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5 years ago

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

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4 years ago

Pitchbook, a media company that covers the venture industry, has released a list of the top Y Combinator companies to watch. It includes several companies from the summer batch, including the following:

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4 years ago

A social platform for people to connect with local businesses. The app works as a “local discovery app” that helps people discover places to eat and shop, and connects them with local businesses.

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5 years ago

A platform for scientists to share and discover data.

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3 years ago

A startup that provides cloud-based storage, backup, and disaster recovery services.

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5 years ago

A startup that helps young job candidates get a sense of what’s going on within the company they’re applying to so they can tailor their cover letter and resume toward what’s expected.

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3 years ago

A restaurant discovery app that caters to the Indian market by listing only Indian restaurants.

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4 years ago

A social platform that allows people to discover new places to eat and drink and people to discover new places to eat and drink.

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4 years ago

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

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5 years ago

A platform to help people discover new entertainment content in their area.

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5 years ago

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

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4 years ago

is an AI chatbot that helps with the discovery of new startups.

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4 years ago

A small business insurance plan that covers products that have been lost/stolen.

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4 years ago

A social network for people to share and discover what’s new in their city.

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5 years ago

This is a startup that makes it easier for people to understand that their health insurance isn’t covering the entirety of their medical expenses.

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4 years ago

A startup that uses AI to help companies discover and track down missing packages.

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4 years ago

A B2B platform to keep track of product costs, with a recurring revenue model that covers processing fees for orders, as well as profit margin.

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4 years ago

A tool that helps you discover new music based on the specific genre and mood you’re in.

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4 years ago

A platform for fashion & lifestyle influencers to discover brands and get paid for sharing their style

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4 years ago

An online platform that allows its users to “recover” digital media, including photos, music, and videos. The company aims to build a digital library that it will eventually license to other companies to allow them to use the recovered content.

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4 years ago

A startup that helps people learn how to write resumes and cover letters, and how to communicate with potential employers.

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4 years ago

Founders came up with an idea for an app that would help people discover good food and drink in their neighborhood and pay for it.

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4 years ago

A company that makes it easier for businesses to discover products your customers want. The startup is working with 1,000 brands, including Lululemon and Warby Parker, to help them better understand their customer base.

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4 years ago

A company that sells 3D printed case covers for smart phones.

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5 years ago

A startup that makes the process of filling out Medicare Part D plans less painful. The platform helps people fill out their plans online, and acts as a sort of health insurance broker for people seeking Medicare coverage. The startup says their customers save an average of $50 per month.

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4 years ago

A medical travel insurance company that provides coverage to patients who need to travel for medical services.

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5 years ago

A social network that helps you find like-minded people and discover things to do.

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4 years ago

A toolset that helps organizations manage their business continuity and disaster recovery. The startup has raised nearly $2 million in investor money, and is run by former CIO of IBM's Digital Solutions group.

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4 years ago

A health insurance tool that helps people track their health needs and prescription usage and offers them a way to optimize their coverage.

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5 years ago

A startup that’s building a “digital lab” for large pharmaceutical companies, helping them scale their research with AI and speed up their drug discovery.

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4 years ago

A social network for Latin Americans in the US and Mexico that lets them connect, share photos, and discover events and activities related to their culture.

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2 years ago

A startup that helps find the best content for your brand. The startup thinks that the current way content is discovered and produced is broken, so it’s trying to fix it.

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4 years ago

The Startup Genome is a resource for founders and investors. It covers early stage

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5 years ago

A B2B company that helps insurance companies ensure they’re offering the best possible coverage to their customers.

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4 years ago

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

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3 years ago

A health insurance startup in the US. The startup aims to be the “Uber of health insurance”, helping people find plans that cover their specific medical needs.

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5 years ago

A platform for people to register for events and discover events as they are happening

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5 years ago

A B2B fintech startup that helps insurance companies price policy coverage, applying machine learning and artificial intelligence to their data.

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4 years ago

A platform for optimized content discovery and consumption

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5 years ago

A machine learning platform, with the goal of helping drug companies make better drug discoveries and marketing them in innovative ways.

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4 years ago

A platform that lets you share the things you love with the people around you, helping you find new contacts and discover new things to love.

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5 years ago

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

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5 years ago

A student health-care startup that offers a free student health-insurance plan to individual students, that covers co-pays and deductibles but doesn’t cover in-network hospital visits.

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4 years ago

A platform to help people find a doctor for their condition, no matter where they live, based on their insurance and coverage.

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4 years ago

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

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5 years ago

A startup that creates a database of all of the world’s music and helps musicians get discovered

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5 years ago

A company that helps companies buy the most cost-effective insurance coverage for their employees as a group.

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5 years ago

A startup that makes it easier to share and then discover diverse and relevant content.

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5 years ago

a company that helps law firms with interviewing and writing cover letters

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5 years ago

A legal e-discovery tool for lawyers that helps them determine what information is relevant to the case at hand.

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3 years ago

A content discovery app for people who want to know the stories behind their favorite brands.

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3 years ago

A debt-recovery app for India. It claims to have 1 million users and $20 million in assets. The startup started by focusing on debt recovery, but has recently expanded to include asset recovery.

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5 years ago

A startup that provides a service where someone will help you to write the perfect cover letter for a particular job

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3 years ago

A standalone Chrome extension that helps people find the best local photo-sharing service, with a built-in map to help users discover new services.

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5 years ago

A social platform that helps athletes manage their training, nutrition and recovery plans.

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4 years ago

A platform for discovering and sharing events and locations, like concerts, festivals, and more.

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5 years ago

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

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3 years ago

A platform that allows people to easily share and discover data from a variety of digital sources in a way that makes it easy to consume and share.

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5 years ago

In the past year, the startup has grown to have over 500 media outlets and over 1,000 reporters and editors, covering everything from sports to politics, and local to international. They’re aiming to grow that to 10,000 members and double the number of journalists that cover the news.

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5 years ago

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

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5 years ago

A platform that makes it easier for people to find, save and share information about the things they love. The startup’s goal is to make it easy for people to discover new things.

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5 years ago

A bulletproof pool-table cover for pool tables, which is designed to protect the table from balls.

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3 years ago

A startup building an app for wine drinkers to help them discover new wines and get better recommendations.

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5 years ago

A platform that helps members discover and share their favorite fitness classes and gyms.

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3 years ago

Covers the entire cycle of innovation in an organization by starting with the idea, then prototyping, scaling, and then innovating again as the company grows.

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5 years ago

A health insurance product that allows people to pay monthly premiums for a low deductible, and then cover the rest.

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5 years ago

A “product discovery platform” for consumers, that helps them quickly find products that meet their needs.

