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2 years ago

A startup that helps the elderly and disabled to communicate with their family

997
2 months ago

This is a company that produces furniture from recycled wood

914
2 years ago

A startup to help disabled people find friends who are willing to help them out, and vice versa.

835
2 years ago

A company that sends physical boxes to your home or work after you place an order on their website. The boxes are filled with the product you’ve ordered and then shipped back to you.

520
1 year ago

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

370
2 years ago

A tool that helps people create a profile on a job site, and then their resume gets pulled into the system.

293
2 years ago

A company that makes smart front door locks that can be controlled remotely. The lock can be unlocked from a smartphone app, or from a website.

248
2 years ago

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

236
2 years ago

This is a startup that uses a mobile app and a camera to find street-level recycled products and sell them to the public. They started with old library books and DVDs, but are now selling all sorts of things.

234
1 year ago

 A startup that allows businesses to set up scheduled deliveries of materials like food, flowers, and paper.

227
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.

202
2 years ago

A new way to crowdsource ideas for new products, with the goal of helping fledgling startups get ideas for new products off the ground. The startup is building a platform for companies to crowdsource ideas in exchange for equity.

198
2 years ago

A platform for sharing and selling reusable office supplies to businesses. The startup focuses on 8 great office supply items that are used a lot, but don’t get recycled as often as they should. They’re currently focusing on the US, but plan to expand internationally and into business software.

191
1 year ago

A startup that lets users select a theme for their home. It’s a web-based app that lets users customize their home’s look and layout via a user-controlled interface.

189
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.

186
2 years ago

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

184
1 year ago

The company is looking to help service providers know which jobs are the most important to perform, and which jobs can be outsourced, to reduce costs and increase efficiency. Its software, called

175
2 years ago

A computer science startup that builds simple, cheap, and fast hardware for India’s unconnected. One product, called the Laptop Bridge, is a $35 device meant to plug into an electrical socket and convert it into a computer-like device that can run basic programs and connect to the internet, so that farmers, students, or anyone else can use it.

173
1 year ago

A meeting scheduling tool designed to make it as easy as possible for meetings to be scheduled.

170
2 years ago

A workplace for remote teams that includes a Slack-like messaging system and a shared knowledge base

167
2 years ago

A startup that helps software developers to build mobile apps with a mobile SDK without requiring native code knowledge.

162
2 years ago

A mobile app that helps people find the best and cheapest public transportation in their city. Called "Uber for Transportation", it's already in beta in New York and San Francisco.

160
2 years ago

This is “a healthcare startup for the world’s largest democracy” – India. It aims to help patients get their prescriptions filled at the lowest prices possible, and is already working with several pharmaceutical companies in India for a $3 million revenue run rate.

160
2 years ago

A startup that makes a product called “The Wig”, a wearable device that can tell you if you have a fever or not by reading your face

158
2 years ago

A platform that helps businesses and job seekers find and connect with remote teams. Currently, they're working with a company in Brooklyn called Crave that hires people remotely through a third-party site.

157
1 month ago

A design studio for offices and retail. The startup wants to create a stylish, personalized workspace for each employee, which can be installed in under 15 minutes.

157
1 year ago

Using a mobile app called “Digital Health Profile”, which is currently in beta, they want to help improve the health of the elderly by tracking their health, eating habits, and exercise.

155
2 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

154
1 year 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.

154
2 years ago

Another startup accelerator program, Techstars was originally called TechStars but shortened its name in the summer of 2010.

150
2 years ago

This startup helps consumers identify which products are made from recycled materials.

150
2 years ago

A company that makes LED light bulbs that instantly turn on when they detect motion. It wants to make the bulb’s visibility an even more important feature.

149
2 years ago

A B2B software product for companies that manage and maintain their IT and IT-enabled departments.

147
2 years ago

A wearables startup that wants to help people run more efficiently and exercise better. It says its product is worn like a wristband and tracks things like steps taken, calories burned, distance traveled, and sleep.

146
1 year ago

A Web3-enabled P2P marketplace to buy and sell electricity. The company has a white paper in development and a prototype.

