Experience Startup Ideas

5 months ago

A startup that helps developers create games, advertising, and other interactive experiences on web pages.

2,214

1 month ago

A B2B software company that connects customers and service providers to automate the entire experience of paying your bills online. It has an enterprise model, where companies can pay US$400 a month for recurring invoices.

696

3 years ago

A startup looking to help businesses hire experienced developers for $10/hr.

398

3 years ago

A startup that allows companies to create virtual reality/augmented reality experiences with their employees (no coding required)

344

1 year ago

A mobile app that helps people build a virtual reality experience while they walk around a city. Currently focusing on VR adoption in India.

328

2 years ago

A review platform for restaurants. Users can rate restaurants on their service, experience, and food quality.

277

2 years ago

A platform that allows users to share their thoughts, photos, and videos with each other. The idea is that this platform will help users share their experiences with each other in a more sharing-oriented way than Facebook.

265

2 years ago

A platform that allows users to create and manage their own “user experiences” on a number of websites. People can make their own websites and online content, and get paid to do so.

229

1 year ago

This company wants to create an app that will catch the attention of people who are passing by storefronts and then tell them about the experiences within.

226

2 years ago

A digital wallet that allows merchants to accept a variety of digital payments with the same phone-based experience.

221

2 years ago

A platform that enables online retailers to offer their customers the option to create their own exclusive in-store experiences.

212

2 years ago

A platform for the real estate industry to offer a better user experience for consumers.

206

2 years ago

A startup that gives musicians and artists the tools they need to generate and sell music, sound effects, music videos, and interactive experiences.

203

2 years ago

This startup wants to bring an email-like experience to video chat.

201

3 years ago

A platform for helping people design and build virtual reality experiences. The startup is focusing on the gaming side, but says they’re open to partnering with other verticals as well.

196

2 years ago

A startup that is looking to build a new type of gaming platform that will provide a more social experience for gamers.

194

2 years ago

A startup for students and recent graduates to find jobs. The company is targeting recent graduates in the US who lack jobs experience, but are in the midst of college.

190

2 years ago

A startup that offers an experience for individuals to create an article that could be shared on the internet. The startup hopes to use these articles to inform people about how they can protect themselves from the flu.

190

2 years ago

A health services app that connects patients with their primary care physicians, allowing for better care and a better experience for patients.

190

2 years ago

A game show-style app that lets you experience NFL football as a fan in real-time.

190

1 month ago

A startup that aims to recreate the convenience store experience for the mobile video game generation using smart machines and digital services.

187

2 years ago

A startup for companies to build, edit, and manage custom 3D content and virtual reality experiences.

186

2 years ago

A machine-learning software solution to optimize customer experience by identifying and removing unproductive clicks.

186

3 years ago

A startup that provides group therapy sessions for women who experience domestic abuse

180

2 years ago

A startup that wants to make banking more like social media. The startup is building a “challenging” banking experience that integrates notifications, product recommendations and social aspects. A new way to bank that would be more like checking your Facebook stream for information and then making a purchase.

178

3 years ago

Idea: A virtual reality startup for the e-commerce industry It wants to help online retailers build VR ads and other virtual experiences

175

3 years ago

Idea: A new luxury travel brand that sells experiences like a cooking class in Marrakesh, a private beach in Bali, or a safari trip in Africa. The company is targeting high net worth travelers with up to $3 million in investable assets.

175

2 years ago

A platform for building apps for the iPhone that doesn’t require any coding experience.

175

3 years ago

A company that provides software to enable “app-like” experiences for businesses in the medical sector

173

1 year ago

A new way to communicate with customers that helps stores create an experience similar to that of an in-person visit.

173

3 years ago

A customized AI-powered chatbot that helps you optimize your online dating experience.

172

2 years ago

A tool that lets retailers build out-of-home experiences.

171

3 years ago

A social app for sharing information and experiences from travel.

170

1 year ago

A feedback loop for e-commerce stores, allowing them to ask customers for feedback on their experience right after a purchase. Also offers a native app for the web store.

168

3 years ago

A new type of virtual reality experience, where people can interact with others in a “virtual school” or “virtual community” without leaving their own home.

167

2 years ago

This startup wants to bring a lot of the Nintendo-style collectible card game experience to startups, allowing them to create teams and battle each other in person or online.

167

1 year ago

A company that wants to use CRM data to build a better customer experience. So far it’s built a pilot program that serves as an internal CRM for a few hundred employees at a 100k company.

166

3 years ago

Lattice is a startup that uses a combination of data science, big data and machine learning to help retailers build better customer experiences.

165

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

1 year ago

A startup that’s building a community for people with experience in the health and fitness industry.

163

3 years ago

Idea: A scheduling app for hair salons, meant to streamline the process of booking appointments and also to provide a better customer experience by allowing customers to book their appointments directly through the app

159

3 years ago

A startup that’s building a web browser with a “no-keyboard” feature, simulating a “touchscreen” experience for people who can’t use their hands.

158

2 years ago

A startup that is trying to build a platform for real-time user testing. Users browse a website, click on a button, and record their experience. The startup has raised $1.5 million to date.

158

3 years ago

A startup that wants to help people find and hire home cleaners who are local, and who have the right experience. They want to help the market for home cleaning, which often lacks liquidity, by bringing order and transparency to the market.

154

3 years ago

A software company that helps companies with new hires, with a focus on those with no experience in tech.

154

3 years ago

Zuji is building a platform that lets users create and share virtual reality experiences with friends. It has raised $5 million in seed funding.

154

3 years ago

ShopStyle is a subscription-based visual merchandising platform that allows retailers to create branded shopping experiences. ShopStyle gives retailers a way to create different streaming layouts, video ads, and product displays that are tailored to each individual customer.

151

2 years ago

A company that helps companies hire and train in-person apprentices. The company works with a network of companies to match up novices and experienced businesses, creating a system of apprenticeships that lets companies save money and still have their hands on the newest tech.

151

3 years ago

This startup is building a way to create virtual reality experiences for brands, using a technology called “phantom display”.

150

1 month ago

A startup that lets users buy and sell tickets to concerts, sporting events, or theater performances. It works like StubHub and Ticketmaster, but the startup is trying to build a better experience for the consumer.

150

3 years ago

A platform that connects online shoppers and merchants with a mobile-first shopping experience.

149

3 years ago

The company is building a platform that will allow users to take a picture of the items in their home and have it translated into a virtual reality experience.

149

3 years ago

A company that creates a platform for companies to build and use customer experience management tools.

149

3 years ago

A platform that helps people share their emotional experiences on the web to help connect with others.

149

1 year ago

Social Hour is a platform for businesses to engage with their customers. Using their platform, businesses can create a social experience for their customers that includes live video, video Q&A, polls, and more.

149

3 years ago

Builds high-end VR content for the fashion industry. The startup, which was founded in May, wants to rapidly iterate on a VR experience before its peers.

147

3 years ago

A company aiming to expand the college degree market by making an alternative to the traditional college experience.

146

3 years ago

Money does not work like it used to. It’s more like a series of cashier store charges. This company wants to make the experience of using cash for transactions more like the way we use our phones.

145

3 years ago

A tool that helps companies change their online customer service experience, and makes it more welcoming and less expensive.

145

3 years ago

A startup that aims to build a platform for women in India to document and share their experiences with domestic violence in order to help them find resources and get help.

145

2 years ago

Slack is a chat system for teams that uses a chatbot-like interface. The startup’s bot is called “Dalai,” whose goal is to make the process of building a Slack team a smooth experience.

145

1 year ago

A digital platform and marketplace for buying and selling used cars, that aims to offer the same experience as buying a used car from a dealer.

145

1 year ago

A company that “creates impactful digital experiences for brands”. They want to do this by using AI and machine learning to build personalized experiences for users.

145

3 years ago

A startup that helps people learn Chinese through video content that is designed to be slower paced, allowing for a more natural experience.

144

3 years ago

A software-as-a-service platform for banks, designed to provide a consistent and comprehensive experience for users and businesses.

144

3 years ago

A digital currency for small businesses, meant to provide a better shopping experience to users.

144

3 years ago

This is a “mashup of digital marketing, customer service, and product management” app. It’s looking to replicate the experience of a digital agency, and is pitching it as a “digital assistant” to help consumer brands.

144

3 years ago

A “native” mobile app designed with the multiscreen experience in mind.

143

2 years ago

A startup that provides a suite of mobile-first eCommerce tools to help drive business growth. They’re building a platform to help brands create a single, seamless customer experience across all sales channels including online, mobile, social, in-store and in-app.

143

3 years ago

A payment startup with a focus on offering a simpler payment experience for consumers in emerging markets.

142

3 years ago

A startup to take the guesswork out of buying tickets to events. It helps consumers find the cheapest ticket and compares deals from around the web, thus making the experience of buying tickets simple and convenient.

142

1 year ago

While this is a new company, the founders’ past experience and work on other startups and products and their location in São Paulo, Brazil, makes it an interesting choice.

142

1 year ago

A technology that uses machine learning to create a “next-level user experience” for building and managing applications.

142

1 year ago

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

142

3 years ago

A startup that uses AI and machine learning to help companies predict their customers’ behavior, and to craft customer experiences better suited to those behaviors.

141

3 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.

141

3 years ago

An in-app survey tool that helps users of mobile games collect feedback on their game experience

141

3 years ago

An AI-powered chatbot that will guide buyers through the home buying process, with an interface that is designed to make the experience very similar to that of a real agent. The startup believes that this will lead to a significant increase in home sales.

141

1 year ago

This startup wants to make it easier for women to find spiritual practitioners who specialize in the feminine experience.

141

3 years ago

This is a company building a software company that provides software solutions for companies to build their own customer personas, give them feedback on their user experience, and then make recommendations for changing their website layouts.

140

3 years ago

Helping businesses to create better product documentation, and to do that in a way that saves time and money. The company is also working on the interface and experience for that documentation.

140

1 month ago

A way to help employers understand and make better decisions about employee experience.

140

3 years ago

The company is building a platform that brings restaurant recommendations to digital platforms, allowing users to receive a personalized dining experience that’s tailored to their preferences.

138

1 year ago

A startup that’s building a chatbot for use on Slack, to help teams communicate with one another. They’re currently focused on developing a “conversational” experience.

138

3 years ago

Focused on improving the user experience of people who travel internationally. The company brings together a private messaging platform for travelers with a photo-sharing feature. The company is in the testing phase and will be available in the U.S. and Europe.

