Friction Startup Ideas

3 years ago

A startup that aims to help remove the friction between resource-poor hospitals in India and those with more resources.

228

3 years ago

A digital payments app for merchants in India. It aims to connect merchants with their customers via a mobile-first and friction-free interface.

188

2 years ago

A startup that’s building a “frictionless” marketplace for buying and selling everything from cars to houses.

166

3 years ago

Unload is a frictionless way to share your vehicle.

155

3 years ago

This startup is building a “frictionless” digital sales platform for printers.

152

1 year ago

A Slack alternative that’s built on the idea of “removing the friction from work”.

145

1 year ago

A startup that allows users to send requests to merchants, get alerts when they’re available, and place orders. The startup is aiming to decrease the friction involved in getting products from a store to a person’s house.

144

1 year ago

A community for people seeking to buy, sell, and rent used cars. They’re building a platform that aims to be as frictionless as possible, and is now working with a few car dealerships in the UK.

140

3 years ago

A startup that wants to take the friction out of the process of purchasing a home. Instead of going through a bank, you can do all the paperwork online.

135

3 years ago

This startup is building a digital library of sorts for the music industry. It hopes to replace the print-only distribution models with a digital distribution platform that allows users to sell music with minimal friction and low overhead.

133

3 years ago

A “frictionless” payments app that lets businesses turn debit card payments into direct deposits, enabling customers to pay without even having a card in their hands.

129

2 years ago

A startup that helps retailers with reporting, inventory management, and order fulfillment in a way that takes friction out of the process.

127

3 years ago

This startup is a monthly subscription service that aims to make cross-border payments as easy and frictionless as possible.

123

3 years ago

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

122

3 years ago

A company that helps its customers to “reduce the friction” between their customers and their employees by using a distributed ledger called Hyperledger.

119

3 years ago

Reduce the friction of scheduling interviews and making hiring decisions. The company says they’ve already raised $1M and have a job matching product that they’re launching in the next few months.

114

2 years ago

A check-in system for hotels and other lodging services, using a “frictionless check-in” platform. The platform allows guests to book rooms from their phone, and lets them track the status of their room within their app.

104

2 years ago

A startup that builds on the Shopify platform to allow small businesses to make online purchases. The company’s goal is to reduce the friction of buying online, which is a challenge for small businesses.

103

3 years ago

A digital point-of-sale system for restaurants that minimizes friction and drives more sales. The platform uses a credit card reader and is simply hooked up to an existing Wi-Fi network.

94

2 years ago

Focusing on hiring methods for nonprofits, this startup is working on a platform that aims to take out the “friction” in the hiring process.

90

2 years ago

A global payments company that wants to reduce the friction of international money transfers and make them easy and seamless for consumers. The startup’s product is a platform that uses “local currency bias” to make international transactions as easy as possible.

81

11 months ago

A new type of payment platform that helps SMBs, who don’t have the resources of big banks, to operate more efficiently with less friction.

81

2 years ago

A platform that aims to capitalize on the power of the “frictionless” commerce that comes from services like Uber and Airbnb. The platform will allow consumers to use apps to order groceries, ride-sharing, or take-out, and the company will cover the cost of delivery.

80

2 years ago

The company says it’s building a platform that lets customers buy and sell goods “with very little friction and no fees”. They announced a $50 million Series B round in April 2015.

76

2 years ago

A startup that aims to make the act of sending and receiving money as simple and friction-free as possible. Cred is a fully digital, mobile, and online solution that is as easy to use as an ATM.

75

1 year ago

A tool that helps teams communicate, with the goal of eliminating the “silly drama” and friction that come with team communication.

75

2 years ago

A startup that is building a “frictionless” way for people to pay for coffee via a smartphone.

71

1 year ago

A company that makes it possible to share food with strangers in a safe, on-demand, and frictionless way.

71

1 year ago

This startup is building a way to “remove the friction between your physical and online lives” through a product that is a “smartwatch with a battery that lasts for an entire year.”

69

1 year ago

Smoothing the friction involved in the procurement process; a “digital procurement agency” that helps companies find suppliers and manage deals.

66

6 months ago

A platform that removes the friction between customers and small businesses online.

