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6 months ago

A business that connects people with houses they can rent through a website. The startup has already secured over $1 million in funding.

954
9 months ago

A software platform that helps people find the right mental-health resources. The company has received over $2.5 million in funding to date.

647
2 months ago

A platform for crowdfunding, connecting startups to potential investors. They charge a 30% fee and the startup needs to raise $50,000 to launch.

392
2 years ago

This startup is building a tool to help brands find the best influencers for their products. They have $1.5 million in seed funding.

330
3 years ago

A startup that’s building a crowdfunding platform for entrepreneurs. The company is working with the Stars Foundation, which helps invest in startups in developing countries, to create an online platform to help entrepreneurs raise funds.

295
2 years ago

A startup that lets users “check-in” to any retail location and receive a discount or free gift. The company has raised $1.5 million in seed funding.

291
2 years ago

This is a product-tracking app for restaurants, allowing them to track all their orders, send notifications to employees, and manage payments. It’s currently only available in the US but has recently secured seed funding.

288
2 years ago

A crowdfunding platform specifically for beginner producers and small businesses.

284
2 years ago

 A micro-funding platform for entrepreneurs, reducing the cost of startup capital for high growth startups by providing a mechanism for investors to match their own funds with the startups they care about. The goal is to save startups money on the front end while generating real returns on the back end.

283
2 years ago

A startup that’s building an AI-enabled chatbot for legal services. The company has $1 million in seed funding.

259
2 years ago

They’re building an app for crowdfunding microloans to SMEs in India.

257
2 years ago

A food delivery startup that wants to take on Uber Eats. The company is currently only available in Seattle and has $3 million in funding.

248
24 days ago

Currently has $1.2M in seed funding

247
2 years ago

They want to build a platform where employers and freelance workers can “communicate, connect and collaborate”. They have raised $1.1M in seed funding as of September 2019.

237
2 years ago

A product that helps users organize and find their files. The startup has raised $1.6 million in seed funding from investors including Y Combinator partner Ryan Dunn, and is now seeking to raise a Series A.

231
2 years ago

Wheelchair-mounted fans to cool you down while you’re sitting in a wheelchair. The startup is among the first contestants into a new category for Kickstarter called “Mobility” that the company says is meant to help bring people who wouldn’t otherwise be able to take part in crowdfunding to the platform.

223
2 years ago

An investment platform for early stage startups composed of a distributed network of partners who provide seed funding and advice.

223
2 years ago

A "smart home monitoring" startup focused on energy efficiency. It's currently in a pre-launch stage, with a device that allows users to remotely turn off lights and lock doors with a smartphone, and the company says it has acquired $2.4 million in seed funding

217
2 years ago

A startup that’s building a platform to help companies manage call center operations. The startup says it has $1.5 million in funding from investors including Birchmere Ventures.

215
2 years ago

A tool that helps people create and share their own GIFs. The startup has raised $200K in seed funding from AngelPad, Kapor Capital, and others.

209
2 years ago

A startup that helps you find a ride share for a trip by using a variety of technology to help you choose a car that’s right for you. The startup has raised $3.5 million in two rounds of funding.

208
2 years ago

A digital platform that helps make purchasing music more convenient. A user can choose a song and buy it in a few clicks, or use its app for group buying. The company has raised $3.2 million in funding.

206
2 years ago

A marketing tool that lets you track your social media interactions, and see which customers are most engaged, most likely to buy, or engaged at all. The company has raised $2 million in funding.

201
2 years ago

A startup that connects restaurants with home delivery services, so that customers can order food that’s ready when they get it. The startup has already raised $2.4 million in funding.

199
2 years ago

This startup wants to make it easy for real estate agents to manage their online marketing. The startup has $1.6 million in funding.

199
2 years ago

Codeacademy is a web-based learning platform that allows users to complete online courses. The company raised $1.4 million in Series A funding in July 2015.

195
2 years ago

A tool to help non-profits raise money with an online crowdfunding campaign

192
2 years ago

A company that provides paid mobile data for people on limited data plans, which it says is the only one in the US. The startup has raised $2.3 million in funding from investors including Y Combinator.

184
3 years ago

A white-label SaaS for managing real estate, which includes a CRM to help companies manage their tenants and clients. The startup has raised $1.5 million in funding.

183
3 years ago

A group of four-hour-old startups that are still around from Demo Day in June. The goal is to help early stage founders get funding and grow their businesses.

181
3 months ago

An online platform for research that connects researchers with companies, helping them get more done in less time. Researchers can find the right researchers and get funding more quickly. The startup is based in London, but has another office in San Francisco.

181
3 years ago

 A tool for managing and scaling social media campaigns. The startup is based in the UK and has raised $4 million in funding.

180
3 years ago

A company that helps retailers grow their online sales by selling them on Amazon.com. The startup has $2.5 million in funding.

176
3 years ago

A startup that helps people on crowd-funding platforms avoid scammers

175
3 years ago

Find and book a personal chef, who then delivers food to your home. The startup has raised $1.4 million in seed funding.

175
2 years ago

Seed funding for a free online course on investing in Chinese stock markets and investing in Chinese businesses.

174
2 years ago

A startup using crowd funding to raise money for a home automation platform.

173
2 years ago

The startup’s pitch is that “we help people save money by visiting restaurants that are good, but not the best.” The app now has 100,000 users in the UK, and its founders say they’ll be able to expand globally if their funding round meets its goal.

173
3 years ago

A company focused on corporate software for the cannabis industry. The founders say they’ve already secured $2m in funding.

172
3 years ago

A startup that’s bringing equity crowdfunding to the US.

170
2 years ago

A platform that brings the benefits of crowdfunding to the traditional credit card industry.

168
1 year ago

 A tool for managing crowdfunded products, focusing on the last mile of crowdfunding, helping scalability and distribution.

168
1 year ago

A startup for crowdfunding for nonprofits

166
3 years ago

A platform that helps businesses share their data and information with other businesses by sending out data feeds. The startup says it has taken in $1.5 million in funding to date.

164
2 years ago

A company that provides software that helps small businesses to operate better, faster, and more efficiently. It’s a cloud-based service that helps small businesses staff sales, accounting, and other functions. The startup has raised over $4.6 million in funding, and found itself in the news recently for an employee lawsuit.

164
3 years ago

A startup that lets you take a selfie and choose where you want it to appear – like Facebook’s ‘Camera Effects’ – in an Instagram-like interface that’s meant to show you how you look, not what you look like. The company has raised $2 million in seed funding.

163
3 years ago

A platform for employees to communicate with each other, share files, and review client work. The company uses Slack as a communications platform, and has raised $1.5 million in funding to date.

162
3 years ago

A marketing tool for crowdfunding platforms that helps founders and project managers track projects and keep track of fundraising progress.

160
3 years ago

This company is building a stock market for real estate, which it says is worth $1.4 trillion. The startup says they have $100 million in seed funding from investors like Accel, Greylock, and Andreessen Horowitz, as well as a $50 million Series A round led by Sapphire Ventures.

157
3 years ago

In 2018, the company raised $1.5 million in funding.

157
3 years ago

A system that helps connect people across the world who are interested in doing freelance work, such as writing, editing, and design. The startup was founded in March and is looking to raise seed funding.

156
3 years ago

Simplifying the process of getting an investor on board. The company offers $2 million in funding to companies that have $20,000 in annual revenue plus have a proven track record of revenue growth.

155
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.

155
3 years ago

A tool that allows employees to manage their expenses so they can take accounting to the next level (and hold their bosses accountable for it). The team has raised $500,000 in seed funding and is based in NYC.

155
3 years ago

The company is looking to raise a round of funding that values the company at $1.3 billion. The round is expected to close in February 2019.

155
1 year ago

A startup that aims to bring together the entire supply chain of a product to help manufacturers sell more. The startup is working with a sample of 50 companies and says they have secured $1 million in funding from investors.

155
3 years ago

A mobile app that helps users save money by suggesting the right balance for their credit cards. The startup has raised $1 million in seed funding.

154
3 years ago

A crowdfunding platform for artists and musicians looking to live off their art after record sales dry up.

154
3 years ago

A crowdfunding platform that aims to help startups get their products to market.

154
3 years ago

A tool to help broadcast companies understand how their content is being consumed. The company is currently seeking $5 million in funding, and is looking for a $2 million seed round.

154
1 year ago

A platform for large-scale crowd-funding of startups.

154
3 years ago

Helps users sell to the right people at the right price. The startup says it has already secured $1 million in funding from investors.

152
3 years ago

The San Francisco Bay Area is home to more than 200 companies that have received a total of more than $80 billion in venture capital funding as of Q3 2017.

152
3 years ago

A way to help people share their calendars with family and friends and collaborate on events. The company has already raised $2.5 million in seed funding.

152
3 years ago

A funding platform that offers loans to startups

152
2 years ago

A tool for finding the right contractor to fix a job, and making sure they’re getting paid for it. It’s currently working with 500 clients and funding 500 jobs per month.

152
2 years ago

A platform for employers to manage benefits and payroll. The company has $13.6 million in funding and 1,000 employers on board.

152
1 year ago

"• "September 2014 - $200,000 in seed funding"

152
3 years ago

A startup that makes it possible for anyone to use Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram as a customer service call center without having to re-enter their information. The company has already secured funding from Y Combinator, AngelList, and Techstars.

151
3 years ago

The startup pitches its platform as the “one-stop shop for all things HR”. It will offer HR software, payroll, and benefits management. It also recently raised $1.5M in seed funding.

151
3 years ago

A platform that lets companies and organizations create and manage a portfolio of video shows. The platform makes it easy for anyone to create a show and for it to be consumed, including viewers on mobile devices. The company is in seed funding, and planning to launch in Q4 2019

150
3 years ago

This is a startup that helps start-ups and entrepreneurs get funding from family offices and institutions.

150
2 years ago

A tool to help startups with the cost of raising seed funding, that seeks to integrate the big four of Kickstarter, AngelList, DigitalTilt, and SeedInvest in one platform.

