Grow Startup Ideas

2 months ago

A startup that’s developing a way to grow food in soil without pesticides or other chemicals.

4,635

3 years ago

This startup is building a platform for American farmers to sell their goods to consumers worldwide. The startup aims to use a mix of digital store fronts and technology to deliver to consumers in countries like India and China, where the rural population has been growing.

418

1 year ago

Unexpected startup success, the founders say it has grown from $8 million in sales in Q1 2018 to $7 million in Q3 2018 and $7 million in Q4 2018.

398

18 days ago

A startup that wants to use technology to help retailers manage wasted food. The founders of the company say it’s a $200 billion industry that is growing.

381

3 years ago

A software startup that wants to help farmers and growers more easily sell their products online, tracking inventory, managing orders, and ensuring quality control.

348

3 years ago

Grow is building a set of tools for restaurants, enabling them to manage their menus, design their menus, and automate their ordering and delivery processes.

342

1 month ago

A digital platform for professionals to grow their skills, with more than 1 million professionals using the platform.

281

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.

278

2 years ago

A startup that works with real estate agents to help them become property managers. The company is growing quickly in the US, and aims to do the same in India.

239

3 years ago

According to a report by TechCrunch, the San Francisco based coworking space, WeWork, is looking to raise another round of investments at a valuation of $8 billion. WeWork has been growing rapidly, and has been a major success in the US. However, the multi-billion-dollar valuation has not been met by the pace of growth, and many question how sustainable it will be.

225

2 years ago

A startup for the growing number of people who want to do freelance work, but don’t know how.

218

1 year ago

Indeed.com launched in 2003, but has since grown into a market leader. Indeed.com has also been acquired by The Walt Disney Company in December 2018.

217

2 years ago

This startup wants to build a new type of credit card for the underbanked, especially in developing countries. It takes the form of a prepaid card and is available in any currency. Given the lack of banking options in many such countries, the startup sees a lot of potential for growth.

211

2 years ago

A small business loan, based on factors like location, team, and amount of traffic. It also offers business owner coaching to help them grow their business.

207

1 year ago

A supply chain management platform for restaurants and other food-related businesses. Growth is strong and the founders say they’re trying to make a dent in the $8.5 trillion food and beverage industry.

205

2 years ago

A company that wants to grow your network and make it easy to introduce people to each other.

203

2 years ago

A platform that helps the restaurant industry grow and scale.

201

2 years ago

A company that wants to build a system that predicts the future of cities as they grow and change.

199

1 year ago

AirBnb is launching in India, but more importantly, the startup is looking to grow its presence in other parts of Asia and even the Middle East.

194

2 years ago

A startup that will help you live like a millionaire by getting you to invest in startup owners as they grow.

191

1 year ago

Pexels is a stock photo platform that allows users to scan a barcode and add it to their library of photos. The startup has over 90 million photos in its database and is growing fast.

189

2 years ago

Self-storage startup that’s growing at 20% month-over-month.

182

1 year ago

A company that wants to help you grow your business by giving you the tools to make smart decisions.

182

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.

179

3 years ago

Big Data maps the world’s food. The startup analyzes agricultural data in real time to help farmers make more informed decisions about which crops to grow, where to plant them, and when to sell them.

179

3 years ago

A small, family-owned business that sells and installs windows and doors. The business doesn’t have a website, so they’re counting on this campaign to help them grow their business.

179

2 years ago

allows companies to create online shopfronts for their products, eliminating the need for physical storefronts. It’s growing quickly, and recently closed a $3.8 million series A round.

179

4 months ago

A startup that wants to create a system to manage and grow the relationship between bank and clients. The startup is currently building the first product for a client in the UK.

177

3 years ago

A B2B company that helps businesses manage their email marketing. The company says they’re profitable and growing.

176

1 year ago

Growth hacking tool for app developers.

174

2 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.

172

1 year ago

An on-demand software development shop meant to help companies build, maintain, and grow their apps. The company has worked with companies like Uber, Warby Parker, and GoFundMe.

172

1 year ago

A company that provides hourly workers with technology and training to get their own small business off the ground. Come Up Now has grown from a handful of contracts to 200 employees in the past six months.

172

2 years ago

This startup is building an app that tracks the weather for farmers and helps them optimize their growing cycle.

169

3 years ago

Starting as a maker of carbonated drinks with the tagline “For those who don’t have air,” this startup is building a new kind of Citrus Cloud, which will use the sun as a source of carbon dioxide to allow plants to grow in areas without electricity.

168

2 years ago

A subscription-based, monthly newsletter that helps entrepreneurs quickly grow their business.

165

2 years ago

A tool that allows employees to set up a flexible work schedule. This is currently in an early stage of development and has no immediate plans for the growth of the business.

162

3 years ago

A startup that helps women and men work together to grow their careers, by helping them find each others’ LinkedIn connections.

161

3 years ago

The digital version of a pest control service. The startup’s team is small but they’re growing fast. They’ve raised $1.2 million and are looking to expand into the Northeast and Midwest.

161

1 year ago

The startup aims to build a social network for entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs-to-be to help them find and connect with mentors and resources to help them start and grow.

161

1 year ago

A cloud-hosted platform that helps small companies and startups grow.

160

3 years ago

A startup that invests in podcasts and offers them hosting to help them grow.

159

3 years ago

A last-mile delivery service for restaurants. The startup's founders say food deliveries are a $21 billion market and it's growing 15-20% per year.

158

3 years ago

Plant-based protein startup that uses aquaponic systems to grow its products. The startup is looking to raise $750,000 to enter into a big box store like Walmart.

157

3 years ago

A startup that wants to help people in Latin America track their expenses and grow their credit score The company’s founders say that after launching in early august, they’re already working with over 3,000 retail accounts

156

3 years ago

A startup with a SaaS platform that helps retailers submit orders quickly and easily. The company is based in the UK but wants to grow internationally.

156

3 years ago

As a company, HirePound has raised $1.4 million in capital. But as a company, it says it is on track to make $50 million in revenue in the next year. The company is a job board for the growing gig economy, connecting employers with micro-consultants and other contractors.

155

2 years ago

A platform that helps small businesses find financing to grow. The service is used by over 1,000 businesses in the US.

154

2 years ago

A startup where people can create and share their own videos to be used as a free marketing tool. The startup is working on a video series called Inside the Box, which follows a different startup every month as they grow.

154

3 years ago

“A platform for high-growth companies to grow their community,” which has a plan to bring in more than $100,000 in revenue in 2019 (as of July).

153

1 year ago

Having grown from 10 employees to 160 in the last three years, the company is the fastest-growing startup in the city and Pittsburgh's largest private technology employer.

153

3 years ago

A platform that aims to help businesses with their growing digital presence in fashion and retail. They currently have 1,000 merchants and $2.5 million in revenue.

151

1 year ago

A startup that’s building a network of AI-driven bots that help people learn and grow professionally by giving them personalized and researched answers to their questions.

151

1 year ago

A seed-stage tech startup that’s building a business on automating the process for a person to start a business in Singapore. They’re working with a small number of clients and focusing on operations but have a business model that allows them to hire more people as the business grows.

151

3 years ago

Helping small businesses by providing a platform for them to grow and scale.

149

3 years ago

A platform for users to rate their favorite restaurants, and a business for restaurants to use to grow their customer base.

149

2 years ago

A tool to help employers make sense of ever-growing mountains of data in HR.

149

3 years ago

Hoping to use the same playbook as the coffee industry to grow their subscriptions to their platform, Hopin.

148

3 years ago

A software platform that helps small businesses, freelancers, and independent contractors obtain loans and invoice financing. They have a $50,000 seed round with a 4x growth rate since their launch in May 2019.

148

3 years ago

A software company that makes managing a large number of Twitter accounts easier. The startup has been able to grow its customer base at a rate of 50% per month, and has built a $2 million annual recurring revenue business.

148

3 years ago

An AI that helps power the “emotional intelligence” of retail stores, which are expected to grow in importance.

148

1 year ago

A startup that provides comprehensive financial data services to the growing influencer economy.

148

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.

147

3 years ago

An online platform to help people find and pay for parking in their area. It’s one of the first app-only parking companies in the space that’s grown to 1,500 employees after raising $200M from investors.

147

3 years ago

The company has raised a total of $16.5 million from Allen & Company, Andreessen Horowitz, Battery Ventures, Charles River Ventures, DFJ Growth, Fidelity, SV Angel, and Y Combinator.

147

1 year ago

China’s internet giants are increasingly dominating the global digital advertising market. A recent report from Digiday says: “Chinese social media and news platforms have commanded the lion’s share of ad revenue as global digital ad spend in the country has grown at a staggering compound annual growth rate of around 40% over the last five years.” How are these companies making money They’re using the vast audience of consumers on social media for traditional advertising.

147

3 years ago

Small but growing business that helps retailers and restaurants get paid faster

146

1 year ago

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

146

3 years ago

A tool for managing and growing your email list. If you ever wondered how to harvest your email list and use it to grow your business, Jato is an easy solution.

145

2 years ago

This startup is developing a software platform to help local food producers and farmers grow and distribute their crops and foods.

145

1 year ago

Working with 13 corporate pilots and growing in Dallas.

145

3 years ago

In the past year, the startup has grown to have over 500 media outlets and over 1,000 reporters and editors, covering everything from sports to politics, and local to international. They’re aiming to grow that to 10,000 members and double the number of journalists that cover the news.

144

1 year ago

Green Tech helps small businesses grow by helping them access financing and other services.

144

3 years ago

A startup that gives a voice to a growing number of people who are sick of the medical system, especially in the US. It aims to help people connect with their health care providers in a more direct and human way.

143

2 years ago

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

143

2 years ago

A platform that helps users manage and grow their online communities with easy tools, like a data dashboard.

143

3 years ago

A company that makes it cheaper to travel to Europe, the UK, and the US. It’s based in London and is looking to grow with the help of a $250,000 series A round.

142

3 years ago

A monthly membership service that helps companies identify and recruit technical talent. The company boasts $1 million in recurring revenue and says it has already grown its team from 10 to 30 people.

142

1 year ago

A startup for consumers to help support and grow the community of restaurants they frequent.

142

1 year ago

A platform for scheduling and managing taxi-cab service via smartphone. The startup is in the early stages of scaling, but the goal is to offer all of the things you could expect from a taxi cab service — like GPS tracking, real-time communication, and a dispatch system. The company is profitable and small but growing in the San Francisco Bay area.