137

3 years ago

A tool for people to create bespoke retail experiences for their customers. The startup is looking to bring a similar experience to brick and mortar stores as opposed to startups that have to build their own stores.

137

3 years ago

A SaaS solution that helps companies manage the customer experience for two-way video calls.

137

3 years ago

An online photo editing platform, also available on iOS and Android, which is meant to be used by people with no experience in photography to be able to add various effects to photos.

137

3 years ago

A startup that wants to help people build websites faster, especially people with little-to-no experience in web development. It wants to help people build websites with WordPress, using AI and machine learning to analyze code and then rebuild the site.

135

3 years ago

A platform that helps improve the user experience of customer support and sales. The company wants to help companies make better use of the technology they have.

135

3 years ago

A startup that turns the receipt from a restaurant into a QR code. The startup is looking to turn receipts into a way to promote restos and one-off experiences.

135

1 year ago

A startup that is building a platform to help brands create in-store experiences that are more engaging, personalized, and relevant.

135

3 years ago

This startup is building a way to help farmers market their products without the hassle of selling via a big, impersonal store. Instead, farmers can have a more intimate and less expensive selling experience when selling directly to the consumer.

134

2 years ago

VR-based technology that lets people experience things like medical and scientific procedures in virtual reality.

134

1 year ago

A startup that brings a digital experience to the world of yoga and fitness. The startup wants to build a community for “yoga enthusiasts”, which it says is a huge market.

134

3 years ago

An agency that helps organizations “build agile teams, identify and craft the right growth strategy, and build the right retention and customer experience programs.”

133

3 years ago

A platform that gives you the ability to broadcast live video from your phone. The startup wants to bring a “Facebook Live” like experience to mobile devices, but with better quality.

133

3 years ago

A tool for building virtual reality experiences. The company’s tools allow you to build any kind of VR experience, from a simple 360-degree panoramic video to a full-blown VR experience.

132

3 years ago

A coffee delivery service in San Francisco that is “delivering a new experience” to the coffee industry. The startup is a joint venture between a coffee roaster and a delivery service like Postmates.

131

3 years ago

"The Future of Space" is a VR experience that encourages people to become astronauts.

131

2 years ago

A new app that allows users to “virtually” connect with a well-known psychologist. The app was launched in April and is being used by students and their parents to help them better understand their experiences with mental illness.

130

2 years ago

A startup that helps companies like Adidas and Under Armour connect with their customers by building out personalized shopping experiences.

130

1 year ago

A NYC-based startup that’s creating a way to view and convert regular photos into beautiful art. The startup is also creating a gallery experience that doesn’t require the user to know anything about art in order to have a beautiful experience.

130

1 year ago

Spectra is a startup that provides a platform for building better experiences for “heads-up displays” which are basically the tiny screens that are mounted on modern vehicles to display speed, navigation, and other information. It’s available on Android and iOS.

129

3 years ago

A startup that provides a service for hiring “experienced” people to help you with your current business

128

3 years ago

An API for companies to manage their own payroll and benefits. The company wants to offer a better experience for companies, and says most payroll systems are “untimely, expensive, and less than customer-friendly.”

127

3 years ago

This startup wants to help retailers with the design and engineering of their retail spaces, looking to automate interior design and other parts of shopping experience through easy-to-use software.

127

3 years ago

This startup is building a browser for the startup world. Its goal is to create a simplified version of the startup experience with tools for research, fundraising, and community engagement.

127

3 years ago

This is a company that helps companies connect with their customers to better understand their needs and market to them. Clues is looking to provide companies with a new way to engage with customers that goes beyond traditional marketing. It’s a platform that allows companies to create a “Stitchable”, a custom product and experience that is all about a customer.

127

3 years ago

A SaaS platform that helps a company “improve its brand by engaging with its customers and creating a more compelling experience for the consumer.” It helps brands create content, establish a presence and grow their customer base.

127

2 years ago

"We are a group of experienced marketers and developers who believe in building companies that are powered by users and not investors. We want to move from a world of transactional businesses to ones that are built on relationships. Our mission is to build a platform that allows people to create and share their own content in the same way that they share links or photos on Facebook."

127

3 years ago

A platform that allows restaurants to automate their delivery processes and create a more consistent delivery experience.

125

3 years ago

A startup that brings the “higher education experience” to students by connecting them with tutors. Notable alumni include Sarah Lawrence College, Harvard, and the University of Michigan.

125

3 years ago

A startup that wants to help people plan their retirement. It’s planning to use its data science to offer “a retirement experience like no other”.

125

3 years ago

A company that wants to make self-driving cars into a commodity product. They want to offer the same experience to driverless cars that people use in cars today.

124

3 years ago

Another startup looking to challenge the status quo of the food delivery space. Olo wants to deliver a food service experience with a focus on healthy eating and delivery. It’s currently focused on New York City.

124

3 years ago

Use site analytics to improve your user experience and maximize your website’s potential.

124

2 years ago

A startup that takes on the issues facing small and medium sized companies in the industry with a cloud-based platform they say is “built for the employee experience”. The platform hopes to give employees more time and flexibility to be productive, with features like the ability to manage and access workers from any device, a “private” chat room, and an inbox for all communication.

124

2 years ago

A startup that helps recruiters find candidates with the right experience and background.

124

3 years ago

A startup that wants to help organizations build better customer service experiences. The startup builds artificial intelligence to help organizations capture customer insights with its software. It claims to be able to predict customer service issues by scanning a customer’s social media activity.

122

3 years ago

A company that powers the chat experience in messaging apps. It allows users to completely customize the appearance and behavior of their chats, especially with respect to things like changing background colors and fonts.

121

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.

121

2 years ago

A tool for creating virtual reality experiences that lets VR creators focus on the design rather than the implementation.

120

2 years ago

A new type of video chat that includes a “super-fast camera” and instant zoom. The company wants to build a video chat experience that can be both more intimate and more powerful than the current line of video chat apps.

120

2 years ago

Making your online shopping experience more personalized.

120

2 years ago

A startup that builds value-added solutions for the e-commerce industry, helping online retailers optimize customer experience and build better sales.

120

3 years ago

A software platform for retail companies to “find and engage customers in the moment”, with an emphasis on in-store experiences.

118

3 years ago

This startup is building a platform for doctors to take care of their patients in the digital world. The company wants to create a better patient experience, and help patients get the right information faster.

118

3 years ago

This company is building a chat-based social network for enthusiasts that aims to allow users to share their experiences and advice with each other, like Reddit or Quora. It’s a spin on the social media platform idea: instead of frequent posts from celebrities, the goal is to get your friends to post about their experiences and thoughts.

118

2 years ago

A free app that lets users create “Mystery Boxes” for their friends. The app helps you send your friends a message that includes a link to a product or experience you’ve never tried before. The recipient then has the option to try it out for free without having to buy it.

118

2 years ago

The startup's goal is to help build an open platform for publishing and sharing data between developers and scientists. They want to build a new experience for scientists to learn about the data they have, so they can get it into the hands of a broader developer community.

118

3 years ago

A startup that creates a new kind of smart home audio experience Their idea is to create a “high quality, yet affordable, audio experience”

115

2 years ago

The startup is building a way for companies to get a “dashboard” of their customers’ current experiences with their products.

115

2 years ago

A startup that aims to integrate payments into customized retail experiences. The startup helps retailers connect with shoppers, and it’s already in a few pilot programs.

115

2 years ago

This startup is building a platform that helps brands to create a distinctive voice in the digital landscape, bringing a familiar brand experience to a digital platform. It’s basically a quiz app that allows brands to build their own personality profiles to bring to the web.

115

3 years ago

A new startup from Google Ventures, this is their answer to the question, “How can we build a more customer-centric experience for the customer”. They want to be the company that builds out the digital interface for the customer, and bring it to billions of customers.

114

2 years ago

An online platform for retailers to manage the customer experience through technology.

114

2 years ago

This startup helps companies create virtual reality experiences, like the “sleeping town” that you can explore in this video.

113

2 years ago

A startup that provides a platform for developers to create a virtual reality experience for customers. The startup is building out a marketplace for developers to sell their work.

113

2 years ago

A startup that helps people experience the city of their choice in VR. The startup has already helped a few dozen people experience the Amazon rainforest, and has plans to expand to other cities.

112

1 year ago

In the next several years, traditional brick and mortar stores might start to be replaced by online shops, like Zara and H&M. But instead of going to an actual store and waiting in line, online shoppers can order and pick up products from home in mere minutes. Joy is building a way for online stores to connect with customers and handle inventory for them, giving shoppers with no employees the experience of shopping in person.

112

1 year ago

This startup is building a SaaS platform that helps restaurant chains create a more customized dining experience.

112

2 years ago

A mobile app that focuses on the experience of the user, instead of the device.

111

2 years ago

A tool for creating collaborative music. The startup wants to provide a new kind of music making experience.

110

2 years ago

A startup that “provides an AI-powered, ad-free content-based search experience for social media that allows users to see engagement, content, and activity across multiple social media channels and news outlets.”

110

2 years ago

A startup that’s helping dental offices reduce costs and improve patient experience by adding a 3D tool that lets dentists see what they’re doing in real-time.

110

2 years ago

A platform for sharing tools and services between people who need them. So far, they’ve been able to build a basic stack for a Kickstarter-like experience, and work on a basic version of the

109

1 year ago

An employee assessment tool that helps people find a new job based on their skills and experience.

109

2 years ago

A marketing software platform for pharmaceutical companies, meant to improve the customer experience and cut costs.

108

2 years ago

A set of tools for creating virtual reality experiences.

107

2 years ago

Works with companies to provide non-technical training, like how to write a resume, how to respond to an interview question, or how to talk about your experience.

107

2 years ago

A startup that allows retailers to use existing technology to create a shop-within-a-shop experience.

107

2 years ago

A “community for digital nomads”, focused on sharing experiences and connecting with other digital nomads.

107

2 years ago

A “time travel” app that brings together a bunch of people to make a movie. They can then share their experience, edit it, and share it online.

107

2 years ago

A toolbox and SDK that helps web and mobile developers build mobile games, apps, and e-learning experiences. The company has about 1,300 customers building over 200 apps and games, with over 30 acquisitions in the past two years.

106

2 years ago

Image-based gaming that’s “a big, open world role playing game experience” that lets you explore and interact with other players.

106

1 year ago

A company that wants to make selling merchandise on eBay or Amazon more like selling on Amazon: a selling experience that feels more like a website or app, with good support and a shopping cart.

