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4 years ago 25 views

A company that helps you find a way to make money by doing what you’re already doing.

4,458

2 years ago 26 views

A platform for buying, selling, trading, and renting bikes. The company’s API provides access to data on bikes, stores, and repairs, and it currently has 30,000 bike listings.

4,374

2 years ago 18 views

A micro-budgets app for people who want to plan for a big expense (like a wedding) in advance.

4,099

5 years ago 1 views

A machine learning tool for recommending books based on a user’s reading history.

3,055

4 years ago

A tool that allows people to connect with experts in any field and get advice on specific questions.

2,995

3 years ago 1 views

A startup that helps developers create games, advertising, and other interactive experiences on web pages.

2,270

4 years ago

💡 Converting ads into in-game currency, which can then be used to buy items in the game

2,146

3 years ago 4 views

A startup for people who want to build a small business, provide it with a good base of marketing and customer support, and add value to the business.

1,702

2 years ago

A tool that lets you upload photos and unlock their location on a map.

1,174

4 years ago

"A mobile app that advises you how much money you should save, and how to get it." The app estimates how much money you can expect to have in retirement based on your job and lifestyle and suggests ways to save that money.

1,139

4 years ago 1 views

A company that helps people figure out what kind of insurance they need, and then helps them find the best and cheapest way to get it. The startup says they’ve already gotten good feedback from people who have used their site.

1,047

2 years ago

A business that connects people with houses they can rent through a website. The startup has already secured over $1 million in funding.

993

4 years ago 1 views

A startup helping small businesses create their own, more profitable, online marketing campaigns. The company helps small businesses with organic content creation, on-page SEO, and paid advertising. It’s currently looking for top-level talent.

978

2 years ago

B2B SaaS software for sales teams. The company is looking to help sales leaders create better sales planning, sales management, and sales development strategies.

762

2 years ago

A way to make trading easier for traders and investors.

759

5 years ago

A startup that sells a box of essential tools for people who are traveling abroad !!!

670

4 years ago

Advertise your business online in 20 different languages, for free, in your local market.

651

3 years ago 1 views

A startup selling the basics (like food, clothing, etc.) in a way that allows users to add a custom sticker of their own photo to the product. The startup has been operating for a year, and has been profitable since day 1.

648

5 years ago

A browser extension that tracks the cost of your everyday items (fries, cup of coffee, etc.) over time and cross-references this data with the Starbucks menu. In addition to the main purpose of tracking your coffee expenses, the tool also allows users to find out if they are spending more than they should and how to cut back.

545

5 years ago

A video creation tool for real estate agents, meant to allow agents to “film, edit and upload videos in minutes”.

539

4 years ago

A software company that makes a device that allows users to monitor their home energy use and adjust it remotely.

534

5 years ago

A startup for selling and buying used computers from other people. Users can sell their old computers in exchange for cash or trade them in for newer ones. The company provides a platform to help people sell their old computers and also offers a buy credit option.

533

5 years ago

A startup that wants to sell insurance to people who own property, and who want to protect it in the event of a fire. The startup has already built a platform for homeowners to claim their coverage, but needs to raise $5 million to build out a back-end system and additional products.

510

3 years ago

A tool for helping those in the restaurant industry manage the financial, administrative, and HR aspects of the business.

504

5 years ago

A map service for communities that provides real-time alerts about road closures.

498

3 years ago

An online platform that sells and promotes made-in-Italy products

483

4 years ago

This is a startup that wants to bring restaurant table reservations to the web. The startup works with restaurants and offers a way for them to provide table reservations via the web. They’re looking to partner with companies who have a big customer base but have been slow to adopt technology.

473

5 years ago

Shopify's Indian subsidiary is helping build an "online-only" (so no offline sales) marketplace that will sell goods made by small artisans and craftsman. While a combination of Alibaba and Amazon, the market size is expected to be between $500 million to $1 billion in 2023.

419

4 years ago

A company that wants to help companies use data to build more effective ad campaigns for their products and services.

419

3 years ago

A new way to do accounting that doesn’t require a bookkeeper, a spreadsheet, or a bank account.

415

2 years ago

A startup that aims to help people with low-level jobs get jobs that will help them move up the ladder.

414

4 years ago

A company that takes your old gadgets and recycles them into new ones

411

4 years ago 1 views

Aspiring to be like Amazon, this startup wants to be the Amazon of the $3.5 trillion retail industry. They say they’re currently focused on a core product that will eventually be able to make recommendations for products to customers, and have already signed up a number of retailers.

402

4 years ago

A team that creates digital advertising for brands. The startup says they have over 1,000 clients including companies like Ford, Sony, and General Electric.

394

4 years ago

A “social network for crypto users”, allowing them to share their investment and trading strategies with each other and follow other traders.

392

3 years ago

An online platform that helps individuals design and sell products made of wood.

386

4 years ago

A mobile app that helps people build a virtual reality experience while they walk around a city. Currently focusing on VR adoption in India.

383

5 years ago

A platform that connects customers to doctors and patients in a way that doesn’t require uploading even a single file. Patients can ask any doctor questions about anything, and get a personalized response in a few minutes.

375

5 years ago

The company was founded by Ramy El Bannaoui and Chris Curtis, who had previously founded the company in 2007 and sold it in 2011.

372

5 years ago

A startup that helps people with insomnia and other sleep issues by giving them advice on how to sleep better

365

2 years ago 1 views

A way to help companies and organizations track their incoming donations and track expenses. It’s like a spreadsheet of donations and expenses, with a built-in way to track budgets.

364

4 years ago

A decentralized worldwide marketplace where members can buy, sell, and trade cryptocurrencies.

355

3 years ago

A startup that wants to make it easier for companies to create their own customized videos. Video is a huge part of many companies' marketing efforts, but traditional tools are often too clunky for the task.

340

4 years ago

Localization software that helps companies hire workers who can speak, read, and write in multiple languages.

339

5 years ago

This startup is building a mobile platform for legal documents, allowing people to register a document and upload it, then send it to an attorney or various companies to have it reviewed.

330

5 years ago 1 views

A startup that helps brands develop an online presence in the Indian market by connecting them with the right media partners to place ads, run sponsored posts, and more.

329

4 years ago

A robo-advisor for people who want to invest in cryptocurrency.

328

4 years ago

A business-to-business (B2B) sales tool that helps firms manage their advertising campaigns.

305

4 years ago

A startup that allows you to make a purchase using your fingerprint. The startup wants to make payments dead simple.

301

3 years ago

A tool for teachers to grade their students, with a focus on a 4-hour test.

299

5 years ago

This startup is building a platform to help people get money from friends and family. The company uses a paper check system that’s more commonly used in developing countries, and it plans to roll it out in the US, Canada, and Europe. They recently raised $1.5M in a seed round.

295

5 years ago

A private, secure messaging app that allows you to communicate with people who have already invited you.

289

5 years ago 1 views

A startup that sells ready-made food for people who live in an area where it’s hard to get good quality food

280

5 years ago

Find a bar or restaurant where you’re headed.

279

2 years ago

A tool that makes it easier for people to create and share their own videos. The company wants to make it easier for people to create their own videos, whether they’re for social media or traditional media.

278

2 years ago

The idea is to use a combination of machine learning and algorithms to help consumers understand investment risk in a way they haven’t before. The startup wants to build a “risk assessment” tool that takes into account the potential for a company’s product to go up or down and then advises consumers on the proper level of risk they should take.

278

2 years ago

A startup that makes it easier for people to find a place to stay while traveling. They currently focus on hostels and hotels, but also offer a “home stay” option for people who prefer a less-traditional roof over their head.

275

2 years ago

A platform for the real estate industry in Brazil that lets agents collaborate on leads and deals.

275

4 years ago

In addition to making new sodas, this startup is looking to take on the soda industry as a whole by introducing healthier alternatives to soda, such as carbonated teas and fruit-flavored water.

273

4 years ago

A data science company that uses machine learning to help brands better understand the number of people who’ve seen their ads.

272

5 years ago

In the middle of April, Lyft announced it was making $1.25 billion in revenue per quarter, with over $1 billion in cash. In the middle of May, Uber announced that it had $7.4 billion in cash.

269

4 years ago

A startup for selling used cars, selling cars wholesale and at a lower cost than dealerships. The startup has partnered with dealerships in the US already, and is adding an auto insurance product to help offset the cost of rental cars for customers.

269

2 years ago

This is an app that helps businesses run their own ads-only on Facebook.

269

5 years ago

A platform for young adults to take a break from college and earn money.

267

2 years ago

A startup that helps organizations focus on what they do best by helping them take advantage of their data.

267

5 years ago

A software platform for real estate agents that allows agents to manage their relationships with their clients, and track and analyze the leads generated.

266

4 years ago

This startup is building a digital library for musicians that helps them discover new music and share more about themselves. The company has already signed a couple thousand artists.

266

5 years ago

A company that focuses on tracking and sharing what employees are reading. The startup, which gives employers access to a data set of over 30 million books read, wants to make people more productive.

262

5 years ago

“An online platform that provides the opportunity to discover and hire top talent from around the world. They are already generating $4 million in annual revenue with a team of 8.”

259

5 years ago

A startup that’s building a “smart” conference room intercom system, in which conference room intercom speakers can be upgraded to allow different types of speakers, including video.

259

5 years ago

A startup that wants to help companies get a head start on building a social media presence before they launch.

258

5 years ago

A startup that helps people who are trying to travel abroad adjust to their new surroundings

255

5 years ago

A startup that brings a book to life by adding illustrations and audio.

255

5 years ago

A laundry detergent that provides all the benefits of dry-cleaning, in a low-water, low-energy, biodegradable form.

255

2 years ago

The app is meant to help young adults get their first job. It links to a personal website, which the company says can be used in lieu of a resume.

254

4 years ago

A new company, made possible with the launch of the new iPhone X, is developing a smartphone that looks like a watch and can be used to take selfies.

253

5 years ago

A B2B startup that aims to solve the problem of processing and logging of data for companies looking to start up a new retail bank. The company says it’s already working with a few banks on prototypes.

250

4 years ago

A data science platform that helps companies derive insights from data they already have.

250

5 years ago 1 views

A company that helps users adjust the size of their online image and videography with a simple drag-and-drop tool

249

4 years ago

A social network for people who want to broker deals online, offering a place to advertise, find buyers, and find sellers on the platform.

249

5 years ago

is a platform that allows users to buy, sell, and trade gift cards for a small fee.

248

4 years ago

A product for people who want to use a tablet for the road for some part of their work

248

4 years ago

A company that offers a subscription model for college students and recent grads.

248

4 years ago

An investment platform for early stage startups composed of a distributed network of partners who provide seed funding and advice.

247

2 years ago

A startup that provides a “smart AI-powered, real-time investment advisor for everyday people”.

247

4 years ago 1 views

A startup for men’s fashion and accessories, focused on developing “the next generation of traditional men’s brands”.

245

4 years ago

A platform where people can ask questions to experts, and get answers and advice. The idea is that millions of people can use it to get help with anything from career advice to questions about their own health.

245

3 years ago

A company that wants to help retailers, brands and advertisers to build micro-websites for their products and services. These sites can be built from just a couple of hundred lines of code, and could easily be customized to individual products and services.

245

4 years ago

Indeed.com launched in 2003, but has since grown into a market leader. Indeed.com has also been acquired by The Walt Disney Company in December 2018.

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5 years ago

A digital advertising company that helps companies sell directly on Facebook

243

4 years ago

A “Facebook for Real Estate” that combines a platform for real estate agents and sellers to find buyers and sellers with a native advertising platform (similar to Rent.com) that lets companies manage their presence on the site.

243

5 years ago

The company is building a platform for people to create and share videos of what they're building. The company's founder says that they've already sold their first video to a client.

241

5 years ago

A web-based platform for financial advisors to manage clients

241

4 years ago

This startup is building a new way to work that allows you to quickly create a virtual meeting room for your team (with audio, video, and other features) and then broadcast it to whoever is interested.

240

4 years ago

A startup is building a platform to organize and share photos and video of food. They’re already organizing the food into a public database.

238

5 years ago

A platform that helps users build their own online courses, with the startup already building a library of courses for Udemy.

236

4 years ago

This startup wants to create a unique way to pay for items online that goes beyond a checkout. It allows payment to be made with a phone’s fingerprint, and will allow merchants to accept payment in-app. They have released a beta app which has been downloaded by 2,000 users. It plans to release a full app in the fourth quarter of 2019.

235

4 years ago

A company building a browser extension that adds web-based editing to Microsoft Word, enabling users to do everything from adding images to creating tables and charts.

234

5 years ago

A company that helps teachers who don’t have access to iPads and other education technology tools.

233

4 years ago

A Chinese-language news app. They have about 200,000 users, and are profitable. They’ve already raised $3.5 million.

233

4 years ago

A startup that helps publishers sell ads to people in their target demographic.

233

4 years ago 2 views

Amazon Web Services is popular for its cloud computing capabilities, but its AI-powered e-commerce system has not made it to market. Their SaaS product, Amazon Machine Learning, is intended to help companies use AI to improve their own products.

233

2 years ago

Founded in 2011, with offices in Venice, San Francisco, and New York, Seed&Click is a global online marketplace for art. They offer art and design services from artists around the world. The platform was built specifically for art and design professionals who need a safe, secure and professional environment to advertise their skills to the world.

233

4 years ago

A startup that ranks articles written by users based on what they read, how they write, and what they post on social media.

232

5 years ago

A new startup that wants to build a “super-headset” with a built-in Spotify subscription. The headset will be a hit with music fans who want to buy the current, highly-rated Apple Beats headphones but want something a bit more fashionable and portable.

230

4 years ago

A new kind of grocery store that takes advantage of the fact that many people can’t shop alone. The concept is that it’s one person browsing the store while the other is cooking.

230

5 years ago

A startup that sells monthly boxes of essential tools for people who are traveling abroad

229

4 years ago

A startup that collects data on your phone and then turns it into a map of crowdsourced traffic conditions along major roads and highways.

228

4 years ago

An SaaS data platform meant to help companies understand what types of influencers they should be advertising to and which ads are effective.

228

4 years ago

A tool that helps people create and share their own GIFs. The startup has raised $200K in seed funding from AngelPad, Kapor Capital, and others.

228

4 years ago

A startup that provides a “digital home” where someone can design and build a custom home online, and then have it shipped to them. The startup creates a 3D model of the house, and then puts it into a CAD program, which allows them to directly see the design, and put in every detail.

227

4 years ago 1 views

A company that creates digital prints from the images of people, who upload their own images and the company’s prints are then rendered by using a computer vision. The prints can be sold as prints, clothing, or art.

227

4 years ago

A startup that helps businesses in India, for instance, sort out GST numbers, and upload databases in an easier way than using an Excel spreadsheet

227

5 years ago

A tool for hotels to keep track of their assets and track down items that are lost, stolen, or damaged. The startup is already working with hotels in Brazil and Colombia and wants to expand to other Latin American markets as well.

226

4 years ago

A startup that uses AI to identify fraudulent ads, bolstering security for publishers.

226

2 years ago

A Fintech startup that offers small businesses an alternative to cash advances, with zero percent interest and no fees

226

4 years ago

A startup that says it helps marketers target their Facebook ads by machine learning. The startup’s CEO says everyone is already familiar with the concept of machine learning, but the way it’s implemented in Facebook ads is confusing and not very effective.

224

4 years ago

A startup that helps you to create a database of all your friends on WhatsApp so you can instantly message without them having to add you.

224

4 years ago

This startup wants to replace the traditional broker model with a commission-free, network-based system that brings together buyers and sellers. The startup says it already has several dozen clients.

224

3 years ago

A platform that lets people buy, sell, and trade books, with the hope of someday making them readable by machines.

224

2 years ago

An accounting app that helps small businesses prepare and file their own taxes. The startup is focused on people who have never had to file taxes before.

224

5 years ago

A search engine for fashion companies to find clothes and accessories that go well together, cut for a specific body type, or are made with sustainable materials.

222

5 years ago

This is “a healthcare startup for the world’s largest democracy” – India. It aims to help patients get their prescriptions filled at the lowest prices possible, and is already working with several pharmaceutical companies in India for a $3 million revenue run rate.

222

5 years ago

A platform that helps digital nomads find their next destination to live and work online.

222

4 years ago

Codeacademy is a web-based learning platform that allows users to complete online courses. The company raised $1.4 million in Series A funding in July 2015.

221

2 years ago

A startup that helps restaurants figure out the best way to sell their products and byproducts. They have clients in the US, Canada and Australia.

221

4 years ago

The startup wants to build a “third-party insurance-for-everyone” platform that offers affordable health insurance. The startup has already built a network that serves around 200,000 people in the US and has raised $3.5 million.

220

4 years ago

A ride-sharing app that lets people share cars with strangers on the road

220

2 years ago

A social video platform for small businesses in China. The company aims to connect them with customers, offering a way to share videos and generate leads.

220

4 years ago

A startup that allows companies to verify the data they receive is real and valid. The startup has already built an API that allows for verification and has a company that offers verification services.

219

4 years ago

A car sharing startup that lets people rent cars by the hour or by the day. In July, the company had 13,000 people on the waitlist for their limited-time $500,000 raise.

219

4 years ago 1 views

A B2C startup that aims to help users better identify the right tool for a given task. Resolve is a feature-rich, chrome-based extension that can be added to any website. Since Resolve launched, over 100,000 people have installed it, and they’ve already been able to make around $1,000,000 from the app.

219

4 years ago

A startup for travelers to find and book places to stay at in advance, then check in and enjoy their stay.

218

4 years ago

Pexels is a stock photo platform that allows users to scan a barcode and add it to their library of photos. The startup has over 90 million photos in its database and is growing fast.

218

5 years ago

A startup that connects restaurants with home delivery services, so that customers can order food that’s ready when they get it. The startup has already raised $2.4 million in funding.

217

5 years ago

A loyalty app driven by a points system. Loyalty points can be earned and redeemed at over 3,000 retailers including Target, Best Buy, and Whole Foods. The startup says they are adding new retailers every week.

217

4 years ago

A software solution to help merchants manage customers’ credit cards and billing information. It’s built to work with any point-of-sale system and has already been deployed in the US and UK.

217

4 years ago

A road trip app that helps you find activities across the country, put them on the calendar and remind you when to go

216

4 years ago

An organization that helps small businesses in the US and Canada understand and reduce their tax liabilities.

216

4 years ago

A startup that delivers expert advice to help you make the right investments, such as mutual funds or stocks.

215

4 years ago

A startup that lets people ask Uber to have their drivers arrive at all kinds of remote locations, including airports, stadiums, and parks.

214

4 years ago

A company that wants to provide more transparency in the cryptocurrency markets. Its platform allows trading between buyers and sellers to be performed without any middlemen.

214

4 years ago

The company wants to make negotiating harder than it already is by providing a simple, searchable interface for employees to search the market for best deals on everything from Amazon Prime subscriptions to a new suit.

213

4 years ago

An ad-tech startup focused on helping brands to better understand their ad campaigns.

213

4 years ago

A fun app for finding the cheapest car rental when traveling abroad.

213

4 years ago

A platform that helps organizations measure their success in more than just the traditional metrics like financials, net promoter score, market share and more. The startup is pitching their platform as a way to measure what they do in real-time, capturing the human side of their operations.

213

4 years ago

A graduate of Y Combinator and Google Brain, a startup spun out of Stanford’s machine learning lab that wants to make machine learning accessible to researchers by making it easy to train models without having to write code.

213

5 years ago

“Best of Philly” Awards by the Philadelphia City Paper:

212

5 years ago

A mobile app that helps a person use a credit card that does not have a magnetic stripe. Instead, it uses a special card reader that reads the information on the card, and sends it to the app.

212

4 years ago

A speed-reading app that uses a “simulated reading algorithm” to help you read faster.

212

4 years ago

A startup that wants to make the web more social and connect people. The company is building an ad-free platform to give users more control over how they use the web.

212

4 years ago

A tool for replacing the IT helpdesk, which has traditionally been a painful process for end users.

212

4 years ago

A free software service that lets anyone use the same platform to create and host custom video ads on Facebook.

212

3 years ago

A startup that helps restaurants and bars display their offerings in real time, instead of one menu at a time.

212

4 years ago

As of 2018, YC has graduated over 2,000 companies, including some of the most well-known startups in the world, including Dropbox, Airbnb, Stripe, Reddit, and Lyft.

211

5 years ago

The founders of this startup say they are “building the first truly global, blockchain-based, decentralized and transparent peer-to-peer marketplace for advertising.”

210

4 years ago

A tool to make choosing a car insurance a little easier. Instead of filling out forms, traditional agents have a choice to make a few basic questions.

210

4 years ago

In October 2014, The Wall Street Journal ranked the Philadelphia area as the top city in America for startups.

210

4 years ago

This company encourages people to trade in their old phones for a new one that’s refurbished and refurbished again.

210

4 years ago

A startup that helps traditional Indian wedding traditions be modernized.

210

5 years ago

A startup for students and recent graduates to find jobs. The company is targeting recent graduates in the US who lack jobs experience, but are in the midst of college.

209

4 years ago

The startup’s goal is to use machine learning to help advertisers reach more people on social media

209

2 years ago

A turnkey payment processing platform for online businesses. Instead of a bank’s monthly fee, they charge a flat fee based on the size of the transaction.

209

4 years ago

A platform for engaging in adventure activities with your friends and family.

207

4 years ago

A YouTube-like streaming website that also lets users buy and sell ad space on its platform.

207

2 years ago 1 views

A company that builds artificial intelligence for fake news detection, and has already done work for The Washington Post, the Naval War College, and the US Army.

207

2 years ago

A platform which helps people build and manage a relationship with a financial advisor.

207

4 years ago

A platform to help employees schedule meetings in advance, and even get advice on how to work with each other.

206

4 years ago

An online tool for financial advising, allowing consumers to see their advisor’s track record and compare it to their peers.

206

3 years ago

The idea here is to build a platform similar to UberPool, where users can choose to share rides with strangers instead of getting a taxi. It’s meant to be a sort of last-mile transportation.

206

5 years ago

Academic research: “We are in the midst of a digital revolution, where the ability to extract value from data is rapidly outpacing the ability to create it.”

205

4 years ago

A software platform that helps employers handle the administrative tasks that come with hiring.

205

2 years ago

A company that helps auto dealerships get more leads for their car sales teams.

205

4 years ago

The founders of this startup are trying to create a new kind of credit card that can be used across multiple merchants, instead of different cards for different merchants.

204

4 years ago

A SaaS platform to help companies set up and easily manage and measure employee wellbeing programs, as well as provide advice on setting up these programs.

203

4 years ago 1 views

A universal barcode reader for all industries, including retail, healthcare, and manufacturing. The startup wants to develop a barcode reader that can read the same barcode across all industries.

203

4 years ago

A tool for managing your business travel. Easily track all of your trips, expenses, and get personal advice on how to make the most of your time away from the office.

203

5 years ago

A tablet organizer that aims to keep the iPad in sync with your desktop and other devices.

202

2 years ago

A platform that lets people read and write about the news in their native language.

202

5 years ago

A startup that provides storage services for people who are traveling abroad

201

5 years ago

A startup that sells a kit for people who want to do the things they have always wanted to do but never had the time to do

201

5 years ago

A company that helps companies with sales and marketing by giving them a single source to track all of their leads on a single platform.

201

4 years ago

A startup that helps small businesses take advantage of a new type of insurance: self-funded insurance.

201

4 years ago

A mobile app that gives users the ability to pay for parking in advance.

201

4 years ago

A startup where sellers can search and advertise used vehicles in real time.

201

3 years ago 1 views

Humaniq wants to provide a system for users to buy and sell cryptocurrency, using mobile phones. The startup is building a mobile banking app that allows users to buy, sell, trade, and hold funds in cryptocurrency.

201

4 years ago

A community where aspiring politicians can get advice from other politicians, and help each other get elected.

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3 years ago

A platform for “radical transparency”.

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4 years ago

A startup focused on helping Indigenous communities in Canada. The startup aims to build a platform to help Indigenous people unite, and use technology to help them create their own economic independence.

199

2 years ago

A platform for businesses to buy and sell on a marketplace, which accepts cryptocurrency and is designed to protect buyers and sellers from fraud. The company says it already has a $1 million annual recurring revenue run rate.

199

4 years ago

A team of data scientists comes up with a way to use machine learning to detect fraudulent credit card purchases. The company says it has already helped its clients save $7 million, and expects to save the same amount this year as well.

198

4 years ago

A startup that works with companies to upgrade their HR systems, starting with onboarding and benefits.

198

4 years ago

A credit card that offers financial products to its users for purchases made on the card.

198

4 years ago

A product that helps employees keep track of their expenses and support their company instead of losing money to waste.

198

3 years ago

A search engine that provides access to academic journals.

198

5 years ago

A company that wants to take stock trading to the next level with an AI-powered app that can trade stocks with the same confidence and speed as a human.

197

5 years ago

For those who can’t afford to pay for a full-time financial advisor, this startup offers hourly advice via phone or video.

197

4 years ago

An email service that integrates with existing systems like Outlook or Gmail, and automatically adds calendar events. The startup wants to make it easy to access information from multiple systems and apps.

197

4 years ago

A food delivery service for college students. The startup is building a delivery service that allows students to order food in advance and save money.

197

4 years ago

A platform that helps people find the cheapest flight options. The company was founded in 2015 by Stanford grads Diego Lozano and David Smith.

197

3 years ago

This startup wants to help small businesses take advantage of re-sellers and other third party services.

197

2 years ago

A collaborative platform for dealers to find buyers for expensive, hard-to-find cars. A “car ambassador” acts as a liaison between the dealer and the buyer, and notifies the seller of any potential buyers.

197

5 years ago

It’s a Chrome extension that helps you create a to-do list and also adds a new to-do item to your calendar. The startup has raised $2.2 million so far.

196

4 years ago

A startup that helps you find different ways to spend money on the road.

196

4 years ago

A machine learning startup that wants to replace the traditional systems of risk management and compliance that are used to protect companies from problems with their supply chains.

196

4 years ago

A company that’s building a framework for a fully decentralized digital banking network, a system that would be made up of a network of independent, local banks.

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4 years ago

A startup that wants to build a platform that allows companies to create online courses in minutes and distribute them to email lists or social media. They currently have one client with a course on web design that had over 1,000 people sign up for it.

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4 years ago

This startup helps agencies like the Drug Enforcement Administration and Immigration and Customs Enforcement track people in their databases by sending them a text message.

194

4 years ago

A startup that lets people create VR content using their phones. The company has already raised $8.2 million to build three apps that use different VR hardware.

194

4 years ago

A platform for building products faster. The company has a number of clients already, including the Smithsonian, HuffPost, MTV, and the National Football League.

194

4 years ago

A startup that helps people find and book restaurants and make reservations. It’s already used for over 1,000 reservations.

194

4 years ago

A software that helps companies manage investment in cryptocurrencies. The company’s product is a dashboard that tracks cryptocurrencies for a given company, and allows them to buy, sell, and trade them with relative ease.

194

3 years ago

This startup is building an AI-powered email marketing platform for managing email marketing campaigns across all of an organization’s email addresses.

194

2 years ago

A startup for letting users create virtual avatars for their characters in fantasy games, allowing them to customize their appearance and add some personal details like their character’s name.

194

2 years ago

A new startup focused on helping readers access the best content in their area. The company offers a monthly subscription of a curated list of articles that interest a person. They want to launch in early 2020 to allow people to take a break from their phones.

194

4 years ago

A startup that wants to simplify the process of buying insurance, allowing people to compare prices, read reviews and buy with a few clicks online.

193

4 years ago

The startup is building an enterprise-grade email platform that allows marketers to send emails directly to employees, rather than having to use an external service like MailChimp or Mandrill.

193

4 years ago

An email marketing tool that integrates with all of your favorite email clients. The startup’s founders say they’ve already closed $1.5 million in pre-launch investment.

193

4 years ago

A software company that makes “tools that help the world’s leading brands and agencies build and run their multi-channel customer engagement programs.”

193

5 years ago

A platform for lawyers to offer legal advice to small businesses, and help them with various legal issues.

192

5 years ago

If you’re a food blogger, you need to know how to cook. The startup helps you do just that with a workflow that allows you to take photos of food you’re cooking and then create a recipe card that you can share with your readers.

192

4 years ago

A community where you can ask a curated team of experts for advice on a particular topic.

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A startup that aims to solve the problem of long-distance relationships between people who are both working in the tech industry. The app takes advantage of voice and video chat to help people remain connected to one another.

192

4 years ago

A new way for producers of e-learning to add interactive content to their courses.

192

4 years ago

A company that helps people get the most out of their retirement accounts, with a focus on robo-advice.

192

4 years ago

A collection of U.S.-based startups and investors working to build a new city in Mexico. A couple of villages are already built, and a new city is being built in the future.

192

4 years ago

A social network for elderly people to check in and view pictures of their friends and family. The startup has already helped its first customer, a family member, locate her father and communicate with him (via text) over the phone.

191

4 years ago

A startup that’s building a platform for people to connect, heal, and trade with their doctors. It’s already built out the first version of the app, which helps patients book appointments, view treatment plans, and ask questions of doctors.

191

2 years ago

A platform for sharing data from the academic research and teaching community. They want to help faculty build their own community websites, and help them promote their research and teaching.

191

5 years ago

A company that makes a pair of Bluetooth headphones that are like a high-end pair of AirPods, but with a subscription service to make them more affordable.

190

4 years ago

An e-commerce platform for the fashion industry. They say that their technology can help fashion brands save billions of dollars in handling admin tasks.

190

4 years ago

This software platform for music creators helps them manage their royalties, stores music and downloads, and monitors sales.

190

4 years ago

A startup that wants to build a software-as-a-service platform for public radio stations.

190

4 years ago

A collaboration platform based on Slack and messaging, but with real-time polls and tasks, and the ability to set deadlines and budgets.

190

4 years ago

A platform for small businesses to get financial advice and coaching from experts

190

4 years ago

Experts are expensive and hard to find, but this startup is trying to make them more accessible to small businesses with a platform that offers social media marketing advice.

190

5 years ago

A startup that wants to help small businesses open up their books to investors and banks. The startup says it’s already raised $3 million and has a team of 12 employees.

189

4 years ago

A startup that helps businesses manage their inventory in real-time, including the ability to add and remove items from a warehouse in real-time.

189

4 years ago

A way of paying for services with cryptocurrency instead of fiat.

189

4 years ago

A startup that wants to use AI to help companies identify and address unproductive behaviors in their employees.

189

5 years ago

A software company that helps companies with their landing page optimization, helping them do things like better target their ads to different customer segments and track their content performance.

188

5 years ago

The startup is building a service that they describe as “the Uber of air travel”. It replaces the “front-end” that users deal with when they book a flight and instead of a travel agent, will connect them directly with an itinerary.

188

4 years ago

A startup for the sale of trading cards that helps you track and manage your collection.

188

4 years ago

A tool to help users upload, edit, and share their computer or phone screens. It’s currently in private beta.

188

4 years ago

A digital banking app for the unbanked in Latin America. The startup is building the “first true digital bank for the unbanked”, working on integrations with traditional credit unions and banks.

188

4 years ago

A phone-based service that automates the selling of your personal information. The idea is that if you’re selling your information, you want to sell it at the most efficient price, and the company helps you do that. The startup says it has already done $70 million worth of transactions.

188

4 years ago

A platform for people to get their credentials verified, backed by a “verified badge” for each user. The company wants to help people get into cool things, like coding bootcamps or startup events.

188

4 years ago

A mobile game that teaches you how to invest with a real-time, AI-powered advisor that gives you advice on what stocks to buy.

188

4 years ago

A small, low-overhead software startup that wants to help you better manage your time and money.

188

4 years ago

An Ethereum-based security platform for ICOs and tokens. The company wants to help ICOs avoid some of the pitfalls of launching an ICO, like bad project management, and establish a standard for token security.

188

3 years ago

A startup that makes a website’s code live in its own browser, instead of using a mobile app.

188

5 years ago

A startup that provides marketing services for small businesses, with a focus on Facebook advertising.

187

4 years ago

A team of Ph.D.s and VCs is building a new language for smart contracts, making it easier to write and read smart contracts that run on the Ethereum blockchain.

187

4 years ago

A startup that helps truck drivers manage the products they’re carrying, getting products loaded and unloaded correctly.

186

3 years ago

A platform that delivers services for workers. The company provides a simple way for businesses to create and manage a platform for their employees to log into the company’s website, and access the company’s websites, apps, and other services that are relevant to their job. The company has already partnered with companies like Tradesy and DoorDash.

186

5 years ago

Idea: A platform for making, distributing and monetizing augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) games The company says it’s already built over a dozen AR and VR games and is currently monetizing them through app stores, advertising, premium content, and in-app purchases

185

5 years ago

This startup’s goal is to prevent ad fraud. It uses a combination of machine learning, data mining, and crowdsourcing to help companies like Amazon and Google detect fraudulent activity on their platforms.

185

4 years ago

This startup is developing a $10,000 maintenance program for international trade businesses.

185

4 years ago

A startup that wants to make it easy for people to buy the things they need on a schedule. The company says it’s already working with over 1,000 customers.

185

4 years ago

This is a service that helps restaurants and stores collaborate with their customers. The startup’s platform helps businesses use the customer data they already have to better serve them.

185

4 years ago

This is a service for the social media influencer market. It lets influencers promote brands without the need for retailers to ship products to them or pay for advertising. It’s similar to Influential, though it appears to have fewer influencers on its platform.

185

5 years ago

A startup that acts as an intermediary to help people travel abroad to work with companies

184

5 years ago

A platform that helps advertisers to optimize the return on investment for their digital campaigns.

184

4 years ago

A provider of video and live streaming services for the enterprise, aiming to be a low-cost alternative to traditional video production.

184

4 years ago

An online marketplace for local service providers. The startup wants to help small businesses advertise their services and reach new customers.

184

4 years ago

An automotive startup that’s building an autonomous vehicle that can collect and analyze data from the road.

184

5 years ago

Idea: A startup that aims to help small business owners get more leads by offering a solution to automate lead generation.

183

5 years ago

A Chrome extension that lets you keep a record of sites and the articles you read.

183

5 years ago

A B2B company that provides software solutions to restaurants and bars wherein you can order ahead by text, email, and phone.

182

4 years ago

As startups have left their desks behind, founders have become increasingly worried about their physical whereabouts, and have invented apps to help. In the new book, “Fearless: How to Be Unafraid and Do Anything,” entrepreneurs and founders like Dave McClure, David Karp, and Adam D’Angelo share their stories of building their companies in secret, and how they’ve gained confidence and fearlessness.

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4 years ago

The idea is to use an app to automatically coordinate payroll across different companies. Employees get notifications when their salaries are ready, and the company takes a cut of their paycheck. It’s an interesting model that could help companies restructure their payroll.

182

4 years ago

A news app that leverages the power of a crowdsource. The app gives people the chance to help build a story by adding and aggregating information.

182

4 years ago

A tool to help businesses in the UK and Canada hire more foreign workers. The app works to connect businesses with people who want to work, and helps employers get visas and other paperwork quickly.

182

4 years ago

Allows users to have a physical token that can be traded for goods and services in a variety of environments.

182

3 years ago

A digital marketing platform focused on helping companies reach their target audience in the best way possible. The company has been doing digital marketing for over a decade.

182

5 years ago

Idea: A virtual reality startup for the e-commerce industry It wants to help online retailers build VR ads and other virtual experiences

181

5 years ago

A startup that makes a product called “The Wig”, a wearable device that can tell you if you have a fever or not by reading your face

181

4 years ago

A startup that offers a way to purchase discounted goods, with the added benefit of being able to see what other people bought there too.

181

3 years ago

A financial wellness platform that is designed to help people take control of their finances, instead of leaving it to a broker.

181

5 years ago

A startup that provides a platform for students to connect with academic coaches online

180

5 years ago

A revenue sharing model for people who want to share their personal data with advertisers. By offering a monthly subscription, the company expects to earn revenue from those who feel most comfortable sharing their data.

180

5 years ago

In the US, over $15 billion is spent on advertising for pet care services, but there is currently no app-based service that lets you find a good pet sitter. Pet Care Hero wants to be the first.

180

4 years ago

A $12-per-month service that brings an emergency food box to your doorstep. The startup has already helped more than 300 people, and partners with a network of food pantries.

180

4 years ago

A platform where people can create a profile and upload photos of themselves to be rated by other users. The site is mostly for fun at this point, but it could be a useful tool for dating.

180

4 years ago

A platform that brings the benefits of crowdfunding to the traditional credit card industry.

180

4 years ago

A company that builds financial tools for the elderly and poor, and provides real-time financial advice.

180

4 years ago

The startup holds a patent on a new type of printing process that uses a liquid to transfer the ink to the paper, eliminating many of the problems with traditional printing. The startup now wants to take that technology and apply it to the production of everything from paper to fabric.

180

4 years ago

One of the two startups in the Finalist batch to make the Demo Day pitch, Haptik is another VR system that allows you to create VR-based simulations of the real world. Haptik is targeting the market for VR training simulations, which is an idea that’s already working for real estate agents and other companies.

180

4 years ago

A platform that brings the strength of professional trading systems to the everyday investor.

180

4 years ago

A company that offers a way for small businesses to manage their accounts, from payroll to utility bills, and find financial advice from a certified financial planner.

180

4 years ago

A digital ad-blocking tool for iOS and Android.

180

3 years ago

A chatbot platform that allows users to schedule regular conversations with virtual therapists who provide advice, feedback, and advice.

180

5 years ago

In 2018, the firm moved its headquarters from San Francisco to New York City.

179

5 years ago

Create a social network where people promote content and earn from the ads they share.

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An online marketplace for the trade of used books, trading them through a trusted system.

179

4 years ago

A startup that wants to help people find and use better alternatives to plastic bags, by helping them make shopping lists in their phone’s email. The startup has only been live for a week, but is already seeing a 30% conversion rate.

179

4 years ago

A company that helps companies with employee benefit management. It fits with the financial services industry, which is already using it.

179

4 years ago

A company that wants to solve the problem of bad credit loans and bad credit loans of all kinds.

179

4 years ago

A platform that connects freelance developers with clients. Customers are able to upload their code snippets, and designers are able to login to review code, set budgets, and see the background of the developer.

178

4 years ago

The startup is trying to help startups in the US bridge the gap between when they want to hire their next employee and when they’re ready to start interviewing them.

178

3 years ago

A platform that allows individuals to trade cryptocurrencies directly with one another.

178

3 years ago

A startup for people to make their own merchandise from 3D printed designs. The company is already selling ready-made items, and says it plans to collect 1 million designs by the end of 2018.

178

5 years ago

The company believes the camera app should become a “mobile photo studio” where you can easily retouch and adjust your images.

177

5 years ago

A startup that is working on a location-based ad platform. Their pitch is that they are the only ones building a smart ad stack that works across all channels, including the web, apps, and the physical world.

177

5 years ago

A mobile app that helps people find the best and cheapest public transportation in their city. Called "Uber for Transportation", it's already in beta in New York and San Francisco.

177

5 years ago

This startup is building an app that lets drivers pay for parking in advance from inside the app.

177

5 years ago

A travel site for teens and young adults.

177

4 years ago

A startup that uses a “virtual bank” to allow companies to get capital without having to go through a traditional bank. It is looking to extend its service to the UK, Europe and Asia.

177

4 years ago

helps companies “explore the digital possibilities” of their products and services. Instead of helping businesses discover new markets, the startup wants to help them find new products to sell.

177

4 years ago

This app enables consumers to access over 50,000 books by reading on their mobile device. It’s meant to be a library of all the books a reader has ever read, and all the books they'd like to read.

177

4 years ago

A startup that combines the design of the old-school board game Exploding Kittens with the appeal of the game Cards Against Humanity. The startup is a co-op game made up of feline felines that explode when they get hit.

177

4 years ago

A company that offers a platform for credit unions to build mobile apps. The startup says it’s already working with over 50 credit unions to build mobile apps.

177

2 years ago

A company that builds speakers, headphones and mobile accessories that sync with your phone and music player.

177

5 years ago

"Authentic" is the name of an app that provides a secure, private and audited chat platform for businesses. The app allows users to create a private chat room for a group of up to ten people, with a group administrator who can add new members, delete or block members and monitor chat content. The company was founded by former Googler and Google Ventures partner Misha Chellam.

176

5 years ago

A real-time, live-streamed messaging and video platform for sports fans. The company is headquartered in Chicago.

176

5 years ago

A digital health startup working with the health insurance industry. They’ve been doing R&D in Canada for a year and have a healthy $1.4 million seed round.

176

5 years ago

In the summer of 2016, the Y Combinator Summer School launched a $100,000 scholarship for students who attend the program. The scholarship is awarded to graduate students from underrepresented backgrounds.

176

5 years ago

A platform for people to buy and sell cryptocurrency. It’s not a brokerage, more of a marketplace for buyers and sellers to trade crypto.

176

5 years ago

A company that provides a way to buy and trade crypto at the best prices. It’s an app for iOS and Android that allows users to use crypto to pay for things.

176

5 years ago

Builds an alternative to the traditional car buying process.

176

5 years ago

This startup wants to help people find “unexpected connections”, i.e. happenstance encounters with strangers that lead to new connections.

176

5 years ago

A SaaS platform that uses machine learning to optimize lead generation. The startup’s customers include Monster Worldwide, the world’s largest job site, and the US’s largest insurance company.

176

4 years ago

A company that helps companies change the way they do marketing, replacing traditional ads with more focused content.

176

4 years ago

This startup is building an AI-driven, image-matching tool for marketers. At first, it’d be used to build ad campaigns, but it’d eventually be used to improve content creation and moderation.

176

4 years ago

A startup that helps small businesses manage their websites. It’s a SaaS product that says it’s already generating $1 million in revenue.

176

5 years ago

A platform for ad-tech startups to compete with Google and Facebook

175

5 years ago

A new product that adds a watermark to videos, which helps users monetize videos on platforms like YouTube and Facebook.

175

4 years ago

An on-demand video platform that pays users to watch video ads.

175

4 years ago

This is a digital assistant that helps you find insurance at the cheapest price and adjust it so that you pay the least amount of money possible. It’s a SaaS solution that can be used by any insurance company, and uses data science to help you find the best policy at the best price.

175

3 years ago

A tool that helps people manage their work schedules, while also reducing the amount of time they spend on administrative work.

175

3 years ago

A software company that specialises in the creation of artificial intelligence for time-sensitive tasks like lead generation, web analytics, and predictive analytics.

175

5 years ago

A startup that provides data about charities so you can see how much they are spending on administration vs program expenses

174

5 years ago

A startup that gives users a way to find a nearby person that can help with any task, from dog walking to medical advice, for a fee of $15

174

5 years ago

A company focused on corporate software for the cannabis industry. The founders say they’ve already secured $2m in funding.

174

5 years ago

Symmetry is building a digital taxidermist, a tool to help users turn their photos into 3D digital models. It can be used for anything from creating a doll of a family member to making a taxidermy mount of a dead animal.

174

5 years ago

1794: A British East India Company trading vessel, the "Phoenix"

174

4 years ago

A “social network for real estate agents”, an advertising platform for them to promote their services, and a social network for buyers.

174

4 years ago

A “conversational robot” that can access the web, read and understand the news and answer questions.

174

4 years ago

An “Uber for dog walking”, which the founders say is “like the Uber of dog walking”. The company is planning to bridge the gap between the gig economy and the traditional dog-walking industry.

174

3 years ago

In the last year, we’ve seen the creation of several new VC-backed startups, many of which we expect to grow into companies worth $50 million or more in the next year. (A few are already there.) Here’s a look at some of the most promising:

174

4 years ago

China’s internet giants are increasingly dominating the global digital advertising market. A recent report from Digiday says: “Chinese social media and news platforms have commanded the lion’s share of ad revenue as global digital ad spend in the country has grown at a staggering compound annual growth rate of around 40% over the last five years.” How are these companies making money They’re using the vast audience of consumers on social media for traditional advertising.

173

4 years ago

A “sales-as-a-service” tool that helps salespeople track leads and communicate with customers.

173

3 years ago

A company that provides an API to enable organizations to use the subprime loans originated by the Federal Housing Administration.

173

5 years ago

A software company that helps advocates for the homeless, veterans, and other vulnerable populations track the status of their cases with the government.

172

5 years ago

A new way for companies to pay employees, using a rewards-based system with no cash transfers. The company instead creates a digital savings account for employees, allowing them to track their earnings and also cashing out the money when they leave.

172

4 years ago

A “social news site,” built for Indian readers.

172

4 years ago

Education for new dads and dads-to-be on topics like sleep and parenting.

172

4 years ago

Low-cost, low-overhead video conferencing, made possible by software that sends the video through the internet rather than over a traditional phone line, is a key factor in bringing remote workers to a company. This startup is building software for companies to use to host audio and video calls.

172

4 years ago

A startup that helps users engage and retain customers, and add features to their websites

172

3 years ago

A “made-to-order” employee-owned company helps companies grow as a social network. The company helps employees share skills and expertise, and then serves as a go-between for companies and other co-workers.

172

3 years ago

Seeking to bring alternative dispute resolution to the legal industry, the startup helps companies to hire arbitrators and mediators in a way that they say is faster, cheaper, and more transparent than traditional law firms.

172

2 years ago

A startup that aims to be the official platform for the “world’s leading conversational commerce platform”.

172

5 years ago

A tool to help you do a better job of selling. You can either search for people to sell to, or build a list of your own contacts. The company charges $3 per lead, $10 per contact, and $10 per sale.

171

5 years ago

A platform for remote workers, offering all the perks of a traditional office, including lounge space and good coffee, and many more.

171

5 years ago

SaaS company that helps businesses with compliance and regulatory headaches like tax reporting, sales tax, employee onboarding, and more

171

5 years ago

Marketers use it to make custom ads for users of all ages and cultures.

171

4 years ago

A startup that wants to build a system that uses machine learning to help businesses with advertising.

171

4 years ago

A company that allows people to plug in their credit card info, and then allows them to download their credit report

171

4 years ago

A company that’s building a browser extension so users can automatically sign up for credit card promotions, using the credit cards they already own.

171

4 years ago

A platform, built by Google, that lets you order business essentials in bulk and save money by buying in advance.

171

4 years ago

A tool for making a one-of-a-kind personalized ringtone for your phone, that’s only yours, and can’t be uploaded to a cloud music service.

171

3 years ago

A platform for a new class of financial advisors, or robo-advisors, that uses machine learning to manage people’s money.

171

5 years ago

Idea: a marketplace for insurance tailored for people that have been denied coverage by traditional companies

170

5 years ago

A mobile app to help people get ready for bar exam

170

5 years ago

Headspace is an app that helps you learn how to meditate.

170

5 years ago

A SaaS platform that helps you manage your sales pipeline. It provides tools to help sales reps track their pipeline activity, and allows reps to manage leads.

170

5 years ago

A platform that allows people to rent out spare bedrooms and/or spare bedrooms with other household members. It’s designed to help people earn additional income from their homes while also giving their families the chance to stay in their homes in times of need.

170

5 years ago

A startup that allows you to broadcast live video from your smartphone to a TV via your phone’s screen

170

5 years ago

A credit card for the underbanked. It eschews traditional bank systems and instead relies on direct deposit.

170

5 years ago

A company that makes it easier for retailers to offer discounts on products, allowing them to promote sales without advertising.

170

4 years ago

A company that helps brands create and distribute in-store marketing content across traditional and social media, allowing for a more efficient way to reach customers.

170

4 years ago

This is a product delivery platform for real estate agents to manage their clients' listings. The idea, according to the startup, is to give agents a way to manage the listings that they do, as well as receive and administer online-only payments for the listings.

170

4 years ago

A system for buying and selling tickets for events that don’t take place on a traditional schedule, such as concerts, theatre performances, and sports.

170

4 years ago

The company is building a new kind of augmented reality headset that pairs with your phone, allowing users to see the real world blended with computer generated images.

170

4 years ago

A real-time translation app that takes the place of traditional translation apps. It works by pulling in translated text from multiple sources in real-time.

170

3 years ago

A tool for schools that helps teachers plan and manage their school’s communication. The company says it’s already used by over 1,000 schools and is growing fast.

170

5 years ago

A tool for developers to create recruitment ads

169

5 years ago

This startup is building an AI-powered tool that helps people communicate with their doctors, who can then respond with medical advice.

169

5 years ago

Using AI to help brands reach their customers with the most relevant ad campaigns. The startup offers a “personalized” message algorithm that’s meant to deliver ads that are more likely to be clicked.

169

5 years ago

A digital dashboard for people to keep track of their personal and professional goals. The startup is based in San Francisco, and has just closed a $2.5 million round led by former Dropbox executive Adam D’Angelo.

169

5 years ago

This email security startup is building a tool that helps companies ensure that their employees don’t use personal email addresses for work.

169

5 years ago

A company that helps designers create custom-made leather goods for clients.

169

4 years ago

This authentication app is made for Airbnb and other service providers. It lets you use your phone to make a secure token to authenticate yourself to an app.

169

4 years ago

A startup for hiring for gigs, or for employees to find short-term work. It asks users to complete a questionnaire and upload a photo, and then matches them with gigs via a chat interface.

169

4 years ago

A startup that connects buyers and sellers of used cars. It currently has 10,000 used cars on its platform, and plans to add 10,000 more by the end of 2020.

169

3 years ago

A toolkit to help the ad industry identify ads that convert to sales or keep consumers engaged.

169

5 years ago

A startup that provides credit to college students based on their predictive ability of their future grades

168

5 years ago

A solution for marketing and advertising products to people shopping on Amazon.com

168

5 years ago

A platform that allows interns to book their own Facebook Ads, so they’re not limited to the ones their company sets up.

168

5 years ago

A startup that aims to make it easier for people to spontaneously and collaboratively crowdsource ad hoc solutions to a wide variety of problems.

168

4 years ago

In addition to the main list above, a number of companies that were not selected for the finals were chosen for a special list of honorable mentions in three categories: Technology, People and Process. The Bottom Line is the only company that was not chosen for the finals from this list.

168

4 years ago

A startup that wants to get into the R&D process for drug discovery. The startup wants to make the process more efficient through an AI-driven system that can read and interpret thousands of data points to determine the best possible drug targets.

168

4 years ago

A meeting scheduling platform in the vein of Doodle. The startup is another one that’s building its service (and product) in the U.S. It’s already sold over $15 million worth of its services to companies like Airbnb, Airbnb, and Google.

168

3 years ago

Spectra is a startup that provides a platform for building better experiences for “heads-up displays” which are basically the tiny screens that are mounted on modern vehicles to display speed, navigation, and other information. It’s available on Android and iOS.

168

3 years ago

A software company that is building a solution for managing a client’s daily expenses, which they say is easier than using a spreadsheet or creating a budget online.

168

5 years ago

This startup helps consumers identify which products are made from recycled materials.

167

5 years ago

A “big data” solution that helps food companies track their supply chain and predict how much food they’ll need to produce. The startup’s founders say they’ve already signed up over 500 clients, including Walmart, Nestle, and Cargill.

167

5 years ago

A tool for recruiters that allows them to scope out potential employees in advance.

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4 years ago

A startup that’s looking to build a chatbot that can serve as a digital concierge for your home. The startup is already working with a few dozen home service providers to offer its AI-powered service.

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4 years ago

The people who already use the app can buy more tickets and make bigger purchases, which will bring in new customers.

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4 years ago

A marketing tool that helps doctors and other healthcare workers efficiently schedule social media posts and ads, including on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.

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5 years ago

A tool for helping people and companies create better ads based on what works best

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5 years ago

A company that sells an AI-powered financial advisor to help people save for retirement. The company says it has had more than $30 million in AUM.

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5 years ago

The company’s first product is a credit card reader that plugs into a mobile device. It’s meant to work with a smartphone’s wireless charging capabilities.

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5 years ago

This startup has created an out of office messaging app that lets you send all of your team members an email with a message and a URL to a video recording that you’ve made. The app is all about helping small teams manage their in-person workflow and avoid technology-driven distractions.

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5 years ago

A startup that builds an app that helps people with ADHD filter out distractions at work and focus on what they need to be doing.

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5 years ago

A startup that makes it easier for hotel guests to use their credit card on property. The company’s founders came up with the idea at a conference where the hotel they were staying at had a similar feature, and thought there was a better way to do it.

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5 years ago

A startup that builds software for Facebook Ads that helps marketers understand how their ads work and how they perform.

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5 years ago

a tool to help people measure and reduce the impact of their social media use on their personal and professional lives. It’s been downloaded over 1 million times.

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5 years ago

A way to track and pay for university teaching gigs in India. The company says they already have payment processing partnerships in place in India and are looking to expand to other countries. SENSEI is one of the only companies that offer this kind of service in India.

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5 years ago

Messenger is a messaging app that makes automated music recommendations to users based on their music library. The company claims that it’s already making millions of dollars in revenue, and that it’s not reliant on ads. It’s making money through subscriptions, which it says is a way to get around the ad-tech competition.

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5 years ago

Adams, Tim (2017, August 7). "The Changing Tech Industry’s Labor Crisis", The New York Times, .

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4 years ago

A product that allows you to request a ride on Uber without having to download an app. Users just have to link their phone number to their account.

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4 years ago

The first NFC app to let users order food directly on their phones, in advance, and pay using just a tap. It’s currently being used in Paris to order ahead at restaurants, hotels, and cafes.

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4 years ago

A startup that wants to help companies that sell their goods online in the US and Canada without paying taxes.

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4 years ago

A startup that wants to build a library of apps for more than 40 languages, so that people can learn a language more quickly and be able to take advantage of the web.

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3 years ago

An artificial intelligence platform that can be used to help predict and prevent the spread of diseases.

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3 years ago

A digital tool to help affiliates better manage their Instagram account by giving them analytics on the performance of their ads and followers.

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3 years ago

A startup that aims to allow users to add content and offers to their Facebook posts and other social media platforms.

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3 years ago

A startup that helps cities to manage the carbon impact of the building supply chain and set up carbon trading systems for companies.

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5 years ago

This startup’s goal is to “improve the lives of those living with opioid addiction”.

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5 years ago

A platform for self-hosting, on-demand virtual reality content, allowing users to access VR worlds without a headset.

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5 years ago

An AI startup in the healthcare space, focused on building tools that help doctors and researchers better use the data that’s already out there.

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5 years ago

This startup is building a self-learning platform to help teach people the fundamentals of coding. The startup’s founders say that the product they have built is already powering over 20,000 students in 300 schools.

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5 years ago

A mobile payments startup, focused on helping the unbanked in India, that’s created by a team of MIT grads that previously worked at a mobile payments company.

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3 years ago

The big promise of this startup is a way to make your company’s data more usable. The founders say they can help companies get their data out of spreadsheets and into a platform they can actually use.

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3 years ago

A startup for buying and selling used cars. Instead of a dealership, the business connects buyers with sellers. The startup wants to make vehicle buying easier, with an app that helps streamline the process.

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3 years ago

A startup that’s building an app to help people find magazines, books and products that interest them. It’s already built an app for magazines, and is building another to help people find books and products.

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3 years ago

A new product that helps companies find the best possible options for their data center, ranging from the optimal hardware to the best locations. This is a pitch to be added to Startup Weekends.

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2 years ago

A slate of real-time, ad-free video podcasts with an emphasis on storytelling.

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5 years ago

A tool to help teachers grade homework by grading it automatically, in real time.

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5 years ago

Health insurance is so complicated that people often prefer to just pay the tax penalty and ignore it. This startup wants to make health insurance easy, with an automated system encouraging people to enroll and take advantage of the tax savings.

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5 years ago

This startup is building a platform with just under 1,000 clients that allows people to create their own version of the Ben & Jerry’s ice cream and frozen yogurt – with the added benefit of being vegan.

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5 years ago

A tool that helps identify the people that need to be at a meeting, and the people who are already there.

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5 years ago

If you want a car, the first thing you do is call your insurance company, and then you call your bank. The startup wants to automate this process and allow users to pay for their car insurance online with their bank account. It’s already working with AAA.

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5 years ago

A travel app that claims to be fully integrated with Airbnb. The startup’s founders say they’ve already been in talks with Airbnb about using their platform.

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4 years ago

A startup that creates custom-made and personalized rewards for customers, in this case for employees and customers of a company.

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5 years ago

HousingBridge is building a new kind of mortgage broker, which essentially performs mortgage origination services for large banks. The company is headquartered in New York and has offices in Chicago and San Francisco.

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5 years ago

A startup that helps people find and hire people for jobs that are not traditional office jobs, like bartending, dog-walking, or light house-keeping.

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5 years ago

A Waze for real estate. This startup wants to help people find the right home for them, and sellers get access to a broader set of buyers.

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5 years ago

They’re the modern version of a “grocery store”, with a storehouse of over 400 in-demand items that can be added to a wish list. They’re free for consumers, but can have a fee for businesses with 500 or more items in stock.

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5 years ago

A company that’s building advanced software to help the government battle terrorism.

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5 years ago

A real estate focused business that connects tenants and landlords. The startup is a bit like Rocket Mortgage, a company that helps people with bad credit refinance their home loans — the startup’s focus is more on the landlord side of the equation. The startup charges a monthly fee of $50 for their service.

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5 years ago

A software company that creates an API for a network of processors and license holders to manage payments in real-time. The startup was founded by two former executives of Adyen, a global payment processing company.

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5 years ago

The startup is building an app that integrates with Nest thermostats to automatically adjust your thermostat based on your schedule and preferences.

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5 years ago

A “smart” hospital bed that monitors patients and adjusts the temperature in response to their health concerns. It also tracks their movements to prevent falls.

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5 years ago

This is a startup that’s building an app and platform to help people in countries like India save money on their utility bills by installing solar panels on their homes, which are already building excess energy into the grid.

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5 years ago

A new service to help users find and manage tech tools, services, and gadgets they use every day.

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5 years ago

This startup is building a service that helps companies to add on-demand healthcare to their existing employee benefits packages.

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4 years ago

A new way of paying for groceries. Instead of swiping a credit card, shoppers use their phones to scan a QR code for payment and a receipt.

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3 years ago

This startup is building an AI-driven assistant for doctors. It uses machine learning to identify symptoms, then recommends treatment based on a doctors’ knowledge of patients. The startup hopes the system will lead to more affordable, personalized care.

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5 years ago

A mobile first video messaging app. Launched in July and already has over 1 million users.

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5 years ago

A startup that helps you set up a study abroad or exchange program at a college in the US. The startup is currently focused on China and has a pending partnership with a college there.

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5 years ago

A company that helps businesses adopt a Salesforce-like platform designed to help them sell more efficiently.

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5 years ago

A web-based company that helps businesses track and manage their expenses. It is company that offers a “price tracking system” in which businesses create a spreadsheet, and then captures all their expenses through the software.

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5 years ago

A social network for those in finance, made with the goal of “reducing the cost of the financial system by democratizing access to financial markets.”

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5 years ago

A startup that helps companies create quick spreadsheets for their different departments

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4 years ago

A company that creates high-end perfume and other luxury goods for the Chinese market. The company offers traditional Chinese medicine and traditional Chinese medicine-infused products.

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4 years ago

A startup that provides customers with the ability to pay bills, bank transfers, and other expenses with their mobile phones. The company’s founders say they’ve already signed up 300,000 users and are working to expand their service to other countries.

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3 years ago

A startup that uses mobile phone cameras and Google Street View to give people street-level perspectives on things like sports stadiums, restaurants and buildings.

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5 years ago

A startup that wants to help people in Latin America track their expenses and grow their credit score The company’s founders say that after launching in early august, they’re already working with over 3,000 retail accounts

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5 years ago

A startup that helps e-commerce businesses expand globally. The company says it has helped over 1,000 merchants expand into more than 60 new countries. The company has already launched its first product, a global e-commerce marketplace, to the public and has launched in six countries.

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5 years ago

A platform to help college students compare programs and prepare for graduation.

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5 years ago

This is a company that is teaming up with a local restaurant to help you order food from a menu directly online. The idea is that you can then order a meal to be ready in the same spot that you want to pick it up from.

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4 years ago

A startup that helps people find apartments to rent. They are using machine learning to scan Craigslist ads, notify people that there are apartments available, and suggest the best rent/price range.

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5 years ago

This is a loyalty platform for businesses, with a twist: users only get points for small purchases. The company claims it’s already profitable.

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5 years ago

A startup based in San Francisco that aims to help people more easily track their personal finances. The startup is building an app with an “expense tracker” that lets you add and organize expenses and bills.

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5 years ago

A platform for asset managers to streamline the process of setting up and administering 401k plans for their employees.

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5 years ago

This startup is building an app that connects big companies with local small businesses in order to take advantage of the buying power of the millions of small business owners in the US.

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5 years ago

A platform that allows multiple users to create a single item, then share it with a single shipping address.

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5 years ago

A platform that lets publishers monetize video and stop people from uploading copyrighted content.

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5 years ago

A startup that uses artificial intelligence to predict where companies will be in three years. They’re based in Philadelphia but working with clients around the world.

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5 years ago

A startup that sells a $100 smart plug that does everything from controlling the lights in your home to allowing the owner to read text messages on their smartphone from anywhere.

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5 years ago

A platform for connecting ridesharing services along with their drivers. The startup is targeting the US market, but has already expanded into Europe.

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5 years ago

A monthly subscription service that allows app publishers to get more money from advertisers.

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5 years ago

Unload is a frictionless way to share your vehicle.

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4 years ago

A replacement for traditional backpacks that allows people to carry their belongings along with them when they move.

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4 years ago

A company that helps online businesses with their online marketing by allowing them to target their customers based on their search history and then match them with a relevant video ad

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4 years ago

Philadelphia is home to many notable media companies, including:

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4 years ago

A chat app that allows you to chat with a network of friends you’ve made while traveling.

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3 years ago

A startup that helps companies determine whether they have a “culture of safety” and if they’re on track to meet the United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s goals.

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3 years ago

A startup that lets people book restaurants online for days or weeks in advance.

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3 years ago

A startup that allows you to buy, sell, and trade your own virtual goods and digital currency.

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5 years ago

A startup that is building a way for people to use their GPU instantly and directly for cryptocurrency mining and trading

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5 years ago

A company that’s built a software platform to translate a user’s text into a computer-readable language. It’s already in use by several Fortune 500 companies.

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5 years ago

An electronic cigarette company that makes and sells 100% organic, vegan, and gluten-free e-liquids. The company is working with the FDA to get its products approved, and is already selling $1 million in products.

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5 years ago

A platform for measuring the impact of ads on your website

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5 years ago

A self-serve platform that connects independent contractors and clients across North America. The startup says their platform helps to reduce the overhead of managing a workforce, while providing an easy way for employers to find talent.

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5 years ago

A startup that’s building a business platform for people who want to monetize their own social media content and make money instead of just getting paid to post it.

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5 years ago

A software platform for publishing academic papers and hosting conferences, designed for scientists, researchers, and students.

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5 years ago

A private-label membership-based platform that lets users pay to upgrade their access to health-related content.

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5 years ago

A tool to help broadcast companies understand how their content is being consumed. The company is currently seeking $5 million in funding, and is looking for a $2 million seed round.

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5 years ago

A tool for online bill pay. The company is in beta mode, but is already seeing traction with enterprises.

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5 years ago

A startup for building and selling websites using pre-made templates.

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4 years ago

The goal of this startup is to help consumers shop for services that match their needs, rather than relying on recommendations from friends and family. The company looks to compete with platforms like Groupon and LivingSocial by selling subscriptions that will take care of the customer. The startup is already working with a number of Wal-Mart and Kroger stores.

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4 years ago

A tool that allows users to adjust their computer’s temperatures to their liking.

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4 years ago

A credit platform for small businesses in the U.S., with plans to add a debit card option in the future.

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4 years ago

A platform that helps you get your home ready for sale by taking pictures of it, writing a description and uploading it to a marketplace where buyers can view the home through a smartphone app.

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3 years ago

A social network for people looking to become part of the “gig economy” or work on projects without the full-time commitment of traditional jobs.

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This startup is building an AI-powered role playing game, “The Sims” for financial advisors.

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3 years ago

The startup is building a global exchange platform that promises to improve the efficiency of international trading by matching buyers and sellers in one transaction.

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5 years ago

A startup that aims to build on the popularity of the #hashtag, by adding a way for users to add hashtags to their tweets.

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5 years ago

A social enterprise in Indonesia that sells bedsheets made of recycled plastic. The company is building a factory that can make up to 50,000 bedsheets a week.

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5 years ago

Meetup is a platform for people to meet up in person and interact with each other. It's especially useful for groups that have members spread across different cities or different countries.

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5 years ago

A new app that turns your phone into a high-tech thermostat so you can set it and forget it. The app talks to the temperature sensors in your home and adjusts your system to your energy usage and comfort level.

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5 years ago

A company that uses a patented optical-recognition technology to read barcodes and replace QR codes.

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5 years ago

A software company that helps small businesses create a single integration hub with tools that can handle all the administrative tasks involved in setting up a business.

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5 years ago

A way to help people share their calendars with family and friends and collaborate on events. The company has already raised $2.5 million in seed funding.

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5 years ago

a company that helps customers in Europe manage their money quickly and easily. Its first product will be a prepaid Visa card that can be loaded with cash through a debit card.

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5 years ago

Ripple is a platform for creating virtual currency and a payment system. The startup is trying to get merchants to adopt its digital currency by offering them a low-fee payment processing system.

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5 years ago

This startup wants to use its data to help people decide where to vacation, and where to live. It’s a bit like other startup like TripAdvisor — but it’s also a concierge service that wants to help show people the best places to vacation and live.

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5 years ago

A startup that makes a “personalized financial advisor” out of your phone.

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5 years ago

A startup that uses a sensor and a mobile app to monitor heart rate and push the data to a doctor’s smartphone. This ensures the doctor has a real-time read on the patient’s health.

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5 years ago

A new way to sell concert tickets that’s built around a social network. The startup says it’s already signed 10,000 artists and 27,000 performers to its platform.

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5 years ago

A startup that helps hospitals create secure software for their staff to access the medical records of patients. The startup has already partnered with hospitals in the U.S. and India.

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4 years ago

an app that lets people record and upload short videos for free

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3 years ago

The bizbuzz app is an app that allows users to quickly connect with potential clients. The app is free to download on iOS and Android.

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3 years ago

A new startup venture with a focus on the growing trade of personal data. The startup wants to help consumers control their data and the tools companies can use with it.

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2 years ago

This app was supposed to help people schedule doctors’ appointments and manage their health records, but instead it was used by a large portion of the population to cheat on taxes.

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5 years ago

A startup that provides people with a custom-made suit and then sends a tailor to their home to help them get fitted

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Plans to help businesses and individuals, both in the US and abroad, to pay for their healthcare with Bitcoin.

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5 years ago

A startup that plans to build a “platform for sharing and trading of local expertise”

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5 years ago

A startup that connects high school students to internships and part-time jobs at startups. It operates in the US, Canada, and the UK, with plans to expand to Australia, the Netherlands, and Germany in the future.

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5 years ago

Founded in 2015, Flyfree is an SEO agency based in London. They provide digital marketing services and run their own SEO training academy.

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5 years ago

A small batch manufacturing business meant to help customers get their hands on the newest, shiniest (and most expensive) gadgets the minute they’re released.

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5 years ago

A startup that makes it possible for anyone to use Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram as a customer service call center without having to re-enter their information. The company has already secured funding from Y Combinator, AngelList, and Techstars.

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5 years ago

A platform for financial advisors to manage their clients’ investments. The platform is intended to help advisors avoid mistakes often made by new advisors, and set up automatic investment reports.

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5 years ago

A startup that aims to help consumers get a better idea of how a product is being made, from labor sourcing to sourcing of materials.

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5 years ago

ShopStyle is a subscription-based visual merchandising platform that allows retailers to create branded shopping experiences. ShopStyle gives retailers a way to create different streaming layouts, video ads, and product displays that are tailored to each individual customer.

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5 years ago

A Chinese-American startup that’s building an app that makes it easier to pay for things online. The app is in private beta and is already available in Shanghai, Shanghai and other parts of China.

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5 years ago

A “checking card” to help startups get paid. It’s a card that can be used for all of a company’s purchases, including things like affiliate marketing or advertising.

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5 years ago

A VC-backed startup that is looking to bring financial services to the unbanked in India. The company has started piloting its technology in Chennai and Hyderabad.

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4 years ago

A mobile app that helps you pay your utility bills and read your meter data.

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3 years ago

A startup that helps people pay bills with their phones. The startup is already working with several hospitals, but already has its first “acute care” customer.

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2 years ago

A digital marketplace for businesses to buy and sell healthcare administrative tasks.

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5 years ago

A startup that sells a service where they will help you figure out what to do with your old car when it’s time to trade it in

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5 years ago

A startup that wants to sell real estate agents a software tool that helps them manage leads and communicate with the client

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5 years ago

A startup that helps advisors make their clients’ portfolios work for them.

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5 years ago

Helps users sell to the right people at the right price. The startup says it has already secured $1 million in funding from investors.

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5 years ago

Slack is a project management and chat platform for teams and groups. Slack builds software as a service (SaaS) products, which are web-based applications that companies or organizations can use instead of having to install or maintain software on their own computer.

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5 years ago

A startup that helps students decide what college to go to, by matching them with data on schools’ average SAT scores, average AP scores, average graduation rates, and more. The company uses algorithms to draw on this data to match applicants to schools.

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5 years ago

A startup that’s building an online platform for people who want to build and sell their own custom iPhone cases. The startup’s founders say that about 1% of the cases sold in the US are custom-made, and a handful of startups have tried to build their own platform for selling such cases, without much success.

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5 years ago

A company that builds “smart in-app advertising” for mobile games.

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5 years ago

A company aiming to expand the college degree market by making an alternative to the traditional college experience.

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5 years ago

A chatbot that can be used to verify email addresses. The startup is still looking at options on how to make money with the platform, and it’s not clear how many people are using it yet.

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5 years ago

A tool to help predict and prevent the spread of malware, malware-related scams, and other malicious software.

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5 years ago

Designing new, custom-made furniture for the home. The startup is working with builders and architects to create bespoke furnishings for the home.

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5 years ago

A company that wants to let people borrow a car with the touch of a button. The company is working with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to get insurance to work with the app.

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5 years ago

A startup that helps users connect and collaborate on documents, without the overhead of a traditional email list.

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5 years ago

A startup that helps people find and close the deals for them. The startup is focused on the B2B segment, but it’s already working with companies like Capital One, Intuit, and Salesforce.

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5 years ago

A Chinese-focused ecommerce platform that was built on the idea that China's economy is less of a free market and more of a controlled economic system. The company is working on a solution to let individuals buy goods without a bank account and without a traditional credit card.

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5 years ago

The company aims to be a one-stop shop for financial and legal advice.

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4 years ago

A startup that’s targeting the financial services industry with the idea of developing a platform for people to sign up for payday loans. The startup has already built the back end for this app and is now working on the front end.

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4 years ago

An online tool for researching and buying goods made from recycled materials.

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3 years ago

A startup that is building a portable robot that can help lift heavy objects. The robot is made with a mix of plastic and metal and can lift up to 40 pounds.

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3 years ago

Most of the startups in the Top 50 list are in the US, with others in Europe, Japan, Canada, the UK, and Australia.

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5 years ago

A startup that sells the homes of people who are traveling abroad for long periods of time and stay

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5 years ago

This startup wants to build a platform that allows companies to manage their entire supply chain from their headquarters.

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5 years ago

A new kind of payment system that allows taxi owners to compete with Uber and Lyft. Instead of needing to call a dispatcher, riders can hail a cab in real-time and pay directly through the app.

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5 years ago

This startup offers an “unbiased” way to tell which colleges are the best for a student based on his or her preferences. The company uses data from the U.S. Department of Education to compare institutions based on various metrics like peer competition and graduation rates.

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5 years ago

A startup that sells a subscription service that sends someone to clean your house once a month. The startup is advertising the service on Facebook, reaching a lot of potential customers that have seen its ads and are interested in it.

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5 years ago

A platform to create a digital marketing and advertising agency for small business owners.

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5 years ago

A platform for creating individualized content in bulk. It helps small businesses create advertising campaigns through its machine learning based technology

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5 years ago

A mobile app for recruiters and job seekers who want to get paid while they get ready for a job interview.

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5 years ago

A startup that crowdsources legal advice by using “smart contracts”.

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5 years ago

A tool for helping contractors bid on construction projects. It’s already on the job in Spain.

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5 years ago

An AI-powered chatbot that will guide buyers through the home buying process, with an interface that is designed to make the experience very similar to that of a real agent. The startup believes that this will lead to a significant increase in home sales.

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5 years ago

A startup that’s developing a tool for non-English speakers to translate their documents into a format that can be read by a machine.

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5 years ago

A startup looking to help auto dealers sell their used cars quickly, offering a broader selection of cars, and making the process easier for auto dealers.

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5 years ago

A startup that wants to create a “Global Economic Graph” with a database that will track international trade.

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4 years ago

A startup that will take any video and allow its creators to port it to any of the top 30 mobile phone manufacturers, using a digital-rights-management-free model. The company has already built an app that allows anyone to convert any video to any phone.

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4 years ago

This company wants to build a platform that automatically adjusts the rate that your car consumes fuel based on a variety of variables (driving conditions, time of day, weather, etc.)

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4 years ago

This startup wants to be the “Uber of co-working spaces”, using a model that blends coworking spaces with traditional offices. The company offers a furniture-less workspace with a dedicated desk and lockable storage, designed to help companies get the most value out of their new space.

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3 years ago

Founders of this two-person startup are the former founders of the startup that made the popular budgeting app Due.

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3 years ago

This startup is building a platform to help small businesses acquire clients in a way that’s more like a traditional marketing channel. The program is aimed at brick-and-mortar retailers and service providers, who can sign up for the Payroll database and use the platform to find and qualify new clients.

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3 years ago

A virtual reality game that lets you go on a wild adventure in the woods

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3 years ago

A soft-skill assessment tool, meant to help companies determine whether their employees are ready for a promotion or new job, before they even know they want to change jobs.

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5 years ago

A startup that offers a service for people who are working remotely to advise companies on how to adapt to remote workers This is a large market on its own

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5 years ago

A $1 cloud-based platform for sharing your music, where friends can listen to it for free. The app is already on the Apple Store, and the company is looking to expand to Android and Windows.

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5 years ago

Rental car companies have had a tough go of it lately, thanks to the rise of ride-sharing companies. What if a car could be rented on demand from the owner That’s what WizeRent aims to do.

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5 years ago

A platform that helps big agencies and brands to get the best media deals at scale. The company is now only looking to work with publishers, content creators and agencies. It would give publishers more visibility into advertising deals in order to improve their sales and marketing strategies.

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5 years ago

A cloud-based platform that allows businesses to sell merchandise using paid advertising, sponsored content and interactive social ads.

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5 years ago

This is a photo sharing app that lets you send your friends a “snapshot” of whatever you’re looking at. The startup monetizes via selling advertisers the ability to target specific geographic areas or high-traffic areas.

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5 years ago

A company that wants to make it easy for large companies to take advantage of technology and automation to save money, while still ensuring employees have access to human resources, benefits, and security.

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5 years ago

Builds a platform for businesses to share and compare information about their products, services, and employees. It has partnerships with companies like Linkedin, Mailchimp, and Stripe, allowing employees to upload their resumes, manage their accounts, and receive paychecks directly within the platform.

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5 years ago

A company that helps businesses get more qualified leads. They currently have $4,000 in monthly revenue.

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5 years ago

An iOS app and web-based service that helps people find the best deals on headphones, portable speakers, and more.

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4 years ago

A platform that provides personal finance advice in the form of an AI-powered personal financial advisor. The startup is currently in private beta.

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4 years ago

A startup that helps companies that have yet to launch their own app, build a prototype of their app and has 50,000 developers already signed up.

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4 years ago

A company that makes a low-cost, high-capacity drone that can drop off packets of goods in a package attached to an airplane. The drone can then land at the destination, drop off its payload and return to the airport. The startup has already secured $1.2 million in funding.

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3 years ago

In the past year, the startup has funded a bunch of startups, including the one above, and has been the largest VC in Philadelphia since coming to the city in 2014.

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3 years ago

A new take on Slack chat bots, which have been a big part of Slack’s growth. Instead of just repeating back what you type, it learns from you and adapts to your behavior.

154

5 years ago

A startup that provides a service where you can hire someone to find lost furniture that you left on the side of the road for pickup

153

5 years ago

A startup that helps people find the best deal on a car insurance policy. The founders say they’ve already signed up 20,000 users and have been accepted to Y Combinator.

153

5 years ago

A startup that lets you monitor what the weather is doing at any time, including real-time forecasts for specific locations. They are building a tool that can give you a heads-up on what the weather will be like when you next leave the house.

153

5 years ago

The company is building a “game-ified” way for advertisers to target game-players. It hopes to use this game-oriented targeting to draw more eyeballs to gaming.

153

5 years ago

A platform that connects businesses with data science resources in a way that makes it easy to collaborate and get work done. The company also plans to launch a consumer app that will allow customers to sign up for machine learning-based advice.

153

5 years ago

A mobile app that allows customers to book services from home doctors. They’re also focusing on providing privacy for health services, by ensuring that the doctor never sees the patient’s name, phone number, or address. The company is currently working with a hospital in NY.

153

5 years ago

A startup that wants to make it easier for businesses to build their own online store. Instead of a lengthy process of building an e-commerce site themselves, the startup will make it easy for a business to buy in to a pre-built site.

153

5 years ago

Each week, the startup curates a list of 3-10 new books, videos, podcasts, and articles from the industry and the web that it thinks are worth reading and listening to. The startup also curates a weekly newsletter.

153

5 years ago

A company that integrates traditional and social media advertising, for smaller brands looking to do more with less.

153

5 years ago

A platform that offers classified ads, event listings, and other business listings.

153

5 years ago

The company was a Google product that made it easy to connect with people in nearby stores.

153

5 years ago

A San Francisco-based startup in the education marketplace space that wants to help lower-income students afford higher education. The startup tells me it’s had over $200,000 in investments, has more than 10,000 students, and has been used by more than 3,000 colleges and universities.

153

5 years ago

A startup that wants to add interactive games to a TV broadcast of a big game, and bring sports fans to the game and keep them engaged for longer than the halftime show.

153

5 years ago

A free social network where people can discuss more than just the latest viral trends, with the ability to upload content and share with their friends.

153

5 years ago

The startup is a “first-of-its-kind” trading platform for trading the shares of small cap companies that don’t have a long history of trading.

153

4 years ago

A startup that lets people in the US upload their resumes to a centralized platform, allowing the hiring managers to search for candidates and see their backgrounds.

153

4 years ago

A startup that wants to solve the “capital management” problem for enterprise software startups. Instead of companies managing all of their own financial resources, they plan to provide a service that helps startups manage their capital, paying for those resources as needed.

153

4 years ago

A company that is building a driverless car for fleets, that can be operated via text message and automatically remembers addresses.

153

3 years ago

A digital calendar for your business, that keeps you connected with the expected arrival dates for customers and suppliers, as well as design deadlines.

153

3 years ago

This is a startup for organizations and individuals who want to start their own social media accounts that engage their communities, get more involved, and start conversations which can lead to more sales, more volunteer hours, and more donations.

153

3 years ago

“Surveillance” is a startup that wants to use data to help law enforcement fight crime. The startup has already secured $1.5M in funding.

153

5 years ago

A startup to help people who have been injured by bad doctors

152

5 years ago

A startup that aims to help you become more productive by helping you learn the tricks of the trade that will help you get more done.

152

5 years ago

This company builds educational tools for students in the US and Canada.

152

5 years ago

A startup for financial advisors to offer financial planning services to businesses, taking a commission on the fee. For instance, the advisor might charge $150 to help a company with a financial budget.

152

5 years ago

The startup is building a tool that helps hospital administrators and physicians make informed decisions about patient care.

152

5 years ago

The startup’s unique approach to the problem of finding a G Suite admin. It employs a screener algorithm to automate the process of hiring a G Suite admin.

152

5 years ago

The company wants to build a tool to quickly and easily streamline and automate ad campaigns across social networks.

152

5 years ago

A platform for businesses to use and manage their international trade finance more easily, helping them avoid the costs and delays of traditional financing.

152

5 years ago

An enterprise-grade analytics solution for social networks that makes it easy for people to see what posts their friends are sharing on social media sites.

152

5 years ago

A startup that helps small businesses get a loan at a traditional bank, at a lower rate.

152

5 years ago

A micro-loan startup that helps small businesses get loans to cover inventory. The company, which was founded in May, says it has already closed $1.5 million.

152

5 years ago

A tool for helping people pay off their student loans. The company has already started paying off over $3 million in loans for people who took out their student loans in the 1990s.

152

5 years ago

A digital solution that helps companies build their own “mobile internet” in cities where there are no roads, by letting companies connect to nearby beacons.

152

5 years ago

A web-based app that helps students in the US organize their academics.

152

5 years ago

This is a service that helps businesses manage their employees’ time and attendance, helping them cut down on administrative costs and employee theft.

152

5 years ago

A fintech startup that wants to make it easier for financial advisors to do their job better.

152

5 years ago

A startup that allows anyone to create and promote a podcast, and then earn revenue through advertising and sponsorships

152

5 years ago

A search engine for small businesses with “no ads, no tracking, and no fake news.”

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5 years ago 1 views

A new way to book travel. Instead of booking a flight, the travel planning app lets users plan their trip route and pick the times they want to travel.

152

5 years ago

The startup replaces the traditional “explainer video” with “explainer video docs” in which the video is just a version of the product itself.

152

5 years ago

A startup to help job-seekers find the right internship. Internships are often unpaid and poorly advertised, and Noah & Noah wants to change that.

152

5 years ago

This digital platform is for booking conferences, events, and meetings between companies. It aims to be a “Facebook for meetups” and has already raised $1 million.

152

5 years ago

A SaaS tool that helps banks automate their KYC processes by providing a central repository of information. It has already raised $1.5 million.

152

5 years ago

A platform that helps you make never-ending, premium video content for your YouTube channel. It allows creators to generate content and not worry about the ad revenue.

152

5 years ago

The startup’s service allows users to create custom-designed and branded debit cards to be used at millions of locations in the US, UK, Canada, France, and Australia. It also does global spending and cross-border payments for businesses that need it.

152

4 years ago

A platform for online video production that allows users to add audio, video, and text to their videos.

152

4 years ago

A digital escrow service for Bitcoin that built upon a similar service for fiat currencies. The startup says they’ve already signed up 15,000 customers and are working on launching around the world.

152

3 years ago

A platform that allows travelers to book airfare and hotels in advance. The startup is building a software platform that will help airlines, hotels and consumers make better decisions on travel with technology that is both predictive and personalized.

152

5 years ago

A SaaS tool for finding and booking open-ended, immersive style tours in any city. The startup also offers a booking platform for short-term travelers and an app that lets you book tours in advance.

151

5 years ago

Eliminating the need for a physical address

151

5 years ago

An AI-powered financial advisory platform that helps people make better financial decisions.

151

5 years ago

A startup that lets people write to their local news outlets and broadcast their thoughts and ideas to the public, akin to what the Snapchat Discover platform does for millennials. The twist, of course, is that these broadcasts are live and recorded.

151

5 years ago

This startup wants to help adults learn to code.

151

5 years ago

A next-gen ad-tech company that’s building a content-targeting tool for online publishers.

151

5 years ago

A fashion marketer that sells online clothing at $20 per dress. It’s already sold over 5,000 dresses and is on track to make $10 million in revenue in 2019.

151

5 years ago

A startup for short-term rentals. The startup helps vacation homeowners skip the traditional agency process and run their own rentals on their own terms.

151

5 years ago

A company that wants to take the lead in creating a system to pay for things at the point of delivery.

151

5 years ago

A startup focused on making it easier for employers and HR professionals to manage the onboarding process. The company is building a process for hiring new employees that’s “one of the most frustrating parts of the process”. It would be used to help the company add new employees, fix the onboarding process, and help identify the right kind of jobs for the company.

151

5 years ago

A platform that will allow you to make adjustments to your iPhone or iPad without having to open it up. The startup is focused on making it easier for people to tweak their iOS devices.

151

5 years ago

This company wants to teach people how to be a good entrepreneur. The company’s founder is Anand Rajaraman, who ran a business development and strategy practice at Amazon and Google for more than a decade.

151

5 years ago

A programmatic trading platform for financial institutions.

151

5 years ago

Giving Demo Day startups advice can only go so far. So Y Combinator does a bit more to help startups. YC has created a forum for startup founders to share information and advice with one another. They also host “Ask-Me-Anything” sessions for founders to talk about their companies.

151

5 years ago

A company that helps small businesses buy and sell all their equipment in one place, avoiding the disadvantages of Craigslist and other marketplaces, with a process that’s automated and secure.

151

5 years ago

This startup helps online retailers capture customer data when someone visits their site. It helps retailers track how visitors move through their site, how they interact with ads, and what pages they visit.

151

5 years ago

Lever provides a free, open source platform for all kinds of digital content including documents, spreadsheets, presentations, and even video. Lever is transforming the way people collaborate and learn.

151

5 years ago

A solution for the unstable relationship between digital ad buying and the media buying process.

151

5 years ago

A startup that wants to help people unload the debt they've accrued from student loans. They are currently working with 3,000 borrowers in the UK and hope to expand to the US in the next 12 months.

151

4 years ago

A chatbot that helps personal financial management. The startup is looking to build a platform that aggregates data from a variety of online and offline sources to provide financial guidance and advice to its users.

151

4 years ago

A startup that helps companies build customer engagement campaigns around campaigns that are already successfully running, using their data to identify the best campaigns to cross-promote.

151

3 years ago

A custom-made drone with a range of up to 18 miles and a 360-degree camera

151

5 years ago

A startup that is a directory of places to go on vacation and where you can do activities (IE A startup like TripAdvisor but for all sorts of activities)

150

5 years ago 1 views

A startup that helps people who are selling products on Amazon and provides them with advice on how to sell more and get positive reviews

150

5 years ago

A B2B company that aims to eliminate the $2 trillion in fees incurred by businesses in the US and Canada by providing them with a single online account to manage all of their accounts.

150

5 years ago

A startup that’s building a platform for managing multiple companies, without the overhead of managing multiple startups.

150

5 years ago

Celadon is making a platform that helps companies recruit, hire and pay for freelancers.

150

5 years ago

A “cool” conference that focuses on both thought leadership and new technological trends.

150

5 years ago

A barter system for small businesses to facilitate trade with other small businesses.

150

5 years ago

A startup that wants to disrupt the textbook market by offering low-cost, digital textbooks made by an average person.

150

5 years ago

A startup that wants to be a consumer-facing for the trade-only ICOs.

150

5 years ago

A startup that lets you order a batch of custom-made grilled cheese or pizza from 24 different restaurants, and have them delivered to your door. The startup is still in the R&D phase, but hopes to launch the service early next year.

150

5 years ago

A tool for schools to track their use of interactive whiteboards, with plans to add a student portal to the platform.

150

5 years ago

A platform for programmatic advertising, helping buyers target ads at businesses based on their size, location, and other criteria.

150

5 years ago

This is a startup that helps businesses demo their products on the web, using pre-made widgets that look like online store pages.

150

5 years ago

A partnership between the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to educate and promote conservation of marine life through the sale of marine fish.

150

5 years ago

A tool that helps recruiters scale their efforts proactively, rather than reactively. The startup wants to take the headache out of recruiting, with a combination of automation, AI, and a visual recruiting dashboard.

150

5 years ago

A tool for software designers to create new apps in minutes instead of days.

150

5 years ago

An adtech startup that has created a network of sites where users can view relevant ads across a network of sites.

150

5 years ago

An ad tech company that’s building a new technology that they say has the potential to significantly change the way digital advertising is purchased and sold. The company’s technology has the potential to revolutionize the digital advertising market by giving advertisers complete control of their ad campaigns, directly from their desktop and mobile devices.

150

5 years ago

A startup that provides accounting software to small businesses. They started in late 2017 and have already launched in Brazil and the Philippines.

150

5 years ago

A tool to help law students study for exams and employers find top graduates. The startup provides a platform for employers to post jobs and students to apply.

150

4 years ago

Bringing the consumer’s head into the product design process by using 3D printing.

150

4 years ago

A company that helps online businesses with online marketing by targeting their customers with specific video ads and other creative content

150

3 years ago

A startup that makes data-driven content recommendations, selling it to advertisers.

150

3 years ago

A platform that helps users buy and sell rental properties on a peer-to-peer basis. It’s an alternative to traditional real estate listings sites where users browse and search for rentals through a portal.

150

3 years ago

A startup for sales and services to help small businesses with their marketing and sales needs, including design, digital marketing, and advertising.

150

2 years ago

A company that builds an ad platform for health care. It’s a market estimated to be worth $25 billion in the US, but is so closely regulated that it’s difficult to do business there.

150

5 years ago

A startup that provides a service to help people who are getting divorced (I would prefer this to be a service that provides advice on how to get through the divorce)

149

5 years ago

A startup that helps employees scan and organize their company’s medical data. The startup also created a tool to help admins manage their health data.

149

5 years ago

A web-based service that helps small businesses grow their sales by managing their social media, SEO, and marketing campaigns. The company currently has 1,000 clients and are now hiring in the Philadelphia area.

149

5 years ago

A startup that promises to be the next Uber for the taxi industry. Instead of incentivizing drivers by paying them directly, they’ll pay the driver’s customer base.

149

5 years ago

The list is not all-inclusive, but we've tried to include a representative sample of the many companies, startups, and other organizations in the Philadelphia tech scene.

149

5 years ago

A browser extension for Google Chrome that allows you to search for and filter in-app ads.

149

5 years ago

A startup building an app that helps companies manage their international workflows. The solution is aimed at companies that have multiple different offices around the world, be they full-time or digital nomads.

149

5 years ago

A platform for managing multiple email addresses, groups, and more.

149

5 years ago

A company that brings together a community of people with the same interests. Its main community is focused on cooking, but it also had an early-stage fitness community.

149

5 years ago

A medical-grade mattress that uses sensors and algorithms to track a person’s sleep cycles, and then provide feedback to help improve a person’s sleep.

149

5 years ago

A startup that helps workplace wellness with activities like yoga, personal training, team bonding, or even leaderboards for photos of employees’ healthy lifestyles.

149

5 years ago

A startup that’s building an end-to-end GPS-based tracking app to help college students stay safe when they’re out on the town. The founders say that they’re already working with a number of colleges on their app, and that it’s been saving students from dangerous situations.

149

5 years ago

A startup that helps people find and review the best electricians, plumbers, and other tradespeople. They currently operate in the UK and US.

149

5 years ago

A platform for scheduling and tracking overhead costs for nonprofits.

149

5 years ago

A company that pays people in the developing world to write content for a fee. They’ve already signed up one client (Watsi, a non-profit that helps poor people in medical emergencies) and expect to sign up another soon.

149

5 years ago

A software platform that allows customers to find out where they can buy products and then subscribe to them in advance. The startup is building an e-commerce platform for physical products, with an emphasis on beauty. The company is based in San Francisco.

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5 years ago 1 views

The startup is working on a new type of mobile banking that’s mobile-first, and designed to provide easy access to traditional banking services like check deposits, bill pay, and direct deposit.

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5 years ago 1 views

Amazon Alexa has invaded every household in the US. The company wants to make the device even more useful, by adding a voice-controlled interface for apps.

149

5 years ago

A startup that’s building out a platform to help users with recurring payments like subscriptions and digital products. The product helps people manage their recurring payments, and is already being used by 65,000 users with 30,000 active channels.

149

5 years ago

A monthly membership service that helps companies identify and recruit technical talent. The company boasts $1 million in recurring revenue and says it has already grown its team from 10 to 30 people.

149

5 years ago

A startup looking to help high-risk traders get access to the tools they need to manage their portfolios.

149

4 years ago

A company that helps consumers create a financial plan and then makes it easier for them to execute that plan, with the goal of helping people who don’t have access to traditional financial planning.

149

4 years ago

A digital incense burner that allows instant customized incense creations, with options to purchase pre-made incense packs.

149

4 years ago

An email marketing tool for small companies that’s been around for over a decade. They now have a product for the B2B segment, too.

149

3 years ago

This startup is building a tool that helps publishers and advertisers monitor, analyze, and target their content. The startup says their platform has a lot of market research behind it.

149

3 years ago

A web-based platform for high school students to manage their academic progress and grades.

149

2 years ago

A wireless charging pad for phones, powered by the same technology that powers wireless charging pads for laptops.

149

5 years ago

A tool for recruiters, that lets them upload their resume to a centralized network and have it automatically filtered to candidates that are a good match for a given job.

148

5 years ago

A startup that sells cases that attach to iPads, allowing users to take notes using a stylus and take pictures right from the iPad.

148

5 years ago 1 views

A $1 cloud-based road trip planning tool that allows users to plan and share their travels.

148

5 years ago

An enterprise application designed to help companies manage the spread of malware and security threats. The startup is built on a platform that provides IT teams with a single view of all of the company’s security threats, allowing them to prioritize and control those threats without wasting time.

148

5 years ago

An adtech startup that provides a way for publishers to target users based on their browsing history, to help them understand their behavior and improve their ad content.

148

5 years ago 1 views

Software that helps users extract additional value from images like Instagram’s new “Stories” format.

148

5 years ago

The company operates in a similar fashion to Uber, but instead of driving people around, it takes shoppers to retailers. Shoppers use the app to locate stores and their location, then use the app to walk into shops and purchase items.

148

5 years ago

A game where you play a healer and have to heal your friends from the shadow that is chasing them

148

5 years ago

A platform that connects brands with influencers for advertising, sponsored content, and social media campaigns.

148

5 years ago

This is a company that wants to help companies keep an eye on their employees. The company launched in late May and has already taken over $100,000 in seed funding.

148

5 years ago

The startup’s founders say that since launching a year ago, they’ve had over 6,000 paying customers.

148

5 years ago

A cloud-based service allowing customers to track their shipments in real-time. The startup says it has already signed up around 500 customers, and has raised $1.6 million in funding.

148

5 years ago

A startup that helps quickly build custom web pages for brands, selling them to clients at a fixed price. The startup wants to replace the very expensive full-page print ad with a mobile-friendly digital display ad. Their potential clients include agencies, brands and ad tech companies.

148

5 years ago

A tool for marketers who want to evaluate the effectiveness of their ad campaigns, including the ability to test various creative executions and social interactions with consumers.

