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2 years ago

A startup co-founded by a former Googler, Qwant is trying to recreate some of the magic of the Google search results page with a new, more visual UI. The startup is trying to compete with Google for the European market.

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1 year ago

A company that uses AI to help people understand their credit score. It’s founded by a former VP of risk at FICO, and has raised $40 million.

169
1 year ago

A group of former software engineers and developers who are building an automated dog-training platform to help pet owners train their pooches.

169
2 years ago

"Authentic" is the name of an app that provides a secure, private and audited chat platform for businesses. The app allows users to create a private chat room for a group of up to ten people, with a group administrator who can add new members, delete or block members and monitor chat content. The company was founded by former Googler and Google Ventures partner Misha Chellam.

166
1 year ago

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

148
2 years ago

A software company that creates an API for a network of processors and license holders to manage payments in real-time. The startup was founded by two former executives of Adyen, a global payment processing company.

147
2 years ago

A digital dashboard for people to keep track of their personal and professional goals. The startup is based in San Francisco, and has just closed a $2.5 million round led by former Dropbox executive Adam D’Angelo.

142
2 years ago

A startup for buying and selling tickets to events. The startup is focused on events in the UK and Europe. They were formerly known as Ticket Vending.

139
2 years ago

A startup that helps people find and buy homes for $1,000, and is backed by former President Bill Clinton.

137
2 years ago

Another company built by former Quid co-founders, this one is building a suite of tools to make it easier for women to own businesses in emerging markets.

137
2 years ago

 Gives entrepreneurs and startups easy access to the hardware they need to build and run their business. Founded by a former Microsoft engineer, the company has raised $2.5M and is launching in beta today.

132
1 year ago

Smile is a startup based in Tel Aviv that has built a tool that can help people get trained in coding in only six hours. The company is run by a former CTO of Israeli company SapientNitro.

132
2 years ago

A company that provides a toolkit for self-storage facilities to manage their inventory. The startup was developed by former YC founders.

131
2 years ago

A company that wants to fund and manage the creation of new content in the form of online videos or podcasts. It is backed by former CNN president Jonathan Klein and has raised $7 million from investors and is already active in several markets, including the UK.

130
2 years ago

CEO of the startup is a former Google engineer that says they are “building a better way to do recruiting”

129
1 year ago

A team of former Googlers building a visual search engine for the web.

128
2 years ago

Founded by two former McKinsey consultants, Talent App is a startup that helps companies find the best candidates for roles using ATS technology. Talent App is a membership-based service that includes features like a powerful candidate analytics tool, a job board, and insights into candidate behavior.

124
2 years ago

A digital health startup led by a former pharma executive that aims to help people with chronic conditions manage their health.

123
2 years ago

A startup that offers a service to organize a team of employees. The startup’s team members are former YC founders, and they say they have over 1,000 customers.

122
2 years ago

A platform for making lists and reminders. The startup is led by the former CEO of a company called Reminders, which was acquired by Google in 2010.

122
2 years ago

A platform for connecting friends in real life with people they want to meet. The startup was founded by a former college roommate.

121
2 years ago

The company was founded by former Google engineers, with the goal of creating a “Google for humans” where people can find information about products and services without having to search through a million different sites.

121
2 years ago

A chat app for the former French colony in West Africa, the Ivory Coast. It was launched in August 2015 and has already built up a following among young people.

121
2 years ago

A company that helps companies deal with the challenge of web sales. It was founded by the former chief executive of Gilt Groupe, an e-commerce fashion company.

119
2 years ago

The company, founded by two former Facebook engineers, is building a way to take existing and upcoming blockchains and enable them to be built and used easily across different platforms.

119
2 years ago

A search engine for things that have been read. The company’s co-founder was a former search engine developer who was frustrated with the state of the industry.

115
2 years ago

This company, which was co-founded by a former engineer at Google, is building a platform that uses artificial intelligence to help companies manage employee perks, like free software, free lunches, and more.