142

1 year ago

A platform for small businesses to receive IT and marketing services from a company that can scale and grow the business without increasing the business’s costs.

142

3 years ago

A SaaS solution for HR teams that lets them manage a large number of employees quickly and easily. Encom is growing quickly, and recently raised $4.5 million on a $10 million valuation. It has over 2,000 customers from Fortune 500 companies such as Pepsi, Walgreens, and Verizon.

141

3 years ago

A self-funded, fast-growing accelerator for retail ventures and consumer brands.

141

3 years ago

A company that wants to use artificial intelligence to help people grow their Instagram presence.

141

3 years ago

A company that helps small businesses in the US grow faster by delivering online marketing, sales, and customer support. They have raised a total of $2.8 million since launching in 2018.

141

1 year ago

A turnkey vertical farming system, where a large greenhouse can be built, which grows a variety of vegetables and fruits.

141

1 year ago

A small business finance startup that helps businesses get the capital they need to grow.

141

2 years ago

A machine learning system that helps marketing teams to segment customers and grow revenue

140

3 years ago

A startup that provides software to help eCommerce store owners who are trying to grow their business

139

3 years ago

A web-based service that helps small businesses grow their sales by managing their social media, SEO, and marketing campaigns. The company currently has 1,000 clients and are now hiring in the Philadelphia area.

139

3 years ago

Sunlight is an app that allows media companies to schedule video to go out live on their website with a single click. Sunlight’s CEO says that the app has already helped his company grow by up to 30%.

139

3 years ago

A startup that wants to grow in the middle east and eventually offer a hub for those looking to find a doctor, dentist, or other healthcare professional in their area.

139

3 years ago

An email app that lets you set up alerts for specific topics, and lets you get email updates from a growing number of organizations including the White House.

139

1 year ago

A startup that wants to help companies build out processes for their business that will help them grow their business.

139

3 years ago

A startup that helps Chinese companies grow overseas by leveraging the data on their Chinese customers to target them in the US

138

3 years ago

A company that provides global data analysts with insights into consumer trends in real time. The startup is growing its team and expanding globally. It has raised $2 million to date from O’Reilly AlphaTech Ventures and CrunchFund. It will be based in San Francisco.

138

3 years ago

A startup for startups looking to grow internationally. It’s a more self-serve approach than other startups, but the founders believe that they can provide the best service for a given price.

138

2 years ago

This startup is producing the next generation of technologies that can detect and remove water in buildings to prevent mold, bacteria, and other harmful microbes from growing.

138

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.

137

3 years ago

A platform that helps companies find new opportunities for growth in their markets, such as new markets, new products, or new customer segments.

136

1 year ago

A startup that offers a platform for entrepreneurs to grow their online presence with social media, email, and live chats.

136

3 years ago

Deliveroo is a food delivery service that allows restaurants to use their app to take orders for their customers, with the option to customize the meal or package it for individual delivery. It already has 2.4 million users within the UK and a service that is growing more than 100% year-over-year.

135

3 years ago

A community for young adults that wants to help them get into finance and grow their careers.

135

3 years ago

A startup that makes crockpot meals. Crockpot enables users to pre-order a custom meal from a variety of restaurants and have it delivered. It’s currently in the test phase, and looking to raise a seed round to grow and launch.

135

10 months ago

A company that matches brands with influencers. It says its goal is to help brands “create meaningful engagement and grow their influencer’s audience.”

135

3 years ago

A web-based platform to make it easy for businesses to grow their social media presence, through tools like a social media management dashboard, a social media scheduling tool, and a social media optimization tool.

134

3 years ago

A platform for small businesses to manage marketing and sales, enabling them to make more profitable sales and grow their customer base.

134

3 years ago

The startup is looking to help small businesses grow by connecting them with customers, and bringing them together.

134

1 year ago

In the last year, we’ve seen the creation of several new VC-backed startups, many of which we expect to grow into companies worth $50 million or more in the next year. (A few are already there.) Here’s a look at some of the most promising:

134

3 years ago

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

133

3 years ago

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.

133

3 years ago

A Web/Mobile-based platform for hiring, recruiting, and finding jobs. In the last year, the company says they’ve grown from $1.5 million in annual revenue to $4.5 million, and that they’ve seen 10x growth in the last 12 months. The company has more than 50 employees and is currently hiring.

133

3 years ago

This is an online video training marketplace for startups looking to grow and hire. The company is hiring a head of sales and has a $30,000/month business already with a handful of startups using it.

133

2 years ago

A business platform for Indian SMBs to better manage their finances. Over the last 12 months, the number of SMBs on the platform has grown 50%, with an average monthly transaction size of $3,500.

132

3 years ago

A home services marketplace that helps users coordinate with contractors and service providers to make repairs and renovations. The startup also offers a concierge service that lets users put the app on a desk, and it works with home services companies to help them grow.

131

2 years ago

Helping companies in China with a digital office. The company’s users have more than 10 million users and it says it’s growing fast.

131

1 year ago

A “made-to-order” employee-owned company helps companies grow as a social network. The company helps employees share skills and expertise, and then serves as a go-between for companies and other co-workers.

131

1 year ago

A tool for schools that helps teachers plan and manage their school’s communication. The company says it’s already used by over 1,000 schools and is growing fast.

131

1 year ago

A tool that helps farmers in Africa grow crops that are more productive and sustainable.

131

3 years ago

A startup that helps small business owners manage and grow their business across the internet by allowing them to create a virtual storefront, and tap into the expertise of other entrepreneurs.

130

2 years ago

A platform for small factories in Asia to manage and grow their supply chains.

130

3 years ago

Idea: A startup that provides a small-scale, educational version of a Tesla Powerwall battery to budding solar panel users The company says that their product is the fastest-growing solar product in the United States, and has seen an 800% increase in the number of students using it

129

3 years ago

A “strategic network of growth-oriented businesses”.

129

2 years ago

A real-time communication platform for companies that want to grow.

129

2 years ago

An online platform that allows people to rent out their homes while they travel. The company’s founders say that the business is growing rapidly.

129

1 year ago

It helps companies grow their business by taking away the pain points in the process of creating and launching products.

129

3 years ago

A company that wants to help people generate revenue from their Instagram accounts, by selling their content to advertisers. It has a built-in sales system to help clients monetize their Instagram growth.

128

3 years ago

A platform to help small businesses grow by offering them a complete marketing suite in a single product.

128

2 years ago

A platform for healthcare startups to grow their partnerships, build scale, and get investors. It aims to help sales efforts by making salespeople more efficient and giving them access to sales data in real time, which can help them close deals.

128

2 years ago

A microfinancing platform that gives small businesses access to capital they need to grow.

128

1 year ago

A new take on Slack chat bots, which have been a big part of Slack’s growth. Instead of just repeating back what you type, it learns from you and adapts to your behavior.

128

3 years ago

A mobile payment app for the Philippines. The startup, which launched its app last month, is targeting the country’s growing middle class.

127

3 years ago

A company that helps companies book tours and events at museums and galleries. The startup’s founders previously worked at the Louvre, and want to help them grow their business in the UK, US, and Canada.

127

3 years ago

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

127

3 years ago

A company that helps employees build their personal brand, which they say is a natural outgrowth of the social and professional networks they’re already in.

127

1 year ago

A new startup venture with a focus on the growing trade of personal data. The startup wants to help consumers control their data and the tools companies can use with it.

127

2 years ago

The team behind the app GrowthBot is building out a toolset that helps companies examine where they’re losing money in their sales process. GrowthBot wants to help companies figure out where they’re losing money, and what they can do to optimize their sales processes to increase revenue.

126

1 year ago

This is a platform that helps companies that want to start a business in a location they’re not in, find an employee in that place and work together remotely. They handle everything from recruiting to HR to employee pay, with the employee paid the same rate in their home country as the company is. The company is profitable, with $2M in recurring revenue and $1M in ARR and growing.

126

1 year ago

A startup that wants to help online merchants and other businesses grow their audience through video. The company claims that it’s been able to acquire 1,000 new customers for its customers every month for the last four years.

126

3 years ago

This is an omnichannel platform to help retailers connect with their customers directly, in order to grow sales and better manage inventory.

125

3 years ago

A startup looking to help entrepreneurs in Africa start and grow businesses based on their unique needs.

125

3 years ago

A student-driven airline that’s been in operation for less than a month. Its founders are trying to get the airline off the ground by asking students to fund the startup, but now they’re asking for $25,000 to accelerate growth.

125

2 years ago

Social networking for farmers. Farmline’s pitch is that as farmers grow and share more info about their crops, they’ll be able to reap more benefits from the same share.

125

1 year ago

A startup that’s building software for the cannabis industry. The company’s software allows growers to track and manage their sales, look for patterns in their data, and get real-time insights into the market.

125

3 years ago

A software company that helps companies grow their email list, using automation and artificial intelligence.

124

3 years ago

A startup that helps real estate agents with "after-hours" showings The startup wants to grow into a managed marketplace that serves as a broker for all home services, from repairs to insurance

123

3 years ago

A platform that helps businesses optimize their supply chain by helping them to analyze data in real-time and identify opportunities for growth. They charge a standard rate of $150 per month per company.

123

3 years ago

One of the key differences between this year’s class and last year’s was the level of public interest in highlighting the work of the companies that were accepted. This year that level was very high, with over 10,000 people visiting the project page. That interest was a major factor in the growth of the class.

123

3 years ago

Causes that want to communicate with people on Facebook and other social media platforms can now do so through a Facebook-style private messaging platform that will allow users to send and receive messages through a growing list of apps and services. The company says the community is growing rapidly and has over 200,000 members.

123

2 years ago

A next-generation restaurant delivery app that allows users to order food, track it and pay, all through a mobile app. What They Deliver is putting a new business model on the table to help restaurant owners grow their companies.

123

1 year ago

A productivity tool that helps you organize the ever-growing amount of content you create. The startup builds a “knowledge base” of all your content in an easy-to-use interface.

122

1 year ago

A way to help small businesses grow their presence on social media via a 'shopify for small businesses' platform.

122

1 year ago

A customer service platform for small businesses. The company claims to have $15,000 in monthly recurring revenue, and has been growing at a rate of 50% month-over-month.

