If you're looking for the next Appen Limited (ASX: APX) or Xero Limited (ASX: XRO), then I think you might want to check out the small cap tech shares listed below.
I believe these three companies have the potential to grow materially over the 2020s. If this happens, it could lead to their shares generating very strong returns over the next decade.
Here's why I think they should at least be on your watchlist:
Bigtincan Holdings Ltd (ASX: BTH)
Bigtincan is a $495 million provider of enterprise mobility software. The company's software allows sales and service organisations to increase their sales win rates, reduce expenditures, and improve customer satisfaction. It achieves this by pairing functionality with a highly-intuitive user interface that provides an advanced content management system, document automation, internal communications, and fully integrated modern LMS. Demand for its platform has been growing at a very strong rate and has attracted a number of blue chip customers. The good news is that it still has a long runway for growth. Management estimates that the sales engagement platform will be worth $6 billion a year by 2021.
ELMO Software Ltd (ASX: ELO)
ELMO is a $520 million cloud-based human resources and payroll software company. It streamlines processes such as employee administration, recruitment, on-boarding, remuneration, and payroll through a single a unified platform. At present the company is operating in both the ANZ and UK markets. Though, given how its platform is jurisdiction agnostic, expansions into other regions seems likely in the future. For now, though, the company estimates that it has a $2.4 billion opportunity in the ANZ market and a $6.8 billion opportunity in the UK market. Its footprint in the latter market has just been boosted with the acquisition of UK-based Breathe.
Whispir (ASX: WSP)
Finally, Whispir is a $425 million software-as-a-service communications workflow platform provider. Its industry-leading software platform allows businesses and governments to deliver actionable two-way interactions at scale using automated multi-channel communication workflows. A great example of its use was during the height of the pandemic when it was used by 22 government departments for COVID-19 communications. It was used for secure, interactive two-way messages and real-time updates to sufferers and those who have been in the close contact with someone with COVID-19. Management estimates that the Workflow Communications platform as a Service market could reach US$8 billion per year by 2024.