148

5 years ago

A company that wants to help people get paid more for doing things they already do. You’re already writing emails on your phone, so you should get paid for that.

148

5 years ago

A startup that builds tools for businesses that can track and compare sales leads and email campaigns.

148

5 years ago

A company that sells a case that charges a smartphone via the headphone jack

148

5 years ago

A tool that helps you adapt to new technologies quickly and easily.

148

5 years ago

A quick and easy way to pay, accept donations, and market for nonprofits on the web using just a mobile number, email address, and name.

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4 years ago 1 views

Jet.com is a startup that will sell anything from household items to clothes to groceries to a single user, with no membership fees or minimum purchase requirements. It’s been called the Amazon of online shopping that will work on the ground. The company says it has 1.1 million active buyers already, and a $3 billion run rate.

148

4 years ago

A tool that lets you explore the world of retirement savings without having to read financial statements or do any complex math. As a nudge to get you started, it’s free.

148

4 years ago

A food delivery app that departs from the usual model, charging for delivery to non-customers. Instead of waiting for a customer to order, you can order from a restaurant from the app and have it delivered. The startup is currently in the pilot phase.

148

3 years ago

A startup that brings together all the different AI-powered products on the market, allowing users to “bundle and reuse” the AI products they’re already using.

148

3 years ago

A platform for digital advertising that makes it easier for brands to sell on Facebook and Instagram.

148

2 years ago

A way to order a food delivery, then text the driver when it is ready.

148

2 years ago

A career advice app for non-techies, pitched as “LinkedIn for non-techies”.

148

5 years ago

This is a community for videographers that already has 300,000 members.

147

5 years ago

A community for young adults that wants to help them get into finance and grow their careers.

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5 years ago 1 views

The startup’s app, which is currently in beta, allows people to buy and sell used electronics by clicking between old iPhones and iPads. People can even keep track of the item’s age and condition which allows them to make smart purchases.

147

5 years ago

A company building a blockchain-based trade finance platform that uses its own token to make the process more efficient. It’s currently in a pilot phase in Europe.

147

5 years ago

A startup building an online marketplace for used trucks. The company is currently operating out of a warehouse and wants to build a larger, more permanent headquarters.

147

5 years ago

Sunlight is an app that allows media companies to schedule video to go out live on their website with a single click. Sunlight’s CEO says that the app has already helped his company grow by up to 30%.

147

5 years ago

A company that helps people find the right healthcare provider when they need it, whether that's a doctor or a lab. Their product is a directory of doctors and their practices, with the ability to add doctors, review and edit information, and even schedule appointments.

147

5 years ago

A startup aiming to make it easier for people to go out and get the medicine they need. They already have a patient app and have built a “pocket pharmacy” pharmacy, and aim to expand to services such as mental health and pharmaceuticals.

147

5 years ago

A toolkit that allows developers to add in-game social features to their games and make them more accessible to players.

147

5 years ago

A video-sharing site focused on sharing original content with the goal of earning revenue through ads and paid subscriptions

147

5 years ago

A startup that helps companies find new talent. It helps scale traditional recruiting with its chatbot.

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5 years ago

"Idea 2.0 is a tool for entrepreneurs to help them learn about new technologies in the market and network together. It’s the Uber of technology conferences. The conference is in its second year and has had over 1,000 attendees and 300+ speakers from 45 countries. The conference’s format is based on the model of Airbnb, where the host gets to pick the guests. The guest list is highly curated and the speakers are handpicked by the company’s CEO. The conference has been very well received by attendees and has been named a Top 10 conference in the US in 2018.

147

5 years ago

A payment technology company that works with online retailers and e-commerce platforms. The startup uses blockchain technology to enable payments between the retailer and the customer. It has been featured on the “top 10 under-the-radar blockchain startups” from CB Insights.

147

5 years ago

A tool to help people use their spare screen space for apps, instead of always having to share with a partner or family member.

147

5 years ago

A startup that helps users find the closest public school or charter school that’s right for their family. It’s meant to bridge the gap between traditional public schools and new alternative school systems like charters.

147

5 years ago

A pair of heavy-equipment spare parts specialists in the Midwest. These guys help companies find used equipment, they’ve made over 200 sales to date.

147

5 years ago

TechCrunch’s IPOs have been pretty good over the past decade. The 14 most recent IPOs have collectively brought in $2.4 billion as of April 2018, according to research from Pitchbook.

147

5 years ago

A platform for businesses to manage their employee headshots, from the front-facing photos they’re used to seeing on LinkedIn to the full-on professional headshots.

147

5 years ago

A startup that is refining the way financial advisors do their work, letting them adjust to the needs of their clients.

147

5 years ago

An online photo editing platform, also available on iOS and Android, which is meant to be used by people with no experience in photography to be able to add various effects to photos.

147

5 years ago

A company that lets you add coins to your app to earn extra money.

147

5 years ago

A company that helps people in the US adopt its Indian-based VPN service, which is blocked in the US, to circumvent digital border control.

147

5 years ago

A startup that helps users get free admission to museums when they travel.

147

4 years ago

A new type of restaurant that delivers meals, but instead of ordering food online, you get to pick it up at a store. The app will be available in the next few months.

147

3 years ago

A tool that helps customers buy travel rewards cards, while adding more hotel companies, more options and better rewards to the mix.

147

3 years ago

In the next several years, traditional brick and mortar stores might start to be replaced by online shops, like Zara and H&M. But instead of going to an actual store and waiting in line, online shoppers can order and pick up products from home in mere minutes. Joy is building a way for online stores to connect with customers and handle inventory for them, giving shoppers with no employees the experience of shopping in person.

147

3 years ago

A content-marketing tool for food bloggers. The startup takes a percentage of a blogger’s ad revenue.

147

3 years ago

A provider of AI-driven software for financial advisors to manage client portfolios.

147

3 years ago

A digital time capsule for the family. Families can upload photos, video, audio, and text of the family, and then give it to their descendants for a later date.

147

5 years ago

A startup that lets independent creators on Amazon sell their own products Amazon already offers this feature to big businesses, but this startup lets individual sellers sell their own stuff

146

5 years ago

A startup that lets you compete in a virtual world against other players to become the best trader

146

5 years ago

A startup that helps teachers use their classroom’s data to better serve their students. TeacherSitter tracks a teacher’s attendance, assignments, and grades, and helps them decide how to help their students the most.

146

5 years ago

A product that helps transport companies find and hire drivers, with a focus on the U.S. trucking market. The startup is marketed towards companies that already use a third-party recruitment or “driver matching” service.

146

5 years ago

It’s a digital calendar that allows users to have a “someday” calendar in addition to a “today” calendar. The startup wants to help people plan more efficiently.

146

5 years ago

A system of devices that can detect if an employee is over-committing or under-committing to projects, and adjust a person’s work schedule accordingly.

146

5 years ago

A live video app that allows you to broadcast and watch live video from your smartphone. Wibson has already raised over $14 million in venture funding.

146

5 years ago

A SaaS product for helping advertisers capture the best customer data and target them with the best possible campaigns, by pulling in data from across the web.

146

5 years ago

A software for financial advisors that helps them fish out bad investments and clients that are taking too much risk.

146

5 years ago

This startup is looking to make organic food shopping for the Whole Foods shopper a little easier. They’re working with farmers to create an easy-to-use app that allows users to buy produce from their smartphones. They’re currently working with three farmers in the Midwest and hope to add more in the future.

146

5 years ago

A platform that helps ad agencies, marketers, and agencies reach people across multiple channels based on their interests, without having to find their personal email addresses.

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5 years ago

A startup building a mobile app that allows users to upload and share 3D models that can then be used for business, education, art, or other purposes.

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5 years ago

A way to make your phone’s battery last longer. The startup uses a sensor that tells the phone when it is being charged and when the battery is running low. It then adjusts the phone’s power management settings.

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5 years ago

A company that wants to help banks and other financial institutions offer financial advice to their customers

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5 years ago

A platform that lets you upload your own smart contracts onto the Ethereum blockchain.

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5 years ago

This startup works with agencies to help them find workers, and then helps them manage that workforce. The startup has already worked with The Onion, the New Yorker, and others.

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5 years ago

A platform that lets home buyers and sellers trade home inspections.

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5 years ago

Out of the 70 companies that were selected to join the program, four companies (and 1 alumni) made it to the final round of the Summer 2014 class.

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5 years ago

A mobile app that helps men find their soulmates that has been downloaded by 9,000 people since its launch in February.

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5 years ago

DesiChat is a messaging app for long-distance friends in India and Pakistan. After setting up a user account, users can message one another via a phone number, email address, or a Facebook account.

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4 years ago

A startup that helps businesses manage their risk and compliance exposure with regulatory reporting. The company is currently in “batch”, with plans to launch on March 1, but has already signed up 10 clients.

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4 years ago

A platform for Indian startups to build, market, and sell their products globally, with a half dozen companies already signed up.

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4 years ago

A platform for creating and publishing podcasts, automatic transcribed interviews, and other audio-only content, made for consumption on Apple’s podcast player iRadio.

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4 years ago

A startup that’s helping small businesses work out of their homes, with the goal of making it more easy for small businesses to work remotely, with lower start-up costs and lower overhead than a traditional office space.

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3 years ago

A startup building a peer-to-peer voice over IP (VoIP) app that lets you call anyone in the world on the same app, even over mobile. The founders said they’ve already signed up over 35,000 users, who can call each other for free.

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3 years ago

Service that helps people set up a mortgage loan and provides them with personalized mortgage advice from a specialist.

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3 years ago

a platform that helps small businesses find, plan and manage their insurance needs. The startup already has around 1,000 members in NYC.

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3 years ago

A software company in the US that aims to automate the administrative process of a company’s payroll.

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A mobile application that can be used to get a QR code for your friend's email address in the event of an emergency. The startup is the first commercially available app for getting an email in an emergency.

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5 years ago

A startup that provides software for college students to help them manage their grades and schoolwork

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5 years ago

This startup is building a cloud-based, self-service administration platform for accounting, tax, and payroll. Their goal is to allow companies to scale their accounting practices and save them money.

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5 years ago

This company wants to make it easier to sell people's old cars for them. The startup uses a site to sync with a person's social media accounts (Facebook, Twitter, etc.) and then finds their car on VIN-based sites like CarGurus and AutoTrader.com. Then, they'll take a significant cut of the sale price to buy back a car.

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5 years ago

A company building advanced text messaging technology that turns your phone into a series of touch buttons and sensors. It’s supposed to help you take advantage of the latest machine learning and sensor technology.

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5 years ago

A startup that uses artificial intelligence to make a website load faster, by picking up on the most common web performance problems and offering solutions.

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5 years ago

It’s a “smart” alarm clock that can only be used once, so it only has to wake up once. The company also has a “smart” alarm clock that can only be used once, but it also has a mute button. The company also has another alarm clock that can be used instead.

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5 years ago

This startup is building a website that allows anyone to instantly and securely order a custom-made suit from a fabric designer.

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5 years ago

In the past, a person could get insurance through a company and then write off the cost of that insurance. With the advent of the individual market, many companies are no longer offering insurance because the rate they would have to charge is too low.

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5 years ago

A company that wants to fund and manage the creation of new content in the form of online videos or podcasts. It is backed by former CNN president Jonathan Klein and has raised $7 million from investors and is already active in several markets, including the UK.

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5 years ago

A solution that allows small businesses to build and manage their own virtual teams. The startup aims to help companies build virtual teams that are more efficient and cost effective than traditional team management.

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5 years ago

A SaaS platform for marketers and businesses to create their own digital ads for Facebook. The startup is in a third round of investment and will launch in the first half of 2020.

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5 years ago

This startup, which was founded in 2013, is building a tool for marketers to schedule Facebook ad campaigns.

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5 years ago

Notebook, an online service for learning and notes, has a self-serve platform, through which users can send handwritten notes to their favorite teachers for grading.

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5 years ago

A tool to help companies manage their supply chains more efficiently, with an added focus on the green products that they’re able to source.

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5 years ago

A tool to help your employees get paid faster, with 30,000 businesses working with it already.

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5 years ago

A startup that makes an AI-based platform for sales and marketing teams to build and manage leads.

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5 years ago

A social network for financial advisors, aimed to help them find new clients and provide timely advice.

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5 years ago

A tool for financial advisors that brings together data to help them make more informed financial decisions. It was launched as a beta in October.

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5 years ago

A startup geared towards recruiting talent in the US. The startup wants to help people find remote jobs in the US and abroad, and connect them with recruiters for employers.

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5 years ago

A mobile application that lets you trade money via peer-to-peer, similar to Venmo and other P2P apps. The startup is currently in development, with plans to launch in Q1 2019.

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5 years ago

A startup that helps its users take advantage of split-work hours that their employers or school offer

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5 years ago

An online platform for sharing and selling small tools like screwdrivers, wrenches, and other DIY goods. The company’s founders say they want to make it easy for people to find and sell their tools, and the startup is planning to add more categories and tools in the future.

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4 years ago

A leaderboard that uses push notifications and social media to let consumers know when their favorite brands are engaging with them.

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4 years ago

A data product that coordinates the spread of data across government, health care, and media-saturated organizations. The startup wants to make it easier for people to share their personal data, and more easily with companies they don’t trust.

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3 years ago

A platform that helps businesses manage their inventory across the entire supply chain, from the moment they receive raw materials to when they’re ready to be shipped out. It aims to be the first company to simplify the supply chain so companies can stop using legacy systems and focus on what they do best.

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3 years ago

Described as a “Zappos for books,” the startup is a platform through which you can purchase a book, read it, and then resell it at a discount.

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3 years ago

A tour guide app that aims to reduce lag time and provide a more accurate travel experience by crowdsourcing a network of people already on the ground to answer questions and provide tips en route.

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3 years ago

This startup is building a platform to help Indian businesses dismiss their employees. Instead of sending a letter, you pay to have a letter that says you’re firing someone sent by email.

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5 years ago

A startup that helps people manage their cryptocurrency portfolios Users can keep track of their portfolio and see how much profit they’ve made

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5 years ago

Idea: This startup is building a new productivity tool that lets users scroll down a page to view content, rather than clicking from one page to another The startup currently has a prototype and has already been featured in TechCrunch

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5 years ago

A company that helps automate supply chain processes for companies in the food and beverage industry. The startup’s software allows manufacturers to build a single, dynamic, supply chain plan, and it can adjust based on changes in demand and supply.

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5 years ago

A startup that offers a platform for digital nomads to rent out their homes in a peer-to-peer fashion. It’s in the early stages of development, but the founders say it will be “like Airbnb, but also a concierge service and protocol for renting out your home when you’re away”.

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5 years ago

A corporate-owned, decentralized, fair-trading platform with a ton of data and insights

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5 years ago

A startup that lets users order flowers on the go, then have them delivered from a local florist, all made possible via a phone number the user can text. The app is currently free, but a paid version is in the works.

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5 years ago

A toolkit for programmatic buying of ads on Facebook. The startup is pitching the tool to agencies and advertisers as a way for them to automate Facebook ad buying.

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5 years ago

A company is planning to launch in August 2020, working on a way to better integrate ad tech, which often gets in the way of native advertising.

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5 years ago

A platform for photography that lets users sell photos against their copyright. The startup’s co-founder, Jake Sion, says it started as an homage to the Instagram addiction many have to sharing their photos.

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5 years ago

A tool for teachers to manage their grading, grading rubrics, and student assignments in the classroom.

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5 years ago

A platform for pharmaceuticals that wants to be the Uber for drug distribution. Instead of having to find a distributor, the startup wants to connect patients directly with pharmacies that can provide them with medicines.

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5 years ago

An algorithmic startup that is a marketplace for job board ads, allowing companies to target their job search to a specific demographic. The company’s founders say they’ve raised $1.6 million in a round led by Greycroft Partners.

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5 years ago

A platform for internet trolls to sell and trade their hatred. It allows people to create "troll profiles" and then sell and trade posts.

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5 years ago

A web-based platform for students to market and sell items they’ve made in their spare time.

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5 years ago

A company that aims to build a web-based, third-party curator for Amazon. The startup’s founder says that by offering a third-party curator of Amazon, a company can take advantage of the huge inventory of products that Amazon offers and cut out the middleman.

144

5 years ago

A web-based dashboard for financial advisors to access real-time data and get instant notifications when something is wrong.

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5 years ago

A platform that allows users to share their photos and allow visitors to download all of them in one go.

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5 years ago

A platform that allows users to create and share a digital drawing, which can be used by other users to add to or edit.

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5 years ago

A startup that provides remote workers with the tools to efficiently monitor, report, and communicate their team’s progress, with the goal of giving managers the ability to manage teams, with less need for face time. The company has raised $1.2 million in funding, and has customers in the UK, Canada, and Australia.

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5 years ago

This startup is building a credit scoring system that combines traditional FICO scores with an algorithm it’s using to predict the likelihood that a person will default on a credit card.

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5 years ago

A customer-facing mobile app that helps people help themselves to nutrition advice from their phone.

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5 years ago

A startup called eCredentials is building a connected ring that stores and connects to your medical records, and lets you keep track of changes and see a history of everything you’ve ever had done.

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5 years ago

SolveMedia works with brands on digital advertising, and also helps them build out their own digital marketing systems.

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4 years ago

A company that advises startups on how to manage their money in a way that’s profitable and that also benefits their employees.

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4 years ago

A pain-free way to sign up for new credit cards. The startup wants to help people with bad credit have a credit card that’s reserved for emergencies.

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3 years ago

This startup is building an app that can detect malicious IP addresses to help you scrub out fake emails and link them to the actual source. It’s a simple way of protecting your digital information from being spoofed.

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3 years ago

A minimum viable product, aimed at early adopters with a small budget

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3 years ago

A cloud based CRM for small to medium sized enterprises. The startup is building a platform to help sales and marketing departments keep track of sales leads, contracts, customers and projects.

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3 years ago

A platform that allows businesses to manage their sales and marketing on the same platform, instead of having to manage them separately. This can help businesses see what campaigns are working, or which new ones to run.

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3 years ago

A startup that aims to build an e-book ecosystem for Indian readers.

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5 years ago

The startup is building an alternative to the traditional paycheck. The company gets paid by employers, and in turn, pays employees in cryptocurrency.

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5 years ago

Deliveroo is a food delivery service that allows restaurants to use their app to take orders for their customers, with the option to customize the meal or package it for individual delivery. It already has 2.4 million users within the UK and a service that is growing more than 100% year-over-year.

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5 years ago 1 views

A company that enables companies to build bot-enabled services and chatbots. The company already has a beta product, a chatbot for booking a server that runs on Amazon’s Alexa.

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5 years ago 2 views

A way for people to upload to their Amazon wish list from their phone

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5 years ago

A new type of meal-kit delivery service that aims to save consumers money by offering discounts when they order in bulk. The startup already has a few thousand customers in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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5 years ago

This startup is building a way to help farmers market their products without the hassle of selling via a big, impersonal store. Instead, farmers can have a more intimate and less expensive selling experience when selling directly to the consumer.

143

5 years ago

Polldaddy is an app that allows users to make polls, collect data, and share the results. It works with most social media and blogging platforms.

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5 years ago

The startup promises to save you time and money by helping you find the best locks — and has already raised $8.1M.

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5 years ago

A collaboration platform for photographers and artists, built for the Chinese market. They have a service called “A.P.I.S.” where artists and photographers can upload art and photographers can upload photos to sell.

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5 years ago

A startup that helps you pay for things with credit cards for merchants who may not have the traditional infrastructure.

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5 years ago

A platform that connects car dealers and automakers to help them sell, advertise, and service new cars and repairs and replace existing ones.

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5 years ago

A tool for setting up radio stations, which is self-funded, but a side-project.

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5 years ago 1 views

A startup that is building an app that lets you upload an image to search for similar-looking content, so you can find more like-looking photos.

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5 years ago

This startup wants to make it easier to get a headshot taken in an interior studio — anywhere in the world.

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5 years ago

A startup which allows users to create their own apps for their pets. Users can add photos, videos, and GPS locations, and can set up various types of alerts, including sounds, actions, and location-based messaging.

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5 years ago

The company behind the traditional online ticketing service is building a mobile ticketing app for the youth in India.

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4 years ago

This SaaS platform helps hospitals reduce medical errors and increase patient satisfaction with their medical appointments. It’s already been implemented at three hospitals in the U.S. and is at 25 others now.

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4 years ago

A startup that helps companies get a better understanding of their customers by using read receipts, call recording, and pop-up notifications to get real-time feedback.

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3 years ago

A tool to help small businesses access business loans. The company’s founders claim that they have already signed up 450 companies in a week, and plan to grow to over 10,000 by the end of the year.

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3 years ago

A group messaging app with an Android and iPhone app. The app is free with ads, and in-app purchases of $1.99 unlock a subscription to group chat.

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3 years ago

A software platform that makes it easier for fashion designers to collaborate with multiple brands. The company is already live in New York and San Francisco, and is working to launch in a handful of other cities in the next year.

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3 years ago

A mobile app that allows users to share photos and videos of their pets for adoption and adoption fees

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3 years ago

Viable is a startup that develops software for restaurants, the company says it’s already working with over 500 businesses in the UK. The company is looking for a CFO to help them grow.

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A startup that aims to make online payments seamless for millennials and other young people who are not interested in traditional banking It is now part of PayPal

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5 years ago

This app is a replacement for spreadsheets. The app helps users manage every aspect of their finances, including contracts, invoices, and approvals. The startup offers a monthly subscription fee for the software and gives users a free trial period.

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5 years ago

A startup that builds apps for the military to manage their supply chains. The military has developed a unique supply chain management process that needs to be made more accessible to civilians.

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5 years ago

A startup that wants to make a better way to manage wine cellars. The startup is building a software that would allow people to see what’s on their wine cellar, and plan out their purchases in advance, and then automatically order them when a shipment comes in.

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5 years ago

A micro-app that helps teachers (and students) create and share lessons online. Zoono is currently in private beta, and is designed to help you teach, review, and grade lessons more efficiently by providing a single platform.

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5 years ago

A logistics marketplace for e-commerce companies. The startup wants to help buyers and sellers find each other, and has already paired up with a few major retailers.

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5 years ago

Unbounce isn’t selling directly to customers, but instead to small agencies and marketers that want to hire them to do their advertising.

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5 years ago

A startup that wants to build a “pay it forward” model, where people volunteer to pay for others’ purchases in the name of “paying it forward”. It’s a bit like the Amazon Dash, but with the automatic donation of the $5 to the cashier instead of the Amazon account.

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5 years ago

In addition to the startup projects listed here, some startups have been incubated at Techstars in its program.

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5 years ago

This is a “Y Combinator for entrepreneurs”, where people can get feedback and advice from Y Combinator alumni.

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5 years ago

A new online class platform for adults. The startup wants to teach people how to code, with lessons broken up into short videos.

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5 years ago

A two-sided marketplace for recruiting, with employers and job seekers trading feedback and contact information. The company is based in the San Francisco Bay Area but also has offices in Los Angeles and Philly.

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5 years ago 1 views

A startup that uses an IoT platform to automatically manage the delivery of goods in the same way that Amazon and Uber do. Founded in early 2019, they’re currently in talks with logistics companies in the US, Canada and Mexico.

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5 years ago

A company building a platform for employers to offer flexible work arrangements to their employees. The company, which was launched in August, is already working with over 500 companies.

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5 years ago

A platform for companies to host live video webinars on their own websites or via a third party. The company says the software is easy to use, and has had over 12,000 live webinars hosted, with over 90% of those lead to more sales.

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5 years ago

A platform that allows financial advisors to provide their clients with a mobile app that helps them save more money. The startup has raised $1.5 million in seed funding.

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5 years ago

A marketing platform that uses machine learning to collect and analyze data about what people do online and then help companies target them with ads.

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5 years ago

A digital marketplace where businesses can trade services with each other. Dutch startup has already built one app for this.

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5 years ago

A smart thermostat that’s more of a mood-based thermostat than a temperature-based one. In English, it means it senses your mood and adjusts your thermostat accordingly.

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5 years ago

A digital-first finance company with a trading platform that lets investors share portfolios across accounts and invest using multiple currencies. The startup wants to compete with traditional brokerages by using a similar toolset.

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5 years ago

A new way to buy and sell media. The company wants to provide a new lens on marketing and advertising and help brands use data to reach consumers more effectively.

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5 years ago

A company that wants to make it easier for companies to manage their sales force by helping them upgrade their CRM and marketing software on a weekly or monthly basis.

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5 years ago

An online tool to create social media ad campaigns, giving clients a way to manage multiple accounts from one place.

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5 years ago

A platform that helps companies organize their email, Slack, and other messaging systems. The startup’s founders say it can save companies 5% to 30% on their monthly email costs, and that it’s used by companies like MercadoLibre, Zappos, and Expedia.

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5 years ago

A startup that helps small businesses track repairs, maintenance, and replacements rather than having to rely on spreadsheets and stops receiving Ubers and other ride-share services.

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5 years ago

A company that offers “crowdsourced data” for “successful” products, like the iPad

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5 years ago

A market research and recruiting tool for the beauty industry. The startup’s founders say they have already worked with brands like Revlon and L’Oréal.

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5 years ago

A platform for aggregating and selling data from consumer-facing apps. The startup has raised $20 million to date, and has partnerships with companies like Tastemade, Twitter, Spotify, and Soundcloud.

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4 years ago

A platform for online learning, with tutoring and mentoring services. The startup is behind the new iPad app, which they say “enables teachers and students to practice and learn in real time from each other, with the help of a learning coach.”

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4 years ago

An Uber-like app that helps people find reliable childcare. The startup is based in San Francisco and already has hundreds of parents on its waitlist.

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3 years ago

A way to enable workers at companies and in remote locations to tap into high-quality medical care. The startup has offices in the US and India, and has already reached over 2,000 patients in India and the US.

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3 years ago

A comprehensive technology solution that supports the delivery of video content, from broadcast to pre-recorded video to live event video. The startup provides production services, and is another YC alum.

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3 years ago

A startup that is building a platform to help book travel in a new way — instead of searching for flights and hotels, you’ll search for experiences. The startup is partnering with hotels, attractions, and others to build a better experience for travelers looking to do something unique.

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5 years ago

A startup that helps online publishers generate revenue by allowing them to create targeted ads based on the content they are reading

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5 years ago

An AI-powered digital assistant that helps with personal finance and investing. The startup wants to become the go-to resource for financial information and advice.

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5 years ago

A platform that helps you find the best trades for your portfolio by building a personalized trading algorithm. The startup gets its data from a network of more than 500,000 financial analysts.

141

5 years ago

This startup is building out a tool for financial advisers to manage their client’s portfolios in one place.

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5 years ago

A startup that enables doctors to treat patients with diabetes by prescribing them low-cost glucose-monitoring devices. The startup is partnered with the American Diabetes Association and has already provided over 10,000 glucose monitoring devices to patients in the US.

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5 years ago

A digital assistant that teaches you to read stocks. At the moment it’s a joke product, but the company says they’re still working on the product.

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5 years ago

A crowdsourced platform for companies and individuals to network and find leads.

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5 years ago

A company that aims to help companies scale their sales operations. They are building software that helps people be more productive when generating leads.

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5 years ago

A startup that wants to take the friction out of the process of purchasing a home. Instead of going through a bank, you can do all the paperwork online.

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5 years ago

Cofound.it is a platform for fundraising, with a $50 million fund to invest in startups. It has already distributed over $40 million to startups.

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5 years ago

A product that helps financial advisors create discounted and flexible investment plans for clients.

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5 years ago

A way to quickly create and administer private group chat messages for teams.

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5 years ago

A Boston-based startup that wants to take on Slack. The startup is creating a full-fledged chat platform that they say can go head to head with Slack. The company, which has raised $2.5 million and has no product yet, is based in the city’s Innovation District.

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5 years ago

A new platform that creates targeted ads using the data from your social media. It’s not clear how exactly this would work, but the startup is hoping to “dramatically change the way brands target customers”.

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5 years ago

A software platform that allows people to buy and sell shares in companies for free or with as little as $5. The company is looking to compete with both traditional brokerages and stock exchanges like NASDAQ and the NYSE.

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5 years ago

The startup says it’s a better version of the traditional “pay-once-and-get-everything” package that’s popular with consumers, which works well for a lot of products but can be hard for more high-tech products.

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5 years ago

A no-code app which allows users to take a photo, upload it, and have it designed with a scratch-off code. The designs can be made by users for free or paid via subscription.

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5 years ago

Innovative SaaS startup that helps brands and agencies create sales funnels, eliminating the need for manual lead expansion.

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5 years ago

A tool for managing and organizing a team’s workload. It’s a “simple” tool for managing tasks that can be integrated with Slack and Trello.

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5 years ago

In mid-July, the startup said it has already raised $1.5 million from investors including Sequoia Capital and Union Square Ventures. It’s working on a similar product to Facebook’s Onavo.

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5 years ago 1 views

A tool that helps companies take advantage of their Amazon Web Services infrastructure, and helps them automate tasks.

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5 years ago

An API for buying and selling cars, with over a million cars already sold.

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4 years ago

A company that helps people live longer, healthier lives by providing health tech to doctors. The startup’s founders say they’ve already raised $7.5 million, with plans to launch in early 2018.

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3 years ago

A software platform that helps employers, recruiters and IT departments find job candidates. The company is working with Y Combinator in addition to startups.

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3 years ago

A startup that helps with recruitment. Founders have a hard time finding good developers to hire and have had to spend hours sifting through LinkedIn profiles, applying to jobs, and then waiting for responses.

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5 years ago

A startup that sells a tool that helps people manage their finances (especially for people with ADHD) A startup that provides a service to help people of Chinese heritage learn about their family’s history

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5 years ago 1 views

A startup that helps mobile app developers manage their costs by identifying the best time to purchase and sell mobile ads It’s currently working with 500 developers to help them optimize mobile ad spending

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5 years ago

An online translation service that enables online support and communication with patients. Pronix has raised over $4 million to date and has clients in the UK, Canada, and the US.

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5 years ago

A platform that connects people looking to go back to school with students willing to help each other out with things like homework, tutoring, and test prep. The founders say they’ve already helped more than 6,000 students fill out their applications and get into the class of their dreams.

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5 years ago

A company that manufactures and distributes high-end headphones, digital cameras, and other electronics. The startup is focusing on the “high-end” market by offering higher quality products priced at the same range as its competitors.

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5 years ago

Leading-edge technology company that offers software and services to help Internet companies manage their content, protecting them from copyright infringement and piracy.

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5 years ago

The startup wants to democratize the hiring process for college graduates, using Facebook to find job candidates.

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5 years ago

A startup that helps small businesses use big data to improve their operations. The company’s software helps companies make accurate trade-off decisions between labor and capital in order to optimize their operations.

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5 years ago

People are still not taking advantage of the benefits of peer to peer lending in the US, so Peervest is trying to change that through a marketplace that compares the best rates at peer to peer lenders in the US to traditional bank rates.

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5 years ago

A platform that gives you the ability to broadcast live video from your phone. The startup wants to bring a “Facebook Live” like experience to mobile devices, but with better quality.

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5 years ago

A team at the Harvard Business School is building a tool that can automatically tell the difference between the various types of ads you’re seeing on the web, and craft personalized, customized ads based on that data.

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5 years ago

A startup that helps companies replace traditional human customer service with a chat bot. The startup has been in beta since February.

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5 years ago

A startup that lets users upload, preview and purchase a pre-made selection of stock photos from thousands of professional photographers and stock photo agencies. Users can save money by purchasing images from photographers at lower than standard rates, and then have them professionally curated by the company.

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5 years ago

A company that makes biodegradable water bottles. The startup wants to build a business around breaking a water bottle back down into its water-carbon components.

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5 years ago

This company is building a way to use the cloud to power next-gen B2B products that can adapt to changing customer needs. Three enterprise customers.

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5 years ago

A startup that allows you to create an “Airbnb for Food”, allowing you to find and discover local restaurants that also allow you to book tables in advance. The company says it has already helped to book a hundred tables in New York City.

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5 years ago

A startup that helps small businesses and startups interact with their customers. The app lets people create and manage a live broadcast from their phone.

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5 years ago

A startup that helps companies adjust their business operations to be more profitable, with a focus on "lean operations" that can optimize use of resources and improve efficiency.

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4 years ago

A startup that hopes to replace the need for human financial advisors with an AI-powered automated wealth manager.

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4 years ago

A SaaS platform that helps consumers and businesses manage their advertising and marketing budgets and track ROI.

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3 years ago

This platform is designed to make it easier for first-time landlords to find, negotiate, and manage rental properties. The startup says that it is already processing over $3 million in lease agreements with landlords in the Bay area.

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5 years ago

A startup that works with farmers to make meat that’s healthier for the planet and less bad for people

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5 years ago

Skim is a service that lets people save articles to read later, while still seeing the whole article.

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5 years ago

This is a “shortcut” to provide the same results as a traditional HR process, by using phone interviews, instant messaging, and video interview feedback to automate the hiring process.

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5 years ago

A startup that wants to help businesses create video marketing content inside of a Slack channel instead of a separate app or website.

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5 years ago

A digital drawer that provides a digital photo frame, calendar, diary, and address book. It’s designed for the elderly and visually impaired.

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5 years ago

A startup that aims to help financial advisors in the US give advice to clients who are buying fixed-income investments. The startup is backed by the venture arm of Goldman Sachs.

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5 years ago

A software company that helps companies build out their marketing automation systems, allowing them to focus on the marketing tasks they know how to do well rather than managing spreadsheets.

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5 years ago

A video-game startup that is building a platform that allows users to create and monetize their own mobile games. The company has been working on the idea for over two years, and is now ready to launch.

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5 years ago

The startup, based in the Netherlands, has built a device that turns any Android smartphone into a camera. It promises to ease the process of sharing photos, while also allowing users to take photos that are harder to take with a traditional camera.

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A free chat app for developers. The company has already raised $5.5M in funding from some of the largest VCs in the world, including Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia Capital, and more.

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5 years ago

A platform for professional book authors who want to sell their books through Amazon. The startup’s founders say they’re working on integrations with other retailers like iTunes and Google Play and are making it easier for authors to sell their books to readers.

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5 years ago

A tool that helps sales managers and salespeople manage sales leads from all different sources. It works as a CRM for Salesforce, helping salespeople see calls and leads in one place.

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A startup that wants to bring a similar UI to the world of online banking, except that instead of generic banks, the startup offers a wide array of financial products.

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5 years ago

This startup is building a platform for turning the data generated from social media posts into leads, and then pushing that data out to sales teams.

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5 years ago

Decentralized Waze, the adult version, where users are paid for reporting road hazards, or get points for reporting them.

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5 years ago

A data-driven research and reporting platform for companies to help them do in-depth research. The company is building for both business use and academia, with a focus on the latter.

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5 years ago

An automated process for finding and blocking bad reviews on Amazon.

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5 years ago

A platform for selling and buying things on your phone, similar to eBay and Craigslist, but with more personalization and a focus on local finds. In beta as of July, the company is not yet profitable, but has already signed up over 500 beta testers.

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5 years ago

A hybrid life insurance company that combines traditional life insurance with a private-sector investment arm.

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5 years ago

A new way to make small investments in companies via a traditional stock exchange, where a fund manager buys shares in a private company and sells them to public investors. A good example of a startup that is trying to bring the benefits of high-frequency trading to a more traditional model.

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5 years ago

A company that makes it easier for developers to build apps for every device they can imagine: phone, tablet, tv, car, etc. The business is bootstrapped and has had a $1.3M in seed funding.

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5 years ago

This startup is building a “smart” card that runs on a local RFID (radio frequency identification) chip. The card is intended for use in vending machines and retail stores where sales occur, but the company is also looking to use it in other contexts like credit/debit cards and membership cards.

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5 years ago

A new startup that wants to provide a way for investors to connect with companies in the early stages of development, with a focus on B2B companies. The founder said it has around $24 million in funding so far, and has already worked with companies like TaskRabbit, Instacart, and Stripe.

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4 years ago

A company that’s building an app for helping people plan when to hit the road and when to stay home.

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4 years ago

In the 2017 Philadelphia Startup Week, 10 companies were featured.

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3 years ago

A startup that makes smart contracts more usable by creating a visual editor, the startup’s founders say, a way to visually build out the functionality of a smart contract instead of just a programming language.

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3 years ago

A premium version for 100,000 users will get faster access, no ads, and other benefits.

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3 years ago

The District app helps people find a lawyer, file a case if needed, and get legal advice. It’s a digital platform that helps people find legal representation and decision support.

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3 years ago

A web-based platform that lets you upload a photo of your dog and have it scanned to find out if it’s healthy or not

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2 years ago

Online bookings for shared tools and cars. The startup has signed up 100 customers already for its first product, a car sharing program.

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5 years ago

This company’s goal is to organize global trade data in one place. It wants to be the Amazon of global trade.

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5 years ago

A startup that launched in May, Empowered Launchpad is a marketplace for a variety of services including legal, accounting, and engineering, with the goal of making it easier for startups to get off the ground. They’re already working with 100 companies around the world.

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5 years ago

A tool for organizations to create road maps and share them with their employees.

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5 years ago

SaaS business that connects women and their partners to maternity care. They’re headed to Y Combinator’s Demo Day.

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5 years ago

A platform for teachers and students to interact that can be used to share notes, assignments, and homework via a visual interface. They are developing a way for teachers to grade students' work in real time, as well as a way for students to get feedback from teachers and classmates in real time.

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5 years ago

A digital product that detects, tracks, and pays a user’s monthly rent payments. Due to rent laws, a tenant in many areas may not legally be able to sign for a check until it’s been deposited. By the time they can, the landlord has already moved on to the next tenant, which means the tenant may have to pay the holdback fee.

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5 years ago

A librarian’s assistant for libraries. It’s similar to a virtual assistant but for a library. It’s meant to make life easier for librarians by helping them keep track of where their patrons are in the library and what books they’re reading.

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5 years ago

This startup is building a digital library of sorts for the music industry. It hopes to replace the print-only distribution models with a digital distribution platform that allows users to sell music with minimal friction and low overhead.

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5 years ago

This company builds technology that allows people to securely and easily send money to and from the Philippines. Their service, which launched in May of 2018, allows Filipinos to send money to family and friends without having to deal with the high fees associated with traditional remittance services.

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5 years ago

A tool to help connect students with secondary education with students in a similar grade at a university. The startup helps with translation and registration, and says it has successfully helped one student find a roommate for her roommate’s apartment.

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5 years ago

An open source database for database administrators to quickly and easily populate their infrastructure with needed data.

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5 years ago

Founded in 2015, Y Combinator is a Silicon Valley-based startup incubator and seed fund. Y Combinator has invested in several companies that have gone on to raise hundreds of millions of dollars. It has also had several companies drop out of its program.

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5 years ago

A company that helps businesses in the US and Canada use “reloads” from clients in China to avoid paying Chinese taxes

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Polite.com is building on the idea of “time banking” — people who trade their time for other people’s labor. They have a number of products that do this, including a new one that pairs people with tasks and then allows them to track their work.

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5 years ago

A tool for HR leaders to manage employee reviews, with a focus on making sure employees have a voice in their reviews, and that the company is using the information to its advantage.

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5 years ago

A startup that lets people book rideshare services, place trips, and get suggestions from the app. It’s already working with over 5,000 drivers.

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5 years ago

A platform for medical tourism in India. The startup wants to help people stay healthy abroad.

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5 years ago

A telemedicine platform for the elderly that allows them to get healthcare advice from doctors in their community.

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4 years ago

The startup is building software to help organizations grow their social media presence, providing a more automated process for adding a Twitter handle, Facebook page, and Instagram account.

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4 years ago

A platform for small businesses to create a custom email address for their customers. A customer can choose from a range of options, including custom logos, backgrounds, and colors.

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3 years ago

A free kick to launch a startup, with fees for services like hosting and legal advice.

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3 years ago

The New England Aquarium has just added a new exhibit called the “Eco-Dome”, which is a way to turn the existing aquarium into a living representation of the ocean. The exhibit will be a hands-on experience that allows visitors to see the conditions of plastic, microbeads, and other ocean waste in the wild.

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3 years ago

A way for smart home device makers to create and sell devices in the US. The company already has customers outside of the US, including in Brazil and Australia.

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3 years ago

A system for managing patient data in the US. Patients can use the platform to upload their medical records, and the platform will store them for the future.

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2 years ago

A platform that helps users pay for their purchases with bitcoin. The company hopes to do for the cryptocurrency what Venmo did for traditional payments.

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5 years ago

A startup whose product is a service that "lets users create an avatar for their email addresses It then uses that avatar to send email" The startup launched in October 2018 and received a seed round of $17M in February 2019

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5 years ago

A startup that helps people understand their credit score and how to use it to their advantage

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A simple mobile money transfer service for the African market. The startup is based in Kenya and is trying to solve a problem that’s been around for decades, but hasn’t gotten a lot of attention.

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5 years ago

A platform for sharing science/tech knowledge that goes beyond just classrooms. The platform aims to break down the barriers between academia and the next generation of scientists and engineers. It’s currently in the private beta testing phase.

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5 years ago

This startup is a “personal budgeting solution” for freelancers. The idea is to make it easier to see how much money you’ve made and how much you’ve spent over the course of your career and to make it easier to plan spending.

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5 years ago

A B2B company that helps banks take advantage of underutilized data in their systems. The company claims its technology can help banks save up to $500m a year.

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5 years ago

This is an application for trading 2nd, 3rd, and 4th mortgages. The startup has raised $1.4 million from investors like Alphabet’s GV and Comcast’s NBCUniversal Ventures. Prior to YC, the company raised $1.2 million in seed funding from investors like Cowboy Ventures, Lerer Ventures, Social Starts and Social Finance.

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5 years ago

A startup that looks to make it easier for the elderly to get a second smartphone. They’re looking to make it easy for the elderly to get a second smartphone when they’re already paying high smartphone bills. They’re launching in a few months and have already received a $250,000 investment from an angel group in the Valley that helps solve “pioneering problems in emerging markets.”

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5 years ago

A tool to increase product adoption through better customer engagement.

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5 years ago

An API for businesses to collect data, run analytics, and process orders on their own software they already use.

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5 years ago

This is an online video training marketplace for startups looking to grow and hire. The company is hiring a head of sales and has a $30,000/month business already with a handful of startups using it.

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5 years ago

A startup looking to make the world’s best desktop security software, and taking advantage of the increasing need for it as the world becomes more connected.

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5 years ago

A startup that adds social features to a business's website.

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5 years ago

A startup that makes custom-made, 3D-printed female prosthetics that can be used to treat urinary incontinence in women.

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4 years ago

A tool for determining whether a person is a good fit for an internship or a job. The startup has had over 100 job profiles posted, with over 500 people applying.

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3 years ago

A startup that’s developing a product for financial advisors and wealth managers to manage their client’s investments.

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3 years ago 3 views

This is a chatbot for teens to give them advice on how to get in shape and stay healthy.

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2 years ago

A platform for managing travel itineraries for organizations. The company says it is already on board with clients like the NFL, PGA, and the United Nations.

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2 years ago 1 views

A LBS product meant to help blind people navigate the world, and has more than 50,000 users. It’s a smartphone app that uses audio changes of traffic sounds to detect obstacles ahead and helps guide users to their destination.

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5 years ago

A remote-work solution for business partners and freelancers, letting them work from anywhere. It’s a sort of “Uber for freelancers”, and is based on the idea that most clients don’t want to hire someone for a long-term gig, but instead need someone to tackle a project for a few days or a week at a time.

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5 years ago

An online marketplace that facilitates trades of digital goods and services for physical goods, between buyers and sellers.

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5 years ago

A company that wants to help people generate revenue from their Instagram accounts, by selling their content to advertisers. It has a built-in sales system to help clients monetize their Instagram growth.

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5 years ago

A self-service platform that makes it easy for people to create and vet and review video ads.

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5 years ago

A startup that is building a new kind of e-reader that uses a 3-D lens to let users see books as if they were 3-D movies.

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5 years ago

In theory, this company can help retailers build better loyalty programs for their customers. Instead of rewarding customers with discounts and other perks, this startup says it can help retailers build loyalty programs that allow customers to earn rewards and discounts based on how often they visit the store.

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5 years ago

This is a company that helps companies connect with their customers to better understand their needs and market to them. Clues is looking to provide companies with a new way to engage with customers that goes beyond traditional marketing. It’s a platform that allows companies to create a “Stitchable”, a custom product and experience that is all about a customer.

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5 years ago

A credit card with no annual fee, no foreign transaction fee, no penalty fees, no cash advance fees, no late fees, and a 0% intro APR for 15 months.

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5 years ago

A startup that offers a platform that allows subscribers to pay for new channels using their trial subscription. This allows them to add all the channels they want without paying a bundle of money.

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5 years ago

A cloud-based phone system for companies. It’s designed to be a suite of tools that works with the other tools the company already has in place, including a phone, PBX and computer system.

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5 years ago

A community where people can upload their own videos, photos, and music and share them with other users.

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5 years ago

A consumer-facing app that allows users to make online purchases of items from their local grocery store, like milk and bread.

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5 years ago

Unigene is a platform that lets patients upload and share notes with their doctors to help them better treat them.

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4 years ago

A product that helps people manage their digital content. The startup says they’ve been working with the Y Combinator alumni community since 2013 and has already helped them launch a number of products and services.

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4 years ago

Fingers is a web-based email app for teams that aims to look familiar to those who’ve used Microsoft Outlook, and is for teams that are already using Microsoft Office. It allows users to set up and share meetings, schedules, and tasks.

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4 years ago

A company that helps brands sell products on Amazon, in addition to other eCommerce sites.

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4 years ago

A startup that helps companies like Adidas and Under Armour connect with their customers by building out personalized shopping experiences.

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4 years ago

A tool that puts a financial advisor in your pocket.

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4 years ago

A tool that helps users find, contact and automate the adoption of new mobile workflows. The startup wants to help organizations with the upfront and ongoing costs of getting employees to adopt new mobile apps.

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3 years ago

This startup wants to add value to the $100 billion in goods that Americans throw away each year by providing them with a service to make repurposing them easier.

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5 years ago

A digital identity platform and communications network for digital society, based on the open source Edunet system, used in Venezuela prior to the Chávez administration.

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5 years ago

Business cards for people who are too busy for a traditional design

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5 years ago

A tool that can build an inventory for a company’s product, or an E-commerce site for a product. The startup says it already has $2,000,000 in sales per month after launching in February.

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5 years ago

A company that’s building an online platform for remote teams of people to collaborate remotely, and has already signed up with a dozen companies.

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5 years ago

A cybersecurity startup offering enterprise-grade security for small companies. The company claims to have already brought in $1.5M in revenue. Possibly a conflation of the financial services startup and the cybersecurity startup,

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5 years ago

The startup aims to create a fan base for sports teams by allowing fans to access stadium seating locations at the touch of a button.

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5 years ago

A company that helps companies book tours and events at museums and galleries. The startup’s founders previously worked at the Louvre, and want to help them grow their business in the UK, US, and Canada.

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5 years ago

A chat app for the former French colony in West Africa, the Ivory Coast. It was launched in August 2015 and has already built up a following among young people.

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5 years ago

A “native advertising” platform that allows publishers to create and share native video ads that look like the video content they’re promoting.

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5 years ago

This startup is building a service for businesses to organize and grade their internal performance reviews.

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5 years ago

A tool that automates the process of setting up and managing a B2B company in the Philippines. The company has already partnered with a few companies to help them navigate the process of setting up a company in the Philippines.

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5 years ago

A new service that offers a way to automate marketing tasks like advertising, email marketing, and follow-up/updates.

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5 years ago

A startup that wants to replace the need for cashiers at your local grocery store. It’s a kiosk with a full-sized grocery store inside, with plans to expand to more locations in the future. They’re currently in beta in Philadelphia.

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5 years ago

A platform that helps people in the US and Canada get a mortgage loan from overseas

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4 years ago

This is a tool that helps companies better manage their supply chains and track the movement of their products, which can lead to a reduction in fraud and theft. It has worked with companies like Walmart and General Electric.

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4 years ago

The startup is building a service that replaces the traditional sales funnel with a series of interactions that make the process more intuitive for customers. The company’s platform is meant to help small businesses “tap into the power of the digital,” with a product that helps businesses pitch, pitch, pitch, and finally close.

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3 years ago

In addition to the list above, Y Combinator also supports a variety of other companies through its investments.

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2 years ago

The startup is looking to disrupt the way that people learn by creating an app that will allow users to learn new skills at their own pace, with the help of an instructor, and with some of their work being graded.

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5 years ago

A digital marketplace for pre-made email newsletters. They say they’re building the email equivalent of Amazon’s marketplace.

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5 years ago

The startup wants to help smaller businesses get a loan through peer-to-peer lending, and has already closed more than $50 million in loans in an eight month period since it launched.

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5 years ago

A startup that plans to provide a way for people to quickly see when new content has been added to a social media platform.

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5 years ago

A platform that makes it easy for authors to build their own websites from scratch, selling their content to publishers and charging them per view or per download. The startup is also working on a platform to run e-commerce stores.

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5 years ago

The company is pairing the digital technology used by banks to process payments to the physical elements of a cash machine, such as a keypad and a printer, to create an end-to-end solution.

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5 years ago

A software company that aims to make video editing more accessible to the masses with its online editing suite, and eventually create an editing academy to teach people to edit.

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5 years ago

A tiny startup with a big mission: it wants to find out what happens to coral reefs when they are threatened by climate change. The company has launched a stand up paddleboard to see how much pollution and sediment a reef can handle, and wants to combine this with data from satellites and drones. The startup also wants to restore coral reefs and is building a drone to do this. It plans to use this data to create predictive models of how reefs could react to climate change.

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5 years ago

A startup that uses AI to determine which ads and product pages are most relevant to users and then serves those ads to them. The company is currently working with advertisers to build these models and is looking to expand to other verticals.

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5 years ago

A company that is building an app that helps people find other people to go out and have fun with. They already have a team of over 250 people and raised $50 million in their first funding round.

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5 years ago

A SaaS startup that helps companies adjust their billing in order to get more money from their customers. The company says they have $1.2m in revenue, counting YC as their largest customer.

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5 years ago

A mobile app that connects people looking to buy a new home with a realtor who can help them get an offer in writing. The founders say they’re already working with over 100 companies in real estate, including Robinsons Homes and Landmark.

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5 years ago

“The company’s mission is to create a better way to communicate between employees and employers. They’ve built an app that allows companies to send out salary increases to employees in advance, which they say helps employees be more productive and be better at their jobs. They say their users have improved their productivity by 30% and received an average salary increase of 84%.”

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5 years ago

A chatbot that allows you to schedule calls with financial advisors at your convenience.

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5 years ago

A company that makes earbuds made with medical-grade silicone with no wires for more sensitive ears and better sound quality.

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5 years ago

A company that makes eyewear that gives you a heads up about bright sunlight, helping you protect your eyes from UV rays.

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3 years ago

An employee data management platform. The company says that it already serves over 300 different companies, and has management from both GE and Goldman Sachs.

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2 years ago

Fathom is a company that is making it easier to connect people with people who can help their ideas come to life. The company offers an alternative to the traditional approach of cold-calling people, instead offering a “media service” in the form of a “virtual assistant” that handles the follow-up.

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5 years ago

A fitness tracking device that’s been downloaded over 3 million times, has a 4.5 out of 5 star rating on the App Store, and was sold to Apple. It’s been used by over 60 million people and is now the best-selling fitness tracker on the market. It’s profitable and has a $300 million valuation.

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5 years ago

This startup is building a platform that connects landlord’s with tenants in need of a place to live and gives them a credit score. The startup’s founders say that there are already over $90 billion worth of real estate assets currently sitting idle.

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5 years ago

A startup that is building a platform for mobile phone companies and carriers to provide their services on the open web and in mobile applications, instead of requiring people to download an app.

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5 years ago

A platform that helps recruiters lower the barriers to getting in front of candidates, even when candidates are only in the US and abroad with different time zones.

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5 years ago

A company that helps publishers sell their content through ads. The company says it has built an automated software system to help advertisers find the best content for their brands.

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5 years ago

This cloud-based platform for payments brings together payments processors, banks, and merchants to offer a service that is cheaper and faster for consumers than traditional methods.

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5 years ago

The co-founders of the company Seers are trying to undo the stigma of the “office dog”. They had their first pup, Mitzi, on the playground of Spotify's offices, and the company asked them to bring her to work. Now, she’s a dog who visits office visits from time to time to make sure that everyone is having a good time.

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5 years ago

A platform for companies to hire freelancers without the headache of building and maintaining a website, or the hassle of dealing with recruiters.

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5 years ago

A family-friendly AI chatbot that allows grocery shoppers to chat with the AI through voice or text to help them pick out the best deals. The company says it’s already up and running in grocery chains like Walmart.

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5 years ago

A provider of “AI-empowered” imagery for advertising, which identifies and tags objects in photos to generate ad campaigns.

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5 years ago

A “digital concierge” that helps users personalize their own homes. Instead of searching around for different products, users can ask their digital concierge to come up with ideas and send them to the user.

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5 years ago

This is an app that helps family members find each other on the road, in case they get separated.

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5 years ago

This is an alternative to the standard subscription model for software. Instead of buying software and only using it, it allows companies to buy access to the software for a set number of uses over a year, and then the software is deactivated once the period is up.

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5 years ago

We've had plenty of success with travel apps that make it easier to find flights and hotels. Now with Spring, we're doing the same for car rental.

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5 years ago

A tool for companies to track their expenses and see how much they pay in overhead.

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5 years ago

A company that builds flexible, adjustable shipping containers that can be used for housing, shipping, and construction.

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4 years ago

A tool that helps developers create better apps by reducing the need to log into a bunch of different sites and apps to track their users. The startup is currently building out a product to help the Philadelphia Eagles build a better fan app.

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4 years ago

A platform that makes it easier to run a club or bar. By giving people a place to meet up, they can stay organized and avoid the headache of managing group purchasing and logistics.

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4 years ago

This mobile payments company is building the technology that allows companies to collect payments on their apps through Apple Pay, Samsung Pay or other mobile payment options, instead of sending out checks or cash.

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3 years ago

Helps victims of domestic abuse and sexual assault by providing a way to communicate anonymously with a certified counselor and advocate.

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2 years ago

A digital platform that allows people to buy and sell used cars without ever having to meet in person. It’s already built out in 25 cities in the US.

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5 years ago

A new way to create personalized cards, with a variety of materials printed on the front. It’s a way to create business cards that are more meaningful than traditional business cards.

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5 years ago

A weather app that shows the color-coded forecast for the next 2, 3, or 4 days for your city, added to your iPhone’s weather app. This startup is in the space currently, but differs in that it recently launched as a standalone iOS app.

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5 years ago

A software tool that lets companies own and manage the cloud infrastructure they buy, instead of relying on vendors.

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5 years ago

Stem is an app that lets you create a virtual assistant to help you with work. Users can ask the virtual assistant to do things like send an email, remind you to call a client, or read your calendar. The virtual assistant can even help you out with tasks like creating a to-do list or learning a new language.

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5 years ago

An online network for women to share advice with each other and access peer support. The startup is trying to build a community that helps women keep each other accountable, and tells them when they’re in a rut and need to make a change.

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5 years ago

A new take on digital advertising that seeks to take over the desktop space. The founders say it’s the first product that can put advertising on every desktop screen. It’s also intended to be a “frictionless” experience for users, removing the need to navigate multiple ad networks or pay for ads.

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Directs and optimizes customer interactions with brick-and-mortar stores. The company has developed a proprietary virtual assistant software which has already been integrated into 88 retailers, including Barnes & Noble, Petco, and Whole Foods.

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5 years ago

A smartphone-based navigation app that can read your GPS data and build a map of where you’ve been. The startup has raised $2 million in seed funding.

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5 years ago

A digital version of the notebook and sketchbook you’d use to take your drawing class. The startup wants to bring digital sketching to the iPad, Android tablets, and other mobile devices.

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5 years ago

A search engine for things that have been read. The company’s co-founder was a former search engine developer who was frustrated with the state of the industry.

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5 years ago

A company that helps employees build their personal brand, which they say is a natural outgrowth of the social and professional networks they’re already in.

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5 years ago

An online service that helps people sell used clothes without dealing with the hassle of eBay or try-before-you-buy services like Grailed and StockX. The company says it has already sold over $1M worth of used clothes.

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5 years ago

A startup that wants to make it easier for people to “write” music. The startup is building a music editing app that takes your tracks and makes them more palatable for radio and podcasts.

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5 years ago

This startup is looking to prevent the spread of the Zika virus and other mosquito borne illnesses by manufacturing naturally repellent sunscreen that users can apply to their skin.

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5 years ago

An “entrepreneur” app that helps you read business books at your own pace.

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5 years ago

A startup that wants to replace the traditional annual tax prep software with one that can be used to help employees and independent contractors file their taxes with ease.

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5 years ago

A platform for data-driven advertising

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5 years ago

A company that makes a cloud-based service for small businesses that allows them to collaborate in real-time and access their spreadsheets in the cloud.

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5 years ago

A self-service multi-channel marketing platform that works across social, email, and traditional channels.

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5 years ago

A startup that helps you find free and cheap parking in NYC, Baltimore and Los Angeles. It’s already live in NYC, and will expand to LA and Baltimore in the coming months.

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4 years ago

This startup has an app that helps people save for retirement. It’s a tool for people who haven’t had the time to prepare for retirement, but who are now approaching it.

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4 years ago

A free app that helps people keep track of coming up with ideas, with the goal of helping them get their ideas out of their heads and into the world.

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4 years ago

A healthcare startup with a team of radiologists and a product that brings an imaging tool to the patient’s bedside.

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4 years ago

After launching in the summer of 2019, the company has already seen over 20,000 downloads.

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3 years ago

An algorithmic trading company with a plan to use AI to take advantage of market anomalies, according to the startup.

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3 years ago

If you’re a regular at the gym, chances are you’re already a member of a gym-tracking app. To make it easier for people to manage their health data, the startup is building a digital version of the physical receipts that people receive after a visit to the doctor.

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3 years ago

This startup is building an app that cuts through the noise of the daily news cycle, by separating the good from the bad. The app, called “The Daily”, takes a different perspective, highlighting the optimistic and the important, but not the trivial. It’s already been featured in the Washington Post, Fast Company, and the New York Times.

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5 years ago

A startup that provides a commission-free stock trading platform for accredited investors

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5 years ago

A company that’s building a web app that makes it easy for non-technical users to create and update documents, spreadsheets, and presentations.

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5 years ago

A “Social Commerce Platform” that allows brands to tie social media to their sales. The startup wants to help brands take advantage of social media to interact with their customers and drive sales. It’s working with a number of brands including Lululemon, Gatorade, and, most recently, Kia.

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5 years ago

A tool to help event producers manage their social media posts, customer service, and other communications. It’s an ad-free, content-focused social media management tool with 15,000 paying customers.

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5 years ago

A “collaboration platform for freelance workers,” allowing them to find one another and take advantage of their “world of expertise”

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5 years ago

A project management tool built for teams that want to organize their projects. It’s already been used by a lot of the world’s biggest brands.

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5 years ago

A tool for high-frequency traders to help them build algorithmic strategies. The startup also wants to make the process of building algorithms easier for researchers to understand.

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5 years ago

A way to help users create, host, and share videos in collaboration with other users. Users can choose the location and theme of the video, and add their own music and video.

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5 years ago

A startup that uses text messaging to help people who are sick or at risk of infection simply call in and connect with a nurse or other professional for a chat, instead of having to go to the doctor’s office.

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5 years ago

A startup that helps users organize their to-do list in a manner that’s most useful to them. It’s like a digital planner, but it also handles things like reminding you of deadlines and counting down the days until a big event.

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5 years ago

A startup that helps you create customized “sampler packs” of music. The startup wants to build an algorithm that lets users produce personalized mixes, or albums, without the need to upload music. Instead, users create a “profile” of songs and artists they like, and the system then chooses other songs the user likes and creates an album, including tracklists. The service is currently free, with plans starting at $5 per month for premium features.

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5 years ago

A company that is developing an app to help low-income families save money on their energy bills by taking advantage of the government’s Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP).

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5 years ago

This is a travel-based insurance service that aims to help vacationers abroad claim on health insurance they already have in the US.

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5 years ago

This startup is building a platform for marketers that allows companies to build custom ad campaigns for their clients.

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5 years ago

Hammer is currently available in the United States, Canada, India, United Kingdom, Australia, United Arab Emirates, Germany, France, Indonesia, and Japan.

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5 years ago

A robo-adviser for retirement savings, pitched as “Investment + Retirement Done Right”.

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4 years ago

The startup wants to create a one-stop-shop for all of your Facebook ads needs. The startup is currently only available to marketing executives.

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3 years ago

“In order to be successful as a startup, you need to do three things,” says Naveen Selvadurai. “First, start with a good idea. Second, you need to build something that people want. And third, you need to build something fast.”

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3 years ago

GraphQL is a way for developers to query a database in a more structured, and easy to understand way. The company says it already has over 50 customers in the finance, social media, e-commerce and music industries.

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3 years ago

Based in India, this startup is building software for managing a family farm. They use a combination of traditional tools and tech for their operations, featuring an irrigation system that can predict which fields need water, a digital record-keeping suite, and a series of IoT devices for farm management.

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2 years ago

A SaaS platform that helps companies manage the hundreds of different systems they use to manage their data. It’s a complete rework of the way that companies manage data and lets them examine the data they’re collecting and make better decisions. It’s built for companies with lots of data, and is already in use by companies with billions of dollars in revenue.

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5 years ago

The startup is developing a personalized learning platform that connects students with academic experts, helping them identify their strengths and weaknesses and to improve their grades. In a space that typically focuses on grades, the startup is looking to provide a holistic approach to learning.

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5 years ago

A free, ad-supported service that allows musicians to offer their music for free but still make money off of it through ad revenue.

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5 years ago

A platform for smart contracts, where developers can build, monitor, and trade code.

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5 years ago

A way for advertisers to measure the success of their ads, and for consumers to see which products get the highest engagement.

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5 years ago

A tool for helping to make sure your website is secure, with features like a blacklist of bad sites and features for checking a website’s SSL certificate.

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5 years ago

A startup for freelance designers, meant to help them find work, keep track of their clients and spend less time doing administrative tasks.

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5 years ago

A tool that helps employers find candidates that can fill a vacant position. BuildVac has built a market of more than 300,000 candidates in the US and Canada.

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5 years ago

A startup that uses a “digital designer” to help small businesses build websites. The startup’s model is to wake up early in the morning and design a website for a small business owner and have it ready to go by that evening.

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4 years ago

A smart phone app that makes it easier to find the cheapest airfare for travel on Facebook. The startup has already seen success with the app, and says they’ve seen a 150% increase in the number of people in India who use it on a daily basis.

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4 years ago

“The world’s largest decentralized flight management system”, helping pilots and air traffic control systems coordinate location and navigate flights. The startup says that its technology is already replacing “50% of an airline’s total operations” with a fleet of more than 30,000 aircraft.

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A startup that aims to simplify the creation of email marketing campaigns. A typical campaign might include dozens of email addresses, personalization, and a list of recipients. The startup empowers marketers to create a single email campaign, and include as many personalized variables as they want.

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3 years ago

Micro-loans to small businesses in India, offering a simple way to borrow $50 to $5,000. The company has already helped over 2,000 businesses, with plans to expand to the US by the end of 2020

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3 years ago

A coworking space for women in tech that offers childcare, free classes, a coding academy, and a space where women can network and learn.

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2 years ago

A startup that allows a person to record voiceover or screencast video calls from any device, and then upload it to a website where others can see and comment.

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5 years ago

A dead simple, easy to use app that lets users track and manage their expenses. It helps users keep track of spending and stay within their allowances.

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5 years ago

A company that helps online retailers “persuade” a customer to buy from them instead of their competitors. It uses algorithms to determine where the customer is in the buying cycle, and tailors a message to the customer so that they’ll click through to their website.

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5 years ago

A device that connects to an existing spectrometer for blood analysis. The device is ready to be used in clinical trials, and has already been approved by the FDA.

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5 years ago

A product that helps companies run a competitive advantage over competitors by allowing them to track their employees’ productivity in real-time.

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5 years ago

A startup that is developing a platform that helps creative agencies, brands and agencies capture and broadcast videos with social media. The idea is to help brands showcase their work and have the material distributed through a variety of channels.

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5 years ago

A startup that wants to help people make money off their pets. It’s in early stages, but has already raised $145,000 in seed funding from AngelList.

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5 years ago

A software company that helps financial advisers and insurance carriers streamline the process of dealing with individual clients.

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5 years ago

A startup that makes it easy for non-programmers to spread their own ideas together with others in real time. The company has been building a community of online users to ask and answer questions in a Q&A format.

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5 years ago

A startup that enables businesses to create a custom work product for their employees. The company has only run early stage trials, but has already attracted more than $3 million in funding from investors like 500 Startups.

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5 years ago

A company that “helps businesses buy and build from a wider, more diverse set of technology services”. The startup has raised $6 million from investors and says it has already helped companies grow from “the size of a small company to a well-staffed, highly functional team”.

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5 years ago

The company has a fleet of self-driving delivery vans that can deliver anything from groceries to dry cleaning to furniture. The startup has 100 drivers in its first city of Los Angeles and plans to expand to other cities in the US and abroad.

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5 years ago

A sales tool for companies with an online presence, allowing them to get email addresses for leads and salespeople.

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5 years ago

This startup is building a mobile-first platform that allows users to share and resume their favorite YouTube videos, in lieu of uploading to their own platforms or working hard to monetize their content

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A startup that wants to be the Amazon for home services, making it easier for customers to buy a service without having to rely on a retail retailer. The company has already signed up a number of local hardware stores.

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5 years ago

A platform that helps small businesses grow with the help of AI and machine learning. The startup is targeting the B2B market, and already has over 100 customers.

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5 years ago

Not just a one-click solution for saving and transferring contacts, but a true platform for managing them. It allows users to create branded groups of contacts, and then schedule calls among them. It’s ad-free, secure and can be used on both iOS and Android.

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5 years ago

The startup has built an app that uses the same camera and lighting effects found in Hollywood movies to make a video look like it was shot by a camera crew. The startup aims to make it easier for filmmakers to add these effects to their own footage.

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5 years ago

Produces maps of the world’s street address systems, using data from the U.S. Census, U.K. Post Office, and Google’s Street View.

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5 years ago

Zach wants to help people who don't want to use a traditional bank — they don't want to install an app, or they want to use a specific app for different financial needs. Zach is a mobile application that lets you do this, with a free service called Zach Wallet.

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5 years ago

Shave America is an app that helps adults find the right quality blade for their face.

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5 years ago

This is an app for recruiting on-campus for colleges and companies. The company says that it’s already working with over 500 colleges and 100 companies.

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5 years ago

This startup is building software to help Canadian insurers provide better information to patients about things like drug costs, clinic visit costs, lab visit costs, etc.

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4 years ago

A text-messaging-based business platform for leading Indian retail chains.

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3 years ago

A spinoff from the now-defunct cloud-based gaming service Chuggaaconroy. This startup-turned-company is now building a platform for social media influencers to sell advertising on their Instagram and YouTube channels.

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3 years ago

An online tool that allows any member of the public to report a dangerous or illegal activity. The company says it has had over 75,000 reports of bad behavior.

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2 years ago

A company that builds a “tech-powered assistant” for the fashion industry, enabling brands to manage their inventories and keep track of sales. It’s already partnered with brands like Tommy Hilfiger, Michael Kors, and Forever 21.

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5 years ago

The high cost of online advertising means that marketers struggle to find the right people to reach with their ads. Yieldly wants to automate the process of finding the right people, using a system of algorithms that finds the right person to target for the right job, based on the criteria the company needs.

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5 years ago

A company that wants to improve the way people pay for airline tickets. The startup is building a new online travel booking platform that they say will help travelers get the cheapest and best seats, and even get upgrades.

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5 years ago

This platform helps users track how their money is being spent. The startup says it has already attracted over $1 million in investment dollars.

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5 years ago

Focuses on the logistics of retail and automates the process of moving inventory around the supply chain. The company has built a platform to allow retailers to upload their inventory, manage their orders, and manage their employees’ time.

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5 years ago

A way for companies to increase their B2B sales, the startup wants to use a combination of machine learning to identify inbound leads and then text them to see if they’re interested in a demo.

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5 years ago

A digital tool for people to create a digital book for themselves. You upload content to create a book, which you can then share with others or keep private.

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5 years ago

A startup that makes it easier to buy and sell tickets online, using a system that takes advantage of the optimal price for the item based on demand.

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5 years ago

An API that makes advertising and marketing more efficient. “We’re trying to make it easier for marketers to manage campaigns,” says the company.

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5 years ago

A tool for tracking and analyzing an employee’s travel (could be useful for HR to track which employees are spending all their time flying somewhere instead of working).

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5 years ago

In the summer of 2016, Y Combinator opened a office in London to focus on Europe. The office is headed by Laura Simpson, who previously worked at eBay, and has joined the Y Combinator London team. Y Combinator London is focused on advising and investing in European startups and is led by Stephen O’Grady, who previously worked at Twitter, Google, and Yahoo.

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5 years ago

A startup that helps people find like-minded people in their area to join them on a shared journey. The site lets you book a ride with others nearby, and lets them know when it’s ready to pick them up.

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5 years ago

A tool that allows people to create their own digital currency, or “pre-sale tokens”, then sell them to investors. The startup’s founders say they’re already working with a handful of early-stage startups.

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4 years ago

A company looking to build a better version of the “wish-list”, where items can be added and removed while shopping.

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4 years ago

A new way to get enterprise-grade security for all your cloud apps using orchestration from a single source. It’s a security automation tool that promises to make security management easier for companies of all sizes.

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4 years ago

A startup that is building a software-defined radio for IoT, allowing devices to connect directly to the internet. It’s a layer of software that sits between the radio chip manufacturer and the end user.

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4 years ago

A tech company that provides data on the city’s road network, and the people who drive them.

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3 years ago

Vouched is an online healthcare platform for insurance, where people can find doctors and hospitals, get advice, and pay all in one place.

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3 years ago

A startup that wants to make it much easier for users to manage their credit cards. Instead of users having to go to multiple sites to manage their identity, they can get all of their information in one place.

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3 years ago

A home shopping TV channel that broadcasts in the UK.

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5 years ago

This is a SaaS platform that helps companies manage their “data lake”, or data that’s not readily available to analysts. The company raised $2.1 million in seed funding.

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5 years ago

A company that makes it easier for businesses to adopt and use technology. They’re currently working with 10 customers, including two large enterprise customers, and offer solutions in computer vision, speech recognition, natural language processing, and machine learning.

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5 years ago

building a tool to help small businesses manage their paper files, like sales invoices, in a way that’s really convenient for everyone. The startup’s CEO says that they’ve already sold their product to three big companies.

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5 years ago

A digital marketplace for office space. The startup is a spin-off of co-founder Aditya Kripalani’s previous startup, which is also focused on office space.

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5 years ago

A platform that lets you build an ad-hoc group of people who can buy and sell things in real-time.

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5 years ago

A company that is building a new kind of search engine that helps you find the best vendors in a given local market. It’s part of the idea that government services should be made more efficient and easy to use.

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5 years ago

A software company that has developed a platform for digital asset management, enabling users to track, record and manage their digital assets. The company offers a cloud-based service that allows users to access their digital assets as well as a mobile application that allows users to upload, download, track, and manage digital assets.

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5 years ago

A “disruptive” startup that uses artificial intelligence to teach robots how to sort and adopt new behaviors.

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5 years ago

The company aims to help brands develop more targeted ads without the hassle of buying and managing ad campaigns.

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5 years ago

A startup that uses machine learning to provide its more than two million members personalized financial advice. Users input their financial goals and the startup generates a personalized financial plan.

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5 years ago

A tool that helps sales teams close deals by helping them get more leads into the pipeline.

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A system that lets people take pictures of their clothing and upload the images to a database for tailoring. When a customer goes to buy something, the system compares the images to the existing inventory to recommend what’s closest to what they’re looking for.

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5 years ago

A way for people to crowdsource their legal advice, getting online help from a group of attorneys.

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4 years ago

The startup wants to bring order to the insurance claims process by cutting out the paperwork and paying a claims adjuster to handle the paperwork for you.

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4 years ago

A startup that’s building a platform for online consumer engagement campaigns. It also aims to bring more transparency to the online advertising industry.

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4 years ago

A platform for advertisers to bid on videos on YouTube, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, etc.

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4 years ago

A platform for the design and creation of websites. The startup wants to use its tools to make it easier for small businesses to take advantage of WordPress’s features, and create a platform that’s especially well suited for a variety of small businesses.

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3 years ago

The company is building an API for tracking and predicting weather and climate events in real-time. The API is built on top of Google’s cloud and uses real-time data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

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5 years ago

A startup that helps companies manage their “digital customer relationships”, including email and social media. It’s already live with companies like Nasty Gal.

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5 years ago

This startup is building a product that can make any physical object like a car, a laptop, a camera or a phone, into an IoT device. It’s currently testing products with big-name brands like Apple and HP already.

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5 years ago

A chatbot-based service that helps businesses sell to those in their target markets. Founded by two Interactive Advertising Bureau employees, the company wants to build “your friend in advertising” — a tool that helps you buy a product or service with a personalized conversation.

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5 years ago

A platform for selling advertising through instant video. The startup wants to build a video site that allows brands to sell ad space through auto-pilot videos.

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5 years ago

A payment platform for international businesses that make money abroad. The startup wants to help these firms expand their business into new markets without dealing with the hassle of currency conversion.

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5 years ago

A simple, intuitive app for buying and selling on Quora. The app’s founder says they have 1,800 active users and are planning to begin selling advertisements soon.

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5 years ago

“WeWork is a glamorous space. It’s a five-star hotel, it’s more like a five-star mall, it’s a five-star resort — it’s like a nightclub. It’s like a ‘cool’ mall. But it’s really just an address,” said David Graeber, anthropology professor at London School of Economics and author of “Debt: The First 5,000 Years” in an interview with “PBS NewsHour”.

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5 years ago

A crowdfunding website with a different twist. Currently popular in the UK, the platform allows users to use online loans for funding instead of just credit cards.

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5 years ago

A startup that lets companies build online stores with very little overhead.

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5 years ago

Chatbook is building an app for people to record their travel. The startup won a $40,000 grant from the Knight Foundation to build out its mobile app. It’s intended to help people remember their adventures in a more visual way.

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5 years ago

A software startup that aims to make it easier for companies to create surveys online. The startup is building a survey tool that’s designed to work with software like SurveyMonkey and SurveyGizmo, and is already running its own free online survey service.

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5 years ago

A new kind of “under-the-radar” startup that creates and maintains “micro-cities” for renters, like Uber for apartment complexes.

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5 years ago

A startup that builds value-added solutions for the e-commerce industry, helping online retailers optimize customer experience and build better sales.

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5 years ago

A robo-advisor that focuses on people with complex portfolio needs

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4 years ago

This company is building a way to add gender-neutral language to websites and applications. It’s a way to extend the gender-neutral language that’s already been created for things like vacation rentals or the LGBTQ community by defaulting to “them” whenever they’re not specified.

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A startup developer for building apps that can turn users into brand advocates.

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3 years ago

A startup that enables people to schedule errand runs in advance, so they don’t run around frantically at the last minute.

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3 years ago

A company that provides software and services for using A/B testing on websites, with a plan to expand into email marketing, Facebook ads, and other marketing channels.

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3 years ago

A data platform for the music industry. The company, which was founded in 2014, is building out a platform that connects artists and labels with data about their fans and allows them to create customized playlists, from which they can then sell song downloads.

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3 years ago

A mobile app for the economically underprivileged in India that will help them apply for micro loans. The startup has already provided over $400,000 worth of loans.

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3 years ago

A tool for small and medium businesses to advertise on Facebook and Reddit.

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5 years ago

A web service that provides pre-made email templates for various types of legal contracts. The idea is that if you’re an attorney, you can easily draft a document for a client.

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5 years ago

The startup is trying to bring the benefits of a traditional shared workspace to remote workers. The startup is building a system that allows users to take part in many different workspaces, and then get the space where they work.

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5 years ago

A startup that builds out self-service enterprise-grade analytics for businesses. FastForward provides tools for a profitable, high-volume marketing campaign.

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5 years ago

An AI-powered onboarding platform for IT professionals. The company is hiring additional engineers to build out a team of over 100 currently.

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5 years ago

A startup called “MyBoat” that helps you find guides, captains, and crews for your next adventure

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5 years ago

This startup offers business meetings in a virtual conference room, without the hassle of meeting in person. The company is based in Philadelphia but has users in more than 30 cities.

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5 years ago

A tool for managing retail inventory, with an API that allows developers to pull inventory data from a range of different sources. The startup says they’ve already integrated with over 250 retailers.

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5 years ago

A company focused on helping companies find and recruit people who create content like blogs, podcasts, or YouTube channels. Content creators have to manually fill out applications and get approval from the startup to be on their platform. The startup has already raised $100,000 and is looking for more investment.

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5 years ago

A file sharing and collaboration tool for veterinarians, with a focus on recording and sharing patient data. They’ve already secured $3.2 million in funding.

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5 years ago

This startup is building a web-based platform for companies to create and implement workplace policies. It’s already working with Amazon, Starbucks, and others.

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5 years ago

A tool that helps people manage their rent payments, creating a digital ledger of when payments are made, and of any late fees or collection calls.

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5 years ago

A software company that builds apps for Slack teams, adding features like the ability to share Google Drive documents, integrate with Giphy for GIF sharing, and add pre-built templates to your channels.

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5 years ago

A company that helps freelance and on-call workers find jobs. It’s currently working with 10,000 companies including Uber, GoDaddy, and Microsoft.

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5 years ago

A wireless charging pad that looks like a credit card. The company wants to create a whole ecosystem that combines charging stations, wireless charging pads, and a mobile app.

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5 years ago

A startup that allows customers to order food and snacks to be delivered to their hotel room in advance of a trip.

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5 years ago

A health insurance alternative for young adults. It’s a $1 per month plan that is affordable and has low out of pocket costs for patients.

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5 years ago

A startup that offers ad-free and censored content, designed for countries with strict internet censorship regimes.

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5 years ago

A startup that allows users to upload photos of their houses and other real estate for sale, and to set some basic prices.

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5 years ago

A resource for QA Engineers to find quality software engineering jobs in the US and Canada.

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5 years ago

A new modern camera made with 3D printing.

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5 years ago

A startup that helps people get their car inspected, selling it to insurance companies as an add-on rather than for the full cost of inspection.

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3 years ago

A startup that’s using a combination of machine learning and visual analytics to diagnose cancer on the patient’s iPad to save lives.

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3 years ago

The software industry is just one part of the broader tech industry, but it is a big

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3 years ago

A platform that allows users to swap/sell/trade their data. The startup is looking to use the data to help people understand and make decisions about their health. The company is looking to build out a full-scale health platform.

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3 years ago

An analytics platform for data scientists to use to evaluate marketing campaigns, and determine the success of their online advertising campaigns.

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3 years ago

A solution for small businesses to manage their payroll. The startup is building an SaaS platform for small-business payroll management. It’s already in use by Zappos.

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3 years ago

A text-only chat and messaging app that is free and ad-free on all devices.

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3 years ago

This startup is building a crowdsourced video production tool that helps people shoot, edit, and upload videos to Youtube.

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2 years ago

A startup for cheap, ready-to-use flight itineraries and hotel rooms for business travelers.

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5 years ago

A platform that helps brands get social media engagement from their customers. The company is developing a micro-blogging platform for brands, with a focus on its “Brand Advocates”, who are Instagrammers who are paid to share and promote the brands with their followers. The company is nearing $2 million in funding after raising $800,000 in seed capital.

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5 years ago

There’s a huge amount of open software in the world, but there’s also a huge amount of open source software. The company has built a platform that curates open source projects, allowing others to easily see what’s out there. The team is currently working on a browser extension, and says they’ve had “hundreds” of companies use the platform to create software.

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5 years ago

A platform for “radical self-expression” for people with disabilities.

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5 years ago

A company that aims to help marketers adjust their Facebook ads in real time based on the user’s interests. The startup is working with various marketing teams all over the world to build out a proprietary algorithm.

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5 years ago

A company that provides automated software for product development teams to manage their internal development processes, including functionality for code reviews, bug tracking, and test automation. The company is growing and had $1.5 million in monthly recurring revenue in 2019.

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5 years ago

A platform for tracking which email and social media inboxes people check, and which ones they just don’t. Their Co-founder says they’re already working with more than 1,000 customers, and their first product in the works is a “personas” platform for businesses, which helps brands better understand who their customers are.

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5 years ago

In addition, there are several other fast-growing startups that are also still working their way through the Crunchbase database, including:

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5 years ago

A tool with a very simple interface that can help designers create landing pages, sales pages, or purchase pages. The company says they’ve already seen 40,000 clicks on their landing pages.

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5 years ago

A tool for VPs to book travel for their teams. The founders say it’s best suited to larger companies like CPGs and banks, but the idea could have broader applicability.

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5 years ago

A startup targeting people with diabetes, to help them improve their quality of life by giving them medical advice and tools to manage diabetes.

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5 years ago

The startup's goal is to help build an open platform for publishing and sharing data between developers and scientists. They want to build a new experience for scientists to learn about the data they have, so they can get it into the hands of a broader developer community.

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5 years ago

The soft-spoken CEO of Young Living believes that as the industry gains more attention, it will lose the stigma it once had — and that “the stigma will fall like a rock”.

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5 years ago

This is a messaging platform that works with Slack and Google Apps so you can talk about deadlines and collaboration from any device. The startup says it has already helped over 250 companies and is looking to scale.

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5 years ago

A SaaS platform that connects people who own debt with people who want to pay it off. The company says it’s already signed up “a few hundred” users.

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5 years ago

A startup that’s building a self-checkout system for grocery stores. The company says that they’re already working with over 20 grocery chains.

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5 years ago

A startup for hiring talent. The company’s team was made up of former recruiters for established companies.

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5 years ago

A startup that helps people find cheap flights to and from the city where they’re visiting. The company says it’s already been used by tens of thousands of customers who saved $1,000 on a flight.

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5 years ago

A music subscription service that pays artists based on how much music people listen to. The company is already in talks with artists to create original content and bring it to their platform.

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5 years ago

A platform that helps advertisers and agencies connect with creators to curate the most viral content. Content Studio is hoping to use blockchain to create a market for content and allow users to earn tokens for their contributions in a way that is transparent and fair.

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5 years ago

This startup wants to help apps that are live broadcast their broadcasts live.

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3 years ago

A startup for online education. The startup wants to help people learn languages abroad through the web, with test preparation and coaching.

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2 years ago

Foodie gadget maker Atlas has a problem with getting product to customers in time for the holidays, and it wants to use drones to get around that problem.

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2 years ago

A social network for corporations, with enterprise sales teams and executives working on behalf of the company. The company takes a commission off each sale made through their platform, and may also have access to data on consumers on top of that.

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5 years ago

A platform for building and selling apps for the education market. The startup is targeting the K-12 market and has already started to build a class management tool.

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5 years ago

Integrated system for tracking and managing real estate transactions for companies. The company works directly with the actual seller, so it can offer tax advice and other services.

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5 years ago

This startup is building a platform to help people discover new stories and books they might like to read. The startup says it has 15,000 users who have opened the app 5,000 times.

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5 years ago

A suite of tools for visualizing, sharing, storing, and analyzing technical data in the field. It’s built to work with multiple data sources, and output is easily readable for the end user.

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5 years ago

A startup that’s looking to offer a service for patients with insomnia. The company wants to add sleep to the existing sleep study market that already exists.

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5 years ago

A startup for businesses to do online marketing and advertising for themselves, including things like advertising on Instagram.

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5 years ago

A platform that allows users to create their own ad campaigns and sell their work to advertisers. The company says it has over 2 million monthly users.

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5 years ago

iau is building a tool to make it easier for marketers to track their digital campaigns, helping them get more data on their marketing efforts. The startup says it’s already working with over 50 marketing agencies.

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5 years ago

A student loan refinancing startup that helps students pay off their loans before they graduate.

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5 years ago

A platform for recruiters, meant to help them find talent. The startup, which was founded in May, already has 2 paying customers.

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5 years ago

A publicly traded company that provides a platform for people to make money from their photos and videos by selling them on their platform.

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5 years ago

A company that helps find and hire doctors in the United States to serve as mentors for American students studying abroad.

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5 years ago

A startup that aims to integrate payments into customized retail experiences. The startup helps retailers connect with shoppers, and it’s already in a few pilot programs.

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A tool for finding out how many people have downloaded your app, and how many have used it in the past week. The founders say that it’s been integrated into 75 different apps, and that they’ve seen a 20% increase in user retention and engagement once they started using it, with a 50% increase in revenue.

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5 years ago

“A low-cost, durable, and scalable solution for the enterprise that replaces the expense of traditional PDAs and cellphones.”

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5 years ago

Data Science Academy helps companies hire data scientists and get them certified.

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5 years ago

The founder of this startup grew up in a remote village in India and remembers a time when he was able to get a computer for the family and a year later they were able to get the internet. The founder realized the internet had brought a lot of connectivity to the country, but the next step was to bring connectivity to the millions of people who still didn’t have it. That’s what led him to start Jana, a startup that aims to give 1.5 billion people in India access to the internet.

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5 years ago

The idea is to be an online marketplace for companies to buy and sell their parts. Each part has a unique identifier that allows them to track their whereabouts. The founders say they have raised $8.5 million to date and are already working with over 10 companies.

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5 years ago

This startup wants to sort the news you read to bring it to you in a format that’s somehow more relevant to you. The startup uses machine learning to determine which stories are most relevant to you, and tries to bring you the most relevant news. It’s a bit like Flipboard, but less user-friendly.

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5 years ago

The company’s purpose is to help finance businesses manage their payrolls. They’ve already signed up over 17,000 companies across the US.

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5 years ago

A digital rewards program for customers. Customers earn points for purchases, and then redeem them for prizes ranging from gift cards to gadgets and cash.

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5 years ago

A startup that helps companies manage their contacts more efficiently, allowing them to sync up with people they already know in different industries.

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5 years ago

The term was coined in 2006 by Fred Wilson, who wrote "Startup - A Silicon Valley Adventure" in which he stresses the importance of a culture of growth.

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5 years ago

A content incentive platform that rewards employees for sharing and spreading content. It’s currently targeting the hospitality industry.

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5 years ago

The startup’s platform aims to help people mitigate the risk of receiving bad credit and loans. It has already secured $5 million in funding.

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4 years ago

A startup that advertises itself as “the Airbnb of villages.” The company is building a marketplace for rural villages in India, where villagers can rent out their rooms for short-term stays.

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4 years ago

This small startup is building a set of tools to help people adopt and use artificial intelligence programs.

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4 years ago

Team managing the creation of a digital version of a physical game. Started as a team working on video games, it now has a mobile game in production, with the goal of using the startup’s technology to expand into a broader gaming experience.

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3 years ago

A startup focused on building an automated system for Algorithmic Portfolio Trading

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3 years ago

A platform that lets advertisers see where their target audience is spending their time and how it compares to their competitors.

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3 years ago

A startup focused on protecting consumer privacy and data. It’s built a product that monitors apps that have been downloaded by a user. The startup is based in Berlin and says it has “saved” 100,000+ users’ data.

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5 years ago

A platform that allows businesses to pay contractors and freelancers via mobile, not PayPal. The startup wants to make it easier to pay contractors and freelancers for work, and avoid the headaches of payment processing.

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5 years ago

Building a tool to help publicly traded companies file for an IPO faster, something that’s typically a multi-year process with multiple roadblocks.

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5 years ago

This company is building a chat-based social network for enthusiasts that aims to allow users to share their experiences and advice with each other, like Reddit or Quora. It’s a spin on the social media platform idea: instead of frequent posts from celebrities, the goal is to get your friends to post about their experiences and thoughts.

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5 years ago

A startup trying to bring payments made through a physical credit card to cash-only establishments. The startup is pitching its service as a way to bring cash-only businesses into the digital age.

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5 years ago

Ex-Google engineers are building a new living room device they call the “Echo” that’s essentially a giant voice-controlled speaker. The device is a stripped-down, Google-made version of the Google Home, and can be controlled by voice, music, and TV apps. It’s set to launch in November.

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5 years ago

The company launched an online tool to help local governments manage payroll and other administrative functions.

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5 years ago

A startup for digital goods, taking a page out of the Apple model of selling new iPhone apps on the day of release. The startup is selling digital goods like digital photographs and videos that have already been processed.

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5 years ago

Social network for content creators that wants to be the next Instagram. It’s already active in France, Spain, and Germany with plans to expand to the U.S. and Asia.

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5 years ago

A content creation platform for companies looking to build branded content. The company has already built out a product with a few clients.

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5 years ago

This startup wants to turn the monthly headache of renewing your driver’s license into a web-based process.

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5 years ago

A tool for patient-doctor communication. The startup was founded by a Harvard MD who saw a need to improve communication between patients and physicians. The company is already collecting patient data in some markets, and will be bringing the product to the US in the next couple of months.

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5 years ago

A social media tool that allows users to upload selfies and then tag them with certain details. The startup wants to make it easier for people to tag a photo with information, whether it be the date or a description.

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5 years ago

A startup that provides access to state tax forms and tax advice from the IRS

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4 years ago

A Chicago company that makes medical device packaging that looks like it was made in the 1950s.

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3 years ago

We’re all connected and we’re all looking for ways to simplify things. The founders of Disconnect are looking to bring together all these different systems into one place and make it all work together. This is a familiar idea that’s been around for a long time and has had a few iterations over the years. The idea is that you get more done with less effort and it’s all because your apps are all working together.

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3 years ago

A tool that can help you create a booth for conferences, trade shows, product launches and expos.

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5 years ago

The startup provides software, training and data to help consumers achieve their fitness goals. The company’s software, which is built on the premise that “it’s not about the number of times you go to the gym, it’s about how much you get done when you go”, has won the Best Startup Award at the Philadelphia Startup Weekend.

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5 years ago

The startup is building a platform to help academic institutions manage their students’ financial aid and fees.

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5 years ago

A platform that helps companies manage their product lifecycles and is currently being used by “leading global brands,” as per the founders.

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5 years ago

A Canadian startup that has been testing a new way to deal with the waste of Canadian food waste by using what they call “a great bed of lettuce”.

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5 years ago

The Startup Grind is a podcast produced by TechCrunch and Rolling Stone. It features interviews with top entrepreneurs, investors, and thought leaders in the startup community.

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5 years ago

A social network for bloggers, publishers, and readers to keep in touch and share content.

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5 years ago

A multi-services platform that provides a complete end-to-end solution for small businesses. The company says that they’ve had $10m in bookings and a $1m ARR.

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BridgeCoin is a cryptocurrency-based lending platform that is “an alternative to the traditional banking system.”

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5 years ago

A company that helps small businesses by giving them a platform to get their products in front of large-scale advertisers.

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5 years ago

The startup is looking to create a platform that allows for the sale of virtual brands, like Google or Facebook, and collect a portion of that from advertisers.

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5 years ago

A startup that uses its own technology to construct a new type of credit reporting agency, which will offer credit score and credit monitoring to people who do not have access to traditional credit reports.

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5 years ago

An iOS video editing app that lets users add GIFs, music and other visuals to their videos.

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5 years ago

Reduce the friction of scheduling interviews and making hiring decisions. The company says they’ve already raised $1M and have a job matching product that they’re launching in the next few months.

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4 years ago

This startup is building a tool that offers personalized online marketing advice to companies.

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4 years ago

A cloud-based platform that provides end-to-end accounting upgrades for small businesses. The company was founded by two former Intuit employees.

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4 years ago

A white-label company that sells customer data to insurance companies, but the startup says the data it offers is less than what a company buying data from a broker would pay for. Instead of buying a person’s data from a broker, Vitality starts with a person’s data from 3rd party sources and helps them create a profile.

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3 years ago

The startup helps users complete tasks with a simple command on a web app. It allows users to create tasks with a simple command on a web app. They can be as simple as “add a link,” for example, or more complicated like “run a test at https://x.x.x.x/y.”

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3 years ago

A browser plugin that allows users to block ads before they’ve even seen them

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A microfinance startup that’s taking on the traditional banking system.

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5 years ago

An in-app and website for education and training, partnering with institutions like the US Air Force Academy to teach students how to fly drones.

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5 years ago

A tool that helps people find the best travel deals, picking up on the long tail of unadvertised fares. The startup is pitching itself as a sort of early booking agent, where customers can search for flights and then call in to a travel agent.

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5 years ago

A startup that sells the first commercial drone to have a consumer version available, with a price tag of $1,000. The drone is made for those who want to experiment with aerial photography and videography.

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5 years ago

A startup that helps businesses manage their employees’ time and attendance, helping them cut down on administrative costs and employee theft. This is a startup that helps businesses manage their employees’ time and attendance, helping them cut down on administrative costs and employee theft. This is a startup that helps businesses manage their employees’ time and attendance, helping them cut down on administrative costs and employee theft.

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5 years ago

This startup is building a toolkit that allows users to take screenshots of videos and images and then add annotations to them, allowing the annotated media to drive sales.

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5 years ago

This is a startup that makes it easier for users to read and write in French, Italian, and Spanish. Another benefit is that they can take notes in those languages and they can share those notes with others who speak those languages.

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5 years ago

A startup that gives away stock instead of cash to startups when they want to accelerate their growth.

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5 years ago

An enterprise-grade dashboard for managing customer service. It’s for in-person contact with a customer. It will be a hybrid of a self-service solution and a dedicated service.

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5 years ago

The founders of this startup are serial entrepreneurs. They’ve raised $4.5 million to build a platform that can help brands and agencies build better ads and work with customers directly to improve their marketing efforts.

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5 years ago

A startup that’s already proven that content marketing works for real estate companies, with more than 100 signups, and has a $2 million seed round to prove it.

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5 years ago

A tool that helps college students and professors create, collaborate, and grade assignments.

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5 years ago

A tool to help people find the right place to spend their money spend their money, and run ads to help them do it.

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5 years ago

An ad network that focuses on under-served demographics, focusing on users who are under 18 and worth around $600 to advertisers.

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5 years ago

A way to create a spreadsheet that’s machine-readable. The startup is building a way to read spreadsheets without needing to know the syntax of formulas.

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5 years ago

One of the leaders in the IoT market, Flow creates a large range of connected devices for homes and businesses that automate things like lighting and security.

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5 years ago

A startup that helps people choose and set up online advertising campaigns, including cost-per-click (CPC), cost-per-thousand (CPM), cost-per-action (CPA), and cost-per-install (CPI).

