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What's Best Small Companies?
Built In's “Best Small Companies” list rates companies with less than 100 employees based on their employer benefits and employee submitted compensation data. Rank is determined by combining a company’s score in each of these categories.
50 Best Small Companies to Work For in Austin
New Knowledge
Artificial Intelligence + Machine Learning
About us
New Knowledge is a fast-growing information integrity company on a mission to help our clients understand the internet. We use AI and machine learning to alert brands to potentially damaging online campaigns, and we are revolutionizing the way companies and industries make sense of disinformation, echo chambers, and filter bubbles.
48
Local Employees
Founded
Austin
Location
Sprinklr
Social Media + Software
About us
Sprinklr is the most complete enterprise social technology in the world, purpose-built for global brands to drive business outcomes and manage customer experiences across all touch-points.
100
Local Employees
Founded
Austin
Location
Wikibuy
eCommerce
About us
At Wikibuy, we aim to make saving money effortless. Wikibuy automatically finds lower prices, coupons, and rewards while you shop and is powered by a community of more than 2 million members who help each other save while shopping online. When one member finds a great offer or price drop on something you love, Wikibuy lets you know about it.
22
Local Employees
Austin
Location
The Guild Hotels
Travel
About us
The Guild is turning the traditional hotel model on its head, allowing our guests to bypass the front desk and immerse themselves into the neighborhood. We identify vacant space in existing buildings and resourcefully convert that space into boutique hotel suites. We offer local insights and professionally-designed, locally-inspired suites.
60
Local Employees
Founded
Austin
Location
Headspring
Cloud + Software
About us
We believe there's a better way - to build software, to work with clients, and to do business. And we know finding the better way starts with who you work with. We're committed to delivering great software that transforms organizations and lives, furthering our clients' missions, and solving their toughest challenges.
77
Local Employees
Founded
Austin
Location
Modernize
Information Technology + Marketing Tech
About us
Here at Modernize, we’ve set out to create a fresh experience to connect contractors with homeowners looking to upgrade their home. Today we focus primarily on energy efficiency upgrades like solar panels, windows, roofing, and HVAC. We work with the most professional contractors in the country, and touch millions of homeowners each year.
100
Local Employees
Founded
Austin
Location
Pinpoint
Big Data + Machine Learning
About us
Pinpoint is the first advanced analytics platform for software engineering. By applying machine learning to activity from a range of software lifecycle systems (Jira, GitHub, GitLab, BitBucket, SonarQube, etc.), Pinpoint gives leaders a true view of costs, results, efficiency and performance.
10
Local Employees
Founded
Austin
Location
Thoughtbot
Machine Learning + Mobile
About us
thoughtbot turns ideas into products and helps those products grow into independent companies. With over 15 years of experience, offices in major tech hubs, and a staff of developers and designers from startup backgrounds, thoughtbot can assist in all steps of the business and development process.
9
Local Employees
Founded
Austin
Location
Mythic
Artificial Intelligence + Hardware
About us
Mythic is a startup developing a breakthrough platform for deploying artificial intelligence in any device. Our hardware and software – based on fundamental breakthroughs in analog computing -- will be the driver of the major technological trends over the next 20 years, including autonomous systems, robotics, AR/VR, drone delivery, and many more.
45
Local Employees
Founded
Austin
Location
ActiveProspect, Inc.
Marketing Tech + Software
About us
ActiveProspect is a marketing SaaS company for online lead acquisition, enabling real-time data decisions. Our product suite (LeadConduit, TrustedForm & SuppressionList) handles integrations, data verification, data enhancement, and consent documentation for legal compliance (TCPA). We have processed over 1 billion Internet leads for leading brands
20
Local Employees
Founded
Austin
Location
Effective Spend
Agency + Digital Media
About us
Effective Spend is an Austin-based digital marketing agency founded in 2008. Our services include PPC marketing, social media advertising, SEO and digital public relations. We've built an A-team of digital marketers that care deeply about performing at the highest level. We're excellent at what we do and have a ton of fun doing it!
35
Local Employees
Founded
Austin
Location
Talroo
Enterprise Web + HR Tech
About us
Talroo is a data-driven talent attraction solution that reaches the candidates you need to make hires. With unique audiences you won't find anywhere else, plus expert client service throughout your campaign, Talroo helps save time, spend wisely, and hire better.