122

2 years ago

A startup that wants to be the middleman between the growing number of small-scale contractors and the big-contractor industry

121

2 years ago

A platform that lets you grow your own marijuana, and then consume it at your leisure.

121

3 years ago

A company selling data visualization and analytics tools for account/growth teams.

120

3 years ago

The startup is working with partners to bootstrap the growth of a small-scale 3D printing community by providing the equipment and resources to move from a maker-model printer to a high-quality commercial printer.

120

2 years ago

An email marketing service built to help small businesses, startups and freelancers grow their email lists and boost their sales. It offers a free plan for businesses with up to five contacts.

120

1 year ago

Covers the entire cycle of innovation in an organization by starting with the idea, then prototyping, scaling, and then innovating again as the company grows.

120

2 years ago

A new company that makes it easy for people to order from their favorite restaurants while they’re away, and have them delivered. It started in 2012 and announced a $1.3 million Series A in 2017. They’re growing fast.

119

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.

118

1 year ago

A tool to help small businesses access business loans. The company’s founders claim that they have already signed up 450 companies in a week, and plan to grow to over 10,000 by the end of the year.

118

3 years ago

A single platform to help companies understand and engage with their customers, and act on that data. The startup is testing out a platform designed to serve the needs of small-to-medium-size companies, and then help them scale as they grow.

117

3 years ago

In addition, there are several other fast-growing startups that are also still working their way through the Crunchbase database, including:

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3 years ago

A startup that intends to use the momentum of the cryptocurrency community to grow and expand its platform for other crypto-related companies. It’s a tool for users to buy and sell digital assets.

117

2 years ago

A platform that helps small businesses grow with the help of AI and machine learning. The startup is targeting the B2B market, and already has over 100 customers.

117

1 year ago

The startup is building software to help organizations grow their social media presence, providing a more automated process for adding a Twitter handle, Facebook page, and Instagram account.

117

1 year ago

This credit card processor for small businesses is growing fast but has a small user base.

117

1 year ago

A data and management platform for people to manage and grow their online business. The startup is building a data/management platform, called a “Customer Engagement Platform”. It hopes to supplement the analytics and customer management that businesses typically use with a more predictive and nuanced type of data.

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4 months ago

A restaurant management system for Indian restaurants that helps them grow

117

3 years ago

A company that “helps businesses buy and build from a wider, more diverse set of technology services”. The startup has raised $6 million from investors and says it has already helped companies grow from “the size of a small company to a well-staffed, highly functional team”.

116

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.

116

3 years ago

A platform that uses artificial intelligence to let companies hire professional services firms to complete work. The company combines P&L data with its own data to help companies hire the right professionals. It only launched in August and is looking to grow its client base.

116

2 years ago

A chatbot to help businesses grow their international footprint. The chatbot will serve as a way for businesses to quickly and easily find markets in other countries and sell there.

116

3 years ago

A startup that gives away stock instead of cash to startups when they want to accelerate their growth.

115

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.

114

2 years ago

A web-based sales platform for small business. The startup aims to help them "sell bigger than them" and offer a way for them to grow faster.

114

2 years ago

Indiagames is a venture backed company that is building technology to help Indian game developers and publishers grow their market.

114

2 years ago

"Growth Hack" is the second-most cited book on Amazon.com, after The Lean Startup by Eric Ries.

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1 year ago

A platform that helps companies grow their salesforce. Founded in September 2017, in the first week it managed to close over $1.7 million in deals.

114

2 years ago

A social media app that claims to help people “organically grow their social networks”.

113

2 years ago

The term was coined in 2006 by Fred Wilson, who wrote "Startup - A Silicon Valley Adventure" in which he stresses the importance of a culture of growth.

113

3 years ago

Idea: A company that helps parents keep track of their kids’ activities at school The company wants to use data science to help parents see what’s going on inside classrooms and, as it grows, is looking to expand into other verticals, including medicine

112

3 years ago

A company that provides automated software for product development teams to manage their internal development processes, including functionality for code reviews, bug tracking, and test automation. The company is growing and had $1.5 million in monthly recurring revenue in 2019.

111

3 years ago

A software company that helps IoT devices connect to the internet. The company initially grew out of a maker of the exact same products with a smaller market, and it wants to grow into the larger IoT market.

110

2 years ago

A networking app that uses the gamification of “leveling up” to get users to make new connections and grow their network.

110

2 years ago

An iOS app for restaurants to help them grow

110

2 years ago

It turns any mobile phone into a live ID, and promises a “one-tap verification” that will be accepted by a growing number of retailers.

109

2 years ago

A startup that wants to help companies and businesses grow by working with them to eliminate waste and reduce costs.

108

2 years ago

A live broadcast company for athletes and sports teams. The founders say they want to focus on live streams because of the way they’ve grown in the past few years. Their product is currently a free service, but the founders say they plan to add a paid service to compete with Facebook’s suite of sports and entertainment streams.

107

2 years ago

An online lending platform that provides loans to local businesses. The startup says they have “tripled their revenue as we scale to help more businesses grow.”

107

2 years ago

A startup that builds a homegrown alternative to the likes of Instagram, PicsArt, and Snapchat

106

2 years ago

An online marketplace for trading used books, based on users volunteering their books as collateral. The company is based in the UK but has been growing in the US.

106

2 years ago

A startup that helps grow Instagram influencers by giving them access to a community of other social media influencers and brands.

106

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.

105

8 months ago

A startup for small businesses that want to grow their business by taking on extra projects. Instead of doing all the work themselves, you can put the work out to small contractors.

105

2 years ago

A “next generation” ecommerce platform for startups and small businesses, that uses AI to help them grow their businesses.

104

2 years ago

A platform that allows small business owners to create and market coupons to their customers. The platform is growing in popularity for in-person coupon-based events.

104

2 years ago

A company that helps bring back the romance of gardening and growing plants in the age of technology.

104

2 years ago

A messaging app for small businesses that allows them to grow their businesses with curated content from across the web.

104

2 years ago

A company that helps you evaluate the best investments to take advantage of growing trends — and withdraw money if you want.

104

1 year ago

This startup wants to improve the way farmers in India grow food by using drones and artificial intelligence to identify and treat diseases.

104

1 year ago

A platform that helps channel partners grow their businesses by helping them bring in more customers.

104

2 years ago

A business plan for a startup is like a sales pitch. It’s vague. It’s hard to see its potential. And it’s hard to know if it’s worth checking out. So many founders miss out on the chance to grow their business because they don’t have this thing called a business plan that explains how they’ll do it. The goal of this startup is to make it easy for anyone to write that plan. It’s currently only available in the Bay Area.

103

2 years ago

The company behind the $500,000 World Cup prize pool, FanDuel is building a baseball-based fantasy game. FanDuel has a head start in the US and UK, but will need to grow in other countries to have an impact.

103

2 years ago

A startup that connects merchants with vendors to help grow their businesses. Merchants can request products and orders and have them delivered within a few days. They have also opened up an API for other companies to integrate into their product.

103

8 months ago

Viable is a startup that develops software for restaurants, the company says it’s already working with over 500 businesses in the UK. The company is looking for a CFO to help them grow.

103

3 years ago

A startup that lets you issue your own token that can be used to grow a business or pay for a service. It’s based on the ERC20 token standard.

102

2 years ago

A tool to help nonprofits do their fundraising. By taking in donations and giving them out to their clients in a direct, transparent manner, the startup wants to help nonprofits grow their donor bases and improve their bottom line.

102

2 years ago

An investment platform to help startups from the seed stage through growth. The company wants to help startups raise funds and make pitch decks quickly and easily.

102

2 years ago

Businesses in the Netherlands can create a marketplace for people to sell their home-grown products and services. The startup has already helped 30 small businesses rent out their homes.

101

2 years ago

Launch is a period of intense growth and expansion, and the companies listed above are just a drop in the bucket. As the startup ecosystem continues to grow, a lot more startups will have good ideas. Here are the top startups that have launched in 2019, according to TechCrunch.

101

2 years ago

A startup that wants to create a platform for managing the growing number of products that are connected to the internet, and which want to be part of the Internet of Things.

101

1 year ago

A start-up that maps the world’s food systems, trying to create a “living resource” map of where food grows.

101

2 years ago

A platform for wine and spirits startups to grow and sell their products to the market.

100

2 years ago

A tool that helps consumers create a budget and track their spending. The startup has raised $12 million for its technology thus far, and is looking to pivot into a basic financial management tool as it grows.

100

2 years ago

This startup is looking to help creative agencies manage the growing number of creative teams, with a service that helps clients manage their work flow, manage their expenses, and manage their teams, all in one place.

100

11 months ago

A data-driven consulting firm that focuses on organizational growth and management.

100

2 years ago

A monthly subscription service that helps users connect with potential customers and grow their businesses.

98

2 years ago

A company that helps other companies make more money by helping them grow their email lists.

98

2 years ago

An analytics tool for sports teams that helps them understand where fans are coming from and how their fanbase is growing over time.

97

2 years ago

A startup where you can buy and sell your homegrown vegetables, herbs, and fruit.

97

2 years ago

Startup Grind is a global community that aims to connect entrepreneurs and their startups with like-minded people, resources, and events in order to accelerate their growth. Startup Grind Philly is one of the first chapters based in the United States.

96

2 years ago

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

96

2 years ago

This company is building a platform that helps people manage and grow their wealth for retirement. It’s a robo-advisor that works with both individual investors and large investment funds.

96

2 years ago

A data visualization tool for account managers and growth teams. The startup wants to help salespeople visualize their accounts and see where their best prospects are.

96

2 years ago

A plan to build a messaging app that’ll be a hybrid of Slack and WhatsApp. The founders say that messaging apps are the fastest growing apps in the world, and that they want to create something that’s better than both.

95

2 years ago

A maker of waterproof backpacks for the outdoors, a market that’s worth $1.2 billion and growing.

95

2 years ago

A startup that provides data and analytics on the impact of customer data on retail growth

94

2 years ago

A startup and time tracker for freelancers. It’s also a social network for the growing number of freelancers.

94

2 years ago

A startup that wants to provide insurance for freelance content creators, giving them a way to secure their gigs against things like blackouts and injury. The company is looking to grow into more than just content creators, proposing to add insurance to other types of industries.

94

11 months ago

A startup that partners with CFOs and investment firms to help them better manage their business and growth.

94

2 years ago

A data platform for companies looking to grow more efficiently.

