Bit Startup Ideas

7 months ago

A new way to buy and sell cars, accepting Bitcoin and Ethereum.

1,296

3 months ago

A platform that lets people buy and sell bitcoins, with a currency that can be exchanged for cash.

656

3 years ago

A startup that provides an AI-based tool for fitness trackers that can analyze an individual’s activity and eating habits and recommend a new workout regimen.

504

3 years ago

This startup wants to help the elderly live as independently as possible by monitoring their habits and keeping track of how they feel.

459

9 months ago

A startup that helps teachers and parents manage their kids’ online habits, bringing down the cost of managing them.

371

11 months ago

A startup to send and receive payment by bitcoin. It’s like a PayPal competitor.

258

2 years ago

A bit like Couchsurfing, but for food.

250

2 years ago

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222

3 years ago

A startup that allows people to buy and sell stuff with cash they don’t have. It’s a bit like the Venmo app, but for people without Venmo accounts.

219

3 years ago

This one is a bit of a stretch, but

203

2 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.

201

1 year ago

This is a service for parents to track the sleep and activity of their children, so they can see how their child’s habits are affecting their health.

197

2 years ago

Using a mobile app called “Digital Health Profile”, which is currently in beta, they want to help improve the health of the elderly by tracking their health, eating habits, and exercise.

196

2 years ago

A startup that makes a credit card that works like a debit card but offers cash back

194

2 years ago

A startup that wants to learn people’s habits and use the information to suggest new products to them...with discounts.

192

1 year ago

A “self-serve” platform that enables developers to build out their own bitmap font, so they can quickly build out a new font without needing to hire a designer.

189

3 years ago

This startup is building a comprehensive online marketplace for the sale of assets like real estate and cars. The startup is focused on rural markets like India, where the costs of buying and selling homes and commodities is often prohibitively high.

186

2 years ago

A provider of high speed Internet for small businesses. Its service is targeted at small businesses, who can get a gigabit speed for $40 per month.

185

3 years ago

A startup that turns unused kitchen appliances into bitcoin mining rigs

184

2 years ago

A tool that helps customers buy stuff on Amazon using a debit card. It’s also an Amazon marketplace to receive payments.

182

2 years ago

A company that wants to create a “universal” credit card for customers. This could be a credit union debit card or if the company is successful, a Visa or Mastercard card with a rewards program.

178

3 years ago

Idea: A tool to help people who don’t have a lot of money to buy Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies

177

3 years ago

A platform where people can pay with their debit and credit cards to buy products from merchants.

176

3 years ago

A credit card with a debit card that earns points and can be used for all purchases, including travel and dining.

172

3 years ago

Ponzi-like investment scheme for the bitcoin community. They are a bitcoin company that offers a service which allows people to invest or lend bitcoins without having to exchange them for other currencies. The startup is currently only operating in India, with plans to expand to other countries.

172

3 years ago

A startup that tracks your fitness, eating, and sleep habits and then sends you personalized emails, texts, and reminders.

170

2 years ago

A bitcoin ATM service that doesn't accept cash.

170

3 years ago

A fast-food delivery service that can deliver food to you in under 15 minutes. Their model is a bit like Uber Eats, but they’ve automated a lot of the process so you can order online, and the food will be delivered to you.

169

3 years ago

A Texas-based startup that provides a service that allows anyone to buy anything with Bitcoin, including buying everyday items.

166

3 years ago

A “quantified self” app for fitness enthusiasts to track their workouts and use the data to improve their habits

163

2 years ago

A "social-first" payment app that lets anyone with a credit card, debit card, or PayPal account pay for things online.

162

3 years ago

A smart electric car startup that is working on creating a platform that makes battery charging more efficient, using AI to actually learn from the owner’s driving habits.

161

3 years ago

When you want to buy a new coat, you order it from a store. When you want to buy a new car, you do the same, and your credit card company gets in touch with you. When you want to buy a new smartphone, you have to go through the same process. It’s a bit of a hassle, and it costs a lot of money.

161

3 years ago

A team of bitcoin and blockchain-savvy developers building a software suite for the financial services industry.

158

3 years ago

A company that helps people easily find local, personal tax preparers. It’s a bit like TaxJar, which helps make tax season less painful.

157

3 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.

157

3 years ago

A startup that is helping companies and individuals get debit cards for free when they have banked with their bank for the last 3 years.

157

3 years ago

A company that sells cool kitchen tops and pours that promote healthy eating habits

157

3 years ago

A portfolio website for freelancers, where people can comment on each other's work, hire one another with a single click, and get paid in bitcoin.

157

3 years ago

A company that allows people to pay their bills using bitcoins

156

3 years ago

A BitPay-like company that aims to build a solution for people to buy and sell digital currency.

156

3 years ago

A startup that wants to put a common API between many banks and start to allow consumers to take debit card payments anywhere.

155

1 year ago

A safety app that connects with a user’s Fitbit to keep track of their daily steps, logging them to the company’s private cloud and sending the information to their employer.

155

3 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.

152

3 years ago

A system for automating the process of sending out mass emails, inspired by things like TaskRabbit.

152

3 years ago

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

151

3 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.

151

2 years ago

A tool to help people quit smoking. The startup’s product, Patch, is designed to help people quit smoking through animations and imagery that help them break their habit. It’s designed to be used alongside other cessation products.

151

1 year ago

A startup looking to bridge the gap between the financial industry and the cryptocurrency industry by providing a way for banks to offer bitcoin-based financial products.

151

1 year 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.

151

3 years ago

A healthcare startup that’s building a mobile app that integrates with the patient’s Fitbit to help track any changes in health.

150

3 years ago

Provenance is a food tracking app, that has been billed as a startup that’s trying to get food to the same level of transparency as it has in other industries like banking or ride sharing. It’s a bit like the app Just Eat, but for food.

150

3 years ago

A startup to help people better manage their money. The startup is trying to make budgeting and saving easier by helping users visualize their spending habits.

150

3 years ago

A startup that helps companies find and pay contractors and service providers across the world. The company will use the P2Pool tech popularized by bitcoin to help larger companies find and pay out thousands of contractors more efficiently.

149

3 years ago

This startup is building a payment platform to help rural local businesses accept credit cards. The startup is based in the Philippines and has been working with both credit cards and bank-issued debit cards in the country.

149

3 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.

149

3 years ago

An AI-powered chatbot that can respond to questions about a person’s current location, and provide more detailed answers as you learn more about their habits.

148

3 years ago

A startup that wants to get a person into the driver’s seat with a new way to track driving behavior using mobile phones. It’s a bit like the sorts of things that Sonar and others are building.

148

1 year ago

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

147

3 years ago

A platform for sharing and tracking all of your fitness activities. The company developed a stand-alone iOS app called MyFitnessPal in 2011, which has over 150 million users worldwide. In 2017, they launched the fitness tracking and calorie logging platform Fitbit.

146

3 years ago

A tool that allows users to send and receive payments in Bitcoin through email. The company’s goal is to make it simple to pay friends and family with cryptocurrency.

146

2 years ago

A company that wants to have more transparency about the daily spending habits of its customers.

146

3 years ago

An iPhone-based app for tracking your health and habits, along with the data from your FitBit. The app averages out your personal data and presents a picture of how healthy you are overall.

145

1 year ago

A startup that allows users to easily track data on their credit cards, including spending habits and the like, and then sell that information to retailers.

145

3 years ago

There’s a lot of startups out there that are building tools to make our lives better, like TaskRabbit and Airbnb. But not so many that are building tools to make our lives worse.

144

3 years ago

A more affordable alternative to the Fitbit fitness tracker.

144

3 years ago

A startup that wants to make decentralized identity management that’s cheaper and more secure. It’s highly ambitious, and the company has raised $2 million in seed funding.

144

1 year 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.

144

1 year ago

A company that offers a suite of banking and financial service products, including a debit card, checking account, and loan.

144

1 year ago

A pre-paid card that gives users access to a credit line, allowing them to buy small-ticket items that they don’t want to pay cash for. A debit card with a $5,000 limit.

144

3 years ago

A startup that sells a new take on a very old concept: Visa debit cards. The startup has over 1,000 customers, ranging from Nike to Goldman Sachs, and has sold over 5 million cards.

143

3 years ago

A payment startup for the UK that allows merchants to be paid quickly and securely with a debit card.

143

2 years ago

A startup launching its own Bitcoin exchange.

143

1 year ago

A startup with a list of tools that let you replace your phones with a single device. It’s a bit like a phone, a bit like a tablet, and a bit like a computer.