115
1 year ago

A Tinder-like app for finding local businesses. Founded by two former Coinbase employees, it has a basic but growing user base.

115
2 years ago

A new way to sell concert tickets that’s built around a social network. The startup says it’s already signed 10,000 artists and 27,000 performers to its platform.

114
2 years ago

A startup run by former Microsoft employee Jason Pelczer, that’s developing a system for companies to accept crypto payments for their enterprise software. The company is targeting companies in the financial services sector.

113
2 years ago

A tool for users to get feedback on projects. The startup was founded by serial entrepreneur and former CEO of Upwork.

111
2 years ago

A startup formed by former partners of the crowdfunding site Kickstarter.

110
2 years ago

A former McKinsey consultant is building a visual search engine that allows users to search for and visualize data. The startup has raised $20MM since August.

107
7 months ago

A pitch from a pair of former YC founders, who say they’re using self-driving cars to help Detroit’s homeless.

106
2 years ago

This startup makes it easy to integrate customer data from various sources into a single platform. The company’s co-founder was formerly a product manager at Google.

103
2 years ago

Cofounder of the company, a former commercial real estate agent, says she knew nothing about the fintech industry until she started researching it in 2017.

103
2 years ago

The founders of this startup are former execs from major media companies including Bloomberg and Thomson Reuters. They’ve built a tool to help brands and agencies keep up with the news, and have launched in over 2,000 companies.

103
5 months ago

A customer service app called "Helpful" that allows customers to get help 24/7. The startup was founded by a former product manager at Google and Square.

103
2 years ago

A cloud-based platform that provides end-to-end accounting upgrades for small businesses. The company was founded by two former Intuit employees.

101
2 years ago

Founded by two former Googlers in 2012, Giphy is a video search engine that helps users find content to animate GIFs from online videos.

100
2 years ago

A startup for hiring talent. The company’s team was made up of former recruiters for established companies.

99
1 year ago

Founders of this two-person startup are the former founders of the startup that made the popular budgeting app Due.

98
1 year ago

A start-up that wants to replace the messy and outdated process of filling out tax forms with a website that will do the whole job for you. Taxcobo’s CEO says his company can save you 10 hours of work a year, or about $1,000, and its employees are former tax professionals.

97
2 years ago

A startup that wants to turn the internet of things into a powerful business tool. The company, founded by former GE engineers, wants to build a platform that combines everyday objects into a platform that can help with manufacturing, distribution, and inventory management.

92
2 years ago

Founded by a pair of former Stripe engineers, this startup helps companies store and deliver their data in a way that is accessible to developers.

92
2 years ago

A platform for selling and buying your car or truck, financed with a monthly payment. The startup sold its first loan in May with former GM executive, Mark St. Pierre, leading the company.

92
2 years ago

A SaaS that serves as a “commercial intranet” for companies, developed by a former Microsoft executive. The company says it has nearly 1,000 customers and has raised $30 million in funding.

91
2 years ago

A group of former AOL employees are building a new kind of digital product, in a new kind of space. Their goal is to build a product that’s creative, inspiring, and that has a social component — a way for people to share their work with their friends and followers.

89
2 years ago

Founded by a former Google executive, the company is looking to bring AI to the design business. The startup’s first product is a tool that helps designers prototype a product with a drawing tool.

88
2 years ago

A platform for booking a ride-share with Uber or Lyft. It is a competitor to UberRush, a company founded by former Uber and Lyft employees that allows ridesharing users to book a ride from a driver without a credit card.

87
2 years ago

A software stack for claims processing. The company, founded by a former legal executive, aims to reduce the cost of claims processing by 10-20%. It has raised $5.1 million in funding.

87
10 months ago

The former CEO of a company called “Nexus”, which was acquired in 2016, wanted to build an app that would allow you to book a taxi through your phone in the same way you book a flight.

