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4 years ago

A startup that helps nonprofits build a social media strategy for their causes

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4 years ago

A software company that helps businesses and foundations manage their contributions to charitable causes. The company wants to be the “Yahoo of charity”.

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4 years ago

A startup that wants to create a “socially responsible” bank account for people who want to support causes they care about.

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5 years ago

A startup that helps people who want to give money to charity and causes to find organizations they can give to.

199

5 years ago

A startup that provides a service where people can get a free haircut because they need a confidence boost

178

3 years ago

A platform that lets people donate directly to their favorite causes. It’s a tool that keeps track of donations and lets donors easily share their experiences and tips.

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4 years ago

A startup that allows nonprofits to fundraise online and sell merchandise. The startup matches donors with nonprofits that need money, and allows users to also donate money to certain causes.

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3 years ago

A smart system that helps doctors manage their patients’ health data. It could save money because of fewer doctors’ visits, but it could also save lives by letting doctors see other doctors’ patient profiles to see if they’re following the same course of treatment.

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5 years ago

It’s a way for people to donate to a cause while they sleep.

164

5 years ago

A solution for people who want to sell their belongings but can't because of landlord restrictions.

159

5 years ago

Alluvium is a company that makes artificial intelligence software for image recognition. The founders say it’s better than other tools because it was built from the ground up to work with the way humans think, rather than the way machines work.

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5 years ago

A company that wants to help you manage your network of colleagues, friends, and customers. The startup wants to build a smarter network of people to keep up with connections and build a community with. It plans to focus on small companies because they tend to have more existing relationships to build on, and are more likely to use social networks.

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5 years ago

A startup that helps people track their workouts and plan healthy meals. The startup is focused on helping people who are healthy and want to keep it that way, and the company says that because the company’s algorithms are based on historical exercise data, it’s able to identify trends that are more accurate than what a person might individually determine for themselves.

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5 years ago

The startup is building a system that lets restaurant operators do inventory management automatically, which is difficult because of the high number of variables involved in managing inventory, from the type of food to how it’s portioned and stored.

150

5 years ago

An online marketplace that connects manufacturers with large-scale distributors. The marketplace is built on the idea that there are many manufacturing companies that want to do business with large companies, but are unable to do so because of their small size.

149

5 years ago

This startup aims to help people identify the underlying cause of their pain and then sell them an app that’ll help them treat it.

148

3 years ago

A company that helps non-profits raise funds by inviting contributions from people who care about the cause.

148

5 years ago

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

145

5 years ago

This startup helps people track the status of their favorite charitable causes. They helped raise $50,000 from the Center for Global Development and the Connected Ventures Fund in NYC.

142

5 years ago

A bug detector that scans for malware, like a virus, and blocks it out before it affects a computer. The company says it is meant to be used alongside antivirus tools to “protect your digital space” and is efficient because it operates at the lowest levels of the operating system.

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5 years ago

A startup that wants to use artificial intelligence to help improve the lives of aging parents. The company's first product is a watch that listens to the wearer's heartbeat and detects a change in heart rate caused by a number of possible issues. It then sends help via text message.

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5 years ago

Causes that want to communicate with people on Facebook and other social media platforms can now do so through a Facebook-style private messaging platform that will allow users to send and receive messages through a growing list of apps and services. The company says the community is growing rapidly and has over 200,000 members.

132

5 years ago

A startup that is working on an injectable drug that will help heal damaged nerve fibers. They’re working on a treatment for a degenerative disorder called Charcot-Marie-Tooth, which is caused by damage to the peripheral nerves.

128

5 years ago

The company chose the name “Trouble” because they’re thinking about building a community of troubleshooting groups that comes together to solve a problem.

128

3 years ago

It’s a way to organize a group of people around an idea, goal or cause. The company’s first use case is organizing meetups and events.

127

5 years ago

A community of people who want to live in space, and want to live in space for at least $200,000. They want to live in space because they think it’s a better place to live than Earth. They want to live in space because they think it will be cheaper than if they were to live on Earth. And they want to live in space because they think it will be safer than if they were to live in Earth.

126

5 years ago

A startup founded by Apple alum, which aims to make it easier for people to clean their devices. In exchange for every $10 the company makes, it donates $1 to environmental causes.

123

3 years ago

We’re all connected and we’re all looking for ways to simplify things. The founders of Disconnect are looking to bring together all these different systems into one place and make it all work together. This is a familiar idea that’s been around for a long time and has had a few iterations over the years. The idea is that you get more done with less effort and it’s all because your apps are all working together.