150
3 years ago

A platform that helps writer’s sell their work, producing a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter.

149
3 years ago

A tool that helps companies manage their employees’ vacation time. The startup currently has $750,000 in funding from investors including Allen & Company, SV Angel and 500 Startups.

149
1 year ago

A startup that helps small businesses manage their inventory and sales, and the sales and inventory of the stores they sell to. The business has $2.2M in funding.

149
3 years ago

A secure, automated email-based system for handling sensitive transactions. They’ve built a tool that uses the public keys of people’s email accounts to take payments and even file taxes. The founders tell us they have $6 million in funding from participants in Y Combinator and have received an undisclosed amount of seed funding from YC.

148
3 years ago

A way to hook up with a freelance designer for in-house design, build a site, and then manage it all from one app. The company says it has $6 million in funding and has been profitable since 2014.

148
3 years ago

A platform for organizations, including universities and non-profits, to raise money through crowdfunding.

146
3 years ago

A startup with a $50 million-plus funding round, which makes networking events and events for startups much easier – with a central platform for event organizers and attendees.

146
3 years ago

A “Mobile-first enterprise” platform that offers “one-to-many communication” for companies. It’s meant for companies with a “live, real-time workforce.” The startup has raised $150MM in venture funding.

146
3 years ago

A crowdfunding platform that aims to help entrepreneurs pitch their projects on a more intimate level. It’s a tool to help founders speak directly to the crowd without the need for a large team of people. It’s currently in private beta.

146
2 years ago

A startup that helps small businesses in India build their websites, they were bootstrapped with seed funding from Y Combinator.

146
3 years ago

An organization for entrepreneurs and start-ups in the New York area. The startup is building a digital community with a curated marketplace for mentors, events, and funding.

145
1 year ago

A platform for remote workers where they can share their workspace, access to tools and other resources, and can build the work environment they need. The company recently received $1.75 million in seed funding.

145
3 years ago

A company that aims to connect B2B companies with service providers and allow people to view, request, and rate those service providers. They’ve raised $10 million in funding and are a Y Combinator alumni.

144
3 years ago

The startup recently raised $800,000 in seed funding, and has been using this to build a platform for people to tell stories and create video content in a “curated, structured, and safe environment”.

144
3 years ago

A startup that wants to make decentralized identity management that’s cheaper and more secure. It’s highly ambitious, and the company has raised $2 million in seed funding.

144
3 years ago

A startup that makes it easier to get funding from community sources, such as crowdfunding sites.

143
3 years ago

A cloud-based service allowing customers to track their shipments in real-time. The startup says it has already signed up around 500 customers, and has raised $1.6 million in funding.

143
1 year ago

A clever way of connecting e-commerce orders to the physical goods they are for by using a “touch and pay” system. The startup’s system is built for vending machines, and it works in a similar way to Square or PayPal. The startup says it has closed $5 million in funding.

142
3 years ago

A live video app that allows you to broadcast and watch live video from your smartphone. Wibson has already raised over $14 million in venture funding.

141
3 years ago

A subsidiary of Bowery Capital that helps companies raise capital from private investors. Bowery Capital and its parent company Bowery Labs have raised $32M across six rounds of funding.

141
3 years ago

A way to sell products with limited supply through Kickstarter and other crowdfunding websites.

141
3 years ago

A platform that allows people to invest in the stock market in a more transparent manner. The company has over $30 million in funding and is the first company to offer a cryptocurrency fund to their users.

140
3 years ago

A platform for independent contractors to build apps and have them approved by investors. The startup wants to help the more than 5 million independent contractors in the US get funding.

140
3 years ago

A new startup that aims to fund, develop and launch new startups through a crowdfunding platform.

140
3 years ago

A startup that provides software for people who want to create crowdfunding campaigns for their own startup

139
3 years ago

Bizion is a network of companies that provide more than $1 million in annual revenue. Bizion enables companies to have a single point of contact for funding (usually a bank) for their entire business, saving a lot of time and money.

139
3 years ago

A startup that aims to help nonprofits better track donations, gain more funding, and convert their biggest donors.

139
3 years ago

This is a company that wants to help companies keep an eye on their employees. The company launched in late May and has already taken over $100,000 in seed funding.

139
3 years ago

A startup that offers a platform for building micro-communities online. The company wants to bring the community dynamic of crowdfunding to communities in which people have a shared interest.

139
3 years ago

A tool that helps you find the best interest rates for your credit card. The startup says they have more than 1,000 users and are growing by 100 users a month. The founders say they’ve raised $1.3 million in funding from angel investors.

139
3 years ago

This is a non-profit that gives "micro-loans" to entrepreneurs in Laos so they can start businesses. The startup has raised $50,000 in seed funding.

138
3 years ago

A startup that helps people get their hands on a shorter-term loan without having to go through the hassle of getting a credit card. They recently raised $600,000 in seed funding.

138
3 years ago

A free chat app for developers. The company has already raised $5.5M in funding from some of the largest VCs in the world, including Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia Capital, and more.

138
3 years ago

A SaaS-based email marketing tool with an emphasis on design. The startup’s founders have raised nearly $500,000 in seed funding, including from Y Combinator, and have been named as YC’s top-ranked summer 2019 company.

138
3 years ago

A clean water startup that wants to help rural areas access their own clean water. The startup currently has a beta version of their product in the Amazon rain forest and plans to launch a crowdfunding campaign for their water technology in 2021.

138
3 years ago

A startup that provides remote workers with the tools to efficiently monitor, report, and communicate their team’s progress, with the goal of giving managers the ability to manage teams, with less need for face time. The company has raised $1.2 million in funding, and has customers in the UK, Canada, and Australia.

138
2 years ago

A startup that “aims to help entrepreneurs build products that are fit for the mainstream market” with their software as a service platform. They have $4.5 million in funding.

138
3 years ago

A startup that wants to make last-mile delivery more efficient by using GPS on your phone to find the nearest delivery vans. It currently has $10 million in funding and has raised $20 million in total funding.

137
3 years ago

A mobile app that uses crowdsourced data and AI to improve real-time messaging on messaging apps. The startup has raised $6M in funding to date.

137
3 years ago

A platform that lets people raise money for crowdfunding campaigns via their mobile phones.

137
3 years ago

What’s a startup to do when they’ve secured $500,000 in funding and they don’t know what to build Unity is a tool that helps founders go from idea to prototype to product, all in a matter of weeks.

137
3 years ago

A company hoping to make it easier for companies to own and manage their IP, bringing a digital licensing alternative to the enterprise. The company is based in NYC, has raised $1.5 million, and is looking to use the funding to expand.

136
3 years ago

A web-based collaboration platform that helps people brainstorm and write down ideas. The company just closed $1.1M in seed funding from investors like Fidelity Investments and Bain Capital Ventures.

136
3 years ago

is a new startup that wants to help HR departments keep track of employee performance. The company has raised $7 million in Series A funding from investors like Accel, Founders Co-op, The Battery Ventures, and others.

136
3 years ago

A startup that wants to help people sign up for and manage their health insurance through their phone. The startup recently raised $1.5 million in seed funding from NY Health Investment Funds.

136
3 years ago

A startup that helps SMBs in the US and UK hire and manage their employees. The startup has raised $1.1 million in funding.

135
3 years ago

An artificial intelligence-powered system that lets businesses see how their employees are performing. The underlying AI platform is able to understand the inner-workings of a company. The company recently closed a $4 million Series A funding.

135
3 years ago

A new startup that wants to provide a way for investors to connect with companies in the early stages of development, with a focus on B2B companies. The founder said it has around $24 million in funding so far, and has already worked with companies like TaskRabbit, Instacart, and Stripe.

135
1 year ago

 A company that makes a low-cost, high-capacity drone that can drop off packets of goods in a package attached to an airplane. The drone can then land at the destination, drop off its payload and return to the airport. The startup has already secured $1.2 million in funding.

135
3 years ago

A startup that makes it easier for companies to build, test, and deploy software. They have raised $8 million in funding from investors, including Y Combinator.

134
3 years ago

This is an application for trading 2nd, 3rd, and 4th mortgages. The startup has raised $1.4 million from investors like Alphabet’s GV and Comcast’s NBCUniversal Ventures. Prior to YC, the company raised $1.2 million in seed funding from investors like Cowboy Ventures, Lerer Ventures, Social Starts and Social Finance.

134
3 years ago

Zapier wants to help small businesses automate physical tasks using web tools. It’s currently in private beta with a few thousand users, and the startup is seeking to raise funding to grow it.

134
3 years ago

A B2B company that helps companies manage their insurance policies and costs. The company is currently in the process of raising a new round of funding.

133
3 years ago

A messaging app, with a mobile web client to allow for SMS-based communication without a smartphone. The company is working on a browser-based client for non-mobile devices and has raised $3.5M in funding from Y Combinator.

133
3 years ago

A secure messaging service for websites, allowing companies to communicate securely over the internet without having to worry about eavesdroppers. The startup has raised $9.5M in funding so far, with a $20M valuation.

133
3 years ago

A startup that helps people who are self-employed or in small businesses understand their taxes. It’s building a better tax calculator and tax software for small businesses, with some initial funding from Accel Partners.

133
3 years ago

“Ask.fm for the Enterprise” is a chat app for enterprises that lets employees be more productive, and more importantly, more social. The company has raised $150,000 in seed funding and aims to launch in April.

132
3 years ago

A platform that allows financial advisors to provide their clients with a mobile app that helps them save more money. The startup has raised $1.5 million in seed funding.

131
3 years ago

A “a service that helps users learn about their health and wellbeing by connecting them to a network of health professionals”. The startup recently raised $1.8 million in seed funding.

131
3 years ago

An online marketplace for buying and selling used goods. The startup has raised $1.5 million in seed funding.

131
3 years ago

A company that makes tools for the non-profit and humanitarian space. It recently raised $1.5 million in seed funding.