106

1 year ago

A startup that is building a platform to help book travel in a new way — instead of searching for flights and hotels, you’ll search for experiences. The startup is partnering with hotels, attractions, and others to build a better experience for travelers looking to do something unique.

106

2 years ago

A platform for sharing and sharing experiences, taking the “sharing economy” to a new level. Share.ly is a platform for sharing experiences. Share.ly is a platform for sharing experiences. Share.ly is a platform for sharing experiences. Share.ly is a platform for sharing experiences. Share.ly is a platform for sharing experiences.

105

11 months ago

A company creating a “personalized outdoor experience” that has been test marketed in Los Angeles, Chicago, and Seattle.

105

8 months ago

An online platform that helps users build and manage a team of freelancers, with the company itself acting only as a middle-man. It’s a more sustainable alternative to traditional freelancing platforms like Upwork, and the company wants to use its own experience to help other companies build their own.

105

8 months ago

A tour guide app that aims to reduce lag time and provide a more accurate travel experience by crowdsourcing a network of people already on the ground to answer questions and provide tips en route.

105

2 years ago

A company that tries to get people over the old corporate fence by transforming talent management into a more human experience.

104

2 years ago

A startup that makes it easy for people to share their experience of buying a home. The startup (now with $750,000 in funding) wants to leverage its existing platform to be a broker for homebuyers, selling the service to other realtors.

104

2 years ago

A platform that brings the power of social media to event promotion. The startup helps event organizers manage their social accounts, invite people to the event, and encourage them to talk about their experience on social platforms.

104

2 years ago

A startup that improves the user experience on Twitter by adding a “feed” feature.

103

2 years ago

The company is building a platform so that retailers can create personalized in-store experiences based on what people are buying online.

102

2 years ago

A vertical website that allows people to write about their experiences with different products and services. It was built by the founders of HackerYou, a startup that helped people connect with each other and build software in the same way Facebook and other social networks did.

102

1 year ago

Team managing the creation of a digital version of a physical game. Started as a team working on video games, it now has a mobile game in production, with the goal of using the startup’s technology to expand into a broader gaming experience.

102

2 years ago

A “smart hotel” that seeks to provide guests with a personalized experience and optimize their stay. The startup is currently in stealth mode.

101

2 years ago

A company that’s building a next-generation email list for software startups, based on the idea that most startups have similar problems in the user experience of their product.

101

3 years ago

A company that wants to make the online shopping experience better for people with disabilities. The company is a spinoff of a company that provides the same services for pets.

100

2 years ago

This company wants to replace the often-painful experience of filling out a tax return with a more automated process. The startup is working on a software program that will work with H&R Block’s online software to take the pain out of filing a tax return and streamline the process. The company says it has $1.5 million in monthly revenue.

100

2 years ago

A digital marketer that helps improve the customer experience of hospitality companies.

100

2 years ago

A concept business that offers a service that allows people to share experiences via photos and videos.

100

2 years ago

A platform that aims to make it easier to design and manage digital product and content experiences. An open-source platform that allows anyone to design a product and provide the necessary feedback to friends and followers. The startup is seeking to build on the work of other Open Platforms like Brave, or Pivotal, or Path.

99

2 years ago

The global e-commerce and shipping company is building a new, mobile-first checkout experience.

99

1 month ago

A company that wants to use the best of computer science to make the process of writing code more efficient. A company that wants to create a better editing experience for people writing code.

99

2 years ago

A platform that links manufacturers and the people who buy their products (consumers and businesses). The service helps retailers find the best suppliers and creates a better purchasing experience.

98

2 years ago

A platform that helps companies build their own “anchor stores” — the “experiences” that people want to do in a particular city. For example, a company like Amazon might want to open up a store in San Francisco, but they’re not the first company to do so. The startup builds out a list of all the other stores in the area, and allows companies to apply to open up a new one.

98

11 months ago

A startup that creates custom-branded virtual reality experiences for brands.

98

2 years ago

This startup is creating a new shopping experience for millennials, combining insights, recommendations, and messaging, with a focus on location-based shopping.

97

2 years ago

A SaaS that helps merchants personalize their customer experience in the checkout process. The startup wants to design a checkout experience that's “like using a personal stylist”.

97

1 year ago

A platform for hiring experienced contractors to do IT and engineering jobs in the US, with a focus on higher education

97

2 years ago

A company that wants to help consumers build and grow their own personal brands by selling them on merchandise and experiences, similar to what Amazon does with Amazon Prime.

96

8 months ago

A personal finance platform that provides a better user experience for millennials, who are more likely to use mobile devices to check bank balances.

96

8 months ago

A gamified way to manage time and resources. The startup, which launched in June, wants to help sales reps be more efficient by breaking down the time it takes them to close a deal and using that data to create a game-like experience where they can track their progress.

96

1 month ago

A startup building an open source platform to help people plan their trips with an experience similar to that of the popular TripIt app.

96

2 years ago

A subscription-based loyalty card company that helps people earn reward points and redeem them for real goods and experiences (like $20 off your next coffee)

95

2 years ago

An online marketplace that allows people to sell their experience by uploading a video of themselves explaining what they do and what they accomplished.

94

2 years ago

A startup that aims to bring a “cabin-type” experience to vacation rentals.

94

8 months ago

A startup that wants to build a better experience for people who want to watch movies on their phone, without paying through the nose in monthly subscriptions.

94

2 years ago

A new kind of e-banking system for Latin America, which is designed to improve the experience of active bank customers. The company plans to launch in Brazil in the next few months and expand thereafter.

93

2 years ago

A project to help health care professionals gain experience with industry standard health IT tools.

93

2 years ago

A digital platform for training and mentorship, founded by user-experience designers. A platform to foster a community of designers, technical writers, and marketers who share their expertise.

93

11 months ago

The New England Aquarium has just added a new exhibit called the “Eco-Dome”, which is a way to turn the existing aquarium into a living representation of the ocean. The exhibit will be a hands-on experience that allows visitors to see the conditions of plastic, microbeads, and other ocean waste in the wild.

93

2 years ago

A company that makes virtual reality experiences for medical training and education, and has already trained over 50,000 people on its platform.

92

1 year ago

The startup is building a “social network of experience” that is meant to be the next-generation of Facebook and Instagram.

92

2 years ago

A company that wants to turn grocery shopping into a personalized, on-demand experience

91

7 months ago

A “premium luxury travel experience” for families, with a focus on family travel.

91

2 years ago

A startup that partners with local retailers to curate a handful of in-store activities for users to enjoy. These “experiences” are curated by the user’s location and can be anything from a free cup of coffee to a free library book.

90

2 years ago

A startup that makes online shopping easier for people with less tech experience

90

2 years ago

This startup is building a social network for doctors and patients to share experiences and track how a patient is doing on a particular ailment.

89

2 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.

89

1 year ago

A startup that allows consumers to share their dining experiences

89

8 months ago

In the United States, the U.S. Department of Labor has created the Job Corps, a program that provides free job training to people who have little or no experience in a certain field. The program offers a wide variety of job training opportunities,

89

1 month ago

A startup that wants to bring together the different parts of the employee experience — from recruiting to onboarding — into one app.

89

1 month ago

Businesses get a more personalized experience with a service that lets them log in to multiple different websites and apps in one place. It works on your Chrome browser, and allows you to access all your services with one icon.

88

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.

87

2 years ago

A company that’s building a new type of social media experience

87

2 years ago

This startup is trying to make content creation a more accessible experience for anyone.

87

2 years ago

A way to create social experiences around events.

86

2 years ago

An augmented reality platform that allows users to create and share 3D scenes and experiences, including through the iPhone’s camera.

86

1 year ago

A company that aims to bring a more holistic experience to recruiting through its candidate experience software.

86

2 years ago

A company that helps users make the most of their commercial parking spaces with a customizable experience that includes payment and, uniquely, a concierge-like experience for their visitors.

85

7 months ago

This startup provides a platform that makes it easier for people to share experiences and collaborate on projects online.

85

2 years ago

A startup that aims to make it easier for independent contractors to build and manage their own online profiles, bringing a more personal, social and trusted experience to a traditionally impersonal service.

84

2 years ago

A tool that makes it easy for businesses to manage customer on-boarding and user experience. The product has been used by more than 300 companies, including Mozilla, Airbnb, and Groupon.

84

2 years ago

A startup that lets people experience virtual reality through the power of their mobile phone.

84

1 year ago

A consumer-facing SaaS platform for the Indian market. The startup is focused on maximizing the efficiency of the home shopping experience, and is currently focused on a small segment of the online market.

84

2 years ago

A “complete” e-commerce solution for a one-stop-shopping experience for customers. The startup is currently adding free shipping to customers, and plans to add paid shipping options.

83

2 years ago

A startup that’s built a tool for companies to learn about their customers in order to optimize their experience. It’s currently being used by a particular customer, and the company says it has data from around 50 other clients.

82

2 years ago

A platform for sharing knowledge and experience in a small company.

82

2 years ago

A financial and investment platform that facilitates and provides insurance and retirement plans. The company says it wants to take the fees and costs out of these products. The company says it wants to take the fees and costs out of these products. The company wants to simplify the insurance and retirement plans experience for customers and consumers, and for companies to manage their employees’ plans.

82

1 year ago

A publishing platform for the world’s top brands that allows them to create branded iOS app experiences. Branded apps are those which have full access to the app’s functionality, enabling brands to create exclusive experiences for their customers.

82

1 month ago

This startup is creating a platform for “one-click” AR/VR experiences. They have a $2 million seed round.

82

2 years ago

Solve a consumer problem by using the power of the internet to make the shopping experience faster and cheaper.

81

2 years ago

The startup aims to “reduce fraud and improve user experience” by using AI to make fraud detection faster and more accurate.

81

8 months ago

This is a startup that’s building a new kind of app store called the App Market. It’s looking to go beyond the app store model and allow apps to be built on the platform, allowing people to customize their experience on the app store.

81

2 years ago

A tool for various health-related startups. The startup helps startups on the cusp of launching gather advice from experts in the field. It charges a small fee starting at $99, but founder Alex Goodyear says it’s worth it for the experience.

80

1 year ago

A startup that takes a photo of a specific scene and then records the sounds and plays them back to the user to recreate the experience.

80

8 months ago

The company’s first product is a web-based platform for buying and selling long-tail items. The startup is experimenting with buying and selling niche products, like a bean-bag chair for the “ultimate relaxation experience”.

