Hand Startup Ideas

6 months ago

A startup that makes it easier for people to borrow money from friends, family, and even strangers. The startup is currently only available in the UK, where it’s working with a handful of small businesses.

1,199

2 years ago

A chat bot that helps you find the cheapest flights to your destination, set alerts for when prices drop, and handle tons of other travel-related tasks. The startup is focused on helping travelers manage their itineraries and get the most out of their travel.

1,038

4 months ago

A tool that makes it easier for people to “raise their hand” and ask questions during meetings.

874

7 months ago

A startup that allows you to hand-write restaurant check on your smartphone.

606

1 year ago

A company that connects people with local handymen, who can perform repairs for them for a percentage of the cost.

442

1 year ago

Building a platform for independent artists to distribute music and merchandise.

428

3 years ago

This startup wants to help companies get a better handle on their waste. It’s working on ways to monitor what they throw away, and to recycle more of it.

340

2 years ago

A startup for merchants to sell merchandise with the ease of a Craigslist or Amazon marketplace.

284

1 year ago

A startup that helps customers find and hire local plumbers, electricians, and other handymen.

276

3 years ago

A startup that plans to disrupt the $20 billion handbag industry with a new line of handbags by using 3D printing. The startup is teaming with luxury fashion brand Michael Kors for the launch of the first products.

261

2 years ago

A shopping site for second-hand, used books

254

2 years ago

A startup that helps you find out exactly how much your home is worth. It’s a handy way to compare properties in your area.

241

2 years ago

A rewards platform that lets people earn points for doing things with their phones, like taking a photo, following accounts and businesses, and more. Bunch can be redeemed for cash, merchandise, or travel.

240

1 year ago

A company that provides an API for handling payments in the workplace.

231

3 years ago

A company that allows users to buy and sell cryptocurrencies without having to handle the technical side of it.

226

3 years ago

A crowdsourced employee handbook for startups in India.

224

2 years ago

A way for people to buy and sell items on Amazon with cash in hand.

218

3 months ago

This startup is building a way for merchants to connect with local contractors to handle big projects.

214

2 years ago

The startup makes on-demand cleaners available for home services, largely to help cities manage their waste. By putting the service in the hands of users, it helps cities cut costs and be more efficient.

208

3 years ago

This startup makes it easy for businesses to find a contractor to handle a job.

202

4 months ago

This is an automated system that helps airlines manage their fleet. It uses AI to handle the data and predict how much to order based on current demand.

193

3 years ago

An enterprise SaaS solution for companies that need a platform to handle all of the different aspects of running a business.

189

2 years ago

This startup is working on a new type of door handle, called a “keg handle,” that turns any door handle into a beer tap.

189

2 years ago

A handheld scanner that simplifies the process of getting restaurant inspections.

187

2 years ago

A tool that will take a photo of your face in the palm of your hand and then generate a 3D print of your face.

183

2 years ago

A free SaaS service to help build a brand. Independent artists can use the app to generate custom content to promote their work, and publishers can use it to sell books and merchandise. The app is designed to be simple and intuitive.

182

1 year ago

A startup that sells 1,000s of unique designs for mugs, t-shirts and other merchandise. The startup sells items with quirky names or humorous messages (e.g. “Widow Maker” and “Snooze Button”) to help businesses stand out.

182

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.

182

2 years ago

A cloud platform for companies handling high-volume data including financial services, utilities, manufacturing and media.

181

2 years ago

A software platform that helps employers handle the administrative tasks that come with hiring.

181

3 years ago

A software company that uses machine learning to manage and handle re-ordering and inventory for online stores.

180

2 years ago

A community marketplace for buying and selling second-hand goods. It is very similar in kind to the popular site OfferUp, but with a community-focused twist

180

3 years ago

A company that wants to be the “Uber of home security”, letting people pay for home security devices with their credit cards and then let the company handle the rest. The company has raised $10 million in a Series A.

178

2 years ago

This B2B SaaS company is building a program that helps companies manage their product delivery services and handle issues like returns and warranty claims.

177

2 years ago

A subscription based e-commerce platform that allows users to purchase merchandise on an exclusive basis or for a limited time.

177

3 months ago

A software company that helps organizations keep a handle on their energy consumption and costs.

177

4 months ago

An online tool for pairing customers with local plumbers and handymen.

176

3 years ago

A platform that lets you create and sell custom-branded merchandise to your customers all in one place.

174

2 years ago

An e-commerce platform for the fashion industry. They say that their technology can help fashion brands save billions of dollars in handling admin tasks.

173

2 years ago

A startup that connects insurance companies to underwriters in the event of a claim, allowing everyone to focus on customer service while the underwriting process is handled.

172

2 years ago

A call center for multilingual businesses. It gives companies a way to handle customer service and human resources in their native language.

172

3 years ago

Food delivery for restaurant kitchens — the company provides a central platform for kitchens to manage orders, and payment is handled via a proprietary service that only the restaurants can use

169

3 years ago

A tool for handling legal and regulatory filings in the cannabis industry.

167

3 years ago

A voice-activated assistant to handle different aspects of a person’s life by connecting to their bank account, home automation, and messaging/calling services.

167

3 years ago

A startup that provides a custom-branded credit card for businesses. The startup is working with a handful of national merchants and aims to scale eventually.

166

1 year ago

A hand-held device that makes it easy to take photos from your phone and transfer them to your computer.

166

3 years ago

A software platform that helps people shop for second-hand furniture and home decor

165

1 year ago

A startup that allows nonprofits to fundraise online and sell merchandise. The startup matches donors with nonprofits that need money, and allows users to also donate money to certain causes.

165

3 years ago

A company that’s building a platform that handles all of a company’s customer service and HR needs for a monthly fee of a few dollars.

164

1 year ago

A middleman for buying and selling secondhand clothes, bringing buyers and sellers together.

164

3 years ago

A design company that will produce handwritten letters and postcards for customers, and send them to customers via mail.

162

3 years ago

A “robot lawyer” intended to help handle the 1 million product law claims the company receives per year.

161

3 years ago

A startup that aims to take the power out of microgrids and put it into the hands of consumers. The startup is working on a battery pack with solar panels that can be installed on the rooftops of homes and offices and be used to supply electricity for a certain period of time, much like a powerbank.

160

3 years ago

A tool for working with data in order to understand the real world. For instance, a medical researcher can use it to investigate how much stress the human body can handle, or to understand how people interact with their surroundings.

160

3 years ago

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

160

3 years ago

A startup that is building a platform to help brands create branded merchandise with the help of creatives.

158

3 years ago

A platform that helps music artists with marketing, merchandising, and tour management. They have also launched a new app, PressPlay, that’s a digital music locker.

157

3 years ago

This startup is building an online platform that gives sellers a way to sell their wares without needing to handle payment processing or risk taking customer service.

157

1 year ago

A startup for people to make their own merchandise from 3D printed designs. The company is already selling ready-made items, and says it plans to collect 1 million designs by the end of 2018.

156

3 years ago

A legal e-discovery tool for lawyers that helps them determine what information is relevant to the case at hand.

155

3 years ago

A startup that connects businesses with local people to help them do things that require a lot of hands-on labor, like construction or gardening.

154

3 years ago

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

154

3 years ago

A software company that helps small businesses create a single integration hub with tools that can handle all the administrative tasks involved in setting up a business.

153

2 years ago

A platform for people to sell their used cars online. When a buyer agrees to buy your car, the app will handle the paperwork and payment.

153

2 years ago

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

153

3 years ago

A small batch manufacturing business meant to help customers get their hands on the newest, shiniest (and most expensive) gadgets the minute they’re released.

152

3 years ago

A startup that helps startups in the Middle East and North Africa build apps. The startup allows the companies to build their own mobile apps, but then handles the back-end development and provides tech support.

152

3 years ago

A company that helps people work remotely by building a platform that helps them easily book conference calls, connect with co-workers, and handle all the other technical details that come with working remotely.

151

3 years ago

A tool for managing medical records in the cloud. Medloop is building a SaaS platform that helps doctors digitize their medical records and share them with patients, and also handles the back-and-forth with insurers for them.

150

1 year ago

A startup that makes a smart device for helping people with ALS focus on the task at hand rather than the body’s uncontrollable tremors. The device is controlled by a smartphone app.

150

3 years ago

A startup that lets companies handle payments in a more transparent way. It’s an API that connects payments platforms and third-party data, and helps companies figure out which payments to accept and which not to.

149

3 years ago

A cloud-based platform that allows businesses to sell merchandise using paid advertising, sponsored content and interactive social ads.

149

3 years ago

A startup that’s building an online marketplace for visual artists to sell their work to the world, with payment handled by Stripe.

149

1 year ago

A platform that lets users simulate movements of their hands to get precise control over virtual objects.

149

3 years ago

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

148

3 years ago

A startup that’s building an online platform for people who want to build and sell their own custom iPhone cases. The startup’s founders say that about 1% of the cases sold in the US are custom-made, and a handful of startups have tried to build their own platform for selling such cases, without much success.

148

2 years ago

Serves as an “Amazon” for the “prosumers” who buy and sell things on Amazon that they can’t sell on Amazon, which handles shipping, returns, and customer service.

148

2 years ago

NzDrive is a software company that makes it easier for people to get their hands on a car, even if they don’t have a credit score or a down payment

148

3 years ago

A new way to handle team communication. People can write, send, and schedule emails from a single platform. The startup has raised $2.5 million to date.

147

2 years ago

The startup makes it easier for schools to manage their student schedules and handle student behavior.

147

3 years ago

A blockchain startup that verifies the authenticity of luxury handbags

146

3 years ago

A tool to help companies comply with the GDPR and handle data breaches.