93

2 years ago

A “crowdsourced business intelligence platform”. The startup wants to help businesses predict and manage their growth. It launched in May with 1000 customers.

92

1 year ago

A computer science degree designed for people in the large, growing Indian market for “robotics, artificial intelligence, and computer vision”, with a built-in partnership with the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.

92

2 years ago

OpenTable was ranked the #1 startup in the category of “Food and Beverage” in the Inc. 5000 ranking of the fastest growing private companies in the US in 2018.

91

2 years ago

A company that builds smart, modular hydroponic grow systems

91

6 months ago

A startup that helps landlords list their buildings for short-term rentals. The company says the B2B market for short-term rentals is “growing exponentially”.

91

2 years ago

A tool for freelancers to track how much work they’ve done, pay invoices and manage their projects. The startup is working with YC alumni to grow the team.

90

2 years ago

A social network for the small, independent coffee shops that serve as anchors for a neighborhood. The startup wants to help coffee shops grow with a social network and start-up accelerator.

90

2 years ago

A startup that helps bring startup culture to India. They want to help India’s startups grow by providing a hub for community and events. They’re planning to have a physical location in India.

90

2 years ago

"FastCo" lists the top startups in the world every year. The list is based on revenue, but also factors in the startup's presence on other "fast-growing" lists, including those published by "Forbes", "Inc." and "Forbes Europe".

89

2 years ago

A company that wants to invest in emerging companies, picking up equity when they are small and helping them grow.

89

1 year ago

A growing startup in India that’s working to build a version of Google Docs for businesses, focusing on text documents and contracts.

89

10 months ago

An online platform for small businesses to grow their businesses. It’s meant to be more of a business management platform for those who already sell their own products, rather than a marketplace like Etsy.

89

8 months ago

A startup that wants to help mom and pop stores grow their sales by giving them a way to make online payments in a country where card fraud is rampant.

89

7 months ago

A company that’s building a workplace-focused social network. They’re looking for new opportunities to grow.

89

7 months ago

A social network for poets. It’s a “social network for poets, where poets can share their work, interact, collaborate, and grow.”

89

2 years ago

A web-based service for buying and selling designer clothes and accessories on the web. The company’s CEO says the site has grown to 2.5 million monthly users and $20 million in annual revenue.

88

2 years ago

It’s a company that hires independent researchers to evaluate the credibility of news stories. The startup says it has a staff of more than 30 researchers in the US and Europe and claims to be the fastest growing news-biased fact-checking startup in the US.

87

2 years ago

A startup that wants to build a platform to help small businesses, with a clear focus on helping small business owners build their brands and grow their businesses.

87

2 years ago

A company that helps small businesses get off the ground, with a library of tools that help companies with marketing, accounting, and sales. Company founders started it after seeing that many small businesses are launching on Facebook and taking on extra expenses to grow.

86

10 months ago

A company that wants to help fund the growth of companies with a $1,000 monthly subscription fee.

86

2 years ago

"Mashape’s mission is to help small businesses grow and scale. Mashape has developed a suite of tools that allow small businesses to manage their businesses from a central platform. This can be anything from scheduling a meeting to processing invoices. Using Mashape, small businesses can focus on running their business and not their IT. Mashape’s platform is designed to be easy to use and free for small businesses."

85

8 months ago

A company that helps small businesses gain access to different sorts of loans and financing. The company says it’s currently locked in a legal dispute with one of its investors, but is still growing.

85

7 months ago

A tool for “product managers and designers to make design decisions, collaborate and grow their ideas”. It’s meant to combine user feedback with a team’s existing knowledge to make the most informed design choices.

85

2 years ago

A startup that allows you to grow a whole portfolio of assets with one purchase, such as a website, business card, email, etc. The startup allows users to mix and match different products to create a single portfolio, while driving down the cost of all of them.

84

2 years ago

A company that wants to provide tools and services aimed at helping retailers and their clients scale and grow.

84

1 year ago

This startup wants to help companies manage a growing number of integrations. It’s an API marketplace that allows companies to connect to other apps without building their own.

84

8 months ago

A startup tackling the problem of “fake news” and misinformation, which it says is a growing problem that is costing the industry billions of dollars. It’s a “quality control service” that allows news publishers to verify sources, and is currently being tested in the UK.

84

7 months ago

A startup that provides marketing data and customer analytics to help companies grow.

84

2 years ago

Expense sharing for travel is a growing trend, but Expense Buddy aims to do it better than others by creating a “predictive expense engine” that creates a bill for your trip before you leave, and serves it to you via email or SMS.

83

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.

83

1 year ago

A platform that helps small businesses grow by offering training and advice from experts, an event calendar, and a marketplace of services from other small businesses.

83

2 years ago

A platform that connects borrowers with financial services and technology to transform the way they borrow and pay. They have a $2.5M seed round and are close to a round of growth.

82

2 years ago

A $1 million prize for startups creating tools for early stage companies to manage their growth

82

2 years ago

A startup that lets companies receive real-time feedback on their customer service. The founders say that customer feedback is the number one driver of company growth.

82

2 years ago

E-commerce site for America’s small towns, offering everything from electronics to home goods. The company is looking for more partners to grow the business.

82

1 year ago

An automated social media management tool, which helps companies grow by helping employees find and hire people better.

82

1 year ago

The startup provides small businesses with the tools to grow organically by providing tips and support to small businesses from its customers.

82

11 months ago

This company is trying to build a new way of converting data into money, by partnering with local farmers to provide them with the information they need to grow their business.

82

9 months ago

A platform for small and medium-sized businesses that helps them close more sales and grow more revenue.

82

8 months ago

The company is looking for a new CEO to help it grow beyond its current 2,000-customer base. The CEO had a bumpy time at the helm and the company hasn’t grown much since he arrived.

82

8 months ago

This is a chatbot that helps people ask legal questions. The startup said it has already seen results for their customers, with a client’s investment account growing by $4,000 in a month.

82

2 years ago

To help the fresh produce industry, which is worth $100 billion in the US, Farmako hopes to build a “smart warehouse” that uses artificial intelligence to track when and where fruit and vegetables are grown, to help ensure they’re grown locally.

81

2 years ago

In the last decade, the number of startups has continued to grow, making the San Jose area "the best place to start a business in the world."

81

2 years ago

A company that provides a mobile app that helps farmers manage the business of growing and selling produce. The app is free and uses a system of “contracts” to help farmers manage their crops.

81

2 years ago

A multi-service platform that helps retailers grow sales and loyalty through loyalty card programs.

81

1 year ago

A platform to help people get more out of their money by calculating the cost of their life and retirement. The startup currently has 38,000 users and is growing by 1,000 a month.

81

8 months ago

A video platform for growth coaches, who can create training videos for their clients, and then sell the videos to an online marketplace.

81

2 years ago

A SaaS for managing and tracking the performance of a dealership’s fleet. The startup has grown to 3,000 dealerships, including Hertz, Enterprise, and other major companies.

80

2 years ago

A way to help companies grow their email lists, helping them get more money and engagement.

80

2 years ago

Pivot is a social network for women entrepreneurs. It started in 2016 as a blog that features women in the Philadelphia area, but has since grown to include a community of over 600,000 women.

80

2 years ago

A startup that’s building a platform where employers can post jobs and candidates can apply for them, and also manage their profiles and cover letters. It’s currently in its beta version and growing in the SF Bay Area.

80

2 years ago

A startup that uses AI to help retailers understand how their customer demographics are changing. The company says it can help retailers identify who their new customers are, and how they’re growing.

79

1 year ago

A new way of making yogurt. Instead of a starter culture, they grow the yogurt with probiotics.

79

1 year ago

A SaaS startup based in San Francisco, California. The company has been growing rapidly, claiming to have “signed up more than 20,000 people in just the past month”. Its app lets users schedule and pay for deliveries, including food and household items, with a delivery fee.

79

6 months ago

A startup to help homeowners manage and monetize their homes, which the founders say has a high growth rate in the U.S.

79

2 years ago

(New Zealand) The startup helps B2B companies expand and grow their customer base. They recently won a R10M contract from the New Zealand Government.

78

11 months ago

A digital marketplace for anyone to buy and sell stuff. The platform connects sellers with buyers and owners with renters, providing on-demand services. The startup is looking to grow into a software as a service offering.

78

2 years ago

Blogging software that helps coaches and other industry pros manage their blogs, tracking social media growth and other metrics.

77

1 year ago

A tool that helps companies grow their sales and brand through social media.

77

1 year ago

This startup is building an API for API companies to build API integrations into their API. API integrations are a key part of growing an API-powered business by letting users access the API without actually running the API themselves.

77

1 year ago

A rideshare service focused on millennials and their desire to grow and be independent.

77

1 year ago

A product that helps you track where your food comes from, how it was grown, who grew it, etc.

77

8 months ago

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

77

9 months ago

This startup is building a platform for the SME (small and medium businesses) market in India, aiming to help them grow through a messaging platform.

76

2 years ago

A new way for startups to launch, with a “pay-as-you-go” model for founders and employees. It allows companies to grow without having to engage in the long, expensive process of raising a round.

75

2 years ago

A company that helps small businesses improve their marketing. The startup’s founders say they’ve built a “universal marketing plan” that helps small businesses launch new products and services and grow sales quickly.

75

2 years ago

A “bottom of the funnel” growth platform for B2B companies. Based in Vancouver, the platform helps businesses identify leads and convert them into paying customers.

75

2 years ago

A B2B service that’s been in beta for over a year that helps restaurants manage their finances. The service helps restaurants manage their business from a single location and get a better sense of how they’re doing and where their money's going. The company was founded in 2013 and is profitable and growing.

75

2 years ago

A platform that aims to help dating sites like Match.com grow their user base.

75

1 year ago

A platform for developing video games and other digital content. They're hiring a CEO to grow the company and have plans to expand from the Bay to LA, New York and beyond.

75

1 year ago

A team of engineers and a design team at a startup in China who want to grow their business into a larger team and a larger product.

75

1 year ago

In 2011, TechCrunch announced the first Startup Battlefield in San Francisco, and the event has grown to become a major tech event for entrepreneurs and investors. This year, TechCrunch is launching two Startup Battlefield events in the San Francisco Bay Area and one in Los Angeles.