85
Local Employees
Founded
Austin
Location
NSS Labs
Security + Software
About us
NSS Labs, Inc. is recognized globally as the most trusted source for independent, fact-based cybersecurity guidance. Our mission is to advance transparency and accountability within the cybersecurity industry. We empower enterprises by providing them with timely, relevant information on which to base their decisions.
Founded
Austin
Location
Rev.com
Machine Learning + On-Demand
About us
Rev is a marketplace for remote work made up of a large network of 22,000 freelancers (aka Revvers) that provide services to our 100,000+ customers around the world including companies like Amazon, Google, Buzzfeed, CNN and more. Our initial four offerings are audio transcription, video captions and subtitles, and document translation.
35
Local Employees
Founded
Austin
Location
Pingboard
Enterprise Web + Productivity
About us
We started Pingboard because we believe in transparency, connectedness, and empowerment at work. We run our company this way and build products that make it possible, starting with the Real-time Org Chart. We value transparency and encourage our team to openly share their opinions and ideas.
26
Local Employees
Founded
Austin
Location
SOCi Inc.
Marketing Tech + Social Media
About us
SOCi is the leading enterprise solution for social content discovery and social media marketing. Our next-generation, all-in-one social media SaaS platform utilizes a proprietary scoring algorithm to discover, evaluate, and rank social content, changing how enterprises, franchises, and affiliates market on social media to their target audiences. SO
17
Local Employees
Founded
Austin
Location
Brightpearl
Cloud + eCommerce
About us
Brightpearl is complete operations platform for brands, retailers and wholesalers. Everything you need to streamline the back office, from order management, to replenishment, retail accounting, inventory, warehouse management and more. We're designed to scale as you grow.
31
Local Employees
Founded
Austin
Location
Square Root
Software
About us
Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, Square Root unlocks potential for some of the world’s leading brands. Our enterprise software, CoEFFICIENT®, breaks through organizational silos, uncovers stores’ unique needs, and helps achieve business goals to improve customer experiences.
43
Local Employees
Founded
Austin
Location
Will Reed
Agency + Software
About us
Will Reed is a recruiting firm that partners with innovative tech companies and VC-backed startups to scale sales organizations and actualize growth strategies. In other words, we hire the best people to help the best people find the best jobs. Apply at willreed.com.
Think like a recruiter. Act like a human.
16
Local Employees
Founded
Dallas
Location
PureWrx
Hardware + Sales
About us
PureWrx (pronounced Pure-works) is the #1 PLATFORM for OEM Certified Pre-Owned (CPO) IT Hardware that is 100% Supported and Warrantied by the original manufacturer (OEM). Network Operators and OEMs have struggled for years to mutually address legacy network needs. PureWrx fills that gap with its OEM-CPOTM platform in a way no one else can.
30
Local Employees
Founded
Austin
Location
OnlineMedEd
Edtech
About us
OnlineMedEd is a self-directed, personalized, and adaptive edtech platform. We began in medicine as proof of concept; now we're branching into other professional fields to change how learning is approached. Information grows exponentially, while the brain remains finite. We help resolve the two by identifying and teaching what you need to know.
35
Local Employees
Founded
Austin
Location
Smarter Sorting
Greentech + Hardware
About us
Smarter Sorting helps companies maximize the salvation of unwanted items. We achieve this through our Point Of Reversal Decision Engine. It is the best and only one of its kind.
31
Local Employees
Founded
Austin
Location
RVshare
Internet of Things + Sharing Economy
About us
The RV industry is a multi-billion dollar industry and has more than 10 million people going on a trip with their RV or renting an RV every year. RVshare is the #1 rental marketplace and we believe life is made of moments and taking a trip in an RV should be one of them.
20
Local Employees
Founded
Austin
Location
AdAction Interactive
AdTech + Mobile
About us
AdAction is an innovative mobile app media company partnering with leading app developers, Fortune 100 brands, and quality publishers to create successful performance marketing campaigns across iOS & Android platforms. Since 2013, AdAction’s had one of the highest client retention rates in the industry and averages over 8 million monthly installs.