145

3 years ago

Localized and hand-curated content for small businesses, such as a website’s homepage, blog, and store.

144

1 year ago

This startup is building an AI-powered chatbot assistant for entrepreneurs, to help guide them through their first year, handling things like financial planning, tax preparation, and other needs.

144

3 years ago

Launched in August, this is an open-source chatbot that can handle both finance and consumer-facing business.

143

3 years ago

Builds mobile apps for small and medium-sized businesses that are typically handled by outsourced developers. It helps the client keep track of their employees and their weekly hours, track expenses, and generate invoices.

143

3 years ago

A digital marketing agency that handles client projects, from design to implementation.

143

3 years ago

"Idea 2.0 is a tool for entrepreneurs to help them learn about new technologies in the market and network together. It’s the Uber of technology conferences. The conference is in its second year and has had over 1,000 attendees and 300+ speakers from 45 countries. The conference’s format is based on the model of Airbnb, where the host gets to pick the guests. The guest list is highly curated and the speakers are handpicked by the company’s CEO. The conference has been very well received by attendees and has been named a Top 10 conference in the US in 2018.

143

3 years ago

Retail startup that works with retailers to get merchandise into the hands of customers on an evening delivery service, making it more likely that customers will buy.

143

3 years ago

A startup that wants to put technology in the hands of complete beginners, in order to teach them how to use the internet.

143

2 years ago

A company that lets you build your own branded merchandise online and then deliver it to your customers.

142

3 years ago

This company wants to replace the need for cashiers in grocery stores. It’s not just a vending machine that dispenses goods, but a multi-modal platform that handles payment and inventory. The company has partnered with major grocers, including Publix, Kroger, and Albertsons.

141

3 years ago

A B2B company that helps people sell their homes by taking photos, sending listings, and handling payments.

141

3 years ago

A startup that is putting organizational tools in the hands of people who are looking to start their own business.

141

3 years ago

The idea behind this open source tool is to allow people to get their hands on a data set and work on it without needing to license it.

140

3 years ago

A startup that makes a sensor that attaches to the outside of buildings and measures the humidity and temperature for every room. The startup is currently working with a handful of commercial buildings across New York City.

139

3 years ago

A platform that helps your employees to deal with regulatory requirements for their business. The company currently has a handful of clients, including a financial services company.

139

3 years ago

A startup that provides a service for people to have someone come to their home and give them a hand with cleaning, etc

138

3 years ago

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

138

3 years ago

A chatbot that answers questions and handles customer service calls, using language processing to help users avoid common mistakes.

138

3 years ago

This is a platform for connecting brands and retailers. The company is building their own online marketplace for brands to sell merchandise, and brands can also get list of retailers and products they can sell to. They have over 10 brands on their platform.

138

1 year ago

The company builds an artificial intelligence platform that helps companies build products that are easy to use, fully integrated with Facebook, and can handle large amounts of traffic. The startup is currently working with a small number of companies to test its platform.

138

3 years ago

A startup that helps online retailers manage transactions and inventory transactions on its platform. It handles payments, verification, tax, and refunds for its customers.

137

3 years ago

There are also a handful of open source startups doing interesting things:

137

3 years ago

A company that helps businesses start their own blog, with tools for handling content creation, editing, and publishing, including a content management system.

137

3 years ago

Notebook, an online service for learning and notes, has a self-serve platform, through which users can send handwritten notes to their favorite teachers for grading.

136

3 years ago

A startup that offers a variety of revenue opportunities to creators, including merchandising, subscriptions, and merchandising.

135

1 year ago

A startup to help people buy and sell second-hand goods, with an emphasis on helping people in emerging markets.

135

3 years ago

A startup that helps people find a way to pay for college that is better than what they are paying now, provided they can handle the debt on their own

134

3 years ago

Customer service software that handles client communication, collection and collection automation.

134

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.

134

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.

134

3 years ago

An AI system for decision-making, designed to work hand-in-hand with human decision-makers.

132

3 years ago

A company that helps companies build software infrastructure that allows them to handle three types of data (user, table, and document) in a single data source. It’s currently being used by a large multinational company that has 7500+ employees.

132

3 years ago

Helping companies in the legal industry to digitize and automate tasks that are currently done by hand, such as routine tasks like document searching and rights management.

131

1 year ago

A search engine that’s meant to handle searches across many different apps so you don’t have to open each one to perform your search.

131

3 years ago

A company that helps brands co-create merchandise for sale, using a virtual store front to sell the items.

130

3 years ago

A brand new CRM product from Capital One, which boasts a product team of two people. The product is designed to help small businesses manage their customer relationship management, with a focus on helping businesses handle financial transactions and invoicing.

130

3 years ago

A company that builds 3D-printed prosthetic hands and other medical devices that can be 3D-printed at home, with a focus on helping veterans.

130

3 years ago

A company that helps companies get their content into the hands of people that want to consume it.

129

3 years ago

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

129

3 years ago

Handy is a startup that wants to take on Taskrabbit in the mobile cleaning space, bringing a cleaner to your house for a flat rate to do jobs like laundry, building, and moving.

129

3 years ago

A software firm that helps companies build out their infrastructure to handle data crunching and AI.

129

2 years ago

A physical marketplace for selling and renting used cars in New York City. The startup wants to build a “supermarket for second-hand cars” and focus on luxury cars.

129

3 years ago

A digital “wallet” for rideshare drivers (that’s UberX, Lyft, etc.) to pay expenses like deductibles, gas and maintenance. The digital wallet eventually will allow drivers to take rides anywhere and pay their expenses without having to have cash on hand.

128

3 years ago

A startup that helps users organize their to-do list in a manner that’s most useful to them. It’s like a digital planner, but it also handles things like reminding you of deadlines and counting down the days until a big event.

128

4 months ago

Fathom is a company that is making it easier to connect people with people who can help their ideas come to life. The company offers an alternative to the traditional approach of cold-calling people, instead offering a “media service” in the form of a “virtual assistant” that handles the follow-up.

128

3 years ago

Intuition has created a connected digital device that can be used to help handicapped people with daily tasks.

127

3 years ago

A tiny startup with a big mission: it wants to find out what happens to coral reefs when they are threatened by climate change. The company has launched a stand up paddleboard to see how much pollution and sediment a reef can handle, and wants to combine this with data from satellites and drones. The startup also wants to restore coral reefs and is building a drone to do this. It plans to use this data to create predictive models of how reefs could react to climate change.

127

3 years ago

A new type of business that helps workers set up team settings more easily. It helps people coordinate meetings, handle vacation schedules, and link up with other workers.

127

2 years ago

A company that claims to have created a system to automate the process of order fulfillment on web stores. The idea is to get a handle on a tangle of order-tracking tools and automate them into a single interface.

127

3 years ago

A platform that helps developers of internet of things devices get their software into the hands of end users. The startup is focused on the “Internet of Stuff”, or the internet of things — a technology that allows everyday items to be connected to the internet and have their state monitored.

125

3 years ago

A software for handling payments for online services, like Amazon.

125

3 years ago

A way for companies to manage their finance teams and get a better handle on spending by sharing information in one place.

124

2 years ago

The startup wants to bring order to the insurance claims process by cutting out the paperwork and paying a claims adjuster to handle the paperwork for you.

124

3 years ago

This is a new “virtual assistant” app that allows people to hire a personal assistant on demand. They handle everything from scheduling meetings to emails to helping with travel arrangements.

123

2 years ago

This startup is developing a new way to handle and store real-time data, with a focus on sharing across industries.

123

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.

123

1 year ago

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

122

3 years ago

A company that handles the billing for companies that offer paid subscriptions to their services. They’ve been in business for 5 months.

121

3 years ago

A hand-held device to track and manage medical supplies and patient inventory

121

3 years ago

A tool that allows people to create their own digital currency, or “pre-sale tokens”, then sell them to investors. The startup’s founders say they’re already working with a handful of early-stage startups.

121

3 years ago

Want a pager You’re out of luck, you have to go to the office to get one — but your colleagues have them. Proximity is a startup that lets you order a handheld pager for $15 a month that’s delivered to your home.

120

3 years ago

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

120

2 years ago

A handy tool for tracking and managing your LinkedIn connections.

119

11 months ago

A startup that helps people find an electrician, plumber or handyman. The startup plans to charge a fee for each job, but the company is still in its seed stage.

118

3 years ago

A startup that helps people build small businesses in the Philippines using a combination of digital tools and their own hands-on assistance.

117

2 years ago

Home services platform that connects customers to handymen and professionals in the area, and allows them to hire online.

117

2 years ago

A company with a single focus: climbing, running, and hiking. It’s a big problem in the US, with only 1 in 10 people living in cities with easy access to mountains. The company makes foot and hand grip strength and body weight training equipment and sells them in a subscription model in-app.

116

1 year ago

A software platform that makes it easier for fashion designers to collaborate with multiple brands. The company is already live in New York and San Francisco, and is working to launch in a handful of other cities in the next year.

116

3 years ago

An AI-powered AI assistant, Pexel is building a bot that will handle tasks like making phone calls, scheduling appointments, and even answering questions.

115

3 years ago

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

114

2 years ago

A virtual assistant that handles customer service and product support for a company’s small business customers.

113

1 year ago

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

113

3 years ago

Tired of paying hefty overdraft fees, this startup wants to make banks obsolete and hand them over to their customers, who can then pay bills and get cash advances directly from their bank accounts.

112

2 years ago

A startup that helps users buy and sell spare gadgets to each other, with a platform that allows people to buy and sell second-hand computers, phones, and other devices.

112

1 year ago

A way to handle pricing and investments on a contract basis.

