We put our heads together and refined metrics on enterprise software companies that have received lots of funding and are funded in the Silicon Valley ecosystem. This ranking sheds light on the hottest enterprise software companies and allows for clear comparisons with similar funding and business models. It also applies the power laws to funding and company concentration in this space.
Top 25 Enterprise Software Startups Ranking Table
We analyzed data from Crunchbase and Keywords Everywhere to uncover the top US enterprise software companies with top investors from Silicon Valley.
| Ranking | Company | GFD Tech100 Final Score* | GFD Funding Score* | GFD Website Score* | GFD Branded Keyword Score* |
| 1 | Oracle | 86.0 | 84.0 | 70.8 | 69.1 |
| 2 | Cloudflare | 82.2 | 79.4 | 73.7 | 70.2 |
| 3 | Zscaler | 78.8 | 79.2 | 62.9 | 58.4 |
| 4 | Anaconda | 73.3 | 70.0 | 62.3 | 70.6 |
| 5 | Nutanix | 73.3 | 73.5 | 58.1 | 56.1 |
| 6 | Applied Intuition | 73.2 | 76.1 | 45.8 | 49.1 |
| 7 | Island | 72.2 | 69.9 | 54.8 | 68.1 |
| 8 | Snowflake | 71.6 | 68.7 | 63.7 | 64.5 |
| 9 | Tricentis | 71.5 | 74.0 | 56.1 | 46.2 |
| 10 | First Due | 70.8 | 73.9 | 50.0 | 46.6 |
| 11 | Glean | 70.5 | 70.5 | 59.5 | 56.0 |
| 12 | Verkada | 68.2 | 68.0 | 60.1 | 54.7 |
| 13 | Chainguard | 68.0 | 70.4 | 49.1 | 47.1 |
| 14 | Miro | 67.9 | 63.0 | 71.4 | 69.1 |
| 15 | Employee Navigator | 67.6 | 67.8 | 58.4 | 53.0 |
| 16 | Boomi | 67.6 | 67.4 | 55.2 | 54.0 |
| 17 | Kong | 66.8 | 64.6 | 54.1 | 62.3 |
| 18 | Verily | 66.6 | 68.6 | 48.1 | 47.1 |
| 19 | Squint | 64.1 | 64.5 | 42.5 | 53.8 |
| 20 | Palantir Technologies | 63.8 | 61.9 | 58.3 | 56.3 |
| 21 | Veeam Software | 63.7 | 65.4 | 59.6 | 42.4 |
| 22 | Saphyre | 62.8 | 65.2 | 34.8 | 46.9 |
| 23 | Canary Technologies | 62.5 | 64.6 | 57.3 | 41.9 |
| 24 | LILT | 62.1 | 62.1 | 49.5 | 51.8 |
| 25 | Clari | 61.8 | 61.8 | 57.1 | 48.7 |
*GFD’s Tech100 score is a final composite score of the Funding Score, Website Score, and the Branded Keyword score.
Key Takeaways:
- The three hottest Enterprise Software firms in August 2025 are Oracle, Cloudflare, and Zscaler due to the volume and freshness of their funding, the recent performance of their website, and the growth trends of their branded keyword.
Ranking the Top Startups by Funding Score
Funding is huge. This breakout highlights those firms that have raised the most venture capital rounds, ranked by a combination of date and volume. Note we are also including post-IPO raises as well. These are worth considering because they’re all part of the competitive system that all enterprise software startups are competing in.
| Ranking | Company | Total Funding Amount | Most Recent Funding Amount | Last Funding Date | GFD Funding Score* |
| 1 | Oracle | $7.75B | $7.75B | 2/3/2025 | 84.0 |
| 2 | Cloudflare | $2.08B | $1.75B | 6/13/2025 | 79.4 |
| 3 | Zscaler | $1.67B | $1.50B | 7/1/2025 | 79.2 |
| 4 | Applied Intuition | $1.50B | $600M | 6/17/2025 | 76.1 |
| 5 | Tricentis | $1.50B | $1.33B | 11/26/2024 | 74.0 |
| 6 | First Due | $357M | $355M | 8/5/2025 | 73.9 |
| 7 | Nutanix | $1.90B | $750M | 12/11/2024 | 73.5 |
| 8 | BlackSkyTechnology | $440M | $160M | 7/18/2025 | 70.9 |
| 9 | Glean | $768M | $150M | 6/10/2025 | 70.5 |
| 10 | Box | $1.46B | $400M | 9/18/2024 | 70.4 |
*GFD’s Funding Score captures funding volume and velocity by combing total funding with recent funding amount and recency.