146
2 years ago

A startup that wants to build a “machine learning tool for creating music”. The startup wants to build a tool that will allow anyone to create music from scratch, without any of the engineering knowledge required.

145
2 years ago

A social network for the deaf, modeled after its popular iPhone app. The company has expanded its offerings to include audio versions of the app for the deaf and hard of hearing.

144
2 years ago

A digital dashboard for people to keep track of their personal and professional goals. The startup is based in San Francisco, and has just closed a $2.5 million round led by former Dropbox executive Adam D’Angelo.

143
2 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.

143
2 years ago

Slack is a chat system for teams that uses a chatbot-like interface. The startup’s bot is called “Dalai,” whose goal is to make the process of building a Slack team a smooth experience.

143
1 year ago

A privacy-focused cryptocurrency that uses multiple layers of encryption to make transactions hard to trace. The company’s software prevents transactions from being saved to a public ledger.

143
2 years ago

A startup that helps people explore the world around them by allowing them to connect with those who live near them and share their local knowledge

142
2 years ago

A company that creates AI-driven widgets for SMS. The startup’s CTO called out the company’s AI as a “turnkey solution” for businesses to send messages from a single point.

142
2 years ago

The company’s first product is a suite of LED bulbs that can be controlled via a smartphone app. The bulbs are built with a Wi-Fi enabled hub and have a built-in motion sensor allowing the user to turn the light on and off, dim, or change its color.

141
1 year 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.

141
2 years ago

A startup for managing knowledge management tasks for local government, such as data governance, mission management and knowledge management.

139
2 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.

139
2 years ago

A kitchen system called the “KitchenPod” that’s meant to let you cook, then take the result home for later. The kitchen has a base unit, and a separate pod that connects to a smartphone. The fridge is connected to the base unit via Bluetooth, so it can track things like what you’re eating and how much of it you’re eating. When the pod is connected to the base unit, it can track the fridge’s temperature, as well as how much food it’s holding.

139
2 years ago

A Chinese-focused ecommerce platform that was built on the idea that China's economy is less of a free market and more of a controlled economic system. The company is working on a solution to let individuals buy goods without a bank account and without a traditional credit card.

139
2 years ago

A startup that aims to bring on-demand services like Uber to the B2B travel sector with a new service called Travia that will allow travel managers to hire drivers for their clients on-demand.

139
2 years ago

A social enterprise in Indonesia that sells bedsheets made of recycled plastic. The company is building a factory that can make up to 50,000 bedsheets a week.

138
2 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.

138
2 years ago

A startup from a company called Popcorn Time, which allows users to stream free movies and TV shows. It's now a part of Netflix.

138
2 years ago

A startup that lets you create videos and images with text in the background in real-time to create what’s called a "Voxel" — an image with a 3D representation of a text sentence.

138
2 years ago

A startup that provides a service where you can order a cuddling service and get cuddled by a stranger to help you with anxiety

137
1 year ago

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

137
1 year ago

A web service that helps workers find and book overtime shifts before they get scheduled.

137
2 years ago

Provenance is a food tracking app, that has been billed as a startup that’s trying to get food to the same level of transparency as it has in other industries like banking or ride sharing. It’s a bit like the app Just Eat, but for food.

136
2 years ago

Matching job seekers with employers, coupled with goal-setting and coaching, could help reduce the representation of men in the American workforce.

136
2 years ago

A platform for sharing and tracking all of your fitness activities. The company developed a stand-alone iOS app called MyFitnessPal in 2011, which has over 150 million users worldwide. In 2017, they launched the fitness tracking and calorie logging platform Fitbit.

135
2 years ago

An AI-powered chatbot that can respond to questions about a person’s current location, and provide more detailed answers as you learn more about their habits.

135
2 years ago

A company that’s building a detailed map of the world’s supply chains, put together using new satellite technologies. The startup wants to create a more efficient and transparent supply chain for all manufacturers.

135
2 years ago

This startup is building a way to create virtual reality experiences for brands, using a technology called “phantom display”.

