2025 Best Tech Startups in Massachusetts

March 10, 2025 thetechtribune

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

Revenue potential
Leadership team
Brand/product traction
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. ConcertAI

Founded: 2018

Also honored in: 2023 Best Tech Startups in Cambridge

“The fastest growing AI-powered SaaS data company in healthcare.”

9. Hydrow

Founded: 2017

Also honored in:

“New to the market, fast-growing, incredibly innovative, and already recognized as one of the Boston Globe’s Top Places to Work, Hydrow is the Live Outdoor Reality (LOR)™ rowing machine that delivers on-water experiences at home with workouts led by world-class athletes. Engaging twice as many muscles as cycling (86%, in fact), Hydrow’s interactive technology delivers challenging virtual workouts, including On the Mat offerings like Yoga (Strength, Mobility) and Pilates from gorgeous locations around the world.

Hydrow connects members with an entire community of fellow rowers who experience the rivers and waterways of the world together in synchrony. You, too, can be part of that community. At Hydrow, you’ll have the chance to shape a company that is disrupting the fitness industry while creating engaging content unmatched in the marketplace today. Sound exciting? That’s because it is!”

8. Starburst

Founded: 2017

“Starburst was founded by the inventors of OS Trino so that data-driven companies could have a full-featured open data lakehouse platform powered by the #1 SQL analytics engine. Our end-to-end analytics platform includes the capabilities needed to discover, organize, consume, and share data with industry-leading price-performance for cloud and on-premises workloads. We believe the lakehouse should be the center of gravity, but support accessing data outside the lake when needed. With Starburst, teams can access more complete data, run scalable analytics, lower the cost of infrastructure, use tools best suited to their needs, and avoid vendor lock-in. Trusted by companies like Apache Corporation, Comcast, Doordash, DBS Bank, and VMware, Starburst helps you make better decisions faster on all data.”

7. Openly

Founded: 2017

“Openly provides exceptional insurance by delivering comprehensive coverage through independent agents. Openly believes offering consumer choice is as essential as providing remarkably straightforward insurance.

We exist to rebuild the insurance experience by empowering independent agents to deliver outstanding service with speed and ease.”

6. Aura

Founded: 2017

“Aura is a mission driven technology company dedicated to creating a safer internet for everyone. We believe that people should be able to live with the peace of mind that their identity, online accounts and devices will remain safe, private and protected, no matter where they go. With an easy to use, integrated suite of services trusted by millions, Aura makes comprehensive digital security accessible to all.”

5. Wasabi Technologies

Founded: 2015

Also honored in:

“Wasabi is on a mission to store all the world’s data by making data storage simple, affordable, fast, and secure. If you have data to store, whether it’s backups, x-rays, surveillance videos, financial data, media and entertainment, or scientific data, Wasabi’s pledge is to always be the cheapest, fastest, most secure and reliable cloud storage in the world. It’s all we do, and we do it better than anyone.”

4. Hometap

Founded: 2017

“Access the equity in your home. No interest, no monthly payment Hometap provides near-immediate access to funds so homeowners can pay for needs or pursue goals and opportunities. Tap into the equity of your home to fund life without any interest or monthly payment.”

3. Snyk

Founded: 2015

Also honored in:

“Snyk is the leader in developer security. We empower the world’s developers to build secure applications and equip security teams to meet the demands of the digital world. Our developer-first approach ensures organizations can secure all of the critical components of their applications from code to cloud, leading to increased developer productivity, revenue growth, customer satisfaction, cost savings and an overall improved security posture. Snyk’s Developer Security Platform automatically integrates with a developer’s workflow and is purpose-built for security teams to collaborate with their development teams. Snyk is used by 2,500+ customers worldwide today, including industry leaders such as Asurion, Google, Intuit, MongoDB, New Relic, Revolut and Salesforce.”

2. Lendbuzz

Founded: 2015

Also honored in:

“Lendbuzz is an AI-based auto finance platform that helps consumers obtain fair access to credit when purchasing a car. Powered by alternative data and machine-learning algorithms, Lendbuzz can assess the creditworthiness of consumers whose credit scores range from good to non-existent—a group totalling some 100 million people—yet despite their massive numbers are underserved by traditional loan processes. Lendbuzz supports the success of their dealership partners through consumer loans that help those dealers reach a more diversified client base, together with competitive floorplanning options that help them grow their businesses. Lendbuzz is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts and was founded in 2015.”

1. Devoted Health

Founded: 2017

Also honored in:

“Devoted Health is an all-in-one healthcare company on a mission to dramatically improve the health and well-being of older Americans by caring for every person like family. Devoted Health’s Medicare Advantage plans are packed with benefits you can actually use and savings you’ll actually get. Founded in 2017 by brothers Todd and Ed Park.”