Tools for startups.
Venture-backed and bootstrapped startups from seed to Series B. The stack overlaps with the founder stack but adds collaboration and engineering-velocity tooling as team size grows.
Crunchbase ~2.7M active startups globally
"The seed-stage startup software stack is identical to the founder's stack with one extra writing tool and one extra paid AI seat."
Categories in this view
Every tool below comes from one of these categories.
Core picks for startups.
For the right team.
Only in specific cases.
Tools tagged as useful for startups are surfaced from 11 categoryies we cover: project management, ai coding, ai chatbots, ai writing, knowledge base, crm, analytics, automation, landing pages, scheduling, video conferencing.
We don’t write per-tool reviews from the persona’s point of view — instead, each tool’s underlying review and 80/20 verdict is the same regardless of who reads it. The persona view re-slices the catalogue so the right tools surface for the right buyer.
Frequently asked questions
How does the startup stack change between seed and Series A?
The most consistent reported addition between seed and Series A is a real analytics platform (replacing whatever ad-hoc dashboards the team has been using), followed by a CRM (replacing the shared spreadsheet). Project tracking and writing tools are usually established earlier.
What software do startups need?
Across 11 categories we cover for startups, the 8020 picks include Calendly, GitHub Copilot, Perplexity. The full ranking is below.
How is the startups view different from a category page?
Category pages show every tool in a single bucket. Persona pages re-slice the catalogue: they show every tool — across multiple categories — that's typically part of the startups's working stack.