87
4 months ago

A global payments network for the $50 trillion global remittance market. Announced on April 1, the company is expected to raise a $100 million round of funding at a $2 billion valuation. The company is led by Lakhvinder Singh, a former senior executive at MasterCard and PayPal.

86
2 years ago

A team of former Google engineers are building a “SEO suite” for e-commerce platforms that includes keyword research, sitemaps, and other tools. It helps brands rank better on search engines and direct more traffic to the site.

83
4 months ago

Launched by former Googler Ricardo Baeza-Yates, who led Google’s mobilefirst, responsive web initiative, this startup is building a search engine for everyone, with a focus on helping users find great content from the world’s most trusted sources.

83
8 months ago

You can’t just call up a former classmate and ask them, “Hey, can you help me get a job” But this startup can, and they can do it at scale.

81
1 year ago

The startup founded by a former General Electric executive, wants to use AI and a custom-designed nanotechnology solution to make drinking water taste better.

80
2 years ago

A company that allows you to buy and sell goods on eBay directly from within a mobile app. Founded by former Facebook exec Justin Kan, Hangers was started in 2014 and has raised $5.5 million. and has over 30,000 users.

79
2 years ago

A tool to help companies manage their IT infrastructure from a single dashboard. The startup was founded by two former Cisco employees.

79
1 year ago

This startup is founded by former Google employees and aims to be the “Uber of recruiting”, allowing companies to list their job openings for remote employees.

79
1 year 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.

78
1 year ago

Written by a former Google employee, it’s a platform that helps you create and share digital notes.

78
1 year ago

Founded by a former product manager at Google, OnSwipe is building a platform that helps major brands and retailers drive sales. OnSwipe is working with a number of major brands, including Neiman Marcus, Neiman Marcus, and Target, as well as a number of retailers, including Build-A-Bear, Lowe’s, and Home Depot.

77
2 years ago

Cofounder of the company, a former financial industry analyst, began researching the fintech industry in 2017. She found a dearth of female founders in the space. In her startup’s pitch deck, she highlights several female founders as part of the company’s advisory board.

75
9 months ago

A banking solution meant to offer a new alternative to the credit card. The company is co-founded by former players from Stripe, who say they’re “creating a banking brand that works for the modern consumer”.

74
2 years ago

A digital assistant that helps recruiters and hiring managers find and manage top talent. The startup is backed by Sound Ventures, the venture capital arm of Pandora, and is led by former Googler and Facebook executive David Fischer.

73
2 years ago

A startup that lets companies and teams track how they spend money and how much they’re saving, for tax purposes. The startup was founded by two former PayPal employees and launched in May 2019.

72
1 year ago

This startup is building a platform that connects people who want to enter the IRS’ EITC program with tax preparers. The startup, which was founded by former EITC advisor Amanda Nalley, has already been used by tens of thousands of people to qualify for the tax credit.

71
1 year ago

The idea is to build an app to sell tickets to former members of the military who are looking to reconnect with their old unit.

70
1 year ago

This tech startup is building tech for tech companies to help employees manage tech risks. The tech team at this startup is comprised of former tech execs at tech companies like Google. They’re working with tech companies in the US, Israel, UK, and France.

70
1 year ago

 A dating platform for men seeking women, with a heavy emphasis on education. The company has already raised $1.4M after announcing the startup in December, with investors including former CEO of LinkedIn, Reid Hoffman.

69
10 months ago

The company was founded by two former Googlers, and they’re building a way so that any human being can create an AI bot in a matter of minutes.

69
1 year ago

A team of four former Googlers wants to help people stay organized with an app that lets you organize your life on your phone.

68
1 year ago

A startup that wants to help an enterprise customer hire more people by giving them access to a network of former employees for free.

67
1 year ago

The company was founded in 2012 by Joshua Granick, a former entrepreneur and executive at a number of startups including Twitter and Uber.

67
4 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.

67
1 year ago

A P2P online marketplace that connects businesses and customers, enabling the former to accept payments from the latter, with no risk of fraud. Ideogram is already in the process of onboarding over 1000 businesses in the US.