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5 years ago

A free tool for journalists and journalists to help them cover protests in real-time. It’ll be free to use, but will always be free to use.

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5 years ago

A platform that lets restaurant customers rate their experience and recommend nearby businesses. The startup, which has raised $400,000 from investors in three rounds, says they currently cover the Bay Area and Los Angeles.

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5 years ago

makes it easier for people to discover, research, and purchase private jets.

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4 years ago

A technology startup that is building a platform that will be able to help companies evaluate, discover and manage talent — it’s essentially a way for recruiters to manage their entire talent pipeline and onboard candidates.

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3 years ago

An AI powered tool that helps HR managers with their hiring process by discovering the right talent.

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5 years ago

A startup that helps small business owners get started in the insurance market. By creating a simple contract, it allows small startups to get a quote for insurance and get coverage within a few days.

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5 years ago

A subscription-based service that makes it easy for developers to discover and collaborate on open source software projects.

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3 years 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.

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3 years ago

This startup is trying to reduce the price of drug discovery through cheaper, more efficient synthesis.

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5 years ago

A social network for creatives and photographers, where users can discover, follow, and search for work by the same criteria.

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5 years ago

Hopper is a way for people to find, discover, and share local events.

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5 years ago

A startup that’s building a platform for drug discovery companies to more easily interact with clinical trial sites.

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5 years ago

A startup that allows you to create an “Airbnb for Food”, allowing you to find and discover local restaurants that also allow you to book tables in advance. The company says it has already helped to book a hundred tables in New York City.

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5 years ago

In 2016, the company was featured in a Wired article titled "The $10 Million Game That Can Change Your Life," and has been covered in articles in Fast Company, Forbes, Business Insider, and The Economist.

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3 years ago

A biotech startup that uses virtual reality and robotics to help with drug discovery and drug delivery.

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5 years ago

A social discovery app that finds and connects people based on their shared interests.

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5 years ago

A platform for people to connect, share and discover the hidden world of hiking, backpacking, and camping.

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5 years ago

The startup offers some of the lowest-cost dental insurance in the United States. It wants to win over the many people with gaps in insurance coverage that many large companies have.

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5 years ago

A micro-insurance company that is beginning to offer healthcare coverage to low-income individuals in the US. Their goal is to reach the uninsured and help them purchase insurance.

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5 years ago

A health insurance company that covers “no-care” expenses for patients with chronic illness. Keeps health premiums low by covering expenses like dental and vision, with a background check.

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3 years ago

A restaurant discovery site/app that pairs diners who would like to dine with a restaurant and diners who are willing to open their own restaurant

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5 years ago

A payment startup that offers a money transfer service for small and medium-sized businesses. The company has a network of partners that cover 90% of all businesses.

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5 years ago

A discovery platform for specialized high-end clothing that’s based on the feedback of customers

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5 years ago

A virtual assistant that helps you find travel quotes and discover the best deals.

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4 years ago

Online discovery service focused on solving the problem of finding the right home for your next vacation. The startup uses data and algorithms to help vacationers find the right home for their next trip.

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5 years ago

A company that aims to help folks in remote areas join the internet via satellite. It uses a combination of an on-the-ground antenna, GPS location and signal strength, and mobile coverage to triangulate a tower near the user and then send them a tiny satellite modem.

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5 years ago

A health insurance company built for small businesses. It’s a “flexible, affordable, and transparent platform by which businesses can get coverage for in-house doctors and nurses.”

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5 years ago

As Seen On TV is a YouTube channel that reviews and shares videos from the shows that air on TLC, the Discovery Channel, and History Channel. It was founded in January 2015.

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5 years ago

A search and discovery app for event producers.

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3 years ago

A startup that’s building on the Curiosity Project for tech-savvy kids and their families, to help them discover a wide range of careers.

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5 years ago

SaaS business that connects classifieds sites with local businesses. The startup is looking to build a platform that allows for the seamless, customized discovery of local businesses.

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4 years ago

Uncover is a program that helps smart, talented people make a living from their interests.

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5 years ago

This startup is building a mobile app for users to discover and book their preferred doctors and hospitals in India.

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5 years ago

This startup is building a platform to help people discover new stories and books they might like to read. The startup says it has 15,000 users who have opened the app 5,000 times.

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5 years ago

A mobile-focused insurance company that focuses on coverages that keep people out of the hospital.

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3 years ago

This startup is building software to help employees learn faster. The startup offers a series of lessons covering a specific skill set, with videos and quizzes, and then lets users go back and improve themselves by taking further quizzes.

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5 years ago

A company that helps companies sell insurance to UK residents who are not covered by the government.

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5 years ago

A new way to store and manage your digital media. The team at Briefly is building a platform that enables users to “train” their computer to automatically organize and discover their files, and then creates a “smart folder” that’s a digital representation of the physical one.

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3 years ago

Helps businesses discover and book talent on an online marketplace.

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5 years ago

America’s digital magazine is a digital magazine that is central to its mission is to cover the changing landscape of the media industry, and how technology is affecting it. Since February 2014, it has published a new issue every other Thursday and has a print-on-demand model, so subscribers receive their copy directly.

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5 years ago

A web app for uncovering the truth behind a video: what it shows, who is in it, and what’s being said. The app is free.

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2 years ago

The idea behind Crowdcast is to leverage the crowd to fund the covering of physical assets, like the building of a new college library or the refurbishment of an old factory.

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5 years ago

A news network for gay men and their allies, including news, events and lifestyle coverage.

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5 years ago

A tool for search and discovery of technical talent

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5 years ago

A music discovery service that lets people upload music from their phones to play on all their devices, creating a sort of Pandora for your mobile devices.

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5 years ago

A music streaming service that helps you better discover new artists and tracks

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5 years ago

A machine learning company that helps retail companies identify the types of products that are selling well. It also helps them find trends and opportunities in their data and discover new products.

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5 years ago

A travel health insurance company for the U.S. market, which is trying to cover a profitable market with an under-insured customer base. It’s currently in the UK, and is looking to expand to the US.

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3 years ago

A tool for journalists to research and report on influential people. The startup is also looking for a way to approach “digital discovery” for these subjects, which it says is a significant problem.

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5 years ago

A micro-insurance product that allows people to buy health insurance for $5 a month to cover catastrophic medical expenses. The startup is looking to build out a network of health centers around the country.

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5 years ago

A “social discovery and recommendation” app that enables people to discover new products and services from their other social media accounts, without them having to leave a platform.

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4 years ago

A health insurance startup that helps people get less expensive coverage.

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4 years ago

An online insurance platform that helps people customize their coverage based on their health needs and desired cost.

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3 years ago

A startup that builds data-driven product discovery and insight for businesses, pitching the product as “marketing-as-a-service” for its focus on product innovation.

