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3 years ago

A tool that helps entrepreneurs write the best pitches possible for angel investors.

3,173
4 months ago

A business that lets people invest in the stock market without actually needing to buy shares.

1,548
1 year ago

A new way to market yourself to investors

1,275
1 year ago

A community of investors and entrepreneurs in India, seeking to create an online community of investors and entrepreneurs who can help each other.

857
3 months ago

A way to make trading easier for traders and investors.

741
4 months ago

A tool for low-risk, high-yield investments.

693
1 year ago

A startup for startups to find investors

535
1 year ago

A startup that provides a platform for the open exchange of knowledge about finance, investing, and managing money.

412
2 years ago

A platform designed to help people and companies save and invest together.

370
1 month ago

This app helps people sell and buy peer-to-peer investments through a mobile app.

363
2 years ago

A “social network for crypto users”, allowing them to share their investment and trading strategies with each other and follow other traders.

361
10 months ago

A real estate financing platform that connects investors with borrowers and saves them time and money.

327
1 year ago

A team of researchers, investors and techies with a penchant for creating startups that help people find and save money, and then build a digital broker that matches people with specific lenders.

299
2 years ago

A robo-advisor for people who want to invest in cryptocurrency.

298
2 years ago

A company that helps investors and real estate agents track investment performance.

295
3 years ago

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

288
2 years ago

A company that aims to create one-click access to the stock market for average investors and let them track stocks in real-time.

288
1 year ago

A company that wants to make it easier for public companies to raise money from private investors.

281
2 years ago

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

278
2 years ago

A women’s networking app that connects women interested in entrepreneurship and investing to other like-minded women.

276
2 years ago

The company is building a platform to help startups connect with investors and build a community of backers. The startup is working with Y Combinator and other investors to get more startups to pitch at YC.

269
2 years ago

A startup that is building a way to help startups raise money from angel investors.

267
10 months ago

A tool for social entrepreneurs, allowing them to pitch investors on their ideas.

266
2 years ago

A company that promises a 1% earnings yield on crypto investments.

255
1 year ago

An AI-powered tool for investors to make more informed decisions about what stocks to invest in. The AI scans the news, stock market data, and social media to provide investors with trends and insights.

250
2 years ago

A payments company that lets users of services like Stripe and PayPal process recurring payments like car insurance or mortgage payments in a few clicks. It has raised $2.9 million from investors including Y Combinator and is currently in private beta.

227
3 years ago

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

225
2 years ago

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

224
2 years ago

A product that helps small businesses create newsletters and marketing campaigns on their own and then find customers and investors. The company wants to allow businesses to reach customers and investors with email marketing, social media, and other digital media without having to hire a consultant or send out a large budget.

221
2 years ago

The startup is a spin-off of a company called Hint, which was founded in 2015 to help people make better decisions about personal finance. The data can be used to help consumers identify opportunities for savings and investments, and Hint says one in three Americans don’t have enough money saved.

218
2 years ago

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

217
1 month ago

A startup that provides a “smart AI-powered, real-time investment advisor for everyday people”.

217
3 years ago

A startup that helps people learn how to invest in the stock market

212
2 years ago

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

208
2 years ago

A new, blockchain-enabled peer-to-peer lending platform that is targeting the global student debt crisis. The company is expanding internationally and looking for investors.

205
2 years ago

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

191
3 years ago

A tool for managing and harvesting content from a website’s search and sharing features. The startup has raised $5.2 million from a number of investors, including Google Ventures, Sequoia Capital, and Mitch Kapor.

185
3 years ago

An AI that is trained to help determine the price of a particular asset, and automatically alert buyers and sellers when it sees an opportunity to make an investment.

185
1 year ago

A startup that delivers expert advice to help you make the right investments, such as mutual funds or stocks.

184
3 years ago

A startup that wants to help small businesses open up their books to investors and banks. The startup says it’s already raised $3 million and has a team of 12 employees.

183
2 years ago

A company that uses data and technology to help companies sell to businesses like investors.

183
5 months ago

A platform that connects startups and buyers, letting businesses try out new products before they commit to investing in them.

180
2 years ago

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

178
2 years ago

A company that wants to help people manage their savings and investments. Miso makes it easy for you to see your savings and investments in a single place.

177
3 years ago

A platform that helps advertisers to optimize the return on investment for their digital campaigns.

176
2 years ago

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

176
3 years ago

Idea: A new luxury travel brand that sells experiences like a cooking class in Marrakesh, a private beach in Bali, or a safari trip in Africa. The company is targeting high net worth travelers with up to $3 million in investable assets.

175
2 years ago

This startup has two co-founders, and they describe themselves as “…the first and only platform that helps [you] create and learn from inspiring and engaging content about personal finance, investing, and life.”

174
1 year ago

A real estate toolset that helps investors, brokers, and sellers collaborate more easily.

174
11 months ago

This startup is building an app that allows investors to find startups to invest in based on their product, market, and team.

174
1 year ago

A SaaS platform for investors who want to track the performance of their funds.

172
2 years ago

A way for people to invest in their communities and learn about local businesses

171
1 year ago

A platform for creating and sharing high quality screencasts for web apps, with a focus on creating screen casts for websites. Essentially, it wants to be the video editing equivalent of the “Slideshow” feature in Word or “Compose” in a browser. A $50,000 investment in June and a partnership with Apple followed soon after.

170
3 years ago

A platform for helping people invest in their retirement portfolios

169
3 years ago

A startup that provides tools, courses, and certifications to help people get into real estate investing

168
2 years ago

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

168
1 year ago

“The Motley Fool” is a U.S. financial and investing blog and website, founded in 1996.

168
1 year ago

A collection of U.S.-based startups and investors working to build a new city in Mexico. A couple of villages are already built, and a new city is being built in the future.

168
3 years ago

A startup that does “personalized” financial planning for people who have a lot of money So, clients pay a fee and the financial planner talks with them and then helps them set up their investment portfolio

164
2 years ago

A SaaS platform for job boards that connects job boards to job seekers, with an API for employers to use. The startup is looking to raise a maximum of $1.9 million from angel investors.

164
3 years ago

Ponzi-like investment scheme for the bitcoin community. They are a bitcoin company that offers a service which allows people to invest or lend bitcoins without having to exchange them for other currencies. The startup is currently only operating in India, with plans to expand to other countries.

163
2 years ago

Inmar is backed by a number of investors that include:

163
2 years ago

An effort to start a program at MIT that partners inventors and investors and helps them make their ideas a reality.

163
1 year ago

A startup that helps hedge funds and investment managers make better decisions. The startup is based in Silicon Valley, but is also working in China and the UK.

163
1 year ago

A tool that helps socially conscious people invest their money in socially conscious companies.

163
3 years ago

A concierge service to help investors source private capital.

