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2025 Best Tech Startups in Kentucky

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Powered by CrunchbaseThe Tech Tribune staff has compiled the very best tech startups in Kentucky. In doing our research, we considered several factors including but not limited to:

  1. Revenue potential
  2. Leadership team
  3. Brand/product traction
  4. Competitive landscape

Additionally, all companies must be independent (unacquired), privately owned, at most 10 years old, and have received at least one round of funding in order to qualify.

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10. GoodMaps

GoodMaps

Founded: 2019

Also honored in: 2023 Best Tech Startups in Louisville (Kentucky)

“Empowering everyone with the freedom and autonomy to discover the world around them.”

9. Fooji

Fooji

Founded: 2015

Also honored in:

“We help brands create powerful customer experiences with promotions, gifting, and eCommerce solutions. Our software products are backed by our very own end-to-end logistics network — making us a full service partner.

Effortlessly create giveaways, sweepstakes, and contests. Surprise and delight your loyal followers on social media, and nurture brand creators. Easily launch exclusive product drops through DTC storefronts. Our software personalizes every interaction, creating unique, and memorable customer experiences.”

8. OmniLife

OmniLife

Founded: 2017

Also honored in: 2023 Best Tech Startups in Lexington (Kentucky)

“OmniLife Health is setting a new standard in clinical workflow automation by connecting care teams throughout the organ transplant journey and other complex care environments. The platform accelerates optimal health outcomes with reliable digital tools to simplify and standardize complex care, optimize billing and revenue capture, and encourages purposeful collaboration across the enterprise, external partners, and patients. We help transplant centers digitize their organ intake checklists and protocols, as well as patient waitlist management to increase productivity, reduce the impact of staffing shortages, optimize performance and billing, and ultimately transplant more patients.”

7. My Racehorse

My Racehorse

Founded: 2016

“Racehorse ownership in the palm of your hand. For a one-time payment with no ongoing expenses, become a racehorse owner for the fraction of the cost! MyRacehorse is about more than just owning shares in a racehorse. It’s about insider access, unique experiences, and a gateway into the lifestyle of being a racehorse owner. Join thousands of MyRacehorse owners already celebrating the pride of ownership and start your stable today with elite Thoroughbreds trained by industry-leading trainers!”

6. TO THE MARKET

TO THE MARKET

Founded: 2016

Also honored in: 2024 Best Tech Startups in Kentucky

“TO THE MARKET is the turn key solution for ethical manufacturing and sourcing of apparel, accessories and home goods. Through our syndicated network of suppliers, we work with Fortune 500s, brands and retailers to provide story-rich products that appeal to the next generation of consumers with transparency, sustainability and authenticity. We enable the supply chain of the future, in which retail manufacturing empowers people, protects the planet, and delivers quality products that result in a better bottom line.”

5. Forecastr

Forecastr

Founded: 2018

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“Forecastr is an out-of-the-box finance function for your business. We provide the tools and support you need to create an investor-grade financial model. Our expert analysts work with you every step of the way to build a model that’s customized to fit your business, keep it up to date, and generate insightful reports to share with your investors and other stakeholders. Make better decisions, hit your growth targets, and raise capital when you need it.”

4. Virtual Peaker

Virtual Peaker

Founded: 2015

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“Virtual Peaker is a leading virtual power plant software company that empowers utilities to build the grid of the future and meet global decarbonization goals. Through its cutting-edge software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform, the company seamlessly integrates distributed energy resource management system (DERMS) components, customer engagement, and load forecasting. Virtual Peaker’s groundbreaking technology, Topline Demand Control, paves the way for the next generation of virtual power plant capabilities. To learn more, please visit www.virtual-peaker.com or connect on LinkedIn and X via (@VirtualPeaker).”

3. Accelecom

Accelecom

Founded: 2021

Also honored in: 2024 Best Tech Startups in Kentucky

“We are accelerating business fiber solutions with symmetrical high-speed, high-capacity fiber internet and ethernet for healthcare, education, enterprise, agriculture, government, & carriers.”

2. Brightpick

Brightpick

Founded: 2021

“Brightpick offers AI robots for warehouses to easily automate every step of their order fulfillment. The innovative robots enable warehouses of any size to fully automate order picking, consolidation, dispatch and stock replenishment. The multiple award-winning Brightpick solution takes weeks to deploy and enables companies to reduce their picking labor by 98% and cut picking costs by half.”

1. Climavision

Climavision

Founded: 2020

Also honored in:

“We’re transforming the weather industry through next generation technology and innovative solutions. Our mission is to provide the most accurate, reliable, and actionable weather data to empower businesses, governments, and communities to make informed decisions protecting lives, assets, and financials. We are arming decision makers with the power of Deep Machine Learning, AI-Infused Numerical Weather Prediction, and clear insights from our supplemental radar network.”

One thought on “2025 Best Tech Startups in Kentucky”

  • Tom Greenwell
    June 29, 2022 at 2:40 pm
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    Congratulations eBlu Solutions! Awesome company to work for!

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