Key Takeaways:
- When accounting for funding volume and freshness, Oracle leads the industry as it is the Enterprise Software firm with the highest total funding and has recently this year received a staggering funding amount of $7.75B.
- Zscaler, Cloudflare and Applied Intuition have become promising firms in the Enterprise Software industry as both have received over $500M in funds within the past 6 months.
- Industry leaders Tricentis and Nutanix continue to grow as both have recently received +$500M funds within the past year.
1. Oracle
GFD Funding Score*: 84
Total Funding Amount: $7.75B
Most Recent Funding Amount: $7.75B
Days Since Last Funding: 204
Out of our 297 ranked Enterprise Software companies, Oracle ranks #1 in funding. The company’s total funding is $7.75B and the last time they were funded was on February 3, 2025 for $7.75B. The last funding type was Post-IPO Debt. The total amount of investors that Oracle has is 1 and their top investors are: Sequoia Capital.
2. Cloudflare
GFD Funding Score*: 79.4
Total Funding Amount: $2.08B
Most Recent Funding Amount: $1.75B
Days Since Last Funding: 74
Out of our 297 ranked Enterprise Software companies, Cloudflare ranks #2 in funding. The company’s total funding is $2.08B and the last time they were funded was on June 13, 2025 for $1.75B. The last funding type was Post-IPO Debt. The total amount of investors that Cloudflare has is 14 and their top investors are: National Science Foundation, Franklin Templeton, New Enterprise Associates, Google, Venrock.
3. Zscaler
GFD Funding Score*: 79.2
Total Funding Amount: $1.67B
Most Recent Funding Amount: $1.50B
Days Since Last Funding: 56
Out of our 297 ranked Enterprise Software companies, Zscaler ranks #3 in funding. The company’s total funding is $1.67B and the last time they were funded was on July 1, 2025 for $1.50B. The last funding type was Post-IPO Debt. The total amount of investors that Zscaler has is 6 and their top investors are: Lightspeed Venture Partners, TPG Growth, Employee Stock Option Fund, CapitalG, Junipero Capital.
Website Score Breakdown
Website traffic and traffic growth is important but doesn’t always line up perfectly with other attributes and events like funding. We were curious as to which of these companies saw the strongest website traffic and growth. The website score we captures the volume of recent website visits and combines it with the companies’ website growth trends.
| Ranking | Company | Last Month Total Visits | Average Visits (6 Months) | Monthly Visit Growth | GFD Website Score* |
| 1 | Okta | 128.1M | 136.1M | 14.13% | 76.4 |
| 2 | Stack Overflow | 83.5M | 116.8M | 11.19% | 75.3 |
| 3 | Cloudflare | 60.5M | 63.1M | 12.98% | 73.7 |
| 4 | Calendly | 50.2M | 50.7M | 9.28% | 72.9 |
| 5 | Asana | 42.5M | 42.9M | 24.88% | 72.6 |
| 6 | Box | 42.0M | 43.8M | 17.82% | 72.5 |
| 7 | Greenhouse Software | 35.9M | 33.1M | 19.38% | 71.7 |
| 8 | Miro | 31.1M | 34.4M | 13.48% | 71.4 |
| 9 | Oracle | 25.9M | 25.6M | 24.51% | 70.8 |
| 10 | Medallia | 25.4M | 26.7M | 8.24% | 70.5 |
*GFD’s Website Score captures the volume of recent website visits and combines it with the companies’ website growth trends.
Key Takeaways:
- Okta is the industry leader in terms of website visits as it has on average 136M visitors in the last six months.
- From July 2025 to August 2025, we see that all companies in our top ten have had an increase in website traffic. The companies seeing the biggest increase include Asana and Oracle.