143

3 years ago

A mobile app that allows you to manage your credit and debit card numbers with just your phone’s camera and a voice response. Circle uses the camera to take a picture of the card and then calls the number on the card to confirm it’s valid before linking it to your phone.

142

3 years ago

A B2B service for the financial industry that helps banks identify potential customers and understand their spending habits.

142

1 year ago

A platform to allow parents to purchase toys with digital currencies like bitcoin.

142

3 years ago

A startup that provides a service for helping people with Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies

141

3 years ago

This startup is a platform that allows shoppers to send gifts to any other shopper with a linked debit or credit card, or even a prepaid card.

141

3 years ago

A startup that allows you to easily find other people who use Fitbit.

141

3 years ago

This startup wants to help first-time home buyers who don’t have the money for down payments. It’s hoping to help people who have saved for years but still need a bit more cash to close on a home. It wants to take a few thousand dollars and give it to the buyer.

141

3 years ago

A company that is building a tool that allows consumers to make use of the data from their fitness tracker to better understand what they’re eating and how they’re exercising. The company is working with fitness trackers like Fitbit and Jawbone, and has also been working with the makers of the Nike+ FuelBand.

141

3 years ago

A digital network that connects American businesses and consumers with the same spending habits.

141

3 years ago

A startup that wants to let you check your bank account online without leaving your computer — and even pay bills — without going to the bank. It’s a bit like Google Wallet, but with banks.

139

3 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.

139

3 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.

138

3 years ago

A startup that enables a group of people to share their carpools and public transportation with one another. It’s a bit of a meta application in that the startup is building an app to help companies integrate carpooling into their business models.

138

3 years ago

A tool that helps anyone in the world track their spending in real-time. The startup is building an app for users to report their spending and personal finance habits.

137

3 years ago

A company building analytics software to help e-commerce companies better understand their customers and their buying habits.

136

2 years ago

A company that provides vehicle and driver safety solutions. The startup helps people find insurance for their cars by matching them to their driving habits.

136

1 year ago

The company is building on the model of other online platforms that let you create a “Bitmoji,” an avatar that responds to text and social media messages; it’s a platform for people to create their own avatars for use on social media.

136

3 years ago

This is a company that wants to do a bit of data mining to help companies improve their customer service. It’s a bit like Zenefits, but for the customer.

135

3 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.

135

3 years ago

This startup is building a platform that helps users buy, sell, and send bitcoin, and a mobile app that lets you pick up bitcoin at ATMs.

134

3 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.

133

3 years ago

This is a software-as-a-service platform that allows members to buy and sell bitcoin with zero fees. The startup currently only works with digital currencies, and only with verified users, but plans to expand its service to other financial instruments in the future.

132

3 years ago

A digital currency for travel, based on the same principles as Bitcoin.

131

3 years ago

A wearable that will track activity and sleep habits, and then report them to you on your wrist. The startup wants to create a device that can complete a full-body fitness test that can be used with other devices.

130

4 months 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.

130

3 years ago

The team behind CardCounting is building a mobile app that helps improve the spending habits of low-income people, and provide a platform for financial services aimed at those people.

129

3 years ago

A “frictionless” payments app that lets businesses turn debit card payments into direct deposits, enabling customers to pay without even having a card in their hands.

129

3 years ago

Handy is a startup that wants to take on Taskrabbit in the mobile cleaning space, bringing a cleaner to your house for a flat rate to do jobs like laundry, building, and moving.

129

2 years ago

This startup is making lifestyle capture devices that help people remember what they’re doing and where they’ve been at all times. It’s like a Fitbit and a Misfit combined.

128

3 years ago

A startup that lets you share blog posts, products, and events with your social network through SMS. It’s free, and as you write you get paid in cash, in dollars or in bitcoin.

126

2 years ago

A productivity app that uses AI to help you build habits.

126

3 years ago

A tool for tracking and reporting on your health habits.

125

3 years ago

The startup's "mission is to make it easy for people to create and share their bitcoin and crypto wallets with their friends and family."

125

3 years ago

A bitcoin exchange for retailers and small businesses that want to accept the cryptocurrency. The startup is currently focusing on the US, with plans to expand internationally.

125

2 years ago

A startup building a fitness tracker for people who want a fitness tracker to use with their existing Fitbit.

125

7 months ago

Remote workers are getting paid in bitcoin rather than dollars.

125

11 months ago

A mobile app that lets you convert your credit card into a debit card and pay in-store without a credit card.

124

3 years ago

A product for helping people create a daily habit of exercising. The startup helps people work through a workout routine on their phone, with the goal of helping them build a habit. It’s meant to be a replacement for people who have used apps like ChoreMonster or other similar products before.

123

2 years ago

A company that turns any spare bit of hardware into a secure cloud server.

123

1 year ago

A startup that wants to bring Bitcoin ATMs to society, and is working on a standalone card for the space.

122

3 years ago

A startup that wants to build a smartphone-based payment system, with support for cryptocriteria like Bitcoin and Litecoin, to replace the credit cards people use to pay each other.

121

2 years ago

Build a product that makes it easy to create, schedule, and deliver bite-sized pieces of content with your team.

120

1 year ago

A startup that wants to make a “smart cup” that tracks your drinking habits so you can better manage your alcohol consumption.

120

2 years ago

Humanized AI, a website that walks you through how to change your habits for a healthier lifestyle.

119

3 years ago

This startup is looking to automatically generate and sell weekly email subscriptions to people based on their buying habits. The email service is for people who want to make sure they get email notifications for products they purchase frequently, like coffee or a subscription service, like Gilt or Birchbox.

118

3 years ago

Nextbit wants to deliver Android in a way that lets you take your phone with you everywhere. It cuts down on background apps and syncs only the apps that you want to use with your phone. Available on Android and iOS.

118

3 years ago

A platform that allows people to track their spending habits and budget. It also allows for easy creation of budgets and goal tracking.

117

2 years ago

A platform for people to share their daily routines and habits. The startup combines these with analytics to produce daily health reports.

115

1 year ago

A platform that helps you find the best sex partner based on your personality, sexual habits and proclivities.

115

1 year ago

In February 2018, Clearbit was acquired for an undisclosed amount.

115

3 years ago

A hardware startup that’s building ruggedized bitcoin hardware that can be sold to businesses and consumers. The company is currently working on a $1,000 device that it says can be used for up to a year on a single battery.

114

3 years ago

a bank that uses Bitcoin to make it easier for emerging markets to access financial services.

114

2 years ago

A company that offers a parallel, decentralized version of the cryptocurrency bitcoin

114

10 months ago

A “personal finance tool” that helps users track their spending habits. The startup says it has a laser focus on the customer, and wants to be the most customer-centric company in the space.

114

3 years ago

A peer-to-peer marketplace for reclaimed building material, with a well-documented process for sourcing and ensuring quality before selling. The company’s founders are also part of a collective that works to repair Habitat for Humanity homes.

113

3 years ago

This is an app that allows people to pay their taxes with bitcoin, in a program that’s funded by Coinbase.

112

2 years ago

Food delivery service that has ambitions to be the Uber of urban food delivery.

112

3 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.

111

3 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.

111

2 years ago

A credit card linked to your bank account, like a debit card with your bank’s approval. The card can be used everywhere the bank accepts credit cards. The startup has raised $1.5 million in seed funding from a single investor, Andreessen Horowitz.

111

2 years ago

A digital payment solution for baristas that allows them to accept credit cards, debit cards, and Apple Pay payments. The startup is currently focused on the US market.

111

2 years ago

A smart mirror that can tell you when you’re looking tired and how you can improve your self-care habits.

111

3 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.

110

1 year ago

A fintech startup that wants to help people manage their debt by offering a debit card and an app that covers nearly all credit card spending.

110

11 months ago

A tool that lets people share files with other people across the world, using the BitTorrent protocol.

110

3 years ago

A mobile app that helps people in the UK stay well by tracking their health and activity, using data from Fitbit, Apple Watch, and Moves.

109

2 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.

107

2 years ago

A startup for single-use disposable products, with an emphasis on the sustainable consumption habits of its users

104

2 years ago

This startup is building a way to connect merchants and consumers to their products and services through a deeper understanding of their personal needs and habits.

104

2 years ago

A cellphone app that automatically suggests time-saving, healthy habits for you.

104

2 years ago

A digital payments application for small businesses that replaces a bank account, credit card, and direct debit. The B2B business uses the same technology that allows a company to charge purchases to a credit card.

104

4 months ago

A restaurant booking platform that lets users pay with a debit card or credit card, then get delivery within 30 minutes.

104

3 years ago

A startup that builds “lifelogging wearables” for people to track their health and fitness habits. It tracks blood sugar, blood pressure, heart rate, sleep, and activity.