80

8 months ago

This platform helps hoteliers better manage their event bookings, and has a mobile app that allows guests to rate their experiences.

79

2 years ago

A software-as-a-service platform that helps B2B companies build mobile apps, customizing the experience for different market segments. It offers a variety of features from telemetry to payment processing to social media support.

78

2 years ago

This startup is building a system for multiple types of sellers to meet up to sell their product. The startup is building a marketplace for many types of products including food, services, and experiences.

78

2 years ago

A digital storefront for physical objects, similar to Etsy but focused on travel and experiences.

78

1 year ago

A “destination marketplace” that helps consumers find and book experiences, like spa treatments and wine tours.

78

9 months ago

The startup's goal is to make health tech more accessible by simplifying the experience for users. Instead of needing to learn about a piece of hardware, you can just enter your symptoms in the app and find the best patient-specific treatment for you.

78

6 months ago

A platform that helps connect workers and jobs with the right skills, background, and experience to help them find the right job, at the right company. Companies are able to use this service to find talent and reach out to their best candidates.

78

3 years ago

Idea: This is a social media app that helps users monetize their personal stories and connect with brands interested in learning more about their experiences

77

2 years ago

A personalized VR/AR experience that lets you physically interact with objects to create a unique experience.

77

2 years ago

A tool to help developers manage their apps’ security settings, a problem that experienced IT professionals have been dealing with for years.

77

1 year ago

A company that is working with the Etsy API to help Etsy merchants build more complete mobile experiences for their fans

77

1 year ago

A startup that wants to help companies make more money from their customers by giving them a way to evaluate and give feedback on their online purchasing experiences.

77

8 months ago

A company that helps companies develop the “next generation of customer experiences”, through an analytics suite that “gives you actionable key insights to help you drive and grow your business”.

77

7 months ago

A startup that combines predictive analytics and machine learning with facial recognition to help retailers improve customer experience

77

2 years ago

Builds a platform that allows companies to create and sell customized virtual reality experiences to consumers.

76

2 years ago

A company that’s building a new type of social media experience. People can send videos to their friends and have friends vote on which ones they like or dislike, for AI to curate more interesting content.

76

2 years ago

A new company called Aranner is building a technology platform that helps digital marketers provide better customer-experience-based marketing solutions to clients.

76

2 years ago

A social app (currently only in the UK) that helps people share their experience of using a service at a “near restaurant”. The startup aims to help people find restaurants they like, without needing to physically go there.

76

2 years ago

A platform that personalizes the way users experience their inboxes. It’s a way for email users to organize their inbox and make it easier for them to find what they need.

75

1 year ago

A startup that connects startups with funding from experienced angel and venture capital investors.

75

8 months ago

A startup that makes it easy for developers to test HTML and CSS in real time, without having to re-install and re-configure their web dev tools. The service is entirely browser based, and is the product of two former Google employees who were frustrated by their experience with the standard HTML5 build process.

75

2 years ago

A tool that lets you buy “shop” at potteries and other retailers. The startup is working with individual retailers to integrate the app into their e-commerce experience.

74

1 year ago

This start-up is building an “embedded AI” for marketing and sales to improve the user experience for companies.

74

1 year ago

A startup that allows users to manage the experience of the downloads on their phones, such as managing storage space.

74

2 years ago

A company building a platform that allows consumers to buy accessories for their smart home devices from a single marketplace, thereby simplifying the buying experience.

73

2 years ago

A startup that helps installers of solar panels and other renewable energy systems find each other, so they can compare their experience and make more money.

73

1 year ago

A startup that allows companies to deliver a customer service experience that is both efficient and personable. The startup is a spinoff of a company called Customer.io, where the founders had to implement a customer service software for a customer support company.

73

1 year ago

A tool that lets users share their photos and stories from a digital experience on a social network. It’s a way to create a digital scrapbook from a trip or event. It’s been used by celebrities like Pamela Anderson and Jack Black, with a team of four people.

73

1 year ago

An AI-based web-to-mobile-app (W2M) platform that lets retailers connect with their customer’s smartphones to enhance in-store experiences.

73

1 year ago

A startup building an omnichannel shopping app that gives customers a unique shopping experience across multiple devices

73

1 year ago

A startup that builds platforms for companies that want to make their own virtual reality experiences.

73

7 months ago

“[A]s one of the largest and most comprehensive digital marketing agencies in India, we’re all about solving problems for businesses and brands,” the company wrote on their website. “We approach each engagement in an equally hands-on and consultative manner, bringing in a unique blend of experience and expertise. We’re building on a solid foundation built by our founding team and have a great culture, which is what sets us apart from our peers in the industry.”

73

1 year ago

As of November 2017, Tastebuds was a top-2 startup in the food & beverage category on AngelList. Tastebuds is building a way to share tasting notes, recommendations, and experiences in a social network for restaurants.

72

8 months ago

A patent-pending open source script to “attract, engage, and retain” employees, aimed at businesses large and small. The script asks applicants to design a custom experience, from an attractive user interface to how to react to job opportunities.

72

8 months ago

A software platform that helps SMB’s and teams in their B2B sales process by offering a seamless user experience, a centralized view of sales pipeline and appointment management. Everything is available in the cloud and is at the speed of a real-time CRM.

72

8 months ago

A startup that wants to build the next generation of SMS and chat apps, with a focus on security and user experience.

72

7 months ago

A platform for women called “the hub” that allows women to share their stories and connect with others with similar experiences.

72

2 years ago

A company that uses artificial intelligence to help health care professionals enhance their experience with their patients. The startup wants to help doctors be more efficient by automating some of the more tedious tasks.

71

1 year ago

A travel site that focuses on the more obscure destinations and experiences that travelers aren’t familiar with.

71

1 year ago

A startup that connects businesses to consumers to help them engage with each other. It helps brands engage with potential shoppers by helping them create a customized experience based on profile or interest.

71

1 year ago

Rental car services that focus on luxury cars and a boutique experience.

71

2 years ago

Teams on a team. A Slack app built for small teams that wants to provide a more “human” experience than Slack.

70

1 year ago

A way for restaurants to track how much customers spend on food, and how satisfied they are with the experience.

70

1 year ago

An “e-commerce consultancy” that helps online retailers improve their online sales. Its main service is an analytics dashboard, which it says will help retailers improve conversion rates, reduce delivery costs, and improve the overall experience with customers.

70

8 months ago

This SaaS platform connects businesses with customers and notaries in a single, streamlined experience. It’s a virtual living room where users can conduct real-time video meetings.

70

8 months ago

A startup that makes it easy for restaurants to accept online orders. They, like many other startups, are trying to tackle an all-too-common issue in the digital space: how to make online ordering a seamless experience for customers.

70

2 years ago

A mobile app that integrates with a company’s legacy systems to help create a unified customer experience.

69

1 year 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.

69

1 year ago

A tool for sharing pictures and video of your trip with friends and family, so you can see what it looks like where you’re going. The company says they’re the only startup in the space that focuses on creating a travel-first experience.

69

1 year ago

A Toronto-based startup that brings a trusted chat experience to your mobile device, with a built-in customer support system.

68

1 year ago

A startup that helps people build virtual reality experiences and help create immersive experiences for brands. Notable for its location-based VR hardware for gaming and entertainment, the company is building a virtual reality platform for malls and shopping centers.

68

1 year ago

A way for retailers to track their items in-store. The startup wants to explore how customers interact with products in-store, in an effort to make the shopping experience more efficient.

68

1 year ago

A platform for finding the right software for your business. The startup gives would-be buyers access to a programmer's portfolio and experience, allowing them to make an informed decision about whether to hire a programmer.

68

1 year ago

A crowd-sourced model for gathering feedback on healthcare products, services and companies. They’re building a platform that connects healthcare providers with their patient’s feedback to help them improve their patient’s experience.

68

9 months ago

A startup to help you, your friends, or your family members get the best price on an insurance claim. Based on the idea that insurance companies are using the same pricing models across all of the world, the app claims to provide a personalized experience.

68

9 months ago

A travel app that helps users find and book travel experiences, like a flight or tour, on a mobile phone.

68

8 months ago

A startup that works with health care systems to improve the patient experience and patient outcomes. The company builds a platform that allows patients to track their own progress, and has a customer success team that helps patients manage their care.

68

6 months ago

The startup’s goal is to help people share their travel, experiences and other memories through their personal storytelling through a mobile app.

68

2 years ago

Seems like the startup is building a lightweight, stylus-driven browser that looks like Chrome, but is actually built from scratch. The company is looking to make it a more natural way to interact with your phone’s browser, and create a more “personal” experience.

67

1 year ago

A startup that gives users a personalized shopping experience by combining their online and offline transactions.

67

1 year ago

An online database of marine retailers. "Yachters" can find other yachties from all over the world by rating their experiences. The startup launched last month.

67

1 year ago

A tool for managing a travel agent’s digital client relationship and web experiences.

67

1 year ago

Helping companies avoid hiring unqualified contractors, this startup is a tool that helps companies quickly review a contractor’s experience and qualifications before entering into a contract.

67

1 year ago

A platform that helps developers build out their APIs, using a “crawling pipeline” to build out the experience of users on a website.

67

9 months ago

A free service that helps maintainers of open source projects get notified about pull requests, monitor project development and make the whole experience easier.

67

2 years ago

An open-source platform for building, managing, and promoting interactive web experiences.

66

2 years ago

The company is a platform that provides a ‘mobile-first’ shopping experience. The startup wants to become a one-stop shop for all shopping needs.

66

1 year ago

A startup that creates fintech software for credit unions. The startup sells software that allows the member experience to be more customized.

66

1 year ago

A global marketplace for selling products, services, and experiences in digital currencies

66

1 year ago

A platform for rehabbing houses, allowing customers to access a network of experienced contractors, and easily book them.

66

1 year ago

A startup that helps people share their experiences with others. It pulls this content from Instagram, Reddit, and Twitter and turns it into a daily newsletter.

66

2 years ago

This startup aims to create a “single-page checkout” experience for retailers to improve the checkout process.

65

2 years ago

A company that offers a closed-loop technology for managing real-time customer service representatives. Unbounce’s system enables companies to manage customer interactions in real-time, and give back control of the customer’s experience to the organization.

65

2 years ago

A new type of flower delivery company that aims to create a more personal experience for customers, with a focus on small businesses.

65

10 months ago

A startup that’s developing an AI-based machine learning platform for financial services that is “designed to help financial institutions to deliver the best customer experiences”.

