Essentially Startup Ideas

3 years ago

A startup that is building a consumer-facing app that’s essentially a data-driven diary. The startup wants to help people understand what they’re eating, how much they’re exercising, etc.

339

1 year ago

A platform for creating and sharing high quality screencasts for web apps, with a focus on creating screen casts for websites. Essentially, it wants to be the video editing equivalent of the “Slideshow” feature in Word or “Compose” in a browser. A $50,000 investment in June and a partnership with Apple followed soon after.

170

1 year ago

Free-to-play game that’s essentially a “Neverwinter Nights” clone, allowing players to create their own character and craft their own story. Their goal is to allow players to create entirely unique experiences. The game will launch on Steam later this year.

165

3 years ago

HousingBridge is building a new kind of mortgage broker, which essentially performs mortgage origination services for large banks. The company is headquartered in New York and has offices in Chicago and San Francisco.

151

8 months ago

This startup is building a smart jacket for dogs. It’s essentially a wearable dog leash that lets you bring your pet anywhere, such as to a cafe, park, or hotel.

147

1 year ago

A startup building a dashboard for small businesses, essentially a toolset that allows small businesses to manage their online presence in one place.

146

1 year 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.

135

1 year ago

A startup that lets you know if your health insurance policy will pay for a medication before you buy it, essentially providing a “pre-approval” for your doctor to prescribe it.

127

3 years ago

A startup that helps people create and sell custom clothing through a web browser without having to design the entire garment from scratch. Loom wants to help consumers sell their clothing as a service — it’s essentially an Uber for fashion.

121

2 years ago

The startup uses digital technology to help prevent fraud in the food supply chain, essentially helping to prevent food poisoning in a way that’s less intrusive than the E. coli outbreak that occurred in the fall.

121

2 years ago

A startup that makes it cheaper and faster for online businesses to choose the best suppliers. It’s essentially a marketplace for business to compare suppliers.

117

2 years ago

A personal computer for managing back pain. It’s essentially a smartphone that sits on a medical table and provides a diagnosis, treatment recommendations, and a system for collecting patient data.

116

3 years ago

A platform for backpackers to connect with people and earn money, essentially.

115

2 years ago

A company that helps employees get paid even if their company is out of money. A startup called Yieldbot essentially acts as a middle man between companies and their employees.

115

2 years ago

Ex-Google engineers are building a new living room device they call the “Echo” that’s essentially a giant voice-controlled speaker. The device is a stripped-down, Google-made version of the Google Home, and can be controlled by voice, music, and TV apps. It’s set to launch in November.

113

3 years ago

A company that’s looking to disrupt the insurance market by providing a platform for users to buy and sell insurance plans across the web, essentially creating the world’s largest market for insurance on the internet.

111

3 years ago

A company that makes a smartphone app that is essentially a robo-advisor. The startup will use data from the app to make recommendations for the user.

102

2 years ago

A startup that allows people to make local videos, and then sell them to advertisers, essentially turning them into a YouTube-style video creator.

94

2 years ago

This startup is building a platform for restaurants to manage their staff’s schedules and payments. Redshift is essentially a company payroll app that helps restaurants manage their scheduling and payroll in a scalable way.

93

2 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.

83

2 years ago

A tool that helps make sharing a central focus of a workplace environment. It’s essentially an internal messaging system for companies that use Slack.

77

2 years ago

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

76

2 years ago

A video platform that allows users to create and curate content in real time. It’s essentially a competitor for Meerkat and Periscope. The startup wants to be a place for people to interact with each other on-demand.

74

2 years ago

A digital platform to track the condition of your car’s parts. It’s essentially a modern version of a mechanic’s notebook.

73

1 year ago

A breadcrumb-based application that helps you find the nearest bakery, bakery cafe, or bakery cafe cafe. It’s essentially a Yelp for bread.

72

1 year ago

A startup that wants to help people find a doctor appointment or store. It’s essentially an online concierge service that connects consumers to local providers.

69

2 years ago

The startup is building a full-stack platform to help companies manage their own internal customer service, essentially taking the customer service team out of the sales cycle.

62

1 year ago

This startup is a “smarter way of sending money”, replacing paper checks with digital payments. The startup is essentially a digital alternative to pre-paid gift cards.

62

2 years ago

A company that helps other companies create and use “smart contracts”, essentially creating decentralized software that runs on the blockchain and helps solve business problems.

60

1 year ago

A “solution for consumers to manage their personal finances”, the startup wants to essentially let users manage their personal finances on their phone.

59

1 year ago

A company that’s developing technology to help people with disabilities who rely on electrical assistive devices to communicate with technology. Essentially, the startups is building a sensor that is easily connected to a computer, and when someone presses the button, the computer responds.