135
2 years ago

A software that creates and curates content for sponsors, styled after a magazine.

134
2 years ago

 A startup called eCredentials is building a connected ring that stores and connects to your medical records, and lets you keep track of changes and see a history of everything you’ve ever had done.

134
1 year ago

Well-being is a startup that wants to help people manage their stress with an artificial intelligence-enabled app.

134
1 year ago

An open source, open culture distributed ledger platform for distributed apps. The company wants to create a standard for the distributed web.

134
2 years ago

The startup is looking to disrupt the $2.8 trillion consumer credit industry, which it says is ripe for disruption by building a better credit scoring system for micro and small businesses using data from a company called Credit Karma.

133
2 years ago

A hardware company that builds its own Bluetooth devices with a focus on connecting medical devices to the internet. It recently raised $5 million in a Series A led by Family Offices.

133
2 years ago

A platform that allows individuals or companies to post jobs and have them filled by people looking to move, with the goal of keeping unemployment rates low.

133
1 year ago

A startup that is building a service that lets organizations connect to highly-skilled drone pilots.

133
2 years ago

The startup aims to solve the problem of the “job-hopping” millennial who wants to be able to get a new job without having to quit and wait for the old one to be filled.

132
2 years ago

A startup that helps caregivers create their own day-to-day schedules for their patients to ensure they’re not over- or under-scheduled.

131
2 years ago

A collaboration platform for photographers and artists, built for the Chinese market. They have a service called “A.P.I.S.” where artists and photographers can upload art and photographers can upload photos to sell.

131
2 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.

131
2 years ago

The startup, called Picaboo, speaks to you via your webcam to make it easier to get the perfect selfie by applying a filter to your face.

131
2 years ago

A startup that lets you order a batch of custom-made grilled cheese or pizza from 24 different restaurants, and have them delivered to your door. The startup is still in the R&D phase, but hopes to launch the service early next year.

130
1 year ago

A way for teams to organize and share knowledge.

130
2 years ago

A startup that offers a platform for real-time problem solving called “Teamwork”

129
2 years ago

A startup that is developing AI-based tools for drug developers to test their drugs in a highly controlled lab setting. They can perform controlled trials on an even smaller scale, and

129
2 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.

128
2 years ago

A startup that helps small businesses with insurance. They’re working on their first product in the US, called “Bundle”.

128
2 years ago

A group of publications that allow users to create personalized editions. Previously called “my publisher”, the startup is currently focused on personalizing a magazine subscription.

127
2 years ago

A company that consolidates all of the different personal injury claims you’ve filed against your employer into one easy-to-manage system.

127
2 years ago

An algorithmic startup that is a marketplace for job board ads, allowing companies to target their job search to a specific demographic. The company’s founders say they’ve raised $1.6 million in a round led by Greycroft Partners.

127
2 years ago

A platform that allows groups to set up private social media accounts and run them as a group. The teams you’re a part of can choose their own rules and restrictions, so it’s a sort of Slack with a self-controlled community.

127
2 years ago

 A little like Twilio and Stripe, this API makes it easier to build new kinds of voice-controlled software.

127
2 years ago

Jet.com is a startup that will sell anything from household items to clothes to groceries to a single user, with no membership fees or minimum purchase requirements. It’s been called the Amazon of online shopping that will work on the ground. The company says it has 1.1 million active buyers already, and a $3 billion run rate.

127
1 year ago

This company is building an app called “MyBeds” for homeowners to create a “bespoke bedroom” for their home. The app lets you create a “dream room” from a set of customizable, curated items.

127
2 years ago

A company that enables companies to build bot-enabled services and chatbots. The company already has a beta product, a chatbot for booking a server that runs on Amazon’s Alexa.

126
2 years ago

"Gizmodo" called the Startup Battlefield and Fast Company’s 2016 “Top 10 Coolest Companies”.

126
2 years ago

A platform for sharing science/tech knowledge that goes beyond just classrooms. The platform aims to break down the barriers between academia and the next generation of scientists and engineers. It’s currently in the private beta testing phase.

