Future of Work Startups
2,721 companies tagged Future of Work, with their investors and founders.
YBF Ventures is an Australian startup community rebuilding the former YBF hub through a podcast, function-themed roundtables connecting vetted founders with senior buyers from ASX 300 companies, and YPO-style founder circles, with an accelerator planned to follow. It serves early-stage founders and startups in Australia, run by operators who have built, sold and invested in companies.
2 investors
Yesware is a sales engagement platform that helps teams conduct outreach campaigns, schedule meetings, and track email engagement with buyers. The platform serves sales teams of all sizes, from small businesses to enterprises with over 1,000 users.
2 investors
Munich people-enablement SaaS for onboarding, performance management, learning, and career development, with embedded AI for managers. Deel acquired the company in February 2024 and folded the product into Deel Engage; zavvy.io now serves that Deel product.
2 investors
Provides hands-on training and workshops that teach engineering teams to adopt AI-augmented development workflows using their own codebase and stack. Offered by an independent consultant/trainer serving software engineering teams and their leadership.
2 investors
Zenter was a startup that built web-based presentation software for creating and sharing slideshows online. Acquired by Google in 2007, where its technology contributed to the presentations feature of Google Docs (later Google Slides).
2 investors
Zippia is an online job search and career platform that provides personalized job matches, AI-assisted job applications, resume generation, and career research tools such as company reviews, salaries, and industry data. It serves job seekers looking to evaluate roles in the context of their long-term career goals.
2 investors
Zolvers is an online marketplace that connects households and offices with verified domestic workers and service professionals for home cleaning, maintenance, and repair jobs. Clients post their requirements, receive profiles or quotes from vetted workers, and pay a one-time platform activation fee, with the service operating in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, and Mexico.
2 investors
Wishket is a South Korean online platform that connects companies with verified IT freelancers and development firms for software and IT projects. It offers expert vetting, matching within 24 hours, and an escrow-based contract system, and provides AI tools for cost estimates and finding similar past projects.
2 investors
ADDress operates a multi-location residential service in Japan that allows members to live across different cities and rural areas through access to vacant properties and vacation homes on a flat monthly subscription. The company addresses rural depopulation and urban isolation by enabling a distributed lifestyle that connects people to regional communities.
2 investors
Spacee operates a space-matching service offering meeting rooms, shared offices, rental spaces, and single-person work booths that users can book by the hour. The company serves individuals and businesses in Japan looking for flexible workspaces and third places.
2 investors
Buzzkuri is an HR and organizational consulting firm that works closely with clients' teams to reform performance evaluation, 1-on-1s, and training programs. It serves HR departments and company executives who want to drive organizational change beyond surface-level initiatives.
2 investors
Lancers operates a Japanese online marketplace connecting individuals and companies for outsourced work, including freelance and side-job matching services. The company launched Japan's first business-outsourcing platform "Lancers" and offers talent services supporting smart management for businesses.
2 investors
BONX develops a voice communication platform and hearable (wearable audio) devices, handling their planning, development, and sales. Originally created from a snowboarder's desire to talk with friends while riding, the product now targets workplace/team communication for people who take both work and play seriously.
2 investors
Gatari develops mixed reality (MR) applications that integrate auditory experiences with spatial computing. The company builds digital infrastructure that merges the physical and digital worlds through sensory integration.
2 investors
LTB (株式会社エルティービー) provides foreign worker employment support in Japan, including recruitment placement, visa/residence-status compliance, and employment management tools. It operates the "Peregre Works" job platform and "Peregre Agent" staffing service, matching foreign workers to jobs (including logistics and warehouse roles) while automating residence-card tracking and employment-eligibility checks to prevent illegal employment.
2 investors
Kaminashi is a service platform that implements comprehensive security measures including data encryption, two-factor authentication, and regular third-party security audits. The company operates on AWS infrastructure in Tokyo with redundant data protection and holds ISMS (ISO 27001) certification.
2 investors
Caster is a Japanese company operating in the future-of-work space with a focus on reworking how work is done, offering work-related services (details limited on the page).
2 investors
Goodpatch is a design company; the page is a company-overview navigation index and does not describe its products or services in detail.
2 investors
Coconala operates an online marketplace connecting professionals with a range of skills to individuals and businesses seeking those skills. It also offers an agent service matching professional talent with companies and AI-related services such as an order-assistant AI and a ChatGPT app, serving the Japanese market.
1 investor
The Innovation World Cup Series is an open innovation competition platform that connects technology entrepreneurs and startups with industry partners and potential investors. Organized by Techprnrs and run in partnership with regional ICT clusters worldwide, it identifies emerging tech applications and investment opportunities across new industries.
1 investor
1099Policy provides on-demand liability insurance and coverage infrastructure for businesses that engage independent contractors, such as content creators and brand activators, replacing employer-of-record arrangements. Its offering targets companies managing large contractor workforces across the US.
1 investor
17hats is a cloud-based business management platform that automates workflows and client management for service-driven small businesses. The platform helps entrepreneurs across more than 100 different business types streamline operations and reduce administrative overhead.
1 investor
10X presents an approach to fundamental innovation centered on people, individual autonomy, self-governance, and free collaboration enabled by technology. The company distinguishes between exploring new business models and executing existing ones, arguing each requires different skills, organization, processes, and governance.
1 investor
Business school offering executive MBAs, part-time MBAs, executive and specialist master's programs, intensive courses, and a coaching school for recent graduates, professionals, and managers. Operating since 1994 with a network of over 600 partner companies, it became part of Italy's Digit'Ed training group in 2023.
1 investor