18
Local Employees
Founded
Austin
Location
Lunar Collective
Cloud + Consumer Web
About us
Lunar Collective is a software and business consultancy designed to help people solve problems through software and education. We believe in diverse teams, empathetic discussions, active listening, and powerful collaborations through honest communication. We would love to help you build your next project or help you build the ideal team.
6
Local Employees
Founded
Austin
Location
BlackLocus
Retail + Software
About us
BlackLocus is an innovation lab operating within the Home Depot, the top home improvement retailer in the world. To stay ahead of the curve, Home Depot is making a substantial investment in data science, innovation, technology, and design.
55
Local Employees
Founded
Austin
Location
Upswing
Artificial Intelligence + Edtech
About us
Upswing helps more students earn a college degree by providing support to students through a virtual assistant that answers any questions about the college experience and connects students with their college tutors, advisors, and coaches. In 5 years, we've partnered with over 100 institutions and have prevented more than 20,000 student dropouts.
26
Local Employees
Founded
Austin
Location
Aspire Food Group
Food + Greentech
About us
Aspire Food Group is a global food-tech company based in Austin, Texas. We address food security and food sustainability by developing pioneering technology to commercialize the cleanest and most ethical source of animal protein in the world: insects.
We are global industry leaders in the edible insect movement.
25
Local Employees
Founded
Austin
Location
Zilker Partners
HR Tech + Information Technology
About us
No matter the kind of IT or Digital resources you need, Zilker Partners is here to help you find the best talent, best practices and best software to succeed. We provide a wide breadth of services to meet your needs today and into the future.
22
Local Employees
Founded
Austin
Location
CURB, Inc.
Big Data + Greentech
About us
Curb is a clean-tech startup which provides insight into home electricity usage, giving users control to make their homes more energy efficient and affordable. We provides actionable information about how to make homes more energy efficient through circuit-level electricity monitoring, real-time reporting, smart alerts, and remote energy controls.
14
Local Employees
Founded
Austin
Location
Q1Media
Digital Media
About us
Q1Media serves national, regional & local brands by reaching custom audiences on high-performing ad inventory across mobile, video, display & connected tv. Our best-in-class mobile location based targeting, high-performing cross device ad units & in-house optimization team afford advertisers a robust platform to place & manage their digital efforts
33
Local Employees
Founded
Austin
Location
Proof
Marketing Tech + Software
About us
Our purpose at Proof is to make the internet delightfully human. Our platform harnesses the power of social proof that you often see offline and helps bring it online. Over 15,000 websites trust our software to increase conversions.
12
Local Employees
Founded
Austin
Location
TrustRadius
Enterprise Web + Information Technology
About us
TrustRadius is the most-trusted platform for B2B customer voice and insights. We help technology buyers make confident decisions with in-depth reviews and ratings from real users. We also help vendors engage and convert buyers by putting their customer's voice to work, authentically and at scale.
44
Local Employees
Founded
Austin
Location
A Cloud Guru
Cloud + Edtech
About us
We’re a company founded by engineers, comprised of engineers, building the world’s largest cloud learning and transformation platform with a bold mission – giving individuals and businesses the chance to change their trajectory. Our fun, engaging (and quirky) courses have helped 800,000+ engineers learn to cloud, and we’re just getting started.
27
Local Employees
Founded
Austin
Location
FunnelAI
Artificial Intelligence + Machine Learning
About us
FunnelAI helps businesses find their customers in real-time on any online social platform. Our AI model is used to find real-time purchase intents and also helps with retention of existing customers. We helped our customers to reduce traditional ad spend by more than 50% and have been providing 70% more marketing qualified leads.
8
Local Employees
Founded
San Antonio
Location
Tenfold
Sales + Software
About us
In everything we do, we believe that improving communication - the human connection - is the key to solving many of the world's problems. The way we do this is by building great software that improves communication. Today Tenfold is actively developing the technologies to make this possible.
25
Local Employees
Founded
Austin
Location
Bestow
Big Data + Consumer Web
About us
Your financial future is important to us and we know life insurance is a vital part of protecting that future. Through partnerships with some of the best insurance carriers, a faster application process that lasts minutes, and an experience built with convenience in mind, Bestow has made life insurance more accessible than ever before.