75

1 year ago

Like the Lending Club for car loans, AutoGrow’s business is to lend money to people who can’t get loans from banks or credit unions. It’s currently lending $1 million a month to people in the US.

75

2 years ago

A San Francisco-based startup that’s building a next-generation financial services platform for the growing population of financially underserved people.

74

2 years ago

A startup that helps users create a “mini-startup” and manage it from one place. The company wants to help people build and grow startups with minimal effort.

74

2 years ago

A startup that helps users register for local events, including concerts, art shows, meetups, and sports games. The startup is growing quickly, with over 30,000 events registered in the past year.

74

1 year ago

A platform that connects startups with local investors, who provide funds and advice as the startup grows.

74

1 year ago

A platform that connects small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in the digital marketing and adtech space to help them connect, learn, filter, and grow.

74

10 months ago

A platform that helps employers with payroll and HR. They’re profitable and growing in the Raleigh, NC area.

74

8 months ago

A company that builds lab-grown diamonds. The company says it’s already working with top jewelry designers.

74

7 months ago

A SaaS startup that helps businesses grow through better marketing. The startup has 50,000 active users already and is profitable.

74

1 year ago

Machine learning and artificial intelligence startups are growing at a rapid pace, and this one is focused on helping software companies get the most out of their data.

73

1 year ago

A platform that helps grow online communities by generating content and promoting engagement

73

2 years ago

A startup that uses AI to promote its customers on social media. The startup is also working on a social media marketing platform that allows companies to attract more customers and grow their social media following.

72

2 years ago

A software platform that allows businesses to build apps for employees to track their time and get paid for it automatically. They have 12 customers and are still growing.

72

2 years ago

A marketing automation platform for B2B SaaS companies, touting a 1,500% growth rate in the past year.

72

1 year ago

A platform for hiring people to complete tasks based on a digital contract. The startup wants to grow the market for contract workers by allowing companies to take a digital contract and have a contractor complete a task.

72

1 year ago

A startup that’s building a home-grown cryptocurrency which they hope will be more widely adopted than Bitcoin.

72

1 year ago

A platform that helps small and medium-sized businesses manage and automate their data. The platform automates the tedious work of data analysis, reporting, and strategic planning. A growing number of business software vendors are using technology from this startup to assist their sales teams.

72

9 months ago

A startup that helps your business grow by helping it gain visibility through well-branded, easy-to-share content. It aims to make content marketing for small businesses much easier by hosting their content on its platform and making it easy for people to find.

72

8 months ago

A platform that allows users to create and share digital storybooks that both kids and grownups can explore and enjoy. The creators say that their tool will allow people to create books that are just as rich as the ones they would read in a physical book, and that their knowledge of digital and mobile storytelling will allow the team to make the books as interactive as possible.

72

1 year ago

A startup that helps stores integrate digital marketing efforts, with an eye on optimizing marketing spend so they can grow their businesses.

71

1 year ago

The company wants to help marketers predict which city will see the most growth in mobile app usage. They’ve built a machine-learning algorithm that generates possible markets based on a number of factors, including population density and the amount of money spent on mobile devices.

71

1 year ago

A tool that helps customers and retailers connect and grow their business.

71

1 year ago

A startup for small businesses in India that helps them grow by connecting them with suppliers and growing awareness of their business

71

2 years ago

The startup is creating a simple way for people to grow their own food in urban areas

70

1 year ago

A startup that has built an AI-powered platform to manage the growth of your startup’s social media engagement, allowing the company to monitor customer sentiment, measure engagement, and optimize their content.

70

1 year ago

Ransomware is a growing problem for businesses today. ReProtect is a kind of ransomware that helps companies fight back by creating a fake version of their own software. It looks to the user like a legitimate version of the app, and will only encrypt the data on the company’s servers if the user pays a fee.

70

1 year ago

This company is building a new way for people to get access to fresh, locally grown produce. The startup wants to make it easier for consumers to connect to local farmers and get them to market their products.

70

8 months ago

The idea is to create a marketplace to get small companies to share office space and enable them to grow

70

4 months ago

A company specializing in payment for the $1 billion Indian marketplace, starting with mobile payments and following up with physical cash and digital wallets. They’re looking to help merchants get access to the country’s massive and growing middle class.

70

1 year ago

A decentralized exchange for cryptocurrencies. The company wants to become an “Ethereum with a lot of growth”.

69

1 year ago

A way to use Facebook Messenger to send photos to a family member’s phone. Personalized photo sharing is a growing trend, but there are few services that can do it without an integration with a social network.

69

1 year ago

A startup that wants to help users build and grow a personal brand. The idea is to let users manage their own personal image, build their social capital, and participate in the global economy.

69

1 year ago

A cycle sharing startup aimed at growing urban cycling in cities.

69

1 year ago

A startup that wants to make money by helping companies to track their employees’ social media posts for each other so they can work more effectively. The company is currently in beta and is looking for partners to help it grow.

68

11 months ago

A fast-growing global microfinance platform that helps entrepreneurs and small businesses access credit and loans.

68

2 years ago

Zulberry is a mobile payments and commerce platform aimed at growing business in emerging markets. The company wants to become a more effective digital alternative to cash.

67

2 years ago

A new solution to help companies manage the sprawling growth of data centers

67

1 year ago

A startup that wants to connect the world of freelance services with the growing number of companies that need to build, manage and pay freelance workers on the fly.

67

1 year ago

A company that wants to make the growing trend of shopping with your phone more seamless and enjoyable.

67

1 year ago

A company that helps conferences and events grow by providing an online booking system for its attendees.

67

1 year ago

A startup that helps companies in the world’s fastest growing markets manage, store, and share documents.

67

1 year ago

A marijuana startup in the US that wants to use AI and big data to help cultivators and sellers grow less and better.

67

10 months ago

Many startups on the list came from India, a country that has been a "fintech powerhouse" in recent years. The country has a large population of engineers and a growing consumer base, and the availability of capital and technology has led to a boom in the number of startups in the country.

67

2 years ago

A social enterprise that sells a monthly subscription to its members, who can use the service to get a cup of tea in their home or a drink in a restaurant. The company hopes to provide a service to the growing number of people who do not have access to this basic human necessity.

66

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.

66

2 years ago

A solution for the challenges of growing a business in a remote location

66

1 year ago

A company focused on helping clients with growing their presence in Asia. Its app helps people navigate Asia’s credit card market, which is significantly different from the US market.

66

1 year ago

A platform for organizing and tracking group rides. The company is also working on its own app, but it’s working on turning volunteers into drivers to spur growth.

66

1 year ago

The Yield Lab is a business accelerator focused on agriculture and food. The startup provides capital, office space, and mentorship to help early stage companies launch and grow.

66

1 year ago

A digital, fast-growing portfolio of tools that enable a more streamlined life for people who have health insurance through the Affordable Care Act.

66

1 year ago

A company that wants to be the go-to agency for companies that want to grow their brand on social media.

66

1 year ago

A startup that aims to help farmers grow more food using data analytics.

66

1 year ago

An online platform that connects small businesses to digital advice and support from experts to help them grow and thrive.

65

1 year ago

A financial technology company that helps comprehensive research in the world of growth investing.

65

1 year ago

A new solution to mobile payments that’s focused on the growing nature of B2C payments. The startup recently closed a $1 million seed investment round.

65

1 year ago

A computer vision startup that wants to help computer vision researchers get access to more data by making it cheaper and easier for them to process images. The startup currently has a small team of 7, but they’re looking to grow that to 15 by the end of the year.

65

1 year ago

A way to save money on growing herbs and vegetables. Users take a photo of a plant, and the app can determine the optimal conditions for growing it.

65

1 year ago

A new business accelerator based in Silicon Valley, funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, that targets African-American tech founders with the goal of “helping them grow their businesses so they can help build the next generation of African-American tech leaders”.

65

1 year ago

A fashion app that connects people who have outgrown their clothes and need to trade them for new ones.

65

1 year ago

A fast-growing startup that’s taken apart a $50 billion company and is building a new one.

65

8 months ago

A B2B platform for companies that need to track product inventory at the point of sale for customers. The founders say it’s the biggest product in their portfolio and that it’s “growing like crazy”. They’re currently wrapping up a $1.5M seed round, and working with companies like Shopify and Zendesk.

65

3 years ago

Idea: A remote work and freelancing platform for knowledge workers. The company says it’s growing at a rate of more than 3,000 new teams joining monthly, with over 5,000 new companies joining quarterly.

64

1 year ago

This healthcare startup wants to help employees avoid the cycle of health insurance premiums and high deductibles. They send a monthly debit card to employees, and can be customized to cover a certain amount of money per month for a certain service, ranging from life insurance to primary care to dental. They’re profitable and growing in the San Francisco Bay Area.

64

1 year ago

A tool for brands to grow their mobile email list without having to pay for Facebook.

64

1 year ago

A little startup growing from a seed grant from Google.

64

1 year ago

A platform for sellers and brands to grow on the Shopify platform by providing an alternative to the storefront that many sellers already use there.

64

1 year ago

A small software company that’s built a small accounting app for restaurant workers. The startup says it’s growing at a rate of around 500% a month.

64

10 months ago

A startup that’s building a technology platform to help smaller businesses grow by providing them with marketing tools and data analyses.

64

2 months ago

A scheme to bring enterprise-grade monitoring tools to small businesses in India. It’s a way for businesses to better track their performance, get better forecasting, and manage their growth.

64

2 years ago

A hardware company that makes it easier for people to possess and grow their own cannabis. They’re supplying this solution to dispensaries in Colorado, where Gov. John Hickenlooper has shown support for legal weed in the past. The company is already in business in Canada, and is looking at expansions into other states.

63

1 year ago

An AI that helps companies discover and understand meaning in text and voice. The product is used by companies like Duolingo, and the startup says it’s profitable and growing.

63

1 year ago

A program to help small startups with capital raise and growth

63

1 year 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.

63

1 year ago

A startup that helps people find the best prices on flights from different airports, based on the distance between airports. It’s just one of many startups in this growing field.

63

1 year ago

This company is building a tool to navigate the growing field of insurance compliance, making compliance easier for insurance agents and their clients.

63

1 year ago

This is a software platform for housing associations, which give communities disabilities and demographic data. In the past year, the company has grown to serve over 3,200 housing associations.

63

1 year ago

A “private social network” with a “pay-what-you-can membership” that’s meant to be a more private and fiscally sustainable alternative to social media sites like Facebook. The company is growing quickly and currently has 30,000 members.