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5 years ago

The startup is initially focused on the US, but plans to expand into Europe in the future. It’s a “one-stop shop” for local food, covering restaurants, grocery stores, and specialty shops.

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5 years ago

A weekly newsletter that covers Y Combinator startups.

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5 years ago

A company that provides a micro-insurance product for students to cover important expenses.

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3 years ago

A cloud-based platform for media companies to make their content more discoverable and more accessible to their fans.

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5 years ago

This startup wants to make it easier for people to find and share important information with friends and family. The startup aims to make information like travel plans, medical records, and other digitized documents more discoverable for friends and family.

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4 years ago

This startup is building a machine learning tool to help people create and distribute their own live video streams, much like the aforementioned idea. They’re also building a “discovery pipeline” that lets users vote among the new tools that emerge from voting.

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3 years ago

A news aggregator and content discovery app for the Middle East, pitched as “one place where you can find the latest news, and your favorite articles from across the Arab world.” The startup is working with the Saudi Arabian government and hopes to expand to other countries.

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5 years ago

A tool to help data scientists find research data sets with the keywords that they’re looking for, allowing them to discover relevant, relevant, relevant data sets.

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5 years ago

The founders of this cloud-based recruiting startup say that they’ve discovered that many people don’t have a good idea of what their job responsibilities are. They’re building an application that can help people figure that out, and then identify the best fit for each position in the pool.

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4 years ago

A software company that helps retailers and brands discover and interact with audiences on social media.

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3 years ago

A platform that allows users to discover and share videos from across the web. The company wants to help users find the best videos for them, and easily share them with friends.

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4 years ago

A startup that wants to be the Wikipedia of insurance companies, allowing agents to research coverage on any company, to avoid calling the wrong company before doing business.

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5 years ago

An AI backed startup that uses algorithms to help internet users discover new books, movies, and music.

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5 years ago

A tool for helping employees review and edit their resumes and cover letters. The B2B startup is currently working with Y Combinator, and is focused on helping hiring managers.

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5 years ago

This August, TechCrunch reported that Instagram was in talks with Facebook to acquire the company for as much as $1 billion. Instagram, which was founded in 2010, is based in San Francisco, and is a popular photography app that has more than 300 million users around the world. It was acquired by Facebook in 2012, and Facebook has since used Instagram to promote its other products, including Instagram Stories, and advertisements. Instagram has been a big investment for Facebook, and many think it has been one of the company's most successful acquisitions. However, Instagram's popularity has led to a lot of negative press coverage about the user data that Facebook has access to.

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5 years ago

A platform that lets people shop for health insurance without worrying about whether they’ll sign up for the coverage they want.

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5 years ago

Open data platform that lets people create and discover data visualizations. The startup has built a platform that allows people to create data visualizations and share them with the wider world.

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5 years ago

A mission-based social platform for millennials to discover events based on their interests, follow the ones nearby, and make connections with people in their social networks.

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5 years ago

An operator of a machine learning platform that helps users discover new things to do in their cities.

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3 years ago

A digital platform for mobile gaming that helps players discover new games, test them, and make money playing them.

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4 years ago

A company that helps companies discover new revenue streams. They charge $1 per lead they generate to find new revenue.

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3 years ago

The company is building a tool to help recruiters discover and manage talent across the country

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5 years ago

A startup that helps people discover new restaurants

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4 years ago

“A product discovery platform for product teams”. It’s essentially like a resume manager that lets you see what your peers are doing in other companies, and gauge how you stack up against them.

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3 years ago

A health insurance startup that wants to help people get affordable coverage without the hassle of being online all the time.

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4 years ago

A company that helps providers manage their own dental, vision, and life insurance needs. It doesn’t offer a traditional insurance product, yet covers 100% of a doctor’s out of pocket costs if they’re hospitalized.

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4 years ago

An AI-based solution to make your resume and cover letter look and sound like you.

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5 years ago

A shopping app that brings product discovery, price and availability data to comparison shopping, with an emphasis on simplicity.

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5 years ago

A startup focused on user-friendly music discovery. The startup wants to create a desktop experience around music discovery that will allow users to browse and listen to songs, and also see what others are listening to.

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4 years ago

A music streaming service that focuses on music discovery. Co-founded by former Rdio and Spotify engineers, the startup will offer a curated “radio” experience, as well as a social experience where users can follow artists and share what they’re listening to.

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5 years ago

Gets people to go to the gym, and then pays them to go there. People can make money by opting in to be covered by the startup, and can balance their own class schedules.

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4 years ago

A micro-insurance platform for the Southeast Asian market that wants to make sure that medical expenses, trips, and other events are covered.

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4 years ago

This startup is working to ensure that your home insurance policy covers home repair, and will alert you if you’re not getting the protection you need. They’re already in the process of introducing a data-driven product to the US market.

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4 years ago

A place to discover and share ideas for DIY projects.

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4 years ago

We’ve covered many e-commerce startups in the past year, but this one is different. An e-commerce startup that is focused on helping people find the right products for their needs.

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4 years ago

A platform that aims to capitalize on the power of the “frictionless” commerce that comes from services like Uber and Airbnb. The platform will allow consumers to use apps to order groceries, ride-sharing, or take-out, and the company will cover the cost of delivery.

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3 years ago

Designed to help companies discover and select potential new hires, the startup uses machine learning to predict if a job candidate will fit into a company culture.

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4 years ago

The startup is building a “mesh” of a microgrid. Microgrids are local electricity grids that can re-route power, and as such are an effective tool for disaster recovery.

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4 years ago

A tool for creating and distributing your own live stream video. Ideas are from developers, and are developed via a “discovery pipeline”, where a public vote decides which one of the new ideas will be built.

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4 years ago

A software company that helps airlines and airports better recover and reuse fuel and avionics.

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3 years ago

A startup that wants to cover the cost of running a global talent agency by creating a marketplace for talent.

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4 years ago

Social commerce platform aimed at helping people discover, promote, and buy products based on their social connections.

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4 years ago

A startup that’s building a platform where employers can post jobs and candidates can apply for them, and also manage their profiles and cover letters. It’s currently in its beta version and growing in the SF Bay Area.

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4 years ago

Viable is a health insurance company that provides a 10th of the cost of other plans but covers primary care and urgent care. It’s currently profitable and the product is available in the Philadelphia area.

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5 years ago

This startup is looking to replace the insurance model with a “personalized protection plan” that will cover an individual’s insurance needs over time. The startup will help consumers assess their risks and choose the best coverage.

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4 years ago

A portable, solar-powered “newsroom” for journalists covering breaking news.

