The Tech Tribune staff has compiled the very best tech startups in Kirkland, Washington. 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. TableSafe

Founded: 2010

“TableSafe is transforming the way restaurants and other venues complete their hospitality service. TableSafe’s RAIL(TM) provides a secure and innovative payment platform that empowers guests to fully execute the payment process at the table while maintaining control of their payment information at all times. The RAIL also increases restaurant revenue, table turn and staff efficiency both in the front and back of the house. TableSafe’s technology provides comprehensive analytics on customer behavior and restaurant operations. Visit www.tablesafe.com.”

2. Jobalign

Founded: 2012

“When you look at how most organizations hire, it isn’t built for hourly candidates. The current process doesn’t engage candidates throughout, it’s not truly mobile enabled, and it’s not easy for recruiters or hiring managers to use.

If hiring hourly workers is critical to your business, Jobalign is the only solution with your unique needs in mind. We call it a Candidate Engagement Platform (CEP)™ for hourly workers, and it’s groundbreaking technology that’s designed from the ground up to meet the unique needs of hourly workers applying for jobs.”

3. Faira

Founded: 2015

“Faira (https://www.faira.com) is a real estate technology startup revolutionizing how homes are bought and sold in the U.S. We are making home buying and selling simpler and more affordable. We are a team of optimistic, creative and resilient problem-solvers who love working on something that matters.”

4. POSaBIT

Founded: 2015

“POSaBIT, Inc. is a financial technology company based in Kirkland, WA. POSaBIT offers payment processing and point-of-sale systems to a wide variety of merchants and industry verticals.

POSaBIT’s trusted payment processing system is MTL/MSB compliant. For high-risk industries like cannabis, we provide an easy way for customers to acquire digital currency at the point of sale — which they can use to make purchases immediately at your store or save for later.”

5. PIA Medical

Founded: 2012

“Precision Image Analysis (PIA) is an innovative, software-free, cloud-based image post-processing service delivering analysis and reports at lower cost with improved consistency through standardization and greater efficiencies in workflow.

“The cost and value of PIA services is consistently better than that of purchasing and maintaining custom software especially when considering the need to train staff to effectively and efficiently interact with that software.”​”

6. 2Morrow, Inc.

Founded: 2012

“2Morrow is a digital health/digital therapeutic company focused on behaviors that cause chronic disease.

2Morrow addresses unhealthy behaviors in a whole new way. By using an innovative approach called acceptance & commitment therapy, or ACT, the program helps users become aware of unhelpful thoughts and patterns so they can move forward with committed action toward their goals.”

7. OCCO

Founded: 2016

“Anyone interacting with our quirky robot immediately realizes there is some sort of intelligence driving the machine. Because there is no human behind the camera, people know they will not be judged, and they keep playing with OCCO to their heart’s desire. Folks get creative, pose for glamour shots, or let OCCO capture silly action moments

There is something unique that occurs when OCCO is at work: making its own photographic choices and drawing the audience in.”

8. AccelOne

Founded: 2013

“Our company was created by small team of seasoned professionals with almost 100 years of combined experience in the IT Industry who have come together with the common goal of solving software development’s biggest challenge: delivering quality solutions on-time and on-budget. Now, with multi-national teams across the Americas we ready to help you with your software consulting and staffing needs.”