162
3 years ago

A web-based platform that helps you start and manage your own investment fund

162
1 year ago

A fintech startup that provides a service for investors to buy bonds in emerging markets.

162
3 years ago

The Startup Genome is a biannual report on the state of entrepreneurship. It is produced by a team of researchers from the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. The report is based on interviews with founders about their businesses, the challenges they face, and their plans for the future. The report is intended to give entrepreneurs, investors, and other stakeholders a comprehensive overview of the startup ecosystem in a particular country, and to help predict trends between countries.

161
2 years ago

A startup that helps people to easily invest in cryptocurrency, with a focus on the Indian market. It’s part of a larger trend of startups that want to bring cryptocurrencies to the masses.

161
2 years ago

A startup that helps investors find early-stage startups to invest in. The startup is building out its management software for portfolio companies with the help of $30,000 in seed money.

161
3 years ago

The startup is building a tool for finding investors for startups.

160
2 years ago

A dating app that helps people find matches regardless of what they’re looking for in a relationship. The startup has attracted more than $10 million in investment, and has partnered with celebrities like Shaquille O’Neal, who was one of the app’s first users.

160
2 years ago

A global real estate marketplace for global investors. The startup wants to revolutionize the way homebuyers and sellers transact, and have raised $6 million.

160
1 year ago

A mobile game that teaches you how to invest with a real-time, AI-powered advisor that gives you advice on what stocks to buy.

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.

159
3 years ago

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

159
3 years ago

A fundraising platform that helps investors and fundraisers raise money more quickly.

158
3 years ago

A consulting company for startups. It gives startups a suite of tools to help them connect with investors.

158
1 year ago

A software that helps companies manage investment in cryptocurrencies. The company’s product is a dashboard that tracks cryptocurrencies for a given company, and allows them to buy, sell, and trade them with relative ease.

158
3 years ago

A bank account that the founders say is “like a personal investment account with 100x the transparency of other accounts and no fees.” The account is meant to be a savings account for small businesses or freelancers.

157
1 year ago

The Startup Genome is a resource for founders and investors. It covers early stage

157
3 years ago

A food delivery service for medical patients. Investors include Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia Capital, Khosla Ventures, and General Catalyst.

156
3 years ago

A blockchain-based stock market that allows anyone to invest in a company. It’s aiming for a $1.5 billion market cap.

156
3 years ago

A web-based tool for investors to check a portfolio of investments for fraud and patterns in investment activity.

155
1 year ago

A platform that brings the strength of professional trading systems to the everyday investor.

155
3 years ago

This is a financial platform for the “urban poor” that helps track their income, expenses, and savings. It connects people to financial services and also helps them understand how to make savings and investments.

154
3 years ago

A platform for connecting borrowers with investors, allowing for investments in anything from clothing and food to cars and real estate.

154
3 years ago

A startup that helps large companies find the best capital financing options, and helps them connect with potential investors

154
1 year ago

This is a startup that aims to make it easier for financial institutions to raise capital by using machine learning and AI to identify potential high-return investment opportunities.

154
3 years ago

An AI-based chatbot that will help investors make better investment decisions. The startup says it is currently in the “soft launch” phase of their $1 million seed round.

153
3 years ago

The annual list is compiled by a group of judges, including founders and investors such as Paul Graham, Michael Arrington, Fred Wilson, and others.

153
3 years ago

A startup to help people manage their finances, including budgeting, investing, and insurance.

151
1 year ago

An email marketing tool that integrates with all of your favorite email clients. The startup’s founders say they’ve already closed $1.5 million in pre-launch investment.

151
1 year ago

A company that lets people set aside money for their child's college education by investing in a prepaid tuition plan.

151
3 years ago

A SaaS platform for audits and compliance for investors.

150
3 years ago

A “micro-investment platform” that lets employees invest in each other’s startups.

150
2 years ago

The founders of an AI-powered dating app want to use their product as a platform for investors to invest in AI startups.

150
3 years ago

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

149
3 years ago

A real estate investment platform that claims it will help reduce real estate agent commissions by up to 80%.

149
1 year ago

A tool to make it easier for investors to manage their cryptocurrency portfolios.

149
3 years ago

Media startups are often built on the back of a single product, such as Skype or YouTube. The company’s founders say its technology can help companies figure out whether a new product is worth the investment.

148
3 years ago

A platform for financial advisors to manage their clients’ investments. The platform is intended to help advisors avoid mistakes often made by new advisors, and set up automatic investment reports.

148
3 years ago

A business that will help people sell their junk cars, investing in the process. The company takes a cut of the sale, and will also buy back the car from the owner so they can donate it to a charity.

148
3 years ago

A San Francisco-based startup in the education marketplace space that wants to help lower-income students afford higher education. The startup tells me it’s had over $200,000 in investments, has more than 10,000 students, and has been used by more than 3,000 colleges and universities.

148
2 years ago

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

148
1 year ago

Bot Camp is a platform for building bots for Slack or Facebook Messenger. The company, which launched in May, is backed by Abraaj Group, a global investment firm whose portfolio includes e-commerce startup Shopify.

148
3 years ago

A platform for investors to invest in companies in Latin America.

147
3 years ago

A company that helps companies and employees find relevant jobs. The startup provides a job posting platform to help people find jobs, and has raised $500,000 from investors including Y Combinator.

147
3 years ago

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

147
3 years ago

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

147
3 years ago

Newfund is building a platform that uses big data to make it easier for companies to raise capital from investors.

147
1 year ago

A digital app that helps people plan their finances for retirement, with features like automatic savings and investing.

147
1 year ago

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

147
3 years ago

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

146
3 years ago

“A safe investment wrapper for cryptocurrency savings accounts”. The company is building an account that lets people invest cryptocurrency, while also automatically tracking the value of the investment and sending out monthly statements.

146
3 years ago

A startup that works with investors to create a platform for them to invest in startups.

146
2 years ago

Online platform that helps small businesses access business loans and credit cards from local banks. The startup has raised $2 million from a range of investors.

146
3 years ago

A tool for stores to sell goods online, funded by an angel investor.

145
3 years ago

A way for investors to track the progress of new startups.

145
3 years ago

Digix wants to create a gold standard for digital currencies, with the goal of making a digital currency that can be stored and transferred digitally. The company wants to create a way for buyers, sellers, and investors to exchange digital currencies and reap the benefits of a global digital currency.

145
1 year ago

An investment platform that allows users to invest their money in marijuana stocks and related ventures.

145
3 years ago

A $30,000 investment in a machine that turns raw coffee beans into a beverage.

144
3 years ago

Helping fund startups by allowing anyone to invest in a startup’s venture fund.

144
3 years ago

A startup building a “cloud-based project management system that helps you manage projects and tasks, collaborate with people across the organization, and automate tasks.” The startup has raised $1.5 million from investors including Y Combinator.

143
3 years ago

A venture capital firm that invests only in female founders, focusing on early-stage companies that focus on women’s health.

