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2 years ago

A platform for organizing and sharing events, with a mobile app and desktop version.

568
1 year ago

A collaborative workspace where people can work on their own projects and teams can rent desks for a day or week.

361
2 years ago

A desktop-based tool for making mockups of websites and apps.

324
2 years ago

A company that helps retailers in India make money on data they collect on customer behaviors. Currently, they’re using the company’s software to manage their cash desks in stores.

233
4 months ago

The app is designed to help community centers run classes in their building. It’s meant to be situated next to their front desk, and can be used to create a schedule and notify people in the building of what’s happening.

219
1 month ago

A video editing app meant to empower creators to create videos on top of existing assets. Yopie features a desktop editor, a web editor, and an iOS app.

207
2 years ago

A startup for finding and booking travel that uses a bank of 5,000 itineraries to provide personal customization. It’s in the phase of becoming a booking site, with a desktop app in development, and a plan to open it up to all users.

202
3 years ago

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

190
2 years ago

Open-source data visualization tool that connects together email, web, and desktop. It also integrates into Slack and other tools.

190
3 months ago

A platform for people who want to compare loan products. The product is a one-click platform that analyzes loan products, allowing users to compare loans with an interface that looks like a loan officer’s desk.

188
2 years ago

A lightweight, mobile app that allows you to work with the same notes across your phone and desktop, allowing you to sync them all to your Google Drive account.

185
2 years ago

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

182
3 years ago

ShareWorks is a cloud-based tool for sharing media such as photos, music, and video. The startup also offers a paid-for mobile app as well as a desktop companion for editing and sharing.

179
2 years ago

A helpdesk platform for developers and startups that can be accessed from any web browser. Users can call, chat, and file tickets.

174
2 years ago

A cloud-based office that provides over-the-desk access to a suite of productivity tools, including office apps like Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. It’s available as a SaaS service, or as an onsite installation.

169
2 years ago

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

166
3 years ago

A help desk for enterprise customers.

164
3 years ago

A full-stack app development company that focuses on building apps for mobile, desktop, and web.

164
3 years ago

Notify is a data entry platform used by companies like Facebook, Slack, and Etsy. The startup is building an email-based alternative, so companies don’t have to rely on their help desk.

155
2 years ago

A desktop app for managing files. If you’ve ever tried to find a file on your Mac, you’ll probably agree that it’s a pain.

155
3 years ago

A platform that allows developers to take their app and run it via IP. It's aimed at mobile apps, but its founders say it can run desktop programs too.

154
3 years ago

A startup that provides a service where they will come to your office and clean up all of the clutter that has built up (IE: cabinets, drawers, desks, etc)

151
2 years ago

 TinyDesk is an online service that lets remote workers have “a desk in their pocket”. This is a product that helps employers manage their remote workers’ desks, and allows employees to take their work with them. The startup is funded by Y Combinator and CRV.

149
3 years ago

A set of tools that gives small businesses an easy way to manage their customer relationships. Its API allows users to pull data from their Salesforce or Zendesk accounts.

145
3 years ago

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

145
1 year ago

WeWork, which lets you rent out desks and office space by the hour, is expanding its services to include space for meetings, presentations, and training.

141
1 year ago

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

138
3 years ago

A home services marketplace that helps users coordinate with contractors and service providers to make repairs and renovations. The startup also offers a concierge service that lets users put the app on a desk, and it works with home services companies to help them grow.

134
3 years ago

A startup looking to make the world’s best desktop security software, and taking advantage of the increasing need for it as the world becomes more connected.

134
2 years ago

A cross-platform desktop application that allows users to log into their apps without their credentials and automatically logs them into their bank accounts. The startup is building the company off of Yodlee’s data and wants to build it further into apps like Facebook, Spotify, and others.

134
3 years ago

A desktop application that allows people to quickly and easily pay their bills, from utility companies to credit card companies.

129
2 years ago

A startup for buying and selling used office equipment, including desks, chairs, and computers.

129
3 years ago

A web-based platform that prevents employees from falling asleep at their desks.

128
3 years ago

A tool for easily switching between Mac and Windows virtual desktops.

127
1 year ago

A startup that wants to help businesses more easily collaborate, share, and delegate work from all over the world. The company is building a desktop app and a mobile app for all different stakeholders to use for project management.

127
3 years ago

A desktop app for managing and monitoring a corporate smartphone fleet.

126
3 years ago

A new take on digital advertising that seeks to take over the desktop space. The founders say it’s the first product that can put advertising on every desktop screen. It’s also intended to be a “frictionless” experience for users, removing the need to navigate multiple ad networks or pay for ads.

