121 Best Creative Tools Startups to Watch in 2023

121 Creative Tools Startups to Watch (and Work for) in 2023

Creative Tools's tech sector is booming. This year’s list of the best 121 Creative Tools tech startups is an eclectic mix of hyper-growth scaleups, small creative startups and everything in between.

Curated by @gonsanchezs

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The last update was made on March 14, 2023.


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Meero

Meero is an AI company providing enhanced photography services.

Paris   251 to 500   $290 Million   $230 Million  

Alven Capital   Global Founders Capital (GFC)   Eurazeo   Aglaé Ventures   Prime Ventures  

B2B   SAAS   MARKETPLACE  

Bloom & Wild

Bloom & Wild is a letterbox flower delivery company.

London   51 to 100   $28 Million   $100 Million  

Index Ventures   General Catalyst   Latitude   MMC Ventures  

B2C  

BeReal

BeReal is a photo sharing app where users can spontaneously share life updates with their friends.

Paris   11 to 50   $0   $30 Million  

Kima Ventures   Accel   A16Z  

B2C   FREEMIUM  

Celonis

Celonis provides an execution management system that helps companies in running their business processes.

Munich   1001 to 5000   $1.4 Billion   $1 Billion  

Accel   83North   Qatar Investment Authority  

B2B   SAAS  

PhotoRoom

PhotoRoom is an AI-enabled image capturing app that lets users create studio-quality product pictures in seconds.

Paris   1 to 10   $19 Million  

Balderton Capital   Kima Ventures   Y Combinator   FJ Labs  

B2B   SAAS  

Otrium

The full-service marketplace enabling fashion brands to open an outlet store with zero effort and all the benefits.

Amsterdam   51 to 100   $9.6 Million   $7.8 Million  

Index Ventures   Eight Roads Ventures  

B2C   MARKETPLACE  

Giraffe360

Giraffe360 is a robotic technology company that offers 360° photography and virtual tour camera for real estate agents.

London   101 to 250   $28 Million   $1.3 Million  

Founders Fund   Hoxton Ventures   Change Ventures   HCVC  

B2B   SAAS  

PhotoRoom

PhotoRoom is an AI-enabled image capturing app that lets users create studio-quality product pictures in seconds.

Paris   1 to 10   $19 Million  

Balderton Capital   Kima Ventures   Y Combinator   FJ Labs  

B2B   SAAS  

Maze

Rapid, remote testing for agile teams, from idea to launch

Paris   51 to 100   $57 Million   $2 Million  

Seedcamp   Felicis Ventures   Partech Ventures  

B2B   SAAS  

Gravity Sketch

Gravity Sketch is a VR-based design and collaboration platform that allows distributed teams to create, share, and build in 3D.

London   11 to 50   $6.5 Million   $3.7 Million  

Point Nine Capital   Accel   Kindred Capital   GV   Forward Partners  

B2B   SAAS  

AB Tasty

AB Tasty offers AI-driven experimentation, personalization, and product optimization platforms for user testing.

Paris   101 to 250   $66 Million   $40 Million  

Partech Ventures   XAnge  

B2B   SAAS  

Smiler

Marketplace for photographers to capture people's best memories at public and commercial hotspots around the globe.

Amsterdam   11 to 50   $7.9 Million   $7.8 Million  

Speedinvest   Mosaic Ventures   Dutch Founders Fund  

B2B   B2C   MARKETPLACE  

Userlane

Userlane helps businesses automate user onboarding and employee training.

Munich   101 to 250   $16 Million   $11 Million  

High-Tech Gründerfonds   Capnamic Ventures  

B2B   SAAS  

Miro

Miro is a visual collaboration platform that provides an intuitive, engaging, and in-person collaboration experience for every team.

San Francisco   1001 to 5000   $480 Million   $50 Million  

Accel   GIC  

B2B   FREEMIUM   SAAS  

eShot Labs

eShot Labs delivers WEB3 x VIDEO impactful solutions to the world of Media & Entertainment.