125
2 years ago

This company, which is now a subsidiary of software giant IBM, is trying to make enterprise software simpler for smaller organizations. They have a new product called “Navigator”, which is designed to help organizations of all sizes (from a startup with 3 people to a Fortune 100 company) navigate the complex technology stack they have today.

125
2 years ago

A renewable energy startup that helps entrepreneurs build solar projects. The company says it installed over 2 megawatts last year and has plans to install more this year.

125
1 year ago

A company that helps companies build their own data science teams with a software platform called SimpleDataScience.

125
1 year ago

A company that builds satellite-enabled internet connectivity for rural areas of the world.

124
2 years ago

Ride-sharing for the elderly. The startup is working on a ride-sharing service for seniors, called Seniorly. The company is also in talks with the US Department of Transportation to develop a pilot program for a level of autonomous driving.

123
2 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.

123
2 years ago

The company is centered around a new product called the “Activity Tracker”, which is actually a wristband with sensors that measure the wearer’s activity throughout the day. The wristband communicates with a phone that then records the data on the app. The data can then be synced with a HealthKit-enabled app for tracking progress.

123
2 years ago

In the UK, an increasingly important part of the economy isn’t bricks and mortar stores but phone apps. And one startup wants to replace the app store with a custom-built version. The idea is that you buy an app once and then get the updates for free. The company is giving away its first product for free, called The App Store, in order to gain feedback.

123
2 years ago

A digital health startup led by a former pharma executive that aims to help people with chronic conditions manage their health.

123
2 years ago

A Boston-based startup that wants to take on Slack. The startup is creating a full-fledged chat platform that they say can go head to head with Slack. The company, which has raised $2.5 million and has no product yet, is based in the city’s Innovation District.

123
2 years ago

A platform for making lists and reminders. The startup is led by the former CEO of a company called Reminders, which was acquired by Google in 2010.

123
2 years ago

Amazon Alexa has invaded every household in the US. The company wants to make the device even more useful, by adding a voice-controlled interface for apps.

123
2 years ago

This startup is building a tool that helps small businesses create and manage their own marketing campaigns. It’s called “marketing automation” and helps businesses automate the creation of emails, landing pages, and other marketing materials.

123
2 years ago

This startup wants to be a “marketplace of people” that connects people to the jobs that would otherwise be unfulfilled.

122
11 months ago

A company that helps connect job candidates with companies that need skilled workers.

122
2 years ago

An AI-powered personal assistant that helps people access their organization’s knowledge base to find information on the go. The startup wants to build a simple single-app solution that’s paired with a native iOS app.

121
2 years ago

These guys have a chatbot called “Alexa” that helps you track down a product you may have ordered. The company has integrated with major e-commerce companies to provide the service to their customers.

121
2 years ago

Voice-activated light switches that don’t require a hub or hub-controlled switches.

121
2 years ago

A browser-based tool that helps users easily create “quizzes” to test their knowledge of a topic they’re interested in.

120
2 years ago

Saving autonomous mapping startup HERE from bankruptcy. A consortium led by the German car maker and German insurance company has acquired the self-driving mapping software startup, with the group looking to merge HERE’s mapping data with Nokia’s mapping assets and use it to build its own self-driving car platform.

120
2 years ago

Simpled is a tool that helps companies manage their employee related data and conversion funnels.

120
1 year ago

A B2C startup that aims to help users better identify the right tool for a given task. Resolve is a feature-rich, chrome-based extension that can be added to any website. Since Resolve launched, over 100,000 people have installed it, and they’ve already been able to make around $1,000,000 from the app.

120
2 years ago

A company making an AI-powered HR assistant that learns from employees and helps them work better. The startup was recently acquired by a bigger startup called TalentBin.

118
2 years ago

Businesses in the mobile payments space have often struggled with security. Called SIV, it uses AI to make payments on a consumer’s behalf with a single tap.

118
1 year ago

There are over 2,000 cryptocurrencies. A finance startup called CreditChain aims to build a cryptocurrency that is more accessible to the average consumer. The company is seeking to build out a “credit blockchain” that allows banks to create and distribute digital and physical products, like insurance policies, to consumers in minutes.

