2019 Best Tech Startups in Georgia

February 1, 2019January 11, 2023 thetechtribune

The Tech Tribune staff has compiled the very best tech startups in Georgia. 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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1. Knock

Founded: 2015

“Knock (www.knock.com) is the first online Home Trade-in platform, a revolutionary new approach to home buying and selling that makes it as easy to trade-in your home as it is to trade-in your car. Launched by founding team members of Trulia.com, the company uses data science to price homes accurately, technology to sell them efficiently and a dedicated team of Licensed Local Experts to guide consumers through every step of the process. Knock’s top tier investors include RRE, Foundry Group, Redpoint, Greycroft, Corazon Capital, Correlation Ventures,Great Oaks Venture Capital and FJ Labs. The company has offices in New York, San Francisco, Atlanta, Charlotte, Raleigh-Durham, Dallas and Fort Worth, with several more on the way.”

2. Sharecare

Founded: 2010

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“Sharecare is the digital health company that helps people manage all their health in one place. The Sharecare platform provides each person – no matter where they are in their health journey – with a comprehensive and personalized health profile, where they can dynamically and easily connect to the information, evidence-based programs and health professionals they need to live their healthiest, happiest and most productive life. With award-winning and innovative frictionless technologies, scientifically validated clinical protocols and best-in-class coaching tools, Sharecare helps providers, employers and health plans effectively scale outcomes-based health and wellness solutions across their entire populations.”

3. Pindrop

Founded: 2011

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“Pindrop® solutions are leading the way to the future of voice by establishing the standard for security, identity, and trust for every voice interaction. Pindrop solutions protect some of the biggest banks, insurers, and retailers in the world using patented technology that extracts an unrivaled amount of intelligence from every call encountered. Pindrop solutions help detect fraudsters and authenticate callers, reducing fraud and operational costs, while improving customer experience and protecting brand reputation. Pindrop solutions have been implemented in 8 of the top 10 US banks and 5 of the top 7 US life insurers. Additionally, 70% of Pindrop US customers are Fortune 500.”

4. Ionic Security

Founded: 2011

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“Ionic Security accelerates internet trust by protecting and controlling data everywhere it travels and anywhere it resides, whether on the corporate network, in the cloud or on mobile devices. With the industry’s first Data Trust Platform, Ionic Security takes a comprehensive approach to protecting distributed data in today’s borderless enterprise without proxies or gateways or changes in user behavior. The platform has been licensed to millions of users worldwide in a wide range of industries including Financial Services, Government, Retail, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, and Manufacturing.”

5. CallRail

Founded: 2011

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“Trusted by more than 75,000 companies and marketing agencies globally, CallRail provides call analytics to data driven marketers so they can improve customer acquisition. Delivering intuitive self-service software to businesses that care about phone calls, CallRail enables smart marketers to know what makes their phone ring. CallRail tracks phone calls from online and offline marketing campaigns (including PPC keywords), provides insight into which campaigns are working best, and records calls for lead qualification and coaching to increase call conversion rates.”

6. Vanco Payment Solutions

Founded: 2012

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“Vanco Payment Solutions offers specialized payment solutions across multiple industries, including faith-based organizations, nonprofits, and professional services companies. The company processes more than $13.1 billion in electronic payments annually for clients, providing administrative and user-friendly online, mobile, and batch payment methods, in addition to back office credit card, debit card, and ACH processing. Vanco Payment Solutions is headquartered in Atlanta, with an office location in Minneapolis.”

7. SalesLoft

Founded: 2011

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“SalesLoft, the leading sales engagement platform, transforms the way sellers engage with their customers by delivering a better selling experience.

Our sales engagement platform helps teams set and execute on a cadence of phone, email, and social communications to convert more target accounts into customer accounts. The platform equips sales leaders with new capabilities to test, learn and adapt to ensure their sales reps execute on the most effective selling process for their account-based approach. SalesLoft delivers access to an extensive ecosystem of 3rd party integrations allowing teams to perform all their sales engagement from a single platform.”

8. BitPay

Founded: 2011

Also honored in: 2018 Best Tech Startups in Georgia

“The first and most experienced company in bitcoin payments, BitPay builds powerful tools for spending, accepting, and building with bitcoin.

The company has offices in North America, Europe, and South America and has raised over $32 million from top investors including Index Ventures, Founders Fund, and Sir Richard Branson.”

9. MacStadium

Founded: 2012

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“MacStadium is the Mac hosting authority with a reputation built on reliability and service. Thousands of companies choose MacStadium to deliver enterprise-class hosting infrastructure around the world. We understand that your business objectives are unique, and your hosting solution should be as well. At MacStadium we provide dedicated Apple-centric infrastructure as a service (IaaS) computing platforms and expertise, so you can focus on your business and leave the rest of the technology to us.”

10. Decisely

Founded: 2015

“Decisely is reimagining the way brokers and small businesses work together. The Decisely solution provides the best combination of benefits, HR resources, and technology to support small businesses.”