Paris   11 to 50   $3.7 Million   $3.4 Million  

Ventech  

B2B   B2C  

Cauldron

Cauldron is building a new worlds that reimagine fictional experiences.

London   1 to 10   $8 Million   $1.4 Million  

Seedcamp   Cherry Ventures   Playfair Capital   IQ Capital Partners   Cocoa VC  

B2B   B2C  

uMotif

UMotif is a scalable and engaging patient-centred data capture platform for modern research.

London   51 to 100   $11 Million   $6.6 Million  

AlbionVC  

B2B   SAAS  

MPB

MPB is an online platform specializing in used photography and videography kit.

Brighton   251 to 500   $93 Million   $11 Million  

Acton Capital Partners   Beringea   FJ Labs  

B2C   MARKETPLACE  

Kinetix

Kinetix empowers self-expression in the Metaverse with artificial intelligence and no code tools allowing everyone to create 3D animations.

Paris   11 to 50   $11 Million   $610 Thousand  

Entrepreneur First  

B2B   SAAS  

Munch

Website builder platform

London     $1.5 Million   $1.5 Million  

Notion Capital  

B2B   SAAS  

zeroheight

Zeroheight is a DevOps platform that allows design teams to create up-to-date style guides and document their design system resources.

London   11 to 50   $11 Million   $150 Thousand  

Y Combinator  

B2B   SAAS  

Detail

Detail turns your Mac in a powerful video production studio and let's you record, edit, remix, and share with ease.

Amsterdam   11 to 50   $7 Million   $2 Million  

Point Nine Capital   Connect Ventures   TQ Ventures  

B2B   B2C   SAAS  

Vev

The all-in-one design platform for professionals to create and launch unique web experiences with complete creative and technical freedom.

Oslo   11 to 50   $7.2 Million   $6.1 Million  

EQT Ventures   Skyfall Ventures  

B2B   SAAS  

V-Nova

Next-generation video and image compression that works today

London   51 to 100   $43 Million   $39 Million  

Neva SGR  

B2B   SAAS  

zeroheight

Zeroheight is a DevOps platform that allows design teams to create up-to-date style guides and document their design system resources.

London   11 to 50   $11 Million   $150 Thousand  

Y Combinator  

B2B   SAAS  

Kive

Kive is a company that enables creatives to collect visual assets.

Stockholm   1 to 10   $8.8 Million   $1.8 Million  

Heartcore   Creandum   EQT Ventures  

B2B   SAAS  

Ocus

OCUS is restoring confidence between brands and consumers by producing millions of high-quality always-on images across every sector.

Paris   101 to 250   $24 Million   $24 Million  

Ring Capital   A/O PropTech  

B2B   B2C   MARKETPLACE  

Storyblok

Storyblok is a content management system that specializes in the management of content experiences.

Linz   101 to 250   $58 Million   $2.5 Million  

HV Capital   Firstminute Capital  

B2B   SAAS  

Basekit

BaseKit is the most widely deployed website editor distributed by hosting, telco and internet companies.

London   51 to 100   $27 Million   $1.4 Million  

Nauta Capital  

B2B   SAAS  

Landbot

Landbot is a simple tool to build conversational websites and improve lead conversion rates.

Barcelona   11 to 50   $10 Million   $8 Million  

Nauta Capital  

B2B   SAAS  

Evidently

Evidently is a creative agency that renders content, digital campaigns, animation and brand planning services.

London   11 to 50   $0   $130 Thousand  

Atomico   Y Combinator  

B2B   SAAS  

Normative

Normative is a software design firm.

Toronto   11 to 50   $0   $2.1 Million  

Lowercarbon Capital   Luminar Ventures   byFounders   ETF Partners  

B2B  

Airly

Airly is an internet company that specializes in providing hyper-local data about air pollution.