118
1 year ago

A group of entrepreneurs and executives from large companies like Google, Amazon, and Walmart are working on a new startup called Kip, a platform for tech-enabled collaboration. The company’s goal is to help large companies share resources more effectively, and will launch in the fall of 2020 in the U.S.

118
2 years ago

In 2016, the company was featured in a Wired article titled "The $10 Million Game That Can Change Your Life," and has been covered in articles in Fast Company, Forbes, Business Insider, and The Economist.

117
2 years ago

A distributed ledger platform for managing people’s cryptocurrency assets.

116
2 years ago

A wearable company that makes a product called a ‘halo’ that is a jacket and a hat for your dog and monitor its health

116
2 years ago

A startup that is working on an injectable drug that will help heal damaged nerve fibers. They’re working on a treatment for a degenerative disorder called Charcot-Marie-Tooth, which is caused by damage to the peripheral nerves.

115
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.

115
2 years ago

A platform that helps colleges and universities manage and share course-related data. The company claims to have over 300 clients, and at present has over 10M enrolled students.

114
2 years ago

A startup that helps small businesses market to homebuyers. Their product is a “premier content marketing platform” that utilizes detailed data about a dozen variables, including income, credit score, and the type of property they’re looking for.

114
2 years ago

A company that helps people hunt for and find the right home for them. The B2B business takes a more detailed look into the details of a home’s design and location, while the B2C service takes a more granular approach to the home’s amenities and location.

114
2 years ago

The summer school is for students interested in learning programming and fundamental knowledge in computer science, with the intent of helping them be successful in college.

114
2 years ago

A platform that allows drivers to earn money by sharing their knowledge of different cities.

114
2 years ago

A company with an $8 million Series A led by First Round Capital, Techstars, and Citi Ventures

114
1 year ago

Receipts are generally paper or emailed, with companies generally paying for their own processing. Payroll is one of the biggest costs for most companies.

114
1 year ago

A company that builds software for managing a home's energy and water usage, which is controlled via mobile devices.

114
4 months ago

A software platform that makes it easy for companies to create “newsrooms” inside of their websites, letting them create full-fledged news organizations that can be managed by a single person.

114
2 years ago

The company is building something called “Zero-Effort”, which allows you to get a lot of stuff done at once without actually doing anything. When you get the app, you get a list of tasks that have been done for you.

113
2 years ago

 This company is building a web-based tool for teams to use for managing their tasks. The app can be installed on any browser and the company says it’s seeing traction in the enterprise space.

113
2 years ago

A startup called “MyBoat” that helps you find guides, captains, and crews for your next adventure

113
2 years ago

An online service that helps people sell used clothes without dealing with the hassle of eBay or try-before-you-buy services like Grailed and StockX. The company says it has already sold over $1M worth of used clothes.

113
2 years ago

An iOS app for smart locks that can be controlled remotely through the app or phone camera.

113
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.

113
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.

113
1 year ago

A startup making an AI-enabled digital assistant. They recently launched an AI chatbot that can help you set up video calls on Slack and has plans to launch it on other chat platforms.

113
11 months ago

A new product that helps TV programmers figure out which shows to buy and which to cut, with the startup’s AI software picking out the network’s greatest hits and those that are most likely to get canceled.

113
2 years ago

The startup offers a single, secure online platform for business to communicate with customers. It allows for quick, real-time communication to be channeled into a customer’s inbox.

112
2 years ago

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

112
2 years ago

Zach wants to help people who don't want to use a traditional bank — they don't want to install an app, or they want to use a specific app for different financial needs. Zach is a mobile application that lets you do this, with a free service called Zach Wallet.

112
1 year ago

An online tool for researching and buying goods made from recycled materials.

112
2 years ago

This is an “ATM of the future” where you can quickly find the nearest cash machine and pay with your phone, with the machine having the capacity to be disassembled for easy travel.

111
2 years ago

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

111
2 years ago

A mobile app that allows users to report and receive ride-hailing pickups in real time, and to track the progress of drivers as they carry out both scheduled and unscheduled pickups.