65

7 months ago

An anonymous marketplace for healthcare services, allowing users to review their experiences and make suggestions.

65

2 years ago

A startup that helps companies hire employees with experience in the field they’re hiring for.

64

2 years ago

A company that builds artificial intelligence tools for retailers to help them better personalize the user experience.

64

1 year ago

A company that wants to make it easy to shop at brick-and-mortar retail stores with the ease of an online e-commerce experience.

64

1 year ago

A startup that aims to turn any website into a social network, using a customizable experience to foster invite-only groups that can be shared with friends and family.

64

1 year ago

A startup that builds tools for the creation of virtual reality experiences in which users can play instruments.

64

6 months ago

A startup that helps you get a pro-bono legal consultation from an experienced lawyer, any time of day.

64

3 years ago

Idea: A better omnichannel shopping experience for fashion

63

2 years ago

A system that optimizes the app experience for photos, allowing users to quickly scroll through their photos.

63

1 year ago

A digital prescription for a doctor’s handwritten notes, meant to make the experience more efficient and streamlined.

63

1 year ago

A tool for building and selling websites. The startup is focused on making it easier for developers to create websites on the web. The company has just launched its beta version, which is limited to 500 people, and offering an invite-only experience in exchange for a $40 monthly subscription.

63

1 year ago

A company that wants to take the international payment experience for sellers on Amazon up a level.

63

1 year ago

A software company that helps ensure that buyers get what they need and have a good experience when buying a car.

63

5 months ago

A startup that helps companies understand their customers by sending them surveys and collecting their responses then using the data to improve the customer experience.

63

2 years ago

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

62

1 year ago

A tool built on the team’s experience as a “data scientist” at a large online travel agency. The startup lets users enter a credit card number, and then the app instantly converts that into a coupon that can be applied to a hotel reservation.

62

1 year ago

The startup is building an app to connect people who have experience in developing countries with those who need services like legal, financial, and accounting advice.

62

1 year ago

A tool that lets brands get feedback from their customers. The startup is building out a platform to let brands understand how their customers are interacting with their brand, which leads to a better customer experience.

62

1 year ago

A company that helps companies manage their customers by offering sales and marketing insights, as well as a “C-suite of customer-experience experts”

62

1 year ago

What do you do when you have the typical set-up of an L.L.Bean outfitter in a small town in Maine, or a small-town biker shop in South Dakota, or a local bike shop in New Hampshire You could build a mobile app, or you could build out a small physical store in that town, or you could build out a membership program to then sell memberships in that store. This startup works with local machines to do that, delivering a local bike shop experience to the wider world.

62

1 year ago

A startup for people to ask questions, share their own experiences, and find answers from a community of medical professionals.

62

1 year ago

A "customer engagement platform", which is a bit like Klout, but using social media and real-time data to help companies design better customer experiences.

62

1 year ago

This startup is looking to bring the Uber experience to grocery shopping.

62

1 year ago

A social media platform that allows people to create and share short videos, meant to be used on a variety of social media platforms. The app attempts to make the experience of sharing a video feel more like “posting a photo” on your social media networks.

62

1 year ago

A startup that wants to be the digital version of a concierge, helping people find the best restaurants, concerts, and other experiences that are close to them.

62

8 months ago

A company that offers a software solution for the hospitality industry, allowing hotel chains to keep track of customers and guests, and provide them with a seamless experience.

62

8 months ago

A mobile-first accounting app that pairs with the startup’s cloud accounting platform and allows users to manage their accounts and taxes. The startup is looking to create a “modern banking experience” for the average consumer.

62

6 months ago

A platform that helps healthcare organizations manage their relationships with vendors, with a goal of improving the overall customer experience.

62

2 years ago

A platform that helps users plan their travel, book hotels, and share their experiences with others

61

2 years ago

A way to transform a website into a mobile-friendly experience

61

1 year ago

The startup aims to develop a new way for people to buy and sell cars, which would be comparable to the local car buying experience, but with a few key differences.

61

1 year ago

The startup wants to give people a more natural way to interact with their phones, by combining voice and touch into a single experience.

61

1 year ago

A company that wants to improve the quality and experience of dry cleaning. The startup uses machine learning and automation to improve the overall quality of the cleaning process.

61

1 year ago

Caspi is a company that provides a software platform for pre-paid mobility services. They’re working to make the customer experience better and to help the sharing economy model scale.

61

1 year ago

A startup that, according to its founders, is “building the best platform for marketers to use data to create great campaigns and experiences.”

61

1 year ago

A platform for sharing stories about people’s experiences with depression and anxiety

61

1 year ago

A social network that lets people swap their “bad vibes”, or their emotions after bad experiences.

61

1 year ago

A tool for hiring, where you can see a candidate’s social, behavioral and work history and get information about their skills and work experience.

61

8 months ago

Interactive video games that add “surprise” to the experience with interactivity.

61

8 months ago

A new service that uses machine learning to match people with their perfect job by analyzing their skills, experience, and work preferences.

61

6 months ago

An electronic university degree and career guidance tool, built using intelligent algorithms meant to personalize the education experience based on a student’s interests and goals.

61

1 year ago

A company that helps people share their experience of their favorite music and artists with the world, through video and photo sharing, stories, and music.

60

1 year ago

An invitation-only startup that helps restaurants and bars find and pool bartenders, kitchen staff, and more through a specialized job aggregator. The company wants to improve the bar industry experience.

60

8 months ago

Jaunt is building a platform for immersive VR experiences that can be produced and sold as a service. The startup wants to build a content platform where brands sell VR experiences to their customers.

60

6 months ago

Marketing software for the beauty industry that helps by making the customer experience easier for both customers and beauty brands. The beauty industry is growing at a 40% rate, but is plagued by archaic processes. For example, the industry is split into about a dozen different channels, each with its own customer service department and customer support teams.

60

1 year 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.

59

1 year ago

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

59

1 year ago

This company is building a platform where small businesses can design custom retail experiences for their customers. The startup lets you design a retail experience from scratch and have it printed on a piece of paper.

59

1 year ago

A web analytics tool designed for mobile apps. Not only does it help developers track users, it also makes it easier to build a good mobile experience.

59

1 year ago

A dedicated marketplace for business to buy and sell white-labeled apps. The company wants to create another Black Friday-esque “build your own app” experience, letting users build out the app of their dreams.

59

7 months ago

This startup is building an integrated platform of tools and services for companies to create and run an employee brand experience program.

59

2 years ago

The startup wants to help employers get more out of their employees by making the job experience more personalized. They have a service that tracks the details of a worker’s life and turns it into a personalized, detailed online resume.

58

1 year ago

This company is building a platform to help retailers build customized e-commerce experiences. It’s built on the idea of a “personal shopper”, a service that helps customers make choices about products in real-time.

58

1 year ago

ikitd is a meetup-like community that offers users a place to share ideas, experience, and learn from others. The startup offers a way to organize and share ideas.

58

1 year ago

A company that wants to help users of their product and other ad-tech companies get access to the data they need to track user experiences across all of their different websites.

58

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.

58

1 year ago

A platform that allows the owners of physical stores to digitalize the shopping experience. The company is building an app that lets customers scan and order products, then pay for them via their smartphone.

58

1 year ago

SaaS company that brings an online experience to the physical world, like a social networking service to a coffee shop.

58

6 months ago

A platform that helps users build and publish their own web-based apps. The startup is aiming to offer tools for experienced web developers to build apps that are more easily accessible than the average Github project.

58

1 year ago

This startup wants to make it easy for anyone with a bad credit score to get a loan. The company’s co-founder says that when running a small business, it’s likely that they know the person they’re dealing with personally. The company uses that advantage to provide a personalized loan experience.

57

1 year ago

A startup that wants to make it easier for businesses to vet candidates. The startup is building a platform that helps employers create a page with relevant writing samples, relevant work experience, and a research summary that can help employers determine if a candidate is the right fit.

57

1 year ago

A data conversion app that brings the search experience of Google to Facebook (similar to how Twitter brought the search experience to Facebook.)

57

1 year ago

A tool for businesses to create a more effective customer service and support experience.

57

1 year ago

The Business of College is a collection of stories and advice from YC partners who will be sharing their experiences from the 2015 class in a series of blog posts.

57

1 year ago

A “re-imagining” of the typical private jet experience, with a pitch to “create a home-away-from-home” experience. The company says it’s already booked more than 100 customers and will charge $1,500 for a flight.

57

1 year ago

A new way to think about customer data and use it to improve the customer experience.

57

1 year ago

A replacement for the ubiquitous coffee maker. The startup wants to reinvent the coffee experience, creating a device that is as reliable as a Keurig but with the option for different-strength coffee, and with the ability to serve coffee to different people.

57

1 year ago

A “mobile-first, web-like experience” for banks, with a dashboard for customers to view their accounts and money transfers.

57

1 year ago

This startup is building a tool that allows people to develop their own virtual reality experiences while integrating them with their own existing tools.

56

1 year ago

A company that builds a high-level way for developers to build digital experiences for brands.

56

1 year ago

A company that creates a software system to manage physicians’ office visits and “create a more efficient, effective, and measurable healthcare experience”.

56

1 year ago

An open-source project that aims to bring the ability to program robots to anyone, regardless of coding experience.

56

3 years ago

Idea: A company that builds a mobile app that provides a “visual, interactive experience” for the middle school/high school students to buy and sell items to one another.

55

1 year ago

This startup aims to get people to “live out their best life experiences”. The company plans to use machine learning to know what users want to do and where they want to go to make it happen.

55

1 year ago

A wearable device designed for women to track sleep. The founders say their design and concept is inspired by the experience of their own mothers, and specifically the struggles they had with sleep disorders.

55

1 year ago

This company’s strategy is to help the gaming community build and manage social communities, with a focus on improving the gaming experience. Gamers want to connect with other gamers while they’re playing and also want to share their gaming experience.

55

1 year ago

A startup that helps retailers improve the in-store experience by delivering contextual push notifications to their customers on the go.

55

1 year ago

A startup that helps retailers like Target, Whole Foods and Kohl’s improve customer loyalty. The startup is working to improve the customer experience with a proprietary loyalty platform that it says can be deployed in a few days.

55

9 months ago

A cloud-based product that helps recruiters find the best talent by identifying the best candidates based on their skills, experience, and relevant industries.

55

1 year ago

A messaging app for native iOS and Android experiences that allows users to get in touch with friends and family that live elsewhere.

54

1 year ago

A company that works with colleges to streamline the student experience and save students money.