143
3 years ago

A startup that uses the power of past sales information to predict returns on investments, helping investors make better financial decisions.

143
3 years ago

Online brokerage which helps consumers better understand their investment products and gives them access to a licensed broker.

142
3 years ago

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

142
3 years ago

A VC firm that invests in early-stage podcasts and other media.

142
3 years ago

We have been taught that investing is for the financially sophisticated. But SICAV’s goal is to make it simpler, more transparent and more accessible to people everywhere.

142
2 years ago

A new financial technology company that’s building a software platform that allows anyone to invest in a new business.

142
1 year ago

An investment platform for Latin America, with a focus on startups in the energy, healthcare, and agriculture spaces.

142
3 years ago

A platform that lets restaurant customers rate their experience and recommend nearby businesses. The startup, which has raised $400,000 from investors in three rounds, says they currently cover the Bay Area and Los Angeles.

141
3 years ago

A team of three has raised $1.4 million from investors including First Round Capital, HLM Ventures, and Mayfield Fund. The company is building an AI-based software platform to help businesses optimize their supply chain operations.

141
1 year ago

A software-as-a-service company that provides a platform for financial institutions to securely sell loans and bonds to private investors.

141
1 year ago

A micro-investment app that lets a person invest what they earn in their Roth IRA.

141
3 years ago

A way to let people invest in the art they love

140
3 years ago

Provides an SaaS platform for financing and investing. The company is currently targeting small business owners in the US.

140
3 years ago

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

139
3 years ago

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

139
3 years ago

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

139
3 years ago

A company that provides software to help people make money while they sleep. The company has raised $2.6 million from a number of investors, including the founder of Origo.

138
3 years ago

A platform that helps connect investors with projects they can invest in.

138
3 years ago

A software for financial advisors that helps them fish out bad investments and clients that are taking too much risk.

138
3 years ago

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

137
3 years ago

A platform for sharing and learning on cryptocurrencies. The company want to educate people in “the basics” of blockchain, cryptocurrency mining, and investing.

137
3 years ago

A “Kiva for the world”, allowing investors to crowdfund for loans to entrepreneurs in emerging markets.

137
3 years ago

A tool that raises money from investors from your current bank account, and then converts it into a hedge fund.

137
3 years ago

A cryptocurrency exchange that focuses on private investors. It uses a system of “certified wallets” with a touchscreen interface to allow investors to manage their holdings.

137
3 years ago

A company that combines real estate investment with private equity to make investments that are less risky for the investor.

137
3 years ago

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

137
2 years ago

A new way to make small investments in companies via a traditional stock exchange, where a fund manager buys shares in a private company and sells them to public investors. A good example of a startup that is trying to bring the benefits of high-frequency trading to a more traditional model.

137
6 days ago

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

137
3 years ago

A startup that sells a product that helps people learn to invest They have a patent pending on the product They have a beta version of the product and plan to launch in January 2019

136
3 years ago

A startup that aims to help financial advisors in the US give advice to clients who are buying fixed-income investments. The startup is backed by the venture arm of Goldman Sachs.

136
3 years ago

Cofound.it is a platform for fundraising, with a $50 million fund to invest in startups. It has already distributed over $40 million to startups.

136
3 years ago

A social buying service for clothes, appliances, and more. The startup has raised $3.5 million from investors including Google Ventures.

136
3 years ago

A SaaS platform for marketers and businesses to create their own digital ads for Facebook. The startup is in a third round of investment and will launch in the first half of 2020.

136
3 years ago

They’re looking to build an AI that can be used by investors to evaluate the risk of a loan, and is meant to be more accurate and faster than existing methods.

136
3 years ago

A product that allows companies to create a “futures account” in which the companies has a savings and investment account.

136
3 years ago

A tool that helps people manage their investments and savings, using an app and online interface.

136
2 years ago

The startup helps nonprofits raise money, selling a “bundles of investments”.

136
3 years ago

Yieldbot is a property management software startup looking to help people manage their real estate investment properties, and get an extra return on their investment.

135
3 years ago

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

135
2 years ago

A company that helps companies and organizations raise money from new and existing investors, including Angel investors, venture capitalists, family offices and more.

135
2 years ago

The company wants to build a platform to help small businesses get paid faster. The company has raised $1 million from Lerer Ventures and other investors.

135
1 year ago

A micro-investment platform, focused on small savings accounts.

135
3 years ago

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

134
3 years ago

Crowdsourced reports that help companies assess the capital needs of their startups in order to raise money from angel investors and venture capitalists.

134
3 years ago

This startup is building an online marketplace for buy-to-let investors.

134
3 years ago

A product that helps financial advisors create discounted and flexible investment plans for clients.

134
3 years ago

A digital-first finance company with a trading platform that lets investors share portfolios across accounts and invest using multiple currencies. The startup wants to compete with traditional brokerages by using a similar toolset.

134
3 years ago

A startup building a portfolio management service that uses machine learning to help users better manage and invest in their portfolio across multiple financial services.

134
3 years ago

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

134
3 years ago

This startup is building a new kind of network for startups, one that allows them to share their financial data, such as their expenses, with other investors. In the past six months, the startup has raised $3 million from investors.

134
3 years ago

An investment platform for retail investors.

134
3 years ago

Part of a $100 million venture fund that’s investing in food technology startups, including a company that’s building a delivery service for food, and another that’s building a delivery network for food.

134
3 years ago

In mid-July, the startup said it has already raised $1.5 million from investors including Sequoia Capital and Union Square Ventures. It’s working on a similar product to Facebook’s Onavo.

134
2 years ago

Fintech company that offers investors a way to borrow against their crypto holdings.

134
3 years ago

A startup that builds custom devices for businesses, such as a GPS-powered shelf for a refrigerator to keep track of stock, or a phone-controlled washing machine. It has raised $4.2 million in investments since it was founded in September.

133
3 years ago

A company that helps high net worth individuals invest their money into private equity funds, using their own data and assets.

133
3 years ago

A company that uses artificial intelligence to help investors avoid certain stocks

133
3 years ago

A digital platform that helps entrepreneurs find investors.

133
3 years ago

A company that’s building a set of tools for easy investment in a stock market.

132
3 years ago

A startup that uses data analytics to help investors make better investments.

132
3 years ago

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

132
3 years ago

Founded in 2015, Y Combinator is a Silicon Valley-based startup incubator and seed fund. Y Combinator has invested in several companies that have gone on to raise hundreds of millions of dollars. It has also had several companies drop out of its program.

132
3 years ago

This is a tool to help investors use the stock market as a means of helping the environment

132
3 years ago

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

132
1 year ago

A platform that connects brokerage firms with mutual fund investors. It uses machine learning to provide portfolio recommendations based on a minimum of 15 years of historical data.