1. Okta
GFD Website Score*: 76.4
Last Month’s Total Visits: 128.1M
Monthly Average Visits Over 6 Months: 136.1M
Monthly Visit Growth: 14.13%
Out of our 297 ranked Enterprise software companies, Okta ranks #1 in website traffic. Last month, the website saw 128.1M total visits and increased by 14.13% from the month before that. The average visits over the past 6 months were 136.1M.
2. Stack Overflow
GFD Website Score*: 75.3
Last Month’s Total Visits: 83.5M
Monthly Average Visits Over 6 Months: 116.8M
Monthly Visit Growth: 11.19%
Out of our 297 ranked Enterprise software companies, Stack Overflow ranks #2 in website traffic. Last month, the website saw 83.5M total visits and increased by 11.19% from the month before that. The average visits over the past 6 months were 116.8M.
3. Cloudflare
GFD Website Score*: 73.7
Last Month’s Total Visits: 60.5M
Monthly Average Visits Over 6 Months: 63.1M
Monthly Visit Growth: 12.98%
Out of our 297 ranked Enterprise software companies, Cloudflare ranks #3 in website traffic. Last month, the website saw 60.5M total visits and increased by 12.98% from the month before that. The average visits over the past 6 months were 63.1M.
Enterprise Software Startups with Strongest Branded Search Growth
A great way to measure brand growth is by analyzing keyword growth for the company across a period of time. We sourced Google Search keyword data for companies on the list and ranked by a score that accounted for total keyword search as well as search volume change over the last year.
| Ranking | Company | Total Keyword Search Volume | Average Weekly Search Volume Change (1 Year) | 1 Year Trend Positive or Negative? | GFD Company Keyword Ranking* |
| 1 | Anaconda | 1.8M | 1837.77 | + | 70.6 |
| 2 | Cloudflare | 1.5M | 3227.99 | + | 70.2 |
| 3 | Metronome | 1.8M | -1856.03 | – | 69.4 |
| 4 | Miro | 1.5M | 518.91 | + | 69.1 |
| 4 | Oracle | 1.5M | 432.98 | + | 69.1 |
| 6 | Island | 1.0M | 2397.87 | + | 68.1 |
| 6 | Asana | 1.2M | 682.96 | + | 68.1 |
| 8 | Signal | 1.0M | 845.01 | + | 67.2 |
| 9 | Arena | 1.0M | 111.68 | + | 66.7 |
| 9 | Arena | 1.0M | 111.68 | + | 66.7 |
*GFD’s Branded Keyword Ranking is a metric that combines monthly branded keyword search volume with a 1-year linear trend that is observed weekly and adjusted by search volume.
Key Takeaways:
- Cloudflare is the fastest growing branded keyword with an average weekly search increase of about 3.22K searches.
- The top Enterprise Software firms have experienced a general increase in their branded keyword searches over the course of a year.
1. Anaconda
GFD Branded Keyword Score*: 70.6
Total Keyword Search Volume: 1.8M
Average Weekly Search Volume Change: 1837.77
Out of our 297 ranked Enterprise Software companies, Anaconda ranks #1 in branded keyword searches. Last month, their total branded keyword search volume was 1.8M. Over the course of the last year, the average weekly change for their branded keyword search volume was 1837.77, indicating an increase in their 1-year trend.
2. Cloudflare
GFD Branded Keyword Score*: 70.2
Total Keyword Search Volume: 1.5M
Average Weekly Search Volume Change: 3227.99
Out of our 297 ranked Enterprise Software companies, Cloudflare ranks #2 in branded keyword searches. Last month, their total branded keyword search volume was 1.5M. Over the course of the last year, the average weekly change for their branded keyword search volume was 3227.99, indicating an increase in their 1-year trend.
3. Metronome
GFD Branded Keyword Score*: 69.4
Total Keyword Search Volume: 1.8M
Average Weekly Search Volume Change: -1856.03
Out of our 297 ranked Enterprise Software companies, Metronome ranks #3 in branded keyword searches. Last month, their total branded keyword search volume was 1.8M. Over the course of the last year, the average weekly change for their branded keyword search volume was -1856.03, indicating a decrease in their 1-year trend.
Methodology and Sources
- Methodology: We collected data for 10k+ companies from Crunchbase and aggregated it into a set of scores through the use of quantitative transformations and expertly curated weighted averages.
- Sources: Crunchbase and Keywords Everywhere
