2021 Best Tech Startups in Montana

March 30, 2021June 23, 2023 thetechtribune

The Tech Tribune staff has compiled the very best tech startups in Montana. 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. Quiq

Founded: 2015

Also honored in:

“Recognized as a 2017 Gartner Cool Vendor, Quiq makes it easy for customers to interact with a company via Messaging. Customers can now engage customer service via SMS/text messaging, Facebook Messenger, Live Chat, and Kik for help with their pre-sales questions and post-sales support.

Our mission is to improve the way customers communicate with companies. We believe mobile message-driven communications will replace a significant portion of traditional phone and email interactions, reducing costs while improving customer satisfaction. Quiq makes it easy for customers to contact a business via Messaging, the preferred channel already in use with our friends and family.”

2. Big Sky Health

Founded: 2018

“At Big Sky Health, we’re passionate about helping people live healthier, longer lives. Information, motivation, and accountability are all key to success on your path toward wellness—so we build experiences that provide all of the above. Here’s to making your health journey as simple and successful as possible.”

3. Administrate

Founded: 2012

“Administrate is a training management platform that helps enterprises streamline their learning and development function through our comprehensive, configurable, cloud-based software.

Administrate equips organizations to drive their training and learning function efficiently and effectively against key business results, and is trusted by hundreds of companies and millions of learners.”

4. Pulsara

Founded: 2013

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“Pulsara is a mobile-first healthcare communication platform that connects teams across organizations. What makes Pulsara unique is its ability to enable dynamic networked communications for any illness or injury. With Pulsara, clinicians can add a new organization, team, or specialist to any patient event, dynamically building a care team even as the patient’s condition and location are constantly evolving.

Simply CREATE a dedicated patient channel. BUILD the team. And, COMMUNICATE using audio, live video, instant messaging, data, images, and key benchmarks. Studies report an average decreased treatment time of nearly 30% when using Pulsara. Pulsara is the evidence-based standard of care. For more information, visit https://www.pulsara.com.”

5. MyVillage

Founded: 2017

Also honored in: 2019 Best Tech Startups in Bozeman

“The phrase “it takes a village” didn’t come from nowhere.

Whether you’re a stay-at-home parent, nanny, child care provider, teacher or other kind of home-based educator, MyVillage has the brightest, most passionate experts in childhood education here to answer your questions (and share their secrets). MyVillage supports home-based educators to provide outstanding education in nurturing homes for children ages 0-10. When you join MyVillage, you have a full support team behind you, at any moment.”

6. Neuro-ID

Founded: 2014

“Neuro-ID has pioneered nearly a decade of patented research and discovery to unlock a valuable new source of real-time customer behavioral data. Their proprietary Friction Index® powers the CX and fraud strategies for leading digital brands by scientifically measuring and monitoring the digital friction consumers are experiencing during every step of the customer journey.”

7. Yonder

Founded: 2018

Also honored in: 2020 Best Tech Startups in Montana

“Yonder is the first travel booking site devoted to connecting people to life-enriching experiences in nature.

At Yonder, We believe nature is not a distant, far away place, but a connected system of people, plants, animals and organisms that exist everywhere–from a farm, to a city block, to remote wilderness.

And our passion lies in connecting people to the natural world and everything it offers–landscapes, animals, foods, water, health, and wellbeing.”

8. AdvicePay

Founded: 2016

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“Established in 2016, AdvicePay is the only billing and payment processing platform created specifically for fee-for-service financial planning. Financial advisors benefit from efficient invoicing and payment workflows designed exclusively to support their businesses, including up-to-date compliance and data security management. Users can issue agreements for client e-signature, accept ACH and credit cards, bill hourly or one-time fees, or establish recurring retainer or subscription billing compliantly – all through the AdvicePay system.”

9. Guidefitter

Founded: 2011

“Guidefitter is the leading industry network for guides, outfitters, and other outdoor professionals. A trusted destination for anyone seeking guided hunting or fishing adventures. Guidefitter represents the pulse of the hunting and fishing industry.”

10. LandTrust

Founded: 2019

“LandTrust is a marketplace where people can list, discover, and book private land for hunting, fishing, and outdoor experiences. LandTrust is the place for getting sportsmen out pursuing their passions on private land.

LandTrust also partners with landowners like farmers & ranchers to create new revenue streams from their land’s natural resources, which enables them to be directly compensated for good land management practices & continue to invest in stewarding their land.

At LandTrust we believe that in addition to incentivizing conservation on private lands through our marketplace, we also want to strongly support other conservation efforts. Because of this, LandTrust partners with the leading hunting and fishing conservation organizations by donating a percentage of every booking made through our site to protect outdoor access, wildlife, and habitat.”