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4 years ago

A company building a real-time API that covers all sorts of insurance programs, from auto to life to health.

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4 years ago

"Discovery" magazine has included the Y Combinator companies in their list of the most innovative startups.

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4 years ago

A startup that wants to “be the go-to destination for students and professionals to discover, apply, and begin their careers in tech”.

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4 years ago

This is an AI/ML startup who wants to help companies automate the process of discovery and discovery-based marketing.

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3 years ago

A startup for media, enabling users to create, discover, and consume content.

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4 years ago

A startup that helps you manage the logistics of your home-owning life. For instance, it helps you plan for holiday guests, help with shopping lists, discover new places to eat, and more.

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4 years ago

An AI-based startup that is trying to build an app that can help in the drug discovery process.

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4 years ago

A company that wants to help you get up and running with your first product idea in 12 weeks. They’ve built a platform for product discovery and ideation.

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4 years ago

A cloud storage and data backup and recovery solution for companies and individuals

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4 years ago

A machine/machine learning-powered platform for insurance that helps carriers and agents make smart decisions about coverage and pricing. Their solution is a white label platform that is built on top of a managed services provider.

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3 years ago

A tool that helps you analyze your web traffic, build a better site, and discover what people are searching for online.

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3 years ago

A platform that lets you access a variety of different financial services, like loans, banking, and insurance coverage. The startup wants to create a one-stop shop for financial services, and already has a customer base in the UK.

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4 years ago

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

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4 years ago

An online health insurance marketplace in which consumers can compare plans, get quotes, and enroll in coverage.

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4 years ago

LogMeIn is an online business continuity and disaster recovery tool used by businesses and organizations of all sizes. Users can access their computers and data in times of trouble, and moreover, take advantage of its free iPhone/Android apps for remote access and file sharing.

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4 years ago

In a blog post, the company announced a new product called “Individual Plans”, which allow you to customize your coverage and how much risk you’re willing to take.

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4 years ago

A startup that helps companies with their onboarding process by providing a free website that employees can use to quickly register for healthcare coverage.

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4 years ago

A startup that helps you discover, rate, and review places to see live music.

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4 years ago

A startup that helps you discover the cheapest flight to your next holiday, based on your budget and preferred origin/destination.

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5 years ago

A maker of subscription boxes to help customers discover, purchase, and ship products from retailers across the country. Each month, the service helps subscribers pick each month’s “box” based on their interests, which is hand-curated by the company’s team.

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4 years ago

A place to share and discover visual content on the web, where users can vote on and comment on pieces, and can even help create new pieces to be shared.

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4 years ago

A startup that offers a mobile app that allows you to find, discover and book professional service providers that you can trust.

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4 years ago

A startup to help companies of all types keep track of all their employees’ health insurance coverage, from birth control to prescriptions to doctor’s appointments.

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4 years ago

A bot that helps you research and discover interesting things on Twitter.

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4 years ago

A content discovery platform, with a history of working with brands like Nike, Land Rover, and the New York Times, that uses AI to curate the most relevant content for you.

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3 years ago

A startup that sells “private” health insurance in the US with coverage that includes dental and vision.

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4 years ago

A tool that helps you discover the best deals on things like car insurance, airfare, and flight miles.

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4 years ago

“The world's most powerful way to compare health care plans.” The startup wants to be the Google of health insurance with their free platform, which covers most people under the Affordable Care Act.

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4 years ago

This company wants to build an app that will help people find doctors who are willing to perform medical procedures that are typically not covered by insurance.

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4 years ago

A social discovery platform that helps you find new places to travel to.

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4 years ago

A platform for discovering, sharing, and buying private aircraft. It’s aimed at aircraft owners, rather than individuals looking to purchase private planes.

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4 years ago

A different kind of social network, this one is all about helping people discover what’s happening in their community.

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4 years ago

Hipsters are a big part of the e-commerce scene in India, but the startup wants to bring them into the mainstream, using a combination of data, AI, and traditional retail to help them discover the best of the best products.

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4 years ago

A startup that curates a list of the best apps for you, whether you are traveling, a student, a parent, or just looking to discover new apps.

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3 years ago

A tool that allows people to create a professional profile on LinkedIn, complete with a portfolio, cover letter, and any other information they want to include.

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3 years ago

A company that wants to make it easier for people to navigate their social networks, providing a platform for discovering content and communicating with others. The startup also wants to better understand how people see and use social networks. They’re working on a platform that’ll combine all your social media, messaging, and location data.

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4 years ago

A data science platform that helps businesses discover correlations and patterns in huge amounts of data. The startup was founded by a former Facebook data scientist and has raised $1.5 million so far.

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4 years ago

A company that uses machine learning to discover and prevent fraudulent users from taking advantage of traditional banking systems.

77

3 years ago

A platform that specializes in “insurance for the uninsurable”, or people who aren’t in major risk pools but can still get coverage.

77

2 years ago

A platform for making, sharing, and discovering new music. The company has built a music streaming platform, which it says is more interactive and fun than services like Spotify.

77

4 years ago

P2P insurance for small businesses, which claims to be able to get the same coverage at lower rates than insurance provided by large companies. The startup plans to provide coverage to half a million businesses in its first three years.

76

4 years ago

A startup that helps people discover the top producers and the best music for streaming. The product is based on Spotify, and is available on Android and iOS.

76

4 years ago

This startup aims to to bring a more curated experience to a site like Etsy by helping customers discover and buy items from designers based on their style and personal taste, rather than browsing a wide array of products.

76

4 years ago

A health insurance company for under-insured individuals. The startup is building an income-based health insurance plan to cover people who make up to 400% of the federal poverty line.

76

4 years ago

An online business that provides a way to search for and buy tickets to international festivals and events. The startup’s app helps users discover which festivals are coming to their city and allows them to see the line-up and buy tickets before the event.

76

4 years ago

A personalized recommendation platform that helps you discover new apps and games. The startup offers a $1 per month premium subscription that displays recommendations based on your taste in games or other things.

76

4 years ago

A startup that lets companies conduct discovery events and get feedback from a target market in just a few weeks.

75

4 years ago

A company that wants to build out a financial discovery platform that helps people find the right financial products for them.

75

4 years ago

A startup that helps restaurants discover new locations and build relationships with potential customers and track what people are saying about them.

75

4 years ago

A product discovery platform for e-commerce companies.

75

3 years ago

A new way for insurance companies to manage their customer’s health data and make more accurate decisions about what treatments to cover.

75

4 years ago

A company that is trying to take the pain out of moving, by offering a “move-free plan” that covers the fees of moving your house from one area to another.

74

3 years ago

A software suite that helps companies manage the risks of workers getting sick and sometimes paying for their healthcare when they’re already covered. It’s offering a free trial to startups, which is also how it plans to seed the business.

