3Dtripo3d.ai51–20099$200MLinkedInSimon Song
7Cartesiacartesia.ai51–20071$191MLinkedInKaran Goel
8Nominalnominal.io51–200131$185.1MLinkedInCameron McCord
9Pikapika.art1–103$135.3MLinkedInDemi Guo
10Inworld AIinworld.ai51–20085$132MLinkedInKylan Gibbs
11Bland AIbland.ai51–20090$112.3MLinkedInIsaiah Granet
12Ideogramideogram.ai51–20069$96.7MLinkedInMohammad Norouzi
13Edison Scientificedisonscientific.com11–5027$70MLinkedInSamuel Rodriques
14Fish Audiofish.audio51–20055$52MLinkedInRissa Cao
15Deeptunedeeptune.com1–1010$48.1MLinkedInTim Lupo
16Notchnotch.cx51–20094$48MLinkedInRafael Broshi
17Recraftrecraft.ai11–5046$42.3M—Anna Dorogush
18Conveyconvey.dev11–5021$38MLinkedInRohan Chopra
19AfterQueryafterquery.com51–200115$30.5MLinkedInSpencer Mateega
20BeyondMathbeyondmath.com11–5025$28.9MLinkedInAlan Patterson

SaaS startups at a glance

  • 50% are headquartered in United States, followed by United Kingdom.
  • The largest is Topmate, with 1,969 employees.
  • 112 have disclosed funding, $5.4B in total; 11 raised $100M or more.
Where they're basedShare of 1,169 companies with a known headquarters
Top categoriesHow many of them are on each industry list
Company sizeEmployees, for 1,166 companies with a known size
  • 1–10780 · 67%
  • 11–50316 · 27%
  • 51–20061 · 5%
  • 201–5005 · 0%
  • 501–1,0001 · 0%
  • 1,001–5,0003 · 0%
Year foundedFor 1,221 companies with a known founding year
  • 2021656 · 54%
  • 2022247 · 20%
  • 2023225 · 18%
  • 202462 · 5%
  • 202530 · 2%
  • 20261 · 0%
Funding raisedTotal disclosed funding, for 123 companies
  • Under $1M61 · 50%
  • $1M–5M22 · 18%
  • $5M–10M8 · 7%
  • $10M–50M16 · 13%
  • $50M–100M4 · 3%
  • $100M–500M7 · 6%
  • $500M–1B1 · 1%
  • $1B+4 · 3%

How this list was built

A company is on this list if it was founded in 2021 or later and sells software as a service. We leave out AI labs that build foundation models, robotics and defense hardware makers, consumer apps, and companies another one has bought.

The data comes from LeadWave's database of SaaS and AI companies, last updated in November 2026. Companies that share a website are counted once. Headcount, funding and CEO come from public sources, so some fields are blank for smaller companies.

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Frequently asked questions

LeadWave's database lists 1,221 SaaS startups as of November 2026. This page shows the 30 largest; the full list, with CEO contacts, is part of our 15,000+ SaaS companies list.