122
3 years ago

This startup is building a system that helps companies recruit and retain high quality talent. With a $100,000 investment from Andreessen Horowitz, the company is working with companies like Hubspot, Zendesk, and The New York Times to do so.

122
3 years ago

A “HR SaaS” for companies looking to manage employee training by creating custom courses, delivering them to an employee’s desktop, or by hooking up with an instructor.

122
3 years ago

An OS that uses Windows-style metaphors and a desktop-style interface to make it work like OSX, but with Windows-style applications.

120
3 years ago

A company that wants to help developers monetize their apps by bringing an app store to the desktop. The company wants to serve as a way to test and monetize apps across devices and platforms.

119
3 years ago

Taking the speed and agility of the mobile web and developing a platform that can be used on any device, including desktops. The startup, which was started in 2013, is one of the few startups creating a truly mobile web application.

118
3 years ago

A company that aims to mitigate the need for business travel by allowing employees to schedule business trips for any day from their desk.

118
2 years ago

A startup that wants to bring Facebook Messenger-style voice calling to the desktop.

118
1 year ago

An AI-powered help desk that connects to 3rd-party apps and services and is meant to help companies understand how their customers are using their products.

116
3 years ago

A desktop-based email client for journalists, connecting to their Gmail accounts, and using the same tools as their editors.

115
3 years ago

A new product by the founders of a popular open-source project, allowing people to see all of their files on file servers and get them to sync with their desktop.

112
2 years ago

A desktop app for managing staff schedules and expenses.

112
3 years ago

Rethinking the way we build and manage software is the goal of BuildZoom. The startup allows users to compare home improvements from a variety of vendors and service providers from the comfort of one website. It's an online marketplace that allows consumers to shop for home improvement projects from the convenience of a desktop computer or mobile phone. BuildZoom makes it easy to find the right contractor, and provides a level of transparency that other home improvement websites do not.

111
3 years ago

A Zendesk competitor for lawyers, providing them with software that helps them manage their cases and document them.

110
3 months ago

A startup that helps you make your desk a more organized workspace, and is designed to aid you in work and personal productivity.

104
3 years ago

A tool for mobile, web, and desktop developers to build mobile and desktop apps that can be accessed locally or remotely.

103
2 years ago

A startup that helps people manage their mobile phone and internet plans from their Macs and desktops.

99
3 years ago

A post-production tool to help journalists and videographers manage their workflows. The startup hopes to launch a desktop app in the spring of 2019, and a web app in fall.

98
2 years ago

A software company that provides software for companies to calculate the cost of hiring new employees. The company says it’s already attracting customers like Twitter, LinkedIn, and Zendesk.

97
2 years ago

This startup is building a tool for employees to manage their time with a SaaS product, with a mobile app and desktop software.

94
2 years ago

A workplace chat solution that syncs your calendar and files from your desktop or mobile devices to your corporate network.

91
2 years ago

A cloud-based tool for sales teams to manage their campaigns and follow-up tasks. What’s unusual is that it’s cross-platform, available on desktop, mobile, and web.

91
1 year ago

A desktop application that provides a user-friendly interface for creating, editing, and sharing scripts for YouTube videos.

90
2 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.

88
2 years ago

A startup that’s working to bring mobile-first design to the web. The company’s founder says that on desktop, responsive websites are too complex and hard to work with. On mobile, the opposite is true: sites are too simple and often hard to use. Sway is working to change that with a product that uses all the same features on mobile as it does on desktop.

86
1 year ago

This startup is building an app that helps people design and manage their home automation system (cameras, lights, etc.) from their phone or desktop computer. It basically acts as a way to manage and control smart home devices from a smartphone.

86
2 years ago

This startup is building a tool that lets people create websites in the cloud, and then upload them for companies to access with specific functions by using a mobile app or desktop.

84
10 months ago

A startup that wants to turn people who don’t have a desk or office into full-time remote workers.

84
2 years ago

“A desktop-based tool for managing and reporting on commercial printing jobs”, this startup is developing a software tool for printing and printing services firms that are based on solid data science.

83
2 years ago

A startup that makes a tool for developers to manage development processes from their desktops

79
1 year ago

This startup is building a tool for sharing an avatar between multiple users, so that people can see their friends and family from their phone and desktop.

78
2 years ago

The Startup’s Desk is an online marketplace for companies looking to quickly hire independent contractors. To encourage quality, The Startup’s Desk offers a $1000 prize for the best freelance site.

77
8 months ago

A web/desktop app that allows users to take surveys from their iPads.

