2020 Best Tech Startups in Phoenix

August 2, 2019 thetechtribune

The Tech Tribune staff has compiled the very best tech startups in Phoenix, Arizona. 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. Nikola Motor Company

Founded: 2015

Also honored in: 2019 Best Tech Startups in Salt Lake City

“Nikola Motor Company designs and manufactures electric vehicles, vehicle components, energy storage systems, and electric vehicle drivetrains. NMC is led by its visionary CEO Trevor Milton (Twitter: @nikolatrevor), who has assembled one of the most talented teams in the country to bring the Nikola products to market. The company is privately-held. For more information, visit nikolamotor.com.”

2. Integrate

Founded: 2010

Also honored in:

“Integrate empowers marketers to unify their demand marketing channels into a single, powerful SaaS platform that helps them achieve quantifiable business outcomes. Global innovators like Dell, ADP, Microsoft, Adobe and Salesforce rely on our software to bring people, processes, data and technology together so their teams can drive revenue at scale. Teams save hundreds of hours per month, generate three times more high-quality sales leads, and impact four times as many opportunities. Visit integrate.com to learn why marketing leaders choose Integrate.”

3. Solera Health

Founded: 2015

Also honored in:

Solera integrates highly fragmented programs and services into one high-access, lower cost network to prevent and manage chronic health conditions paid through medical claims. Solera’s personalized prevention network drives consumer engagement and has a significant impact on improved patient outcomes. Solera’s technology matches patients to the “best fit” community or digital chronic disease prevention program provider based on each individual’s unique needs and preferences. Our technology manages consumer engagement, identification and referrals, reimbursement and payment, while supporting sustained consumer engagement.”

4. Fullbay

Founded: 2012

“Fullbay is cloud-based shop management software built specifically for heavy duty repair shops. We are changing the industry so shop owners and their technicians can get more done in less time and have a life outside the shop.”

5. Virtuous

Founded: 2014

“We believe that charitable giving is about personal connections, not sales transactions. Generosity is driven by our passions and relationships. As givers, we support charities that we are emotionally connected to. We support charities who are doing work with our friends – or in our hometown. We want to feel like we’re PART of a movement bigger than ourselves.

We founded Virtuous to help charities create personal connections with givers by truly understanding what makes each giver tick. Our software analyzes data inside and outside of your organization – and then bubbles up the BEST ways for you to build a lasting relationship with your givers.”

6. Picmonic

Founded: 2011

Also honored in: 2019 Best Tech Startups in Phoenix

“Picmonic brings the power of social visual platforms to learning. We help people create, share and explore highly effective audiovisual study cards, called Picmonics “pictorial mnemonics”. Picmonics are not only proven to increase memorization capacity and improve long-term recall of information, they incorporate humor and unforgettable graphics to make learning fun. The Picmonic vision is of a social educational platform where anyone can author, share and discover Picmonics, to improve academic, professional and personal learning outcomes.”

7. RadiusAI

Founded: 2017

“Radius AI is a Phoenix and San Francisco based company specializing in the retail sector. Radius AI technology features multi-camera tracking, real-time analytics, rapid, and cost effective, edge processing, and customized offers. In Q2 of this year, Radius AI expanded its offering to include Radius Spaces which incorporates the same features in multi-use residential/commercial properties.”

8. Chassi

Founded: 2016

“Chassi is a Customer Experience Engineering (CXE) company that enables software businesses to optimally deliver value to their customers.

Exceptional experiences aren’t incidental, they’re engineered. Customer-centric businesses need to know in real-time where customers are in their journey to value, which of them are having issues, and what they should be doing to achieve success. Every touch point should be orchestrated with precision across the entire value chain. Getting there requires a new business philosophy and a new system to orchestrate it.”

9. Securosis

Founded: 2009

“Securosis is an information security research and advisory firm dedicated to transparency, objectivity, and quality. We are totally obsessed with improving the practice of information security. Our job is to save you money and help you do your job better and faster. We’re here to cut through the noise and provide clear, actionable, pragmatic advice on securing your organization.

Following our guiding principle of Totally Transparent Research, we provide nearly all our content for free.”

10. Akos

Founded: 2012

Also honored in: 2019 Best Tech Startups in Phoenix

“We are a Digital-First Design and Development Agency that transforms online presence and launches full-scale digital products for mutually-benefiting organizations. Based in Phoenix, Arizona, our expertise is in Website Design & Development, true Search Engine Optimization (SEO), E-Commerce Store Development, Graphic Design and Animation, Media Production and Strategic Marketing.”