2023 Best Tech Startups in South Carolina

May 19, 2023 thetechtribune

The Tech Tribune staff has compiled the very best tech startups in South Carolina. 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. Bosscat

Founded: 2017

Also honored in:

“BOSSCAT™ Home Services and Technologies is a real estate technology platform that makes home repairs, renovations, and lifecycle services hassle-free for homebuyers, sellers, real estate professionals, and institutional investors. We provide quick, accurate, and transparent online pricing, skilled tradesmen and women available on-demand, start-to-finish project coordination and management of every project, and a one-year warranty that stays with the home.”

2. AmplifiedAg

Founded: 2018

Also honored in:

“AmplifiedAg, Inc.™ is a modern agriculture technology leader focused on empowering a scalable, resilient, and sustainable food supply and providing global populations with access to clean, fresh, and healthy produce. The company has developed the most advanced CEA platform, and engineers hydroponic vertical farms from refurbished shipping containers which are controlled and automated through its proprietary hardware and seed-to-market farm management software.

AmplifiedAg’s produce and indoor farming brand, Vertical Roots, is the largest hydroponic container farm in the world and currently sells its produce through more than 2,000 grocery stores and numerous food distributors across 13 states in the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic.

In addition to powering its flagship brand Vertical Roots, AmplifiedAg provides holistic indoor farming solutions to sustainably grow and distribute food anywhere in the world.”

3. Uncommon Giving

Founded: 2018

Also honored in:

“We’re Uncommon, the generosity company. A digital-first financial services company changing the way people give, invest and make an impact on the world.

Check out our growing online giving platform for individuals, companies and their employees at UncommonGiving.com.”

4. Sprockets

Founded: 2016

Also honored in: 2022 Best Tech Startups in South Carolina

“People make your business run, but few are truly a great fit. Sprockets combines technology and psychology to solve a very human equation – which job applicants will perform like your best employees. Sounds like magic? Not at all.

Sprockets’ sophisticated software evaluates potential hires based on the traits of a company’s best employees to determine the right candidate in just a few minutes. There is no guesswork, frustration, or the expense of high turnover. It’s not magic — it’s logic.”

5. Tallo

Founded: 2013

Also honored in:

“Tallo provides the only end-to-end workforce talent solution based on an approach of combining science, data analytics, and digital technology. Over 1.5 million Tallo users showcase their skills and accomplishments, connect with post-secondary institutions and companies, and have access to customized career pathways and financial assistance guidance. Tallo users represent more than 27,000 high schools, 4,000 colleges, hundreds of companies, and governmental entities. Tallo also serves a diverse community of users, including 250,000 Black and Latino/Hispanic students and young professionals.”

6. Universal Ledger

Founded: 2022

“The first fully compliant wallet platform with progressive identity and global U.S. dollar access.”

7. Blue Sky Specialty Pharmacy

Founded: 2015

“Blue Sky Specialty Pharmacy listens, delivers, and thinks ahead. We’re transforming the patient experience beginning with better communication with patients, clients, and partners.

We dare to be different.”

8. Case Status

Founded: 2017

Also honored in:

“Radically transform the way clients interact with your law firm with the only all-in-one client information hub. That’s case updates, messaging, appointments, & automation, all from an app on your client’s phone. Clients have access & ownership of their case – driving fewer, more meaningful interactions with your firm, unlocking new growth.”

9. 6AM City

Founded: 2016

Also honored in:

“6AM is redefining the future of local media as the fastest growing newsletter-first local media company in the country, delivering the most relevant need-to-know local news and events. We aim to build communities driven by conversation, designed to educate and activate the cities we call home.”

10. Interpres Security

Founded: 2020

“Right-Size Your Defenses to Reduce Threat Exposure

Interpres Security provides an unbiased view of the enterprises’ security posture to help CISOs and security practitioners reduce threat exposure.

Interpres Security analyzes the dynamic relationship between defensive and adversarial capabilities, prioritizes actions, and optimizes the security ecosystem for the enterprise, providing a single source of truth when it comes to defense surface management.”