74

3 years ago

A tool for sharing and discovering public datasets for AI development,

73

3 years ago

A startup that aims to educate students about college debt and financial aid, as well as cover all of the free services they offer, like money management course and career counseling.

73

4 years ago

TechCrunch’s startup of the day, which aims to be a tool for people to share their discoveries of what’s next in the world of tech and business.

72

4 years ago

An AI that helps companies discover and understand meaning in text and voice. The product is used by companies like Duolingo, and the startup says it’s profitable and growing.

72

4 years ago

A cloud platform for content recommendation and discovery

72

4 years ago

A startup that helps people who don’t have full cost of living insurance by allowing them to pay a small amount to get a certificate that covers those costs, in case they get injured.

72

4 years ago

A platform for sharing and discovering new perspectives on the world, the tuneup is a collaborative platform for journalists, storytellers, and artists to share their work.

71

3 years ago

A tool that helps users get the most out of their rides, with features like recovery summaries and GPS tracking.

71

4 years ago

An insurance company that works with small businesses to help them buy health care to cover employees while they’re on the job.

70

4 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.

70

4 years ago

A startup that aims to make it easier for people to access health care without worrying about high costs. The startup wants to create a more seamless experience for patients with insurance covering more than 80% of health care costs.

70

4 years ago

A platform that helps you discover the best doctors and hospitals for your medical needs, and in turn, helps them earn their money.

70

4 years ago

A company that’s building a platform to help companies discover and manage their employees, employees’ social lives, and their work relationships.

69

4 years ago

A startup-based system to create, share, and discover content, letting people license their creations for commercial use. Based on the use of the open-source Creative Commons licenses.

69

4 years ago

The Startup Genome is a resource for founders and investors. It covers early stage startups and is a non-profit that helps entrepreneurs, investors, and mentors. The Startup Genome aims to improve the ecosystem by providing entrepreneurs with data to help guide their decisions and spread best practices.

69

3 years ago

A new way to find and discover homes in a marketplace. The startup is building a platform that connects buyers with sellers.

69

3 years ago

A company that is developing a new kind of screen that can change color when a smartphone is covered with water

69

4 years ago

A startup that wants to help companies deal with the risks of cyber attacks by offering insurance that covers the costs of information that is stolen.

68

3 years ago

The startup is basically a Spotify for classical music. It’s meant to help classical music fans discover new artists (and may or may not have a far more interesting name than that.)

68

4 years ago

A business intelligence platform that helps companies uncover trends and data that can help predict and prevent fraud, with a focus on the e-commerce space.

67

4 years ago

An employee-owned insurance company. The startup wants to build a marketplace of insurance products for businesses, where employees can buy coverage to meet their specific needs and where the startup takes a cut of the premiums.

67

3 years ago

A protocol for decentralized IoT device discovery, meant to allow people to “find and connect with other devices”.

67

3 years ago

Local search and discovery service for the local e-commerce market. The company helps businesses find products and services on their own sites within the company’s platform.

67

4 years ago

A startup that makes it easier for people to discover and share interesting content by bringing together all of the different sources of content in one place.

66

4 years ago

A startup that lets people log in and see what their friends are watching and playing, and discover new things to watch and play.

66

3 years ago

A music streaming and discovery app that targets artists and fans.

66

3 years ago

A mobile app that helps people discover and book private health services. The startup is starting with physiotherapy and claims it is profitable.

66

4 years ago

A company that helps companies get insurance coverage and benefits for their freelance workers. The startup has built out a marketplace and a compliance platform.

65

3 years ago

This is a fitness-related app that’s “all about making exercise fun.” The app tracks your workout and helps you discover new exercises, but is also centered on making exercise a social experience. Users can share their workout with friends, and even challenge one another.

65

3 years ago

The startup is a “social network for books”, which it says is currently being used by over 1,000 libraries and over 100,000 readers. It’s built around a system that “enables people to discover, share, and discover again”.

65

4 years ago

A company that aims to make it easier for music-lovers to discover new music by organizing music playlists. The company allows users to create playlists that are automatically updated with new music put out by artists.

64

4 years ago

An author-focused social network and community for sharing, promoting and discovering new books. The startup has gained over 1,000 authors and claims to have facilitated over 1,000,000 downloads.

64

3 years ago

A supply chain management platform that helps companies discover when they are overstocked, and when they are undersold.

64

3 years ago

This startup wants to create an electronic health record for people who aren’t traditionally covered by insurance. The company will be a “one-stop shop” for those that aren’t worried about HIPAA compliance.

64

3 years ago

A video category that covers everything from how to make it to an office, how to get started in a new career, or how to get a new job.

64

3 years ago

A social network for friends and professionals to share, discover and interact with each other. It’s a community that helps members discover, share and interact with other professionals in their area.

64

4 years ago

A startup that helps businesses make sure their employees are paying the right taxes. The company has clients like Zillow that want to know if they’re properly covering all their employees and contractors.

63

4 years ago

Decent is an AI startup with a focus on helping companies discover and evaluate talent. The company is currently working with 500 companies, including Amazon, The New York Times, and Netflix.

63

3 years ago

A “social shopping” app that helps people discover and buy items that they like. The startup hopes to create the first social media-powered shopping platform.

63

3 years ago

A platform that helps users discover and make purchases through their iPhone’s camera using Apple Pay.

63

3 years ago

An insurance company that helps employers cover employees’ dues to the United Auto Workers union.

63

2 years ago

A startup that helps companies manage their health insurance costs. It’s an SaaS service that covers the cost of health savings account contributions and administrative costs of managing health insurance.

63

4 years ago

A software platform for farmers to discover and share best practices.

62

3 years ago

“The best way to discover interesting new things is to ask a friend.” Spare Room is looking to build out a marketplace for people to privately buy, sell, and share gifts.

62

3 years ago

A SaaS platform built to help large businesses discover and acquire new customers.

62

3 years ago

A place where the public can share the products they find, which they’ve discovered through their fashion and lifestyle blogs.

62

3 years ago

Transrecovery is building a platform that helps people better interact with their social media, helping them to find more personal, intimate and realistic content.

62

2 years ago

A product that allows publishers to make their content more discoverable to users.

62

3 years ago

This table summarizes the news stories from each of these companies that have been covered by nationally syndicated outlets.

61

3 years ago

A digital news company that covers the world of cryptocurrency, investing, and technology.

61

3 years ago

A startup that helps companies make their data more transparent to share with the public. It’s meant to give journalists and researchers data to help them uncover facts not often displayed on company websites. The startup says they’ve developed a prototype to help journalists and researchers get data that is more often than not hidden from public view.