103

1 year ago

A startup offering a software platform for companies to integrate a range of payments, including credit cards, debit cards, and in-app purchases.

103

3 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.

102

3 years ago

A hardware company that makes sensors, including ones for weight and hydration, for home and for athletes. The company believes consumers will use devices such as the Nike FuelBand to track their health and exercise habits.

102

3 years ago

A chatbot for cleaning services that can be used by small employers, bringing a bit of automation to a very manual process.

102

2 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.

102

2 years ago

A startup that lets businesses get paid in Bitcoin. The startup has over 30 customers, and is now in the process of opening a San Francisco office.

102

1 year ago

In 2016, Clearbit was reported to be in talks to be acquired by Amazon.

100

9 months ago

A platform for businesses to pay their employees with cryptocurrency. It’s a payroll service that pays employees with bitcoin.

100

2 years ago

The startup wants to give you a way to track your health records, like a Fitbit or Apple Watch.

99

2 years ago

It’s a credit card and a debit card rolled into one, and it’s meant for frequent travellers who want to pay for travel expenses with a single click.

99

1 year 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.

98

2 years ago

A startup that’s bringing Bitcoin into the physical world, with a prepaid debit card and a physical debit card. The founders want to make Bitcoin universally usable, and are building a physical card to use at stores, ATMs, and anywhere else.

97

2 years ago

A decentralized encrypted messaging platform for the world’s 2.4 billion unconnected citizens. Decent has built a messaging app that uses its own cryptocurrency, BitShare, as the medium.

96

2 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.

95

2 years ago

A bitcoin exchange for small-dollar retail purchases. It’s available in the U.S. and Canada.

95

2 years ago

A company that’s building an API for making payments with Bitcoin, which could make it easier for companies to accept Bitcoin payments.

94

1 year 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.

94

11 months ago

Honesty is a marketplace to help you manage your health and wellness habits. It’s currently available in beta and aims to compete with big fitness companies like Fitbit and Apple Watch.

93

3 years ago

This is a tool for managing your social media presence. It’s a bit like social media management firm Social.com, but for social media.

92

2 years ago

A startup that builds a prediction engine for how different financial instruments will perform. It’s first application is a prediction for bitcoin.

92

2 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.

91

2 years ago

A personal finance app meant to simplify credit management and encourage good habits.

90

10 months ago

Bitcoin-based payment system for e-commerce websites, with plans to launch in early 2016.

89

2 years ago

A company that helps allow companies to share data internally, while still going through a third party. It’s a bit like a P2P version of a company that helps share information between employees internally, but without the need for a third party.

88

2 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.

87

2 years ago

A startup that helps people get a better understanding of their sleep habits and why they should be sleeping.

87

1 year ago

A Bitcoin-like security token that gives investors a place to track the value of their holdings.

87

2 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.

86

2 years ago

A digital platform that helps people track their spending habits, saving money, and helping them to make smarter spending decisions.

86

2 years ago

Imagine you’re a CEO who wants to maximize your company’s profits. One way to do it is to accept credit cards, but most companies struggle to get the rates they want. Debit-on-demand startup Debitize lets companies accept credit cards and debit cards on demand.

85

2 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.

85

2 years ago

A mobile app that uses the phone’s accelerometer to detect whether a user is walking and provide immediate feedback on how to improve eating and exercise habits.

85

11 months ago

A way to give and receive digital currency without having to buy a wallet. The app is built to support all of the major cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Dash, Litecoin and more.

85

2 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.

84

2 years ago

A new type of credit card that functions like a debit card but with the ability to make payments without any money changing hands.

84

1 year ago

An automatic way to send money out of India using a credit or debit card. The startup wants to scale their business to get the equivalent of $1 billion out of India each year.

84

1 year ago

A food delivery app that keeps track of a person’s nutrition, allowing them to see their dietary habits over time.

83

2 years ago

This is a way for business to pay their employees in bitcoin.

82

1 year ago

Converting Paypal users’ accounts into bitcoin wallets.

82

1 year ago

This startup is building a chatbot that learns from your habits to give you better recommendations for what to watch based on your interests.

81

10 months ago

A company that wants to create a cryptocurrency that can be used to pay for things like transportation and food at the grocery store, similar to how Bitcoin can be used.

81

8 months ago

A way to buy and sell bitcoins without a bank account.

81

2 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.

80

2 years ago

White Rabbit is a tech startup that provides an on-demand app for those with relationship problems

80

2 years ago

A tool to help businesses manage their health and wellness. The startup wants to “make health care as easy as managing your daily email, calendar and social media habits.”

79

2 years ago

This platform provides a way for people to “pay friends with bitcoin”, essentially allowing you to transfer money to a friend in a peer-to-peer way.

77

2 years ago

A black box that tracks spending habits, helps create budgets, and recommends savings.

77

1 year ago

A startup that allows you to track how much you spend on legal fees, and what they’re used for. It’s a bit like LegalZoom, but for lawyers.

77

1 year ago

A small startup that’s trying to make everyone’s meal a little bit healthier.

77

10 months ago

A platform to allow users to earn bitcoin via completing tasks on their phone.

77

2 years ago

This is a new way to sell your stuff on an app. Founded in January, Papago helps people sell their items on its marketplace. The marketplace has four categories: stuff, collectables, household items, and vehicles. Members can post their items on the site for 24 hours, and if no one buys it, the item goes back to the seller’s inventory. If someone buys it, the seller gets paid in bitcoin.

76

1 year ago

The company is a contact-management app that is free but also has a free plan that is a bit more limited in features. The paid plan offers more robust features like a calendar and a list of contacts.

76

1 year ago

This startup is building a national database of design professionals. Designers have a habit of being underpaid, and brands are often unaware of who they should hire. The startup is creating a national database of qualified design professionals, and after a year of beta, is planning to expand to other professions.

76

7 months ago

A Berkeley-based startup that makes a bionic eye. The company’s device attaches to the eye, allowing users to see a bit more clearly.

76

1 year ago

Intrinsic is building a way for anyone to track their credit card spending on the web, giving them a visual representation of their spending habits.

75

1 year ago

Startups that fit into multiple categories, where founders have multiple roles — co-founder, CEO, CTO and CIO, or just the founder and CTO — are a bit more common today, but still rare. The challenge is that it can be difficult to measure how much of the company’s sales and profit go to the founder. Here’s a partial list of startups that fit into that category:

75

2 years ago

A food delivery service that’s also a delivery marketplace. It’s looking to do the same things that TaskRabbit does, but for food.

74

2 years ago

A company that helps people pay for car rentals by tracking their driving habits and charging them for how much they drive each week

74

10 months ago

A company that helps people pay for their medical expenses in the US. Patients who enroll in the program receive a debit card that’s tied to their health insurance, which they can use to pay for co-pays and other medical expenses.

74

3 years ago

Idea: A startup that lets you buy, hold, and sell Bitcoin, without having to deal with the complexities of the cryptocurrency world

73

2 years ago

A startup that’s building a home-grown cryptocurrency which they hope will be more widely adopted than Bitcoin.

73

1 year ago

A data analytics company that helps people see their customers’ spending habits.

73

10 months ago

A startup that connects with a user’s Fitbit and Apple Watch to give them feedback on their activity levels.

73

2 years ago

A personal trainer that uses video to help users correct bad habits.

72

1 year ago

A startup that is working to make it easier to create a credit score based on your spending habits rather than your financial history.

72

1 year ago

The technology at work here is a bit obscure, but it’s a patent-pending way of helping schools and other groups create a geographically differentiated curriculum.

72

1 year ago

A startup that allows people to publish their wine drinking habits and ratings.

72

7 months ago

A platform that will allow users to connect to their financial institution to purchase bitcoin.

72

2 years ago

A “Liberland” clone that uses blockchain to create a nation for bitcoin miners.

71

2 years ago

A new kind of bitcoin exchange, where people can buy and sell bitcoin, litecoin, and ether with a bank account.

71

1 year ago

A startup that tracks and analyzes purchase data to help brands understand their customers' spending habits, allowing them to optimize their ads.

71

1 year ago

A platform that serves as a platform for global payment (think Venmo for global cash), currently using bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.

71

1 year ago

A program, with a small loan, that helps artists create and exhibit work, and then market them to a larger audience.

71

2 years ago

A company that helps you better understand your social media habits, so you can better market yourself and your business.

70

2 years ago

A startup that helps people who don’t have a bank account or debit card set up one.

70

1 year 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.

70

1 year ago

A startup that helps restaurants collect payment for their services via direct debit and credit card.

70

1 year ago

A startup that uses a little bit of science to track how long a laptop battery lasts between charges.