130
3 years ago

A free app for connecting with your friends outside of Facebook. It’s a platform where people can create digital walls and a platform to share photos and videos. They have a team of 30 people and have raised $3.5M funding.

130
3 years ago

A tool for investors to track down private funding for their companies.

129
3 years ago

A mobile app that helps runners find races and the closest running paths. The startup has raised $4.5 million in funding and is based in Chicago.

129
3 years ago

A tool that enables anyone to set up a crowdfunding campaign for their startup or product.

129
3 years ago

A startup that helps companies manage their supply chains by automatically matching products in inventory to orders. The founders have raised $1M in seed funding, with plans to expand to Europe.

129
3 years ago

A platform for selling, buying, and shipping drugs online. The startup is now profitable and has a $2.5 million round of funding.

128
3 years ago

This is a startup that makes hardware that makes it easier to pick up and carry your coffee without scalding yourself. The company is currently only selling to the US, but they’re looking to expand internationally, and have raised $1.3M in funding from DFJ.

128
3 years ago

A tool meant to help companies and startups get funding and raise money from investors.

128
3 years ago

This is a toolset that makes it easy to integrate artificial intelligence into customer service interactions. They’re close to launching and have raised $12k in seed funding.

128
3 years ago

A smartphone-based navigation app that can read your GPS data and build a map of where you’ve been. The startup has raised $2 million in seed funding.

128
3 years ago

The startup, which has raised $15 million in funding, aims to help consumers save on energy by acting as middleman between big energy providers and consumers.

128
3 years ago

A company that makes it easier for developers to build apps for every device they can imagine: phone, tablet, tv, car, etc. The business is bootstrapped and has had a $1.3M in seed funding.

128
3 years ago

A text messaging service that uses automated language translation to translate the words of a conversation between two people in real time. It was started in 2012 by a group of PhD students and has raised just under $5 million in funding.

127
3 years ago

A startup that wants to process the world’s raw materials into finished products. The startup currently has $8.5M in funding.

127
1 year ago

This company is building an “automated” ERP system for grocers. The software will allow grocers to maintain and sell their products, and manage their inventory and customer accounts. The startup is currently seeking funding on Seedr.

127
10 months ago

A company providing a platform for crowdfunding of events, from concerts and conferences to art shows, performances and classes.

127
4 months ago

A company that provides an all-in-one, no-fuss way for small businesses to integrate a crowdfunding campaign.

127
3 years ago

A platform that allows teachers to create interactive class lessons and distribute them to their students. The startup has raised $9.6 million in funding to date.

125
3 years ago

A startup meant to let sellers manage their online listings, the company is building an automated platform to help sellers manage their listings. The team raised $5 million in funding in 2014.

125
3 years ago

The company is interested in building a new type of crowdfunding platform for businesses and non-profits.

125
3 years ago

The startup is looking to help independent restaurants compete with the larger chains. It’s currently in closed beta and is looking for a round of funding.

125
3 years ago

A startup that enables businesses to create a custom work product for their employees. The company has only run early stage trials, but has already attracted more than $3 million in funding from investors like 500 Startups.

125
3 years ago

A company that is building an app that helps people find other people to go out and have fun with. They already have a team of over 250 people and raised $50 million in their first funding round.

125
1 year ago

“Surveillance” is a startup that wants to use data to help law enforcement fight crime. The startup has already secured $1.5M in funding.

125
3 years ago

A tool for brokers to help sellers find properties. It’s first product is an apartment finder in San Francisco. The company has raised $5.5 million in funding.

124
3 years ago

A startup that wants to help people make money off their pets. It’s in early stages, but has already raised $145,000 in seed funding from AngelList.

124
3 years ago

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

124
2 years ago

A web-based tool meant to help teachers connect with parents of their students. The startup has $1.8 million in funding and a $5 million valuation.

124
3 years ago

A team of entrepreneurs is building a platform that helps people with disabilities complete simple tasks, like filling out online forms, paying bills, or making restaurant reservations. The startup has raised $500,000 in seed funding, and is targeting a launch date of mid-October.

123
3 years ago

The company is a funding-and-dissemination platform for science projects. It’s funded by Y Combinator, and has raised $2.6M in seed funding.

123
3 years ago

A company that makes business software for small businesses. In February 2017, Infusionsoft closed a Series B funding round led by Greylock Partners that raises the company’s valuation to $200 million.

123
3 years ago

A file sharing and collaboration tool for veterinarians, with a focus on recording and sharing patient data. They’ve already secured $3.2 million in funding.

123
3 years ago

A digital time machine, building on the seed money of $20 million in funding from investors. The company wants to get to the year 2045, “one hundred years from now” with every product, every service, and every interaction being digitally recorded and stored for posterity.

122
6 months ago

A crowdfunding platform for startups, where investors can back a company they’ve found interesting.

122
3 years ago

A startup that sells customer acquisition services for B2B companies. They’re focused on funding growth for their clients by providing free, one-time services such as marketing and customer support.

121
3 years ago

A platform that helps developers get paid in cryptocurrency. The company also wants to tackle the problem of freelancers not being able to get paid in cryptocurrency. The company currently has 10 employees and has raised $500,000 in seed funding.

121
2 years ago

A platform to help patients with diabetes manage their condition and track the progress of their condition. The startup has raised $2 million in seed funding from venture capitalists from Union Square Ventures and Andreessen Horowitz.

121
3 years ago

A platform that helps brands get social media engagement from their customers. The company is developing a micro-blogging platform for brands, with a focus on its “Brand Advocates”, who are Instagrammers who are paid to share and promote the brands with their followers. The company is nearing $2 million in funding after raising $800,000 in seed capital.

120
3 years ago

A crowdfunding platform for equity-based projects

120
3 years ago

This is a SaaS platform that helps companies manage their “data lake”, or data that’s not readily available to analysts. The company raised $2.1 million in seed funding.

120
3 years ago

Software that provides a “personal assistant” for customers using the company’s software to perform tasks. The startup has raised $4.5 million in seed funding.

120
3 years ago

The company’s product is the same thing as the company itself — a platform for "instant" test-driven development. They’ve raised $25 million in funding to date.

120
3 years ago

Designed to help clients define and measure their social impact, Consequence is a software company helping nonprofits and for-profits better track their impact. It helps clients measure the effectiveness of their programs and measure employees’ impact, too. The company has a $10 million Series A, with $1 million raised in its first round of VC funding.

119
3 years ago

A startup that wants to be the “Yelp for small businesses”, helping them connect to customers and other local businesses in their area, and help them grow and engage with their customers. Currently has $100,000 in seed funding.

118
3 years ago

A company that wants to use the concept of a “community of practice” to help small businesses get funding in the form of peer-to-peer network. It’s currently in testing phase.

118
3 years ago

A crowdfunding platform for healthcare startups. The company is pitching an app that helps prompt patients to schedule appointments and get lab results.

118
3 years ago

A 4-year-old company that makes a programmable, connected-home appliance that can be programmed to do things from turning the AC off and on to turning lights on and off to listening to music and turning the TV on and off. The company has raised $7.3 million in funding.

118
3 years ago

A startup for running crowdfunding campaigns, granting donors access to exclusive perks and early access to the product.

118
2 years ago

A new startup that wants to create a platform for the sharing of knowledge, data, and expertise in the global marketplace. The startup is also planning a crowdfunding campaign to help build out their platform.

118
3 years ago

A crowdfunding website with a different twist. Currently popular in the UK, the platform allows users to use online loans for funding instead of just credit cards.

117
3 years ago

A startup that wants to help doctors and nurses make the best decisions about patient health. The company has raised $1.5 million A round of funding and plans to do its first trial in Texas.

117
3 years ago

Personal assistant software for Android and iOS that helps people keep track of their finances. The startup has raised $1 million in seed funding from investors including 500 Startups.

116
3 years ago

This is an ongoing list of startups that have raised funding. This list is compiled from Crunchbase and other news sources.

116
3 years ago

A startup that helps students with their college funding by letting them save for it in a way that’s much easier than applying for a loan.

116
3 years ago

This startup is building a custom, AI-intelligence bot that will help users track and manage their own investments. The startup currently has more than $1 million in funding.

116
3 years ago

A new way for entrepreneurs to get funding. The startup, which launches today, wants to give entrepreneurs access to a “constant stream of regular, predictable investments”.

116
3 years ago

A real estate tech company that automates the process of entering and compiling data for a house’s sale. They’ve raised more than $500,000 in seed funding.

116
2 years ago

The startup is developing a new product in the self-serve kiosk market and is looking for seed funding

116
2 years ago

A startup that’s raised $300,000 in seed funding. No details on product yet.

116
3 years ago

The company’s founders have raised over $400,000 in funding to date, making it one of the fastest-growing startups in the space.

115
2 years ago

The startup’s platform aims to help people mitigate the risk of receiving bad credit and loans. It has already secured $5 million in funding.

115
3 years ago

Managed software to help HR professionals manage employee relationships. Works like a personal assistant, handles everything from HR processes to employee benefits. The startup has raised $1.25 million in seed funding from the likes of Alexis Ohanian and Garry Tan.

114
3 years ago

A crowdfunding platform for groceries, with a twist. The startup has built a technology that allows customers to scan the barcode of a product and order it for pickup at a grocery store, then pay via the platform.

114
2 years ago

A crowdfunded fundraising platform for startups. The startup wants to help startups get better funding, and wants to do it by bringing together investors and startups.

114
3 years ago

A startup building a new way to manage email and marketing efforts for companies. In May, the company raised $7 million in seed funding from investors like Andreessen Horowitz and Y Combinator.

113
3 years ago

UnionX is a platform that can be used to organize a union or similar group for a group of employees. The startup has seen interest from unions in private companies, like Uber, and recently secured $1 million in seed funding.

113
2 years ago

A startup that helps people make “life-saving” decisions by using data and AI to guide them. The startup has already raised $2.3 million in funding.

113
2 years ago

The equity crowdfunding platform for startups, which is working on a financial services platform for small businesses.