61

4 years ago

A health insurance platform that uses blockchain to provide worldwide health insurance, allowing consumers to cover themselves with a single app.

60

4 years ago

The company says it’s a tool that makes it easy for people to examine their own online data and discover trends in the data, and then automatically download and share the data with other people in the company.

60

4 years ago

A dental insurance product that covers the cost of a root canal or crown if you have a pre-existing condition.

60

3 years ago

A startup for managing and sharing your local music library. The app is meant to help users discover new music, maintain a collection of their own, and share with others.

60

3 years ago

A social network for people with a passion for food and travel (think Bon Appétit, Gourmet, Food52, etc.) that aims to help foodies discover new places to eat and sommeliers find new wine they’d like to drink.

60

3 years ago

A startup that helps people search for and discover local services from dentists and plumbers, among others.

60

3 years ago

A startup that will provide an AI-based program for managing the cost and effort of legal discovery.

59

3 years ago

A platform for renters to find, discover, and book the best way to get from A to B via car, bus, train, or bike.

59

3 years ago

A platform that helps parents manage their children’s everything from school and extracurricular activities to college visits and birthdays. The founders say they’ve launched a beta version of the platform that lets parents order and schedule activities, and set rules around cancelling and rescheduling. The founders also have a personal story about how their startup led them to discover their company’s mission.

59

3 years ago

A startup that wants to help people write better resumes and automated cover letters by using questions from their current jobs.

59

2 years ago

A startup to help the working poor in the United States apply for SNAP benefits (food stamps) online. SNAP is a program that covers food, housing, and child care costs for low-income families, but the application process is complicated and often unpleasant.

59

2 years ago

A social network that lets users chat about and discover products, and then shows them what other people think about them.

59

3 years ago

A niche search engine that uses Google’s own data to discover the answer to your question

58

3 years ago

A company that makes health insurance coverage more affordable for people with preexisting conditions. By partnering with online retailers, customers can purchase health insurance from providers of their choice. The startup plans to launch in the US in early 2016.

58

3 years ago

A company that builds on-demand physical and digital spaces designed to help people recover from life-changing events.

58

3 years ago

A tool for talent acquisition, like LinkedIn, but for startups. Covers things like scheduling, calendar management, etc. and helps startups keep track of their own employees.

58

3 years ago

A company that helps people get “mental health” coverage through their health insurance.

58

3 years ago

A business that helps businesses navigate insurance coverage options

58

2 years ago

A chatbot to help you get signed up for health insurance. The startup is working with health insurers to build a chatbot that helps people enroll in coverage.

58

4 years ago

A legal service for companies looking to offer their employees health coverage through their employers in the US.

57

3 years ago

A platform for selling and buying flash drives, through a single web site. The company is looking to enable content-sharing and product discovery.

57

3 years ago

A decentralized insurance company that aims to make sure everyone gets paid for a good job – even if the person who did the work doesn’t work for the company that needs to cover it.

57

3 years ago

A set of tools that aims to help companies lower costs and increase efficiency by automating the discovery and procurement of IT and non-IT services.

57

3 years ago

A new way to purchase, recommend, and discover new books. This startup aims to raise $100,000.

56

3 years ago

A startup that makes it easier for people to find their next job by comparing resumes to jobs. The startup uses machine learning to discover trends that signal a strong fit for a job and then provides access to a job-searching tool.

56

4 years ago

This startup is building a library of over 200,000 news articles, covering all kinds of topics, including elections and sports.

55

3 years ago

A mobile application that allows users to share and discover other book enthusiasts around the world. Founded in 2014 by Jason and Saalim Ghose, the startup is based out of San Francisco.

55

3 years ago

An insurance company for students, which helps students with affordable rates on insurance that provides up to $10,000 in coverage for unexpected costs.

55

3 years ago

A live-streaming platform for covering major events and political campaigns.

54

3 years ago

A platform for independent artists to market, sell, and discover art. Creative Market has over 2 million users, so they want to help new artists set up their own store to sell their work.

53

3 years ago

A startup that wants to bring together and transform the world of physical retail with the power of the internet. The startup is building a retail platform that uses AI to help retailers discover trends and create winning products. The startup is also building a platform that will allow retailers to sell online from their physical stores.

53

3 years ago

This company is building a way to share information on the web by creating a database of the web. The team is currently focused on creating a database of the internet to be easily discovered via search.

53

3 years ago

The Startup looks to help small businesses get their health insurance needs covered through an insurance carrier.

53

3 years ago

A startup that helps users find and discover cool places to go in their area. Also, a platform that allows other people to create their own cool places to go.

52

3 years ago

A startup for helping users get access to the music they need, in their preferred format. It’s part Spotify and part iTunes, with a focus on music discovery.

52

3 years ago

A startup that can help people with shoulder injuries manage their pain and recover more quickly.

52

3 years ago

A company that builds AI-powered chatbots for customer service, handling things like password resets, shipping tracking, and account recovery.

52

3 years ago

A startup that’s trying to help its customers locate and recover data that’s become inaccessible. It’s also building a “backup as a service” solution, so you can set up a snapshot of any data that’s important to you and have it automatically stored online.

51

3 years ago

A startup that covers the science of building and engineering, including how to make stuff that does stuff.

51

3 years ago

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

50

3 years ago

A search and discovery engine for events and activities, with a focus on helping event organizers connect with people in their area, utilizing local recommendations.

50

3 years ago

A crowdsourced news publisher for lifestyle coverage.

50

3 years ago

A startup that helps you check if your car insurance covers you for car repairs, and lets you print out a claim form.

50

3 years ago

A startup to help people who have no insurance or health coverage, but have a doctor’s appointment set up.

50

3 years ago

The idea is to create a “one-stop shop” for people who want to buy and sell used goods on the internet. The founders say that their software, which is available on Android, will become the first place for people to discover and buy used goods on the internet.

50

3 years ago

A startup that makes it easier for fans to discover, buy and share tickets to live music events. It’s an SaaS app that is used by the likes of Grizzly Bear, Fleet Foxes, and Dead & Company.

50

2 years ago

Ideas that we'll be covering on the podcast:

50

3 years ago

A social network for people in the legal industry that lets them discover and connect with each other, build profiles, and share information. The startup’s founders say it’s the “LinkedIn for the legal industry”.

49

3 years ago

A platform that makes it easy to share and discover the best of the best in photo-editing, design and motion graphics.

48

2 years ago

A platform that helps businesses and their vendors discover, book, and pay for local services like lawn care or plumbers.

48

3 years ago

A startup that helps you discover and book concerts, local events and activities, and more, without incurring charges.