16
Local Employees
Founded
Austin
Location
TicketCity
eCommerce + Sports
About us
TicketCity is a ticket marketplace that specializes in concerts, festivals and sporting events worldwide. For more than 25 years, TicketCity has been a leading destination for live event tickets, helping thousands of fans each month easily find and buy tickets.
25
Local Employees
Founded
Austin
Location
Popspots
AdTech + Computer Vision
About us
Popspots is modernizing grocery retail with AI-powered technology that helps brands and grocers drive awareness, engagement, and conversion -- directly at the point of purchase
12
Local Employees
Founded
Austin
Location
CareerPlug
Software
About us
CareerPlug provides easy-to-use software and proactive services to Make Hiring Easier for over 10,000 growing companies. Our applicant tracking and paperless onboarding platforms are designed with user experience in mind: from candidates to hiring managers to leaders.
50
Local Employees
Founded
Austin
Location
AlertMedia
Internet of Things + Software
About us
As the fastest-growing emergency mass communications and monitoring company, AlertMedia helps some of the world’s largest organizations securely and effectively monitor threats, streamline notifications, and improve employee safety. Our cloud-based platform delivers communications that protect, improve operations, and mitigate loss from anywhere.
Founded
Austin
Location
National Sign Plazas
Logistics + Other
About us
National Sign Plazas, Inc. (NSP) is a national design/build firm specializing in the creative design of unique signage systems within the homebuilder and civic communities. Through our 10 established territories, we have been working with large and small cities and homebuilders for years.
8
Local Employees
Founded
Cedar Park
Location
Bungalo
Fintech + Real Estate
About us
Home without the hassle - Bungalo helps individuals achieve their dream of owning a renovated, modern designed home through an exclusive real estate inventory and streamlined buying process.
42
Local Employees
Founded
Austin
Location
Senseye
Artificial Intelligence + Machine Learning
About us
Senseye was created to shape the future of computing. Our goal is to create an emotional resonance between humans and computers that mirrors the intimate resonance that exists between people. Our moonshot is achieving Human Computer Symbiosis, and we are building the direct link between humans and technology via the eye.
22
Local Employees
Founded
Austin
Location
Eden
On-Demand + Professional Services
About us
Eden is the marketplace for the office. Our services span all needs of the workplace – from office cleaning and handymen to IT support and office moves. Each Eden client has a dedicated account lead to ensure an insanely great experience.
15
Local Employees
Founded
Austin
Location
Amne
Real Estate
About us
Amne is a startup headquartered in Austin, TX with a 2nd office in Redwood City, CA. We are creating the world's best home transaction experience.
20
Local Employees
Founded
Austin
Location
Springbox
Agency
About us
Springbox is an austin based digital services company. SB provides end to end digital from strategy to design to development. SB is data-driven & a certified Google Analytics and Optimizely partner. ABJ ranks SB as the top web development firm in Austin 3 years running. Known for its culture, Springbox consistently wins top workplace honors.
80
Local Employees
Founded
Austin
Location
Lottery.com
Gaming + Mobile
About us
Lottery.com is a venture-backed, secure mobile platform that operates sanctioned games around the world, including social impact raffles, sweepstakes, lotteries, and other games of chance.
12
Local Employees
Founded
Bee Cave
Location
Cerity
Big Data + Information Technology
About us
Cerity is leveraging predictive modeling, advanced analytics, and a modern tech stack to completely transform the way small businesses purchase & manage workers’ compensation insurance. Headquartered in downtown Austin, our vision is to make protecting small businesses across the country simpler, easier, and faster.
30
Local Employees
Founded
Austin
Location
Iodine Software
Healthtech
About us
Iodine Software is an early stage Austin-based software company that's revolutionizing the way hospitals approach clinical documentation improvement. Our platform enables hospitals to improve the completeness, accuracy and integrity of their clinical documentation, in turn positively impacting financial metrics, improving team productivity...
40
Local Employees
Founded
Austin
Location
What's Best Small Companies?
Built In's “Best Small Companies” list rates companies with less than 100 employees based on their employer benefits and employee submitted compensation data. Rank is determined by combining a company’s score in each of these categories.