54

1 year ago

A startup that delivers a personal concierge experience to healthcare workers

54

1 year ago

The company wants to improve the healthcare experience by creating a digital assistant with the ability to respond to your questions, provide recommendations and more.

54

8 months ago

A platform for connecting students to internships in their field, with a focus on the technical skills and experience that students need to land a job.

54

7 months ago

A company that helps people create and sell experiences from the things they love to do.

54

1 month ago

A platform for businesses to find and hire from a database of experienced volunteers for their projects.

54

1 year ago

A product for online learning platforms, like Coursera and Udacity, that connects every student and tutor face to face. It aims to simplify the e-learning experience for beginners and help students avoid the “ beginner’s paradox”.

53

1 year ago

A startup that hopes to make retail experiences more personalized, rather than having a one-size-fits-all approach. The startup is building a tool that lets retailers track their customers’ buying habits and turn them into recommendations automatically.

53

11 months ago

A company building a self-driving car that can be safely driven by an amateur and can be taught by an experienced driver.

53

6 months ago

An on-demand electric car service for New Yorkers and people in the Midwest. The startup wants to bring the electric car-sharing experience to the city’s sprawling metro area.

53

1 year ago

A platform that aims to bring “authentic, personalized experiences to the masses.” The company’s first product, a chatbot called Rosa, is meant to help take on the Facebook Messenger bot monopoly and is already used by a number of companies.

52

1 year ago

A “consistent and simple way to share your restaurant experiences with others”.

52

3 years ago

The event featured the first TechCrunch XR (extended reality) Hackathon in which teams built VR and AR experiences using HTC Vive and Facebook’s Oculus Rift VR headset. The event also featured a Startup Alley in which the most promising startups from the 2019 program showcased themselves to investors, mentors and press.

51

2 years ago

A new way to organize and share knowledge across the world, connecting people who have similar interests and experiences.

51

1 year ago

The startup’s goal is to help hospitals build relationships with their patients. The company works with the hospital’s existing marketing team to develop a set of engaging patient experiences that are targeted to each patient.

51

1 year ago

A platform that helps distributors get in front of retail customers, helping them to create and market online shopping experiences.

51

1 year ago

A company that provides an alternative to the traditional model of doctor’s visits. The startup wants to take the guesswork out of scheduling appointments and provide a seamless online experience.

51

1 year 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.

51

7 months ago

A social network for people with chronic illnesses, where users can share experiences, interact with others, and find support through an online community.

51

1 year ago

A software startup that is building a platform for education to improve the quality of schools and the educational experience for students.

50

1 year ago

A startup with a vision to change the way people travel by building beautiful and seamless travel experiences.

50

1 year ago

A startup that aims to improve the in-app experience for consumers on mobile devices.

50

1 year ago

A startup that’s launched in the U.S. and Australia and is launching in the UK, Singapore and Singapore. The startup, which has over 10 employees, is meant to replace the hiring process with a more efficient “hiring in a box” model. The startup also aims to provide a more complete and detailed profile for candidates, as well as be able to match people to jobs based on their skills and experience.

50

1 year ago

A premium social media app for businesses that helps them become more efficient and build the best customer experiences.

50

1 year ago

This startup wants to make your shopping experience smarter by tracking what you’re looking at and what you’re buying. It’s based on a lightweight shopping cart, but has plans to eventually build out a more robust recommendation engine.

50

1 year ago

The company’s CEO, Will Clark, is a former member of the U.S. Air Force and a former personal trainer, and the company’s co-founders are also experienced entrepreneurs. The company, which launched in 2013, is looking to address a major issue in the fitness industry: it’s difficult, expensive, and time-consuming to get fit.

50

6 months ago

A startup working to make video conferencing cheaper and easier for small businesses, using AI to make the experience more like a phone call. They’re looking to charge $1 per minute for the call, and finish with a survey to help qualify your business for a discount.

50

3 years ago

Idea: A personalized shopping service that helps users find the perfect gifts for their friends and family. Users share the kinds of experiences and activities they like, and the company finds things they’ll like.

49

1 year ago

A “place to be” startup that provides digital entertainment and experiences on larger screens, like living room TVs and monitors.

49

1 year ago

A protocol that helps create custom experiences for wearable devices

49

1 year ago

The company wants to create a service where a user can use their phone to create a virtual reality experience, and then capture it for viewing on other devices. Their product is a $3,000 kit that lets you “download” a 3-D model and bring it into the real world.

49

1 year ago

A SaaS platform that allows small businesses to have better control over their data and better customer experiences, and manage their finances.

49

11 months ago

A white label startup that helps companies with co-branded eCommerce experience management by providing prebuilt eCommerce pages and websites, full shipping and returns processing, and a dashboard for tracking and monitoring the results of a customer experience.

49

11 months ago

The idea is to help people and companies sell, buy and aggregate goods, services, or experiences. It’s part of a larger directory for local businesses, which is currently live in the Philly area.

49

5 months ago

A company that’s building applications for the cannabis industry. Their first app is called “TopShelf”, a tool that lets users find and book cannabis-related events, purchase cannabis products, and share their cannabis experiences with friends.

49

4 months ago

A startup that uses AI to create a better customer experience for insurance companies.

49

4 months ago

A platform for people to share and evaluate the day-to-day experiences of their pets.

49

1 year ago

A mobile phone app that helps you set up a gifting experience with friends on Facebook. It’s not clear if this is a new feature or a monetization play.

48

10 months ago

The company provides workforce data to businesses so they can evaluate their employee experience.

48

1 year ago

This startup is building a platform to provide independent, unbiased ratings of hotels, flights, and other travel products. The company is building a system that rates hotels and flights on a scale of one to five stars, with a four-star rating meaning a superior experience, and a one-star rating meaning a poor experience.

47

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.

47

1 year ago

A platform that helps online retailers elevate their brand by creating personalized marketing campaigns and creating a more enjoyable shopping experience.

47

1 year ago

A startup that wants to provide a more unified experience for using Slack, a popular chat app. It wants to take this message board-like service one step further by integrating with other services like Trello and Asana.

47

1 year ago

A tool that allows marketers to create ads that automatically follow people as they use apps and services, creating a customized experience for each person.

47

1 year ago

A company building a platform that draws on previous experience in the music industry to help artists distribute the rights to their work.

47

7 months ago

This startup is building a loyalty program for retail and food stores built around the notion that people are more loyal to in-person experiences than they are to brands.

47

7 months ago

Fintech startup that wants to create a simpler and more secure digital banking experience for consumers by offering free checking accounts.

47

5 months ago

A startup that’s building a data company specifically for the marijuana industry, in the hopes of providing a better experience for both consumers and producers.

47

1 month ago

The South by Southwest Conference and Festivals is a large annual festival held in Austin, Texas. It is described by organizers as "the world’s premier technology, media, and entertainment festival and a must-attend destination for creative types" and also as a "celebration of music, film, and interactive experiences".

47

1 year ago

Part of Y Combinator’s revised application process, revised from the one from the summer, includes a video introduction from the founders. Some of the founders have also been blogging about their experiences.

46

1 year ago

A startup that wants to bring the experience of a video game to investing, where users can earn real money as they invest in various stocks and bonds.

46

1 year ago

“Find a product or service that fits your needs and create a custom experience in minutes instead of days or weeks.” The company will automatically match users with the best online seller or service.

46

1 year ago

A product-based startup dedicated to improving the experience of e-commerce while making it easier to purchase products

46

1 year ago

This email marketing startup’s goal is to replace traditional email marketing with a “personalized email experience”, according to its website.

46

9 months ago

You can already get Amazon’s Alexa in the car, but this startup wants to take the experience of calling a car to your place to deliver food to a new level. It integrates with UberEats.

46

1 year ago

The startup is building a platform to facilitate the creation of immersive media experiences. The startup is building a VR/AR platform to allow people to create experiences.

45

1 year ago

This startup aims to help customers of the public transit network in Brazil. In order to provide a better experience, users will be able to use their phone to pay for tickets, track their transit schedule, and request rides.

45

1 year ago

A social network for patient-centered healthcare, enabling patients to share their experiences and opinions on a variety of healthcare topics and compare experiences with others, and giving them a way to ask questions of their care providers.

45

1 year ago

The startup is building a product that helps users experience their music in a way that’s more similar to how music is experienced in real life. It’s a 360-degree surround sound speaker for headphones that connects to a phone via Bluetooth.

45

10 months ago

The goal is to improve the educational experience for self-driving car engineers by replacing the monotonous work of copying and pasting data into a spreadsheet with the more creative task of creating a 3D model.

45

9 months ago

An analytics startup that helps companies understand how their customers are moving through the in-store experience and how to improve it.

45

1 year ago

The president of a company called Trip Monitor, who spoke about the startup in a recent episode of The Startup Podcast, says that Trip Monitor, which is built on the idea that hotels should give consumers a “tiered” experience when it comes to online reviews, has built up a database of over 10 million hotel reviews.

44

1 year ago

A company that’s building a system that connects back office workers with data scientists so that they can share insights and build better customer experiences.

44

10 months ago

A live-streaming video platform that aims to bring the same experience to the world of sports as to the world of TV.

44

10 months ago

A startup that connects new restaurant owners with experienced chefs

44

5 months ago

A social network that encourages users to share digital goods and experiences, and allows their followers to share them with their friends. The goal is to make digital goods more social and monetizable.

44

3 months ago

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

44

3 months ago

A tool that helps you find your dream job by identifying skills and experience you have. The startup says it cuts about the same costs as a traditional job search without the headaches.

44

1 year ago

A network of local farmers, distributors, delis, grocers and restaurants that allows consumers to share what they’re eating and where they’re getting it. It’s a sort of “eat local” app, but rather than trying to force the idea on people, it’ll be a way for people to voluntarily connect over food and share the experience.

43

1 year ago

This startup is building a tool that combines Siri and Google Assistant to create a more human-like voice experience.

43

10 months ago

A startup that lets businesses sell tickets for events and experiences, from yoga retreats to bike rides.

43

7 months ago

A company that aims to make the ride-sharing experience more convenient and efficient by introducing a new kind of carpooling platform

43

4 months ago

A startup that hopes to raise $1M to build a new kind of multiplayer game experience that allows players to build a neighborhood and interact with each other within that virtual world.

43

1 month ago

Digital products agency that helps Fortune 500 companies build compelling digital experiences for their customers.