132
3 years ago

An AI-powered digital assistant that helps with personal finance and investing. The startup wants to become the go-to resource for financial information and advice.

131
3 years ago

A startup to help companies plan, visualize, and track their marketing efforts. The startup partners with companies to help them see what works, where they should invest their time, and what they need to do next.

131
1 month ago

A new company for the modern day, a “mobile-first” personal finance management tool that aims to help customers save and invest money in smart ways.

131
3 years ago

The startup stems from the idea that a lot of people who have billions of dollars in reserve don’t invest it, and Aorta wants to be a place where anyone can start investing in a diversified portfolio of stocks seamlessly.

130
3 years ago

This app will help people easily manage their finances and investments with annual spending and expense reports.

130
2 years ago

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

130
3 years ago

A startup that allows people to create their own news organizations Some of the investors on this startup include the Knight Foundation and the Google News Initiative

129
3 years ago

A hybrid life insurance company that combines traditional life insurance with a private-sector investment arm.

129
2 years ago

A daily database of stocks for investors

129
1 year ago

A startup for nonprofits to manage their recurring donation programs, allowing them to figure out which programs are most effective and where to invest their money.

129
1 year ago

The Startup Grind is a podcast network that highlights the best stories in business, technology and startup news. The podcast is produced by TechCrunch, and features interviews with entrepreneurs, founders and investors.

129
3 years ago

This startup is looking to help people invest in property in ways that are cheaper and more secure than the usual methods.

128
3 years ago

A “personal assistant” for investors, aiming to help them research companies, make investment decisions, and diversify their portfolio.

128
3 years ago

Idea for a startup to help people who want to stay on top of their money and investments. The company would offer customers a set of online tools and a “wealth coach” to help them stay on top of their investments and cashflow.

128
2 years ago

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

128
2 years ago

A robo-adviser for retirement savings, pitched as “Investment + Retirement Done Right”.

128
1 year ago

A new venture capital fund that will invest in early-stage companies that are building products to make the process of shopping for life insurance easier.

128
3 years ago

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

127
3 years ago

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

127
3 years ago

A startup for lending to small businesses. The startup makes it easy for banks and investors to lend to small businesses.

127
2 years ago

A tool that allows you to create a custom, color-coded portfolio, or “stack” of articles, products, etc. to show clients and investors.

127
2 years ago

A company that will help investors in the UK to buy property via an online marketplace.

127
2 years ago

"We are a group of experienced marketers and developers who believe in building companies that are powered by users and not investors. We want to move from a world of transactional businesses to ones that are built on relationships. Our mission is to build a platform that allows people to create and share their own content in the same way that they share links or photos on Facebook."

127
3 years ago

A startup that provides a commission-free stock trading platform for accredited investors

126
3 years ago

A team of PhD students and professors are building a system to allow “mostly science-based” investors to bet on the stock market with a goal of making it accessible to those who are currently excluded from investing.

126
3 years ago

A startup that looks to make it easier for the elderly to get a second smartphone. They’re looking to make it easy for the elderly to get a second smartphone when they’re already paying high smartphone bills. They’re launching in a few months and have already received a $250,000 investment from an angel group in the Valley that helps solve “pioneering problems in emerging markets.”

126
1 year ago

We can’t get enough of these: more than $500,000 in investment has come in since they launched. They’re building software to help companies run their data centers more efficiently, as well as a professional network for data center workers.

126
1 year ago

A company that is building a new tool that allows people to conduct a financial analysis of their own investment portfolio. They’re currently focused on analyzing retirement savings.

126
3 years ago

A tool for managing your personal finance. It’s a one-stop-shop for all your banking and insurance needs, as well as a platform for your investments.

125
3 years ago

A startup that wants to be a digital platform that helps clients navigate the tax benefits of charitable donations. The startup is building an app that works with local charities and nonprofits that helps donors navigate the complexities of taxation. After its successful Kickstarter campaign, the startup raised $248,000 from angel investors.

125
3 years ago

One of the original investors in OpenTable raised a $1 million seed round to help “Bring the magic back to the restaurant industry.”

125
3 years ago

A startup that is building out a system to help people invest in both the stock market and their own homes, with a goal of making investing affordable for everyone.

125
2 years ago

BookNow is a service for online ordering and payment for food, flowers, theater tickets, and more. The company claims it has sold over $10,000 worth of tickets in four months. They’re also getting some attention from investors.

125
3 years ago

This platform helps users track how their money is being spent. The startup says it has already attracted over $1 million in investment dollars.

124
2 years ago

A SaaS platform that invests in e-commerce startups across Europe and the US.

124
1 year ago

Just launched in August 2019, this is a platform for machine learning chatbots. The company uses the messaging platform for large-scale online shopping and is backed by a group of investors including Dropbox and Salesforce.

124
3 years ago

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

123
3 years ago

A startup focused on making home security more affordable and accessible. The company has raised $5 million from investors including General Catalyst, T. Rowe Price, and others.

123
2 years ago

A system that provides investors with a pipeline of startups being developed by a team of engineers in a private community. Investors can then get news about new startups, early access to the resulting product, and they can build their portfolio of seed-stage companies.

123
2 years ago

A portfolio manager that uses machine learning to match your investments to your risk tolerance.

123
1 year ago

A tool that lets customers pitch their startups to investors in a “speed dating” style pitch.

123
2 years ago

In the summer of 2016, Y Combinator opened a office in London to focus on Europe. The office is headed by Laura Simpson, who previously worked at eBay, and has joined the Y Combinator London team. Y Combinator London is focused on advising and investing in European startups and is led by Stephen O’Grady, who previously worked at Twitter, Google, and Yahoo.

122
3 years ago

A “social” investing platform that connects pro-investors with the best opportunities for them to put their money to work.

121
3 years ago

A software company building a “search engine for financial markets” that enables investors to find the best stocks to buy and sell.

121
2 years ago

A startup that helps businesses with web security and privacy. They’re trying to get companies to invest in their software.

121
2 years ago

"It’s in the works," said Guy Kawasaki, a venture capitalist who has invested in the company. "We’re thinking about a lot of things that I can’t talk about today."

121
4 months ago

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

121
3 years ago

The startup is trying to build a kind of big data database that can be used by the financial services industry to make better business and investment decisions.

120
2 years ago

A food delivery app that uses the same home delivery process as Uber Eats and Instacart, but for restaurants. It’s currently in the beginning of a round led by a VC firm that recently invested in Zume Pizza.

120
1 year ago

A tool for workers and investors to manage their stock portfolios, backed by a $1.7 million seed round. The startup is launching a service to help employees manage their portfolios from the workplace, so they don’t have to worry about tracking it themselves.

120
3 years ago

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

119
3 years ago

This startup is building a system that helps companies recruit and retain high quality talent. With a $100,000 investment from Andreessen Horowitz, the company is working with companies like Hubspot, Zendesk, and The New York Times to do so.