111
2 years ago

A startup that helps you choose, prepare, and deliver food for people who are ill, elderly, or disabled

110
2 years ago

A tool that helps people manage their rent payments, creating a digital ledger of when payments are made, and of any late fees or collection calls.

110
2 years ago

A text-to-speech service for the blind that uses the Amazon Echo to convert written words to audio. WordBlind uses a technology called "on-the-fly" speech synthesis to convert text to audio that sounds like the original.

110
1 year ago

A company that helps employees get paid even if their company is out of money. A startup called Yieldbot essentially acts as a middle man between companies and their employees.

110
1 year ago

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

110
2 years ago

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

107
2 years ago

A startup for people to sell stuff, and a way to help the buyers and sellers find each other. A similar marketplace exists today called eCohort, which launched in March of 2019.

107
2 years ago

A platform that provides a way for designers to build HTML5 websites with no coding knowledge.

107
2 years ago

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

106
2 years ago

A company that turns smartphone screens into touch-enabled, virtual room controls

105
1 year ago

A knowledge management platform for building platforms for freelance workers.

105
5 months ago

A customer service app called "Helpful" that allows customers to get help 24/7. The startup was founded by a former product manager at Google and Square.

105
4 months ago

An Android app that helps people with Parkinson disease manage their tremors. The app uses a method called muscle stimulation to help the user control the tremor.

105
2 years ago

 A startup focusing on retail space management, with specific knowledge of the restaurant industry. They want to build a system that can help restaurants to manage their space and inventory more efficiently.

104
2 years ago

This startup is building an “app store for white-label content marketing” for companies. It’s called “branded content” and has a lot of the same features as Pinterest’s official app store.

104
2 years ago

A startup called Shift is building an algorithmic platform to help restaurants figure out which dishes to prepare to meet the demands of busy days.

104
2 years ago

The startup is building a system that will allow companies to use the power of artificial intelligence to detect fraud. The company is currently in private beta and just closed a $1.2 million seed round, led by Nautilus Ventures.

103
2 years ago

This is a tool that helps small business with their tax returns. The startup is called TurboTax because it claims to be a more comprehensive and efficient way to get your taxes done.

103
2 years ago

 A company that aims to bring remote tech support to the UK. It’s currently in the midst of an $8.5M seed round led by Union Square Ventures.

103
2 years ago

A B2B company that helps companies oversee employees who are abroad, allowing them to keep tabs on how employees are using their tools, and providing them with detailed and localized customer service.

103
2 years ago

Ex-Google engineers are building a new living room device they call the “Echo” that’s essentially a giant voice-controlled speaker. The device is a stripped-down, Google-made version of the Google Home, and can be controlled by voice, music, and TV apps. It’s set to launch in November.

103
2 years ago

Rather than outsourcing maintenance of on-premises equipment, a startup called LifeSpan develops and sells cloud-based tools that help companies manage their equipment. It’s based in Austin, Texas.

103
2 years ago

A company that designs and produces tech-enabled wearables that allow users to connect with their body and health data

103
1 year ago

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

103
1 year ago

There’s a lot of demand for this kind of help, but it’s hard to find that help. A company called Pay-Per-Request is looking to bring the help of a professional notary to the masses at a low cost. The idea is that people sign up for the service and then request notaries for various tasks, get them for a low cost, and then pay for the ones that they like.

103
1 year ago

This startup is building an AI-driven assistant for doctors. It uses machine learning to identify symptoms, then recommends treatment based on a doctors’ knowledge of patients. The startup hopes the system will lead to more affordable, personalized care.

103
2 years ago

The startup wants to make your web browser a full-fledged programming language that you can write programs in.

102
2 years ago

A free, open-source platform for building and managing distributed applications. Uses a programming language called Akka.

102
2 years ago

The A16Z crypto hedge fund has a startup incubator called Alight Labs, which is building a machine learning platform to detect fraud in the industry.

102
1 year ago

A company that offers “digital signage,” or message-enabled displays in stores, restaurants, and other venues.

