24 Companies Shaping the Business World
Innovators. Disrupters. Changemakers. These are just some of the identifiers of today’s fastest-growing companies.
For the past three years, these businesses have been repeatably included on two of the most sought-after lists in the industry: Deloitte 500 and Inc. 5000.
Honoring the most innovative public and private technology companies across North America, Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500 was created to recognize the passion and dedication it takes to be an industry disruptor. Concurrently, Inc. 5000 is an exclusive guide to America’s most inspiring entrepreneurs and the fastest-growing privately-held companies in the U.S.
With all the pioneering companies featured on these two lists, only 24 have been recognized by both for three consecutive years. These are the companies that are scorching the competition and shaping the future of the business world.
Alkami Technology
Industry: Financial Services
HQ: Plano, TX
Alkami Technology enables financial institutions to outsmart, not outspend, the Megabanks by providing the nation’s most successful cloud-based digital banking platform. The Alkami Platform humanizes digital banking so banks and credit unions can confidently grow, adapt quickly, and build a thriving digital community.
CallRail
Industry: Computer Software
HQ: Atlanta, GA
CallRail is here to bring complete visibility to the marketers who rely on quality inbound leads to measure success. CallRail’s first priority is providing its results-driven customers with a clear view of their digital marketing efforts.
Definitive Healthcare
Industry: Information Services
HQ: Framingham, MA
Definitive Healthcare is the most comprehensive and accurate source for data insights into the healthcare provider market. With advanced analytics, the company reduces market complexity while streamlining practitioner, patient, and facility data access in a rapidly changing provider landscape.
Fundera
Industry: Financial Services
HQ: New York, NY
Fundera is a marketplace for small business financial solutions. They provide expert insights and tailored options—from loans to credit cards to bank accounts—so business owners can shop and compare financial choices they often don’t know they have.
Gimbal
Industry: Marketing & Advertising
HQ: Los Angeles, CA
Gimbal translates location data into intent, conversion, and insight for marketers trying to reach consumers and businesses wanting to improve their customers’ lives. Using its own hardware and software, Gimbal enables brands, media agencies, and marketers to execute performance-based campaigns with personalized messaging.
Greenhouse Software
Industry: Computer Software
HQ: New York, NY
Greenhouse Software is the fastest-growing provider of enterprise talent acquisition software. Thousands of the smartest and most successful companies like Cisco Meraki, Time Inc., and Airbnb use Greenhouse’s intelligent guidance to design and automate all aspects of hiring throughout their organizations—helping them compete and win for top talent.
GridGain Systems
Industry: Computer Software
HQ: Foster City, CA
GridGain powers the digital enterprise with an in-memory computing platform built on Apache Ignite that provides in-memory speed and massive scalability for data-intensive applications. It requires no rip-and-replace of existing databases and can be deployed on-premises, on a public or private cloud, or in a hybrid environment.
Health Union
Industry: Health, Wellness & Fitness
HQ: Philadelphia, PA
Health Union integrates the power of human connection with technology to unite people with chronic health conditions and shared experiences.
Hireology, Inc.
Industry: Computer Software
HQ: Chicago, IL
Hireology’s recruitment CRM empowers multi-location, decentralized enterprises, and independently owned businesses to build their best teams with confidence. The company equips HR and business leaders with the skills and technology needed to manage the full employee lifecycle—from hire to retire—in one seamless platform.
KnowBe4
Industry: Computer & Network Security
HQ: Clearwater, FL
KnowBe4—the world’s most extensive security awareness training and simulated phishing platform—helps manage the ongoing social engineering problem.
MacStadium
Industry: Computer Software
HQ: Atlanta, GA
MacStadium is the leading provider of enterprise-class Apple Mac infrastructure-as-a-service—providing scalable, reliable, and secure private clouds and dedicated servers for workloads that require macOS.
Newline Interactive
Industry: Computer Hardware
HQ: Allen, TX
Newline Interactive is a manufacturer of award-winning interactive displays, intuitive software, and other interactive innovations that are easy to use and increase collaboration across the board.
OppLoans
Industry: Financial Services
HQ: Chicago, IL
OppLoans is a leading financial technology platform that provides accessible products and top-rated experience to credit-challenged consumers.
Reltio
Industry: Computer Software
HQ: Redwood Shores, CA
Data innovators trust Reltio Connected Customer 360 Profiles to drive hyper-personalization, reimagine customer-centric business processes, simplify compliance with privacy laws, such as GDPR and CCPA, and manage consent and communication preferences at a global level.
SalesLoft
Industry: Computer Software
HQ: Atlanta, GA
SalesLoft is a sales engagement platform, helping sales organizations deliver a better sales experience for their customers. Their customers use the company’s category-leading sales engagement platform to engage in more relevant, authentic, and sincere ways.
Signs.com
Industry: Printing
HQ: Salt Lake City, UT
Signs.com is the best e-commerce sign site in the known universe. By providing the absolute best sign buying experience out there, Signs.com offers a killer design tool, superior customer service, and the highest quality signs using the best materials.
Sonatype
Industry: Computer Software
HQ: Fulton, MD
Sonatype Nexus helps software development teams use open source so they can innovate faster and automatically control risk.
Springbot
Industry: Internet
HQ: Atlanta, GA
Springbot enables small to medium-size retailers to take full advantage of complex marketing data. By delivering marketing automation and analytics in one dynamic platform, Springbot eliminates the need for separate tools and makes the overwhelming task of running and tracking multi-channel marketing campaigns ridiculously simple.
SwanLeap
Industry: Logistics & Supply Chain
HQ: Madison, WI
SwanLeap is a leading transportation, consulting, and technology firm specializing in supply chain best practices and cost reduction strategies.
Symplr
Industry: Hospital & Health Care
HQ: Houston, TX
Symplr is an industry leader in healthcare governance, risk management, and compliance (GRC) solutions.
Thycotic
Industry: Computer Software
HQ: Washington, DC
Thycotic prevents cyberattacks by securing passwords, protecting endpoints, and controlling application access.
TickPick
Industry: Events Services
HQ: New York, NY
TickPick is reshaping the secondary event ticket marketplace with its no-fees approach. The company does not charge any fees for buyers, setting it apart from competitive firms that charge steep transaction fees.
Tipalti
Industry: Computer Software
HQ: San Mateo, CA
Tipalti’s comprehensive approach to automating accounts payable streamlines the entire bill-to-pay-to-reconciliation cycle. The platform provides end-to-end control and optimizes the entire AP workflow—future-proofing financial operations for mass scale.
TripleLift
Industry: Marketing & Advertising
HQ: New York, NY
TripleLift is a technology company rooted at the intersection of creative and media. Its mission is to make advertising better for everyone—content owners, advertisers, and consumers—by reinventing ad placement one medium at a time.
