Phoenix

1,921–1,944 of 2,570 companies

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  Securosis

  Security

  Securosis operates as an information security research and advisory firm, distinguished by its focus on transparent and objective analysis. His background includes roles as an independent consultant, web application developer, and software development manager. His career began in programming and network consulting before he moved to META Group to pioneer their security research. Rothman also founded SHYM Technology, a PKI software company, and held marketing leadership positions at CipherTrust and TruSecure.Securosis' business model is centered on providing clear, actionable, and pragmatic advice to help organizations improve their security practices. A core principle is "Totally Transparent Research," which involves making nearly all of its content, including over 10,000 blog posts and around 100 research papers, available for free. Revenue is generated through several channels. The company offers packaged consulting services called Project Accelerators, which are designed to kick-start cloud security initiatives through assessments and workshops. It also provides custom research, individual advisory services, and retainer programs for vendors. Another significant revenue stream is professional training; the team was instrumental in developing the Cloud Security Alliance's CCSK training class. The firm caters to a broad clientele, from enterprises navigating cloud adoption to security vendors seeking strategic guidance.The firm's services are deeply rooted in applied research and field experience, particularly in cloud security and DevSecOps. They assist clients in securing cloud deployments with frameworks aimed at enhancing security without compromising agility. This includes cloud security assessments, architecture development, and training classes. Despite their success in research and advisory, the partners self-funded and attempted to build a software platform for cloud security management, a project they ultimately could not bring to market.

  Early stage · 2–10 employees · $2.5M raised

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  SeedingMercy

  Food

  Seeding Mercy operates in the non-profit sector, focusing on empowering smallholder farmers primarily in South Sudan and other regions affected by conflict and poverty. The organization engages in various projects including regenerative agriculture, access to energy, nutrition, trade for agricultural commodities, and entrepreneurial training. By providing resources and education, Seeding Mercy aims to bolster human productivity, create food abundance, and foster self-sustaining societies. The target clients are smallholder farmers who benefit from increased income and improved living conditions. The organization operates on a philanthropic business model, relying on donations, grants, and partnerships to fund its initiatives. Revenue is generated through these contributions, which are then reinvested into their projects to maximize impact. Seeding Mercy's goal is to support an additional 5 million smallholder farmers by 2026, increasing their income by $30 per farmer per day, thereby accelerating poverty alleviation efforts.

  Early stage · 2–10 employees

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  Seedy

  Food

  Seedy is an innovative startup that has carved out a unique niche in the cannabis industry. It operates as a digital platform specifically designed for cannabis growers, providing a marketplace where users can buy, sell, and connect over various growing supplies. These supplies include new and used grow tents, lights, seeds, nutrients, filters, fans, and other essential equipment for cannabis cultivation.The primary clients Seedy serves are both amateur and professional cannabis growers who are looking for a streamlined way to acquire and exchange growing supplies. This includes individual hobbyists, small-scale growers, and potentially larger commercial operations. The market Seedy operates in is the burgeoning cannabis industry, which has seen significant growth and legalization across various regions, making it a lucrative area for specialized services.Seedy's business model is centered around creating a community-driven marketplace. It likely generates revenue through transaction fees, listing fees, or premium membership plans that offer additional benefits to users. By facilitating the buying and selling process, Seedy ensures that growers have access to the necessary tools and resources to optimize their cultivation efforts.In summary, Seedy is a pioneering digital platform that connects cannabis growers with the supplies they need, fostering a community of enthusiasts and professionals alike. It operates in the expanding cannabis market and makes money through various fees associated with its marketplace services.