70

10 months ago

A startup that helps large companies find their customers. It works by pulling data from different sources, then connecting it all to create a profile of a person’s spending habits. The company says they have $1.5M in revenue.

70

10 months ago

A data visualizations and analytics tool that helps companies better understand the e-commerce space. The startup’s product, OneSource, is built on a software called TripWatcher, which allows companies to track their consumers’ online shopping habits and understand how they navigate the online space. It’s being used by over 80,000 businesses across 2,000 categories.

70

9 months ago

A company that builds Bitcoin mining hardware and wants to make building your own custom mining equipment easier. The founders built the first Blockchain-based mining device over a year ago.

70

8 months ago

A startup that’s building a digital library platform for museums and libraries. The startup aims to cut out the middleman, by allowing users to create, curate, manage and share museum exhibit collections with no programing needed.

70

2 years ago

A startup creating a platform that serves as a single source for all of a person’s online and offline credit and debit cards. The startup wants to make paying for things as easy as swiping a credit card.

69

2 years ago

A B2C subscription service for emergency room visits that includes pre-paid debit cards and a 24/7 concierge service.

69

1 year ago

This one is a bit of a stretch to be sure, but the idea is that when you need a car for a day or a week, you can borrow one from a company in your area. The company then acts as a rental broker and rents the car to you at a set rate.

69

1 year ago

A startup for hiring cabin cleaners and maids, similar to TaskRabbit. The company's founders say that with the average cleaning job taking about 45 minutes, a service like theirs would be a huge boon to busy modern families.

69

1 year ago

An online service to connect travelers and local guides. The startup is building a platform that lets you book local guides through a website and pay them via bitcoin.

69

1 year ago

OPEN. is a fitness tracking platform that helps users keep track of their workout habits.

69

1 year ago

A tool for companies that want to hire independent contractors. Competing with TaskRabbit, TaskUs, and others.

69

3 months ago

A startup that aims to use a technology called "Dissociative Inhibition" to turn AI into a tool to help cure psychological disorders. The technology is currently in a clinical trial.

69

1 year ago

A tool meant to help kids learn about and make the most of their spending and saving habits.

68

1 year ago

A machine learning company that helps people analyze their music listening habits to figure out what kind of music is going to be most enjoyable to them.

68

2 years ago

This healthcare startup wants to help employees avoid the cycle of health insurance premiums and high deductibles. They send a monthly debit card to employees, and can be customized to cover a certain amount of money per month for a certain service, ranging from life insurance to primary care to dental. They’re profitable and growing in the San Francisco Bay Area.

67

1 year ago

A "customer engagement platform", which is a bit like Klout, but using social media and real-time data to help companies design better customer experiences.

67

10 months ago

A data analytics tool for banks. The startup, called River, wants to help financial institutions by offering a way to identify a customer’s behavior based on their credit and debit card purchases. It also provides a visual dashboard that lets a business see how well their customers are performing.

67

3 years ago

Idea: A cashback service for blockchain payments (eg paying with bitcoin for a meal at a restaurant)

66

2 years ago

Curio is building an app that allows consumers to learn about the products they use, their health history, and their habits with the goal of helping them make better choices for their health.

66

2 years ago

A platform that helps people manage their food and nutrition habits. The startup has a product that supports diabetes and weight loss.

66

1 year ago

This startup aims to make the process of buying, selling, and investing in Bitcoin more accessible to novice investors.

66

1 year ago

A payments startup that helps users receive payments from other users via credit or debit cards without sharing banking information.

66

11 months ago

A healthy and cheap meal service for kids that uses digital technology to deliver meals to their doorsteps. The startup aims to give parents back control of the eating habits of their kids.

66

2 years ago

A startup that pays you in cash or Bitcoin when you take a picture of your receipt.

65

9 months ago

A new startup that wants to bring a bit of the world of online multiplayer gaming to board games.

65

2 years ago

A startup where you can sell your used electronics, and get paid in bitcoin.

64

1 year ago

https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/20/18241456/credit-card-debit-card-data-transactions-business-data-security-cybersecurity

64

11 months ago

A platform to help people manage their daily habits, like eating healthy and getting enough sleep.

64

11 months ago

A startup that wants to build a network for “situational awareness” for the US government. It’s a bit like Uber, but for the military.

64

8 months ago

Many people like the idea of a contactless debit card, but find the process of activating it confusing. Apply is building a tool that makes the process a lot more streamlined.

64

8 months ago

A digital health platform that aims to help people get into shape. The startup’s goal is to take the pain out of exercise by making it less of a chore and more of a habit.

64

6 months ago

An automated system that tracks and analyzes consumers’ spending habits, and automatically alerts them when they’re about to exceed their spending limit.

64

2 years ago

An open source project that offers an infrastructure for building bitcoin-based businesses.

63

2 years ago

A startup that aims to help people get more involved in their health by tracking their activity. Fitbit bought this startup in March of 2019.

63

2 years ago

If you’re a company that helps people hire employees, this is a tool meant to help you find and vet candidates. It’s a bit like a dating app for the time-strapped, with a few similarities to Recruiter.com.

63

1 year ago

A platform that allows people to find, hire and pay for services, like a TaskRabbit, but for people who are trying to deal with personal difficulties.

63

1 year ago

A prepaid debit card that also acts as a bank account, so you can buy things without needing a credit card.

63

1 year ago

A platform for making payments, building credit, and analyzing financial performance. It’s the first platform in India to offer the ability to make payments in a smartphone app and access information about spending habits through a dashboard.

63

10 months ago

A new way of doing data visualization, called “dynamic image synthesis.” This is a bit like drawing with an eye dropper.

63

2 years ago

A startup for creative workers, including photographers, videographers, and designers. It’s a bit like Upwork but without the middle man — and is looking to expand nationally.

62

1 year ago

Probably the most ambitious idea in the batch of startups, Memobank is building a “global, distributed and anonymous” database for companies to do transactions and transactions between companies.

62

1 year ago

A bitcoin wallet and mobile app for Android.

62

1 year ago

A “Clearbit for GitHub,” which helps GitHub users find and connect with people who are using their software.

62

1 year ago

A $20 subscription service to help people in the US manage their finances by looking at their spending patterns and recommending changes to their habits.

62

1 year ago

The startup has brought real-time banking to the Philippines. It allows users to set up a fixed amount of money to spend per day, and then debits that account whenever it has enough in reserve.

62

1 year ago

A tool for marketers that helps them learn about their customers by making them answer a survey about their habits and preferences.

62

1 year ago

A facial recognition startup that makes it easy for consumers to snap photos of themselves and display them on a Facebook-like feed, allowing brands to analyze consumers’ shopping habits.

62

8 months ago

A bitcoin ATM network that’s set up across the country and simplifies the process of buying, selling and spending Bitcoin.

62

2 years ago

A startup that helps make healthy eating and exercise habits easier to follow.

61

1 year ago

A platform that helps individuals and companies to buy, sell and transfer digital assets using the blockchain. It’s a bit like OpenBazaar, but for the cryptocurrency market.

61

1 year ago

A subscription-based fitness tracker that tracks all-day activity, sleep and eating habits, and provides insights into health and fitness. The startup is backed by Y Combinator.

61

1 year ago

A workplace wellness platform for employers, giving them tools to help them spread healthy habits.

61

9 months ago

This startup is building an “intelligent” home management system that uses machine learning to automate things like lighting, climate control, and heating/cooling. The system learns from the user and builds out of a user’s preferences and habits.

61

9 months ago

A bitcoin wallet service that also gives users the option to spend fiat currencies in their bitcoin wallets.

61

1 year ago

A company that makes an animated series about a pair of mischievous kittens, who’re always up to trouble. They’re a bit like the Fake News guys in their own way.

60

1 year ago

The company is building a digital assistant that works as a personal coach and confidant. The AI learns about your life and can help you with daily tasks. It’s a bit like the way Alexa is supposed to work, but for people.

60

1 year ago

A consumer-focused fintech product that combines BitGold, mobile payment, and cryptocurrency. It’s available on iOS and soon to be Android.

60

1 year ago

A hardware wallet for bitcoin. A recent redesign has brought in some features that were previously only available for the Ledger.

60

1 year 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.

60

1 year ago

an online tool that lets you keep track of your credit card, debit card, and bank account charges (and where they go, who they go to)

60

1 year ago

A smart earphone that syncs with your phone and tracks your health habits, goals, and progress.

60

1 year ago

A tool that helps people in the US and UK set up a direct debit from their bank accounts, and pay their bills from anywhere in the world.

60

10 months ago

A digital payments platform that lets you pay merchants with bitcoin via a mobile app.