65

8 months ago

A company aiming to build a frictionless, AI-powered, social media-based marketing platform.

57

1 year ago

A startup that aims to remove the friction from travel, allowing users to get a ride at the tap of a button.

55

1 year ago

Car rental startups and startups creating rental cars are both big businesses. However, a number of issues are creating friction between them. Tagr is a startup created to help renters and car rental companies work together, using their combined data to better serve consumers.

55

9 months ago

A startup for freelance developers that aims to remove the friction from finding and using their services. It’s a marketplace that matches developers with specific projects, and resembles a job board in many ways.

51

1 year ago

A way to share inventory with nearby retailers, allowing them to buy and sell in a frictionless way.

49

5 months ago

A group of “tech entrepreneurs, designers, and thinkers” who want to build a better way to pay for things. The startup is building tools that are more frictionless and transparent, letting users pay with their preferred currency and get a receipt in the mail.

30

7 months ago

A company that wants to build a frictionless way for consumers to get their own personal security cameras, giving customers the ability to make requests on the fly, and to purchase and pay for them without installing anything.

29

5 months ago

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

29

2 months ago

The startup is creating a new way to pay for things online (mobile payments) by removing friction from transactions.

28

2 months ago

A calendar app that syncs events between Google Calendar and Members.me, reducing the friction to get them to sync together.

26

5 months ago

A startup that helps you book your flights and hotels online and then integrates it with your car rental, hotel nights, and airline loyalty programs. The company’s goal is to take all of the friction out of booking travel for the average person.

25

5 months ago

A “frictionless” grocery delivery service for retailers. The site offers customers a curated selection of local merchants who have partnered with the service. It has a store locator and curates a list of merchants. The startup says it has already signed up 1,000 local merchants.

22

1 month ago

A software company that removes the friction of watching a video on Facebook, YouTube or even just your phone. It’s designed to make it easier to consume video content.

19

4 months ago

Ashley Thayer, founder and CEO of the company, wrote that this product "aims to take the friction out of booking a rental and allows renters and landlords to book and pay for their rental experiences through a mobile app."

17

15 days ago

Amperio provides a payment platform that removes the friction for companies to pay each other, lowering the cost of payment and increasing payment speed and transparency.

7

3 years ago

Idea: A startup that wants to build the next generation of video calling services, tackling the problem of making video calls pleasant and frictionless.

3

3 years ago

Idea: A new consumer-focused mobile payments app to replace credit cards The company aims to reduce friction by letting users buy things with their phone instead of having to pull out their wallet They want to replace everyone’s credit card information The startup has processed over $1MM in payments

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3 years ago

Idea: Startup that has built a toolkit for turning any website into a chatbot The startup wants to take the friction out of building bots by providing a visual interface and developer tools

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Friction Startup Ideas

A startup that aims to help remove the friction between resource-poor hospitals in India and those with more resources.

A digital payments app for merchants in India. It aims to connect merchants with their customers via a mobile-first and friction-free interface.

A startup that’s building a “frictionless” marketplace for buying and selling everything from cars to houses.

Unload is a frictionless way to share your vehicle.

This startup is building a “frictionless” digital sales platform for printers.

A Slack alternative that’s built on the idea of “removing the friction from work”.

A startup that allows users to send requests to merchants, get alerts when they’re available, and place orders. The startup is aiming to decrease the friction involved in getting products from a store to a person’s house.

A community for people seeking to buy, sell, and rent used cars. They’re building a platform that aims to be as frictionless as possible, and is now working with a few car dealerships in the UK.

A startup that wants to take the friction out of the process of purchasing a home. Instead of going through a bank, you can do all the paperwork online.

This startup is building a digital library of sorts for the music industry. It hopes to replace the print-only distribution models with a digital distribution platform that allows users to sell music with minimal friction and low overhead.

A “frictionless” payments app that lets businesses turn debit card payments into direct deposits, enabling customers to pay without even having a card in their hands.

A startup that helps retailers with reporting, inventory management, and order fulfillment in a way that takes friction out of the process.

This startup is a monthly subscription service that aims to make cross-border payments as easy and frictionless as possible.

A company that helps its customers to “reduce the friction” between their customers and their employees by using a distributed ledger called Hyperledger.