118
2 years ago

A startup that makes a game that helps people learn how to code and write programs in custom languages. The one-time investment is $50, and it’s currently in a private beta.

118
3 years ago

A group of teachers who help people learn how to invest. The startup is using a subscription model to deliver the lessons, and has a minimum of 25 students per class.

117
2 years ago

A company focused on helping companies find and recruit people who create content like blogs, podcasts, or YouTube channels. Content creators have to manually fill out applications and get approval from the startup to be on their platform. The startup has already raised $100,000 and is looking for more investment.

117
2 years ago

A startup that combines real estate investment with hotel management, with the goal of investing in hotels that aren’t doing well.

117
2 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.

117
2 years ago

The startup wants to make it easier for people to invest their money. They’re currently working with a few banks, and their goal is to have a fully working product within a year.

117
3 years ago

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

116
3 years ago

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

116
2 years ago

This startup is building a platform for the fintech industry that aims to help banks manage their lending, investments, and risk. The platform was built to sit alongside the CapitalOne API.

116
2 years ago

First Round Capital is one of the earliest and most successful seed stage investors, having backed over 100 companies in the past 15 years.

115
2 years ago

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

115
2 years ago

 A tool that helps people organize investment accounts in their minds to make better financial decisions.

115
2 years ago

A micro-investment product for small investors. The startup has created a platform that allows you to invest in a portfolio of loans rather than a single loan.

115
3 years ago

A software provider for the business and legal services space, supporting compliance and investigations. The startup uses artificial intelligence to help firms find and investigate misconduct, and has raised $1.7 million.

114
2 years ago

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

114
2 years ago

A startup that aims to connect investors to mutual funds. The company wants to make investing more accessible to people who don’t have a lot of assets.

114
2 years ago

A digital platform that aims to make it easier for investors to invest in start-up companies. The venture has taken in $105 million in investments so far, but it’s still looking for its first customer.

114
2 years ago

This is a tool for investors to define and track their portfolios of investments.

113
3 years ago

A company that wants to bring more transparency and accountability to financial services. Vantage is looking to disrupt the private equity industry. The company is building a platform that will allow investors to track and analyze investment performance.

112
2 years ago

A startup that lets users create professional-looking investment reports in a few minutes, then sell them to their peers.

112
2 years ago

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

112
8 months ago

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

112
3 years ago

The Startup Grind is a podcast produced by TechCrunch and Rolling Stone. It features interviews with top entrepreneurs, investors, and thought leaders in the startup community.

111
2 years ago

Y Combinator alum Dan Ellis and co-founder Andrew Conway came up with the idea to make an app that would help people use Microsoft Excel more efficiently. The startup, which has raised $1.3 million from investors including Andreessen Horowitz , works with large companies to help them get their work into Excel faster.

111
2 years ago

The startup has built a software platform that gives brands the ability to create real-time webinars through web browsers or mobile applications. The company is based in New York City and is backed by a $3 million seed round from investors including 500 Startups, Forerunner Ventures, and Lerer Ventures.

111
2 years ago

A member-driven credit union that allows members to invest their money in peer-to-peer lending. The startup raised an $8 million round in April 2019, and plans to roll out to the UK and Germany in 2020, as well as other countries.

111
2 years ago

The startup wants to make it easier for investors to invest in early stage companies. It wants to make it easier for angel investors to back startups and give them information about startups they’re interested in. The startup wants to put money into startups in a way that’s similar to how a hedge fund would, but also make it possible for retail investors to put money into startups like they would an IPO.

111
2 years ago

A platform that hooks up investors to teams of entrepreneurs. The startup is trying to build a way for investors and companies to make more financial sense by linking them up.

111
2 years ago

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

110
2 years ago

A competitor to Amazon Echo that brings the Google Assistant to your home. The company is raising $50 million from investors and has drawn interest from Google and Apple.

110
1 year ago

A VC firm that invests in companies that are trying to make money by selling products to other companies

110
3 years ago

A digital registry that records and organizes all your investment holdings.

109
3 years ago

A company that helps build technology for banks to provide online banking through telepresence. A few months ago, it was reported that Facebook was looking to invest in VR company Magic Leap to help make this possible.

109
2 years ago

A startup that will provide a new way for investors to keep track of their investments, to save time and money.

109
2 years ago

A multi-platform platform that connects crypto investors with crypto digital assets and tokenized objects for investment.

109
2 years ago

A real estate firm for buyers, sellers and renters that matches investors with real estate deals

109
2 years ago

A startup that wants to use blockchain technology to create an alternative to Wall Street. The company wants to connect investors with funds and manage risk.

109
2 years ago

A company that aims to help people who don’t have money invest in mutual funds. It’s based in New York City.

108
2 years ago

A platform to help people easily track their finances. The company is focusing on “low-risk” investments to make it easier for even the novice to invest.

108
2 years ago

A group of startups and investors that want to build a new, more inclusive type of urban campus

108
2 years ago

A mobile app that helps people find the best deals on local flights. The startup is already seeing 1,000 downloads every week and is expanding nationally with a $500,000 investment.

108
2 years ago

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

108
2 years ago

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

108
1 year ago

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

108
2 years ago

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

107
2 years ago

A startup that makes it easier for small businesses to get loans from lenders. The company has raised $2.5 million from investors like KKR and Google Ventures.

106
2 years ago

A fintech company that creates portfolios for companies to manage their employee retirement savings. It allows companies to track employees’ investment performance while offering a platform to help them manage their own retirement savings.

106
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.

106
2 years ago

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

105
2 years ago

The startup builds a digital marketing platform for B2B software development companies. The startup has raised $2.5 million from investors including GSR Ventures, Techstars, and others.

105
2 years ago

A company that’s building a dashboard for cities to track the impact of their programs and metrics for investors. It’s looking to target dozens of cities, from Portland to Detroit.

105
2 years ago

This startup is building an app that helps people save money, either by pairing them with institutional investors or automated investing services.

104
2 years ago

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

104
3 years ago

The Berkeley-headquartered organization was founded in 2011 to encourage entrepreneurship among middle-class Americans. It has a $50 million budget and has invested in more than 200 startups.

103
2 years ago

A home security startup that monitors in-home security cameras and allows customers to turn on their lights or lock their doors remotely. The startup, which has raised a $750k seed round from a variety of investors, is already working with a dozen customers.

103
2 years ago

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

103
2 years ago

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

102
1 year ago

A real estate management platform aimed at people who want to invest in real estate but don’t want a broker or property management company.

102
2 years ago

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

101
2 years ago

Some people like to own a car, which is usually a pretty big financial investment. Zendrive aims to be the Uber of cars, providing a way for people to get around without having to deal with insurance or renting or buying a car.

101
1 year ago

A $100 million investment fund for startups.