75
1 year ago

A company developing a device that cuts the cord on the ties that attach laptops to desks.

74
8 months ago

A startup that brings a majority of features offered by the office 365 productivity suite to the desktop, including tasks, calendar, contacts, and more.

74
1 year ago

A shared workspace for tech companies to rent out their desks and conference rooms for short-term projects.

73
2 years ago

A company that lets you find and book the right stylist for your next haircut, without having to leave your desk.

72
1 year ago

A virtual reality toolkit for creative and professional video editors on Mac and PC. Studio is a video editing tool for desktop and mobile. It’s aimed at prosumers and professionals alike, and is developed by a team that’s been working on it for the past 5 years.

71
2 years ago

This startup is building an app that sends a smart message to your employer when you leave your desk. It’s designed to remind companies of their hiring rules, but it could also be useful for workers to avoid calling out sick.

70
1 year ago

A help desk software platform, which helps businesses solve customer problems more quickly and efficiently.

70
2 years ago

A business management tool for logistics companies, geared towards help desk in particular. The startup wants to help logistics companies be more flexible with their hours and be better at managing the flow of information from customers.

68
2 years ago

Redis Labs is building a way to have a single point of access to a user’s data, whether it be from a web browser, mobile phone, or desktop computer.

68
1 year ago

A visual brainstorming tool that allows team members to quickly add content to a whiteboard without having to leave their desk.

68
10 months ago

Trello is more of an office productivity tool, with functionality for management of projects, sharing of files and tasks, etc. It supports a wide range of file formats and is accessible via web, mobile, or desktop. Trello also supports other services, such as Slack. Trello also offers a free plan to start, with a premium plan starting at $6/month.

68
10 months ago

Tapping into the underutilized expertise of the hotel industry, a startup is building software that helps hotels find and hire the right employees, from housekeeping to front desk to maintenance. The software aggregates online listings from local job sites, and then works with a candidate’s information to determine the best fit for the opening. The startup is also working with the hotel to get the word out about the opening to their customers.

67
10 months ago

A B2B platform for companies that need to track product inventory at the point of sale for customers. The founders say it’s the biggest product in their portfolio and that it’s “growing like crazy”. They’re currently wrapping up a $1.5M seed round, and working with companies like Shopify and Zendesk.

67
2 years ago

A help desk and service management tool for users of the internet of things. The startup is building its service management tool on top of Xively, the IoT standards and toolset that drives a variety of connected products.

66
2 years ago

Freshdesk is a SaaS business that helps sales teams manage sales leads, sales calls, and sales discussions.

66
1 year ago

A “hotel concierge” that enables guests to book the rooms they want without worrying about the hassle of dealing with the front desk. The startup’s flagship product is “Rooms”, a website that allows users to book rooms at hotels around the world.

65
1 year ago

A desktop app that lets you make a virtual tour of your home.

65
1 year ago

A platform that helps organizations plan, take, and share notes on a computer running Linux. Comes with a desktop app and mobile app so you can do all your note-taking on the go.

64
1 year ago

A desktop-based platform for visualizing data science models.

64
2 years ago

This is an email-based application that allows users to create personalized desktop and mobile app experiences.

63
4 months ago

A digital tool for employees to get their work done from anywhere. The platform serves as a “virtual desk” for teams to work from. Working with an enterprise pilot.

63
2 years ago

A startup that builds a desktop app for easy online ordering of items from any online retailer. They claim to be in talks with Amazon, Walmart, and Target to bring the app to all of their customers.

62
1 year ago

Zendesk’s API was used by 30% of the Fortune 100 in 2018.

62
2 years ago

This startup develops a product for IT managers to manage computers in a large office by allowing them to remotely control each desk.

61
2 years ago

A desktop application that allows you to easily create custom, clickable images for social media platforms, which you can share out to the web or your email or SMS.

61
1 year ago

A tool that helps you re-use code across your web, mobile, and desktop applications, by allowing you to link your code to an API. The startup’s co-founder says that after launching in April 2019, they’ve already signed up 600 customers.

61
11 months ago

A company that helps installers set up and troubleshoot smart home devices, with a team of moonlighting technicians in America and a support desk in India.

61
3 years ago

A startup that supplies a webcam that displays your desk for you so you can keep an eye on your work while you work on your computer

60
1 year ago

A startup that can send virtual reality and web-based experiences to a mobile VR headset like Samsung’s Gear VR, and a separate service for desktop VR.

59
1 year ago

A startup that is building a “utility-grade” PC with a “desktop-grade” price to bring desktop computers to emerging markets.

59
1 year 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.

