East Startup Ideas

2 years ago

A hotel booking app for the Middle East, powered by a social network of travelers and a marketplace of local and international hotel partners.

174

2 years ago

A medical tourism company that helps patients in India and Southeast Asia find pain management clinics and other doctors.

160

2 years ago

The digital version of a pest control service. The startup’s team is small but they’re growing fast. They’ve raised $1.2 million and are looking to expand into the Northeast and Midwest.

150

2 years ago

A tool for managing warehouses and fulfillment, with a focus on the US East Coast.

141

2 years ago

A health startup that helps people take care of their teeth. The idea is that you can brush your teeth, or at least do a good job of it, and it will be easier to get a good night’s rest.

139

2 years ago

A startup that helps startups in the Middle East and North Africa build apps. The startup allows the companies to build their own mobile apps, but then handles the back-end development and provides tech support.

136

1 year ago

A startup where users can create and sell customizable AR apps. The startup is currently working with partners in the Middle East to help them get started.

133

2 years ago

A platform for the design and manufacture of solar cells. The startup wants to make solar cells more accessible for people in the developing world, with a focus on the Middle East.

132

2 years ago

A startup that wants to grow in the middle east and eventually offer a hub for those looking to find a doctor, dentist, or other healthcare professional in their area.

131

1 year ago

AirBnb is launching in India, but more importantly, the startup is looking to grow its presence in other parts of Asia and even the Middle East.

125

1 year ago

A CEO of a software company in the Middle East told me that while he liked the idea of Hinge, one of the things missing was a way to easily find matches outside of New York, Toronto and LA. Hinge wants to be the place to find matches where you aren’t a celebrity.

125

2 years ago

A platform that helps entrepreneurs in the Middle East launch their own companies in the U.S.

119

2 years ago

The winners of the first two Eastern European deals were announced in a blog post on July 1, 2018.

118

1 year ago

This is a digital assistant that helps you find insurance at the cheapest price and adjust it so that you pay the least amount of money possible. It’s a SaaS solution that can be used by any insurance company, and uses data science to help you find the best policy at the best price.

117

4 months ago

An online platform to help small businesses in India, the Middle East, and Africa get their products onto Amazon’s website.

109

2 years ago

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

108

2 years ago

1794: A British East India Company trading vessel, the "Phoenix"

108

2 years ago

A startup focused on getting more people onto their “right-sized” compact cars, with a focus on the East Coast. The startup is focused on targeting Millennials who are interested in driving small cars but don’t want to spend a lot of money.

107

1 year ago

A startup that helps hotels in Europe and the Middle East book rooms for corporate events with Fintech companies, using their own websites, without the need for a native reservation system.

106

3 months ago

A side project to help users find the best time to book travel, the startup uses machine learning to figure out when flights have the least demand so you can snag a seat at the busiest time.

103

2 years ago

A new way to help small companies make more money through marketplace lending, with a focus on the Middle East.

102

4 months ago

A tool that helps people re-list their homes faster. The startup has a software as a service model for homes in the Northeast and wants to use an automation tool to make homes look more appealing to potential buyers.

97

1 year ago

A digital platform that allows employees to write and publish content and get paid for it. The startup is looking to launch in a few countries in South East Asia.

92

1 year ago

A B2B SaaS company that helps employees communicate with one another and receive pay, benefits and bonuses. It’s built for larger companies with at least 1,000 employees and requires a proprietary API for payment and payroll integration.

90

1 year ago

A social network for women based in the Middle East

85

1 year ago

A platform for e-commerce in Southeast Asia. Helps merchants sell online in Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand, and Singapore. The startup has raised $1 million and has 12 employees.

83

1 year ago

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

78

1 year ago

A tool for hiring employees from the Middle East

77

1 year ago

This startup is building a tool that makes it easier for journalists to find sources in the Middle East.

74

2 years ago

The answer is not entirely clear. Startups that are working to solve a business problem have the least success of any type of startup.

72

1 year ago

Helping women and men, particularly in South Asia and the Middle East, to make informed, healthy choices during pregnancy and before, through their pregnancy and parenting plans.

72

1 year ago

A toolkit for remotely controlling the heating and cooling of buildings. The startup is focused on the East Coast, but has no specific geography in mind for its expansion.

67

8 months ago

A platform that helps small businesses in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region sell and distribute goods.

65

1 year ago

A tool that helps companies in the Southeast Asia and China take their money and invest it in the U.S. in a way that is tax-advantaged.

63

1 year ago

Telling people’s stories is great, but not every story is worth telling—at least, not all the time. This startup is trying to make it easy to tell your stories, but only when it’s a good idea.

