Best Software Modelling Tools Companies in California, United States
The 59 best Software Modelling Tools companies in California, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Figma.
Ranked: Best Software Modelling Tools companies in California
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Employees | Founder | Tech stack | Web popularity | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Figma 🦄 Developer of a collaborative interface design and digital whiteboard platform | $1.0B | 25 mo ago | 403 | Dylan Field Co-Founder & CEO | WebflowApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+26 | Top 5k | 184 patents Collaborative UI/UX design tools with component-based graphics editing and plugin automation | 1 launch |
| 2 | Box 🦄 AI based platform for secure collaboration, content management, and workflow | $693M | 62 mo ago | 1,692 | Dylan Smith Co-Founder & CFO | DrupalSentryAtlassian Statuspage+35 | Top 50k | 696 patents AI‑enhanced cloud collaboration: permission management, metadata generation, security, and virtual file systems | 2 launchs · 1 partnership · 1 expansion |
| 3 | Miro 🦄 Provider of a visual workspace for innovation and team collaboration | $476M | 54 mo ago | 2,459 | Andrey Khusid Co-Founder & CEO | Framer SitesContentfulApple iCloud Mail+37 | Top 10k | — | — |
| 4 | Abstract Provider of designer collaboration & feedback tools | $46M | 29 mo ago | 36 | Kevin Smith Co-Founder & CTO | WordPressMySQLPHP+12 | Top 10M | — | — |
| 5 | iRise Collaborative Prototyping tool | $36M | 220 mo ago | 3 | Emmet B. Keeffe III CEO | — | — | 32 patents Extends web-based visualization platforms and simulates interactive web page prototypes. | — |
| 6 | Navattic Cloud based customer experience platform | $6M | 36 mo ago | 32 | Neil Mclean Co-Founder & CEO | SanityNode.jsRadix UI+27 | Top 5M | — | 1 launch |
| 7 | LiveBooks Website creation platform for creative professionals | $5M | 200 mo ago | 70 | Tiberiu Craciun Co-Founder | ZohoBootstrapGoogle Cloud+11 | Top 50M | — | — |
| 8 | Wake Platform offering collaboration tools for designers | $5M | 126 mo ago | 4 | — | NginxOpenRestyPWA | Top 50M | — | — |
| 9 | Galileo AI Platform offering UI design tools | $4M | 29 mo ago | — | Arnaud Benard Co-Founder & CEO | SentryNode.jsClerk+12 | Top 500k | 23 patents Mobile multispectral imaging, UV decontamination, and spatiotemporal data aggregation for smart devices | — |
| 10 | thesys Design suite for GenAI software | $4M | 25 mo ago | 143 | Parikshit Deshmukh Co-Founder | MintlifyNode.jsKaTeX+15 | Top 5M | — | 2 launchs |
| 11 | Eraser Platform offering whiteboarding solutions | $4M | 56 mo ago | 13 | Shin Kim Founder | Apple iCloud MailGoogle WorkspaceAlgolia+17 | Top 500k | 3 patents Metal cutting and modular wire/tube processing machinery for manufacturing. | — |
| 12 | Cargo Site builder for designers and artists showcasing work and networking | $4M | 44 mo ago | 23 | Jessica Lai Co-Founder & Head of Curation | BackdropCargoPHP+26 | Top 500k | 6 patents Truck cargo management systems and inflatable insulating container liners | — |
| 13 | Pixate Mobile app prototyping platform focused on broader product design vision | $4M | 156 mo ago | 8 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 14 | FeaturePeek Feedback management tool for developers and designers | $2M | 74 mo ago | 3 | Eric Silverman Founder & CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 15 | Padlet Cloud-based platform for whiteboarding | $1M | 129 mo ago | 24 | — | SentryApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+16 | Top 5k | — | — |
| 16 | Zeplin Collaboration application for UI designers & frontend developers | $1M | 127 mo ago | 70 70 → 62 (-11%) | — | SanityApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+25 | Top 500k | — | 1 launch |
| 17 | PopApp Prototyping on Paper | $1M | 143 mo ago | 3 | — | WordPress Block EditorWordPressMySQL+18 | Top 50M | — | — |
| 18 | Justinmind Developer of a design and prototyping tool for web and mobile | $1M | 56 mo ago | 17 | Xavier Renom Co-Founder & CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+15 | Top 500k | — | — |
| 19 | Divshot Static web hosting platform empowering developers and designers | $1M | 159 mo ago | 4 | — | VarnishBootstrapGitHub Pages+8 | Top 50M | — | — |
| 20 | 21st Dev Provider of cloud based UI design kit | $500K | 6 mo ago | — | Sergey Bunas Co-Founder & CTO | Node.jsClerkRadix UI+19 | Top 500k | — | — |
| 21 | Dalus AI-powered systems for engineering software | $500K | 12 mo ago | — | Eliot Khachi Co-Founder | Framer SitesVimeoReact+10 | Top 50M | — | — |
| 22 | Frontio Provider of design collaboration platform | $500K | 24 mo ago | — | Junior Garcia Founder & CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 23 | Magic Patterns Provider of design tool that helps generate SVG or CSS patterns, gradients, and organic shapes for branding… | $500K | 36 mo ago | — | Teddy Ni Co-Founder | SentryNode.jsRadix UI+19 | Top 1M | — | 1 job opening · 1 launch |
| 24 | Polymet AI-driven platform for product design and development process | $125K | 23 mo ago | — | Yusuf Hilmi Founder & CEO | TurbopackSentryNode.js+13 | Top 5M | — | 6 launchs |
| 25 | Noya Software Platform offering wireframe development software | $125K | 36 mo ago | — | Devin Abbott Co-Founder | Node.jsNextAuth.jsTailwind CSS+16 | Top 50M | — | — |
| 26 | Haiku Cloud based design and code collaboration solutions provider | $120K | 96 mo ago | 5 | — | — | — | 4 patents Cybersecurity training platforms and simulated network attack/defense environments | — |
Top 12 Software Modelling Tools companies in California
#1
Figma 🦄Public · San Francisco, California · founded 2012 · 403 employees$1Braised▾
Developer of a collaborative interface design and digital whiteboard platform. It provides tools for design, prototyping, and development handoff. The platform offers features for creating design systems, presentations, and websites. It also includes AI-powered tools for code generation and design assistance. The platform supports various use cases, including UX design, wireframing, and strategic planning.