66
1 year ago

 A connected device that connects a person’s body to their social network via a bracelet, allowing them to monitor their fitness and coaching needs, connect with friends, and be more active. The device, which is being developed by a team of former Google employees, raised $1.5 million in seed funding.

65
1 year ago

A group of app makers, including a former YC batch, started a startup to enable broadcasters to promote their content through Snapchat.

65
1 year ago

Catch a Yacht is building a service that acts as a virtual concierge for wealthy travelers — it helps them book travel and manage their money. The company’s founders are former Facebook employees.

64
1 year ago

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

64
1 year ago

A messaging app for the Philippines. The startup is the brainchild of former Facebook engineers.

64
1 year ago

A platform for selling and buying fixed-rate loans. The company is developed by former Citi, UBS, KKR and S&P executives.

63
1 year ago

 A custom cryptocurrency that’s being built by a former Coinbase employee. The startup is building a cryptocurrency for which no mining is required – a codebase that’s designed to be more decentralized.

63
1 year ago

A custom-built security system to protect mobile devices, with a team of designers and engineers that build the actual hardware and software. The startup is staffed by former Google employees and was spun out from Google to focus on security.

63
1 year ago

An on-demand cleaning service that advertises on a mobile app. The startup is made up of a team of former Uber and DoorDash employees.

61
1 year ago

This startup’s product lets small businesses manage their employees’ paperwork. It was founded in 2014 by two former BBVA executives.

60
11 months ago

A next-gen social network, started by a former Facebook employee. The platform has a focus on privacy and autonomy, a stark contrast to Facebook’s approach which values a vibrant social community.

60
1 year ago

A startup for small businesses to create a professional brand by creating videos for their social media sites and website. The startup is co-founded by former Wistia and Sprout Social employees.

59
3 months ago

An analytics platform for companies to track employee reviews and feedback. The startup was founded by former Product Hunt team members.

59
1 year ago

Co-founded by former CEO of Appjo, a startup that made a product to help people write and manage their to-do’s online.

58
1 year ago

A B2B company that helps businesses manage their operations. The startup was co-founded by a former Google employee who used to run a business before quitting in 2011 to become a full-time entrepreneur.

56
8 months ago

 This startup is building a platform that helps children learn English by reading literature on their iPads. It’s the brainchild of two former teachers and a former English teacher.

56
4 months ago

A company started by former Googlers that is building a framework for smart home devices, including ones that can provide water, oxygen and lighting.

56
2 years ago

Idea: A startup that helps brands and agencies plan out their Instagram marketing strategies. The founder is a former head of marketing at Instagram (who worked on its mobile app) and says that brands still have a hard time figuring out how to adapt their advertising to the platform.

55
1 year ago

It is a drop-in-a-bucket startup incubator in the heart of Downtown Los Angeles. The company was founded in 2017 by former Google executive Brian Wieser. The company's mission is to foster entrepreneurship in the city of Los Angeles.

55
1 year ago

 A dating app that connects singles in the same city. The app works with the two users to schedule a date, with a free trial of the paid service. The founders are former Google employees.

55
1 year ago

An API for healthcare providers to manage patient data. The startup, founded by a former Amazon executive, is building a new API for healthcare providers to manage patient data.

54
1 year ago

A startup for performers, producers and fans to book shows, buy tickets and track transactions. Users can buy tickets from a personal dashboard, and can also receive emails from artists about upcoming gigs.

54
1 year ago

A startup founded by former Uber employees to help Uber drivers connect with riders through a network of private messaging

54
2 years ago

A team of former HubSpot and Google employees have created a new startup called Binder that makes it easy for sales and marketing teams to collaborate with one another.

52
1 year ago

A team of former Google engineers building an AI for helping people find the right health care provider.

52
1 year ago

One of the founders is a former Google employee and the company is trying to make it easier to manage your VPS. They have a landing page that includes a free trial and a free account.