62

1 year ago

A startup that wants to help the military track the movement of money in the Middle East.

62

3 months 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.

62

1 year ago

A way to create a directory of Middle Eastern food for travelers, along with ratings and reviews.

61

1 year ago

A platform to help brands host an “Easter egg hunt” for their customers.

61

1 year ago

A company that creates a platform for small businesses to interact with Amazon’s Alexa-enabled retail devices, at least in the US.

59

1 year ago

A SaaS platform that helps real estate agents manage their clients’ loan applications. The company claims to have at least 1,000 users after launching in March.

57

1 year ago

A medical device that can detect breast cancer, in a more affordable and less invasive way than current tools. It’s not FDA approved yet, but the founders say they have been talking to a number of medical companies that have expressed interest.

57

4 months ago

This startup offers an affordable, integrated supply chain management platform for manufacturers and distributors in the US, Canada and Southeast Asia.

57

1 year ago

A company that focuses on building business intelligence tools for electric utilities. The startup is working with utilities in the Northeast to provide tools to monitor and improve their operations.

56

1 year ago

In an effort to bring a local currency to impoverished areas of the Middle East, the startup is building a mobile app that allows users to earn money by paying their bills and buying mobile phone top-up credits on the go.

54

1 year ago

A domain registration and hosting service for startups and entrepreneurs in India and the Middle East. The company is in the midst of a $1 million seed round.

53

1 year ago

A meeting scheduler for small businesses. It’s designed to be easy to use for simple scheduling, and free for five people. The founders say that they’ve got customers in the Bay area, and plans to expand to the East Coast in the next year.

50

11 months ago

A startup that offers a curated selection of tech-related content and builds a library of learning materials for employees. The idea is to make it easy for learning professionals to build on their skills and also help them to stay abreast of the latest developments.

46

1 year ago

A digital currency for underbanked Singaporeans. The startup builds a platform that enables individuals to join the mainstream financial system. Right now, it’s restricted to Singaporeans, and the founders are working on getting it to the wider Southeast Asian and Indian markets.

45

1 year ago

This is a startup that is building a platform to help freelancers in emerging markets manage their business. The company is working in Southeast Asia, and wants to work with small businesses to help them create working capital for their business.

43

8 months ago

“A startup that implements fintech software in the emerging markets of Southeast Asia, India, and China.”

43

8 months ago

A video-producing app that automatically creates animated GIFs for social media. They’re looking for funding to expand into the Middle East, Latin America, and Europe.

42

1 year ago

This startup has apparently built a real-time, social network for your dog, or at least a way for you to communicate with your dog. The service is called Peek, and it’s a new way to get a pet’s attention and celebrate with them.

41

5 months ago

Indiegogo's projects are ranked by the number of backers they have, with each project required to have at least 1,000 backers before they are eligible for the “Most Funded” ranking. The number of backers is determined by the number of times the project has been funded.

40

7 months ago

The startup helps businesses get their facilities ready for an influx of new employees, including hiring and training. They’re based in San Francisco, but they’re expanding to the east coast.

36

5 months ago

A platform that makes it easy for businesses to get paid in their local currency. Currently focused on Southeast Asia.

36

5 months ago

A platform that matches young entrepreneurs with investors. Currently focused on Southeast Asia.

36

5 months ago

A personalized debt repayment program that helps employees pay off loans with money earned from their job. The solution is targeted at companies with at least $1,000,000 in annual revenue and $10,000,000 or more in annual sales.

36

5 months ago

This startup wants to make it easier to deliver food to hungry people. Their service is focused on India, but they plan to expand to the US, Europe and the Middle East.

34

1 month ago

A platform that helps foreign fast-growth companies in Southeast Asia find new funding.

34

5 months ago

An online-to-offline (O2O) startup that helps restaurants connect with customers and get feedback on their food. The startup says that since starting in late 2014, they’ve seen 25% of their restaurants increase their revenue by at least 20%.

32

2 months ago

A startup that helps improve employee retention by giving them credit for their time. The startup has a “pay-your-twenties” program for employees of companies that have at least 100 employees. After a year of continuous employment, a worker gets a $1,000 credit for their twenties.

31

1 month ago

A payment platform for small businesses in the Middle East, Africa, Turkey and the Caucasus. The startup is part of a larger movement of “Pay to Play” startups, and is geared towards small businesses.

29

2 years ago

Idea: A startup that aims to help companies in the Middle East and India use technology to hire engineers and maintain online reputations.

27

2 months ago

A shopping app meant to help you find the right products with the right price and store, or that’s at least a step towards a solution.