102
10 months ago

A decentralized exchange that uses a virtual currency called "flux"

102
2 years ago

A platform for sharing and monetizing content, modeled on LinkedIn’s professional network but focused on sharing and distributing content.

101
2 years ago

Creates software for small businesses to create and manage their own online store. The company is offering a cloud-based platform that gives businesses a set of tools to create an e-commerce store without any coding knowledge.

101
10 months ago

A network for the world’s most influential people and organizations to share ideas, knowledge, and impact

101
2 years ago

A space-saving, eco-friendly, solar-powered tent that's built with bamboo and recycled plastic. It's also waterproof, and when the time comes to move, it folds up into a waterproof bag, taking up less space than a cooler while still providing a dry, protected space for outdoor camping.

100
2 years ago

A sassy, sarcastic assistant that works on mobile. The startup’s founder, after building a small app for the same purpose, decided to build a full-fledged assistant, which works on mobile.

100
2 years ago

A La Carte is a service that connects companies with independent contractors, and allows them to earn extra income via their own websites. They say that in the past few years they’ve signed up over 500 businesses in the Greater Boston area, earning over $2 million in additional revenue, and have scaled their operations to 3,800 independent contractors.

99
2 years ago

A platform that allows for GPS-enabled payments where customers can pay for parking at over 3,000 locations in the U.S. via their smartphone.

99
2 years ago

A private market place for the sale of artificial intelligence-enabled services.

99
2 years ago

A social network for dog walkers. Doggy is currently on its way to being a full-fledged startup, with a product release in September and a $200k seed round led by Seedcamp.

99
1 year ago

The company’s founders have been called "the Bill Gates and Steve Jobs of the Indian startup scene" by a reporter in Quartz.

99
1 year ago

A design agency that helps small business owners build their brands with branding and social media. The company also offers a new kind of consultancy, called Brand Branding, that helps clients build their presence on Instagram, Facebook, and Pinterest.

99
2 years ago

A data science tool that automatically turns data into “actionable, knowledge-rich insights” about any given user, looking for insights like “which users are most likely to convert to customers, or which users spend the most money”.

98
2 years ago

A new startup that creates “micro-apps” for Web sites and apps, which are small pieces of software that can be embedded into a site or app to do powerful things like pull data from an external API and present it in a way that’s easy to use. For instance, one startup called Jingo lets small-business owners track employee schedules by giving them a “checklist” embedded in their website.

97
1 year ago

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

96
2 years ago

The startup is looking to help people who are disabled take advantage of the online world to improve their lives, whether it’s a wheelchair-bound person who needs more information on how to use YouTube or a blind person who needs better search tools for the web.

95
1 year ago

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

95
2 years ago

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

94
2 years ago

A semiconductor startup called 3ic is building a new type of chip that combines digital and analog components that work together to solve problems in alternate dimensions. For instance, 3ic’s analog-digital chip can channel data through certain dimensions to solve problems in medical imaging, like detecting tumours.

94
9 months ago

A platform for maintaining a database of information about the world’s languages, the language you’re speaking, where you learned it, and so on. The startup aims to create a common repository of knowledge across the W3 community.

94
2 years ago

A venture backed brand that makes nut-milk-based drinks and skincare products. The company has three products in the market already, and recently introduced a new product that uses a nutty brown rice protein called “brown rice protein powder.”

93
2 years ago

A startup that helps people find jobs online, with the help of a system called "In The Loop"

93
2 years ago

A women-led startup making a tool that helps telecommuters to work and spend time with their families.

92
2 years ago

An AI-enabled accounting platform for the travel and hospitality industries. This startup is taking a hybrid approach, using AI to make the process more efficient, and also manually coding the interface so it’s more intuitive.

92
2 years ago

A line of 4-foot tall furniture made of wood that uses a patented process to create a wooden frame that is filled with foam and then wrapped in fabric. The product is meant to be customizable and customizable.

92
4 months ago

A platform for enterprise software companies to share tech support knowledge in video format.