63

1 year ago

India is the world’s fastest growing market in the food delivery business, and this startup is building an app that wants to take advantage of that. It’s looking to create an on-demand market for delivery drivers, who can earn $20 to $30 an hour.

63

1 month ago

A startup that provides employees with a way to manage their time so they can get paid for their time using the company’s payroll system. Currently profitable, growing slowly but steadily in Philadelphia.

63

1 year ago

A company that is building a toolset to help retailers accelerate their e-commerce growth. Merchants can take advantage of the platform to engage with customers, send them personalized offers and build stronger relationships.

62

1 year ago

A platform that helps clients and teams track and manage project plans. The cloud-based platform is used by professional services firms, marketing agencies, and retail companies, with the company’s founders saying they’ve already grown to over $100 million in annual revenue.

62

11 months ago

A supply chain management service with a focus on the food industry, enabling customers to track and manage the movement of goods from farmer to table. The startup was founded in April, and has been growing rapidly.

62

1 year ago

A marketing platform for small businesses looking to grow, pitch, and manage their marketing strategy. It’s a place where they can manage their marketing campaigns, track their goals, and see their progress in a dashboard.

61

1 year ago

The startup's founders have been driving customer growth for companies like Lyft, Instacart, and Delivery Hero. After the US, they're going global and they're looking to build a customer service app called Enter, which they say can help companies grow faster by building and managing customer relationships.

61

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.

61

1 year ago

A startup that wants to help small businesses grow by providing them with marketing resources, like a library of content, a database of business names, and an email database.

61

1 year ago

A program that would connect classrooms to the Internet and provide resources such as curriculums, tests, and other learning materials. The startup is looking to grow a large number of schools that connect classrooms and offer educational services.

61

7 months ago

A platform for supporting and growing the micro-enterprise sector in the developing world.

61

1 year ago

This SaaS business allows users to grow their own tomatoes in a hydroponic system.

60

1 year ago

A platform that enables retailers to grow their business, build a community and be profitable. The company is backed by True Ventures, Amazon, and Slack co-founder Stewart Butterfield.

60

1 year ago

A platform for retailers to advertise their products to consumers. The startup is currently only in beta, but has grown to 35,000 users in the last 12 days.

60

1 year ago

A startup that helps businesses inside and outside of the US grow and retain customers for more than 5 years.

60

1 year ago

A company that helps film festivals grow and they’re currently in beta with one major festival and one smaller one.

60

1 year ago

This startup is building a service for restaurants to grow their business through digital marketing, performance analytics and automation.

60

1 year ago

This is a platform that helps employees stay compliant with health insurance laws, which often cost employees money. The startup says it has employees in 22 states and that it is growing.

60

6 months ago

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

60

5 months ago

A platform for growing organic food that uses data to predict seasonal produce demand.

60

1 year ago

A platform for booking salon appointments. The startup is also looking for investors to help them grow.

59

1 year ago

A startup that helps people with vision loss connect with the growing technology community that helps them. It’s working with the Pentagon on a program to help transitioning service members learn how to use technology.

59

1 year ago

Fast-growing e-commerce company with a SaaS application for online reviews. They say their online reviews have been used as a predictor for an item’s success.

59

6 months ago

A company that helps create new tools for learning and education. The startup has grown from a conference talk to a full-fledged startup.

59

1 year ago

A product that helps grow the number of people who vote in US elections.

58

1 year ago

A network that helps people build wealth by giving them an app they can use to invest their savings with the best options. The startup is aiming to grow and compete against Wealthfront and Betterment.

58

1 year ago

An analytics app that gives restaurant managers insights into their business and makes it easier to manage and grow.

58

1 year ago

A software provider that helps companies with their data security and privacy. The founders say the company is growing fast, because the startup helps clients “focus on the things that matter”.

58

1 year ago

A platform for the home care industry to grow, demand, and manage their services.

58

1 year ago

An online platform that connects B2B companies with freelance “growth hackers”.

58

1 year ago

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

58

9 months ago

Farmers markets have a dedicated following of consumers and it’s a fairly small, but growing market. Andres Uribe and his co-founders are building a marketplace that allows farmers to sell directly to consumers. The company is currently in beta.

58

2 years ago

A platform that helps businesses with a global reach, from small companies to multinationals, to grow their brand in a country where they have no footprint. It charges a small monthly subscription fee and allows you to add your business to a pool of companies to bid on.

57

1 year ago

Workplace software that aims to make teams and companies more productive. The company, which launched in May, says it’s already working with over 1,000 companies and has grown its team from 14 to 30 in just four months of launch.

57

1 year ago

A digital marketing platform for lifestyle brands, creating an app for brands to manage and grow their digital presence.

57

1 year ago

Helping small businesses manage their social media. The startup is working with over 200,000 small businesses and growing as they integrate their service into their existing operations.

57

1 year ago

A small business software company that helps businesses grow by providing analytics on sales, expenses, and customer acquisition.

57

1 year ago

A startup that helps labels and distributors track shipments, manage accounts, and manage inventory. The startup aims to help brands keep track of their supply chain, as they grow.

57

1 year ago

Periscope is a video hosting platform, popular with people who want to broadcast a live video stream from an iOS device. They launched in July and have been growing quickly, hosting over 20 million videos to date.

57

1 year ago

Looking to supplement the lack of diversity in the tech industry with a website that aims to help those in the industry manage their career growth.

57

1 year ago

A platform that creates a marketplace for companies to get in touch with their customers and grow their businesses.

57

9 months ago

A company providing a solution for the distribution of food in areas where the population is growing and food is scarce.

57

7 months ago

A technology platform that helps companies drive growth, better manage cash, reduce risks and mitigate fraud.

57

1 year ago

A tool to help people who want to start their own business grow their product.

56

1 year ago

A startup that’s building an automated AI tool to help companies grow their customer base and increase conversions.

56

1 year ago

A startup that helps people grow their savings faster by personalizing their savings plans with their unique spending habits.

56

1 year ago

A B2B company providing a platform to help companies with the back end of a growing business or product.

56

6 months ago

A platform for retail brands to sell physical products online. It’s growing rapidly in the UK, where the startup says it has already built a $2 million business

56

3 years ago

Idea: This startup wants to help India’s 600 million smartphone users take advantage of the country’s rapidly growing e-commerce market.

55

1 year ago

A startup that aims to make it easier for companies to manage the growth of their user base. It’s a SaaS product that helps companies make decisions about user growth, marketing, and customer acquisition.

55

1 year ago

A business simulation game where you can create your own startup, and compete to get new customers, build your product, and grow to be the most popular business.

55

10 months ago

SeedLabs is a SaaS for seed stage companies, which the site says are “fast growing, high-potential companies that are too early to be listed on the stock market”. The site is meant to make it easier to find and connect with the best seed stage companies.

55

7 months ago

A travel booking app that lets you search for flights, hotels, and attractions at once. Built for the Brazil market, the company has seen a 10x growth in ticket sales per month since May.

55

7 months ago

A community forum for sharing and organizing advice around making and growing a business, aimed at helping budding entrepreneurs and SMEs.

55

2 years ago

A SaaS platform that helps user groups grow by empowering them to manage all of their conference or event logistics.

54

1 year ago

An ecommerce platform for food that’s grown organically and locally with a focus on freshness and sustainability.

54

1 year ago

A company that aims to help teams grow their teams by running them through gamification exercises.

54

1 year ago

A company that aims to make it easy to “make the most of the growing array of services in the sharing economy”. Its product is a breakdown of how much different services cost, and a forum where people can pay for services to be delivered.

54

1 year ago

A mobile app for helping people learn Spanish. The startup is looking for a co-founder to help it grow.

54

1 year ago

A company that lets developers make games and apps with an easy-to-use toolset. The startup currently has a small Alexa skill that describes their goals, and a small Android app, but wants to grow into a platform from which developers can easily launch apps and games.

54

1 year ago

A platform that helps high net worth individuals grow their assets.

54

1 year ago

We're looking to invest in a very well-known brand in the same space, so that we can leverage the brand equity to build our business. We're looking for high-growth startups in the space.

54

7 months ago

A startup that helps entrepreneurs find small business loans so they can grow businesses without having to sell themselves or their company’s stock.

54

6 months ago

A startup that wants to eliminate the need for farmers to use pesticides in the growing of fruits and vegetables. The startup wants to use its own patented technology that can eliminate pests without pesticides, and is currently looking for seed capital.

54

3 years ago

Idea: A startup building a data-driven tool for portfolio management for investors. The software mines a portfolio for things like tax losses and areas for growth in order to help investors make better decisions with their investments.

53

2 years ago

A new company that lets users make their own bitcoin by mining it with their computer, which is then split among users. The app was first released in December 2017, and since then has grown to over 500,000 users.

53

1 year ago

A startup that lets small businesses get paid for the time employees spend on the phone. The startup is growing fast, saying they’ve signed up over 1,000 businesses on their platform.

53

1 year ago

A SaaS platform that helps multinational companies grow in emerging markets. The startup’s founders say they’ve had over 50% growth in the last six months.

53

1 year ago

A startup that helps business owners create websites with a drag-and-drop interface. The company says it has 30,000 users within its network and is growing quickly.

53

1 year ago

A startup that says it is an “unconference” that brings together top startup teams to help them connect, learn and grow. The first Unconference was held in San Francisco in early June.

53

1 year ago

A tool for creating personalized videos for social media. The startup says they have 20 employees and are profitable and growing in the US, with a 10% conversion rate.

53

1 year ago

An end-to-end software platform for mobile-first agriculture that helps farmers grow more food using less water, less fertilizer and less land. The company is developing a decentralized, blockchain-based platform for agriculture.

53

11 months ago

A management platform for small businesses that wants to help companies grow. The startup says it’s already working with over 300 businesses, and is helping them improve their customer acquisition, sales and retention.

53

9 months ago

This startup wants to grow a network of “smart” parking spaces that can hold a car’s information and automatically pay the driver when they return. The idea is to keep cars from sitting idle and losing value.

53

10 months ago

A startup that wants to use machine learning and a “big data set” to help companies figure out where to open new locations. A big focus is on the US, with growth plans to expand internationally.

52

10 months ago

A micro-credit startup that helps low-income individuals and families buy and grow businesses. The startup wants to help people become entrepreneurs by providing low initial loans and an easy to use app to build a business plan.