59
1 year ago

A co-working space in Boston, with a focus on “collaborative co-working”. The entire building is for rent, with spaces ranging from a private desk to a 20-person office to a larger shared space.

58
1 year ago

A decentralized trading platform for digital currencies, built on blockchain technology. It aims to make the digital asset exchange process easy and secure. The company is currently developing a desktop app for the blockchain and is in talks with the US Securities and Exchange Commission about getting listed on a US exchange.

57
1 year ago

A digital appointment calendar within your phone, which they say is better than a paper or desktop calendar.

56
1 year ago

An intuitive, desktop-based app that allows a restaurant to manage their menu items and ingredients. The startup gets data from local grocery stores, which it then uses to create an automated interface where a person can have a single, intuitive experience to search for a new dish at a restaurant using their phone.

56
1 year ago

A “desktop karaoke” for crowdsourced music. The company promises to bring the “music” to the crowd, enabling users to sing along to a song from their computer, phone, or another online source.

56
1 year ago

M-Files is a cloud-based file storage service that’s integrated with Dropbox. It is a subscription service. It also has a desktop client.

56
1 year ago

A startup that helps people organize their online data in an easy, searchable manner. Available for both desktop and mobile.

55
1 year ago

This startup is looking to bring the same capabilities to designing and building desktop UI’s that we have seen in mobile apps. The company says it can design and deliver a UI in under a day and has already delivered over 200 UI’s for companies like Google and Facebook.

54
1 year ago

A tool for real estate agents to manage a client’s home from the front desk, using new technology to track who’s in each room, what needs to be done, and how much it will cost.

54
9 months ago

A software company that will allow businesses to better manage their employee benefits - retirement, health insurance, etc. It’s also looking to integrate with employee-management systems, such as those from Square and Zendesk.

54
9 months ago

A virtual assistant for HR, the startup is building a solution for help desk calls, it currently has 3 contracts after launching in April 2019.

54
10 months ago

A product that allows users to send data from their desktop to their phone.

52
8 months ago

First, the company creates a list of all the respondents to the survey, then it allows them to respond to the survey from a mobile device, web browser, or desktop computer.

52
8 months ago

A startup for desktop users that lets you use a button to share an email or link to Slack or Facebook or Twitter or whatever. It’s useful for copy-pasting text without cluttering your browser with the URL.

52
3 years ago

Idea: A startup helping businesses in emerging markets manage inventory and orders using a mobile app and a desktop dashboard. The founders say they’ve already signed more than 50 customers in the past month (and have been accepted to Y Combinator,) and that the business has been profitable since it launched at the end of May.

51
1 year ago

A live chat desk for customer service and sales, with the goal of being a tool for success rather than a way to avoid it.

51
1 year ago

A tool that helps users create and share custom data sets. The startup is building an API and desktop app that allows users to easily create, share, and collaborate on data sets.

49
9 months ago

The startup’s pitch is that their service can help your employees do things from their desks that they can’t do from their phones — like providing accurate, up to the minute updates on the status of a project.

49
5 months ago

Zendesk has a lot of power over the customer experience, but many people aren’t aware of that fact.

49
1 year ago

This startup is developing a new way to manage calls. The company wants to provide a way for call center representatives to manage their job while they’re on the phone with customers, and cut down the amount of time they spend away from the desk.

48
2 years ago

A new kind of elevator for startups, allowing them to have private offices with WiFi, ergonomic desks, and multiple private conference rooms.

45
9 months ago

The startup’s goal is to provide a new framework for data analysis, using machine learning and a new platform that can be used on mobile phones and desktop computers.

45
9 months ago

Zendesk is a customer service company that provides software for managing customer support.

45
1 year ago

A platform that uses machine learning to automate the process of setting up and managing virtual desktops. The startup is currently in private beta, and the founders hope to soon release an open source product.

43
10 months ago

A customer support and live chat software for retailers. The startup sees itself as a competitor to other marketplaces like Zendesk, LivePerson, and Zendesk Live Chat.

42
2 months ago

A software company building a platform for marketers that works across desktop and mobile devices.

42
8 months ago

WeWork is a coworking space with desks, meeting rooms, and WiFi.

41
1 year ago

A customer service employee, or “helper,” who’s also a part of the support team. The startup uses video chat to bring the experienced help desk agent to the customer’s side.

38
1 year ago

A startup that is building a desktop app and API for creating inbound marketing campaigns.

38
8 months ago

A system that allows remote workers to store, organize and share files, photos and documents across their desktop, laptops and tablets.

