The Tech Tribune staff has compiled the very best tech startups in Columbia, South Carolina. 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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1. Land Intelligence

Founded: 2019

Also honored in: 2021 Best Tech Startups in Columbia (South Carolina)

“Land Intelligence, Inc provides reports, analysis and advisory services to all stakeholders involved in land development and acquisition. Let us help you make an intelligent decision about your next project or transaction!”

2. REsimplifi

Founded: 2015

Also honored in: 2020 Best Tech Startups in Columbia (South Carolina)

“REsimplifi, Inc. is a technology & data provider focused on the commercial real estate and economic development industries.”

3. Vän Robotics

Founded: 2016

Also honored in:

• 2021 Best Tech Startups in Columbia (South Carolina)
• 2020 Best Tech Startups in South Carolina
• 2020 Best Tech Startups in Columbia (South Carolina)

“Van Robotics develops social robots that teach skills-based lessons while collecting data about individual users and leveraging machine learning techniques to develop smart, social robot tutors. Our robots track performance and student behavior, in real-time, to adapt how the robot teaches by personalizing each interaction.

Our robots offer a plug-and-play, widely accessible solution for schools, after school programs and parents with students struggling in core subjects.”

4. Rainwalk Technology

Founded: 2018

“Rainwalk is a pet insurance MGA partnered with Allianz. We help insurers build retention and fill this coverage gap by providing them a turn-key white labeled pet insurance product. Our platform allows our partners to control the user/agent experience and deliver this increasingly popular product without needing to implement a pet insuranceprogram themselves.

Rainwalk is founded by two insurance professionals who have spent their entire careers working with the largest carriers on their digital transformation and technology projects. Rainwalk combines its proprietary policy and claims management technology stack with the pet insurance product expertise of Allianz to deliver service across the entire insurance life cycle.”

5. LokDon

Founded: 2017

“We create solutions that protect online privacy and secure corporations’ and clients’ information.”

LokDon has built robust, fast, low-cost, patented keyless authentication and platform-agnostic Security module as a software service (SMAASS) designed to keep you information a secret before and after you might share it with anyone.

Keyless authentication and platform-agnostic endpoint-to-endpoint encryption for B2B.”