112

3 years ago

This startup is a product management platform for smaller companies, helping them handle their product backlog.

111

3 years ago

This startup helps brands sell branded handbags and accessories via consignment boutiques in Asia.

111

2 years ago

A smart lock that unlocks with your voice, hands, and face.

111

1 year ago

A startup that wants to help the fashion industry eliminate the middleman. The company is developing a platform that lets fashion brands list their merchandise directly to consumers through their websites and apps, eliminating the need for a stockist.

110

2 years ago

A food delivery app in the US that is working with a handful of restaurants to get deliveries in under an hour. It has already raised $6M.

108

2 years ago

A health insurance, retirement planning, and investment platform. The company is building a full stack product, taking everything from claims to investment management out of a user’s hands.

108

3 years ago

Interactive Q&A that helps users identify the problem at hand and find the right solution.

106

3 years ago

B2B support platform that charges customers between $5 and $25 to handle their customer retention/customer service.

106

3 years ago

A video editing platform that’s meant to make it easier to create and share videos without creating a video editing crew. The startup is powered by a virtual assistant that handles tasks like organizing clips, adding music, and fine-tuning the final product.

104

2 years ago

Works with retailers to provide VR-based training for customer service and merchandising

104

3 years ago

A SaaS that lets people collaborate and work together on inexpensive, low-power devices. The team is working with a handful of clients, but more are in the pipeline.

103

2 years ago

A digital platform for musicians that allows them to create, book, and manage their tours. It’s a pro touring service that also offers to sell tickets and merchandise.

103

2 years ago

A platform for companies to get a better handle on their runways of suppliers, factories, and partners.

102

3 years ago

A platform for selling buying and selling goods with a focus on organic food, with a focus on helping companies that want to sell in bulk get it in the hands of customers.

100

3 years ago

A company that wants to make it easier for companies to recruit and train contractors. It sells software to connect contractors and companies, and is in the news because it’s a competitor to Handy.

99

2 years ago

A startup that wants to use a smartphone app to improve the way companies handle payroll.

99

1 year ago

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

98

3 years ago

The company takes an “Uber for Home” approach. The startup’s app helps homeowners find and book handyman, electrician, and handywoman services.

97

2 years ago

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

96

2 years ago

A company that helps companies handle a wide array of different things from HR functions to compliance.

96

2 years ago

Handy is a company that provides a digital platform for maintenance contracts and labor agreements, allowing businesses to manage changes to their infrastructure.

95

2 years ago

Vape2Life is a packaging and fulfillment startup that’s trying to make it easier for e-cigarette companies to ship their products. The company is offering fulfillment through its own fulfillment centers, as well as working with partners like UPS and FedEx to get products into the hands of customers.

94

10 months ago

A way for companies to communicate with multiple departments (engineering, procurement, etc.) without having to send emails back and forth. The startup wants to automate a lot of the work that’s currently done by hand.

94

2 years ago

A software company that aims to provide a suite of tools to help people avoid missing payments. It handles a lot of the back end for consumer finance companies, including student loans and credit cards.

93

2 years ago

An AI-powered chatbot that can help companies and employees schedule meetings, handle travel coordination, book rooms and even help with pre-determined tasks in the office.

93

1 year ago

A startup for managing the logistics of moving your home to a new location. It claims to reduce the cost of moving by up to 70%. It’s also working with a handful of real estate companies to help them manage their property data and make it more accessible.

92

3 years ago

Ira is a tool that helps people manage and communicate with their business partners and suppliers. The business development team can use the platform to find and get to know new partners, and the sales team can help handle communication, relationships, and resources, all in one place.

91

3 years ago

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

90

2 years ago

A SaaS platform that uses AI to find the most efficient way to handle enterprise business data.

90

1 year ago

A logistics company that helps small businesses get more repeat business from their customers by pairing them with a local merchant to handle delivery and pick-up of the goods.

90

2 years ago

A startup that allows people to connect with local services in their area, including handyman, repairmen, and the like.

89

2 years ago

A workplace chatbot that helps employees collaborate, stay motivated, and handle workplace crises. It’s currently working with 1,500 companies.

88

1 year ago

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

88

2 years ago

A company that hopes to bring a new type of wireless router to market with a design that makes it easy to keep up with mobile devices and handle more traffic.

87

7 months ago

A platform to allow consumers to buy and sell second-hand clothing online.

87

2 years ago

The company is now offering a free version of its software that handles data collection to help the public understand the safety of local honey.

86

3 years ago

A voice-activated assistant that uses machine learning and a proprietary technology to identify critical situations and send messages to users’ phones. The app is meant to serve as a safety companion when users are out and about, guiding them through social situations, helping them get home safely, and handling the occasional emergency.

85

2 years ago

A decentralized exchange which trades tokens on a decentralized order-book using a hybrid of centralized and decentralized orders. It will handle the majority of trades on the decentralized exchange, with the rest handled by an off-chain arbitrator.

85

2 years ago

A platform for buying and selling virtual items like power-ups, skins and runes in esports. PGL is based in China and is already signing up professional esports teams to use its platform, which lets teams create their own websites and sell merchandise.

84

2 years ago

A new type of credit card that functions like a debit card but with the ability to make payments without any money changing hands.

84

3 months ago

A digital assistant to help connect you with property managers. Heaps of interactions are handled through email, and real estate professionals can be added as contacts to help users find listings.

84

2 years ago

This startup is building an AI tool that helps in-home care providers monitor and log their work while still being able to be hands-free. Caregiversoft currently has a small contract with a big company for $50k.

83

1 year ago

This is a startup that wants to help corporations replace traditional HR software with a single platform that can handle recruitment, onboarding and retention.

83

1 year ago

For those who want to buy a car, but don’t have the cash on hand.

83

2 years ago

A platform that helps people find and book home services, like cleaners and handymen. The startup currently has 30 employees and is profitable.

82

1 year ago

A startup that helps doctors handle patient feedback

82

2 years ago

A startup that wants to put chatbots in the hands of real estate agents, to make the process simpler and faster.

81

2 years ago

A startup for vendors looking to sell merchandise to retailers via the web. The company is looking to build a community of over 8 million vendors.

81

1 year ago

A startup that helps companies keep track of their billing and payment history. Currently handles more than 300 clients in the US.

81

1 year ago

A dating app for the elderly, for the first time giving older adults a way to look for love in their own neighborhood. The app is designed to be easy for the elderly and disabled to use, and have a handy feature that lets them order from their favorite restaurant.

81

2 years ago

A tool built for the hospitality industry that allows them to better manage the labor they have on-hand. The tool can track labor in real-time, and when it’s time to restock the fridge or refill the coffee machine, the software can alert the staff to take action.

80

10 months ago

A place for home cooks to share their recipes and get feedback. The company has built a community of chefs and foodies who are making the recipes and giving feedback. Today, the company has over 10,000 recipes on hand, and its users are writing in at a rate of 10 recipes per day.

80

10 months ago

A startup that brings together a handful of travel websites and search engines.

80

2 years ago

A maker of subscription boxes to help customers discover, purchase, and ship products from retailers across the country. Each month, the service helps subscribers pick each month’s “box” based on their interests, which is hand-curated by the company’s team.

79

2 years ago

This startup is building a platform to make it easier for people to make and sell merchandise on Amazon, as well as for the company’s Prime members.

79

3 months ago

A startup that aims to create a platform where the government can share public data with private sector companies. The startup wants to help government avoid the $25M/year it spends on public records handling.

79

2 years ago

A company that sells a handheld device that can measure UV quantities for soil. The company’s first product is a $200 device that measures UV quantities to help farmers measure how much fertilizer to use.

78

2 years ago

A chatbot that allows bank tellers to handle customer issues with a simple chat interface.

78

2 years ago

This is a company that makes a "Budgeting for Beginners" app for parents, helping them get a handle on their bills and make a plan for the coming months.

78

1 year ago

This startup is looking to make it easier to handle remote workers through an app that helps managers plan, track, and pay them.

78

1 year ago

A startup that builds the infrastructure for data centers in the cloud. The company is building a portfolio of hardware and software, including a custom-built system that can handle multiple GPUs.

78

1 year ago

A startup that allows consumers to merchandise their own photos and videos to sell on social media.

78

1 year ago

A way to buy and sell second-hand cars that doesn’t involve a car dealership.

78

9 months ago

This startup is building an app that allows people to take pictures of things they find in everyday life, edit them to look like they are hand-drawn, and then sell the finished work on Etsy.

78

2 years ago

This startup lets retailers build a custom app for their business. The idea is to let retailers build a store-specific app that gives them the tools to keep track of inventory, take reservations, and handle loyalty programs. It’s like a storefront made for the store.

77

2 years ago

A software company that helps employees and employees of employees pay their own salaries and handling payroll in a more secure and convenient way.

76

2 years ago

A “mobile-first, paperless” way to handle banking

76

2 years ago

A company that makes a tool to help companies get their payroll done faster. The platform is based on the idea of a traditional monthly payroll cycle, but instead of hiring a payroll company to handle things, companies can outsource it to a company like Payroll Master, which runs the payroll for them for a monthly fee.

76

2 years ago

A startup that makes a 3D-printed prosthetic hand to replace a lost or damaged hand.

76

2 years ago

A platform that helps small businesses manage their expenses. The startup has built a cloud-based software system that allows small businesses to run reports and track their cash flow, and handle expenses such as rent, utilities, and business contributions. It offers free plans for nonprofits and businesses with fewer than $1 million in revenue.

76

2 years ago

A company that’s “building the easiest way to finance business.” It’s working with a handful of customers to help them raise capital.