Kraków   11 to 50   $6.4 Million   $2 Million  

Giant Ventures   Firstminute Capital   Pi Labs   AENU   Semapa Next   TO Ventures  

B2B   SAAS  

AND Digital

AND Digital provides product strategy, data engineering, mobile apps, cloud, software, consulting, UX research, and design services.

London   1001 to 5000   $0   $11 Million  

Business Growth Fund  

B2B  

Provar

Provar test automation designed for Salesforce.

London   11 to 50   $17 Million   $17 Million  

B2B   SAAS  

Normative

Normative is a software design firm.

Toronto   11 to 50   $0   $2.1 Million  

Lowercarbon Capital   Luminar Ventures   byFounders   ETF Partners  

B2B  

Dispelix

Dispelix simply removes the challenges that the product designers have been trying to hide for years.

Espoo   11 to 50   $16 Million   $12 Million  

Lifeline Ventures   VTT Ventures   Atlantic Bridge  

B2B   B2C  

Jitter

A simple motion design tool on the web

Paris   1 to 10   $150 Thousand   $150 Thousand  

Y Combinator  

B2B   SAAS  

Abyssale

Abyssale is a banner creation platform enabling you to generate stunning social media & online advertising for your brand.

Paris   1 to 10   $0  

Kima Ventures   Founders Future  

B2B   SAAS  

Agora Awards

Agora Awards operates as a digital art platform.

Barcelona   11 to 50   $5.5 Million   $2.4 Million  

B2B   B2C   MARKETPLACE  

Runway

Runway is a next generation video editing solution powered by machine learning.

New York   11 to 50   $46 Million   $2.3 Million  

Fuel Ventures  

B2B  

Nodalview

Nodalview combines smartphone technology, AI and cloud computing to produce high-quality visuals for real estate properties

Brussels   11 to 50   $6.6 Million   $1.9 Million  

K Fund   Volta Ventures  

B2B   SAAS  

Causeway Technologies

Causeway Technologies is a provider of software solutions to the construction industry.

  501 to 1000   $170 Million   $170 Million  

B2B   SAAS  

MatchTune

MatchTuneis a music tech company that creates your original music for your video in seconds.

Paris   1 to 10   $4 Million   $3.9 Million  

OneRagtime  

B2B   SAAS  

Jitter

A simple motion design tool on the web

Paris   1 to 10   $150 Thousand   $150 Thousand  

Y Combinator  

B2B   SAAS  

Vectary

The most accessible 3D and Augmented Reality design platform. No downloads, all in the browser.

Redwood City   51 to 100   $10 Million   $7.3 Million  

EQT Ventures   BlueYard Capital  

B2B   SAAS  

Creative Force

SaaS. Content Creation Platform for eCommerce

San Diego   101 to 250   $9 Million   $6 Million  

byFounders  

B2B   SAAS  

Easypicky

Easypicky provides quick image identification technology that improves planogram control from any on-board system.

Montpellier   11 to 50   $5.3 Million   $5.3 Million  

Spring Invest  

B2B   SAAS  

StructureFlow

StructureFlow is an IT company that provides legal, finance, and corporate teams to create professional, data-rich structure diagrams.

London   11 to 50   $0   $3.5 Million  

Venrex  

Combyne

Combyne is a social tool for creating outfits. It's the fusion of a game, a practical utility and a social network.

Munich   11 to 50   $9.1 Million   $2.2 Million  

B2B   B2C   FREEMIUM   MARKETPLACE  

Pixotope

Pixotope is a world’s leading mixed reality solution for media production

Oslo   51 to 100   $47 Million   $2.1 Million  

B2B   SAAS  

zerolens

We build a virtual photo studio as web- and mobile app.

Vienna   1 to 10   $260 Thousand   $260 Thousand  

Point Nine Capital   Speedinvest  

B2B   SAAS  

Mipise

MIPISE is the creation of white-label Crowdfunding platforms.

Paris   11 to 50   $3.2 Million   $1.5 Million  

B2B   SAAS  

Trustrace

TrusTrace is a Technology Company that provides solutions to enable "Conscious consumerism and Responsible Production".