47

3 years ago

A network of “micro-insurance” companies that pool together small sums of money to help cover the costs of things like housing, car repair, or medical bills. The goal is to make sure that people have some sort of coverage, even if it’s just in case they need it.

47

2 years ago

This startup is working on a way for different insurance companies to offer a single platform for policy holders to make claims and manage coverage.

47

3 years ago

A consumer-facing platform for discovering and booking live music. It’s similar to Songkick.

46

3 years ago

A startup that covers the world of business and self-improvement, and enables users to earn money for their posts.

46

5 years ago

Idea: A startup that helps companies discover the talent they need. It’s the middleman that does the work of finding jobs that need to be filled.

45

3 years ago

A startup that helps users find their lost devices by helping them understand what data is important to them and what data might be on their devices, and then provides a way to recover those files.

45

3 years ago

The MIT Media Lab’s new venture that “helps patients discover their most effective treatments through digital medicine.”

45

2 years ago

A data collection and analysis platform designed for small businesses to do market research. Users submit data via a chatbot, and the company analyzes the data to find trends, discover new markets, and predict future behavior.

45

3 years ago

A startup that wants to create a version of Amazon, where consumers can buy products directly from brands. The startup says they’re building a storefront that’s all about discovery and discovery is the hard part.

44

3 years ago

A startup that lets people share what they’re reading, presenting or watching. It’s designed to be a one-stop shop for content discovery.

44

2 years ago

A platform that helps people discover and book live music. The startup’s goal is to “make live music accessible to all.”

44

2 years ago

A “Netflix for board-game enthusiasts” that lets you discover new games and invites, and lets people play against each other.

44

3 years ago

Platform that allows users to create and publish music and videos for free. The company combines the ability to create, discover and find new artists with the potential to reach millions of users.

43

2 years ago

A software as a service that helps recruiters and hiring managers streamline the recruiting process by automatically sending résumés and cover letters to potential candidates. The startup is backed by VCs including Village Capital, First Round Capital, and 500 Startups.

43

2 years ago

A web app that helps people plan their travel itineraries, covering airline tickets, hotels, rental cars, and more.

43

2 years ago

A chatbot that helps people discover and save money on flights by automatically matching them with the best deals based on their travel history.

43

2 years ago

An AI-driven platform that helps to discover and understand music and music composition.

43

3 years ago

"A first-of-its-kind platform for artists and brands to discover, collaborate, and create designs and products. Designers and brands have full control over the creative process, from conception to completion."

42

3 years ago

A startup that is trying to set up a "pre-order" business model for prescription drugs. It’s currently at work with a few drug companies that would like a way to distribute their drugs more efficiently. The startup is also working with a patient advocacy group to help get more people covered by their government’s medical system.

42

2 years ago

An AI-assisted robotic surgery system that aims to help surgeons perform minimally invasive procedures in real time, helping them make a full recovery while reducing their risk of infection.

42

3 years ago

A software platform that connects large companies and insurance companies in an effort to lower insurance costs while increasing the number of companies with coverage.

41

3 years ago

A Slack bot that lets you know when your phone has been unlocked and your location is discovered.

41

3 years ago

This startup wants to bring small businesses in the US more affordable access to health insurance by giving them a way to pay for their coverage via a small savings account.

41

3 years ago

A self-funded startup that’s building a tool for communicating with your insurance company, allowing you to check what’s covered and when.

41

2 years ago

A health care startup working to improve post-exercise recovery by sending post-workout recovery support through a mobile app.

41

5 years ago

Idea: An online marketplace of products made by independent designers. Designers can keep 90% of sales, or have the option to partner with the startup for a 40% revenue share. The startup also aims to make the discovery process easier by curating the top items from each designer.

40

3 years ago

A platform that helps people discover, research and buy everyday items from a single app.

40

3 years ago

A platform for users to discover, share, and print photos from their smartphones.

40

2 years ago

A startup building a solution to help patients enroll in healthcare plans and receive coverage before an official open enrollment period starts.

40

2 years ago

A startup where users can submit, discuss and vote on the best movie, TV show, and book covers. Users can also rate the movies and TV shows, and the top movies and books are then shared with film studios, book publishers, and publishers of comic books.

38

2 years ago

"Philadelphia Tech News" is a weekly digital newsletter that covers the startup scene in Philadelphia and the greater Delaware Valley. The newsletter is published every Wednesday at noon.

38

2 years ago

An online platform that connects content creators to brands and brands to consumers. The company’s platform lets consumers discover and curate content, letting brands effectively reach the right consumer.

38

2 years ago

A social network for artists and musicians to share their music and connect with one another. It’s a platform for discovery that works as a marketplace for artists to sell their music.

38

2 years ago

A company that makes a chatbot that aims to help people find affordable healthcare coverage options. The startup is meant to compete with the likes of Oscar.com and HealthSherpa.com for the same market.

38

2 years ago

A company that helps companies discover and hire new talent in the US. The startup claims that the way the US works for finding talent is broken, and wants to solve it with a more fluid system that can be presented in a more transparent way.

37

2 years ago

A tool that helps businesses discover and train new employees. Its platform is a search engine for job descriptions.

36

2 years ago

Xionet is a software platform that allows users to upload, edit, or discover video and images, and share with the world. The startup is promising to help users create and distribute videos with no editing experience, and they’ve already taken in $100,000 in seed funding.

35

2 years ago

"A company that makes it easy for people to discover, share, and expand their abilities.”

35

2 years ago

A company that creates a platform to help companies to “uncover the hidden value of their data”. The company hopes to help companies understand value, uncover insights, and monetize their data.

35

3 years ago

A platform that automates the discovery and management of customer orders. The goal is to make the process of order fulfillment more predictable and transparent.

34

2 years ago

The startup’s platform helps discover, book and pay for local services, including for things like haircuts, massages and housekeeping.

34

2 years ago

A location-based, mobile-first, social network for sharing and discovering local businesses.

34

2 years ago

A startup that wants to improve the sharing of knowledge from the world of science and technology. It wants to create a space where scientists and engineers can share their knowledge and discoveries in a way that’s more accessible to the public and the general public.

34

3 years ago

A platform that allows users to build communities, which they describe as platforms that act as a hub where users can share content and other people can discover and engage with it. Built on the same infrastructure as Airbnb, they can connect to other platforms like Zazzle, Vimeo and Etsy.

33

3 years ago

"We're building an operation manager that helps retailers build and manage their fulfillment centers. They can get a digital dashboard view of their fulfillment centers, different people doing different jobs, and they can monitor each individual worker. It covers the entire lifecycle of a single box moving through an assembly line."

33

2 years ago

This startup is building a platform based on artificial intelligence to map out the Internet’s hyperlinks, helping people find things they may not have known they were looking for. The startup’s map is already being used to help people discover hidden gems on the web, and to build apps that can automatically map out the web.