76

2 years ago

This startup is building a tool for beer lovers to find, learn about and share reviews of craft beers. The startup has in the past month added beer reviews from a handful of beer experts and bloggers to its platform.

75

2 years ago

A product designed for students and young professionals, where one can send a request for a meeting, and the other can respond with a time and place. The company was founded in March, and is working on a handful of deals in Silicon Valley for the product.

75

1 year ago

The company offers a marketplace where people can sell their services, like a handyman or a babysitter, to help others with their projects.

75

1 year ago

The startup helps people sell their second-hand products online, with the process integrating with eBay.

75

1 year ago

This startup is building a solution for companies that handle big data to build their own analytics applications on top of Hadoop.

75

10 months ago

This startup is building a self-driving golf cart for the handicapped, with the hopes that it will help people more easily enjoy and play golf. A prototype is tested in a parking lot in San Francisco.

75

9 months ago

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

75

9 months ago

Helping people get a better handle on how much money they're spending on their smartphone.

75

2 years ago

A project to “create a community to help people get better at hand-eye coordination”.

74

1 year ago

A startup that wants to let start-ups get a “digital bank account” where they can handle donations, payments, and invoicing.

74

1 year ago

“Bots that share handwritten notes.”

74

1 year ago

In addition to everything on this list, there were also a handful of other companies that were pitched that I didn’t write about.

74

1 year ago

A company that makes it easier for companies to collaborate on a few key documents, like employee handbooks or vendor contracts.

74

3 years ago

This is a tool that helps restaurants make better use of their kitchen space. The startup’s product is a kitchen hand-held scanner that helps chefs size up customers to decide what to cook based on their food orders.

73

2 years ago

The startup launched in March, and has since focused on getting its holistic health and wellness app into the hands of people in the U.S.. The startup is currently working with more than 100 health providers across the country.

73

1 year ago

A tool for law firms to handle lawsuits

73

2 years ago

This startup helps companies by helping them automate the tedious processes in their call center. The company helps companies “automate the pain” by making it easier for workers to handle certain tasks in the call center, such as making customer greetings, answering simple questions, and transferring a call to another agent.

72

2 years ago

Handy helps companies like Red Robin and Chipotle restaurants use their existing customer management software to manage their operations.

72

2 years ago

A web-based platform for musicians to publish their work, including lyrics, music videos, and merchandise. The startup is building an online community to help musicians connect with fans.

72

2 years ago

A company that builds apps for handling logistics, including managing inventory, scheduling activities, and making payments.

72

2 years ago

A wearable device that allows people to control their smart home devices with their movements without having to go hands-on.

72

1 year ago

This startup wants to make it easier for companies to handle and manage their supply chain with a more efficient, easier to use system than traditional ERP.

72

1 year ago

A web-based tool for hiring customer service representatives who can use their real-time chat to handle support calls.

72

1 year ago

A software company that aims to change the way a company handles product development.

72

1 year ago

Launching in India and Brazil, this startup wants to make it easier to buy and sell second-hand goods.

72

2 years ago

A French startup that makes it easier for people to get their hands on medical marijuana. The startup wants to make it easier for people to get quality medical marijuana, even if they don’t live in a state where it’s legal.

71

2 years ago

A platform connecting small-to-medium-size businesses with large-scale customers. The startup allows companies to create personalized sales campaign strategies with brands, based on the customer data they have on hand.

71

1 year ago

A platform that helps developers test their applications by letting them build their own custom AI, using a machine-learning library. The startup is working on building specific AI to handle specific jobs, like building custom chatbots.

71

1 year ago

This is a real estate brokerage that will handle all payments and escrow for the home-buyer, which the company says is a first in the industry.

71

1 year ago

A self-driving platform that helps startups and early stage companies test their autonomous car software. It’s meant to let companies test autonomous car software in simulated environments, with data on how well their cars are handling situations they’d actually encounter.

70

2 years ago

A company that helps companies manage their employees’ benefits and compensation. A software-as-a-service solution that handles health and 401k administration, and helps employers manage their benefits.

69

2 years ago

A company that helps companies set up and manage their physical and virtual offices, and handles everything from room and board to mail and maintenance.

69

2 years ago

A company focused on creating a better way to handle and transfer money in digital platforms.

69

2 years ago

This startup is building a tool meant to help mobile developers and app makers get their apps onto more handsets and platforms, helping to get them to market faster.

69

1 year ago

An online marketplace for buying and selling second-hand goods, where a community of users can post items for sale, and buyers can check things out and message sellers to arrange a pickup.

69

1 year ago

A startup that helps children with autism, who often struggle with handwriting, to be able to write more easily.

69

2 years ago

A company that helps doctors handle the immense volume of patient data to improve patient care and lower costs. It’s first product is a “data lake” that aggregates patient records and makes them searchable.

68

2 years ago

The startup wants to make it easy to zone out of the world around you, tucking into a zone on your phone where you can focus on the tasks at hand. It also wants to make it easy to track your progress.

68

2 years ago

A startup that helps people find affordable housing, which they can learn about through a hands-on exercise that teaches how to get the best deal on an apartment.

68

2 years ago

This startup is creating a package of services for small business owners that handle all of their financial needs. It includes accounting, taxes, payroll, and more.

68

1 year ago

A startup that wants nothing more than to help consumers get their hands on a healthier, more sustainable, more convenient alternative to bottled water.

68

1 year ago

A B2C startup that supplies restaurant fitting room merchandise to their customers.

68

1 year ago

A startup that wants to take the smartphone’s camera functionality and make it better. It’ll create a better camera that can shoot better photos, faster, and in brighter light, and handle low-light situations better.

68

1 year ago

A virtual assistant that can handle your “to do” list while you’re away.

68

11 months ago

A startup for musicians to sell their music and merchandise, in the form of an app that syncs with the iTunes Store

68

2 years ago

An online platform for shoppers to find and buy merchandise directly from other consumers.

66

1 year ago

A platform for online retailers that allows them to connect their merchandising software to a loyalty program and allows them to build a custom loyalty program from scratch.

66

1 year ago

A rendering engine for games that can handle complex scenes and lighting effects at a low cost.

66

1 year ago

A startup that wants to build a logistics platform that can handle both traditional and digital delivery

66

2 years ago

A tool for salespeople to generate new leads. The company’s co-founder used to go on sales calls where he’d be asked to generate leads, but then sit on his hands for days while he waited for new leads to appear. So he built a tool that automated this process, which has already generated 500 leads.

65

1 year ago

A mailing and shipping solution for SMEs. It offers a platform for businesses that want to ship items, including physical merchandise, digital products, and services.

65

1 year ago

A document-sharing platform built for the legal industry. Lawyers and law firms can have their documents stored and shared in a secure manner, with the company handling the storage, storage, and sharing.

65

1 year ago

A personal assistant that can handle all of your social media accounts, and be a helpful tool for your personal brand.

65

1 year ago

This is a startup that helps people with financial planning and planning for retirement. It’s a complicated, nuanced domain that’s dominated by a handful of companies, but this startup is trying to automate the process using machine learning and artificial intelligence.

65

2 years ago

A startup for secondhand goods to help you get the best deal on that old furniture you’re using to store your old cat’s remains.

64

2 years ago

A platform that empowers artists to create and sell their own merchandise. To date, the company has sold $1 million in merchandise since launching in 2014.

64

1 year ago

A payment platform that uses the Ethereum blockchain to automatically handle payments and money transfers between parties.

64

1 year ago

A “marketplace for bots”, where businesses can hire software agents to handle tasks on their behalf. The startup says they can automate tasks like scheduling, scheduling, transcribing, email, and chat support.

64

1 year ago

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

64

1 year ago

A startup that sends out handy reminders to people on their phone, like when they’re running low on milk or toilet paper.

64

2 years ago

This startup is building a mobile app that will let you buy just about any product — from a couch to a chandelier — and have it delivered to your home in less than an hour.

63

2 years ago

A platform for buying, selling, and exchanging secondhand goods, like clothing, furniture, and toys.

63

1 year ago

A hand-woven bag that looks like a pineapple. The startup is building a community of knitters, who will make and sell pineapple-shaped bags to be used as a summer beach bag or a gift for a friend.

63

1 year ago

This startup is building an app that helps companies keep track of their inventory. Its architecture is modular so it can be expanded over time to handle other data like product rights, products on store shelves, and more.

63

1 year ago

A startup that helps small businesses and nonprofits sell merchandise online. The company provides the software, but it also handles the returns, shipping, and customer service.

63

1 year ago

A company that wants to take the complex process of buying and selling real estate out of the hands of the brokers and into a new app for buyers and sellers. The company wants to help people close deals faster, saving time and money.

63

1 year ago

A startup that makes it easier for people to make money on YouTube. It’s a B2B service that allows creators to monetize their channels, and is built to handle large numbers of creators and viewers.

63

1 year ago

A place where people can shop for high-end, cheap, and secondhand sunglasses. The startup’s founders are a pair of optics industry veterans with an idea for a pair of industry-focused sunglasses, and a desire to sell them directly to consumers.

62

11 months ago

A personal assistant who handles your travel planning for a flat fee, using a mix of algorithms and human-powered help. The company has been in stealth since August 2014.

62

2 years ago

A company that promises to “help you get the most out of your relationships” by simplifying and automating the process of scheduling an appointment with a doctor, and alerting them to the arrival of their new patient beforehand.

61

1 year ago

A tool that helps employers who handle a lot of travel spend less time on their plane seats and more on making their travelers happy. It offers tools like a daily email that you can get in the seat next to you, and a 3-D interface showing you where you’ll be going.

61

1 year ago

A platform that lets retailers choose which products they want to sell, curate them on the Amazon-like site, and then set the pricing, shipping, and other options. The idea is to help retailers manage their supply chain, rather than having to manage every item by hand.