- May 2024Series F$415.7M
- Jun 2021Series E$200M
- Apr 2020Series D$50M
- Feb 2019Series C$40M
#2
Seed · San Francisco, California · founded 2024$500Kraised▾
Provider of cloud based UI design kit. It offers components to streamline the design process. The platform includes an AI UI builder that helps create production-ready components.
- Jan 2026Seed$500K
#3
Box 🦄Public · Redwood City, California · founded 2005 · 1692 employees$692.6Mraised▾
Cloud-based platform for file sharing. It is a content management platform that provides secure file sharing, storage, and collaboration solutions. The product modules include workflow automation, file collaboration, electronic signature, whiteboarding and team collaboration tool, AI document summarizing, compliance management, note taking, API integration, and more. It is a tool available on the subscription based pricing model.
- May 2021Post IPO$500M
- Jan 2021Post IPO$315M
- Aug 2019Post IPO—
- Jul 2014Series G$150M
#4
Seed · San Francisco, California · founded 2024$500Kraised▾
AI-powered systems for engineering software. It provides a system development tool for various industries, including space, defense, energy, and automotive.
- 2025Seed$500K
#5
Acquired · San Francisco, California · founded 2015 · 36 employees$46.1Mraised▾
Abstract is a provider of designer collaboration & feedback tools. The product offers designer collaboration, version control, and developer handoff. The features of the product include designer onboarding, design system distribution, one less slide deck, workflow management, etc. The clients of the company are Microsoft, DocuSign, pandora, zendesk, WIX, Wayfair, yelp, etc.
- Feb 2024Series C$128K
- Mar 2019Series C$30M
- May 2018Series B$16M
#6
Miro 🦄Series C · San Francisco, California · founded 2011 · 2459 employees$476.3Mraised▾
Provider of a visual workspace for innovation and team collaboration. The platform enables distributed teams to strategize, design products, manage processes, and build the future together. It offers tools for product development, collaboration, and speeding up time to market. The platform provides features such as intelligent canvas, blueprints, diagrams, and integrations.
- Jan 2022Series C$400M
- Apr 2020Series B$50M
- Nov 2018Series A$25M
- Apr 2018Seed$1.3M
#7
Seed · San Francisco, California · founded 2023 · 143 employees$4Mraised▾
Design suite for GenAI software. The platform offers design suite for GenAI software, for the conversational experiences. It generates insights into the user behaviour and usage patterns. It also offers copilots that streamlines iterations and code generations.
- Jun 2024Seed$4M
#8
Acquired · San Francisco, California · founded 2022$4.4Mraised▾
Platform offering UI design tools. It is an AI tool that generates UI designs based on user text descriptions. The platform generates UI by combining UI elements, content, and graphics. It enables users to leverage the AI generated graphics and illustrations to customize the UI as per their needs.
- Feb 2024Seed$4.4M
#9
Seed · San Francisco, California · founded 2019 · 32 employees$5.6Mraised▾
Cloud based customer experience platform. The company offers demonstration tools for the sales and pre sales teams. It enables users to streamline the demonstration process. This platform is capable of involving account executives, sales engineers, and customer success teams. The two products provided for this purpose include Salesforce Presales Engine and Lightning Reskin.
- 2023Grant (prize money)$20K
- Mar 2022Seed$4.2M
- 2021Seed$125K
- May 2021Seed$1.2M
#10
Seed · San Francisco, California · founded 2024$125Kraised▾
AI-driven platform for product design and development process. The platform enables businesses to design and iterate with AI, streamlining the product development process. It leverages AI-powered design and development, to accelerate product creation, and support customer experience.
- Jul 2024Seed$500K
#11
Seed · San Francisco, California · founded 2023$500Kraised▾
Provider of design collaboration platform. It is a design system creation platform that enables organizations to design, manage, document, share, and collaborate on design systems. It offers asset management, icon management, and integration tool to streamline the frontend application development process. It enables developers to share and reuse frontend code between projects.
- 2024Seed$500K
#12
Series C · El Segundo, California · founded 1997 · 3 employees$35.8Mraised▾
iRise provides an collaborative prototyping tool. It is used by teams of business analysts, user experience professionals, product managers, and business people to create and review prototypes of applications before any coding in a collaborative environment. Its drag-and-drop interface and visualizations give users the ability to get the requirements right the first time due to its iterative functions. The clients include CISCO, DSW, HSBC, Infosys, etc.
- Mar 2008Series C$20M
- Jan 2005Series B$15.8M
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