113
2 years ago

In 2015, a total of 9,615 seed-stage deals in the US were led by women with 108 companies, a 2% increase from 2014. A total of 1,906 companies from women-led startups raised a total of $1.1 billion in funding.

113
2 years ago

A health management software platform that helps health plans manage their members’ data. The company has raised $8.1 million in funding.

112
2 years ago

Fostr is a marketplace where people sell their unused clothes. The company has raised $1.5 million in seed funding and says they’ve sold over 30,000 items in the last two years.

112
10 months ago

A platform for social impact investment (a funding model that invests in companies that benefit the world) that focuses on early stage startups and entrepreneurs.

112
2 years ago

 A credit card linked to your bank account, like a debit card with your bank’s approval. The card can be used everywhere the bank accepts credit cards. The startup has raised $1.5 million in seed funding from a single investor, Andreessen Horowitz.

111
3 years ago

A mobility platform that connects businesses with the right tools to make it easier for drivers to earn income by delivering packages and other items. The startup’s co-founder, Alex Boussard, says they’ve already seen interest from a number of major companies and has even managed to raise a few million dollars in funding.

110
3 years ago

A startup aimed at employers. The startup has raised $2.5 million in funding to date. It helps employers manage employees on the fly and quickly generate reports.

110
2 years ago

The startup’s name is an acronym for “SeedMe,” which is a wordplay on “seed funding,” as it looks to “seed” equity financing for startups.

110
2 years ago

A platform that helps people make music together using the tools they’re already using. The startup has raised $1.6 million in seed funding from investors including Union Square Ventures, SV Angel, ZipCar founder Robin Chase, and Dropbox founder Drew Houston.

110
2 years ago

A company that wants to help people store medical records. Medtronic shares the same vision, but has been unable to land deals with hospitals and doctors. Medtronic has raised $1.7 million in funding from investors including GE Ventures and the National Academy of Medicine.

110
3 years ago

This startup is building a service that helps you find and schedule your home doctor appointments online. It’s currently in the pilot stage, but has raised seed funding from a group of investors.

109
3 years ago

A retail solution that allows customers to order groceries from a variety of retailers and have their goods delivered to their doorsteps within a few hours. In the first year of operations they had 10,000 customers and raised $1 million in seed funding.

109
2 years ago

SaveUp is a one-stop shop for college savings plans in the US, Canada, and the UK. It works to save people money with a tool that automatically sends pre-tax contributions from employer to student's 529. The company has raised $1.5M in funding.

109
1 year ago

A startup that makes it easier to do remote work. The company says it has 2,000 paying customers and $1.5M in total funding, with 100 employees.

109
3 years ago

A company that helps filmmakers to create and distribute videos. The startup has raised $2.5 million in funding and has 10 customers on board, including Filmora.

108
10 months ago

An innovative way to help companies launch a crowdfunding campaign.

108
3 years ago

A crowdfunding platform for crypto projects looking to raise funds. It’s an “all-in-one” platform that allows investors to participate in ICOs and other forms of crowdfunding. The company has raised $34 million to date.

107
2 years ago

A digital marketing agency for mobile app developers, focused on helping them to grow their businesses. The startup is a spin-off from a digital marketing agency, and has raised $1.1M in seed funding so far.

107
3 years ago

A tool for vets that makes it easier to track and manage vet bills. They’ve secured $3 million in funding.

106
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.

106
2 years ago

 A cloud-based review platform for dating apps, with a funding round that was reportedly led by Facebook

106
2 years ago

A platform that makes it quick and easy for anyone to start a crowdfunding campaign.

106
2 years ago

This startup’s business is taking the laborious process of logging in to a website and making it more streamlined. Sola does this by creating what it calls a “lazy login” which says, “If you’re not logged in, you don’t need to log in.” Sola has raised $500,000 in seed funding.

105
3 years ago

A product that allows people to share their ideas with the world, giving the idea a vote of confidence and possibly even funding.

104
2 years ago

A fintech startup that provides a service that let’s users fund their bank accounts with cryptocurrencies. The startup has raised $18 million in seed funding to date.

104
2 years ago

A travel-service platform that aims to help you book flights, hotels, car rentals, and tours with a single login. And it has over $2 million in funding from investors that included Y Combinator and Union Square Ventures.

104
2 years ago

A startup for hiring refurbished items. The company’s CEO, who is also CEO of a shipping company, has been refurbishing old shipping containers and reselling them on the site. The company has raised $1.5 million in funding.

104
3 years ago

The team is building a platform for independent contractors, freelancers and consultants to find clients. The company says it has already raised $5 million in funding.

103
3 years ago

A group of “startup veterans” that want to build a platform for startups to raise capital. It aims to help startups raise $500,000 in seed funding, as well as $1 million in Series A funding and $5 million in a Series B. The startup is in pre-launch mode, with a staff of 15 that includes YC alumni.

103
3 years ago

A new startup that’s looking to use artificial intelligence to help companies develop and test new products and services. They’re looking to build a platform to pull together all of the publicly available data about products and consumers and teach a neural network to help companies predict how people will interact with their products, which they believe is the key to increasing product adoption. Currently, the startup has $2.5 million in seed funding.

103
3 years ago

A startup that built an app that enables people to create custom messaging channels on WhatsApp. The startup, which has already raised funding from Y Combinator and other investors, is currently working with WhatsApp to enable its customers to sell premium products in their chat channels.

103
2 years ago

A wearable device meant to help people with visual impairments navigate the world. The startup is looking to deploy its product in the US and UK, and has raised $2.5 million in seed funding so far.

103
2 years ago

The startup, which is raised $2.5 million in seed funding, provides an integrated digital library that lets you keep track of your books, movies and music.

103
2 years ago

A startup that launched in 2009, The Ophelia Project is the original "crowdfunding for women" platform, meaning it enables female entrepreneurs to raise money from female investors. It has raised $133 million since its inception.

103
1 year ago

A start up that’s building a system for crowd-funding that doesn’t require a credit card.

103
3 years ago

The Startup Grind Philly Meetup is a group of local entrepreneurs, investors, and other startup enthusiasts who regularly gather to talk about entrepreneurship, funding, and startups in Philadelphia. The event is organized by a variety of organizations including the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business, The Foundry and the Philadelphia Technology Alliance.

102
2 years ago

A platform that allows users to create events and sell tickets online, now in the third round of funding.

102
10 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.

102
3 years ago

A company that promises to make travel booking and finding flights as easy as posting a free, ad-supported message on Facebook. The startup has raised $40 million in funding.

101
2 years ago

A company building a “personal assistant” for home. The startup, based in New York, has raised $1.2 million in seed funding from investors like Sam Altman and Garry Tan.

101
2 years ago

A crowdfunding platform for cities and countries that want to fund infrastructure like clean water, sewer, and roads.

101
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.

101
2 years ago

An agency that was founded in 2016 and has raised $4.7M. The company has raised $500k in seed funding. It was selected as a Gartner Cool Vendors in Healthcare CSP in 2017.

101
3 years ago

A way for publishers to advertise a collection of content, not just one article. The startup has raised $1.6 million in seed funding.

100
3 years ago

A platform that makes it easier to sell and ship products online. CEO Jairaj Habbal has raised $100,000 in seed funding and says he wants the company to be the eBay of the e-commerce world.

100
2 years ago

A $40 Bluetooth Smart speaker. The startup has raised $1.6 million in seed funding from Play Ventures.

100
2 years ago

A crowdfunding platform that allows app developers to get funding from users.

100
3 years ago

A startup that wants to make it easier for companies to launch crowdfunding campaigns, with tools like interactive video and a toolkit that helps people run their campaigns.

99
2 years ago

Helping small businesses manage all of their IT needs. The startup has 100 clients already and is looking for $1 million in seed funding.

99
2 years ago

A platform connecting founders with investors for seed-stage funding.

99
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.

98
2 years ago

A digital HR solution for companies that want to access information about their employees from anywhere. The startup currently has $300,000 in funding.

98
2 years ago

Thoughtful home services that provide concierge services, cleaning, and other household issues. The company has $10 million in funding from investors including Michael Moritz.

98
2 years ago

A platform that allows teams to collaborate on their code without ever needing to leave Slack. The company has already raised $3 million in funding.

98
3 years ago

 A way to streamline the process of getting a loan for a startup (or other company in need of financing). The company provides a marketplace for financing and a loan application, with providers ranging from big banks to crowdlending sites. They’re currently in the process of raising Series A funding.

97
3 years ago

A “digital bookshelf” where people can collect and share their favorite books. The company has received $1.25 million in seed funding.

97
3 years ago

A way to help businesses manage their energy consumption. The startup has over $2 million in funding and a number of pilot programs in the works.

97
2 years ago

A company that creates a bot that helps you find the best deals on flights. The startup is in stealth mode, but is looking to raise $3 million in seed funding.

97
2 years ago

The startup is looking to build a platform that will allow organizations to “build, launch and track a new app within minutes”. The startup built a demo app, called “the app builder”, that allows users to build and launch an app within minutes. The startup has raised $2.7M in seed funding as of September 2019.

97
2 years ago

A food delivery platform for small businesses that is focused on reducing the financial burden of running a brick and mortar restaurant. It aims to lower the cost of running a restaurant by providing the owner with the tools to order their own food and have it delivered. The company has raised $10 million in funding.

97
2 years ago

A startup for ordering local delivery food from restaurants, with delivery promised in under 30 minutes. The startup has raised $1.6 million in pre-seed funding.

96
3 years ago

A massive community for startups and investors to learn about company funding, get advice and connect with each other.

95
2 years ago

A medical records app that lets patients access their medical records from their phone. The startup has raised $2 million in seed funding.

95
2 years ago

Y Combinator is not a startup accelerator in the traditional sense, as it does not provide capital, mentorship, or other startup-specific services. Instead, Y Combinator provides seed funding and office space for startups that have already been bootstrapped for over a year and a half. Y Combinator has five cohorts a year, each of which lasts for 14 weeks. Participants are required to pay for their own flights and housing, which are taken care of by Y Combinator.