122

5 years ago

A platform for managing the career of a single individual. The company’s goal is to give a platform to employers to manage the career of a single individual. The platform is particularly interesting because it would allow a company to manage the career of a single individual.

119

5 years ago

A tool to help people create easily sharable images, using a simple drag-and-drop interface. Because of the way the attention economy works, every one of your images is worth more to someone else than to you.

119

5 years ago

This is a tool that helps small business with their tax returns. The startup is called TurboTax because it claims to be a more comprehensive and efficient way to get your taxes done.

117

5 years ago

A live broadcast company for athletes and sports teams. The founders say they want to focus on live streams because of the way they’ve grown in the past few years. Their product is currently a free service, but the founders say they plan to add a paid service to compete with Facebook’s suite of sports and entertainment streams.

115

5 years ago

This startup is building a closed social network for people who are physically or emotionally unable to socialize with others in the same way as most of the world. The idea is that they’ll want to be part of a social network, but they can’t be fully active because of a physical or emotional impairment.

114

5 years ago

A startup that wants to bust the myth that just because you’re over 40, you’re not likely to find a job.

113

5 years ago

A startup that gives users an easy way to make a donation to a cause of their choice. The startup is looking to increase the number of causes a person can donate to by cutting down on the number of steps required to do so.

112

5 years ago

A tool that lets someone create a Facebook Ad with a group of friends in it for a specific cause or purpose.

110

5 years ago

A business plan for a startup is like a sales pitch. It’s vague. It’s hard to see its potential. And it’s hard to know if it’s worth checking out. So many founders miss out on the chance to grow their business because they don’t have this thing called a business plan that explains how they’ll do it. The goal of this startup is to make it easy for anyone to write that plan. It’s currently only available in the Bay Area.

108

5 years ago

Local delivery of food, groceries, and other perishables to residences and offices. They aim to solve the problem of not being able to get food on time because of busy schedules.

108

5 years ago

A “non-traditional” startup that focuses on the aftermarket. It focuses on a market that’s typically difficult to reach because of the need for a deeper understanding of a customer’s business and needs.

104

5 years ago

A company that wants to make it easier for companies to recruit and train contractors. It sells software to connect contractors and companies, and is in the news because it’s a competitor to Handy.

102

2 years ago

Helping socially conscious organizations to market and sell their products, and providing a platform for supporters to pay for products that promote a good cause.

102

4 years ago

A company that wants to let employees take a few minutes to make a donation to their favorite cause.

99

4 years ago

Companies that have benefited from Y Combinator are focusing on the problems of the modern worker not because they’re trying to build the next Klout or IMVU, but because they think these problems will be solved by technology.

98

3 years ago

A startup in the social sector, Canvas is applying artificial intelligence to the cause of ending global poverty. The startup already has a pilot in the Indian state of Bihar, and is hoping to expand to other countries.

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5 years ago

Non-profits in the U.S. and abroad rely on donors and volunteers to get their work done. Unfortunately, they aren’t always able to rely on these people to do what they promise. BitGive is a platform for non-profits that operates on the Ethereum blockchain. The platform lets non-profits raise money through cryptocurrency and use those funds to make donations to the causes they care about.

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4 years ago

This startup wants to give people a way to donate money to causes that don’t have any existing infrastructure to collect or accept donations. It’s building out a platform that allows users to donate money to charities of their choice — with no fees or transaction fees, and no minimum amount. The company is building its own user base, with the goal of being a partner with any charity that wants to work with them.

91

4 years ago

A company that provides a kind of dating website for heterosexual gay and bisexual people. It’s different from Tinder because it has a very comprehensive user interface, and has a gay-couple feature that allows you to see other couples in your area.

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4 years ago

A startup that helps you plan and execute a custom charity campaign for a cause of your choosing.

86

4 years ago

A startup for identifying the cause of “silent theft”, using the smartphone’s GPS to track the location of the device.

86

4 years ago

The following startups were selected because of their unique and innovative approaches to building businesses.

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3 years ago

A platform that helps businesses raise money in a more agile way. The company says their model is more efficient than the traditional VC route, because it only invests in companies that have funding in the bank, and doesn’t require the more expensive seed round.

86

3 years ago

A startup that allows nonprofits to raise money for their causes, using a combination of a crowdfunding platform and a peer-to-peer lending marketplace.