101
11 months ago

An investment platform for early stage startups, which helps them raise capital from angels, VCs and other investors.

101
2 years ago

A startup that combines genomics, synthetic biology and computer science to develop new pharmaceuticals. The startup recently took in $100,000 from investors like Charles River Ventures and Simon Kucher.

100
2 years ago

A startup that cuts banks out of the process of opening a checking account by building its own app. The startup has a mobile app that would allow customers to log in to their bank, make savings and investment plans, and keep track of their spending.

100
2 years ago

A platform that helps connect female entrepreneurs with investors. Its founders are hoping to reach 1 million female founders in the next 10 years.

100
2 years ago

A virtual assistant that can help you manage your finances, track your investments and get you the best rates. The SaaS platform is currently in private beta with a soft launch for a small group of users.

100
2 years ago

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

100
2 years ago

A “freemium” service that helps people build and manage their own portfolios of investments.

100
9 months ago

A startup that’s developing a product for financial advisors and wealth managers to manage their client’s investments.

100
2 years ago

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

99
2 years ago

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

99
2 years ago

A new kind of digital wallet that helps people plan and track their finances, manage their spending, and get support from their bank. The startup wants to be a “one-stop shop for financial services” that includes a portfolio, banking, investing, and insurance.

99
2 years ago

A financial services startup that helps individuals invest in their own retirement accounts.

99
2 years ago

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

99
1 year ago

Mobile-first financial service for women who want to invest

99
1 year ago

ASR is a digital investment platform, which is designed to give investors the chance to buy, sell, and trade digital assets.

99
1 year ago

In July, the Brazilian government canceled a $500 million investment in Uber. In response, Uber Brazil has been building a team of 150 to prepare for its eventual return to the country.

99
5 months ago

A platform that allows people to invest in companies through a buy-in process, like a seed round for startups.

99
2 years ago

A new service called WeWork Connect, for real estate developers and investors.

98
2 years ago

A startup that used to be about doing silly things and now is about investing.

98
1 year ago

A startup that tries to deliver a “return on investment” for security, allowing businesses to get a lot of value out of a physical security guard.

98
8 months ago

A financial startup that focuses on generating investment opportunities, and helping investors make better investment decisions.

98
2 years ago

A cryptocurrency exchange for non-accredited investors. The company’s founders have said they’d like to build a decentralized exchange for non-accredited investors.

97
3 years ago

A tool for investors that lets them see how equity is being allocated across a portfolio to determine which companies are “winning” the deals.

96
2 years ago

A platform that helps investors better assess startup teams

96
2 years ago

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

96
2 years ago

A company that aims to build the next generation of smart homes. The team has already raised over $5 million from investors, including Google Ventures and Andreessen Horowitz.

96
2 years ago

This startup wants to connect investors to early-stage startups. They’re currently doing a soft launch in San Francisco.

96
2 years ago

This company is making it easier for small businesses to invest in their own ventures, by providing them an online platform for managing investments. The seed round has already been funded, and the company is looking to the next round to help it scale.

96
1 year ago

A subscription-based service that provides people with a virtual assistant to help with aspects of their lives like travel, shopping, and investing.

96
2 years ago

A company that aims to make low-risk, high-return investments in real estate.

95
2 years ago

The goal of this startup is to create a way for business to get feedback on their website from their customers, then use the data to make changes to their site to improve conversion rates. The startup is in early stages, but is attempting to attract investors and create a working prototype.

95
10 months ago

The Startup Battlefield match-up features three teams and one team will win the prize of $50,000. The winner of the Battlefield will also receive a $25,000 investment from the founder of Groupon, Andrew Mason, and if they are successful, the winner will also have the option to have their company reviewed by Groupon.

95
6 months ago

A real estate platform that allows users to quickly create their own home listings and sell them to investors, to be completed in 30 days.

95
2 years ago

A company that allows businesses to fundraise, and invest in pre-seed deals.

94
2 years ago

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

94
2 years ago

A startup that wants to make it easier for new startups to get funded by providing an online platform for finding investors.

94
2 years ago

A platform that brings together investment opportunities from the public markets to the private markets, and vice versa.

94
2 years ago

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

94
2 years ago

A platform for launching new companies, and for helping investors find the right fund to back.

94
2 years ago

A startup that helps small businesses get more serious cash infusions from investors.

94
2 years ago

A startup that wants to help you manage your money by automating your investing and investing in index funds.

94
11 months ago

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

94
2 years ago

A company that helps companies adopt their own employee stock ownership plan, which lets employees invest in the company through a stock purchase plan.

93
2 years ago

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

93
2 years ago

These are tools that help people manage their personal finances — including things like credit cards, bank accounts, budgets, and investments.

92
2 years ago

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

92
2 years ago

A startup that wants to help people with their investments by recommending other startups they might want to invest in.

92
2 years ago

This August, TechCrunch reported that Instagram was in talks with Facebook to acquire the company for as much as $1 billion. Instagram, which was founded in 2010, is based in San Francisco, and is a popular photography app that has more than 300 million users around the world. It was acquired by Facebook in 2012, and Facebook has since used Instagram to promote its other products, including Instagram Stories, and advertisements. Instagram has been a big investment for Facebook, and many think it has been one of the company's most successful acquisitions. However, Instagram's popularity has led to a lot of negative press coverage about the user data that Facebook has access to.

92
2 years ago

A startup that provides personalized stock investment advice to individuals

92
8 months ago

In addition to the list above, Y Combinator also supports a variety of other companies through its investments.

92
2 years ago

A platform that enables investors to raise money with a single filing, much like a SaaS product.

91
1 year ago

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

91
8 months ago

The startup’s flagship product is a game designed to teach children about the importance of saving money and investing.

91
1 month ago

The list above is a small sample of the companies YC companies have invested in. Below is a complete list of companies YC invested in.

91
8 months ago

This startup is building a platform for investors to make investment decisions on AI-powered portfolios. The company says that it wants to democratize AI investing, in order to make it more accessible to everyone.

90
2 years ago

A “digital-first investment firm” that aims to make using the site easy and painless. They’re in the early stages of beta, and have just made their first investment.

89
2 years ago

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

89
2 years ago

A company that aims to provide a way for people to manage their investments.

89
8 months ago

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

89
2 years ago

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

88
1 year ago

A college student loan refinancing startup, which connects students with investors who can refinance their loans.

88
2 years ago

An AI-driven investing app that uses algorithms to invest across stocks, bonds, and cryptocurrencies.

87
2 years ago

A company that helps buy-side firms forecast and trade investments and derivatives.

87
2 years ago

A tool to help companies raise money at lower costs. It’s a tool for venture capital firms to automate the process of investing in startups.

87
5 months ago

This startup is building a tool to help Indian companies connect to US investors. The goal is to help US investors better understand the Indian economy and the Indian market.

