Top Austin Startups to Watch (and Work for) in 2023

• In July 2023, Wander crossed 5,000 nights booked on the platform.

• In October 2022, Wander crossed 100,000 registered accounts on its platform.

• As of March 2023, Wander has 15 properties across the United States.

• Since launching its first property in February 2022, Wander customers have booked 2,000+ nights with a 94.6% satisfaction rating.

• In 2020, Shipwell’s SaaS revenue increased by 193%, monthly revenue growth grew by 90%, and funds under management grew by 3x to $120 million+.

• In 2021, Shipwell’s revenue tripled and reported 305% YoY growth.

• In 2021, Shipwell increased mid-market customers by 68% YoY and a 4.7/5 customer rating.

• Jasper surpassed 100,000 paying subscribers. Jasper’s customers include marketing teams at Hubspot, Autodesk, Airbnb, Keller Williams, iHeartMedia, and Going.

• Jasper has 10,000 reviews with an average rating of 4.8/5 stars across G2, Trustpilot, and Capterra.

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• As of June 2023, Outdoor Voices has 496K Instagram followers, 133K Facebook followers, and 15.1K TikTok followers.

• As of August 2022, Outdoor Voices reported projected sales of $90 million for 2022, up from $40 million pre-pandemic, with a 30% compound annual growth rate since 2017.

• Mach Industries is currently building a suite of oxyhydrogen defense platforms.

• As of May 2022, Ownwell’s customer base has grown 40x in the last nine months.

• As of May 2023, Ownwell claims 86% of customers save money and save an average of $1,148.

• As of May 2023, Ownwell operates in six states: Texas, Illinois, Florida, Georgia, California, and Washington.

• As of June 2023, Serenity Kids has rated 5/5 stars from 5,020 reviews on its website.

• In 2020, Serenity Kids doubled its revenue over the previous year.

• As of June 2021, Serenity Kids was on pace to increase its revenue by 150% over 2020.

• As of July 2023, Pocket Worlds has 10 million+ users (up from 7 million in January 2021), 35,000+ unique items, and 15 million+ user-generated rooms.

• As of July 2023, Pocket Worlds’ metaverse life world, Highrise, has rated 4.6/5 stars from 118.9K reviews on the Apple App Store and 4.3/5 stars from 200K reviews on the Google Play Store.

• As of January 2021, Pocket Worlds reported 30% of active users were trading ideas, resulting in 50,000+ transactions daily.

• In 2020, Pocket Worlds reported 6x revenue growth over 2019.

• In February 2023, Disclo closed a $5 million seed round led by General Catalyst.

• Disclo participated in the Y Combinator S22 batch.

• Howdy reported 246% YoY growth in 2022 over 2021.

• As of July 2023, Howdy customers include Vanta, Zest, Eden, Goodfin, JupiterOne, Kojo, Measured, Ojolabs, Simspace, and Sprout.

• Tank Payments was part of the YC S22 class.

• As of July 2023, Fetii has transported 800,000+ passengers.

• As of July 2023, Fetii has rated 4.4/5 stars from 249 Apple App Store reviews and 3.3/5 stars from 18 Google Play Store reviews.

• As of July 2023, Arintra has 200+ daily users comprised of doctors across different organizations and processes 30,000+ patient visits monthly.

• As of July 2023, Arintra reported a 16% increase in collections, a 20% reduction in claim denials, a 6x increase in claims per hour, a 96% accuracy, and 50,000+ hours saved from coding for doctors.

• As of July 2023, Reliance Health has 200,000+ enrollees, 15 clinics, 2,300+ providers, 1,200+ businesses, 2 countries, and 50,000+ downloads.

• As of July 2023, Keeper has thousands of customers, including Lionshare Bookkeeping, Sawtooth Financial, Sound Accounts Bookkeeping & Payroll, Go Bookkeeping, Upstream Bookkeeping, and Strategic Bookkeeping solutions.

• As of July 2023, Keeper has rated 5/5 stars from 33 G2 reviews.

• As of January 2023, Method Financial has 45 customers, 100,000+ end-to-end users, $2.25 million in annual recurring revenue, connects $2 billion in consumer debt, and processes $50 million+ in debt and bill payments.

• As of January 2023, Method Financial reported 40% MoM payment volume growth.

• Method Financial customers include Reach Financial, Gauss Money, Relief, WithClutch, and Spritz.

• As of July 2023, UpEquity has rated 4.8/5 stars from 239 Google reviews.

• In October 2021, UpEquity reported 500% YoY revenue and transaction volume growth.

• As of July 2023, Flo Recruit has 85+ big law and midsize law firm clients and 80+ law school clients, including all of the T14, which accounts for 45%+ of the AmLaw 100 Law Firms and 60%+ Top 100 US Law Schools.

• Flo Recruit customers include Perkins Coie, Vinson & Elkins, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, Waller, Brooklyn Law School, and Kramer Levin.

• As of July 2023, Skyways has three cargo aircraft in production, Skyways V2.2 Electric, Skyways V2.5 Hybrid-Electric, and Skyways V2.6 Hybrid-Electric.

• As of July 2023, Airthium has a room-temperature heat pump prototype and is building the first 550°C (1022 °F) prototype for 2023.

• As of March 2021, scientists at 100+ organizations use Biodock, including Vaxxas, Genentech, CSL Behring, PIC Therapeutics, Dewpoint Therapeutics, and Arvinas.

• As of March 2021, Biodock reports its modules are 50% more accurate than other software solutions.

• Covie was part of the YC S21 class.

• As of March 2022, Legion Health had 800+ mental health professionals on the platform across all 50 states.

• As of July 2023, Verifiable has performed 13 million unique primary source verifications and has 3,200+ automated primary source verification types available.

• As of July 2023, Verifiable monitors 300,000+ providers.

• As of July 2023, Verifiable has hundreds of customers, including Babylon, Spring Health, Grow Therapy, Lyra, Zeel, Cityblock, Marvin, Modern Health, and Ophelia.

• From July 2022 to July 2023, Verifiable reported 3x revenue growth and 2x customer growth.