60

10 months ago

A platform for managing and researching bitcoin holdings, as well as a tool for tracking gains or losses from bitcoin purchases.

60

10 months ago

A platform for payments that lets a user take a picture of their debit card and have it replaced with a virtual one that they can give to a trusted contact and share.

60

8 months ago

A platform that helps users track the use of their credit cards to help them understand their spending habits. The company has a product that they’ve been using for a few years and is now pivoting to a new version.

60

8 months ago

A tool to help individuals make money off of their own data. BitClave says it can help businesses get a better picture of their customers, helping them make decisions.

60

2 years ago

A company that uses a personalized approach to help a person change a habit by writing a custom program to help an individual cut down on a certain behavior.

59

2 years ago

Vital is a digital health platform for employers to give employees health benefits. It’s a bit like Mint, with similar functionality, but it’s aimed at employers.

59

1 year ago

A tool for understanding the impact of your health care spending on your lifestyle and health. A bit like Mint for healthcare, and HealthifyMe for groceries.

59

1 year ago

BitMoon is building a platform for companies to run their own “digital currency ATMs” for cryptocurrency.

59

2 years ago

A payroll system for freelance workers, primarily in the creative industry. The startup is a bit like a freelance equivalent to a temp agency, but it’s helping freelancers avoid the large fees that the average temp agency charges.

58

1 year ago

A platform for B2B customers to find outsourcers and outsource work, with a similar model to the startup TaskRabbit

58

1 year 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.

58

1 year ago

A startup that helps people grow their savings faster by personalizing their savings plans with their unique spending habits.

58

1 year ago

Filling the gap in the smartphone payment space for small and medium-sized businesses, this startup is working on creating a payment solution that can be used with a credit card and not just a debit card.

58

1 year ago

A $1-per-month app that helps users track their carbon footprint. Love.co is focused on helping users understand the environmental impacts of their daily habits, such as their food purchases, travel choices, and their energy usage.

58

1 year ago

A bitcoin miner that makes extra money by selling spare hardware to miners that don’t have the time to mine.

58

1 year ago

A new tool for buying and selling bitcoin. The company says it’s working with over 200 merchants.

58

10 months ago

A startup that provides a platform for businesses to build custom, curated content for their customers. It’s similar to a few other content curation businesses, but it’s a bit different because it allows companies to connect with customers in their own custom way.

58

1 year ago

A platform that allows consumers to pay for products using Bitcoin. The company is not accepting outside funding.

57

1 year ago

A keylogger for Macs. It’s a little bit less annoying than the alternative.

57

1 year ago

This fitness startup is helping customers optimize their workout routines after analyzing information about them through their Fitbit wristbands.

57

1 year 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.

57

1 year ago

In the US, many people live in places with multiple local currencies. Arbitrage builds a platform that allows people to buy and sell these different currencies, with the platform acting as the middleman for a profit.

57

1 year ago

A tool that helps make it easier to keep track of your health, financial and work habits.

57

1 year ago

A startup for weight loss and healthy eating based on the idea that daily habits are more important than actual dieting. They have over 500,000 users and hope to launch in the UK and US.

57

1 year ago

A startup that hopes to make retail experiences more personalized, rather than having a one-size-fits-all approach. The startup is building a tool that lets retailers track their customers’ buying habits and turn them into recommendations automatically.

57

11 months ago

A digital wallet that allows people to buy bitcoin with their credit card and instantly convert that bitcoin into dollars.

57

1 year ago

A startup that wants to be the most “reliable” and “secure” platform for the internet of things. BitClave’s platform is built on blockchain, and wants to be a way to trust the internet of things.

56

1 year ago

A tool for retailers to use for measuring their customers’ shopping habits, based on purchase history.

56

2 years ago

A new company that lets users make their own bitcoin by mining it with their computer, which is then split among users. The app was first released in December 2017, and since then has grown to over 500,000 users.

55

1 year ago

This startup is working to create a new version of the Raspberry Pi, which will be smaller and better suited to control things like smart home appliances and lighting and other IoT devices. Right now, companies like Amazon and Google are building their own mini PC and smart home-computing devices, but RightBit hopes to make it cheaper and easier for other hardware makers to produce their own.

55

1 year ago

A startup that helps people manage their own data by bringing together a range of disparate sources, like Facebook, Twitter, and Fitbit. It’s working with companies like Airbnb, Dropbox, Spotify, and Square.

55

1 year ago

Bitmo is building a platform for remote contractors to get regular payments for their work through the blockchain.

55

1 year 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.

55

10 months ago

A motion-sensor that tracks how often someone uses their smartphone, similar to the FitBit.

55

1 year 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.

54

1 year ago

A debit card payments system for corporate clients, built specifically for software products.

54

1 year 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.

54

1 year 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.

54

1 year ago

A startup that wants to make it easier to pay bills online by making it easy to access the information they need. It’s a bit like Bill.com and a bit like Mint.com.

54

1 year ago

A startup that makes long-term care a bit more affordable.

54

5 months ago

A device that connects to a user’s phone to help them sleep. It’s similar to a Fitbit, with a few more features.

54

1 year ago

This startup wants to let people get paid for sharing and curating content, allowing them to set their own rate and be paid in bitcoin.

53

1 year ago

A product that lets you get more data out of your Fitbit tracker, so you can use it to track sleep, weight, or workouts.

53

1 year ago

idea: This is a simple web-based service that monitors users’ presence and habits on their phone via software that runs on the phone, and can alert them to when they’re getting too distracted.

53

6 months ago

A platform that tracks and analyzes your credit card transactions, allowing you to see where your money is going and use analytics to improve your spending habits. The company is hoping to partner with companies like retail services and banks.

53

1 year ago

A startup that wants to give credit scoring to unsecured loans to help people get in the habit of paying their bills on time, thus getting better credit scores.

52

1 year ago

One-Tracker that connects to your iPhone and pairs to your Fitbit, etc. and keeps track of everything you do.

52

1 year ago

One of the most ambitious startups at Demo, Abhi makes a “facial recognition” security system that can be installed on home doors or windows to let you know when someone tries to come in.

52

10 months ago

A data platform for companies to see what financial products their customers are using and get insights about their spending habits. The company was founded by a former Wells Fargo executive.

52

9 months ago

A company that helps people get more exercise by tracking their running and biking habits.

52

8 months ago

A blockchain-based app that lets users pay for goods and services in bitcoin and receive them in cash at their destination.

52

6 months ago

A company that is developing a IoT device that will allow users to track the water they drink and the amount of waste they produce, and improve their habits.

52

5 months ago

A new type of digital wallet, one that puts the focus on the actual product being bought. Viva Wallet is a loyalty card for products and services that can be used to pay with bitcoin.

52

1 year ago

A team of students from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, have built a bitcoin ATM in their dorm room and are now taking orders from students around the world. The students are hoping to raise $10,000 to bring their ATM to the next level.

51

1 year 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.

51

1 year ago

This is a startup that helps brands and influencers get paid for their work, and it’s a bit like Crowdtap, except it focuses on the influencer side of things.

51

1 year ago

A web-based platform for finding a sales associate for a specific task, whether it’s an exhibition, an event, or a store installation.

51

11 months ago

For people who are accustomed to checking their email every few minutes, this startup wants to help them build a habit of checking their email only once a day to see what’s new and respond to important messages.

51

10 months ago

A startup that helps parents and teachers track the sleep habits of children from a web application. The company sell the data to health insurance and other companies. They charge $300 per child per year.

51

9 months ago

This is an app that helps people with lung disease and COPD track their asthma levels. The idea is to help people exhibit better control over their asthma by using a smartphone’s activity tracker.

51

1 year ago

A B2B company that allows restaurants to take payments in Bitcoin, one of the more popular types of cryptocurrency, to avoid the fees associated with credit card transactions.

50

1 year 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.

50

1 year ago

A data scientist platform for building and managing machine learning models. A bit like H2O, AMI Data Science is designed to make it easy for the average data scientist to build and manage models.

50

1 year 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.

50

8 months ago

Interactive math software that helps students learn math through play. For example, the video game "Orbital" is built into the app, which uses algorithms and AI to help students learn math.

50

6 months ago

CFO is a company that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to help banks make more accurate financial forecasts. The company wants to help banks make more accurate forecasts by using AI to predict demand based on spending habits.

50

3 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

49

1 year ago

A company that has built a platform that brings together data from the likes of your Fitbit, Google Fit or Apple Health.

49

1 year ago

A credit card that might do what many other credit cards do, but also has a built-in debit card. The startup is building on the existing credit card infrastructure (swiping a card) and is looking to use the debit card infrastructure to make purchases via the credit card.

49

1 year 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.