  Early stage · 11–50 employees · $250K raised

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  Seeking Agents™

  Real estate

  Seeking Agents™ operates a platform designed to connect home buyers and sellers with real estate agents, fostering a competitive environment. The service is free for consumers, who can submit their property or search criteria and receive proposals from various licensed agents. This model encourages agents to compete by offering better services and potentially lower commission rates, which can lead to significant savings for clients. For instance, on a $400,000 home, a 1% commission reduction from 3% to 2% could save a client $4,000. The platform's creation was timely, capitalizing on the National Association of Realtors (NAR) settlement, which introduced new rules mandating greater transparency in commission negotiations. Seeking Agents™ facilitates this new market dynamic by allowing agents to clearly communicate their fees and services directly to potential clients. The company positions itself as a technology platform, not a brokerage, meaning it does not directly participate in or influence purchase or listing agreements. The business model generates revenue through monthly subscription plans for real estate agents, who gain access to a network of motivated buyers and sellers. This provides agents with a cost-effective alternative to traditional marketing for lead generation.

  Early stage · 2–10 employees

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  Seeley international americas

  Early stage

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  SeenWith.Ai

  Marketing

  SeenWith.Ai operates in the digital presence and brand monitoring sector, focusing on the evolving landscape of online information discovery driven by artificial intelligence. The company provides a solution for businesses to manage their representation on emerging AI-powered conversational engines and established social media platforms. Founded in 2026, the company addresses the challenge businesses face in tracking how they are portrayed on AI platforms such as Chat GPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and Grok, as well as social channels like X, Yelp, and Instagram. The service offers a monitoring platform that tracks a company's visibility and appearance across these engines, providing insights into how their brand is described and perceived in the age of generative AI. SeenWith.Ai utilizes a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) business model with recurring monthly subscriptions. It offers three distinct pricing tiers to cater to a range of business sizes and needs: a "Focus" plan at $70 per month, a "Momentum" plan at $140 per month, and a "Horizon" plan at $210 per month. This tiered structure allows the company to serve a broad market, from small businesses to larger enterprises, by offering scalable solutions for monitoring their digital footprint.

  Early stage

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  Seitglobal

  Early stage · 2–10 employees

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  Seivert Orthopedics & Sports

  Health, Sports

  Early stage

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  Select Home Warranty

  Home & living

  Early stage · 11–50 employees

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  SelfStorageAuction

  Hosting

  SelfStorageAuction.com operates an online platform that facilitates self-storage auctions, connecting storage facilities with potential bidders across the United States and Canada. The platform allows storage facilities to auction lien units at any time, providing a convenient solution for both facility operators and bidders. Users can search for auctions by zip code, distance, keyword, or facility, and participate in auctions from the comfort of their homes, saving time and money. The business model includes an Executive Bidder Membership, which offers benefits such as no buyer premium for a monthly fee, enhancing the bidding experience. The company primarily serves storage facilities looking to auction units and individuals interested in purchasing storage contents. By hosting numerous auctions daily, SelfStorageAuction.com taps into the growing market of online storage auctions, providing a streamlined and efficient service for both sellers and buyers. The platform's strategic expansion outside North America aims to capture emerging markets where demand for self-storage solutions is increasing.

  Early stage · 2–10 employees

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  SellSmooth

  Real estate

  Early stage · 1 employees

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  Senate Majority PAC

  Early stage

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  Send Receive

  Marketing

  Early stage

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  Senior Appvisor

  Health

  Senior Appvisor operates as a digital platform focused on the senior care market, allowing families and patients to vet and review various senior care services. These services include home care, senior living, skilled nursing, hospice, and home health. His motivation stemmed from personal experiences with the challenges of finding reliable senior care. The platform serves as a centralized resource, connecting users with senior advisors and placement agencies, suggesting a business model that could involve referral fees or lead generation for these professional services. The primary clients are individuals and families navigating the complexities of selecting care for aging relatives.By creating a space for firsthand, vetted information, Senior Appvisor addresses the information gap and lack of transparency in the senior care industry. The market is substantial, with a growing elderly population increasingly open to using technology for healthcare and lifestyle management. As of 2026, a significant portion of adults over 50 are using smartphones and managing aspects of their lives online, representing a key demographic for the platform.