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5 years ago

A company that provides support for enterprise organizations that want to adopt blockchain tech. The company has more than 2,000 enterprise customers, and recently announced a $1.1 million seed round.

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5 years ago

A SMB-focused marketplace for small business loans, which has already closed $20M in loans and has more than 10,000 users.

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4 years ago

A startup working to democratize credit in the developing world, creating a new financial product that would give people access to credit in a way they haven’t had before. The company, which was founded in India, wants to make it more affordable for people in the developing world to use and maintain credit.

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4 years ago

A platform for users to search, share, and rate content made by media companies (think Youtube, Vimeo, etc.).

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4 years ago

A startup that allows you to buy and sell your car for a fraction of a typical used car price. It also contains a market where you can post your trade-in for a new car.

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5 years ago

A company that helps advertisers to maximize the reach of their marketing messages. The startup says it has helped some Fortune 100 companies increase their ad spend by 80%.

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5 years ago

This company is building a mobile app that helps hospitals track patients. The app helps hospital staff get real-time information about patients and is intended to reduce the number of readmissions.

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5 years ago

A credit card that rewards its customers for giving back to the community. Instead of paying a flat fee for the credit card, customers are charged based on the number of points they earn for charitable donations.

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5 years ago

This wearable device generates a heat map of the area around the wearer’s head, allowing him to better understand his environment.

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5 years ago

A company that collects and analyzes data on the social aspects of digital advertising in order to optimize the process.

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5 years ago

Combining the ease with which inter-city carpooling apps like UberPool and Lyft Line can be found with a new approach to making the rides more affordable, by adding a personal concierge to the ride to help with navigation, scheduling and other tasks.

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5 years ago

A tool for independent artists and entrepreneurs to get a head start on their next business idea. The startup has been testing through its own internal network.

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5 years ago

A tool to help users learn English, enabling them to follow along on a video while a native speaker reads the text.

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A program that helps people trade in their old textbooks for credits to buy new ones. The startup is working with publishers to get its new textbooks a little cheaper than new ones.

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5 years ago

Building a mortgage application and loan application that takes traditional paperwork out of the equation and runs it through an AI engine.

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5 years ago

A platform for consumers and brands to build out ads for their own sites and the company will do the rest. The company claims to have a six-figure monthly run rate, with $100 million in monthly ad revenue. The company says they have 1,000 brands running campaigns on their platform.

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5 years ago 1 views

A startup that helps people experience the city of their choice in VR. The startup has already helped a few dozen people experience the Amazon rainforest, and has plans to expand to other cities.

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5 years ago

A platform for independent content creators, allowing them to monetize videos and generate revenue through affiliate marketing, sponsorships, and selling ads.

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5 years ago

A company that provides a “wearable” device for monitoring blood sugar. It was founded in Boston by a team of MIT graduates.

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4 years ago

A video-editing app that’s built to work with iPads and Macs

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4 years ago

A startup that collects and analyzes anonymized mobile data to build a platform for advertisers.

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3 years ago

This tool is designed to help content creators get their work out there, from uploading their videos to managing the performance of their ads.

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3 years ago

A company that provides a way for Uber drivers to earn money when they’re not on the road by letting them take on the roles of a chauffeur.

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3 years ago

A startup that aims to bring a free, ad-free alternative to the world’s most popular lifestyle app, Tinder.

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3 years ago

An online platform for small businesses to grow their businesses. It’s meant to be more of a business management platform for those who already sell their own products, rather than a marketplace like Etsy.

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3 years ago

A computer for the blind and visually impaired. The startup is looking to build a computer that can read braille and speak.

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A gamified way for kids to learn about science through games. The startup is run by two MIT graduates who met at a science camp.

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2 years ago

A startup that lets people book a ride on a private vehicle in New York City. The founders developed the business after realizing that most of the trips they made were less than 10 minutes, but the few they spent longer in took too long to book.

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5 years ago

A startup that sells high-quality, locally made clothes for men who want something more stylish than what you can find at Old Navy

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5 years ago

The startup is looking to help people who are disabled take advantage of the online world to improve their lives, whether it’s a wheelchair-bound person who needs more information on how to use YouTube or a blind person who needs better search tools for the web.

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5 years ago

A startup that offers entrepreneurs support and advice on their business idea in the form of a “venture coach”. They’re working on a way that their coaches can help entrepreneurs with their projects from anywhere in the world.

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5 years ago

A platform that connects lenders to people who have bad credit to pay loans back on time. The company’s cofounder, David Leon, says the company is profitable, has more than $1.3 million in loans, and has been servicing loans for over a year.

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5 years ago

This free service lets customers track every step they take on their website. The company charges a fee for more advanced analytics, but the free version is very popular.

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5 years ago

Flex is a tool for managing heavy tasks, like data-entry or proofreading. It gets rid of the “middle management” of the traditional task-management tool.

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5 years ago

A digital assistant that helps teachers manage grading. The founders say it has an “A+ grade” and is already being used in twenty schools.

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5 years ago

A company that helps companies build their mobile presence using a toolkit that allows them to add HTML5 to their sites.

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5 years ago

A company that offers pay-as-you-go and monthly subscriptions for internet-connected gadgets.

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5 years ago

A microservices-based API which helps developers build applications which benefit from faster and more efficient data processing, often beyond traditional limits of the cloud.

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5 years ago

A software company that wants to help the legal profession connect with attorneys across the country. The company’s founder says they’ve already signed up over 2,000 lawyers and are working on a nationwide expansion.

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5 years ago

A software company that helps businesses better define and measure the impact of their marketing campaigns. The company’s founders say their platform has already helped businesses like Blue Apron and Fandango “get more value for their marketing dollars.”

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5 years ago

A credit card for young people, targeted at millennials for whom traditional credit cards don’t suit their habits. The company has a physical card with a magnetic stripe that customers put on one side of their phones to pay their bills.

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5 years ago

A tool that helps users automate the process of cleaning the air in their homes. They’re already working with a Fortune 500 company to make their product available to their customer.

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4 years ago

A chatbot that helps users with their finances. The startup says that it has already run a pilot with a few companies.

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3 years ago

A digital shopping cart for the home. The company says it has already tested in France and the UK.

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3 years ago

A health product that’s made from seaweed that helps people with allergies.

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3 years ago

A company that helps people save money on their baggage fees when flying. Instead of paying $400 for a bag, you pay $30 for a small one.

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3 years ago

A tool for digital marketers to track leads, manage data, and find the best marketing opportunities.

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5 years ago

We live in the age of the multi-tasking app. But it turns out that multi-tasking is a bummer, and it definitely leads to a stack of unfinished work items. SoluMe solves the problem by allowing you to save all of your tasks in one place, and then prioritize them in one place.

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A La Carte is a service that connects companies with independent contractors, and allows them to earn extra income via their own websites. They say that in the past few years they’ve signed up over 500 businesses in the Greater Boston area, earning over $2 million in additional revenue, and have scaled their operations to 3,800 independent contractors.

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5 years ago

An online marketplace for making and selling custom-made products using 3D printing. The startup is building a one-stop shop for all 3D design, 3D printing, and 3D scanning needs.

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5 years ago

This startup aims to be a place where you can get childcare information, and then book that childcare at any time. The company wants to solve the problem of childcare shortage, and says it has already helped people book childcare for the first time, and is now helping people find care for the first time.

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5 years ago

A tool that helps businesses identify potential employees by answering the question, “What’s the guy or gal who would be a great addition to our team”.

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5 years ago

A company that helps retail chains and radio stations travel agency and tour operators to create their own digital storefronts.

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5 years ago

A startup that’s building a platform to help people take advantage of free food and services. It’s a way to get free food and services from restaurants, or even the government.

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5 years ago

The company, which has raised over $50 million, aims to make a marketplace for classified ads. It has already raised over $13 million.

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5 years ago

A company that sells a device that lets your phone read and translate text in over 100 languages. The startup has raised $3 million.

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5 years ago

Missed the deadline Here are the other ideas that didn't make it, but hopefully will in the future.

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5 years ago

A startup that aims to create a new type of financial advisor – one that connects you with a financial advisor and a financial product provider that can help you get the best deal possible.

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5 years ago

A community of freelance designers with an emphasis on high-end products like furniture, ready-to-wear, and toys.

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4 years ago

This startup is building an enterprise-grade CRM for the legal industry.

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4 years ago

A company that helps companies make sense of data generated by their sales leads, stock trades, and invoices.

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4 years ago

A digital payments platform for the emerging markets. The startup wants to help companies who don’t have access to traditional banking services in developing countries.

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3 years ago

A platform that lets you create and distribute small-scale, customized video ads. The startup wants to replace large, complicated video ads with a more streamlined, interactive ad unit.

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3 years ago

A marketing tool that allows companies to track how their followers react to ads or to see who’s clicking on their ads.

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3 years ago

A platform that makes it easy for companies to sell branded gifts and items to employees. People can use it to order thousands of custom-made items ranging from pens to apparel.

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3 years ago

A tool for managing a portfolio of website content that can be downloaded and shared with clients.

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5 years ago

A distributed team management system that moves employees to a new team instead of firing them.

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5 years ago

This startup is building a financial tool that helps companies manage all of the money they spend on advertising. The startup converts all of that data into digital marketing reports and services.

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5 years ago

A high-speed and cheap way to create custom-made, high-resolution 3D printed parts.

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5 years ago

Drawing on the insights from the most-read articles on Medium, this startup is building a toolset that lets writers and other creatives see who’s reading their work and how.

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5 years ago

An online platform for people to sell and buy their own cars. The company has already sold over $200,000 worth of vehicles, and has signed up over 400 sellers.

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5 years ago

A value-added reseller that helps small businesses with their marketing strategy. The startup aims to help small businesses that don’t have marketing budgets.

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5 years ago

A mobile app that focuses on the experience of the user, instead of the device.

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5 years ago

A company that helps you evaluate the best investments to take advantage of growing trends — and withdraw money if you want.

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5 years ago

Tired of paying hefty overdraft fees, this startup wants to make banks obsolete and hand them over to their customers, who can then pay bills and get cash advances directly from their bank accounts.

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5 years ago

Canvas is a Y Combinator company that creates “smart” pillows that “take advantage of the unique wireless signals from your body to automatically adjust your sleep position”.

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5 years ago

A company that brings together the wide range of services that people have to install to get a TV to work. It currently has 300,000 active users, with plans to launch in Canada and the US.

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5 years ago

A startup that helps people make “life-saving” decisions by using data and AI to guide them. The startup has already raised $2.3 million in funding.

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5 years ago

A company making a “smart” dryer, with an internet-connected app that helps users set the temperature on their washing machine and adjust the duration of the dryer cycle.

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5 years ago

A mobile app that helps people find the best deals on local flights. The startup is already seeing 1,000 downloads every week and is expanding nationally with a $500,000 investment.

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5 years ago

A new version of the popular private messaging app for Android, to be released in early 2018. It will have new features and a re-designed interface, and will allow people to purchase and download stickers and other content from the company’s partners.

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5 years ago

a free front-end application for Gmail that allows users to download and share their email directly to other messaging apps. The company’s aim is to provide a simpler, more intuitive interface for users to manage their email.

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5 years ago

A platform that helps people make music together using the tools they’re already using. The startup has raised $1.6 million in seed funding from investors including Union Square Ventures, SV Angel, ZipCar founder Robin Chase, and Dropbox founder Drew Houston.

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5 years ago

A food delivery app in the US that is working with a handful of restaurants to get deliveries in under an hour. It has already raised $6M.

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4 years ago

A fintech startup in the Philadelphia area that has a platform that lets users compare loans to see the best deal

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4 years ago

An AI-based platform for marketers to create and distribute large-scale email campaigns at scale. The startup wants to help marketers copy and paste some of the work they do in traditional email marketing to email marketing automation.

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4 years ago

Security token trading, with an emphasis on private key security.

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4 years ago

Startup that wants to disrupt the traditional, outdated, and inefficient process for hiring workers for manufacturing. It allows manufacturers to hire workers from a pool of applicants, and set terms and conditions.

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3 years ago

A way to make digital layaways easier with a mobile app that allows customers to make digital layaway payments with a credit or debit card. The startup says it’s already onboarded over 1,000 customers.

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3 years ago

A data visualizer that lets you map and see how different types of cancer are spread in a population.

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3 years ago

A software company that creates a “Digital Oven” that turns old ovens into new ovens and can add new functions to old ovens.

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3 years ago

An online platform that helps users build and manage a team of freelancers, with the company itself acting only as a middle-man. It’s a more sustainable alternative to traditional freelancing platforms like Upwork, and the company wants to use its own experience to help other companies build their own.

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2 years ago

The startup wants to create a better way for companies to manage their workforce’s time. Instead of using spreadsheets and other clunky tools, it wants to use a more sophisticated series of games and visualizations to make it easier to track and manage employees' time.

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5 years ago

A company that says it is building an “ideal testing environment”, something that could replace the traditional lab environment.

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5 years ago

A startup that makes it easier for people to sell their cars privately. Its users pay a monthly fee, and get free car insurance, maintenance, and roadside assistance.

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5 years ago

A startup that’s building a machine that can read your medical records, listen to your voice, and communicate with you in non-verbal ways.

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5 years ago

A startup that allows customers to buy groceries with a prepaid Visa card. It’s already in the works with over 16,000 users.

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5 years ago

A code library that makes it easier to build React Native apps, as opposed to the traditional NativeScript process that requires developers to learn a new framework.

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5 years ago

A process control startup that enables companies to monitor and control processes that don’t have sensors. It’s a more accurate way of gauging process performance than the traditional approach of sending a technician to the site.

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5 years ago

A tool that helps people add a photo to their LinkedIn profile with a single click.

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5 years ago

A B2B company that helps companies oversee employees who are abroad, allowing them to keep tabs on how employees are using their tools, and providing them with detailed and localized customer service.

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5 years ago

A company building custom-branded, headless mobile apps for small businesses. It’s one of the more unusual companies in the program, with a very different business model than other companies in the program.

115

5 years ago

A live broadcast company for athletes and sports teams. The founders say they want to focus on live streams because of the way they’ve grown in the past few years. Their product is currently a free service, but the founders say they plan to add a paid service to compete with Facebook’s suite of sports and entertainment streams.

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5 years ago

A platform for building connected home products with a focus on security and automation. The startup aims to compete with existing standards like Thread and Nest that can manage connected devices.

115

5 years ago

A company that builds a platform that allows consumers to pay for their memberships in advance. The startup is in the US, but has plans to expand to Europe.

115

5 years ago

This startup and its founders were inspired by the story of their friend who had to wait two years to get a colonoscopy. They want to make the process easier.

115

5 years ago

A digital lending platform that helps people with bad credit get loans for things like cars and appliances. They currently have over $100million in loans in the pipeline and a few hundred customers.

115

5 years ago

This is a Shopify-like app for online clothing stores. It’s available in the US and Canada for now.

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5 years ago

Part of the problem with software is that it’s hard to measure how well an app is working. AppZilla wanted to solve that problem by building a platform for developers to track their app’s stats. The startup is focusing on mobile apps, and has already raised $1.5 million.

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5 years ago

A platform that helps companies manage warranty claims. It’s an internal tool for companies, but they’re looking to add third-party vendors to use the platform as well.

115

5 years ago

Using a combination of sensors and algorithms, their product can detect the amount of weight you’re carrying and adjust your clothes accordingly.

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5 years ago

A simple tool that helps people create professional headshots and sell themselves on LinkedIn.

115

5 years ago

The idea is to build a service that enables you to trade your Apple Watch and iPhone data with other people. The company wants to build a directory of sellers and buyers of Apple Watch and iPhone data.

115

5 years ago

A music discovery service that lets people upload music from their phones to play on all their devices, creating a sort of Pandora for your mobile devices.

115

4 years ago

A startup that provides a point of sale (POS) system for retailers, allowing them to manage inventory and run their store without a lot of the overhead of a traditional store.

115

4 years ago

An AI-powered assistant that provides financial advice to users based on their goals, ideas, and personal interests.

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2 years ago

A company that aims to help Chinese retailers deliver certain goods to their customers via e-commerce, such as appliances and furniture. The company’s founder recently noted that the company is already working with “100,000 sellers.”

115

5 years ago

A decentralized framework for trading in derivatives. Traders develop their own rules for risk and reward, and any order with those rules can be accepted. The idea is to make derivative trading easier and more competitive, reducing the amount of business going through big stock exchanges.

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5 years ago

VaynerMedia is an advertising agency that has pivoted its business into a platform for influencer marketing, with the goal of creating “a financial engine” for influencers, allowing them to monetize their content.

114

5 years ago

A startup that connects women to special events and activities around the world, such as virtual tours, culinary classes, and pop-up shops. Women can choose from a list of events and activities and be notified when they’re ready for them.

114

5 years ago

(Note: This is an ongoing list, and I’m adding to it as soon as I hear about new startup pitches every week. I’ll keep updating when necessary.)

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5 years ago

The Berkeley-headquartered organization was founded in 2011 to encourage entrepreneurship among middle-class Americans. It has a $50 million budget and has invested in more than 200 startups.

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5 years ago

A mobility platform that connects businesses with the right tools to make it easier for drivers to earn income by delivering packages and other items. The startup’s co-founder, Alex Boussard, says they’ve already seen interest from a number of major companies and has even managed to raise a few million dollars in funding.

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5 years ago

A company that promises to make travel booking and finding flights as easy as posting a free, ad-supported message on Facebook. The startup has raised $40 million in funding.

114

5 years ago

A startup that helps teachers track students’ progress, in a way that can be used to incentivize or sanction students. They had an initial launch at the beginning of October.

114

5 years ago

A micro-sanctuary for homeless pets in New York City. The startup aims to make it easy for people to adopt homeless pets while keeping them in a safe environment.

114

5 years ago

Health 2.0 is a digital health data platform that lets users upload and share raw health data from wearable devices like Fitbits, and add insights and comments.

114

5 years ago

The company behind the $500,000 World Cup prize pool, FanDuel is building a baseball-based fantasy game. FanDuel has a head start in the US and UK, but will need to grow in other countries to have an impact.

114

5 years ago

A ready-to-mix drink company that makes simple, high-end cocktails at the push of a button. The company is currently in the process of raising seed capital.

114

5 years ago

A startup that “provides an AI-powered, ad-free content-based search experience for social media that allows users to see engagement, content, and activity across multiple social media channels and news outlets.”

114

5 years ago

This startup wants to take the gamification of learning to the next level, with gamified quizzes that read aloud to you and provide instant feedback.

114

5 years ago

An online marketplace for trading used books, based on users volunteering their books as collateral. The company is based in the UK but has been growing in the US.

114

5 years ago

A “next-generation” keyboard for Android that can “adapt to your preferred speed, style, and keyboard layout”

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5 years ago

A piece of software that helps brands and publishers buy ads that will be shown to people who are at the same exact location as the person watching the ad.

114

5 years ago

A company that helps small businesses build an online presence. They’re already working with a few small businesses who want to launch an online presence.

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5 years ago

A “smart” breadboard that connects to any Arduino board, according to the company.

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5 years ago

A “community for digital nomads”, focused on sharing experiences and connecting with other digital nomads.

114

5 years ago

A sharing platform for freelance talent that’s already helping companies like Time Inc. and MailChimp hire.

114

5 years ago

A startup that helps people find reliable, well-reviewed doctors, and those doctors get paid to advertise.

114

5 years ago

A toolkit that lets companies through its own platform to administer their own payroll and benefits programs.

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4 years ago

A startup that helps Facebook pages and Instagram profiles monetize with advertising.

114

4 years ago

A startup that helps users buy and sell spare gadgets to each other, with a platform that allows people to buy and sell second-hand computers, phones, and other devices.

114

4 years ago

A platform that helps people communicate with their loved ones who live abroad.

114

4 years ago

DesiRad is a college group for Indian students in the US that makes it easier to find events and connect with others in the local community.

114

3 years ago

A tool for managing and customizing Gmail, combining the power of Gmail itself with an interface for adding features that make it faster and easier to work with.

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3 years ago

A startup that provides paid services that enable businesses to build better online marketing campaigns. The startup sells services such as creating an email list, creating a Facebook ad, or creating a web page.

114

3 years ago

The startup wants to make it easy for people to find their next job. Like LinkedIn, but for job seekers instead of employees.

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2 years ago

A way to integrate your home with services already in your neighborhood.

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5 years ago

An AI-based assist-ive technology for elderly patients. It’s built on Amazon’s Alexa platform and uses artificial intelligence to predict what the doctor will say before he says it, allowing the patient to adjust their behavior based on the doctor’s instructions.

113

5 years ago

A health service for people with persistent mental problems. The company wants to provide safe homes for people with mental illnesses, to help them get the services they need to lead productive lives.

113

5 years ago

A company that makes a smartphone app that is essentially a robo-advisor. The startup will use data from the app to make recommendations for the user.

113

5 years ago

This app is built to make it easy for business leaders to stay in touch with the people who make their businesses work, allowing executives to communicate with their teams via text.

113

5 years ago

This is a tool for teachers to grade students assignments. It also allows teachers to create lesson plans on their iPads.

113

5 years ago

A personal assistant that can get an email, read it, and then respond with a text message. The service is meant as a companion to aid in the act of driving, for instance.

113

5 years ago

A system that helps manage Google Adwords campaigns with real time analytics.

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A photo app for capturing and sharing memories that includes a suite of features like either a video or still image capture, an audio track, and even a filter that lets you add music.

113

5 years ago

The company is creating a new model for live-streaming video, designed for companies and clients to create live broadcasts at their own pace.

113

5 years ago

A “self-learning” personal assistant that learns your preferences from your habits and adjusts to serve you better. The startup is in the middle of a $3 million seed round.

113

5 years ago

This startup wants to make it easier for people to sell their used gadgets and electronics. It wants to give users free website or app hosting and a platform for selling their devices and accessories.

113

5 years ago

A startup that’s building a marketplace for people to buy, sell, and trade used cars, taking a commission of each transaction.

113

5 years ago

A tool that lets users convert any type of PDF into a markdown file for use with Notability, an iPad note-taking app.

113

5 years ago

This is a recruitment tool that centralizes applicant data. The startup makes it easy to manage applicants, including uploading resumes, tracking dates and scheduling interviews, and then acting on the results.

113

5 years ago

A startup that improves the user experience on Twitter by adding a “feed” feature.

113

5 years ago

Builds on the Chariot ride-hailing app for major cities in North America. The company says it’s adding more and more supply every day.

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4 years ago 1 views

A monthly subscription service for home laundry detergent that offers recommendations for how much to buy, when and how to use it. The startup has already sold more than $2 million in the past year from its first customers–with over 25,000 subscriptions.

113

4 years ago

A solution for loans that are backed by corporate stocks, allowing their holders to be traded like stocks.

113

4 years ago

A company that helps small businesses in the United States and Canada sell to businesses in the United Kingdom and Europe.

113

4 years ago

A company that helps studios and artists manage their intellectual property by letting them upload photos and videos to an online collection and share it with services like Amazon, Facebook, and more.

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3 years ago

The startup takes advantage of the fact that people often have to use their iPhones for multiple things, and wants to make it easy to manage multiple tasks at once. It’s a collaborative task manager for people who frequently use two or more devices. It’s treating its first paying customers via its crowdfunding campaign.

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3 years ago

The startup's goal is to make health tech more accessible by simplifying the experience for users. Instead of needing to learn about a piece of hardware, you can just enter your symptoms in the app and find the best patient-specific treatment for you.

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3 years ago

A startup that wants to build an online marketplace for labor and skills. The company’s founders say that the $2 trillion global services market is underserved by the $200 billion services market that already exists, and the company wants to fill that gap.

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5 years ago

A Y Combinator alum is building a system to help companies build their own enterprise-grade mobile apps, saving them from having to build everything themselves.

112

5 years ago

A venture backed brand that makes nut-milk-based drinks and skincare products. The company has three products in the market already, and recently introduced a new product that uses a nutty brown rice protein called “brown rice protein powder.”

112

5 years ago

A platform that embeds video chat and SMS into video conferencing tools to add value.

112

5 years ago

A startup that makes it easy for people to find and hire freelancers to do tasks like build websites, edit and proofread documents, and more.

112

5 years ago

A new startup helping small businesses like grocers, restaurants, and events get new customers. They say they’ve already generated over $1,000 in revenue from 5 customers.

112

5 years ago

A tool meant to help companies automate the onboarding process for new employees by using machine learning to read and evaluate new workers’ social media bios.

112

5 years ago

A new kind of soy sauce, made from low-GMO soybeans, fermented with vinegar and sea salt.

112

5 years ago

A startup for bands to put out their music for sale without the hassle of a label. The company is based out of Philadelphia, and is backed by the founders of the label of the same name.

112

5 years ago

A software-as-a-service that helps large companies manage and automate their entire supply chain, from procurement to inventory. It’s used by corporations like Apple, Ford, and Vodafone, as well as smaller companies like Clerys and GoDaddy.

112

5 years ago

A platform that allows brands to have their own private Instagram account, allowing them to advertise and interact on a brand’s feed without having to pay to do so.

112

5 years ago

A tool that makes it easier for employers to administer automated payroll.

112

5 years ago

SaveUp is a one-stop shop for college savings plans in the US, Canada, and the UK. It works to save people money with a tool that automatically sends pre-tax contributions from employer to student's 529. The company has raised $1.5M in funding.

112

5 years ago

A health care company that aims to make it easy for patients to access, at a fraction of the cost of traditional health insurance, the full range of doctor and hospital services.

112

5 years ago

"This list of startups is a non-exhaustive collection of the best companies funded by YC. It's not intended to be a comprehensive list of all startups funded by YC. Regardless, we'll be publishing additional startups funded by YC at a later date."

112

5 years ago

A startup that’s helping dental offices reduce costs and improve patient experience by adding a 3D tool that lets dentists see what they’re doing in real-time.

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4 years ago

A company that wants to help people store medical records. Medtronic shares the same vision, but has been unable to land deals with hospitals and doctors. Medtronic has raised $1.7 million in funding from investors including GE Ventures and the National Academy of Medicine.

112

4 years ago

A platform that lets users create virtual reality content using HTC Vive and Oculus Rift headsets.

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3 years ago

A company that uses a combination of big data, AI and data science to create better advertising campaigns.

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2 years ago

A startup that wants to make it possible for anyone to tap into the power of AI through an online API and the work of a machine learning community. The founders say they’re already working with several billion-dollar companies that use their API to run their entire data operations.

112

2 years ago

A way to help people in the U.S. set up tax-advantaged retirement plans for their employees.

112

5 years ago

A hardware startup that’s building a way for software to run on physical products, such as a keyboard or a mouse, instead of being software-only. The startup wants to create a device that can connect to a computer and transform a physical object into a fully-functional computer.

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5 years ago

The team is building a platform for independent contractors, freelancers and consultants to find clients. The company says it has already raised $5 million in funding.

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5 years ago

The startup’s founders say they want to be the company that “solves the ‘I can’t find my team’ problem.” It wants to be the new way of tracking employees, replacing spreadsheets and HR systems with a single, secure system.

111

5 years ago

A device for the elderly that monitors what’s going on with their blood pressure, pulse, and oxygen levels. The company also wants to build a “elderly safe” home that automatically adjusts itself to the needs of the elderly.

111

5 years ago

A startup that helps healthcare companies manage their patient records. The company provides software and services to help them make data easier to find. They have already run pilot programs with large insurance companies and hospitals.

111

5 years ago

A startup for freelance writers, editors, and translators. The startup is in its pre-launch phase, but has already sold $3,000 worth of services. It’s not a traditional marketplace, instead relying on a closed community of writers and translators who are all working on the same project.

111

5 years ago

A retail solution that allows customers to order groceries from a variety of retailers and have their goods delivered to their doorsteps within a few hours. In the first year of operations they had 10,000 customers and raised $1 million in seed funding.

111

5 years ago

A startup that helps businesses market to high school students, instead of relying on the university market.

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5 years ago

If you ever needed to take a picture of your data, this is the app for you. The camera-based app allows you to take pictures of your data and export it to a spreadsheet.

111

5 years ago

An on-site credit card system for small businesses. The company says it’s already working with over 700 businesses.

111

5 years ago

A company that sells custom-made T-shirts for its customers, and has partnered with a number of companies like Coca-Cola, McDonald's, and Tapatalk to offer exclusive designs.

111

5 years ago

A company that aims to help people find the best local plumbers for their needs. It’s a service that lets people in the US and Canada search for local plumbers on a list of vetted pros.

111

5 years ago

A “dynamic ad platform” built for the Internet of Things

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4 years ago

A decentralized marketplace for web pages, where people can buy and sell ads. The startup offers buying and selling ads for web pages the same way that people sell and buy ads on Facebook.

111

4 years ago

This startup is building a platform for location-based mobile advertising aimed at driving in-app purchases and attracting shoppers. The startup is currently focused on shopping malls in the US, but they have plans to expand to other verticals.

111

4 years ago

A startup that helps users create unique email addresses based on their name, birthday, or an emoji.

111

3 years ago

A tool for helping salespeople track the performance of the leads they’re working with through the funnel’s lifecycle.

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3 years ago

This startup offers an affordable, integrated supply chain management platform for manufacturers and distributors in the US, Canada and Southeast Asia.

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3 years ago

A startup for people who live in “no-man’s” land, like students and digital nomads.

111

3 years ago

A startup for small businesses that want to grow their business by taking on extra projects. Instead of doing all the work themselves, you can put the work out to small contractors.

111

2 years ago

This startup is building a virtual assistant for people living in the suburbs that helps them organize the myriad of tasks they do every day.

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5 years ago

It’s a brand new concept in the world of advertising, using the “perks” of a travel-based credit card to show you ads you’d be interested in on a flight.

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5 years ago

A video editing platform that’s meant to make it easier to create and share videos without creating a video editing crew. The startup is powered by a virtual assistant that handles tasks like organizing clips, adding music, and fine-tuning the final product.

110

5 years ago

Connecting a company’s marketing and sales efforts through a single platform. The startup is looking to connect sales with marketing, allowing companies to track the effectiveness of their marketing efforts and the ROI of different types of advertising.

110

5 years ago

This is a real estate marketplace that wants to make it easy for sellers to find buyers using the company’s proprietary search tools. The startup says it’s already working with over 100 landlords and realtors in five states.

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5 years ago

A company that wants to help businesses advertise on their own websites. It offers hosted advertising and a platform to create custom ads.

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5 years ago

A tool that lets someone create a Facebook Ad with a group of friends in it for a specific cause or purpose.

110

5 years ago

This is a tool that help teachers and school administrators find and manage volunteers. The company says they have over 1,000 people in their database.

110

5 years ago

A startup that allows one to take a screenshot of the current page, then upload it to the company.

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5 years ago

A messaging platform for retailers that allows them to advertise deals or specials to customers with a text message.

110

5 years ago

A cloud-based security management platform that offers enterprise-grade security, compliance and governance.

110

5 years ago

A tool to help people make and sell their own physical products online, particularly since they’ve already gone through the work of designing them.

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The startup is building a “digital” version of the traditional “mystery” game, with a new spin on the game: The game is a multiplayer one where players build their own “mystery” board, where they can use AI to give clues to each other.

110

4 years ago

A platform for recruiters to manage and find candidates from social networks. They charge companies by the number of applicants they get, and are already working with Y Combinator.

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4 years ago 1 views

A startup that calls itself the Amazon of homeopathic products. The company sells and ships over a hundred products to consumers, including aromatherapy oils that help people relax. It’s the leading homeopathic e-commerce site in the UK.

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3 years ago

A video content platform that gives advertisers a way to test their messaging on real people. Users share short videos from their lives, and brands can see how their ad performs in that context.

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3 years ago

A startup for live crypto trading, with a focus on people who already have an account with another exchange. The service is currently in beta testing.

110

5 years ago

A startup that sells a tool where you can upload a video and it gives you a list of things that could be wrong with it to help you figure it out

109

5 years ago

A tool that helps teams manage their Slack threads using a shared document. It’s similar to tools such as Zoho Docs and Google Docs.

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5 years ago

A platform for buyers to help sellers analyze their products. Sellers can upload pictures of products and ask buyers to review them, and the company will add the data to a database that sellers can use to improve their products.

109

5 years ago

A company that helps people find and hire local contractors and tradespeople.

109

5 years ago

Businesses in the Netherlands can create a marketplace for people to sell their home-grown products and services. The startup has already helped 30 small businesses rent out their homes.

109

5 years ago

A line of 4-foot tall furniture made of wood that uses a patented process to create a wooden frame that is filled with foam and then wrapped in fabric. The product is meant to be customizable and customizable.

109

5 years ago

A new content marketing platform that helps businesses create and distribute content quickly, with the goal of driving more leads through its platform.

109

5 years ago

A startup that helps businesses build and manage their customer databases, moving away from spreadsheets and manual processes to digitized solutions

109

5 years ago

A company that aims to build the next generation of smart homes. The team has already raised over $5 million from investors, including Google Ventures and Andreessen Horowitz.

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4 years ago

The startup is building a platform for online poll creators. It’s a company that’s already in early-stage talks with buyout funds.

109

4 years ago

A resource for women on the road to help them be better travelers. The company says it’s already working with companies like Microsoft and Time Warner Cable.

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4 years ago

A startup that lets consumers and businesses create their own private, encrypted email addresses.

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4 years ago

A tool that helps you keep track of the book you read, and which you can then automatically give to a friend.

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4 years ago

A database of contacts and leads for real estate agents.

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4 years ago

A SaaS platform that helps companies take advantage of the new EU GDPR regulations by making compliance faster and easier. The startup has raised $1.4M.

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4 years ago

A tech startup whose product is a home-based network of technicians that fixes your home’s issues or installs equipment. The company says that since it launched in early 2019 it has already had several million dollars worth of work.

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4 years ago

This startup is building a platform that allows businesses to manage their payroll and benefits from a single system. The startup already serves Fortune 500 companies.

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4 years ago

A software company that helps doctors better track patient health using data from a variety of sources. The startup is already working with physicians in Arizona.

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4 years ago

A way for marketers to track their Facebook ad campaigns in real-time, with a dashboard to see which ads are performing the best.

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4 years ago

A startup that lets you pay your bills with cryptocurrency (traditionally a pain to pull off).

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4 years ago

A video ad platform that lets you buy high-quality video ads to promote your YouTube channel or other online content. By using the service, you’re able to share your content and get paid for doing it.

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3 years ago

A workplace application that automatically analyzes emails to determine which emails are the most important and should be answered immediately. It’s trying to replace the traditional “email triage” process with a more targeted process that says, for instance, “take care of these 10 emails first, then this one”.

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A company that helps companies manage their data within their AWS accounts, so they don’t have to pay for segregated, additional storage on Amazon’s cloud.

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3 years ago

A startup that makes software for managing, organizing and coordinating repairs at a home. It’s for homeowners and building managers who have been frustrated with the process of addressing issues with their homes.

109

3 years ago

A startup company that’s building a platform that allows people to collaborate with each other, and uses the technologies and resources they already have to build the solution.

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5 years ago

A new type of advertising where companies pay to have their ads appear in live videos on platforms like Facebook. The company is also building a platform to help users monetize those videos, allowing users to sell ad space on their own behalf.

108

5 years ago

A platform for freelancers to find and keep clients without the headaches. It’s aimed at small businesses and other organizations that need to keep track of projects, but don’t have the time or personnel to do it.

108

5 years ago

A mobile money platform for emerging markets, where the company says it has already made $1 billion in loans to over 20 million customers.

108

5 years ago

People are tired of waiting on hold for customer service, so they’re putting their calls into a queue to be answered and retrieved. The startup is aiming to be the de facto customer service app for the next generation of companies, and says it’s already working with several major companies in the space.

108

5 years ago

A B2B company that aims to help B2B brands with marketing and sales by leveraging the power of B2B data and CRM technology. They have customers including Royal Bank of Canada and American Express.

108

5 years ago

A video conferencing platform that’s powered by the cloud and designed to work on all devices. It’s already integrated with Slack, allowing customers to schedule meetings from anywhere and get notifications when they’re available.

108

5 years ago

A dashboard for tracking Facebook ads to see what works, and what’s not working.

108

5 years ago

A tool to help users with a medical condition track the changes in their body as they adjust to medicine or treatment.

108

5 years ago

A company that advances the careers of aspiring opera singers, giving them a place to record, rehearse, and perform their music.

108

5 years ago

A startup that helps people create and host a one-on-one relationship with advisors.

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4 years ago

A platform for preparing and serving meals at home, which allows users to order food from a menu and have it made when they arrive.

108

4 years ago

A product for displaying and uploading digital artwork called “the Art App”.

108

4 years ago

A way for team leaders to keep track of the progress of their team with simple checklists. The app is a free to share checklist and the team can customize the checklist with be customizable.

108

3 years ago

A startup that allows you to pay your bills from your phone. It’s meant to be a more cost-effective option than traditional billing software. It’s being built for small businesses, but the founders plan to expand to larger clients in the future.

108

3 years ago

Ticket sales for anime conventions and concerts, with a focus on anime conventions. The startup works with publishers and artists to build events, and has already hosted events at Anime Expo, Tokyo’s Anime Digital Expo, and Anime Boston.

108

2 years ago

This startup is building a platform for businesses to advertise products and services, but the business doesn’t necessarily have to be in the company’s physical space. The startup wants to bring the physical world online by creating a virtual storefront for physical businesses.

108

2 years ago

A technology that allows for all of the information on a piece of paper to be stored digitally, and for that paper to be ripped out and read on a smartphone. The company has $3.1 million in funding from investors like Y Combinator, Wellington, and others.

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5 years ago

A way for publishers to advertise a collection of content, not just one article. The startup has raised $1.6 million in seed funding.

107

5 years ago

A company that provides “next-generation” insurance solutions to companies with higher liability risks. The company’s approach is a bit atypical, as they say they’re not “selling” insurance, but rather “managing” the risk of the company. The startup says they’re already working with more than a dozen clients with plans to expand to 20 more before the end of 2019.

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5 years ago

A tool for students that helps them track their progress and see how they’re doing in class. The company’s founders say they’re already working with a variety of colleges across the country.

107

5 years ago

An AI-powered chatbot that helps doctors diagnose and treat patients. The company says it is already being used by over 20,000 doctors in the US.

107

5 years ago

This startup is building a way to help people create and upload their own videos — and potentially get paid for it.

107

5 years ago

A startup focused on virtual reality and augmented reality wants to make it easier to create and share 3D models on the web, allowing designers to upload their 3D models into its platform for sharing and collaboration.

107

5 years ago

A B2B sales platform that helps companies capture leads and share them with agencies.

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4 years ago

A platform for selling and buying your car or truck, financed with a monthly payment. The startup sold its first loan in May with former GM executive, Mark St. Pierre, leading the company.

107

4 years ago

A business that aims to help small-time beer makers have a better shot at getting a traditional distributor, by building a network of distributors and collectors who can help local brewers sell and promote their beers.

107

4 years ago

Some of these startups are still in Y Combinator, but most have graduated and launched.

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4 years ago

A program for graduating students to match them with jobs and internships, pitching itself as an alternative to unpaid internships.

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4 years ago 3 views

A tool to help people run their own ad campaigns on Facebook for a small fee

107

4 years ago

A startup that helps companies get energy-efficient lightbulbs into their warehouses. They’ve already sold over 1,000 LED bulbs in a few months.

107

4 years ago

A company that provides software that helps choose the best video compression settings and then uploads videos to YouTube or Vimeo.

107

3 years ago

Health AI is building a digital health platform for the chronically ill and people in the early stages of developing diseases. The company launched in Boston in early 2017. The startup is building an AI-enabled doctor system that will read and interpret patient medical records and send the data to an online health doctor.

107

3 years ago

A guide for Americans living abroad to apply for American citizenship.

107

3 years ago

This startup is building an enterprise-grade Slack competitor. The company’s founders say that they’re building a “complete messaging solution”, including bots and integrations.

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2 years ago 1 views

A digital assistant to help connect you with property managers. Heaps of interactions are handled through email, and real estate professionals can be added as contacts to help users find listings.

107

5 years ago

A WordPress-based blogging platform that removes the clutter of a blog, allowing you to focus on what you’re saying, not all the add-ons you’re using.

106

5 years ago

A new start-up that wants to make it easier for students to access their grades, assignments, and other materials. The company is currently offering a free plan for students and has raised a $2.5M seed round to date.

106

5 years ago

A tool built for companies to manage and monitor all of their marketing on one platform. The company says they’ve already worked with a variety of Fortune 500 firms, including Qantas, Lululemon, and Tesla.

106

5 years ago

Everyone has a friend or acquaintance that they’d like to loan money to, but they have no way to do so. MoneyBroker does just that, pairing people with other people in need of cash with those who have funds to give. The startup has already raised $2.5 million and is currently on-boarding more than 2,000 users a month.

106

5 years ago

The company’s pitch is that it is building a digital platform to help entrepreneurs raise capital at a much lower cost than traditional venture capital.

106

5 years ago

A home security startup that monitors in-home security cameras and allows customers to turn on their lights or lock their doors remotely. The startup, which has raised a $750k seed round from a variety of investors, is already working with a dozen customers.

106

5 years ago

A startup that is building a network of independent financial advisors who will work with people to get them the best insurance rates available.

106

5 years ago

An advertising platform for artists that uses blockchain technology to smooth out the payment process. ArtPro is building a DApp on Ethereum that will allow artists to sell their digital work directly to their fans.

106

5 years ago

A company developing a wireless, easy-to-install smart lock for houses. The product is designed to work with both traditional deadbolts and smart locks.

106

5 years ago

Some of the ideas listed in this section are not considered to be ideas per se but instead products in development.

106

5 years ago

A new way to book tickets online. Instead of booking through a travel agency or airline, the startup plans to make it easy to book and pay for your tickets through the app.

106

5 years ago

A platform that helps companies host events, with a large focus on live events. It has a marketplace through which businesses can advertise their events, custom event tickets, and sell tickets to the public. Three big clients include LinkedIn, Twitter, and Visa.

106

5 years ago

A way for people to take a photo of their food, and see where it came from and what was in it. It’s already up and running, and aims to keep customers up to date on the food they eat.

106

5 years ago

A tool designed for insurance adjusters to manage claims and automate the process of getting a home inspection.

106

5 years ago

A crowdfunding platform for cities and countries that want to fund infrastructure like clean water, sewer, and roads.

106

5 years ago

Focused on helping the elderly pay bills, Vayvadex allows users to pay for services, like a nursing home, with a swipe of their debit card. Users can also use the app to find a doctor or a home aide.

106

4 years ago

The Y Combinator Summer 2019 batch had 56 companies, down 8 from the previous batch. This batch was the first to feature more only-female teams than male teams.

106

4 years ago

A startup that wants to create a new way of managing content that’s more dynamic and flexible than traditional CMSs.

106

4 years ago

A startup for professional foreign exchange (forex) traders. The startup wants to disrupt the industry’s outdated, fragmented approach to trading, and provide a platform for trading 24/7.

106

4 years ago

A subscription-based service for managing and sharing your money. The company is building a service for people who want a personalized, financial dashboard, but don’t want to pay the hefty $200 per month that a traditional financial advisor charges.

106

4 years ago

ASR is a digital investment platform, which is designed to give investors the chance to buy, sell, and trade digital assets.

106

3 years ago

A telephone hotline for women in the US to call for tips and advice on sexual assault and harassment. It lists hotlines, counselors, and rape centers and people can also search for a group in their area.

106

3 years ago

A company that provides insurance for non-traditional vehicles like scooters and e-bikes.

106

3 years ago

A startup that takes the Dropbox platform and adds social features, making it easier to collaborate with other business or family members.

106

2 years ago

An assistant that helps you build websites. It’s a “social CMS”: It allows people to add content and edit pages on the fly.

106

2 years ago

A platform for restaurants to tell customers about the people in the restaurant who made them what they were eating.

106

5 years ago

A platform that documents the human factors that go into the design of things, like adding a button for “Delete’ and a “Save” button to a plastic toothbrush. The startup is currently working with startups and designers to build out its product.

105

5 years ago

A company that helps companies to build, market and sell software products to Fortune 500 companies. They’re already working with Google.

105

5 years ago

A startup that helps employers and HR departments manage the hiring process and recruitment. They’ve raised $1.2 million to date, and their 10-person team has already signed on to work with 500 startups.

105

5 years ago

A new startup that’s looking to use artificial intelligence to help companies develop and test new products and services. They’re looking to build a platform to pull together all of the publicly available data about products and consumers and teach a neural network to help companies predict how people will interact with their products, which they believe is the key to increasing product adoption. Currently, the startup has $2.5 million in seed funding.

105

5 years ago

A facial recognition startup that lets brands create custom-built advertisements by uploading a photograph of a user and getting a real-time computer-generated version to match with the real one.

105

5 years ago

The Startup Grind Philly Meetup is a group of local entrepreneurs, investors, and other startup enthusiasts who regularly gather to talk about entrepreneurship, funding, and startups in Philadelphia. The event is organized by a variety of organizations including the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business, The Foundry and the Philadelphia Technology Alliance.

105

5 years ago

While the idea of a self-driving car might look like far-fetched science fiction, the reality is that the technology is already at work on the roads of the United States and Europe. However, it is still too expensive for consumers to access. The startup, which is still in stealth, is working to make the technology accessible at a consumer level.

105

5 years ago

A platform that helps companies generate traffic and leads, which it uses to sell its own lead generation services

105

5 years ago

This company is building a platform that helps people manage and grow their wealth for retirement. It’s a robo-advisor that works with both individual investors and large investment funds.

105

5 years ago

This startup wants to help teams collaborate on their projects. The startup’s app helps teams with a visual timeline of project deadlines, and also lets them share files, so users can work on stuff in real time.

105

5 years ago

The company is creating a platform for companies that want to take advantage of their networks of publicists, leading to more effective, more affordable marketing.

105

5 years ago

The company is building a toolset for building and selling items on Airbnb. The company is already working with a few startups in Silicon Valley, and says they’ve raised $1.2M but aren’t disclosing their valuation or amount raised.

105

5 years ago

A salesforce.com-style product that helps companies automate their sales process. The company currently has over 50 customers on the platform, and says it has made more than $1 million in sales.

105

5 years ago

A tool for videographers, pitch as “YouTube for professional filmmakers”. The app is meant to make it super-easy to upload and share videos.

105

4 years ago

A free service that helps Americans who are moving abroad find work and employment opportunities in their new countries. Their mission is to help Americans transition to their new countries by providing job opportunities in their new countries.

105

4 years ago

In the world of artificial intelligence, there’s always one who’s ahead of the curve.

105

4 years ago

A company that makes an app for ride sharing that gives riders pay-per-mile pricing instead of the traditional per-mile pricing.

105

4 years ago

A startup that wants to help reduce the cost of creating and publishing original video content by using Adobe’s technology.

105

4 years ago

A web-based tool to help people plan their financial goals. It’s especially useful for people without an advisor, and uses machine learning to predict where individuals are on the financial spectrum.

105

3 years ago

A commerce platform for the Indian market, where many consumers have previously had to go through multiple vendors to make a purchase.

105

3 years ago

A SaaS startup that helps businesses grow through better marketing. The startup has 50,000 active users already and is profitable.

105

3 years ago

A company that wants to make it easier for consumers to find affordable, vegan, certified organic food online, and has already signed on several retailers.

105

3 years ago

A decentralized version of Spotify that lets anyone upload music to a shared library.

105

2 years ago

A platform to help businesses broadcast their message via social media in a more reliable and effective way. Currently focused on events, but is looking to expand to other areas.

105

5 years ago

A content recommendation platform that partners with influencers to help them get more followers and more engagement. They say they’re already working with a number of celebrities.

104

5 years ago

A “non-traditional” startup that focuses on the aftermarket. It focuses on a market that’s typically difficult to reach because of the need for a deeper understanding of a customer’s business and needs.

104

5 years ago

This company is building software to help the top 1% of salespeople and leadership, which they say is a $3 trillion market.

104

5 years ago

An online marketplace for buying and selling used items and goods. The company is using a technology called RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) to allow consumers to scan an item and find out what they’re worth on the platform, which they say is a cheaper way to buy used goods, and helps sellers by cutting out the middleman.

104

5 years ago

A global P2P insurance marketplace that aims to disrupt the traditional insurance market. Founded in July, the startup is currently in beta.

104

5 years ago

A visual editor for news articles, where journalists can add their own photos and graphics to the content.

104

5 years ago

A Canadian startup that wants to help businesses get money from Canadian residents.

104

5 years ago

An online marketplace for buying and selling used cars, with sellers spread out across the US. A small number of sellers offer used cars, but most of the items are from rentals. The company has raised $40M in a Series E.

104

4 years ago

A cloud-based inventory management system for restaurants. The company wants to help restaurants track inventory across the supply chain, and integrate with other systems like POS and bar management software. They’ve already raised $2.5M.

104

4 years ago

An online marketplace for customized makers’ goods. It’s also a marketplace for more traditional products, like fuel.

104

4 years ago

The accelerator program, which uses the Y Combinator model, has graduated from YC more than 50 companies and has been called “the most successful startup incubator”.

104

4 years ago

A bitcoin exchange for small-dollar retail purchases. It’s available in the U.S. and Canada.

104

4 years ago

A way to import data from a computer or device onto an iPad.

104

4 years ago

An online platform for people to sell their old cell phones on. It has about 100,000 people already listing their phones, most of whom are in the U.S.

104

3 years ago

This startup is building a digital library of German language learning resources for adults.

104

3 years ago

A company that offers a platform that helps Financial Advisors keep track of their clients’ portfolios, helping them get paid.

104

3 years ago

A web-based tool to create & share professional-quality documents, allowing users to upload and edit documents on the website and have them distributed to colleagues and clients.

104

5 years ago

This is a platform that helps companies find and hire remote employees. It’s an expansion of the company’s existing service which it says already serves 2,000 companies.

103

5 years ago

A storage and backup service that allows users to upload documents in different formats, then get their data backed up to the cloud.

103

5 years ago

This startup is building an “enterprise-ready” version of Microsoft Office for businesses.

103

5 years ago

This is a platform for the financing and management of artists’ works. It’s for labels and artists to receive payments from their fans in advance and use it to work on new projects.

103

5 years ago

A startup that built an app that enables people to create custom messaging channels on WhatsApp. The startup, which has already raised funding from Y Combinator and other investors, is currently working with WhatsApp to enable its customers to sell premium products in their chat channels.

103

5 years ago

A platform that allows you to take a photo of anything on your smartphone, and then upload it to Google Photos.

103

5 years ago

A massive community for startups and investors to learn about company funding, get advice and connect with each other.

103

5 years ago

A startup that lets you connect with the people you’re hiring. It’s available for companies to use themselves or as an add-on to larger recruiting platforms.

103

5 years ago

A map of New York that acts as a digital billboard, providing advertising and location-based services. It was one of the winners of the NYC Tech Challenge.

103

5 years ago

A startup that’s building a new kind of ad network for digital publishers. The startup aims to make publishers’ ad businesses more valuable by integrating their ad products with their own.

103

5 years ago

This startup wants to help companies in the US and Canada manage their expense report software.

103

4 years ago

This startup is building a service that helps small businesses build trusted brands that can drive sales and lead to repeat customers.

103

4 years ago

This startup is building a tool for HR managers to manage their team’s performance reviews. The service has already been used by over 5,000 companies, and it’s available for free to large companies.

103

3 years ago

SaaS business meant to help law firms manage their loan operations. It’s a spreadsheet tool that integrates with law firm systems and is meant to help make loan operations more efficient.

103

3 years ago

A financial services business that allows people to trade stocks & cryptocurrencies, with plans for a mobile app later this year.

103

3 years ago

A web/desktop app that allows users to take surveys from their iPads.

103

2 years ago

A platform that helps develop new apps for iOS and Android, then allows them to be downloaded by anyone.

103

2 years ago

A startup working to create a platform for flexible work that allows for variable hours and hours, instead of fixed, static workdays.

103

5 years ago

A B2B specialist that connects global buyers with local manufacturers. The company is building a supply chain management platform for businesses that is meant to be faster and cheaper than traditional methods.

102

5 years ago

A startup that helps small businesses with their marketing and sales. The company’s software analyzes data and gives recommendations on how to best market and sell a company’s products. The startup says it has trained more than 150,000 salespeople and made more than $1 billion in revenue for clients.

102

5 years ago

A startup that brings together the digital and physical worlds to make sure you’re prepared for any situation. Exos is a communications platform that will help you be ready before an earthquake hits, a hurricane hits, or a tsunami strikes.

102

5 years ago

A company that helps major brands like Target and Chipotle via a “three-second check-in” that lets customers add a fast, simple rating to a product to build a sentiment score for it.

102

5 years ago

A company that wants to connect your assets – from your home to your car – with the services you use at home, at work, and on the road.

102

5 years ago

A startup that helps foreign companies find workers in the US. The startup’s founders say they’ve already had over 25,000 job postings on their platform.

102

5 years ago

A browser extension that lets users embed a Google Analytics account into their blog or website, with the added bonus that it will also track the page views. It’s a simple idea, but one that could be very useful to small businesses.

102

5 years ago

A software company that builds tools for online content creators to optimize their income by using tools like Google AdSense and YouTube Partner Program.

102

5 years ago

A startup that wants to provide insurance for freelance content creators, giving them a way to secure their gigs against things like blackouts and injury. The company is looking to grow into more than just content creators, proposing to add insurance to other types of industries.

102

5 years ago

A software company that provides software for companies to calculate the cost of hiring new employees. The company says it’s already attracting customers like Twitter, LinkedIn, and Zendesk.

102

5 years ago

Of course, that’s just a sampling. And some of these companies are still in the idea stage, so they might not turn into actual businesses. But this list shows that there’s a lot of revenue to be made building new tools for the online world. Now it’s up to entrepreneurs to decide what sorts of products to build.

102

5 years ago

This August, TechCrunch reported that Instagram was in talks with Facebook to acquire the company for as much as $1 billion. Instagram, which was founded in 2010, is based in San Francisco, and is a popular photography app that has more than 300 million users around the world. It was acquired by Facebook in 2012, and Facebook has since used Instagram to promote its other products, including Instagram Stories, and advertisements. Instagram has been a big investment for Facebook, and many think it has been one of the company's most successful acquisitions. However, Instagram's popularity has led to a lot of negative press coverage about the user data that Facebook has access to.

102

4 years ago

A startup that helps users make a case for charitable donations in their life, so they can take advantage of tax benefits and make a donation to charity.

102

4 years ago

A platform that allows teams to collaborate on their code without ever needing to leave Slack. The company has already raised $3 million in funding.

102

4 years ago

A platform for connecting small businesses and consulting firms. The company wants to make it easy for consultants to offer their advice and businesses to hire them.

102

4 years ago

This company is making it easier for small businesses to invest in their own ventures, by providing them an online platform for managing investments. The seed round has already been funded, and the company is looking to the next round to help it scale.

102

4 years ago

A startup that lets you find a job by location, offering an extensive database of job listings, in addition to job postings from companies and government agencies.

102

4 years ago

A company that builds a way to observe and track the movement of people in real time through a smartphone application. It’s a way to keep celebrities safe at festivals and other events. The founders say they’ve already been approached by several celebrities to use their product.

102

4 years ago

A startup that helps companies send out encrypted emails to employees, and their families, that only employees can read and employees can only see them.

102

4 years ago

A SaaS startup that helps small business owners by providing value-added services to their customers.

102

4 years ago

A startup that allows people to sell, lease or trade their electric vehicle and get money back.

102

3 years ago

A global payments platform for small- and medium-sized businesses. The startup wants to help those with limited credit or banking options get access to global trade finance.

102

3 years ago

Next Jump is building a platform that allows consumers to sell their e-waste, turning it into a material that can be made into keychains, necklaces, and other products.

102

3 years ago

A digital financial advisor for individuals with no bank account or credit history, using a digital model that connects individuals with lenders and leads to loans for people with low credit scores.

102

3 years ago

"A tool for managing the email inbox. The concept is to help people manage their inbox better, with an interface that makes it easier to get things done by adding context, breaking things down into actionable items, and creating a flow."

102

3 years ago

A company that manages HR processes, allowing companies to use HR software without any of the overhead. The company charges a flat fee of $1,000 per month.

102

5 years ago

A digital point-of-sale system for restaurants that minimizes friction and drives more sales. The platform uses a credit card reader and is simply hooked up to an existing Wi-Fi network.

101

5 years ago

A platform for selling and buying used cars, introduced at YC’s Demo Day in 2015. The startup brings a car buying platform to a market where many people don’t have credit or don’t want to deal with the hassle of financing. It’s already in use in the Bay Area, and is looking to expand to other areas of the country.

101

5 years ago

A startup that wants to help people build a retirement plan that can be adjusted and updated as the needs of their life change. The startup’s platform is built on top of a series of APIs and a software development kit.

101

5 years ago

Bitpagos is a startup that wants to be a PayPal or Square competitor for merchants in Latin America, allowing them to accept payments from abroad.

101

5 years ago

An online marketplace that allows people to sell their experience by uploading a video of themselves explaining what they do and what they accomplished.

101

5 years ago

A startup that will “provide prescription drug adherence to your patients”.

101

5 years ago

A system for creating and managing social campaigns for advertising, marketing, and sales.

101

5 years ago

A system that helps people make and share lists, with the goal of creating more shared lists than the traditional email/Google Docs/etc. style of list-making.

101

5 years ago

A startup in the fitness-tracking space that’s giving people an app that provides them with on-demand workouts. The startup is selling workouts that are already designed by a group of experts, for $12 a piece.

101

5 years ago

A company that makes small, affordable homes from shipping containers. The company has built “a new kind of modular home that can be made in as little as one week, on site”. The first models are coming out in October.

101

5 years ago

Taking a more “on-demand” approach to healthcare than traditional apps, with a goal of reducing cost and improving outcomes

101

4 years ago

Helping small businesses manage all of their IT needs. The startup has 100 clients already and is looking for $1 million in seed funding.

101

4 years ago

A tool for bringing employees together. The tool allows you to add tasks by dragging and dropping from an online spreadsheet to a shared Google Drive.

101

4 years ago

A platform that helps customers shop for and compare products, and integrates with their CRM, and has already integrated with 10 major CRM providers.

101

3 years ago

The startup is looking to provide Internet-wide offline access to a library of books and ebooks. Interested users can sign up for free, download the app, and choose which books to download. You can create “stacks” of books based on topics, or “curated stacks” based on which books you think you’ll be interested in.

101

3 years ago

A software company that wants to help people program their gadgets with a purpose-built, step-by-step programming interface.

101

3 years ago

A monitor for companies to review their employees' performance. Leaders can use it to see how employees are performing, or even see how they’re talking to managers and peers.

101

2 years ago

This startup is building a digital marketing platform for the Indian market. It offers lower-cost advertising options and analytics tools.

101

5 years ago

A startup that provides a service for people who are traveling abroad to have someone mail them necessities

100

5 years ago

A company that allows users to create and market “smart” contracts. They can be used to create asset-backed securities, loans and bonds, and can be made to automatically pay out to users if certain conditions are met.

100

5 years ago

A companion app for the cloud-based version of the New York Times that lets you save articles to read later, annotate them, and share them with your friends.

100

5 years ago

A company that launched a Kickstarter campaign to find a team to help companies get better at implementing agile processes. They think they've found a winning formula, and want to hire people to help ten companies to adapt their processes to the lean startup model.

100

5 years ago

A money transfer service for the African market. The startup is launching in Cameroon in August and will expand to other countries as it progresses. The founders say their product is already being used in more than 60 countries.

100

5 years ago

A tool for building and managing social networks, with plans to add in things like a calendar, task management, document sharing, etc. through a new collaboration platform.

100

5 years ago

An advertising platform that works to make ad buying more transparent and transparent, with a focus on helping advertisers make more informed decisions.

100

5 years ago

A web-based platform that allows users to create and manage custom-made credit cards to make online payments. They also offer an API for customers to build their own solutions on top of.

100

5 years ago

A two-sided marketplace for ads, designed specifically for blockchain and cryptocurrencies, and backed by Y Combinator. The platform will allow publishers and advertisers to sell digital advertising at an auction, then use smart contracts to facilitate payment.

100

4 years ago

A cloud-based accounting system (and financial advisor) which works across all sorts of small businesses: doctors, dentists, plumbers, lawyers, etc.

100

4 years ago

A platform for community leaders to recruit and hire community managers and engage their followers.

100

4 years ago

A digital file system that allows users to format and edit their files, then upload them to the cloud.

100

4 years ago

This app allows you to rent a car from other drivers in your area, without having to do business with traditional car rental companies. The app operates on a peer-to-peer business model.

100

4 years ago

This startup wants to build a new, more sustainable way to build roads for autonomous vehicles.

100

3 years ago

A very soft launch in the US of a voice-activated assistant that can read you the weather, news, and other stuff.

100

3 years ago

A startup that lets people upload their apps to GitHub and get a review from a software engineer.

100

5 years ago

A digital assistant that learns a user’s preferences and preferences over time to show more relevant ads

99

5 years ago

A startup that helps small businesses by organising and managing all their local events, from local meetups to trade shows.

99

5 years ago

A company that helps companies adopt their own employee stock ownership plan, which lets employees invest in the company through a stock purchase plan.

99

5 years ago

A “social business networking platform” that helps small businesses advertise and connect with each other.

99

5 years ago

A free service that lets users upload the physical documents into a digital system that lets them edit and review.

99

4 years ago

An enterprise-grade mobile app that makes it easier to hire freelance contractors. The startup’s software tracks hours, overtime, time cards and more, and automates the process.

99

4 years ago

A startup that helps businesses manage their payments and invoices, which the founders say is significantly more effective than spreadsheets. It aims to be a full-stack solution for companies in need of a better way to manage their accounts receivable.

99

4 years ago

A solution that provides districts and schools with data on academic performance, attendance, and facilities.

99

3 years ago

The business is a “B2B SaaS platform that connects manufacturers and distributors with manufacturers and distributors in other countries. The business is built on top of the global trading network of the SFL Group, a European multi-country network of a network of factories and distributors.”

99

3 years ago

A platform to help people find affordable housing. The startup says it’s already found 50,000 people in need of housing in New York City.

99

3 years ago

A tool that helps people in the US and Canada plan and pay for trips that are a mix of business and pleasure.

99

5 years ago

A simple tool that gives people a way to track their finances, with a focus on building a community. It’s just launched in beta and says it’s already gaining traction in the SF Bay Area.

98

5 years ago

A startup that aims to make it easier for independent contractors to build and manage their own online profiles, bringing a more personal, social and trusted experience to a traditionally impersonal service.

98

5 years ago

A company that provides a free loan to borrowers who have already been denied one from other banks.

98

5 years ago

This London-based startup is trying to change the way that people think about cryptocurrency. The platform is designed to help people purchase and trade in cryptocurrencies while providing an environment for detailed analysis of the cryptocurrency market.

98

5 years ago

A startup that wants to make live video marketing as simple as possible for brands. The company’s founders say they’ve already helped over 1,000 brands, and are having success with brands like Best Buy.

98

5 years ago

A tool that helps marketers and their clients create and amplify their Facebook Ads. It’s like a Proof of Concept with a free version.

98

5 years ago

An e-commerce platform for zoos and aquariums to sell souvenirs to customers. The startup is working with three aquariums in the United States, and has had over $360,000 in sales in its first year.

98

5 years ago

A startup that helps SMBs build custom software for their business through its admin platform.

98

4 years ago

A set of tools to help build out a mobile app without having to know a lot about how to code. The startup’s founder, Sam Om, has been working on the startup for over a year, and says they’ve already secured $300,000 in funding.

98

4 years ago

A startup that helps businesses manage their data and get to market quicker. The company says it’s already landing a lot of customers in the early days as it’s able to deliver a relatively simple product.

98

4 years ago

This startup is building a tool that lets a user take photos, add lines, and then a designer can come in and polish the design.

98

4 years ago

A startup that allows people to make local videos, and then sell them to advertisers, essentially turning them into a YouTube-style video creator.

98

4 years ago

A app that helps you read and watch long-form content without it taking over your day.

98

4 years ago

A startup that’s building a platform to better understand the efficacy of different digital advertising formats

98

4 years ago

A startup that provides personalized stock investment advice to individuals

98

4 years ago

A startup that pulls live market data into a dashboard for investment and trading. The startup says it has $1.2 million in funding and has worked with the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq.

98

4 years ago

A startup that helps connect a person’s home energy use to the company they work for. The startup’s founders say they’ve already been able to help a customer save $100 a month.

98

3 years ago

A startup in the social sector, Canvas is applying artificial intelligence to the cause of ending global poverty. The startup already has a pilot in the Indian state of Bihar, and is hoping to expand to other countries.

98

3 years ago

Artisanal is a startup that wants to make it easier to learn how to make things. With its paid subscription, users can create a kit with a 30-day supply of products, with the startup’s team of artisans providing advice on how to make a specific product.

98

3 years ago

Next Door is a dating service for divorced people who’ve lost contact with their exes. The app offers a community of divorced/separated people who can share advice on dates and relationships.

98

3 years ago

A tool to help filesharing users find the best links to download.

98

5 years ago

This is a tool that helps you mark you as having read, commented, and suggested items on a project, so you can know when you’re done with an assignment and move on to the next thing.

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5 years ago

A startup that helps people manage large amounts of data with a multi-step process that includes setting up email addresses to filter, tagging images and documents, and scheduling updates.

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5 years ago

Y Combinator is not a startup accelerator in the traditional sense, as it does not provide capital, mentorship, or other startup-specific services. Instead, Y Combinator provides seed funding and office space for startups that have already been bootstrapped for over a year and a half. Y Combinator has five cohorts a year, each of which lasts for 14 weeks. Participants are required to pay for their own flights and housing, which are taken care of by Y Combinator.

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5 years ago

A platform where users can earn cryptocurrency for taking surveys, answering questions, and posting content. The Maven team says they’re already making $200+ per month on the platform.

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5 years ago

A SaaS app for U.S. non-profits. The startup says it helps “non-profits and donor-advised funds” keep track of their donors.

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5 years ago

The startup wants to build a way for people to manage their digital assets via their mobile device. The startup says they’ve built a mobile app that can be used to create a digital presence for local businesses and brands. Co-founders say they’ve been doing extensive research on the best way to adopt blockchain technology.

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5 years ago

This startup wants to help professionals manage their workload and collaborate with colleagues. It’s a tool that helps you set your priorities, and helps you delegate tasks.

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5 years ago

A product that aims to use machine learning to predict when things like a bag of chips or a soda will go bad and sell it to local grocers at a lower price to keep fresh foods on the shelves.

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4 years ago

A platform for serving meals to customers who walk into your restaurant. The startup wants to enable customers to order food from a menu, have it made when they arrive, and pay for it through a mobile app.

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4 years ago

A platform to let consumers connect with the right people and businesses for their needs, and then to take advantage of the discounts and services that are available. The startup is building a "social commerce" platform, designed to make “bid-for-deals” a thing that users want and businesses want.

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4 years ago

A platform for photographers to create and sell downloadable photo books. Delivery is currently only via PDF, but the startup is looking to add other forms, including photo books with physical pages.

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4 years ago

A cloud-native, multi-tenant application platform that focuses on making it easier to manage a company’s backend infrastructure. It’s the company’s first product, and the company is targeting $100 million in revenue as it adds new features.

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4 years ago

A company that helps developers build apps for the iPhone. The startup already has 7 clients, including the Obama campaign, and plans to go public in the first quarter of 2020.

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4 years ago

Companies can use Made.io to upload and store their files in the cloud, so that they can easily be accessed when needed. The company then provides its own hosting and security, and then takes a small cut of the revenue.

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4 years ago

An iPad app that helps you find a matching style for your home and then shows a 3D model of your home in 360 degrees.

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4 years ago

Made for use by beauty brands, ByNu is a $10 per month subscription service that breaks down your email marketing and social media data into a visual dashboard that shows you which of your social media posts perform the best.

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4 years ago

A way to get food delivered from the market to your doorstep. Founder Josh Wilson says he’s already signed a deal with a local deli to deliver.

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4 years ago

The startup wants to build an app that allows your phone to act as a touchscreen monitor for an iPad, letting you run apps on one screen and videos on the other. Coming soon to Android.

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4 years ago

A mobile app that helps individual teachers track and manage their students. The company is headquartered in New York and has over $5 million in funding.

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4 years ago

Business software for small and medium companies. The company says it’s working with more than 1,000 companies in the US, Brazil, and Canada.

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4 years ago

A publisher of educational videos on topics like “how to become a leader”, “how to solve common problems”, and “how to be confident”. The startup is building a video library that can be rented for $50 or subscribed to per month.

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4 years ago

A company that helps companies discover new revenue streams. They charge $1 per lead they generate to find new revenue.

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3 years ago

India’s first all-in-one, cloud-based, enterprise-grade workforce management platform for SMBs.

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3 years ago

A product that automatically converts spreadsheets into interactive white papers.

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3 years ago

A company that helps you better understand your insurance policy by giving you a grade for your policy, based on the likelihood you’ll have a claim.

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3 years ago

A startup that wants to use technology to help consumers find a great financial advisor. It’s a SaaS-based platform that helps consumers find a financial adviser through a series of questions.

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3 years ago

A digital marketing platform that allows companies to track and target leads across multiple platforms.

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2 years ago

A startup looking to help Indian businesses raise capital from US investors and US investors from India. It provides legal, financial advisory and consulting services.

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5 years ago

A gamification startup that wants to take the traditional business school process of teaching sales techniques and make it more gamelike.

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5 years ago

This facial recognition app from two MIT grads has gotten attention for its integration with a number of services. People can use it to verify their identity in places like checking their bank account, paying at a store, or using a credit card.

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5 years ago

A digital assistant for the home, bringing together control of lighting, audio, and security into one platform, along with a series of smart gadgets.

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5 years ago

The company wants to create a platform to help companies monetize mobile ads, allowing them to build custom campaigns and track results.

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5 years ago

A startup for freelancers to sell their services. It’s a bit like Upwork, but instead of freelancers posting projects, it’s employers hiring freelancers.

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5 years ago

A tool for marketers to create and track social media campaigns. The startup’s platform is integrated with Facebook Ads Manager and Facebook Analytics.

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5 years ago

A tool that lets neighborhoods around the world participate in a mobile barter system, where a group of neighbors can trade items like furniture they no longer use or tools they no longer use. The startup has raised $8 million in funding to date.

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5 years ago

This startup is building an app that enables workers to schedule tasks via a mobile app instead of an email. They’re currently working on a version for freelance workers, but they’ve also written a book on how to run your business without a web presence.

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5 years ago

A free 3D printer for students and educators. The company is also launching a subscription service to provide access to more advanced models and features.

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5 years ago

A software package that helps create threadless repairs for consumers.

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4 years ago

A tool that allows people to create their own personalized product pages on Etsy by uploading photos and text.

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4 years ago

A company that makes virtual reality experiences for medical training and education, and has already trained over 50,000 people on its platform.

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4 years ago

This startup, based in the US, is building a way to connect brands and their customers. The company’s co-founder says they’ve already had over 1,000 customers sign up.

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4 years ago

A health insurance app which allows users to submit their medical claims and payment information with a couple of taps on their phone. The startup is a bit of an interesting case study for the healthcare sector. They launched in March and have over 1,000 customers already. They're profitable for the first time.

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4 years ago

A meat delivery service for restaurants. The startup, which has raised a $500,000 seed round led by Khosla Ventures, is working with restaurants and chains to deliver lunch and dinner to customers in San Francisco, New York City, and Boulder, Colorado.

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4 years ago

This product is a new way to read the news.

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4 years ago

A new way to create animated GIFs using just a phone or a webcam. The startup is building a GIF creation tool that’s made entirely of HTML5 code that can be run in a phone browser.

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4 years ago

A company that helps teachers create lesson plans and 10 minute lessons that work on iPads, while the students listen and watch and learn

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3 years ago

A platform to bring more transparency to online advertising

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3 years ago

A startup building a system of “lenses” that allow users to scan their own eyes at home and then have a doctor prescribe the right medications. The technology is already available to consumers, and they are taking pre-orders with the goal of launching in 2017.

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3 years ago

A company that makes it easier for businesses to use voice-activated technology by giving them a tool that simplifies the process of integrating cell phone apps with voice interfaces. The startup is based in Denver, Colorado.

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5 years ago

Idea: Online education platform for traditional Indian crafts and art

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5 years ago

A funding platform where a company can take a “drip” approach to fundraising, instead of a full-on “spray”. It allows a company to get funding without all the hassle of pitching, negotiating, and offering equity, while still getting the full equity portion.

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5 years ago

A tool to help recruiters identify the best candidates for each job. For instance, if an ad says a certain job is in Chicago, the tool can look up the average salary and job openings to determine if this job is a good match.

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5 years ago

A management app for companies to manage their employee work schedules. Allows employees to request their time off, add temporary staff, and see when they will be next needed.

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5 years ago

A platform that lets companies share their contractors and subcontractors. The startup is building a way for small businesses to pay their workers on time and in full, and as a result, is already working with over 40 customers.

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4 years ago

A startup that aims to bring the benefits of digital health to people who need them. It hopes to use AI to give patients personalized advice on their treatment, based on their genetics and prior medical history.

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4 years ago

A startup that makes it possible to play League of Legends without loading up 20 minutes of video. The app pulls high-level play out of the video and presents it in a condensed format, with highlights and stats.

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4 years ago

A startup that makes physical badges that let people sign in to apps.

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4 years ago

A platform for sharing advice and insights about the business community.

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4 years ago

A video game that teaches how to drive a car. Players control a virtual car and drive around a course, following the rules of the road, and avoiding obstacles such as other cars and pedestrians. The game is meant for the very beginning of novice drivers, teaching them to drive without the risk of crashing.

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4 years ago

A startup platform for students to find tutors, teachers, and other school professionals. It has already been featured on the Showcase Stage of Startup Battlefield.

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4 years ago

A blockchain startup that aims to bring “fraud” detection to the supply chain, preventing “shady retailers” from selling counterfeit goods.

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4 years ago

A “crowd-funded credit card” for people with bad credit.

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4 years ago

The following companies are the newest additions to the Crunchbase 50:

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4 years ago

A platform that allows schools to create digital badges for students, so they can be tracked easily.

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4 years ago

A platform for sharing, selling, and trading everything from cars to houses.

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4 years ago

This startup designs and builds a line of “smart” showerheads that the founders say lets users control the temperature and pressure of the water through a smartphone app.

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4 years ago

A digital wallet for headphones, designed to allow users to store credit cards and loyalty cards in the headphones, and then use them in-store or online.

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3 years ago

Web developers in India have traditionally worked with the Firefox browser. The startup wants to bring the Chrome browser to that market, as well as help companies use it at scale for their websites.

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3 years ago

A company that makes a toolkit for schools that helps them use the web to learn. The company has built a Chrome extension that helps teachers and administrators build interactive lessons and activities on the web.

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3 years ago

An investment platform that lets people invest in companies that are working to address environmental or social problems.

95

3 years ago

A self-serve marketplace for dentists that allows dentists to set up a website, add their practice information, and give patients access to their services via a phone app.

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3 years ago

A new startup is trying to be a sort of digital safe deposit box for all your files. Instead of keeping your digital assets on a single cloud, on one platform, the company’s solution will keep them on as many as four different cloud platforms, and in an easy-to-access location. The company wants to replace your password-protected Dropbox, Google Drive, and iCloud accounts with a single, secure place on their platform.

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3 years ago

An international service that helps people find the best price and best flight to Mexico, whether they are planning a vacation or relocation. The startup’s product is a comparison engine that pulls flight data from the world’s leading travel website and aggregates it into a set of user-friendly comparisons. Users can search for and book flights, hotels, and car rentals, and check the price of a flight against competitors.

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3 years ago

A social network for people with chronic illness, who can upload their medical records and share advice.

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5 years ago

A startup that helps businesses advertise to college students, as part of a bigger initiative to build a community of college students for businesses.

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5 years ago

This blockchain-based protocol enables the creation of new digital assets that can be traded on a peer-to-peer basis. It is designed to support the issuance of new assets and the transfer of value between existing assets, and can be used to provide financial access to unbanked individuals.

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5 years ago

An API for taking pictures of your food (and health) and uploading it to the company’s platform for analysis.

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5 years ago

Wrapping up our list of the best startups in Y Combinator’s class of 2020, we've selected 5 startups from the batch that had the best business ideas and the best execution. (If you're curious, we'd recommend checking out the list of the top Y Combinator startups of 2019 here .)

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4 years ago

A company that helps providers manage their own dental, vision, and life insurance needs. It doesn’t offer a traditional insurance product, yet covers 100% of a doctor’s out of pocket costs if they’re hospitalized.

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4 years ago

A startup that helps people with bad credit build credit, working with companies like Wells Fargo and American Express to help people build their credit scores.

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4 years ago

A music streaming service that focuses on music discovery. Co-founded by former Rdio and Spotify engineers, the startup will offer a curated “radio” experience, as well as a social experience where users can follow artists and share what they’re listening to.

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4 years ago

Wix wants to be the “Facebook for small business owners”, connecting small businesses with a network of experts and allowing them to build their own custom pages and use Facebook’s advertising platform.

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4 years ago

A chatbot that helps people get answers to their legal questions. Already live in one state and one county in the US.

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4 years ago

A startup that wants to help students in the United Kingdom study abroad through a program that pairs them with a local student.

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4 years ago

A startup that aims to be a kind of Airbnb for salespeople, connecting salespeople to sales leads and helping them find new clients.

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4 years ago

A startup that helps students who want to study abroad to find the right program and university.

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3 years ago

This startup is building a way to measure sleep using a headband to monitor brain activity. The company offers a sleep log to track the quality of each night’s sleep.

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5 years ago

A virtual assistant that helps people make sense of their social media profiles and other profiles. It’s meant to help people better understand their network and meet new people, and it’s already being used by some of the most successful entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley.

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5 years ago

A startup that gives teachers complete control over their classrooms. The company uses AI to analyze teachers’ strengths and weaknesses and then uploads the data into an online dashboard for teachers to view.

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5 years ago

You take one of their books, but when you’re done you can download the PDF, which is much easier to read. They also have ebooks that include exercises, so if you’re a student, you can practice your reading over and over again.

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5 years ago

A method to get people to pay for content that they want to watch, rather than what they already watch. It’s a brand new idea and the company is currently in stealth mode. The challenge is that people are very price-conscious and don’t want to pay for things they don’t want to watch. The company is building a platform that lets them build customized content catalogs to get people to pay for content they want to watch.

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5 years ago

Elevate gives businesses a way to sell subscriptions to their services, and the startup has already signed up 4,000 users in 40 different countries.

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5 years ago

A “digital-first investment firm” that aims to make using the site easy and painless. They’re in the early stages of beta, and have just made their first investment.

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5 years ago

The Parisian startup is building a digital version of a tour guide. The app will help people feel more connected to a place and know more about it than they currently do. The company has already raised €4.1 million and is currently on track to close a €5 million round.

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5 years ago

A software startup that aims to make it easier for "anyone from a small business to a large enterprise" to create and manage training programs. "We've had some success so far with the enterprise space, but we're mostly focused on education at the moment," the team writes.

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4 years ago

A company that takes care of your travel insurance while you’re on the road, getting you quotes from insurance companies for you.

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4 years ago

Founded in May, this startup wants to connect job-seekers to employers. In addition to helping people find jobs, the startup promises to help employers find the best candidates, and even suggests the best language and time for job interviews.

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4 years ago

A lot of startups ask for your email address, but few of them actually send you an email using it. Lab9 wants to be the company that helps you get emails from your favorite startups so that you can see what they’re working on and when they’ll be launching on their product.

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4 years ago

This startup wants to build “a new form of healthcare,” specifically for elderly people in the US. The startup has already raised $14 million in funding.

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4 years ago

A startup that wants to help HR/recruitment/HR department leaders in the US to run their businesses more like startups. The founders say the company helps HR departments get more efficient by putting HR processes on rails and sharing best practices.

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4 years ago

In October 2017, AdExchanger ranked them as the #7 ad tech company to watch, and as of February 2018, they were ranked as one of the top 50 ad tech companies. In July 2017, they won the Red Herring Europe Award in the Enterprise Solutions category.

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4 years ago

A “complete” e-commerce solution for a one-stop-shopping experience for customers. The startup is currently adding free shipping to customers, and plans to add paid shipping options.

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4 years ago

The company wants to build a global wholesale platform that enables small businesses to trade cash in and out of their digital wallets.

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4 years ago

This startup has developed a new type of phone case with a 3D printed flexible OLED screen that gives users a heads-up display of important information at a glance.

93

4 years ago

A tool that helps companies in the Southeast Asia and China take their money and invest it in the U.S. in a way that is tax-advantaged.

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3 years ago

A marketing platform that allows people to bring all their marketing and advertising in one, seamless interface. The company says they have 3,000 monthly active users and 35,000 monthly impressions.

93

3 years ago

A social network for reading and commenting on essays, essays that are created by students.

93

3 years ago

A video chat application that allows you to call and video chat with family, friends and anyone else you choose, using a phone number or email address

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5 years ago

A company that offers a platform that allows people to trade their old smartphone for a new one. The idea is that people can trade their used phones for credits that can be used to purchase a new one.

92

5 years ago

A platform for advertisers to find and target the right demographics and psychographics. The startup is also working on an ad tech platform for brands that want to target “hard-to-reach” consumers.

92

5 years ago

A platform for buying and selling virtual items like power-ups, skins and runes in esports. PGL is based in China and is already signing up professional esports teams to use its platform, which lets teams create their own websites and sell merchandise.

92

5 years ago

Service giving people cash for completing tasks through their phones. Bemis has raised $10 million and has already onboarded more than 200,000 people in the US and Mexico.

92

5 years ago

A platform that brings medical students and doctors together for consultations via video calls. The company says it has more than a thousand doctors signed on, and that in its first six months it had $300,000 in revenue.

92

4 years ago

A startup that is building an insider-trading app that has a “whisper mode” that alerts the entire network when an event is happening. It’s working with clients like JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs.

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4 years ago

This startup is working to ensure that your home insurance policy covers home repair, and will alert you if you’re not getting the protection you need. They’re already in the process of introducing a data-driven product to the US market.

92

4 years ago

A startup that wants to build a marketplace where people can trade used computers. It’s already started in Brazil but wants to expand into other countries.

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4 years ago

A tool that helps users create their own custom-built fonts with the company’s custom font editor. The startup aims to remove the need to have a designer build fonts for an application or website by allowing users to build their own instead.

92

4 years ago

A startup that is building a marketplace for real estate agents in India. The startup wants to prove that since agents can create more leads for potential sellers, they should be able to charge more for their services.

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4 years ago

A startup that is building an "enterprise-grade" Bitcoin wallet for enterprises. They hope to eventually provide enterprise-ready tools for other blockchains, as well.

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4 years ago

A platform for advertisers to creatively display ads to users based on their interests.

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4 years ago

A startup that allows people to schedule or “book” housing for future events. The startup lets users find available apartments, book them, and pay for them ahead of time.

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A startup that helps businesses sell on Amazon. Instead of having to set up an Amazon seller’s account, the startup takes care of the legal, accounting, and shipping details.

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4 years ago

A tool for reading faster, with an algorithm built to read 300 words per minute for average readers. It’s currently being used by the likes of Facebook and LinkedIn .

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4 years ago

A cap-and-trade system for carbon emissions.

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4 years ago

A software platform that broadcasts live video over all kinds of networks, and enables “interactive” on-demand video.

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4 years ago

A credit score for people with bad credit. The startup plans to launch in Q1 2020.

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3 years ago

A product in the marketing space that helps you identify keywords and analyze the results of your ad campaigns for ROI.

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3 years ago

A company that has already launched 5 products (one of which is a hiring platform), Seer is focused on building products that allow companies to quickly and easily collect and store data about their customers and employees.

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3 years ago

Keeping an eye on the most relevant news, articles, and blogs for their readers and giving them a way to better organize and read them.

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3 years ago

A product that helps users make their own sauces and marinades out of fresh ingredients. The company is based in California, but has users in the US, Canada, and Australia.

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5 years ago

A platform that lets you streamline your workflow in terms of how you share assets/assets between different parties. So, for example, if you’re an artist and you’re working with a director, you can upload your artwork to a cloud-based platform that allows you to share it with the director, who can then use it in the final cut without having to work directly with you.

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5 years ago

The startup will deliver custom-made soundtracks to the home, so you can listen to it in your own car, or at work.

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5 years ago

Non-profits in the U.S. and abroad rely on donors and volunteers to get their work done. Unfortunately, they aren’t always able to rely on these people to do what they promise. BitGive is a platform for non-profits that operates on the Ethereum blockchain. The platform lets non-profits raise money through cryptocurrency and use those funds to make donations to the causes they care about.

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4 years ago

A B2B business that lists items for sale on the web, allowing users to take advantage of the millions of people who are selling on Amazon. The startup has already made a $100,000 sale.

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4 years ago

A long-form podcasting app that allows users to record their thoughts and to be able to edit and create a podcast without having to upload each individual episode.

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4 years ago

A platform that helps you build and save customized travel itineraries for your next trip, and then allows you to share them with your friends to help them get a head start on planning.

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4 years ago

A startup that helps companies create all-in-one online marketing campaigns. The startup helps companies target their ads to specific customer types, and helps them segment and target ads by geography and other factors.

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4 years ago

A mobile app that helps employers and HR teams track employee performance. It’s already live with over 100 customers.

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4 years ago

A company that helps buy-side firms forecast and trade investments and derivatives.

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4 years ago

According to its founders, this startup wants to be “the first social network to build a community of financial advisors”, helping advisors find clients.

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4 years ago

This company is helping people to give their money to the right charity. It uses an algorithm to evaluate charities to identify the best options, and has already donated over $1,000,000.

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4 years ago

A financial advisor that allows you to use an app to pay bills and set up automatic withdrawals.

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4 years ago

A white-label version of the Facebook ad platform that the company says is ideal for B2B marketing.

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4 years ago

A startup for people to type in their symptoms and receive advice on what to do next.

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4 years ago

A startup that uses AI to predict when a customer is about to make a purchase, and then gives you a heads-up.

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4 years ago

A visual dashboard for tracking where a piece of equipment is in a warehouse, as well as where it’s headed next.

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4 years ago

Builds hardware for products like robo-advisors.

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4 years ago

A platform for middle school and high school students to work on programming problems and then link that work with online learning platforms like Khan Academy and Coursera.

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3 years ago

Competing with other messaging apps, Tello wants to deliver SMS and MMS messages through the WhatsApp app instead of via a phone carrier.

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3 years ago

A platform that helps users find the right people and businesses to work with. A concept similar to LinkedIn, but instead of connecting people, it connects companies with freelancers, consultants, and talents.

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3 years ago

They’re the first mobile app for contractors, allowing companies to pay contractors in real-time instead of waiting for the end of the month. It’s currently in beta with a few dozen companies in San Francisco.

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3 years ago

A company that allows brands to create their own branded channels on Twitch and YouTube, taking advantage of Twitch’s ad revenue and YouTube’s extensive reach.

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3 years ago

A social network designed to encourage female leaders in the technology field.

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3 years ago

An API for controlling lights, heating and cooling, and other gadgets.

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2 years ago

This is an app to help people track and remember their daily physical activity. The startup has already launched in the UK.

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5 years ago

A startup that provides a service to help people post online ads for their products or services

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5 years ago

A free and open-source tool to help marketers create the same kind of email campaigns that we can create in AdWords, but with less of a hassle and less cost.

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4 years ago

A startup that wants to make payroll and HR admin easier, and provide more transparency into how much time people are spending on the job.

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4 years ago

In the last decade, the number of startups has continued to grow, making the San Jose area "the best place to start a business in the world."

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4 years ago

A new way of paying artists, based on a kind of marketplace model. The major difference is that the company doesn’t take any commission from the artists. The startup instead takes a 30% cut as a fee for the use of the platform.

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4 years ago

A “community for adult video talent”, focused on “expert, exclusive and sexy content”.

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4 years ago

A startup that lets you add multiple PayPal transactions into one. Called “one-click-pay”

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4 years ago

A company that helps workers manage their time and productivity. To do so, the startup uses a system of digital badges and rewards to motivate employees.

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4 years ago

A startup that wants to give people a digital home and help them share that home with others. It’s one of many companies that are hoping to make the sharing economy less of a weird thing only people who can afford to live in San Francisco do. The startup is already using its own properties to earn $5,000 monthly.

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4 years ago

A decentralized exchange which trades tokens on a decentralized order-book using a hybrid of centralized and decentralized orders. It will handle the majority of trades on the decentralized exchange, with the rest handled by an off-chain arbitrator.

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4 years ago

A digital marketing platform for retailers, combining traditional offline marketing with digital tools.

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4 years ago

A tool for creators of videos, photographers, musicians, etc. to upload their work to various platforms, like YouTube, Vimeo, SoundCloud, etc. and sell it directly without having to deal with intermediaries like Facebook or Google.

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4 years ago

A blockchain company that’s building the “first cryptocurrency for the adult industry”.

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4 years ago

A dating platform for men seeking women, with a heavy emphasis on education. The company has already raised $1.4M after announcing the startup in December, with investors including former CEO of LinkedIn, Reid Hoffman.

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4 years ago

A platform meant to make it easier for small businesses to manage their inventory. The startup launched in early 2019, saying it has already signed up 1,000 businesses.

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4 years ago

A tool to help small businesses identify and actively manage their customers. The startup is already up and running in New York City.

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4 years ago

An API that enables apps to tap into Facebook’s Newsfeed to give users a better idea of what their friends are reading

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4 years ago

A tool to help small businesses get an edge on their competitors. It’s a toolset built to help small businesses onboard and manage clients. It’s a more advanced version of a service like HubSpot’s existing “Crowd Sourced Marketing” program.

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4 years ago

The founders of this startup are building a platform to connect “tech people who want to do things but can’t afford to buy equipment” with people who want to give them advice.

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3 years ago

This startup is building an AI-powered tool to help people connect to the right people at the right time. Like LinkedIn’s Answers, it aims to wring value out of the information you already have.

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3 years ago

A startup that lets people in the US and Canada build websites, with plans to add other countries later.

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2 years ago

A real-time dashboard for salespeople to see their inbound leads and sales funnel in real time.

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2 years ago

An ad tech company that helps brands target ads at people based on the type of content they’re interested in, the time of day they’re interested in it, and the apps they use. The company is working with Facebook to launch a new product.

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2 years ago

A tech company that helps automate software testing, and makes tools for managing testing. The company is currently executing on a $2.5 million seed round, with an additional $1 million from the founders.

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5 years ago

A startup that wants to automate and scale out the management of ad hoc software development projects. It aims to become the go-to platform for IT service providers and developers.

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5 years ago

A company that wants to help people make their own cocktails, and add them to the bar menu at their local businesses. The company is selling bottles with the name of their cocktail already printed on them.

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5 years ago

The startup wants to make it easier for small businesses to take advantage of the benefits of online marketplaces. They are building a platform that helps small businesses to connect with a variety of online business networks.

89

5 years ago

This startup wants to take the hassle out of getting a new phone. The company has developed a piece of Android software that has already been downloaded by more than a million customers.

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4 years ago

The startup is building a “social tool” that helps millennials find and connect with one another to “help them grow their social capital”. The social platform has already built a $1.2 million round of funding and has raised another $3 million in a seed round.

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4 years ago

A startup that arranges travel-to-work commuter trips. The company’s main idea is to help people save on gas, and in a press release said it was already saving customers $150 million in gas.

89

4 years ago

A company that sells a system for autonomous vehicles to detect traffic and road hazards. The company is also building a self-driving car platform called Drive.AI

89

4 years ago

A project management and time tracking app that allows users to track time from multiple devices, while also converting time tracking data into a single, searchable spreadsheet.

89

4 years ago

Innovation in the US has become a flashpoint for the rest of the world. From its inception in 2010, the French government has invested in French Tech. In France, startups have received €4.5 billion in funding in recent years, according to INSEAD.

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4 years ago

The company helps streamers make money by renting out their Twitch channels. For example, the company will help streamer joan_j. make a living by helping her stream her game and get paid in advance for it.

89

4 years ago

A tool for creating ads for Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. It allows you to create an ad from scratch and customize it.

89

4 years ago

A tool for mastering the dreaded phone interview.

89

4 years ago

A blockchain startup that wants to help banks determine if a person is a bad risk, based on credit history.

89

4 years ago

A company that wants to add a social component to finding a home.

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4 years ago

The startup has built a software platform that lets its customers create, manage, and publish road-side signs in multiple languages. The company, which was founded in 2012, has raised $4.5 million in funding, including a $1.5 million investment from Digital Garage in August 2017.

89

4 years ago

The doc app is meant to work with any electronic health records system. It’s built on the idea of user-friendly dashboards, so users can see all of the data that’s relevant, in one place. HealthBlitz is currently working with the Mayo Clinic to build out a prototype. HealthBlitz says that it’s already working with nearly 3,000 healthcare providers.

89

4 years ago

A chatbot platform that helps restaurants manage the back of their house. It’s built on top of the same language processing technology that Facebook uses to turn user chat messages into ads.

89

4 years ago

A mobile and web-based intelligence platform for financial advisors and those doing financial planning.

89

4 years ago

A platform that helps small businesses grow by offering training and advice from experts, an event calendar, and a marketplace of services from other small businesses.

89

4 years ago

A startup that helps companies make their salespeople more efficient. First, they build a sales enablement platform that helps salespeople process leads, and then they train salespeople to make use of it.

89

4 years ago

A platform that aims to help financial advisors manage their clients’ accounts more efficiently.

89

4 years ago

A startup that aims to make a better, cheaper, faster and more accurate way to calculate the radiation dose you receive from the sun and other sources of radiation.

89

3 years ago

This startup wants to help businesses solve the problem of their employees losing important documents and information, and it has a platform that a few companies have already adopted.

89

3 years ago

A personal finance app that tracks spending and sends alerts when you’re on a spending binge. The app is free, but after four badges on certain purchases, the user can pay $10 per month to take over the app and monitor spending.

89

2 years ago

A video messaging app which lets users share their screen/camera to others with a single tap. The app already has more than 1 million users in the United States.

89

5 years ago

The idea is to build a platform that makes it easier to manage and collaborate on Excel spreadsheets, which would be useful for people working on projects with a lot of data that they need to send around.

88

4 years ago

A startup that converts your expense reports into a simple, accurate, and painless monthly report that your boss will actually read.