52
1 year ago

A B2B SaaS startup focused on helping companies find, manage and automate their supply chain. The company is led by former McKinsey consultant and CEO, who previously started and sold several companies.

52
1 year ago

Uses machine learning to automatically detect which members of a startup’s team are the best performers and which are the worst. The startup uses this data to help optimize the startup’s resources.

51
3 months ago

A SaaS startup that manages the entire process of creating and distributing digital marketing content. The founders are former Google employees.

51
1 year ago

A directory of independent developers, with a marketplace to match them with a client. The startup has a team of former Google employees and has raised $1.5 million from Y Combinator.

50
1 year ago

A startup that connects consumers and brands to help them buy products online. The founder is a former Google engineer who was a co-founder of Instacart, a grocery delivery service, before launching this startup.

50
1 year ago

A platform that brings together 500 current and former investors to build a new breed of venture fund.

50
1 year ago

A workflow management platform for surgeons and medical anesthesiologists. The company’s investors include former CEOs of Amazon, eBay, and Google.

50
1 year ago

A startup that uses facial recognition to help customers find, review, and purchase products online. Founded by the former CEO of UBER.

49
1 year ago

A platform that helps the medical community make more informed decisions through data. HealthLoop cofounders are former Apple engineers who say they’ve built a prototype.

49
10 months ago

A media company that helps content creators find sponsors for their work. The company’s founders are former employees at the New York Times and Wall Street Journal.

48
1 year ago

A team of former Facebook engineers who left the company to build a tool to allow businesses to better manage their paid digital advertising.

47
8 months ago

A “Facebook for people,” players can connect with their friends, see pictures and videos posted by their friends, and can post their own. The startup was started by a former Facebook executive, who wanted to build on the platform’s growth.

47
11 months ago

A SaaS tool for invoicing and payments, co-founded by two former engineers at Stripe.

46
3 months ago

A data platform for companies to see what financial products their customers are using and get insights about their spending habits. The company was founded by a former Wells Fargo executive.

46
2 months ago

The team behind the former Twilio and Imgur wants to build developing mobile apps and services in a very different way than other startups. Their product targets a niche audience and has an annual recurring revenue (ARR) model.

46
1 year ago

A B2B platform for buying and selling real estate, which was founded by former Google and Facebook employees.

44
10 months ago

The startup’s CEO, Jessy Toh, is a former product manager at Google, and she’s been working on the startup’s data-driven sales software, which is supposed to help sales reps manage their pipelines.

44
1 year ago

A startup that provides a marketplace for brokers and consumers to find, book, and pay for parking. The company’s founders are former employees of Parkingify, which they say is a prime example of the need for a parking marketplace.

43
8 months 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.

42
6 months ago

The company, which was started by a former professional poker player, is helping people with the game of Texas Hold ‘Em.

42
7 months ago

The startup works with the government of India’s Ministry of Defence to help small businesses in India get their hands on Defense Ministry-related contracts. The startup’s founder, Sumit Goel, is a former officer in the Indian Navy.

40
3 months ago

Cofounded by a former Apple employee, this startup wants to make it easier for companies to use their own internal data and learn from it.

39
8 months ago

The CEO of the company is a former tech executive at Facebook who says their product lets small businesses easily create email marketing campaigns. They’re building a product for small businesses to send out email marketing campaigns.

37
6 months ago

A full-service security startup that’s working in the vein of a SaaS startup, with a team that includes a former VP of security at Microsoft. The company is building out a product that brings a SaaS-like service to the world of security, allowing companies to keep an eye on their employees and their devices remotely.

37
1 year ago

A compliance platform for small business loans, developed by a former Goldman Sachs banker.

36
9 months ago

A startup that helps people create and manage their personalized travel itineraries. The founders are former Google employees who left to work on this.

35
2 months ago

A company that builds data visualizations for the media market. Launched in December 2016, the startup was founded by a former Google product manager.

35
11 months ago

A way to help small businesses with accounting, a startup founded by two former Paypal employees.