  Early stage · 1 employees

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  Senitaathletics

  Fashion, Sports

  Senita Athletics is a direct-to-consumer e-commerce brand specializing in women's athletic and athleisure apparel. The founders, both former Division 1 track and cross country athletes and mothers, identified a gap in the market for high-quality, functional, and affordable activewear. Lacking formal business or design backgrounds, they leveraged their personal experiences as lifelong athletes to develop the brand. The business began as a small-scale operation, with inventory managed from a garage and orders fulfilled from home. The company's business model is centered on selling its products—which include leggings, sports bras, shorts, joggers, tops, and maternity activewear—directly to consumers through its website, senitaathletics.com. This internet-first approach allows the brand to offer lower prices compared to competitors by eliminating the middleman. The product line is designed to be durable and functional, with many items featuring practical details like phone pockets, based on customer feedback. The company serves active women, including athletes and mothers, who seek performance-oriented apparel at an accessible price point. Revenue is generated through online sales, and the company also has a resale program called "Sister-To-Sister" to facilitate the sale of pre-loved items, offering sellers brand credit. A significant event in the company's history occurred in 2020 when the founders decided to sell the business, citing the pressures of balancing a rapidly growing company with their expanding families. New owners continued to expand the product offerings and introduced a loyalty program. However, in late 2024, it was announced that the business would be closing. Prior to the sale, the company had experienced significant growth, doubling its revenue year-over-year and expanding into a 14,000-square-foot warehouse in Phoenix.

  Early stage · 2–10 employees · $2.0M raised

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  Sensei Project Solutions

  Enterprise software

  Early stage · 11–50 employees

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  SenseLabs

  Sports

  Versus, developed by Neuro Management LLC, offers a mobile EEG headset that works in conjunction with an iOS app to provide personalized brain assessments and training. The device measures electrical activity in the brain using five dry sensors, making it easy to set up and requiring no clinical experience. Users can take an initial NeuroPerformance Assessment (NPA) to identify their mental strengths and weaknesses, such as concentration, relaxation, mental acuity, and sleep patterns. Based on this assessment, the app provides personalized exercise recommendations and benchmarks for improvement. The headset also allows users to play brainwave-controlled games, enhancing focus and reducing stress without the need for expensive equipment or lengthy setup. Versus primarily serves individuals looking to optimize their mental performance, including professionals, students, and athletes. The company operates in the wellness and mental health market, employing a direct-to-consumer business model. Revenue is generated through the sale of the Versus headset and app subscriptions.

  Early stage · 1 employees · $1.1M raised

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  SensoBlur, Inc.

  SensoBlur, Inc. is developing SensoFlow, an intelligent backyard automation platform aimed at the residential market. The company is focused on unifying the control of various outdoor systems—such as pool and spa equipment, irrigation, lighting, misting, and shades—into a single, modern interface. This approach targets the problem of fragmented control, where homeowners currently manage these systems through separate timers, remotes, and apps.The core product, SensoFlow, is designed to provide homeowners with centralized visibility and management of their entire backyard environment. By integrating disparate systems, the platform seeks to create an intelligent, coordinated ecosystem rather than a collection of separate products. MacLeod, who serves as the CEO, brings a background in engineering and product development from his tenure at prominent tech companies. He was previously an engineering and product leader at both Apple and Nest. His experience in developing user-centric connected home products appears to be a direct influence on SensoBlur's product-minded strategy and its mission to simplify the management of complex outdoor systems.

