Best Vertical SaaS Companies in San Francisco, United States
The 74 best Vertical SaaS companies in San Francisco, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: fountain.
Ranked: Best Vertical SaaS companies in San Francisco
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fountain Fountain is a talent platform that develops to make workforce management and hiring easier. 72Tech top 11%Funding top 28%Growth top 30%Moat top 38% All 10 signals ▾Techtop 11% Fundingtop 28% Growthtop 30% Moattop 38% Producttop 41% Markettop 42% Globalbottom 42% Innovationbottom 29% Patentsbottom 29% Newsbottom 23% Tech: 98 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon S3 Funding: Raised $185M · 5 rounds over 12 yrs (0.4/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 72/100 | $185M | 48 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2014 | WordPressSentryApple iCloud Mail+29 | 2 patents Manufacturing ultra‑small lipid carriers for pharmaceutical delivery | 1 partnership |
| 2 | craft.co Helping supply chain and procurement professionals discover, evaluate, and monitor suppliers to create… 83Talent top 15%Moat top 22%Funding top 24%Growth top 26% All 7 signals ▾Talenttop 15% Moattop 22% Fundingtop 24% Growthtop 26% Techtop 31% Marketbottom 47% Globalbottom 39% Talent: Analyst team rating 5/5 Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 8/10 · Soonicorn rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 83/100 | $42M | 40 mo ago | Series B | — | 2011 | WordPressSentryApple iCloud Mail+34 | — | — |
| 3 | WOO Woo helps companies source interview-ready candidates from their existing database. 14Funding top 46%Global bottom 42%Market bottom 32%Tech bottom 22% All 4 signals ▾Fundingtop 46% Globalbottom 42% Marketbottom 32% Techbottom 22% Funding: Raised $11.3M · 3 rounds over 10 yrs (0.3/yr) Global: Investors from 3 countries beyond United States rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 14/100 | $11M | 103 mo ago | Series A | — | 2015 | — | — | 1 launch |
| 4 | landed Landed improves the hiring process for hourly employers and job applicants. | $9M | 50 mo ago | Seed | — | 2018 | WebflowAmazon Web ServicesGSAP+26 | — | — |
| 5 | terusama Terusama is a virtual logistics coordinator that offers self-service dock scheduling, digital driver… | $125K | 72 mo ago | Seed | — | 2020 | — | — | — |
| 6 | 1 focus medical software 1Focus Medical Software is an International Software dealer for Voice Recognition Software, EMR Software, etc. | — | — | Private | — | 2008 | — | — | — |
| 7 | Afresh Afresh builds A.I.-powered supply chain software that minimizes waste, maximizes freshness, and multiplies… | — | — | — | — | 2017 | — | — | 2 launchs · 1 partnership · 1 award |
| 8 | Agora Systems Losing profitability as you grow is the last thing you want. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Top 5 Vertical SaaS companies in San Francisco
#1
Series B · San Francisco, California · founded 2011 · 129 employees$42Mraised▾
Developer of a proprietary data platform designed to understand, monitor, and optimize the company's supply chain and enterprise ecosystem. The company's cloud-based portal can integrate into existing enterprise workflows and deploys packed with data from thousands of financial and alternative sources, and surfacing signals on any company worldwide, enabling clients to compare human capital and operating metrics across many companies.
#2
Acquired · San Francisco, California · founded 2014 · 347 employees$185Mraised▾
Developer of hiring automation software designed to simplify the process of workforce management and hiring. The company's software offers an all-in-one workforce management and hiring system that does background checks and document signing scheduling of independent candidates, enabling companies to quickly screen and hire an independent workforce for their organizations.
#3
Seed · San Francisco, California · founded 2018 · 31 employees$8.6Mraised▾
Developer of an end-to-end recruiting platform designed to help restaurants and hospitality employers hire candidates. The company's conversational AI technology connects candidates to employers based on each employer's custom criteria and screens candidates based on data points, enabling employers to hire better candidates faster.
#4
Series A · San Francisco, CA · founded 2015 · 40 employees$11.3Mraised▾
Woo helps companies source interview-ready candidates from their existing database. We created a smart automated technology that engages and creates long term relationships with past candidates, and matches them to current opportunities.
#5
Seed · San Francisco, California · founded 2020 · 1 employees$125Kraised▾
Developer of a dock management platform designed to track and monitor freight congestion. The company's platform permits easy check-ins without waiting in a queue, planning on loading and unloading thereby reducing congestion, enabling freight industries to track, measure, and improve their services.
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