82

4 years ago

A startup that wants to help people check their credit score, which is sometimes hard to get because of privacy concerns. Its service offers the ability to report your financial well-being to the Federal Trade Commission in one step. The company is pitching it to companies like Capital One and Chase.

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4 years ago

A platform for D2C transactions that lets users set up payment and delivery on the same platform. The company claims that, because it includes both sides of the transaction, it’s easier for the companies to manage.

79

4 years ago

A company that helps companies and nonprofits raise money by letting people donate to causes they care about through the app.

78

4 years ago

An investigation tool that helps healthcare facilities track the cause and severity of infections, and ultimately reduce the number of patients going to the hospital.

77

3 years ago

A digital platform for non-profits to raise funds for causes. The startup wants to build a platform for charitable giving that’s decentralized and automated.

76

3 years ago

A crowdfunding platform for non-profits, which enables donors to give money to causes that are both local and global.

76

4 years ago

A turbo charger for commercial vehicles. The startup makes energy efficient chargers for trucks and vans, which it says is at a disadvantage because truckers don’t want to “waste” money on something that’s unnecessary.

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3 years ago

"A platform for philanthropy," focused on making it easier for individuals to give to causes.

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4 years ago

Insight is a “socially conscious marketplace”, with the goal of connecting people to good causes. Platforms include an online donation service, a marketplace where people can buy and sell things that help a cause, and a marketplace where people can communicate with the causes they support.

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4 years ago

A donation platform that connects non-profits with companies interested in supporting their causes.

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4 years ago

A software product that automatically sends out marketing reminders for things like follow ups, social media posts, and store store openings. The startup’s founder claims that most startups have missed out on the marketing effort because they have forgotten to do marketing.

71

3 years ago

A startup that raises money for startups that are already viable, but can’t get seed funding because of their stage. The company does this by selling “Seed Equity” to customers pledging to invest in startups with certain characteristics.

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3 years ago

A platform for dating that claims to be better than popular app Tinder in part because it’s based on mutual interests rather than proximity, and uses a “personalized algorithm” to match you with someone based on first impressions.

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4 years ago

A series of “4D” experiences, intended to place users into virtual 3D environments and cause them to do things like race cars or play with dinosaurs.

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3 years ago

A startup that’s building a home automation system for people who want to live in a more connected and automated home, but can’t do it themselves because of the expertise required. The startup wants to help people create a home that’s more secure and that integrates with the rest of their online lives.

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4 years ago

A B2B company that helps “identify the root cause of Web performance issues by providing insights into how users interact with a website”.

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3 years ago

A company that uses a decentralized network to help refugees find work and get them quickly back to their homes, because their own government isn’t letting them leave.

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3 years ago

A relationship-based crowdfunding platform that allows users to invest in a cause, cause of their choice, with a priority to fund causes that align with their values.

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3 years ago

A software company that helps identify fraud in the financial services industry by using machine learning to scan billions of financial transactions and identify patterns that exist because of fraud.

68

4 years ago

The average age of the industry is around 30 years old, and that’s not because they’re getting older. It’s because the industry is so new that there aren’t a lot of established veterans.

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3 years ago

A startup that lets users pay for their parking via a mobile app. The company says it’s currently working with over 1,000 parking lots and is profitable, in part because it cuts out the

67

3 years ago

The startup says it is building a platform for "crowdfunding for the creative community". Their pitch is that crowdfunding is better for creative projects, like art or photography, than for software — because of the community. You can read more about the company at their site .

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4 years ago

A social network for millennials. The company wants to create a community of like-minded people. They want to be different from Facebook and Twitter because they want to be more of a group than a brand.

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2 years ago

A medical device that can detect and treat E. coli, the pathogen that causes over a quarter million cases of food poisoning in the US every year. The device can also be used to detect and treat urinary tract infections and other illnesses.

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3 years ago

People who have trouble remembering passwords have a hard time finding them, either because they’re buried in a cluttered desktop or because they’ve been changed by a hacker. Passwords is a new service that aims to make passwords easier to find by condensing and organizing them into one account.

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4 years ago

A tool that will allow non-profits to raise money for their causes by pre-selling branded merchandise, starting with a fundraiser for the American Red Cross. Customers purchase pieces of a t-shirt or hoody and design their own text and images, which they can then have printed and shipped. The proceeds of their sale will go directly to the American Red Cross.

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3 years 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.