  Early stage · 1 employees

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  Sensory Bionics

  Health

  Sensory Bionics develops wearable technology to enhance the safety and well-being of autistic children. The company was founded by a CEO named Shane, who was motivated by her personal experiences with her profoundly autistic daughter, Heath. Shane, a technologist, saw an opportunity to use technology to address her daughter's communication limitations and her struggle to understand and express her own bodily sensations and feelings. She began experimenting with tools to measure physiological changes, such as heart rate, to identify stress and discover effective coping mechanisms. The goal was to create automated messages in language her daughter could understand, empowering her to recognize and control her feelings independently. The company's mission is to provide parents with reliable tools to ensure a secure environment for their children. The core product is a "wearable guardian" designed to monitor children with autism, providing peace of mind for parents and caregivers. The technology aims to go beyond simple tracking, with features like custom translators that learn a child's language at their own pace to act as an interpreter in the community. By collaborating with parents and focusing on the needs of children with disabilities, Sensory Bionics aims to give autistic children a stronger voice and protect them from potential harm.

  Early stage

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  Serologix

  Health

  Early stage

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  ServerLIFT

  Hosting

  Early stage · 11–50 employees

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  ServGrow

  Real estate

  Early stage · 2–10 employees

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  ServiceGems

  Real estate, Fashion

  ServiceGems operates as a business-to-business (B2B) sales intelligence platform, designed to help companies identify sales opportunities based on personnel changes at their existing and target accounts. Their participation in the Y Combinator accelerator program provided foundational support and initial funding, positioning them within a network of high-growth startups. The platform's core service is centered around tracking job movements of previous customers and key contacts, transforming this data into actionable sales leads for revenue teams.The business serves sales, marketing, and customer success teams within mid-market and enterprise companies. Its revenue model is subscription-based, offering tiered access to its data and automation features. ServiceGems makes money by charging clients for access to its platform, which integrates with existing Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems like Salesforce. This allows for the automated updating of contact and account information, saving manual research time. The platform functions by monitoring customer and prospect lists for job changes, such as promotions or moves to new companies. When a previous user or champion of a client's product joins a new company, ServiceGems sends an alert, creating a warm lead for the sales team. For instance, it can notify a sales team when a past user from a closed-won account starts a new role at a target company.Key features of the ServiceGems product include automated contact tracking, which identifies when key contacts move to new accounts, and alerts for new executive hires at target companies, signaling potential new initiatives or budget approvals. It also helps maintain CRM data hygiene by flagging outdated contacts and enriching records with new information captured from sources like calendar meetings. This functionality aims to shorten sales cycles, increase deal sizes, and prevent customer churn by providing proactive insights. The platform provides tangible return on investment by generating a pipeline of opportunities from these personnel changes, as evidenced by customer case studies reporting significant revenue generation and shorter deal cycles.

  Early stage · 1 employees · $1.4M raised

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  ServRx

  Fintech

  Based in Scottsdale, Arizona, ServRx operates as a specialized processor of electronic prescription claims within the workers' compensation sector. This event followed ServRx's strategic decision in late 2014 to partner with The Miller Group, which later acquired the company. ServRx targets the specific workflow and cash-flow difficulties that pharmacies encounter when handling workers' compensation claims. The firm's client base is diverse, encompassing independent mom-and-pop pharmacies, regional chains, specialty pharmacies, and non-pharmacy dispensing sites (NPDS). The business model is centered on providing a comprehensive technology and service solution that accelerates the revenue cycle for its clients. By leveraging proprietary IT, ServRx offers a single-binary interface for real-time claim adjudication, which provides immediate payment confirmation and helps ensure pharmacies are compensated for the life of the claim without patients being redirected to other mail-order services. This focus on guaranteed payments and improved cash flow is a core component of its value proposition. The company's offerings include a suite of services tailored for its clients, featuring real-time processing, complete dispensing and inventory management, SureScripts-certified E-prescribing, and flexible software and database tools. This technological infrastructure was developed to be more sophisticated than the often antiquated systems used elsewhere in the claims processing industry. A significant milestone was achieved when the company was recognized on the Inc. 500 list of fastest-growing privately held companies, ranking at No. 194 in 2016 and No. 971 in 2017.

  Early stage · 11–50 employees