43

3 years ago

Idea: This startup wants to make it easier for companies to bring their employees to their home office The startup also is looking to build out a system that allows people to give feedback about the experience

42

1 year ago

A startup that aims to bring retail and commerce to the masses by making the user experience designed with sight and sound in mind. The startup is working towards building a retail experience that’s designed to be more immediate and immersive than the stuff we’re used to today.

42

11 months ago

A startup that’s building an “authentic” broker-dealer experience on top of Coinbase’s API.

42

10 months ago

A tool to turn a 360-degree video into a layered, interactive experience.

42

10 months ago

The startup blends articles and social media to create a chat-style experience, allowing users to pull content from multiple outlets and chat about it.

42

9 months ago

A company that acts as a “voice of the customer” to help businesses improve the quality of their products. The startup, which launched in July, is funded by Foundry Group, and has a team of experienced consultants.

42

6 months ago

An API that allows businesses to manage their customer relationship management (CRM) records in a more streamlined way, provide a better customer experience, and focus customer service teams on more qualified leads.

41

9 months ago

A company that lets you analyze data in your inbox, like the impact of a customer’s purchase. The startup looks for patterns in customer interaction and uses those to improve the customer experience. They’ve got a few customers in the US and are looking to grow globally.

40

6 months ago

A startup that wants to bring back the “social experience” to the workplace. It’s a digital concierge for busy people.

40

1 year ago

A startup that makes it easier for parents to get early childhood education. The company wants to provide parents access to paid and unpaid learning experiences for their children.

39

1 year ago

A company that’s building a platform that allows anyone to set up a website, with no technical experience necessary.

39

11 months ago

A platform for building virtual reality products and experiences for news, sports, and entertainment.

39

1 year ago

Building a system for lending on small business loans for microloans. The founders say it can help small businesses access capital and provide a better lending experience.

38

9 months ago

A company that helps experienced salespeople find new opportunities by matching them with sales engineers, and vice versa.

38

9 months ago

A collaborative note-taking app with a focus on improving the quality of the current note-taking experience.

38

5 months ago

A way to make it easier for people to share their learning experiences with their friends (and possibly everyone) in a way that’s not just text, but also a video or audio.

38

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.

37

1 year ago

A platform for consumers to buy products and services from local artisans without leaving their home. The startup says the team has experience in retail and product development.

37

10 months ago

A company that helps banks harness the power of their relationships with their customers and build a digital offering to offer them better experiences.

37

10 months ago

A startup that allows users to create a timeline of their life and experience using the photos, videos and other content they have. The goal is to create a digital archive of someone’s life to be used as an educational tool.

37

10 months ago

A company that makes a mobile app that learns a user’s preferences to recommend better experiences. The app monitors and learns as the user goes through a virtual experience.

37

10 months ago

A company that sells premium “experience sharing” tickets for concerts, sporting events, and other live entertainment. The company takes a percentage of the ticket price, and helps augment the experience with extra services like food, drinks, and other extras.

37

6 months ago

A startup that provides a way to manage a person’s finances in one place. It offers a seamless experience that’s similar to Mint, but with a few different bells and whistles including a budgeting tool and a means to split out purchases from different vendors.

37

6 months ago

A tool meant to make it easy for people to find the right contractor for specific projects. It’s currently focused on the US, but the startup says it’s looking to expand in the next year. Compared to the current contracting model, it allows users to search for contractors based on skill and experience, with a simple process for project management and payment.

37

4 months ago

A way for retailers to send direct messages to shoppers on social media, or search for products by brand or category. It will help them create customized experiences around their products, and serve as a digital storefront for their customers.

37

4 months ago

A startup that aims to improve the experience for users of OpenTable by creating a more private way for restaurants to communicate with guests.

37

3 months ago

This startup is building a platform that allows users to sign up for custom learning experiences and courses. The company says it has 700,000 users and is backed by Google Ventures, Y Combinator and others.

37

1 year ago

A way to create personalized “games” using a database of user behavior and the users themselves. Instead of showing a player a pre-determined experience, it shows them a mixture of content and their own data, allowing them to create their own personalized experience.

36

11 months ago

A platform that focuses on in-person events that allows people to share their accomplishments and experiences.

36

10 months ago

A company that wants to make building websites easier for anyone without any coding experience.

36

5 months ago

A digital comic book reader. The startup is building a digital comic book reader to help people experience the art form without the hassle of owning physical copies.

36

1 year ago

With the goal of building a “better experience”, ZagBank is creating a digital bank for underbanked Americans, with a focus on helping them save money. They’re also applying for a fintech charter in the state of New Jersey.

35

1 year ago

A company building a “personal concierge” app that connects people with the professional services they need. The CEO says the app is built with a focus on the “a la carte” experience, not the “the-big-package-of-everything” experience.

35

11 months ago

A startup that’s building a “game engine” for augmented reality experiences. The startup is pitching the product to app developers as a way to create experiences that are not possible with tools like Unity.

35

10 months ago

A social networking app for people eager to learn Spanish and get the most out of their language learning experience.

35

1 month ago

A tool that “finds the right people for your startup and provides a personalized onboarding experience to help you grow”.

35

1 month ago

Bots on Telegram are a new form of communication, offering a more intimate experience and a wide range of bots to choose from.

35

11 months ago

In terms of what these startups are trying to accomplish, they all have slightly different goals, but they are all trying to solve the same problem. What they have in common is they are building solutions that are focused around simplifying the experience of managing data, both of the data and the tools used to manage it.

34

9 months ago

A platform for sharing and reviewing personal experiences, meant to be the next evolution of the now-defunct Yelp for Travel.

34

5 months ago

Helps companies quickly create and manage their own branded, interactive shopping experiences.

34

2 months ago

A startup that aims to bring the “Uber-like” experience of ride-sharing, but for a different kind of service. The startup is attempting to build a more “personalized” service that allows riders to pick up and drop off people they know, and use a personalized app to hail a ride.

34

10 months ago

A startup that provides users with all the aspects of the Netflix experience, except the selection of the show, which automatically adapts to the viewer.

33

9 months ago

A home security startup that uses a $15 camera and a $25 monthly subscription to give out a second-screen security camera experience to consumers.

33

6 months ago

A SaaS startup that automates the creation of a customer’s experience with a brand, helping them manage customer service and support.

33

5 months ago

A platform for chefs to manage and track their dishes, with a focus on a more personalized experience and a more complex version of a meal-tracking app.

33

4 months ago

A healthcare startup focused on telemedicine. The startup wants to take the “talking to your doctor” experience online.

33

1 month ago

A $8.7 million Series A funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from Norwest Venture Partners, 500 Startups, and others. A digital health tech company that wants to help health care providers manage the patient experience through digital tools.

33

9 months ago

A P2P vetinary clinic that aims to break away from the traditional vetinary model by avoiding the vetinary practice of selling a vetinary service for a fixed price. They want to sell services based on a vetinary’s experience and reputation, instead.

32

9 months ago

A startup that turns any website into a “micro-website”, an app-like experience that provides a “mini-site” that can be embedded into other webpages.

32

6 months ago

A company that builds custom tools for people who hold Pinterest boards. It’s a Pinterest-native tool, built to make the Pinterest experience smoother and easier.

32

27 days ago

Yuppie, a service that gives people with little disposable income the opportunity to spend money on experiences instead of things.

32

11 months ago

A mobile app for on-demand laundry services, which provides a streamlined user experience for booking, paying and managing service. The startup is currently in beta in San Francisco.

31

9 months ago

The company’s mission is to “elevate the art of the selfie to a new level” by making sure it’s a simple and fun experience.

31

5 months ago

A company that hopes to help companies build websites for their advertisers, allowing them to customize their experiences.

31

5 months ago

A web-based accounting system that’s cheaper and easier to use than its competitors, but also offers better features and provides a better user experience.

31

4 months ago

A B2B company that provides the ability for businesses to have a more flexible and customizable in-person conference call experience.

31

1 month ago

a design-driven product design studio that specializes in modernizing the user experience of mobile apps.

31

9 months ago

A tool to help doctors and patients make a difference by allowing patients to question their doctors, or provide feedback on their experience of the visit. Doctors can grade their patient’s behavior and the app helps them to track their progress.

30

6 months ago

A software startup that wants to disrupt the insurance industry by allowing people to choose an insurance company based on their price and the experience they’ve had with that company in the past.

30

5 months ago

A startup software company, with a focus on B2B. The startup wants to take control of the user experience and move them away from their current process of doing order guides and single-user spreadsheets into something that’s more automated, web-based, and sophisticated.

30

29 days ago

Napptics is building a digital concierge that helps people book events and travel experiences for their friends, much like AirBNB.

30

10 months ago

The company wants to build virtual reality software to help people with PTSD, who often have trouble leaving their house. The startup’s VR software allows users to explore a virtual environment, and, with the help of VR hardware, experience a different setting from inside a virtual environment, allowing them to feel less anxious.

29

5 months 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.

29

5 months ago

A company that brings the consumer experience of a full-service brokerage to the online marketplace.

29

4 months ago

Businesses can leverage the platform to get customers’ thoughts and feedback as a way to improve the customer experience.

29

10 months ago

Is a tool meant to help teams build apps and websites faster and easier, with a focus on the design and user experience.

28

5 months ago

This startup aims to help small businesses create a more efficient, personalized online shopping experience for their customers. It seeks to provide a more customized shopping experience for a customer, and provide a new revenue stream for small businesses through the use of a “smart sales channel”

28

4 months ago

The startup is charging startups to help them navigate the venture capital world, providing them with financing, advice, and experience. It’s taking 5% of the startup’s total valuation.

28

4 months ago

A new way to experience baseball games.

28

4 months ago

A new online bank with a focus on millennials and people who have had bad experiences with banks. The startup plans to be the bank for the unbanked

28

4 months ago

A company that provides a travel-planning platform for people with special needs. It wants to provide an online shopping and booking experience that also helps match travelers with medical providers.

28

3 months ago

“The social shopping experience,” a shopping app that offers curated suggestions based on your social circles.

28

2 months ago

A middle-man brand that provides branded apps for businesses to create branded mobile experiences for their customers in-store and on-the-go.

28

4 months ago

A startup that makes it easier to find and hire people based on skill sets and experience. A startup that allows people to post their skills as they see them, and employers to find those skills and hire. The startup is looking to take on the likes of Simply Hired and other recruiters.

27

2 months ago

A startup that helps brands build better experiences with social messaging, takeovers, and a “powerful content creation tool”.

27

18 days ago

A digital health platform that curates health data through patient experiences and helps consumers make informed decisions.