Stockholm   11 to 50   $7.7 Million   $1.1 Million  

Industrifonden   Fairpoint Capital  

B2B   SAAS  

Boom

BOOM is a photo-tech startup that provides on-demand photographic solutions at scale for clients in over 80 countries.

Milan   101 to 250   $19 Million   $3.4 Million  

United Ventures  

B2B   B2C   MARKETPLACE  

Parrot

Parrot creates, develops and markets advanced technology wireless products for consumers and professionals.

Paris   501 to 1000   $35 Million  

Tilli

TILLI is a fashion designer service.

Paris   1 to 10   $1.3 Million   $1.3 Million  

2050  

B2C   SAAS  

Cirqle

Social photo and video sharing app

Amsterdam   1 to 10   $0   $3 Million  

B2B  

Veed

VEED.IO is an online video editing platform that makes creating videos.

  51 to 100   $35 Million   $35 Million  

B2B   B2C   FREEMIUM   SAAS  

Westwing

Westwing engages in the home and living e-commerce business and offers home decor products.

Munich   1001 to 5000   $240 Million  

GründerGeist

GründerGeist builds an operating system for SMEs and startups.

Düsseldorf   11 to 50   $5.5 Million   $5.5 Million  

B2B   SAAS  

Front-Commerce

Front-Commerce renders UX design, architecture, PWA e-commerce, fast loading, training, project support and system integration services.

Toulouse   1 to 10   $0   $2.3 Million  

Kima Ventures   M Capital Partners  

B2B   SAAS  

Staige

Staige is a media company that offers live sports broadcasting video stream services.

Duisburg   101 to 250   $0   $9.1 Million  

B2B  

Subly

Subly makes content simple, by automatically transcribing, translating, and adding subtitles.

London   11 to 50   $1.3 Million   $270 Thousand  

B2B   SAAS  

Union Avatars

Union Avatars is a company dedicated to creating avatars for the metaverse.

Barcelona   1 to 10   $1.5 Million   $260 Thousand  

Outlier Ventures   Inveready  

B2B   SAAS  

Storefront

Storefront is an online marketplace for renting short term retail space.

Paris   51 to 100   $8.9 Million  

HMD

HMD designs and manufactures mobile phones.

Helsinki   501 to 1000   $330 Million  

Consigli

CONSIGLI is a service platform that makes use of artificial intelligence and mathematical optimization to plan and design buildings.

Oslo   11 to 50   $0   $2.2 Million  

B2B   SAAS  

Prion

Prion makes it quick and easy for the preschool staff to give parents insight into what happens at preschool - together with the children.

Stockholm   1 to 10   $450 Thousand   $470 Thousand  

Icebreaker   Flat Capital  

SAAS  

Feedsauce

Feedsauce is a platform that allows brands to get custom product photos in 72 hours.

London   1 to 10   $200 Thousand   $200 Thousand  

B2C   MARKETPLACE  

Feedsauce

Feedsauce is a platform that allows brands to get custom product photos in 72 hours.

London   1 to 10   $200 Thousand   $200 Thousand  

B2C   MARKETPLACE  

BetterTogether

bettertogether is a public relations and communications company.

Vienna   11 to 50   $1.8 Million   $1.8 Million  

Cherry Ventures  

B2B  

Fanvue

Fanvue, an all-new platform aiming to shape the future of content monetisation.

London   11 to 50   $1 Million   $1 Million  

B2B   MARKETPLACE  

SimpliField

SimpliField is a B2B SaaS product mastering field intelligence.

Paris   11 to 50   $15 Million  

Roamler

Roamler offers a flexible workforce platform for performing location-based tasks across large areas.

Amsterdam   101 to 250   $30 Million  

Infinited Fiber Company

Infinited Fiber technology brings enormous social, environmental and economical impact to the textile value chain and everybody’s wardrobe.