57

1 year ago

A tool for users to “design better apps”. The app essentially does the same thing as a prototyping tool, but for app design. It essentially lets you create a mock-up of your app in a design app, then export it to an actual app to use.

55

1 year ago

A machine that prints out your designs, like a 3-D printer, but for essentially any object, meaning you could print out a phone case, mug, or shirt. The machines, which look like a 3-D printer, are rolling out in the US and will be in the UK by the end of the year.

55

1 year ago

This startup is a distribution platform for home goods. They are currently working with partnerships with several brands, including Royal Caribbean and Quintessentially.

54

11 months ago

A startup that’s essentially Airbnb for VR. They allow users to host virtual tours of their homes and events in VR.

53

1 year ago

A startup that wants to help people use their own existing content as a source for their brands. It’s essentially a feed builder for social media, where a user can build a feed from their own feed. The startup’s founders say they’ve reached 10,000 users right after launching, and have doubled in size in the past month.

52

1 year ago

A platform designed to help independent musicians, record labels, and music supervisors build digital distribution platforms. It hosts collectives, which are essentially websites for independent bands, allowing artists to share their music, playlists, and receive royalties.

52

1 year ago

A “situational awareness” app for drone pilots. Essentially it’s a way to keep pilots of small UAVs in the loop with what’s happening around them, at the same time as they’re operating.

52

1 year ago

Introduces the concept of “smart contracts” to the world of eCommerce. Essentially, it’s a smart contract that’s built on the Ethereum blockchain.

43

11 months ago

A platform for selling and buying things from local factories that are in the same area, essentially providing a local version of Uber.

41

10 months ago

Essentially, a personal dating app with the goal of creating a more systematic, less chaotic way of matching people up. Potential users include people who have a special interest in a specific topic and want to find like-minded people.

39

10 months ago

A way to organize and track your work and learning as you progress through your career. It’s essentially a LinkedIn for people in the working world.

38

5 months ago

A startup that helps people find “gigs”, which are essentially tasks that can be completed in a short span of time. For instance, someone might want to get a temp job, or someone may want to pick up a shift at a coffee shop. Once you find a gig, you’re paid through PayPal and can complete your assignment with a single click.

36

4 months ago

This startup is building a device that helps people get their hands on medicine without going to a pharmacy. The device is essentially a kiosk that dispenses medicine, which it claims is more cost-effective and saves 90% on time spent at the pharmacy.

32

5 months ago

A team of designers and developers who have made an iPad app, which helps users visualize their goals, visualize the future or visualize scenarios, essentially.

27

3 months ago

A startup that helps companies monitor employee productivity using analytics. It also sells a mobile app that helps managers manage workflows, essentially a replacement for existing work management tools.

21

2 months ago

A company that provides tools for sales reps to manage sales, essentially building CRM software for salespeople.

18

5 days ago

Transparently allows people to set up a “digital planner”, which is essentially a digital assistant that follows a user’s schedule, and manages their tasks.

16

3 years ago

Idea: An automated platform for “in-app” marketing and advertising. Essentially, the startup lets brands advertise inside of other apps, and then track whether those ads successfully inspired users to install the sponsored app.

5

3 years ago

A startup for launching and managing a podcast, essentially a podcast-specific Wordpress or Squarespace.

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Essentially Startup Ideas

A startup that is building a consumer-facing app that’s essentially a data-driven diary. The startup wants to help people understand what they’re eating, how much they’re exercising, etc.

Free-to-play game that’s essentially a “Neverwinter Nights” clone, allowing players to create their own character and craft their own story. Their goal is to allow players to create entirely unique experiences. The game will launch on Steam later this year.

HousingBridge is building a new kind of mortgage broker, which essentially performs mortgage origination services for large banks. The company is headquartered in New York and has offices in Chicago and San Francisco.

This startup is building a smart jacket for dogs. It’s essentially a wearable dog leash that lets you bring your pet anywhere, such as to a cafe, park, or hotel.

A startup building a dashboard for small businesses, essentially a toolset that allows small businesses to manage their online presence in one place.

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.

A startup that lets you know if your health insurance policy will pay for a medication before you buy it, essentially providing a “pre-approval” for your doctor to prescribe it.

A startup that helps people create and sell custom clothing through a web browser without having to design the entire garment from scratch. Loom wants to help consumers sell their clothing as a service — it’s essentially an Uber for fashion.

The startup uses digital technology to help prevent fraud in the food supply chain, essentially helping to prevent food poisoning in a way that’s less intrusive than the E. coli outbreak that occurred in the fall.

A startup that makes it cheaper and faster for online businesses to choose the best suppliers. It’s essentially a marketplace for business to compare suppliers.

A personal computer for managing back pain. It’s essentially a smartphone that sits on a medical table and provides a diagnosis, treatment recommendations, and a system for collecting patient data.