32

2 years ago

A startup that helps immigrants find affordable dental care when they’re not covered by their insurance.

32

2 years ago

Kunvi is a service that helps people discover and communicate with other similar people. The startup is a spinoff of YC’s Summer 2011 batch, and is headquartered in San Francisco is hiring full-time engineers.

31

3 years ago

Hire the Smart, an applicant tracking platform built for fast-growing, low-pay environments. It is one of the few startups in the pool that has been around for over a year. The company previously focused solely on the fast-food industry, but has since broadened its offerings to cover retail and other industries. The startup is also one of the few in the competition that does not currently have a product in production.

29

2 years ago

"PropertyShout lets you to discover, book and manage your properties in one place. It is a B2B platform that allows property owners to find tenants, manage their properties and get the offers for them."

28

5 years ago

Idea: A startup for helping businesses discover, connect and pay for relevant services they need (such as marketing, consulting, legal, etc)

26

2 years ago

A platform for health insurance that helps patients get the best coverage at the best price.

26

2 years ago

This community of indie makers hopes to change the way people discover new games with its dedicated curation.

26

2 years ago

A social network for people who are interested in helping people find their lost pets. The founders say that they’re looking to build a platform that will allow pet owners to find the best possible service to help them recover their lost pets.

26

2 years ago

A startup that helps health care providers manage their patients' data. The startup is building a platform where patients can get copies of their hospital bills, lab reports, etc., so they can get more clarity on what their insurance is covering.

26

2 years ago

A music search engine, with features like artist discovery and a song-by-song social network.

25

2 years ago

Teleport is building software to help enterprises automate discovery and compliance with the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation.

25

2 years ago

Uncovering the truth in a data-driven world, with an AI-powered “newsroom” that uses data and text to find the truth in news stories.

24

2 years ago

This startup wants to use AI to find and predict the next “groundbreaking” scientific discovery. The company wants to bring researchers from all over the world together to solve big problems, and has already attracted more than 1,000 researchers to its platform.

24

2 years ago

A social network that helps people discover the best wedding photographers for their wedding day

23

2 years ago

A startup that’s building a way to get people to chip in to cover the cost of the plane tickets they’re buying for others.

23

2 years ago

This startup wants to build the world’s best bike share network, with coverage in 20 cities in the US and Europe.

23

2 years ago

The startup wants to extend the reach of cell signal. Its app uses your phone’s GPS to triangulate where you are and then extends coverage to your phone’s wider area. It’s also developing a way to control your phone remotely.

22

2 years ago

A web-based service that allows users to generate a custom recovery USB flash drive

21

2 years ago

A “trusted advisor” for insurance companies who help determine what care costs should be and how much it should be covered.

21

2 years ago

This is an online magazine that covers news and trends in the tech industry. The startup is looking to create a more programmatic approach to the news industry, which they say has lacked thoughtful curation.

21

2 years ago

A content discovery platform that lets users find articles in a variety of formats, like text, audio, video, slideshows, and white papers.

20

2 years ago

An open source project to “give developers control over what data gets collected by your app”. The startup says it's a privacy solution, but it's also a way to cover your own ass when it comes to collecting user data.

19

2 years ago

A micro-insurance product that covers the gap between what health insurance covers and what the individual needs.

19

2 years ago

Greenhouse is a health insurance startup that offers high-deductible plans. The startup is approved to offer coverage in the US but is still waiting for the go-ahead from the Department of Health and Human Services. The startup has plans to be profitable in 2020 with plans for up to $250 million in revenue.

18

2 years ago

A tool that helps small businesses make their websites more searchable and discoverable. It’s a “human-powered” way of helping a business search for the right keywords to describe their products.

17

2 years ago

A social media platform that simultaneously connects users, allows them to discover new people, and gives them the ability to discover and share unique content.

16

2 years ago

A way to coordinate doctors and nurses to cover shifts for daycares, schools, etc.

16

2 years ago

A digital library specifically for artists and creatives, helping them discover and share new projects, upload/find images, and learn about careers.

16

2 years ago

A startup that collects emails from around the world, and makes them available to anyone with an email address. The startup says it can help people discover new friends, gain access to new skills, and connect with potential customers or partners.

16

2 years ago

A social media platform that provides users with a way to share and discover content on the go without having to leave the social network

14

2 years ago

An insurance startup that is working to get health insurance companies to cover doctors who treat acne.

14

2 years ago

A startup that implements AI to help people recover from injuries and illnesses, aiming to make the process faster and cheaper.

14

2 years ago

A health insurance platform for employers with no employees, to track health plans and give workers access to health coverage.

14

2 years ago

A drone-based tool for mapping on the ground, looking for areas where there is not enough GPS coverage.

14

2 years ago

A music platform that’s a Spotify for music that’s independent or undiscovered.

13

2 years ago

A crowdsourced cybersecurity tool for consumers, helping them scan cloud/internet-connected devices to uncover potentially unsafe apps.

12

2 years ago

A ground-breaking insurance marketplace that makes it easy for anyone to buy coverage. The company says they are the first to offer a P2P insurance marketplace that will make it easy for anyone to buy coverage.

11

2 years ago

A startup that makes it easier for people with disabilities and those who are recovering from addiction to build businesses.

11

2 years ago

Product that lets you discover, research, and compare the cost of flight prices in five seconds.

10

5 years ago

Idea: A mobile app that offers a way for users to discover and book experiences like hot air balloon rides and cooking classes

5

5 years ago

Idea: A company that makes high-tech socks that help athletes recover from foot injuries The startup has $10,000 in monthly sales, counting Y Combinator itself as one of its customers

-1

5 years ago

Idea: A subscription-based service that provides the tools to discover new favorite books

-1

5 years ago

Idea: A startup that makes it easy to make a video covering a news story, using an on-demand, cheap workforce in the Philippines.

-1

5 years ago

Idea: A startup for short-term rentals, with a twist: a $100k insurance policy that covers any damages to the apartment up to a $5 million limit.

-1

5 years ago

Idea: A company that wants to help businesses refine their hiring process by looking at past candidates. Specifically, they want to help companies discover talent in their town without having to go through the costly process of headhunting.

-1

5 years ago

Idea: A platform that helps people discover, share and find a mentor or a group of people with common interests, which helps people find jobs.

-1

4 days ago

A startup that uses AI to generate and manage hyper-localized pop-up events for neighborhoods, allowing residents to discover and book experiences within a 5-mile radius.

-27

2 days ago

A B2B tool for e-commerce brands that automates micro-influencer discovery and gifting campaigns on TikTok and Instagram Reels based on niche audience matching.

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