How many total Software Libraries companies are there?

As of Nov 2026, there are 1,854 active companies in Software Libraries sector.

Which countries have the most Software Libraries companies?

United States (601) has the highest number of Software Libraries companies, followed by Germany (143) and United Kingdom (129).

How many Software Libraries companies are funded?

As of Nov 2026, 139 companies in this sector have received funding.

Which company has raised the most funding in Software Libraries sector?

As of Nov 2026, LangChain has secured $260M in funding, making it the highest-funded company in the Software Libraries sector.

Which country has attracted the most investment in Software Libraries companies?

With $798M in total funding, United States has attracted the most investment among Software Libraries companies.

Who are the top investors in Software Libraries companies?

The top investors in Software Libraries companies by number of investments are Y Combinator, Europa and HRSA

How much venture capital has Software Libraries sector attracted?

In the last 10 years, venture capital firms have invested $1.27B in this sector.

How many unicorns has Software Libraries sector produced?

Globally, there are 2 unicorns in Software Libraries sector, to date.

Software Libraries - 2026 Market & Investments Trends

There are 2.14K companies in the Software Libraries sector across the world, with 139 funded companies having collectively raised $1.57B in venture capital money and private equity. Overall 70 of these are Series A+ funded and the sector has seen the creation of 2 Unicorns.

Software Libraries sector has seen 36 acquisitions and 11 IPOs.

This sector includes companies providing a collection of pre-written code which when added to a software program can achieve more functionality without writing code for it.

Software Libraries sector is also known as Software Libraries and Frameworks, Component Libraries or Code Libraries.

Companies included in Software Libraries sector

Companies providing software libraries such as Generic Libraries, Hi-Tech Libraries, Domain Specific Libraries for developing software programmes and applications

Companies excluded in Software Libraries sector

Companies offering library management software to universities, data libraries for data analysis, Building Information Management (BIM) libraries used in the design stage of construction; Companies providing IDEs which allow developing libraries or support various libraries; Companies providing online libraries with a collection of various e-books; Websites for offline libraries or listing of public libraries for the people.

Key Metrics

Total Companies

2.14K

Top Companies

Hugging Face, LangChain & more

Total Funding

$1.57B

Funded Companies

139

Series A+ Companies

Series C+ Companies

Unicorns Created

IPOs

Acquisitions

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There are more than 2.14K companies in Software Libraries. Hugging Face is the top Software Libraries company globally, ranked using Tracxn Score (what's this?).

Here are 5 of the top Software Libraries companies globally:

Company	Description	Location	Founded	Current Stage	Private Funding Raised
Hugging Face	Platform offering collaborative tools for sharing and deploying machine learning models	Paris (France)	2016	Acquired	$400M
LangChain	Developer of tools for building, testing, and deploying AI agent applications	San Francisco (United States)	2022	Series B	$260M
Expo	Provider of developer productivity CLI tools	Palo Alto (United States)	2013	Series B	$45M
Spring	Open source Java development framework	San Mateo (United States)	2004	Acquired	$97.1M
Pathway	Developer of post-transformer reasoning architecture for generalization over time	Palo Alto (United States)	2020	Seed	$30M

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Companies founded year-on-year in the Software Libraries sector

21 new startups have been founded so far in 2026 in the Software Libraries sector. 198 Software Libraries startups were founded in 2020 - this is the most number of startups founded in any year in the last 10 years.

Total Number of Companies

Year	No. of companies
2026	21
2025	29
2024	28
2023	53
2022	48
2021	104
2020	198
2019	183
2018	149
2017	103

Companies founded across countries in the Software Libraries sector

United States has 601 Software Libraries startups, the most by any country, followed by Germany which has 143 startups and United Kingdom which has 129.

Total Number of Companies

Country	No. of companies
United States	601
Germany	143
United Kingdom	129
France	96
India	67
Canada	61
Russia	32
China	28
Australia	26
Netherlands	21

Stage-wise distribution of the Software Libraries sector

Out of the total 2,135 Software Libraries companies, 139 have secured funding. Among them, 70 have reached Series A or higher, and 53 to Series B or beyond.

Founded - 2,135

Funded - 139

Series A+ - 70

Series B+ - 53

Series C+ - 48

Company Stage	No. of companies
Founded	2,135
Funded	139
Series A+	70
Series B+	53
Series C+	48

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2.1K+ Total Companies
$1.57B+ Total Funding
135+ Funded Companies
10+ IPOs
35+ Acquisitions

Total funding year-on-year in the Software Libraries sector

The Software Libraries sector saw a total funding of more than $1.43B in the last 10 years. The most amount of funding was in 2023 at more than $334M. There has been a total funding of $59M in 2026 till date.

