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Indian software company with more than 55 business apps, from CRM and accounting to HR and office tools.

CRMIndia

• Zoho CRM
• Zoho Books
• Zoho People

Australian maker of Jira, Confluence, Trello and Bitbucket – tools for software, IT and business teams.

Project ManagementAustralia

• Jira
• Confluence
• Trello

Customer platform with a free CRM and hubs for marketing, sales, service, content and operations.

CRMUnited States

• HubSpot Smart CRM
• Marketing Hub
• Service Hub

Maker of Windows, Microsoft 365, Azure cloud, Teams and Dynamics 365 business applications.

Public Cloud Platforms (IaaS / PaaS)United States

• Microsoft 365
• Dynamics 365

Cloud CRM platform for sales, service, marketing and commerce teams, including Slack and Tableau.

CRMUnited States

• Sales Cloud
• Service Cloud
• Slack

German enterprise software company best known for ERP, with HR, spend management and analytics software.

ERPGermany

• SAP S/4HANA
• SAP Business One
• SAP SuccessFactors

Search and technology company offering Google Cloud and Google Workspace to businesses.

Public Cloud Platforms (IaaS / PaaS)United States

• Google Workspace

Israeli cybersecurity pioneer – network firewalls, cloud security, e-mail and endpoint protection.

SecurityIsrael

• Check Point Network Security
• Check Point Workspace Security

Israeli work operating system for projects, CRM, software development and service management.

Project ManagementIsrael

• monday work management
• monday CRM

Connected workspace for notes, documents, wikis, projects and databases, with built-in AI.

ProductivityUnited States

• Notion

Payments infrastructure for the internet – online payments, billing, invoicing and financial services APIs.

FinanceUnited States

• Stripe Payments
• Stripe Billing

Zero-trust cloud security – secure internet and private app access without traditional firewalls and VPNs.

Cloud SecurityUnited States

Swiss–Singaporean cyber protection company combining backup, disaster recovery and security.

Backup & Disaster RecoverySwitzerland

• Acronis Cyber Protect

Work management platform for planning projects, goals and cross-team workflows.

Project ManagementUnited States

• Asana

Cybersecurity company whose cloud-native Falcon platform protects endpoints, cloud workloads and identities.

SecurityUnited States

• CrowdStrike Falcon

The world's most widely used open-source learning management system, developed by Moodle HQ in Perth.

LMSAustralia

• Moodle LMS
• MoodleCloud

Online whiteboard and visual collaboration platform, co-headquartered in Amsterdam and San Francisco.

CollaborationNetherlands

• Miro

Cross-border money transfers and multi-currency accounts for people and businesses, at the mid-market rate.

FinanceUnited Kingdom

• Wise Business