The Tech Tribune staff has compiled the very best tech startups in Redmond, Washington. In doing our research, we considered several factors including but not limited to:

1. Revenue potential
2. Leadership team
3. Brand/product traction
4. 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. Kymeta

Founded: 2012

Also honored in: 

• 2021 Best Tech Startups in Washington
• 2020 Best Tech Startups in Washington
• 2020 Best Tech Startups in Redmond
• 2019 Best Tech Startups in Washington
• 2019 Best Tech Startups in Redmond
• 2018 Best Tech Startups in Washington

“Kymeta is the leader in unlocking the potential of broadband satellite connectivity, combined with cellular networks, to satisfy the overwhelming demand for comms on the move and making mobile global. Kymeta’s satellite connectivity solutions offers unique, complete, and turnkey bundled solutions to the market based on best-in-class technologies and tailored customer-centric services that meet and exceed customer mission requirements. These solutions in tandem with the company’s flat-panel satellite antenna, the first of its kind, and Kymeta services provide revolutionary mobile connectivity on satellite and hybrid satellite-cellular networks to customers around the world. Backed by U.S. and international patents and licenses, the Kymeta terminal addresses the need for low-power, low-cost and high-throughput communication systems that have no moving parts. Kymeta makes connecting easy – for any vehicle, vessel, aircraft, or fixed platform.”

2. EchoNous

Founded: 2016

“Headquartered in Seattle, Washington, EchoNous, a KKR portfolio company and parent company of Signostics, is developing an expanding family of intelligent medical tools to help healthcare professionals solve common everyday problems in healthcare. Beginning with the EchoNous Vein vascular access tool and the Uscan intelligent bladder scanner, EchoNous is applying a layer of artificial intelligence to extreme miniaturized ultrasound to provide nurses, doctors and clinicians with high-quality, easy-to-use tools simplifying the task at hand. CEO and industry innovator Kevin Goodwin and EVP, COO & CIO Niko Pagoulatos, PhD, a prolific engineering leader, together direct the company based on decades of successful experience and new category creation in the ultrasound industry.”

3. Xplore

Founded: 2017

“Xplore’s mission is to accelerate scientific exploration via commercial missions at and beyond Earth, to the Moon, Mars, Venus, Lagrange points and near-Earth asteroids for a diverse set of commercial customers.”

4. ADURO

Founded: 2013

Also honored in:

• 2020 Best Tech Startups in Redmond
• 2019 Best Tech Startups in Redmond

“We are the Human Performance company, using people + data to improve lives for our corporate clients. We are thought leaders in transformational learning and behavior change using our SaaS digital solutions. Our holistic approach to all areas of life increases employee well-being. We believe life is improved in the moments we decide to make a micro-change. Learn more about our services at https://adurolife.com.”

5. BCMI

Founded: 2014

“The Bulk Construction Materials Initiative (BCMI), is a collaboration with leading material producers for ready mix concrete, aggregate, Portland cement, and hot mix asphalt. BCMI develops cloud-based, mobile software tools that empower these producers to improve business processes and achieve their goals.

From a cell phone or tablet, producers can keep an eye on customers’ orders, track plant production, record customer meetings, and check QC data. Their customers have unprecedented access to real-time information about projects and performance, and the ability to place orders and check order statuses without calling a dispatcher. CRM and Dispatch are in field-testing now, with Billing and AR soon to follow.

Our producer partners share their expertise, and we bring the development to deliver a steady stream of new tools with a pre-proven value proposition. The goal of BCMI is to help our sponsors “compress time and reduce labor” in all aspects of their business.”

6. Tagboard

Founded: 2012

Also honored in:

• 2020 Best Tech Startups in Redmond
• 2019 Best Tech Startups in Redmond

“Tagboard is used by thousands of brands, sporting teams, and media companies to create and distribute interactive stories using cloud-based graphics and real-time content across any connected screen, including broadcast, livestreams, venue screens, web properties, and mobile apps.

We’re all about community. Tagboard was founded in 2011 to help strengthen community. Our headquarters are located in Redmond, Washington, USA, and we have offices around the globe.”

7. Sync.MD

Founded: 2015

“With Sync.MD, you can have your complete up-to-date health records wherever you are, which saves time, eliminates unnecessary and inappropriate procedures, and improves results.

All your health records in your hand:

• Take back control of your healthcare information. Manage and share access to your health records right from your phone.
• Use the camera on your phone to perfectly scan paper documents. Sync.MD automatically crops, straightens and saves it into your Health Record
• Get documents from your doctor without hassle. Upload documents from any computer directly to Sync.MD mobile app
• Instantly grant access to your health records. Provide access for select documents to any device with a browser – at home or in any clinic in two simple steps.”

8. Fullcast.io

Founded: 2016

“Fullcast.io, The end to end RevOps Platform . Interested in discussing all things RevOps- Join us here : go.fullcast.io/signal.”

9. CloudAtlas

Founded: 2015

Also honored in: 2019 Best Tech Startups in Redmond

“CloudAtlas accelerates application migration to Azure while maintaining Cost Control, Compliance and Cybersecurity. Ongoing monitoring and analysis of your environment ensures your subscriptions are right-sized, optimized, and compliant. CloudAtlas gives you the insight to make data driven decisions, achieve your optimal cloud environment, and maximize the value of your cloud investments.

Enterprises have developed millions of custom Line of Business (LoB) applications; many of which need to be securely migrated to the cloud, while simultaneously ensuring best practices and development standards are followed. To scale to support application migrations at Enterprise scale requires integrated tools supported by automation. The CloudAtlas® brand to help customers rapidly adopt, securely deploy and effectively manage workloads and custom applications moved to Microsoft’s Cloud solutions (Azure, Office 365).”

10. Bloomz, Inc.

Founded: 2014

“Bloomz is the creator of the Bloomz App, the mobile and web app connecting teachers and school administrators with parents and students, in a secure, private, easy to use environment. With Bloomz, educators can schedule classroom volunteers, parent-teacher conferences, communicate directly with parents and share pictures of students when they have those awesome learning moments.

Bloomz is a place where parents feel more connected than they ever have to their children’s world. And Teachers have more time than ever before, because they have everything they need, in one simple-to-use tool.”