Total Funding

Year	Total Funding
2026	$59M
2025	$298M
2024	$160M
2023	$334M
2022	$207M
2021	$186M
2020	$90.2M
2019	$50.5M
2018	$36.6M
2017	$5.69M

Total funding across countries in the Software Libraries sector

In the last 10 years, Software Libraries startups in United States have recieved the highest funding among all countries - $798M. France follows with $413M and Germany with $66.2M.

Total Funding

Country	Total Funding
United States	$798M
France	$413M
Germany	$66.2M
United Kingdom	$34.6M
Netherlands	$32.3M
Switzerland	$5.52M
Australia	$4.88M
India	$628K
Canada	$174K
China	-

Total funding amount raised by stage in the Software Libraries sector

Over the last 10 years, the Software Libraries sector have seen $154M into Seed Stage funding rounds, $925M into Early Stage funding rounds and $335M go into Late Stage funding rounds.

Funding Stage	Total Funding
Early Stage	$925M
Late Stage	$335M
Seed Stage	$154M
Grant	$3.83M
Debt	$3.32M

Recent Funding Rounds in Software Libraries

In the year 2026, till October 2026, Software Libraries companies have raised $59M in equity funding across 3 rounds. In the same period last year (i.e. till October 2025), Software Libraries companies had raised $297M across 10 rounds. So, 2026 has seen a 80.12% drop in funding in Software Libraries companies as compared to 2025.

Here are some recent, important funding rounds in Software Libraries:

Company	Round Raised	Amount Raised	Funding Date	Investors
Reflex	Series A	1038	Oct 29, 2026	Standard Capital and 3 more
Pathway	Seed	3359	Aug 12, 2026	Id4 ventures and 4 more
Expo	Series B	4727	Apr 16, 2026	Georgian and 2 more
VoidZero	Series A	3067	Oct 31, 2025	Accel and 4 more
LangChain	Series B	5862	Oct 20, 2025	Workday and 10 more

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Y Combinator is the top investor in Software Libraries companies based on number of companies invested.

Here are some top investors in Software Libraries:

Investor	Location	Top Portfolio Companies
Y Combinator	Mountain View (United States)	Flower, Reflex, Activeloop and Superagent
Europa	Belgium	Pathway, Qt Group, Next.js and Emweb
HRSA	Rockville (United States)	Omedok
Betaworks	New York City (United States)	Hugging Face, Flower and Jovo
Sequoia Capital	Menlo Park (United States)	Hugging Face, LangChain, Pydantic and Deno

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In the year 2026, till September 2026, 5 acquisitions happened in Software Libraries sector. Last year, in 2025, a total of 3 acquisitions happened in Software Libraries sector.

Here are some recent, important acquisitions in Software Libraries:

Company	Acquisition Type	Acquisition Date	Acquirers
Tailwind CSS	Business Acquisition	Sep 09, 2026	Shopify
Hugging Face	Business Acquisition	Sep 03, 2026	Nvidia
Agile Soda	Business Acquisition	Jun 09, 2026	NH Bank
VoidZero	Business Acquisition	Jun 04, 2026	CloudFlare
Griptape	Business Acquisition	Feb 18, 2026	Foundry

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Acquisition trends in Software Libraries

Here are the acquisition trends in Software Libraries:

Total Number of Acquisitions

Year	No. of companies
2026	5
2025	3
2024	1
2023	4
2022	5
2021	3
2020	1
2019	1
2018	-
2017	1

In the year 2021, till July 2021, 1 IPO happened in Software Libraries sector.

Here are some recent, important IPOs in Software Libraries:

Company	IPO Date	Exchange Symbol
OBIGO	Jul 13, 2021	Korea Exchange (KRX)
ICEsoft	Jun 05, 2019	Canadian Securities Exchange (CSE)
Basler	Mar 23, 1999	Frankfurt Stock Exchange (FRA)

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Companies founded by alumni from top colleges in the Software Libraries sector

Most number of Software Libraries startups have been founded by alumni from University of Pennsylvania, Cornell University and University of Oxford.

College	No. of companies
University of Pennsylvania	5
Cornell University	4
University of Oxford	4
Carnegie Mellon University	3
Harvard University	3
Imperial College London	3
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	3
Technion Israel Institute Technology	3
University of Cambridge	3
BITS Pilani	2

Total funding in companies founded by alumni from top colleges in the the Software Libraries sector

In the last 10 years, IIM Bangalore graduates' Software Libraries companies have raised the most funding among top colleges. Harvard University alumni are second, and Princeton University alumni are third.

College	Total Funding
IIM Bangalore	$403M
Harvard University	$305M
Princeton University	$260M
University of Oxford	$140M
Technion Israel Institute Technology	$70M
Yale University	$62M
University of California (Berkeley)	$45M
Technical University of Munich	$30M
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	$25.5M
Cornell University	$24.6M