94
2 years ago

A video analytics platform for measuring video quality and engagement. The company recently raised $3 million in Series A funding and has 40 employees.

94
2 years ago

Provides a way to identify, and then communicate with, identified individuals who are in the process of going through a government program. The startup is currently in the process of raising funding.

94
2 years ago

A financial literacy app for students. The startup is in the final stages of funding and gearing up to release its product.

94
2 years ago

A crowdfunding platform for people who have been denied loans from banks.

94
3 years ago

 A funding platform where a company can take a “drip” approach to fundraising, instead of a full-on “spray”. It allows a company to get funding without all the hassle of pitching, negotiating, and offering equity, while still getting the full equity portion.

93
2 years ago

Seed funding was provided by First Round Capital and AngelList.

93
2 years ago

A startup in the health space is building a new device that connects people with a local doctor on demand, allowing them to get diagnoses and prescription refills on the spot. The startup has raised $3.1 million in funding.

93
2 years ago

A set of tools to help build out a mobile app without having to know a lot about how to code. The startup’s founder, Sam Om, has been working on the startup for over a year, and says they’ve already secured $300,000 in funding.

93
2 years ago

What if the internet let you check on your stocks, find a doctor, and pay your bills The company’s app connects users to the information they need, from financial news to local restaurant reviews. The company has raised $6.4 million in funding.

93
3 years ago

A way to track and communicate with homeowner associations that manage common areas like pool, parking and landscaping. The startup has raised $40,000 in seed funding from angel investors.

92
2 years ago

A tool that lets neighborhoods around the world participate in a mobile barter system, where a group of neighbors can trade items like furniture they no longer use or tools they no longer use. The startup has raised $8 million in funding to date.

92
2 years ago

A startup that pulls live market data into a dashboard for investment and trading. The startup says it has $1.2 million in funding and has worked with the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq.

92
10 months ago

A streaming platform that provides all the funding a business needs by encouraging investors to give them money in return for rewards.

92
3 years ago

A startup that makes a 3D printer designed for makers that’s affordable for schools and other startups. It also offers a crowdfunding platform for projects that need a 3D printer.

91
2 years ago

A virtual assistant with a chatbot-like interface to help schedule meetings, find flights and help with transfers. The startup doesn’t have any funding yet, but has a strong technical team.

91
2 years ago

A crowdfunding app that helps raise money for popular movies.

91
2 years ago

A group of investors who want to help new companies find funding.

90
2 years ago

A mobile app that helps individual teachers track and manage their students. The company is headquartered in New York and has over $5 million in funding.

90
2 years ago

A software platform that helps companies manage the customer data and retention process. The startup says it’s been customer-funded for 2 years and raised seed funding for another 6 months.

89
2 years ago

A platform that helps you track down the best C-suite candidates among your employees. It’s a recruiting platform that uses a combination of algorithms and social media for finding top candidates for specific roles. It’s currently being used by YC and other startups including FundingPost and Foodspotting.

88
2 years ago

A web and mobile app that helps small businesses manage their entire back end, including accounting, payroll, and e-commerce. It’s backed by a bunch of VCs, including Andreessen Horowitz, and has raised $10 million in funding.

88
2 years ago

A company that wants to make it easier for high schools to pay for science instruments. It’s raised $1.3 million in seed funding.

88
2 years ago

A startup founded in 2014 in Tel Aviv, which has since raised $4 million in funding.

88
2 years ago

An API for funding startups from the world’s largest banks.

88
1 year ago

The startup takes advantage of the fact that people often have to use their iPhones for multiple things, and wants to make it easy to manage multiple tasks at once. It’s a collaborative task manager for people who frequently use two or more devices. It’s treating its first paying customers via its crowdfunding campaign.

88
2 years ago

This company markets what it calls a "virtual assistant" to serve restaurant owners. The software helps manage the workflow of ordering, food prep, and more, allowing cashiers to focus on other tasks. The startup has raised $400,000 in funding to date.

87
2 years ago

A digital platform that offers storage, sharing, and analysis of all of its client’s social media content. The company has raised $21 million in funding to build out its public beta product, which went live in May.

87
2 years ago

A platform that connects people with big dreams with the capital to make them come true. It’s an investment platform, and a crowdfunding site at the same time.

87
2 years ago

A startup that offers investors access to startups looking for funding. The company has raised $500,000 from investors such as Y Combinator, SV Angel, and Second Home Ventures.

86
11 months ago

The Startup Battlefield has also been judged by the number of companies that have been funded by YC alumni, who are the most successful of the Y Combinator alumni. In the first year of the event, Y Combinator provided around $240,000 in funding to the winning companies in the Battlefield. In later years, that number has climbed to around $700,000.

86
10 months ago

A crowdfunding platform that helps non-profits raise money by giving them a way to crowdsource donations from donors.

86
2 years ago

A job site for freelancers and small businesses. They’ve raised $500k in funding from 500 Startups.

85
10 months ago

A startup to help big businesses manage their legal contracts from anywhere in the world. Hubdoc takes legal contracts, translates them into natural language, and then translates them back into legal language for the user. Hubdoc says it has $1.6 million in funding.

85
2 years ago

A B2B company that connects startups to investors, providing them with funding and other services.

84
2 years ago

The startup is building a “social tool” that helps millennials find and connect with one another to “help them grow their social capital”. The social platform has already built a $1.2 million round of funding and has raised another $3 million in a seed round.

84
2 years ago

A platform that helps with the creation of products, such as through crowdfunding.

84
2 years ago

An engineering staffing startup that partners with companies to bring in new talent. After a company does a demo, Minimum runs a search for top candidates using its proprietary algorithm. The company says they’ve so far found candidates at top engineering schools, raised $1.4 million in VC funding, and secured over a dozen jobs.

84
2 years ago

A location-based entertainment platform that allows for 100% pay-as-you-go consumption of music, video, and TV. The startup says it has over one million users and has raised $20 million in funding.

84
7 months ago

A startup that’s building a venture funding app for startups, allowing business owners to connect with investors and raise money.

84
3 months ago

A technology that allows for all of the information on a piece of paper to be stored digitally, and for that paper to be ripped out and read on a smartphone. The company has $3.1 million in funding from investors like Y Combinator, Wellington, and others.

84
2 years ago

The story of how the founder of a company that makes protective filters for mobile devices moved to China, raised funding, and founded a rival company.

83
2 years ago

This startup wants to build “a new form of healthcare,” specifically for elderly people in the US. The startup has already raised $14 million in funding.

83
2 years ago

The company wants to solve the startup funding process. They are currently in talks with investors.

83
2 years ago

A startup that lets location-based businesses — like car wash and coffee shops — personalize their promotions. The startup has raised $1.5M in funding.

83
2 years ago

A "B2B" platform for small businesses to connect with other businesses for materials, services, or funding.

83
2 years ago

A software company that makes it easier for crowdfunding campaigns to get verified by the SEC.

83
1 year ago

A crowdfunding platform that specializes in helping startups and small businesses get off the ground by lending them money and by providing them with a platform to raise money.

83
1 year ago

A startup that helps fund education for kids in low-income communities through crowdfunding.

83
1 year ago

Visionary Enterprise has received funding from Y Combinator since 2009

83
1 year ago

A new kind of crowdfunding platform that operates as an app, with a huge focus on rewards and perks. It’s also a new model for getting money to creative projects, which are often poorly funded.

83
2 years ago

A community-based crowdfunding platform for artists

82
2 years ago

A connected home solution that is a white label version of the Eufy smart light bulbs. The startup is building an IoT developer platform for other brands to create connected devices. It has a very early version of the app and is looking to raise funding to continue development.

82
2 years ago

A company that helps companies incorporate as S-Corps. In October, the company raised $10 million in funding.

82
2 years ago

This startup wants to make it easy for people to set up and manage their business in the cloud, but with the security of a physical office. They currently have over $100,000 in seed funding.

81
2 years ago

The startup has built a software platform that lets its customers create, manage, and publish road-side signs in multiple languages. The company, which was founded in 2012, has raised $4.5 million in funding, including a $1.5 million investment from Digital Garage in August 2017.

81
2 years ago

A startup building tools for companies to manage short-term contracts. The company said it has already raised $14 million in funding.

81
2 years ago

A way for businesses to get a more efficient, cloud-based accounting system. They have $1.8 million in funding.

81
1 year ago

A web-based service that helps small businesses manage their people and payroll. The company has $1 million in funding and has been serving 35,000 employers in the US and Canada for the last three years.

81
1 year ago

This startup is building a platform for developers to ship apps faster and make them more successful. They have $3.3M in funding.

81
3 months ago

A startup for hiring and managing employees at dozens of different locations, using the same technology. The company currently has $1.2 million in funding from investors, including Y Combinator, Ledger, and 500 Startups.

81
2 years ago

LIFX, a light bulb company, raised $20 million in its Series A funding round.

80
2 years ago

A new way to crowdfund for a startup. The company raised $1 million in Series A funding in July.

80
2 years ago

A SaaS platform that helps companies create, manage, and get feedback on their campaigns. It’s currently being used for over 100 campaigns, raised over $30 million in funding, and the founders have spent over a year building it.

80
2 years ago

A company that wants to build a platform that allows users to run their own autonomous transportation service. The startup has raised $2 million in seed funding. Their first product is the Dragon Ride, a micro electric vehicle that can carry up to 40 pounds of cargo.

80
2 years ago

A project-based funding program that lets companies quickly raise money when they need it.

80
2 years ago

This startup is building a platform to help crowdfunds make decisions about which crowdfunding projects they should support.

79
2 years ago

The following is a list of notable consumer product startups in North America that have raised venture funding, according to Crunchbase and its sources.

79
2 years ago

A “one stop shop” for startups that want to add a crowdfunding component to their business

79
1 year ago

A startup that helps companies create business plans to help them attract funding, with a dashboard that helps them track progress, and a direct sales model that helps them increase leads and close deals.