87
3 months ago

A startup looking to help Indian businesses raise capital from US investors and US investors from India. It provides legal, financial advisory and consulting services.

86
2 years ago

A small business lending platform that takes a portion of the income of the borrower and invests it in loans to other small businesses.

85
2 years ago

The following are notable U.S. venture capital firms that invest in or work with startups in the areas of healthcare:

85
2 years ago

A platform for workers to get paid residual income for their work, with investment options that pay out nearly immediately.

85
10 months ago

A startup that “makes it easy for people to invest in the stock market,” assisting “mutual funds, hedge funds and other investment firms to manage their clients’ portfolios.”

85
8 months ago

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

85
2 years ago

A tool meant to simplify the process of building and maintaining a slide deck for an investor presentation in order to minimize the need for custom development.

84
2 years ago

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

84
2 years ago

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

84
2 years ago

A new way to sell and trade real estate, with an app that provides investors with “around-the-clock access to property information, data, and search results”.

84
2 years ago

A company that helps companies create video campaigns, including the production and editing of videos. Founded in December 2017, the company has raised $1.1 million from a number of investors.

84
2 years ago

A company founded to help people save money on their electric bills by investing in solar panels.

84
2 years ago

This real estate company wants to build software that automatically builds and sells portfolios of homes to investors.

84
1 year ago

A Bitcoin-like security token that gives investors a place to track the value of their holdings.

84
9 months ago

A SaaS provider for tracking investments by companies. The company wants to target companies in the energy and oil sectors.

84
8 months ago

A startup that uses AI to help companies identify potential employees. YC invested in the company after it was founded in May 2018.

84
2 years ago

A financial and investment platform that facilitates and provides insurance and retirement plans. The company says it wants to take the fees and costs out of these products. The company says it wants to take the fees and costs out of these products. The company wants to simplify the insurance and retirement plans experience for customers and consumers, and for companies to manage their employees’ plans.

83
2 years ago

This startup services a small group of clients in the UK who are looking to invest in more than one property. They help investors plan out their portfolio and don’t charge any fees.

82
2 years ago

A web-based software to keep track of all your investments (stocks, mutual funds, ETFs, etc.).

82
2 years ago

A platform that helps people manage their money across investments. It’s a way for people to track their investments with an iPhone app that syncs with a web dashboard.

82
2 years ago

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

82
1 year ago

A robo-advisor that ties into investment accounts and advisors to manage investment portfolios.

82
8 months ago

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

82
6 months ago

A software company that aims to simplify and automate the process of calculating the cost of capital for startups, allowing them to know their true cost of capital to investors.

82
2 years ago

This startup wants to help people manage their finances by allowing them to invest their money in index funds that are managed by a team of professionals.

81
2 years ago

A tool that helps companies in all industries decide the best way to invest their thousands of dollars in customer acquisition costs.

81
2 years ago

A tool for people who want to manage their social media presence. The startup has a global team with offices in the US, UK, and China. It has raised $35M from investors including Sequoia Capital.

81
1 year ago

As of August 2016, Y Combinator had invested in 138 companies.

81
10 months ago

A tool for financial professionals, or portfolio managers, to create and manage investment portfolios. The startup offers a web-based, drag and drop interface to create portfolios.

81
8 months ago

This startup wants to be an alternative to the SEC. It wants to be a way to invest in private companies with SEC-approved funds.

81
2 years ago

A social network that helps investors connect to potential investments.

80
1 year ago

 A startup for people who care about their health and fitness, but don’t have time to make the investments. The app provides meal plans, exercises, and recipes.

80
24 days ago

A company that wants to help companies build and run their own financial management and investment teams.

80
2 years ago

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

79
1 year ago

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

79
1 year ago

A platform that aggregates the content and deals of all of these deals to help investors get a comprehensive picture of deals happening across the world.

79
5 months ago

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

79
1 month ago

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

79
2 years ago

A platform to enable companies to sell tickets to their employees, giving them a chance to invest in their own brands.

78
2 years ago

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

78
2 years ago

A platform that helps startups connect with investors, accelerators, and mentors.

78
1 year ago

A startup that helps advertisers manage, monitor and analyze the return on investment for all of the advertising that a company does, using proprietary data sets.

78
8 months ago

A startup that will help banks and investors make better loans more quickly.

78
2 years ago

A company that helps people get on the path to financial independence by saving money, cutting costs, and investing. It plans to disrupt the current financial planning industry by offering services at a fraction of the cost of traditional financial planning.

77
2 years ago

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

77
2 years ago

One of the largest investment firms in the US, Union Square Ventures, has been investing in a number of consumer tech startups. They’re focused on building services that make it easier to sell and manage products through the internet, and they’re actively looking for seed stage opportunities.

77
2 years ago

I get the most love from my investors, but I’m also quite happy to work for Y Combinator, and for a lot of companies in the Valley.

77
1 year ago

The startup’s app helps smartphone users to make the most of their conversations with a local by providing a database of local restaurants, hotels, and attractions. The startup says it has $6 million in sales, and $500,000 in cash, and recently closed a $3.5 million seed round led by the European Investment Fund.

77
1 year ago

A platform for cinemas to share data on how well movies are selling, allowing owners to make better decisions on their investment in the business.

77
2 years ago

A way for anyone who wants to get into real estate investing to get started. In order to get started, you get a monthly subscription of $1,000 worth of Real Estate Investing services from a network of experts.

76
1 year ago

A company that helps investors find the best opportunities in sectors like solar, wind, and clean-tech.

76
1 year ago

A tax service that helps people import their documents into the US. The startup helps international businesses and investors pay US taxes faster.

76
7 months ago

A startup that helps people organize their personal information, such as budgeting, travel, and investments, by making it easy to import data from multiple sources into one place.

76
1 month ago

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

76
2 years ago

A platform for trading cryptocurrencies. The company has raised $1.3 million from investors including Y Combinator, Foundation Capital and Founders Fund. The company has raised $2.2 million total.

75
2 years ago

In 2016, SVFI raised $3.6 million from several prominent investors, including Y Combinator, Andreessen Horowitz, Greylock Partners, SV Angel, and Lux Capital.

75
2 years ago

This startup is building a way of getting more people involved in investing. Think about it as putting a more accessible and polite version of robo-advisors front and center.

75
2 years ago

An investment bank for emerging markets. The startup wants to make it easier for businesses to access capital.

75
2 years ago

A tool for sending money to the Philippines, serving the needs of expats and ASEAN investors.

75
2 years ago

A startup that helps to build smart contracts for businesses that need to manage foreign exchange, loans, investment, etc.

75
1 year ago

Building a tool for people to securely deposit and invest their money.

75
1 year ago

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

75
1 year ago

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

75
8 months ago

The Case for Investing in Nonprofit Organizations

75
2 years ago

A start-up focused on making it easier for individuals to invest in real estate. It wants to take away the complexity of investing in real estate and building an investment portfolio.

