SaaS Startups

Trello is a free project management app that uses an intuitive sticky-note-style interface for team collaboration. Founded by Michael Pryor, CEO of Fog Creek Software, it has raised over $10M in funding and is used by millions of people and companies including Google, Adobe, and The New York Times.

DuckDuckGo is a privacy-focused search engine founded by Gabriel Weinberg that serves as an alternative to tracking-based search engines. By 2013, the company had processed over a billion searches, demonstrating significant user adoption through its core value proposition of user privacy.

WP Curve is one of the world's fastest-growing WordPress support companies co-founded by Dan Norris, an entrepreneur with a strong focus on content marketing. Dan has built significant credibility as Australia's top small business blogger and authored 'The 7 Day Startup', leveraging content marketing as a core growth strategy for the business.

Moz is a Seattle-based SaaS company founded in 2004 as a consulting firm that transitioned to software development in 2008, offering inbound marketing and marketing analytics solutions. The company built an online community of over one million digital marketers and has raised just under $20M in funding, establishing itself as a leader in the marketing software space.

We-Care.com is a donation platform that enables online shoppers to give a percentage of their purchases to non-profits, schools, or associations without any additional cost. The company has built partnerships with over 2,500 major merchants including Travelocity, Sears, 1800Flowers, and Apple, and has raised over $7.8M to date.

Definitive Homecare Solutions developed CPR+, a software product for the home infusion pharmacy industry. Stuart Crane founded the company and now works as an entrepreneur and advisor. Limited traction details are available from this source.

Music Teachers Helper is a SaaS application founded by Brandon Pearce that helps thousands of music teachers manage their studios. The platform handles billing, lesson scheduling, automatic reminders, and tax reporting. No specific revenue or traction metrics were provided in the source material.

DWNLD is a mobile app platform co-founded by Alexandra Keating that enables media companies, brands, and influencers to create beautiful, native mobile apps easily and affordably. The startup appears to be featured in a SaaS podcast interview, though specific traction metrics and growth details are not provided in the available source material.

Chalk.com is a SaaS product founded by Ryan McKay-Fleming that helps teachers with lesson planning, grading, assessment, and attendance. The source material is limited to a podcast episode reference with minimal details about traction or growth metrics.

Sleeknote is a SaaS product founded by Mogens Møller that helps eCommerce sites increase email opt-ins without negatively impacting bounce rates or sales. The company appears to be focused on solving a specific pain point in the eCommerce email marketing space.

Disqus is a blog commenting platform co-founded by Daniel Ha and a co-founder in 2007 while they were undergraduates at UC. The founders dropped out shortly after to work on the business full-time.

Lucep is a sales acceleration tool co-founded by Zal Dastur that helps companies increase lead conversion rates and boost revenues by providing faster access to interested leads. The source material provides minimal traction details, focusing primarily on introducing the product and its core value proposition.

Contactually is a CRM tool founded by Zvi Band in 2011 that helps users turn relationships into results. The company has grown into a multi-million dollar business with over 70 employees based in Washington DC, having raised over $12 million in funding to date.

CloudSponge is a SaaS product founded by Jay Gibb that helps businesses increase user acquisition through email referral forms. Rather than requiring users to manually type in email addresses, CloudSponge grants direct access to contact lists, streamlining the referral process. The product is used by companies like Lyft, Yelp, AirBnB, and Quora.

Socedo is a SaaS platform founded in 2012 by Aseem Badshah that helps sales teams generate relevant leads using social media data. The founder previously ran Uptown Treehouse, a digital marketing agency serving Fortune 500 brands, before transitioning to building this product. The company has raised $1.5 million in funding.

PatientPop is an all-in-one marketing automation platform for healthcare providers, founded by Luke Kervin in 2014. The company has raised approximately $24 million to date and was founded by an entrepreneur with a track record of two successful company exits.

Yesware is a sales acceleration platform founded in 2011 that helps salespeople connect with prospects, track engagement, and close more deals. The company serves over 750,000 salespeople across enterprises like Adroll, Groupon, Salesforce, Twilio, and Yelp, and has raised over $35 million in funding.

SellHack is a SaaS platform founded by Ryan O'Donnell in 2014 that helps salespeople find targeted prospects, build email lists, and verify email addresses. Ryan's background includes experience on Wall Street as a broker and time at Yahoo after Right Media's acquisition, which informed the product's focus on sales prospecting challenges.

Optimove is a SaaS platform co-founded by Pini Yakuel that uses predictive customer modeling technology to help marketers understand customers and create personalized marketing campaigns. The company was featured in a podcast interview but limited details about its traction, founding story, or growth metrics are available in this source.

Opternative, founded in 2012 by serial entrepreneur Aaron Dallek, is an online service that enables users to get prescriptions for glasses or contacts by completing an eye exam on a computer or tablet, with prescriptions signed by licensed doctors. The company has raised $9.5 million in funding and operates as a telehealth SaaS platform disrupting the traditional optical retail model.