2022 Best Tech Startups in Texas

June 10, 2022May 19, 2023 thetechtribune

The Tech Tribune staff has compiled the very best tech startups in Texas. 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. Workrise

Workrise

Founded: 2014

Also honored in:

“Workrise is the leading job placement and career building resource for skilled laborers.

We help them find work, get paid, and get the training they need. So they can focus less on looking for work and more on what matters to them.”

2. Aligned

Aligned

Founded: 2013

Also honored in:

“Aligned provides Scale Data Centers and Powered Shell / Build-to-Scale solutions with adaptive infrastructure and industry-leading cooling technology, deployed sustainably at a record-setting pace. The world’s leading hyperscalers and large enterprises trust Aligned to build energy-efficient, sustainable campuses and data centers that support massive scale, anywhere in the world.”

3. Homeward

Homeward

Founded: 2018

Also honored in:

“Homeward is a modern home finance company that helps real estate agents and their clients overcome the limitations of traditional mortgages. The Homeward Cash Offer eliminates the finance, home sale, and appraisal contingencies, enabling homebuyers to win with cash and, when necessary, to buy their new home before they sell their old one. Homeward has an office in Austin, TX, but operates with a fully remote workforce.”

4. ICON

Founded: 2017

“ICON develops advanced construction technologies that advance humanity. Using proprietary 3D printing robotics, software and advanced materials, ICON is shifting the paradigm of homebuilding on Earth and beyond.”

5. StackPath

StackPath

Founded: 2015

Also honored in:

“StackPath is an edge cloud platform, providing cloud services that are physically closer to end users than core cloud providers’ services. StackPath edge compute—including Virtual Machines and Containers—and edge applications—including CDN and WAF—are strategically located in the world’s most densely populated areas, and united by a secure private network fabric and a single management system. Customers ranging from Fortune 50 enterprises to one-person startups trust StackPath to give their latency-sensitive workloads and applications the speed, security and efficiency they require.”

6. Cart.com

Cart.com

Founded: 2020

Also honored in: 2022 Best Tech Startups in Houston

“Cart.com is the first end-to-end ecommerce software and service provider built to help Brands find more customers, sell in more places, and deliver their products more easily.

Cart.com provides tools that allow for a modular, data-rich, fully integrated approach to scaling up. We are on a mission to put Brands back in charge of their ecommerce journey and in control of their customer relationships.

Cart.com exists to help Brands crush scale.”

7. Elevate Brands

Founded: 2017

“Elevate Brands is building the future of CPG, today!

We acquire consumer leading Amazon brands and then we elevate them to their full potential!

We believe firmly in treating sellers fairly and with utmost professionalism. We like to say “sharks belong in the ocean, not in the deal room!”

We are a cash buyer of Amazon FBA businesses backed by strong investors. Please contact us to receive an offer/LOI within 24 hours. We pride ourselves on our streamlined underwriting process and typically close deals within 30 days!

We have a lucrative referral program for introductions that lead to the successful acquisition of an Amazon FBA business.”

8. Arrive Logistics

Arrive Logistics

Founded: 2014

Also honored in: 2022 Best Tech Startups in Austin

“Arrive Logistics is a multimodal transportation and technology company providing strategic solutions for both shippers and carriers. We are one of the fastest-growing freight brokerages in the nation, with exponential growth in both size and revenue each year since our founding in 2014. We are focused on one thing: defining a new standard for service in freight, pushing the limits of what’s possible for ourselves and our partners every day.

At Arrive Logistics, our relentless pursuit of perfection fuels our ability to optimize operations, identify efficiencies, build technology and deliver innovation that pushes businesses like yours forward. But it’s not just what we do that sets us apart from everyone else — it’s what we’re made of: grit, determination and a 24/7 commitment to our partners.

The details matter. We don’t just connect freight and carriers; we think critically about every element of the process, working with precision to anticipate your needs. That means more capacity, a consistent freight experience — no surprises.”

9. EverlyWell

EverlyWell

Founded: 2015

Also honored in:

“Everlywell, PWNHealth, and Home Access Health Corp. are now Everly Health.

We’ve formed Everly Health to improve the lives of millions with a fully integrated digital care platform for consumers and businesses. We continue to innovate in the space by delivering more care to more people on a seamless diagnostics-driven platform.

We believe better healthcare is achieved when everyone has access to fully integrated digital care. That a person’s life can transform if we meet people where they are and provide them with a pathway to affordable and actionable health insights. The way healthcare should be—centered around people.”

10. FLASH

Founded: 2011

“At FLASH, we’re changing the way people interface with their cities. Our vision of the FlashOS-powered Mobility Hub is building the connected city of the future for our customers.

Our cloud-born FlashOS platform and Hardware-as-a-Service offerings give parking operators and asset owners the control and flexibility they need to adapt and thrive in a rapidly changing climate.”