74
1 year ago

A company that helps people manage their money by combining data about your bank accounts, your credit cards, your portfolio, and your investments to provide insights into how you spend money.

74
1 year ago

The startup wants to build an app that helps people research investments.

74
1 year ago

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

74
1 year ago

A “basic income” startup that believes the government should pay people regardless of their employment status. It’s a startup that wants to pay people whether they’re employed or not. The startup plans to raise money from private investors and from the government.

74
2 years ago

A startup that’s building a way for people to pay bills online. The startup is a YC alum and has raised $1.3M from investors.

73
2 years ago

 A SaaS company that connects crowdfunding and equity investors.

73
1 year ago

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

73
1 year ago

An investment platform that looks at past investment returns to give investors more information on companies they might want to invest in.

73
1 year ago

An email-focused investment platform. The company provides tools for investors that are used by hedge funds and family offices.

73
1 year ago

A platform for self-service cloud storage that’s available on the web and mobile, and is backed by $8.2 million from investors including Sequoia.

73
1 year ago

This is an investment platform for young early-stage companies to raise money. Menlo Park-based Platform Capital is investing in 10 startups at a time and is launching a $10 million fund this summer.

73
1 year ago

A platform for hiring remote workers for on-demand/task-based work. The company is reportedly looking to raise $20M from investors to scale its business.

73
9 months ago

A platform for “premium” investment products that is designed to appeal to accredited investors. It currently has about 1,200 members.

73
8 months ago

A startup that builds an app that functions as a personal foundation for the consumer, offering insurance and investments with a flat-rate annual fee.

73
8 months ago

The company wants to be a financial services company that allows people to invest in startups in the way they invest in mutual funds.

73
8 months ago

In May 2018, it was reported that the government of Japan had invested $1.5 million in the company.

73
7 months ago

A digital financial advisor whose goal is to help people learn how to invest like a professional, including personalized portfolio management.

73
1 year ago

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

72
1 year ago

A stock monitoring app that allows investors to track how a stock is performing against a set of criteria.

72
2 years ago

A mobile app that helps make better coffee. It’s a big problem, which is why the startup has already raised $5 million to date from investors including Andreessen Horowitz.

71
2 years ago

This startup wants to make online real estate investing more accessible to millennials, with a platform that helps investors manage investments and track performance.

71
1 year ago

The startup is using app design and marketing startups to build an app that helps investors find value in publicly traded companies.

71
1 year ago

A mobile-first investment firm with $1 billion under management.

71
9 months ago

The startup is launching a B2B LinkedIn for suppliers for restaurants and other food-related businesses. It will connect them with investors, customers, and other local vendors.

71
7 months ago

A startup creating a new way for people to track bank accounts, investments, and credit cards in one place, with a mobile app.

71
1 month ago

A platform for investors to aggregate a portfolio of early stage startups.

71
2 years ago

A company that wants to help investors diversify their portfolios with non-traditional investments.

70
2 years ago

Helping people put their home into a rental portfolio. The startup’s platform is meant to help investors see the potential return on investment of the investment portfolio, and to help them decide when to sell or hold out for a higher return.

70
2 years ago

It’s a service to help consumers and investors invest in cryptocurrency and crypto-based companies.

70
1 year ago

A 3-day conference for both founders and investors. It’s a conference for people who have acquired startups at some point in their career and want to learn from others.

70
1 year ago

A platform for selling books in the Philippines, in the same way that Amazon does for books in the US. The startup’s investors include Facebook’s David Marcus, CEO of Coinbase Brian Armstrong, and the co-founder of LinkedIn, Reid Hoffman.

70
1 year ago

An investment platform for angel investors, allowing them to find and screen startups for investment opportunities.

70
1 year ago

A tool that helps companies in the Southeast Asia and China take their money and invest it in the U.S. in a way that is tax-advantaged.

70
1 year ago

A robo-advisor that helps you invest in your own 401(k) plan.

70
1 year ago

A personal finance management tool for young entrepreneurs. It helps users track their net worth, investments, and expenses, and is compatible with any financial product.

70
1 year ago

A platform for managing your investments and your taxes, including investment management and tax planning services from the same company.

70
8 months ago

A digital platform for managing stock, to help small investors manage their portfolios without the need for a full-time investment advisor. The system relies on the investor’s existing investment account at the broker.

70
2 years ago

A company that sells carbon credits to investors and helps them invest in clean energy and facilities. The startup was founded in 2016 and has raised $1.3M.

69
2 years ago

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

69
1 year ago

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

69
1 year ago

A startup that hopes to use AI to find gaps in the market, allowing people to make more profitable investments.

69
1 year ago

A platform that allows users to build apps and games by connecting to the Internet. The startup is backed by investors like TechStars, SV Angel, and 500 Startups.

69
9 months ago

This is a startup that wants to transform the financial industry, with a new way to invest in real estate. They’re using technology and a decentralized protocol to give investors more control over their investments and make it easier to invest in real estate.

69
8 months ago

The startup is building a platform that allows users to track and manage their investments, keep track of their portfolio’s performance, and get alerts on their investments' fluctuation.

69
3 years ago

Idea: A startup that’s building a portfolio management platform for cryptocurrency. It allows people to track their crypto investments on a single dashboard.

68
1 year ago

The company’s investors include early Facebook investor Peter Thiel (and Peter’s brother, Bobby)

68
1 year ago

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

68
1 year ago

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

68
8 months ago

A tool for investors and analysts to get data faster and more efficiently. It looks at the performance of stocks and other assets, and provides a way to visualize data and make it easier to find investment opportunities.

68
3 years ago

Idea: A startup that is building a solution to address the need for early-stage investment in the medical device industry The company wants to help hardware startups run more efficient clinical trials

67
3 years ago

Idea: A startup for entrepreneurs who want to get in touch with investors Early users say it’s helped them raise $50,000

67
2 years ago

A personal finance app for millennials. The company wants to be a “bank for millennials”, providing a no-fee checking account and a way to invest in stocks and bonds.

67
2 years ago

A company that equips people to take control of their financial lives by providing tools for building personal budgets, credit, savings, and investments.

67
2 years ago

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

67
1 year ago

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

67
1 year ago

Raises money from investors and then gives that money to its employees as an incentive to buy company stock.

67
1 year ago

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

67
1 year ago

The idea is to provide investors with a one-stop place to find a portfolio of companies they’re interested in, with tools to help them manage their assets.

67
1 year ago

A product for startups in China to connect with investors.

67
1 year ago

A tool that helps restaurants plan and manage their catering. It’s an alternative to the standard big-box caterer, which requires a big investment and a lot of custom work.

67
8 months ago

A startup that solves the problem of people who want to invest in their favorite games but don’t want to be the ones to make the money or run the game. Players will be able to invest in pre-release games, and will get a share of the profits based on how much they invested.

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