49

1 year ago

A way to track your health and wellness data, integrating with other platforms like Fitbit and Apple Watch

49

1 year ago

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.

49

1 year ago

These guys are building a tool for people to buy, manage, and sell bitcoins with a round-the-clock customer service team.

49

1 year ago

A VC-backed startup that builds products for parents that help them monitor and manage the sleep habits of their newborns.

49

1 year ago

A PC program that helps you to create a budget based on your own personal spending habits

49

6 months ago

Poncho is a platform meant to make it easier for property owners to rent out their extra space. It’s a bit like Airbnb, but for landlords.

49

1 year ago

A startup that aims to make it easy to share a meal without needing to learn how to cook or give a recipe. It’s a bit like Grubhub, but for the home.

48

1 year ago

Building a custom hardware wallet for bitcoin users

48

11 months ago

A startup that helps people reduce their carbon footprint by taking into account their location and habits. It’s a spin-off from the company Method, which has been called one of the most innovative startups of the past year.

48

6 months ago

A machine learning platform for the finance industry to predict suspicious transactions. The company claims to help banks cut down on fraud, but its pitch is a bit more vague. It aims to make machine learning data available to other startups to use to build a similar service.

48

1 year ago

A vendor that allows customers to pay with Bitcoin. The startup wants to make the cryptocurrency easy to use.

47

1 year ago

A startup that allows users to track their exercise, nutrition, and sleep habits, and then make smarter decisions based on their data. They’re building a platform to help users be more proactive in their health.

47

1 year 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.

47

1 year ago

Social media for the affluent, for people who want to spend more on their social media habits and keep tabs on their friends’ lives.

47

1 year ago

A meditation app that helps you get into a daily meditation habit with a free iOS app, an Android app, and a web app.

47

8 months ago

A startup that helps users learn their credit score with a scale that is a bit like a "poker chip" with all credit scores on it.

47

8 months ago

A platform that gets people to take long-term care of their aging parents. It’s a little bit like RelayRide, but for older people.

47

7 months ago

A software provider for the Bitcoin cash community.

47

3 months 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.

47

2 months ago

A startup that allows brands to launch crowdfunding campaigns to finance their projects and product. The startup wants to help brands launch more ambitious projects.

47

1 year ago

A “smart ring” for the elderly, built on a similar model to the Fitbit. They’re not yet available.

46

5 months ago

A free online platform that connects students with mentors, a combination that’s proven to help students improve their study habits along the way.

46

1 year ago

A Bitcoin-based micro-loan startup, which aims to change the way the global $300 billion micro-lending market works by focusing on unbankable borrowers.

45

1 year ago

A startup that helps you find the best local movers and shakers in your city. It’s a bit like Nextdoor, but for moving services.

45

1 year ago

California-based startup that aims to make it easier for people to invest in real estate. The company lets users invest in real estate using Bitcoin, and lets them buy $1,000 worth of Bitcoin at a time, much like a dollar-cost-averaging investment.

45

5 months ago

A company that’s building an on-demand, on-site car rental service for major cities in the US and the UK. It’s a bit like Zipcar, but the company’s co-founder says they’re focused on “long term” agreements.

45

4 months ago

A startup that helps people manage their time and reach learning goals, with an AI tool that helps users identify their habits and track progress against their goals.

45

2 years ago

A platform for restaurants to streamline their entire food supply chain from farming to delivery. They’re a bit like a cross between a restaurant registry, a restaurant marketplace, and a logistics warehouse.

44

1 year ago

A startup that helps you create and manage “Zines,” a new way to record and share your life. The startup’s founders say that you can write a Zine with just a smartphone and a little bit of paper.

44

9 months ago

A mobile-first loyalty platform that ties into credit cards, loyalty cards and spending patterns to better help users understand their spending habits.

44

9 months ago

A bit like Slack, but for work chat. It aims to help people from all over the world collaborate on projects.

44

1 year ago

A company that’s trying to make money work better in the US by “printing” prepaid debit cards.

43

1 year 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.

43

8 months ago

Tern is building a way to take video clips from your phone and turn them into stand-alone “scrapbooks” for easy viewing. It’s a bit like a combination of Dribble, Pinterest, and Instagram.

43

4 months ago

A test that helps people go on the pill with greater ease. To do so, it creates a doctor’s app that allows medical professionals to prescribe the pill, manage their patients’ records, and see stats on their patients’ pill-taking habits.

43

1 year ago

A platform for purchasing goods and services with bitcoin.

42

11 months 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.

42

6 months ago

A way to receive money from friends and family across the country using a phone call. The founders say it’s a bit like Venmo but with US banks available for people to transfer funds to.

42

6 months ago

A way to help small businesses understand their large customers’ spending habits, as well as the potential of churn.

42

2 months ago

A mobile app that lets you identify the “best deals at the best restaurants in your neighborhood” based on your location and habits. The company plans to launch in the summer of 2020 with 50,000 users.

42

1 year ago

A decentralized exchange that allows users to trade in bitcoin without an intermediary.

41

1 year ago

This company is building a bitcoin-like cryptocurrency that works on existing platforms, unlike Dogecoin.

41

1 year ago

"We are a company that believes that people should be paid fairly, but we also believe that they should be able to save a little money to be able to afford that," said CEO and co-founder Chris Harvey. "We’re creating this technology that allows people to be able to save a little bit of money in the form of a small credit for the time that they are working."

41

1 year ago

A startup building a platform for enterprise software to integrate with data from sources like Fitbit, Twitter and Salesforce (via APIs.)

41

6 months 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.

41

6 months ago

A startup that connects shoppers with products from local stores, and allows them to pay using Bitcoin

41

5 months 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.

41

3 months ago

A tool for building a “smart virtual assistant” that leveraging AI to make recommendations on anything from the best times to post to a particular social media platform to the ideal products to purchase based on your own personal buying habits.

41

1 year ago

A company that uses "social math" to help users make better financial decisions. They’re using machine learning to help users analyze the emotional motivation behind their spending habits, which they say is usually lost in other types of analysis.

40

8 months ago

A startup for independent contractors in the U.S. to find temporary work. Like TaskRabbit, Crowdsource might be an online marketplace that connects job-seekers and job-providers.

40

6 months ago

A company that wants to help businesses get an understanding of the customer’s habits and make sure they’re looking at the right things at the right time.

40

6 months ago

A startup that wants to give users the ability to turn their cell phones into a video recorder in case of an emergency, and potentially get a bit of extra money for their footage.

40

6 months ago

The Startup is developing A payment solution for ridesharing platforms such as Uber and Lyft which accepts payments from credit cards, debit cards, prepaid cards, and mobile wallet payments.

40

1 year ago

A payments app that lets users convert their Bitcoins into cash, and then withdraw it from an ATM

39

1 year ago

A new digital currency that’s designed to help people and businesses in developing countries. The digital currency is designed to be more stable than Bitcoin and with a lower transaction fee.

39

1 year ago

A platform for people to sell their services to others (think TaskRabbit for items and services).

39

11 months ago

An AI-based platform that helps insurers create proof of savings in their customers' accounts to monitor long-term savings habits.

39

8 months ago

A company that helps startups with the LTV, or LTV-to-EBITDA ratio. It helps businesses reduce expenditures to get the right funding at the right time.

38

7 months ago

A bitcoin-powered online marketplace and exchange. The company is focused on the underbanked in Latin America as well as on international transfers. It’s also working on a way to let users pay savings and loans with bitcoin. Launched in Brazil and Argentina.

38

7 months ago

This startup is building a software that allows businesses to track and optimize their employees’ travel habits.

38

1 year ago

A “smart contract” system that allows you to automate payments, based off of Bitcoin.

37

1 year 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.

37

1 year ago

Spacetrip is building a way to book space on a rocket. The startup is aiming to make a point-to-point orbital spaceflight booking service a reality, with a fully operational rocket by 2020.

37

6 months ago

A software platform allowing people to manage their spending habits. It serves as a dashboard for budgeting and tracking for multiple individuals.

37

1 year ago

A platform that uses an app to monitor employees’ and partners’ whereabouts and habits

36

2 months ago

A personal finance app that uses machine learning to show you the best financial decisions for your life. The app uses data from your credit cards, loan, and debit cards to build financial reports that show you which of your expenses you can cut off for higher returns.

36

5 months ago

A company that aims to help you better manage your finances by tracking and analyzing your spending and saving habits.

35

3 years ago

Idea: A Salesforce alternative that offers easy integrations with Github, Bitbucket, and Slack

34

7 months ago

A personalized, reputation-based recommendation system for customers, pairing them with other consumers who share their desires. The startup tracks previous purchases and credit card spending habits of customers to recommend items related to their shopping likes.