34
8 months ago

Founded by former Viacom executive and a former Google sales exec, this startup is building a suite of tools that help companies manage their influencer marketing, although their own website says they’re better suited for “large enterprises”.

34
11 months ago

A software platform that helps retailers sell and market their products online, with a focus on subscription commerce, ecommerce, and marketing. The company was founded by two former employees of Warby Parker and Verily.

33
1 month ago

A group of three former Amazon employees have built a tool that helps guide people to the best deals. The company says they’ve had over 10,000 purchases through the app since launching in May.

33
10 months ago

A social network for people who have been wronged by a company, built by a former Google employee.

32
6 months ago

The company was started by a former M&A banker, and aims to create a platform that allows people to create a digital relationship with artists, allowing them to sell music directly.

32
5 months ago

A B2B company that helps companies manage their investments and achieve a holistic view of their portfolio. It’s led by former startup employees at Betterment, Upromise, and Investable.

32
5 months ago

Kiva Fellows have highly specialized skills. For example, the founders of this startup are former surgeons who learned the medical terminology of the legal system. They’re helping the legal system to more efficiently write and understand contracts, which they say can save money, time, and lives.

32
18 days ago

 A platform that uses AI to help recruiters find candidates. Founded by the former CEO of Glassdoor, the company is aiming to be a highly-targeted alternative to traditional job boards.

32
10 months ago

A bi-weekly newsletter for entrepreneurs and businesses, written by a former business journalist. The newsletter is free and comes out the first and 15th of every month.

31
7 months ago

The brainchild of two former Facebook employees, Yerdle is a next-generation market for goods and services. Yerdle has an app that allows merchants to list goods and services available for sale and to buy and sell their own goods and services.

31
7 months ago

A company that provides professional, non-intrusive security service to protect privileged accounts. It’s a B2B business, with the CEO saying that it’s difficult to get security services for large companies. HotPass was started by former CIA and NSA employees to provide more secure alternatives to encryption.

30
3 months ago

A startup founded by a former Googler that aims to help brands tell their stories through interactive videos.

29
6 months ago

One of the co-founders of Tailwind is a former employee of Uber, and their product is a platform that helps companies optimize their supply chain with AI.

28
2 months ago

A venture founded by the former head of the transportation app Boost. The startup is heating up and has over $1 million in seed funding.

27
5 months ago

A startup that helps consumers manage a company’s benefits for them by tracking them on an app. The startup was built by a former Googler and another executive from Facebook.

24
2 months ago

Both a blog and a photography site for artists, with a heavy emphasis on the former.

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1 month ago

Bonobos was founded in New York City in 2007 by Andy Dunn, a former executive vice president at Target and former director of product at Yahoo. Bonobos is a men's clothing retailer.

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29 days ago

The startup, which is created by a pair of former Facebook employees, is building a new kind of email service that combines the power of email with the simplicity of SMS.

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4 days ago

 A video sharing platform that offers all creators a revenue share with the platform. The startup was founded by former Netflix executives.

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4 days ago

A company that uses artificial intelligence to make decisions in the health care industry. Their data science team is led by a former MIT student who specializes in AI.

8
2 days ago

a team of three ex-Googlers, led by former Google product manager Andrew Soto, is building an app that lets users collaborate on documents in real time.

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3 hours ago

Seed investments for early stage startups in Boston, managed by a pair of former Bain Capital Ventures partners. The seed fund will invest $50,000, and the idea is the accelerator will help entrepreneurs grow their company before they get to the point that a Series A investment is warranted.

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2 years ago

Idea: A business that provides an experience platform for making and organizing all kinds of lifestyle plans Co-founder Dan is the former head of product at Maker’s Market, the private label division at Walmart

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2 years ago

Idea: A podcast for entrepreneurs and small business owners. It’s called “Sales & Marketing” and it’s hosted by two former startup founders.

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2 years ago

Idea: A holiday-specific grocery delivery service started by two former Amazon employees.

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