52

6 months ago

Known Medicine is building a tool to help doctors grow and study their own tumors. Known Medicine is using a disposable micro-tumor for testing, taking them out of the patient’s body and into the lab.

52

2 months ago

A company that’s building an on-demand food delivery app. It has a few dozen employees and a few dozen customers already, but its founder says he’s eyeing a national launch and plans to grow to hundreds of employees and thousands of customers.

52

1 month ago

A SaaS startup that aims to help SMBs manage their businesses. The startup helps companies “accelerate the growth of their business by providing a scalable, comprehensive software suite that helps their employees collaborate and automate business processes.”

52

1 year ago

Market research tool that gathers data on amateur athletes and coaches. The company’s founder says they’ve already signed up 8,000 coaches and they’re growing fast.

51

1 year ago

A decentralized network of micro-distribution hubs that works with existing delivery apps to help those apps grow beyond their current geographic footprint. It’s meant to be a “one-stop shop” for delivery companies to start using.

51

1 year ago

The team behind E-commerce Startup Factory is pitching to help businesses that have grown but need to scale their operations. They are looking for startups that have launched a business, but are not yet ready for expansion.

51

6 months ago

A text-based virtual assistant for the elderly, a market that’s growing by 20% a year.

51

1 year ago

This startup wants to make it easier for business owners to grow their businesses by giving them access to a team of business- and marketing professionals.

50

1 year ago

Libra is building a platform to help over 100,000 publishers and digital publishers increase their revenue by a whopping 90% by helping them convert subscribers into customers. Libra’s founders say that the average revenue per user is around $10, and the service wants to help them grow that to $50.

50

7 months ago

A platform that helps businesses in the sharing economy plan, manage and grow their “shared economy” businesses

50

3 months ago

Recoon, a next-gen business that wants to help small business owners grow by providing them with data, analytics, and guidance. They are looking to expand across the US and other countries, especially in Latin America and India.

50

3 months ago

A software company whose goal is to provide a way to manage the growth and maintenance of your business website.

50

1 year ago

As of 2017, China’s biggest internet companies are Tencent, WeChat, Weibo, and Baidu. These companies have all been spending heavily on Facebook and Instagram ads, which have grown rapidly in the region. For example, WeChat spent $6.5 billion on ads in 2018 and Baidu spent $3.6 billion. Top global brands are also spending heavily on Chinese social media. For example, Coca-Cola has spent $2.2 billion on WeChat ads since February 2018.

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1 year ago

A platform that helps companies manage the customer relationship with their customer data. It’s a customer growth platform for startups, but it’s not about helping customers learn about the business, instead, it’s about helping companies keep track of the data they have on customers, and making it easy to analyze and reach out to them and use those insights to grow their business.

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1 year ago

A platform that connects businesses with the expertise they need to grow and scale.

49

1 year ago

A startup that lets users search for nearby food and specialty ingredients, and then pay for them in an app. It’s access to these ingredients can be used in recipes or to make products. The startup, which is rapidly growing, is still in the pre-launch stage.

49

7 months ago

The startup wants to let users design, build and grow their own maps, using an iPhone and a simple interface.

49

2 months ago

A startup that helps people make their own dietary supplements. The company wants to make it easy to produce and sell supplements online, and it’s growing fast. It’s picked up $30,000 from Y Combinator and a $200,000 loan from the Kauffman Foundation.

49

3 years ago

Idea: A remote digital marketing agency for high-growth tech companies The startup has worked with a few dozen clients since launching last year, and is currently available to startups that are a $1 million in revenue or less

48

1 year ago

It’s a startup that helps companies grow their LinkedIn accounts and make connections.

48

1 year ago

A startup that builds a mobile app to help small businesses manage their books and finances. It promises to help business owners reduce the risk of fraud and make it easier to grow their business.

48

1 year ago

The startup is developing a fully-integrated set of tools for the wine industry, from winemakers to salespeople. The company wants to help wineries scale, grow in sales, and manage inventory.

48

10 months ago

An online marketplace for buying and selling of used medical equipment. The founders say that the market for medical equipment is $35 billion and growing.

48

7 months ago

A mobile game that teaches children about the mechanics of the solar system by planting seeds and watching them grow.

48

3 years ago

Idea: The team is building equipment for the workplace, like medical supplies. It’s trying to scale into a high growth business by partnering with large companies.

47

1 year ago

A platform for the market for organic and non-GMO foods. The startup is focused on making it easier for consumers to buy and sell locally-grown and organic foods.

47

1 year ago

A startup that helps people sell their old phones for cash, a market that is growing for emerging markets.

47

1 year ago

A startup that uses a combination of AI and machine learning to help companies make sense of the growing amount of data they are trying to collect, and come up with actionable insights. Currently working on a pilot in the UK.

47

1 year ago

A tool that helps you manage and grow your e-commerce business at scale. The startup is trying to make it easier for retailers to scale their e-commerce businesses with the help of a detailed sales and marketing dashboard.

47

1 year ago

Propeller is building an enterprise-level social network for fast-growing companies to get the right people in the right room at the right time. The company is a response to the explosion of talent acquisition platforms on the market.

47

11 months ago

A cloud-based tool for tracking progress in the legal field. It’s part of a growing industry of tools for law firms looking to automate and automate.

47

10 months ago

An online platform to aid in online dating, with members paying to boost their profile and get access to special features. The startup says it’s already got over 1,000 users and is growing at about 40 percent month.

47

6 months ago

A startup that has grown from the common ground between computer science and the arts. Their goal is to create a more efficient way to create, remix, and share art.

47

1 year ago

An investment management platform, except the company is building a new way to invest in high growth companies like companies that grow 1,000% in a year, 5,000% in 3 years, and so forth. The company is powered by artificial intelligence, and generates recommendations based on your investment desires and risk tolerance.

46

11 months ago

“The Go-To-Market for Growth” is a tool that helps small businesses execute a “Sell-Out Strategy.”

46

9 months ago

The founders of this startup are aiming to grow a marketplace for people to sell their unused clothing.

46

6 months ago

A platform for media and brands to grow their audience and grow their revenue. The startup is building a platform for brands to get more attention for their content by making it easier for people to share and consume it — and for brands to pay for advertising.

46

6 months ago

A platform for small businesses to manage and grow their online presence. It’s an online platform that allows local businesses to create a website, a blog, and ads. It also handles payment processing, inventory management and customer service.

46

6 months ago

A startup focused on helping “boundaries of the farm” in California’s Central Valley, so that farmers can look for new ways to grow food. The company purchases and recycles organic waste, converts it into rich compost, and sells it back to farmers.

46

5 months ago

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

46

3 months ago

To help small businesses scale by offering a suite of services including marketing, accounting, and product management, with the goal of helping them grow 1,000x their current size.

46

1 year ago

A digital assistant that helps manage and maintain a growing network of sensors.

45

1 year ago

This is a company that wants to grow local food in the developing world, and has a product to help do that.

45

1 year ago

A platform that helps people build and manage their own organically-grown gardens. The app is free and available in the US, Canada and Australia.

45

1 year ago

A startup to help users in the US get a visa to visit Mexico. Currently, only the founder is using it to visit Mexico, but it’s growing each week and it’s easy to imagine a scenario where it becomes a full-fledged travel app.

45

1 year ago

A startup that helps startups grow by giving them access to the biggest potential customer base in the world - the US government. The company's proprietary Fintech platform provides access to the US government's banking, insurance and finance systems.

45

11 months ago

A startup that builds a “supercharged” mailing list of all the people who want to be a part of your content. The startup allows you to send targeted emails to all of your followers, creating a supercharged, targeted list that you can use to grow your email list.

45

10 months ago

Do you ever need to keep track of a growing number of logins, passwords, and other credentials for a number of services

45

10 months ago

A startup that wants to help retailers target the right customers in the right place at the right time. The company says they have grown to over 40,000 customers, with plans to expand to other markets.

45

1 year ago

A startup for businesses seeking to grow internationally. Companies can connect with a team of remote advisors who help with finance, legal, and operational concerns.

44

1 year ago

A low-cost decaf evo coffee that’s grown and harvested naturally, but doesn’t contain any caffeine.

44

1 year ago

A software platform that helps coaches get more out of their clients, using coaching as a tool for growth and personal development.

44

1 year ago

Health-related non-profits must raise millions of dollars to grow and expand. Loop is building a tool for them to manage daily tasks and keep operations running smoothly.

44

10 months ago

This startup wants to help companies grow their brand recognition and reputation through providing a platform for their customers to recommend products and services.

44

9 months ago

This startup is building a portfolio of software tools for companies to manage and grow their employee base more efficiently, starting with the ability to keep track of their employees’ schedules.

44

9 months ago

A digital product that allows individuals to create and manage multiple templates for their businesses. The best part is that the templates can be constantly updated, allowing the business to change the look and feel of their company even as they grow.

44

5 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.

44

1 year ago

A startup that wants to use AI for the process of building and growing a sales team, with results that can be measured by sales performance.

43

1 year ago

A “home-grown” fashion e-commerce platform built on the Japan-centric model of shop-in-shops.

43

1 year ago

This startup is building a full-stack, enterprise-grade software platform for gaming that can be embedded into other businesses. Reasons for this include the growing e-sports market and the fact that there are now more than 1.5 million gamers, with a projected growth rate of 50% a year.

43

1 year ago

For the past five years, the startup has been building a suite of services and software for companies that want to grow their data science teams.

43

5 months ago

A small, tech-forward business that specializes in data and analytics for small businesses, with a focus on helping them grow.

43

4 months ago

A startup that engages users in helping develop online tools. It’s trying to hire a CEO to help grow the company.

43

1 year ago

As the cloud services market grows, so does the need for developers to have a consistent way to manage the apps that make up their cloud-based workflows. This is the idea behind HotPlate, which is building a developer platform for web and mobile apps.

42

7 months ago

A business-to-business service that pairs growing brands with retailers to help them forge relationships. The company has 25,000 retailers in its network.

42

6 months ago

A bakery that grows, packages and ships all the ingredients for food from single farms to online customers.

42

3 years ago

Idea: A startup that helps nonprofits raise money from their supporters. The startup charges a 20% fee of all donations made through its platform, and says it’s using a $500k grant from the Knight Foundation to grow the company.

