Developer Tools Startups

Explore developer tools startups building for the modern software stack. These founders are creating CI/CD platforms, observability tools, APIs, and infrastructure that make developers more productive.

41
Total Startups
12%
With Revenue
71%
Technical Founders
Austin
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Developer Tools Startups (41)

IntellonSec

by Don Wilson

Alpha

Austin, TX

Stage: PRE SEED
AI INFRASTRUCTURELLM TOOLS AND PLATFORMSAI ML+2
LicensingSubscription

Enterprises are deploying autonomous AI agents at scale without a runtime security layer; legacy EDR can’t see agent intent, coordination, or memory tampering.

Product BuiltTechnicalWebsiteLinkedIn

Seamless Integration Group

by Bill Johnson

Alpha

California

Stage: PRE SEED
DEVELOPER TOOLSAPIS AND PLATFORMSHEALTHCARE SAAS
SaaS
Product BuiltRepeat FounderWebsiteLinkedIn

OnPoint

by Todd Waldemar

Launched

VA

Stage: SEED
OPERATIONS INFRALOGISTICS AND SHIPPINGAPIS AND PLATFORMS+3
SaaSAPI-Based

Commerce and security in restricted environments (e.g., military bases) are broken: manual/inconsistent credentialing, low courier success rates, no valid addresses, navigation blind spots, high cart...

Product BuiltRevenueRepeat FounderTechnicalWebsite

Nimbus

by James Campbell

Beta

Dover, Delaware

Stage: SEED
AI MLGENERATIVE AIB2B SAAS+1
SaaSSubscription

Enterprises face a large AI capability gap: AI tools operate in isolation without business context, lack shared memory or governance, and provide no auditable trail—leading to stalled pilots and...

Product BuiltRepeat FounderTechnicalWebsiteLinkedIn

Yen Network

Launched
Stage: PRE SEED
B2B SAASAPIS AND PLATFORMS
SaaSAPI-Based
Product BuiltWebsite

Docuseal

by Kriti Pinto

Launched

Chicago, IL

Stage: BOOTSTRAPPED
B2B SAASDEVELOPER TOOLSAPIS AND PLATFORMS
SaaSOpen Source

Stag

by Orel Zion

Prototype
APPLIED AIGENERATIVE AIDEVELOPER TOOLS+1
SaaSUsage-Based

AI made developers fast, making the designer the bottleneck. On mobile teams every design ships twice, once for iOS and once for Android, and handoff between designer and developer is broken.

Product BuiltTechnicalWebsite

Pacseed / Alestina

by Nicklas Di Pietro

Stage: PRE SEED
DEVELOPER TOOLSAPIS AND PLATFORMS
TechnicalLinkedIn

DreamLinked

by Seva Losev

Launched
Stage: PRE SEED
B2B SAASAPIS AND PLATFORMSOPERATIONS INFRA
SaaSSubscription

Startup ecosystems and accelerators lack resources, bandwidth, and efficient support for founders.

Product BuiltTechnicalWebsite

HelloSteps

by Yasin Elstohi

Idea
Stage: PRE SEED
AI MLDEVELOPER TOOLS
TechnicalLinkedIn

GolfPoint

by Josh Baker

Launched
Stage: PRE SEED
DEVELOPER TOOLS

Golf clubs lack a unified digital backbone — fragmented systems and poor member engagement.

Product BuiltRepeat FounderTechnicalWebsiteLinkedIn

Knitted Logic

by Vedran Balagović

Zagreb, Croatia

Stage: PRE SEED
DEVELOPER TOOLS

TripTips

by Darian Barnett

Beta

Las Vegas, NV

Stage: PRE SEED
ECOMMERCE MARKETPLACESB2B SAASAPIS AND PLATFORMS
SaaSMarketplace

Manual, untracked referral payments creating wasted spend and lack of ROI for foot-traffic businesses.

Repeat FounderTechnicalWebsiteLinkedIn

motchi.art

by Vedran Balagovic

Launched
Stage: PRE SEED
GENERATIVE AIDEVELOPER TOOLSB2B SAAS
SaaSSubscription

Custom character animation is expensive ($500–$5,000+ per asset) and slow; DIY tools like Rive/After Effects have steep learning curves; current AI tools lock users into hosted video URLs without...

Product BuiltRevenueTechnicalWebsite

Acute Immersive

by Anthony Maes

Launched
AR VRAPIS AND PLATFORMSDEVELOPER TOOLS
SaaSServices

A new immersive format (Apple Vision Pro) creates demand for immersive video capture, streaming and distribution but the ecosystem lacks accessible end-to-end services for brands and studios.

Product BuiltTechnicalWebsite

C.A.I.N Systems

Beta
Stage: PRE SEED
AI MLGENERATIVE AIDEVELOPER TOOLS+2
SaaSSubscription

AI today faces data bias, limited interpretability, and ethical deployment concerns that create inefficiencies, mistrust, and unintended consequences. AI needs to be more robust, programmable, and...