61

1 year ago

A tech startup that makes cameras that are controlled by hand gestures and facial recognition.

61

1 year ago

This company wants to help people handle their credit cards, bills, and other recurring payments without going to the bank.

61

1 year ago

A way to handle invoices for companies based in India.

61

2 years ago

Handscomb is building a “location-aware” dog collar that lets pet owners know when they leave their dog alone. The startup’s founders say the collar is more humane than a traditional shock collar, letting owners know when their dogs are alone.

60

1 year ago

A messaging app that puts the power of group chat into the hands of individual users.

60

1 year ago

A company that works like a freelancer for the insurance industry, with a focus on claims and claims handling.

60

10 months ago

A company that sells personalized financial services, focusing on helping low-wealth individuals get a handle on their finances, and finding the right financial products to fit their needs.

60

9 months ago

A startup for contractors and handymen of all types and skill levels

60

2 years ago

A way to reduce costs and improve reliability for businesses using a device that uses radio to communicate with handheld devices and computers. The startup works with companies like Blackberry, Samsung, and Microsoft.

59

1 year ago

This startup is looking to help businesses in a very crowded space get a better handle on the various systems they use to run their sales. So far they’ve built a system for retailers to track the entire cycle of a sale, from data entry to sale to follow-up.

59

1 year ago

A platform that connects customers with their favorite brands. It aims to make a more personal connection between brands and their customers by offering first-hand insight on how brands can best connect with them.

59

10 months ago

A platform that allows users to create and share their own merchandise, like T-shirts and other goods featuring their logo

59

4 months ago

A self-serve platform for assembling and repairing electronics. It’s a DIY version of Flashforge and MakerBot, but with a more hands-on approach.

59

1 year ago

A medical billing and collection software that helps patients handle all their medical paperwork, including claims and billings.

58

1 year ago

This startup wants to help fintech companies get a handle on their data, making it easier to crunch numbers and more effective for the startup to explore new markets.

58

1 year ago

A digital version of the employee handbook. They’re building it for their clients, who pay per employee per year, so for smaller companies it’s more cost effective.

58

1 year ago

A contract-based service that helps small businesses run more smoothly. It’s originally a tool for restaurants, but is now a general-purpose HR tool that helps handle all of an employee’s needs, from payroll to benefits to taxes.

58

1 year ago

A platform that lets parents of young children create a detailed daily schedule and itinerary of activities, with the ability to share it with the child's caretaker(s). The idea is to allow parents to be more hands-off and focus on the more important things in life: the kids and dinner.

58

2 years ago

A company that helps sports teams sell tickets, merchandise, concessions, and sponsorships.

57

2 years ago

A tool for handling the note-taking process in meetings. The note-taking app helps teams organize meetings, store meeting notes, and store the notes in a database.

57

2 years ago

A mobile, mobile-first bank designed to handle all of a customer's financial needs from a single app.

57

1 year ago

A tool that will allow non-profits to raise money for their causes by pre-selling branded merchandise, starting with a fundraiser for the American Red Cross. Customers purchase pieces of a t-shirt or hoody and design their own text and images, which they can then have printed and shipped. The proceeds of their sale will go directly to the American Red Cross.

57

1 year ago

A way to handle tech support for the deaf, using text messaging and voice recognition.

57

1 year ago

A startup for home services, intended to be the go-to place for hiring a plumber, electrician, or handyman.

57

9 months ago

This startup is trying to build out a platform and API to help companies with financial services that are too small to handle their own business and customers.

57

3 months ago

A software-as-a-service company that handles HR-type tasks for companies, including benefits, payroll, and HR administration.

57

2 years ago

A platform that allows musicians and other creators to license and sell their music and merchandise online.

56

1 year ago

An online marketplace for local service providers, it allows users to search, compare and book local services like landscaping, handyman, and pest control.

56

1 year ago

A startup focused on helping retailers build smart merchandising systems that can predict which products will sell based on a shopper’s past buying behaviors.

56

1 year ago

A platform for video creators to sell their merchandise and other products on their channels.

56

1 year ago

Adaptive Path is a management consultancy that advises startups on how to organize around a CEO. The firm advises companies on how to hire CEOs, how to measure performance, how to address issues like burnout, how to handle conflicts and how to create a culture of transparency.

56

1 year ago

This is a shop that’s trying to bring the best of a physical bookstore to the digital world. The startup is currently working with a handful of brick-and-mortar stores and wants to use partnerships with retailers like Barnes and Noble’s and Amazon to bring their digital storefront to those physical stores.

56

11 months ago

A startup that helps local business owners set up their own mini-stores to sell merchandise directly to customers.

56

1 year ago

SaaS business that helps people create websites and handle their content, which they say is “not enough”.

55

1 year ago

A tool to help organizations centralize their communication. The app makes it easy to send messages to all employees or just a handful of people.

55

1 year ago

This startup lets people unlock the Internet with the wave of their hand. It’s like a WiFi-enabled and Bluetooth-enabled pair of glasses, but instead of tracking your eye movements, it tracks your hand movements.

55

9 months ago

A startup that turns your phone into a business card. The app wants to make it easy for you to hand out your business cards as you go about your day. You can even use it to request a meeting with a contact via text.

55

1 year ago

This is a direct-sales platform for retailers. The startup sells merchandise from retailers to their own customers.

54

1 year ago

A matchmaking service that also handles background checks and drug screenings for prospective dates.

54

1 year ago

A platform for purchasing, selling, and renting of second-hand cars. The startup is building a platform for buying, selling, and renting of vehicles across the US.

54

3 months ago

This startup aims to help open source projects find developers by second-hand posting their job listings to the site.

54

2 years ago

The company is building a facial recognition product for hotels, enabling them to identify guests from photos and automatically adjust room rates. In this way, staying at a hotel is a more seamless process – the process of checking in and out is handled automatically.

53

1 year ago

A startup that helps merchants get paid through the app of their choice. The company works on a commission-free platform that allows businesses to track the sales of their products and services and be paid through an app of their choice. And all the payments are handled automatically.

53

1 year ago

A company that sells handcrafted greeting cards in a variety of designs and styles. The startup is one of the few that has the ability to make all of its designs from scratch, and its founders say that it has a very loyal customer base.

53

1 year ago

A startup that helps people find help with their legal issues, such as finding a lawyer, finding someone to help handle a car accident, or getting a free consultation.

53

1 year ago

A startup that has built a platform that helps brands manage the production of their own merchandise. The startup works with major brands to create new product lines, bringing a level of scale not seen at the moment in the apparel industry.

53

1 year ago

Launched in May, this startup wants to make it easier to manage and order a single-source supply chain of everything from merchandise to raw materials.

53

1 year ago

A way to find a new job. The startup is now on a $2 million seed round, and is a spin-off from the company Helping Hand, which is launching a new email outreach service.

53

10 months ago

The app wants to help people hire a cleaning crew. The startup is different from others in the space in that it doesn’t just do cleaning, but also handles administration to help cut costs.

53

3 years ago

Idea: Improving the quality of a person’s handwriting by training them to write on a special kind of paper. The startup says they can help 80% of all adults improve their handwriting.

52

1 year ago

Enliven is building a platform for sellers to sell their homes and decor online. The startup aims to build a marketplace for all sorts of things, from hand-made goods to vintage wares to fitness equipment.

52

1 year ago

A company that wants to move the world away from screen-based learning to more hands-on learning. Whether it be through a LEGO kit or the latest augmented reality app, they’re making the physical world easier to understand.

52

1 year ago

A company that provides online training for professionals. It currently has a handful of clients in the finance, e-commerce, and healthcare industries, and is only just beginning to consider the software it needs to get to scale.

52

1 year ago

A small-batch, hand-crafted, and local whiskey company that makes four different liquors using small batch distilling.

52

1 year ago

A startup looking to build a payment system for restaurants and bars that can handle anything from one bartender to 10,000.

52

9 months ago

A community of users who want to get their hands on premium watches, which they can then sell back.

52

2 years ago

A new way to help consumers buy environmentally-friendly products. The startup is a small team that’s looking to build a better way for consumers to get their hands on environmentally-friendly products from all over the world. While it’s not quite a marketplace, it does offer a centralized marketplace that connects the consumer to one online store for all their environmentally-friendly products.

51

1 year ago

A company that helps companies get around the limitations of current software for handling CRM data.

51

1 year ago

A company that aims to eliminate the need to print invoices. The company’s platform handles e-invoicing, and sends out a PDF invoice to the customer automatically. They’re currently operating in California and New York.

51

1 year ago

A startup that sells bags of snacks, drinks, and other goodies directly to people as they walk past. The company also sells branded merchandise such as hats and t-shirts.

51

9 months ago

This platform aims to simplify the management of all the different HR processes that companies face — from hiring to firing to performance reviews to compensation. It’s built on the premise that HR is a commodity, and the company wants to be the one that handles it all.

51

9 months ago

A “handyman” of sorts for fleet management.

51

2 years ago

This startup is trying to make it easier for people to get their hands on a credit score. They have a credit check API that pulls information from a source like Transunion, Experian, Equifax, and others.

50

1 year ago

A software startup that helps people save money by switching their energy provider. It doesn’t actually provide energy, but helps people find deals on the market. It has a consumer-facing site, but its backend is handled by a network of “energy brokers”.

50

1 year ago

A startup provider, where subscribers can get their hands on a curated list of products based on their preferences, instead of having to sift through so many options.

50

11 months ago

This startup is building a game that uses AI to tell players which cards to hold in their hands and which to toss out. It’s a game based on the classic poker game “War”.