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4 years ago

A startup working in the fintech space that wants to make it easier for businesses to categorize and label currencies, which many companies struggle to do because of the complexities of ISO 4217.

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3 years ago

A software provider that helps companies with their data security and privacy. The founders say the company is growing fast, because the startup helps clients “focus on the things that matter”.

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3 years ago

A tool that lets people donate money to their favorite causes through their mobile phone and be credited it to their bank account with a monthly auto-refund.

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3 years ago

A company that aims to help companies get more out of their existing data without having to hire expensive data scientists. It’s called DataFact because it’s not just about data, it’s also about factoring in other factors like quality, quantity and timeliness.

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3 years ago

A “Social Wallet” that works like Venmo combined with an online bank account. With so many online banking options available, why would a startup want to create a “Social Wallet” Because it’s easy to use and they can get a lot of money from small companies.

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3 years ago

A company that’s building an application that would let people raise money by pledging money to a cause.

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3 years ago

The startup aims to make it easier for individuals to learn about the causes they care about. The company’s first product, a smartphone app, aims to make it easy to support nonprofits by helping users donate to them directly on the app or find local nonprofits in their area. The app is currently in beta.

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3 years ago

A crowdfunding platform for nonprofits, aiming to help people raise money and volunteer for causes closer to home.

55

3 years ago

A platform for social good. You build a fundraiser and the goal is to raise and spend $10,000 to $100,000. It costs $25 to set up a fundraiser and when the goal is reached, the money goes to your cause.

54

3 years ago

A video platform that allows you to group together people of similar backgrounds and interests and other users who want to join their group. It’s similar to other social networks like Meetup, but different because it’s built for groups of specific interests, like comedy or hiking.

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4 years ago

A platform that connects community organizers with local influencers who can help promote a cause.

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3 years ago

A behavioral analytics tool for companies that want to identify and remediate the causes of churn in their customer base in order to retain them.

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3 years ago

A way to get money back from a merchant if they don’t deliver your item. Griftster is aiming to replace the “don’t buy with a credit card” warning with “don’t buy with a credit card because you might get screwed.”

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4 years ago

A company with a simple mission: to help the world find the right oil. The company gathers data from oil fields to train a machine learning algorithm to determine whether a field contains oil, and then plots the data. The company is set up to collect data from all oil fields around the world, in part because of the increasing cost of oil extraction. The startup has a referral program that pays $1 per month to those who refer new clients to the service.

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3 years ago

A cause-based marketing platform that uses an AI engine to target people with the right messaging at the right time.

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3 years ago

A company that makes custom t-shirts and other apparel, with a focus on a nonprofit cause.

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3 years ago

This app is a digital diary for kids, and the founders say that it’s only possible because of the way the app’s parental controls work. The app asks for the child’s age and gender, then shows a picture of the child and asks for a voice recording of the child’s voice. The app then classifies the voice recording and shows them on a map. The founders say that this is an important distinction, as it allows parents to be able to see which kids are in which areas at any given time.

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2 years ago

Doing well in the startup world means handling a lot of different responsibilities. Most startups don’t have time to hire full-time employees, which is why many of them rely on contractors to handle the bulk of the work. Why Because they don’t have the capital or staff to come up with solutions from scratch.

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2 years ago

This startup is building an early-warning system for construction companies. The startup wants to help construction companies detect faults in the construction process before it gets to the point where it causes a delay in the completion of a project.

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3 years ago

This is a platform that allows people to build a custom social network with a wide range of different types of users, like families, groups, or people of a particular interest, like the board game Risk. Eventually there will be a “universal” platform that allows people to build a custom social network, which will be valuable because custom social networks can grow faster.

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3 years ago

A way to manage a special fund for employee expenses or donations to charities or causes.

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3 years ago

A group of companies with a shared goal of changing the world through IT automation. The companies use different technologies (like chat bots, AI, and machine learning) to automate many of the steps in business tasks and make them faster, cheaper, and more accurate. They’re all profitable, and they’ve turned down a bunch of acquisition offers like Slack’s because they want to keep their autonomy.

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2 years ago

By helping patients manage their mental health, TNS hopes to reduce the number of people who end up in the emergency room because of depression. The startup is also looking to tackle the extra costs associated with emergency rooms, like how the added expenses associated with a patient in the ER, like transportation (which can cost $40) and food, can be hundreds of dollars.