Espoo   11 to 50   $3.7 Million   $4.2 Million  

Nidoco   VTT Ventures  

B2B  

FlexEnable

FlexEnable is the global leader in the development and industrialization of organic electronics for flexible displays and sensors.

Cambridge   11 to 50   $17 Million   $11 Million  

B2B  

Budibase

Budibase is an open-source web app builder, designed for speed and customization.

Belfast   11 to 50   $9.2 Million   $390 Thousand  

Techstart Ventures  

B2B   SAAS  

Iconovo

A Lund, Sweden-based developer of inhalers for drugs that treat conditions such as asthma and COPD.

Lund   1 to 10   $12 Million   $6.3 Million  

B2B   B2C  

Knap

KNAP is a design company in Tokyo and Ebisu

Tokyo     $0   $3 Million  

B2B   SAAS  

Superside

Superside is an always-on design company that delivers great design at scale to Enterprise teams.

Palo Alto   101 to 250   $35 Million   $3.5 Million  

MARKETPLACE   SAAS  

Cint

Cint is a global insight exchange that enables community owners to provide consumer data to researchers, agencies and brands.

Stockholm   101 to 250   $17 Million  

Anorak Technologies

A digital agency expert in design, development & media production.

  11 to 50   $0   $7.1 Million  

Triple Point Ventures   Outward VC  

B2B   B2C   MARKETPLACE  

Anorak Technologies

A digital agency expert in design, development & media production.

  11 to 50   $0   $7.1 Million  

Triple Point Ventures   Outward VC  

B2B   B2C   MARKETPLACE  

UX3D

UX3D designs and develops graphics processing unit (GPU) software and products.

Munich   11 to 50   $850 Thousand   $470 Thousand  

Artportable

Artportable connects artists, photographers, and creators from all over the world and showcases the works in one platform.

Stockholm   11 to 50   $0   $630 Thousand  

Brightly Ventures  

B2C   SAAS   MARKETPLACE  

Timeleft

Timeleft is a mobile app for people to meet and share dreams and goals.

Paris   1 to 10   $0  

B2C  

Zound Industries

Zound Industries designs, develops, and markets headphones.

Stockholm   101 to 250   $16 Million  

DesignBro

DesignBro is an online design marketplace developed to connect clients with professional designers.

Amsterdam   11 to 50   $1.1 Million   $480 Thousand  

B2B   SAAS   MARKETPLACE  

DPOrganizer

DPOrganizer is a privacy management software that helps you a map, visualize, report, and manage the processing of personal data.

Stockholm   11 to 50   $7.1 Million  

Deesup

Deesup is the first Italian marketplace for design lovers to sell and buy authentic second-hand home-design.

Milan   1 to 10   $2.9 Million   $330 Thousand  

B2B   B2C   MARKETPLACE  

Product Hackers

The Growth Company. We hack digital products until they reach our clients' goals

Madrid   51 to 100   $590 Thousand  

B2B  

IndieFrame

IndieFrame is an independent digital distribution platform that brings the content creator and the media together.

Copenhagen   11 to 50   $5.6 Million  

MARKETPLACE  

Pointy

Pointy helps stores by bringing products online, allowing them to get found by people who are searching on the web.

Dublin   51 to 100   $19 Million  

Picture This

Picture This is the home of amazing photography.

Stockholm     $1.6 Million   $1.6 Million  

B2C   MARKETPLACE  

Percentil

Percentil is a Madrid, Spain-based marketplace for secondhand products for children.

Madrid   11 to 50   $6.1 Million  

Journey Hospitality

Journey is a creative agency helping luxury hotel brands grow by providing them with the right tools they need.

  51 to 100   $5.6 Million   $5.7 Million  

B2B   SAAS  

Bundlr

Bundlr is a tool to organize web content and helps internet users select relevant multimedia content and share them within their networks.

  1 to 10   $21 Thousand   $5.2 Million  

B2B  

NewGlue

NewGlue is a branding marketplace connecting passionate logo designers with ambitious small businesses.