Reduce the friction of scheduling interviews and making hiring decisions. The company says they’ve already raised $1M and have a job matching product that they’re launching in the next few months.

A check-in system for hotels and other lodging services, using a “frictionless check-in” platform. The platform allows guests to book rooms from their phone, and lets them track the status of their room within their app.

A startup that builds on the Shopify platform to allow small businesses to make online purchases. The company’s goal is to reduce the friction of buying online, which is a challenge for small businesses.

A digital point-of-sale system for restaurants that minimizes friction and drives more sales. The platform uses a credit card reader and is simply hooked up to an existing Wi-Fi network.

Focusing on hiring methods for nonprofits, this startup is working on a platform that aims to take out the “friction” in the hiring process.

A global payments company that wants to reduce the friction of international money transfers and make them easy and seamless for consumers. The startup’s product is a platform that uses “local currency bias” to make international transactions as easy as possible.

A new type of payment platform that helps SMBs, who don’t have the resources of big banks, to operate more efficiently with less friction.

A platform that aims to capitalize on the power of the “frictionless” commerce that comes from services like Uber and Airbnb. The platform will allow consumers to use apps to order groceries, ride-sharing, or take-out, and the company will cover the cost of delivery.

The company says it’s building a platform that lets customers buy and sell goods “with very little friction and no fees”. They announced a $50 million Series B round in April 2015.

A startup that aims to make the act of sending and receiving money as simple and friction-free as possible. Cred is a fully digital, mobile, and online solution that is as easy to use as an ATM.

A tool that helps teams communicate, with the goal of eliminating the “silly drama” and friction that come with team communication.

A startup that is building a “frictionless” way for people to pay for coffee via a smartphone.

A company that makes it possible to share food with strangers in a safe, on-demand, and frictionless way.

This startup is building a way to “remove the friction between your physical and online lives” through a product that is a “smartwatch with a battery that lasts for an entire year.”

Smoothing the friction involved in the procurement process; a “digital procurement agency” that helps companies find suppliers and manage deals.

A platform that removes the friction between customers and small businesses online.

A company aiming to build a frictionless, AI-powered, social media-based marketing platform.

A startup that aims to remove the friction from travel, allowing users to get a ride at the tap of a button.

Car rental startups and startups creating rental cars are both big businesses. However, a number of issues are creating friction between them. Tagr is a startup created to help renters and car rental companies work together, using their combined data to better serve consumers.

A startup for freelance developers that aims to remove the friction from finding and using their services. It’s a marketplace that matches developers with specific projects, and resembles a job board in many ways.

A way to share inventory with nearby retailers, allowing them to buy and sell in a frictionless way.

A group of “tech entrepreneurs, designers, and thinkers” who want to build a better way to pay for things. The startup is building tools that are more frictionless and transparent, letting users pay with their preferred currency and get a receipt in the mail.

A company that wants to build a frictionless way for consumers to get their own personal security cameras, giving customers the ability to make requests on the fly, and to purchase and pay for them without installing anything.

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

The startup is creating a new way to pay for things online (mobile payments) by removing friction from transactions.

A calendar app that syncs events between Google Calendar and Members.me, reducing the friction to get them to sync together.

A startup that helps you book your flights and hotels online and then integrates it with your car rental, hotel nights, and airline loyalty programs. The company’s goal is to take all of the friction out of booking travel for the average person.

A “frictionless” grocery delivery service for retailers. The site offers customers a curated selection of local merchants who have partnered with the service. It has a store locator and curates a list of merchants. The startup says it has already signed up 1,000 local merchants.

A software company that removes the friction of watching a video on Facebook, YouTube or even just your phone. It’s designed to make it easier to consume video content.

Ashley Thayer, founder and CEO of the company, wrote that this product "aims to take the friction out of booking a rental and allows renters and landlords to book and pay for their rental experiences through a mobile app."

Amperio provides a payment platform that removes the friction for companies to pay each other, lowering the cost of payment and increasing payment speed and transparency.

Idea: A startup that wants to build the next generation of video calling services, tackling the problem of making video calls pleasant and frictionless.

Idea: Startup that has built a toolkit for turning any website into a chatbot The startup wants to take the friction out of building bots by providing a visual interface and developer tools