Product Built

ProjMOS, LLC

by Douglas Trovinger

Idea

Nashville, Tennessee

Stage: PRE SEED
AI MLB2B SAASECOMMERCE MARKETPLACES+12
SubscriptionMarketplace

The deck identifies the problem of abundant deal flow but limited decision bandwidth, which slows down financial research and deal velocity.

Repeat FounderWebsiteLinkedIn

Kira Host

by M. Hasam Pervaiz

MVP
Stage: PRE SEED
DEVELOPER TOOLSAPIS AND PLATFORMS
SaaSSubscription

High latency, limited regional availability, complex and costly server management for emerging markets and SMBs.

Technical

Yappes Technologies Private Limited

by Bhanu K Jain

Launched

Mysuru, Karnataka

Stage: SEED
APIS AND PLATFORMSENTERPRISE SAASAI INFRASTRUCTURE
SaaSLicensing

As data-localisation, cybersecurity and infrastructure-sovereignty requirements accelerate globally, regulated enterprises need technology that can operate with greater autonomy, control and security...

Product BuiltRevenueRepeat FounderTechnicalWebsite

Web3 Enabler, Inc.

by Alex Hochberger

Launched

Florida

Stage: SEED
CRYPTO BLOCKCHAINB2B SAASFINTECH+1
SaaSAPI-Based

Legacy corporate systems and financial rails do not natively connect to blockchain infrastructure.

Product BuiltRevenueRepeat FounderTechnicalWebsiteLinkedIn

Gad Technologies Consulting

by Gad Mugabo

DEVELOPER TOOLS
TechnicalLinkedIn

Mostly Right

by Vu Hoang Anh

Launched
AI MLDEVELOPER TOOLSAPIS AND PLATFORMS
API-BasedSaaS

Public data is published in many messy formats with no shared schema (ZIPs, GRIB, PDFs, CSVs), making it expensive and slow for teams to build reliable ML training datasets and production endpoints.

Product BuiltRepeat FounderTechnicalWebsite

HandSome

by Ami Kasai

Launched
Stage: PRE SEED
VERTICAL SAASAPIS AND PLATFORMSB2B SAAS
SaaSTransactional

The deck identifies significant structural issues in the Japanese Adult Video (JAV) industry, such as economic exploitation and lack of rights for performers, which are specific and urgent problems.

Sondr

by VedranBalagovic

Beta
Stage: PRE SEED
AI MLDEVELOPER TOOLSB2B SAAS
SaaSFreemium

Founders are blind to their own UX; traditional user testing is slow and costly; ~75% of new users churn in 72 hours due to first-run friction not caught by QA.

Product BuiltRepeat FounderTechnicalWebsite

WarpWare

by Mickey Mathew

Profitable

Denver, CO

Stage: SEED
AEROSPACESPACE SATELLITEDEVELOPER TOOLS+2
SaaSServices

A spacecraft launches every 36 hours and 8,000+ vehicles are built a year, yet every team still rebuilds the same mission software from scratch, which takes 12 to 24 months per program.

Product BuiltRevenueTechnicalWebsiteLinkedIn

Pact

by KristiforMilchev

Launched
Stage: PRE SEED
B2B SAASAPIS AND PLATFORMSDEVELOPER TOOLS
SaaSLicensing

Third-party cloud signing creates privacy, custody and provenance gaps for sensitive documents.

Product BuiltRepeat FounderTechnicalWebsite

Access Gained LLC

by Cayton Stephanie Flemming

MVP

Phoenix, Arizona

Stage: PRE SEED
AI MLB2B SAASB2B MARKETPLACES+1
SaaSSubscription

Execution breaks across independent businesses, systems, teams, and time; despite widespread AI/tool adoption, continuity and coordination are missing.

Product BuiltRepeat FounderWebsiteLinkedIn

ScribeMatrix

by Tray Bailey

Beta

Atlanta, Georgia

Stage: PRE SEED
APIS AND PLATFORMSECOMMERCE MARKETPLACESVERTICAL SAAS+5
FreemiumSubscription

Declining reader engagement with static text

Product BuiltRepeat FounderTechnicalWebsiteLinkedIn

AUTODRIVEPLUGSA (PTY) LTD, trading as DrivePlugAutoSA

by Teboho Mofokeng

Prototype
Stage: PRE SEED
B2B SAASAPIS AND PLATFORMSAFRICA FIRST
SaaSAPI-Based

Africa's automotive economy is fragmented: dealers, fleets, finance, insurers, workshops and logistics providers operate in disconnected systems, causing manual handoffs, slow transactions and siloed...

Product BuiltWebsiteLinkedIn

Prysmai

by Osarenren Isorae

Beta
Stage: ANGEL
AI INFRASTRUCTURELLM TOOLS AND PLATFORMSDEVELOPER TOOLS+2
SaaSSubscription

Enterprises deploying autonomous AI agents face prompt injection, PII leakage, agent loops, uncontrolled coordination, and lack of auditability/governance.

Product BuiltTechnicalWebsiteLinkedIn

Tensor Machines

by Muneeb Rasool

Beta

Texas

Stage: PRE SEED
AI INFRASTRUCTUREOBSERVABILITY AND MONITORINGOPERATIONS INFRA
SaaSSubscription

GPU operations suffer frequent multi-GPU job failures, high operational costs from overprovisioning, slow troubleshooting due to unclear diagnostics, and unique risks from secondhand GPUs (unknown...