27

9 months ago

A company that sells a system that automatically replaces pages of ads on a website with a single, engaging video. The startup is focused on the display market, so it wants to take out all the boring parts of an ad page, and replace them with a single, engaging experience.

26

4 months ago

An online post-mortem tool for business, with a side business of providing consulting services to companies that have experienced a crisis.

26

12 days ago

This company wants to make the frequent flyer experience better.

26

2 months ago

A real estate startup that’s trying to get landlords to provide their tenants with a nicer experience.

25

12 days ago

An email app that allows people to scan QR codes on social media and send them to other people. The startup wants to make the experience of getting a notification a little more fun.

25

4 months ago

This startup’s goal is to make the customer experience more predictable, helping customers know what to expect so they can better plan their day. It’s a personalized concierge, which helps people check in with companies like AT&T, Venmo, and Square to get customer service questions answered.

24

26 days ago

A tool that helps create and manage digital experiences for an increasingly digital audience. The startup uses artificial intelligence to create a series of events, polls, surveys, and quizzes that can be used to build loyalty and engagement across a customer’s journey.

24

22 days ago

The team behind this startup is currently building a “personas engine” that aims to deliver a more natural-language approach to user onboarding and user-experience design. The system has already been used to beta test Facebook and Google, as well as Babel, a virtual assistance service.

24

6 months ago

An analytics platform for large retailers that allows them to track sales data across channels, and use that data to quickly improve the customer experience.

23

5 months ago

A platform for lending to small businesses, allowing them to crowdfund with less paperwork. They’re currently focused on business loans, but the team has experience in consumer lending as well.

23

4 months ago

A new way to shop for men’s clothing. They start with the idea that there’s a gap in the market for a fashion brand that’s just for men. They want to offer a more personalized shopping experience than the big fashion chains, and their business is built on the idea of selling to men who might be unhappy with the way the big brands treat those who aren’t straight.

23

3 months ago

A social network for bartenders that helps them find work, friendships, and tips by sharing their experiences via video.

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22 days ago

A startup that wants to allow you to create your own augmented reality experience. It’s a sort of digital drawing app, but with a twist — it allows you to make a 3D object with a digital version of yourself, and then add interactive elements, like touchscreens, lights, and sounds.

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3 months ago

A system that tracks how people are using a product to improve their experience. The startup takes data from a variety of sources — including user surveys and online reviews — and combines it to make recommendations.

22

3 months ago

A company that helps food companies understand their customers and deliver personalized experiences. It has customers including Taco Bell, and has already delivered on projects for the likes of Chick-fil-A.

22

8 days ago

A new way of looking at the world. The startup wants to use virtual reality to create an interactive experience between humans and machines. And yes, it’s still a startup.

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A startup that helps developers create games, advertising, and other interactive experiences on web pages.

A B2B software company that connects customers and service providers to automate the entire experience of paying your bills online. It has an enterprise model, where companies can pay US$400 a month for recurring invoices.

A startup looking to help businesses hire experienced developers for $10/hr.

A startup that allows companies to create virtual reality/augmented reality experiences with their employees (no coding required)

A mobile app that helps people build a virtual reality experience while they walk around a city. Currently focusing on VR adoption in India.

A review platform for restaurants. Users can rate restaurants on their service, experience, and food quality.

A platform that allows users to share their thoughts, photos, and videos with each other. The idea is that this platform will help users share their experiences with each other in a more sharing-oriented way than Facebook.

A platform that allows users to create and manage their own “user experiences” on a number of websites. People can make their own websites and online content, and get paid to do so.

This company wants to create an app that will catch the attention of people who are passing by storefronts and then tell them about the experiences within.

A digital wallet that allows merchants to accept a variety of digital payments with the same phone-based experience.

A platform that enables online retailers to offer their customers the option to create their own exclusive in-store experiences.

A platform for the real estate industry to offer a better user experience for consumers.

A startup that gives musicians and artists the tools they need to generate and sell music, sound effects, music videos, and interactive experiences.

This startup wants to bring an email-like experience to video chat.

A platform for helping people design and build virtual reality experiences. The startup is focusing on the gaming side, but says they’re open to partnering with other verticals as well.

A startup that is looking to build a new type of gaming platform that will provide a more social experience for gamers.

A startup for students and recent graduates to find jobs. The company is targeting recent graduates in the US who lack jobs experience, but are in the midst of college.

A startup that offers an experience for individuals to create an article that could be shared on the internet. The startup hopes to use these articles to inform people about how they can protect themselves from the flu.

A health services app that connects patients with their primary care physicians, allowing for better care and a better experience for patients.

A game show-style app that lets you experience NFL football as a fan in real-time.

A startup that aims to recreate the convenience store experience for the mobile video game generation using smart machines and digital services.

A startup for companies to build, edit, and manage custom 3D content and virtual reality experiences.

A machine-learning software solution to optimize customer experience by identifying and removing unproductive clicks.

A startup that provides group therapy sessions for women who experience domestic abuse

Idea: A virtual reality startup for the e-commerce industry It wants to help online retailers build VR ads and other virtual experiences

Idea: A new luxury travel brand that sells experiences like a cooking class in Marrakesh, a private beach in Bali, or a safari trip in Africa. The company is targeting high net worth travelers with up to $3 million in investable assets.

A platform for building apps for the iPhone that doesn’t require any coding experience.

A company that provides software to enable “app-like” experiences for businesses in the medical sector

A new way to communicate with customers that helps stores create an experience similar to that of an in-person visit.

A customized AI-powered chatbot that helps you optimize your online dating experience.

A tool that lets retailers build out-of-home experiences.

A social app for sharing information and experiences from travel.

A feedback loop for e-commerce stores, allowing them to ask customers for feedback on their experience right after a purchase. Also offers a native app for the web store.

A new type of virtual reality experience, where people can interact with others in a “virtual school” or “virtual community” without leaving their own home.

This startup wants to bring a lot of the Nintendo-style collectible card game experience to startups, allowing them to create teams and battle each other in person or online.

A company that wants to use CRM data to build a better customer experience. So far it’s built a pilot program that serves as an internal CRM for a few hundred employees at a 100k company.

Lattice is a startup that uses a combination of data science, big data and machine learning to help retailers build better customer experiences.

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.

A startup that’s building a community for people with experience in the health and fitness industry.

Idea: A scheduling app for hair salons, meant to streamline the process of booking appointments and also to provide a better customer experience by allowing customers to book their appointments directly through the app

A startup that’s building a web browser with a “no-keyboard” feature, simulating a “touchscreen” experience for people who can’t use their hands.

A startup that is trying to build a platform for real-time user testing. Users browse a website, click on a button, and record their experience. The startup has raised $1.5 million to date.

A startup that wants to help people find and hire home cleaners who are local, and who have the right experience. They want to help the market for home cleaning, which often lacks liquidity, by bringing order and transparency to the market.

A software company that helps companies with new hires, with a focus on those with no experience in tech.

Zuji is building a platform that lets users create and share virtual reality experiences with friends. It has raised $5 million in seed funding.

ShopStyle is a subscription-based visual merchandising platform that allows retailers to create branded shopping experiences. ShopStyle gives retailers a way to create different streaming layouts, video ads, and product displays that are tailored to each individual customer.

A company that helps companies hire and train in-person apprentices. The company works with a network of companies to match up novices and experienced businesses, creating a system of apprenticeships that lets companies save money and still have their hands on the newest tech.

This startup is building a way to create virtual reality experiences for brands, using a technology called “phantom display”.

A startup that lets users buy and sell tickets to concerts, sporting events, or theater performances. It works like StubHub and Ticketmaster, but the startup is trying to build a better experience for the consumer.

A platform that connects online shoppers and merchants with a mobile-first shopping experience.

The company is building a platform that will allow users to take a picture of the items in their home and have it translated into a virtual reality experience.

A company that creates a platform for companies to build and use customer experience management tools.

A platform that helps people share their emotional experiences on the web to help connect with others.

Social Hour is a platform for businesses to engage with their customers. Using their platform, businesses can create a social experience for their customers that includes live video, video Q&A, polls, and more.

Builds high-end VR content for the fashion industry. The startup, which was founded in May, wants to rapidly iterate on a VR experience before its peers.

A company aiming to expand the college degree market by making an alternative to the traditional college experience.

Money does not work like it used to. It’s more like a series of cashier store charges. This company wants to make the experience of using cash for transactions more like the way we use our phones.

A tool that helps companies change their online customer service experience, and makes it more welcoming and less expensive.

A startup that aims to build a platform for women in India to document and share their experiences with domestic violence in order to help them find resources and get help.

Slack is a chat system for teams that uses a chatbot-like interface. The startup’s bot is called “Dalai,” whose goal is to make the process of building a Slack team a smooth experience.

A digital platform and marketplace for buying and selling used cars, that aims to offer the same experience as buying a used car from a dealer.

A company that “creates impactful digital experiences for brands”. They want to do this by using AI and machine learning to build personalized experiences for users.

A startup that helps people learn Chinese through video content that is designed to be slower paced, allowing for a more natural experience.

A software-as-a-service platform for banks, designed to provide a consistent and comprehensive experience for users and businesses.

A digital currency for small businesses, meant to provide a better shopping experience to users.

This is a “mashup of digital marketing, customer service, and product management” app. It’s looking to replicate the experience of a digital agency, and is pitching it as a “digital assistant” to help consumer brands.

A “native” mobile app designed with the multiscreen experience in mind.

A startup that provides a suite of mobile-first eCommerce tools to help drive business growth. They’re building a platform to help brands create a single, seamless customer experience across all sales channels including online, mobile, social, in-store and in-app.

A payment startup with a focus on offering a simpler payment experience for consumers in emerging markets.

A startup to take the guesswork out of buying tickets to events. It helps consumers find the cheapest ticket and compares deals from around the web, thus making the experience of buying tickets simple and convenient.

While this is a new company, the founders’ past experience and work on other startups and products and their location in São Paulo, Brazil, makes it an interesting choice.

A technology that uses machine learning to create a “next-level user experience” for building and managing applications.

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

A startup that uses AI and machine learning to help companies predict their customers’ behavior, and to craft customer experiences better suited to those behaviors.

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.

An in-app survey tool that helps users of mobile games collect feedback on their game experience

An AI-powered chatbot that will guide buyers through the home buying process, with an interface that is designed to make the experience very similar to that of a real agent. The startup believes that this will lead to a significant increase in home sales.