- #vc-backed
- #startup-database
- #jobs
- #investors
Submit to Top Startups
A filterable list of startups funded by top investors such as Sequoia, a16z, Accel and Y Combinator, updated with recent rounds and linked job openings. Job seekers and startup watchers use it to find well-funded companies to join or follow. Listings show what the company does, HQ, size, founding year, funding and investors, with links to the website and jobs page.
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Top Startups at a glance
- Pricing
- Free + paid options
- Adding a startup is done through an Airtable form; the homepage also shows 'Featured' sponsored cards and a fulfillment/refund policy, but no prices were shown.
- Link type
- Dofollow
- Homepage startup cards (e.g. concurrence.com, doppel.com) link via id="startup-website-link" with no rel attribute (checked 2026-09-23)
- Review
- Manual review
- Link back required
- No
- Account required
- No
- Domain Rating
- DR39
- Domain Rating by Ahrefs, checked Sep 24, 2026. A score of the whole site’s backlinks, not a Google metric.
- Tranco rank
- #992,803
- Research top-sites ranking. Lower is more popular.
- Who browses it
- Job seekers and startup watchers tracking venture-funded companies
- Last checked
How to submit to Top Startups
Open the Top Startups submission page
This is the page makers use to add a product.
Have your assets ready
Name, tagline, description, logo and screenshots. The checklist below covers what to prepare so you can fill the form in one go.
Fill in the form carefully
Pick the most specific category the form offers and write the description for the people who browse Top Startups (Job seekers and startup watchers tracking venture-funded companies), not for search engines.
Wait for review
A person reviews submissions, so it can take a while. Once it’s live, check the link on your listing points to the right page.
Tips for Top Startups
- The list is built around well-known investors, so mention your lead investors and latest round in the submission.
- Include a jobs page URL; each card has a 'View Jobs' button that sends candidates straight to it.
- Keep funding data current, since the default sort is by most recent funding.
From Top Startups’s own guidelines and pages, in our words.
What to prepare
The basics every directory asks for, plus what matters most for startup directories.
- Product name and a one-line tagline (about 60 characters)
- A short description (1–2 sentences) and a longer one (a short paragraph)
- Square logo, at least 256×256 px, PNG or SVG
- 2–3 screenshots at a consistent size
- The exact page you want the link to point to
- Pricing model (free, freemium or paid) and a contact email
- Your stage (idea, beta, launched) and the year you started
- Founder names and a short founder story (2–3 sentences)
- Funding status, only if you share it publicly
- A launch or beta date if you are not live yet
Is Top Startups worth it?
Good for your SEO foundation
Top Startups reviews listings by hand and the listing link we inspected was followed. That combination is what makes a directory link worth having for a new site.
- Domain Rating by Ahrefs: 39 (moderate). That's the strength of links to the whole site, not a promise about what your listing passes on.
- Tranco rank #992,803: a smaller site, near the end of the top 1 million.
- A person reviews submissions, so expect a wait and a real quality bar.
- There’s a free option. Start free and only pay for upgrades if the traffic justifies it.
This verdict is worked out from the facts above with fixed rules (link type, review, price, Domain Rating by Ahrefs, Tranco rank), not paid for. The directory has no say in it.
Questions about Top Startups
Is Top Startups free?
There’s a free option, with paid upgrades. Pricing details: Adding a startup is done through an Airtable form; the homepage also shows 'Featured' sponsored cards and a fulfillment/refund policy, but no prices were shown. We checked on Sep 23, 2026.
Does Top Startups give a dofollow link?
Yes. The listing link we inspected was a followed (dofollow) link. Evidence: Homepage startup cards (e.g. concurrence.com, doppel.com) link via id="startup-website-link" with no rel attribute (checked 2026-09-23).
How do I submit to Top Startups?
Submit at https://airtable.com/shrxE33nk4Qfzx2K9. A person reviews each submission before it goes live. Tip: The list is built around well-known investors, so mention your lead investors and latest round in the submission.
Alternatives to Top Startups
All startup directoriesNot published · DR 91 · Tranco #3,231
Free · DR 78 · Tranco #13,855
Free + paid options · DR 87 · Tranco #16,332
Free + paid options · DR 78 · Tranco #38,078
Free · DR 81 · Tranco #38,771
Free · DR 72 · Tranco #102,050
Also in these lists
Top Startups appears on these niche lists, next to other places to submit the same kind of product.
Sources
The pages we opened on Sep 23, 2026 to write this page.