Product BuiltTechnicalWebsite

MEETORA

by Manraj Singh Chandi

MVP
Stage: PRE SEED
B2B SAASSMB SAASAPIS AND PLATFORMS
SaaSFreemium

Marketers use 15-25 different tools daily causing fragmentation, wasted time (3-4 hours/day), loss of consistency and reduced strategic focus.

QuantumVivaSecurity

by BrentSmith

Prototype
Stage: SEED
ENTERPRISE SAASB2B SAASAPIS AND PLATFORMS
SaaSSubscription

Compelling and urgent. The deck quantifies the 'harvest now, decrypt later' threat: cybercrime damage at $10.5T in 2025 rising to $15.6T by 2029; 82% of malicious files enter via email; ransomware up...

FirstGlance

by Jonny Boyarsky

MVP

Boston, MA

Stage: PRE SEED
B2B SAASVERTICAL MARKETPLACESAPIS AND PLATFORMS
SaaSSubscription

Investors struggle to efficiently track startups and founders have no way to effectively show people what they’re doing; early stage pitch decks are often poor.

Product BuiltRepeat FounderTechnicalWebsite

Zynergy Digital Solutions

Launched

Ajman, Ajman

Stage: SEED
B2B SAASENTERPRISE SAASAI ML+1
SaaSSubscription

SMEs and enterprises face weak online presence from inception, inefficient operations, cybersecurity risks, poor customer engagement, lack of automation, client churn to other providers, and high...

Agency Uptime

by Mitchell Herman

Prototype

Florida

Stage: SEED
OBSERVABILITY AND MONITORINGDEVELOPER TOOLS

ViFiX

by Anatolii Khabarov

Launched
Stage: PRE SEED
GENERATIVE AIAPPLIED AIAPIS AND PLATFORMS
SaaSSubscription

AI creation is fragmented; creators must stitch together multiple AI tools and pro software.

Product BuiltTechnicalWebsite

CATALYST

by Travis Crew

Launched

Houston, Texas

Stage: BOOTSTRAPPED
QUANTUM COMPUTINGDEVELOPER TOOLSAI INFRASTRUCTURE
SaaSAPI-Based

Institutions lack trust at scale for quantum systems, simulators, and hybrid workflows. Outputs are hard to independently verify; physical QPUs need auditability, replay, and benchmark discipline.

Product BuiltTechnicalWebsiteLinkedIn

Bottowork

by Devesh Vyas

MVP
Stage: PRE SEED
ROBOTICSAI INFRASTRUCTUREDEVELOPER TOOLS+1
SaaSSubscription

Robots fail in production, but teams lack a clean way to search, analyze, and learn from failures; failure data is fragmented across logs/dashboards, failures are hard to search fleet-wide, and model...

Product BuiltTechnicalWebsiteLinkedIn

Quadlii Ai Inc.

by Jamie Thain

MVP

Toronto, Ontario

Stage: PRE SEED
DEVELOPER TOOLSAPIS AND PLATFORMSB2B SAAS
SaaSAPI-Based

Traditional software development is slow, expensive, and error-prone; legacy methodologies from the 1970s impede shareholder value.

Product BuiltRepeat FounderTechnicalWebsite

HappyOps

by Andrew Stuntz

Beta

Washington

Stage: PRE SEED
B2B SAASVERTICAL SAASAPIS AND PLATFORMS
SaaSSubscription

Scheduling and booking software is often clunky and desktop-focused; not optimized for guides and field-based operators.

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About Developer Tools Startups

Our community includes 41 startups in the Developer Tools space. Funding stages span 26 at PRE SEED, 8 at SEED, 2 at BOOTSTRAPPED, 1 at ANGEL.

28 startups have built a working product. 5 are generating revenue. 71% have technical co-founders who can build and iterate on product.

Investors interested in Developer Tools can browse these startups and use our AI-powered matching to find companies that align with their investment thesis, stage preference, and check size.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many Developer Tools startups are in this directory?
We currently track 41 Developer Tools startups in our community. 28 have built a product, and 5 are generating revenue.
What percentage of Developer Tools startups have technical founders?
71% of Developer Tools startups in our directory have at least one technical co-founder, which is an important signal for investors evaluating a startup's ability to build and iterate on their product.
How can I invest in Developer Tools startups?
The Founders' Group connects investors with vetted Developer Tools startups. Our AI-powered matching algorithm considers sector focus, stage fit, check size, and thesis alignment. Browse our investor directory or contact us to learn more.
What makes a strong Developer Tools startup?
Top Developer Tools startups typically demonstrate deep domain expertise, a clear understanding of their target market, defensible technology or IP, and early traction with paying customers or engaged users. Strong unit economics and a realistic go-to-market strategy are also key differentiators.
Where are most Developer Tools startups located?
The highest concentration of Developer Tools startups in our community is in Austin, Dover, Chicago. However, we work with startups from across the US and internationally.

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