Best Marketplaces Companies in United States
The 764 best Marketplaces companies in United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: turo.
Tracking the best-funded Marketplaces companies across the United States, our directory covers 764 ventures with $616M in total disclosed funding — and the spread tells you everything about where conviction is actually sitting right now. Turo dominates the stack at $523M raised, a number that dwarfs every other name on the list and signals how seriously capital has chased digital car marketplaces and click-to-buy automotive models. SecondMarket pulled in $35M, BiddingForGood $29M. And then the field thins fast. Two unicorns have emerged from this cohort, but most of the 764 are earlier-stage bets, which means the opportunity gap between the leaders and the pack is genuinely wide.
So what's moving the sector this quarter? Automotive platforms are the loud story. I'd point you toward the OEM turbulence as context: Nissan pulling EV production from Canton and VW retooling a German plant for drones both signal a manufacturing layer in flux, which historically pushes more inventory and price discovery toward independent digital marketplaces rather than traditional channels. That's a tailwind worth watching. Acrew Capital and Act One Ventures are among the most active investors here, and the hot themes — data marketplaces, internet car sales, click-to-buy automotive — suggest coverage will keep rising through the rest of 2026.
Ranked: Best Marketplaces companies in United States
| # | Company | Founded | Employees | Stage | Disclosed funding | Tech stack | Web popularity | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8Flow Close tickets faster. | 2022 | 11 | — | — | — | — | 5 patents ML-driven automation of network resource provisioning and workflow orchestration | — |
| 2 | Afterparty Online event ticketing marketplace provider | 2021 | 23 | Seed | $3M | — | Top 50M | — | — |
| 3 | Artera Labs Operator of an NFT ecosystem intended to tokenize real assets, products, and services. | 2021 | 1 | Private | — | — | — | 11 patents AI-driven cancer therapy selection and digital pathology analysis using deep learning. | — |
| 4 | Outfit Provider of home renovation services | 2020 | — | Seed | $125K | — | — | — | — |
| 5 | abunda Abunda is an e-commerce platform that enables consumers to pay monthly on millions of products. | 2020 | 2 | Private | — | Cart FunctionalityRubyChart.js+26 | Top 100k | — | — |
| 6 | 3DHoudini Developer of an online marketplace designed to apply a freelancing platform model to the manufacturing… | 2019 | 9 | Private | — | — | — | — | — |
| 7 | alexandria labs The infrastructure layer for web3 e-books. | 2019 | 7 | Private | — | — | — | — | — |
| 8 | ascenum Ascenum provides online business valuation tools and access to a digital marketplace of specialty service… | 2019 | 3 | Private | — | — | — | — | — |
Top 11 Marketplaces companies in United States
#1
Seed · Boston, Massachusetts · founded 2017 · 31 employees$1.9Mraised▾
Provider of delivery services intended to offer same-day delivery services to companies in the trades and construction space. The company's web and mobile applications permit companies to move any type of material at any time of day, enabling clients to get connected to a network of truckers on demand with just a click of a button.
#2
turo 🦄Series F · San Francisco, California · founded 2009 · 965 employees$523Mraised▾
Developer of a peer-to-peer car-sharing platform designed to help people book a car from local car owners. The company's platform lets private car owners share their vehicles via an online and mobile interface with the feature of GPS monitoring, remote unlocking, and smart card entry, enabling owners to earn extra money while not using it.
#3
Seed · Los Angeles, California · founded 2021 · 23 employees$3Mraised▾
Online event ticketing marketplace provider
#4
Acqui-Hired · New York, New York · founded 2004 · 65 employees$34.6Mraised▾
Provider of an online centralized marketplace and auction platform for illiquid assets. The company serves financial institutions, hedge funds, private equity firms, mutual funds, corporations, high net worth individuals and other institutional and accredited investors.
#5
Acquired · Cambridge, Massachusetts · founded 2003 · 44 employees$29.1Mraised▾
Provider of an online charity auction service for schools and nonprofit organizations in the United States. The company operates a cause-related e-commerce platform for connecting consumers and marketers to nonprofit fundraising auction events and it also serves fundraisers and volunteers in the fields of K-12 schools, healthcare and human services, corporate philanthropies, higher education/colleges and universities, arts and humanities, faith-based organizations, recreation and sports and radio, television, media, therefore enabling them to raise funds.
#6
Acqui-Hired · Mountain View, California · founded 2010 · 24 employees$11.4Mraised▾
Developer of a mobile application designed to offer event updates and ticket booking. The company's mobile application uses data analytics and machine learning to discover and recommend relevant concerts, theater productions, sports games and community events, enabling artists to identify, understand and engage fan base.
#7
Deadpooled · New York, New York · founded 2015$8Mraised▾
Provider of free and text message-based personal concierge services intended to make it possible for users to connect to trained operators for requests at any time of the day. The company's services are completely free of charge, sans service costs, markups or hidden fees and any request can be made over SMS, enabling clients to use it for ordering gifts or take-away food, making restaurant reservations or to book hotels or tickets for travel.
#8
Series A · Austin, TX · founded 2002 · 12 employees$4.2Mraised▾
QuickGifts provides an online marketplace for retailer, restaurant, spa, and entertainment gift cards. Consumers enjoy a personal shopping experience, businesses take advantage of an efficient recognition and incentive solution, and merchants are empowered with innovative marketing services.
#9
Seed · Walnut, California · founded 2020$125Kraised▾
Operator of an online marketplace intended to sell DIY renovation items in a box. The company's products include materials, tools, and designed templates, enabling customers to follow instructions provided in the app to build their dream projects all by themselves.
#10
Seed · Mountain View, California · founded 2011 · 2 employees$1.1Mraised▾
Developer of an event organizing platform intended to facilitate brand building and ticket promotion for event organizers. The company's platform creates an online presence for events and activities, accepts registrations and sells tickets, enabling clients to understand the market and make a successful purchase.
#11
Airbnb 🦄Public · San Francisco, California · founded 2008 · 1100 employees$18Braised▾
Started in 2008, Airbnb is the world's largest online alternative accommodation travel agency, also offering booking services for boutique hotels and experiences. Airbnb's platform offered around 7 million active accommodation listings as of June 30, 2023. Listings from the company's over 4 million hosts are spread over almost every country in the world. In the fourth quarter of 2022, 47% of revenue was from the North American region. Transaction fees for online bookings account for all its revenue.
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Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Marketplaces coverage by sub-theme.
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