79
2 years ago

A three-way partnership between a university, a local government, and a private company that connects local governments and non-profits that want to find funding to their projects in a more efficient way.

78
2 years ago

Innovation in the US has become a flashpoint for the rest of the world. From its inception in 2010, the French government has invested in French Tech. In France, startups have received €4.5 billion in funding in recent years, according to INSEAD.

78
2 years ago

A platform that makes it easier for employees to request time off. The startup is looking to partner with the HR department of a company to help employees request time off. It has raised $2.3M in seed funding.

78
2 years ago

A facial recognition service that the founders say is “unparalleled”, and that has raised over $1 million in funding. The company is currently hiring, but declined to disclose numbers.

77
2 years ago

A B2B company that helps companies manage their ticket inventory. After being founded in March, the startup is already has raised $4.6 million in Series A funding.

77
1 year ago

The startup is building a way to make it easier for the average person to sell their used goods on the internet. They’re currently crowdfunding a product that helps you list your used goods and get paid immediately via PayPal.

77
1 year ago

A startup that allows nonprofits to raise money for their causes, using a combination of a crowdfunding platform and a peer-to-peer lending marketplace.

77
2 years ago

A company that helps small businesses with credit, lending them funding in exchange for a percentage of the business.

76
2 years ago

A startup aiming to build an app for companies to manage and track all of their customer service interactions. The startup has received $20 million in seed funding to build the app.

76
2 years ago

A solution for companies to hire, manage, and train remote employees, who can then do their work from anywhere. They’ve raised $1.5M in seed funding.

76
1 year ago

A platform that helps people find and pay for investment opportunities. The company is focused on helping people invest in real estate and crowdfunding opportunities.

76
2 years 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.

75
2 years ago

 A SaaS company that connects crowdfunding and equity investors.

75
2 years ago

A video platform that makes it easier for people to create and share video content. It’s just closed $11.5 million in funding to build the product, which it says is well on its way to launching.

75
2 years ago

A small-business loan platform that provides funding for community banks.

75
2 years ago

In June 2018, Thumbtack reached a Series B round of funding led by Andreessen Horowitz and new investors including Sutter Hill Ventures and General Catalyst Partners.

75
1 year ago

This startup makes a crowdfunding platform for non-profits and non-profits of charities. It’s currently for charities but plans to expand to for-profits in the future.

75
1 year ago

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

75
1 year ago

According to a study done by the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP), the Indian startup scene has over 8,000 startups, with over $10 billion in funding.

75
2 years ago

An advertising-focused startup that helps brands better target potential customers. It has raised $2.5 million in funding.

74
2 years ago

A startup that raised $2.7 million in funding in July to develop a point-of-sale system that would allow businesses to directly access credit card information.

74
2 years ago

A startup that wants to make it easier for people to offer paid vacation time to their employees. It has funding from an angel group including Y Combinator alum Jonah Peretti.

74
2 years ago

A professional services firm that has raised $1.25 million in seed funding.

74
2 years ago

A startup for crowdfunding tickets for shows, movies, and other live events.

74
2 years ago

A startup to help people set up and launch a crowdfunding campaign, like a Kickstarter

74
1 year ago

The following companies have received funding from 500 Startups, a venture capital firm based in Silicon Valley with over $1 billion in funded companies:

74
1 year ago

This startup wants to help you find the best lawyers for your business. The company currently has $4.4m in funding, with a plan to get to $20m.

74
2 years ago

An online platform that helps small businesses create and launch crowdfunding campaigns, and do it in one place.

73
2 years ago

A product that allows people to build mini-websites with content, all of which are connected to Twitter. The startup is using the funding to build more of a team, with the goal of launching the product itself.

73
2 years ago

Pomodoro is an app that allows users to set up timers and tasks that they then check off as they work to keep them on track. It plans to move into a full suite of personal and business apps and compete with the likes of Trello, and has $1.7 million in seed funding.

73
1 year ago

A startup that aims to make it easier to buy and sell goods on Amazon. The startup’s first product is a $100 million round of funding, which shows that investors think the startup has a good shot at success.

73
1 year ago

A tool for people to manage and share the items they have in their house. The company recently received $2.5 million in Series A funding.

73
9 months ago

A tool that helps people manage their funding, including a “funding calculator” that helps people figure out how much money they need to raise.

73
2 years ago

A crowdfunding platform for retired athletes, the startup wants to help people who want to give back to the community while providing innovative ways for athletes to get funding.

72
1 year ago

A suite of tools for startup founders interested in crowdfunding.

72
1 year ago

A SaaS company that provides seed financing to early stage startups. The company currently has $51 million in funding.

72
1 year ago

Most startups listed here do not have any seed funding.

72
9 months ago

A crowdfunding platform for non-profits, which enables donors to give money to causes that are both local and global.

72
2 years ago

This company wants to make it easier for companies to get funding by letting them create a crowdfunding campaign with a single click. As of now, it’s only available in the US.

71
1 year ago

An AI that helps cities identify and fight crime. The startup is currently seeking a $2 million round of funding.

71
11 months ago

A payments app that, as the name suggests, allows you to pay with your phone in a store. The company already has $3 million in funding and has worked with major retailers like Sephora and Nordstrom.

71
10 months ago

Webscale allows users to send and receive funds via email and mobile device. It’s using a combination of email and SMS to send the money, and is currently gathering funding for its $1.35 million seed round.

71
2 years ago

Cofound.it is a Swiss startup that launched a year ago with a goal of helping seed-stage companies raise funding. It has a platform that helps investors only invest in startups that it has vetted, and a “crowd” that can help vet companies.

70
2 years ago

A content marketing platform that enables users to create content marketing campaigns. The startup has raised $1.4 million in funding in the past.

70
1 year ago

A crowdfunding platform for startups, allowing people to invest in entrepreneurs as a way to get access to a new product before it’s ready for the market. Borrowing the model of Kickstarter, AngelList connects people with startups without the need to make a down payment.

70
1 year ago

A startup that raises money for startups that are already viable, but can’t get seed funding because of their stage. The company does this by selling “Seed Equity” to customers pledging to invest in startups with certain characteristics.

70
2 years ago

A platform for online courses, such as Udemy and Coursera, to operate in a legal grey area. The company wants to help them get more funding and reduce risk of litigation.

69
2 years ago

A mobile chat platform that lets you video chat with your friends. It actually built a mobile chat platform the same way it built the messaging platform, with no outside funding. It’s now in private beta after launching in December.

69
2 years ago

A startup which helps small businesses get funding to grow. The company gives small businesses a way to run their own crowd funding campaigns and get funding for their business.

69
2 years ago

A tool to help people learn how to code and build websites. The startup wants to help people get up to speed quickly and cheaply. It already has 50,000 users and has raised $20 million in funding.

69
2 years ago

A program that helps small businesses get funding from angel investors, working on a subscription model that allows users to pay a monthly fee for access to the service.

69
1 year ago

This startup is building a platform to help renters manage their finances and manage their utilities. The company’s founders say they want to build a tool that’s cheaper and faster than a traditional bank account and are seeking seed funding.

69
11 months ago

 LendUp is a peer-to-peer lending marketplace where people can lend money to their friends, family, or other people they know. It’s similar to sites like Lending Club and Prosper, but the startup is taking a different approach to the funding. It’s aiming to let people lend money to their friends and family, and the loans aren’t paid back until the borrower has used them to buy something.

69
2 years ago

Embrace is a team of scientists that are working on a way to detect and prevent heart attacks. They’re focused on developing a blood test that can detect a heart attack before it happens so that doctors can treat and prevent it. The startup has raised $84,000 in seed funding.

68
2 years ago

An online marketplace that connects people who need services with people who offer them. The startup has raised $5.5 million in funding and is in the process of launching their marketplace.

68
2 years ago

A company that helps users figure out the best way to share their vision for their movie with investors. They say their platform can attract $1.3M in funding.

68
2 years ago

A company that wants to help companies reduce their carbon footprint by using solar power for their offices. The startup has raised $20 million in funding.

68
2 years ago

 A toolkit to help small businesses manage inventory. The company recently took in $775,000 in angel funding.

68
2 years ago

A software as a service to help startups and large companies track and track funding as it comes in.

68
2 years ago

Startups can’t always get funding from venture capitalists and angel investors.

68
1 year ago

A platform that connects TV networks to content creators in order to monetize their content. The company says they have $30 million in funding, and are already working with networks from around the world. It’s available on the web and on iOS.

68
1 year ago

A startup that helps managers find the right funding for their businesses. It uses AI to crunch financial data and recommend the right financing for a startup.

68
11 months ago

A digital platform that helps employers and candidates get matched with each other, via the platform. The company can also aggregate data from other sources and use it to find trends in the workforce. The company claims to have $10 million in funding and is profitable.

68
2 years ago

A startup for organic, fair trade or locally-sourced coffee beans. The startup is targeting the $1 billion coffee market in the US, and has raised a total of $1.1 million in funding.

67
2 years ago

A platform that provides a “secure, automated way for businesses to get paid”. It’s currently in private beta, with a minimum of 10 customers, and has raised an undisclosed amount in funding.

67
2 years ago

A startup that allows users to pay bills and data plans by sending SMS messages. The founder used to work at Groupon and is raising $1.4 million in seed funding.

67
2 years ago

An investment and crowdfunding platform, and a startup that helps tech companies increase their visibility and funding.

67
2 years ago

A food delivery service for those on the go. It’s currently in the pilot stage and is accepting $50k in seed funding.

67
1 year ago

A startup that’s building a tool that helps brands identify influencers on social media and use them to promote their products. The company has $1.6mm in funding and has partnered with brands like Adidas to boost sales with the help of influencers.

67
2 months ago

A product to help companies get funding, with an app that allows users to pitch their ideas to investors.

67
2 years ago

A startup where people can list their cars for sale. The company has raised $500,000 in seed funding, and says it has 5,000 cars listed.

66
2 years ago

Tachyon is a tool for monitoring and managing service-level agreements. The company’s founders say they’re already working with over 100 customers, and they’ve raised $1.7 million in seed funding.