88

4 years ago

A startup for gadgets and consumer goods with an emphasis on women.

88

4 years ago

Everyone is doing it: Amazon, eBay, Walmart, then you have Home Depot and Lowe’s. But Meijer, a Midwest-based retailer that operates grocery stores and a number of other retail chains. Meijer is looking to use the e-commerce trend to stay ahead of its rivals and has begun selling products that haven’t been available in stores in the past, like wine and cheese.

88

4 years ago

A new way to sell and trade real estate, with an app that provides investors with “around-the-clock access to property information, data, and search results”.

88

4 years ago

A SaaS platform for digital advertising, which allows advertisers to manage their budgets and deliver more personalized ads by understanding the intent of the consumer. The startup says they have $5-6k in revenue since launching in May.

88

4 years ago

Instead of having to manually create and manage your own social media pages, this startup is building a single platform for all your different social media accounts.

88

4 years ago

A “sales funnel that helps you understand if your leads are ready to buy from you”.

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A platform that helps retailers to manage their in-store inventory. It’s a mobile app that allows the retailer to upload an image of the item, pop it in the system, and then have the system order the item for them.

88

4 years ago

A software as a service to help people who are blind or visually impaired to read text from screen to screen.

88

4 years ago

This startup is building a platform for small businesses to make payments with their smartphones. It’s already has 30 merchants, including a restaurant in Detroit.

88

4 years ago

A robo-advisor that ties into investment accounts and advisors to manage investment portfolios.

88

4 years ago

A tech startup that was founded in 2017 and already has a working product, which they say is a “way for people to find, follow, and communicate with the brands they love”

88

4 years ago

A social network for fashion industry buyers, which creates a central location where buyers can find and interact with designers for fashion shows and trade shows.

88

4 years ago

This startup is building a platform that connects people who want to enter the IRS’ EITC program with tax preparers. The startup, which was founded by former EITC advisor Amanda Nalley, has already been used by tens of thousands of people to qualify for the tax credit.

88

4 years ago

A platform to create custom ad campaigns, allowing users to target people based on their interests. The startup wants to use “Facebook’s platform and scale it” to build a “Facebook ad management system.”

88

4 years ago

This startup wants to bring the idea of a “robo-advisor” to retirement planning.

88

4 years ago

This startup directs users to the best cup of coffee within a 5-mile radius.

88

4 years ago

A platform that aims to make it easier for people to find out what’s on TV and where it’s on, but with a focus on delivering ads.

88

4 years ago

A B2B startup that helps “co-workers” communicate in writing instead of phone calls.

88

4 years ago

Build a game that helps you visualize where you’re going on a road trip, using a case study of the most popular game in China.

88

4 years ago

A digital signature app for the iPhone and iPad. The startup is already working with some Fortune 500 companies like Google, Dropbox, and American Express.

88

3 years ago

A startup that wants to bring insurance to the world’s unbanked and underinsured populations. The company is building an app that allows people to get a variety of insurance policies from a variety of different providers without having to deal with the paperwork and documentation required to get a traditional policy.

88

3 years ago

A startup that helps retailers get their point-of-sale system customized to run on Apple iPads.

88

3 years ago

The company is looking for a new CEO to help it grow beyond its current 2,000-customer base. The CEO had a bumpy time at the helm and the company hasn’t grown much since he arrived.

88

3 years ago

This SaaS company helps companies quickly troubleshoot real-time issues with their infrastructure, such as outages, slow web performance, or bad data.

88

2 years ago

A startup that allows filmmakers to crowdsource camera advice and technical work from working pros.

88

5 years ago

A software company that helps companies build services for international markets. The startup is working with the government of Japan to build services for Japanese consumers and businesses, and with the government of Canada to build services for Canadian consumers and businesses.

87

4 years ago

A financial app for students that helps colleges accept payments directly from a student’s bank account, instead of charging fees or taking checks.

87

4 years ago

This startup is building a tool that lets people create websites in the cloud, and then upload them for companies to access with specific functions by using a mobile app or desktop.

87

4 years ago

A B2B company that helps companies create online training programs that are adaptive to different kinds of learners.

87

4 years ago

This startup is building an advertising platform for influencers that allows brands to deal directly with influencers.

87

4 years ago

A startup that wants to use AI to figure out who has a change in behavior is an addict and who has other underlying illness like depression. The startup uses data science to work out what’s causing changes in behavior and figure out whether it’s a symptom of a mental illness.

87

4 years ago

Philadelphia has a long history of technological innovation in the medical and engineering fields.

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4 years ago

The California-based company, which previously had raised $16 million, is selling custom-designed power banks, which are basically portable chargers for smartphones, tablets, laptops, and other devices. The company is selling them through its website but is also looking to partner with retailers to sell them in their brick-and-mortar stores.

87

4 years ago

A company that helps companies sell ads on other sites, like Facebook, Google AdSense, Fiverr, and Instagram.

87

4 years ago

A startup that wants to take a person’s health, from a doctor’s perspective, and put it in a dashboard. It’s a “free radical”, a company in San Francisco, California, that wants to change the way the world thinks about health. It has a commercial in production with a director who’s won a couple of Oscars, and a book in development.

87

4 years ago

A startup that’s building a way to make it easier for people to waste time on social media. The startup wants to make social media less addictive and more impactful.

87

4 years ago

A cloud-based peer-to-peer insurance platform, which is already in use in the automotive industry. The startup wants to be the only place where clients can buy insurance online, in person, or on the phone.

87

4 years ago

A startup that turns your phone into a virtual reality unit, letting you stream VR videos and games from your phone to your headset.

87

4 years ago

A startup that’s building an AI for image recognition. On Rains is building an AI that can do lip-reading for people with hearing impairments.

87

4 years ago

A company that helps small business owners in the United States and Canada to sell and manage their products and services in a way that can be tracked and tracked across multiple platforms and markets.

87

4 years ago

A tool for building and connecting ad hoc APIs to help companies develop and deploy on-demand APIs on platforms like Slack.

87

4 years ago

This tool aims to help people connect with local tradespeople, like painters, carpenters, electricians, plumbers, and more.

87

4 years ago

Viable is a health insurance company that provides a 10th of the cost of other plans but covers primary care and urgent care. It’s currently profitable and the product is available in the Philadelphia area.

87

4 years ago

A platform for “joint venture” companies to make their employees happier by curating content, sharing it with their networks, and suggesting other content for them to read.

87

4 years ago

A tool that helps companies in the US and UK to set up and manage their own versions of the Aadhaar card.

87

4 years ago

A company that helps homebuyers compare mortgage rates across banks in Canada, the U.S., and the U.K.

87

4 years ago

A digital storage locker for media and files, available for download on the iOS or Android apps.

87

4 years ago

A company that helps companies with their email marketing. The startup sends targeted emails to the right people at the right time. For its first customer, it’s already generated more than $20,000 in revenue.

87

4 years ago

An API and API wrapper that makes it easier to integrate third-party apps and services. This has been downloaded over 100,000 times.

87

4 years ago

A startup that helps users with low-wage jobs to save money on food by taking advantage of quick, convenient, and inexpensive lunch options.

87

4 years ago

A tool that helps freelancers automate their invoicing. The company says it’s already working with over 20,000 freelancers in the US.

87

4 years ago

A property management startup that helps landlords get more out of the rental property they already own.

87

4 years ago

A way to tell if a person is lying based on the way they move their head.

87

4 years ago

A startup that aims to create a “Facebook for brands”, but without the ads. It’s an ad-free platform that lets users curate posts and make it private, but then allows brands to buy posts to reach their desired audience.

87

4 years ago

A startup building a tool that can track the performance of the ads served by a network’s ad servers.

87

4 years ago

A platform for selling and distributing tickets for arts and cultural events in the US and Canada.

87

3 years ago

A company that makes a sorting and filing system for books and other reading material.

87

3 years ago

Thinking of building the most advanced and simple way to get customers to pay for their stuff. The company has already sold $1 million worth of credit cards, and they plan to expand to other countries.

87

3 years ago

A startup that aims to connect cities around the world through a virtual trade show.

87

3 years ago

A platform that helps ad agencies automate their creative workflow, allowing for much faster ad creation.

87

3 years ago

A platform that collects and displays the latest weather information from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

87

3 years ago

This is a list of selected notable companies in the Startup Battlefield. The list is made up of the companies that have been most successful in winning the Battlefield.

87

3 years ago

A tool for sharing news and stories that can be shared and read on mobile devices. The startup is aiming at major news outlets and publications.

87

3 years ago

A company that offers a “hospitality suite” for event organizers, including ticketing, event registration, venue management, and event advertising.

87

2 years ago

A company that empowers local community leaders to make a difference in their community.

87

5 years ago

A startup with a team of 3 that’s going to help companies in the B2B space reduce/eliminate fraud at the point of sale of their products. They’re targeting B2B companies in the US, Canada, and Europe.

86

5 years ago

A credit card for people who don’t want a traditional card. The startup gets merchants to opt-in to their service, and since they don’t have a traditional credit history, they don’t have to pay as high interest rates.

86

4 years ago

A startup that helps bars, restaurants, and retailers engage customers with digital menus and order-ahead functionality. It’s currently running pilots in Chicago and New York.

86

4 years ago

A “pure adtech” solution for publishers, allowing them to sell video inventory across various online platforms.

86

4 years ago

A cloud-based service that provides default financial advice for customers, with an emphasis on helping them manage their money

86

4 years ago

A “maker” version of Slack, where people can build their own add-ons and plugins for Slack

86

4 years ago

A company doing what many startups are doing: automate their admin tasks and help them spend time on what makes them money.

86

4 years ago

A new business centered on the self-employed. The startup is working on a way for freelancers to provide services to clients in advance, and then be paid after the work is complete.

86

4 years ago

A company that helps doctors use technology to keep track of patients who are already in the hospital and notifying them in case of emergencies

86

4 years ago

The company is working on building an AI-powered chatbot that can sort through all your different college degrees and track your progress. The idea is that college degrees can be tracked in a way that makes them useful for future employers or graduate school applications.

86

4 years ago

“The Swiss Army Knife for your car”, a device that runs an array of sensors to help keep your car on the road and save money.

86

4 years ago

Smart WiFi is building a platform that lets users control their home WiFi networks with an app, allowing users to adjust their devices’ bandwidth to network-appropriate levels, and to turn the network off altogether.

86

4 years ago

Blockchain-based dating platform for people who are already in relationships.

86

4 years ago

A blockchain-based trading platform for digital currencies.

86

4 years ago

This idea is to provide an integrated platform that allows people to sync their calendars with their phones. The founders created a prototype that allows users to view their calendar from their phone. The company plans to have a beta version of the app ready by the end of 2017.

86

4 years ago

A company that builds and operates data centers for other companies. One of the big challenges in server design is making sure they don’t get too hot, which can lead to more energy consumption. The startup is building a new type of data center that’s made for hot environments.

86

4 years ago

A startup that wants to help people make a living from freelance writing. The company currently has a few thousand subscribers, and they’ve had a few hundred paid customers since launching in Fall 2018.

86

4 years ago

A startup building a software platform that aims to combine the advantages of a social network and a calendar with the advantages of a CRM.

86

4 years ago

A home Wi-Fi router with an app to manage it. The startup wants to provide a way to manage home routers with an app instead of the current manual process.

86

4 years ago

A startup that wants to make it easier to browse the web securely. The startup’s API can help users whitelist websites, encrypt their data, and mask their IP address.

86

4 years ago

A company that’s building a platform for “unbundling” smart home devices so that you can choose from a wide range of products made by different companies.

86

4 years ago

An advertising platform for app developers. The startup uses AI to figure out which ads are most effective for a specific user.

86

4 years ago

As of August 2016, Y Combinator had invested in 138 companies.

86

4 years ago

This startup wants to make Snapchat contacts more useful. Instead of just sending a snap to a contact, you can send them a message and have them view it.

86

4 years ago

This is a startup that wants to help corporations replace traditional HR software with a single platform that can handle recruitment, onboarding and retention.

86

4 years ago

A startup that wants to optimize workflows for video and photo editing by ensuring that the right tools are available for the right task at the right time. The company, which was founded in May, has worked with partners including Adobe and Apple.

86

4 years ago

A payments platform for individuals trading stocks, bonds, options and cryptocurrencies. The startup is selling this platform as a way to ‘simplify the complex processes of buying, trading, and selling’.

86

4 years ago

Sites like Coursera and Udacity are popular for learning to code, but the Code Academy wants to do it better. It’s a specialised course for those who have already graduated from bootcamp.

86

4 years ago

A startup that helps companies create business plans to help them attract funding, with a dashboard that helps them track progress, and a direct sales model that helps them increase leads and close deals.

86

4 years ago

The startup has a new way to make a product that is more sustainable, less toxic, and less expensive. Instead of using the same old tools and materials,

86

4 years ago

App is a service that lets users search their phone’s address book for a business.

86

4 years ago

"Personalized video products for customers in the US. The company's technology is focused on making videos as engaging as possible, and it has already built technology to personalize videos for TV channels, but is now bringing it to the world of online video."

86

3 years ago

A dating app for the elderly, for the first time giving older adults a way to look for love in their own neighborhood. The app is designed to be easy for the elderly and disabled to use, and have a handy feature that lets them order from their favorite restaurant.

86

3 years ago

A company that helps companies buy insurance ahead of a disaster by getting quotes from multiple providers.

86

3 years ago

A startup that makes it easier for iOS and Android app developers to track their app installs from the Google Play Store and Apple App Store, as well as download statistics.

86

3 years ago

A startup that’s building an app to help companies recruit people in India. It’s a more effective version of traditional job-posting sites and is primarily focused on getting high-quality candidates to apply.

86

3 years ago

A healthcare startup that aims to address the issue of prescription drug waste by allowing doctors to write prescriptions

86

3 years ago

This is a chatbot that helps people ask legal questions. The startup said it has already seen results for their customers, with a client’s investment account growing by $4,000 in a month.

86

3 years ago

A platform that helps businesses raise money in a more agile way. The company says their model is more efficient than the traditional VC route, because it only invests in companies that have funding in the bank, and doesn’t require the more expensive seed round.

86

2 years ago

This startup wants to turn self-driving cars into a service, allowing users to book a ride in advance so they can go home from the airport, or just get a ride to a nearby restaurant. Uber has a similar service in a few cities.

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5 years ago

Cofounder of the company, a former financial industry analyst, began researching the fintech industry in 2017. She found a dearth of female founders in the space. In her startup’s pitch deck, she highlights several female founders as part of the company’s advisory board.

85

4 years ago

A new kind of digital currency for the healthcare industry. It’s aimed at allowing treatment plans to be set up for a patient, which can be adjusted at a later date based on their progress.

85

4 years ago

This company is working on using AI and data to customize pricing for businesses. The founders say they’ve already signed up hundreds of businesses, and are looking to roll out an API and dashboard soon.

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A platform that helps people with no access to banking services, get small business loans and savings accounts. They’re a nonprofit and are building a platform to help people build their own financial products and have it administered by a bank, thus making it more accessible.

85

4 years ago

This startup is building a “hatch-and-toss” set for adults who need a way to throw away the wrappers and other packaging from their meals.

85

4 years ago

Pivot is a social network for women entrepreneurs. It started in 2016 as a blog that features women in the Philadelphia area, but has since grown to include a community of over 600,000 women.

85

4 years ago

A tool for helping universities forge relationships with non-academic communities.

85

4 years ago

A platform that helps advisors, wealth managers, and family offices sell financial planning services to clients.

85

4 years ago

A startup building tools for companies to manage short-term contracts. The company said it has already raised $14 million in funding.

85

4 years ago

A decentralized prediction market, looking to use the power of the blockchain to bring more transparency to public wagers. The startup already has a partnership with the NBA to use data on player performance to create more stable markets.

85

4 years ago

A network of women who are interested in trading services/products online for fun, personal, or professional use.

85

4 years ago

A toolset that helps IT teams monitor and manage their employees’ data. The company wants to make it easier for companies to make sure they can easily monitor and make adjustments to their employees’ data.

85

4 years ago

A startup that’s building an “Uber for teeth”, recommending dentists for dental procedures according to the user’s needs. The company says it's already working with over 30 dentists across the country.

85

4 years ago

A platform that allows users to sign up for CB Insights premium and get access to an ad-free and expanded set of reports and data.

85

4 years ago

This startup is building a quadcopter drone that can do the work of a four-man crew on any job. They call it “the flying robot.”

85

4 years ago

A startup that’s working on an alternative to the taxi app. Instead of calling a car to come pick you up, you call your car. The startup is working on an app that lets you call the car using a phone app, rather than having to use your phone.

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4 years ago

Mobile-first applications are a thing. So is the idea of a mobile website. But one startup, UpFront, wants to take it a step further, allowing users to create mobile websites from their mobile apps. The company is looking to build a mobile-first CMS, and one of its clients, Humble Bundle, is already using the tool to create a mobile-first website for its App Store.

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4 years ago

A social network for parents, with features like group chats and fact-finding on the best places to take kids to eat. It’s already on over 50 college campuses, with plans to expand to over 200 in the next few months.

85

4 years ago

A startup that aims to bring more transparency to the global trade and supply chain process, they say they’re building a “digital procurement platform powered by artificial intelligence”

85

3 years ago

A mobile-first, peer-to-peer lending platform. They say they’re working with some of the top 10 US banks and are adding more every week.

85

3 years ago

A startup designed to help recruiters find job candidates that meet the needs of their clients by keeping track of people they already know and have in their network.

85

3 years ago

A platform for restaurants to manage reservations and book reminders for customers, as well as manage loyalty programs. Users can manage reservations, add or edit menus and order delivery from the platform.

85

3 years ago

A product-marketing platform and software as a service (SaaS) for event organizers and brands. The company has had 15,000 events in its portfolio, reaching 8million people.

85

3 years ago

This startup is looking to build a platform that connects credit unions in Latin America. The company says that it already has over 50,000 credit union members, and has launched in Brazil.

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2 years ago

A children's book app for parents who can't read.

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2 years ago

A remote jobs platform for companies based in the US and Philippines. The company is focusing on health care, advertising, and construction.

85

2 years ago

This company is selling a service that allows customers to manage their daily errands using AI algorithms. The company’s founders say that they have already attracted over 300,000 signups.

85

2 years ago

A platform for trading digital assets, working with exchanges and trading bots. The company is offering a software development kit (SDK) that lets developers build trading apps for iOS and Android. A beta version is available for download.

85

5 years ago

Idea: A startup that allows local musicians to advertise their music by paying with cryptocurrency

84

5 years ago

A company that helps students pay for tuition with a prepaid debit card, available to any in the US. The startup has built a “pay to school” system that works with any college, university, or trade school. The startup doesn’t operate in Brazil.

84

5 years ago

This startup is building a credit score for students, using big data to analyze their school and academic performance, and then applying that to a credit score.

84

4 years ago

A tool for various health-related startups. The startup helps startups on the cusp of launching gather advice from experts in the field. It charges a small fee starting at $99, but founder Alex Goodyear says it’s worth it for the experience.

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4 years ago

A company that wants to help businesses manage their customer data. They’ve been in stealth mode for two years and they’re already talking to more than 500 Fortune 500 companies.

84

4 years ago

A "social media platform for people who already have social media accounts", with the goal of helping people create better profiles on social media sites like Twitter and Facebook. In 2015, the startup raised a seed round from YC.

84

4 years ago

A virtual reality headset that can show you a 3D map of your home when you’re on vacation.

84

4 years ago

A platform that lets users manage their e-commerce stores from within Shopify. It allows users to add products, create and manage inventory, and commission a team of retail employees to help manage the store.

84

4 years ago

A startup that wants to give young adults a place to nurture their entrepreneurial spirit. The company looks to bring together startups and would-be entrepreneurs to help them make the leap.

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4 years ago

In December 2018, a short video was released on the startup’s Twitter feed in which co-founder Isaac Lee described the company’s culture as “our culture is that we’re always going to be one step ahead of you.”

84

4 years ago

This startup is building a way of getting more people involved in investing. Think about it as putting a more accessible and polite version of robo-advisors front and center.

84

4 years ago

A platform for advertisers to manage pay-per-click campaigns for digital media, including banner ads, video ads, and native ads. Its founder, Michael Poulsen, says he’s brought in $10,000 in revenue since its inception in May.

84

4 years ago

A company that helps employees work remotely, and helps more companies add remote work options to their benefits. It’s a “digital concierge” with a team of 100 employees.

84

4 years ago

This is a company that is building a tool to help companies track their expenses in a way that can be neatly summarized into a spreadsheet.

84

4 years ago

A “remote headquarter solution” that provides a virtual office for employees who work from home.

84

4 years ago

Builds a tool that helps restaurants and bartenders implement a simple order-ahead system.

84

4 years ago

A food delivery startup that only delivers food and drink that’s been on the premises for a couple hours. It’s already expanded into DC and NYC.

84

4 years ago

This startup lets retailers build a custom app for their business. The idea is to let retailers build a store-specific app that gives them the tools to keep track of inventory, take reservations, and handle loyalty programs. It’s like a storefront made for the store.

84

4 years ago

A startup for buying and selling virtual goods such as in-game items, digital downloads, and subscription services. The startup wants to make it easier for people to buy and sell virtual goods.

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4 years ago

Building a platform that lets users to buy and sell home goods via a marketplace. The startup has already secured a partnership with the Indigo chain of bookstores, and is looking to launch in New York City soon.

84

4 years ago

A startup for insurers to upload their accounts and their clients’ accounts and ensure that premiums and benefits are reconciled.

84

4 years ago

A “one stop shop” for startups that want to add a crowdfunding component to their business

84

4 years ago

A startup that’s building a tool that helps big companies manage their global supply chains. They say they’re already working with Motorola Mobility.

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4 years ago

The idea is that a user builds a profile of pre-made designs for their logo that they can then sell or share with other users who can purchase them. The startup is focused on the design industry, and allows you to buy and sell your own designs.

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4 years ago

A company that makes a tool to help companies get their payroll done faster. The platform is based on the idea of a traditional monthly payroll cycle, but instead of hiring a payroll company to handle things, companies can outsource it to a company like Payroll Master, which runs the payroll for them for a monthly fee.

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4 years ago

A tool for companies to build product roadmaps. It’s currently being used by companies in the US.

84

4 years ago

An agency that provides advice on how to sell your house in order to increase the price.

84

4 years ago

A startup that wants to deliver service-oriented photo printing. Instead of printing, they are printing 3D models or scans of objects you’ve shot with your phone.

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4 years ago

A startup that launched in January that aims to add augmented reality to the world of dating. The startup plans to take things further than just showing potential dates using AR to hang out, and give users the ability to see what the one other person is seeing in the real world.

84

4 years ago

This app, which is currently only available in the US and Canada, uses a mobile app to help provide customer service to restaurants and other food and retail suppliers.

84

4 years ago

a startup building a search engine that crawls the internet for duplicates, then presents a list of options to the user. They’re building a free version that’s already available in the Chrome store, and a paid version that’s not yet.

84

4 years ago

A payment processing platform for small businesses. The startup, which was founded in April, has already earned $200,000 in revenue, with plans to expand internationally in the next 12 months.

84

4 years ago

A startup that wants to reverse the trend of technology companies closing manufacturing facilities in the US, and instead bring manufacturing back to the US.

84

4 years ago

A startup that helps you track and locate your pet and provides a platform for fostering and adopting dogs and cats.

84

4 years ago

A startup that sells beautiful, custom-made earrings constructed using 3D printers.

84

4 years ago

A startup that wants to replace the ad-tech industry by building a self-serve platform for advertisers to create and manage their own ads and campaigns.

84

4 years ago

A company that helps US companies, mostly small businesses and startups, create a “lead generation ready” website, with an in-house team to help manage it.

84

4 years ago

A new-generation online video platform that aims to compete directly with YouTube. The company’s co-founders say they’re already seeing traffic and engagement numbers that rival the video platform.

84

4 years ago

Software that makes it easy for users to upload and use their own images in applications.

84

4 years ago

A platform that allows people to test out and share their own designs, called Viva Labs. The startup calls it “Uber for manufacturing” and is already helping people test their ideas out at the Maker Fair in New York City.

84

4 years ago

A startup that connects customers with restaurants that deliver, to get fast food and takeout delivered to your door. It’s an attempt to solve a problem that has been around for decades, but for which there is no easy solution.

84

4 years ago

A tool for schools, teachers and administrators to monitor student behavior and see if there are any issues with the school, from bullying to attendance.

84

4 years ago

The world’s first ad-free news app, designed to be a more ethical and trustworthy alternative to services like Facebook, Google and Twitter.

84

4 years ago

A startup that provides business credit cards to companies without bank accounts in the US and Canada.

84

4 years ago

A P2P online marketplace that connects businesses and customers, enabling the former to accept payments from the latter, with no risk of fraud. Ideogram is already in the process of onboarding over 1000 businesses in the US.

84

4 years ago

This startup is building a connection between developers and local governments to help them build projects faster. They’ve had a great response so far, and the city of San Francisco is using them to build projects like the “people’s hub” on Market Street.

84

4 years ago

This startup is building a new type of monitor that can be worn while exercising or working out to help you see the world in 3D. The company says the technology is like a Google Glass or Oculus Rift, but is made out of plastic and has a lightweight frame. It also comes with a built-in Bluetooth speaker.

84

3 years ago

A new way to build mobile apps that allow users to drag and drop content instead of typing it out.

84

3 years ago

A medical device for people with diabetes. The company says it’s the first to combine a continuous glucose monitor with a radio frequency-based insulin pump.

84

3 years ago

A startup that’s building a book publishing platform that supports writers, publishers, and readers by giving them a way to store and give access to their documents online.

84

3 years ago

A video chat for two (or more) users, with a built-in sharing feature and a chat app that's free and available for download.

84

3 years ago

A startup that is trying to create a way to sell data to advertisers. They’re also working with the U.S. government to track military drone flights in Afghanistan.

84

2 years ago

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84

2 years ago

A personal assistant that understands and understands your voice, and can answer user questions and read the news to you

84

5 years ago

Idea: A startup in the UK that is building a platform that helps make it easy for businesses to pay for online advertising using cryptocurrency.

83

5 years ago

A startup that makes it easy for businesses to give employees access to their work computers while they’re on the road.

83

4 years ago

A platform for creating and distributing podcasts. The company is currently in private beta, and has already sold $2 million worth of ad-free podcasts, which are spread across categories like health, finance, travel, and parenting.

83

4 years ago

This startup is looking to help doctors manage patient files by moving them into a single platform. It’s a software-as-a-service platform that’s already used by doctors in the U.S. and the UK.

83

4 years ago

A platform for trading cryptocurrencies. The company has raised $1.3 million from investors including Y Combinator, Foundation Capital and Founders Fund. The company has raised $2.2 million total.

83

4 years ago

This company wants to build a platform for sharing and trading solar power. It’s an open source alternative to solar exchange markets.

83

4 years ago

A software for HR managers to keep track of their employee’s performance and to determine if they are a fit for promotion. The startup says it has already managed to help companies like General Electric and PwC manage their employee performance.

83

4 years ago

A platform that connects small farmers to buyers. The platform’s mission is to eliminate the middlemen in global trade by making it easier and more cost effective to purchase local produce.

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4 years ago 1 views

A startup that wants to use VR to help visually impaired people read. With the help of VR, users can read much more quickly than they could without it.

83

4 years ago

A platform that aims to replace the traditional credit card with a prepaid card that allows you to load funds to it at stores, without having to register it.

83

4 years ago

A platform for hiring people to speak at events. The startup uses its own software, which allows companies to advertise their events, and then lets people apply to speak. The startup says it has already reached $1 million in recurring revenue.

83

4 years ago

They’re a startup that wants to make it easier for companies to track and allocate ad spend across multiple markets. They run an ad network for over 1,000 brands, including Nike, Samsung, and Sony.

83

4 years ago

A breadcrumb-based application that helps you find the nearest bakery, bakery cafe, or bakery cafe cafe. It’s essentially a Yelp for bread.

83

4 years ago

A startup that asks the question “What does it feel like to be a doctor”. It turns physicians into training robots that can read vitals, progress through patient history, and do the doctor interface.

83

4 years ago

A way to make it easier to sell and buy traditional furniture, and also to encourage the creation of new products and accessories to go with those traditional pieces.

83

4 years ago

A startup that lets people book flights, hotels, and events. The startup is building a technology platform that allows people to book flights, hotels, and events together, without the overhead of setting up each separate booking through a separate web form.

83

4 years ago

A platform that helps content creators and entrepreneurs share their content, and makes it easier for small businesses to create their own products with pre-made templates.

83

4 years ago

This is a hardware company that wants to build the ultimate game controller. It’s meant to be a new generation of the Xbox controller, which is a multi-purpose in-game controller with a touchpad and a gyroscope.

83

4 years ago

A new way of making yogurt. Instead of a starter culture, they grow the yogurt with probiotics.

83

4 years ago

A sort of storefront for people selling their used items, with a focus on selling “non-traditional” goods, like vintage clothing or vinyl records.

83

4 years ago

An API for keeping track of work hours and administering leave tracking.

83

4 years ago

A business-to-business loan platform that aims to replace banks by offering smaller loans to businesses in countries where there aren’t enough banks. The startup has been in the works for over a year and has already signed up 5,000 businesses in India.

83

4 years ago

A company that allows companies to hire a virtual office space for a fraction of the cost of traditional office space.

83

4 years ago

A platform that connects startups with local investors, who provide funds and advice as the startup grows.

83

4 years ago

The startup aims to let customers pay for their coffee with a few taps and get a cup of coffee delivered to their door with a few taps. The startup is already operating in 15 cities and has partnered with over 100 merchants and is looking to expand to other cities.

83

4 years ago

A tool that helps companies manage seasonal marketing campaigns so they can get the best ads at the right time.

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4 years ago 1 views

A startup that uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to mine data and offer recommendations to people based on their specific needs. The startup builds on the data that companies already collect and analyze to develop new products and services.

83

4 years ago

An AI-based marketplace for near-peer trading in cryptocurrency.

83

4 years ago

A startup that wants to build a platform for higher education students to find jobs. It’s a new platform for students, businesses and recruiters, and it’s cheaper and less time-consuming than traditional job boards.

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3 years ago 1 views

A platform that lets you access a variety of different financial services, like loans, banking, and insurance coverage. The startup wants to create a one-stop shop for financial services, and already has a customer base in the UK.

83

3 years ago

This startup is building a platform to let businesses and consumers take advantage of the data from the billions of sensors embedded in our world.

83

3 years ago

The startup is working on a platform that will let users create, edit, and distribute videos, and it's already launched a beta version of its product.

83

3 years ago

A startup that makes software to help better target digital advertising to save companies money

83

3 years ago

A system for building decentralized chat bots that are more advanced than existing platforms.

83

3 years ago

Hitting the $1 million to $2 million mark in funding over the course of 12 months is fairly rare for a startup. But it’s true in the world of payday loans. Money Mart has managed to do it for the past two years. They’re a next-generation bank that offers storefronts, mobile apps and online banking as well as traditional loans. They’re growing in Canada, the UK and the US.

83

5 years ago

A software company that uses artificial intelligence to predict the effectiveness of a drug and adjust the dosage accordingly.

82

4 years ago

A startup for buying, selling and trading used cars. The startup has already attracted over 15,000 sellers and has processed over $600,000 worth of transactions.

82

4 years ago

A chatbot that can help people with “recovering from addiction” by providing a forum for anonymous support.

82

4 years ago

Fintech startup for facilitating money transfers between countries. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Myanmar, its beta version allows users to send and receive money online via mobile phones.

82

4 years ago

A “bottom of the funnel” growth platform for B2B companies. Based in Vancouver, the platform helps businesses identify leads and convert them into paying customers.

82

4 years ago

A health insurance startup that is building a fraud detection platform. The company is building a fraud detection engine that will alert customers if their account is being fraudulently accessed, instead of the fraud being detected by fraud detection systems in the insurance company.

82

4 years ago

A group of app makers, including a former YC batch, started a startup to enable broadcasters to promote their content through Snapchat.

82

4 years ago

This startup wants to remove complexity from the process of booking flights by connecting airlines directly to hotels. The startup currently has a pilot with 10 hotels in Philadelphia, and plans for expansion to the whole of the US by the end of 2019.

82

4 years ago

A solution for “scaling” public schools. It lets school districts work with an “empowered community” to decide how schools should be run, including how many teachers and administrators are required.

82

4 years ago

A hotel app that allows travelers to reserve and book rooms in advance to save money on hotels.

82

4 years ago

A startup that uses an algorithm to predict the likelihood that an ad will be clicked on.

82

4 years ago

A startup that makes a “smart ring” that will read your body’s temperature and send it to your phone.

82

4 years ago

A web-based service that helps small businesses manage their people and payroll. The company has $1 million in funding and has been serving 35,000 employers in the US and Canada for the last three years.

82

4 years ago

A platform that lets people create free, ad-supported media.

82

4 years ago

Companies are often built around their culture, and often they need to make those cultural changes to be successful. That’s where CultureWorks comes in to help companies change their culture in a seamless way — and it’s already doing so at a firm like Apple.

82

4 years ago

A company that wants to make it easy for advocates to get involved in the political process.

82

4 years ago

A platform that helps hospitals automate the process of identifying and tracking patient medical records. It’s a product of a partnership between Johns Hopkins and GE Healthcare, and has already been deployed in five hospitals in the US and Europe.

82

4 years ago

A platform for retail and restaurants to give customers advice and recommendations on products to buy.

82

4 years ago

A startup that aims to make the labor of grading college essays and homework effortless

82

4 years ago

A business-to-business education startup that teaches companies how to run their own operations. The startup has already launched in the UK and Europe, and is planning to launch in North America in August 2020.

82

4 years ago

GZ delivers gadgets, such as a $300 Apple TV, to customers’ homes and charges a convenience fee for delivery, which is cheaper than going to a brick-and-mortar store.

82

4 years ago

A startup that allows users to manage the experience of the downloads on their phones, such as managing storage space.

82

3 years ago

Ideal: A tool for managing a sales pipeline, which helps sales reps find leads, schedule call time, and keep track of their pipeline.

82

3 years ago

A way to make sure your hotel room is ready when you arrive.

82

3 years ago

A startup that wants to create an API for doctors to capture, store, and share patient data. The app would let doctors send patients’ data to specialists and insurance companies, and keep track of bills, insurance claims, and other documents. The company says it’s already been used by doctors in the US and India and has revenue of $300,000 a month.

82

3 years ago

A digital platform for managing stock, to help small investors manage their portfolios without the need for a full-time investment advisor. The system relies on the investor’s existing investment account at the broker.

82

3 years ago

A startup that builds websites for small businesses. The company has already built over 100 sites, and has been featured on Techcrunch and on the front page of Medium.

82

3 years ago

A startup that helps its users buy their way into status, which is a tradition in Kenya.

82

3 years ago

A startup that looks to improve the hiring process by connecting employers with candidates based on their skills, as opposed to traditional resume-based matching.

82

3 years ago

A company that builds lab-grown diamonds. The company says it’s already working with top jewelry designers.

82

3 years ago

A tool to help you save, manage, and organize all of your tasks, notes, and things you want to do. It’s like a to-do list that can be viewed as a calendar or spreadsheet and helps you keep track of all of your projects.

82

3 years ago

The idea is to create a credit system for global trade, where a buyer in the US wants to purchase something from supplier in China. It’s a way for global businesses to manage the complexities of international trade.

82

2 years ago

A startup that is building a platform for B2B sales, where salespeople can track leads and sales, and manage appointments.

82

5 years ago

This startup is building software for businesses to keep track of their expensive items, which they can then take to their local jeweler instead of paying a check out fee. They also plan to expand to offer an app that allows customers to track the location of their purchases, so they can get a full refund if the item is lost or stolen.

81

5 years ago

A team-based, curated, on-demand service for sourcing sales leads and B2B leads. They’re currently in the process of raising a $4 million seed round.

81

4 years ago

LogMeIn is an online business continuity and disaster recovery tool used by businesses and organizations of all sizes. Users can access their computers and data in times of trouble, and moreover, take advantage of its free iPhone/Android apps for remote access and file sharing.

81

4 years ago

A place for people to find events that work for them. You’ll see a map of the city and nearest parks. You can also add events to a “todo list” and have the map and todo list sync up.

81

4 years ago

A chat app that lets you order food at home and pay ahead of time. The startup has already worked with two restaurants in New York City to demonstrate the concept.

81

4 years ago

A healthcare company that vets doctors via video and social media and generates reports on their abilities to practice medicine. The company already has a network of about 23,000 doctors on its platform.

81

4 years ago

A startup that let’s you know what's on your calendar and help you prioritize, and keeps track of events and activities you've already committed to.

81

4 years ago

A startup that wants to make it easy to make furniture with 3D printing. A woodworker or designer can go to their website and select a model, upload their CAD files, and in just a few hours they’ll get a 3D-printed version of their design.

81

4 years ago

A solution for merchants to buy a physical product, a digital receipt, and a sticker, which you affix to a physical product for a customer to trade in.

81

4 years ago

A startup that helps people find products they want to buy from a specific retailer that they’re already a customer of, then buys it for them.

81

4 years ago

AdExchanger ranked them as the #2 ad tech company to watch in May 2018, following their acquisition of Adform in September 2017. AdExchanger ranked them as the #4 ad tech company to watch in June 2018, following their acquisition of Rapportive in July 2017. AdExchanger ranked them as the #6 ad tech company to watch in July 2018.

81

4 years ago

Automates the process of getting a fingerprint scanner to work on a device you already own. The startup is focusing first on Android devices and then extending to other platforms.

81

4 years ago

The company wants to create a crowdsourced set of office supplies, including note paper, highlighters, a notepad, a pens, a pen holder, a pencil sharpener, a stapler, a paper clip, a paper clip holder, a red pen, a whiteboard marker, a dry erase marker, a mini eraser, a phone stand, a paper clip holder, a USB, a business card holder, a clipboard, a sticky note pad, a notepad, a pen, a pencil, a highlighter, a pencil sharpener, a dry erase marker, a stapler, a paper clip, a paper clip holder, a USB, a business card holder, a clipboard, a sticky note pad, a notepad, a pen, a pencil, a highlighter, a pencil sharpener, a dry erase marker, a stapler, a paper clip, a paper clip holder, a USB, a business card holder, a clipboard, a sticky note pad, a notepad, a pen, a pencil, a highlighter, a pencil sharpener, a dry erase marker, a stapler, a paper clip, a paper clip holder, a USB, a business

81

4 years ago

Building a video platform for small businesses, allowing them to make videos and upload them to YouTube and Facebook. The startup has deals with such companies as CafePress and Personal Creations.

81

4 years ago

“Echo” is a new retail platform that allows customers to buy goods from a selection of over 1,000 brands, with a selection of goods from 70,000 product designers. In addition to a platform for customers to search for things to buy, Echo also offers a sales channel for retailers.

81

4 years ago

Mined, a startup that’s building a mobile app to help farmers trade with each other.

81

4 years ago

A robo-advisor for financial advice.

81

4 years ago

A company that sells photos taken by its users to other companies like Coca Cola, Microsoft, etc., for use in advertising.

81

4 years ago

This startup looks to build a more flexible, less expensive alternative to traditional DNS (domain name server) services (think Cloudflare.)

81

4 years ago

A personal trainer that uses video to help users correct bad habits.

81

4 years ago

CoffeeScript is a JavaScript compiler that allows developers to take advantage of a subset of the JavaScript syntax that is more concise and readable.

81

4 years ago

A startup that helps companies with talent acquisition and retention. The company employs a “holistic” approach to recruiting and retention, with tools for companies to evaluate candidates, share a common language and culture, and establish a graduated hierarchy for managers.

81

4 years ago

A way for people to make money by sharing the things they already own. The founders say that with the average American household owning over 70% more items than they actually use, this is a $130 billion market that enables people to make money from the stuff they already own by selling it to others.

81

4 years ago

A platform that makes it easy for developers to ship their apps to a wide number of popular devices, from iPhones to Android, Windows and Samsung. Its marketplace offers a library of the software’s apps and plans to add new devices each month.

81

4 years ago

A startup that wants to disrupt the global shipping industry by building a platform that allows anyone to send packages directly to a customer. The startup’s founders say that the company has already built a beta product and has started a pilot program with USPS.

81

4 years ago

The startup is looking to build an app that enables customers to buy pre-made meals (think take-out) within a few minutes.

81

4 years ago

A platform that connects small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in the digital marketing and adtech space to help them connect, learn, filter, and grow.

81

4 years ago

A startup that helps advertisers manage, monitor and analyze the return on investment for all of the advertising that a company does, using proprietary data sets.

81

3 years ago

By taking a person’s smartphone and putting a radio in the headphone jack, Forever’s app turns the phone into a walkie talkie, sending and receiving messages to and from other users. After launching in June, the startup has collected 100,000 users.

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3 years ago

This startup is building a marketplace for people to sell their data. They say that their product is already in use by companies like Airbnb and Airbnb is already getting some value from the product.

81

3 years ago

A dropbox alternative for artists and creatives who want to collaborate on projects. The company is building out a digital community for sharing files and ad-free storage.

81

3 years ago

A $10-20 billion industry that’s undergoing a massive shift in the way it’s being made. The startup wants to be a large part of that change.

81

3 years ago

In May 2018, it was reported that the government of Japan had invested $1.5 million in the company.

81

3 years ago

A startup that’s building a platform for digital advertising. It allows publishers to create campaigns and track performance.

81

2 years ago

A platform for business, enabling companies to add and manage their suppliers on-demand. The company’s founders, who came from a marketing background, say the product is targeted at companies in the $1-10 million range.

81

2 years ago

A company that offers real-time bidding and ad rotation for online video advertising

81

2 years ago

A toolset for marketers and web designers to create Facebook ads, and a platform for companies to manage all those ads.

81

4 years ago

A platform for businesses to help their employees track hours and pay for independent contractors. The startup has already been used by companies like Hewlett Packard, CVS, and DMCI.

80

4 years ago

The idea is to offer a place where you can order custom-made clothing, and have someone else choose your colors, fabrics, and patterns.

80

4 years ago

A startup that wants to help people with specific challenges, like people with epilepsy or those who want to run marathons. It’s is already has 4,500 users, and manages over $6 million in payments.

80

4 years ago

An adtech startup that targets ads to users based on what they’re doing on the web. They’re currently focused on mobile apps and are looking to expand to other platforms.

80

4 years ago

A B2B company that helps companies manage their ticket inventory. After being founded in March, the startup is already has raised $4.6 million in Series A funding.

80

4 years ago

The team made a video about how to use Slack, and the video has been shared over 100,000 times across Facebook, Twitter, and Reddit. As of the end of July, Slack has over 3 million daily active users.

80

4 years ago

A startup that helps people in the US, Mexico, and Canada communicate in local languages.

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4 years ago

A startup that allows members to connect with others in their city and import their address book to find things to do, see what’s open and when, and share with friends and family.

80

4 years ago

A platform to help advise and manage small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). The startup’s founder says he wants his product to be like a “low-cost version of Facebook for SMBs”.

80

4 years ago

A new way to get medical information on the web. Rather than just being a summary of what doctors have already said, this new tool combines the best of what the web has to offer with the benefits of traditional medical journals.

80

4 years ago

A software company that uses machine learning to provide better advice, more relevant products, and better products without human intervention.

80

4 years ago

A startup that wants to build a building management system to help buildings adapt to sharing economy demand. It monitors energy usage and billing, to help buildings adapt to the Airbnb-style short-term rental.

80

4 years ago

A social network that allows users to upload photos and videos of their pets and “adopt” them for a small fee. Users can search for a pet, add a bio, and a profile picture, and the company makes money from the adoption fees.

80

4 years ago

A web hosting company that promises to increase website load times by as much as 1,000%.

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4 years ago

A startup that wants to help people check their credit score, which is sometimes hard to get because of privacy concerns. Its service offers the ability to report your financial well-being to the Federal Trade Commission in one step. The company is pitching it to companies like Capital One and Chase.

80

4 years ago

A text messaging app for LGBTQ+ people, meant to provide a venue for the community to share content and advocate for themselves.

80

4 years ago

A platform to help colleges teach students how to code. The startup will teach students how to code using the Drag & Drop interface, which is more intuitive compared to using more traditional programming languages.

80

4 years ago

The startup is using app design and marketing startups to build an app that helps investors find value in publicly traded companies.

80

4 years ago

A company that is building a tool that will help the banks eliminate the “bill of lading” (which is an important piece of paper in the way of trade), and make it easier to track shipments.

80

4 years ago

A startup that’s building a home-grown cryptocurrency which they hope will be more widely adopted than Bitcoin.

80

4 years ago

A $10 billion company that helps companies streamline their digital marketing and ads.

80

4 years ago

A startup for movie scripts. It lets users browse and comment on scripts, and the startup says it’s already had over 40,000 scripts submitted.

80

4 years ago

A “truly decentralized Internet”, where all of the data is stored on computers that are spread across the world, and none of the data is stored on any single computer.

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4 years ago

A startup developing a “mobile-first” platform that allows people to search through publicly available data about the world. One example is a tool that uses machine learning to find your address by looking at where you are based on Google Maps.

80

4 years ago

A dating app that matches you with people who work at the same company you do. The startup is focused on the software side of the company, and partnering with companies already located in the app’s target cities.

80

4 years ago

A company that helps people choose the right credit card to use. It’s based on the premise that most people don’t realize that the card they already have is probably the right one for them.

80

4 years ago

The startup wants to be the first to bring a product to market that helps prevent boil water advisories by automatically alerting people about problems in their water supply.

80

4 years ago

A company building an AI for ad-tech and data to help target ads better and more accurately.

80

4 years ago

This is a digital delivery system for medical cannabis that wants to provide standardized strains, value-added services, and high-quality delivery across the country.

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4 years ago

A firm that manages the “unbanked” — those without traditional bank accounts.

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3 years ago

A digital marketing platform for startups that helps them build their brand and take advantage of products like YouTube ads.

80

3 years ago

A platform that lets you order custom-made clothes from over 1 million products.

80

3 years ago

A tool that allows teams to collaborate in the same space, with more than 40,000 companies already signed up. It’s best-suited for teams with less than 15 people.

80

3 years ago

A startup that is building an intuitive platform for the creation of visual content that can be shared and traded on social media.

80

3 years ago

Care Labs is a wellness startup. As part of their product, Care Labs offers a “video-based coaching platform that helps people with chronic health conditions like ADHD and autoimmune disorders like Hashimoto’s, or those going through a transition into adulthood or a new stage in life like college,” according to their website.

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3 years ago

A digital financial advisor whose goal is to help people learn how to invest like a professional, including personalized portfolio management.

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3 years ago

A startup that provides an AI platform that helps analyze the possible health risks posed by climate change, and gives advice on how to adapt. The product is used by UN organizations and other international agencies.

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5 years ago

A peer-to-peer marketplace and online marketplace for exclusively selling used goods. The company wants to bring a new way to buy and sell things, but it’s not quite a marketplace. Instead, it’s a service that connects buyers with sellers, and a platform where sellers can share their goods.

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4 years ago

A startup that’s meant to help people with ADHD focus better on tasks and avoid distractions.

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4 years ago

A startup that aims to build a platform for online contracts. The company wants users to pay for services in advance without paying upfront fees.

79

4 years ago

This startup wants to help small businesses create, manage, and share Google Docs spreadsheets directly from their phone.

79

4 years ago

The book was published on July 17, 2011, and made the New York Times Best Seller list on July 22, 2011, and remained on the list for two weeks.

79

4 years ago

A startup that helps people who have trouble remembering dates and times to add them to their calendars automatically.

79

4 years ago

A tool for designers to create interactive visualizations in a fraction of the time it would take with traditional software.

79

4 years ago

A physical device for reading and studying in a low light environment. The startup has a physical device that helps you study in a low light environment.

79

4 years ago

A “cash back” app that lets users earn cash back on purchases made in-store.

79

4 years ago

A company that builds a personal and professional portable credit score for people who have an unsecured credit card (UCC) and don’t have the equipment to install a credit card reader. For the most unsecured credit card holders, commonly known as under-banked, the company will build a simple and secure online credit application.

79

4 years ago

Little Bean is a digital marketing agency that works with companies to sell their products on social media. The startup, which was founded in April, has built a platform that allows customers to create custom campaigns on social media to advertise their products or services, which are then tracked by Little Bean, who will help the client optimize the campaign to improve ROI.

79

4 years ago

A company that makes a product called a “pill stop” which is a pill dispenser for people with bad backs, designed to make it easier to take pills by placing them in a container instead of a cup.

79

4 years ago

A startup that allows companies to deliver a customer service experience that is both efficient and personable. The startup is a spinoff of a company called Customer.io, where the founders had to implement a customer service software for a customer support company.

79

4 years ago

A startup that allows companies to more easily integrate their insurance plans with their payroll systems by specialising as a provider of payroll and benefits administration as well as insurance.

79

4 years ago

A company that makes a way for restaurants to provide a delivery service with minimal cost. With low overhead, they say they can provide delivery service for $0.50 per delivery.

79

4 years ago

A platform which helps people book appointments, appointments are made through the platform and the person sets the price. The startup charges a fee for each appointment booked.

79

4 years ago

A 4th grade student created a video explaining the new health care bill and has over 1 million views on YouTube.

79

4 years ago

A startup that aims to bring the world of cryptocurrency to the mainstream. The company has already built a mobile wallet and the company is now working on an exchange platform that will make it easy for people to buy and sell their digital currencies.

79

4 years ago

A startup that helps amateur photographers and amateurs take better photos. The startup is building a photo editing app that makes it easier for people to improve their photography by adding in the most important shutter speed and aperture settings.

79

4 years ago

This startup wants to make it easier for companies to handle and manage their supply chain with a more efficient, easier to use system than traditional ERP.

79

4 years ago

A startup for the hiring of independent contractors, who are currently forced to pay 70% of the FICA tax to the federal government. The startup wants to eliminate the tax on independent contractors, and instead pay the tax to the state.

79

4 years ago

A way to monetize and organize digital content. With StoryIt, you can create and manage reading lists, track which books you’ve read and where you got them, and mark books as “read” or “currently reading”.

79

4 years ago

A way to boost the power of your smartphone so that you can take better photos and videos of your kids or pets, and then upload and share them.

79

4 years ago 1 views

A tool to help companies bring their products to market faster. The startup’s founders believe that the traditional development process of building a product from scratch can often be too long and slow.

79

4 years ago

A platform for using the cloud to host and share content, including music, photos and videos. The company wants to be a place where people can upload, edit and share their own content in a way that isn’t controlled by one single entity. It has 9,500 users and is profitable.

79

4 years ago

If kids are being sent to school by themselves, they may do poorly if they’re already scared of new situations. To help kids transition, the startup will send them to a therapist to help them “develop a calming presence” that they can use throughout their school life.

79

3 years ago

A software platform that helps teachers track student progress, grade assignments and differentiate instruction.

79

3 years ago

This startup is building a solution for companies that handle big data to build their own analytics applications on top of Hadoop.

79

3 years ago

A peer-to-peer insurance exchange that aims to make insurance more transparent and cheaper than traditional insurance.

79

3 years ago 1 views

A company that makes custom-made logo clothing. The startup wants to make it easier for companies to hire their own bespoke designers.

79

2 years ago

A company that’s building an on-demand food delivery app. It has a few dozen employees and a few dozen customers already, but its founder says he’s eyeing a national launch and plans to grow to hundreds of employees and thousands of customers.

79

5 years ago

Idea: A peer-to-peer cryptocurrency exchange that lets you trade without a centralized exchange

78

5 years ago

A startup based in India that helps people in the US get better access to medical care abroad

78

5 years ago

Reviewing B2B contracts is often a long and expensive process. With a cloud-based solution, companies can employ an army of contract reviewers at a fraction of the cost of traditional methods.

78

5 years ago

A new way to train employees without the usual expense of traditional employees. The company says they’re working with many large universities on a new way to train employees in areas like documentation, procurement, and project management without the need for a full-time employee.

78

4 years ago

This startup is building a tool for beer lovers to find, learn about and share reviews of craft beers. The startup has in the past month added beer reviews from a handful of beer experts and bloggers to its platform.

78

4 years ago

A millennial-focused startup that wants to create a locally-sourced and craft beer-friendly alternative to “traditional” craft beers. LocalBev will work directly with a brewer to create a unique beer style, with each batch brewed on an on-site system.

78

4 years ago

An advertising-focused startup that helps brands better target potential customers. It has raised $2.5 million in funding.

78

4 years ago

A startup that provides a way to learn German online. It’s a separate app users can download if they’d like to focus on learning the language.

78

4 years ago

A tool for people in need of homeownership financing with access to traditional lenders.

78

4 years ago

A company that helps people get on the path to financial independence by saving money, cutting costs, and investing. It plans to disrupt the current financial planning industry by offering services at a fraction of the cost of traditional financial planning.

78

4 years ago

A startup that helps companies manage retail contracts in a simple, easy-to-use interface. The startup says it’s already working with over 300 clients.

78

4 years ago

This is a tool for tracking and managing sales leads, similar to Salesforce.

78

4 years ago

A startup that allows users to share their voice recordings with others for feedback. Users can upload recordings, have them edited, and receive feedback from others.

78

4 years ago

A “social financial advisor” that helps people with retirement planning and wealth management.

78

4 years ago

A tool that teaches you how to read an oil change and how to order parts

78

4 years ago

This startup offers an alternative to the traditional lockbox for data centers. It’s a tamper-resistant container that can be set to be unlocked by a single person, making it easier to ensure that data is secure.

78

4 years ago

A tool that “brings your ideas to life” using an AI that learns from your social media posts to create animations, logos, ads, and more that you can then sell.

78

4 years ago

This product enables grocery stores to take in-store photos of their products, which are then uploaded onto a centralized platform. The startup takes a small percentage of each transaction.

78

4 years ago

A SaaS platform that helps businesses manage their phone calls with a single dashboard that can be accessed from any device. The founders say they’ve already had over 400,000 calls a month through their platform.

78

4 years ago

The company is building a platform that allows customers to place orders for products like laundry detergent and laundry dryers without an account. They allow customers to sign up with their email address and save shipping information, and then they can order products at their convenience.

78

4 years ago

A platform for the “unbanked” in developing economies, this startup is building software to allow people to get loans and make payments without using traditional banks.

78

4 years ago

Startups that made the list last year but haven't expanded to the US yet

78

4 years ago

A micro-job platform where people can earn a few dollars an hour doing a task for a company that already has a full-time employee doing that same task. The idea is that someone can have a few hours of work on Mechanical Turk each day already, and that’s the entirety of their work week.

78

4 years ago

A new kind of online marketplace for buying and selling used cars. Instead of going to a dealer, it's a platform where people can bid on cars and sellers can list them on the site.

78

4 years ago

A world map for VR/AR, which is made up of 3D scans of cities and landmarks.

78

4 years ago

A tool that helps organizations track the energy consumption of their buildings. The startup also builds custom-made software to help organizations understand their energy usage.

78

4 years ago

A company that builds drone delivery systems, using drones made by 3D Systems, for delivering packages to homes.

78

4 years ago

A company that brings data science to financial advisors to help them more effectively manage their clients’ portfolios.

78

4 years ago

The company’s client list includes brands such as BBDO, Union Bank, Accenture, and Yahoo, and its primary product is a service that helps webpages load faster.

78

4 years ago

An on-demand cleaning service that advertises on a mobile app. The startup is made up of a team of former Uber and DoorDash employees.

78

4 years ago

A credit reporting platform designed to make it easier for borrowers to understand their credit scores and learn from their spending. It was built by a team of three grad students from MIT and TWC Labs, and was launched in July.

78

4 years ago

A startup that will help customers develop financial plans, at no cost, and then help them get access to an advisor or broker.

78

4 years ago

An online platform that allows users to upload photos and videos, and write text, in the form of a slide show.

78

4 years ago

A robo-advisor that helps you invest in your own 401(k) plan.

78

4 years ago

Hipsters are a big part of the e-commerce scene in India, but the startup wants to bring them into the mainstream, using a combination of data, AI, and traditional retail to help them discover the best of the best products.

78

4 years ago

A startup that lets you order fresh food from a local restaurant, stored in the app so it can be ready the moment you arrive.

78

4 years ago

A mobile app that helps you find the best deals on local goods and services, with an emphasis on the impact of adding an ethical component to the economy.

78

4 years ago

In addition to everything on this list, there were also a handful of other companies that were pitched that I didn’t write about.

78

4 years ago

A company that helps TV networks "create and monetize their own exclusive shows, even without a network, by giving advertisers the ability to sponsor and advertise wherever their programming appears."

78

3 years ago

A fitness app that gamifies daily fitness goals by rewarding players with points and badges.

78

3 years ago

A platform for managing, tracking and hosting video content for e-learning. You upload your video, and Farmako does the rest.

78

3 years ago

A platform for artists, musicians, and others to make money on YouTube without relying on ads.

78

3 years ago

A platform for sellers and brands to grow on the Shopify platform by providing an alternative to the storefront that many sellers already use there.

78

3 years ago

A coffee subscription service for the food industry, where the coffee is made from beans from the farm to cup by the service.

78

3 years ago

A digital marketing platform for restaurants. The startup wants to help restaurants track and analyze customer data and make targeted marketing adjustments.

78

3 years ago

A platform that helps people in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh get loans from banks and other financial institutions.

78

3 years ago

A startup that makes a video game for teenagers in India that teaches them to read.

78

3 years ago

A company that helps small businesses find a way to market themselves on Facebook. The startup helps businesses pay Facebook to advertise on its platform.

78

3 years ago

A micro-lending platform that uses blockchain to enable loans to people who don’t have traditional credit scores.

78

3 years ago

A tool for building detailed profiles of your customers and targeting them with ads.

78

2 years ago

A social media platform that helps advertisers with their social media strategy, via tools that help track programmatic marketing targets and which can manage multiple social accounts.

78

2 years ago

A startup that helps those in the United States buy satellite TV from Canadian satellite providers.

78

5 years ago

Idea: A startup that helps people in the US save for international travel by converting their credit card rewards into cash. The startup is focusing on helping people who are about to travel abroad in the next three months.

77

5 years ago

Idea: A startup that helps brands and agencies plan out their Instagram marketing strategies. The founder is a former head of marketing at Instagram (who worked on its mobile app) and says that brands still have a hard time figuring out how to adapt their advertising to the platform.

77

4 years ago

A company that helps teachers get better at teaching. The startup is currently in a pilot with a few hundred teachers in Philadelphia and New York City, and has been in Y Combinator since November. It aims to take out the headache of grading papers and lesson plans.

77

4 years ago

A startup that makes it easier to communicate with doctors remotely. Doctors can chat with patients via a smartphone or the web, and can see what prescriptions they’ve already written and what they’re working on right now.

77

4 years ago

On 2 June 2015, an app called "YouNow" was released by a team of developers from the University of Southern California. The app allows users to broadcast live videos to their friends, and allows viewers to tip the broadcasters. The video is only viewable for 24 hours, but viewers can re-watch them at any time.

77

4 years ago

A platform that automates the process of doing social media advertising. It uses AI to match ads to consumers based on their interests on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

77

4 years ago

A company that wants to help investors diversify their portfolios with non-traditional investments.

77

4 years ago

This startup is building a tool to help local businesses build a web presence. The company already has clients in Chicago and Los Angeles.

77

4 years ago 1 views

Has launched in the past year in the US, in areas in which cannabis has been legalized in the past year in states like Ohio, New Jersey, Texas, and California. The company’s founders say they can apply their technology to any state/state-regulated cannabis industry, and are already in business in the US.

77

4 years ago

A startup that allows users to “pay” with their face instead of their phone number.

77

4 years ago

A tool for creating and executing ads for Instagram and Facebook.

77

4 years ago

A startup that makes a visual proofreader to help users read plain text and check their grammar.

77

4 years ago

A free web-based platform for musicians to share their music with fans. The app lets musicians upload their music to the platform, and users can listen to it, vote on it, and make requests. Fans can also buy music directly from the app.

77

4 years ago

A crowdfunding platform for startups, allowing people to invest in entrepreneurs as a way to get access to a new product before it’s ready for the market. Borrowing the model of Kickstarter, AngelList connects people with startups without the need to make a down payment.

77

4 years ago

A platform for employers to hire people easily, without all the overhead of an intermediary.

77

4 years ago

A company that wants to add more social and emotional intelligence to the world’s financial system

77

4 years ago

Using a bevy of different marketing channels to find the right customers, including email, Facebook and Google Adwords. The startup also pitches that it can offer a customized solution based on a person’s specific needs.

77

4 years ago 1 views

In addition to being a founder, Zebra has also built and launched eight startups in the past.

77

4 years ago

Co-founded by former CEO of Appjo, a startup that made a product to help people write and manage their to-do’s online.

77

4 years ago

An “Uber for writers”. This startup is “building the Uber of writing jobs”. It’s an app that allows writers to get paid for their work directly, without having to deal with a third party intermediary. They’re already working with about 20 clients.

77

4 years ago

A startup that helps people determine what kind of stock to buy based on their own goals, rather than trading in the hopes of a market rally.

77

4 years ago

This company will be a fixed-rate mortgage service for people who have bad credit.

77

4 years ago

A company that uses machine learning to discover and prevent fraudulent users from taking advantage of traditional banking systems.

77

4 years ago

A startup that allows users to get a readout of their fellow travelers’ histories at a glance. The startup also has a feature that helps people find other people who have similar interests.

77

4 years ago

A traditional pharmacy and health clinic that sells prescriptions and medical services online, but also provides telemedicine services. It’s aimed at people who want to shop and get care at the same place.

77

4 years ago

An iPad app that lets people book a reservation to a restaurant. Starting with the San Francisco Bay area and a few other cities.

77

4 years ago

A startup that aims to help people take advantage of the data in their lives and turn it into more efficient digital products. In practice, it’s a company that helps companies make use of the data on their apps

77

3 years ago

A platform that lets people sell their unused gadgets; the startup is targeting consumers and entrepreneurs in need of cash for their tech.

77

3 years ago

A startup that allows restaurants to adjust the pricing for their dishes depending on who is eating them.

77

3 years ago

A platform that helps people find the right advisors for their personal needs. It’s currently in private beta

77

3 years ago

A real-time, on-demand adtech platform for brands.

77

3 years ago

An AI-powered chatbot that offers financial advice to people.

77

3 years ago 1 views

A coffee-making company that wants to be the Amazon of coffee. The company is already in the Philippines and the US, and is looking to expand to Thailand, Indonesia, and Vietnam.

77

3 years ago

A startup that helps students in college and grad school build better resumes by having them share everything from their job board activity to how many hours they’re spending on side projects.

77

3 years ago

A startup that’s building a hybrid of Uber and Airbnb, a peer-to-peer hotel booking platform. The startup is building a mobile app that allows users to find, book and manage private rooms, in addition to a marketplace for services.

77

3 years ago

A B2B company that brings accounting to a space where it’s traditionally done poorly.

77

3 years ago

A software package to help content creators produce and distribute their work over the web. The startup launched in July, is looking to empower creators to upload, track, and manage their series online.

77

3 years ago

A startup that allows companies to protect intellectual property, with legal advice from an in-house lawyer.

77

3 years ago

A startup that wants to build an app store for people in need of financial services that would be cheaper for people to use than traditional financial institutions.

77

2 years ago

A startup that makes custom-made clothing. The company has run a successful Kickstarter campaign in the past year, and is now taking preorders for their next product — a one-of-a-kind T-shirt printed with your face.

77

2 years ago

This startup is building a platform for hosting websites and apps across multiple devices. They say they’re not trying to compete with Google or Facebook but instead use their own platform to help connect their customers to their apps.

77

5 years ago

Idea: A startup that is building a solution to address the need for early-stage investment in the medical device industry The company wants to help hardware startups run more efficient clinical trials

76

4 years ago

It’s similar to an Instagram filter app, but instead of changing your appearance, it changes the tone of your photos.

76

4 years ago

A tool that helps companies manage their risk in the event of an injury to a key employee. It estimates the impact of the absence of a key employee and provides advice on what to do.

76

4 years ago

Ink is a platform for live events, with a focus on music. Users are able to create and manage their events within one platform and then broadcast these events to the world. Ink also offers a community feature, where users can share content with each other. The company raised $12.5 million, with 23,000 users in 50 countries, and is backed by Lightspeed and Greycroft.

76

4 years ago

A digital health and wellness platform, with a focus on medical adherence and safety. Its current offerings include an app, a digital diary, and a smart bracelet. Its current clientele include dozens of hospitals and healthcare companies.

76

4 years ago

A hardware company that makes it easier for people to possess and grow their own cannabis. They’re supplying this solution to dispensaries in Colorado, where Gov. John Hickenlooper has shown support for legal weed in the past. The company is already in business in Canada, and is looking at expansions into other states.

76

4 years ago

A business that is building an AI platform for automated ad buying.

76

4 years ago

A B2B software company that helps hardware manufacturers and distributors sell to retail stores. The company’s founders say that in the past year it’s already signed and closed on 125 deals and has more in the pipeline.

76

4 years ago

A platform for online shoppers to compare prices from different stores. The company’s CEO says they have a large database of IP addresses from all over the world. The startup helps people find the lowest prices on products they’re looking for.

76

4 years ago

A SaaS that helps companies with hiring and onboarding, namely with moving from a traditional hiring process that relies on paper forms to an online process that works better.

76

4 years ago

Geotab is a digital map company that's been in business for a decade, helping retailers and other businesses locate their locations using GPS.

76

4 years ago

A startup that helps homeowners advertise their homes for sale using Facebook ads

76

4 years ago

A team of people that builds software for and with the help of the general public (readers, writers and other types of creators). Its first product was a book, "", which won the 2016 James Beard Foundation Book Award for Best Nonfiction.

76

4 years ago

A system where you can click on a sticker to make a phone call. The stickers are already on sale in the UK and the US.

76

4 years ago

GigSalad is a marketplace for gigs, where users can pay with Apple Pay or Venmo and get instant, real-time payment confirmation.

76

4 years ago

A company that uses an algorithm to identify the most popular pieces of content on Instagram, YouTube and Reddit, and connects advertisers to those users.

76

4 years ago

A tool that lets brands get feedback from their customers. The startup is building out a platform to let brands understand how their customers are interacting with their brand, which leads to a better customer experience.

76

4 years ago

A startup that helps businesses create native ads. The startup provides services to help brands create ads that look like the real thing, but are actually branded content.

76

4 years ago

A visual brainstorming tool that allows team members to quickly add content to a whiteboard without having to leave their desk.

76

4 years ago

A software company that uses AI to help brands make more effective TV ads.

76

4 years ago

A text-based message-board system built on the open-source project of the same name. BookClub allows users to write messages, read other messages, and share links to articles. Add/remove friends, send and receive messages, and add emojis to your message.

76

4 years ago

An AI-powered platform that makes it easier to manage and price online ads. The startup wants to simplify the process of buying online ads so that more people can participate.

76

4 years ago

A startup that wants to create a secure messaging app that’s based on blockchain. The app works in a similar manner to Telegram and iMessage, but with a twist: users can easily send encrypted messages to anyone without having to download the app.

76

4 years ago

The startup aims to help recruiters find employees, by matching them with people who are looking for a new job — eliminating the need to advertise to the general public.

76

3 years ago

A company that helps companies build digital marketing campaigns with native ads and calls-to-action

76

3 years ago

A platform that makes it easier to do business with companies that have been doing business with African governments for decades.

76

3 years ago

A software/hardware startup that is building an industrial-grade 3D printer for deposition of materials at industrial scales.

76

2 years ago

Robot-enhanced lip reading software.

76

5 years ago

Idea: A programmable hardware add-on for Raspberry Pi

75

5 years ago

A business designed to help musicians market their music and manage it across the web. It’s a unique approach, but the founders say that they’re already working with over 150 artists.

75

4 years ago

A ticketing and event ticketing software company. The startup wants to build a platform for events to sell tickets online, as well as a way to sell tickets at non-traditional venues like bars and gyms.

75

4 years ago

A “programmatic” ad platform that changes the way ads are bought and sold, letting companies create ads in real-time, without having to have an existing relationship with a publisher. The startup has raised $4.3 million to date, and has plans for an IPO in the next year.

75

4 years ago

A company that bases its customer support on machine learning, and aims to help people more efficiently manage their customer service workloads.

75

4 years ago

A company looking to build the ultimate medical-grade exam table. The startup has built a prototype that can raise and lower patients in ways that medical professionals often describe as “magical”.

75

4 years ago

The startup is looking to use AI to help B2B companies by automating much of the admin work that comes with the job.

75

4 years ago

A startup that allows people to rent wheels for their car and take advantage of local deals

75

4 years ago

A company that makes a product called “Flex”, a flexible structural material that can be used to build buildings instead of using steel beams.

75

4 years ago

An AI-based startup that lets you listen to your favorite songs without any advertising. However, the company has not yet launched any products or services.

75

4 years ago

An all-in-one headphone that’s designed to be both high-quality and cheap.

75

4 years ago

A startup that wants to build a digital platform to help marketers make their ads more effective. The startup wants to make their platform the industry standard for delivering video ads.

75

4 years ago

The startup will use AI to match individuals with the right job or career match for them. The startup will also conduct “academic-style job fairs” for employers.

75

4 years ago

A platform for users to sell their unused gadgets, with buyers paying with a single click.

75

4 years ago

A real-time article curation tool for people who work remotely. The startup, which launched in May, allows people to find similar stories and add a brief summary of their own, or to simply read and learn from others.

75

4 years ago

A platform that aggregates credit information from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, from publicly released data. The startup is working with credit unions to automate the process of credit report inquiries, and also offers additional credit report reports for landlords.

75

4 years ago

This startup is building a platform to help renters manage their finances and manage their utilities. The company’s founders say they want to build a tool that’s cheaper and faster than a traditional bank account and are seeking seed funding.

75

4 years ago

A startup that sells a great idea, product and marketing. A startup is a bit like a small business, but with zero overhead. It’s the idea that you’re selling.

75

4 years ago

A company that will decrease the cost and improve the accuracy of blood tests and medical care by using information that is already in the medical record.

75

4 years ago

A web-based platform that allows users to mix their own music on their Mac and iPad.

75

4 years ago

A platform that helps financial institutions, including banks and credit unions, provide services like checking accounts and loans. These services are typically offered by financial advisors and brokers.

75

4 years ago

A turbo charger for commercial vehicles. The startup makes energy efficient chargers for trucks and vans, which it says is at a disadvantage because truckers don’t want to “waste” money on something that’s unnecessary.

75

4 years ago

A software developer that works with companies to help them design and build self-service sales and lead management systems. The startup, which launched in 2018, has 150 clients.

75

4 years ago

A startup that tracks and analyzes purchase data to help brands understand their customers' spending habits, allowing them to optimize their ads.

75

4 years ago

A startup that wants to help marketers create lead nurturing campaigns that are more personalized and personalized to the target market. It currently has a product called see-now-buy-now, which shows users a personalized ad based on things like their interests and location.

75

4 years ago

A startup focusing on language teaching that uses AI to help teach kids to read and write.

75

4 years ago

A youth fitness app that gamifies exercise with badges and rewards

75

3 years ago

A library for the 3 billion people in the global market who can’t read.

75

3 years ago

An email-based sales platform for companies to better reach the right people for sales leads.

75

3 years ago

The company, which recently launched in the US, is creating a platform that allows users to upload, share, and monetize their content for free. The company also has offices in New York.

75

3 years ago

A SaaS platform for enterprise HR teams. The startup is a full-stack service for recruiting and onboarding, but the founders want to add more features to the platform.

75

3 years ago

A company that wants to provide the capital that is missing from the lending industry — a more traditional intermediary. The startup takes a better interest rate on deposits, with individual investments capped at $50,000.

75

3 years ago

A platform that allows users to create and share digital storybooks that both kids and grownups can explore and enjoy. The creators say that their tool will allow people to create books that are just as rich as the ones they would read in a physical book, and that their knowledge of digital and mobile storytelling will allow the team to make the books as interactive as possible.

75

3 years ago

A video service that uses the same system as YouNow to let every creator get paid for their live broadcasts.

75

3 years ago

A startup that uses computers to teach kids about computer science. The founder, who was a 7th grader when he started, previously built an app that teaches kids about the Internet.

75

2 years ago

This company is using machine learning to create more efficient advertising for companies.

75

2 years ago

A startup that’s building an AI-driven assistant that can help you decide which photo apps you need to download

75

2 years ago

A voice-activated personal assistant that can speed up your tax preparation and give you personalized financial advice.

75

4 years ago

A B2B company that helps companies take advantage of their collective buying power to negotiate better prices.

74

4 years ago

A platform for connecting readers to products and creators. The company says it’s currently in talks with publishers, and has letters of intent from five publishers to launch the product in the next few weeks.

74

4 years ago

An in-house legal team that provides advice to companies on a wide variety of issues.

74

4 years ago

A turnkey set of products and services for product managers including management of leads, sales, and marketing.

74

4 years ago

A mobile app that helps make better coffee. It’s a big problem, which is why the startup has already raised $5 million to date from investors including Andreessen Horowitz.

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4 years ago

Helps companies manage their human capital better by replacing spreadsheets with online tools. Helps companies manage their human capital better by replacing spreadsheets with online tools.

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4 years ago

Dedicated to helping businesses in the medical device industry, the startup helps manufacturers understand the regulatory landscape for selling medical devices in the US, Canada, and Europe.

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4 years ago

A cloud-based marketplace for home services. The startup says it’s already in use in 100 cities in 13 countries, with over 30,000 professionals.

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4 years ago

A spin-off from the team behind The Daily, a news app for the iPhone and iPad

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4 years ago

A tool for companies to build more efficient internal communication, involving messaging, spreadsheet automation, and scheduling. It’s the first product from the team more commonly known for their work on the cloud-based calendar startup, Meeting.ly.

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4 years ago

Advice on what to do when you’re laid off, pitched as a tool that helps you “land your dream job” after you’ve been laid off.

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4 years ago

The company behind the “Tinder for Business” app is launching a new product in the U.S. that allows members to add employees to a shared account, customize their benefits, and pay payroll taxes.

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4 years ago

A texting app that provides a platform for people to talk to each other, or a support system to text-based conversations. The app is only in its beta stage, but has already amassed over 1 million users

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4 years ago

This startup is creating a digital wallet for offline retailers. The company says it’s already signed up with 7,000 retailers, including Whole Foods and Trader Joe’s.

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4 years ago

A software solution that helps companies digitize and streamline their process of onboarding new employees. The software is meant to be a bridge between HR and the new hire. Venture capitalists are already funding the startup with a $3 million seed round.

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4 years ago

Matching a user's facial expressions with activities they would like to do, like watching TV or playing video games. The startup wants to use this to tailor ads in a way that’s more aligned with users’ interests.

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4 years ago

A company that lets you automate your CRM and take advantage of Salesforce's tools by building a custom CRM solution that is integrated into Salesforce.

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4 years ago

A startup that acts as a matchmaker between consumers and local businesses — now.com. Customers can search for businesses and read reviews, while businesses can list their items, pricing and contact information. The company is based in San Francisco.

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4 years ago

A system that automatically ships your purchases to the correct address.

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4 years ago

A new business accelerator based in Silicon Valley, funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, that targets African-American tech founders with the goal of “helping them grow their businesses so they can help build the next generation of African-American tech leaders”.

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3 years ago

A startup that helps companies acquire, manage and distribute online video ads in the US. The company is looking to sell video ads on a self-service marketplace.

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3 years ago

An online platform for businesses to sell products to their clients. They’re already in New York, and want to expand to other cities.

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3 years ago

A startup that offers a new kind of savings account. Instead of storing cash in a savings account for specific purposes, such as a vacation, the user can purchase a “lifestyle account” that allows the user to save the money for recurring costs, such as monthly payments to a car loan or a credit card bill.

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3 years ago

This app is meant to help business owners make purchases of services that travel to a person’s house. Instead of making a trip to the store, you can use a smart phone app to purchase a service like a plumber or a carpenter.

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3 years ago

A chatbot that helps people learn Spanish vocabulary and grammar. The startup wants to build a tool that helps people learn Spanish by chatting with a bot. It’s already built out a prototype and has launched a pilot with Canvas.

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3 years ago

A digital marketing agency that can bring in clients’ websites to the top of search results. The company has already worked with over 100 companies, and says it’s the top performing digital marketing agency in San Francisco.

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3 years ago

An API for data-driven marketing, connecting resellers and advertisers to understand marketing data in real-time. It’s an infrastructure that sits between the data-providers (like Google or Facebook) and the marketers (like the NFL or Nike) that allows them to access this data easily.

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3 years ago

A startup that helps students organize homework assignments, grades and other school-related tasks.

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3 years ago

Adoption is a B2B service that helps companies onboard employees, offers HR support, and keeps track of employee benefits and insurance. Their users include FedEx and Netflix.

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3 years ago

A software suite that helps companies manage the risks of workers getting sick and sometimes paying for their healthcare when they’re already covered. It’s offering a free trial to startups, which is also how it plans to seed the business.

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3 years ago

A company that aggregates content from other sites and translates it into different formats to make it easier to consume. For example, if a company wanted to provide their employees with a video training course, they could hire the founders of Istok to help out. It’s a way to make content more accessible to those who can’t read or watch the language of the original site.

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3 years ago

A tool that helps HR departments create targeted recruitment ads for job-seekers.

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2 years ago

A company that connects landlords to potential renters. The company uses artificial intelligence to match rental properties to people looking for a place to stay, and has already partnered with over 30,000 properties.

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2 years ago

A tool that allows users to share and collaborate on their personal data, making it accessible to a broad range of customers.

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4 years ago

A startup that helps small businesses increase their productivity by allowing them to schedule time off in advance. The startup is currently focused on the US.

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4 years ago

The company wants to make it easier for consumers to pay bills. The startup, which launched in June, has partnered with about 200 companies, including ADT, Best Buy, and Etsy, to offer bill payments via text message.

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4 years ago

A company that helps companies manage their employees’ benefits and compensation. A software-as-a-service solution that handles health and 401k administration, and helps employers manage their benefits.

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4 years ago

A company that helps businesses track employees and their movements. Founded in 2009, the startup claims to have raised $9.1 million in venture capital and made it to the finals of Y Combinator's winter 2017 batch.

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4 years ago

This is a book publisher that helps authors make money from their work, by selling digital and physical copies to readers, then compensating authors with royalty payments on each sale.

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4 years ago

An anonymous messenger for LGBT teens, aimed at the Mormon community. The startup’s founder says the startup’s customer base is made up of LGBT Mormons who feel the need for a safe place to talk about their sexuality.

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4 years ago

A startups that tracks the performance of ads as they’re served online and provides recommendations for ways to optimize.

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A game of strategy that’s similar to the popular board game of the same name, but with all of the complex rules of video games. Players will compete to collect the most points by trading, farming, and battling each other.

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4 years ago

The startup is building an open-source library of all the design patterns, languages, and paradigms that make up the internet. This will serve as a foundation for the internet of things.

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4 years ago

A startup that wants to allow companies to target marketing programs to specific visits on websites. The startup, which was founded in December, has already signed up over 200 customers including Pinterest, Dailymotion, and Instagram.

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4 years ago

A startup with a proprietary AI platform that helps applications with a heavy computational load run faster.

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4 years ago

A cloud computing company that wants to build a more intelligent “intelligent” computer that is made up of modular components that can be swapped out for different functions at any time.

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4 years ago

A conferencing app that connects people in real time. It’s already in beta with over 5,000 users.

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4 years ago

A piece of software that helps employers in the US and abroad hire and manage their teams in an efficient and cost-effective way.

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4 years ago

Allows users to send an eBay-style message (“buy it now”) to other users who are already selling the same item.

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4 years ago

A Cleveland-based startup that has developed an algorithm that claims to predict the weather seven days in advance.

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4 years ago

The startup is building a data-driven platform to help companies measure their marketing effectiveness and ROI. They say they’ve already built a $200,000 product — but they’re looking for $75,000 to build out the data science.

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4 years ago

Since its founding in 2011, this nonprofit has built a library of online resources and tools for the disadvantaged, including an online database of nearly 100,000 student aid resources.

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4 years ago

This startup is building a tool for talent acquisition. Instead of being on the phone with call centers, an employee can upload their resume, answer a few questions, and be matched with a hiring manager.

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4 years ago

A platform that helps small businesses manage their online advertising campaigns, with a focus on getting more people to sign up for email marketing lists. They charge $239 per month.

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4 years ago

An influencer marketing platform for advertisers, designed to help them work with social media stars to influence the purchase decisions of millions of consumers

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4 years ago

A platform for buying and selling used cars in New Zealand. The company’s first product, a set of online tools for dealers, has been downloaded over 40,000 times in the first 2 months. The company is also in talks with the New Zealand government to build a system for their dealers to manage car sales.

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4 years ago

Working with a lab in Italy, this startup is developing a service to prevent the spread of dengue fever.

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4 years ago

This startup is exploring a new way to send money to friends and family. Instead of using traditional bank transfer, they’re using a virtual currency they call Ven. It’s made of a built-in electronic payment system that’s easy to use, and they say they can send Ven without fees.

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4 years ago

A startup that wants to help small businesses, and their customers, get a better sense of their products by adding a 3-D model to the product page.

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4 years ago

This startup aims to make it easier for people to have a conversation about money with friends and family. The company connects friends and family for advice about finances and other topics.

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4 years ago

A new way for universities to leverage their name brand in their recruiting, using algorithms to pair it with their students’ grades and other information.

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4 years ago

A startup that helps companies pull in email addresses from LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, and Google accounts. It’s meant to help sales teams avoid the “cold email” process.

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4 years ago

A startup for users to upload their Social Security numbers to websites, allowing them to access those sites without giving out their sensitive information.

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4 years ago

An API that allows users to request a product to be shipped to their home and picked up by someone who works for the company instead of being shipped to a customer’s home.

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4 years ago

A company that is building a toolset to help retailers accelerate their e-commerce growth. Merchants can take advantage of the platform to engage with customers, send them personalized offers and build stronger relationships.

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4 years ago

We’re at a point where almost all of the world’s population is using mobile phones. But most of the world’s adults and teens don’t own a credit score. Vaya wants to help them get one, and also helps lenders target them for loans.

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4 years ago

A startup that allows users to broadcast video messages and have them sent to phone numbers and text messages.

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4 years ago

A secure, anonymous messaging app for consumers, privacy advocates, and journalists.

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3 years ago

A fashion app that connects people who have outgrown their clothes and need to trade them for new ones.

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3 years ago

This startup is building a social network for millennials, but it’s not a clone of Snapchat, it’s a more traditional social network.

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3 years ago

A startup that helps people manage their debt, and offers advice on how to pay off debt.

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3 years ago

This is a place for water conservationists to share data, resources, and information. The company says it already has 1.3 million members, and is looking to expand to other countries as well.

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3 years ago

After 10 years at Microsoft, where she was on the engineering side of the company's Azure cloud computing platform, and launching and running teams, Nadella helped build up the company's IoT and AI platforms, and then transitioned to the CEO role.

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3 years ago

A platform that acts as a digital storefront for artists, connecting them directly to fans, and allows them to sell digital downloads as well

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3 years ago

A tool to help developers create interactive widgets that can be attached to emails, much like you can add a “Get Your Quote” button to an email.

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3 years ago

A mobile app for mobile marketers and companies to easily manage their ad campaigns.

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3 years ago

A social network that lets people swap their “bad vibes”, or their emotions after bad experiences.

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3 years ago

A company that lets companies use Facebook ads to build retargeted email campaigns.

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3 years ago

One that provides an AI-powered tool to help companies identify and hire the best candidates. The startup’s tool allows recruiters to identify top talent from a shortlist of candidates, and then helps manage their recruiting process. There are no guarantees of success in the recruiting landscape, and a startup like this is a way for recruiters to get ahead.

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3 years ago

A startup that wants to “break the tyranny of email”. It’s a group messaging tool that allows you to create groups, memberships, and events tied to a single email address.

73

3 years ago

A company that allows users to add entertainment features to their phone’s calendar

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3 years ago

A “self-learning” app that learns your writing style and adapts to your preferences

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3 years ago

This startup helps clients identify the main drivers of their churn, then provide personalized marketing to address them.

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3 years ago

A payments app that, as the name suggests, allows you to pay with your phone in a store. The company already has $3 million in funding and has worked with major retailers like Sephora and Nordstrom.

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3 years ago

A company that makes the process of creating and managing bulk orders of microchips much easier. It’s building software that allows manufacturers to print out microchips, rather than cutting them up, and has customers like Micron, Broadcom, and Renesas.

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3 years ago

A company building a “digitally-enabled” grocery store in which you can order your groceries on your phone and they’ll show up at your home instead of having to pick them up in store.

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3 years ago

A dating app for people that “don’t want to date”. Instead, they want to socialize and network.

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3 years ago

A startup that helps people who want to buy a home, but don’t have the money to put down a deposit. Instead, they can put down a small down payment for a mortgage and use the rest of the money to pay for the house at a later time.

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3 years ago

The startup is building a digital mortgage calculator, which it hopes will help people with bad credit get access to loans.

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3 years ago

This is an iOS-only system for picking and receiving packages, which has already been used by UPS and FedEx.

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3 years ago

A startup that helps people make giftcards more liquid. It’s like a gift card exchange, but instead of paying a fee, you get the cash back.

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5 years ago

Idea: This startup is building a content-creation platform for podcasts Users can record a podcast right from their web browser, and the startup’s AI will do the rest The company is currently working on a feature that will let users easily subscribe to podcasts by just typing in their email address — much like the way that users can subscribe to YouTube channels by just entering their email address

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5 years ago

Idea: A startup that helps restaurants in India optimize their kitchen workflow, and take advantage of technology like smart fridges and credit card processing.

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4 years ago

A startup that lets users pay for their own ads on websites and social media. The startup is also announcing its first acquisition, a company called ad optimization engine Storefront that has developed a technology to show ads to people based on their demographic profile.

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4 years ago

This little wearable sensor makes it easier to find your phone when you lose it. The device is supposed to vibrate if it’s within a certain radius of your phone.

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4 years ago

A startup that wants to help people sell more stuff on Facebook. It wants to build a plugin for Facebook that allows sellers to add a call-to-action to their ad to get someone to call them.

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4 years ago

This startup is building a global network of sports stadiums. It’s first project is in Brazil, where it is partnering with an insurance company to run a stadium that hosts games for the local soccer league. The startup is also working with a real estate developer to build a sports stadium in China.

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4 years ago

An alternative to the pay-per-click model of web advertising that’s based on a subscription model rather than a pay-per-click scheme. It’s pitching itself as a way for both marketers and consumers to get the information they want.

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4 years ago

One of the most popular products on Slack is the “Giphy Bot.” The bot allows users to search for GIFs, which are the popular Internet meme, and add them to their Slack conversations. Giphy is working on turning the bot into an actual application and is launching it in Slack users’ Slack-ified app stores.

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4 years ago

The first platform for wholesale drug purchasing, connecting drug companies with distributors. The startup is already profitable and has 1,000 customers.

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4 years ago

A startup that lets you send and receive money in the US and abroad for free (with a $5 monthly fee and a $3,600 minimum balance).

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4 years ago

They’re building a new app that integrates with the company’s existing software to allow users to place orders and track shipments through a unified interface. The company says they’ve already built the app and are in the process of getting it out to customers.

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4 years ago

A SaaS service for companies that want to advertise on Google. The company also helps companies that want to advertise on Facebook.

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4 years ago

A tool to help you navigate and organize your life, and make sure you’re working toward your goals and not getting distracted. The founders say they want the tool to be the “GPS for your life” and they want to make it easy to add things like workouts and to-do lists.

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4 years ago

A mobile-first and global B2B marketplace that connects buyers and sellers in a bid to decrease the cost and time of international trade.

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An image editing app for mobile that’s meant to be simple to use, but still offer advanced features.

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4 years ago

A robo-advisor meant to optimize retirement savings

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4 years ago

A new-age startup that’s attempting to solve the problem of how to build a social network that isn’t based on people’s phone numbers or email addresses.

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4 years ago

A startup that wants to help people make the transition from a traditional job to a freelance career.

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4 years ago

A machine learning company that helps you personalize ads and marketing campaigns across email, Google, and Facebook.

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4 years ago

This fashion startup wants to build a fashion service for men who are looking for fashion advice.

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4 years ago

A tool that helps companies keep track of their employees’ schedules and workloads, as well as manage those schedules and workloads.

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4 years ago

A startup that builds software for financial advisors to give them visibility into how their clients are doing.

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4 years ago

A company that makes clothes that are made from yarn instead of cotton to help save the environment.

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4 years ago

A startup that’s building out a digital education platform that is open-sharing, student-led, and can adapt to a school’s needs.

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4 years ago

A program to help refugees and asylum seekers in Canada find employment.

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4 years ago

A platform for companies to manage sales and marketing campaigns, including brand awareness, sales, and lead generation.

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4 years ago

A startup that’s building a tool that helps brands identify influencers on social media and use them to promote their products. The company has $1.6mm in funding and has partnered with brands like Adidas to boost sales with the help of influencers.

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4 years ago

A tool that helps companies track non-employee contractors with a single platform, replacing hundreds of spreadsheets.

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4 years ago

A digital platform that links a user’s Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter accounts so they can take advantage of the potential of geo-targeted content.

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4 years ago

Whether it’s a home loan or a new business, if you need financing, you look for a lender who won’t make you sweat about late payments and other problems. Greenlight is a new startup that wants to be the go-to-lender for all types of loans, offering better terms and lower fees than traditional lenders.

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4 years ago

A startup that is trying to solve the problem of people who are using the same email address for multiple accounts.

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4 years ago

This startup wants to help the elderly person move on from their house, yard, and social life, with a system that will automatically notify family members when an adult is living alone, coming and going, and in need of assistance.

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4 years ago

A platform that connects TV networks to content creators in order to monetize their content. The company says they have $30 million in funding, and are already working with networks from around the world. It’s available on the web and on iOS.

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4 years ago

A financial services startup offering tools and advice for companies to help them scale up loans.

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4 years ago

A startup that allows businesses to manage their expenses, including all in-house expenses, software licenses, and other expenditure. The company was founded by two ex-Googlers, one of whom was the first employee at Google and the other had worked on Google's AdWords.

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4 years ago

The startup is working on a product to use in the operating room to help correct eye and head alignment.

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4 years ago

An “organization of organizations” that claims to offer an alternative to traditional venture capital, with a focus on helping founders bring their products to market.

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3 years ago

An enterprise-focused CRM for sales leads.

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3 years ago

The startup takes the same approach to building digital products as it does to physical products. They build with CAD software to create a 3D digital prototype to test out product concepts and validate that it works as expected.

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3 years ago

This startup aims to make it easier for people to buy high-quality, custom-designed and custom-made wedding rings. The company wants to disrupt the traditional diamond industry and take a day-to-day approach to helping couples design their rings.

72

3 years ago

An online platform that connects schools and businesses, allowing students to learn about careers by shadowing professionals for a day in their workplace. It’s a great way to introduce young people to the working world.

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3 years ago

This startup is building a platform that helps children learn English by reading literature on their iPads. It’s the brainchild of two former teachers and a former English teacher.

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3 years ago

This is a startup that makes apps to help people with autism and ADHD, with a goal of helping kids who have a hard time sitting still with distractions.

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3 years ago

A tool for converting spreadsheets into easily searchable tables.

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3 years ago

A software platform for sending and receiving money from anyone with an email address anywhere in the world.

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3 years ago

A free, often ad-free platform where people can find and share photos of their friends and family.

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2 years ago

A company that helps companies provide free technology upgrades to employees with just a few taps of their phones.

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2 years ago

After launching in Mozambique in 2016, the startup is expanding its service to other countries that have high rates of child labor, including Bangladesh, India, and Nepal.

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2 years ago

The startup has already worked with a handful of major retailers on testing their mobile app. The startup is looking to develop a platform for handling a million transactions a day.

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2 years ago

A startup that connects employers with people who want to work from home. The company says it’s already had more than $1 million in revenue, and is growing quickly.

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5 years ago

A startup that provides a service where they test out your home and tell you about what is good and what is bad about your home

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4 years ago

This startup says they’re building a Facebook-style news feed for people to read news stories. It’s a way to let news sources share stories without having to pay for a platform.

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4 years ago

A tool for helping legal professionals keep track of their clients’ finances and deal with more of the administrative work.

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4 years ago

A startup that lets you upload your pictures and videos and arrange them in easy-to-use slideshows for your friends and family.

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4 years ago

This is a cloud-based tool for selling products that lets you track sales across merchants and get notifications when sales are made. It was built for e-commerce businesses, but the company says it can be adapted for other sectors.

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A company that develops and sells a line of “smart windows”, windows that can monitor and adjust to changing weather and other environmental conditions to maximize comfort and energy efficiency.

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4 years ago

A tool to help people learn how to code and build websites. The startup wants to help people get up to speed quickly and cheaply. It already has 50,000 users and has raised $20 million in funding.

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4 years ago

A cloud service that can help manage the free software licenses, license numbers, and authorizations of software you’ve downloaded.

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4 years ago

A way for companies to create and store data about their customers, so they can be targeted with personalized advertising.

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4 years ago

Tachyon is a tool for monitoring and managing service-level agreements. The company’s founders say they’re already working with over 100 customers, and they’ve raised $1.7 million in seed funding.

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4 years ago

It’s 2015, and you’re still using an Excel spreadsheet to track your expenses. Monefy helps you do that, but also keeps your financial records organized.

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4 years ago

A modern online broker for retail investors. The startup wants to compete with the likes of TD Ameritrade and E*Trade by offering low-cost brokerage and investing services.

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4 years ago

A home care startup helping families with elder care and adult day care. They plan to use a network to match older adults with families that need care.

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4 years ago

This company is building a platform for hospitals to upload their electronic records to a cloud, creating a virtual medical record for all doctors and patients to use.

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4 years ago

A platform for developing, selling, and distributing premium branded content. The company’s already working with clients like Red Bull, Caviar, and more.

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4 years ago

An online platform that connects small businesses to digital advice and support from experts to help them grow and thrive.

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4 years ago

A smart sensor platform to make road traffic management more efficient and safer.

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4 years ago

A wireless charging pad for your smartphone. The company is working to make the whole process of charging wirelessly faster, and also plans to work on a spot-on version in which a charging pad can be placed on any surface and a smartphone can be placed on top to charge.

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4 years ago

Workplace software that aims to make teams and companies more productive. The company, which launched in May, says it’s already working with over 1,000 companies and has grown its team from 14 to 30 in just four months of launch.

