50 Best Emerging Markets Companies to Watch in 2026

The most prominent emerging markets companies ranked by global prominence, funding activity, and market position. Showing the top 50 out of 10,770 companies tracked on Fsome.

10,770
Total Companies
$3.4B
Total Funding
$320K
Avg Funding
London
Top Location
# Company Location Employees Total Funding Last Round Last Funded
1
PayJoy
PayJoy is a financial service company that provides affordable smartphone financ…
San Francisco 1K - 5K $585.6M Debt Financing 2025-12-02
2
RedCloud Technologies
RedCloud believe technology will universally change the way in which services ar…
London 251 - 500 $13.5M Post Ipo Equity 2025-07-03
3
Sensor Tower
Sensor Tower provides a digital intelligence platform offering insights into mob…
San Francisco 251 - 500 $46.0M Corporate Round 2025-10-24
4
Mirae Asset
Mirae Asset is a global asset managing company that provides investment solution…
Seoul c 10001 max $891.1M Post Ipo Debt 2021-10-25
5
Peach Payments
Peach Payments provides payment solutions to online and mobile businesses.
Cape Town 101 - 250 $31.8M Series A 2023-04-04
6
Actis
Actis is a global growth markets investor in private equity, energy, infrastruct…
London 251 - 500 $53.0M Private Equity 2014-06-01
7
Jia
Jia provides blockchain-based financing to businesses in emerging markets and de…
Los Angeles 1 - 10 $5.3M Debt Financing 2023-05-17
8
Marathon Asset Management
Marathon Asset Management LP is a global alternative investment and asset manage…
New York 101 - 250 $615.0M Debt Financing 2026-03-02
9
Karsa
Karsa is a stablecoin neobank that allows users to buy denominated stablecoins a…
New York 1 - 10 $500K Pre Seed 2025-03-12
10
YapStone
Yapstone is an payment processing platform for the vacation rental industry, pro…
Walnut Creek 251 - 500 $186.4M Series C 2018-02-12
11
First Access
First Access is a FinTech company that offers a smart data platform for financia…
New York 11 - 50 $9.3M Series A 2017-11-20
12
Umba
Umba is an African digital bank, offering free bank accounts and financial servi…
Nairobi 51 - 100 $22.0M Debt Financing 2025-04-09
13
VestedWorld
VestedWorld is an early-stage investor in businesses based in emerging markets.
Chicago 1 - 10 Undisclosed 2018-05-18
14
Wasoko
Wasoko transforms access to essential goods and services by connecting small sho…
Nairobi 1K - 5K $143.6M Series B 2022-03-16
15
Shazura
True visual AI for real-time identification & authentication at scale. Fingerpri…
San Francisco 11 - 50 $4.4M Series A 2021-11-29
16
BioLite
BioLite is a social enterprise that develops, manufactures and markets consumer …
Brooklyn 101 - 250 $37.9M Debt Financing 2022-11-21
17
Waza
Waza is a B2B payments platform and liquidity provider for emerging market busin…
Lekki 1 - 10 $8.6M Debt Financing 2024-08-19
18
reach52
Reach52 is a health platform connecting emerging communities to a marketplace of…
Singapore 11 - 50 $500K Series Unknown 2025-07-16
19
Data Mynt
Seamless global trade payments orchestrated across multiple rails for African bu…
Oakland 11 - 50 $2.7M Seed 2022-08-01
20
TechnoServe
Technoserve work with enterprising people in the developing world to build compe…
Washington 1K - 5K $3.5M Grant 2019-08-27
21
Jaza
Jaza is building a network of renewable energy hubs in African communities beyon…
Halifax 1 - 10 $4.1M Seed 2020-03-09
22
TRINE
Financing energy access through innovative ways of funding.
Gothenburg 1 - 10 $9.5M Series A 2024-03-20
23
mystocks.africa
Robinhood App of Africa. Trade all African Stocks from one app.
Dover 1 - 10 $125K Non Equity Assistance 2025-05-14
24
Liquidstar
Liquidstar makes Waypoints, or the 7/11 for Utility Services (Electricity, Water…
Los Angeles 1 - 10 $1.0M Pre Seed 2023-03-20
25
Simergent
Simergent is developing an affordable home dialysis devices to address unmet pat…
Chicago 11 - 50 $13.0M Series Unknown 2024-05-13
26
UMW Recordings, Inc.