66
2 years ago

A startup that wants to help people get on the property ladder by connecting them with companies that can help them get the financing. The company has 50 employees and has raised $1.5 million in seed funding.

66
1 year ago

A $25M investment round, led by Fidelity Ventures, brings the company’s total funding to $68.5M.

66
1 year ago

 A software solution that helps companies digitize and streamline their process of onboarding new employees.  The software is meant to be a bridge between HR and the new hire.  Venture capitalists are already funding the startup with a $3 million seed round.

66
1 year ago

A tool for helping entrepreneurs find funding for their businesses, based out of the Silicon Valley area.

66
10 months ago

 A company that helps let governments in developing countries create local currencies. The startup is backed by Sequoia Capital and has $1.6 million in funding.

66
2 years ago

A smartphone app that allows users to find the nearest parking spot or garage. The startup expects to have customers in 80 cities by the end of the year and has received $2.5 million in funding from investors including Y Combinator and Comcast Ventures.

65
2 years ago

A startup that helps users find the best rates on credit cards, loans, and insurance. They also provide tools to help people understand their credit score, get a financial plan, and get access to the best rates. The company is currently having trouble funding their expansion, but they are continuing to get new customers.

65
2 years ago

The startup has raised $2 million in funding and has 2,000 customers

65
2 years ago

Focusing on the production side of the cannabis industry, Vite helps growers track their crop through harvest, packaging, labeling, shipping, and aging. Co-founder Pravin Patel says they built the software for half a million dollars in seed funding, and are working with other cannabis companies to deliver their software.

65
1 year ago

A company that provides credit data to banks and financial institutions. The company is part of an institutional group called “Funding Circle”

65
2 years ago

A startup that helps businesses manage their supply chain by providing a database that connects them with manufacturers and suppliers. The startup has raised $1.8 million in seed funding.

64
2 years ago

This list is based on companies that have raised a Series A, B or C round. Crunchbase tracks companies that have raised funding. It does not track companies that have acquired companies, or those that are now defunct.

64
1 year ago

A collaboration platform that helps data scientists work together better. This business has more than $1 million in funding in both seed and Series A rounds.

64
1 year ago

A startup that helps private investors find startups. The startup says they’ve already helped over 1,000 startups raise over $1,000,000 in funding, with plans to scale and expand internationally.

64
9 months ago

The startup says it is building a platform for "crowdfunding for the creative community". Their pitch is that crowdfunding is better for creative projects, like art or photography, than for software — because of the community. You can read more about the company at their site .

64
1 year ago

A software company building a tool called “Kronos” that helps companies track and manage their workforce, customers, and suppliers. They’ve built a prototype of their tool and are now looking for $100,000 in seed funding.

63
1 year ago

A free tool for entrepreneurs to research and plan their crowdfunding campaigns.

63
1 year ago

A crowdfunding platform for artists that’s free to artists but charges a fee to investors.

63
3 months ago

An AI-powered fraud detection system, meant to help banks guard against identity theft and the theft of money by crooks. They have a few contracts and are looking for funding.

63
2 years ago

A program for non-profits to get funding from investors.

62
1 year ago

A startup that helps students find and apply for scholarships, their funding, and the information they need to apply.

62
1 year ago

The goal of RYO is to give any businessperson the ability to get a business loan online. The startup is currently in the process of taking $1M in seed funding

62
1 year ago

A set of online tools that help small businesses grow. The company has brought in more than $500,000 in funding. The startup helps its customers start a podcast, manage business paperwork, and pay their employees.

62
1 year ago

A relationship-based crowdfunding platform that allows users to invest in a cause, cause of their choice, with a priority to fund causes that align with their values.

62
1 year ago

A startup that helps investors raise money. It’s an alternative to traditional seed funding networks.

62
1 year ago

A crowdfunding platform for small businesses that’s similar to Kickstarter, but for local businesses rather than global ones.

62
9 months ago

An AI-driven platform that helps companies manage their HR. They currently have over $500,000 in seed funding and are on track to do $1 million in sales this year.

62
8 months ago

A platform that helps you set up your own customized crowdfunding platform.

62
7 months ago

This startup is building an indiegogo-style crowdfunding platform allowing investors to invest in startups over the internet.

62
2 years ago

A tool for crowdfunding on the blockchain, where the funds are held in a wallet, instead of a bank or payment processor, and can be transferred to multiple investors.

61
1 year ago

A tool for developers to help them quickly test their apps in real-time. The company says it has $22 million in funding and 20,000 customers.

61
1 year ago

Crowdfunding and equity crowdfunding for equity-based companies, which it has branded as “crowdcheque.”

61
7 months ago

A real estate crowdfunding platform.

61
4 months ago

A company that wants to create a marketplace for the sharing of on-demand personal grooming services, such as a manicure, haircut, or pedicure. The startup already has $1.3 million in angel funding and is headquartered in San Francisco.

61
3 years ago

Idea: A startup that is building an end-to-end solution for businesses making hardware to help them get funded and bring their product to market. They want to automate a lot of the backend work needed to launch hardware like creating a company and getting funding.

60
2 years ago

“A self-storage management platform that automates the management of storage facilities, offering storage owners access to easy-to-use, smart service management solutions.” The company currently has $1.5M in funding, with plans to launch in Q4 2020.

60
1 year ago

Projects from previous YC batches that have gone on to raise funding

60
1 year ago

A software development platform for crowdfunding campaigns, customizable for any campaign type.

60
1 year ago

An easy-to-use platform for managing your business finances from one place. The startup is backed by Y Combinator, and is currently in the process of preparing for a funding round.

60
1 year ago

A SaaS HR software company that helps businesses like hotels and restaurants manage their staff, find new hires, and end-of-employment benefits. The company had its first round of funding in June.

60
1 year ago

A startup that helps companies create their own e-commerce brand, using the power of commerce platforms and the potential of online funding.

60
2 years ago

A business that sends people to the gym, based on the weather and other data. The company already has more than 40,000 customers in the U.S. and has raised over $2 million in funding from Andreessen Horowitz, Thrive Capital and others.

59
2 years ago

A tool that helps sales and customer service reps reconcile sales orders and invoices, and also helps them better understand and resolve customer complaints. It has over $1.7 million in funding so far.

59
2 years ago

A startup that takes crowdfunding to the next level, by making a crowdfunding platform for charities

59
1 year ago

A startup that helps you track, analyze and manage your health goals and fitness. The startup is backed by $500,000 in seed funding to build the first version of its service.

59
1 year ago

A crowdfunding website for creators that also makes a profit for the site.

59
1 year ago

A tool for launching crowdfunding campaigns.

59
1 year ago

A startup that connects people who have similar goals and passions. The company has received $1.8 million in funding from a range of investors including Greylock, Greylock-backed Founder Collective, and Y Combinator.

59
1 year ago

This startup is working with investors to build a new kind of crowdfunding.

59
1 year ago

A company that makes it easier for companies to share their products on Facebook and Instagram. Notable for its $4 million in seed funding.

59
1 year ago

A crowdfunding platform for founders to raise capital from their network of friends and family.

59
1 year ago

A way to make sure that everyone who needs medical treatment receives it, regardless of where they live. It’s currently in its seed round with $75,000 in funding.

58
1 year ago

A guide to connecting with the right crowdfunding platform for your particular project

58
1 year ago

This startup helps publishers monetize their content through a crowdfunding program.

58
1 year ago

A platform for connecting small businesses with customers that allow them to bid for specific jobs and then choose the price they want to pay. The startup has received $6.5 million in venture funding to date.

58
8 months ago

A platform that helps businesses raise money in a more agile way. The company says their model is more efficient than the traditional VC route, because it only invests in companies that have funding in the bank, and doesn’t require the more expensive seed round.

58
2 years ago

A company that helps startup companies find funding through a network of investor groups.

57
2 years ago

A startup founded by several ex-Adobe employees to develop a creative suite for mobile and tablet devices. It has raised $26 million in funding.

57
2 years ago

A platform for food trucks that helps them get funding, insurance, promotions, and other services, all from one platform.

57
1 year ago

A platform that allows consumers to pay for products using Bitcoin. The company is not accepting outside funding.

57
1 year ago

A stealthy startup getting big funding to break into the crowded advertising space and disrupt the $41 billion in annual ad sales

57
1 year ago

A company that helps companies with advertising, media buying and analytics. They’re building an API for the B2B biz, and have managed to secure $4.5 million in funding so far.

57
9 months ago

The founder of B2B startup, which is building a texting app for the B2B space, gives the startup a lot of credit for the fact that it was able to raise over $30 million in funding in less than a year.

57
8 months ago

A platform where you can buy and sell vintage clothing and other items. The startup is currently in the midst of a round of funding, with a $1.2 million seed round from True Ventures.

57
1 year ago

A startup working on a way to help retailers track their inventory and employees, which can be applied to other industries as well. They’re looking for $30,000 in seed funding.

56
1 year ago

A consumer marketing platform where customers can buy and ship products directly to friends. The startup is also working on a team-based crowdfunding platform to help small business owners.

56
9 months ago

This app is building on the success of Swych, a tech company that makes it easy to raise money in equity crowdfunding.

56
1 year ago

A startup that makes it easier for companies to manage their labor costs and track employees' work hours. They have $2.5M in funding after launching in 2016.

55
1 year ago

A crowdfunding platform for artworks, allowing backers to acquire and sell works in a market that is currently severely underserved.

55
1 year ago

A startup that helps consumers and businesses book appointments together in one place. It’s currently seeing 1,000 monthly users and has $1.5 million in funding.

55
1 year ago

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

55
4 months ago

A video-chatting platform for businesses. The company says it has $55 million in funding from investors like Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia, and others.

55
1 year ago

A startup that’s building an app to give people in developing countries access to the same funding options available to people in the US.

54
1 year ago

Hollywood has become a playground for startups. In addition to the traditional funding from venture capital, there are millions of dollars coming from the likes of Peter Thiel and Andreessen Horowitz. There are also a host of celebrities, like Ashton Kutcher and Mark Zuckerberg, who are teaming up with startups.