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4 years ago

A product that helps people make a better choice between advertised and real-time prices of stocks.

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4 years ago

App that builds on the long-established tradition of the “goodbye” note. The startup wants to help you say goodbye to people over email or text message with a personalized note.

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4 years ago

A content marketing platform for brands to use. It aims to help companies manage their content marketing campaigns by managing multiple channels and ad spend.

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4 years ago

A startup that lets you scan and manage your credit card and bank information online, so you don’t have to carry around all that information with you. It connects to your bank and credit card accounts, letting you check your balance and make purchases. It also lets you request a new card, stop payment on a card, check your account balances and track purchases. The service has been running for about four months and has already processed more than $700,000 in transactions.

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4 years ago

The startup wants to make it easier for people to use the internet to connect and communicate with each other. The company's software helps people through a series of steps to find, communicate and keep in touch with others by finding them in their address books and social networks, like Facebook and LinkedIn.

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4 years ago

This startup helps enterprises adopt the best of both worlds, the information security practices of the US government, while working with the local government to keep their citizens safe. It’s a way to make government services more efficient.

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4 years ago

A company that builds software to help companies manage their content, social feeds and ad streams by implementing a PPC, email and CRM into one platform.

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4 years ago

A mobile app for managing your digital identity, giving you an email address and allowing you to make payments.

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4 years ago

A startup that helps private investors find startups. The startup says they’ve already helped over 1,000 startups raise over $1,000,000 in funding, with plans to scale and expand internationally.

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4 years ago

This startup is building a platform for managing all of the different tools used in a carpenter’s shop, which are usually spread across a bunch of different apps.

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4 years ago

This startup is building a platform to help cities adopt new technology to improve efficiency and transparency.

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4 years ago

A freelancer platform for the film, gaming, and advertising industries.

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4 years ago

A company that builds a platform to connect investors and startups, allowing a startup to use the company’s investor relations platform to raise capital without the startup having to be in the traditional VC ecosystem. The company has made a $1.5 million seed round.

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4 years ago

A small-town pizza shop working on an iPad app that lets customers order and pay via their phone and have it delivered.

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4 years ago

A microinsurance startup that uses AI to help farmers make better decisions about risk on their farms and to spread the cost of floods and droughts to others.

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4 years ago

A startup that raises money for startups that are already viable, but can’t get seed funding because of their stage. The company does this by selling “Seed Equity” to customers pledging to invest in startups with certain characteristics.

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3 years ago

A software company that helps drivers deliver packages to their doorsteps. The company says they’ve had to deal with many different delivery platforms, and there isn’t one that works well for drivers.

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3 years ago

A food delivery startup that’s looking to replace the delivery driver entirely. The startup’s model is to put a fleet of drivers on the road, and use a proprietary system to manage the orders, route, and delivery. It’s using tech from the company that built the Uber app, and is launching in San Francisco in October.

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3 years ago

A workflow management app that helps engineers work across multiple applications, like Slack. The startup aims to give engineers control over the process of adding new workflows, which they can use across different apps. This is an interesting approach to automation since it involves both a central application and a decentralized set of workflow rules.

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3 years ago

AdAstra is a startup that uses AI to help retailers create advertising campaigns. The company is headquartered in Singapore and is led by CEO Shaun Hee.

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3 years ago

A company that provides tools and a marketplace to help companies build online marketing and advertising campaigns.

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3 years ago

A product that makes it easier to store and manage tens of thousands of email addresses, phone numbers, and other contact information. The startup wants to reduce the amount of passive storage space used by organizations.

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3 years ago

A company that is providing an API to help brands and ad tech companies track their digital ads and analyze them.

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3 years ago

A startup that wants to bring “small-batch” artisanal whiskey to the masses. “We’re not trying to replace the stuff that’s out there now,” said the team. “We’re trying to add another side to it.”

71

3 years ago

Has a single, simple UI for a variety of sales and marketing tasks, such as creating a Google AdWords campaign. Currently on a $500,000 seed round.

71

3 years ago

Periscope is a video hosting platform, popular with people who want to broadcast a live video stream from an iOS device. They launched in July and have been growing quickly, hosting over 20 million videos to date.

71

3 years ago

A startup that helps you stay in shape and lead a healthy lifestyle, using data science and all the latest trends in the industry.

71

3 years ago

A startup building a tool that helps large businesses collaborate more efficiently by sharing and comparing spreadsheets.

71

3 years ago

A startup that wants to build a platform for people to buy and sell tickets to sporting events and concerts. They’re already working with the University of Michigan's Big House in Ann Arbor.

71

3 years ago

A startup that helps people find and book the best deals on flights and hotels. The startup wants to provide users with a way to find and book flights and hotels that are discounted, and has already disrupted the travel industry.

71

3 years ago

A decentralized app store that uses blockchain technology to give users more control over their data and a “new type of ad” that uses reputational data to drive the most relevant ads.

71

3 years ago

An API that lets developers create a “paywall” at the top of their store which they can then use to automatically extend subscription discounts to people who’ve already purchased.

71

3 years ago

This app helps users find open jobs at companies all over the world. The startup also provides job search services and career advice for people already employed.

71

3 years ago

A “digital assistant” for schools and districts with a real-time video calling system where teachers and administrators can speak with each other, for example to record students’ test scores.

71

3 years ago

The company has built a blockchain platform that allows users to create their own cryptocurrency and use it to trade goods and services.

71

3 years ago

A digital comic book reader. The startup is building a digital comic book reader to help people experience the art form without the hassle of owning physical copies.

71

2 years ago

A healthcare startup aiming to help employers reduce medical costs and improve the quality of health care. The company wants to develop a platform that allows providers and employers to share data on medical procedures and treatment, and unlock savings by trading and exchanging the data.

71

2 years ago

A solution for business to business trading, working with B2B companies to remember who they are and what they do.

71

4 years ago

The startup has developed a way to bring the flexibility, speed, and cost-efficiency of digital printing to the printing industry. The company is building a digital printing platform for professional print jobs, with the goal of replacing traditional printing services. They’re currently in the YC Winter 2019 batch.

70

4 years ago

Acorn is a service that helps companies manage their data and privacy, and also allows them to take advantage of AI to extract more information.

70

4 years ago

A software company that provides a platform to help companies sell their products and services to governments, nonprofits, and businesses. The platform allows for both quotes and payments to be made.

70

4 years ago

A co-op centered around giving financial advice to companies, and letting them share in the profits.

70

4 years ago

A company that uses machine learning to identify and block online ads that are malicious.

70

4 years ago

An online clothing warehouse delivering to local boutiques and independent stores in the U.S. A recent move into the UK has brought in $100,000 in sales in their first month, while they say they’ve already received interest from other retailers.

70

4 years ago

A startup that helps companies find financing for trade shows, starting with the idea that the more you finance the show, the more you sell, and the more you sell, the more you can finance it.

70

4 years ago

A company that helps developers build and launch mobile and web apps, and monetize them by selling them to advertisers and other app stores.

70

4 years ago

A consultation service for startups and entrepreneurs, providing business and marketing advice.

70

4 years ago

A startup that helps small businesses get more out of their social media advertising. Currently has a working prototype and aims to close a seed round and launch in early 2020.

70

4 years ago

Plaid is a startup that wants to help companies get a better understanding of their customers through social media like Twitter and Facebook. The company wants to build a product that helps companies understand who their customers are, what they like, and if they should be spending money on ads.

70

4 years ago

A startup that wants to help people get on the property ladder by connecting them with companies that can help them get the financing. The company has 50 employees and has raised $1.5 million in seed funding.

70

4 years ago

A startup that wants to build a “digital concierge” for customers in the Philippines, providing travel advice, hotel bookings, and other services.

70

4 years ago

A team of three full stack engineers, two graphics designers, and a marketing lead, Capital’s goal is to disrupt the legal sector of the marketplace by providing a full service legal shop. Capital is a firm that represents individuals and small businesses in a variety of legal matters. The team is currently focusing on the representation of individuals, but also does work for small businesses.

70

4 years ago

Freshdesk is a SaaS business that helps sales teams manage sales leads, sales calls, and sales discussions.

70

4 years ago

A cloud-based scheduling system for medical offices. The startup wants to take over scheduling for doctors, with a platform that lets doctors manage their schedules by path instead of by time.

70

4 years ago

A company that uses AI to detect when someone is using the internet to pay for things with their credit cards. They’re currently in the pilot phase and plan to use the results to help other companies get customers to sign up for their products instead of stealing their data.

70

4 years ago

Providing a platform for W2 workers to get paid for their work outside of the traditional office environment.

70

4 years ago

This company is building tech that allows you to use your existing internet-connected door lock without having to buy a new, more expensive deadbolt.

70

4 years ago

SaaS company that helps businesses automate their business administration. The company charges 1.5% per transaction, with a yearly cap of $19,999.

70

4 years ago

A company that claims to build “the best pitch deck you’ve ever read” for startups and entrepreneurs.

70

4 years ago

A way for books to be read on a smartphone and stored in the cloud.

70

4 years ago

A home-sharing app that connects renters with hosts and includes an expense ledger, an app to hold meetings, an inventory system, and a database of contacts. The company is focused on the hospitality and hospitality-adjacent industries.

70

4 years ago

An ad network for the ad tech industry. The startup is working to make the industry more efficient and more profitable. They’re hoping it will work with publishers as well as advertisers.

70

4 years ago 1 views

A library for books on Amazon’s Kindle e-book reader.

70

4 years ago

A platform that allows farmers to offer their produce directly to consumers. This can lead to lower prices and increased food safety.

70

4 years ago

This startup is building an app that makes it easy for teachers to track their students’ progress, grades and progress in classes.

70

4 years ago

An in-person recruiting company that pulls in employees from other companies to attend an in-person recruiting event, where they can meet with company leaders face-to-face.

70

4 years ago

A tool to help users create fun content, such as video game reviews, while also monetizing it through YouTube ads and subscriptions.

70

4 years ago

A company that, instead of selling bikes and bike accessories, sells insurance for bikes and their accessories. The startup claims it has already signed up 100,000 customers in the UK.

70

4 years ago

A startup that helps users track their workouts and track their diets. It also offers an array of support services, from diet coaching to a personalized nutrition plan that provides users with advice

70

4 years ago

The company is building an automated accounting and finance platform for startups, and is already working with 8 startups including a social ride sharing service in the UK.

70

4 years ago

A startup that provides a workflow for salespeople in the auto insurance industry, automating the process of filling out and uploading claims.

70

4 years ago

A startup that’s building a subscription service for which tech-savvy people share their homes for short periods of time to help make them more affordable for other people. The founders already have over 1,000 customers.

70

4 years ago

A startup that provides weekly financial planning and budgeting for young adults

70

4 years ago

A mobile app that allows people to rent out their homes instead of selling them.

70

4 years ago

In addition to the last column, each company’s founders would be listed in the “people” category. In the case where a company has multiple founders, alphabetical order is used.

70

4 years ago

Based in New York, this startup uses blockchain to secure a direct bond between two people who want to be financial partners. A single digital bond is created, secure and licensed by law, that can be traded and used like a stock. The company is backed by PayPal co-founder Max Levchin.

70

4 years ago

A company that makes mobile games for kids. The startup is best known for its games for preschoolers and its games are made in partnership with a number of companies, including Disney and Nickelodeon.

70

4 years ago

A startup that aims to help customers finance their purchases of items they already own through a revolving line of credit that they use as a credit card.

70

4 years ago

A startup that allows people to buy and sell items “in real time” in addition to facilitating peer-to-peer lending. The B2B business has potential for companies looking to expand their lending options.

70

4 years ago

A startup that brings in-app payments to merchants with no credit card reader.

70

4 years ago 1 views

A company that develops software that lets people track their carbon footprint and offset it with payments made according to the size of their emissions.

70

4 years ago

A startup pitching a way to help companies reduce their energy usage by automatically adjusting the temperature in their buildings. They currently have several contracts with Fortune 500 companies.

70

4 years ago

An API platform meant to help people build their own personal “banking” and “insurance” platform. They’re already working with a number of major companies.

70

4 years ago

A way to connect your contacts with your social network, so you can add them to your email contacts automatically.

70

3 years ago

This startup is building an open-source, open-access platform for large-scale data pre-processing, making large data sets more readable, usable and beautiful.

70

3 years ago

A company that specializes in helping businesses take advantage of the billions of dollars being spent on advertising every year.

70

3 years ago

The startup aims to simplify the process of purchasing a home by bringing all relevant parties together, like real estate agents, borrowers, and homeowners. Customers can sign on with a single email address.

70

3 years ago

A startup that helps the visually impaired use their phone to read text. It’s a text-to-speech app that uses synthetic speech and does not require a camera.

70

3 years ago

A data analytics platform that helps customers find the best places to run ads on Instagram.

70

3 years ago

Job advice apps that can respond to questions from users, sometimes even prior to them typing them.

70

3 years ago

A “social” or “dynamic” sales and marketing platform for small business owners. The startup offers an online platform for users to create customized sales and marketing campaigns. The platform then connects them with their target audience, encouraging the user to talk about their products and services, which the startup claims is more effective than most traditional marketing platforms.

70

3 years ago

A startup that makes an app called the “World Cup of football” that lets users swap trading cards with other users.

70

3 years ago

A startup that wants to build a logistics platform that can handle both traditional and digital delivery

70

3 years ago

A startup that owns and operates an offline library, which will soon be open to the public. It’s the world’s first library of digital books that can be made available in a physical space.

70

3 years ago

A startup that wants to get other companies to adopt the practice of including one-year parking passes for employees in their office lease.

70

3 years ago

India is the world’s fastest growing market in the food delivery business, and this startup is building an app that wants to take advantage of that. It’s looking to create an on-demand market for delivery drivers, who can earn $20 to $30 an hour.

70

3 years ago

A startup that helps people find a new job by making it easy to upload and share their LinkedIn profiles.

70

3 years ago

The startup is building a platform to help customers find and book therapists online. The company already has 1,000 customers in California who use the platform.

70

3 years ago

The startup helps consumers in cities post short, free listings, and to pay rent via the same platform. The startup uses its data to give advertisers accurate analytics on customers and their preferences.

70

3 years ago

A tool that aims to make it easier to get surveys to people in the US and Canada. SurveyMonkey is already a household name in the marketing tech world.

70

3 years ago

Building a platform to help small businesses take advantage of the concept of “grocery stores” or “grocery for your home”.

70

3 years ago

Interactive video games that add “surprise” to the experience with interactivity.

70

3 years ago

This startup is designed to help people become better at generating ideas. It’s a software platform that builds a list of random words and phrases, then works to match them to ideas in your head. The startup says it’s working with a client that has over 1,000 different words that it uses to generate ideas.

70

3 years ago

A tool for managing a startup’s sales pipeline. It allows sales reps to update pipelines, manage leads, and get analytics.

70

3 years ago

The startup uses crowdsourced data to help people find a new home or apartment within a 10-mile radius.

70

3 years ago

This startup is developing a new way to track and analyze the performance of exchange-traded funds.

70

2 years ago

A startup that uses data to help people make more informed decisions about their healthcare by connecting them to doctors and nurses who can provide real-time medical advice.

70

2 years ago

A startup that helps employers and recruiters find the best candidates for their companies. It uses job boards, social media, and other traditional sources to identify the best talent for the companies’ needs.

70

2 years ago

A company that wants to create a marketplace for the sharing of on-demand personal grooming services, such as a manicure, haircut, or pedicure. The startup already has $1.3 million in angel funding and is headquartered in San Francisco.

70

2 years ago

A startup that provides employees with a way to manage their time so they can get paid for their time using the company’s payroll system. Currently profitable, growing slowly but steadily in Philadelphia.

70

2 years ago 1 views

A daily news digest for high-schoolers that lets them mix and match a set of curated stories, and get it delivered to their cell phones every day. What’s unique about this startup is that it’s developed a way to let readers select which stories they want to read from the curated selection.

70

5 years ago

Idea: This startup is building a telemedicine service that lets people consult with doctors via video chat. They’ve already worked with a few dozen companies.

69

4 years ago

An online marketplace that connects restaurants with local delivery services. It helps restaurants fill orders from customers, and makes it easy for customers to order delivery from restaurants they’ve already tried and like.

69

4 years ago

A virtual reality company is building an open-source headset that is compatible with all phones with phones.

69

4 years ago

A startup that provides a platform for companies to pay employees via a monthly subscription instead of a one-time salary.

69

4 years ago

A startup for organic, fair trade or locally-sourced coffee beans. The startup is targeting the $1 billion coffee market in the US, and has raised a total of $1.1 million in funding.

69

4 years ago

A tool for salespeople to generate new leads. The company’s co-founder used to go on sales calls where he’d be asked to generate leads, but then sit on his hands for days while he waited for new leads to appear. So he built a tool that automated this process, which has already generated 500 leads.

69

4 years ago

A cloud-based platform that allows families and businesses to forgo forking over large sums of money on software subscriptions and instead just pay for the software they use.

69

4 years ago

A company that aims to help people and companies plan sales and sales presentations online. They're currently working on a product for sales managers who want to be more strategic about sales by designing sales presentations ahead of time.

69

4 years ago

A ‘smart’ dog collar that monitors your dog’s vital signs remotely. It has built-in sensors for walking, running, walking backwards, walking on a treadmill, walking in the rain, walking up hills, walking down hills, walking indoors, walking under water, walking into the street, walking into the pool, walking into the lake, walking into the ocean, walking into the lake, walking into the pool, walking backwards, walking inside, walking backwards, walking indoors, walking backwards, walking backwards. Also has a voice recognition system, so you can talk to your dog at the same time.

69

4 years ago

Nonprofits are often the ones using the most outdated technology, which can lead to cost overruns, delays, and ultimately poor results. Eloken helps nonprofits modernize their IT infrastructure by providing them with a cloud-based platform that cuts their costs while providing them with the tools they need to keep their programs running smoothly.

69

4 years ago

This company offers a service that helps businesses skip the expensive installation and setup work of virtualization and server management, and instead offer managed service options.

69

4 years ago

This startup wants to add a “human-sized” touch screen to your phone. The company makes touch screen “smart screens” that let you swipe by swiping.

69

4 years ago

The Startup Genome is a resource for founders and investors. It covers early stage startups and is a non-profit that helps entrepreneurs, investors, and mentors. The Startup Genome aims to improve the ecosystem by providing entrepreneurs with data to help guide their decisions and spread best practices.

69

4 years ago

A tool for photographers to easily manage their workflows and send photos to clients. The company boasts that it has already generated over $25,000 in revenue with over 200 customers.

69

4 years ago

Our team is trying to disrupt the world of product development by creating a platform that allows startups to focus on great product ideas instead of building the product itself.

69

4 years ago

As part of the BizCloud startups program, this company’s idea is a simple spreadsheet that makes it easy for people to organize their business ideas in a way that benefits everyone.

69

4 years ago

A global fintech company that provides a way for emerging markets to get loans from traditional banks. The startup has pulled in big names including Bill Clinton, who has joined its advisory board.

69

4 years ago

A tool for recruiters and hiring managers to put together a headshot portfolio of their candidates in their own style and feel.

69

4 years ago

A tool for using big data to predict where a product will sell best, rather than applying traditional marketing/sales data.

69

4 years ago

A startup that launched in India wants to help small businesses create a sales funnel, and their technology is already being used by brands like Urban Decay and Yakult.

69

4 years ago

A platform that delivers on-demand, high-quality digital content. The company has spent the past year creating a platform that allows users to upload content to it, and creating an editorial team that curates the content that users like.

69

4 years ago

A startup that’s building a service that let’s you easily make a customized, pre-made collar to dress up your dog in. The startup wants to make it easy to give your dog a unique outfit.

69

4 years ago

A company that helps people find and book flights. The startup is currently focused on the US market and has plans to expand globally. In the past year the company has added features like finding flights from the airport and the ability to book hotels with the same app.

69

4 years ago

A digital solution for children to manage ADHD.

69

4 years ago

This startup is building a messaging app that won’t let you send a group text message, but will instead send you a notification on your phone and let you respond via an in-app message. It’s an attempt to develop more effective messaging and improve how people deal with notifications.

69

4 years ago

A startup that’s focused on helping students, parents, and teachers access academic content easily

69

4 years ago

A B2B tech and software company that helps businesses automate the adoption of new technology in the workplace.

69

4 years ago

A distributed worldwide network of unsung heroes, who can perform tasks in the name of the US government, like an Uber for the US military. First launched in 2016, it’s already deployed on more than 100 bases and is partnered with more than 100 federal agencies, including the US Department of Defense, NASA, and the Department of State.

69

4 years ago

A team of former Facebook engineers who left the company to build a tool to allow businesses to better manage their paid digital advertising.

69

4 years ago

“It’s an app that’s basically a search engine inside of an app. Instead of searching through Google, you search through an app.”

69

4 years ago

A toolkit to help large organizations run more efficient ad campaigns, as well as a payday loan marketplace.

69

4 years ago

A startup that uses artificial intelligence to create “magic” applications that can read and interpret data in multiple formats and present it in visual and understandable ways.

69

4 years ago

A startup that provides an insurance-like product for construction companies, which helps them track and manage their risks. It’s a “smart” insurance product that uses data to help track and manage risks like weather, equipment failures and employee performance. It’s already profitable.

69

4 years ago

A B2B company that is building a system to manage the progress of service calls — it uses AI to predict when a service call will be needed so providers (like plumbers) can plan ahead.

69

3 years ago

A platform for connecting consumers with products that already exist.

69

3 years ago

An online platform for people to buy, sell, donate, and recommend used books. The startup is focused on books that have not been published yet, but are already available as ebooks.

69

3 years ago

A startup that uses algorithms to identify the most promising niches to target and serve highly-targeted ads to them.

69

3 years ago

A U.S. company that helps customers pay for their hotel stays. The company works with over 6,000 hotels in the U.S. and Canada with 100+ employees. Its app is currently in use in 60% of hotels in the U.S.

69

3 years ago

A platform for automated trading. The startup’s goal is to bring better tech to the financial markets.

69

3 years ago

A company that aims to provide a mobile app that allows people to monitor the status of their favorite sports team's stadium and team store.

69

3 years ago

A platform for recruiting external developers and designers, with a focus on turning work out quickly without the time and costs of traditional recruiting processes.

69

3 years ago

A platform that makes it easy for others to build on top of it, eventually leading to a platform that can be built on by many others.

69

3 years ago

A startup for financial advisors to get investment advice to clients, and for clients to get advice on portfolios and investment strategies.

69

3 years ago

A “modern payroll software” that uses a combination of chatbots and artificial intelligence to replace the paperwork and back-and-forth interactions for payroll. The company says that after launching, it’s already implemented more than 3,000 new payroll processes with no human interaction.

69

3 years ago

This startup is building a “utility-style” credit score, combining three common traditional credit scores into one. It’s meant to be a “definitive score” that’s transparent, easy to understand and is suitable for non-traditional credit.

69

3 years ago

This is a startup that works with established brands to offer online courses and plans to monetize with a model of selling courses to a student’s family (like an on-demand learning service like Udemy or Coursera) and then charging them a commission fee. The startup has already built a few courses, and is also working on an AI-based chatbot for teachers.

69

3 years ago

A Spanish startup that’s building a “patient-centric” healthcare platform for consumers in Latin America. The startup offers a variety of services, from medical advice to direct payment.

69

3 years ago

Open source platform to help people manage their online identities. The startup is building a system that allows users to see all their different social media profiles, grab profiles in an instant, and add data to them in one click. It’s a digital tool for people who want to manage all their social tools from one place.

69

3 years ago

Real-time feedback for the early adopters of any new product or service. The startup uses polls and comments on the product itself to determine if people like the new product or not.

69

3 years ago

An ecommerce marketplace where sellers can upload their products and buyers can search for them. The search results are sorted by product popularity and reviews.

69

3 years ago

In 2018, YC Labs selected a total of 36 startups from the batch to continue on to the next phase of the program. The majority of the founders were based in the US, with three from Israel, two from Canada and one each from Germany, Singapore, Thailand, Netherlands, Hong Kong, France, Hungary, India and England.

69

3 years ago

A video-chat app for native advertising. The startup has built a system that allows businesses to embed video ads in their own content.

69

3 years ago

A travel startup that wants to take the hassle out of using air travel to see friends or family. It’s looking to take advantage of the $80 billion airline booking market.

69

3 years ago

A startup that allows people to book meetings with doctors and other medical professionals over the phone. The startup, founded in May, has already had more than 10,000 calls placed.

69

2 years ago

A start-up that wants to help people in India or other third-world countries get a bank account and credit card. Instead of a bank account, they want to offer a virtual one.

69

2 years ago

A tool that helps you find your dream job by identifying skills and experience you have. The startup says it cuts about the same costs as a traditional job search without the headaches.

69

2 years ago

A scheme to bring enterprise-grade monitoring tools to small businesses in India. It’s a way for businesses to better track their performance, get better forecasting, and manage their growth.

69

2 years ago

A startup that helps businesses find leads by aggregating leads from Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.

69

4 years ago

An enterprise-grade video conferencing platform for business. The startup is already profitable and is looking to double its 50 employees over the next year.

68

4 years ago

A digital advertising platform that serves as an intermediary between publishers and advertisers. The startup takes a 30% commission from ads sold.

68

4 years ago

The startup wants to build an in-person recruiting marketplace for corporate campuses. The company has already built an app to help visiting college students find housing.

68

4 years ago

The company believes in a privacy-preserving model for storing and sharing user data to add value to their users, and is building a platform to let users control how their data is used.

68

4 years ago

A platform that allows advertisers to track and measure their Facebook ad campaigns, which is estimated to be $16 billion in ad spend.

68

4 years ago

A company that uses data and AI to help schools and districts improve their academic performance and allows parents and students to compare schools and districts

68

4 years ago

A podcasting startup that helps podcasters create a “customized radio station”

68

4 years ago

The startup is building an app to connect people who have experience in developing countries with those who need services like legal, financial, and accounting advice.

68

4 years ago

A B2B company that sells cloud-based software that helps companies create and manage online training programs. The startup’s product is already used by the likes of LinkedIn, Salesforce, and Microsoft.

68

4 years ago

This startup helps retail stores avoid theft by monitoring in-store cameras for bad actors, and alerting store managers in real-time.

68

4 years ago

A startup for managing a digital portfolio, featuring more than 20 tools for creating, uploading, and editing content.

68

4 years ago

A portal for government-issued IDs in the US that allows users to upload/upload their own photos/data/photos.

68

4 years ago

A free and secure digital platform for documenting and managing the changes and additions to documents, resources, or acts.

68

4 years ago

A tool that lets people share their location data with others. The startup is now working on a version that allows people to share their location data with brands and publishers looking to advertise.

68

4 years ago

A free service that hosts a micro-website by your email address, with an easy-to-use interface that can be used to share anything from links to photos to a whole website.

68

4 years ago

A platform for retailers to advertise their products to consumers. The startup is currently only in beta, but has grown to 35,000 users in the last 12 days.

68

4 years ago

A new way of building musical instruments. The company claims that it can create musical instruments out of any material, and the startup has already created guitars and pianos.

68

4 years ago

The company is building a predictive service to help companies target social media ads.

68

4 years ago

A “transaction-based” social network, where people can follow others and interact with them through messages. The startup has already signed up 500 users in the US and has plans to expand internationally in the coming months.

68

4 years ago

Try.com is a marketing platform that connects merchants with customers who are ready to purchase.

68

4 years ago

A startup that builds mobile apps for restaurant owners, including data and analytics, marketing and lead management.

68

4 years ago

After launching in March, the startup has already signed up 7,000 customers (from only 5,000 in the past month). A customer can top up a phone to 100% in just a few minutes. The company charges 50 cents a day and $1 a month for unlimited recharges.

68

4 years ago

Great for users who want to maintain a network of family and friends, this startup is trying to build a system that analyzes text messages and sends push-notifications when your friends are nearby. The startup is in the early stages of development, but their team has already been working on the product for a year.

68

4 years ago

A startup that helps build more affordable, modular homes in places that have historically been difficult to build. The company has built affordable housing as part of the Green City Solutions program in Philadelphia.

68

4 years ago

A startup that aims to make renting a car easier, faster, and cheaper. They focus on “value added services” that save money for the renter, like roadside assistance, satellite navigation, and car maintenance.

68

4 years ago

A way to cash out of a 401k or IRA without paying a fortune to a fee-laden financial advisor.

68

3 years ago

A mobile app that helps people manage their money. It helps users set up a budget, track their spending, and get advice from personal finance experts. It’s currently in private beta.

68

3 years ago

A SaaS solution that allows brands to create video content on their own, without having to rely on an outside film editor. The startup is also building a product that allows brands to create custom video ads with the click of a button.

68

3 years ago

A startup that helps whitepapers go viral by building a social network around them. WhiteHat Hacker has already had a 100,000 users sign up to its platform, and plans to release an app that lets a user make a white paper available to everyone they share a public email address with.

68

3 years ago

A startup that hopes to aggregate restaurant reviews and ratings into a single, centralized website, so you can read them without having to click through to Yelp or Facebook.

68

3 years ago

A company that works with universities to improve student outcomes and career outcomes. A student facing a financial crisis might get a loan from a university, in order to help them pay tuition. But if their grades don’t improve, they might not be able to pay it back. The startup’s platform helps universities track their students and make sure they’re on track to graduate and are actually paying back their loans when they graduate.

68

3 years ago

A workplace wellness platform for employers, giving them tools to help them spread healthy habits.

68

3 years ago

This startup helps businesses find customers in the Philippines by allowing them to advertise products and services in the Philippines by word of mouth, in an effort to beat the competition.

68

3 years ago

A company that has innovated the use of AI to create a safer ride-sharing system by adding a few safety layers.

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3 years ago

A digital solution for small businesses to manage their bookings and payments. They have already deployed to 17,000 businesses in Minnesota.

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3 years ago

This company wants to bring “disruption to the world of academic assessment” with a service that integrates analytics and data from multiple sources, allowing students to have a better understanding of their grades.

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3 years ago

A group buying service for “pre-vetted products” that is “a great place for startups to find their product’s early adopters”.

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3 years ago

In need of business solutions that are more flexible and adaptable than the other “unicorns” of the Philadelphia tech scene This startup is changing the way that businesses track their expenses, and it has a solution for firms of all sizes.

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3 years ago

A predictive software company that provides expert advice in the form of a series of recommendations on the customer’s financial situation. The startup looks at the customer’s spending patterns, employer, income, investments, and credit to make a series of suggestions on how to improve the customer’s financial health.

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3 years ago

A startup to help radio hosts with their podcasting workflow.

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3 years ago

A platform that helps brands and agencies buy influencer marketing directly to consumers. The company is building a platform that helps brands and agencies choose influencers more strategically. The company says they’ve already signed a few high-profile influencer campaigns.

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3 years ago

A startup that sells custom made furniture and home decor to consumers.

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2 years ago

A software platform that allows users to create their own personal cryptocurrency portfolio. Already has a number of clients including a publicly traded company.

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2 years ago

In addition to the companies listed below, Y Combinator has also worked with:

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2 years ago

A startup that’s building an e-commerce platform for start-ups in India. The company’s founders say they’ve already struck partnerships with more than 1,000 merchants and have more than 400,000 registered users.

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2 years ago

A startup that will be a network of financial advisors, helping people save for retirement, health insurance, and other financial goals.

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4 years ago

A startup that helps consumers and businesses alike manage their expenses, including invoices, receipts, and spending. The company says it’s currently working with 20 customers and has partnered with over 60 additional businesses.

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4 years ago

A platform for organizing and sharing resources, especially by those with expertise in a particular field or trade.

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4 years ago

A startup that wants to bring machine learning to the world of financial trading, using advanced computer vision and AI to help traders make better investment decisions. It's raised $3.4 million to date from investors like GV and Flatiron.

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4 years ago

A video and media startup in the Philippines that’s building a system that allows people to create and upload videos in real-time, and then share them with their networks in a live manner.

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4 years ago

Customized content creation and curation for brands, with a focus on video and on-demand content. Its tools include a library of pre-made videos, on-demand content library, and a set of tools to create and share your own custom videos.

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4 years ago

A startup that will let you see real-time data on the weather for the day in your city, in order to get ready faster.

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4 years ago

A startup that helps individuals purchase the best health insurance policy. The startup’s customers are spread across 10 US states, with plans that range from $5 to $200 per month.

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4 years ago

A company that manages your rent and allows you to pay it with a credit card. The company says they’ve had over $500,000 in monthly revenue, and they’ve also had clients like the Delaware Public School System.

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4 years ago

An email marketing service that shows customers from a company what products from that company they have already bought, and what they might like to buy next.

67

4 years ago

A B2B startup that wants to make a “common operating system” for workflows. It wants to make tasks like HR administration and invoicing simple and easy.

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4 years ago

A company that aims to help small businesses and freelancers manage their administrative tasks and cloud-based file storage.

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4 years ago

Handscomb is building a “location-aware” dog collar that lets pet owners know when they leave their dog alone. The startup’s founders say the collar is more humane than a traditional shock collar, letting owners know when their dogs are alone.

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4 years ago

A startup that helps people make better use of their smartphones. It’s a powerful tool for people who work on the road but don’t have a laptop.

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4 years ago

A platform that aims to “help advertisers better target specific people based on their behavior, location, interests and demographics.”

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4 years ago

A web-based solution for measuring and managing the effectiveness of ad campaigns. The platform aims to emulate the benefit of a sales rep (and their ability to monitor the effectiveness of their ads) as well as the concision of selling to an advertiser.

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4 years ago

A company that wants to help users of their product and other ad-tech companies get access to the data they need to track user experiences across all of their different websites.

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4 years ago

A platform that connects small businesses with new customers, allowing companies to collect leads and notify prospective customers.

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4 years ago

A startup where companies can buy and sell advertising on Facebook.

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4 years ago

A startup and delivery service that offers customized gift baskets to customers. The startup is looking to add an online delivery service to its service.

67

4 years ago

A startup that has already built a number of different services for messaging, as well as a platform for advertisers to create their own branded messaging campaigns.

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4 years ago

A startup that helps people take a picture of a ticket and automatically uploads it to their app, so they don’t have to worry about printing it out.

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4 years ago

The startup allows users to take a picture of a receipt, upload it to their account, and instantly receive a credit or cash back from the brand. The startup is using AI and image recognition to verify the authenticity of the receipt, and can also automatically link the payment to your bank account.

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4 years ago

A startup for hiring carpenters and electricians. The startup claims to be the only place on the web where you can quickly find a skilled tradesperson.

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4 years ago

A startup that helps consumers get the best price on their home insurance. The company is looking to add a service to its apps that helps save users money by comparing rates from different insurers and letting them know which one is the best deal.

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4 years ago

A startup that helps children learn to read and write with a game-like interface.

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4 years ago

A self-service tool for enterprise software that helps salespeople track leads, close deals, and monitor their performance. The startup is building on the success of its previous product, a CRM.

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4 years ago

A 7-year-old company that’s already built a business around the idea that people want to send payments faster, cheaper, and more secure.

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4 years ago

A “re-imagining” of the typical private jet experience, with a pitch to “create a home-away-from-home” experience. The company says it’s already booked more than 100 customers and will charge $1,500 for a flight.

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4 years ago

On July 29, 2018, Y Combinator announced that it is working with the United States Department of Defense on a $120 million Defense Innovation Unit Experimental (DIUx) grant. DIUx is a new unit within DoD that is focused on bringing together startups and the military to develop cutting-edge technologies that the military can adopt for use in the war and defense arenas.

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4 years ago

A new way for restaurants to advertise on Facebook

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4 years ago

A company that helps users manage their money using a mobile app. The app does this by sending alerts to users whenever certain things with their accounts change, such as when a payment is made.

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4 years ago

A startup that creates a single-page SaaS solution for fashion e-commerce. The company is building on a “digital threadbook” that customers can use to track and manage their purchases.

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4 years ago

This startup is building digital signage for video advertisers that run on digital billboards.

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4 years ago

A platform that helps small businesses hire and manage service professionals (such as painters or electricians) at a fraction of the cost of traditional contractors. The company plans to take on the $3 billion market of service professionals.

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4 years ago

The company wants to provide a tool for creating and managing advertising campaigns, and make it easier to reach people who might be interested in what you’re selling.

67

4 years ago

A company that is building a digital library for music, with scrobbling functionality, web-based uploads, and an API.

67

4 years ago

A software company aimed at helping people find market research opportunities, such as through surveys and Facebook ads. They currently have 4 jobs posted, two in YC, and two at their other company.

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4 years ago

A startup that helps you organize your life on your iPhone and iPad. The startup says that it "helps you get better at having a life" and helps you manage your days.

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4 years ago

A startup that provides a smart home platform that adapts to the user's needs. By way of example, if you want to get off the couch, it will order pizza and start a movie.

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4 years ago

This startup is building a way to make virtual reality more accessible by creating a portable VR headset with a built-in camera.

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4 years ago

A platform that helps clients and teams track and manage project plans. The cloud-based platform is used by professional services firms, marketing agencies, and retail companies, with the company’s founders saying they’ve already grown to over $100 million in annual revenue.

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3 years ago

A tool to help people find the content they want on the web, using data from the internet. For instance, the tool can find out if a person has already watched a movie.

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3 years ago

The startup is building a B2B sales platform that helps sales reps manage their leads, build mass emails, and run live calls.

67

3 years ago

LarxBit is an online platform for buying and selling used cars. It aims to become a global used car sharing service, like Zipcar or Car2Go. The platform monitors cars on public roads, then transfers them to its users.

67

3 years ago

A robo-advisor that helps advisors recommend the best investment vehicles for clients, based on the client’s age, risk tolerance and goals.

67

3 years ago

A startup that helps users track their fitness and nutrition using a mix of wearable data and AI. The startup says it’s already begun to reach over 150,000 users.

67

3 years ago

A startup that wants to help product managers and engineers with the process of managing a product roadmap.

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3 years ago

People are frustrated by the fact that they have to manage multiple credit cards, bank accounts, and current accounts, so Connect is offering a new way to connect all your accounts with one mobile app so you can do one thing with them instead of dozens.

67

3 years ago

A company that builds an on-demand peer-to-peer service that allows advertisers to target and analyze web users to their specific needs.

67

3 years ago

The startup is building a platform that helps you find the nearest babysitter, and it’s already working with more than 100 cities. They’re profitable and expect to be profitable by the end of 2020.

67

3 years ago

A company that helps users track and manage their cryptocurrency assets, in a manner similar to their competitor Coinbase. The company is funded by the founders of Bibox, a Chinese exchange that has been involved in controversy before and has had expensive legal battles against the IRS.

67

3 years ago

A startup that wants to help people avoid getting hit by cars. Their app, which is now in the US, has had over 1,000 downloads.

67

3 years ago

A platform that allows doctors to upload and view patient records from their computer.

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3 years ago

A system that allows students to use a specialized algorithm to grade videos on a curve.

67

3 years ago

A startup that helps investors raise money. It’s an alternative to traditional seed funding networks.

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3 years ago

A platform that helps brands build Instagram ads without needing to program or hire an engineer.

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3 years ago

A startup that offers a platform for engineers to make their own tools, or to acquire/buy off third party tools. The company says it’s already has a few clients paying for access to it’s engineering platform.

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3 years ago

A startup that helps investors analyze companies by comparing their financials to those of companies they’re already invested in.

67

3 years ago

This is a startup that wants to help people find a new job. The company is only in its first month of operations, and has already added 500 users.

67

3 years ago

A B2B SaaS for sending money to other businesses, in the U.S. or abroad.

67

3 years ago

A startup that trades in the volatility of the cryptocurrency market for the stability of fixed-income investments.

67

3 years ago

A free app that allows users to take photos and add custom stickers to them to share them on Instagram.

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3 years ago 1 views

This is a startup building an app that allows people to sell their old phones on Amazon. It’s an early stage startup that won an award at the Google Launchpad Accelerator in May.

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3 years ago

A tool for homes that helps predict and address emergency situations like fires and floods. The startup says it’s already sold over $1 million worth of its fire and flood sensors since launching in early august.

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3 years ago

Additionally, startups are typically small, so there is often no need for more than a couple of volunteers per week.

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3 years ago

A community forum for sharing and organizing advice around making and growing a business, aimed at helping budding entrepreneurs and SMEs.

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3 years ago

A San Francisco-based startup that aims to make it easier to use the camera on your phone to read the QR code and scan the barcode of a product at the store. You can scan a product, then see the item’s ingredients, price, or reviews.

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3 years ago

A B2B company providing tools for business-to-business trade finance.

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3 years ago

The startup says it is building a platform for "crowdfunding for the creative community". Their pitch is that crowdfunding is better for creative projects, like art or photography, than for software — because of the community. You can read more about the company at their site .

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2 years ago

Ideas are scarce and valuable, so they are traded for money, equity, or services.

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2 years ago

a way to download and convert videos from YouTube onto phones.

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4 years ago

A platform that connects you to a network of freelance designers and developers to create a product for you. The company also works with your team to provide you with a product roadmap and a recommended development timeline.

66

4 years ago

A company that will replace existing safety tools for self-driving cars, including collision avoidance systems, with a dashboard that overlays cameras, radar, lidar, and other sensors.

66

4 years ago

A tool for building a list of people to invite to a job interview. The startup had a good response from the hiring world after it was featured in the New York Times.

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4 years ago

An ad platform that can be embedded into any website, allowing advertisers to track their ads across all major social media platforms.

66

4 years ago

A tool for making, sharing, and selling 3D models that you can use to create physical objects. The company has over 100,000 models that users can buy or download.

66

4 years ago

A tool that helps people open bank accounts in other countries, including Canada, Australia, and Singapore.

66

4 years ago

This startup is building a “smart” house. The startup’s devices monitor activity and make adjustments to the home’s heating and cooling system based on those activities.

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4 years ago

This startup wants to make it easy for anyone with a bad credit score to get a loan. The company’s co-founder says that when running a small business, it’s likely that they know the person they’re dealing with personally. The company uses that advantage to provide a personalized loan experience.

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4 years ago

A way to collect feedback from customers in the US, with plans to expand to Canada.

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4 years ago

A maker of arcade-style games for iOS, with games including “Paintball” and “Dodgeball”.

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4 years ago

An online clothing retailer that’s already built an online store for its own clothing line. They’re looking to expand their product line with new designers and consumers, who can find their products in the app.

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4 years ago

A startup working to help recruiters and HR managers connect with potential hires, avoiding data silos and the time it takes to search for the exact candidate. They’re working in the US, the UK, Australia, Singapore, and New Zealand, with plans to expand to Canada and the Philippines in 2020.

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4 years ago

Sellout is a collaborative video editing platform that aims to build on the more popular iOS app Procreate. In addition to the apps, the team behind the app has launched a website and a community forum to promote and discuss the project.

66

4 years ago

A platform that helps users find and book appointments across the web and mobile apps. The startup, which launched in May, has already signed up over 1,300 professionals in its first few months of launch.

66

4 years ago

This startup, which is focused on local Chinese media, aims to build a platform to help media companies target ads to specific consumers.

66

4 years ago

A global B2B marketplace for branded products, allowing companies to buy and sell products like branded t-shirts, headphones, and other items.

66

4 years ago

The startup is building a platform that creates a social network for people who have moved abroad. It's also an online marketplace for goods from around the world.

66

4 years ago

A company that allows users to easily create and share photos that can be shared and downloaded across social media networks.

66

4 years ago

A video sharing platform focused on the video gaming community. Gamers use their mobile devices to upload their gameplay and create a community of like-minded people.

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4 years ago 1 views

A platform that helps small businesses and individuals identify and develop contractors and freelancers. The platform is available in the US, Canada, and the UK.

66

4 years ago

An API that allows users to upload videos and get them translated into any language for free. The API was built for Spanish-speaking countries.

66

4 years ago

A platform for on-demand laser hair removal that uses infrared light instead of lasers, making it a more affordable option.

66

4 years ago

A company that helps states build a network of local dispensaries. The startup currently provides software to the Colorado Department of Revenue, which they say has led to the creation of 2,000 jobs.

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4 years ago

Many people don’t realize that the costs of insurance, medical care, and even funeral services are tax deductible. While these are often major expenses, they are often taken for granted and not considered tax-advantaged savings.

66

4 years ago

A startup that is seeking to take on various forms of online ads, from banner ads to native.

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3 years ago

A company that collects data on how people read and use books, and then the company can sell that data.

66

3 years ago

A company that helps users find professional services and services providers by combining all of the reviews, ratings, and references that they’ve saved in their phone’s address book.

66

3 years ago

A company that allows people to securely share video and audio with family and friends, then download the video or audio directly to their phone.

66

3 years ago

A platform for selling, trading, and storing digital assets. Think of it as a decentralized eBay.

66

3 years ago

A web development tool for anyone who works with text, whether in a word processing program like Microsoft Word, or with a code editor. The startup wants to help programmers work faster, and without the headache of formatting text or maintaining multiple code windows.

66

3 years ago

Small businesses are often stuck with bad contracts from their credit card processors. This startup helps them negotiate better terms and lower rates.

66

3 years ago

A startup that wants to build a home broadband network using mesh networking.

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3 years ago

A company that makes a mobile reading app that’ll help you read faster, even if you’re a slower reader.

66

3 years ago

A tool for pairing workplaces with skilled tradesmen.

66

3 years ago

A P2P-style marketplace where consumers can source and buy all kinds of products, from food and household items to gadgets.

66

3 years ago

A platform for public radio stations that allow listeners to donate to their programming.

66

3 years ago

A $2 billion enterprise software startup. It’s looking to solve problems that traditional software can’t, like helping retailers do in-store loyalty programs and managing credit card accounts.

66

3 years ago

An AI assistant for the home. It can read emails and book flights, answer questions about sports and politics, and even transcribe audio.

66

3 years ago

A startup that aims to help young people learn to code by teaching them to build games. The startup’s app allows kids to build games directly on the iPad.

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3 years ago

A startup that lets you create your own virtual assistant from a list of pre-made commands, built by other users.

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3 years ago

A health tracking app, Fooducate claims to be “the first and only diet app that uses data to help you make better food choices,” that allows you to scan food items to learn what they’re made up of. The startup wants to make dieting easier by providing nutrition data straight to apps like Facebook and Slack to make it easier to fit a healthy eating plan into a busy lifestyle.

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3 years ago

A tool for contractors to build websites in a way that takes advantage of the fact that they’re not employers.

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3 years ago

This is the first step in a larger effort to roll out a “social discount” on various products — all of which will have their price adjusted using algorithms to account for a person’s shopping history and preferences.

66

3 years ago

A startup working to build a “simple way to talk with doctors anywhere, anytime” over video. It’s a tool for doctors to see patients remotely, receive instant feedback on a diagnosis, and make immediate adjustments.

66

3 years ago

A “Uber for your cat” that aims to make the pet travel industry more humane and efficient. Cats can be booked in advance, and the startup aims to make transporting them less of a burden for the owner.

66

3 years ago

A company that is building a product that helps you translate your existing spreadsheets into a more visual format.

66

3 years ago

A product platform that allows companies to easily create, download, and manage custom eCommerce storefronts on their own website.

66

3 years ago

A startup that builds and sells custom-made, high-end clothing.

66

3 years ago

A startup that helps students in India manage their finances, including paying their school fees, pay their parents back, and plan ahead for their next education.

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5 years ago

Idea: A startup that’s building a tool that lets you share your high school student’s grades and progress with colleges

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5 years ago

Idea: This startup wants to help India’s 600 million smartphone users take advantage of the country’s rapidly growing e-commerce market.

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4 years ago

A way to reduce costs and improve reliability for businesses using a device that uses radio to communicate with handheld devices and computers. The startup works with companies like Blackberry, Samsung, and Microsoft.

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4 years ago

A software company that helps employees manage their finances and track spending in a way that’s more effective than spreadsheets and paper.

65

4 years ago

KVRP-FM is a radio station broadcasting at 88.1 MHz in San Marcos, Texas which airs an Adult Contemporary format. The station is owned by Educational Media Foundation.

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4 years ago

A startup that builds and manages websites for businesses. Barter.com is an online marketplace that allows vendors and buyers to connect. The company helps them understand and take advantage of the benefits of the marketplace and acts as a liaison between buyers and sellers.

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4 years ago

A new way to pay for parking. Rather than pay by the hour, you pay by the week on a pay-as-you-go basis. The idea is that it eliminates parking tickets and increases utilization, and the company says it’s already in over 500 cities and 30,000 businesses.

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4 years ago

A company that helps companies map out how their products are made, helping them ensure their supply chain is as efficient as possible.

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4 years ago

A platform that lets both lenders and borrowers take advantage of cryptocurrency.

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4 years ago

A startup that wants to move from the “iPhone to the iPhone”. Instead of building apps for the iPhone itself, they’re building specialized apps for all of the things you can do with an iPhone. For example, they recently launched an app that lets you control your Nest thermostat with your iPhone and use it as a webcam.

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4 years ago

A startup that helps businesses find the right people for their jobs. The startup is currently focused on helping recruiters to find C-level talent but says it’s not exclusive to them, and has a broader mission to help businesses find the right people for their job via its platform.

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4 years ago

Not only does this startup make a cheap, disposable pen that works like a ballpoint, its CEO is also a pen manufacturer. The startup sells its pens for $5, and are made in China similar to Apple products.

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4 years ago

A platform that helps companies identify and address the issues that keep them from scaling.

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4 years ago

A startup that can send virtual reality and web-based experiences to a mobile VR headset like Samsung’s Gear VR, and a separate service for desktop VR.

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4 years ago

A new feature for Slack (which is a messaging/chat application), allowing users to create a group of people who could potentially be interested in a product or service. The startup says it’s already working with a small team of companies and that it plans to roll out to the 1.1 million Slack users.

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4 years ago

A B2B platform for digital marketing, allowing businesses to hire a team of experts to create digital ads, newsletters, and more.

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4 years ago

A blockchain startup wants to help cities save money by creating a digital platform that tracks road maintenance and maintenance demand.

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4 years ago

A mobile app that allows you to connect your accounts, save and manage your spending, and make plans on how to get ahead in 2019.

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4 years ago

A tool that provides a simple way to import and export data from word documents to Spreadsheets, Google Docs and others.

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4 years ago

A company that creates custom-designed, pre-packaged, monthly subscription boxes of healthy snacks. The boxes are meant to be tasty, portable, and affordable, but also good for you. Customers can customize their boxes with additional ingredients, and can track their consumption on a website. The boxes are available on subscription, as well as individually.

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4 years ago

A push notification system that alerts users to things like a lost phone, nearby deliveries, and more. The product is only available in the UK right now, but the team says they’re adding US and Canada to their list of countries soon.

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4 years ago

This is a service that allows customers to make payments via SMS. The startup has already worked with a few customers to start making payments via SMS

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4 years ago

A software company that helps institutions like banks, retirement funds or 401(k) plans manage and track their investments, as well as settle trades. Think of it as Uber for your financial life.

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3 years ago

A startup that focuses on and improves the quality of digital advertising through its proprietary ad tech.

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3 years ago 1 views

A B2B platform that helps people decide what to do with the Amazon Alexa-enabled devices they already have at home.

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3 years ago 1 views

A startup that helps people who are blind learn to use smartphones. The app can read aloud and describe pictures the user takes.

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3 years ago

A tool for managing your own collection of audio and video interviews, which are then made available to your clients.

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3 years ago

A tool to help power the operations of a new generation of Internet of Things devices. The company’s founders have been building IoT products for a decade but are now looking to bring their expertise to a new platform.

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3 years ago

A platform for connecting OOH companies (such as billboards, bus shelters, and posters), with advertisers.

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3 years ago

A company that helps companies with advertising, media buying and analytics. They’re building an API for the B2B biz, and have managed to secure $4.5 million in funding so far.

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3 years ago

No one wants to move their personal data to a new cloud provider. Instead, they want to keep their existing data in the cloud, but have the peace of mind that comes from an enterprise-grade, multi-tenant infrastructure. This startup wants to help businesses do just that with a software-as-a-service platform that takes care of the infrastructure so they can focus on their product.

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3 years ago

Providing an order-ahead app for major retailers.

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3 years ago

A company that tries to help replace the traditional annual tax return with quarterly tax returns

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3 years ago

“A platform that helps non-profit organizations, like universities and hospitals, get free advertising”.

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3 years ago

A tool that helps you re-use code across your web, mobile, and desktop applications, by allowing you to link your code to an API. The startup’s co-founder says that after launching in April 2019, they’ve already signed up 600 customers.

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3 years ago

This startup helps doctors with administrative tasks like billing and insurance claims, as well as doing patient intake

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3 years ago

A startup called Protoplasma is building a new kind of ad blocker: one that blocks ads in real time, without having to change your browser. It’s built around the idea of “content blocking”, or reducing the amount of time spent staring at ads while using a browser.

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3 years ago

A SaaS HR software company that helps businesses like hotels and restaurants manage their staff, find new hires, and end-of-employment benefits. The company had its first round of funding in June.

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3 years ago

An educational startup that wants to help people learn how to build websites. “It’s like Codecademy, but for web development”.

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3 years ago

A startup that wants to build a native ad platform that people can use to create ads in ways that are not just text or photos.

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3 years ago

A digital network that connects businesses in high income countries with those in lower-income countries. They’re working with the UN’s World Food Programme to address food security.

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3 years ago

A social network for people who want to share the 20% of their life that they spend traveling. The startup asks users to upload a photo of a destination and then share the photo with the community of travelers.

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3 years ago

The company claims that its software allows people to get paid for their time spent texting and talking to their customers, making it easier for social media influencers to generate a living from promoting brands without having to have an expensive advertising budget.

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3 years ago

A platform that allows users to track their food while they’re on the go. The service lets users scan their food with their phone, have it tracked and be notified when it’s ready.

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3 years ago

This is a digital platform that helps kids and adults learn ways to manage their money.

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3 years ago

A person can’t buy domain names any more. So instead they can go to a URL registrar like GoDaddy and buy a name pair like “www.airlines.com”. The startup is taking names in the .com, .net, .org, .us and .gov TLDs and buying them up in bulk with the idea that it can then resell them at a premium.

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3 years ago

This year's list of the top 20 startup accelerators in the world is compiled by CB Insights, and includes new additions from the US and Europe, including two accelerators from the UK.

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3 years ago

A company that helps people learn the principles of successful investing by using stock market data to simulate trading.

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3 years ago

A food-delivery service that hopes to take on both the on-demand world and traditional restaurants.

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3 years ago

A new way to read news that has been personalized to your topic interests, and which the company says is “faster and more interactive” than Facebook.

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3 years ago

The startup is building an AI-powered assistant that helps Millennials manage their finances. The app will first be launched in the U.S., and then roll out to other markets like Brazil, Canada and the U.K.

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3 years ago

A business that helps people who are in professional roles in different markets connect over video. Its founders say that their product, which launched in May, already has more than 1,000 paying customers.

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3 years ago

A company that helps people sell their houses using a mobile app. Instead of just paying a realtor, users can put their house on the market and pay rent to the app. Once a buyer is found, the house can be sold quickly, and the buyer can then buy it.

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3 years ago

A startup based in Sweden that wants to build on the user behavior data from people who are already using the company’s products. It has a product for people who want to listen to music, and a product for people who want to watch TV shows.

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3 years ago

A startup that helps mental health professionals and patients connect over the web. The app is focused on treatment, but it hopes to eventually do some administrative functions as well.

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A SaaS startup that helps engineers collaborate on projects using a chat-based tool. The company’s CEO, Ryan Kavanagh, says that it’s already paying off.

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3 years ago

A platform for retail brands to sell physical products online. It’s growing rapidly in the UK, where the startup says it has already built a $2 million business

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3 years ago

A tool to use social media to help patients find the best doctors for their health conditions. It’s similar to the health insurance comparison website The Doctors or the insurance comparison website Health Grades.

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3 years ago

A company that makes a tool to help data scientists integrate their work with the rest of their company (e.g. HR, legal, advertising).

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3 years ago

An algorithmic trading platform for algorithmic traders.

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3 years ago

A free, monthly subscription service that sends personalized content to people’s phones that they can read offline.

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3 years ago

The startup is a “social network for books”, which it says is currently being used by over 1,000 libraries and over 100,000 readers. It’s built around a system that “enables people to discover, share, and discover again”.

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2 years ago

A platform for booking cab rides and car services in a single app. The company says it’s already in talks with over 1,000 cab companies in India.

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2 years ago

A startup based in Seattle that wants to give companies a platform to sell their unused office space. They’ve already signed up over 1,000 companies.

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2 years ago

A software company that wants to help employers manage their employee’s salaries. The startup says that their software has already helped companies of all sizes reduce pay errors.

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2 years ago

Healthcare analytics for the Swedish market. It’s not quite ready to launch on the US market yet, but they are already working with a few clients in Sweden.

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4 years ago

A company that helps advertisers try out new ad formats and measure their effectiveness. For a small fee, advertisers can use the startup’s service to generate a report on their campaign's success. The company claims to have a list of over 100 clients, including large fashion brands and big insurance companies.

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4 years ago

A tech startup that helps tech companies manage their tech risk. They’re already working with tech companies in Israel, UK, and US.

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4 years ago

A platform that helps photographers build portfolios using a variety of photos. The startup is bootstrapped and currently working to get in front of bloggers and other influencers before it's ready for a round.

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4 years ago

A software startup that aims to cut out the need for data entry by allowing users to upload their own data. The startup’s web app allows users to upload data, which is then used to make recommendations and “tell you what to do next”. The startup is currently in beta.

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4 years ago

A company that is building a single mobile app to help shoppers find products they want. It’s first product is a $5 app for finding high quality clothing that’s been made specifically for your body type.

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4 years ago

A tool that makes it easier to manage trade-related documentation, such as customs forms.

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4 years ago

A tool for real estate brokers to manage online leads, with a built-in CRM to help them manage their clients more effectively.

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4 years ago

A decentralized trading platform for digital currencies, built on blockchain technology. It aims to make the digital asset exchange process easy and secure. The company is currently developing a desktop app for the blockchain and is in talks with the US Securities and Exchange Commission about getting listed on a US exchange.

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4 years ago

A company that uses machine learning to help brands analyze social media data to increase their ad spend. They have over 12,000 clients worldwide, including Disney, ESPN, and Coca-Cola.

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4 years ago

A wearable device designed for women to track sleep. The founders say their design and concept is inspired by the experience of their own mothers, and specifically the struggles they had with sleep disorders.

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4 years ago

A startup that's offering an alternative to a traditional 401(k) plan. It’s a “savings account for a millennial” that lets people take out cash for specific purposes.

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4 years ago

This startup aims to bring access to credit to the estimated 2 billion people without it. In countries that have traditionally had difficulty accessing credit, the startup has been able to build a credit scoring model, and is now looking to bring that model to places with more need.

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4 years ago

A tool that lets companies find their customers’ social media influencers, and helps them find their fans online. The startup is based in New York City and already works with over a dozen companies.

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4 years ago

An adtech company that enables brands to reach the most relevant people on social media. The company is working on the front end of how social media ads are shown and paid.

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4 years ago 1 views

Opendoor is a software company that wants to become the Amazon of home rentals. The company acts as a broker between homeowners and short-term renters. It’s made several large investments in recent years, including $117 million in new capital in November 2018.

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4 years ago

A startup that is building a search engine for the ad-tech ecosystem, looking to make it easier for clients to find what they need, regardless of where they are.

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4 years ago

A startup that’s building a toolkit for companies to book meetings that are more efficient than the traditional in-person meeting.

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4 years ago

An author-focused social network and community for sharing, promoting and discovering new books. The startup has gained over 1,000 authors and claims to have facilitated over 1,000,000 downloads.

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4 years ago

A daily e-newsletter for journalists that sends out a story every day, with a new one every weekday. The company says it’s already signed up 1,000 journalists from all over the world.

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4 years ago

A toolkit made for companies that want to integrate machine learning into their workflows.

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4 years ago

A company that builds and markets cases that allows you to take pictures of your phone and add them to slides of your life

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4 years ago

A way for non-technical people to set up Google Adwords campaigns or other PPC advertising campaigns.

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4 years ago

A company that helps brands track their social media performance and how their social media strategy is affecting their business. They’re also working on an ad-tech product for Facebook.

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4 years ago

A startup that makes it easy to book airline tickets and manage your trip, with a “very simple” interface that looks like “Yelp for travel”. The company is focused on the Latin American market, where 90% of airfare sales are made by word of mouth — and where travel agents often have to call different airlines to book tickets.

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4 years ago

A portfolio manager for consultants and entrepreneurs, who provides advice on how to invest in startups.

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3 years ago

A platform that helps restaurant operators build and manage loyalty programs. The startup has already built out a marketplace to help restaurants sell gift cards and loyalty cards directly to consumers.

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3 years ago

This is a startup that builds software to help companies and governments manage health care. The company claims that it’s cheaper than traditional health care and prevents a lot of errors.

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3 years ago

A startup that provides advice on how to ride a bike. The people behind the startup are veterans of the bike industry, and they want to move away from a background that is focused on the bike industry to one that is focused on consumers.

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3 years ago

A team of five “digital nomads” that want to help people figure out how to use AI to build more effective marketing programs.

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3 years ago

Known as a “video-sharing platform for people who love cats”, this startup is building a platform that allows users to add photos, videos and links to their cat videos. They claim to get a million views per month, with over 8 million total views across their network.

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3 years ago

A new type of fuel that is more efficient and cleaner than traditional diesel.

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3 years ago

Mathematica is an analytics tool for schools that helps teachers track student data and improve education. The founders say that the company has already helped over a million students.

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3 years ago

A digital platform for managing the complex logistics of international trade. It’s a marketplace for importers, exporters, and logistics providers.

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3 years ago

A startup that wants to build a “global currency” that lowers costs and uncertainties for anyone sending money abroad.

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3 years ago

A digital adviser that helps with finding a home to buy.

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3 years ago

A system that pays US adults for collecting plastic bags, getting more than a million people to sign up for the program in its first year.

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3 years ago

A startup that lets consumers get recommendations on travel options based on the interest they already have in a destination.

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3 years ago

This startup aims to offer a place for women to share tips, tricks, and advice on how to be more effective.

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3 years ago

The startup helps publishers make their ads more effective by allowing them to target consumers by product, location, and lifestyle. The startup is based on a system they built for their own use, and is launching an open beta in February of 2019.

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3 years ago

A company that allows people to sell their used cars without having to sell them themselves, instead allowing some sort of intermediary to do it for them.

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3 years ago

A connected, customizable headband that tracks a user’s sleep patterns and offers feedback on how they can improve them.

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3 years ago

A social network for people who love to stay in shape, with a paid-for upgrade that offers in-depth fitness tracking via connected fitness bands.

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3 years ago

a new kind of analytics for ad campaigns. It’s an Excel-based tool that claims to help big brands make more money from their advertising budgets. They’re currently in the market testing, aiming toward a launch in late 2020

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3 years ago

A startup that helps recruiters connect with the right candidates through a database of engineering graduates, with a twist: the startup’s algorithm finds the best fit for each job, rather than the recruiter. It’s still in stealth mode

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3 years ago

A startup that offers a way for small businesses to customize print products online to create special-edition products without the high upfront costs associated with traditional custom products.

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3 years ago

A startup that wants to replace the traditional paywall with an algorithmically curated one that increases revenue for publishers. The startup wants to make subscriptions better, both financially and socially.

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3 years ago

A software company that wants to create a platform for digital advertising, making it easier for companies to customize ad campaigns for their customers.

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3 years ago

A startup that operates like a music studio but instead of a recording studio, they have a classroom setting where children learn to play traditional instruments

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3 years ago

A company that helps businesses with their search advertising. The company is built on a search engine called SmartyStreets, which is built on a sheet of paper and helps users find businesses that match their needs.

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3 years ago

This startup is building a service for B2B companies that allows them to create contracts in minutes, instead of in hours or days.

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3 years ago

This startup wants to create an electronic health record for people who aren’t traditionally covered by insurance. The company will be a “one-stop shop” for those that aren’t worried about HIPAA compliance.

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3 years ago

This startup is building a bike share that’s only available in cities where it’s legal to ride bikes on the road.

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3 years ago

This is an app that helps you learn to play an instrument. There’s also a dedicated iPad app.

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3 years ago

The startup’s headline feature is a website that allows you to create a four-digit passcode to share with others, instead of asking for their phone number. The company says they’re seeing traction with that feature, though they’ve also built an app that allows you to share with others your phone number, instead.

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3 years ago

A network for journalism and politics. The startup is trying to convince news organizations to use a newswire that others can read and republish.

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3 years ago

An adtech company building an AI that optimizes ad placement across social media sites. It uses machine learning to identify the most appropriate regions to place ads.

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3 years ago

A startup that is developing a new type of animated content, which they call “motion comics.” The company wants to combine animated video with text to create “a story that is more engaging and sophisticated than the traditional comic book.”

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3 years ago

A platform that allows you to get a loan with the click of a button. The app offers loans at a lower interest rate than credit cards and loans, and charges a lower fee than traditional payday lenders.

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3 years ago

A problem with the traditional home health care system is that it’s too time-consuming and expensive for board-certified nurses to manage, according to the startup.

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3 years ago

This is a startup that uses AI to build a personal assistant that works on your behalf while you’re asleep. The startup is currently pitching to gaming companies to help them sell products such as in-game upgrades, items and characters.

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3 years ago

A digital, video advertisement platform and ad network that claims to generate more revenue for brands than TV and digital advertising.

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3 years ago

Helping brands take advantage of the iPhone’s zoom function by allowing them to add extra content and images

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3 years ago

A product aimed at helping organizations to manage the addition and removal of staff.

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3 years ago

A facial recognition system for security/surveillance. It’s already running in more than 40 countries.

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2 years ago

A product that allows companies to keep track of their inventory across e-commerce platforms, and get a heads up when they need to restock.

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2 years ago

A company that helps people take pictures of themselves and upload them to a library for others to use.

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5 years ago

Idea: A hardware product that seamlessly integrates with your existing credit card reader so that you can accept credit card payments in person.

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5 years ago

The event featured the first TechCrunch XR (extended reality) Hackathon in which teams built VR and AR experiences using HTC Vive and Facebook’s Oculus Rift VR headset. The event also featured a Startup Alley in which the most promising startups from the 2019 program showcased themselves to investors, mentors and press.

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4 years ago

This startup is building an app that allows users to build a homepage for their business and then upload content from their phone, giving them a little more control of their online presence.

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4 years ago

A computer for your car. The startup is in the process of prototyping a car computer that replaces the car’s in-dash screen. It’s compatible with most vehicles and smart home systems already on the road. The startup has raised $1.5 million to date.

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4 years ago

A catered meal delivery service for those who work odd hours or don’t like cooking. You can order ahead and even set up a schedule to be meal-ready as soon as you arrive at work.

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4 years ago

A software company that creates software that helps companies adjust to the changing landscape of the workplace. They do this by working with companies to build out their hiring and retention strategies.

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4 years ago

A startup that aims to make it easier for small business owners to have a storefront presence on the internet. Instead of opening a website the company works with businesses to have a simple storefront integrated into their existing business.

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4 years ago

A recent engineering graduate who landed his first job at Airbnb after dropping out of college. He’s building a startup that helps homeowners manage the process of selling their homes after leaving their landlords. Clients work with Clew to clean out their homes, give professional photos, publish their listing online, and receive bids.

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4 years ago

This startup is building an artificial intelligence that can read texts, detect sentiment, and predict the intent of a text. The company claims it can help organizations eliminate “false positives” and focus on the right people, at the right time.

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4 years ago

A platform that allows employees to sync their personal calendars so they can be more productive and still be reminded of meetings and important deadlines.

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4 years ago

A tool to help you figure out how to best measure a person’s data across their entire life, including health, work and leisure. The startup’s founders say they’ve already spoken to Fortune 500 companies about their solution.

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4 years ago

The idea is to take the already-popular “Rich People’s Guide to Paris” and make it more accessible to people who don’t have a lot of money.

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4 years ago

A digital assistant for the elderly, designed to better help older adults live life and become more independent. The startup wants to integrate a concierge service with a robotic companion.

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4 years ago

The Business of College is a collection of stories and advice from YC partners who will be sharing their experiences from the 2015 class in a series of blog posts.

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4 years ago

Starting with the forest industry, a startup is developing machines that can read and process the wood of a tree to make it more economical and sustainable.

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4 years ago

A platform for mobile developers that helps them monetize their apps by providing them with a ready-to-use SDK.

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4 years ago

A software company that creates tools for financial advisors, helping them make their own tools and integrate them with their clients’ systems.

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4 years ago

A startup that is building a “utility-grade” PC with a “desktop-grade” price to bring desktop computers to emerging markets.

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4 years ago

A sales and marketing automation tool that gives salespeople a way to communicate with customers through email, chat, phone and social media. The company is also building a better CRM and lead management system.

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4 years ago

A startup that provides accounting and finance services for the cannabis industry. The startup has partners in Colorado and Massachusetts.

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4 years ago

This is a software platform that helps real estate agents and landlords manage their properties. The startup is already operating in several markets, with plans to expand globally.

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4 years ago

A self-service analytics platform, which lets businesses gather data from all of their channels, and access advanced analytics on top of that.

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4 years ago

A startup for showing you all of your favorite movies on YouTube. The idea here is to provide the functionality of a movie database, but in a more consumer-friendly way that caters to those who aren’t looking to start watching movies, but instead just want to know what movies are coming out that are worthwhile.

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4 years ago

A company that helps investors make money off the volatility of a company’s stock. The startup’s founders say the company has processed over $100 million in trades.

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4 years ago

A startup that wants to help colleges and universities adopt a more student-centered approach to their curriculum.

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4 years ago

The idea is to create a product that helps the community of health professionals in a particular area access to the latest research and technology and connect with the world’s leading scientists.

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3 years ago

A job-hunting app targeted at college graduates looking for work.

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3 years ago

A virtual assistant that helps you to “learn more and do more”. It uses machine learning to automatically generate study schedules that help you understand the material, and then adapts them to your progress.

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3 years ago

A startup that tracks student grades and attendance

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3 years ago

A Google Docs alternative that organizes documents chronologically, and lets you add notes or tags on the document.

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3 years ago

A platform that helps companies manage the customer relationship with their customer data. It’s a customer growth platform for startups, but it’s not about helping customers learn about the business, instead, it’s about helping companies keep track of the data they have on customers, and making it easy to analyze and reach out to them and use those insights to grow their business.

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3 years ago

A tech-enabled financial advisor, allowing customers to communicate with their advisor via email, text, chat, and phone. The startup is a spin-out from the University of Texas and is currently focused on the US market.

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3 years ago

A blockchain-based system for storing, trading and verifying medical information.

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3 years ago

The goal of the company is to create a platform that will allow users to upload videos, photos and articles, and have them linked across social media platforms - Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn. The company has offices in New York and Zurich.

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3 years ago

A tool for making fashion and lifestyle designs more accessible to the visually impaired. It’s designed to be a sort of digital notepad, allowing users to record and share their ideas, or “riffs” as they call them.

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3 years ago

A startup that makes it easy to send money abroad to friends and family. The startup is looking to partner with banks, credit card companies and other financial institutions to help small businesses and families send money abroad.

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3 years ago

An ad platform that uses AI to help publishers sell their inventory. The company is hoping to compete with the likes of

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3 years ago

“A game-centric ad network for publishers and brands”, with a focus on games.

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3 years ago

A platform that allows farmers to monitor and manage their crops, with a focus on data collection and analytics. The startup is currently in a pilot with a leading fruit and vegetable producer in the UK.

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3 years ago

A company that helps organizations that deal with sensitive documents like medical records, legal documents, or trade agreements to secure them better.

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3 years ago

A real-time trading app for stocks, used by hedge funds and other traders.

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3 years ago

A blockchain identity startup, currently focused on medical records, that is fixing the headaches associated with sharing sensitive medical information.

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3 years ago

This startup is building a new generation of battery-operated LED that’s brighter and lasts longer than traditional LED lights.

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3 years ago

This is a startup that wants to help journalists get more out of their data, so they can produce better results and get a more accurate picture of what their audience wants to read.

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3 years ago

A square-shaped camera that could eliminate the need for tripods, a monopod, and a ball head.

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3 years ago

An open-source blockchain protocol for verifying, securing and trading digital identities.

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3 years ago

A browser extension that adds a feature to Gmail that lets users keep track of the time they spend on each email, and using Gmail’s search features, easily find and archive emails that take up more time.

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3 years ago

A company that manages software engineering teams. The startup helps companies find, hire and retain the best engineers. It’s already working with 6 Fortune 100 companies including GE and Netflix.

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3 years ago

A new way to create and share music on the internet. The startup wants to replace the current way that musicians create music, which is often a long process with few details, with a simple platform that allows artists to simply share a track for others to remix. As well as helping artists, it’s also aiming to add a revenue stream to songwriters.

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3 years ago

A company that wants to offer an alternative to the traditional way of buying insurance. Instead of taking a chance on a new product, people can buy a plan and get a better idea of what their costs would be.

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3 years ago

A company that supports mobile app developers with a product roadmap, bug tracking, and bug reporting.

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3 years ago

A startup that wants to make it easier to test autonomous vehicles on real roads, by letting them test their car’s performance in a computer simulation.

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3 years ago

A virtual phone that helps autistic people learn to talk, read and write.

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3 years ago

A startup that allows users to monitor and track their health data and share it with other users. The company’s first product is a sleep tracker that promises to deliver insights into the user’s sleep cycles, leading to a more restful night’s sleep.

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2 years ago

A startup that helps companies manage their health insurance costs. It’s an SaaS service that covers the cost of health savings account contributions and administrative costs of managing health insurance.

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2 years ago

An email-based service that helps people organize and store documents, spreadsheets and files in a way that’s easy to access and manage.

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2 years ago

A phone-based digital concierge that lets users order food, which is delivered by someone who’s already at the restaurant. The company says it’s already working with some of the world’s largest restaurants.

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2 years ago

An online marketplace for buying, selling, and renting tech gadgets. Right now, it’s a platform only for selling gadgets, but the founders say they’d like to expand it to an online store for buying and renting gadgets.

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2 years ago

The company’s founder says that “adding a photo is a process.” pic.twitter.com/LUY6dMtZH3 — Ryan Mac (@RMac18) August 9, 2019

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4 years ago

A business that sends people to the gym, based on the weather and other data. The company already has more than 40,000 customers in the U.S. and has raised over $2 million in funding from Andreessen Horowitz, Thrive Capital and others.

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4 years ago

API that helps businesses automate the process of creating new ads, which they say can be expensive, time consuming, and tedious. The API automates the process of creating new ads, which they say can be expensive, time consuming, and tedious.

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4 years ago

A company that brings the advantages of machine learning to enterprise workflows.

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4 years ago

A tool for crowdfunding on the blockchain, where the funds are held in a wallet, instead of a bank or payment processor, and can be transferred to multiple investors.

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4 years ago

A startup founded by several ex-Adobe employees to develop a creative suite for mobile and tablet devices. It has raised $26 million in funding.

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4 years ago

The company is building a facial recognition product for hotels, enabling them to identify guests from photos and automatically adjust room rates. In this way, staying at a hotel is a more seamless process – the process of checking in and out is handled automatically.

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4 years ago

A startup that helps businesses integrate their point-of-sale systems with their back-end systems. It takes the process of creating checkout systems and streamlines it, with company-wide benefits in addition to the obvious cost savings.

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4 years ago

"A new platform for making your company's software more accessible to the world. Your software's code will be available for anyone to see, download, copy, and run without the need to sign up for anything."

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4 years ago

A platform for selling products online and on the go, including users who can’t access traditional ecommerce platforms.

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4 years ago

A place for users to buy, sell, and trade their used clothes and accessories online.

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4 years ago

A tool to help users of the app Groceries on Demand upload photos of their groceries, in order to make it easier to complete their grocery orders.

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4 years ago

A platform for the “ultimate workout” in a virtual 3D environment. Its goal is to connect people to top fitness trainers who can offer the latest training techniques and advice.

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4 years ago

A new way of looking at how to use the internet. The company aims to help users break free from the internet and its addictive habits, like checking email and social media.

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4 years ago

A startup that brings financial advisor services to the remote workforce, giving workers access to virtual advisors 24/7.

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4 years ago

A startup that helps companies get paid faster by letting employees request payments from their companies instead of having to wait for checks to arrive.

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4 years ago

A decentralized social network for food lovers and entrepreneurs, which lets restaurants and culinary businesses “employ” community members to help out at each location. Customers can also share their favorite dishes, and restaurants can advertise their products to people who like the same cuisine.

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4 years ago

A tool that helps you map out a game plan when you’re on the road. The company’s software, which was launched in May, helps travelers manage their itineraries, organizing daily activities around the places they want to go.

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4 years ago

A web-based app that helps you find and organize high-quality, verified local restaurants near you. The app has been downloaded over 5,000 times since its launch in early September.

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4 years ago

The startup has built a product that enables brands to send targeted ads to a specific group of consumers. The startup says it has already sold over $100 million of its software to a number of companies.

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4 years ago

In July 2019, the company began selling a credit card-sized device called a “pocket hacker” that can replace a key fob with a Bluetooth-connected device that allows you to lock and unlock your vehicle without a key. The pocket hacker has been a popular product at tech and automobile trade shows, and customers pay $99 a month to use the device.

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4 years ago

The startup is built around an ad-hoc infrastructure for sharing small jobs (up to $100) between companies. Previously, small businesses have to either go through the pain of setting up their own internal app or use their own separate contractor management platform (like TaskRabbit). The startup uses its API to help companies manage their workforces, with a platform that allows for bid and project management.

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4 years ago

A startup that lets you order food through your email address.

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4 years ago

An email newsletter that lets you send it to yourself so you can read it later and improve your skills.

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4 years ago

A 3D virtual reality headset company that wants to make the world’s most comfortable VR headset. The company is trying to solve the “over-customization” of the current Oculus Rift and HTC Vive headsets.

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3 years ago

A stealthy startup getting big funding to break into the crowded advertising space and disrupt the $41 billion in annual ad sales

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3 years ago

A content delivery network that’s built for gaming, and speeds up game downloads by 9x.

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3 years ago

A smart contract platform for labor, where workers are paid in the form of a token that can be traded in the secondary market.

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3 years ago

The startup behind this app wants to make it easier for people to book their parking spot in advance, freeing them up to go to the movies or see a concert.

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3 years ago

A device that helps detect if a home has lead poisoning, with a baked-in educational platform

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3 years ago

DecideMe is a platform for people to make decisions about their own healthcare. The startup is looking to take huge inroads in the US, where they see a $1.7 trillion market, and plan to launch in 2017.

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3 years ago

A company that helps you get a loan, even if you’re a first-time client to a traditional lending institution.

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3 years ago

A tool for the world’s leading companies to track and measure employee time, with the goal of creating a better, more productive workforce.

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3 years ago

A company that provides online selling tools to companies that are already selling online.

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3 years ago

People say they want better access to healthcare but don’t want to use traditional hospitals. This startup is building a network of community health centers that don’t require insurance.

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3 years ago

A startup that allows members of the public to share their photos, stories, and videos of the places they’ve been, with some of the proceeds going to the photographer who made the content.

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3 years ago

A platform to help owners of small agencies and freelancers get paid faster. Y Combinator-backed startup that’s already working with some of the biggest names in media.

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3 years ago

A company that helps local governments streamline the process of building new roads, with construction happening faster and less expensively.

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3 years ago

"A social network for your diet", offering nutrition advice, recipes and lists.

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3 years ago

A company that provides companies with their own custom branded credit card that they can use to pay for goods and services in the US. It’s a way to cut out the middleman and save on additional fees.

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3 years ago

A tool for managing expenses, money transfers and purchases across multiple devices. The company’s builders say that the company’s SaaS platform is the most advanced and secured with full money transfer and bill payment features.

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3 years ago

Knowlage is a new startup that uses data to help companies make better decisions. It’s not so much a startup as it is a data analytics company. Knowlage already has an API for businesses to access and use data.

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3 years ago

The Y Combinator “demo day” event is a major launchpad for program companies. It takes place in January each year at Y Combinator's offices in Mountain View, with companies pitching their ideas. The event is open to the public and takes place on-site.

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3 years ago

Host a video conference with as few as three people. The startup is already working with over 35 customers, and plans to add 1,000 more by year end.

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3 years ago

A software company that helps companies audit their supply-chains. The company’s founders say the startup has already helped clients like Target, Procter & Gamble, and DHL to save on several hundred millions in inventory.

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3 years ago

A company that wants to bring health insurance to the world’s poorest. The startup is already in talks with the government of the Philippines about expanding the product, and is sending representatives to India to talk about it too.

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3 years ago

A US-based startup that helps students get the best deals on laptops and tablets to help them get ahead in their education

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3 years ago

The founder of the company, a guy named John, started coding Windows in the 1990s, and has since been working with Microsoft as a technical advisor. He’s now building a new social media platform that aggregates all the social media sites from around the world into one place, with the goal of creating a single, unified platform for social media for the world.

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3 years ago

It’s an app that allows you to take a selfie, upload it to the app, and then get your friends to rate it. The idea is that you’ll get better ratings if your friends like the same things.

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3 years ago

The founders of this app on a road trip across the US to test their product.

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3 years ago

A free internal messaging app that can work inside Slack. The company says it’s already built integrations with hundreds of different services.

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3 years ago

An online platform that helps restaurant owners manage their finances while also offering them a better way to advertise on Yelp.

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3 years ago

1. Startup founders who were born in the 1980s that graduated from top universities

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3 years ago

A platform that allows writers to collaborate with the tools they already use, from Trello to Asana.

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3 years ago

A social networking app for hairdressers focused on the beauty industry. The pitch is that hairdressers are already meeting customers socially in salons, offering them a way to do the same thing online.

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2 years ago

A startup that is developing a new type of fuel cell that uses water instead of air. The fuel cell will be 58% more efficient than the current leading technology.

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2 years ago

A company that helps employers create a culture that’s “pro-inclusion”. The startup launched in early august, and the founders say they’ve already been contacted by organizations looking to use the tool.

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2 years ago

A startup that’s building a platform for customers to buy products and services online and have them delivered to their home or office. It’s a revamp of the traditional “pick-up in store” model.

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2 years ago

A company that makes a platform to help people store, manage, and share their physical notes. The startup says it’s already met with 250 companies that want to use the platform, which is free for now, but will charge $5 per user per month after that.

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4 years ago

A platform that helps businesses with a global reach, from small companies to multinationals, to grow their brand in a country where they have no footprint. It charges a small monthly subscription fee and allows you to add your business to a pool of companies to bid on.

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4 years ago

A platform that helps small businesses get into marketplaces like Airbnb and Airbnb for Business. The startup says it has already signed up over 100 companies.

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4 years ago

Micro-loans for the unbanked, with a minimum term of 9 months, a maximum term of 20 years, and a minimum interest rate of 2%. The goal is to offer a lifeline for the unbanked, who often have a hard time obtaining a traditional bank account.

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4 years ago

A 3D-printed gadget that looks like a baseball cap that can be used to store and carry your phone in your pocket. The company calls it the “Portable Pocket”.

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4 years ago

A mobile app that tracks your weight and provides targeted weight loss advice to help you lose weight. The company is backed by Y Combinator.

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4 years ago

As of 2017, China’s biggest internet companies are Tencent, WeChat, Weibo, and Baidu. These companies have all been spending heavily on Facebook and Instagram ads, which have grown rapidly in the region. For example, WeChat spent $6.5 billion on ads in 2018 and Baidu spent $3.6 billion. Top global brands are also spending heavily on Chinese social media. For example, Coca-Cola has spent $2.2 billion on WeChat ads since February 2018.

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4 years ago

Instead of using a team of people to go and measure your house, the founders of Wallflower have created a system that helps you take photographs of the interior of your house that you can post to social media with just the push of a button.

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4 years ago

This startup wants to be “the Uber of college admission”. It’s focusing on the US market, where there’s a lot of paperwork and bureaucracy to navigate, and even more pressure to get into the right school.

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4 years ago

A platform that helps users make their own ads, then upload them for approval.

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4 years ago

Dyson is a British vacuum cleaner manufacturer that has been in business since the 1950s. The company is known for its trademark bladeless vacuum cleaners and high-end design.

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4 years ago

An advertising platform that allows digital advertisers to create and host their own websites.

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4 years ago

GitUp is a platform that helps you manage files in a single repository. It focuses on file management and collaboration, with the ability to add comments and a wiki-like filing system.

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3 years ago

A company that provides an alternative to the traditional model of doctor’s visits. The startup wants to take the guesswork out of scheduling appointments and provide a seamless online experience.

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3 years ago

A startup that is building an app that helps you manage and monitor your employees’ health and productivity. It’s a service that works in tandem with a health tracking app, which is free to download.

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3 years ago

A social network for people that work in the creative industries. The startup is building a platform for people to upload, share, and showcase their work.

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3 years ago

Hollywood has become a playground for startups. In addition to the traditional funding from venture capital, there are millions of dollars coming from the likes of Peter Thiel and Andreessen Horowitz. There are also a host of celebrities, like Ashton Kutcher and Mark Zuckerberg, who are teaming up with startups.

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3 years ago

A company that helps you manage your digital assets, like social media accounts or email addresses, through a single mobile app.

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3 years ago

A Target-like store that sells clothing and food that is actually made in the US, not just imported. It’s not a direct competitor to Nordstrom or Macy’s.

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3 years ago

A subscription-based platform that gives you access to a network of experts and information, including legal and financial advice.

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3 years ago

A startup focused on the “hyperlocal” food delivery market, available in the US and Canada.

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3 years ago

An AI firm that helps brands optimize their creative workflows. It’s worked with Adobe, Disney, Nike, and others.

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3 years ago

A startup that makes it easy for businesses to manage their employee’s accounts, giving admins the ability to see where money is going and how much is coming in from what.

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3 years ago

These guys want to convince you to stop buying toilet paper and start buying their product instead.

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3 years ago

A startup that connects businesses with people who can help them run their business. The startup provides investment advice, coaching, and other services to businesses that are looking to expand.

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3 years ago

A startup for digital content. The startup hopes that people who want to build content can sell it to companies that want to buy it. It’s already working with some of the top companies in the development space, like Spotify and Netflix.

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3 years ago

A startup that helps developers prioritize and track their projects. Instead of a long list of tasks, developers can create multiple tasks that run in parallel, with the app keeping track of their order. Other startups in the space include Asana, Basecamp and Trello.

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3 years ago

A platform that lets you upload and sell your own book. Williams has sold 30,000 copies of his book, which is currently in its second printing.

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3 years ago

The Philadelphia Business Journal also has a weekly feature called "Philadelphia Startup Spotlight", which highlights Philly startups. It highlights the company's most recent news and trends, and interviews the CEO.

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3 years ago

A platform for renting and selling cars, with an app that lets customers rate their cars and have them rented or sold in their own circles. The startup says it’s already working with several hundred auto dealerships.

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3 years ago

A company that sells a $50,000 security system made up of a garage door opener, a smart lock and a $49 video camera. The startup’s hardware is intended to let people live in their homes with their pets, and it has a product roadmap that includes a pet-friendly version of its camera

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3 years ago

A tool for digital nomads, focused on things like finding a place to stay, legal advice, and people to introduce you to people to meet. Founded in 2015, Union.ro is gaining traction in areas with a high density of digital nomads.

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3 years ago

The leader in providing the most accurate way to measure real estate in the US, this startup is working on new tools to help people analyze the real estate market.

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A company that aims to monetize public data via its API, which allows developers to make products that interact with existing public data sets. The company says they’ve already collected over $2 million via the API in the past year.

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3 years ago

A company that helps law firms and lawyers use social media to broadcast their work and generate leads. It’s a free service that’s billed on a monthly basis.

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3 years ago

Kaitlyn D'Arcy: "Nubank's Head of Marketing Is a Millennial, Who Lives in a Commuter Town, And Has an App to Get Her to Work". "Inc." July 2017. Accessed May 28, 2018.

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3 years ago

A company helping the elderly and disabled to stay in their homes, instead of nursing homes

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3 years ago

Startup that takes on the traditional financing process for small businesses.

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3 years ago

A hybrid platform that combines the benefits of a traditional investment advisor with the power of a robo advisor.

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3 years ago

A startup that wants to connect people to local tradesman, with a mobile app to find them, and a platform where they can book work.

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3 years ago

A digital platform for smart money in Latin America. Users can set goals, track progress and then take advantage of all kinds of financial products and services.

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3 years ago

The startup is building an “Uber for the post office”, an end-to-end parcel delivery service that it says is already in use by 200 businesses.

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3 years ago

A web-based platform for connecting buyers and sellers for real estate transactions. The company wants to use blockchain to help prevent fraud, and is headquartered in London.

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2 years ago

A startup that allows companies to take advantage of data from multiple locations on a quotidian basis, helping them to better manage their resources.

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2 years ago

A platform to help people get paid for their skills in the gig economy, offering a way to get paid immediately for a skill you already have.

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2 years ago

A startup for brand ambassadors to earn money on their social media channels. The company’s founders say that it’s growing quickly, and that they’re already working with 50 brands and have over 1,000 ambassadors.

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2 years ago

This startup is developing a system where people can use pre-packaged information about their blood pressure or sleep problems to get personalized advice. It will sell this data to health insurers and third-party companies that need it.

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2 years ago

A software-as-a-service company that handles HR-type tasks for companies, including benefits, payroll, and HR administration.

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2 years ago

A startup that’s creating a new type of home security system that doesn’t use a key or a fob. Instead, the startup uses a smartphone app to arm and disarm a system that uses an algorithm to watch for intruders.

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2 years ago

A startup that allows you to check in to a restaurant or coffee shop and receive a text when it’s ready.

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2 years ago

An advertising network that allows you to create ad campaigns for any brand, with the possibility of being paid in cryptocurrency and with the ability to target on Facebook.

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5 years ago

Idea: A job search app for college students and recent grads in the US It takes a gamified approach, with a focus on making the process of finding a job more fun

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5 years ago

Idea: A startup that is building a mobile application where you can earn money by downloading apps, watching short videos, and answering surveys.

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4 years ago

A platform that helps users manage their personal finances by connecting them with financial advisors, and then helping the advisors get paid.

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4 years ago

Builds platforms for doctors to take care of patients. One is a mobile app for patients to use to get medical advice. The company is doing the same for dentists.

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4 years ago

The company says it’s a tool that makes it easy for people to examine their own online data and discover trends in the data, and then automatically download and share the data with other people in the company.

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4 years ago

A platform for investing that works as a resource for financial advisors, showing them how to invest in things like individual stocks, ETFs and 401(k) plans.

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4 years ago

A B2B company that offers “machine learning and artificial intelligence” to help companies with “data-driven advice”.

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4 years ago

This company builds a software tool that helps financial advisors manage their clients’ portfolios. It’s for financial advisors who want to do more with their clients’ portfolios without the need to learn new software.

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4 years ago

The company is building a way for companies to build mobile video ads, which require a lot of processing power. The company is planning on moving into the global market.

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4 years ago

A tool that lets you connect to the data in your existing spreadsheets and make them read like a novel. Convert your spreadsheets into a novel.

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4 years ago

A platform for hiring consultants and freelancers who can do tasks like translation, data analysis and proofreading.

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4 years ago

A startup that wants to become the LinkedIn for freelancers. The company has already managed to find 4,000+ people to join the site and has a $1 million dollar seed round in their bank account.

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4 years ago

This startup is building out a platform that helps get people up to speed with their skills so they can best take advantage of their current position.

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4 years ago

A software platform that helps purveyors of web content (like publishers) sell their inventory to advertisers.

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4 years ago

A platform to allow companies to buy, sell, and share data from their customers. The company is pitching the “Uber for data”, and is already working with brands like L’Oreal, BMW, and others.

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4 years ago

A company that helps companies measure ROI on campaigns and online advertising. The startup is starting with a platform that lets marketers track spending on Facebook.

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4 years ago

SaaS company that helps people build better quality and higher-performing websites faster. They’ve also built a suite of tools for developers that help them determine how good their website is, how fast it loads and how well it performs for visitors.

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3 years ago

This startup is building a service to help people create their own “satellite” internet, connecting it to existing cellular networks. The founders of the startup say the service is a better alternative to the speeds of existing satellite broadband.

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3 years ago

A tool that helps small businesses spend less on advertising by allowing them to buy ads for a specific time or day. Users can also sell their ad space to others.

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3 years ago

A team that helps nonprofits use their corporate email addresses to help their organizational goals.

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3 years ago

A micro-loan platform for those in the US who don’t qualify for traditional bank loans, who often have trouble getting loans from the bank.

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3 years ago

Adaptive Path is a management consultancy that advises startups on how to organize around a CEO. The firm advises companies on how to hire CEOs, how to measure performance, how to address issues like burnout, how to handle conflicts and how to create a culture of transparency.

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3 years ago

This startup wants to help consumers find the right beauty products. The startup focuses on the US and Canada, and is starting off with a $1,000+ list of beauty products to help users find the right one.

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3 years ago

A company that helps restaurants create menus, then helps them adopt a digital ordering system.

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3 years ago

A platform that lets people take screenshots from their computer and quickly upload them to Slack.

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3 years ago

A company that provides a way for small businesses to get loans, at lower interest rates and with some value-added perks. The company has $1 million in funding.

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3 years ago

The team behind E-commerce Startup Factory is pitching to help businesses that have grown but need to scale their operations. They are looking for startups that have launched a business, but are not yet ready for expansion.

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3 years ago

This is a company that aims to build a free, open-source, community-driven framework that makes it easy to build chatbots. The team is looking to build out a bot-building platform that allows you to create your own chatbot with just a couple of clicks and then download the bot as an app.

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3 years ago

A company that offers a way for media companies to manage their content pipeline, with the startup saying it’s already working with “a couple hundred” companies.

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3 years ago

A group of mentors and alumni help startups by giving them advice, introductions, and access to their networks.

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3 years ago

A startup that helps your home become an office. The startup offers a set of tools to manage and organize tasks, like setting reminders and adding action items to an ongoing project.

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3 years ago

A brand-new startup that offers a way for people to share their data with companies for research. The startup wants to incentivize more people to share their medical data with researchers who can use it to better understand how diseases spread.

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3 years ago

A company that provides text and video messaging for small businesses like hair salons. In addition to text and video messaging, customers can also get a snapshot of their appointment and directions, with a chatbot alongside it.

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3 years ago

A firm that wants to help people get a piece of the digital advertising market in Africa. The platform helps companies create ad campaigns and works with brands to target their ads at a specific audience.

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3 years ago

A way to put online ads to use for data collection, using the content that people are most interested in to get them to do things on the web.

