2020 Best Tech Startups in Oklahoma

March 24, 2020November 16, 2022 thetechtribune

The Tech Tribune staff has compiled the very best tech startups in Oklahoma. 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. Happily

Founded: 2015

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“Happily is an e-commerce company based in Oklahoma City, OK. We specialize in creating experiences and resources that help bring couples closer together.”

2. Whiteboard Technology

Founded: 2014

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“Named one of 2018’s most innovative companies by HousingWire Tech100, WHITEBOARD CRM (a division of Whiteboard Technology, LLC.) is a fast-growing SaaS provider of CRM software specifically created for the mortgage industry. Based in Oklahoma City, OK, our clients include many of the nation’s top loan originators.

At WHITEBOARDCRM, our industry impact comes from our belief that successful businesses are built on solid customer partnerships and client relationships. Our mortgage-specific CRM helps loan originators close more loans, create better relationships, and increase referrals by automatically staying in touch with contacts, clients, and partners. See more of the product at: www.whiteboardcrm.com.”

3. SendaRide

Founded: 2016

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“SendaRide provides Customized, Concierge Non-Emergency Medical Transportation for the Healthcare Industry

Our technology empowers hospitals, providers, health plans, independent living centers and family members with the ability to book on-demand and scheduled transportation for someone else. Our focus is on ensuring those who don’t have access to transportation do not miss their therapy, dialysis, cancer treatments, cardiovascular care, preventive care and any other medical appointment.”

4. Exaptive

Founded: 2011

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“Exaptive is an ecosystem for creating knowledge from data. We believe the biggest breakthroughs happen in the sweet spot between computing power and human creativity and that modularity, interoperability, and community set the optimal stage. So we built the Exaptive development environment to integrate the exploding universe of data and software tools for rapid application development with any data and whatever technology is right for the job.

Data scientists and software developers combine the data and software tools they need to create data-driven web applications without having to code the glue to make it work together.”

5. Vigilant Aerospace Systems, Inc.

Founded: 2015

Also honored in: 2020 Best Tech Startups in Oklahoma City

“Vigilant Aerospace Systems, Inc., a private company founded in 2015, provides FlightHorizon next-generation collision avoidance and flight safety systems for unmanned aircraft. Vigilant Aerospace is headquartered in Oklahoma City, OK with offices in North Dakota.

FlightHorizon is based on an exclusively licensed NASA patent and prototype which has been extensively tested and which provides a unique autonomous “detect-and-avoid” function.”

6. Tailwind

Founded: 2012

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“We’ve built an industry-leading visual marketing platform that helps over 200,000 brands and small businesses drive ROI on Pinterest and Instagram.

Marketing & Analytics is just the beginning though. Content is a $50Bn industry that is becoming more visual by the day and we’ve only scratched the surface of tapping into these opportunities. Armed with data, we’re building products that help make the industry smarter, more approachable and able to deliver a much more engaging experience to consumers.”

7. TokenEx

Founded: 2010

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“TokenEx is an enterprise-class tokenization platform that offers virtually unlimited flexibility in how customers can access, store, and secure data. TokenEx extends flexibility by working with multiple data acceptance channels and by maintaining a processor-agnostic approach. Moreover, TokenEx is able to tokenize and secure almost any data type your company works with, including PCI, PII, PHI, and even unstructured data formats. With Tokenization- No Data, No Theft!

TokenEx was founded by two former qualified security assessors, Alex Pezold and Dr. Jerald Dawkins.”

8. Purse Power

Founded: 2014

“Purse Power is THE source to find and buy from women-owned and women-run companies. Purse Power is a web/mobile platform where women can use their trillions of dollars of purchasing power to buy goods and services from women entrepreneurs and companies that improve opportunities for women and girls.”

9. BaseConnect

Founded: 2017

Also honored in: 2019 Best Tech Startups in Oklahoma

“The first of its kind military only social network that is built by military veterans and spouses to solve problems our troops and their families face every day.”