50

9 months ago

A startup that will help companies with their HR needs, allowing companies to request and schedule management training, handle employee assistance programs, and offer people a simplified way to file employment claims.

50

9 months ago

A credit card-like tool meant to help businesses get a handle on the logistics of managing their debt. The startup says that its customers have saved more than $3.5 million after using the tool.

50

1 year ago

A product that aims to help restaurant owners and operators get a better handle on their operations.

49

1 year ago

This is a B2B startup that provides a management app for restaurants. It’s aimed at restaurants that want to sell online or have delivery patrons, and has 3,000 restaurants signed up. A shared goal of restaurant startups is the reduction of the labor costs that come from keeping multiple employees around to handle the business.

49

10 months ago

A scaling solution for companies to handle their social media presence in the new era of real-time content.

49

9 months ago

This startup wants to help HR departments make better use of their technology and handle tasks with fewer errors.

49

8 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.

49

6 months ago

A merchandising platform that allows brands to create branded podcasts and podcasts based on a brand’s products.

49

1 year ago

The startup is building a digital platform that helps insurance companies manage claims and claims-handling steps, streamlining the process for agents, employees, and clients to get claims handled.

48

2 years ago

An AI startup that uses machine learning to help companies manage their customer service requests. Uses AI to automate customer service requests, and can also do things like act as a virtual secretary, book appointments, and handle customer service calls.

47

1 year ago

A tool for agencies and marketers that lets them create personalized video ads for brands. The startup’s first product is a video ad campaign-management tool that’s in beta with a handful of clients.

47

1 year ago

A startup that wants to create a one-stop marketplace for healthcare and home goods — from doctor’s appointments to kitchen essentials. It’s a B2B business, with healthcare providers handing over their patients to a doctor to manage their care and sending in goods.

47

10 months ago

A company that builds AI-powered chatbots for customer service, handling things like password resets, shipping tracking, and account recovery.

47

9 months ago

The startup helps companies manage their customer relationships and automate the tedious tasks. They are also working with a small number of companies to help them build their teams and handle customer service.

47

7 months ago

A startup that makes it easy for consumers to find and buy affordable, high-quality handcrafted products from home

47

1 year ago

A platform that allows people to create and sell merchandise, including a to-do list and a loyalty program.

46

1 year ago

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

46

1 year ago

A way to connect people to their favorite brands and products, whether it’s a local, mass-market food item, or a designer handbag.

46

1 year ago

A startup that has built a virtual assistant that can answer questions and handle scheduling and tasks.

46

9 months ago

A digital platform for family photos to help families keep track of the images, with a handy Google-like API to search and view the images.

45

1 year ago

A startup that wants to help people travel with less hassle by providing a “travel concierge”, helping customers book flights, hotels and rental cars, and then handling all communication and payments.

44

1 year ago

A tool for people to share aspects of their life with a trusted group of friends. The startup’s goal is to make it easier for people to ask for help when they don’t know how to do something: “When you’re in a situation that you don’t know how to handle, you can reach out to a group of friends who are there to help you,” they say.

44

11 months ago

A “crowdsourced personal assistant” for managing your finances, with a dashboard for tracking your spending and a mobile app for handling money transfers. The company has been working with YC companies in the past.

44

7 months ago

A way of helping pilots land airplanes by hand.

43

3 years ago

Idea: This startup is building an application that helps call centers handle chat/chatbot conversations with customers. It’s a way to help them navigate inquiries that come in via different communication channels.

42

1 year ago

A platform that can help you find the right plumber, painter, or handyman for your job.

42

6 months ago

Doing well in the startup world means handling a lot of different responsibilities. Most startups don’t have time to hire full-time employees, which is why many of them rely on contractors to handle the bulk of the work. Why Because they don’t have the capital or staff to come up with solutions from scratch.

42

3 months ago

The startup has already worked with a handful of major retailers on testing their mobile app. The startup is looking to develop a platform for handling a million transactions a day.

42

3 years ago

Idea: A startup that is building a platform to handle the logistics of overnights, with a focus on the hospitality industry. The startup currently has over 500 hotels as customers, and has processed over $2M worth of laundry.

41

1 year ago

A tax preparation software that handles all the calculations for you, and gets you the most money.

41

5 months ago

An e-commerce platform that connects brands with local distributors, helping them get their products into the hands of consumers quickly.

41

1 year ago

A startup that helps organizations like Ace Hardware and Lowe’s keep track of how much inventory they have on hand and how much they sell each month.

40

9 months ago

A visual cloud creation tool for programmers, putting the power of building clouds into the hands of the people who know what they’re doing, with a lot of flexibility to create a cloud once and scale it across all types of environments.

40

8 months ago

Delta is building software to help corporate pilots get their hands on the tools they need to make a great app (rather than having to pick up the tools they need and figure it out themselves.)

40

3 years ago

Idea: A startup that's building a new type of database that can handle the massive amount of data being generated

39

1 year ago

Firms in the US and UK use the startup’s search tool to find a lawyer who can speak their language and culture, and then the firm handles everything from the initial attorney review to the closing.

39

1 year ago

A cloud-based tool for handling the creation and management of community events. The company is currently in beta for a handful of cities, including Pittsburgh.

38

1 year ago

An AI-based global credit score that predicts the likelihood of a person defaulting on their debt. So far, the startup says it has handled over $2 billion in credit transactions.

38

1 year ago

A chatbot-based network for contact management by legacy, friends and family, and people with specific needs. The company wants to build a software platform for handling contact management for the elderly and for people with dementia, as well as for people with chronic illnesses.

38

8 months ago

A tool that allows people to buy, sell, and trade second-hand assets like cars, furniture, and business assets. The company says it’s already helping people buy and sell $10,000 in cars in a month.

38

7 months ago

A platform that helps users buy and sell secondhand goods, the product of a collaboration between serial entrepreneur and the cofounder of Urban Outfitters. The CEO says the company has 3,000 users, and is profitable.

38

6 months ago

This startup is building an AI-powered chatbot to help with customer service. The chatbot automatically handles routine questions and can even handle complex ones like “Can I bring in a pet” with a simple “Yes, bring in a pet.”

38

1 year ago

The company is building a team of “airline experts” that are on hand to review airline policies and help customers understand them.

37

1 year ago

Tomo is building a way to make it easier for businesses and other organizations to handle their customer data. They’re a self-hosted app for multiple cloud providers, letting people create databases and use them for marketing, CRM, and analytics.

37

8 months ago

A startup for “food-as-a-service” startups that want to grow quickly with minimal overhead. The idea is to help startups provide a full set of food and kitchen services for startups, for $1,000 per month. The first batch of startups is a handful of restaurants in Philadelphia’s Queen Village neighborhood.

37

6 months ago

This startup is building a device that helps people get their hands on medicine without going to a pharmacy. The device is essentially a kiosk that dispenses medicine, which it claims is more cost-effective and saves 90% on time spent at the pharmacy.

37

4 months ago

A tool for employers to help their workers get a better handle on their health insurance. The company is based in Pennsylvania.

37

3 months ago

A team of deckhands on the water, often the most expensive member of a fishing boat.

37

6 months ago

An email company that allows people to track the progress of their insurance claims. It’s winning business from businesses that want people to know whether their insurance claims are being handled quickly and efficiently.

36

3 years ago

Idea: A software company that helps enterprises retain their most valuable employees, by providing a third-party system that handles internal communications across teams

35

1 year ago

A payments company that enables businesses to accept payments through their phone bill. Naturally, it’s also a handy tool for consumers too.

35

1 year ago

A digital platform that helps people find skilled contractors and other contractors, like plumbers, electricians and handymen, who they can hire without middlemen.

35

1 year ago

The company is a pioneer in the field of payment-as-a-service technology. TAPAS is a cloud-based payments service which brings payment and commerce to the world of mobile handsets, tablets, wearables and even smart-phones via a fast, secure and simple to use interface. TAPAS currently supports online retail, online games and online banking platforms. TAPAS is being used in more than 500 companies in over 40 countries.

35

7 months ago

A partnership-based startup that helps real estate agents find leads in the space. The company invests in the leads and handles the whole process, from sourcing to closing.

35

6 months ago

An algorithmic framework for solving linear programming and other optimization problems. The startup says it currently handles around $20 billion worth of transactions.

35

1 month ago

A platform for college students to buy beer, wine, and liquor. The company says they’ve already started taking pre-orders on their API and working with a handful of college stores across the country.

35

3 years ago

Idea: A startup for hand-made products. The startup is looking to disrupt the marketplace business by focusing on a niche of handmade goods. The startup claims it can make handmade goods more profitable for producers and more affordable for consumers.

34

1 year ago

A startup that aims to provide better analytics for online production. HowStuffWorks is a video production company, but up until now it was only able to track a handful of metrics, like views and shares, to get a vague sense of what was working. Now they have a full analytics suite that they said gives them a much more accurate picture of whether they’re on the right track with their content.

34

8 months ago

An e-commerce platform for selling prescription drugs. The startup hopes to handle the entire lifecycle of prescription drugs from manufacturer to pharmacy to patient.

34

1 month ago

A startup that wants to create a home care assistant that can handle your life from cleaning your teeth to buying your groceries.

34

11 months ago

A startup that wants to build a way for companies to put software in their employees’ hands and make their lives easier through automating the way they work. The startup wants to slash the time it takes to complete a task by 90 percent and improve collaboration by 5x. The product is a tool that helps companies manage the workflow of their employees more efficiently.

33

6 months ago

A company that designs and sells a line of handcrafted leather wallets and accessories.

33

5 months ago

An AI-powered, self-learning personal assistant that handles the mundane, boring tasks of daily life. The company’s founders say it can organize your schedule, set reminders, and even order takeout.