26

1 month ago

A digital market places for online retailers to sell items from China and Southeast Asia.

26

2 months ago

A tool for recording your thoughts, quizzes and other information, which can be shared with friends and family. The startup has been around since 2013 and is used by at least 2,500 schools in California.

24

6 months ago

A platform that helps companies locate and recruit remote workers in Southeast Asia.

23

5 days ago

A startup that plans to provide a startup package for entrepreneurs in Southeast Asia

12

1 day ago

In the US, 1 in 5 women is diagnosed with breast cancer. Many of them can’t afford the high cost of surgery, and don’t have access to screening tests. Screenings for breast cancer are mostly done with mammograms, which have a high rate of false positives.

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East Startup Ideas

A hotel booking app for the Middle East, powered by a social network of travelers and a marketplace of local and international hotel partners.

A medical tourism company that helps patients in India and Southeast Asia find pain management clinics and other doctors.

The digital version of a pest control service. The startup’s team is small but they’re growing fast. They’ve raised $1.2 million and are looking to expand into the Northeast and Midwest.

A tool for managing warehouses and fulfillment, with a focus on the US East Coast.

A health startup that helps people take care of their teeth. The idea is that you can brush your teeth, or at least do a good job of it, and it will be easier to get a good night’s rest.

A startup that helps startups in the Middle East and North Africa build apps. The startup allows the companies to build their own mobile apps, but then handles the back-end development and provides tech support.

A startup where users can create and sell customizable AR apps. The startup is currently working with partners in the Middle East to help them get started.

A platform for the design and manufacture of solar cells. The startup wants to make solar cells more accessible for people in the developing world, with a focus on the Middle East.

A startup that wants to grow in the middle east and eventually offer a hub for those looking to find a doctor, dentist, or other healthcare professional in their area.

AirBnb is launching in India, but more importantly, the startup is looking to grow its presence in other parts of Asia and even the Middle East.

A CEO of a software company in the Middle East told me that while he liked the idea of Hinge, one of the things missing was a way to easily find matches outside of New York, Toronto and LA. Hinge wants to be the place to find matches where you aren’t a celebrity.

A platform that helps entrepreneurs in the Middle East launch their own companies in the U.S.

The winners of the first two Eastern European deals were announced in a blog post on July 1, 2018.

This is a digital assistant that helps you find insurance at the cheapest price and adjust it so that you pay the least amount of money possible. It’s a SaaS solution that can be used by any insurance company, and uses data science to help you find the best policy at the best price.

An online platform to help small businesses in India, the Middle East, and Africa get their products onto Amazon’s website.

1794: A British East India Company trading vessel, the "Phoenix"

A startup focused on getting more people onto their “right-sized” compact cars, with a focus on the East Coast. The startup is focused on targeting Millennials who are interested in driving small cars but don’t want to spend a lot of money.

A startup that helps hotels in Europe and the Middle East book rooms for corporate events with Fintech companies, using their own websites, without the need for a native reservation system.

A side project to help users find the best time to book travel, the startup uses machine learning to figure out when flights have the least demand so you can snag a seat at the busiest time.

A new way to help small companies make more money through marketplace lending, with a focus on the Middle East.

A tool that helps people re-list their homes faster. The startup has a software as a service model for homes in the Northeast and wants to use an automation tool to make homes look more appealing to potential buyers.

A digital platform that allows employees to write and publish content and get paid for it. The startup is looking to launch in a few countries in South East Asia.

A B2B SaaS company that helps employees communicate with one another and receive pay, benefits and bonuses. It’s built for larger companies with at least 1,000 employees and requires a proprietary API for payment and payroll integration.

A social network for women based in the Middle East

A platform for e-commerce in Southeast Asia. Helps merchants sell online in Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand, and Singapore. The startup has raised $1 million and has 12 employees.

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

A tool for hiring employees from the Middle East

This startup is building a tool that makes it easier for journalists to find sources in the Middle East.

The answer is not entirely clear. Startups that are working to solve a business problem have the least success of any type of startup.

Helping women and men, particularly in South Asia and the Middle East, to make informed, healthy choices during pregnancy and before, through their pregnancy and parenting plans.

A toolkit for remotely controlling the heating and cooling of buildings. The startup is focused on the East Coast, but has no specific geography in mind for its expansion.

A platform that helps small businesses in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region sell and distribute goods.

A tool that helps companies in the Southeast Asia and China take their money and invest it in the U.S. in a way that is tax-advantaged.

Telling people’s stories is great, but not every story is worth telling—at least, not all the time. This startup is trying to make it easy to tell your stories, but only when it’s a good idea.