Stockholm   1 to 10   $330 Thousand  

Luminar Ventures  

MARKETPLACE  

Entando

Entando is an open-source software company providing an application composition platform for building applications on Kubernetes.

San Diego   51 to 100   $14 Million   $3.3 Million  

United Ventures  

B2B   SAAS  

Once Upon

Once Upon is the easy way to turn your precious memories into well-designed photo books.

Oslo     $0   $1.7 Million  

Spintop Ventures  

B2C  

Once Upon

Once Upon is the easy way to turn your precious memories into well-designed photo books.

Oslo     $0   $1.7 Million  

Spintop Ventures  

B2C  

Madrid Content City

Madrid Content City is a production studio and content hub.

Madrid   1 to 10   $0  

B2B  

Veact

VEACT is developing applications, processes and products to improve sales success in the car trade market using data-based marketing.

Munich   11 to 50   $3 Million  

Silk

Silk is a cloud-based application that enables users to visualize their data online by the way of interactive web pages.

Amsterdam   11 to 50   $3.7 Million  

CHILI publish

CHILI Publisher automates & simplifies on brand visual communication

  51 to 100   $18 Million   $3.5 Million  

PMV   Connected Capital & Partners   Volta Ventures  

B2B   SAAS  

AdLaunch

The Easiest Way To Start a Video Advertising Campaign™

Helsinki   1 to 10   $1 Million   $220 Thousand  

B2B   SAAS  

Ksting

A digital booking platform for fashion professionals

Stockholm   1 to 10   $530 Thousand  

Curitas Ventures  

B2B   B2C   MARKETPLACE  

Crayon

Crayon Group provides software asset management (SAM), cloud and volume licensing and associated consulting services.

Oslo   51 to 100   $16 Million  

BrainTrust

Braintrust is a European Business Angels group that invest primarily in Early-stage startups.

Lisbon   11 to 50   $5 Million  

Nemysis

A start-up tackling iron deficiency/anemia and gluten intolerance.

Dublin   1 to 10   $4.1 Million  

NA-KD.com

NA-KD.com is a Swedish fashion e-commerce company.

Gothenburg   101 to 250   $89 Million  

Global Fashion Group

Global Fashion Group designs a shopping platform that brings fashion online across 27 countries.

Luxembourg   5001 to 10000   $570 Million  

Graswald

Graswald engages in the creation of natural and digital 3D worlds for the entertainment industry.

Hanover   11 to 50   $1.3 Million   $1.3 Million  

High-Tech Gründerfonds   Lakestar  

B2C   SAAS  

Kuula

Kuula is the most popular, award winning 3D 360 virtual tour software that makes it easy to create virtual tours for any business!

Santa Monica   1 to 10   $0   $610 Thousand  

Seedcamp   Ascension Ventures   Tiny VC   TrueSight Ventures   Hambro Perks Ltd.  

B2B   SAAS  

Outfittery

Outfittery provides an online personal shopping service for men.

Berlin   251 to 500   $60 Million  

Plastic Logic Germany

Plastic Logic Germany leads the way in developing, manufacturing and commercializing flexible electrophoretic displays (EPD).

Dresden   251 to 500   $500 Million  

Printler

Printler is a digital marketplace for photo art.

Skellefteå   1 to 10   $230 Thousand   $2.3 Million  

B2B   B2C   MARKETPLACE  

Backbone

Backbone is a tech company providing professional visuals.

Geneva   11 to 50   $7.3 Million   $1.7 Million  

Wingman Ventures   EquityPitcher Ventures  

B2B   B2C  

Smartlook

Smartlook is a behavior analytics company that records users on websites and in mobile apps.

Brno   51 to 100   $3.8 Million   $3.6 Million  

Airbridge Equity Partners  

B2B   SAAS  

Atterley

Atterley is a womenswear and menswear e-tailer for independent boutiques and brands.

Edinburgh   11 to 50   $3.3 Million   $4.1 Million  

B2C   MARKETPLACE  

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