54
1 year ago

A company that provides a way for small businesses to get loans, at lower interest rates and with some value-added perks. The company has $1 million in funding.

54
1 year ago

A startup that “combines a credit card and a wallet” for users. In May the founder said it had $2 million in funding.

54
1 year ago

A company that helps people with talent acquisition. They say they’ve built out a platform that helps companies find, vet, and hire candidates. The startup currently has $2.2M in funding after launching in 2018.

54
8 months ago

A tool that helps you automate and make your business processes more efficient. It helps you move files and workflows around, along with a password manager built into the product. The tool is currently free and is backed by $10 million in seed funding.

54
8 months ago

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

52
3 months ago

A crowdfunding platform for people who don’t want to start a company but can offer their expertise.

52
1 year ago

A crowdfunding platform for nonprofits, aiming to help people raise money and volunteer for causes closer to home.

51
1 year ago

Kamal is building a chat-based service where people can trade in-game items for cash (or other in-game items) and sell them in a marketplace. The company already has $1 million in funding from Y Combinator’s Paul Buchheit, 500 Startups and Play Ventures, and is looking for $3 million to $5 million in Series A funding.

51
1 year ago

A “on-demand” school that lets you pick up a tute and then drop it off when you’re done. The company recently closed a $1.5 million round of funding, and will likely be headed for an IPO soon.

51
9 months ago

A startup with $1.5 million in funding that is looking to bring the benefits of machine learning and AI to the world of human resources.

51
1 year ago

This startup helps entrepreneurs, and small businesses, take their product to market with a crowdfunding campaign. The company features a patent-pending “platform” that’s described as a new way to integrate multiple crowdfunding platforms and a “complete crowdfunding campaign management solution”.

50
1 year ago

A crowdfunding platform for original video content.

50
1 year ago

This startup is trying to create an alternative to VC funding. Instead of taking a piece of equity, investors pay a fee that is locked in for the entire life of the company.

50
1 year ago

T.R.A.S. is building tools for managing, funding, and creating podcasts.

50
7 months ago

Hitting the $1 million to $2 million mark in funding over the course of 12 months is fairly rare for a startup. But it’s true in the world of payday loans. Money Mart has managed to do it for the past two years. They’re a next-generation bank that offers storefronts, mobile apps and online banking as well as traditional loans. They’re growing in Canada, the UK and the US.

50
1 year ago

This is a company that offers a credit card for people who don’t have a credit score, and has already received over $1 million in funding from some big investors, including YCombinator, Peter Thiel, and Andreessen Horowitz.

49
1 year ago

Crowdfunding for the purchase of a new home.

49
9 months ago

A “social infrastructure” that helps companies gather, manage and organize their customer data. They are looking to get a $2 million round of funding to “make social media work for you.”

49
1 year ago

A way for companies and startups to build their own crowdfunding platforms for crowdfunding without having to deal with the headache of building a website.

48
1 year ago

 A platform for machine learning tasks, including image recognition and deep learning. The company has $3.6M in funding and seven employees.

48
1 year ago

This startup is selling a credit card for online shoppers with a low interest rate, and pays users back only when they charge things. The startup is based in the UK, has a team of five, and has already closed $1 million in funding from investors.

48
1 year ago

An online marketplace where people can buy and sell goods online that they don’t need. The startup says that they are currently in the process of closing their first round of funding.

48
11 months ago

A crowdfunding platform that lets people create a single Kickstarter-style campaign as a way to fund and market a singular product or idea across multiple categories.

48
9 months ago

A toolset to help crowdfunding campaigns implement “native advertising”. Launched in December 2015.

48
1 year ago

Noting that 10% of the population are still working in paper, the startup wants to help companies digitize their processes in an effort to make it more efficient and cost-effective. A startup that’s building an app for managing customer service interactions using AI and natural language processing. It currently has $2.5M in funding.

47
1 year ago

A startup that helps teachers find and get funding for interesting projects in their classroom as part of their professional development.

47
1 year ago

This startup is developing a new way for developers to build apps for crowdfunding platforms. It will build custom software for each project, and also work as a consultant for founders to make sure their campaigns are compliant.

47
11 months ago

This startup is building a way for people to sign up for crowdfunding campaigns, with the goal of cultivating a new type of investor.

47
11 months ago

A startup that wants to build a better way to manage your real estate investments, including home equity lines of credit and real estate crowdfunding investments.

47
10 months ago

An AI app that helps people plan their workout routines and get them to stick to them. The startup, which is aiming to launch in Q3 2019, has already had over $70,000 in funding and has already launched in the UK.

47
2 months ago

A startup that allows brands to launch crowdfunding campaigns to finance their projects and product. The startup wants to help brands launch more ambitious projects.

47
1 year ago

A platform for small and medium sized business to upload, manage, and distribute all of their marketing materials, from invoices to marketing collateral to employee handouts. The startup launched in the summer with $1.5 million in seed funding from investors including Bumble and Rocket Internet.

46
1 year ago

A health tech company that makes a voice-activated smart scale that can communicate with a connected smartphone app to track weight, body fat, and trends over time. The startup is looking to raise $2.5m in seed funding.

46
1 year ago

A startup that helps companies save money by paying for products and services in bulk. The startup manages the purchase of products on behalf of its customers and then pays for them when they’re all shipped. The startup is based in the Bay Area, based on "Crowdfunding as a Service" model.

46
1 year ago

This is a new venture from the co-founder of the company that spent $8,000 on a round of venture funding to make a $400 smart phone. The company is building a home security camera that can use AI to alert its users of intruders. The founders were inspired by the startup that once owned their smart phone.

45
1 year ago

Also known as the “hyperlocal news app”, Newsbreak was the first startup in this space to raise funding, when it closed $1.5M in June 2018.

45
1 year ago

A student loan refinancing platform from Y Combinator alum Brick Road, launched in August with $10 million in venture funding. Brick Road talks about helping borrowers get lower rates than the ones offered by banks, and promising a “low-cost, low-equity” funding source.

45
1 year ago

HireVue is a platform that helps companies hire people more efficiently. It’s a more sophisticated version of the jobs board with a robust analytics engine, and uses automated engagements to screen candidates. The company already has $1.5 million in funding from high-profile investors like Mark Cuban and Mark Suster.

45
1 year ago

A company that provides developers with a sponsor-driven alternative to funding. The company is currently building a platform that allows developers to build a product, have it tested by a community of backers, and have them kick in money to get the product to market.

45
1 year ago

A tool that enables users to compare and request quotes from insurance companies without leaving their current application. The startup is in an early stage of its funding.

45
7 months ago

A B2B sales platform that helps small businesses get credit cards and funding quickly.

45
1 year ago

One of the most successful crowdfunding campaigns to come out of China in 2015, this company is focused on helping Chinese companies and individuals get the right financing in the right way. The company says that it has already closed over $1 million in funding, and has plans to expand to the US.

44
11 months ago

A startup that wants to be the place where people buy and sell physical products. It’s currently having trouble finding a funding partner to eventually take it public.

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8 months ago

The startup is building a tool that helps people setup their own crowdfunding campaigns. The company helps them raise money by giving the pledgers a cut of the funds. The startup is currently a YC company.

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1 year ago

A platform that will give clients access to a pool of freelance talent to complete their projects. The startup’s funding comes from YCombinator, with its app launching in June.

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1 year ago

This startup is building a “crowdfunding platform for software”. The startup lets developers crowdfund their software on the platform.

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1 year ago

A startup that’s building a tool to help Uber drivers find rides. It’s currently in beta, but with its recent $2 million funding round, it’s on its way to becoming a product.

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7 months ago

The startup is looking to develop a “tech-enabled career center” for students, with an app that connects students to employers, giving students an opportunity to learn about the industry before they start their first jobs. They currently have $1.3M in funding.

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6 months ago

A platform that helps people set up and manage their personal crowdfunding campaigns. The startup, based in San Francisco, is currently in private beta testing.

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11 months ago

This is a crowdfunding platform for offering equity in companies. The company reports it has $3 million in monthly recurring revenue revenue, with a 3.2% conversion rate.

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1 year ago

A tool for finding external funding that’s not tied to your domain. Clique is a competitor to AngelList, a site where individuals can post up their startup and ask for funding. The advantage is that it’s not tied to a specific domain, allowing it to work for any industry.

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6 months ago

A mobile app that monitors your health, filled with data from your Fitbit and other health devices. The company has already secured $1 million in funding.

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6 months ago

Startup that takes a concept like crowdfunding – selling a project or idea to the public – and turns it into a digital marketplace for a wide variety of funding options.

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1 year ago

One of the most significant investments to come out of Y Combinator in 2014 was a $500,000 seed funding round for Linchpin. The company has since been working on a tool that helps small business owners organize and market their brands. The company is looking to raise a $1.5 million seed round to reach the point of paying for itself.

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1 year ago

A startup that builds on the idea of the “work week”, creating a calendar that syncs work with life, so you don’t get in a rut. The company says it has over $3M in funding, and is currently in the pre-launch stage of its business.

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11 months ago

A crowdfunding platform for people who don’t have access to traditional financial institutions. It’s currently in beta.

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11 months ago

A lending platform for businesses that allows them to access the funding they need for their growth, when it’s needed. The startup has received $6 million in funding from Silicon Valley venture firms and is working with businesses in the Bay Area, New York and Washington DC.

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1 year ago

Y Combinator’s waiting list is a list of companies that are accepted into the program but haven’t yet received funding. The list is kept in a secret room underneath Y Combinator’s offices in Mountain View, California. The list is closed to the public and is generally used as a way for Y Combinator to vet companies that are accepted into its program.

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1 year ago

A funding platform for young companies, pitching itself as a startup investment club.

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7 months ago

A collaboration tool for engineers and designers. It’s a way to easily share files, arrange work sessions, and schedule calls. It’s currently being used by 60 companies, and they’re seeking seed funding.

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