A platform for backpackers to connect with people and earn money, essentially.

A company that helps employees get paid even if their company is out of money. A startup called Yieldbot essentially acts as a middle man between companies and their employees.

Ex-Google engineers are building a new living room device they call the “Echo” that’s essentially a giant voice-controlled speaker. The device is a stripped-down, Google-made version of the Google Home, and can be controlled by voice, music, and TV apps. It’s set to launch in November.

A company that’s looking to disrupt the insurance market by providing a platform for users to buy and sell insurance plans across the web, essentially creating the world’s largest market for insurance on the internet.

A company that makes a smartphone app that is essentially a robo-advisor. The startup will use data from the app to make recommendations for the user.

A startup that allows people to make local videos, and then sell them to advertisers, essentially turning them into a YouTube-style video creator.

This startup is building a platform for restaurants to manage their staff’s schedules and payments. Redshift is essentially a company payroll app that helps restaurants manage their scheduling and payroll in a scalable way.

“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.

A tool that helps make sharing a central focus of a workplace environment. It’s essentially an internal messaging system for companies that use Slack.

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

A video platform that allows users to create and curate content in real time. It’s essentially a competitor for Meerkat and Periscope. The startup wants to be a place for people to interact with each other on-demand.

A digital platform to track the condition of your car’s parts. It’s essentially a modern version of a mechanic’s notebook.

A breadcrumb-based application that helps you find the nearest bakery, bakery cafe, or bakery cafe cafe. It’s essentially a Yelp for bread.

A startup that wants to help people find a doctor appointment or store. It’s essentially an online concierge service that connects consumers to local providers.

The startup is building a full-stack platform to help companies manage their own internal customer service, essentially taking the customer service team out of the sales cycle.

This startup is a “smarter way of sending money”, replacing paper checks with digital payments. The startup is essentially a digital alternative to pre-paid gift cards.

A company that helps other companies create and use “smart contracts”, essentially creating decentralized software that runs on the blockchain and helps solve business problems.

A “solution for consumers to manage their personal finances”, the startup wants to essentially let users manage their personal finances on their phone.

A company that’s developing technology to help people with disabilities who rely on electrical assistive devices to communicate with technology. Essentially, the startups is building a sensor that is easily connected to a computer, and when someone presses the button, the computer responds.

A tool for users to “design better apps”. The app essentially does the same thing as a prototyping tool, but for app design. It essentially lets you create a mock-up of your app in a design app, then export it to an actual app to use.

A machine that prints out your designs, like a 3-D printer, but for essentially any object, meaning you could print out a phone case, mug, or shirt. The machines, which look like a 3-D printer, are rolling out in the US and will be in the UK by the end of the year.

This startup is a distribution platform for home goods. They are currently working with partnerships with several brands, including Royal Caribbean and Quintessentially.

A startup that’s essentially Airbnb for VR. They allow users to host virtual tours of their homes and events in VR.

A platform designed to help independent musicians, record labels, and music supervisors build digital distribution platforms. It hosts collectives, which are essentially websites for independent bands, allowing artists to share their music, playlists, and receive royalties.

A “situational awareness” app for drone pilots. Essentially it’s a way to keep pilots of small UAVs in the loop with what’s happening around them, at the same time as they’re operating.

Introduces the concept of “smart contracts” to the world of eCommerce. Essentially, it’s a smart contract that’s built on the Ethereum blockchain.

A platform for selling and buying things from local factories that are in the same area, essentially providing a local version of Uber.

Essentially, a personal dating app with the goal of creating a more systematic, less chaotic way of matching people up. Potential users include people who have a special interest in a specific topic and want to find like-minded people.

A way to organize and track your work and learning as you progress through your career. It’s essentially a LinkedIn for people in the working world.

This startup is building a device that helps people get their hands on medicine without going to a pharmacy. The device is essentially a kiosk that dispenses medicine, which it claims is more cost-effective and saves 90% on time spent at the pharmacy.

A team of designers and developers who have made an iPad app, which helps users visualize their goals, visualize the future or visualize scenarios, essentially.

A startup that helps companies monitor employee productivity using analytics. It also sells a mobile app that helps managers manage workflows, essentially a replacement for existing work management tools.

A company that provides tools for sales reps to manage sales, essentially building CRM software for salespeople.

Transparently allows people to set up a “digital planner”, which is essentially a digital assistant that follows a user’s schedule, and manages their tasks.

Idea: An automated platform for “in-app” marketing and advertising. Essentially, the startup lets brands advertise inside of other apps, and then track whether those ads successfully inspired users to install the sponsored app.

A startup for launching and managing a podcast, essentially a podcast-specific Wordpress or Squarespace.