34

4 months ago

A digital bank that provides a bank account for freelancers, allowing them to connect their prepaid debit cards to their business account for payroll and other transactions.

34

2 months ago

A platform that helps people and brands talk about their health and wellness habits, and encourages them to take more control of their health.

34

1 year ago

A digital health startup that provides a dashboard for users to track their daily health and fitness habits

33

1 year ago

A startup for sharing college costs and financial aid with families. It’s a bit like Groove or Uloop but for parents.

33

8 months ago

A health and wellness company that uses AI to track food and exercise. The startup helps you track your diet and exercise habits, and helps you set goals for your health.

33

6 months ago

Collaborative distribution for the remote workforce. It’s like Task Rabbit, except for remote workers.

33

6 months ago

A tool for tracking your physical activity, with a goal of eventually being the “Fitbit for exercise”

33

6 months ago

This startup, dubbed “the Uber for food”, is focused on helping people coordinate food deliveries from restaurants. The startup is currently focused on delivery in New York City, but it has ambitious plans to expand to nearly every US city.

33

2 months ago

A “refund anticipation” insurance plan that works similarly to a credit card or debit card by filing a claim and getting a refund if your expenses don’t get paid.

33

7 months ago

A startup that wants to make it easier for people to pay for their groceries with pre-paid debit cards (they’re working on an app to dock groceries).

32

7 months ago

A small project created to make financial transactions faster with a bitcoin-like application that can be used on a smartphone.

32

3 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

31

6 months ago

This startup’s mission is to “make the world more free.” It wants to transform the way people use money by letting them pay taxes with crypto and offer other goods with Bitcoin.

31

5 months ago

A startup that wants to help home-buyers and sellers get more cash from their homes quickly. It’s a sort of reverse mortgage, but it’s a tiny bit more complicated. The company is looking to launch in the summer in the US.

31

1 year 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.

30

7 months ago

A startup that provides an API for companies to access the data their customers have shared with them, including location data, spending habits, and more.

30

6 months ago

A startup that aims to use digital currency to provide a fan-powered way to support artists and their music. This incentivizes artists to release new music, with fans being rewarded for voting, and artists being rewarded for a higher amount of votes. A bit like Bandcamp but for music.

30

5 months ago

BitStreet is building a platform that allows crypto companies to raise money and raise it quickly, and receive it in multiple forms on the blockchain. The company is currently working with a few overseas fintech startups.

30

2 months 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.

30

6 months ago

A mobile app that allows users to create their own personal “lanes”, personalized shopping recommendations based on their offline shopping habits.

29

2 months ago

A company that wants to help companies give customers the benefits of a credit card, which is a more powerful tool than a debit card, but without the fees.

29

5 months 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.

28

7 months ago

A startup that offers a credit card that charges a monthly fee, reimbursing you if you don’t spend your credit on a monthly basis. The concept is something like a debit card but with the benefits of a credit card.

27

6 months ago

Bitbond is a peer-to-peer lending platform for cryptocurrency loans. It currently has over $32 billion in loans outstanding.

27

2 months ago

A platform that lets you pay for creative services in cash, check, or bitcoin.

27

2 months ago

A startup that’s creating a platform for remote workers. The startup wants to help companies find work-from-home positions and offers a “pay-per-hour” model, similar to TaskRabbit. It also has a platform where employers can build the type of jobs that they want to fill, including remote work.

27

3 years ago

Idea: SaaS startup that helps hotels manage their rooms and guests, with a little bit of Netflix’s recommendation algorithms baked in. The idea is that hotels can use it as a booking engine to get more out of their rooms, and the company’s founders say they have a 75% conversion rate.

26

5 months ago

A startup that helps consumers buy things on Amazon with their Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Litecoin, and convert them to fiat currency.

26

4 months ago

This is a startup that’s building software for banks to track customers from their mobile phones. The software monitors people’s location and payment habits and uses that information to recommend banks to customers.

26

2 months ago

A mobile payment service that allows users to make payments using bitcoin.

25

6 months ago

This startup wants to build a platform for small businesses to provide services and sell products. It’s looking to build on the popularity of TaskRabbit and Instacart to get small businesses to provide services to consumers.

24

5 months ago

A startup called Bizbit that offers a next-generation communications tool for people who don’t have phones. It allows users to text photos, videos, and audio directly to each other, all via a simple web interface.

24

5 months ago

A startup that enables small businesses to pay their employees in bitcoin, while avoiding the high fees of credit card payments.

24

2 months ago

A digital payments startup that processes credit and debit card transactions. The company processes roughly $5 billion in transactions per year and has a transaction fee of 1.5%.

24

2 months ago

A startup that helps people manage their moods and habits through meditation, sleep tracking, and personalized coaching.

24

1 month ago

A company that makes a sort of digital lockbox for your bitcoins, combining the security of a physical vault with the convenience of an app. You can also use the lockbox to purchase items with bitcoin, including prepaid gift cards.

24

3 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

23

5 months ago

A startup that helps people find the best rates for their credit cards, and also personalizes and ranks the best providers for users’ needs based on their spending habits.

23

4 months 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.

23

3 months 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.

23

2 months ago

This app’s founders want to encourage people to be more aware of the types of products they use on a daily basis. It’s a bit like DoNotPay, but for things you use every day.

23

10 days ago

An AI-based app that runs on your phone and watches your video feed as you walk, telling you when you’ve fallen and giving you a bit of help in getting up.

23

5 months ago

The Brdfr app helps people set up recurring payments based on their daily habits. The customer can set up a monthly, weekly, or daily payment, and Brdfr then takes the payment from their bank account at a specific time each day.

22

2 months ago

Fitbit is a wristband that tracks a person’s daily activity, and syncs it to phones and other devices.

22

3 months ago

A mobile payment system for bar owners. The startup is helping bar owners to offer credit cards and debit cards to customers.

21

6 months 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.

20

2 months ago

A company that aims to help people create and share workout routines. They have a product that integrates with the Apple HealthKit and Fitbit.

20

1 month ago

This startup says it’s the first company to “build a serverless, peer-to-peer, high-performance, low-cost, distributed marketplace for data”. That’s a mouthful, but it means the startup is building a marketplace that’s built on open-source protocols that allow it to operate in a way similar to BitTorrent.

20

4 months ago

A platform to allow employers to pay their employees via PayPal, all while offering a free debit card option.

19

4 months ago

A digital currency that’s less volatile than Bitcoin, but can be used for real-life transactions.

19

4 months ago

A way of tracking and alerting users to changes in their credit and debit cards.

18

4 months ago

A social network for people searching for jobs. It’s a bit like LinkedIn, but focused on connecting people who want jobs with people who have jobs.

18

5 months ago

An investment they’re funding personally with this round, social finance firm Monzo is a bank focused on making personal finance easy and accessible, with a minimalistic, simple interface and a rewards program that emphasizes savings. They’re experimenting with new products like peer-to-peer lending and a prepaid debit card.

17

2 months 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.

17

3 months ago

This startup is building a luxury concierge service in the NYC area. The company’s founder has said he hopes to create a service that’s a bit like a concierge for the wealthy.

16

4 months ago

A messaging platform for Uber drivers that uses a combination of machine learning and human intervention to learn about the human driver’s preferences and habits.

15

4 months ago

This one’s a bit different. It’s a data-analytics tool for e-commerce businesses, allowing them to track customer interactions with their site.

15

2 months ago

An in-house doctor for small startups where a full-time physician isn’t possible. It’s a bit like the telemedicine startups, but for smaller companies.

14

1 month ago

A platform that makes it easy to follow the proven steps to a healthier lifestyle. It connects with Fitbit and Apple HealthKit to help users track their activity and nutrition.

14

1 month ago

A dice-based startup that creates a video game-like experience about the habits of people that gamble.

13

5 months 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.

12

7 days ago

A startup that enables the banking industry to convert payments from credit cards into bitcoin and back.

10

18 days ago

A platform that lets companies create their own debit cards to process payments in and out of their organization.

9

29 days ago

A startup that helps customers hire contractors from TaskRabbit and other services through a website that includes a job board.

8

8 days ago

This platform lets you find a babysitter and pay them in Bitcoin, or any cryptocurrency.

6

3 years ago

Idea: The startup has developed a way for people to share live video with each other while also seeing what others are seeing in real-time. It’s an app where viewers can see what’s happening, but the creator of the video is in control of what they see. It’s modeled a bit like Instagram Stories, but the app wants to become a hub for live video streaming.

5

3 years ago

Idea: A “Task Rabbit for the homeless”

4

20 days ago

A startup that helps you find a credit card that works with your spending habits.