33

5 months ago

A B2B platform to connect labor with employers. The startup has a few thousand users, and says it’s on track to handle $5 million in orders this year.

33

5 months ago

A platform for selling concert tickets, with a focus on artists with strong fan bases. The idea is to build a direct-to-fan model for ticketing, which would also help artists sell merchandise and merchandise directly to fans.

33

1 year ago

Tango helps manufacturers and retailers identify and create branded merchandise on demand. It’s an online platform that facilitates customizable merchandising solutions. Founded in November 2017.

31

8 months ago

A software company making digital tools for handling multiple languages and formats for translation.

30

6 months ago

Using a service management platform, an IT department can create a single app that will handle the onboarding and management of all of the company’s new hires.

30

2 months ago

A company that wants to "change the way we think about healthcare." It offers a handful of different plans that allow users to pay for different levels of services. The service is currently in beta testing in San Francisco.

30

7 months ago

A company that wants to allow people to sell and buy products at a discount with cash in hand.

29

3 months ago

A tool for selling tickets to concerts and sporting events, as well as selling merchandise. Customers can also get flight and hotel information.

29

2 months ago

A digital platform for HR that helps companies create, distribute, and communicate employee handbooks.

29

1 month ago

a startup that helps small businesses with accounting. Their goal is to put the financials in the hands of small business owners rather than accountants, by building software that they can use to organize their finances, and by providing a web portal for financial data.

29

6 months ago

A group of people who are trying to build the first chatbot that can handle more than just one single sentence.

28

6 months ago

This startup is working on a tool that helps you prevent emails from getting lost, or even deleted. The startup has built a program called SuperMail that uses AI to prevent email inbox clutter from getting out of hand.

28

2 months ago

This is a marketplace that aims to provide a platform for vetted, hand-crafted furniture.

28

6 months ago

This startup is working on efficient ways for big banks to process and move large amounts of cash in and out of the bank quickly. The B2B company helps financial institutions like banks, brokerage houses, and insurance companies save money by handling payments in person rather than through the current system of transfers and transfers.

27

4 months ago

A very small device that mounts on a bike handlebar that uses Bluetooth to track a rider’s speed and distance and keep tabs on things like calories and time.

27

3 years ago

Idea: An AI-based recruiting tool. The startup wants to handle the entire resume screening process, reviewing resumes and suggesting candidates for a job.

26

8 months ago

A company that helps retailers develop color palettes that are easier to pull off on the web. Their color wheel tool helps designers and merchandisers design color schemes that don’t clash with one another but still look good on screen and in print.

26

6 months ago

A virtual assistant for physicians that can handle calls, review case notes, manage schedules, track lab results, and more. The company is building a platform to integrate medicine into the digital age.

26

4 months ago

A digital market for sellers of second-hand goods. It’s currently hiring, looking to expand to 20 cities.

26

4 months ago

A company that helps brands and event organizers build applications that plug into their existing infrastructure so they can sell merchandise in a way that the brands and event organizers themselves have control over.

26

3 months ago

A mobile app for people to find service providers in South America, helping them find local plumbers, electricians, handymen.

26

4 months ago

A virtual assistant for real estate agents that helps them handle their clients.

25

4 months ago

A startup that allows users to set up a virtual assistant that can handle all of the mundane tasks in their lives, from scheduling meetings, to ordering groceries, to booking flights.

25

3 months ago

A digital assistant for the self-employed. The startup wants to put a digital assistant in your pocket. The assistant can handle everything from booking appointments to making calls.

25

2 months ago

A company that wants to build a platform for digital currency exchanges to handle over-the-counter trades, rather than doing a lot of trading on their own. They’ve already built a prototype and have been testing it with clients.

25

3 years ago

Idea: A startup that helps online businesses understand how their product is interacting with the real world It’s like an interactive version of Google Analytics The startup’s software is built on top of a distributed programmable database called BigTable and is currently selling to a handful of enterprise clients

24

5 months ago

A platform for data-driven decision making. As a startup, they had to secure a $1.5 million investment to get their product in the hands of customers.

24

5 months ago

A tool that helps people find mobile home repairs that can be handled by a skilled handyman, saving customers money and time.

24

3 years ago

A startup that provides a service where people can pay $100 and get a hand-crafted thank you card from someone who made it

23

7 months ago

SaaS that helps large retailers manage their social media marketing efforts. The startup provides a way for companies to manage their social media presence across different platforms, so for example a restaurant can create a Facebook page for their restaurant, but also have a Twitter handle for their food truck.

23

5 months ago

This startup provides software to help companies get a better handle on their security spending. It can help businesses understand how their IT budget is being spent, so they can get more efficient with their budgeting.

23

5 months ago

A way for companies to communicate with customers through a chatbot. The startup says that their chatbot works well with first-time customers, and that it will grow to handle hundreds of thousands of conversations.

23

4 months ago

A platform for online sales of designer handbags, fine jewelry, apparel, and other items.

23

4 months ago

A digital subscription service that lets brands send physical gift cards for purchase of merchandise from their e-commerce site.

23

2 months ago

A SaaS product that makes it easy for people to make sure all of their data is secure and that it doesn’t fall into the wrong hands.

23

5 months ago

A tool for retailers to track their orders using machine vision in stores, allowing them to eliminate manual order taking and handle orders faster.

22

5 months ago

A tool that helps people in the workforce handle a variety of tasks from payroll to benefits to insurance.

22

4 months ago

Lili wants to be the Instagram for things that are handmade. The startup wants to help people find other makers like themselves and promote their work on Instagram.

22

3 months ago

ShopOn is a platform for small businesses and/or startups that sell via the web. It allows businesses to create their own shop on Shopify, and then allows them to sell their products via the ShopOn platform, with the ShopOn team handling all the back end and customer support.

22

2 months ago

A team of developers that has built a technology to help companies build their own branded merchandise (t-shirts, mugs, etc.).

22

5 months ago

A PC-based chatbot that helps make sales calls and handle customer service. It’s a retooled version of the company’s prior product, Promoter, which was sold for $1.9 million to a competitor.

21

2 months ago

A startup that is building an AI-based system that automatically detects and reverses “missteps” on an investment portfolio. They say the startup is able to detect and correct for a handful of common mistakes 80% of the time, and that it doesn’t require any human involvement.

21

2 months ago

A startup that helps handle and eliminate the paper associated with invoicing.

21

27 days ago

This is a touchscreen device that allows a “real-time, hands-free” translation of text into multiple languages.

21

2 months ago

A cloud-based, self-service platform for handling customer service. Available as a web-based app or a SaaS version.

20

2 months ago

A startup that handles all the administrative tasks of running a nonprofit. The founder, Gaurav Mehlawat, works for the non-profit, acts as the company’s CEO, and is also the COO.

20

1 month ago

A startup that puts an API in the hands of any developer to allow them to build a social network and engage with users.

20

5 months ago

The company is trying to tackle problems with the way insurance companies handle claims.

19

5 months ago

A company that’s building a “tech as a service” platform to help businesses decide which AI services are best for them. The startup is currently working with a handful of companies, starting out with clients in the healthcare and financial industries.

18

3 months ago

A better way to track customer service interactions, using AI to flag calls as a result of a past interaction, and then give customer service reps better training on how to handle those calls next time.

18

1 month ago

A system for handling payments in virtual reality. The startup’s first app, VR-Pay, lets users pay for in-game purchases and premium content in virtual reality.

18

1 month ago

A platform for local musicians to share music, merchandise, and gigs.

18

26 days ago

A company that wants to manage all financial transactions for the companies it works with. It aims for the startup to be able to handle everything from payroll to invoices, and eventually wants to introduce new services like tax services.

18

5 months ago

A membership program for retailers to buy and sell their merchandise at fixed prices.

16

2 months ago

A startup that handles all your errands, including groceries, packages, or deliveries.

16

21 days ago

This is a software platform for managing the customer service process for an online business, allowing the business to create a “virtual” customer service rep to handle calls and provide answers and updates.

16

4 months ago

Standup is a global company that helps large organizations automate their meetings. It uses a digital assistant to book and facilitate meetings, with a virtual receptionist to handle scheduling.

15

1 month ago

This startup is building a handheld blood-pressure machine inside a case that also doubles as a lanyard.

15

1 month ago

This startup is building a system that allows people to use their hands to control a bike or a car. Users wear the glasses which use sensors and a tiny motor to sense the movement of the hand, which translates the data into commands to steer or accelerate.

15

3 years ago

Idea: A mobile application for security guards to handle walk-in queries, like from shoppers who need directions or from workers who want to know if they’re allowed to take a box home.

14

1 month ago

A company out of Canada that builds tools for people who are making handmade products. It’s meant to help people with smaller runs who want to be able to produce their own products.

14

27 days ago

An API for handling the logistics of shipping and receiving goods.

14

1 month ago

A platform for people to buy and sell second-hand cars in bulk, as well as for investors to buy and sell cars.

13

20 days ago

A company that helps companies with HR. It offers a virtual assistant to handle HR tasks, and promises to help companies “quickly and simply” manage their HR.

13

1 month ago

A B2B app to keep track of your employees’ behavior, with an “Uber for the office”. The app allows managers to track and drill down on their employees’ behavior at work, including how they behave in meetings, how they interact with their peers, and how they handle tasks and handle meetings.

12

1 month ago

This startup is aiming to make using a smartphone as easy as using a desktop computer. The company wants to make it easier for people to get on the web, access apps and use their phones in a more hands-on way.

12

20 days ago

A way to encourage better safety behavior and handle safety incidents in the workplace. The community-based platform lets users track and improve their safety behaviors and records incidents to capture real data on safety. The startup’s goal is to build a data-driven culture for safety.