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2 years ago

A brand-new startup that’s pitching a new way to buy and sell things online. The startup says it’s different from other marketplaces because it’s not focused on one particular category of items, but instead on a whole range of things like books, games, and even pets.

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2 years ago

A network for restaurants to share their menus, providing reviews for each dish. One of the startup’s claims is that most online food ordering services fail because they don’t have enough people willing to write the reviews.

40

2 years ago

A company that’s building a social network for non-profits and charities. The startup wants to build a platform that allows charities to raise funds and engages with their supporters, giving them a way to give to causes on their own terms.

38

2 years ago

A startup that helps people figure out if they can afford a home in a city. The company says that in cities where a lot of people are renting, it’s hard to find out which ones you can afford because the data isn’t readily available. So it’s building a tool that will show you what neighborhoods are affordable in a new city and help you figure out if you can afford to live there.

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2 years ago

A tool that helps nonprofits and other non-profits build campaigning strategies and get supporters around the world engaged in their cause.

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2 years ago

If this company’s products are as good as its founders say, it’s possible that their launch is overblown. But let’s go into this anyway, because it’s obviously a big deal for entrepreneurs to get funded, and it’s rare for them to get funding from the founder’s mom.

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2 years ago

A startup trying to lead the way for organizations to build an online presence for various causes.

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2 years ago

A startup that is building an AI that can predict the cause of an infection before symptoms occur. The AI can identify the specific bacteria and treat the patient accordingly.

29

2 years ago

A startup that wants to make healthcare more accessible to people living in developing countries. The startup believes that its model of using mobile phones to pay for healthcare services will be a more accessible option for people in rural areas who don’t have access to traditional healthcare. It’s looking to partner with companies like Walmart and the Gates Foundation to help its cause.

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2 years ago

A social network for “collective giving”, allowing users to raise money for a cause, then track and share who gave to the cause and what the money was used for.

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2 years ago

There are a lot of things people can do to protect their privacy, but people aren’t doing enough because they’re unaware of the risks.

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2 years ago

A company that wants to help people manage their diet, starting with the goal of helping those with diabetes manage their blood sugar levels, which they say is the leading cause of death in diabetes.

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2 years ago

There’s a lot of work being done by third-party developers to analyze and extract insights from customer data, but the challenge is that the data is often messy and inconsistent. Because of this, it can be hard to know how to use the data for good. Uniq is designing and building a data platform that will make it easier for brands to extract value from customer data and truly understand it.

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2 years ago

Idea is a web and mobile app that helps people pitch, manage, and campaign for causes they care about. It’s an early stage startup, and is backed by Y Combinator.

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5 years ago

Idea: An AI-powered email platform that integrates with Gmail, with a focus on the “personal touch”. The startup’s founder says there’s a generation of people who grew up on AOL’s chat interface and have since forgotten how to write emails (because they’ve been using chat).

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2 years ago

This is a company that helps businesses and brands find people to sponsor their product or cause. A new way to raise money for organizations without asking people to make an upfront donation.

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2 years ago

A payment app that allows a small fee to help a merchant securely accept card payments from a customer. "We started because the cost of accepting card payments was too high," says cofounder James Chen.

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2 years ago

A company that wants to become the Google of green energy. The startup’s platform allows people to buy solar panels and batteries for their home. It’s a different business than solar power systems installed by contractors at homes, the startup says, because it’s a network with businesses that have the ability to install the panels for you.

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2 years ago

Biklers is building a bike-sharing solution that’s unique because it doesn’t require a user to rent a bike. Users just have to download the app, sign up and scan an account QR code to unlock a bike they can ride for 30 minutes, anywhere in the city.

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2 years ago

We’ve all been there: you’re leaving a message on a voice message system, and you’re cut off, because you’ve used up your allotted number of minutes. Time to Call helps you to cancel those messages entirely.

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2 years ago

This is an app that helps people find and collect donations for local events and causes within their community.

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5 years ago

Idea: This is a real estate startup that wants to help people find homes to rent. They’re looking to target people who’ve been priced out of the market and need to rent instead of buy. The startup’s pitch is that it’s better than Craigslist because it focuses on neighborhoods and can recommend specific apartments.

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5 years ago

Idea: A new system for treating hyperhidrosis, a condition that causes excessive sweating The startup has developed a new class of ionic liquids that minimizes the risk of burning and irritation that may come with other treatments

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5 years ago

Idea: A way to buy and sell phone numbers, with the team saying that a lot of people are talking about retiring their phone numbers because of changes in the current contact system.

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