4

1 day ago

They are building an IoT bot that provides you with personalized data about your fitness habits, right when you need it.

4

5 days ago

This startup is building a tool for people to track their spending habits across different online shopping channels.

3

3 years ago

A startup that is a competitor to Taskrabbit, but specifically for moving companies

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3 years ago

Idea: Automated payroll and benefits for small businesses A bit like Gusto or Zenefits

-1

3 years ago

Idea: Software that allows companies to screen candidates in real time A bit like a Facebook Q&A tool

-1

3 years ago

Idea: A smart contract platform using a Bitcoin-like UTXO model

-1

3 years ago

Idea: A startup that enables people to track and record their eating habits It is currently used by thousands of people around the world

-1

3 years ago

Idea: A startup that helps you build habits that stick, through a combination of gamification and social support. The app has more than 10,000 users who have completed more than 2,000,000 habit streaks.

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3 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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3 years ago

Idea: An on-demand platform for sub-contractors that is like a TaskRabbit for sub-contractors.

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3 years ago

A startup that helps businesses that are accepting bitcoins to better manage their expenses

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A new way to buy and sell cars, accepting Bitcoin and Ethereum.

A platform that lets people buy and sell bitcoins, with a currency that can be exchanged for cash.

A startup that provides an AI-based tool for fitness trackers that can analyze an individual’s activity and eating habits and recommend a new workout regimen.

This startup wants to help the elderly live as independently as possible by monitoring their habits and keeping track of how they feel.

A startup that helps teachers and parents manage their kids’ online habits, bringing down the cost of managing them.

A startup to send and receive payment by bitcoin. It’s like a PayPal competitor.

A bit like Couchsurfing, but for food.

The event took place on Friday, November 16th at 9:00 am at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center.

A startup that allows people to buy and sell stuff with cash they don’t have. It’s a bit like the Venmo app, but for people without Venmo accounts.

This one is a bit of a stretch, but

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.

This is a service for parents to track the sleep and activity of their children, so they can see how their child’s habits are affecting their health.

Using a mobile app called “Digital Health Profile”, which is currently in beta, they want to help improve the health of the elderly by tracking their health, eating habits, and exercise.

A startup that makes a credit card that works like a debit card but offers cash back

A startup that wants to learn people’s habits and use the information to suggest new products to them...with discounts.

A “self-serve” platform that enables developers to build out their own bitmap font, so they can quickly build out a new font without needing to hire a designer.

This startup is building a comprehensive online marketplace for the sale of assets like real estate and cars. The startup is focused on rural markets like India, where the costs of buying and selling homes and commodities is often prohibitively high.

A provider of high speed Internet for small businesses. Its service is targeted at small businesses, who can get a gigabit speed for $40 per month.

A startup that turns unused kitchen appliances into bitcoin mining rigs

A tool that helps customers buy stuff on Amazon using a debit card. It’s also an Amazon marketplace to receive payments.

A company that wants to create a “universal” credit card for customers. This could be a credit union debit card or if the company is successful, a Visa or Mastercard card with a rewards program.

Idea: A tool to help people who don’t have a lot of money to buy Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies

A platform where people can pay with their debit and credit cards to buy products from merchants.

A credit card with a debit card that earns points and can be used for all purchases, including travel and dining.

Ponzi-like investment scheme for the bitcoin community. They are a bitcoin company that offers a service which allows people to invest or lend bitcoins without having to exchange them for other currencies. The startup is currently only operating in India, with plans to expand to other countries.

A startup that tracks your fitness, eating, and sleep habits and then sends you personalized emails, texts, and reminders.

A bitcoin ATM service that doesn't accept cash.

A fast-food delivery service that can deliver food to you in under 15 minutes. Their model is a bit like Uber Eats, but they’ve automated a lot of the process so you can order online, and the food will be delivered to you.

A Texas-based startup that provides a service that allows anyone to buy anything with Bitcoin, including buying everyday items.

A “quantified self” app for fitness enthusiasts to track their workouts and use the data to improve their habits

A "social-first" payment app that lets anyone with a credit card, debit card, or PayPal account pay for things online.

A smart electric car startup that is working on creating a platform that makes battery charging more efficient, using AI to actually learn from the owner’s driving habits.

When you want to buy a new coat, you order it from a store. When you want to buy a new car, you do the same, and your credit card company gets in touch with you. When you want to buy a new smartphone, you have to go through the same process. It’s a bit of a hassle, and it costs a lot of money.

A team of bitcoin and blockchain-savvy developers building a software suite for the financial services industry.

A company that helps people easily find local, personal tax preparers. It’s a bit like TaxJar, which helps make tax season less painful.

A startup that is helping companies and individuals get debit cards for free when they have banked with their bank for the last 3 years.

A company that sells cool kitchen tops and pours that promote healthy eating habits

A portfolio website for freelancers, where people can comment on each other's work, hire one another with a single click, and get paid in bitcoin.

A company that allows people to pay their bills using bitcoins

A BitPay-like company that aims to build a solution for people to buy and sell digital currency.

A startup that wants to put a common API between many banks and start to allow consumers to take debit card payments anywhere.

A safety app that connects with a user’s Fitbit to keep track of their daily steps, logging them to the company’s private cloud and sending the information to their employer.

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.

A system for automating the process of sending out mass emails, inspired by things like TaskRabbit.

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

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.

A tool to help people quit smoking. The startup’s product, Patch, is designed to help people quit smoking through animations and imagery that help them break their habit. It’s designed to be used alongside other cessation products.

A startup looking to bridge the gap between the financial industry and the cryptocurrency industry by providing a way for banks to offer bitcoin-based financial products.

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.

A healthcare startup that’s building a mobile app that integrates with the patient’s Fitbit to help track any changes in health.

Provenance is a food tracking app, that has been billed as a startup that’s trying to get food to the same level of transparency as it has in other industries like banking or ride sharing. It’s a bit like the app Just Eat, but for food.

A startup to help people better manage their money. The startup is trying to make budgeting and saving easier by helping users visualize their spending habits.

A startup that helps companies find and pay contractors and service providers across the world. The company will use the P2Pool tech popularized by bitcoin to help larger companies find and pay out thousands of contractors more efficiently.

This startup is building a payment platform to help rural local businesses accept credit cards. The startup is based in the Philippines and has been working with both credit cards and bank-issued debit cards in the country.

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.

An AI-powered chatbot that can respond to questions about a person’s current location, and provide more detailed answers as you learn more about their habits.

A startup that wants to get a person into the driver’s seat with a new way to track driving behavior using mobile phones. It’s a bit like the sorts of things that Sonar and others are building.

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

A platform for sharing and tracking all of your fitness activities. The company developed a stand-alone iOS app called MyFitnessPal in 2011, which has over 150 million users worldwide. In 2017, they launched the fitness tracking and calorie logging platform Fitbit.

A tool that allows users to send and receive payments in Bitcoin through email. The company’s goal is to make it simple to pay friends and family with cryptocurrency.

A company that wants to have more transparency about the daily spending habits of its customers.

An iPhone-based app for tracking your health and habits, along with the data from your FitBit. The app averages out your personal data and presents a picture of how healthy you are overall.

A startup that allows users to easily track data on their credit cards, including spending habits and the like, and then sell that information to retailers.

There’s a lot of startups out there that are building tools to make our lives better, like TaskRabbit and Airbnb. But not so many that are building tools to make our lives worse.

A more affordable alternative to the Fitbit fitness tracker.

A startup that wants to make decentralized identity management that’s cheaper and more secure. It’s highly ambitious, and the company has raised $2 million in seed funding.

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.

A company that offers a suite of banking and financial service products, including a debit card, checking account, and loan.

A pre-paid card that gives users access to a credit line, allowing them to buy small-ticket items that they don’t want to pay cash for. A debit card with a $5,000 limit.

A startup that sells a new take on a very old concept: Visa debit cards. The startup has over 1,000 customers, ranging from Nike to Goldman Sachs, and has sold over 5 million cards.

A payment startup for the UK that allows merchants to be paid quickly and securely with a debit card.

A startup launching its own Bitcoin exchange.

A startup with a list of tools that let you replace your phones with a single device. It’s a bit like a phone, a bit like a tablet, and a bit like a computer.

A mobile app that allows you to manage your credit and debit card numbers with just your phone’s camera and a voice response. Circle uses the camera to take a picture of the card and then calls the number on the card to confirm it’s valid before linking it to your phone.

A B2B service for the financial industry that helps banks identify potential customers and understand their spending habits.

A platform to allow parents to purchase toys with digital currencies like bitcoin.

A startup that provides a service for helping people with Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies