A-LIST highlights the most promising, inventive, homegrown companies right here in Austin. It’s because of companies like these that Austin is continuing to grow and attract the best talent. Last year, Stoplight was recognized as an award recipient in the early stage category. Our early-stage companies are those that are angel-invested, seed-funded, or Series A funded.


Stoplight's achievements since winning A-LIST in 2021

As of Spring 2022, Stoplight, announced its position as a market leader in the newly released G2 Spring 2022 Grid Report for API Design. Products in the Leader quadrant in the Grid® Report are rated highly by G2 users and have substantial Satisfaction and Market Presence scores.

In addition to the placement in the G2 Spring 2022 quadrant, Stoplight received a variety of other recognitions and awards within the past year including the 2022 Open Source Contributor of the Year by Hackernoon, G2 Fastest Growing Products of 2022, Trusted Vendor and Quality Choice 2021 Crozdesk awards, the 2021 Most Worthy API Management Software by SaaSworthy, a 2021 "Rising Star" by the API Management Software Report.

Stoplight has also experienced record growth, nearly doubling in employee size since 2021. In February 2021, Stoplight secured another $11M round of follow-on Series A funding co-led by Next Coast Ventures and Bill Wood Ventures.


What is Stoplight?

Stoplight is a global application programming interface (API) technology company offering a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform and open-source tools to design quality APIs and build scalable API programs. Stoplight’s collaborative, cloud tools are built with purpose for a design-first approach, with reusable components to deliver quick time to market and more business value.


Meet Stoplight

Meet team members from Stoplight, why they chose Austin, and what winning A-LIST means to the company.


  • Stoplight Designs, Documents & Builds APIs Faster

    Stoplight believes in a design-first approach to API development, creating products that provide a means for design-first development.

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