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3 years ago

A self-serve restaurant where customers order from a menu of pre-made meals that’s delivered in 30 minutes. By using robots to prepare meals in advance, the company is able to offer a consistent menu across its locations.

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3 years ago

A tool for publishers to build a custom e-commerce platform to sell ads across their channels.

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3 years ago

A digital membership card that syncs with your credit card and pays you automatically. The startup says it’s already integrated with 10,000 credit cards.

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3 years ago

A startup that allows home sellers, who typically have a lot of personal information on their listing, to provide an online quote that sellers can easily adjust. The seller can see how much the buyer wants to spend, and change the price of the inventory.

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3 years ago

A platform that helps bring advertising revenue to “lower-budget” video creators.

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3 years ago

A smart home platform that lets you control all your smart devices from one app. At launch, the company had over 3,000 users for its “Control” platform, which let you control light switches, thermostats, and more directly from one app.

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3 years ago

This company has developed a way to help consumers buy and trade in used cars.

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3 years ago

A “pay as you go” payment system for people with no credit history, to help them get ahead in their lives by buying goods and services on credit.

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3 years ago

A tool for helping the many people in the world who are visually impaired to read documents.

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3 years ago

A startup that helps startups find reliable legal and accounting advice, taking a different approach to the digital consulting space.

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3 years ago 1 views

A mobile payments and banking app for small businesses in the US that combines loyalty and rewards with banking. It’s like a consolidation of a couple of other payment and banking apps — Venmo, PayPal, and Square — into one. It’s already built out and gaining traction in the US.

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3 years ago

A startup meant to help people plan and track their future spending, including credit cards, to get a better feel of where they’re heading and how much they can afford.

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3 years ago

An IoT-connected lavatory that can send a notification when someone needs to go. The startup says it’s already sold to a company that owns a restaurant chain. They have a few more customers in the US and Europe waiting for the product to hit their backlog.

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3 years ago 1 views

A machine learning platform that help computers detect patterns in images. It’s already being used by the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

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3 years ago

A platform that takes all the individual data points you need and puts them into one list, allowing you to make quick decisions about your business like “which of these two leads should I focus on”

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3 years ago

A tool that helps companies create and manage their own custom-made mobile apps. Appsmith has built a tool that lets companies easily create mobile apps with the same look and feel of their app stores.

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3 years ago 1 views

A group of three former Amazon employees have built a tool that helps guide people to the best deals. The company says they’ve had over 10,000 purchases through the app since launching in May.

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2 years ago

In India’s most populous state, where the app is aimed, roughly 20,000 people die due to traffic accidents every year. It uses a combination of artificial intelligence and human intervention to monitor traffic conditions and send alerts to cars of bad driving, as well as send out a text that includes the name of the driver and a link to a video recorded by a camera attached to the car’s dashboard.

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2 years ago

A startup to market and provide an alternative to traditional home loans for first-time homebuyers in the US. The company estimates their loan will be 20% less expensive than the average mortgage.

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2 years ago

A platform for financing investments in early-stage startups with loans, equity, and advisory services.

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2 years ago

Provides a “decentralized asset exchange” for cryptocurrencies. The startup wants to create a trading platform for digital assets without the need for a government-run intermediary.

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5 years ago

Idea: A startup that helps people with bad credit get loans It finds loans for customers, and takes a 10% commission from the borrower

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4 years ago

A startup that posts interesting things to read in a certain category, or a tough topic like “How to be a good parent” with articles like “How to get your kid to go to bed.”

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4 years ago

A company that makes “online courses for learning,” through which they claim to offer more material than traditional universities. They offer more than 1,000 courses on topics like machine learning, data science, and more.

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4 years ago

This startup wants to replace the fees charged by traditional banks by building a platform that allows people to store money in a secure, open, and transparent manner

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4 years ago

A shopping site for food from local vendors, currently available in the US, UK, and Canada

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4 years ago

A tool for schools to manage their student records. It’s a feature-rich K-12 management system, with a reporting dashboard, time tracking, and grading for administrators.

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4 years ago 1 views

A tool for businesses to plan and manage their expenses and make them more accurate. It pulls in data from other services like Salesforce, Google Docs and more, so you can plan an expense with a spreadsheet and see it instantly reflected in your online banking.

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4 years ago

A startup that allows customers to book restaurants by the hour. The app is already in use in the UK, and has been linked to the likes of Pizza Express and Jamie Oliver.

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4 years ago

This is a startup that allows companies to set up and manage their own online campaigns. Instead of creating an ad and selling it to an agency, you can create a campaign and sell it to a customer.

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4 years ago

A startup that helps companies build their own fantasy leagues and sports teams and then allows users to buy and sell players to one another. They’ve already partnered with the NFL, NBA, and the MLB.

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4 years ago

A startup that’s building a tool that allows marketers to cut through the noise from all the ads on the web by picking out the “chosen” ads.

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4 years ago

A content management platform that works across different platforms and allows users to take advantage of the content they create, even if they don’t have their own website.

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4 years ago

A company that has built a platform for retailers to provide a value-added service to customers, with no setup cost or admin fees.

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4 years ago

A robo-advisory startup that wants to help advisors get the right investments for their clients.

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4 years ago 1 views

A startup that matches students with mentors who are already in fields of study that interest them, as well as companies. The startup claims it is already helping 25,000 students find mentors, and has been featured in The New York Times and The Washington Post.

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4 years ago

A platform for the visually impaired. The app translates text into an audio reading of that text, with the readout played on a phone’s loudspeaker. While the smartphone app is free to download, the smartphone’s loudspeaker is not.

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4 years ago

A SaaS service that allows people to see what others are reading, or what they’ve recommended.

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4 years ago

Seed of an AI that learns to predict the stock market. The startup is working on creating a program that can learn to predict the price of a stock based on previous moves. The startup will use machine learning to predict the price of a stock that has been traded in the past.

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4 years ago

An ad-free, free-to-use, open source music platform.

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4 years ago

A program that helps startups and small businesses produce more documents at lower costs. The startup provides free templates for company formation filings and will charge for other services such as incorporation, patent searches and trademark searches.

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3 years ago

A company that wants to use its machine learning to help you find the best deals at local stores. The company is self-funded and has already built a prototype. The company says it will use the funds from YC to scale its team and move into a warehouse in San Francisco.

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3 years ago

A system that lets companies upload and analyze their employees’ emails, allowing them to see how their employees spend their time. It also allows employees to opt out of company email tracking.

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3 years ago

A way to make meetings more efficient and interactive. The company already has thousands of meetings booked on its platform.

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3 years ago

A data visualization platform that aims to provide the most accurate and complete reports for credit risk. The idea is to provide a dashboard for banks to track risk, allowing them to make better lending decisions and cut down on bad loans.

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3 years ago

A B2B company that will let partners buy customized “cotton candy”-like candy for their clients. The cotton candy is made from the same ingredients as a standard candy, but with a variety of colors and flavors.

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3 years ago

A customer service agent who offers a mix of customer support tasks, the ability to manage and automate tasks, and a customer advocate.

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3 years ago

A tool that uses a web browser to visualize financial markets, with the goal of making trading more transparent.

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3 years ago

A way to connect professionals in financial services, building a platform that allows them to share advice in real time.

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3 years ago

A game that helps kids learn English. The startup is promoting English learning by playing games with kids, but the game is not a game in the traditional sense. The startup is building a game that uses a gamified approach to help users learn English.

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3 years ago

A platform that makes it easy for advisors to identify and attract clients and build those relationships, with a mobile app that combines a customer’s LinkedIn profile with their investment needs.

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3 years ago

A startup for organizations to send job applications to applicants in one place. The founders say that their app is already in use by a large number of organizations.

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3 years ago

This startup is working on software that helps legal professionals track their research — “research” is a term so broad it encompasses everything from reading court cases to scouring the internet for relevant information. The startup says it has $1 million in revenue.

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3 years ago

BillionGraves is an online resource where you can look up the names of people in all sorts of records, and either view the images of their tombstones or read their obituaries.

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3 years ago

This startup wants to build a platform that makes it easier for companies to scale their customer service department, and has already signed up 20 paying customers.

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3 years ago

A group of businesses that want to do something fun together. They’re looking for: non-profits, non-profits with low overhead, non-profits in the Bay Area, and non-profits with a good story.

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3 years ago

A startup that partners with local stores to make a delivery service that can get food to people within an hour. In the past month the company has already launched in London, and is planning to expand to the US.

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3 years ago

A tool to make freelance work more predictable, with an admin dashboard that allows companies to quickly track their freelance’s schedule.

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3 years ago

A “smart” kids’ toy that’s a little like a Roomba but with an iPad app to control it. The startup has built an internal prototype.

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3 years ago

This startup lets people unlock the Internet with the wave of their hand. It’s like a WiFi-enabled and Bluetooth-enabled pair of glasses, but instead of tracking your eye movements, it tracks your hand movements.

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3 years ago

A platform that helps bring open source and open hardware together. They’re focused on the hacker community and makers more broadly.

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3 years ago

Marketplace for vendors to buy and sell products made by other suppliers.

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3 years ago

A system that gives builders and renovators an easy way to track down previous owners and use the information to create a more authentic renovation process. The startup says it has already helped about 10,000 customers, with 3,000 of those using it to find previous owners.

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3 years ago

A video platform that allows businesses to broadcast to all of their customers, whether they’re watching, listening or just browsing on the mobile Web

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3 years ago

A platform that helps salespeople track and manage leads, while also making it easier to get paid for the work they do.

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3 years ago

A new way of sharing and viewing live video. The app integrates with Facebook Live and Periscope, allowing you to watch your friends and family broadcast live.

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3 years ago

A company that will help you compare quotes on appliances, including a plan to make it available in Canada

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3 years ago

A management platform for small businesses that wants to help companies grow. The startup says it’s already working with over 300 businesses, and is helping them improve their customer acquisition, sales and retention.

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3 years ago

A platform that provides education at a lower cost, with a focus on “smaller companies that don’t have the resources to deal with the expense and bureaucracy of traditional college”.

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3 years ago

A software company that helps companies create a single, mobile-friendly app that allows workers to access spreadsheets and documents from any device.

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3 years ago

A brand new payment platform for small businesses that don’t want to give credit card companies a cut. Instead of taking a percentage, the payment is split up between the merchant and the customer.

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3 years ago

A “self-service digital advertising platform” that helps publishers and advertisers work together to realize their own campaigns.

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3 years ago

A startup that lets you share videos and information about your life in a way that’s more personal, relevant, and easy to digest than most traditional social networks.

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3 years ago

A software app that tracks and keeps records of the performances of academic research papers and their authors.

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3 years ago

A tool to help developers build apps with AI to help personalize content or ads.

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3 years ago

A startup for managing employee benefits, including retirement and health. The business wants to manage employee benefits better than the companies that already do it.

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3 years ago

A healthcare app aimed at primary care physicians that allows them to get paid for the care they provide. They’re currently working on the product in Philadelphia.

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3 years ago

A hybrid of the Amazon Dash Button, Google Home, and Alexa. It works with devices made by the company’s customers to order goods when they are needed and then remotely kick-back the cash.

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3 years ago

A startup that’s building a marketplace for products such as cosmetic surgery and German lessons, which is why it’s already in the United States.

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3 years ago

A small-scale robo-advisor for short savings plans. The startup is aiming to make it easier for small investors to save for retirement.

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3 years ago

A startup that helps webmasters monetize their websites by selling advertising space within them. They charge “click-through rates” on ads, but don’t reveal what that is.

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2 years ago

A tool that allows any person to create and edit a quiz in 15 minutes or less and upload it to a host of different platforms to have relevant questions pop up to individual users.

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2 years ago

A web platform that connects people with the right kind of financial advisor

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2 years ago

The startup is looking to build a platform for people to create personalized cities. The platform will allow users to build and edit the city's infrastructure and visuals, and add people to it.

59

2 years ago

A company that lets people pay for their favorite recipes, which they can then print out for their household. The company has a free tier, but each additional recipe costs $.99.

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2 years ago

A personalized newsfeed for investors and traders. They’re hoping to get adoption of their app in India, where financial markets are still small.

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2 years ago

Startup that helps students get higher grades by helping them organize and structure their work. By switching to a study schedule, students take on less work and are more likely to complete it.

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2 years ago

A startup that wants to help advertising agencies show off their creativity and engagement to a wider audience.

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4 years ago

The company’s goal is to “put the attention economy to work for people, not for advertising.” Or, as they put it: “Imagine a world where the people who you want to be connected to are the ones who know you best – your friends – not the people who pay the most.”

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4 years ago

A tool for users to communicate with each other without the need for a public forum or a message board. It’s a website where users can share a file and a message, and the messages are encrypted and deleted from the system after they have been read.

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4 years ago

This startup helps save money by letting commuters access value-added features for free on their commute. The startup takes a cut, but the idea is that it will be a better business model than other ride-hailing companies.

58

4 years ago

A platform that allows consumers to design and sell their own products through the use of 3D printing, and allows retailers to create custom made-to-order products.

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4 years ago

A company building an AI-based platform for trading crypto.

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4 years ago

A startup that’s building a new paradigm for enterprise workflows. The idea is to focus on a single task, like a file, and deliver it to everyone on the team, rather than having everyone email the same file to themselves, which is a slow and inefficient way to manage it.

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4 years ago

A SaaS platform that helps multinational companies grow in emerging markets. The startup’s founders say they’ve had over 50% growth in the last six months.

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4 years ago

A tool to help companies hire and manage a distributed workforce in the age of on-demand services. In a world of on-demand services, companies are looking for tools that will allow them to manage the people who work for them. Jobbird’s founders have already turned down $500,000 in investment.

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4 years ago

Market research tool that gathers data on amateur athletes and coaches. The company’s founder says they’ve already signed up 8,000 coaches and they’re growing fast.

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4 years ago

A cloud-based platform that helps companies build and manage automated marketing campaigns. The startup also wants to automate the process of buying advertising in order to reduce the need for people to sell ad space.

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4 years ago

A tool that helps companies identify and remove fraudulent or duplicate online leads.

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4 years ago

A startup that uses machine learning to provide the type of financial advice customers would typically get from a licensed financial professional.

58

4 years ago

A startup that connects American consumers to global brands that are no longer available in the US. It’s available in the US, UK, and Canada.

58

4 years ago

A SaaS platform that provides a suite of tools that help companies test their social media posts and ads.

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4 years ago

A data science platform that helps companies identify the best way to market to new customers by helping them analyze millions of data points and answer questions like: what are the products that are most likely to drive new customers and how can we best reach them with ads

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4 years ago

A startup that helps users manage their "digital assets" including photos, music, text, and documents. The company says they already offer the ability to manage tasks, or "chores" in their app, which allows users to specify a daily or weekly routine, and the app tracks their progress. The company also offers a service that allows users to build "to-do lists" out of their digital assets.

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4 years ago

A real-time platform for securely sharing someone’s address, which can also be livestreamed. It’s meant for sharing a person’s location with emergency services, for instance, or for a family to announce an address change in a video.

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4 years ago

This startup wants to help small businesses get access to broadband internet, and has built a device that connects over Wi-Fi to a router to make that happen.

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4 years ago

A company building a programmable, modular “smart” house. The company is currently building a smart-grid home in Portland, Oregon, and designed to be highly energy efficient and modular. The idea is that by building this type of home, the owner can install or upgrade the systems as she sees fit.

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4 years ago

coupons for consumers to receive discounts on services, products, and more. The startup is based in Philadelphia.

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3 years ago

Realeyes is an AI that can read printed text and translate it into a form of sign language. The startup wants to use it to help the blind and hearing-impaired interact with TVs, smartphones, and other devices.

58

3 years ago

The founders of this B2B fintech startup aim to improve the way banks and other financial institutions provide financial planning advice. They aim to do this by connecting banks with the people who know best how to invest, how much to save, and how to invest.

58

3 years ago

A data visualization platform that helps channel partners and advertisers learn about TV viewing habits, ultimately helping them determine the best times to advertise.

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3 years ago

A company that sells a “social currency” for things like sharing, likes, and follows. It is already working with a few large companies to help reward their employees for their work. As of February, the startup was looking to raise its Series A round, as well as continue to raise money to build out its platform.

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3 years ago

When your friends start complaining that their friends aren’t getting in on the next big trend, you can introduce them to the startup that wants to buy and sell that trend. The startup helps you snap up the next big thing before your friends, claiming to have over 100,000 traders in its platform.

58

3 years ago

A product for online learning platforms, like Coursera and Udacity, that connects every student and tutor face to face. It aims to simplify the e-learning experience for beginners and help students avoid the “ beginner’s paradox”.

58

3 years ago

A traditional service for finding a sitter for kids, but one that’s a bit more low-cost, cheaper, and more flexible for parents.

58

3 years ago

A financial services firm that helps business owners manage their finances. The firm’s founder, 19-year-old Christopher Cagney, says he came up with the idea after he saw a “bunch of people who had been ripped off” by their banks.

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3 years ago

This startup helps brands reach their customers on Instagram, based on a user’s browsing history. They say they have sold over $50,000 worth of ads since launching in April.

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3 years ago

The company wants to create a service where a user can use their phone to create a virtual reality experience, and then capture it for viewing on other devices. Their product is a $3,000 kit that lets you “download” a 3-D model and bring it into the real world.

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3 years ago

A social network that merges live video and video chats. The startup was founded in October 2018, and already has users in 20 countries.

58

3 years ago

A new way to learn to code, meant to compete with more traditional programming classes by teaching the basics.

58

3 years ago

This startup is building a marketplace for “sales-ready” websites and the themes they would be built around. The company provides their own hosting & domain names, but it’s up to the seller if they want to use them and with what.

58

3 years ago

A product that allows users to take a photo of a product and upload it to a database of other photos, which other users can then rate on a scale of 1-5.

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3 years ago

A tool that allows local contractors to create a profile of their work, and then, when a project is ready to be bid, the contractor can upload their work and get an instant quote from the bidders. The company charges $25 per month for the service, and the company is currently in private beta.

58

3 years ago

A B2B software company that works with companies to manage their sizeable legacy software deployments across large numbers of systems. The startup wants to help companies take advantage of open source and cloud infrastructure to reduce costs and scale.

58

3 years ago

A tool for helping small businesses upgrade their websites. The company is building a CMS that helps small businesses increase engagement and conversions, while also saving money on web design.

58

3 years ago

A software company that helps a range of businesses, from ad agencies to remote workers, to collaborate over video.

58

3 years ago

This startup broadcasts the prices of products on a map in real time so consumers know where to shop.

58

3 years ago

A platform for people to buy and sell tickets for events. They already have tens of thousands of tickets on their site.

58

3 years ago

A startup that allows businesses to take advantage of their market’s biggest app — Google Maps.

58

3 years ago

A company that specializes in “crypto-trading,” which they say is pretty much the same as buying and selling stocks except that a percentage of the gain is paid in crypto rather than cash.

58

3 years ago

A company that gives airlines the ability to offer better customer service by offering a direct line to passengers. In the US, the startup says they’ve already onboarded over 50 airlines, mostly low-cost carriers like Spirit and Frontier.

58

3 years ago

An online marketplace that connects advertisers and content producers to get ads to viewers of their content without them knowing they are watching ads.

58

3 years ago

A digital library of academic papers and textbooks that serves as a starting point for students to learn digital skills.

58

3 years ago

As an extension of its first-generation product, Foodpad is building a way for people to share their favorite recipes and meals with others in an easy-to-use format. Foodpad has been in beta since May.

58

3 years ago

A tool to help home-based businesses and freelancers keep track of invoices and client payments. The startup serves in the US, Canada and Australia.

58

3 years ago

A B2B software company that helps advance teams and businesses in the construction industry. The startup sells software that tracks and preempts the construction industry’s most common delays.

58

3 years ago

A startup that allows users in the Philadelphia area to order a single-serving meal.

58

3 years ago

A startup that wants to build a platform to make it easier for the government to manage and maintain its own infrastructure, including roads, bridges, and public transportation.

58

3 years ago

A startup that lets you buy, sell, or trade in-game items quickly and easily. It currently has over 500,000 users, and is profitable and growing.

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2 years ago

A startup that makes it easy to measure ROI on a variety of digital advertising mediums.

58

2 years ago

A fitness company that offers custom workout plans to users, including the addition of classes and personal trainers.

58

5 years ago

A startup that helps people who are moving abroad find a dentist who speaks their language

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5 years ago

A software company that helps businesses build and scale their content marketing programs. A financial services company that aims to make trading more accessible for small and medium-sized businesses.

57

5 years ago

A software company that helps car dealerships manage their inventory. The company is also building a lead generation tool that allows dealers to find more customers.

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4 years ago

A tool to make it easier to create social media profiles and run ads on top of them.

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4 years ago

An online platform that allows you to create and upload barcodes for products. The startup charges customers a small monthly fee for each barcode it generates for them.

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4 years ago

This company has created a simple and consistent way to learn about startups and emerging technologies. In addition to original content, it also curates and distributes great content from across the web.

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4 years ago

A platform for distributing video for online dating services, allowing people to find and date people in their area. The startup launched in January and is already working with 10 clients.

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4 years ago

The startup makes an infrared eyewear system that helps people read faster and easier.

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4 years ago

Pilar is a plan for hiring admins for small businesses. The company is currently free for one employee, and plans to charge for larger organizations at $15 per employee per month.

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4 years ago

A “smart” train that can read and understand which cars are unoccupied and stop them from being sent down the tracks.

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4 years ago

A video analytics startup that tracks and analyzes video content in real time. The startup lets brands create ads based on time and content of video.

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4 years ago

A startup whose mission is to help people who have lost jobs or had their hours cut to find other work.

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3 years ago

Enliven is building a platform for sellers to sell their homes and decor online. The startup aims to build a marketplace for all sorts of things, from hand-made goods to vintage wares to fitness equipment.

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3 years ago

A personal fitness tracking app. The startup believes they can be the Uber of fitness tracking. Instead of having to choose between a gym membership or buying a fitness tracker, they want to make the process seamless.

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3 years ago

A tool to help companies manage time and planning for projects, thus saving headaches and time.

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3 years ago

A digital freelance marketplace that helps small business owners find and pay their employees. The startup currently has over 1,000 small businesses on board and plans to add over 1,000 more in 2017.

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3 years ago

A mobile payment provider for restaurants, like Square, but for restaurants in the US and Canada.

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3 years ago

A startup that wants to translate financial services paperwork into natural language so it’s much easier to read and understand.

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3 years ago

A company that helps brands maintain their brand personalities across the web. The startup started in 2014 and has had to make some adjustments to its business model after being acquired by Rakuten for $300 million in 2018. It’s now a Rakuten company and expanding from the US to the Europe, Latin America and Asia-Pacific regions.

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3 years ago

A B2B platform for banks to provide financial advice to small business owners. The company is working with a number of large banks and is on track to launch in the U.S. in 2019.

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3 years ago

The startup wants to build a service that lets companies get the most out of their sales people. In its current iteration, the service is just like a CRM tool, but it’s designed for sales people. It’s already used by dozens of companies, including the likes of Booking.com and Expedia.

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3 years ago

Google’s self-driving cars aren’t ready for the public yet, but that hasn’t stopped some people from building their own. The startup, which is based in San Francisco, is helping others build their own self-driving car kits in the hopes of creating a viable alternative to the Google car.

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3 years ago

A company that wants to increase the efficiency of small businesses by helping them accept payments through an email address.

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3 years ago

A company that wants to help you make better decisions about what to eat, based on what you read. A differentiator is that it works with only local farmers and eateries.

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3 years ago

A B2B platform for buying and selling goods, similar to TradeGecko but more intuitive.

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3 years ago

Leaders are listed in alphabetical order.

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3 years ago

A startup for parents to organize a school year for their kids, by adding events, keeping track of their progress, and more

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3 years ago

A non-profit that’s using a platform for urban farmers to sell their produce to nearby restaurants, making the product accessible to low income communities in cities like Philadelphia.

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3 years ago

A startup that “combines a credit card and a wallet” for users. In May the founder said it had $2 million in funding.

57

3 years ago

A startup that wants to make fast, easy, and cheap food at home, with a system that cooks rice, noodles, and many other items. You set the time, temperature, pressure, and food and it produces a bowl of ready-to-eat food.

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3 years ago

A startup that aims to help people with mental illness or addiction by providing them with better access to mental health professionals and resources.

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3 years ago

The company’s CEO, Will Clark, is a former member of the U.S. Air Force and a former personal trainer, and the company’s co-founders are also experienced entrepreneurs. The company, which launched in 2013, is looking to address a major issue in the fitness industry: it’s difficult, expensive, and time-consuming to get fit.

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3 years ago

A startup that enables customers to buy, sell, and share their unused apps through a new app called AppShare. AppShare will help developers and app owners get more money out of their apps, and would be a one-stop shop for app users to find, download, and sell used apps.

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3 years ago

This startup is building an ad platform for video games, to help game publishers, platforms, and advertisers reach a more engaged audience.

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3 years ago

A startup that helps people get a credit card even if they have bad credit. The startup is looking to connect with people through Facebook and make it easy to get a credit card without a long wait.

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3 years ago

A tool for web designers that makes adding CSS and JavaScript to the web super easy, letting them focus on their designs instead of code.

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3 years ago

An online quiz that coaches people on how to fix common email issues, like how to read email on your phone

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3 years ago

In 2014, the number of accepted startups from Y Combinator had tripled since launching in the summer of 2010.

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3 years ago

A startup that offers a “cultural concierge” service, offering cultural advice and recommendations to companies.

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3 years ago

A delivery platform for healthcare and medical devices that is currently available in Philadelphia only.

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3 years ago

Kamal is building a chat-based service where people can trade in-game items for cash (or other in-game items) and sell them in a marketplace. The company already has $1 million in funding from Y Combinator’s Paul Buchheit, 500 Startups and Play Ventures, and is looking for $3 million to $5 million in Series A funding.

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3 years ago

A company that would like to be the one-stop shop for a variety of financial products, including investment, investment advice, and insurance. The startup wants to help people make better financial decisions.

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3 years ago

A startup that allows users to upload an image, mark it as a crime scene, and send it to the police. It’s in the very early stages.

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3 years ago

A startup for event planners, meaning that instead of organizers having to find venues, they can say “I’m hiring for this event” and then have a venue finder come to the organizer and match them with the best space.

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3 years ago

The app wants to help people hire a cleaning crew. The startup is different from others in the space in that it doesn’t just do cleaning, but also handles administration to help cut costs.

57

3 years ago

A tool that helps people budget by using a spreadsheet of their monthly income, expenses, and other factors.

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3 years ago

After launching in the US in July of 2018, the startup wants to launch in Canada in late 2019. The startup’s founders say that their app helps you find the cheapest Uber rides as well as the best deals on flights, hotels, and restaurants and much more.

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3 years ago

Say goodbye to the physical shopping cart. Instead, this startup is using the phone’s GPS and cameras to track an item’s journey and build a shopping list, which is later synced to a digital shopping list.

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3 years ago

A social network for digital nomads that connects them with local businesses and visa-free cities.

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3 years ago

A company that helps banks manage their lending, which they believe can save banks $7 billion while also trying to move away from the traditional bank gatekeeper role.

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3 years ago

A tool that allows users to search the web and find words that they can't remember. The startup says it has already found over 1,000 terms and is working towards a database of over 10,000.

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3 years ago

This startup is building a way to stream live TV to your computer screen, adding the capability to pause and rewind. It’s a way to watch live TV on a computer, a feature that hasn’t been available until now.

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3 years ago

A “SaaS” that lets you run an ad campaign for any business on Google and Facebook, for free.

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2 years ago

A startup that allows people to create a private network with a custom URL, for private group chat. A chat room or “discord” could be created, with access tied to a specific email address, or linked to a username.

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2 years ago

An insurance company that will let workers buy into a plan at the same time as their employer, but it’s only available to workers who are already employed.

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4 years ago

A startup that streamlines the filing of patents and trademarks into a single, easy-to-use platform.

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4 years ago

This company is working on a “P2P” trading platform for the long-tail of penny stocks. What sets it apart from other trading platforms is that it’s built on a distributed ledger rather than a traditional database, meaning that it can respond to market fluctuations in real time.

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4 years ago

A startup that helps you find the right supplier in a given category, with the ability to see what other customers have paid and what they’ve paid for. It’s able to find suppliers in the US and Canada, and is currently testing in the UK.

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4 years ago

This is a company that offers a credit card for people who don’t have a credit score, and has already received over $1 million in funding from some big investors, including YCombinator, Peter Thiel, and Andreessen Horowitz.

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4 years ago

A startup that provides enterprise-level services for creating, managing, and sharing digital content, including video. It’s partnered with Adobe, Salesforce, and LinkedIn.

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4 years ago

A free, ad-free, and un-nudged newsreader for iOS.

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4 years ago

A digital automated parking solution for cities that lets drivers pay for their parking in advance, much like Zipcar.

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4 years ago

A platform that aims to bring “authentic, personalized experiences to the masses.” The company’s first product, a chatbot called Rosa, is meant to help take on the Facebook Messenger bot monopoly and is already used by a number of companies.

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4 years ago

A company that assists small, local businesses obtain loans. The company doesn’t lend money itself, but instead works with other lenders to provide them with the data they need to be able to make their own loan decisions.

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4 years ago

Want to add an app to your phone It’s simple. The company’s app is built on a white label platform that lets companies build their own branded apps for Android and iOS.

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3 years ago

The startup offers a new way to take notes in your browser. It’s a note adding service, but consumers can also use it for collaborative taking of notes. The startup is also working on a new version of its app that’s a bit like Evernote, but for webpages and notes.

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3 years ago

“Find a product or service that fits your needs and create a custom experience in minutes instead of days or weeks.” The company will automatically match users with the best online seller or service.

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3 years ago

A company that helps advertisers understand the demographics of the videos they’re running on Facebook. They’re currently working with 7 companies including Comcast, Nissan, and Advicent.

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3 years ago

A tool for web developers to get an in-depth understanding of how readers are viewing their websites, and how to improve them.

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3 years ago

Hedere uses a mobile app to help people make decisions about their health. The startup’s founder, a physician, helped people manage their health and make decisions through an iPad app.

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3 years ago

A startup that helps people get around cities quickly by intelligently routing their rides using real-time data from the roads and traffic.

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3 years ago

The goal of this startup is to collect a network of people who can help students navigate the world of college admissions, from financial aid to college visits. The company wants to lower the amount of money students spend on college and make admissions decisions more transparent.

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3 years ago

A digital distribution platform for publishers. The startup houses ad inventory for publishers who want to sell ads on their website, and pays publishers a cut of the revenue each month based on how many ads the publisher sells

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3 years ago

A software platform that brings the functionality of a CRM and sales management tool to your Facebook ads.

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3 years ago

A startup that builds predictive analytics for retailers. The startup helps retailers understand how consumers are shopping, and how to better target them with ads.

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3 years ago

This startup is looking to bring the same capabilities to designing and building desktop UI’s that we have seen in mobile apps. The company says it can design and deliver a UI in under a day and has already delivered over 200 UI’s for companies like Google and Facebook.

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3 years ago

A “virtual assistant” startup that aims to make it easier to hire virtual assistants and get more out of them by making it easier for them to schedule their own time. The startup is currently hiring, and is looking for a head of operations.

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3 years ago

A collection of tools that helps advertisers track mobile users across various platforms, including mobile web, mobile apps, and social media. The startup helps people find the right audiences to be targeted on various platforms.

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3 years ago 1 views

Telematic is an online distribution platform that turns any online-based seller into an actual physical retail store. It’s a bit like Overstock or Ebay or Amazon, but instead of buying an item through an online-based website, you can actually buy the item in a physical store. The company was founded in 2016.

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3 years ago

The company is building a tool for publishers to track their traffic and find the most effective places to advertise.

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3 years ago 1 views

A startup that wants to take the “ieatcookies” concept of delivery startups, and instead focus on food delivery for people with diabetes. The company’s founders say that in the past year they’ve already seen over 3 million “clicks” on their website.

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3 years ago

A mobile-first application that brings “real-time” travel recommendations to the road. The startup says it routes travelers based on “where the traffic is going” and “where the traffic is not”, and can even suggest alternate routes, saving time and money.

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3 years ago

A platform for the sharing of apartment listings and rental properties, with a focus on the UK. Rental one is currently effective in the UK, Canada and Australia.

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3 years ago

A company that makes an app for parents and teachers to track children's homework and assignments, in addition to providing a digital library of school materials.

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3 years ago

A startup that tries to get customers to book their deliveries in advance to reduce delivery times.

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3 years ago

This startup is “making it so that you can get a cup of coffee with a tip on the app” by using the app to order coffee, order ahead, and tip.

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3 years ago

WorkWeek is a robo-advisor for freelancers, offering asset management and tax services for small business owners.

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3 years ago

A financial advisor’s software that automates trading and market analysis.

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3 years ago

This startup is building a content delivery network for clearing the clutter of ad blockers for publishers.

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3 years ago 1 views

A startup that helps merchants sell their products on Amazon. The startup has already worked with half a dozen e-commerce sites, and currently has six clients.

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3 years ago

A SaaS platform that helps businesses adopt, and deliver, digital products. It aims to help companies accelerate their digital transformation while making it easier to adopt and operate new technology.

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3 years ago

A platform for building and monetizing web-based mobile games. It’s also building a web-based platform for marketing games, with an emphasis on in-app advertising.

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3 years ago

A platform that helps health insurance companies and employers manage benefits. The platform, called Medi-Advantage, helps companies set up and manage health plans.

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3 years ago

Robotic Process Automation (RPA) is a technology that has been around for a while. RPA is software that runs the work of a specific job, like a bank teller or a stock trader, instead of a person. The goal is to free up people to do other tasks while allowing businesses to free up IT resources.

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3 years ago

This startup is trying to create an alternative to VC funding. Instead of taking a piece of equity, investors pay a fee that is locked in for the entire life of the company.

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3 years ago

The startup will bring Airbnb-style rentals to the B2B, letting landlords advertise and manage properties all through a centralized site.

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3 years ago

In the spring of 2015, Y Combinator launched a branch in San Francisco as its first outside of Silicon Valley. It also expanded its new branch to Berlin, London, Toronto, and Madrid. By 2017, Y Combinator said it had over 150 active startups on its program.

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3 years ago

A platform that allows businesses to upload and show off their products from a central place, where the users can browse, buy, and share the goods.

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3 years ago

A way to streamline international money transfers, with the startup claiming to already have $25 million in deals in place.

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3 years ago

A “on-demand” school that lets you pick up a tute and then drop it off when you’re done. The company recently closed a $1.5 million round of funding, and will likely be headed for an IPO soon.

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3 years ago

A dating app for those who’ve never had sex, for those who haven’t in a while, for those with certain medical conditions, for those who don’t want to meet up with people they don’t know well. It’s currently in the pre-launch stage, with a new version launching in August.

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3 years ago

A startup founded by MIT graduate students that’s working on a way to build robots with human-like dexterity.

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3 years ago

A global platform to help small businesses find good talent. As of the end of July, the startup had 15,000 job offers on the platform.

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3 years ago

A company that makes heavy machinery that’s capable of moving larger loads, like concrete, gravel and sand.

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3 years ago

A healthcare startup that wants to help biotech companies test new drug combinations in mice, instead of relying on elite clinical trials. The startup uses 2D and 3D cell cultures to test the effects of possible drug combinations on the mice.

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3 years ago

A startup that’s trying to build a single platform that wants to aggregate all of the world’s PhDs and turn them into “the world’s most advanced, most productive, most intuitive, and most connected PhD community”.

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3 years ago

A company that has been building products for hospitals and other medical organizations for a decade. They have built products such as a bedside scanner that tracks a patient’s vital signs and charts, and patient-specific drug dispensers.

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3 years ago

A startup that helps companies expand their reach on Facebook by purchasing advertising in the News Feed.

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2 years ago

A startup that helps manufacturers with the production of custom furniture. The startup wants to help manufacturers build furniture that can be made with a 3D printer. The startup is looking for real-estate spaces in the US for its manufacturing plants.

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2 years ago

This is an IoT service for refrigerators, helping to automatically adjust the temperature as food is cooked and stored.

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5 years ago

Idea: A startup that helps students and recent grads find and apply for jobs The target market is students who are pretty much guaranteed to get a job, but the startup’s ambitions are much larger

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5 years ago

Idea: A startup for organizing course reading materials, meant to help students read more.

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5 years ago

Idea: Improving the quality of a person’s handwriting by training them to write on a special kind of paper. The startup says they can help 80% of all adults improve their handwriting.

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4 years ago

A software company building a web platform for small businesses to use for marketing and sales, with many of its customers already using Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. The company claims it’s already had over 1,000 customers sign up to use its platform, and has raised $1.2 million.

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A platform for companies to give their employees mobile access to work from home, like Slack, which lets them access their emails and files. It’s already in use by over 300 companies.

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4 years ago

A “payroll for the sharing economy” where companies can hire independent contractors with a more flexible relationship with customers and company. The company claims it’s cheaper, faster, and easier than traditional payroll systems.

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4 years ago

A company that creates an app to help you catch up on reading. It’s a bookmarking service, but rather than bookmarking just one page, users can bookmark an entire book.

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4 years ago

A company that helps bank customers transfer money to friends and family in Mexico, paying them in pesos at about a 1% fee, as opposed to the 3% fee for a traditional money transfer.

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4 years ago

This company is in beta with a proof-of-concept product they built to make it easier for people to sign up for a newsletter. The startup offers free accounts, and then charges a small fee to advertisers.

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4 years ago

Siri is a personal assistant that learns your needs, and notifies you when it needs additional information. The startup is building a social network in which you can connect with other users that are a similar level of expertise to you. The team was also behind the now defunct

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4 years ago

A way for companies and startups to build their own crowdfunding platforms for crowdfunding without having to deal with the headache of building a website.

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4 years ago

A startup that provides a financial advisor service for freelancers and employees, which allows them to manage their own investments, doing their own research and managing their own portfolio, in exchange for a small commission.

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4 years ago

Designed for buyers of consumer electronics, this product helps users compare prices across hundreds of online retailers. The software scans thousands of consumer product listings from over 30,000 online retailers from all over the world. The company says it is already being used by over 1 million shoppers in the U.S.

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3 years ago

In addition to the awards, IGNITE will also award $10,000 in equity to each winner to seed a new startup.

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3 years ago

A platform that helps people find and make connections with other people based on what they’re interested in. The company says they’ve already built a network with over 1,000 active users, and they have a big presence at tech conferences like YC.

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3 years ago

A medical device company that wants to make it easier for people to order medical supplies through their cellphones. The startup is already shipping its devices to doctors and hospitals.

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3 years ago

A platform that lets the company’s members trade stocks without the distraction of on-screen trading.

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3 years ago

A digital platform for matching philanthropists who want to give their time to charities. It claims to be international in scope and that it has already funded over 100 projects.

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3 years ago

An alternative to traditional social network sites for content curation, letting users create and share “micro-content” in smaller, more digestible chunks.

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3 years ago

An AI-powered tool for social media marketers, allowing them to increase the reach of their posts, and filling in all of the gaps in the traditional social media marketing process.

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3 years ago

A platform for startup founders to raise capital in a new way. Their pitch is that their platform is bringing transparency and efficiency to angel investing. Instead of a typical deal where a startup founder gets 50% of the company’s future equity, they offer equity up front as well as a stake in the company’s future profits.

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3 years ago

On-demand dry cleaning service with a secret weapon: an advanced algorithm that identifies stains and cleans them without damaging fabrics.

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3 years ago

A platform for selling and buying custom made furniture. With the startup, homeowners can design and order furniture by uploading a 3D file or by choosing from over 1,000 furniture designs from other users.

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3 years ago

A startup building a way for academic scientists to focus their work more on research and less on data management. The startup aims to reduce human errors in lab work and make scientific research more efficient.

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3 years ago

A startup provider, where subscribers can get their hands on a curated list of products based on their preferences, instead of having to sift through so many options.

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3 years ago

A startup that helps arbitrage traders figure out where in the world to invest. The startup is backed by Y Combinator alum Sam Altman, who invested in the company’s seed round in November 2018.

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3 years ago

A startup that allows brands to upload customized videos, targeted at customer segments.

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3 years ago

A company that lets you buy the right to use someone else’s content online. Upon buying the license, you can upload your own content, and it can appear as though it were created by the original author.

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3 years ago

A startup building a cloud-based platform for businesses to manage their supply chains. The company, based in Tel Aviv, has already built a platform for 14 companies and is now expanding.

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3 years ago

A startup that analyzes the overall health of a hospital and its staff. This startup helps hospital management and leaders understand how to correct a failing hospital.

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3 years ago

A new way for people to buy and sell goods and services that’s built for the Snapchat generation. Rather than the traditional auction-style marketplaces, the startup is looking to create a “Buy It Now” marketplace.

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3 years ago

A startup that aims to bring the benefits of group health insurance to the individual market. It’s the first “individual product” on the market that looks to help individual consumers afford insurance, and the company plans to have a full product ready within the next year.

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3 years ago

A platform that matches drivers with loads and routes, and drivers with loads. The startup focuses on drivers who want to earn extra income, and it has been operating for the past three years.

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3 years ago

A startup that creates a way to make ad-free music from a smartphone

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3 years ago 1 views

A platform that helps companies and brands launch their own store on Amazon.com. The startup is already operating the first store, The Real, which sells apparel and jewelry.

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3 years ago

This is a text messaging app that lets you call and text your friends and family directly from your phone. It’s like the Snapchat app, only instead of sharing photos or videos, it’s sharing texts. The startup makes money by charging a small percentage of the transaction.

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3 years ago

A pay-as-you-go carpool network that lets you share your car instead of buying one outright.

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3 years ago

The startup provides a platform for people to design apps that allows users to draw on the screen, taking advantage of the fact that they’re drawing with a touch screen.

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3 years ago

A startup that allows users to search through a database of common information like addresses and phone numbers.

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3 years ago

The company wants to let anyone purchase custom-made items in-store, on their phone.

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3 years ago

A platform for creators of custom-made products to sell their wares to other manufacturers.

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3 years ago

A platform to connect vendors, retailers and brands with brand ambassadors

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3 years ago

A business that’s trying to solve the problem of companies that want to put their payroll in the cloud but don’t want to deal with the headaches that come with it.

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3 years ago

A company that helps small companies take advantage of the power of digital, including tools that allow them to collect online payments and see how clients are doing.

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3 years ago

An AI that can tell when you’re faking emotions on social media, to help advertisers figure out how to reach you.

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3 years ago

A company that wants to help businesses send sales people on the road more efficiently by creating a one-stop shop for expense tracking, sales, and marketing reports.

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3 years ago

A tool that helps users apply their own keyword filters to any pre-existing website and organize their content into spreadsheets to make them more searchable. Just as Google can find your search history and make predictions about what you’re looking for, the tool analyzes your website and makes predictive suggestions.

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3 years ago

This startup is building a consumer-grade 3D printer, the first in the consumer space to use stereolithography. The company is using its own designs to make the first consumer-grade 3D printer to use stereolithography, a process that builds one object from multiple smaller ones.

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3 years ago

A platform for small businesses to manage and grow their online presence. It’s an online platform that allows local businesses to create a website, a blog, and ads. It also handles payment processing, inventory management and customer service.

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3 years ago

HeadSpace is a device that helps people deal with the stresses of daily life, like getting back to work after a long vacation or losing a loved one. It's been around since 2016 and is currently only available on iOS.

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3 years ago

A startup that aims to capture big data from the internet and turn it into knowledge about people, allowing companies to target advertisements at specific audiences. It’s “Siri for big data.”

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2 years ago

A platform that helps farmers sell fruit and vegetables in the United States, Mexico, and Canada.

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2 years ago

A mobile app that allows users to send money to a phone number or email address.

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2 years ago

A user-friendly mobile app that tracks your health and fitness, and lets you get immediate advice from your doctor.

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2 years ago

A company that uses artificial intelligence to let people find the books they’re looking for online, often by scanning through the titles of the books they’ve already purchased.

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2 years ago

"a collaborative research platform for advanced manufacturing tech", which is building a “virtual 3D environment and virtual manufacturing environment where engineers can design, simulate, and simulate and design.”

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2 years ago

The average American spends $40,000 annually on their car, and this startup wants to help people save that money with self-driving cars, made possible by a partnership with Uber.

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2 years ago

Pitchfork is a food delivery app that works like UberEats, but instead of food, you’re getting a curated package of music (from artists like Father John Misty and Run the Jewels).

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2 years ago

A startup that allows you to instantly create a video of any question posed to you. It’s already used by Wall Street Journal’s video team and the company says it has over 500,000 users.

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2 years ago

Another app that’s built a toolset that allows for better collaboration between teams. The startup was built to help teams collaborate more effectively so they’re not switching between email threads on Slack.

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2 years ago

A new kind of car rental and insurance company that’s already signed up 500 customers in the UK and has 20,000 annual members.

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5 years ago

Idea: Fastest P2P Crypto Trading Exchange

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5 years ago

Idea: Automate Admissions at top Entrepreneurial Universities

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5 years ago

Idea: A startup that helps agencies and consultants close deals with more confidence. The startup was founded in India, and is already seeing traction in that country.

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5 years ago

Idea: A startup helping businesses in emerging markets manage inventory and orders using a mobile app and a desktop dashboard. The founders say they’ve already signed more than 50 customers in the past month (and have been accepted to Y Combinator,) and that the business has been profitable since it launched at the end of May.

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4 years ago

A startup for the sale of used cars in the US. The company says it’s already created a marketplace that matches dealers with customers, and says it’s already sold over 20,000 cars.

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4 years ago

The platform is designed to help businesses get more information on the health of their employees. It’s an online portal where employers can upload their employee data and employees can upload their own.

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4 years ago

A tool that helps human resources departments and HR leaders manage their compensation packages, including offering benefits and compensation. The platform helps companies manage the entire process of compensation, including the stack and data management.

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4 years ago

A startup that acts as a personal finance advisor for your grandparents, helping them make informed decisions about money and retirement

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4 years ago

The leader in U.S. patent litigation,

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A startup that helps brands track and measure their digital advertising effectiveness. They’re hoping to help brands (like Amazon or Walmart) pay for ads in real-time so they can better understand what’s working and why, and use that information to make better decisions in the future.

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3 years ago

A data platform that allows companies to better understand how their customers interact with their products, so they can adapt them to their needs.

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3 years ago

A tool for home-based business owners to manage all aspects of their online presence, such as: online stores, social media, advertising, marketing, and more.

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3 years ago

A startup that is building a way to mine cryptocurrency without using any electricity. The company says its technology is 10,000 times more efficient than that of a traditional bitcoin miner.

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3 years ago

A startup that allows you to quickly connect to a unique person or company by linking your email address to the other person’s.

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3 years ago

This startup is building an AI-based personal assistant that can read texts, emails and chat messages, and help you organize your day.

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3 years ago

The founders of this app want to build a tool for managing digital feedback. Instead of emailing feedback to a manager or leaving a comment on a blog post, users can send feedback directly to a specific employee, and the app’s smart algorithms will automatically highlight the most important parts of each comment so the employee can see it, reply to it, and move on without having to read through unnecessary comments.

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3 years ago

A tool for managing and administering email campaigns, based on a free-to-use API. The company says the software is meant to be simple and easy to use, with no learning curve.

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3 years ago

A tool for letting people track the amount of time it takes for their ideas to be converted into action. It’s an interesting concept for a startup, but has already run into problems with privacy.

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3 years ago

A company that makes digital maps that can be edited by users, then uploaded to the web.

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3 years ago

A program that allows individuals to pay for the services of a licensed freelance designer, in advance. The startup takes care of everything from design to publishing on the web.

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3 years ago

A media company created by people who’ve been burned by the time, energy, and money they’ve spent on traditional content-management tools. The company is working to build a new type of content management platform for the podcast industry.

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3 years ago

Helping U.S. companies manage their risk, similar to how Schwab fills this role for traditional financial services firms.

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3 years ago

This startup is building an AI-powered law firm. The company is hiring legal research engineers, data scientists and analysts, and an HR tech lead.

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3 years ago

An ad hoc tool for hiring freelance designers, using the startup’s proprietary algorithm to make sure you’re not overpaying.

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3 years ago

This startup is building a real-time streaming analytics platform for retailers to track their store visitors and catch any patterns that could lead to e-commerce profit.

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3 years ago

A startup that lets you earn money renting out your car. The startup wants to replace the traditional mechanic model with one in which you can rent out your car while you’re away, receiving payment via a monthly subscription.

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3 years ago

A platform that allows people to share their photos, videos, and stories in a more social setting. The startup is meant for people who want to share their stories but aren’t comfortable with the “traditional” media.

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3 years ago

A new way to view ads in the mobile app world. The startup uses a new technology called “visual search” to allow users to swipe through ads, rather than the traditional method of text-searching ads. It’s being tested with a few companies.

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3 years ago

A platform that connects brands with influencers. The company uses algorithms to identify influencers, then lets brands place ads on their channels and get paid per impression.

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3 years ago

A tool for agencies and marketers that lets them create personalized video ads for brands. The startup’s first product is a video ad campaign-management tool that’s in beta with a handful of clients.

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3 years ago

An ad-tech startup that specializes in buying and selling mobile video ads.

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3 years ago

This startup is looking to help companies in the B2B space generate leads by using machine learning to predict where they’ll make the best profit.

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3 years ago

This startup helps companies manage their admin jobs through an integrated commerce platform, with a focus on “value-added” services like tax preparation and accounting.

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3 years ago

A B2B platform for the legal cannabis industry in Canada. The company is trying to help companies with the “complex web of regulations” that govern legal cannabis.

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3 years ago

The goal is to improve the educational experience for self-driving car engineers by replacing the monotonous work of copying and pasting data into a spreadsheet with the more creative task of creating a 3D model.

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3 years ago

"Philadelphia is a hotbed of tech startups, with more than its fair share of innovators. But with so many talented people hitting the streets, it can be hard to distinguish the real innovators from the pretenders." - Philadelphia Magazine

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3 years ago

A way for people to set up their own eCommerce sites and sell products that they’ve made themselves. The app is designed to be easy to set up, with a drag & drop interface that lets you set up your product listings and pricing.

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3 years ago

A social media platform that allows users to broadcast online without the need for a network connection, the founders claim it’s the first of its kind.

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3 years ago

A company that builds software for building logistics supply chains. It’s a fairly traditional API for supply chain management.

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3 years ago

A toolset to help crowdfunding campaigns implement “native advertising”. Launched in December 2015.

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3 years ago

A startup that promises to deliver the “cheapest tickets in the city” for all events, from concerts to movie screenings. The startup has made its money off selling tickets to events that would have been sold out.

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3 years ago

A startup that’s building a “psychographic” screening system for digital ads. The system will be able to determine a user’s gender, age, and even their preferred color.

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3 years ago

A software company that lets people register their email addresses on all the different websites they use so they can automatically receive notifications when they’re mentioned on the internet.

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2 years ago

A startup that’s building an enterprise-grade video conferencing solution. They say they’re all about offering “the highest quality video in the industry” at a price point that’s “competitive with Skype but still affordable for business.”

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2 years ago

A startup that helps doctors and patients communicate more effectively by sending text messages to your phone. The startup is in the testing phase, but it already has some clients.

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2 years ago

A startup that uses AI to make sure that your workout equipment is always ready to use and in good condition.

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2 years ago

A company that makes door hardware, like locks and deadbolts, with an app that helps people find the nearest store carrying their products.

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2 years ago

An Amazon-like book buying platform for consumers, helping people find books about anything, read them, and talk about them.

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2 years ago

This startup is building a product so that people who have multiple email addresses can easily switch between them.

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2 years ago

A platform that allows businesses to build their own credit card reader for accepting credit cards and bitcoin. It will be a combination of hardware and software.

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2 years ago

A leaders-app for team members, meant to make it easier to stay connected to the people who make them great. They have an existing startup that they’ve been working with for over a year, and they’re currently in talks with YC as a potential advisor.

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2 years ago

A personalized investment service for teens that connects them to independent financial advisors offering advice, education and guidance.

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2 years ago

This startup helps people to organize their photos on their phones, using a to-do list to edit and add filters to the images.

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5 years ago

A startup that sells clothes designed by students of fashion schools and helps them get exposure and eventually graduate from design school

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5 years ago

Idea: A startup that helps people find and fill out the paperwork needed to set up a business in the US. The startup says it’s already connecting people to over 50 different service providers and it plans to extend its services to other countries.

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4 years ago

A machine learning-based system that can predict the viability of a potential investment in minutes, rather than the weeks it takes traditional gatekeepers.

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4 years ago

A tool for helping companies quickly build their own email marketing campaigns. The startup helps businesses with their email marketing needs and is already working with companies like The New Republic and The New York Times.

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4 years ago

This startup is building a simple service for sending and receiving payments that are cheaper and faster than the traditional option. The startup is focused on being a cheaper and faster alternative for peer-to-peer payments in developing markets.

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4 years ago

An advertising company that provides a platform for publishers, brands and non-profits to advertise on social media platforms.

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4 years ago

This startup is building an online tool for lenders to help them evaluate borrowers. The startup is already working with 15 lending partners, including Capital One and Citizens Bank.

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3 years ago

A B2B marketplace for buying and selling financial instruments. The company charges a fee per trade, with a minimum trade amount of $75.

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3 years ago

A startup that helps out-of-towners find good food and drink near their temporary address.

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3 years ago

In an effort to better understand the impact of its product, Yext is conducting real-time behavioral tracking tests of its software and the effects of it being installed on the web. Yext already has a number of users and revenue from companies like Airbnb, Pinterest, and Yelp.

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3 years ago

A startup that’s building a decentralized system for digital advertising, which they say is able to reach nearly a billion users without paying any fees.

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3 years ago

A way to send money to people who don’t have bank accounts, or have a different bank account than you. Users can buy prepaid cards, which they then load money to.

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3 years ago

A startup that helps employers build “vacation-ready” employee benefits.

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3 years ago

A company that’s building a platform to make it easier for people to manage their home security, with a hub that’s meant to support additional hardware over time.

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3 years ago

A Slack bot that helps find the cheapest gas station within a given radius of a user’s location.

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3 years ago

A startup that lets you upload an image and text and automatically turns it into a professional-looking business card.

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3 years ago

A business-to-business platform that helps small businesses, who can’t afford all the overhead of a big company like QuickBooks, manage their finances.

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3 years ago

A tool for building mobile apps that integrates with iOS’s Address Book. It’s working on integrating with other apps to let you see profile pictures, and eventually on making profiles a real-time system for figuring out who’s around.

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3 years ago

This startup is working on a service that promises to create a digitized version of your personal library, which you can then share with friends to read, sync with Dropbox, or print.

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3 years ago

A startup that’s building a new way to share photos, allowing multiple people to upload a single photo, and then all share the same version of that picture.

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3 years ago

This startup is building a full-stack, enterprise-grade software platform for gaming that can be embedded into other businesses. Reasons for this include the growing e-sports market and the fact that there are now more than 1.5 million gamers, with a projected growth rate of 50% a year.

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3 years ago

A startup that helps access control systems integrate with your smartphone. The startup, which was founded in June, is based in the DC area, and has already built a marketplace for hardware, and is working on an API to integrate the system into your phone.

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3 years ago

The most popular city for the founders of the top 50 startups, based on talking to founders, was New York. The city was home to 10% of the startups and the rest are spread across the US, including Silicon Valley and Seattle.

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3 years ago

A brand of online auctions and marketplaces for peer-to-peer trading of assets, with a focus on real estate, cars, and other items that can be traded around their used condition.

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3 years ago

A startup that plans to build a trip-planning mobile app. The company says it has already built its own app and is looking to a Kickstarter campaign to raise capital to build it further and bring it to market.

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3 years ago

A new way to pay for coffee. Instead of paying for a cup of coffee with cash, consumers can enter their credit card information to pay for their coffee and the coffee shop will take care of the rest. The product is as a credit card payment processing platform, and the company claims that “millions” of coffee shops are already using Credit Card Coffee.

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3 years ago

A CPG startup making a product called "Coffee.io" that uses the same smartphone-based sensor technology as Fitbit, but with coffee instead of steps.

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3 years ago

A platform for the digital advertising industry to connect the people who bid on media space with the ones who need to buy it.

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3 years ago

A social network for fitness groups, built around “identifying areas of strength, improving weaknesses and celebrating victories”. The startup says they have more than 3,000 members, many of whom are already using the app for yoga, dance and other types of physical training.

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3 years ago

A cloud-based platform for ordering deliveries, with a service that is about 70% cheaper than the traditional delivery companies and offers the same level of service. The startup plans to take on the same delivery service companies that Uber and Lyft are up against.

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3 years ago

A platform for college students to sell and trade textbooks, with an emphasis on supporting students who want to cut costs and get the book right away.

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3 years ago

Instead of having to buy an expensive hardware device to measure your blood pressure, they’re going to come out with a $10 smartphone app that works off of a few sensors. The startup aims to reduce the cost of healthcare by getting more people to use the device.

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3 years ago

Another app aimed at helping SMBs get started with sales and marketing. The app brings together a customer’s contact lists, notes, quotes, and leads and allows them to be organized into a CRM-like system.

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3 years ago

An online marketplace for the sharing of cars. Carpool is already in cities in the US and Europe, but the founders want to expand it to Africa and Asia.

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3 years ago

A tool that helps people keep track of their personal finances. It’s a mobile app that syncs with a bank’s website, so you can see your balances and read transactions on your phone.

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3 years ago

An online platform to aid in online dating, with members paying to boost their profile and get access to special features. The startup says it’s already got over 1,000 users and is growing at about 40 percent month.

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3 years ago

An artificial intelligence-powered virtual assistant that can read through and learn from text, making suggestions to improve.

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3 years ago

A robo-advisor for youngsters to help them save for an education.

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3 years ago

A Realtor who wants to disrupt the housing market by building a platform that allows anyone to create homes online and sell them with a “low overhead single-property model.”

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3 years ago

This startup wants to bring the same transparency that’s made credit scores a consumer product to the finance industry. Instead of having to go to your bank every time you want to see how your credit is doing, you can keep track online. The company is privately held.

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3 years ago

A “smart grocery store”, a place where you can buy groceries using a card that’s linked to your membership, and then pay for them using cash or a card of your choice. The checkout process is designed to be more efficient than the one you’d get at a traditional grocery store, with the goal being to get your groceries home faster.

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3 years ago

A “social shopping” app, built around the idea that “we are more likely to buy from brands that we already like.”

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3 years ago

A startup that’s building a “cloud-based” drug testing service. The startup’s first product uses a small adhesive patch that costs $5, but works like a pregnancy test.

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3 years ago

Startup that wants to make enterprise-grade digital file storage easier, faster, and cheaper for businesses.

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3 years ago

A B2B platform that helps inbound marketing teams find, track, and optimize their campaigns. The company’s founders say that they’re already working with over 40 teams, and that they’re looking to find an additional 50 customers by the end of the year.

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3 years ago

The startups that passed through YC at the time of the application deadline can’t apply to the accelerator again.

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3 years ago

This is a real-time marketplace for barbers, similar to services such as Uber and Lyft. The startup wants to make getting a haircut as easy as ordering a ride, but with the added benefit of being able to share photos of the finished product.

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3 years ago

A way for developers to create more seamlessly integrated apps. Instead of having to use a bunch of different APIs, developers can build an app that has a single API that can be used by multiple platforms.

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3 years ago

A startup that puts an “Uber for ride-sharing” model on demand delivery. The company’s app works with an Uber-like network of drivers to get you to any address in the city.

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3 years ago

A mobile-first, ad-free social community for professionals who want to get in shape and stay healthy.

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3 years ago

With YC’s latest batch, they’ve reduced the number of people accepted into the program to 20, down from 23. The startups have also opted out of their previous program model, in which they accepted a number of companies and invested in all but one, and instead will only accept one company in the summer (with the possibility of two in the winter).

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3 years ago

This platform is meant to be a place where people can express their political beliefs and have conversations that they otherwise might not have had.

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3 years ago

An investment management startup that creates a service for giving financial advice to everyday people.

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3 years ago

This startup builds digital credentials for teens and young adults at risk of dropping out of high school, aiming to help them learn essential skills like reading and math, improve their confidence, and help them graduate. It’s being used in Washington D.C. and in schools in the Bronx.

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2 years ago

A Y Combinator-backed startup that helps people get their dogs and cats spayed or neutered to encourage pet adoption.

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2 years ago

Royalty takes a piece of content from a creator, pays them for each time it’s viewed, and then gives them a cut of the proceeds from the ads that come with it.

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2 years ago

A financial services platform that connects small businesses with traditional banks and alternative finance providers.

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2 years ago

A startup that helps all of their customers maintain their own retail floor space. The company’s website says that “Retailers like Starbucks, Macy’s, and Best Buy have already signed up”.

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2 years ago

“A support system for entrepreneurs”. HelpMee is an online community where entrepreneurs can seek advice and help.

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2 years ago

A startup that wants to build a better way to manage and organize documents. The company wants to build a system for managing documents and files similar to Dropbox, but for documents instead of pictures.

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5 years ago

A startup that provides tutoring services for students so that they can get better grades and get into better colleges

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5 years ago

Idea: A platform to bring great coffee to everyone, everywhere The startup is building a barista-grade coffee brewing system using the Nespresso capsule format The company says it has $8,500 in monthly recurring revenue

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4 years ago

An online platform for customers to sell their used cars and trucks and get paid cash for them. The startup says it’s already working with over 1,000 dealerships nationwide.

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4 years ago

Platform for sending and receiving invoices, payments and bills, making sure you never miss a payment or payment deadline again.

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4 years ago

An idea to transform the world’s traditional volunteer work into a more efficient, tech-savvy model.

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4 years ago

This company is trying to make it easier for consumers to get the medical treatment they need from any doctor in a hospital. They’re starting in the US and Canada, with plans to expand to other countries.

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4 years ago

A startup that adds a layer of socialization and shaping to video games, allowing users to interact with other players and build group communities, while also allowing gamers to “build a real world persona” in the game.

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4 years ago

A startup that wants to use AI to help companies understand and predict human emotion, potentially improving the way they advertise, design products, and market their services and products.

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3 years ago

This startup is building a platform to help increase worker productivity and better manage workloads.

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3 years ago

"Idea" is a weekly feature on The Verge's technology podcast, The Vergecast. Every week, we ask a question about a company or a topic at the intersection of technology and culture. You can listen to previous episodes here . You can read more about the show at our dedicated hub . You can reach us at [email protected]

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3 years ago

A startup that wants to create a machine learning API that allows people to upload data sets and then easily get recommendations on what to change.

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3 years ago

This startup is selling a credit card for online shoppers with a low interest rate, and pays users back only when they charge things. The startup is based in the UK, has a team of five, and has already closed $1 million in funding from investors.

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3 years ago

An alternative to the email marketing industry, which is facing the threat of email overload. The company is building an email marketing solution that helps business send fewer but more targeted campaigns.

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3 years ago

A video delivery platform for video creators. Through the platform, you can upload and share videos, embed videos, and embed audio. The platform is designed to encourage sharing of all types of video, be it a cat video or a corporate video.

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3 years ago

A tool for construction companies to create a database of all their trade-in vehicles, which are then easily exported and tracked online.

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3 years ago

This Polish startup aims to make it easier for customers to find rent-controlled apartments in the United States and Canada.

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3 years ago

A digital payments system for businesses that want to make in-app purchases (purchases made within apps) to avoid cashier lines and costs. The

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3 years ago

A startup that wants to make it easier for small businesses to get paid for web traffic, and for advertisers to track the performance of their ad campaigns.

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3 years ago

A startup that provides students with better results from their assignments with a more effective learning process that can be tracked and graded.

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3 years ago

This email marketing startup’s goal is to replace traditional email marketing with a “personalized email experience”, according to its website.

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3 years ago

A new way for businesses to advertise on their website, instead of selling their ad space on a third-party platform.

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3 years ago

An online platform for medical professionals and patients to connect, with a goal of addressing the shortage of primary care physicians in the US with a marketplace for them to find patients.

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3 years ago

Users can send and receive money using the app but want to spend it on apps or other items. Instead, they can use the app to pay people directly, without going through a merchant.

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3 years ago

A financial advisor for small businesses and individuals.

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3 years ago

The startup helps businesses get their facilities ready for an influx of new employees, including hiring and training. They’re based in San Francisco, but they’re expanding to the east coast.

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3 years ago

This startup is building a standalone front-end for premium video ads.

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3 years ago

Another app for managing your Facebook ads in one place. Nicely allows users to organize their campaigns into different tabs, giving them the ability to view analytics, tag custom audiences, and manage their ads from one place.

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3 years ago

This startup is building a tool that allows people to manage their personal finances on their own time, rather than scheduling traditional financial appointments.

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3 years ago

A social network for people with autism. The app is designed to help people with autism find other people with the same diagnosis, offering an interactive forum for people to ask questions and find advice.

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3 years ago

A startup that’s trying to expand the AdSense network so publishers have access to more ad inventory. As an advertiser, you’d be able to select from a variety of ad sizes and formats to maximize your campaigns.

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3 years ago

In 2018, more than half of the companies in Y Combinator had been founded within the previous three years, with many of the companies founded in 2017.

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3 years ago

Best of both worlds, an online marketplace for teachers and a separate classroom management platform. The startup wants to help schools streamline their administrative tasks, ending the need for multiple platforms.

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3 years ago

Building a Slack-like platform for the European market where companies can create their own channels. In the US there’s already a Slack-like company called Slack that has over 9 million users, with a valuation of $2 billion.

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3 years ago

A startup that helps food and beverage companies best gauge the locations of their stores by sending out people (“ambassadors”) to engage with local people and businesses.

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3 years ago

A startup aiming to help small businesses in France provide digital services to existing customers, or those that have already bought goods and services.

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3 years ago

A platform that connects online users with nearby people to attend live events, like conferences and meetups. The startup has already hosted a few events and has a few hundred paid users.

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You can already get Amazon’s Alexa in the car, but this startup wants to take the experience of calling a car to your place to deliver food to a new level. It integrates with UberEats.

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3 years ago

This startup is building out a tool for people who want to start their own real estate investment firm, allowing them to track investments and generate leads without a lot of the administrative overhead of being a real estate agent.

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3 years ago

A free, unlimited, ad-free way to publish a blog in a standard HTML format, using an open source blogging platform.

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3 years ago

A medical grade robot that operates like a vacuum and can lift up to 50 pounds. The robot is used at hospitals, but it can also be used on the farm, in the manufacturing space or in other “high-risk” environments.

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3 years ago

This startup is building a way for people to exchange money via offline stores. Users scan QR codes on the products and the startup takes care of the logistics. The company wants to change the way people pay for things by using their phones instead of cash or credit cards.

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3 years ago

A company that helps real estate agents and brokers build online tools to help them find new leads and build relationships.

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3 years ago 1 views

The startup is building a platform that helps people manage their household chores like laundry, banking, and shopping. It is also building a lead generation platform for the service, which it says will help provide more personal assistants for customers.

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2 years ago

The startup aims to make it easier to hire, train and manage workers in the US and Canada. It’s working with banks to use their data to support its recruiting platform.

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2 years ago

A fashion company that sells “traditional” pieces that aren’t made of plastic. Instead, the products are made of natural materials like cotton, silk and raffia.

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2 years ago

A company that helps customers use Apple's HomeKit to control third-party gadgets.

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2 years ago

A platform for the global pharma industry that allows them to quickly create, test, and upload clinical trials using blockchain technology.

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2 years ago

A platform for college students to buy beer, wine, and liquor. The company says they’ve already started taking pre-orders on their API and working with a handful of college stores across the country.

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4 years ago

An API for building virtual reality apps, as well as a VR headset, as a way to create a new type of “VR search engine”.

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4 years ago

An AI-driven platform for insurance companies to manage customer accounts and bill payments. It will also offer insurers a way to present better offers to their customers. It’s already in the process of signing up a million customers in Brazil.

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4 years ago

A startup that connects financial advisory firms with retiree customers with assets.

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4 years ago

A startup where people can find a nanny or babysitter that matches their needs. The startup charges $20 a month, but they are already working with a few hundred families in the Bay Area.

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3 years ago

A startup that brings the benefits of a “quiet studio” to people who live in buildings that aren’t as soundproofed. The company’s co-founder, who was previously a producer for The BBC, says he uses the studio for “super-advanced brain science and psychology research”.

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3 years ago

A company that aims to make it easier for companies and people to pay for things by using bitcoin. The startup has already had some success, with a half million users, but is still in the process of developing its own wallet.

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3 years ago

A startup for businesses seeking to grow internationally. Companies can connect with a team of remote advisors who help with finance, legal, and operational concerns.

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3 years ago

A new way to take advantage of machine learning and AI to help bankers use data to make more informed decisions, including whether to approve a loan or not. The startup’s free product is aimed at helping banks manage relationships with their customers.

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3 years ago

The startup is building an artificial intelligence assistant for financial advisors.

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3 years ago

A tool that allows users to generate custom documents and spreadsheets.

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3 years ago

A Kickstarter-backed startup that builds medical devices for patients with disabilities. It’s already built a brace for quadriplegics and is gearing up to build a brace for paraplegics.

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3 years ago

A startup for brands to sell their unused ad space, which the startup says is worth $6 billion.

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3 years ago

An online platform that helps small businesses connect with medical experts online to get advice on everything from baby names to medical history questions.

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3 years ago

A tool for helping business owners find the right headhunter to fill a position.

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3 years ago

The startup offers an AI-powered call center that helps businesses address their customer service needs.

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3 years ago

A SaaS startup that aims to streamline the process of buying, selling, and trading real estate. The company is partnering with local real estate agents to help them sell their listings, and is working with Brokers as well to help them with inventory management, and building out a platform that would allow people to have a fractional ownership of a condo or house.

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3 years ago

A platform that helps companies build and broadcast live video from their conference rooms.

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3 years ago

A platform that helps people build and manage their own organically-grown gardens. The app is free and available in the US, Canada and Australia.

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3 years ago

A platform for college students and graduates to rent offices. The company says it has flown over 100,000 students and graduates to over 900 locations around the world.

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3 years ago

A startup that is building out an API for insurance brokers to create customized programs for their clients. The API is meant to allow users to create their own programs, rather than rely on a pre-made package.

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3 years ago

A platform for sharing daily tasks, it’s a little like the old “to-do list” and “agenda” apps, but it is much more flexible, with the ability to start a “task” and add details, like a deadline, location, or notes. It’s a B2B app — it’s aimed at retailers and small companies.

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3 years ago

A Slack-like organization tool for freelancers, with plans to add project management tools and add an API for third-party developers.

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3 years ago

One of the most-followed accounts on Instagram is a personal food blog from a female scout leader, who shares recipes and photos of food. Cookbook.me wants to build a crowdsourced site that crowdsources content from bloggers and chefs.

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3 years ago

A social network for organizations that helps them better communicate, manage and track their projects and the impact they’ve had. Built on top of a powerful AI engine that can monitor, predict, and maximize the effectiveness of a company’s output.

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3 years ago

A startup that is building a ride-hail app for parents to get access to child care facilities and pick up kids from school. Previously, parents had to go to a parent-only school.

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3 years ago

A company that uses cookies to block ads on websites by identifying users who have previously objected to an ad.

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3 years ago

A startup that’s looking to build a new type of digital currency that’s backed by an asset instead of by a bank or government.

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3 years ago

A startup that’s building an online forum for inner-city teens to share advice and work together on creative projects.

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3 years ago

A data-driven app that analyzes your personal and professional data to create a portrait of your strengths and weaknesses. The startup says they’re already doing this for businesses like Cineplex and ACME, among others, and they’re seeking to expand those offerings to consumers.

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3 years ago

This startup is building a tool to help people create and share custom business cards. It’s a DIY model that lets you add in your own graphics, photos, or even animations.

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3 years ago

This is a text editor that works with pictures. The app, which was founded in February, aims to replace the traditional text editor and provide more flexibility for users.

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3 years ago

A content creation platform that allows users to create and share content using a live streaming camera. The startup is currently working on launching a campaign to get their product ready for the US launch.

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3 years ago

A platform for corporate and institutional investors to buy, sell and trade open-end mutual funds. The startup is partnering with Money Management International to create a trade execution platform for brokers and institutional investors.

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3 years ago

A company that helps individuals and businesses track their spending habits to make better, more informed financial decisions. The startup is a spin-off of the world’s largest robo-advisor firm, Betterment, and previously worked on a consumer-focused app.

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3 years ago

A startup that helps users find the best deal on an item from the Shelfie app and then order it from a local retailer. The company says that its app has already been downloaded by over 10,000 people, and that it is on track to reach $1 million in revenue this year.

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3 years ago

An AI app that helps people plan their workout routines and get them to stick to them. The startup, which is aiming to launch in Q3 2019, has already had over $70,000 in funding and has already launched in the UK.

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3 years ago

A tool that helps people track the performance of their e-readers, analyzing which ones are best for them.

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3 years ago

A patent-pending cloud-based system for (1) recruiting and (2) retaining knowledge workers. The startup is working on using social media to connect workers with employers, which it says is more effective at job-hopping than traditional recruiters.

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3 years ago

A startup for local vendors that allows them to advertise their services to potential customers and build a customer base. The company is tracking over $2.2 million in transactions and has over 470 customers.

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3 years ago

A startup that’s building a platform intended to bring more control and customization to the world of laundry detergent. Instead of having to buy the same product over and over again, users can create their own formulas for specific applications.

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3 years ago

The company has a monthly recurring revenue model, where they charge users monthly, and then provide free CRM solutions to their customers. It’s an adtech company that provides the platform for brands and agencies to manage their own customer relationship management.

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3 years ago

The Digital Philadelphia program is sponsored by the Philadelphia Department of Commerce and Economic Development and supported by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of the Secretary of Commerce and Economic Development, the Pennsylvania Academy of Comic Art, and the University of Pennsylvania.

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3 years ago

A platform that aims to bring the power of advanced machine learning to the B2B space.

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3 years ago

An iPhone app that goes on rideshare cars with passengers to get them out of their own head. It’s a mental exercise that helps people deal with their anxiety. The app is in private beta at the moment, but they have plans to launch soon.

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3 years ago

A video editing app that allows users to add or remove effects to video directly after recording.

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2 years ago

A platform that uses AI to help recruiters find candidates. Founded by the former CEO of Glassdoor, the company is aiming to be a highly-targeted alternative to traditional job boards.

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2 years ago

A startup that takes on the digital marketing for emerging markets by building media buying tools for advertisers in the US.

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2 years ago

The company’s founders say they’re building the world’s most effective customer acquisition platform and are already running campaigns with over 1,000 paying customers

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2 years ago

A tool for users to search through databases of information about nearly anything, a great tool for looking up information about your health, like what vitamins you should take to address a particular ailment.

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2 years ago

A startup that helps women find and buy designer clothing and accessories at a discount. The startup’s founder says she’s already working with some of the biggest brands in the world.

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2 years ago

A mobile platform that builds, distributes, and promotes content that has nothing to do with sports or celebrities, but instead helps people connect with their community.

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2 years ago

Invented a way to get people to remember to do things that are easy to forget, using a “Cognitive Behavioral Therapy” based program. They have $1.2M in seed funding already.

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5 years ago

Idea: A startup that helps nonprofits raise money from their supporters. The startup charges a 20% fee of all donations made through its platform, and says it’s using a $500k grant from the Knight Foundation to grow the company.

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4 years ago

A startup that helps businesses automate the process of reaching out to customers and prospects. Instead of using a “cold call”, which is risky and has a 50% failure rate, companies use a “warm call” that is more successful and costs less.

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4 years ago

A free service that helps hoteliers, restaurateurs, and other businesses manage their online presence. The company says it’s already for over 1,000 clients, ranging from small mom-and-pop shops to large companies.

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4 years ago

A platform to help insurance adjusters and claims adjusters stay up-to-date with rules and regulations.

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4 years ago 1 views

A startup launching in the US and Canada that aims to disrupt the recruitment industry through machine learning and data science.

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3 years ago

This startup is building a network of rooms for individuals with specific needs, like for aging parents or recovering addicts.

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3 years ago

A niche product for having a hard time sleeping due to snoring or other sleep issues, Sleepio is a smartphone app which uses an algorithm to give real-time feedback on how well you sleep, and then sends you targeted advice to help you improve your sleep.

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3 years ago

A tool that helps people manage their investments and track their returns, with a team of professional investors ready to help answer questions.

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3 years ago

This is a startup that’s building a digital platform for small businesses to advertise. They’re a bit like AdWords for local business.

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3 years ago

A startup that works with farmers to easily track weather data and adjust their crops.

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3 years ago

A browser-based ad network, designed for publishers who don’t have time to manage their own ads.

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3 years ago

A tool that allows marketers to create ads that automatically follow people as they use apps and services, creating a customized experience for each person.

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3 years ago

This startup is building an API for automated compliance. The company says that after launching in May, it’s already working with over 250 companies.

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3 years ago

A tool that allows you to take screen recordings on any device, and then upload them to a site where they’re automatically overlayed with a visualization of the device’s audio.

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3 years ago

A student loan refinancing platform from Y Combinator alum Brick Road, launched in August with $10 million in venture funding. Brick Road talks about helping borrowers get lower rates than the ones offered by banks, and promising a “low-cost, low-equity” funding source.

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3 years ago

A simple method to avoid the hassle of making cold calls to candidates and instead let a company’s own hiring managers and recruiters interview candidates.

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3 years ago

A place to check-in to a piece of art, share it with friends, and add photos

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3 years ago 1 views

Flap is a new way to add non-standard formatting to images on the web, by adding a double exposure effect to photos. Flap is attempting to take on the trend of adding effects to photos, with a single source for all the possibilities.

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3 years ago

A 3D design app for online advertising, available in beta

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3 years ago

One of the most successful crowdfunding campaigns to come out of China in 2015, this company is focused on helping Chinese companies and individuals get the right financing in the right way. The company says that it has already closed over $1 million in funding, and has plans to expand to the US.

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3 years ago

The startup’s co-founder says that their professional-grade coffee is formulated for office workers to “get their caffeine fix without getting jittery” and comes in breakfast, lunch and dinner varieties.

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3 years ago

A tool for finding external funding that’s not tied to your domain. Clique is a competitor to AngelList, a site where individuals can post up their startup and ask for funding. The advantage is that it’s not tied to a specific domain, allowing it to work for any industry.

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3 years ago 1 views

This startup is building a “cross-border crypto bank” in which private banking is all done in crypto, but the banking infrastructure is still provided by traditional banks.

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3 years ago 1 views

We’ve talked before about Airtable, an app that lets you organize your data and share it with teams. They’ve recently launched a new feature that lets you share spreadsheets with a link for copying and pasting.

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3 years ago

A security company that provides advanced locks and security systems.

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3 years ago

A venture that wants to build an app that lets Chinese entertainers create and sell their own content. The startup’s model is to let users pay an advance based on a percentage of their anticipated earnings.

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3 years ago

A lending platform designed to help consumers with bad credit get loans by using data from credit references and credit reports to gauge whether applicants are likely to pay back their loans.

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3 years ago

A platform that connects restaurants with caterers to get food delivered in under an hour. The startups founders say they’ve already found partners in 20 cities.

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3 years ago

A tool for identifying sales leads on Facebook.

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3 years ago

A new way of managing employee salaries, benefits, and perks. It’s a more powerful alternative to spreadsheets and other tools that are limited by the number of people using them.

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3 years ago 12 views

A startup that makes it easier for fans to discover, buy and share tickets to live music events. It’s an SaaS app that is used by the likes of Grizzly Bear, Fleet Foxes, and Dead & Company.

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3 years ago

The startup, which was launched in March, offers a way to help people create and find the right food for their specific needs. The company has said that it’s already in talks with the biggest food companies in the US.

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3 years ago

A social network for people to showcase their items for sale or trade, and for buyers to browse for items. The startup is acquiring a database of items and gifting them to users for free.

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3 years ago

A company that sells enterprise-grade encryption to companies, enabling them to use end-to-end encryption at scale.

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2 years ago

A tool that helps people get a credit score from different lenders, instead of using their traditional credit report.

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2 years ago

The VCs have been called out for valuing companies based on the idea rather than the execution. They’ve also been criticized for the size of the checks they write - instead of the usual $1-5M checks, they’re going bigger — more than $20M at times.

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2 years ago

This is a new type of financial instrument that rewards you for your purchasing decisions. Instead of paying out the full amount of what you spent on a certain product, you get a percentage back, depending on the rating of the product.

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2 years ago

Android users are often told to delete the app to fix a bug or to update it. But this startup aims to make keeping an app on your phone more manageable. Instead of just deleting the app, what if you could just set it to “do nothing” That way, you can still use it but it won’t be draining your battery or sucking up data.

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2 years ago

This startup is building a SIM card that allows people to move their data across multiple SIM cards in a single phone. The idea is that people want to travel with a single phone but have their data spread across multiple carriers, so they can switch between them without losing their data.

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2 years ago

A startup that’s building a sophisticated AI to help banks identify fraudulent transactions and prevent bad actors from latching on to bank accounts.

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5 years ago

A startup that allows you to transfer funds from a card (like a credit card or bank card) to a bank account using an API (application programming interface) instead of a physical card

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5 years ago

Idea: A live-streaming service for Facebook and Instagram. The startup wants to make it easier for people to livestream events and add social features like polls and Q&As.

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4 years ago

A platform that offers a robo-advisor that works with traditional and digital portfolios, allowing investors to access the same investments through both.

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4 years ago 1 views

A startup that’s building a way to manage a business’s money without having to worry about banking. The company wants to help businesses manage their cash flow and overall financial health. It’s currently available in the UK, Canada, and the US.

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4 years ago

This startup is building a digital toolkit to help employees in the US and abroad to manage everything from their payroll to benefits to taxes.

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3 years ago

A platform for consumers to become investment managers. It aims to bring traditional investments to the masses, with a focus on financial planning for millennials.

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3 years ago

A platform for small and medium sized business to upload, manage, and distribute all of their marketing materials, from invoices to marketing collateral to employee handouts. The startup launched in the summer with $1.5 million in seed funding from investors including Bumble and Rocket Internet.

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3 years ago

A startup that aims to make real estate investing easier for first time buyers and home-sellers by building an app that gives them access to financing, real estate tax advice, and home-value estimates.

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3 years ago

A tool for both people who want to learn how to code and for people who want to teach others. The idea is to use a “coding curriculum” to teach both a beginner and a more advanced user how to code in areas like WordPress.

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3 years ago 1 views

The app uses artificial intelligence to analyze images of clothing for quality, pricing, and style trends. The startup has already released a number of different visual analysis apps, but this one is its first to sell clothes.

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3 years ago

A startup that builds products that are both stylish and functional. Some of their products are special iPad cases that can charge your phone, or even a smartphone that you can use to take pictures on the go.

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3 years ago

A startup that makes it easier for people to sell items online. The startup has already done a pilot with local stores in Hong Kong and Singapore.

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3 years ago

A managed account service that helps SaaS companies increase email engagement and funnel signups from more qualified leads.

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3 years ago

Download and read news on the subway

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3 years ago

A financial services company that connects traders to capital.

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3 years ago

A mobile app that helps people create a personalized dashboard of their financial health. The app helps you make a plan, track progress, and stay on track. It has been downloaded more than 1 million times.

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3 years ago

Big Data is important, and getting bigger. Tachyon is working to make Big Data easier to understand so people can take advantage of it to make better decisions.

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3 years ago 1 views

A startup that is building a device that can read text messages in the blind and translate them into audio.

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3 years ago

One of the leaders in the field of natural language processing, Google has recently released a free open-source library to make it easier for developers to get started with building apps that can recognize text.

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3 years ago

This startup is building a network for the sports world that helps athletes and teams collaborate on content, advertising and sponsorships.

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3 years ago

A startup that wants to add “biometric security” to inexpensive smartphone cameras, so the camera can be opened and the phone stolen by an attacker. The startup is working on the technology, which relies on an in-built fingerprint scanner using a touchscreen to unlock the phone.

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3 years ago

A bitcoin wallet for iOS users, with a built-in trading app for making trades in and out of bitcoin. Launched on iOS in July.

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3 years ago

A startup that allows users to connect with the media library of their favorite publications, and instantly download the latest issue of their favorite magazine on their phone.

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3 years ago

An adtech company that specializes in targeting and retargeting ads to users based on their browsing history.

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3 years ago

A startup that wants to take the best features of Siri and Alexa, and make them available to your car. The startup says that it has over 100,000 users on its platform and has added over 4,000 new users in the last month.

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3 years ago

A startup that connects women and families to the right health care providers in the US and Canada.

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3 years ago

A platform for people to write about their careers and books and share their writing with others. Self-published authors get paid for their work, and readers gain access to the work of other writers.

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3 years ago

A startup building a reputation system for the digital world, which aims to provide a peer-to-peer verification system for “good” and “bad” actions. It’s a community for people to review, rate, and review each other.

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3 years ago

A startup that lets anyone create a token to represent themselves online. The company is looking to sell the tokens for $1 each, and offers a selection of pre-made tokens to get people started.

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3 years ago

Smart contracts are used to provide transparency and facilitate trust in complex transactions. CoinAdvisor is a startup that provides advice on how to choose and use smart contracts, and has developed a library of smart contracts to help developers in the ecosystem. It’s aiming at companies that need help on legal or regulatory compliance, or who have to deal with copyrights, trademarks, and patents.

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3 years ago

CEO Kevin Fong founded the company with a mission to build a menswear brand that would make well-made suits at a low cost. The startup is looking to disrupt the menswear industry by offering a more accessible product and a more accessible price point.

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3 years ago

A startup that gives people and businesses the ability to take advantage of public transportation in cities around the world.

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3 years ago

A startup that wants to make it easier to find and buy gifts for dad for Father's Day. The company wants to give buyers more flexibility with how and where they buy.

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3 years ago

This startup is using a network of carpools to eliminate the headache of traffic by matching people up with rides at times and places that best fit their travel plans.

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3 years ago

This startup is building a platform for drop shipping, but for retailers. DropShip is a platform for retailers to easily provide dropshipping services for other retailers. It’s a new type of platform that doesn’t take any inventory, but instead allows retailers to provide dropshipping services for other retailers.

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3 years ago

An API that allows businesses to manage their customer relationship management (CRM) records in a more streamlined way, provide a better customer experience, and focus customer service teams on more qualified leads.

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3 years ago

A new publishing platform for startups, allowing them to build and launch their own newsletters without a lot of the traditional setup and maintenance of a traditional email newsletter.

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2 years ago

This startup is in the business of helping people manage their portfolio, regardless of whether they're investing on their own or through a financial advisor.

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2 years ago

A tool for creating and executing online advertising campaigns.

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2 years ago

A company built around the idea of “radical transparency”. It’s working to provide a platform to expose information about the companies you work for.

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2 years ago

An on-demand service for those who want to purchase a domain name that they can then use for their own business. The service was first launched in March, and the team has had 50 early adopters.

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2 years ago

A tool for radio stations to stream live performances.

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5 years ago

A startup that wants to provide access to early stage equity for founders who don’t have access to the traditional venture capital market

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3 years ago

A startup that helps people who have difficulty losing weight by giving them a recipe and a shopping list to make all of their meals ahead of time. People can choose which recipes to follow, and all the ingredients and their costs are included.

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3 years ago

The startup is building a product that helps users experience their music in a way that’s more similar to how music is experienced in real life. It’s a 360-degree surround sound speaker for headphones that connects to a phone via Bluetooth.

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3 years ago

A software platform for managing the workflows between international headquarters and subsidiaries. The platform is “recruiting-focused” and wants to be used by companies that want to keep costs down by “lowering the cost of global recruiting”.

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3 years ago

InstaPay is a payment company looking to do something a little less familiar. Instead of charging users a flat fee or percentage, InstaPay charges businesses a percentage of their purchase sales, so they can make money even when they’re buying things they don’t need.

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3 years ago

A startup that’s building out a way to help small businesses get financing, and which is already working with small businesses like a local coffee shop.

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3 years ago

A startup that helps real estate agents research and collect leads for potential tenants.

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3 years ago

A startup that assists small businesses in optimizing their advertising budgets, and helps them create more profitable ad campaigns

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3 years ago

A platform that allows employees to request tickets and share their preferences in advance of travel.

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3 years ago

A startup that uses machine learning to match people with specific jobs, providing a way for employers to connect with a broader pool of job candidates.

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3 years ago

Since the economic crisis, companies have been struggling to find the best way to track their internal performance. HR software company TheWorkPlace has launched a new product that turns spreadsheets into actionable information, presenting managers with data on employee performance in real-time.

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3 years ago

A startup that wants to help businesses implement artificial intelligence into their operations and get insights on how it’s working. The startup has a tool that allows businesses to predict the impact of AI solutions by analyzing data that is already available.

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3 years ago

A hardware startup that takes a radically different approach to computer security. Rather than trying to block malware, the company says it can help protect against it by learning to predict what types of attacks are likely. It’s meant to work with mobile devices, and has a deal with Facebook to “secure” the social network’s billion users.

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3 years ago

A startup that helps people with chronic conditions and injuries manage their health, data and medications. It’s an SaaS product that helps people add notes on their health data.

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3 years ago

The startup is building a platform that allows writers to create a book with a digital version of the book for readers to read for free.

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A startup that lets pastors and other religious leaders track the financial health of their organizations.

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3 years ago

A tool for creating websites and landing pages. The startup’s founders had built a similar tool for their own business, but realized that the majority of their work was spent on the “unfun” tasks of putting together a page.

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3 years ago

A startup for teams to share code, get feedback and create branches for collaboration. Fork is for programmers who are just starting out, or who want to experiment with different code or collaborate on projects at work. It’s free to download and use.

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3 years ago

A startup creating a new way to finance small business growth. The startup is working to create capital in the form of loans that companies can repay in installments over time. The company is already working with eight businesses in Philadelphia.

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3 years ago

A startup that allows school districts to book standardized testing, adding more time slots that more students can take.

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3 years ago

A platform that helps companies engage their customers by automatically generating personalized ads to promote their products. The startup says there are currently over 3 billion pieces of content on the internet, but only about 1.4 billion of them are ads.

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3 years ago

A startup that stores and delivers food, and can notify consumers when their meal is ready. The startup aims to eliminate the gap between a start of a meal and delivery.

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3 years ago

Providing a new market for people who want to refinance their debts but can’t get bank loans. The company is able to diversify and refinance the loans of people with bad credit, helping them out at a significant rate.

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3 years ago

A startup that lets you add a name tag to your pug, so people know your dog’s name when they meet you.

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3 years ago

One of the world’s largest lead generation companies, with millions of email addresses on file, is launching a new way to nurture customers.

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3 years ago

A digital health platform that advises users on how to improve their wellness through guided fitness and diet plans, currently in beta.

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3 years ago

This is a directory of Philadelphia businesses seeking a contractor. The startup is building a workflow for making contacts and setting up meetings.

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2 years ago

A startup working to make it easier for people to adopt new technologies. Typeform helps users get feedback on their initial reactions to a product or service, and then take action based on that feedback.

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2 years ago

A system for managing and organizing all of your work with the goal of keeping your work from being scattered across multiple inboxes and spreadsheets.

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2 years ago

A game-based platform for the creation of “viral content”, a video ad for cars that’s getting them a lot of play on Facebook.

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2 years ago

A social network where users can share their opinions on products and services with their friends. The company says that it has already seen a 5x increase in purchases of products that have been reviewed by others on the site.

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2 years ago

A tool that lets you search and find data from a Google spreadsheet.

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2 years ago

A startup that looks to make online ordering for groceries in the U.S. as reliable and easy as ordering pizza. The startup’s founders say the startup has already tested its service in over one hundred U.S. cities, and is out in San Francisco now.

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2 years ago

A food delivery startup that is building a platform to enable food delivery through everyday foods. This is a startup with an interesting business model: instead of going after restaurants, the startup is focused on delivering to people’s homes.

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3 years ago

A platform for entrepreneurs to manage their investments. Breeze lets you create investment portfolios and track their performance, and the startup offers tools for letting people manage their investments outside of the traditional brokerage world.

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3 years ago

An enterprise-grade chat client for businesses, targeting the enterprise market. At launch, the app enables real-time collaboration across teams and includes an integrated salesforce.com, so customers can send and receive emails, use Slack, and manage contacts all in one place.

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3 years ago

A startup that provides a comprehensive history of the most influential and important people in the world, organized by year and decade.

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3 years ago

A tool to help you make more money, in part by making it easier to get paid as a freelancer. The startup hopes to be a leader in the future of “gig economy” by helping freelancers manage their money, insurance and tax.

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3 years ago

A startup that will send you a gift every time you get a new follower. The startup is already working with more than 50 influencers.

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3 years ago

A startup that allows people to share their Spotify playlists with friends, and other users to add them to their own playlists. The startup is also building a music recommendation service.

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3 years ago

HireVue is a platform that helps companies hire people more efficiently. It’s a more sophisticated version of the jobs board with a robust analytics engine, and uses automated engagements to screen candidates. The company already has $1.5 million in funding from high-profile investors like Mark Cuban and Mark Suster.

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3 years ago

Building software to allow companies to monitor their water usage and determine which areas of their building need to be upgraded before leaks.

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3 years ago

A free, ad-supported, video-sharing service. Yup, you read that right.

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3 years ago

This startup is building a product that claims it will allow food trucks to fulfill orders in less time and with greater accuracy than traditional delivery services, which is important for food trucks as they are often less profitable.

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3 years ago

Viglink is a service that allows businesses to track and convert the traffic coming to ads on their site.

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3 years ago

WeChat is a messaging app popular in China that’s being developed by a company that’s not even based in China, instead choosing to base itself in Hong Kong. The app is similar to Whatsapp, but with a focus on shopping and gaming.

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3 years ago

The founders of many of these startups have connections in the Philadelphia tech scene. Some, like Zuddle and Zpack, are backed by angel investors in the region. Others, like Farmako and Tella, were founded by students at the University of Pennsylvania.

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3 years ago

A platform that allows users to share their digital goods, such as music, photos and video, with friends, family and fans without having to upload them to the cloud.

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3 years ago

It’s a spreadsheet for connecting to your friends’ location data, allowing you to see where they are and plan your day ahead.

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3 years ago

A company that uses the power of crowdsourcing to help the homeless. The startup has already built a series of widgets for the New York City subway system that provide homeless people with a “home away from home”, where they can shower, receive assistance and be housed.

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3 years ago

A retargeting platform that aims to take the headache out of ad targeting, with a focus on healthcare, financial services, and insurance. The startup offers a white label solution for builders to manage customer data, and has a white label targeting tool for marketers to set rules.

