2024 Best Tech Startups in Washington

March 15, 2024 thetechtribune

The Tech Tribune staff has compiled the very best tech startups in Washington. 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. Temporal Technologies

Founded: 2019

“Temporal develops and distributes the world’s leading open source durable execution system. We make code fault tolerant, durable and simple.

Innovative companies like Datadog, Glovo, Indeed, Netflix, Qualtrics, Remitly, Snap and Yum! Brands build their services and applications with Temporal to make them reliable to run, productive to enhance and easy to troubleshoot and repair.

More than a decade in the making, Temporal is powered by veterans behind some of the industry’s most loved systems technologies, programming frameworks and open source communities as well as investors like Amplify Partners, Sequoia Capital and Index Ventures.”

9. Swiftly

Founded: 2018

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“Swiftly partners with retailers and advertisers to make their digital strategies come to life. By offering the same tools and solutions leveraged by retail and e-commerce giants, Swiftly enables retailers of all sizes to enjoy the benefits of a robust retail technology platform. Boasting affordable and hassle-free integration capabilities, best-in-class reporting and seamless consumer-facing product offerings, Swiftly is connecting retailers, brands and shoppers with innovative solutions that deliver.”

8. ProbablyMonsters

Founded: 2016

Also honored in: 2022 Best Tech Startups in Bellevue

“ProbablyMonsters is a AAA independent video game company that aims to change the way games are made. We unite a diverse roster of development teams in a healthy, rewarding culture. We believe that empowered creators will deliver the best player experiences and industry-defining games. Our development teams are Cauldron™, Battle Barge™, and multiple incubation teams.”

7. Viome

Founded: 2016

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“We provide the industry’s only direct-to-consumer healthcare test that analyzes microbial and human gene expressions (mRNA), with technology exclusively licensed from Los Alamos National Lab, in order to provide individuals with health insights and the nutrition they need.

By joining Viome, you are joining a revolutionary movement. A movement that – for the first time in human history – will make becoming ill a matter of choice, and not simply bad luck.

Scientists have worked for over a decade to develop this technology that offers unprecedented visibility into your body. With this, we can create a unique profile of the biochemistry and ecosystem inside of you, and make personalized, actionable, and adaptive recommendations for your health.”

6. fabric

Founded: 2016

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“fabric is the headless commerce platform purpose-built for growth. Customers like GNC and The Honest Company trust fabric for its open and modular design, allowing them to be live in weeks without having to replatform. fabric is a force multiplier on retailers’ existing technology investments proven to grow digital revenue by up to 3x.”

5. Rec Room

Founded: 2016

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“Rec Room Inc. was founded in April 2016 by a small team with a shared passion for VR, AR, social, and multiplayer experiences. Since then, we’ve been growing and hiring top talent!

Rec Room is the best place to build and play games together. Party up with friends from all around the world to chat, hang out, explore MILLIONS of player-created rooms, or build something new and amazing to share with us all. Rec Room is free, and cross plays on everything from phones to VR headsets. It’s the social app you play like a video game! Rec Room is a fun and welcoming place for people from all walks of life. Let us help you find people you’ll LOVE to hang out with. Join the club!”

4. FlyHomes

Founded: 2015

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“Our mission is to build the world’s best home buying and selling experience.

Whether you are buying, selling, or both, our team of industry experts and local agents will provide you with the education, guidance and technology you need, all in one place.

Wherever you are in your real estate journey, our approach to homebuying helps buyers search with confidence, decide with certainty, and negotiate with clarity. Combined with our innovative financial products, Flyhomes Cash Offer and Buy Before You Sell program, we make it easy to move in and move on.”

3. Outreach

Founded: 2013

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“Outreach is the leading sales execution platform that helps market-facing teams efficiently create and predictably close more pipeline. From prospecting to deal management to forecasting, our platform leverages automation and artificial intelligence to help revenue leaders increase efficiency and effectiveness of all go-to-market activities and personnel across the revenue cycle.

Outreach is the only company to offer sales engagement, revenue intelligence, and revenue operations functionalities in a unified platform. More than 5,500 companies, including Zoom, Siemens, Okta, DocuSign, and McKesson depend on Outreach to power their revenue organizations. Outreach is a privately held company based in Seattle, Washington, with offices worldwide.”

2. Ziply Fiber

Founded: 2020

Also honored in: 2023 Best Tech Startups in Washington

“At Ziply Fiber, we believe every part of our region deserves fast, reliable internet access, including rural and underserved areas that have been historically overlooked by internet service providers. Since we launched in 2020, we’ve been rebuilding and expanding our locally owned and operated, purpose-built fiber network to meet the demands of today and generations to come.”

1. Group14 Technologies

Founded: 2015

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“Group14 is the world’s leading commercial manufacturer and supplier of advanced silicon battery technology. Today, Group14 works with customers representing 95% of worldwide battery production.

Headquartered in Woodinville, WA, with a joint venture in South Korea, and new factories on the horizon around the world, our Battery Active Material (BAM) factories can be built anywhere on Earth to help meet global demand for silicon battery materials. We’re enabling a world where everything that can run on rechargeable batteries, does.”