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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.

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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.

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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

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

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 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

5 years ago

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

255

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

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.

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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

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 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

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

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

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

4 years ago

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

192

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

189

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 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

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

175

4 years ago

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

172

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

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

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

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

3 years ago

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

166

5 years ago

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

165

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.

165

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.

164

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.

163

5 years ago

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

163

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.

160

5 years ago

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

160

4 years ago

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

159

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.

158

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.

156

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 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

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

4 years ago

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

152

5 years ago

Eliminating the need for a physical address

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 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 managing multiple email addresses, groups, and more.

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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 1 views

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

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.

148

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

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

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

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

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.

146

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.

146

3 years ago 2 views

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.

146

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.

145

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.

145

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.

144

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.

144

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.

144

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.

143

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.

143

5 years ago

In addition to the startup projects listed here, some startups have been incubated at Techstars in its program.

142

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.

141

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.

139

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.

138

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.

138

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.

138

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

137

5 years ago

A startup that adds social features to a business's website.

137

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.

136

4 years ago

A company that helps brands sell products on Amazon, in addition to other eCommerce sites.

136

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.

136

3 years ago

In addition to the list above, Y Combinator also supports a variety of other companies through its investments.

135

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.

134

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.

134

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.

132

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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4 years ago 1 views

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.

130

5 years ago

A sales tool for companies with an online presence, allowing them to get email addresses for leads and salespeople.

129

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.

129

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.

129

4 years ago

A company looking to build a better version of the “wish-list”, where items can be added and removed while shopping.

128

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”.

126

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.

126

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.

126

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.

125

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.

125

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.

125

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.

125

5 years ago

In addition, there are several other fast-growing startups that are also still working their way through the Crunchbase database, including:

124

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.

123

5 years ago

An iOS video editing app that lets users add GIFs, music and other visuals to their videos.

121

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.”

121

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.

120

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.

119

5 years ago

A company that helps companies build their mobile presence using a toolkit that allows them to add HTML5 to their sites.

118

5 years ago 1 views

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.

117

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”.

117

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.

116

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.

116

5 years ago

A tool that helps people add a photo to their LinkedIn profile with a single click.

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.

115

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

(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.)

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

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.

114

5 years ago 1 views

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

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.

113

5 years ago

A platform that embeds video chat and SMS into video conferencing tools to add value.

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

"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.

112

4 years ago

A startup that helps users create unique email addresses based on their name, birthday, or an emoji.

111

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

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

4 years ago

A startup that lets consumers and businesses create their own private, encrypted email addresses.

109

3 years ago 1 views

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.

109

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.

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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

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

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 visual editor for news articles, where journalists can add their own photos and graphics to the content.

104

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 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 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 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

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 SaaS startup that helps small business owners by providing value-added services to their customers.

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

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

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

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

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.

97

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.

97

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.

97

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.

95

4 years ago

The following companies are the newest additions to the Crunchbase 50:

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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.

95

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.

93

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.

93

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.

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

93

4 years ago

A startup that lets you add multiple PayPal transactions into one. Called “one-click-pay”

90

3 years ago

A startup that lets people in the US and Canada build websites, with plans to add other countries later.

90

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.

90

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.

89

4 years ago

A company that wants to add a social component to finding a home.

89

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

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 “maker” version of Slack, where people can build their own add-ons and plugins for Slack

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

App is a service that lets users search their phone’s address book for a business.

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

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 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

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 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

A “one stop shop” for startups that want to add a crowdfunding component to their business

84

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

A chatbot that can help people with “recovering from addiction” by providing a forum for anonymous support.

82

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

“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

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

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

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 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 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

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.

80

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 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 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

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 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 wants to add more social and emotional intelligence to the world’s financial system

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In addition to being a founder, Zebra has also built and launched eight startups in the past.

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

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

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 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 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

5 years ago

Idea: A programmable hardware add-on for Raspberry Pi

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

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

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.

74

4 years ago

A system that automatically ships your purchases to the correct address.

74

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.

73

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.

73

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.

73

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

73

3 years ago

This startup helps clients identify the main drivers of their churn, then provide personalized marketing to address them.

73

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

72

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.

72

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.

72

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.

72

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.

72

4 years ago

A startup that is trying to solve the problem of people who are using the same email address for multiple accounts.

72

3 years ago

A software platform for sending and receiving money from anyone with an email address anywhere in the world.

72

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.

71

4 years ago

A mobile app for managing your digital identity, giving you an email address and allowing you to make payments.

71

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.

71

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.

71

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

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

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

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 way to connect your contacts with your social network, so you can add them to your email contacts automatically.

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

Interactive video games that add “surprise” to the experience with interactivity.

70

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

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

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

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 free and secure digital platform for documenting and managing the changes and additions to documents, resources, or acts.

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 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

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 company that has innovated the use of AI to create a safer ride-sharing system by adding a few safety layers.

68

2 years ago

In addition to the companies listed below, Y Combinator has also worked with:

68

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.

67

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 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.

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 free app that allows users to take photos and add custom stickers to them to share them on Instagram.

67

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.

67

3 years ago

Additionally, startups are typically small, so there is often no need for more than a couple of volunteers per week.

67

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

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

4 years ago

A platform that helps companies identify and address the issues that keep them from scaling.

65

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.

65

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.

65

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.

65

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.

65

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.

65

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

64

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.

64

3 years ago

Helping brands take advantage of the iPhone’s zoom function by allowing them to add extra content and images

64

3 years ago

A product aimed at helping organizations to manage the addition and removal of staff.

64

3 years ago

A Google Docs alternative that organizes documents chronologically, and lets you add notes or tags on the document.

63

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.

63

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.

63

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

63

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.

62

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.

62

4 years ago

A startup that lets you order food through your email address.

62

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.

62

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.

62

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.

61

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.

61

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.

61

3 years ago

A company that helps you manage your digital assets, like social media accounts or email addresses, through a single mobile app.

61

3 years ago

A team that helps nonprofits use their corporate email addresses to help their organizational goals.

60

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.

60

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.

60

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.

60

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.

60

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.

59

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.

59

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 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.

58

2 years ago

A fitness company that offers custom workout plans to users, including the addition of classes and personal trainers.

58

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.

57

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.

57

3 years ago

A company that wants to increase the efficiency of small businesses by helping them accept payments through an email address.

57

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

57

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.

57

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.

57

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.

57

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.

57

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.

57

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.

56

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.

56

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.

56

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

55

3 years ago

In addition to the awards, IGNITE will also award $10,000 in equity to each winner to seed a new startup.

55

3 years ago

A startup that allows users to search through a database of common information like addresses and phone numbers.

55

2 years ago

A mobile app that allows users to send money to a phone number or email address.

55

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.

54

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.

54

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.

54

2 years ago

This startup is building a product so that people who have multiple email addresses can easily switch between them.

54

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.

54

3 years ago

A startup that helps out-of-towners find good food and drink near their temporary address.

53

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.

53

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.

53

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.

53

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.

53

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.

53

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.

52

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.

52

3 years ago

The startup offers an AI-powered call center that helps businesses address their customer service needs.

51

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.

51

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.

51

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.

51

3 years ago

A video editing app that allows users to add or remove effects to video directly after recording.

51

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.

51

3 years ago

This startup is building a network of rooms for individuals with specific needs, like for aging parents or recovering addicts.

50

3 years ago

A place to check-in to a piece of art, share it with friends, and add photos

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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.

50

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.

49

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.

49

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.

49

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.

48

3 years ago

A startup that allows school districts to book standardized testing, adding more time slots that more students can take.

48

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.

48

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.

48

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.

47

3 years ago

A POS system that adds a layer of automation to the back-office. It’s also a mobile POS.

47

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.

47

3 years ago

A tool that helps you build your own personalized toolset and add it to your toolbelt.

46

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

46

2 years ago

Want to add a little style to your day

46

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.

45

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.

45

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.

45

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.

44

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.

44

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.

44

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 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.

43

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.

43

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 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

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.

41

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.

41

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.

41

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.

40

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

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.

40

2 years ago

A platform for building videos with a framework for adding overlay effects, templates, analytics, and automations.

39

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.

39

2 years ago

A startup that wants to build a universal address book for all of your different communication accounts.

38

5 years ago

Idea: A way to make spreadsheets more fun to use by adding a layer of gamification.

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

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 startup for cross-referencing and verifying e-mail addresses.

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 1 views

Addictive, a startup that claims to have developed a faster, more efficient way to play video games.

37

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

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

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

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.

34

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.

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

2 years ago

A company that aims to help companies add custom, tailored newsfeeds for their employees, based on their interests and location.

33

5 years ago

Idea: Helping event organizers make money by adding a “pay what you want” option to their ticketing.

32

2 years ago

Smart contracts that allow you to back up your code online and add transparency, reproducibility and traceability to your code.

32

2 years ago

“A startup that allows any business to send marketing emails based on their customers’ preferences using their own email addresses.”

30

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.

29

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.

29

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.

29

2 years ago

A “dictionary for managing your finances”, which lets you add expenses and track your bank accounts and credit card purchases.

29

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.

29

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.

29

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.

29

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.

28

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.

28

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.

28

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.

27

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.

27

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.

27

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.

27

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.

26

2 years ago

A dedicated email address for all of your email, with smarts that help you filter and organization your incoming messages.

25

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.

24

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.

24

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.

22

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.

22

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.

22

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.

21

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.”

21

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.

20

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.

19

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.

19

2 years ago

A product that helps people set up their own email address with tech support that is available 24/7

18

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.

18

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.

16

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.

16

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.

16

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”.

16

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.

16

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.

16

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.

15

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.

15

2 years ago

An add-on for Salesforce.com that lets you build a dashboard to track important metrics tied to your CRM.

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.

15

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.

13

5 years ago 1 views

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)

12

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.

12

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.

11

2 years ago

A way for companies to quickly add a new, unique line item to their credit card statements.

11

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

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: 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: 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 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

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

-1

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

-1

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 that is meant to be the ‘GoDaddy’ of Domain Registrations

-1

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

-1

5 years ago

Idea: A B2B product that makes it easy for companies to add a layer of analytics to their customer service workflow

-1

5 years ago

Idea: A startup that helps addiction treatment centers find clients, and that offers billing and payment services.

-1

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.

-1

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.

-1

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.

-1

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.

-1

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.

-1

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.

-1

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.

-9

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.

-9

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.

-10

16 days ago

Voice-first podcast editing software that auto-transcribes, cuts filler words, adds music, and generates show notes for indie creators.

-11

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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