38
8 months ago

A startup building a new kind of collaborative software, called a “collaborative operating system”, that can be run on desktop and laptop computers, tablets and smart phones. The startup’s first product will be a $20 software download that can be used to build and deploy collaborative apps.

36
1 year ago

A mobile platform for recruiting and retaining talent. WeWork has thousands of desks and thousands of teams around the world. The company lets companies rent these desks, which they can customize and use however they want.

34
3 years ago

Idea: A solution for managing a company’s video streaming infrastructure. The first product is a video player that allows companies to put videos on their website and have them work on desktops and mobile devices.

33
3 years ago

Idea: A desktop software platform that helps companies design and build enterprise apps. The startup’s first customer is a large construction company, and it’s currently building a SaaS product that helps developers quickly build enterprise apps.

32
3 months ago

Builds small, temporary venues that serve as startup incubators or corporate offices. The spaces can be rented through a website, with a dedicated desk, a computer, and basic amenities.

31
3 years ago

Idea: A startup that provides a way to build a business on top of the software that powers the Zendesk platform.

30
5 months ago

A desktop app for sharing and gifting social media posts. The startup is looking to go after the niche but growing market of sharing on social media.

30
5 months ago

A platform that helps publishers manage their payments and sales across mobile and desktop. The company is focused on taking out the friction in cross-platform payments and growing “mobile commerce”.

29
2 months ago

A file synchronization system for desktop apps. The startup is building an open source alternative to Dropbox, and is funded by Andreessen Horowitz and Collaborative Fund.

27
2 months ago

A “tiled” web browser that can be tiled up like tiles on a game board — allowing you to tiled up your window and use it as a single desktop.

26
7 months ago

Co-working space for freelancers, located in New York City. The space is designed to encourage collaboration, with desks scattered around the common areas and a large kitchen. Red Kettle says it’s already hosted over 150 startups, and is currently looking to expand.

25
2 months ago

Helping small businesses and startups with offices and desks, arrange them in a way that helps the business be easily accessible from home.

24
3 years ago

Idea: A startup that wants to bring the same kind of advertising tools that have become standard for desktop to mobile, and allow marketers to bid and test ads in real time

23
2 months ago

A startup for “desk to desk” communication.

23
5 months ago

A company that puts an ads icon on your computer desktop to help you manage ad blocking.

22
5 months ago

SaaS for small to mid-sized enterprises. The startup is building a platform for companies to manage their data across different programs, like Salesforce, Zendesk, and MailChimp.

22
5 months ago

A software platform that helps mobile teams with their remote work. The tool helps team workflows and is designed to work on iOS, Android, or desktop.

21
4 months ago

A tool for taking mobile and desktop screens and turning them into a single image for sharing.

21
2 months ago

 A platform for building and testing standalone web apps.  It’s a “developer’s notebook” that allows you to easily work with side projects without the need for a desktop computer.

20
5 months ago

An online platform that helps companies sell their products over Instagram. The platform is competing with the likes of Shopify, oDesk and others, and is focused on taking on the social component of selling to consumers.

19
3 months ago

A $5 monthly subscription service for the iOS that works as a remote desktop for iOS devices.

17
27 days ago

A startup that provides “hippie-style” living to people looking for a more sustainable lifestyle. It provides a studio apartment with a studio bed, desk, and a kitchen that lets people live in a “micro-home” with their roommates.

16
2 months ago

Customer support, team management, chat, and CRM built into the same app, and built for mobile and desktop.

15
1 month ago

WannaCry ransomware was spread through a Windows vulnerability, and GuaveFix is a desktop application that detects malware and is designed to protect users from future attacks.

14
2 months ago

A way to keep track of how much time employees spend on their desks, and how much time they spend in meetings.

12
1 month ago

This startup is aiming to make using a smartphone as easy as using a desktop computer. The company wants to make it easier for people to get on the web, access apps and use their phones in a more hands-on way.

12
1 month ago

The company specializes in help people build apps that work across a broad range of devices. It’s a toolkit that allows you to code a website once, and have it work across a broad range of mobile and desktop browsers.

7
13 days ago

Hangar is a private space for coworkers to collaborate, learn, and share knowledge. It’s a secret room that people can log into from their desk at work and use as a meeting space for up to 30 minutes. The goal is to make it more comfortable and productive to work remotely.

6
3 years ago

Idea: A startup that helps businesses convert their customer service tickets to helpdesk tickets, which can be edited and

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3 years ago

Idea: A help desk automation tool that aims to help IT departments better understand and manage their infrastructure

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3 years ago

Idea: A software-as-a-service startup that intends to take on competitors like Zendesk, Salesforce, and Intercom with a product that helps businesses manage customer relationships.

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