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3 years ago

It’s a SaaS service that helps restaurant chains close more of their sales and get more orders on the table. The startup has already signed up a few big-name restaurant chains.

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3 years ago

The goal of this startup is to provide the most accurate, transparent and decentralized credit scoring platform. In the future, users will be able to access their credit scores in one easy-to-read dashboard.

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3 years ago

A startup that specializes in the creation of digital ads for brands. It has previously worked with brands like Coca-Cola, Harley Davidson, and Procter & Gamble.

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3 years ago

A POS system that adds a layer of automation to the back-office. It’s also a mobile POS.

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3 years ago

A free online tool meant to help businesses find and grow new customers, focusing on B2B businesses with a focus on marketing. The startup already has a beta product and is looking to take the product to market in 2020.

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3 years ago

A startup that allows you to create a personalized map of your phone’s network usage and destinations, with info on the speeds of each connection. It’s already a popular app with 1,000,000 installs.

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2 years ago

A mobile app that helps people find bad deals on flights and make sure they’ve secured the best deal possible.

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2 years ago

To be launched in the third quarter of 2019, that the startup says is already the most-funded startup in the U.S.

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2 years ago

“CrowdCurating” allows users to crowdsource video production through a video editing app. The startup is already profitable and has over 1 million users.

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2 years ago

A company that aims to solve the problem of incomplete organ donation by enabling patients to upload their procedures, scans and scans, to be stored on a secure cloud for future retrieval.

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2 years ago

A platform that helps companies optimize their Instagram advertising campaigns.

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2 years ago

A new kind of social network for the United States military, looking to help soldiers stay connected with loved ones and build camaraderie.

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2 years ago

In 2014, the U.S. Census Bureau reported that the number of Americans living in poverty had fallen from 15.2 million in 2007 to 12.5 million in 2013, but it remains at 20% of the population. In contrast, the poverty rate for China is around 3%, and for India it is roughly 20%.

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2 years ago

Atul adds a layer of security to the Internet of Things so that it doesn’t turn into a hacker’s paradise.

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4 years ago

A startup that wants to reinvent the way financial advisors do marketing. It wants to build an AI-powered system that empowers advisors to create personalized content for their clients, based on their data. The company says this will help advisors find new clients, and increase the ROI on their existing ones.

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4 years ago

An automated way to automatically trade in your car by the end of its lease.

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3 years ago

This is a “cross-platform file manager”, integrating with Microsoft and Linux platforms. The app has been downloaded over 3,000 times.

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3 years ago

A startup that allows a person to do “self-service” for their home and car. The application, which is built on the Salesforce platform, allows users to change their locks, adjust thermostats, and get the latest on manufacturer recalls.

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3 years ago

A way for the most recent version of documents in a company to be accessible via the web instead of email.

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3 years ago

A decentralized exchange that allows users to trade in bitcoin without an intermediary.

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3 years ago

Viable is building a platform for employers to manage their employee health plans. It’s a B2B operation, with its first customers being large employers like the Department of Defense and United Parcel Service. Viable is profitable and growing in the Philadelphia area.

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3 years ago

A piece of content-marketing software for publishers to buy and sell ads. As a niche player in the space, the startup has to compete with the likes of the Google DoubleClick AdExchange and Facebook Ads Manager.

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3 years ago

A startup that tracks the data that can be used to predict future events based on historical data. The startups founders say they have already proven the accuracy of the Georgia Tool Company’s algorithm that predicts earthquakes by looking at past earthquake data.

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3 years ago

A way for brands to get their products in front of potential customers. The startup was founded in January, and has already partnered with companies like Warby Parker and Patagonia to get their products in front of customers.

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3 years ago

A digital, real-time view of your sales pipeline. The startup lets you set up sales events, track leads, and visualize how sales are progressing.

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3 years ago

A company that helps consumers buy health insurance. The app uses Artificial Intelligence to compare various plans and prices, and then helps consumers make the decision of where to go. The company has been growing rapidly in Philadelphia, and is backed by NEA.

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3 years ago

A startup that allows you to track your next-day flights and automatically book seats, with a time-saving feature that allows you to book the same seat on a flight 24 hours in advance, saving you the hassle of trying to book the same flight two or three days in advance. The app currently has a pilot with Flyte, and is also in talks with other airlines.

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3 years ago

A SaaS platform that helps advisors manage their client relationships and personalize information based on their clients.

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3 years ago

An online marketplace for jobs that pays you in cryptocurrency. The company says they’ve had over $1 million in monthly transactions and have helped hundreds of candidates find jobs.

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3 years ago

An email-based marketplace that users can sell things to, with the option of the company buying the item back at the original price. Idea is already partnered with a number of companies to start selling consumer goods.

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3 years ago 4 views

A startup that allows companies to buy and sell social sharing ads, and track their performance.

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3 years ago

A startup building a program to help people readjust to work after being out of it for a few days

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3 years ago

A company that helps marketers create more personalized ad campaigns.

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3 years ago

A platform for teachers to grade homework digitally, for students to send feedback, and for parents to view progress. Right now, it has over 1,000 teachers using more than 5,000 students.

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3 years ago

A company that builds AI-driven software for helping companies detect fraud in marketing campaigns. The company has already signed up 35 customers, and is targeting $1 million in revenue by the end of 2015.

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3 years ago

A crowdfunding platform for people who don’t have access to traditional financial institutions. It’s currently in beta.

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3 years ago

An online platform that tracks and analyzes the performance of online video ads. It aims to provide a tool to help digital video advertising companies better understand their customers.

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3 years ago

A platform for media and brands to grow their audience and grow their revenue. The startup is building a platform for brands to get more attention for their content by making it easier for people to share and consume it — and for brands to pay for advertising.

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3 years ago

A tool that helps you build your own personalized toolset and add it to your toolbelt.

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3 years ago

A startup for books for kids to buy and borrow. The company wants to get beyond the traditional book fair by making it a place where kids can buy, sell and borrow.

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3 years ago

Uploader is a service that helps people save, share, and create videos. It scans through your library looking for clips to help you create a video, or it can suggest clips you might want to use. You can also search for clips and save them or upload them to your library. The startup also helps people sync their camera roll to the service so you can always find those clips on the Uploader website.

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3 years ago

A tool that lets you take a picture of a receipt and add it to your phone so that you can reference it later

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3 years ago

"Once you have your seed funding it's important to have a strategy. I think we need to build an innovative bank. Instead of a bank, we are building a program. We have a program that is focused on building a new financial system for the country. We need to build the smartest bank in the country."

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2 years ago

A company that created a platform that turns expenses into “smart expenses”. Smart expenses can be adjusted based on other expenses, giving you a more accurate picture of your spending.

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2 years ago

A startup for private-equity investors to trade their deal flow.

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2 years ago

A permission-based, ad-free social network for young people.

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2 years ago

“A visual ‘cheat sheet’ to help you learn new technologies and speed up your development”. The company is building a library of technology stacks, and launching a platform for customers to customize a course that will get them ready for new technology launches.

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2 years ago

A tool for managing the sales process for e-commerce merchants, including automated email follow ups, and other tools for gathering leads.

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2 years ago

Want to add a little style to your day

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2 years ago

A “mobile-first” startup that automates the process of creating a sales order in bulk from a spreadsheet

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2 years ago

A tool for tapping into the social media potential of influencers, pitching the product as a way to build “relationships with people who are already your fans and followers.”

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2 years ago

This app helps employees manage their workloads and see how their current workload compares to others’. Each user has a “speedometer” that displays the amount of work they’ve completed, and you can compare your speedometer to other people’s.

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5 years ago

Idea: A platform meant to link up advertisers with influencers in the cannabis industry.

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3 years ago

A software company that wants to help companies generate custom-made marketing collateral for a fraction of the cost of traditional media.

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3 years ago

A startup that wants to sell solar-powered air-conditioners that cut energy costs by 70%, and are made out of recycled materials.

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3 years ago

A platform that helps developers build and launch apps using a drag-and-drop interface. The company says the platform is faster, cheaper, and easier to use than traditional coding.

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3 years ago

This startup is building a tool to aggregate data off the web to provide a lot of the things people want to know about their neighbors. For example, they could get data on the population density of their neighborhood, whether or not it’s a safe or dangerous neighborhood, or if it’s a good or bad place to live.

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3 years ago

A management platform for brokerages, LPs and other service providers that want to offer investment advice to private clients, for a fee.

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3 years ago

A tool for helping developers and designers build interactive videos. It’s meant to be used alongside Adobe’s popular suite of video editing tools.

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3 years ago

This startup is building a platform that allows you to create an “offline” version of your resume with your personal information, including your address and contact info. The company says it’s currently in beta and plans to launch in early 2019.

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3 years ago

Crypto, a decentralized app store that allows developers to build apps, add them to a marketplace, and then monetize them via an airdrop.

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3 years ago

A way to take the guesswork out of buying, selling, and trading used cars.

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3 years ago 1 views

An image-capture app for the visually impaired. The startup is building an app that would let people with a visual impairment read images and make them accessible to other people. It’s currently working on a no-cost product for people with low vision.

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3 years ago

A subscription model for content creators where the business takes a percentage of revenue, with the site owner retaining 100% of the ad revenue.

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3 years ago

A data analytics platform for traders and investors, built on the premise that the best way to learn is to teach.

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3 years ago

A micro-lending startup that sets its own timelines for loan funding, instead of waiting for customers to have their credit histories evaluated by traditional banks.

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3 years ago

Requires high-quality images and videos to be uploaded, and then it will create a beautiful virtual tour of your home. The startup is also working on a mobile app to help people show off their homes to interested buyers.

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3 years ago

A social network for people who want to make and share photos at the same time. The startup says it has already hosted over 1 million photo-based social events.

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3 years ago

A tool for building sales strategy to determine how to best coordinate advertising, marketing and sales. The startup is pitching to companies that sell a single product and want to be able to increase sales by targeting different groups of customers at various times of the year.

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3 years ago

This company is building a digital store that lets people buy, sell, and trade everything from cars to real estate — all from the comfort of their home.

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3 years ago

A startup that wants to make it easier for businesses to become customers in an ecosystem that includes a variety of third-party providers, from law firms to accountants to business advice.

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3 years ago

A way to collect and analyze large amounts of data from communities across the U.S. and Canada. The startup’s app is an alternative to existing pollsters like SurveyMonkey and SurveyCaster, meant to make surveys easier to collect and analyze.

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3 years ago

An online marketplace for already-owned properties to be resold, with financing options.

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3 years ago

A startup with a very unusual (but interesting) business model. Instead of charging a monthly fee, Mattermark sells itself as a kind of “product research service” to customers, who pay when they find an investment-worthy stock.

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3 years ago

The startup is building a platform that allows people to buy and sell their unused gym equipment, from treadmills to bike equipment to weights and more.

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3 years ago

What if there was an easier way to pay your employees This startup aims to make it easy for businesses to use a streamlined system for paying their employees. The company has already helped over 100 customers raise millions of dollars.

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3 years ago

A platform for startups to get advice from investors, which includes access to venture capitalists and other investors. They’re looking for investors to fund seed and early stage companies.

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3 years ago

A company that helps clients of an additional cost-sharing program get reimbursed by their insurance company. The company charges a flat fee and can return the money to the client in a check. Their price depends on the state of the client’s insurance.

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3 years ago

A venture founded by the former head of the transportation app Boost. The startup is heating up and has over $1 million in seed funding.

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3 years ago

A tool that allows users to create a single destination for all of their online wishlists, enabling them to save time by only having to check one place instead of multiple ones across multiple platforms.

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3 years ago

This startup wants to help Americans in their retirement savings by giving them an online investment platform they can use to invest in index funds and ETFs. The company wants to be a “tech-enabled advisor” that can help people better manage their investments.

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3 years ago

A hybrid of a grid system and a spreadsheet

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3 years ago

A coworking space for digital nomads in 4 countries - Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, and Singapore.

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3 years ago

A social network for students to find jobs and internships, with a focus on career advising for students. The company has about 10 employees and is hiring.

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3 years ago

A startup that wants to make in-app advertising as easy as giving your Facebook or Twitter password.

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3 years ago

This startup is using facial recognition to charge advertisers when someone sees their ad.

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3 years ago

A startup encouraging people to earn money by simply playing games or watching ads.

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3 years ago

The startup wants to help millennials with retirement planning by providing tools to help them build a nest egg with a personal adviser.

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3 years ago

“Client-driven, fully-featured, enterprise-grade, self-service marketing automation.”

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3 years ago

This startup is developing a way to deploy software at the speed of telecom. The company wants to make it so that your phone can update itself whenever you upgrade your phone, rather than having to wait for your provider’s OS to update and then waiting for the app to be updated.

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2 years ago

A money transfer app with an auto-spend feature. The startup is currently in an early-stage venture, and has already been used by some executives in Vietnam.

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2 years ago

A “virtual assistant for the home”, that gives “instant, custom advice to keep your home running smoothly”.

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2 years ago

A startup that connects home service providers, like plumbers, with customers. It’s also a platform for companies to advertise their services.

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2 years ago

A startup that lets you listen to a podcast in the car. The startup will let you download podcasts onto your phone or listen to them on the go.

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2 years ago

The startup is building an app that makes buying and selling of properties and services as easy as dropping in an ad.

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2 years ago

This startup is building a platform that allows social media influencers to build a brand using video. The company has already launched a free advertising service that helps influencers make money through ad revenue shared with the platform.

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2 years ago

A payment processor that helps merchants accept payments in under a minute. The company had $54,700 in revenue in the previous quarter, up from $6,100 a year ago.

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2 years ago

A connected tool for helping researchers in academia manage their scientific publications.

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2 years ago

A startup for 3D printing designs. The startup capitalizes on the advertising and marketing revenue that 3D printers generate, allowing people to design and sell their own products.

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A startup that brings a personal touch to your online banking. It’s meant to be your “personal banker” and it’s like a more friendly, self-directed version of your regular bank. The company’s founder says it’s already working with 100 customers on their first product.

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2 years ago

A self-service, self-managed service for e-book libraries, allowing users to catalog, digitize, and sell their books. The startup is hiring for a CTO and COO to help it negotiate advertising deals and build a customer base.

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2 years ago

A video chat platform that takes advantage of the fact that most people have a phone with a camera and a few minutes to spare.

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2 years ago

A platform for consumer reviews of insurance companies and health care providers. They want to help people find the best plan for their needs without having to read through the fine print.

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2 years ago

This startup is building an online shop that sells and ships pre-made products from designers around the world.

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5 years ago

Idea: A peer-to-peer lending marketplace The startup offers an alternative to traditional banks, which the founders say offer high interest rates, but often have hidden fees

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5 years ago

Idea: A data-driven advisory service for venture capitalists

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5 years ago

Software that helps companies manage sales leads and streamlines the sales process. The startup wants to be a one-stop shop for sales teams who are looking for a new way to manage leads.

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3 years ago

A solution for publishers who want to both improve their ad revenue and make it easier to manage their inventory.

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3 years ago

Diversify is a Slack bot meant to help businesses track and measure diversity efforts in their company, with plans to add reporting functionality in the future.

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3 years ago

The creators of an iOS photo app that let’s you adjust the cropping and brightness of a photo while it’s in-camera.

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3 years ago

A platform for advertisers to create and manage branded content. It’s a platform that allows brands to have their own branded content, from videos to podcasts to blogs.

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3 years ago

A publicly traded company for building and selling airline loyalty programs.

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3 years ago

A startup that lets users create and manage virtual “second lives” for their photos, allowing users to upload and stream their photos to Facebook, Instagram, and other social networks as well as searchable online databases.

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3 years ago

Bosch is using AI to help elderly patients get more out of their medical appointments. The company uses sensors on the patient’s body to adjust their schedules, help them better understand their conditions and help them to be more active.

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3 years ago

A college admissions platform that was pitched as “LinkedIn for colleges,” but with a twist: instead of looking for professional connections, the company’s users are looking for school connections. The company claims to have over 1,000 users and is looking to grow from there.

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3 years ago

A startup looking to reduce the amount of time it takes to create and deploy music to online platforms. It’s a subscription based service, with pricing based on how often the band would like to upload.

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3 years ago

A startup that wants to take the dullness out of the stock market by eliminating the need for brokers. The company is building an app that will allow you to trade stocks directly from your phone using your phone camera.

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3 years ago

A simple, self-hosted WordPress site for small businesses. It will be made available for free for businesses with fewer than 10 users.

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3 years ago

Helping people analyze their credit scores to see how much they’re spending over time, and how they’re spending it. The startup is already working with some of the largest companies in the world.

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3 years ago

The startup is building a personal financial advisor’s dashboard for clients.

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3 years ago

A startup that lets people share what they’re reading, presenting or watching. It’s designed to be a one-stop shop for content discovery.

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3 years ago

A startup that makes mobile payments simple, letting businesses accept payments with a phone or a card reader.

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2 years ago

A startup that allows iPhone users to test their levels of lead, arsenic, and other heavy metals that have been found in water.

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2 years ago

A mobile app that monitors your health, filled with data from your Fitbit and other health devices. The company has already secured $1 million in funding.

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2 years ago

This startup offers a white space tool that allows people to add different “boxes” and “frames” to their photos to customize how they look.

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2 years ago

A platform for Bitcoin micropayments, allowing users to send small amounts of money to content creators or to take advantage of a free trial for a new app. The company also wants to help publishers monetize their content with advertising.

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2 years ago

A platform to allow businesses and users to exchange email addresses and phone numbers. It currently has over 1 million users in the US and Canada and is used by over 200,000 businesses in the US alone.

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2 years ago

An Android app that allows you to see what’s open in your area at any time. The company has said that it has already accrued over 100,000 users.

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2 years ago

An “intelligent” credit card reader

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2 years ago

A digital assistant that helps kids with learning disabilities learn to read. The startup uses a system that tracks how kids learn and adjusts their lesson plans accordingly.

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2 years ago

This startup is building an AI-powered HR bot to improve employee communication, reducing time spent on administrative tasks.

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2 years ago

This is a startup that wants to give users the ability to create their own cryptocurrency and trade it via a web-app. The startup aims to make cryptocurrencies practical for the average user.

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5 years ago

A startup that sells iPhone cases that are super protective (IE has a military grade case and is tested to withstand drops of 6 feet)

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5 years ago

Idea: A B2B startup that provides a tool for logistics companies to sync their backend systems like their ERP and supply chain management, and make their shipments more readable (for example, by adding barcodes)

43

3 years ago

A platform that allows those looking for jobs to connect with recruiters. Connections are made through a directory of recruiters that connects with a company’s job board.

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3 years ago

A startup that generates and sells CSV files for generating spreadsheets.

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3 years ago

The startup’s founders say they’ve had to raise over $14,000 to fund their efforts so far. The team is focused on creating a single management platform that can manage every aspect of a business, from HR to marketing to accounting to sales, and it’s already in private beta.

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3 years ago

A new social media platform that aims to reach the younger generations with a spoof of an old-school blog that lets users create posts, track them, and read them in real time.

43

3 years ago

This startup is building a tool that helps employees take advantage of wellness programs, like smoking cessation programs, health savings accounts, etc.

43

3 years ago

A platform for in-store sales, letting stores automate the process of printing digital signage ads, and putting those ads on their own marketing platforms.

43

3 years ago

An online real estate marketplace in Argentina with a focus on young buyers and sellers. The startup’s founders have local names, and say they’ve already had over 40,000 unique visitors per month.

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3 years ago

A startup that helps you spend more time on your social network. It works by giving you more control over what you’re doing in your social media feeds and the ability to customize your news feeds, so that you get more of the things you want and less of the things you don’t. It’s free to use, with an option for a subscription service that adds extra features.

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3 years ago

A “social media engine”, a version of Twitter that has been customized to be more business-oriented and features tools like email marketing analytics. It’s a daily forecast of what’s trending on Twitter, and includes additional features like monitoring for specific keywords, and a way to share content to Facebook and LinkedIn.

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3 years ago

A company building a platform for companies to use analytics to improve customer acquisition. The startup wants to help companies improve the quality of leads before and after they purchase.

43

3 years ago

Making it easier to get online with a one-stop shop for all your internet needs. The company wants to help people who can’t afford basic broadband, who might have to pay thousands of dollars for a small connection.

43

3 years ago

A startup that helps make the process of getting a mortgage more accessible to people who might not qualify for traditional bank loans.

43

2 years ago

A real-time stock-market app for our mobile devices that gets more accurate and timely data than traditional platforms.

43

2 years ago

A small business card program for small businesses. The company says it’s bringing together a lot of the things smaller businesses are currently doing manually, in spreadsheets and power points, into one place.

43

2 years ago

A platform that helps companies reduce their energy usage by up to 40 percent and cut their carbon footprint by 20 percent. The startup does this by pushing out energy monitoring and usage data to home appliances, which will then adjust their operation and usage to reduce energy consumption.

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A startup that sells lightweight gear for outdoor adventures

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2 years ago

A player in the audio streaming space that’s natively able to record, upload, and stream audio and video.

43

2 years ago

A “social network for financial advisors” that ties into brokerage accounts to give financial advisors a tool to connect with clients and prospects. The startup is also working on a social network for financial advisors called "The Advisor Network".

43

2 years ago

A product that helps companies with marketing and advertising, allowing them to capture the attention of their customers as they’re shopping online.

43

2 years ago

A cloud-based platform that helps healthcare organizations (hospitals, clinics, and doctors offices) reduce medical errors and improve patient safety at the point of care. CEO Justin Miller, former CTO of Radiology at Stanford Medicine, and CTO and co-founder of Machine Intelligence Watson, which was acquired by IBM.

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2 years ago

A company that developed a tool to embed video on websites, which the founders say has been downloaded more than a million times. The founders also run a content distribution network that helps websites reach more people through social media.

43

2 years ago

An iPad app that allows new and veteran pilots to quickly get the FAA knowledge test questions they need to pass and earn their pilot’s license.

43

2 years ago

A startup that is building a web-based version of a popular gamification platform, using a much more intuitive and visual interface. The company offers social networking, leader boards, and ability to play games with friends.

43

2 years ago

A startup that allows landlords to easily check up on vacant properties, without having to call or email the tenant. The startup is looking to connect with landlords in the US and Canada.

43

2 years ago

A platform to help people save money by focusing on the expenses they can control. Previously known as Quest2, the startup is based in Philadelphia and wants to build a product that will help people cut their spending and put their money to work for them.

43

2 years ago

A startup that’s building a “broadcast” platform for live streaming video, which can be used for anything from product launches to music performances.

43

3 years ago

A digital financial advisor that serves as a personal financial advisor, personal banker, and a private banker. The startup wants to leverage the internet to help people make good personal financial decisions and manage their savings, investment portfolios, and retirement.

42

3 years ago

This is a SaaS system that allows retailers to automatically execute marketing campaigns based on the customer’s purchasing history. The startup says it has already signed up 50 retailers and is looking to expand.

42

3 years ago

A company that wants to take the stress and headaches out of managing multiple email accounts, and provides tools for managing your personal inbox and corporate inbox.

42

3 years ago

Ruled is a service to help US companies ask for and file trademarks in foreign countries. The startup currently has customers in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Mexico, and the UK.

42

3 years ago

Traders Pte. Singapore wants to make it easier for small- and medium-sized enterprises to invest in cryptocurrency. The company launched in May, and has already signed up over 80 customers.

42

3 years ago

A company that makes micro-chips that can read and write to a microSD card and be used in a wide variety of devices. The startup has a chip that can be inserted into a computer’s memory stick slot and act as a flash drive.

42

3 years ago

A team of three people is building a tool that allows users to upload their existing photos and video to a website, then create a personalized version of those photos with a single click.

42

3 years ago

A company building a product that allows customers to access their own data, such as credit scores, on the backend and make changes, such as whether to add a new credit card or request a raise, without having to get in touch with a provider.

42

3 years ago

A SaaS that helps businesses get paid for their time, by allowing people to pay employees via their time-tracking apps. Payroll is a company that has already been on the market for 2 years, and has built a $100 million SaaS business on top of it.

42

3 years ago

A startup looking to bring fiduciary financial advice to anyone with a bank account, provided through mobile and a web-based interface.

42

3 years ago

A startup that wants to bring education to the masses. The startup wants to build a subscription-based platform for educational videos, with a focus on middle-school students and adults in the US.

42

3 years ago

A company that wants to help companies create better software by creating a platform to help companies learn from the mistakes made by others in the same industry.

42

3 years ago

A company that wants to build a way to “create and administer hybrid assets” like loans, investments, and insurance. They’re now trying to build software to manage all those assets.

42

3 years ago

A startup that is trying to set up a "pre-order" business model for prescription drugs. It’s currently at work with a few drug companies that would like a way to distribute their drugs more efficiently. The startup is also working with a patient advocacy group to help get more people covered by their government’s medical system.

42

3 years ago

This startup is selling a company’s SaaS platform, which allows a company to manage their employees and their performance. The startup is already working with a dozen companies.

42

3 years ago

A startup that creates a hybrid of a credit card that can be split between partners and a traditional credit card.

42

3 years ago

An online platform that allows people to ask for advice from experts they trust, then follow up by sending in-person visits as experts recommend products or services.

42

2 years ago

A visual record of your Instagram stories, allowing you to view all the posts you’ve ever made in one place and rate each one.

42

2 years ago

A company that helps software developers create mobile apps for other platforms. They are already working with Amazon to bring Kindle apps to Android and iOS, and have been in talks with others.

42

2 years ago

This startup is building an API for bidding on traffic and ad inventory. They have less than $5,000 in funding.

42

2 years ago

A startup that helps people find a job in Canada’s oil and gas industry, which is full of remote job opportunities.

42

2 years ago

A company that helps companies build a virtual sales force, allowing them to manage leads and track their activity from anywhere.

42

2 years ago

A game where you play as a psychopathic serial killer that has to kill innocent people in various locations. The game is intended to be creepy and make you feel bad about yourself.

42

2 years ago

Education is expensive, and not everyone is ready to go back to school. So this startup wants to help people find their perfect fit for the future, whether it be a new career or a new city.

42

2 years ago

A social network for folks over 50, offering a variety of community and networking benefits, with a business model based on advertising.

42

2 years ago

A platform for enterprise salespeople to track and manage leads, using AI to automatically create and prioritize emails.

42

2 years ago

A new kind of healthcare IoT device for pets that allows owners to track and administer medicines.

42

2 years ago

A news platform and mobile app for women to hear curated stories and get advice on topics from female influencers.

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A startup that uses AI to analyze and optimize home cooking recipes based on a user's fridge contents, allergies, and taste preferences via a simple photo upload.

42

5 years ago

Idea: A platform for schools to offer their students free access to the Khan Academy

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3 years ago

A platform that allows users to share their email addresses with other users. The startup is hoping to build an email address directory for businesses.

41

3 years ago

a tool to help companies find and hire remote workers. The company is still in stealth mode and “nearly ready to launch”.

41

3 years ago

A community-run Reddit alternative focused on community-driven journalism that can be read on any device. Contently is hoping to create a “lean-back version of the newsroom.”

41

3 years ago

A company that’s building a tool for road construction contractors to manage capital expenditures, project management and billing.

41

3 years ago

A social network which works with the user’s habits to feed them content, based on what they already do online. The startup is building a subscription service for ad agencies that want to target their existing online presences to new audiences.

41

3 years ago

The company is a free software project that helps people maintain their health by giving them access to a large, searchable database of medical information. It was started around a decade ago as a personal health web site, but has since evolved into a global health information platform.

41

3 years ago

A platform for software developers to sell their code, but instead of just paying them, the company pays the developer for their time and expertise.

41

3 years ago

A startup that lets people create and share personalized cartoons, which they can use to have a laugh and spread support.

41

3 years ago

An “end-to-end video platform for marketers”, with a focus on “native video advertising”. It’s sort of like competing with LinkedIn, but with video.

41

3 years ago

A platform for selling travel products, like airline tickets and hotel reservations, to tourists. It’s already launched in Japan and is planning to launch in the US in 2015.

41

3 years ago

A chatbot that makes tipping easy. It’s also a startup that’s already built a chatbot that can talk to people in New Zealand, and is looking to expand.

41

3 years ago

A startup for “food-as-a-service” startups that want to grow quickly with minimal overhead. The idea is to help startups provide a full set of food and kitchen services for startups, for $1,000 per month. The first batch of startups is a handful of restaurants in Philadelphia’s Queen Village neighborhood.

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3 years ago

A travel booking app called Yolt uses a dynamic pricing algorithm to continuously adjust pricing based on demand, which they say leads to less price volatility and a larger number of paid hotel rooms.

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3 years ago

A company that’s started a $1 million series A to fund its own VC-backed accelerator. The accelerator aims to help startups find product-market fit, and has already funded a few companies.

41

3 years ago

The American Red Cross is one of the largest suppliers of blood and blood products in the United States, operating more than 1,000 blood donation centers in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia. It has donated more than 300 million units of blood since its inception in 1917. In addition to its domestic operations, the American Red Cross has provided lifesaving assistance to people in more than 70 countries through its international humanitarian program.

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3 years ago

A platform for peer-to-peer renting of vehicles and adventure sports equipment

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3 years ago

A digital tax filing system for small businesses. It’s a hybrid between a spreadsheet and a digital tax accountant.

41

2 years ago

A platform that allows users to target ads to people based on their social networks and interests. They have a Facebook component that lets marketers target people based on their friends’ likes.

41

2 years ago

The company wants to be the iPhone of healthcare records. It wants to build a software platform that helps you organize your medical records in a way that’s easy to search and adopt by doctors.

41

2 years ago

A company that wants to be the LinkedIn for tradespeople, including electricians, plumbers, and HVAC contractors.

41

2 years ago

A platform for companies to host and share educational sessions with their employees. They’re already working with over 50 organizations, including large financial institutions.

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2 years ago

By helping patients manage their mental health, TNS hopes to reduce the number of people who end up in the emergency room because of depression. The startup is also looking to tackle the extra costs associated with emergency rooms, like how the added expenses associated with a patient in the ER, like transportation (which can cost $40) and food, can be hundreds of dollars.

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2 years ago

This is a mobile app that keep track of your to-do list. It’s similar to Wunderlist in that you can add tasks, notes or lists and share with other users. The app is built for iOS and Android, and integrates with your email, calendar, contacts, and other apps.

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2 years ago

Yuppie, a service that gives people with little disposable income the opportunity to spend money on experiences instead of things.

41

2 years ago

A “premium” online spreadsheet for small- to medium-sized businesses, allowing them to collaborate on spreadsheets without needing to install a full program.

41

2 years ago

A startup that lets people do what they're already doing on Instagram in real life.

41

2 years ago

A podcasting startup that shares in the ad revenue from each podcast episode, rather than charging listeners.

41

5 years ago

A startup that provides a service where people can book a room to stay in for a night like AirBnb but instead of an entire house it’s just a room

40

5 years ago

iewhut is building a marketplace for influencers. The startup connects brands with influencers, who vouch for products in native advertising format. So far they have over 1,000 influencers and their homepage has over 1,600,000 followers.

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5 years ago

Idea: An online marketplace of products made by independent designers. Designers can keep 90% of sales, or have the option to partner with the startup for a 40% revenue share. The startup also aims to make the discovery process easier by curating the top items from each designer.

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3 years ago

A startup that helps customers rent out their places on Airbnb. The startup has already partnered with 50 properties in New York and San Francisco, and is looking to expand in other markets as well.

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3 years ago

A sort of email directory for charities, where they can add names and email addresses of people they'd like to donate to, and then send them emails when they have funds to donate.

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3 years ago

Placing an ad on an Uber driver’s dashboard that reminds him to pick up passengers.

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3 years ago

A product that helps people build their own websites in five minutes by creating a template and adding photos, texts, and graphics.

40

3 years ago

A P2P vetinary clinic that aims to break away from the traditional vetinary model by avoiding the vetinary practice of selling a vetinary service for a fixed price. They want to sell services based on a vetinary’s experience and reputation, instead.

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3 years ago

This startup is looking to build a platform for online real estate investing (so you can invest in properties you want to own instead of renting out your apartment) with the goal of enabling anyone to be an investor (even if you don’t have a lot of money).

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3 years ago

San Francisco - Home to the headquarters of Google and many other tech companies.

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3 years ago

A company that wants to build a credit score for people with no credit, based on data from their phone. It already has over 5,000 people on the platform and $500,000 in funding in its seed round.

40

3 years ago

User-friendly internet plant databases that have been around for decades. The Startup is looking to compile a bunch of the most popular plant databases into one online platform for both gardeners and growers.

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3 years ago

A $100 wearable computer designed to help the visually impaired see at night. The idea is that it’s supposed to work both as a watch and a headset.

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3 years ago

A tool that allows people to buy, sell, and trade second-hand assets like cars, furniture, and business assets. The company says it’s already helping people buy and sell $10,000 in cars in a month.

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3 years ago

A gym membership that allows you to pay for an entire year in advance, with payouts over the course of the year. People can buy a membership in the first week of the month and then schedule payments for the rest of the year.

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3 years ago

A “Digital Nomad” tool that helps people find and book flights, hotels, and other items.

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3 years ago

A startup building a new kind of collaborative software, called a “collaborative operating system”, that can be run on desktop and laptop computers, tablets and smart phones. The startup’s first product will be a $20 software download that can be used to build and deploy collaborative apps.

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3 years ago

A social enterprise for providing fresh and healthy meals to kids. After receiving seed funding from The B Team and the Philadelphia Foundation, the team is now working with schools and nonprofits to scale up their efforts.

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3 years ago

The startup will help construction companies with their construction materials purchases, including lumber and paint. They’ve already begun offering a service in the New York City market.

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3 years ago

A startup that helps people detect and hide viruses in their files before uploading them to the cloud.

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3 years ago

A system for scheduling and organizing home services from trusted, vetted service providers. The startup has a $21,000 monthly recurring revenue business within the Philadelphia area.

40

3 years ago

A tool used by teachers and parents to help organize and plan after-school activities. Instead of tracking each child, the company uses the school calendar to automatically track kids attending different activities and then creates plans for parents based on the kids’ interests and availability.

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3 years ago

A startup that wants to create a digital passport for international travel, enabling people to take advantage of the advantages of electronic payments without the inconvenience and cost of international travel.

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2 years ago

A way to add a little human touch to a lot of data, using machine learning to understand the contents of emails and automatically categorizing them. The startup is building a system that will do the same thing, but this time with emails.

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2 years ago

A not-for-profit organization that helps refugees in developing countries. The organization is hoping to use blockchain and smart contracts to help refugees sell and trade their property, paying property taxes and providing protection.

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2 years ago

A utility for managing employees’ work hours. If you’ve ever had to stand in line at your boss’s office to get sub-par hours that are still more than what you’re currently working, you know how boring it can be.

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2 years ago

A startup that aims to build a “perpetual” money market fund that has the low fees of traditional money market funds with the stability of a traditional bank.

40

2 years ago

Web-based, cloud-based, and mobile-ready accounting software for small businesses that wants to be able to use Quickbooks but doesn’t want to be locked into that software.

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2 years ago

A brand-new startup that’s pitching a new way to buy and sell things online. The startup says it’s different from other marketplaces because it’s not focused on one particular category of items, but instead on a whole range of things like books, games, and even pets.

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2 years ago

A new way for people to get loans with bad credit, in a way that’s often cheaper than traditional payments platforms.

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2 years ago

A new kind of on-demand organic food delivery service, which has already signed up with many fast food chains.

40

2 years ago

A tool for hospital administrators and staff to help them send out safety notifications and warning signs to patients if there is a fire, gas leak, or other emergency.

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2 years ago

A startup that wants to provide instant, free, HIPAA-compliant medical advice through SMS.

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2 years ago

An online marketplace for hiring real estate agents, and one of the first companies to apply for YC, in 2012. The company is now headquartered in New York but still has a significant presence in San Francisco.

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2 years ago

A tool that helps small businesses in the US and Canada manage their credit card processing, from the front end to the back.

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2 years ago

A platform for people to rent their homes via Airbnb, allowing owners to earn extra income. The founders say that their platform is the only one of its kind in the US, and that the site has already facilitated over $1 million in rental revenue.

40

2 years ago

A tool to help employees track and improve their use of the time they spend at work. The app is designed for businesses that are already using a time tracker, but no longer want to maintain their own.

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2 years ago

A startup that takes the traditional ad format (screenshots of a game, or screenshots of an app) and turns it into actual in-game currency. The startup wants to build an in-game economy around the screenshots, allowing people to trade and sell them to other players.

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2 years ago

A new way to host and manage your website. Brands can build sites on the service, and then monetize them by selling advertising within the sites.

40

5 years ago

Idea: A tool for financial advisors to help them build stronger relationships with clients. The startup helps advisors keep track of how they’re spending time with clients and helps with communication like text messages and phone calls.

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5 years ago

Idea: A startup for hand-made products. The startup is looking to disrupt the marketplace business by focusing on a niche of handmade goods. The startup claims it can make handmade goods more profitable for producers and more affordable for consumers.

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3 years ago

The startup is developing a third-party platform for business leaders to discuss, coordinate and engage with “data-driven” teams in the same way regular employees do. The goal is to help businesses “shape the future”.

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3 years ago

A way to create personalized “games” using a database of user behavior and the users themselves. Instead of showing a player a pre-determined experience, it shows them a mixture of content and their own data, allowing them to create their own personalized experience.

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3 years ago

A company that’s building software for advertising agencies, providing them with a “360-degree view” of the ad campaigns that companies are running. In other words, it’s a tool for ad agencies to see what Facebook, Google, Yahoo, and Twitter ads their clients are running in real time.

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3 years ago

Headquartered in Indonesia, this startup wants to replace the traditional letter-delivery process that has been core to companies like Western Union and MoneyGram.

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3 years ago

A startup that lets you order a custom-made pizza in 20 minutes or less. The company also sells its own branded gourmet pizzas and sells them to restaurants as well.

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A startup that helps develop a company’s “brand voice”, which is how different companies communicate about the same thing. The startup’s founders say they’ve already built a brand voice for 10 clients.

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3 years ago

A new way to find a doctor, through a website that matches patients and doctors based on their preferences. For instance, if you want a doctor who’s available on nights and weekends, then you can search by location and hours in advance.

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3 years ago

A software product that helps hospitals track patient data. It’s first product is a credit card reader for doctors and nurses to take credit cards on-site at the hospital, and can also be used for hospital payments and for medication tracking.

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3 years ago

A social network for product managers, allowing them to create product roadmaps and track progress.

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3 years ago

This startup is helping smaller companies and individuals better understand the impact of their advertising spending. The startup has a product called "Advertising Metrics", which helps advertisers understand the impact of their ad spend.

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3 years ago

A company that hopes to help companies build websites for their advertisers, allowing them to customize their experiences.

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3 years ago

An iOS app that helps you find parking spots in real time, so you can find and reserve a spot in advance. Parking Panda has already signed up twenty-six companies as clients, and has $6,500 in monthly revenue.

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3 years ago

A new way of building solar-powered batteries that are more flexible than traditional solar panels.

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3 years ago

A tool that helps entrepreneurs get physical, made-to-order products shipped to them on demand

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3 years ago

A startup that offers health care services at a cheaper price than traditional health care providers.

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2 years ago

A new online bank with a focus on millennials and people who have had bad experiences with banks. The startup plans to be the bank for the unbanked

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2 years ago

A college admissions platform for students. The company wants to help students find colleges that fit their needs, and help colleges find students who have the potential to succeed there.

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2 years ago

A “credit score for the world” for 90% of the world’s remittance flows. Instead of relying on a single credit score, which may differ depending on where you live, IDream ventures wants to provide a global score that’s the same regardless of country.

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2 years ago

A platform for building videos with a framework for adding overlay effects, templates, analytics, and automations.

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2 years ago

A company that builds software for managing and trading transactions in a particular currency.

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2 years ago

A tool for turning unstructured and unclassifiable video into human-readable text.

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2 years ago

A startup that uses AI to predict what a customer will buy and when, making its product recommendations based on a user’s past purchases. The startup says its product can sell things a person already owns, and it’s already working with various retailers in the UK.

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2 years ago

A broker that helps people find a house to rent. The company says they’re already working with local landlords and renters.

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2 years ago

A luxury travel company, which is looking to expand its international business. The startup is seeking to become the “Airbnb of the hotel industry” and currently has operations in Canada, the US and Australia.

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2 years ago

A startup that enables users to add a relative in India with an iPhone. It’s built for people in India who don’t have access to the internet, but also for Indian families who are looking to send money abroad.

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2 years ago

A community for people who are interested in understanding and overcoming financial struggles. The company was founded by a former professional road racer and WIRED editor.

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2 years ago

A machine learning system that could be used to identify fraudulent medicines or identify counterfeit drugs. The startup wants to make it easy for researchers to search vast stockpiles of data to find drugs that could help with pain relief, and is already partnered with pharma companies.

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2 years ago

A dating app for people who are either in a long-term relationship or aren’t ready to have a relationship.

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2 years ago

A tool for marketers to target ads, based on the content of articles.

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5 years ago

Idea: This company has created a coffee substitute made from cassava root. It’s designed to be a water-soluble powder, and aims to be a healthier alternative to sugar-laden coffee.

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3 years ago

This startup is building a community management platform for a global, multi-faith community that is part of the same religion as a key partner in their space, the Global Women’s Leadership Institute.

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3 years ago

A startup that wants to help advertisers and marketers build out email campaigns and see the results of those campaigns in real-time, instead of relying on a separate tool.

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3 years ago

Closed-door meetings are a big part of how businesses communicate, but they can be inefficient, or even make communication harder. Fusic is an app which allows teams to use a shared whiteboard to brainstorm ideas and plan, with the idea that faster ideas can arrive at the right times, and lead to better decisions.

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3 years ago

A platform that helps users organize and share their life events in the context of a narrative that’s then read by others. The company wants to help people better communicate their lives to their friends, family and others.

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3 years ago

A platform for creating and distributing “white papers” that summarize research, but aren’t bound by the limitations of traditional academic publishing.

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3 years ago

A tool to help doctors and patients make a difference by allowing patients to question their doctors, or provide feedback on their experience of the visit. Doctors can grade their patient’s behavior and the app helps them to track their progress.

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3 years ago

A startup that wants to provide a better way for websites to collect payments by converting the traditional card processing and billing process into a decentralized mobile app.

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3 years ago

This is an AI-powered sales assistant for B2B companies, to help salespeople find leads and understand the value of different products and types of customers.

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3 years ago

This startup is building an AI-powered service that can help advertisers and agencies determine which consumers are most likely to buy a product and when.

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3 years ago

A tool to help all kinds of advertisers find the right people to talk to, whether they’re looking for a new employee, a customer, or someone to buy their product.

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3 years ago

A startup for managing a digital portfolio of art and photography. The app is meant to be a place for photographers to showcase their work, rather than a traditional gallery.

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3 years ago

This startup wants to make sending money between friends easier, and it’s already working with more than a dozen businesses, with a goal of making it as easy and as ubiquitous as sending a text message.

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3 years ago

A facial recognition app for iPhone that’s meant to be used in the background and is touted as a replacement for mobile fingerprint readers. The startup is still in stealth mode, and a company rep says that it’s just a few months away from launch.

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3 years ago

"Philadelphia Tech News" is a weekly digital newsletter that covers the startup scene in Philadelphia and the greater Delaware Valley. The newsletter is published every Wednesday at noon.

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3 years ago

The founders of this startup have been working in the tech industry for decades, however they have had no success starting companies. Some of their friends on LinkedIn have noticed that they have a lot of business cards and they don’t have a company. They wanted to build a company that helps other entrepreneurs — not just friends and family — to get off the ground.

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3 years ago

A startup software company, with a focus on B2B. The startup wants to take control of the user experience and move them away from their current process of doing order guides and single-user spreadsheets into something that’s more automated, web-based, and sophisticated.

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2 years ago

The startup is charging startups to help them navigate the venture capital world, providing them with financing, advice, and experience. It’s taking 5% of the startup’s total valuation.

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2 years ago

A startup that helps business solve their legal issues in the workplace with a legal assistant who can research and give legal advice. The service is available in all 50 states.

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2 years ago

The founders of the startup had been using hammers for decades and decided to create a tool for anyone to use to make custom hammers.

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2 years ago

Mtgox is an online cryptocurrency exchange that was founded in September 2016 and has since garnered a large following. It currently has a trading volume of over $2.5 billion in a year of operation.

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2 years ago

A tool for computer science and data science courses that wants to become a marketplace where students can find tutors, and get training and advice on their coursework.

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2 years ago

A “smart condom” that senses and responds to the user’s body heat, humidity, and movement. The condom is self-contained and contains sensors that adjust its sensations based on the user’s responses.

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2 years ago

A startup that wants to build a universal address book for all of your different communication accounts.

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2 years ago

A “new financial services network” for the developing world. The company is still early on its road map and has yet to raise funding.

38

2 years ago

A new startup that’s launching a business-to-business marketplace for digital advertising. AdXchange is intended to bring more transparency to digital ad buys and help advertisers target their campaigns more accurately.

38

2 years ago

A family-owned and operated company that has grown into a leading provider of nonprofit and community organizations with e-commerce websites.

38

2 years ago

An ad tech company that builds tools for advertisers to make better use of video.

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2 years ago

A chatbot for the Brazilian market that gives users advice about credit card payments in real time.

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5 years ago

Idea: A startup that helps retail businesses create personalized images and videos for their products. The company’s CEO says that the startup’s technology has already been used to create over 3,000 videos, and the startup has generated $50,000 in revenue so far.

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5 years ago

Idea: A way to make spreadsheets more fun to use by adding a layer of gamification.

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3 years ago

An enterprise-grade chatbot that allows companies to train the chatbot to interact with their teams. Current users include Google and Microsoft, who are using it for customer service.

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3 years ago

A company that aims to make a solar power panel that charges up in the middle of the day and stores the excess energy overnight. Instead of a battery, it’s integrated with the home power grid and uses solar energy to charge a battery bank.

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3 years ago

This is a company that is building an online, decentralized marketplace for the sharing economy. The startup has already launched, allowing users to split household tasks like cleaning, yard work, and dog walking among a group of users.

37

3 years ago

A tool for cleaning up your photos, with a focus on removing many of the imperfections that make modern photos look similar to each other. The startup says it has already had 5 million downloads and 4 million photos deleted.

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3 years ago

Expanding on their existing work in the digital advertising industry, this startup wants to help brands increase their ROI on digital advertising by helping them maximize the leads generated from different ad formats. They’re working with brands like Macy’s, Nissan, and Allergan to increase their online sales.

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3 years ago

An AI platform that predicts and optimizes the effectiveness of pharmaceuticals, with built in mechanisms for doctors to adjust dosages, based on patient data. The startup wants to make the pharma process more accurate and efficient, by comparing dosages and predicting the effectiveness of the drug.

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3 years ago

A platform for allowing people to buy and sell items on the cheap, plus a built-in social network for buyers and sellers to share tips and trade items.

37

3 years ago

A startup that provides users with all the aspects of the Netflix experience, except the selection of the show, which automatically adapts to the viewer.

37

3 years ago

A free, batch addition of a small number of ingredients. The startup is building a tool to help users figure out the right recipe for an individual ingredient.

37

3 years ago

A startup that aims to provide customer support to the tech community by building software that allows people to get technical advice from a community of experts.

37

3 years ago

An iPad app that helps disabled people shop online.

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3 years ago 1 views

This is a toolset for restaurants to help them manage their ordering and inventory. The startup is already in use by American Express and Sharper Image.

37

3 years ago

A platform that helps companies run events in-house. This is a company built on the premise that the event industry has been the victim of commoditization from companies like Eventbrite and Ticketmaster, and that event producers who work with companies skimp on costs to try to compete. Instead, Eventbrite should be able to offer a more powerful and flexible platform for people to book events.

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3 years ago 1 views

A company that’s building a version of Amazon Go that works with a smartphone instead of an RFID chip. It uses NFC, QR codes, and a geofence.

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3 years ago 1 views

Outspark is building a service allowing customers to buy virtual goods in video games from a variety of providers, including Steam and the console game developers, without having to download and install a separate client.

37

3 years ago

A fintech company with a focus on credit products for women. The company is pitching itself as a cheaper alternative to the big banks, and is already working with a number of small businesses.

37

3 years ago

A startup that offers discounted travel deals and tours to people who trade in old electronics.

37

3 years ago

A startup that helps people figure out if they can afford a home in a city. The company says that in cities where a lot of people are renting, it’s hard to find out which ones you can afford because the data isn’t readily available. So it’s building a tool that will show you what neighborhoods are affordable in a new city and help you figure out if you can afford to live there.

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3 years ago

A dating app for the LGBTQ+ community, made for the black community, from New York City.

37

2 years ago

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2 years ago

A startup for tradesmen to work jobs on specific tasks, without having to work all the time.

37

2 years ago

A startup that helps family businesses stay on track. Co-founder Zachary Berg says that they’ve already sold to a private biz and a few nonprofits.

37

2 years ago

A women-led startup that wants to add a service layer to the current food delivery and delivery-meal-kit ecosystem.

37

2 years ago

A tool to help pull information from your website’s data tables into a spreadsheet or database.

37

2 years ago

“A tool for launching a new business”, allowing people to quickly connect with customers and get a quick version of their business ready for launch.

37

2 years ago

A startup for cross-referencing and verifying e-mail addresses.

37

2 years ago

A health care startup that uses AI to predict adverse drug interactions and automatically alert patients.

37

2 years ago

A six-person startup that makes a smartphone add-on that allows you to see the weather anywhere on the planet. They’re the first company to make an app that lets you see the weather in nearly 60 countries.

37

2 years ago

This company is aiming to make it easy for companies to provide credit analysis, and it’s already working with one of the largest companies in the world.

37

2 years ago

A customized tool for financial advisors for managing their clients’ investments, which helps advisors plan for retirement.

37

2 years ago

A company that helps people learn how to play the ukulele. They’ve had over 500 private lessons in their first four months.

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2 years ago

A new type of smartphone that can be controlled by a select group of people. The device is controlled by a few people who can call, text and video chat. The founder, Shai Bantum, was born with a rare heart defect that made it necessary for him to have a pacemaker. The company is in beta in the US and Israel.

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2 years ago

BitMEX is the first regulated Bitcoin exchange in the world, offering a trading platform for professional traders to trade Bitcoins with leverage. BitMEX hopes to be a catalyst for Bitcoin’s rise to prominence, with hopes to increase institutional investment in the market.

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2 years ago 1 views

Addictive, a startup that claims to have developed a faster, more efficient way to play video games.

37

2 years ago

A company that helps fight the spread of fake news by providing services to fact-check and verify news stories.

37

3 years ago

A tool that helps people create products that can be purchased through their site. It’s like a marketplace but instead of buying products, you’re offering them to people as a service. It’s a model similar to TaskRabbit or Uber.

36

3 years ago

A startup that wants to replace the classic car with a vehicle that is made up of millions of tiny sensors.

36

3 years ago

A company that reduces the time it takes to book a hotel room. They’re already live in London and San Francisco, and are looking to expand internationally.

36

3 years ago

An on-demand software platform for SAP. The product is made up of a set of component tools that developers can buy or create themselves. The company’s pitch is that this is the first time a SAP component product has been made available outside of SAP, and that its offering will be the right fit for other SAP developers.

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3 years ago

A way for companies to get “radically better deals” on local tech talent.

36

3 years ago

A team of designers and developers who have made an iPad app, which helps users visualize their goals, visualize the future or visualize scenarios, essentially.

36

3 years ago

A tool that lets you create extremely simple, small text-based games (think, “add up the total of all the numbers in this sentence”)

36

3 years ago

A company that allows companies to advertise on their own websites. The company wants to be the one to take over some of the ad tech functions that exist today, so it can build out a new ad platform.

36

3 years ago

A partnership-based startup that helps real estate agents find leads in the space. The company invests in the leads and handles the whole process, from sourcing to closing.

36

3 years ago

A platform for sharing and tracking the progress of college work. The startup is starting with a free version that includes a gradebook and a plan for parents to communicate with their kids.

36

3 years ago

The startup is building a mobile app that connects users with non-traditional job applicants who also have relevant skills like graphic design, marketing, and accounting, crowdsourcing the labor of these potential employees in exchange for a small fee.

36

3 years ago

A virtual assistant that can help you schedule and manage your home and office, combining the best of Siri and Alexa. The company says they’ve already hired seven people in the past three months.

36

3 years ago

Zuddl is a startup that aims to bring conferences online for big companies. It charges $5 per attendees, and per its pitch has already managed to host

36

2 years ago

Asana was already a great place for teams to organize and keep track of their stuff, but it suffered from a lack of new features. The company has now launched a new product, “Asana Enterprise”, which aims to do the same thing for larger businesses.

36

2 years ago

The startup wants to create blockchain-enabled game assets, or digital assets that can be used to make games. The idea is to make digital assets cheaper and easier for developers to use. They’re also exploring ways to use the blockchain to make game assets tradable once they’re built.

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2 years ago

A mobile arcade game designed to teach kids about the history of the United States. The startup launched a Kickstarter in July that it failed to reach its goal of $250k.

36

2 years ago

The team at iKwik, inspired by their grandfather’s wisdom, are building an app that helps you get the most out of your lint trap. It’s made to help keep your clothes looking fresh and to remove dust from your clothes. The startup is looking to partner with retailers and may consider introducing a subscription model.

36

2 years ago

This startup is building a game like Farmville for advertising-related products. The game works much like it does on Farmville, as you build a farm and connect with people who are also building farms to make money for what you grow and sell.

36

2 years ago 1 views

A startup that uses facial recognition technology to target ads. The idea is to use the company’s facial recognition technology to predict what a consumer will buy by observing their past behavior.

36

2 years ago

A web-based system for communicating with students and parents, but also for teachers and administrators. A tool for making school more transparent and for connecting students to their parents.

36

2 years ago

A platform for planning and budgeting, with a twist: it’s a web app, so you can access it from any device or browser. The startup’s platform, however, relies on a tool that lets you import your finances, and then you can set up budgets based on that data. It’s only been live for a few weeks, but the startup says it’s already been downloaded by over 200 people.

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2 years ago

A company that helps companies with compliance issues, including patent and trademark issues.

36

2 years ago

A “digital assistant” for retail customers. The startup offers a service that allows customers to order ahead of time via a mobile app.

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2 years ago 9 views

A startup that aims to “democratize” financial advice with a platform that empowers anyone to become a financial adviser. The company wants to reduce the cost of financial advice, and have a service for consumers that is “less expensive, better quality, and more accurate than traditional products”.

36

2 years ago

A cloud-based “digital assistant” for brands and marketers to target customers more effectively. Users can make predictions about what they are interested in, and the software works to deliver ads that the users are likely to click on.

36

2 years ago

A financial technology company creating a technology to help businesses with their day-to-day operations. They want to be the company that makes sense of all the data that companies already have in their systems.

36

2 years ago

A tool that helps you build your own coin, a cryptocurrency that can be used for things like paying for service, or trading.

36

2 years ago 1 views

A solution to the data overload problem by helping to aggregate and organize data (including video and images) created by social media.

36

2 years ago

A new app aims to help people stay on top of their finances and their investments, offering advice on when it’s time to sell a stock, or when to buy it. The app aims to make investing more digestible for the average person and do it with real-time advice.

36

2 years ago

A tool for managing a project’s roadmap, meant to be used by people working on a project.

36

2 years ago

A robo-advisor for your savings, with a 3% minimum investment minimum. They also offer a 10% trade-in bonus for different kinds of credit cards.

36

2 years ago

A company that is building a platform for mobile app development and creation, hoping to help developers create more effective apps at a lower overhead cost.

36

2 years ago

A startup for managing your money, built from the ground up by a financial advisor.

36

2 years ago

A visual note-taking application for the iPad.

36

5 years ago

Idea: A startup that is making a new type of surface that feels a bit like paper but is actually a plastic material This material can then be molded to make all types of different things, like a fridge that can be rolled up The surface is also programmable, so it can be made to change color or texture when a button is pressed

35

5 years ago

Idea: A startup that helps small businesses build websites that look like they were built by a big company. Envision helps businesses upload a logo and other elements that look like they belong on a big-name site.

35

3 years ago

A platform that helps publishers sell their content to advertisers. The startup wants to give publishers a new way to monetize their content by allowing them to create a new revenue source — ads.

35

3 years ago

A “smart, dynamic, and adaptive” predictive analytics tool for banks, pitched as “the next generation of risk management”.

35

3 years ago

A “hip” alternative to the traditional recruiting process that helps companies find, vet, and hire the best new employees.

35

3 years ago

Sealed Air is a startup that wants to use 3D printing to make food packaging from food-grade materials. The startup is backed by $7.5 million from a raft of food industry types, including Tyson Foods and the Hershey Company.

35

3 years ago

Xionet is a software platform that allows users to upload, edit, or discover video and images, and share with the world. The startup is promising to help users create and distribute videos with no editing experience, and they’ve already taken in $100,000 in seed funding.

35

3 years ago

A college student living in the US could apply for a scholarship, but they’d have to spend weeks getting their paperwork in order. Oren makes it easier, and has already helped students pay for college.

35

3 years ago

The startup's idea is to provide a platform that helps small businesses in the US and Canada connect with the right suppliers.

35

2 years ago

A B2B company that helps companies adopt a strategy for sharing content across all of their channels. They’re currently working with “millions of consumers and hundreds of thousands of brands”.

35

2 years ago

Why do people buy a car from someone they’ve never talked to before BizBox aims to be a communications tool between car dealers and consumers, with a marketplace for sellers. There’s a lot of money to be made in this, and BizBox has already launched a product for the German market.

35

2 years ago

Hackable street light that lets people monitor it from their phone. The startup says they’ve had several businesses in the San Francisco area interested in a prototype.

35

2 years ago

This startup is building a system that allows auto mechanics to serve as service advisors via text messaging and app, so customers don’t have to drive to a shop and wait to be seen. The company is currently working on an iOS app and is considering an Android version.

35

2 years ago

A market for airplane tickets that has been around for a while, but this is the first company to be able to offer a product that takes into account the last few days of weather in a city to predict how bad it's going to be.

35

2 years ago

A platform to help users find influencers who are already following them when they first sign up.

35

2 years ago

An automatic IP address hopping tool to help companies more easily and quickly move their data into new and better datacenters.

35

2 years ago

This is a platform for “working professional women” (mostly PhDs, though) to share and collaborate on career advice, with specific services like career coaching, networking, and mentoring.

35

2 years ago

This startup offers an alternative to the traditional school attendance system for employees of companies, letting them track attendance via their phones and allowing them to pay back a portion of their benefits for missed days.

35

2 years ago

A startup that wants to help companies make better use of photos in marketing. The company has a platform that lets companies use photos in addition to text in their marketing.

35

2 years ago

A startup for virtual secretaries that delivers a virtual staffing agency for companies that want to outsource administrative work by substituting temps

35

2 years ago

A startup allowing people to pay for their transit fare using their phone, paying a small fee. The company is building a physical reader that works with a phone to read a QR code on the back of the card, and then charges the account.

35

2 years ago

A video streaming service focused on Hollywood content that’s not available on Netflix. The startup is already working with studios like MGM.

35

2 years ago

A new way for companies to scale their video ads, assigning them across Facebook, Instagram and now Instagram Live.

35

2 years ago

A web-based tool to help merchants manage their inventory. Once a merchant has pre-arranged a price for an item, they can have it shipped to their customers but not actually charge them until the order is packed and ready to go.

35

2 years ago

A company that is building a platform that allows agencies to create RFQs from lead generation to travel, with the goal of making the process easier for both customers and agents.

35

2 years ago

Build an agentless lending platform connecting traditional financial institutions with growing companies that are in need of capital.

35

5 years ago

Idea: A startup that is building a SaaS/cloud solution for call center automation The company says it already has $200k in monthly recurring revenue and over 100 customers

34

5 years ago

Idea: A platform that makes it easy for marketers to generate print-ready campaign collateral.

34

3 years ago

WeWork is the largest shared workspace company in the world, with over $6 billion in funding and over 2 million members. WeWork wants to offer its members a range of services like gyms, cafes, and other add-ons that can help their members live healthier and happier lives.

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3 years ago

A project management tool for freelancers and small businesses, which lets both take advantage of the collaborative nature of the web.

34

3 years ago

A video platform that lets users make their own video ads and sell them to potential customers. The startup is looking to make money by charging agencies to use its platform.

34

2 years ago

This is an AI app that helps people with specific medical conditions, like rheumatoid arthritis and asthma, track their symptoms, research new treatments, and get more accurate advice from their doctor.

34

2 years ago

A digital banking platform bridging the gap between traditional banks and fintech startups. The company counts the USAA bank as a customer.

34

2 years ago

A video ad platform that helps brands reach millennials through video ads. The startup is focused on helping brands by offering them analytics on how to target people that see their ads and those that don’t.

34

2 years ago

This startup is building out a digital learning platform for workers in industries that need skilled workers, like construction, manufacturing, energy, and healthcare. The founders say the platform is already being used by some of the largest construction companies in the US.

34

2 years ago

A digital wallet that allows you to load money into your account in minutes. The startup wants to build something that is easy to use, but also private.

34

2 years ago

A startup that allows schools to synchronize student attendance, and to send automated email reminders. The company has already signed up $1 million in sales, and has plans to help other schools in the US.

34

2 years ago

A platform that lets people get financial advice from experts without having to leave the comfort of their homes.

34

2 years ago

A startup working on a prototype of an AI that can grade essays in a few minutes.

34

2 years ago

This startup aims to help power out-of-town businesses by allowing them to take advantage of the high-speed internet from their users. It has offices in New York and Boston.

34

2 years ago

A company that uses artificial intelligence to help a customer find a product they’re looking for on Amazon. The startup has already built a tool that helps people find a product, then automatically sends them an email notification when it’s available to buy.

34

2 years ago

A “smart” lock that can be controlled by a smartphone app. The startup says the lock can be connected to any standard deadbolt, and works with most smart home devices, including Nest, and Philips Hue. The lock is priced at $250.

34

2 years ago

A well-known existing startup helps businesses create a single dashboard to track their performance. It’s already working with 250 clients, including IBM, EDC, and Citibank.

34

2 years ago

A voice-activated assistant that can help you manage your risk. The startup is working with a number of banks, credit card companies, and insurance companies to help make sure people are prepared for bad events.

34

2 years ago

A platform that helps advise and support organic farmers, enabling them to be more efficient and productive, and earn better prices.

34

2 years ago

Pool.is is a company that has built an app that helps people find open pools in their area. It also provides them with a way to get the pool ready for use, with a “pool ready” rating that tells them if it’s ready for their kids to swim in it. Pool.is’s app is free, and the company’s revenues come from charging for access to pools and equipment, and sales of pool chemicals.

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2 years ago

A startup that wants to allow you to create your own augmented reality experience. It’s a sort of digital drawing app, but with a twist — it allows you to make a 3D object with a digital version of yourself, and then add interactive elements, like touchscreens, lights, and sounds.

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2 years ago

A platform that allows brands to sync their campaigns across Google Adwords, Facebook, Instagram and other social platforms.

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2 years ago 1 views

A startup that collects and distributes ad content for Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat, and Twitter. The company is profitable and growing in the New York area.

34

2 years ago

A way for people to connect with startups that are looking for talent in the US, Canada, UK, Ireland, and Australia.

34

2 years ago

A tool that allows photographers to create filters and bring them into Instagram and Facebook. It will make it easier to add filters to pictures, particularly those that require special effects or are too large for an Instagram post.

34

3 years ago

A company that helps retail stores create their own mobile apps to help them better serve customers. The startup has worked with companies like Zara and Adidas to build out their mobile app development platforms.

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3 years ago

A company that sells single-serving coffee packets (i.e. ground coffee) to businesses in bulk (i.e. 20 cups) for $5/bag. The startup has already won over a number of restaurants, and is working on a new product to sell coffee to businesses.

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3 years ago

A way to crowdsource research for academics, with a database of peer-reviewed articles for easy reference.

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3 years ago

Building on their card readers that allow people to charge their mobile phones with a wireless charger, the company is developing an app that allows users to recharge their cell phones using a wireless charger.

33

3 years ago

A startup for pre-booking restaurants. The company says that their app has already been used by over 1,000 restaurants.

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3 years ago

ilead is building an AI that helps users find the most relevant information to their questions.

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2 years ago

A platform that lets you organically connect with people in your network based on interests. The service is already used by over a million people and has been adopted by companies like Virgin Galactic and The Economist.

33

2 years ago

A startup that’s looking to bring enterprise-grade voice recognition to the masses.

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2 years ago

A company that helps students apply to college by creating an online application and advising them on how to best present themselves and their academics.

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2 years ago

A company that aims to help companies add custom, tailored newsfeeds for their employees, based on their interests and location.

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2 years ago

A startup for buying and selling IRL goods and services. The company has a singular focus on computers, which has allowed it to sell over $3 million in VR/AR/AR headsets.

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2 years ago

A native advertising platform for content publishers. The company wants to make native advertising that is native to the platform.

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2 years ago

A video conferencing application made for teams, and free for companies with 10 or more users.

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2 years ago

A platform for building and sharing DIY tools, kits, and parts. The startup is building hardware and software from scratch, and has already built tools for companies like Lego.

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2 years ago

A platform that allows people with a physical disability to upload and manage images of their disability via the app

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2 years ago

A Slack-like platform that allows teams to have discussions about work-related topics in real-time, with the ability to post or delete comments. The startup is the brainchild of two former Facebook engineers and is building out a platform for media companies, advertisers, and other groups to use.

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2 years ago

A full-stack marketing software startup focused on automating marketing, marketing automation, and lead management.

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2 years ago

ShareRing is building a decentralized network of wireless communication hubs for sharing rides, renting out rooms, and more. It’s meant to be more environmentally friendly and cost-efficient than ride-sharing apps like Uber, and is already in talks with the government of Australia.

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2 years ago

Advancement analytics software for recruiters to help them identify which roles should be prioritized in hiring.

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2 years ago

A Wi-Fi router company, selling to all major carriers in the US, UK, Canada, and India.

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2 years ago

A startup that is building a way to track student loans via email, who are working with local community colleges and graduate schools to create a student loan tracking tool.

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2 years ago

The startup is building a way to manage your credit card payments and payments at retailers. It’s first product, a card reader, was used by the Boston Mayor’s office, and the startup was acquired by Stripe in 2014.

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2 years ago

A platform for retail investors that helps them track stocks and exchange-traded funds. The company is working on a new product for financial advisors to be able to request and track rebalancing orders on their behalf.

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2 years ago

A startup for helping “disadvantaged entrepreneurs” raise capital and access capital formation services.

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2 years ago

A startup that allows users to create custom-made screens for their devices, like a custom phone launcher

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2 years ago

Helping people find and book a doctor in the US, Canada, UK, and Australia. Patients pay a monthly subscription for access to a physician who can look at their health records, give advice, and even prescribe medication.

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2 years ago

A startup that aims to build a platform for users to interact with their favorite brands and products. The startup has already worked with 10 brands on their “Shower Thoughts” platform, including Target and Coca-Cola.

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2 years ago

A platform that connects the traditionally stagnant car insurance market to young drivers, hoping to make it easier for them to finance and insure their vehicles

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5 years ago

Idea: A startup that builds a CRM for car dealerships. A CRM for sales, it offers leads, follow-ups, and reporting to help sales teams manage their customers.

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5 years ago

Idea: Helping event organizers make money by adding a “pay what you want” option to their ticketing.

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5 years ago

Idea: A tool for salespeople to track and report on any company-related content they are publishing. The startup is trying to replace spreadsheets and other tools salespeople have been using to track their content.

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3 years ago

With its Sparrow for Facebook, the company lets people use Facebook as an ad platform for their business. Sparrow lets businesses target ads at specific people based on their Facebook profile and interests.

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3 years ago

A new insurance platform that combines smart contract-powered solutions with “traditional insurance products”. The platform uses a hybrid “Smart Contract+Insurance” product, allowing users to choose between a traditional insurance policy with a “smart contract” endorsement, or a traditional insurance policy without the smart contract endorsement.

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3 years ago 1 views

A software startup that wants to disrupt the insurance industry by allowing people to choose an insurance company based on their price and the experience they’ve had with that company in the past.

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2 years ago

This startup is building a platform based on artificial intelligence to map out the Internet’s hyperlinks, helping people find things they may not have known they were looking for. The startup’s map is already being used to help people discover hidden gems on the web, and to build apps that can automatically map out the web.

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2 years ago

Smart contracts that allow you to back up your code online and add transparency, reproducibility and traceability to your code.

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2 years ago

A company that allows employees to access product managers, design, and engineers for advice on new ideas or product development.

32

2 years ago

Fintech startup that wants to combine the power of AI and Big Data with a human touch to help financial advisors make better financial decisions for their clients.

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2 years ago

A platform that helps brands and advertisers create interactive apps for mobile devices. The startups says it will “develop an intuitive, visual, and engaging user interface”.

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2 years ago

A platform for assembling apps, focused on developing mobile games. The company specializes in two categories: “advergames”, which are games that the company makes itself, and “mobile games”, which are made by third-party developers and sold through the portal.

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2 years ago

A way to help people hire contractors, with promises to be cheaper and faster than traditional services.

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2 years ago

A cloud-based platform for ad-hoc translation. The company currently supports the meeting of business and translators but plans to expand to other areas of translation. The founders are also working on translation startups in Russia and Thailand.

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2 years ago

A mobile payments app that allows users to pay using iPad cameras. A company based in Seattle, the app allows users to snap a photo of a barcode with their phone, and pay with the app.

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2 years ago

A free stock market app focused on helping traders learn more about stocks.

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2 years ago

A company that offers an app that allows someone to buy/sell/trade Bitcoin, Ethereum and Litecoin, with an easy way to pay for the transactions.

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2 years ago

A company that’s creating a space for local crypto enthusiasts to share ideas and advice. The startup aims to bring more people into the space and to help beginners get started.

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2 years ago

This is a new service that helps people who want to work abroad find remote jobs that match their skills and lifestyle. The company claims to help people find remote jobs in over 200 countries, with over 400,000 people already signed up.

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2 years ago

These are the kinds of problems that YouTubers and podcasters often encounter. This startup has made a mobile editing app for live video that’s used by over 250,000 people.

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2 years ago

A platform for helping teams work together better. Currently, teams are given a limited amount of time to work together, and once that’s up, they’re forced to work in silos. The startup wants to turn that on its head, allowing teams to work together through a shared set of tools.

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2 years ago

The team behind this startup is currently building a “personas engine” that aims to deliver a more natural-language approach to user onboarding and user-experience design. The system has already been used to beta test Facebook and Google, as well as Babel, a virtual assistance service.

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2 years ago

Advisor’s pizzas have a 1:1 ratio of cheese and sauce. They’re made with fresh dough, and the ingredients are — in most cases — all sourced from local farmers.

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2 years ago

A digital marketplace for buying and selling used cars, with automated pricing and financing options. Its founders say they’re already working with dealers and banks to integrate their technology into existing processes.

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2 years ago

A multiplier for the “thank you” note. Instead of thanking someone with a note, you can send a gift basket.

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2 years ago

A modern, social, mobile-centric take on the traditional paper notebook. The company claims the notebooks are more durable, have more space, feel more natural to write in, and also have a quick-access “diary”, “brainstorm”, or “to-do” section to keep track of notes.

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2 years ago

A platform to help companies manage and engage their customers on Facebook and Instagram. Companies can pay for advertising or follow along with their customers' content in their business pages.

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2 years ago

A tool that lets you email a link to a file or folder to yourself, without having to upload it to the cloud.

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5 years ago

A startup that creates a service for helping people with their resume The startup helps people get their resume on the top of the pile instead of the bottom

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3 years ago

A startup that helps small businesses build their own branded credit card readers by leveraging off the popularity of the card readers they offer.

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3 years ago

A B2B SaaS startup that provides a cheaper and more transparent accounting alternative to traditional accounting software. They’re currently in the process of acquiring two customers.

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2 years ago

A company that sells virtual reality headsets that can be used to make a virtual workplace and online meetings.

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2 years ago 1 views

A startup that’s building an AI that is able to read and understand medical images like CT scans and x-rays. They want to use it to bring diagnoses to people faster than they can get to the hospital.

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2 years ago

A tool for managing your email from your phone. It’s a way to check your email, read email, delete email, and check your calendar all from your phone.

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2 years ago

Kunvi is a service that helps people discover and communicate with other similar people. The startup is a spinoff of YC’s Summer 2011 batch, and is headquartered in San Francisco is hiring full-time engineers.

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2 years ago

A platform for creating and sharing digital games. The company is already building and launching games for businesses, with a focus on offering games that help users learn.

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2 years ago

A platform that gives the user a virtual assistant at the tap of a button. The startup’s first app was a virtual personal assistant to help users through their daily routine. Head of product at the company, Jason Chan, says the virtual assistant is now integrated with the iOS device and can be used in all apps.

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2 years ago

A “frictionless” grocery delivery service for retailers. The site offers customers a curated selection of local merchants who have partnered with the service. It has a store locator and curates a list of merchants. The startup says it has already signed up 1,000 local merchants.

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2 years ago

A platform that connects freelancers with businesses that need a quick custom made logo, a high-end t-shirt, or a difficult to print brochure or flyer.

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2 years ago

The startup is building a system for automating the process of employees trading in their company-issued phones for more advanced ones, in a way that takes the pain out of the process.

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2 years ago

An online, ad-free, video-based software training platform for salespeople.

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2 years ago

A platform for live streaming “interactive” events. The startup wants to help other live entertainers broadcast more events in more places.

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2 years ago

The company wants to bring the benefits of video to traditional business meetings. The product is a video conferencing tool that allows people to host video calls via a smartphone.

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2 years ago

A way to sell tickets in the UK, but with a focus on selling secondary tickets, or tickets for future concerts. The startup wants to sell tickets as soon as they are made available.

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2 years ago

A startup that makes a device that connects to the Apple Watch Series 3 and gives users the ability to answer calls and text messages from their wrists. The gadget, which is called the Apple Watch H2O was first unveiled in June 2015.

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2 years ago

A company that connects businesses with subcontractors. Generous is a platform for hiring staff via the internet for short-term work without jobs having to be posted. The company is already working with apparel companies on their seasonal staff needs, and has plans to expand into other fields, including food, medicine and real estate.

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2 years ago

Instead of a “Google for writers”, the startup instead wants to build a platform that allows writers to get paid for writing on any topic. It’s a platform that lets people get paid for their writing, similar to Blogger.com or OpenIDEO.

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2 years ago

This startup is building a tool for students to identify which classes are the most effective to help them study more effectively. The startup wants to make the process of class selection easier and provide some context on the academic experience.

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2 years ago

A startup that lets you pick up groceries at your favorite stores that’s built into the app you already use for home shopping. No more having to remember a separate card for grocery shopping.

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2 years ago

Threadless is an online marketplace for T-shirts, with a focus on “hope, innovation, and independent artists.” It’s a direct-to-consumer effort that doesn’t have any advertising, but instead relies on an algorithm to match buyers and sellers.

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2 years ago

The following companies had their YC Demo Day presentations on September 30:

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2 years ago

This startup aims to help advertisers reach more customers by enabling them to reach customers who have shown interest in their products in the past, whether through social media or directly.

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2 years ago

A company that helps people find and purchase a product made by a smaller business they admire.

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2 years ago

A platform that generates diagrams of how people use their phones, and uses data to make ads more targeted.

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2 years ago

A startup that handles all the administrative tasks of running a nonprofit. The founder, Gaurav Mehlawat, works for the non-profit, acts as the company’s CEO, and is also the COO.

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2 years ago

A Y Combinator alum that makes it easier for employees to take advantage of the company’s health insurance.

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2 years ago

A startup that offers AI-based video analysis for startups to better understand audience behavior and based on that adjust ad campaigns.

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2 years ago

A faster, simpler way to manage your 3D printer, allowing users to create 3D designs from a phone or web browser and download the resulting files.

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2 years ago

A startup that helps businesses find and hire foreign employees. A lot of business are trying to hire people from abroad, but the process is often arduous and time consuming. The startup’s software automates the process.

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2 years ago

A startup that’s building an on-demand marketplace for home services. It wants to empower users with real-time, online visibility into make-ready and repair work.

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2 years ago

A startup creating a platform that uses artificial intelligence to analyze data and help companies make better decisions. They’re looking for early adopters to get started.

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2 years ago

A $30 monthly subscription service that allows users to purchase, download, and play digital music, TV shows, and movies.

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2 years ago 1 views

The startup produces custom-made, large-scale panoramic images of cities, districts, or neighborhoods. It then sells the images as a gallery on its website for $2,500 to $5,000.

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2 years ago

A mobile app that makes it easier for college students and young professionals to get advice on finance and career options.

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5 years ago

Idea: A marketing platform for beauty brands to sell directly to their customers. The startup is built on a freemium model and has made $2,820 in sales.

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5 years ago

xtop is a mobile platform that’s helping companies serve up ads to employees. It provides a login for employees and companies, a mobile-first browser, and a tool for managing ads.

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3 years ago

A company that makes it easier for organizations to manage people’s careers in a “more agile and adaptive” fashion.

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3 years ago

A company that sells a system that automatically replaces pages of ads on a website with a single, engaging video. The startup is focused on the display market, so it wants to take out all the boring parts of an ad page, and replace them with a single, engaging experience.

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3 years ago

An earlier version of the startup, called Viglink, helped websites with affiliate links generate revenue. It was acquired by the company Pagefair in September. Viglink is now a separate company, and Pagefair has changed how it charges for the affiliate marketplace. It’s also trying to make it easier for advertisers to buy links directly from publishers.

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3 years ago

Co-working space for freelancers, located in New York City. The space is designed to encourage collaboration, with desks scattered around the common areas and a large kitchen. Red Kettle says it’s already hosted over 150 startups, and is currently looking to expand.

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3 years ago

This is a startup that lets people request a ride from an Uber driver who’s already on their way. The company is testing their idea in New York City.

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2 years ago

“A startup that allows any business to send marketing emails based on their customers’ preferences using their own email addresses.”

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2 years ago

A platform that connects people with their own utilities — allowing them to share their energy usage with their utility and adjust rates to save money.

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2 years ago

This startup is building a loyalty rewards platform for the cannabis industry. The company already has several customers in the cannabis industry, including the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board.

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2 years ago

A personal finance service for teens and young adults, designed to combat student loan debt.

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2 years ago

A visual editor for gradients and gradients, allowing designers to manipulate and build out gradients.

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2 years ago

A software platform that helps companies manage their risk with digital currencies by connecting them with traders.

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2 years ago

While there are many chatbots out there, none are as simple as the one being developed by the founder of the startup. The founder of Kibo, a chatbot that helps people understand, manage and adopt their investments, says that it is the easiest and most straightforward chatbot out there.

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2 years ago

A way to make your Instagram posts "louder" and easier to read

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2 years ago

An ecommerce platform focused on the furniture industry, made for designers and retailers to sell their products online.

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2 years ago

The startup is building a platform that makes it easier for brands to create and test keywords for their ad campaigns, then allows the company to track the performance of their campaigns.

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2 years ago

A platform that helps “enterprise-grade” companies manage their workflows across email, phone, IM and chat.

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2 years ago

A company that helps food companies understand their customers and deliver personalized experiences. It has customers including Taco Bell, and has already delivered on projects for the likes of Chick-fil-A.

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2 years ago

A mobile app that allows you to order and pay ahead for groceries at your favorite neighborhood store.

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2 years ago

A chat bot that’s designed to help people with their mental health. The startup claims to be the first to provide a mental health chatbot that’s designed to operate in a similar way to a messaging app like WhatsApp. Instead of opening an app, people can text the bot with their symptoms and get a response.

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2 years ago

A company that helps companies manage their expenses, which is a bit like how TurboTax helps people prepare taxes but instead of taxes, expenses.

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2 years ago

An insurance company in the UK that uses a dynamic pricing model that adjusts premiums based on the age of a policyholder and the likelihood of them having a heart attack or stroke in the next five years.

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2 years ago

A payments company that helps small businesses accept payments from multiple providers. The company has already held successful tests with more than 4,000 businesses after launching in late July.

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2 years ago

This video game startup is headed by former Telltale Games employees. It has a game in the works that serves as a “digital board game”, and has a playable demo that lets players design their own board game.

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2 years ago

A startup that is building a “made for social influencers” website. The company is currently looking for new (or old) talent to join as their community manager.

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5 years ago

A startup that lets people buy and sell homes with cryptocurrencies, says it’s already working with several real estate agents to list properties for sale with Bitcoin

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5 years ago

Idea: A startup that wants to bring the same kind of advertising tools that have become standard for desktop to mobile, and allow marketers to bid and test ads in real time

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5 years ago

Idea: An AI voice assistant that listens to you at work and helps you organize your day, from setting reminders to adding appointments to your calendar.

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3 years ago

Hire the Smart, an applicant tracking platform built for fast-growing, low-pay environments. It is one of the few startups in the pool that has been around for over a year. The company previously focused solely on the fast-food industry, but has since broadened its offerings to cover retail and other industries. The startup is also one of the few in the competition that does not currently have a product in production.

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3 years ago

The startup is working on a $30 per month automated savings plan that automatically invests in a wide range of products including stocks, bonds, mutual funds, ETFs, and even cryptocurrencies. The plan can invest in multiple portfolios, and is managed by a human advisor.

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3 years ago

In addition, YC includes a number of other programs, such as a software development program that develops products for the “Internet of Things”, a mentorship program for entrepreneurs looking to build companies outside of the US, and a program to help alumni launch companies.

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3 years ago

A startup that provides community-driven news and advice for local kids.

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2 years ago

This startup is building a platform that makes it easy to build a site that works across multiple devices. Their product allows developers to create a single website that adjusts on a per-device basis.

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2 years ago

This is a “smart” address book and reminder app. It allows users to create profiles in their address book, importing contacts from various social networks like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc. It offers an alternative to address books that only have a single tabbed page. It also has a “reminders” section that allows you to create reminders based on location and time of day.

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2 years ago

PortionWorks is building a startup in Philadelphia that uses a high-tech pill-dispensing machine to automate the process of making food portions. It can make a cup of yogurt, for example, in just two seconds.

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2 years ago

On the opposite end of the spectrum, the startup was the subject of many headlines and news reports that it was a scam. The company was sued by the FTC for running a “schemes that dupe consumers into paying up to $2500 for bogus weight loss guides,

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2 years ago

A startup that wants to help restaurants design and produce their own menus in advance. The company has the backing of some investors including Google’s Eric Schmidt. It has a US office and plans to launch in the future.

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2 years ago

A startup trying to lead the way for organizations to build an online presence for various causes.

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2 years ago

In the US, more than 50% of credit card transactions are made on an impulse, with no intention of paying off the balance.

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2 years ago

A company that puts an ads icon on your computer desktop to help you manage ad blocking.

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2 years ago

A platform for homeowners to share their home with potential renters. Instead of just placing pictures of a house on a website, HomeSeer allows users in a community to interact with one another, helping people find houses to rent.

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2 years ago

A startup that builds tools for increasing Internet of Things (IoT) adoption and security.

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2 years ago

Startup that wants to help companies assess their risk-adjusted ROI on various programs.

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2 years ago

A “dictionary for managing your finances”, which lets you add expenses and track your bank accounts and credit card purchases.

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2 years ago

A cloud-based platform that helps photographers, interior designers and other creative professionals collaborate in real time. It is a new platform from a company that has been in business for 18 years. Founded in February, it already works with more than 15 top creative professionals in New York City and plans to open for business in the third quarter.

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2 years ago

A "smart money" app that uses data to automatically manage and share money between friends. Users add their credit cards and accounts to the app and then link it to their Facebook friends. The app takes a small fee of all transactions and automatically transfers money between people.

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2 years ago

The startup’s goal is to get a million people onto a credit card by 2020. In order to do so, it focuses on helping consumers get credit cards in China without credit scores or bank accounts, and instead with a mobile number.

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2 years ago

A startup that makes household cleaning supplies like scouring pads and sponges. The founders realized that they could cut down on the amount of plastic waste they were producing by making their own cleaning supplies.

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2 years ago

A startup that lets you automatically pull data from your existing Facebook account and create a Facebook ad for the product of your choosing.

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2 years ago

A startup that wants to make healthcare more accessible to people living in developing countries. The startup believes that its model of using mobile phones to pay for healthcare services will be a more accessible option for people in rural areas who don’t have access to traditional healthcare. It’s looking to partner with companies like Walmart and the Gates Foundation to help its cause.

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2 years ago

A startup that’s building a home for all of your personal data and documents. The idea is that you can use it to store and use the data you have on you, and then use it to create additional data that can be shared with others.

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2 years ago

A personal digital assistant that integrates with your current smart home system to control them all. The startup is building a wireless Zigbee hub that adds a new layer of control to the existing smart home.

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2 years ago

A payment platform for the B2B Internet of Things. IoT devices have limited or no access to credit or banking, which means many companies need to rely on traditional banking services to pay for them.

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2 years ago 1 views

A healthcare startup that wants to be the Amazon of healthcare, which would be a massive undertaking. It aims to build a “hospital” that can deliver everything from labs to surgeries to nutrition to radiology.

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2 years ago

A company that aims to make it easier for restaurants to import ingredients from abroad, and with that offers a platform for small business to make their products available to consumers

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2 years ago

The startup wants to build a generic API that allows users to make calls and store data on their own servers, instead of uploading to external services.

29

2 years ago

The startup is building an online platform that helps match buyers and sellers of used cars. The startup is a new way to buy a car after it’s already been sold.

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2 years ago

A company that wants to build a platform for digital currency exchanges to handle over-the-counter trades, rather than doing a lot of trading on their own. They’ve already built a prototype and have been testing it with clients.

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2 years ago

This startup is building a new way to apply for college scholarships online, allowing students to create and upload their own scholarship application without having to pay a third-party service.

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2 years ago

An ad platform for apps. The company is a Facebook-focused startup that wants to help other developers make money off of advertising via the social network.

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2 years ago

They’ve made an app that helps you book a guitar lesson.

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2 years ago

A startup that’s building a platform that’ll allow electric utilities to monitor and remotely control their grid. The idea is to help utilities manage smart grid technology and switch loads more efficiently.

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2 years ago

Biospace is building a data platform that helps identify the types of genes that contribute to cancer. The startup, which was founded in March, has already had applications of their technology in the lab and clinical trials.

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2 years ago

An iOS app that allows users to find nearby places to buy, sell, and trade audio equipment.

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5 years ago

A startup that provides a service where people can pay $100 and get a hand-crafted thank you card from someone who made it

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5 years ago

Idea: This startup wants to be the Netflix of foreign TV shows and movies. As a B2B company, it’s already working with digital distributors like iTunes, Google Play, and others.

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3 years ago

A tool that allows users to add emojis to texts in real time, even if they’re not being texted by the person they’re messaging.

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2 years ago

The company’s first product, an app that rewards users for reading books by making recommendations.

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2 years ago

A new online memory-priming tool that studies the effects of shocking images on performance, providing an easy and effective way for advertisers to test the effectiveness of their ads.

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2 years ago

A more advanced version of the popular

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2 years ago

Unbabel is the startup that wants to help people make money through machine translation. The company has made it possible for users to translate ads with Latin phrases that might otherwise be inaccessible to a global audience.

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2 years ago

A company that is building the next generation of virtual reality. The startup, which is based in San Francisco, is working on a new form of VR that uses a device that looks like a pair of glasses with a button on the side, but instead of a screen, there’s a camera and a microphone.

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2 years ago

An e-commerce platform that allows sellers to sell things without having to build an entire store. Instead, the company’s service allows sellers to just create a store on their website, and then get algorithms to show them what type of product sells well for them.

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2 years ago

A free platform for people to share advice for specific personal situations. The idea is that it could be used in a similar vein to the subreddit AskReddit.

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2 years ago

A smart, connected home device, enabling technology that automatically adjusts the temperature in your home to match the outside temperature.

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2 years ago

A text-based messaging communication platform that allows groups of people to communicate with each other in ways that traditional text messaging doesn’t. Users can also tag each other and share content, and the service can be used for team messaging, personal messaging, or private personal messaging.

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2 years ago

A platform that tracks performance and creates actionable insights for business leaders, allowing them to manage all their teams more effectively.

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2 years ago

A healthcare startup building an AI system to diagnose patients after they’re already at the hospital, with the goal of reducing readmissions and improving patient outcomes. They have a trial partnership with the Providence Children’s Hospital network.

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2 years ago

A platform to help fashion designers build products that have 3D printing built-in, instead of relying on 3D printing as an add-on.

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2 years ago

A company that helps users book events online, like concerts or dinners. It also has an event-finding feature that lets you see people who are already in an event, and chat with them to see if it’s a good time.

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2 years ago

A digital assistant for doctors, designed to help them take digitals notes while they’re seeing patients. The startup’s co-founder says they’ve already built an app and are looking to scale.

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2 years ago

A patient-centered roadmap for treatment plans, with a personalized doctor visit for every step of the way.

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2 years ago

A restaurant chain that has already built out a network of over 1,000 locations across the US. It’s now trying to build out a network of brick-and-mortar restaurants. As of June, it had 94 locations in the US.

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2 years ago

SAS, an analytics company, wants to create a program that will help banks automate the process of building their own high-frequency trading systems.

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2 years ago

A startup that gathers information on the mobile devices of consumers and helps companies determine the best possible advertising to buy.

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2 years ago

A digital wallet for people who don’t have a traditional checking account. Users get a Visa debit card that can be used for online purchases. The startup is mostly focused on the U.S. market, but it’s also expanding into Brazil and Mexico.

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2 years ago

An online tool for dating, with a focus on helping lesbian women find partners. It’s launching in the US, and it’s already up and running in Brazil.

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2 years ago

This is a startup that helps inbound marketing teams identify high-quality leads, and then helps them take action on these leads.

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2 years ago

This startup is building a retargeting tool to help video advertisers retarget people who have recently watched a certain video.

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2 years ago

The incubator has been home to a number of startups that have gone on to raise significant funding rounds or have attracted large customers. As of March 2019, Y Combinator had $1.7 billion in total funding across its two funds.

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2 years ago

A platform for freelance designers, allowing them to earn money for their work, like the Google AdSense program. The startup’s co-founder said he’d be open to working with startups.

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2 years ago

A company that uses satellite imagery to help farmers prevent and fight the spread of plant diseases.

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2 years ago

A private social network for small businesses and other professionals to build a network, create a profile, get expert advice and connect with the people who are similar to you.

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2 years ago

Acme is building a community for people who want to learn about and put their money into cryptocurrencies. The company’s founder says it’s “built for the everyday investor,” and that it is “the first to offer the option to trade cryptocurrencies directly from a bank account.”

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2 years ago

The self-described “biggest and baddest way to scale applications” is a cloud-based platform built on open source technology that helps startups build and manage their apps.

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2 years ago

A startup that helps people buy and sell homes with cash, instead of going through a realtor.

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5 years ago

Idea: A non-profit in Brazil that provides free financial planning to low-income families. The startup works with banks to offer credit to qualifying customers, and works with the family to create a plan for them to pay it back. They already work with 8 banks and offer credit to 300 families.

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3 years ago

A Chinese video game company that’s building a digital trading card game.

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3 years ago

A platform that allows buyers and sellers to trade in and out of a budget, so users can buy and sell their way through life’s ebbs.

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2 years ago

Making it easier to use digital tools for loan origination and servicing. The company has already worked with 14 different banks and says they’ve saved lenders $150,000.

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2 years ago

A virtual assistant that helps you set up an email alias that redirects your last email address to a new one, like a company email.

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2 years ago

This startup is bringing a business intelligence toolkit to small and medium-sized businesses, letting them get insights from their data in ways that are more relevant for them than those available from their traditional sources.

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2 years ago

A startup that’s focused on making online education more interactive. Its service, called ReadyBuddy, allows students to receive personalized feedback from their instructors for every lesson. It works by having a group of students take a quiz up front, and then having their instructor review it.

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2 years ago

A company that wants to build a way for brands to encourage their customers to adopt environmentally friendly behaviors, like recycling

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2 years ago

A startup building tools for companies that can’t use a full marketing stack to run Facebook Ads.

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2 years ago

A consumer-facing app that helps you find the closest restaurant to your location, search for nearby deals, and get delivery quotes using a single app. The startup has already served more than 1 million users in San Francisco and plans to launch in Los Angeles and New York City soon.

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2 years ago

Instead of building a home, the founders say, this company lets people rent out their homes and instead make a profit on the hosting fee. It’s similar to Airbnb for personal use.

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2 years ago

A tool that allows companies to manage the entire back-end operations for their sales team, from lead management to CRM integration.

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2 years ago

A next-gen tool for managing a shared workspace. The core of the application will be a shared whiteboard, which will allow users to draw, collaborate, and add their own content.

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2 years ago

A startup that helps companies use AI to make better decisions. The startup works with traditional and emerging companies in the US and Latin America.

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2 years ago

A financial advisor who helps people invest in cryptocurrency. He’s also a cryptocurrency trader, which is what got him interested in crypto in the first place.

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2 years ago

A web-based service for student loan debtors, currently in beta. The startup’s founders had both student loans and were really frustrated by the lack of resources to address them.

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2 years ago

A game that lets you customize an avatar by giving it a unique personality and skills. The game has been in development since 2011, but is now ready for release.

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2 years ago

A Facebook-style social network for musicians. Musicians can create profiles for their bands, upload songs, and start playing gigs.

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2 years ago

A way to manage, organize and track your everyday to do list. It’s free to download and uses the new Apple Watch to add tasks to your day.

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2 years ago

A startup that helps retail companies import data from their CRM and other systems into one centralized dashboard for big-picture analysis, instead of having to pull it all over from different systems.

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2 years ago

A company making a tool that helps companies implement supply chain and other logistics solutions. They already have a revenue run rate of $5M, and plan to be profitable by 2020.

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2 years ago

A “reimagining” of the traditional online hiring process for job hunters. The job app is built to make the process more efficient, informed, and the employee more informed.

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2 years ago

Y Combinator was founded in 2005 by Paul Graham and Jessica Livingston. The company is headquartered in Mountain View, California, with a satellite office in New York City.

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2 years ago

An enterprise-grade e-commerce platform for SMBs.

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2 years ago

A tool that helps people take their Instagram photos and easily download them into a Google Docs-like format.

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2 years ago

A Fintech company that’s building a platform for high-net-worth individuals to invest in real estate, collect rent checks, and manage their investments. It’s already onboarding the first 100 customers at $79k.