A startup that wants to help the military track the movement of money in the Middle East.

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.

A way to create a directory of Middle Eastern food for travelers, along with ratings and reviews.

A platform to help brands host an “Easter egg hunt” for their customers.

A company that creates a platform for small businesses to interact with Amazon’s Alexa-enabled retail devices, at least in the US.

A SaaS platform that helps real estate agents manage their clients’ loan applications. The company claims to have at least 1,000 users after launching in March.

A medical device that can detect breast cancer, in a more affordable and less invasive way than current tools. It’s not FDA approved yet, but the founders say they have been talking to a number of medical companies that have expressed interest.

This startup offers an affordable, integrated supply chain management platform for manufacturers and distributors in the US, Canada and Southeast Asia.

A company that focuses on building business intelligence tools for electric utilities. The startup is working with utilities in the Northeast to provide tools to monitor and improve their operations.

In an effort to bring a local currency to impoverished areas of the Middle East, the startup is building a mobile app that allows users to earn money by paying their bills and buying mobile phone top-up credits on the go.

A domain registration and hosting service for startups and entrepreneurs in India and the Middle East. The company is in the midst of a $1 million seed round.

A meeting scheduler for small businesses. It’s designed to be easy to use for simple scheduling, and free for five people. The founders say that they’ve got customers in the Bay area, and plans to expand to the East Coast in the next year.

A startup that offers a curated selection of tech-related content and builds a library of learning materials for employees. The idea is to make it easy for learning professionals to build on their skills and also help them to stay abreast of the latest developments.

A digital currency for underbanked Singaporeans. The startup builds a platform that enables individuals to join the mainstream financial system. Right now, it’s restricted to Singaporeans, and the founders are working on getting it to the wider Southeast Asian and Indian markets.

This is a startup that is building a platform to help freelancers in emerging markets manage their business. The company is working in Southeast Asia, and wants to work with small businesses to help them create working capital for their business.

“A startup that implements fintech software in the emerging markets of Southeast Asia, India, and China.”

A video-producing app that automatically creates animated GIFs for social media. They’re looking for funding to expand into the Middle East, Latin America, and Europe.

This startup has apparently built a real-time, social network for your dog, or at least a way for you to communicate with your dog. The service is called Peek, and it’s a new way to get a pet’s attention and celebrate with them.

Indiegogo's projects are ranked by the number of backers they have, with each project required to have at least 1,000 backers before they are eligible for the “Most Funded” ranking. The number of backers is determined by the number of times the project has been funded.

The startup helps businesses get their facilities ready for an influx of new employees, including hiring and training. They’re based in San Francisco, but they’re expanding to the east coast.

A platform that makes it easy for businesses to get paid in their local currency. Currently focused on Southeast Asia.

A platform that matches young entrepreneurs with investors. Currently focused on Southeast Asia.

A personalized debt repayment program that helps employees pay off loans with money earned from their job. The solution is targeted at companies with at least $1,000,000 in annual revenue and $10,000,000 or more in annual sales.

This startup wants to make it easier to deliver food to hungry people. Their service is focused on India, but they plan to expand to the US, Europe and the Middle East.

A platform that helps foreign fast-growth companies in Southeast Asia find new funding.

An online-to-offline (O2O) startup that helps restaurants connect with customers and get feedback on their food. The startup says that since starting in late 2014, they’ve seen 25% of their restaurants increase their revenue by at least 20%.

A startup that helps improve employee retention by giving them credit for their time. The startup has a “pay-your-twenties” program for employees of companies that have at least 100 employees. After a year of continuous employment, a worker gets a $1,000 credit for their twenties.

A payment platform for small businesses in the Middle East, Africa, Turkey and the Caucasus. The startup is part of a larger movement of “Pay to Play” startups, and is geared towards small businesses.

Idea: A startup that aims to help companies in the Middle East and India use technology to hire engineers and maintain online reputations.

A shopping app meant to help you find the right products with the right price and store, or that’s at least a step towards a solution.

A digital market places for online retailers to sell items from China and Southeast Asia.

A tool for recording your thoughts, quizzes and other information, which can be shared with friends and family. The startup has been around since 2013 and is used by at least 2,500 schools in California.

A platform that helps companies locate and recruit remote workers in Southeast Asia.

A startup that plans to provide a startup package for entrepreneurs in Southeast Asia

In the US, 1 in 5 women is diagnosed with breast cancer. Many of them can’t afford the high cost of surgery, and don’t have access to screening tests. Screenings for breast cancer are mostly done with mammograms, which have a high rate of false positives.