41

1 year ago

The founders of this marketing startup say they’re building a Facebook for blimps. Their goal is to fuel the growth of a new kind of “social blimp” that’s valuable for businesses and pro-social.

41

1 year ago

Viable is building a platform for employers to manage their employee health plans. It’s a B2B operation, with its first customers being large employers like the Department of Defense and United Parcel Service. Viable is profitable and growing in the Philadelphia area.

41

1 year ago

A startup that helps companies hire remote workers with salaries matched to local salaries. The company says its revenue is growing by 50% month over month.

41

1 year ago

A tool for helping freelancers manage their expenses and plan for taxes. The startup has built an app that makes it easier for freelancers to track the money flows from their business, and provides a “tax your business” tool to help them calculate their taxes. They’re profitable and growing in the San Francisco area.

41

11 months ago

This startup is building a platform to help people build and grow their brands. The startup is building out a tool to help people find the best new talent to hire.

41

10 months ago

A platform for fostering the exchange of ideas, ideas that are fed into the startup’s growing community of users.

41

6 months ago

A startup that wants to help merchants grow their businesses by using its core product, Shopify’s marketplace.

41

4 months ago

A micro-finance startup that uses the power of supply chain management and predictive analytics to help micro-businesses grow.

41

2 months ago

A credit union in Texas looking to grow their loan portfolio by building a payment processing service.

41

1 year ago

A company that helps consumers buy health insurance. The app uses Artificial Intelligence to compare various plans and prices, and then helps consumers make the decision of where to go. The company has been growing rapidly in Philadelphia, and is backed by NEA.

40

10 months ago

Built to help companies create, share, and use dashboards in minutes, not hours. It was launched in early 2019 and is building a small but growing team.

40

10 months ago

A college admissions platform that was pitched as “LinkedIn for colleges,” but with a twist: instead of looking for professional connections, the company’s users are looking for school connections. The company claims to have over 1,000 users and is looking to grow from there.

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9 months ago

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

40

7 months ago

A startup creating a new way to finance small business growth. The startup is working to create capital in the form of loans that companies can repay in installments over time. The company is already working with eight businesses in Philadelphia.

40

6 months ago

A healthcare startup that lets you access vetted doctors and pay for care via secure mobile payments. The company says that its growth over the past year has been impressive, with over 10,000 users on its platform.

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A startup that’s developing a way to grow food in soil without pesticides or other chemicals.

This startup is building a platform for American farmers to sell their goods to consumers worldwide. The startup aims to use a mix of digital store fronts and technology to deliver to consumers in countries like India and China, where the rural population has been growing.

Unexpected startup success, the founders say it has grown from $8 million in sales in Q1 2018 to $7 million in Q3 2018 and $7 million in Q4 2018.

A startup that wants to use technology to help retailers manage wasted food. The founders of the company say it’s a $200 billion industry that is growing.

A software startup that wants to help farmers and growers more easily sell their products online, tracking inventory, managing orders, and ensuring quality control.

Grow is building a set of tools for restaurants, enabling them to manage their menus, design their menus, and automate their ordering and delivery processes.

A digital platform for professionals to grow their skills, with more than 1 million professionals using the platform.

A startup that works with real estate agents to help them become property managers. The company is growing quickly in the US, and aims to do the same in India.

A startup for the growing number of people who want to do freelance work, but don’t know how.

Indeed.com launched in 2003, but has since grown into a market leader. Indeed.com has also been acquired by The Walt Disney Company in December 2018.

This startup wants to build a new type of credit card for the underbanked, especially in developing countries. It takes the form of a prepaid card and is available in any currency. Given the lack of banking options in many such countries, the startup sees a lot of potential for growth.

A small business loan, based on factors like location, team, and amount of traffic. It also offers business owner coaching to help them grow their business.

A supply chain management platform for restaurants and other food-related businesses. Growth is strong and the founders say they’re trying to make a dent in the $8.5 trillion food and beverage industry.

A company that wants to grow your network and make it easy to introduce people to each other.

A platform that helps the restaurant industry grow and scale.

A company that wants to build a system that predicts the future of cities as they grow and change.

AirBnb is launching in India, but more importantly, the startup is looking to grow its presence in other parts of Asia and even the Middle East.

A startup that will help you live like a millionaire by getting you to invest in startup owners as they grow.

Pexels is a stock photo platform that allows users to scan a barcode and add it to their library of photos. The startup has over 90 million photos in its database and is growing fast.

Self-storage startup that’s growing at 20% month-over-month.

A company that wants to help you grow your business by giving you the tools to make smart decisions.

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.

Big Data maps the world’s food. The startup analyzes agricultural data in real time to help farmers make more informed decisions about which crops to grow, where to plant them, and when to sell them.

A small, family-owned business that sells and installs windows and doors. The business doesn’t have a website, so they’re counting on this campaign to help them grow their business.

allows companies to create online shopfronts for their products, eliminating the need for physical storefronts. It’s growing quickly, and recently closed a $3.8 million series A round.

A startup that wants to create a system to manage and grow the relationship between bank and clients. The startup is currently building the first product for a client in the UK.

A B2B company that helps businesses manage their email marketing. The company says they’re profitable and growing.

Growth hacking tool for app developers.

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

An on-demand software development shop meant to help companies build, maintain, and grow their apps. The company has worked with companies like Uber, Warby Parker, and GoFundMe.

A company that provides hourly workers with technology and training to get their own small business off the ground. Come Up Now has grown from a handful of contracts to 200 employees in the past six months.

This startup is building an app that tracks the weather for farmers and helps them optimize their growing cycle.

Starting as a maker of carbonated drinks with the tagline “For those who don’t have air,” this startup is building a new kind of Citrus Cloud, which will use the sun as a source of carbon dioxide to allow plants to grow in areas without electricity.

A subscription-based, monthly newsletter that helps entrepreneurs quickly grow their business.

A tool that allows employees to set up a flexible work schedule. This is currently in an early stage of development and has no immediate plans for the growth of the business.

A startup that helps women and men work together to grow their careers, by helping them find each others’ LinkedIn connections.

The digital version of a pest control service. The startup’s team is small but they’re growing fast. They’ve raised $1.2 million and are looking to expand into the Northeast and Midwest.

The startup aims to build a social network for entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs-to-be to help them find and connect with mentors and resources to help them start and grow.

A cloud-hosted platform that helps small companies and startups grow.

A startup that invests in podcasts and offers them hosting to help them grow.

A last-mile delivery service for restaurants. The startup's founders say food deliveries are a $21 billion market and it's growing 15-20% per year.

Plant-based protein startup that uses aquaponic systems to grow its products. The startup is looking to raise $750,000 to enter into a big box store like Walmart.

A startup that wants to help people in Latin America track their expenses and grow their credit score The company’s founders say that after launching in early august, they’re already working with over 3,000 retail accounts

A startup with a SaaS platform that helps retailers submit orders quickly and easily. The company is based in the UK but wants to grow internationally.

As a company, HirePound has raised $1.4 million in capital. But as a company, it says it is on track to make $50 million in revenue in the next year. The company is a job board for the growing gig economy, connecting employers with micro-consultants and other contractors.

A platform that helps small businesses find financing to grow. The service is used by over 1,000 businesses in the US.

A startup where people can create and share their own videos to be used as a free marketing tool. The startup is working on a video series called Inside the Box, which follows a different startup every month as they grow.

“A platform for high-growth companies to grow their community,” which has a plan to bring in more than $100,000 in revenue in 2019 (as of July).

Having grown from 10 employees to 160 in the last three years, the company is the fastest-growing startup in the city and Pittsburgh's largest private technology employer.

A platform that aims to help businesses with their growing digital presence in fashion and retail. They currently have 1,000 merchants and $2.5 million in revenue.

A startup that’s building a network of AI-driven bots that help people learn and grow professionally by giving them personalized and researched answers to their questions.

A seed-stage tech startup that’s building a business on automating the process for a person to start a business in Singapore. They’re working with a small number of clients and focusing on operations but have a business model that allows them to hire more people as the business grows.

Helping small businesses by providing a platform for them to grow and scale.

A platform for users to rate their favorite restaurants, and a business for restaurants to use to grow their customer base.

A tool to help employers make sense of ever-growing mountains of data in HR.

Hoping to use the same playbook as the coffee industry to grow their subscriptions to their platform, Hopin.

A software platform that helps small businesses, freelancers, and independent contractors obtain loans and invoice financing. They have a $50,000 seed round with a 4x growth rate since their launch in May 2019.

A software company that makes managing a large number of Twitter accounts easier. The startup has been able to grow its customer base at a rate of 50% per month, and has built a $2 million annual recurring revenue business.

An AI that helps power the “emotional intelligence” of retail stores, which are expected to grow in importance.

A startup that provides comprehensive financial data services to the growing influencer economy.

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.

An online platform to help people find and pay for parking in their area. It’s one of the first app-only parking companies in the space that’s grown to 1,500 employees after raising $200M from investors.

The company has raised a total of $16.5 million from Allen & Company, Andreessen Horowitz, Battery Ventures, Charles River Ventures, DFJ Growth, Fidelity, SV Angel, and Y Combinator.

Small but growing business that helps retailers and restaurants get paid faster

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

A tool for managing and growing your email list. If you ever wondered how to harvest your email list and use it to grow your business, Jato is an easy solution.

This startup is developing a software platform to help local food producers and farmers grow and distribute their crops and foods.

Working with 13 corporate pilots and growing in Dallas.

In the past year, the startup has grown to have over 500 media outlets and over 1,000 reporters and editors, covering everything from sports to politics, and local to international. They’re aiming to grow that to 10,000 members and double the number of journalists that cover the news.

Green Tech helps small businesses grow by helping them access financing and other services.

A startup that gives a voice to a growing number of people who are sick of the medical system, especially in the US. It aims to help people connect with their health care providers in a more direct and human way.

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

A platform that helps users manage and grow their online communities with easy tools, like a data dashboard.

A company that makes it cheaper to travel to Europe, the UK, and the US. It’s based in London and is looking to grow with the help of a $250,000 series A round.

A monthly membership service that helps companies identify and recruit technical talent. The company boasts $1 million in recurring revenue and says it has already grown its team from 10 to 30 people.

A startup for consumers to help support and grow the community of restaurants they frequent.

A platform for small businesses to receive IT and marketing services from a company that can scale and grow the business without increasing the business’s costs.