2025 Best Tech Startups in North Dakota
The Tech Tribune staff has compiled the very best tech startups in North Dakota. 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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10. Fenworks
Founded: 2020
“Gamifying Education. Fenworks is your hometown provider of high school esports and drone racing across the Upper Midwest. We create an experience that gets students involved and inspired.”
9. Pavewise
Founded: 2023
Also honored in: 2024 Best Tech Startups in North Dakota
“At Pavewise, we’re transforming how the horizontal construction industry manages projects, weather risks, and compliance. Our mission is simple: help contractors work smarter, not harder.
Born from nearly two decades of real-world paving and construction experience, Pavewise was built to solve the biggest challenges facing contractors today—miscommunication, inefficiencies, and weather disruptions. After managing over 2,900 miles of asphalt paving across 33 states and 27 international airports, our team knew there had to be a better way. That’s why we created Pavewise, an intelligent construction management platform designed specifically for the asphalt paving industry.”
8. WalkWise
Founded: 2016
Also honored in:
- 2024 Best Tech Startups in North Dakota
- 2023 Best Tech Startups in North Dakota
- 2022 Best Tech Startups in North Dakota
- 2022 Best Tech Startups in Fargo
“WalkWise is helping older adults stay safe, healthy, and independent with our remote monitoring system designed specifically for people who use mobility aids. We empower healthcare providers and caregivers with actionable insights, allowing them to make better care decisions.”
7. RxE2
Founded: 2020
Also honored in:
- 2024 Best Tech Startups in North Dakota
- 2023 Best Tech Startups in North Dakota
- 2022 Best Tech Startups in North Dakota
- 2022 Best Tech Startups in Fargo
“Committed to improving the way clinical trials are managed, making them more efficient and effective to drive more drugs to the market faster, RXE2 is focused on leveraging the power of community, and specifically community pharmacists, providing them with powerful and cutting-edge technology, so that they can help the pharmaceuticals with their challenges in clinical trials.
Clinical studies traditionally take many years and cost hundreds of millions of dollars to design, run and analyze. The biggest challenges pharmaceutical companies face when it comes to clinical trials and research are usually patient recruitment (both in time and diversity), patient engagement and retention (patient adherence to the protocol, dropout rates) and the logistics of drug dispensing and counseling.”
6. FarmQA
Founded: 2015
Also honored in:
- 2022 Best Tech Startups in North Dakota
- 2022 Best Tech Startups in Fargo
- 2021 Best Tech Startups in North Dakota
- 2021 Best Tech Startups in Fargo
“At FarmQA, we are at the forefront of agronomy management innovation, delivering cutting-edge software solutions designed to enhance the capabilities of crop consultants, agricultural retailers, and cooperatives. Our mission is to advance the future of agronomy through technological excellence and exceptional customer service. We are a dynamic and expanding team committed to making a meaningful impact in the agricultural industry.”
5. CorVent Medical
Founded: 2020
Also honored in:
“To provide powerfully simple respiratory solutions for post-ICU and home environments, eliminating unnecessary cost and complexity.”
4. 701x
Founded: 2020
“Empowering ranchers to do more with less with the use of our app and smart ear tags.”
3. SafetySpect
Founded: 2016
Also honored in: 2024 Best Tech Startups in North Dakota
“SafetySpect’s pioneering patented technology is redefining hygiene and sanitization standards for corporations, government and private organizations. We are engineering a platform system with multiple technologies and features. SafetySpect is a software/data-driven company with proprietary sensing and diagnostic devices that utilize advanced imaging technologies to promote safety.”
2. Thread
Founded: 2019
Also honored in:
- 2024 Best Tech Startups in North Dakota
- 2023 Best Tech Startups in North Dakota
- 2022 Best Tech Startups in North Dakota
“Thread is a software-as-a-service provider for electric utilities and generation… Our UNITI Workspace specializes in asset data management, workflow automation, and collaboration tools.”
1. Bushel
Founded: 2011
Also honored in:
- 2024 Best Tech Startups in North Dakota
- 2023 Best Tech Startups in North Dakota
- 2022 Best Tech Startups in North Dakota
- 2022 Best Tech Startups in Fargo
- 2021 Best Tech Startups in North Dakota
- 2021 Best Tech Startups in Fargo
- 2020 Best Tech Startups in North Dakota
- 2020 Best Tech Startups in Fargo
- 2019 Best Tech Startups in North Dakota
- 2019 Best Tech Startups in Fargo
- 2018 Best Tech Startups in North Dakota
- 2018 Best Tech Startups in Fargo
“Bushel is an independently owned software company and leading provider of software technology solutions for farmers, grain buyers, ag retailers, protein producers and food companies, headquartered in Fargo, N.D. Since launching in 2017, Bushel’s platform has grown rapidly, now powering more than 2,600 grain facilities across the U.S. and Canada with real-time business information for their producers. Monthly, 100,000 producers utilize Bushel products and services. Bushel is focused on bringing innovative software products and solutions to the agriculture industry.”