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2 years ago

A digital assistant for teachers, designed to help them manage student progress, grade and calendars.

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2 years ago

A startup that says it wants to be the Uber of the semi-trucking industry. Their platform has already been used to get a truckload of ingredients to a restaurant 100 miles away in just 8 hours.

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5 years ago

Idea: Removing the need for server administration while keeping

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3 years ago

A global system to sell insurance and provide risk management services. The company already works in the United Kingdom and Canada.

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2 years ago

A real estate company in Colorado is offering tools that help people buy and sell homes using blockchain technology.

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2 years ago

A startup for retailers that has warehouse workers drop off the goods they’ve just picked, sort them, and load them on to pallets before the driver heads back for more.

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2 years ago

A startup focused on building a “smart wallet” for people who don’t have traditional bank accounts. People who don’t have access to traditional banking services can store their money in the app, which also allows them to send money to family and friends.

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2 years ago

A company that makes a product that helps publishers gather data on their readership, using tools like Google Analytics and Facebook Insights to analyze sales.

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2 years ago

A platform for data-driven decision making. As a startup, they had to secure a $1.5 million investment to get their product in the hands of customers.

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2 years ago

“A data-driven advertising platform that brings together all of a company’s customer data and makes it accessible at the advertiser’s fingertips.”

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2 years ago

A start-up that has created a car that can be driven without a driver and can perform as well as a factory-made car.

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2 years ago

A company that’s helping consumers better manage their utilities in the home and in their cars. The startup’s main product, called “Smart Energy”, is a tool that allows users to plan out their utility usage, then get alerts when they’re running low and automatically make adjustments.

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2 years ago

Apollo is an enterprise-grade, hosted, private cloud for developers. It wants to be a cloud that enables developers to build critical software, and has even made an API available to anyone. It helps businesses save money on cloud-based infrastructure.

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2 years ago

A mobile application that helps users find and compare insurance quotes in their state. It also allows users to directly contact insurance agents, which is a big advantage.

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2 years ago

A tool for importing data from spreadsheets into your favorite analytics tool

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2 years ago

This startup wants to help you find your next job by linking job postings to your Facebook. The company gives employers a way to reach out to candidates that already have a Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter account.

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2 years ago

Smartphones are getting more powerful and more capable, but developers are struggling to find ways to put them to good use, with a lot of mobile apps having been written from scratch instead of reusing existing code.

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2 years ago

The startup’s technology enables users to download their own music and listen to it on their private headphones. The idea is that they can find their music on a playlist of known Spotify playlists. The company takes a small commission on each track, which is used to pay artists for their work.

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2 years ago

The following list contains a mixture of ideas created by graduates of Y Combinator's summer program, and other companies that YC-backed startups have turned into full companies.

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2 years ago

A startup that allows users to search and map cell phone towers to find cell phone signal in a given area. The startup is looking to broaden its service to include more than just cell phone signals.

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2 years ago

They’re building a tool that lets people add extra fees to their credit cards, in order to pay off the balances faster.

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A startup that wants to build an app that will automatically classify images automatically, serving as a kind of digital assistant. They claim that the app already produces over 30k classifications per day.

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2 years ago

A foster care, adoption, and social services company that aims to help older kids transition into adulthood.

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2 years ago

A startup that makes it easy for freelancers to get paid with a 24-hour time window, so freelance workers can invoice clients and get paid within hours. The company launched in early August, and has already onboarded over 2,000 people.

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2 years ago

A tool for managing and monetizing your Twitter and Facebook accounts. The startup plans to re-launch this year with a focus on helping people publish professional content and pay for advertising.

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2 years ago

A startup that provides an “online movie studio” for anyone to create and edit videos. The company says that users can create a video, shoot it, edit it, and upload it in 30 minutes or less.

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2 years ago

A platform that is designed to help companies accelerate their innovation strategy by working with a community of over 100,000 advisors and experts.

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2 years ago

An on-demand dental cleaning service, with most appointments coming via text instead of in person.

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2 years ago

A company that makes money for other businesses by offering a service that allows them to identify and send targeted advertising to their customers.

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3 years ago

A startup that allows people to pay for their parking with a credit card. The company invests a small amount of money made from the parking fees in their employee stock-purchase program.

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2 years ago

A company that allows users to make an electronic payment in seconds, without a credit card or bank account. Instead, the startup offers a way to pay friends and family with Bitcoin.

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2 years ago

A company that is making it easy to analyze how people are behaving across different social networks, then selling that information to advertisers.

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2 years ago

A tool where users record their thoughts and upload them to a social network for others to read, comment on, and make recommendations.

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2 years ago

A dedicated email address for all of your email, with smarts that help you filter and organization your incoming messages.

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2 years ago

A group of Canadian entrepreneurs are building a way to let people in multiple countries share a single map of their city. The startup want to let people share their city with others, but most people in the world only have access to maps from their own country.

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2 years ago

This startup wants to make it easier for people to build containerized applications. It’s a product that helps people build cloud-native applications, including features like load balancing, metrics, and auto-scaling. It’s currently in private beta.

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2 years ago

A startup that allows you to take a picture of your restaurant receipt and upload it to the web for a listing on TripAdvisor, Yelp, and similar listings.

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2 years ago

The company’s premise is that a bicycle can be more powerful than a car. Instead of using a motor to move itself, it uses an electric motor to provide power, which it says is more efficient and cheaper than a car. The company wants to launch in the US and Europe by 2022.

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2 years ago

A digital assistant for book publishers that is designed to “engage readers as they read”. This is a big goal for the startup, which has been trying to build a platform for readers to interact with books and books to interact with readers.

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2 years ago

A startup that helps companies and individuals analyze their ad spend to improve ROI. The startup is focused on enterprises and has a number of enterprise customers.

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2 years ago

A platform that will let retailers and brands purchase advertising space on their websites across the globe.

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2 years ago

"BarkBox is a monthly subscription service that sends a box of healthy, organic treats to your pup's door every month. BarkBox ships their treats to you in a box that's specifically made for dogs. BarkBox provides a healthy alternative to commercial treats and treats dog owners by themselves"

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2 years ago

A company that focuses on customizing video ads for different audiences, and has an Alexa Skill for ad insertion.

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2 years ago

A personal finance software that helps you manage your credit, loans, and debt. The company launched in early August, and has already onboarded over 2,000 people.

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2 years ago

A startup that’s building a new kind of home security system, aimed at the low-income and elderly. They’re going after the same markets that already exist but at a far lower price point.

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2 years ago

This web-based program converts spreadsheets into digital files to help companies manage their finances

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2 years ago

A platform that allows video game developers to take advantage of a group of players’ collective purchasing power to expand their business.

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5 years ago

Idea: A startup that makes it easy for US consumers to buy Mexican avocados. The company is doing this by helping consumers order avocados online, then providing a service that ships the avocados to them from Mexico, taking care of taxes and other details. It’s already working with several large grocery chains, including Costco.

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3 years ago

A startup that creates a real-time marketplace for trading medical devices and supplies, with a software as a service platform that helps device makers and suppliers connect.

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2 years ago

A startup that’s creating a platform for people to give feedback on products. The startup gives customers the tools to create and share reviews, and is already working with a number of companies in the apparel industry.

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2 years ago

A way to help workers in the U.S. and Canada get visas to work in other countries. Their model is to help the companies that allow their employees to work abroad to get them visas. The startup is looking to grow into a full-service immigration firm.

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2 years ago

A graduate of Y Combinator, HireVue is a SaaS tool that allows recruiters to do video interviewing in real time with applicants. Currently, the startup has 3,000 employees using the tool.

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2 years ago

A way for users to connect their phone number to their email address and have it show up under email addresses on websites.

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2 years ago

This startup is building a network of in-home cooks who make meals for people who have food allergies or food restrictions. The company says they’ve already built one of these kitchens and built a toolkit for others to use.

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2 years ago

The companies were selected by the Startup Battlefield judges: Ankit Gupta, Founder and Managing Partner of Y Combinator; Suresh Venkatasubramanian, Partner at Y Combinator; and Brad Feld, Partner at Foundry Group, an investor in the Y Combinator portfolio.

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2 years ago

A tool for tracking and managing expenses when traveling abroad.

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2 years ago

A tool for companies to find and hire their next employee. The startup works with companies that already have a job posting on their website and uses proprietary search algorithms to help users find the right candidate.

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2 years ago

A virtual assistant service that focuses on personalization. It's already used by close to 20,000 users and aims to keep its price point below $100/month.

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2 years ago

One of the world’s largest companies is trying to upgrade its supply chain with robots, and the scale of this undertaking is enormous.

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2 years ago

This is a platform that enables a company to automate social media marketing and optimize their ad spend.

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2 years ago

A new way to read books on the go. The app is a paid subscription service that features “smart” book recommendations based on your reading history. The startup says over 1 million people are currently reading on their platform.

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2 years ago

A cloud-based SaaS that helps entrepreneurs manage and automate their sales, customer support, and administrative functions.

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2 years ago

A startup that allows you to take advantage of the benefits of being an employee without actually being an employee. For example, being an employee at a startup means you get 6 months of vacation, but being an Employee offers the same benefits but with no actual benefits.

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2 years ago

“A personal assistant for kids,” as the founders put it. The app is meant to be fun but also offer a lot of value, like helping kids keep track of what’s happening in their lives and plan ahead.

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2 years ago

A new ad platform that helps companies find the right people to run their ads, in exchange for a cut of the revenue.

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2 years ago

This startup wants to use AI to find and predict the next “groundbreaking” scientific discovery. The company wants to bring researchers from all over the world together to solve big problems, and has already attracted more than 1,000 researchers to its platform.

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2 years ago

A company building a new kind of payment card that builds on the mobile wallet paradigm that exists today. The company is building a card that can hold all of your bank card data. Instead of having to manually enter your 12-digit number every time you use the card, the card will be able to pull up your recent transactions and automatically pull in your bank card number.

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2 years ago

A standard for advertising that allows advertisers to buy video ads that run in real-time.

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2 years ago

A startup that allows users to create and publish a virtual “book” of story ideas, which they can then delegate to creative professionals to turn into a reality. Upload your idea, and it’s instantly available to a team of creatives around the world.

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2 years ago

A startup that uses loyalty cards and traditional points to incentivize shoppers to spend more at participating stores.

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2 years ago

This startup is working on a 3D virtual reality headset that allows users to preview and compare various jobs before they accept them.

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2 years ago

This startup has a few important products that allow for the creation of automatic video interviews. They’re used by professional journalists but are now being adapted for the masses.

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2 years ago

A 1500 square foot, affordable home design studio, along with an online catalog of affordably designed homes. In addition to the online catalog, they also publish a monthly print magazine.

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5 years ago

Idea: A company that’s building a way to offer nutritional advice to people through a chatbot.

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5 years ago

Idea: A B2B company that helps pull financial data from multiple sources and makes it available inside a CRM-style interface. The founders say they’ve already worked with a few dozen companies.

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2 years ago

A customizable software platform that allows smartphone-based game developers to quickly build 3D games. People want to play games that are fun and engaging, but often a high barrier to entry means people will not invest the time to learn how to program in 3D, and need to find games that are already made (often with less than stellar results).

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2 years ago

A platform that helps cities decide if they should consider converting a given stretch of road into a bike lane, or reconfiguring a street as a bus lane with parking or a designated bike lane.

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2 years ago

Businesses in the US and Canada that are interested in hiring skilled foreign workers can apply on this site. The startup is working on a visa for the first time that they say will eliminate the need for expensive visa consultants.

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2 years ago

They’re building a digital version of a traditional career fair that’s much more interactive, personal, and engaging.

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2 years ago

A digital service for advertising agencies, with a focus on creative ideas and workflows. It’s pitched as a competitor to all the other “ad tech” startups out there

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2 years ago

A live video conference platform that allows users to broadcast their video directly to their audience, and then watch that live video from anywhere in the world.

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2 years ago

A company that wants to help people manage their diet, starting with the goal of helping those with diabetes manage their blood sugar levels, which they say is the leading cause of death in diabetes.

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2 years ago

A startup co-founded by former Microsoft President Brad Smith to help governments and businesses deal with the challenge of cyber-attacks and online censorship.

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2 years ago

This company is building a platform that helps small businesses advertise on Craigslist, connecting them with the site’s users through text or voice messages.

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2 years ago

This is an online group for people who want to start a business. The company helps entrepreneurs network, providing free tools to help them get funding and advice.

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2 years ago

A startup that lets people upload their tax documents and get an estimate of how much money they are likely to owe, all without ever visiting a tax office.

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2 years ago

A way to create a name and tag for the people you meet on the road (a la Foursquare.) It’s also a way to track those locations on a map, and see what’s happening nearby. Its co-founder used to be a member of the Y Combinator batch.

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2 years ago

Lili wants to be the Instagram for things that are handmade. The startup wants to help people find other makers like themselves and promote their work on Instagram.

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2 years ago

A startup that aims to be a one-stop-shop for real estate advisors, helping them find new clients, manage their existing ones, and make money on the side.

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2 years ago

A startup that allows users to upload pictures of their home and rate/review it. The app has over 500,000 monthly active users.

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2 years ago

A company that wants to make it easier for non-tech companies to design and sell their products and services on their platform. The startup already has a listing of more than 200 companies that’ve used their platform.

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2 years ago

WePower is a renewable energy marketplace. The company wants to help its clients operate more efficiently by allowing them to trade electricity, and, eventually, tokens back and forth as a means of payment for energy.

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2 years ago

A startup that helps companies grow their customer base by giving them a tool to acquire new subscribers from people who already have an existing relationship with them.

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2 years ago

A company providing an API to help producers and marketers identify relevant ads by tracking user interactions and other data from social media. The API returns a list of users who have interacted with an ad, along with a list of their social media profiles.

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2 years ago

A Facebook-like chat app for organizations, focused on the enterprise market, that aims to be able to run multiple channels of communications by using one app. After Facebook’s recent scandals, the startup says it is ready to start conversations and make its platform more transparent.

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2 years ago

This startup is building a platform to help doctors (and eventually patients) navigate the FDA approval process for new products, which can be 20 to 40 steps long. The startup currently has 3 paying customers, including a biotech company that already has a $1 million contract with the FDA.

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2 years ago

A platform that allows parents to track their children's school attendance and grades directly from their smart phone.

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2 years ago

A gamification platform for fitness, allowing users to collect badges for completing workouts.

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2 years ago

The company is building an analytics platform that helps users understand how their content is being used across social platforms. The startup is already working with media outlets such as the New York Times and Forbes.

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2 years ago

A startup that aims to transform the way people pay for health insurance. Instead of paying for a single healthcare plan, people will be able to pay for the health insurance they want in monthly installments.

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2 years ago

A tool that turns spreadsheets into PDFs.

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2 years ago

A tool for users of the Google Docs productivity suite to automatically convert a Google spreadsheet into a website.

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2 years ago

A company that wants to deliver “webinars made for you”.

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2 years ago

A collective of young, upcoming entrepreneurs in Philadelphia, the department aims to network its members and help them raise capital.

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2 years ago

A business intelligence platform for small businesses. The startup wants to make it easier for small businesses to use A/B testing, which they say is the best way to test advertising and marketing campaigns.

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2 years ago

A digital advisor for financial planning and wealth management.

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2 years ago

A consumer app that allows customers to order ahead at fast food spots.

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5 years ago

A startup that provides language tutoring for people who are traveling abroad

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5 years ago

Idea: A mobile game that runs in-browser for the browser-based game streaming service The startup basically wants to make a mobile game but instead of building a native iOS or Android app, it can run inside the browser and be streamed to a phone

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5 years ago

Idea: An ‘online gym’ for high frequency traders

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5 years ago

Idea: An online platform that helps companies post jobs in Africa and screen for the right candidates It was created by two brothers, one who had worked at Google, the other who had worked at Uber in Nigeria, where they were inspired to make it easier for companies to hire in Africa

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3 years ago

A robo-advisor based on machine learning techniques, meant to help people manage their personal finances, with AI-powered algorithms that recommend best-fit financial products.

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2 years ago

An iOS app that helps you connect and manage your online accounts. You can download the app in the app store, but you can also use it for free from your browser.

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2 years ago

A startup that wants to provide a toolset that allows websites to use AI to improve the experience of their readers.

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2 years ago

This product is designed to help people massage their muscles with light to help reduce pain and increase blood flow. It is the first product of its kind that uses a new kind of light therapy called near-infrared laser therapy. Cofounders Ryan and David Berger, both of whom have had shoulder problems, were the original inspirations for the product.

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2 years ago

A platform for journalists to create, schedule and publish their own newsletters and newsletters to their readership. The company says the app is for "digital publishers who want to reach their audiences, not just with text but with imagery and video to tell their stories."

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2 years ago

A text-message-based platform for hiring truck drivers and delivering food. The company doesn’t actually own trucks, but instead acts as a middleman to connect drivers with restaurants and other businesses that need to deliver food.

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2 years ago

A startup that wants to use your phone’s camera to check for safety hazards on the road.

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2 years ago

The Philadelphia tech scene has received the most venture capital of any city in the US, with $1.6 billion in funding since 2011.

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2 years ago

A startup that wants to allow companies to book a room or a seat at a restaurant using a phone app instead of using written or verbal communication.

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2 years ago

A platform that allows people to record and share videos of themselves dancing to music. The startup has already garnered 50,000 subscribers and 5 million views.

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2 years ago

A platform for cross-border payments that allows payments to be made in any currency, instantly. It’s an alternative to incumbents like TransferWise but rather than charging a flat fee, it has a subscription model that charges a percentage.

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2 years ago

A company that helps restaurant owners manage their menus. The startup helps restaurants make decisions about which items to remove from their menus, and which items to add.

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2 years ago

An “online marketplace for event tickets”, which currently has a database of 150,000 tickets and has had over 40,000 unique ticket sales.

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2 years ago

A company that builds a platform for financial advisors to create and manage their own personal financial portfolios, automating the process so they can spend more time with clients.

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2 years ago

A mobile marketing startup that provides the ability to build targeted and text-based Facebook ads.

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2 years ago

An API that allows people to build and deploy apps for the iPhone, iPad, and Android devices. It allows developers to create apps and integrate with other services like Facebook and Twitter.

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2 years ago

An online marketplace for people to sell their old cell phones and electronics. The startup, which was founded in August, is already averaging more than $1,000 in monthly revenue per customer.

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2 years ago

A startup that helps users create and edit their own video content. Users can add their own music, royalty free, and the startup will generate all the rest of the necessary graphics.

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2 years ago

A digital notebook that’s a combination of a diary, planner, to-do list, and address book all in one. It’s meant for entrepreneurs and other companies to manage their daily tasks.

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2 years ago

This startup is building a mobile messaging app for the fashion industry, with a focus on finding new designers and helping them upload their designs and get feedback.

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5 years ago

A startup that sells toilet paper made out of recycled paper

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2 years ago

A startup that lets users set up notifications for their favorite brands, so they never miss a sale. The app is currently only available for Android but plans to expand to iOS as well. The startup says that it’s already built out a team of top-tier talent, and the company expects to raise $1 million in its Y Combinator class.

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2 years ago

A company that helps employers reduce their health insurance costs by taking advantage of shopper data and predicting which people are likely to use a premium drug.

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2 years ago

A company that “brings a more visual way to understand your data”. The startup is building a platform that allows data to be visualized in cartoon form, which can be shared “easily with a link”. It’s also working on an app that allows users to make graphs, allowing them to “draw on a spreadsheet” and “share their graphs with others”.

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2 years ago

A subscription-based platform for people who want to buy/sell/rent things online. The startup is already in talks with the BBC to use the platform to sell radio programs.

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2 years ago

A company that makes the most of the data you’re already collecting at your company as a point-of-sale system, like how much you spend on insurance, and then can show you promotions in real time.

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2 years ago

A “trusted advisor” for insurance companies who help determine what care costs should be and how much it should be covered.

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2 years ago

A tool for marketers that helps them build ads for the platforms. The startup works by allowing users to target specific ad variations based on the platform.

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2 years ago

A company that helps employees organize their expenses, with the goal of helping users become more financially ready.

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2 years ago

A plagiarism protection and citation detection tool that helps users check for shared content before it’s too late. The app works a lot like Google Docs, allowing users to create a document, add in citations, and then select whether or not it should be marked as copied.

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2 years ago

An iPad app that helps you create and share 3D-printable designs.

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2 years ago

Social networking for the wine industry, with a platform for wineries and sommeliers to meet each other, learn about each other’s wines, and connect. A few dozen wineries already use the platform, and its user base is growing.

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2 years ago

The startup has developed a platform to create and manage in-app advertisements, helping app developers monetize their apps.

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2 years ago

A startup that helps users organize their wardrobes by storing the clothes they already own in a d.vice-like way.

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2 years ago

One of the leading companies in the luxury smartphone market, with over 100,000 sales/month, is now developing a blockchain-based platform to improve the product, and the company is looking to raise up to $27 million in an ICO to fund development of its blockchain platform.

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2 years ago

WannaCry ransomware was spread through a Windows vulnerability, and GuaveFix is a desktop application that detects malware and is designed to protect users from future attacks.

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2 years ago

Software that lets you see the changes your copy editor made to your document without leaving the browser.

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2 years ago

It’s another on-demand delivery service with a twist: Instead of run only in neighborhoods where workers are already prevalent, DoorDash delivers in any city or town, with a fleet of drivers who are hired on the spot to meet demand.

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2 years ago

A startup that helps you organize and track your expenses, from the food you eat to the things you buy. The app is designed to be an alternative to using spreadsheets, and is currently in beta.

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2 years ago

A company that builds “digital products” – essentially, a set of tools used to help people spread their ideas and messages.

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2 years ago

“The company is developing an open source operating system to bring the benefits of Linux to the mobile space in a form that would be familiar to iOS and Android users. In addition to its core OS function, OS-Core will also provide a development platform that developers can build applications on top of.”

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2 years ago

Using portable cameras to help special needs students learn to read and write. The startup is currently working with a few dozen schools in the UK.

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5 years ago

Idea: A B2B product that helps doctors get paid faster by sharing their patient data with insurance companies. IntelliCare says it’s already working with 5 pilots and 2 paying customers.

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2 years ago

A company that helps brands to trade in-game items. TradeEgg is already working with a basketball team and is working on a current NBA team.

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2 years ago

A platform for building a personal narrative in the form of a book that Dr. Lovell wrote to help people better understand the world around them. The book provides the reader with the details behind the science, the history, and the impact of science.

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2 years ago

A software platform that allows for the creation of VR/AR experiences and sells them to advertisers, who can then use them to create immersive experiences.

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2 years ago

A digital assistant for recruiters that makes it easier to source qualified candidates and get them to the right stage in the hiring process. The startup says it has $5 million in funding to date, and is looking to expand globally, with its headquarters in the US.

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2 years ago

The idea here is to help start-ups with their legal needs, with a team of lawyers that will help with anything from trademarking to incorporation.

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2 years ago

A platform that aims to improve the process of finding and sharing information for people who are blind or vision impaired. An addition to the existing Apple iOS app, Visioneer is a standalone tool that for the first time allows blind people to control their iPads using their voices.

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2 years ago

A web-based document editor for reading and writing spreadsheets in the browser. Like Excel, the software is meant to let a person edit and track information across a number of devices.

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2 years ago

The Startup SaaS company for on-demand freight and freight brokerage, which is already being used by major brands

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2 years ago

This startup is building a platform for startups to raise capital and recruit talent. They aim to do so by creating a “community of talent” that is interested in joining startups. They’ve already built three separate sites — an “accelerator program” for startups, a job board, and a place to recruit talent.

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2 years ago

This startup provides an API for publishers to upload news articles into a centralized repository so that they can be shared by other users.

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2 years ago

The startup will bring a new type of “social lending” model to the world, where businesses can raise capital by selling equity instead of debt.

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2 years ago

A new way to read and interact with books, in which a person can purchase a book and immediately start reading it through a private link.

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2 years ago

Founded in 2018, this company is already gaining traction in India with the government’s rural healthcare program. The company uses AI and telemedicine to help remote rural areas connect with a doctor.

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2 years ago

Bread is an app that gives restaurants an in-app tool to help people decide whether they want to make a meal a takeout or dine-in meal, saving them the hassle of typing in the details and tracking down a manager.

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2 years ago

A platform that allows people to pay for services on their smartphones. The startup is focused on creating an accessible and fair marketplace for building contractors, electricians, plumbers, and other skilled tradespeople.

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2 years ago

This startup is building a new model for digital advertising that focuses on improving the user experience. They want to build a product that allows companies to run digital ads that can be turned off by users, and turn them on only when they want.

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2 years ago

A startup that aims to bring online payments to the world's remotest places by helping establish cash-based systems that can be adapted to remote locations.

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2 years ago

The startup wants to be a platform for companies to sell direct to their customers, and is already running an online store with a few dozen customers.

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2 years ago

A startup that creates a marketplace for consumers to sell their old electronics, allowing them to simultaneously make some money, and buy a new gadget.

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5 years ago

Idea: A software company that is building a platform for providing medical care in developing countries Their technology makes it easier to find and train medical staff who are willing to work abroad, and more affordable for the organizations that need them

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5 years ago

Idea: This company is building software that helps marketers create better visual content, including more complex templates and more advanced photo editing features.

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5 years ago

Idea: Rollup is building a cloud-based solution for authors to publish and sell interactive books. It allows authors to create games, quizzes, and other interactive elements that let readers take a deeper dive into the stories.

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2 years ago

A startup building an online collaborative platform for teachers to do their grade book work. The company is trying to build a platform that brings all of the tools that teachers need to grade work together.

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2 years ago

This startup is building a product designed to help people manage the pain of chronic headaches. They use an algorithm to gauge when to take multiple doses of a medication and what the optimal dosing is, when to take it during the day and what to do if they don’t have a migraine.

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2 years ago

A product that lets you create a virtual assistant that can do things like schedule and book hotels, manage your travel plans, and help you plan your holidays. It’s a more advanced version of Siri.

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2 years ago

A platform that automatically detects and adapts to websites’ content to help business owners. They’re in stealth mode, but yesterday announced a $4 million investment from Rincon Venture Partners.

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2 years ago

An ad tech company that helps digital agencies and mobile publishers track users across multiple websites by creating a single code that can be used on all those properties.

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2 years ago

A photo-sharing app that lets users sell their photos to advertisers.

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2 years ago

A startup that helps students with special needs in the UK complete university-level academics. The startup wants to make it easier for students with disabilities to do work that requires the same amount of effort as their neurotypical peers.

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2 years ago

This startup wants to help firms take advantage of mobile technology to be more efficient and to open up business to more people.

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2 years ago

A startup for people who live in apartments to get the stuff they need delivered to them from a central warehouse. The startup helps people take advantage of the location density of New York City to use the service.

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2 years ago

“A new kind of bank account that gives you free money”. A new account that is meant to be an alternative to the checking account that doesn’t have overdraft fees just like a checking account. Instead, the account has a debit card in addition to the free money.

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2 years ago

A startup that helps you pick from a bunch of books, or from a personalized reading list, based on your interests. Once you’ve picked a book, it’ll send you a notification when it’s been published.

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2 years ago

A way to earn money for things you already do, like cleaning your house or taking your kids to school. The startup is looking for applicants who are willing to test the service for free for a month. Based in Chicago and Los Angeles.

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2 years ago

An AI system to track and monitor fraud in loans, and learn from past frauds. It uses machine learning to track patterns in fraudulent behavior and adjust accordingly.

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A new way to link your existing paper health records with your electronic health record. Instead of having to copy and paste info from your paper records into an EMR, each record is uploaded to the service as a .CSV file.

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2 years ago

A real estate startup that’s building a platform to help agents and brokers manage their properties online and in real time. The startup is currently in private beta, and they’ve already signed up over 700 brokers.

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This is a startup with a very specific customer in mind: Amazon sellers. Sellers on Amazon are often frustrated by the fact that they can’t get buyers to buy from them on Amazon.com. Sellers can buy ads on the site, but the ads have a $100 minimum.

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2 years ago

A “smart” document scanner that will automatically analyze a document for data like emails, phone numbers, and addresses. The scanner can be applied to receipts, tax forms, and other documents.

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2 years ago

A startup that connects the world’s biggest economies to span their trade, enabling everyone to do business with everyone.

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2 years ago

This company is building a mobile app for radio stations, offering on-demand music for listeners, and a revenue-sharing revenue model.

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2 years ago

A startup that is working to create a community for people with specific conditions such as ADHD, autism, Asperger’s, and anxiety.

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2 years ago

A product designed to help small businesses (especially restaurants) easily manage their social media presence. The startup aims to make micro-businesses more social by “automating the process of posting to Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram,” built to help spread word of mouth.

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2 years ago

A collaboration platform for attorneys, with an app and a web version that allows attorneys to collaborate and review documents. It’s already been used in 100 states.

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2 years ago

A startup that builds software to let retailers know which products are selling best, allowing them to adjust inventory and promotions.

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2 years ago

In April 2017, Facebook announced a $1 billion investment in virtual reality company Oculus, with the vision for the two platforms to work together. However, the companies have since been involved in a dispute over the acquisition of Oculus, and subsequently, the sale of their VR software to Microsoft. In 2018, Facebook lost a motion for a summary judgement of fair trade and in June 2018, a jury found Oculus had a binding contract with Facebook.

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2 years ago

A digital protocol to create ad-free experiences

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2 years ago

A startup that helps companies find and hire graduate interns, with a focus on “technology”. This startup offers a platform for companies to post help wanted ads with a focus on "technology". It aims to make it easy for companies to post these ads, and then to “capitalize on the algorithmic efficiency” of these ads and fill the position with an intern.

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2 years ago

A startup that makes “smart” curtains that can fade in and out.

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2 years ago

A computer server company founded in 2005 and based in Boulder, Colorado.

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5 years ago

Idea: A SaaS CRM for the hospitality industry The company started with $20k in the bank, and by the end of 2015 had $33,000 in recurring revenue

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5 years ago

Idea: A startup that is building a way to share the cognitive load of family planning. The service pairs a chatbot with a fertility tracking app to help couples track their progress.

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2 years ago

A startup meant to help people with hearing loss and other impairments read. It’s a tool that will work with a variety of devices including smartphones, tablets, and TVs.

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2 years ago

A decentralized social network for musicians. Musicians can upload their songs, share them with fans, and engage with other musicians.

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2 years ago

A startup that lets you buy and sell Ether on the blockchain. It appears to be a social network for people interested in trading Ether.

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2 years ago

A startup that wants to build a platform for automating the design of gadgets. It’s aiming to disrupt the 3D printing industry, which is already well on its way to becoming a mature market.

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2 years ago

A platform that pairs a customer with a human adviser who can help them make a big decision.

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2 years ago

A company out of Canada that builds tools for people who are making handmade products. It’s meant to help people with smaller runs who want to be able to produce their own products.

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2 years ago

A product management dashboard that helps teams organize their product roadmaps into sprints and then track progress in real-time. It helps product managers manage their team, and provides a “build-meeting” function that allows teams to discuss and test new product ideas.

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2 years ago

The startup's app for iOS and Android helps users find nearby places to move. It uses machine learning to match people with places to live. The startup hopes to have 7,000 users and have made $20,000 in revenue.

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2 years ago

Greenhouse is a health insurance startup that offers high-deductible plans. The startup is approved to offer coverage in the US but is still waiting for the go-ahead from the Department of Health and Human Services. The startup has plans to be profitable in 2020 with plans for up to $250 million in revenue.

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2 years ago

A product that helps people set up their own email address with tech support that is available 24/7

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2 years ago

A platform where parents in the US and Canada can find and buy diapers and other baby items for their kids.

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2 years ago

A digital health platform that offers a single point of access for patients, doctors, and pharmacists. They want to be the go-to resource for personalized health advice.

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2 years ago

A SaaS company that provides a platform that allows the company to provide a single solution for HR, payroll and benefits administration.

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2 years ago

A product that lets companies pay for spare parts and inventory in advance, so if a product breaks down, they can get a replacement in a couple days.

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2 years ago

A company that wants to make it easier to find parking in cities and countries. ParkQuest offers real-time parking data and directions, and gives users the option to buy parking passes in advance.

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2 years ago

A startup that creates a simple way for people to create and sell their own apps on their own websites. In addition to the app, customers get a voucher to be used on the app store to purchase the app.

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2 years ago

A tool to help manufacturers automate the creation of device schematics and 3D models, using CAD software. The company wants to help manufacturers save time and money when designing and manufacturing their products.

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2 years ago

This startup wants to offer a payment platform that allows people to pay for goods and services with a currency that’s not always instantly accepted. They’re looking to target customers in the US and Canada.

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2 years ago

A startup that helps companies scale their marketing automation by re-purposing existing software already in use as a marketing automation tool.

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5 years ago

A startup that provides a service for people who are trying to sell their house: they make a video showing the good and bad things about the home and a website that showcases the house

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5 years ago

Idea: A way to help businesses run more efficiently by helping them integrate their separate sales and marketing platforms into one. The software has been in the works for a year and will be ready to launch in late August.

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5 years ago

Idea: An automated platform that helps small businesses manage their finances and bookkeeping. The company is looking to help businesses reduce time spent on administrative tasks while automating a lot of the accounting side of things.

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5 years ago

Idea: A system for B2B lead generation. It uses a combination of predictive analytics and human intervention to get “the right person at the right moment”.

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2 years ago

This startup aims to help content creators sell their stuff to other content creators, so they can make money off the work they already do.

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2 years ago

This startup wants to get more people to eat healthier, and is focusing on three main areas: food aggregation, food delivery, and brand advertising.

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2 years ago

A startup that records, shares, and aggregates the history of conversations people have had with brands on social media.

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2 years ago

A tool that helps companies run employee-paid advertising campaigns. The company says it has helped over 60 companies to raise around $1.5 million in company-paid ads.

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2 years ago

A “digital wallet” for the U.S. based on a contactless payment system that’s already popular in Europe.

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2 years ago

A startup making high-quality and affordable custom-made furniture

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2 years ago

A sharing economy platform for brick-and-mortar retailers to list and rent out their spaces. The startup is working with over 200 retailers already, with plans to expand globally.

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2 years ago

A global mortgage marketplace that helps customers compare mortgage rates and rates from different banks. Capital One is the lead investor.

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2 years ago

A startup that helps companies set up a trade show booth, and then helps them manage the day-to-day logistics of running the booth.

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2 years ago

A mobile app that lets users save articles for later reading, along with a recommendation engine that has a bit of a Yelp-like element.

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2 years ago

A dating app taking a swipe at the dating industry’s older, more traditional approach. By scraping data from Facebook, it can help users find their “type” of potential dates. So, if you’re looking for a “cute girl”, you can find that on the app. The startup is based in New York and has six new employees.

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2 years ago

A predictive analytics platform that can help companies like ad agencies make more targeted, accurate predictions.

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2 years ago

A podcast-style radio show that focuses on the people and businesses of Bangalore (India).

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2 years ago

A company that helps guide people through the process of starting their own business, offering advice on everything from the best way to market their product to how to structure their business' finances.

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2 years ago

A software company that helps people plan, manage, and grow their travel. The startup aims to be the TripAdvisor for travel.

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5 years ago

Idea: A startup that helps small businesses pay for employees’ healthcare. The startup says it’s made $100,000 in profit in the first 5 months, and has $200,000 in monthly recurring revenue.

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5 years ago

Idea: A B2B company meant to help businesses measure the effectiveness of their digital ads — by tracking and analyzing their landing page performance.

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2 years ago

What’s specifically interesting about this is the way the team is tackling a major pain point for people who work in fintech. They want to make it a bit more like a person is learning a skill, and their interaction with the app can add a sense of community to the experience.

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2 years ago

A company that aims to be the Google Docs for music, helping indie artists upload, distribute, and share their work.

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2 years ago

A credit card that works like PayPal, but with a twist — instead of charging a flat fee, the company earns a little every month off of customers’ purchases.

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2 years ago

The team had been working on a variety of other startups before launching Birch:

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2 years ago

A startup that wants to take on the role of an advisor in helping small businesses and professionals better grow their brands — including through creating branded content.

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2 years ago

A startup that allows businesses to operate their own taxi (or ride-sharing) apps. The founders say they have $20,000 in monthly recurring revenue and have already signed up over 50 clients.

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2 years ago

A San Francisco-based startup that’s building a platform for businesses to easily send and receive payments via video chat. These kinds of services are already popular in the Philippines, where the Unipay platform has over a million users.

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2 years ago

A startup that provides a platform for merchants to build their own credit-card reader, which they say is a $1 billion market.

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2 years ago

A company that crowdsources translations of non-English languages for corporations. They’ve already signed up Y Combinator, and their clients include Slack, Stripe, and others.

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2 years ago

A digital platform that allows companies to custom-design and manage the application of traditional social and cultural practices. The company's platform offers customized guides for various sociological purposes, such as marriage, death, and education.

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2 years ago

A product for corporate partners of Google Apps, designed to help them administer their domain names. The startup is already working with 100 customers.

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2 years ago

The company specializes in help people build apps that work across a broad range of devices. It’s a toolkit that allows you to code a website once, and have it work across a broad range of mobile and desktop browsers.

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2 years ago

A platform that allows you to create and share customized marketing and sales decks for yourself and your team, without the cost of traditional marketing software.

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2 years ago

"Idea" magazine organizes bi-annual events that bring together innovators, thought leaders, entrepreneurs and industry executives. Events include the "Idea" Awards, the Idea Fest, the Idea Awards Gala Dinner and Idea Pitch Nights.

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2 years ago

A web-based tool for restaurants to upgrade their POS systems to modern, cloud-based systems.

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2 years ago

A self-serve platform for travel, hotels, and restaurants, with a travel advisor and concierge service.

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2 years ago

A payments platform for small online businesses that makes it easy to take credit card payments online, and sends receipts to your email address.

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2 years ago

This startup wants to help companies simplify their CRM workflows by automating some of the data collection and advanced reporting required for sales reps to make decisions.

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2 years ago

A mortgage brokerage that uses a platform to give vetted leads to brokers.

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2 years ago

A software company that builds tools to help students with dyslexia learn to read and write properly.

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2 years ago

A platform for TV and film production and distribution that allows users to upload their videos to a network with other creators and share their work with audiences.

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2 years ago

A medical AI startup that can read CT scans, X-rays, MRIs and other scans and flag abnormalities.

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A digital library specifically for artists and creatives, helping them discover and share new projects, upload/find images, and learn about careers.

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2 years ago

This startup wants to create a tool that allows companies to create a “credit gap”, which it says will help them figure out the true financial health of their corporations. The tool is free for companies, but requires an additional subscription for individual employees to use.

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2 years ago

This startup is building a platform that helps private schools pay their staff. The company is working with over 200 schools in the US, Canada, and Australia.

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2 years ago

A platform that helps modernize the traditional 401(k) plan, which is becoming increasingly outdated.

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2 years ago

A startup that’s building a magnetic-levitation train capable of speeds of 200 miles per hour. The company’s CEO says that it’s necessary to “address the mobility problems of all the world’s cities”.

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2 years ago

A company that helps brands get in front of their target audience, allowing them to run highly targeted advertising campaigns.

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2 years ago

This startup promises to revolutionize the way we do feedback to our coworkers. The video feedback platform is similar to a video chat, with the added benefit of taking a digital snapshot of the employee at the moment they need some feedback. The software is meant to be used in a group setting for multiple people to give feedback and have it be easily sent to the person in question.

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2 years ago

The startup wants to help people earn money by pairing them with brands and products for video-style reviews. Each video review will be streamed online, and they are also looking to target influencers with an advertising strategy.

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2 years ago

A new way to buy and sell domains that is cheaper and faster than the traditional method, with sellers able to see the daily list price of the domain they’re selling.

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2 years ago

A tool for managing meetings, and to help entrepreneurs organize their workloads.

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2 years ago

A startup that collects emails from around the world, and makes them available to anyone with an email address. The startup says it can help people discover new friends, gain access to new skills, and connect with potential customers or partners.

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2 years ago

Helping people in the Middle East and North Africa get access to the U.S. and Canadian health insurance markets.

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5 years ago

A startup for “on-demand” online tutoring They’ve already raised $1m in seed funding

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5 years ago

Idea: This startup wants to be a “home away from home” for entrepreneurs who are looking to build their startups around the world The startup is building a platform for digital nomads, with features like work pods, coworking spaces and events They currently have 10 employees, and have raised $15M from an undisclosed VC

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5 years ago

Idea: A startup that makes smart home devices. One of its products, a WiFi-connected laser for the kitchen called Clipi, automatically adds a plant-based seasoning to food as it cooks.

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5 years ago

xtractor is a platform for helping publishers convert their subscriptions into recurring revenue, which is often more profitable. xtractor’s pitch is hyperfocused on their customers’ business needs, like improving reader retention and increasing subscription and recurring revenue.

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2 years ago

A mobile-first data visualization tool for companies with a lot of data to visualize, which can also do things like add tables and graphs to an email.

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2 years ago

A company that makes virtual reality headsets designed for kids.

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2 years ago

A company that wants to help small businesses get their products to market faster. The company, which was launched in October, wants to help businesses reduce lead times, by connecting them with manufacturers which will produce their products.

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2 years ago

A startup that provides a social platform for adults with developmental disabilities, aimed at keeping them engaged in their communities.

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2 years ago

A crowdfunding campaign service, targeted at companies that have had problems with their last campaign.

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2 years ago

The company is looking to help insurance companies understand claims more deeply and more quickly. It’s currently in a pre-seed round with a partnership with the Philadelphia 76ers.

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2 years ago

A new type of health insurance that combines traditional health insurance, Medicare, Medicaid, and tax subsidies into a single plan. The startup wants to help people with pre-existing conditions find affordable insurance options.

15

2 years ago

This is a startup that’s designing a better way to manage your food delivery. Instead of having to call an operator to place an order, the startup’s technology will let you order hot food from an app.

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2 years ago

A startup working to make health insurance more personable, helping individuals get in touch with a health care advisor for a personalized quote. It’s a long-awaited product from the company that was first founded in 2010.

15

2 years ago

An add-on for Salesforce.com that lets you build a dashboard to track important metrics tied to your CRM.

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2 years ago

A startup that helps companies in the US and Canada comply with the new EU Money Laundering Directive.

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2 years ago

A new travel insurance product built on top of Ethereum’s smart contracts, replacing the traditional insurance contract with a new one that makes claims faster and easier to manage.

15

2 years ago

A data analytics company that helps businesses understand their customers better. The startup has launched a new, lower-cost product that works with AdWords.

15

2 years ago

A company that provides software for secure direct-to-consumer classified advertising on a website called snapmarket.

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2 years ago

A tool for improving feedback by allowing more nuanced, nontraditional feedback methods like a video walkthrough.

15

2 years ago

A platform that lets businesses manage their large email lists, including segmenting them by interests or location, adding “organic” content (i.e. pro-team messages), and more.

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5 years ago

A startup that offers a service that helps people who are moving abroad get their car over to their new country

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5 years ago

Idea: A company that helps brands manage their “influencers”, a new media channel that has emerged alongside more traditional ones like print, TV, and radio. There aren’t many tools for brands to use to manage this new channel, and the team wants to solve that problem.

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5 years ago

Idea: A home goods store that sells products that are made in the US. Their goal is to make it easier for users to find and buy products made in the US.

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2 years ago

A white label marketplace for selling and renting out custom-made custom shirts, using a customer-designed template.

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2 years ago

A way to take advantage of the fact that many employers don’t require specific certifications for entry-level positions, such as Uber drivers.

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2 years ago

You can now book your flights for free with the new “Airbnb for air travel,” Fliggy. The company is free to sign up, offers features like free upgrades and free baggage, and is also available on iPhone and Android.

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2 years ago

The startup is building a major-league-style recruiting platform for the classroom, where students can rate teachers and post reviews of their classmates. The startup is already in talks with the University of Texas at Austin to launch the product.

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2 years ago

A startup that helps users find the right product based on their needs, not based on some sort of algorithm. The startup says it targets a specific segment of the market that is typically overlooked by traditional e-commerce sites.

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2 years ago

A program for helping students learn French, which lets them practice speaking the language at a slow and gradual pace, and for learning grammar and pronunciation.

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2 years ago

A platform that connects small businesses with a network of manufacturers capable of producing unique products. The startup is launching in Canada on a trial basis.

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2 years ago

Rocketrip, which offers a personal concierge service, is already helping people book meetings and travel arrangements through its website and app.

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2 years ago

A private, secure, encrypted messaging service for people who don’t want their conversations to be shared with the world. It’s already using the same technology that lets you send encrypted emails.

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2 years ago

A platform for single-room occupancy hotels with free WiFi and the ability to book rooms with a single interface. Loudbnb’s platform is meant to help offset the high overheads of managing a single-room occupancy hotel.

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2 years ago

A tool for helping people manage their email inboxes. The startup is building an email tool that scraps the idea of inboxes and uses a “pile” metaphor, rather than the traditional inbox view, to give users a personalized view of their inboxes.

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2 years ago

A company building a virtual assistant for hospital nurses and doctors, combining the functions of a virtual assistant and a doctor. The idea is that instead of having to type in a medical query, you’d speak to a nurse, who would then use a series of keystrokes to pull up a list of answers.

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2 years ago

Builds financial advisory software for SMEs in the US by using behavioral insights on data collected from the S&P 500 to filter and identify companies that are under-performing their peers.

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2 years ago

A new kind of bank account, aimed at people who don’t have traditional bank accounts. Instead of an account number tied to a bank account, the startup lets people store money in a simple digital wallet that they can use to pay for things like phone service or groceries.

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2 years ago

A tool that allows users to upload receipts and import them into their accounting platform.

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2 years ago

A platform for legal professionals to manage their client relationships and move cases forward while also taking advantage of AI-powered automation.

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2 years ago

This is a Christian-based network that seeks to help find housing for young adults. It’s led by a CEO who formerly worked at Habitat for Humanity and the Salvation Army.

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2 years ago

A B2B company that helps enterprises manage their customer support costs. Its product is meant to alleviate the need for traditional call centers.

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2 years ago

This startup will use blockchain to simplify and standardize the production of and trading of commodities. The startup’s first customer is a Brazilian importer that will use the service to import coffee beans in a more reliable and cost-effective way.

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2 years ago

A startup that aims to be the AirBnB for homes. The company says it’s already in talks with several companies, including a major hotel chain.

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2 years ago

A text-to-speech app that reads out notifications in your background so you can still see your phone while driving or sleeping.

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2 years ago

A group of startup-minded undergraduates at UC Berkeley who want to connect students with interesting classes.

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2 years ago

A trade-only app for the coffee industry. It’s like a barista on speed.

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5 years ago

A startup that provides a service for helping people who are planning on purchasing a home to go on a house hunt with a realtor and get advice from them

13

5 years ago

A startup that creates a directory of people who are willing to provide a place to stay for people who are traveling abroad

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5 years ago

Idea: A billing application for healthcare that allows hospitals to bill for a range of services like blood tests and radiology and then apply the hospital’s markup.

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2 years ago

A company that helps companies sell and move their excess inventory. The company says gross profit for moving a truckload of items ranges from $18,000 to $30,000.

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2 years ago

A startup that wants to eliminate the need for traditional office space by letting local stores and restaurants set up shop in public parks, city squares, and other public places. The startup hopes to expand to cities across the US.

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2 years ago

Biklers is building a bike-sharing solution that’s unique because it doesn’t require a user to rent a bike. Users just have to download the app, sign up and scan an account QR code to unlock a bike they can ride for 30 minutes, anywhere in the city.

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2 years ago

A company that provides a DIY tool for people to construct their own custom-sized laptop or iPad. The company is building a platform that will allow people to create their own products, and sell them online or to brick-and-mortar retailers.

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2 years ago

A SaaS platform for people who want to add value to the sites they use regularly. The startup wants to to help people find the most useful, or most useful for them, content without navigating through a web app and doing a lot of clicking.

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2 years ago

In November 2018, "Return of Kings" founder Daryush Valizadeh, known as Roosh V, was banned from entry to the United Kingdom. Valizadeh published an article in "Return of Kings", titled "How to Stop Rape" which suggests that women are more likely to be raped if they stay in their home countries rather than moving to the United States or Europe. This article has been criticized by people as being misogynistic and conservative.

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2 years ago

A mobile platform that can help retail stores generate leads.

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2 years ago

Open Road is a platform enabling investors to invest in startups using the U.S.’s early-stage funding programs. It’s currently working on a platform that will allow investors to invest in U.S. tech startups using the U.K.’s Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS), which was announced in November.

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2 years ago

A team of four people, based out of Philadelphia, that wants to make in-game advertising in mobile games easier and more profitable

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2 years ago

A startuparel company that promises to give you a custom-made clothing experience.

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2 years ago

With the advent of self-driving cars, there will be a lot of new data that’s generated by the cars. The startup believes that it can use that data to predict accidents.

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2 years ago

A design firm that creates high-end, custom, custom-made, custom-designed websites, landing pages, email campaigns, etc.

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2 years ago

A startup that aims to help publishers reach the 1.5 billion people who are not online. The startup has already partnered with 12 companies including Automattic and Medium.

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2 years ago

At the end of 2019, the team behind the next-gen ad platform was looking to raise a $1.5 million seed round.

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2 years ago

A startup that wants to be the Uber of delivery. The startup is building a delivery app for the marketplace, letting people offer delivery services onto other people’s orders, and is planning to help people get delivery orders in advance so they can prepare for them.

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2 years ago

A startup that provides digital tax advice for US users who can’t afford or don’t qualify for a tax preparer.

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2 years ago

A visual, collaborative, multichannel collaboration tool for teams. The startup has been working with over 30 companies, including a Latin American bank, a financial advisor, and a chemical manufacturing company.

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2 years ago

A startup that uses machine learning and data science to help companies provide better customer service. The platform has already been launched in the UK, and is available in the US today.

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A startup that creates a system so that people can create a new email address to be used for a specific family member (IE Mom@familycom)

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5 years ago

The startup wants to help people who have bad credit get a better score by helping them manage their finances and make more informed financial choices.

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5 years ago

Idea: An automated platform for “in-app” marketing and advertising. Essentially, the startup lets brands advertise inside of other apps, and then track whether those ads successfully inspired users to install the sponsored app.

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2 years ago

This startup is building a platform that tracks the cost of starting a business, and provides advice on how to use that data to guide the growth of the business, making it incredibly valuable to anyone starting a business.

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2 years ago

A company that helps advertisers create social content in real time, so that they can see whether their content has been shared on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram in real time.

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2 years ago

A startup that allows users to virtually try on glasses before buying. The startup’s founders believe that the industry is ripe for disruption, and that customers are tired of being taken advantage of.

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2 years ago

A platform that lets people and businesses collaborate on documents and spreadsheets online. The platform has already been used to create over 1,000 documents.

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2 years ago

A company that helps hospitals, universities, and other businesses who have patients with chronic conditions like Crohn’s, IBS, ADHD, fibromyalgia, etc. to manage and track their discomforts. The startup delivers daily emails to patients with recommendations on what to eat or how to exercise in order to manage their conditions.

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2 years ago

Buggit is a marketplace for buying and selling used and refurbished smartphones, but what makes the startup different is that the company will trade you in your old phone for a brand new one.

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2 years ago

The company offers apps that create bespoke ads for small businesses on Facebook, based on those businesses’ data.

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2 years ago

A B2B service that helps sales and marketing teams track leads — and ultimately serves as a CRM for sales reps.

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2 years ago

The startup helps advertisers purchase video ads on Facebook and YouTube, helping them to be more tailored to specific users.

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2 years ago

In addition, there are 6 companies that have announced they will join the YC Demo Day, but have not yet been accepted into YC.

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2 years ago

A platform for the sharing economy that connects all kinds of people who need rides with drivers who want to work. It’s a business that’s split into three parts: a marketplace, a pool, and a technology platform. It also had a recent partnership with Lyft.

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2 years ago

A tool for businesses and their employees to upload resumes and see their applications ranked.

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2 years ago

A startup that helps employers manage their employees’ time as a task manager. It’s already in use at companies like Uber, Square, and Lyft.

12

2 years ago

This startup is building a smart city bus stop that allows riders to upload their schedules to the bus stop and check whether the bus is running on arrival.

12

2 years ago

A startup building a platform for event planning and scheduling to better integrate with customers’ existing systems. They’re already in talks with the likes of Microsoft and Slack.

12

2 years ago

P2P lending platform for small businesses, with an app that allows for payments to be made to contractors with the promise of getting their invoices paid before the next pay-day.

12

5 years ago

Idea: A way to buy TV advertising through Facebook Messenger

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5 years ago 1 views

Idea: A startup that’s building a way to send Slack messages to Google Home and the Amazon Echo The startup is working with companies to add these integrations to their workflows

11

2 years ago

A consulting firm for the retail real estate industry, focused on addressing the intersection of real estate and technology.

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2 years ago

A platform for community building, allowing people to broadcast their daily activities and post them to a specific board or group of people. The company says that it’s been used in more than 40,000 communities to date.

11

2 years ago

OpenLedger is focused on the Russian and Chinese markets, with the goal of getting rid of the major middlemen and offering the most transparent cryptocurrency trading experience in the world.

11

2 years ago

This startup is working on a new RFID-based solution for barcodes, which they claim is more natural for humans to read. The startup hopes to prove that it can be more efficient than other barcode solutions.

11

2 years ago

A startup that will let people listen to music using a heads-up display, including Spotify, Apple Music, Pandora, and internet radio.

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2 years ago

A delivery service for groceries in Canada that has the ability to go to your house (as opposed to the standard UPS or FedEx). Instead of a driver, a delivery person comes to your door, takes your order, and leaves.

11

2 years ago

A way for companies to quickly add a new, unique line item to their credit card statements.

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2 years ago

The idea here is to help nonprofits use data to inform their work and make smarter decisions. In addition to giving nonprofits access to data, the startup also aims to help them use that data to engage with their communities in real-time.

11

2 years ago

Civic has been named one of the "Best Places to Work in Canada" by Glassdoor.

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2 years ago

A tool to help businesses aggregate customer reviews on TripAdvisor, Yelp, Google, and Facebook, and then turn those reviews into ratings and feedback reports.

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2 years ago

The startup founder, Aarti Krishnan, had been a software engineer at Facebook for six years before deciding to start her own company. She was inspired by a friend’s experience of starting a business, and is helping women in the US start their own businesses.

11

2 years ago

A tool that tests the quality of online advertising and helps companies customize their ad campaigns.

11

2 years ago

When you’re buying a solar panel, you can get a recommendation from the company that makes it. But what if you could get recommendations from people you trust, who already know what’s the best solar panel That’s the idea behind Sun-o-Matic.

11

2 years ago

A travel rewards platform for air travelers. Customers can earn rewards for all of the airlines they travel with, and then redeem them to get perks like free checked bags and upgrades.

11

2 years ago

A platform that helps small businesses use their physical spaces to generate leads, and then convert those leads into sales.

11

2 years ago

A company that builds apps that make it easier to find, choose and buy new or used cars. The company currently has a full-time staff of 10 and is growing steadily. They are also working on a new app that will allow users to swap cars with other users through the app.

11

2 years ago

A startup that makes it easier for people with disabilities and those who are recovering from addiction to build businesses.

11

5 years ago

Idea: An online marketplace to trade used and broken smartphones The startup is currently focused on the UK but is looking to expand to other countries

10

5 years ago

Idea: This is a real estate startup that wants to help people find homes to rent. They’re looking to target people who’ve been priced out of the market and need to rent instead of buy. The startup’s pitch is that it’s better than Craigslist because it focuses on neighborhoods and can recommend specific apartments.

10

5 years ago

A startup that provides targeted advertising opportunities for businesses through a large database of local businesses and customers’ social media profiles. The startup aims to reduce advertising costs and increase ROI for businesses.

10

2 years ago

Decentralized content distribution platform. Users can sell their videos, get paid per views, and have their views reviewed by AI. They also get an ad-free experience.

10

2 years ago

A drone company that began as a startup that aimed to make flying quadcopters more accessible for consumers. NUVI has pivoted to focus on training and education, and is working to build a drone pilot certification program.

10

2 years ago

A platform that allows people to earn extra money to buy the services they already use. For instance, a customer could earn money to pay for hosting their website on a server.

10

2 years ago

A startup that helps people get a “secure”, “cloud-based” backup of their important files and data. Users can login to the app and upload files and store them on the service.

10

2 years ago

Fintech startups have been using personal finance apps to do things like invest in mutual funds and manage their portfolios. Traditionally, however, these apps have been more focused on creating a more “personal” experience. One startup, however, is building an app that can help users manage their credit cards.

10

2 years ago

Open unit is a front-end management platform to help self-storage facilities manage processes and deliver an industry-leading customer experience.

10

2 years ago

A bike rental system in NYC that's also a delivery system for food, in which riders receive a smartphone app with menu options and pick up a kiosk to order food. It's available in 40 markets in the US and Canada.

10

2 years ago

The startup wants to use machine learning to improve the way that you manage your health, with an app that helps you track your health data, and with a company that will send you notifications when it’s time to eat healthy, and offer you advice on how to eat healthy.

10

2 years ago

A tool for product teams that allows them to manage their product roadmap, prioritize features, and lay out the plan for release dates. They’ve launched in early beta and are now working to get a product ready for launch.

10

2 years ago

Forcing ‘early adopters’ to move to cheaper mobile data plans.

10

2 years ago

This is a cloud-based app for freelancers that helps them manage their workloads, and shows them the work they have available.

10

2 years ago

A company that wants to take the pain out of file uploading, allowing users to upload files from their phone and have them automatically routed to the cloud.

10

2 years ago

A tool that allows users to create interactive ad campaigns, with the ability to target specific users on different websites.

10

2 years ago

A new robo-advisor for millennials, aimed at helping them build a portfolio of investments and money-management skills. The company says it will also help people learn more about investing. The company’s first fund, called the “Gen Y Fund”, launched in summer of 2019.

10

2 years ago

A way to help users with a disability to use the web. One of the services is for building a “written” search engine using the web, and another is for creating a “screen reader” for the web, both of which would allow the user to read search results and web pages aloud and write in the text as well.

10

5 years ago

A startup that provides a service where people can hire someone to help them get their driver’s license (maybe they’re from out of state and don’t have one, or maybe they’ve had problems with bad driving and need help getting

9

5 years ago

Idea: A business that provides an experience platform for making and organizing all kinds of lifestyle plans Co-founder Dan is the former head of product at Maker’s Market, the private label division at Walmart

9

2 years ago

This startup is building a $1 “Loyalty + Rewards” card for brands that are already using Stripe. The company also has a “Loyalty Plus” card that works with Stripe.

9

2 years ago

Like the Sharing Economy, but aimed at moving things like furniture or cars around instead of people.

9

2 years ago

An HR tool that helps companies create and easily manage performance reviews for employees. The company says the software is the first of its kind, and has already used the software to help companies like Airbnb, Facebook, and Uber do their performance reviews.

9

2 years ago

A real-time reading app for meditation and mindfulness.

9

2 years ago

An online accounting platform that seeks to help small businesses take advantage of tax breaks and reporting requirements.

9

5 years ago

Idea: A ‘gig economy’ labor marketplace for graphic designers. The startup says it’s growing 1,000% month-over-month, and has already sold $3,000 a week in design work.

8

5 years ago

Idea: A startup that wants to help people who work from home manage the logistical and administrative side of it. The platform, which launched its beta in May, has already signed up hundreds of users.

8

5 years ago

Idea: A way for developers and designers to collaborate on design projects, the way they used to, with the added ability to generate a GitHub-ready invoice at the end.

8

5 years ago

Idea: A white-labeled version of the video scheduling tools used by companies like Google and Facebook. It also helps companies manage their video ads — and is profitable now by helping companies make native videos.

8

2 years ago

This startup has developed a system for quickly and easily mass-producing custom-made apparel.

8

2 years ago

Built by a group of UCLA Ph.D. students, noXplore is a self-driving car that can be driven by a human driver, who can take the wheel for short periods of time. The company is pitching itself to advertisers who want to run test ads on real public streets but can’t afford a full-scale fleet of cars.

8

2 years ago

Ideas are created by Y Combinator alumni. Many of the ideas are specific to a company or industry, or are specific to a single city or country. The ideas are shared here to give an idea of the breadth of innovation being pursued by Y Combinator startups.

8

2 years ago

This startup helps companies source, manage, and grow their online ad campaigns.

8

2 years ago

A software company that helps companies in the B2B space automate vendor management and payment processing. The startup is already getting a lot of interest from companies in the B2B space.

8

2 years ago

The startup is building a software platform that allows users to sell and trade their cars (or parts thereof) without the hassles of buying a car, registering it and then selling it in a traditional dealership.

8

2 years ago

A “personal assistant” for the elderly. The startup’s unique selling point is that it doesn’t have a single point of contact, but instead, has a large community of users who can help the user with tasks and advice.

7

2 years ago

A tool that allows physical therapists to upload patient data and track progress of exercises.

7

5 years ago

Idea: A text-to-speech AI-powered assistant that can connect with virtually any virtual assistant It has already raised $23 million and is growing fast

6

5 years ago

A startup that provides a service where people can upload pictures of their children and then the pictures are put into a video and sent to them every week or month

5

5 years ago

Idea: A-Frame, like React, is a web framework for building virtual reality experiences Unlike React, it’s made specifically for VR

4

5 years ago

Idea: Music creators can now use a new app called Soundmine to create songs using a variety of beats in a range of genres. Users can switch up the instruments and change the tempo or pitch, and add vocals, lyrics, and a melody.

4

5 years ago

Idea: A company that provides a tool for startups to manage the onboarding of new employees, including collecting employee data, administering legal agreements, and more

3

10 days ago 5 views

A startup that creates modular, AI-powered kitchen pods for urban apartments, enabling renters to assemble professional-grade cooking stations that disassemble for easy moves.

3

5 years ago

Idea: A C2C marketplace for high-end travel, renting out hotel rooms, yachts, and other high-end travel experiences The startup has already managed to produce $20k in revenue per month after launching in June

2

5 days ago

Virtual reality job interview simulator for recent grads, using AI avatars to practice behavioral questions with real-time feedback on body language, speech, and responses.

2

4 days ago 2 views

A fintech service that automates micro-insurance for gig workers, dynamically adjusting coverage based on real-time location, weather, and job data pulled from ride-sharing APIs.

2

2 days ago

A startup that turns idle parked cars into peer-to-peer advertising spaces, matching brands with owners for wrapped ads and handling payments via geolocation.

2

20 days ago 4 views

A startup helping elderly users in rural areas trade skills like gardening or woodworking via a barter app matched with local gig delivery.

1

15 days ago

A community-driven marketplace for trading vintage video game hardware, with built-in authenticity verification using blockchain and expert appraisals.

1

11 days ago 10 views

B2B tool that scans employee Slack and email threads to auto-summarize key decisions and action items, reducing meeting follow-up time by 70%.

1

6 days ago 5 views

An API service that integrates wearable health data with workplace wellness programs to dynamically adjust employee schedules and perks.

1

5 years ago

Idea: A tool for managing Kubernetes workloads

0

5 years ago

Idea: A software that helps people build a personal website with their own domain name It also helps them build an email address on their domain The company says it has over 1,000 paying customers

0

5 years ago

Idea: A personal finance management startup for college students. The startup helps students budget their expenses with the intention of graduating debt-free.

0

5 years ago

Idea: A tool to help companies manage their fulfillment operations. A traditional ecommerce company that sells a single product at a time could use it to automate their shipping and posting.

0

5 years ago

Idea: A mobile app that helps you stay healthy on the road. The app helps users find fitness classes and outdoors activities when traveling, and sends reminders about when it

0

2 days ago

A startup that gamifies urban foraging, mapping edible plants in cities and rewarding users with community-sourced recipes and sustainability badges.

0

1 day ago

A platform that integrates WhatsApp commerce for Indian SMBs, enabling seamless order taking, payments, and inventory management directly in chat threads.

0

12 hours ago

AI-powered wardrobe scanner app that analyzes users' existing clothes via phone camera, suggests outfits, and connects to resale markets for sustainable fashion upgrades.

0

5 years ago

A startup that helps people who are planning to travel abroad to learn about the culture of the

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5 years ago

A startup that helps people find others to share an apartment with while they are abroad

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5 years ago

A startup that sells a monthly subscription to 4-6 books for people who want to read more but don’t have the time

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5 years ago

A startup that provides a service where you can upload a photo and it will identify all of the different animals in the photo

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5 years ago

A startup that sells books for people who are particular about the fonts, spacing, etc of the books they read

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5 years ago

A startup that has a tool where you can upload a photo of the shoes you have, and it tells you what other shoes you can wear

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5 years ago

A startup that provides a service where you can post a free ad for your lost pet and it gets sent out to everyone in your

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5 years ago

A startup that provides a service where people can purchase a box of basic food staples for the pantry for $25 that they can add to each month

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5 years ago

A startup that sells a service where they ship you furniture you buy from online stores that don’t ship to your address

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5 years ago

A startup that helps people adopt a more plant-based lifestyle

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5 years ago

A startup that helps companies with foreign exchange risk management The company plans to build out an FX trading platform

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5 years ago

Idea: A Slack competitor with support for additional messaging platforms The company says it’s received $150,000 in funding to date

-1

5 years ago

Idea: A startup for sourcing leads for lead generation

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5 years ago

Idea: A startup that is meant to be the ‘GoDaddy’ of Domain Registrations

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5 years ago

Idea: A mobile ad network for the developing world

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5 years ago

Idea: Tastemade is building a platform for brands and media to upload, organize, and distribute videos The startup has two offices right now — one in New York and one in LA, with a few employees in each

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5 years ago

Idea: Demand-based video player to replace video ads

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5 years ago

Idea: A new consumer-focused mobile payments app to replace credit cards The company aims to reduce friction by letting users buy things with their phone instead of having to pull out their wallet They want to replace everyone’s credit card information The startup has processed over $1MM in payments

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5 years ago

Idea: Automatic generation of admin / developer portal

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5 years ago

Idea: Our solution is a device for the living room that uses machine learning to capture the attention of kids and young adults, while at the same time, it also monitors and protects them The device allows parents to stream media to the TV, including YouTube and Netflix, while also monitoring TV time and detecting any inappropriate content

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5 years ago

Idea: To provide a central platform for people to sell and trade used goods, and for brands to directly connect with consumers

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5 years ago

Idea: A startup providing free credit scores to customers, funded by a paywall around their credit report They believe this will generate better engagement than the traditional credit monitoring model, which pays customers to read their credit report

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5 years ago

Idea: E-Commerce for High-Quality, Handmade Goods

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5 years ago

Idea: A software company that’s building a tool that helps lawyers and other legal professionals manage their case load It does this by building predictive models that help lawyers understand how they’re spending time, who they should be billing, and how to allocate their time more efficiently It also helps process payments The startup has $0 in funding and was founded in 2017

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5 years ago

Idea: Web-based user interface for managing, monitoring, and visualizing Hadoop clusters

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5 years ago

Idea: A B2B company that helps banks and insurance companies clean up their data The startup launched in March 2019 and has already made $2,500 in recurring revenue

-1

5 years ago

Idea: A podcasting app that recommends podcasts for you based on what you already like

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5 years ago

Idea: A chatbot for the admissions process

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5 years ago

Idea: A proprietary mobile-first ad platform for publishers

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5 years ago

Idea: An on-demand service for people who want to make sure that their email has been read by the recipient

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5 years ago

Idea: An alternative to Adobe, focused on web performance

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5 years ago

Idea: A startup for small, local businesses to sell directly to consumers The startup says they already have earned $10,000 in revenue after only 5 months

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5 years ago

Idea: Resumable file uploads for web apps

-1

5 years ago

Idea: A tool to create Android apps from Excel spreadsheets

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5 years ago

Idea: This startup is building a better version of the online resume With ResumeGo, you can add an interactive video tour of your work

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5 years ago

Idea: A medtech startup that aims to help people with their insulin needs The company says it’s already working with over 1,000 people and has a real-time insulin dosing calculator for people to use online The company’s COO points out that this is a $7B market and the company is targeting the $45B of people who aren’t able to take insulin as prescribed

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5 years ago

Idea: A platform for managing ad campaigns for small businesses, meant to compete with the likes of Facebook and Google The company says it already has a few enterprise customers

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5 years ago

Idea: A startup that provides a better way for companies to manage their sales team’s calendars The startup hopes to replace the traditional calendar with something that is more flexible

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5 years ago

Idea: A startup that helps companies manage their unpaid internship programs, which can be a legal headache

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5 years ago

Idea: A platform that makes it easy to rent out office spaces around the world The founders say they’re already making a profit

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5 years ago

Idea: A B2B product that makes it easy for companies to add a layer of analytics to their customer service workflow

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5 years ago

Idea: A startup that connects consumers with local, sustainable food products The startup says it’s already working with over 50 local food producers, and has customers in New York City, San Francisco, and Montreal

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5 years ago

Idea: A startup that helps companies hire remote employees in an age where “anyone can work from anywhere” The startup claims that it’s already raised $120,000 in revenue, charging $20,000 per month for its services

-1

5 years ago

Idea: A startup that wants to connect freelancers with large companies The company says it has a “sizable pipeline” of customers and has already signed up its first paying client, a “large financial services company”

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5 years ago

Idea: A new edition of the classic novel “The Little Prince”, translated into Arabic The publisher says that it’s sold $15,000 worth of ebooks already with a plan to get to $100

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5 years ago

Idea: A “personalized” bot that helps customers order and track shipping from stores The team says they’ve already generated $50,000 in revenue so far

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5 years ago

A tool for combining marketing data with customer data to help digital startups optimize their ad spends

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5 years ago

Idea: A startup that runs a marketplace for co-working spaces They have a large number of employees already, and want to grow into a way for people to easily find co-working spaces in the future

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5 years ago

Idea: A platform that helps people build e-commerce businesses with less overhead

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5 years ago

Idea: A way to track the usage and performance of digital ads The startup has already sold several $15,000 contracts

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5 years ago

Idea: A B2B company that is building a suite of tools for nurses and other care workers The company helps workers with scheduling, RSVPs, and other administrative tasks in a more automated way

-1

5 years ago

Idea: A 20-person startup that’s building a platform to help real estate agents and brokers share leads within a network and manage them

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5 years ago

Idea: A startup that is building a cloud-based service for selling collectibles. It allows users to upload images and details about the item, and generate a barcode. It’s free for sellers, and takes a flat 3.5% of sales.

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5 years ago

Idea: A system for getting analytics data on the customer service experience of customers. The startup says that their analytics platform is already used by several large companies, including GEICO and FanDuel.

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5 years ago

Idea: A tool for analyzing the performance of ads, with a focus on how people are converted once they click on an ad. The startup wants to compete with companies like AdRoll and Optimizely.

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5 years ago

Idea: Improves the performance of ads by pinpointing the moment that a customer sees an ad and decides to buy. The startup is building machine learning models to predict conversion time, and the founders have already run $1m of ads through their product.

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5 years ago

Idea: A SaaS for student loans that helps borrowers keep track of their loans and what they’re paying, as well as offers advice.

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5 years ago

Idea: A startup that is building a platform for shared office space. The company’s founders say that it’s already profitable and has $2.8 million in revenue, with $10 million in annual recurring revenue. The company is installing $10 million in hardware in the next two years. It’s currently profitable.

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5 years ago

Idea: SaaS for managing fleets of vans and trucks, aiming to reduce costs and administrative headaches by streamlining receipts, invoices, and other paperwork.

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5 years ago

Idea: A startup that helps addiction treatment centers find clients, and that offers billing and payment services.

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5 years ago

Idea: A company that wants to help businesses refine their hiring process by looking at past candidates. Specifically, they want to help companies discover talent in their town without having to go through the costly process of headhunting.

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5 years ago

Idea: A startup that helps people ship their used items to buyers. The founder says that she’s already sold $3,000 worth of items in her first two months.

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5 years ago

Idea: A tool for creating an “instant button” for a webpage, which lets a user add a button to a site that makes a purchase or opens an account. Also has a free tier for testing your button.

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5 years ago

Idea: A startup that makes a lightweight, mobile-friendly way to trade options for retail investors, promising a user experience similar to Robinhood.

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5 years ago

Idea: A startup built on the premise that traditional email newsletters are a relic of the past. The startup wants to bring the “chatbot”

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5 years ago

Idea: A software company that makes a platform for college admissions officers to make their application process more efficient.

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5 years ago

Idea: A B2B company that helps lawyers, financial advisors, and other financial service professionals market themselves via their social media pages.

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5 years ago

Idea: A toolkit for creating custom voice apps for companies and brands. The company says it’s already working with $20 billion worth of companies and it’s now trying to add more enterprise customers.

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5 years ago

Idea: In the US, a startup that brings data from a person’s Fitbit or other fitness tracker into their doctor’s office. The system, called Bionode, is already used at Cedars-Sinai Hospital. They’re looking to branch out to other health providers as well.

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5 years ago

The event was held on a larger scale than any previous TechCrunch event. It had a venue capacity of 2,500 people, and received 2,200 applications to attend.

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5 years ago

Idea: A startup that is building a decentralized version of YouTube. Users of the platform are able to earn money by posting content and advertisers are able to put ads on the content. The startup wants to give people the ability to build up a following without having to go through a traditional platform.

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5 years ago

Idea: This startup is building software that helps restaurants manage their employees’ schedules and payroll. It’s already working with 200 restaurants, and has raised $1.5 million in seed funding.

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5 years ago

Idea: A startup that’s building a service for the Australian market that brings together different automated and intelligent financial advice into a single website.

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5 years ago

Idea: A software as a service company that sells an enterprise software platform to manage all of the administrative and financial details of an import/export business. The startup has a special focus on helping small businesses secure loans or payments from a bank.

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5 years ago

Idea: A startup that is building a business-to-business network for buying and selling internet ad space.

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5 years ago

Idea: A “swipe file” for real estate agents, which allows them to capture and organize leads by collecting their user’s information via a mobile app.

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5 years ago

Idea: A startup that wants to bring an end to email spam. It works by helping companies send their email marketing campaigns through a sort of whitelist system where known email addresses get through, while spam goes straight to the junk folder.

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5 years ago

Idea: A new brand of premium, non-GMO, gluten-free chips for people who want to avoid the chemicals and additives found in most store-bought chips.

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5 years ago

Idea: A telemedicine startup for low-income patients in El Salvador. The startup works with doctors in the United States and Canada, who give patients in El Salvador a Skype consultation.

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5 years ago

Idea: A startup that’s building an enterprise-grade business intelligence product that allows companies to better understand and track their customer data. The company says it’s already working

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5 years ago

Idea: Fake doesn’t want to be your go-to messaging app. The app is meant to make it more difficult for people to read your messages and for companies to

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5 years ago

Idea: A startup that connects coaches and athletes, giving athletes a way to contact coaches and coaches a way to get paid for their advice. They’re currently working with a number of teams in the Philadelphia area, including the Philadelphia 76ers.

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5 years ago

Idea: A software solution for service businesses. In addition to helping workers get paid on time, it helps businesses get paid on time by tracking invoices and showing clients how close they are to paying off their balance.

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5 years ago

This software company is building a platform for developers to use in building apps that can read and process information from multiple data sources, including Telegram.

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5 years ago

A startup that makes it easy for businesses to collect and analyze data from their traders as well as third party market data. The company has one paying customer: a hedge fund.

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5 years ago

A startup that provides a way for real estate agents to manage their leads and schedule showings.

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5 years ago

A startup that finds the right tradespeople and helps them get to the right jobs in time.

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4 days ago

A platform that turns everyday photos into interactive 3D family albums, letting users add voiceovers, timelines, and AR experiences to relive memories with grandkids.

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3 days ago 1 views

A startup for urban gardeners that connects neighbors to trade homegrown produce, herbs, and seeds via a local barter marketplace with delivery bots.

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2 days ago 3 views

A platform for freelance writers to collaborate on interactive e-books, embedding quizzes, videos, and live updates, with revenue sharing from reader subscriptions starting at $9/month per project.

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8 hours ago

A platform that turns personal fitness trackers into tradeable NFTs, allowing users to monetize their workout data and compete in virtual fitness leagues.

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6 hours ago

A virtual reality coworking space for digital nomads, syncing real-time productivity tools with immersive avatar interactions.

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5 years ago

A startup that helps people who are in the process of going through a divorce or are already divorced

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5 years ago

Idea: A new way to order a steak. Instead of receiving an entire side of beef, customers can order individual cuts to their specifications.

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18 days ago 1 views

AI-powered software for restaurants to dynamically adjust menu prices and portions based on real-time ingredient costs and demand forecasts.

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18 days ago 2 views

This platform builds a marketplace for "gig labs," where biotech hobbyists rent affordable lab space and equipment by the hour to prototype DIY health gadgets and sell them directly to consumers.

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16 days ago

An AI-powered service helping e-commerce brands in Southeast Asia optimize product listings for local marketplaces like Shopee by auto-translating and culturally adapting descriptions.

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11 days ago 1 views

A startup delivering customizable "mystery adventure" board games to families, with AI-generated stories tailored to kids' ages and interests for repeat play.

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3 days ago 1 views

A B2B platform helping small farms aggregate and sell "ugly" produce directly to grocery chains and restaurants at premium prices using AI grading.

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3 days ago

A VR marketplace for architects to showcase and sell interactive 3D building walkthroughs to potential buyers, bypassing traditional blueprints and site visits.

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1 day ago

SaaS for boutique gyms that gamifies member retention with personalized workout challenges, progress leaderboards, and automated rewards.

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8 days ago 5 views

A B2B service helping small farms sell direct-to-consumer produce through AI-optimized local delivery networks, bypassing traditional wholesalers for higher margins.

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5 days ago

A SaaS tool for freelance writers that automatically converts blog posts into interactive newsletters, podcasts, and social media threads with one click.

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5 days ago

A mobile app connecting urban gardeners with neighborhood households for trading homegrown produce and compost, with built-in recipe suggestions based on swaps.

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4 days ago

An API that enables subscription boxes to dynamically adjust contents based on real-time user feedback and inventory from partner suppliers.

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4 days ago

An AI-powered tool for architects that generates 3D building models from hand-drawn sketches uploaded via mobile app.

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3 days ago 3 views

A B2B service delivering plant-based meal kits to corporate offices, customized for team-building lunches and dietary needs, starting at $15 per head.

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17 days ago 1 views

A startup for renting high-end kitchen gadgets by the hour, enabling home cooks to experiment with pro tools without buying them outright.

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15 days ago 1 views

A platform for neighborhood micro-grids that lets homeowners trade excess solar energy peer-to-peer, with automated billing and regulatory compliance.

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13 days ago

A platform that automates compliance checks for small farms exporting produce to the EU, scanning regulations and generating export-ready documentation.

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11 days ago 12 views

A social platform where users trade skills in real-time micro-tasks, like "teach me guitar chords for 10 minutes" matched via video calls with crypto micropayments.

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10 days ago 4 views

An AI-powered toolkit that auto-generates modular construction plans for tiny homes, targeting the booming ADU market with instant permitting compliance checks.

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5 days ago

A platform that uses AI to generate personalized workout playlists synced with fitness trackers, adapting music tempo and genre to optimize user performance and motivation in real-time.

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4 days ago

An API service that enables creators to embed dynamic, personalized quizzes in newsletters and social posts for audience engagement and lead gen.

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4 days ago 1 views

A mobile app connecting elderly pet owners with vetted "pet sitters" who provide daily check-ins, medication administration, and virtual vet consults via video.

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20 days ago 1 views

A startup delivering customizable meal kits made from upcycled food waste, reducing grocery bills by 30% while cutting landfill emissions.

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18 days ago 5 views

A SaaS tool that scans email threads and automatically generates personalized sales proposals, saving reps hours of manual customization.

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17 days ago 3 views

A platform that automates compliance checks for small exporters navigating international trade regulations across 50+ countries.

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17 days ago 1 views

A startup creating AI-narrated "legacy audiobooks" from users' uploaded photos, letters, and voice notes, turning family histories into shareable podcasts for future generations.

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3 days ago 1 views

A platform that turns AI-generated art into customizable NFTs for everyday users to mint and trade without coding.

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2 days ago

A voice-first CRM for solo real estate agents, transcribing open house convos into lead profiles, follow-up scripts, and market comps on the fly via smartwatch.

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2 days ago

A SaaS tool for freelance graphic designers to automate client invoice chasing and contract renewals, pulling data from tools like Figma and Adobe, with $2k MRR from 200 beta users.

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20 days ago

A startup delivering customizable 3D-printed prosthetics for pets, using pet scans to create affordable, lightweight limbs with growth adjustments.

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19 days ago 2 views

A B2B tool for e-commerce brands to automatically detect and replicate viral TikTok trends, adapting them into shoppable content with one-click integration.

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18 days ago 4 views

A startup delivering farm-fresh salad kits with customizable recipes via drone in suburban areas, partnering with local farmers to cut costs and emissions.

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11 days ago 10 views

B2B service delivering hyper-localized climate risk reports for real estate, using satellite data and ML to predict flood/fire impacts and advise on insurance pricing.

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9 days ago

This SaaS tool converts voice memos from sales calls into actionable CRM updates, tagging leads and predicting close probabilities.

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9 days ago 4 views

A fintech startup offering "gig economy insurance bundles" that dynamically adjust coverage for freelancers based on their weekly income streams and job types.

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8 days ago 5 views

A startup digitizing vintage family recipes into AI-guided cooking apps that adapt to modern ingredients and dietary needs for home chefs.

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8 days ago 5 views

A platform for freelance graphic designers to collaborate in real-time on brand kits, auto-generating style guides from uploaded assets.

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4 days ago 1 views

A startup for renting high-end outdoor adventure gear like kayaks and climbing equipment, with built-in insurance and delivery to national parks.

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19 days ago

A startup that uses AI to analyze pet photos and videos uploaded by owners, generating personalized health reports and recommending vet visits or diet changes before issues escalate.

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18 days ago

A virtual reality platform for remote apprenticeships, letting tradespeople like plumbers mentor trainees in immersive 3D job site simulations.

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15 days ago

Modular sensor kits for small farms to monitor soil health in real-time, integrated with simple apps for predictive crop yield and automated irrigation advice.

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15 days ago

B2B tool that integrates with CRM systems to predict and prevent employee burnout in sales teams via workload analytics.

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15 days ago

A SaaS tool for remote teams that gamifies daily standups with quick emoji polls, achievement badges, and leaderboards to boost participation and morale.

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12 days ago

A platform that connects freelance voice actors with podcasters to generate AI-customized intros, outros, and ad reads in seconds, slashing production costs by 80%.

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12 days ago

A B2B tool for e-commerce brands that uses computer vision to automatically detect and tag product defects in user-uploaded photos, reducing returns by predicting quality issues pre-shipment.

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12 days ago 1 views

A platform for urban gardeners to trade seeds, tools, and produce locally, with AR overlays for plant health diagnostics via smartphone.

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8 days ago 1 views

A platform that automates compliance checks for e-commerce sellers across multiple marketplaces, using AI to scan listings and flag violations before they lead to account suspensions.

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6 days ago

Marketplace for urban gardeners to trade or sell homegrown produce directly from community plots to local buyers.

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4 days ago

Peer-to-peer skill swap marketplace for neighborhood services, like trading guitar lessons for gardening help, with blockchain-verified reviews and escrow.

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20 days ago 1 views

A startup delivering modular, upgradable phone components like batteries and cameras, letting users repair and customize their devices without buying new ones.

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20 days ago 1 views

A platform for rural farmers in Africa to trade surplus crops peer-to-peer via mobile app, with built-in micro-logistics for same-day delivery.

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16 days ago 1 views

A wearable device for remote workers that detects poor posture and ergonomics in real-time, gamifying fixes with team leaderboards.

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12 days ago

Virtual reality job training simulator for blue-collar trades like plumbing and welding, offering immersive modules with haptic feedback gear rented to vocational schools and companies for on-demand certification.

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10 days ago 5 views

A B2B SaaS for small gyms that automates personalized workout plans via wearable data integration, reducing trainer workload by 70%.

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10 days ago

An AI-powered platform for freelance musicians that auto-generates customized backing tracks and harmonies based on a singer's uploaded vocal clips, enabling quick demo production for social media.

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21 days ago 1 views

A platform that uses AI to generate personalized workout playlists synced with your exercise pace, pulling from Spotify and fitness trackers for real-time tempo adjustments.

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19 days ago

A platform that turns employee Slack threads into searchable, interactive knowledge bases for remote teams.

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19 days ago

Virtual reality job simulator for blue-collar trades like plumbing and welding, letting trainees practice on realistic digital job sites before real-world apprenticeships.

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18 days ago

Virtual reality job training simulations for trades like plumbing and welding, partnering with unions to certify workers remotely and reduce on-site apprenticeship costs.

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14 days ago 2 views

A startup that develops AI-powered earbuds translating foreign languages in real-time for travelers, with offline mode and cultural nuance adaptation.

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14 days ago

A startup delivering AI-curated mystery book kits with custom scents, soundscapes, and interactive puzzles tied to the plot for immersive reading experiences.

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12 days ago

AI-powered service creating interactive "family time capsules" where users upload photos, voice notes, and stories that unlock for descendants on specific future dates.

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11 days ago

A B2B service that automates compliance audits for gig economy platforms, scanning worker contracts and payouts to ensure regulatory adherence across states.

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10 days ago

A startup offering on-demand pet psychologists via video calls, helping owners address behavioral issues in dogs and cats with licensed animal behaviorists.

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10 days ago 2 views

A platform that converts vintage vinyl records into personalized AI-generated NFTs, preserving audio quality and adding interactive visual stories for collectors.

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7 days ago

A startup for urban cyclists that gamifies safe commuting with real-time hazard alerts, insurance discounts, and community leaderboards for eco-friendly routes.

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21 days ago 1 views

NodeShift is creating modular, solar-powered EV charging stations for rural areas, deployable in days without grid upgrades and rentable to fleet operators.

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18 days ago 2 views

Virtual reality therapy sessions for public speaking anxiety, where users practice speeches in simulated crowds that adapt in real-time based on their performance metrics.

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16 days ago

A startup that converts old vinyl records into personalized NFTs, allowing collectors to own digital twins with embedded audio playback and rarity badges.

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15 days ago

Tool that converts Slack threads into searchable knowledge bases with AI-summarized insights for growing teams.

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11 days ago 8 views

Voice-first podcast editing tool that lets creators upload raw audio, then uses AI to auto-transcribe, cut filler words, add music beds, and export polished episodes in minutes.

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11 days ago 2 views

B2B service digitizing vintage arcade machines into cloud-based multiplayer games for bars and restaurants to boost foot traffic.

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8 days ago

A platform that connects freelance urban planners with homeowners to design and permit tiny backyard ADUs using AI-generated blueprints compliant with local zoning laws.

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4 days ago 5 views

A startup for virtual staging services that lets real estate agents upload empty room photos and get AI-enhanced furnished renders in minutes.

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16 days ago

Voice-first podcast editing software that auto-transcribes, cuts filler words, adds music, and generates show notes for indie creators.

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15 days ago

A startup delivering farm-fresh meal kits customized for pets, using vet-approved recipes to address allergies and nutritional gaps in pet food.

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12 days ago

Peer-to-peer skill-sharing marketplace for remote workers, where professionals trade expertise like coding reviews for marketing advice in live video sessions.

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9 days ago 3 views

An AI-powered service that generates personalized workout plans from users' smartwatch data, integrating with wearables to adjust routines live during sessions.

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8 days ago

A platform for gig economy drivers to instantly pool rides with passengers heading the same way, optimizing routes via real-time matching and splitting fares to boost earnings in dense urban areas like Southeast Asia.

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15 days ago

A startup for urban gardeners to trade or rent hydroponic equipment and seeds, with IoT sensors providing real-time crop health alerts.

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9 days ago 5 views

A platform that turns Slack threads into interactive dashboards, automatically pulling in data from linked tools like Google Sheets and Jira for real-time team insights.

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9 days ago 2 views

A platform for gig economy workers to bundle micro-services into customizable "life admin packs," like handling DMV renewals, bill negotiations, and tax prep for busy professionals.

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5 days ago

B2B tool for small e-commerce brands to generate personalized product videos using customer data, automating UGC-style clips for social ads in under 5 minutes.

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5 days ago

A platform that connects urban gardeners with AI-optimized hydroponic kits and a marketplace for trading home-grown produce in real-time.

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21 days ago 1 views

B2B SaaS for small law firms to automate client intake via voice AI chatbots that qualify leads, schedule consults, and generate initial contracts in minutes.

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20 days ago

A platform for remote teams to run interactive VR training simulations, replacing costly in-person workshops with headset-based scenarios.

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13 days ago

A startup for elderly users that gamifies medication adherence by turning daily doses into a social competition with family rewards.

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12 days ago

A platform for urban gardeners to trade or sell home-grown produce locally, with built-in tools for tracking yields, pest alerts, and community swap events.

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10 days ago 7 views

AI-powered software for freelance writers that auto-generates outlines and sources from academic papers, slashing research time by 70%.

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7 days ago 2 views

A subscription box for pet owners delivering customized DIY enrichment toys made from upcycled materials to reduce boredom and waste.

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21 days ago 5 views

A startup delivering customizable AI-powered smart plant pots that auto-adjust water, light, and nutrients for urban gardeners.

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17 days ago 1 views

AI-powered software that automates compliance audits for small farms adopting regenerative agriculture practices.

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16 days ago

App for elderly users that gamifies daily chores like pill-taking or walks, rewarding completion with family-shared virtual badges and progress videos.

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15 days ago

A platform for virtual pet adoption in Southeast Asia, where users scan QR codes on street animals via app to sponsor care, track health via IoT collars, and virtually "adopt" for micro-donations.

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13 days ago

SaaS tool for freelance creators to automatically generate and negotiate contracts from email threads and project briefs.

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10 days ago 1 views

A startup that automates compliance training for gig workers through gamified AR experiences delivered via mobile apps, boosting retention by 40% over traditional videos.

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19 days ago 1 views

A platform for virtual pet adoption where AI companions evolve based on owner interactions, blending social media with emotional support tech.

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17 days ago

An AI-powered service that scans corporate emails and Slack threads to auto-generate personalized thank-you notes and relationship-building follow-ups for sales teams.

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7 days ago 2 views

A platform for freelance voice actors to generate custom AI-narrated audiobooks from user-uploaded text, with human oversight for accents and emotions.

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17 days ago

A startup for trading digital carbon credits from everyday actions like biking to work, gamified for urban commuters.

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17 days ago 1 views

A B2B tool for boutique hotels that dynamically adjusts room prices based on real-time local events and weather forecasts.

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13 days ago

A startup creating modular, AI-powered home offices that assemble in minutes and adapt lighting, temperature, and ergonomics based on real-time productivity metrics.

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22 days ago 2 views

VR software that simulates high-stakes job interviews for recent graduates, providing instant feedback on body language and responses from AI recruiters.

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11 days ago

Blockchain-based marketplace for trading fractional ownership of rare collectibles like vintage watches or art, with insured digital twins for verification.

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21 days ago

A startup for renting high-end kitchen gadgets to home bakers, delivering and picking up via local couriers.

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21 days ago 2 views

A B2B tool that automates sustainability reporting for small manufacturers by pulling data from IoT sensors and generating compliance-ready ESG dashboards.

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22 days ago 3 views

A SaaS tool that automates compliance checklists for small solar installation companies, streamlining permits and inspections to speed up backyard renewable energy adoption.

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22 days ago 6 views

A SaaS tool for freelance creatives that generates dynamic portfolios from scattered project files across tools like Behance, Drive, and Adobe Cloud, with built-in client pitch templates.

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22 days ago 2 views

A platform that automates compliance checks for food delivery drivers in urban areas, integrating with ride-sharing apps to ensure safety and regulatory adherence.

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27 days ago 3 views

A startup that uses AI to generate and manage hyper-localized pop-up events for neighborhoods, allowing residents to discover and book experiences within a 5-mile radius.

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23 days ago 4 views

A B2B tool for e-commerce brands to predict and auto-adjust pricing based on real-time competitor data scraped from 100+ marketplaces worldwide.

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23 days ago 2 views

AI-powered software for boutique hotels to predict guest preferences and automate personalized upsells like room upgrades or spa bookings.

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23 days ago

B2B tool that scans employee Slack and email threads to auto-generate compliance reports for remote-first companies, flagging risks in real-time.

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26 days ago

A startup that uses AI to analyze and optimize home WiFi networks by automatically adjusting router settings and suggesting hardware upgrades based on real-time usage patterns from all connected devices.

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23 days ago 8 views

A platform that transforms AI-generated code into production-ready apps with automated testing, deployment, and monitoring pipelines.

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23 days ago 2 views

A subscription box service delivering customizable AI-powered home workout gear that adapts resistance in real-time via wearables.

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23 days ago 8 views

A startup for gig economy workers to instantly swap shifts or trades across different platforms like Uber, DoorDash, and TaskRabbit.

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24 days ago 5 views

A platform for gig economy workers to instantly access micro-loans based on their real-time earnings data, bypassing traditional credit checks for faster financial relief.

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26 days ago

A startup building voice-first accounting software designed specifically for truck drivers and other gig economy workers on the road.

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25 days ago 2 views

AI-powered wardrobe scanner for fashion resale, using phone cameras to instantly grade clothing condition, suggest prices, and match with buyers on marketplaces.

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24 days ago

A startup connecting freelance voice actors with podcasters for quick, affordable custom intros and ad reads, with instant AI previews.

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24 days ago 1 views

A B2B service automating compliance checks for small food delivery businesses, scanning menus and supplier docs to ensure health code adherence in real-time.

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24 days ago 1 views

Virtual reality job simulator for trades like plumbing and welding, offering certification badges and direct hiring pipelines for blue-collar roles.

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23 days ago 9 views

A platform for virtual pet adoption where users train AI companions using real-world pet data to simulate ownership without the mess.

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26 days ago

A platform that transforms discarded restaurant food waste into biodegradable packaging materials, partnering with delivery services to replace single-use plastics with custom-branded sustainable alternatives.

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24 days ago 7 views

An AI-powered service for freelance musicians to generate customized backing tracks from simple chord progressions uploaded via mobile app.

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24 days ago 1 views

A platform that automates compliance checks for freelance creators on social media, ensuring brand deals meet advertising regulations.

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26 days ago

A B2B SaaS that automates compliance and reporting for OnlyFans creators and other gig economy adult content platforms, handling taxes, payments, and legal documentation.

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23 days ago

A startup delivering modular, upgradable tech gadgets like phones and laptops, where users swap parts instead of buying new devices to fight e-waste.

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