12

4 months ago

This is a startup that wants to make it easy to set up and maintain a personal safety service for you and your loved ones. They’re looking to do this through a one-time $200 payment, and then handle all of the maintenance and management for you.

11

3 years ago

Idea: A home services marketplace that offers reduced commissions to contractors working for customers in the US They’re looking to handle the entire process on the backend, from scheduling and payment to cleaning and service

10

18 days ago

A startup for buying second-hand goods from sellers around the world.

9

10 days ago

A startup that helps companies avoid the cost and hassle of having to hire professional developers to handle basic UI and UX design work. Users can create and manage their own designs from their own computers, and the company says it can complete the work in just 5 days.

7

3 days ago

A startup that delivers food and ingredients to your doorstep at a time that works best for you- and handles all the logistics and delivery. The company’s first customers include a group of chefs that have started an all-vegetarian food delivery service in Palo Alto.

7

3 years ago

Idea: A platform for booking medical appointments, similar to OpenTable or Uber. Users can book with a doctor inside or outside of the platform, and it will handle the

2

3 years ago

Idea: E-Commerce for High-Quality, Handmade Goods

-1

3 years ago

Idea: A startup for restaurants to purchase quality food and service from local chefs and cooks The startup will handle scheduling, payments, and logistics

-1

3 years ago

Idea: A tool for workers to share and edit their workflows, like how to handle a client or customer

-1

3 years ago

A startup that helps online businesses sell merchandise through Walmart. Their pitch is that it costs $5 on Walmart to sell every $100 of merchandise, while on Amazon it’s $20/100.

-1

3 years ago

Idea: A startup that aims to replace the handwritten signature with a digital one. The startup makes a “signature” stamp that works with its app to digitally sign documents. The startup claims it’s a $30 billion market.

-1

3 years ago

Idea: A company that helps people find, buy, and sell secondhand goods. The startup wants to be a Craigslist-like platform for local goods.

-1

💡 Ideas AI

Ideas on this page are 100% generated by OpenAI's GPT-3, an artifically intelligent deep learning model, without human involvement, and trained by you and 1,926,542+ other people who liked or disliked ideas. How it works

Hand Startup Ideas

A startup that makes it easier for people to borrow money from friends, family, and even strangers. The startup is currently only available in the UK, where it’s working with a handful of small businesses.

A chat bot that helps you find the cheapest flights to your destination, set alerts for when prices drop, and handle tons of other travel-related tasks. The startup is focused on helping travelers manage their itineraries and get the most out of their travel.

A tool that makes it easier for people to “raise their hand” and ask questions during meetings.

A startup that allows you to hand-write restaurant check on your smartphone.

A company that connects people with local handymen, who can perform repairs for them for a percentage of the cost.

Building a platform for independent artists to distribute music and merchandise.

This startup wants to help companies get a better handle on their waste. It’s working on ways to monitor what they throw away, and to recycle more of it.

A startup for merchants to sell merchandise with the ease of a Craigslist or Amazon marketplace.

A startup that helps customers find and hire local plumbers, electricians, and other handymen.

A startup that plans to disrupt the $20 billion handbag industry with a new line of handbags by using 3D printing. The startup is teaming with luxury fashion brand Michael Kors for the launch of the first products.

A shopping site for second-hand, used books

A startup that helps you find out exactly how much your home is worth. It’s a handy way to compare properties in your area.

A rewards platform that lets people earn points for doing things with their phones, like taking a photo, following accounts and businesses, and more. Bunch can be redeemed for cash, merchandise, or travel.

A company that provides an API for handling payments in the workplace.

A company that allows users to buy and sell cryptocurrencies without having to handle the technical side of it.

A crowdsourced employee handbook for startups in India.

A way for people to buy and sell items on Amazon with cash in hand.

This startup is building a way for merchants to connect with local contractors to handle big projects.

The startup makes on-demand cleaners available for home services, largely to help cities manage their waste. By putting the service in the hands of users, it helps cities cut costs and be more efficient.

This startup makes it easy for businesses to find a contractor to handle a job.

This is an automated system that helps airlines manage their fleet. It uses AI to handle the data and predict how much to order based on current demand.

An enterprise SaaS solution for companies that need a platform to handle all of the different aspects of running a business.

This startup is working on a new type of door handle, called a “keg handle,” that turns any door handle into a beer tap.

A handheld scanner that simplifies the process of getting restaurant inspections.

A tool that will take a photo of your face in the palm of your hand and then generate a 3D print of your face.

A free SaaS service to help build a brand. Independent artists can use the app to generate custom content to promote their work, and publishers can use it to sell books and merchandise. The app is designed to be simple and intuitive.

A startup that sells 1,000s of unique designs for mugs, t-shirts and other merchandise. The startup sells items with quirky names or humorous messages (e.g. “Widow Maker” and “Snooze Button”) to help businesses stand out.

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.

A cloud platform for companies handling high-volume data including financial services, utilities, manufacturing and media.

A software platform that helps employers handle the administrative tasks that come with hiring.

A software company that uses machine learning to manage and handle re-ordering and inventory for online stores.

A community marketplace for buying and selling second-hand goods. It is very similar in kind to the popular site OfferUp, but with a community-focused twist

A company that wants to be the “Uber of home security”, letting people pay for home security devices with their credit cards and then let the company handle the rest. The company has raised $10 million in a Series A.

This B2B SaaS company is building a program that helps companies manage their product delivery services and handle issues like returns and warranty claims.

A subscription based e-commerce platform that allows users to purchase merchandise on an exclusive basis or for a limited time.

A software company that helps organizations keep a handle on their energy consumption and costs.

An online tool for pairing customers with local plumbers and handymen.

A platform that lets you create and sell custom-branded merchandise to your customers all in one place.

An e-commerce platform for the fashion industry. They say that their technology can help fashion brands save billions of dollars in handling admin tasks.

A startup that connects insurance companies to underwriters in the event of a claim, allowing everyone to focus on customer service while the underwriting process is handled.

A call center for multilingual businesses. It gives companies a way to handle customer service and human resources in their native language.

Food delivery for restaurant kitchens — the company provides a central platform for kitchens to manage orders, and payment is handled via a proprietary service that only the restaurants can use

A tool for handling legal and regulatory filings in the cannabis industry.

A voice-activated assistant to handle different aspects of a person’s life by connecting to their bank account, home automation, and messaging/calling services.

A startup that provides a custom-branded credit card for businesses. The startup is working with a handful of national merchants and aims to scale eventually.

A hand-held device that makes it easy to take photos from your phone and transfer them to your computer.

A software platform that helps people shop for second-hand furniture and home decor

A startup that allows nonprofits to fundraise online and sell merchandise. The startup matches donors with nonprofits that need money, and allows users to also donate money to certain causes.

A company that’s building a platform that handles all of a company’s customer service and HR needs for a monthly fee of a few dollars.

A middleman for buying and selling secondhand clothes, bringing buyers and sellers together.

A design company that will produce handwritten letters and postcards for customers, and send them to customers via mail.

A “robot lawyer” intended to help handle the 1 million product law claims the company receives per year.

A tool for working with data in order to understand the real world. For instance, a medical researcher can use it to investigate how much stress the human body can handle, or to understand how people interact with their surroundings.

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

A startup that is building a platform to help brands create branded merchandise with the help of creatives.

A platform that helps music artists with marketing, merchandising, and tour management. They have also launched a new app, PressPlay, that’s a digital music locker.

This startup is building an online platform that gives sellers a way to sell their wares without needing to handle payment processing or risk taking customer service.

A startup for people to make their own merchandise from 3D printed designs. The company is already selling ready-made items, and says it plans to collect 1 million designs by the end of 2018.

A legal e-discovery tool for lawyers that helps them determine what information is relevant to the case at hand.

A startup that connects businesses with local people to help them do things that require a lot of hands-on labor, like construction or gardening.

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

A software company that helps small businesses create a single integration hub with tools that can handle all the administrative tasks involved in setting up a business.

A platform for people to sell their used cars online. When a buyer agrees to buy your car, the app will handle the paperwork and payment.

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

A small batch manufacturing business meant to help customers get their hands on the newest, shiniest (and most expensive) gadgets the minute they’re released.

A startup that helps startups in the Middle East and North Africa build apps. The startup allows the companies to build their own mobile apps, but then handles the back-end development and provides tech support.

A company that helps people work remotely by building a platform that helps them easily book conference calls, connect with co-workers, and handle all the other technical details that come with working remotely.

A tool for managing medical records in the cloud. Medloop is building a SaaS platform that helps doctors digitize their medical records and share them with patients, and also handles the back-and-forth with insurers for them.

A startup that makes a smart device for helping people with ALS focus on the task at hand rather than the body’s uncontrollable tremors. The device is controlled by a smartphone app.

A startup that lets companies handle payments in a more transparent way. It’s an API that connects payments platforms and third-party data, and helps companies figure out which payments to accept and which not to.

A cloud-based platform that allows businesses to sell merchandise using paid advertising, sponsored content and interactive social ads.

A startup that’s building an online marketplace for visual artists to sell their work to the world, with payment handled by Stripe.

A platform that lets users simulate movements of their hands to get precise control over virtual objects.

Serves as an “Amazon” for the “prosumers” who buy and sell things on Amazon that they can’t sell on Amazon, which handles shipping, returns, and customer service.

NzDrive is a software company that makes it easier for people to get their hands on a car, even if they don’t have a credit score or a down payment

A new way to handle team communication. People can write, send, and schedule emails from a single platform. The startup has raised $2.5 million to date.

The startup makes it easier for schools to manage their student schedules and handle student behavior.