We are a digital music aggregator & record label that connects artists and liste…
Guayaquil 1 - 10 $48K Pre Seed 2021-02-01
27
Allie Systems
AI for Discrete and Hybrid Manufacturing
Cuauhtémoc 11 - 50 $2.3M Pre Seed 2023-09-20
28
EDFI Management Company
EDFI Management Company focuses on business models, technologies and geographies…
Brussels 11 - 50 $6.1M Debt Financing 2020-12-22
29
Boost Technology
Boost Technology is a distributor operating in a trillion dollar informal econom…
London 11 - 50 $1.2M Seed 2023-05-22
30
Harvesting
Harvesting provides an agriculture intelligence engine that will help bring spee…
Fremont 101 - 250 $4.4M Series Unknown 2022-08-25
31
Zap Africa
Zap Africa is a digital wallet that specializes in cryptocurrency exchange and i…
Lekki 11 - 50 $300K Pre Seed 2024-05-28
32
Cignifi
Cignifi uses mobile behavior data in emerging markets to deliver credit scores a…
Cambridge 11 - 50 $13.9M Series Unknown 2022-03-23
33
Zhongjia Micro-view
Zhongjia Micro-view is an innovation-driven artificial intelligence company.
Chengdu 1 - 10 $13.9M Series A 2025-07-10
34
Sintex-BAPL
Sintex-BAPL manufactures and markets plastics products.
Pune 501 - 1K $185.5M Debt Financing 2018-05-11
35
Astral AR, LLC
We stop bullets and deliver ultra-fast rescue. Patented sensor technology, unbia…
Austin 11 - 50 $255K Seed 2016-12-20
36
Lifetrack Medical Systems
Making Healthcare Software Human
Singapore 11 - 50 $5.7M Series A 2019-04-25
37
Knowlarity Communications
Knowlarity Communications is a cloud telephony company that allows automated com…
Gurgaon 251 - 500 $42.5M Series C 2016-11-23
38
Inclusivity Solutions
We design, build and operate digital insurance businesses in emerging markets
Cape Town 11 - 50 $7.3M Series A 2023-10-30
39
GameMine
GameMine is a mobile game publisher that caters to different countries through a…
Los Angeles 11 - 50 $20.0M Series A 2017-05-30
40
CIVICO
We map cities and citizens by crowdsourcing location data to drive transactions …
Bogotá 251 - 500 $11.7M Series A 2019-03-04
41
Genvision Power
GenVision Power develops, builds, and operates utility-scale solar and wind proj…
Baar 11 - 50 $20.0M Corporate Round 2024-07-31
42
ZirooPay
ZirooPay is a maker of a mobile card reader that allows small businesses to acce…
Espoo 1 - 10 $12.1M Series A 2022-04-05
43
SteamaCo
SteamaCo enables utilities to sell energy anywhere on the planet.
Manchester 11 - 50 $8.9M Series Unknown 2024-11-04
44
RESCUNOMICS
Provides Innovative Solutions to Global Safety Issues..
Houston 1 - 10 $350K Pre Seed 2022-02-10
45
Sorted Wallet
Sorted Wallet lets you send digital dollars home, cash out to M-Pesa, pay bills,…
Hong Kong 1 - 10 $1.5M Corporate Round 2024-09-19
46
Ampersand
Ampersand is the e-mobility energy provider for millions of motorbike taxis.
Kicukiro 251 - 500 $43.4M Series Unknown 2025-08-16
47
Datarama
Emerging markets due diligence, relationship management and business development
Singapore 11 - 50 $6.0M Series A 2019-06-04
48
Brú Finance
Brú Finance is a DeFi lending platform that creates bankless finance options for…
Mumbai 11 - 50 $2.0M Seed 2022-03-16
49
Asaak
Asaak is a fintech company that provides asset financing to mobility workers acr…
New York 101 - 250 $36.3M Non Equity Assistance 2024-02-01
50
Xingtang miniKTV
Xingtang miniKTV is an operator of self-serve karaoke boxes in China.
Changyang 1 - 10 $15.0M Series A 2017-07-20