92
2 years ago

The founder of this startup grew up in a remote village in India and remembers a time when he was able to get a computer for the family and a year later they were able to get the internet. The founder realized the internet had brought a lot of connectivity to the country, but the next step was to bring connectivity to the millions of people who still didn’t have it. That’s what led him to start Jana, a startup that aims to give 1.5 billion people in India access to the internet.

91
2 years ago

This startup is building an all-in-one, modular smart home that can be installed in minutes and connected to the internet.

91
2 years ago

A platform for selling LED lights to businesses. The product is currently only in the prototype phase, but the team is working on creating an online store in the next 60 days.

91
2 years ago

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

91
2 years ago

A female-led startup that wants to help people take their "empowerment through dance" through workshops and classes.

90
2 years ago

A startup that’s building a “mobile lab” for farmers to test new crops in a controlled environment.

90
2 years ago

A startup that builds sensor-based lights and other devices that can be controlled by a smartphone.

90
2 years ago

A technology company that creates “smart” thermostats for home and business use, allowing homeowners to control their thermostats via their smartphone. The company is led by CEO and founder Rajat Pahuja, who previously built a business in India called Shubh Loans that went “very profitable,” according to Pahuja.

89
2 years ago

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

89
2 years ago

A web-based, cloud-based app that helps organized people, called “Mavens”, manage their life, including shopping, to-do lists, etc.

89
1 year ago

It’s a credit card and a debit card rolled into one, and it’s meant for frequent travellers who want to pay for travel expenses with a single click.

89
1 year ago

A platform to help companies and individuals connect with local talent communities and tap into a pool of skilled talent to fill their open positions.

89
2 years ago

A smartphone app that helps people take better notes and organize their knowledge about their favorite movies, TV shows, books, and more.

88
2 years ago

A startup developing a new type of LED lamp that uses less power, lasts longer and has a smaller carbon footprint.

88
2 years ago

Celery is a social networking tool for startups and entrepreneurs, created in 2014. It was originally called “Hootsuite for startups” but changed its name in 2016. Celery allows users to plan, track and share information with their community, or network. It also includes a suite of tools for scheduling events and offers a marketplace for connected service providers.

88
2 years ago

An online marketplace for buying and selling used items and goods. The company is using a technology called RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) to allow consumers to scan an item and find out what they’re worth on the platform, which they say is a cheaper way to buy used goods, and helps sellers by cutting out the middleman.

88
1 year ago

A startup that helps people find the closest taxi service on demand. A company called Taxi Magic will match you up with a cab in under 5 minutes, and if there's not one nearby, you can request a car to come pick you up.

88
10 months ago

The former CEO of a company called “Nexus”, which was acquired in 2016, wanted to build an app that would allow you to book a taxi through your phone in the same way you book a flight.

88
2 years ago

A startup that specializes in helping law firms manage their legal affairs, and create custom legal documents. A legal tech startup, it started with more than 250 legal professionals and is now raising a $10 million round led by Sequoia Capital.

87
2 years ago

A platform for sharing knowledge, with a particular focus on the medical profession. The startup wants to cut the time doctors spend on paperwork, allowing them to have more time for patient care.

87
2 years ago

A product for displaying and uploading digital artwork called “the Art App”.

87
1 year ago

The accelerator program, which uses the Y Combinator model, has graduated from YC more than 50 companies and has been called “the most successful startup incubator”.

87
11 months ago

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

87
4 months ago

A global payments network for the $50 trillion global remittance market. Announced on April 1, the company is expected to raise a $100 million round of funding at a $2 billion valuation. The company is led by Lakhvinder Singh, a former senior executive at MasterCard and PayPal.

86
2 years ago

A software company that tracks and analyzes water usage in the United States. The startup is led by a guy who also founded a company called Aquatech that tracked water usage in the US in the 1990s.

85
2 years ago

This company allows companies to build their own private-labeled credit cards.

85
2 years ago

An automated, crowdsourced, Wikipedia-like knowledge base for self-driving cars. The startup currently has over 100,000 self-driving car test vehicles in the US and Europe.

85
2 years ago

A platform for building out a SaaS-enabled multi-channel marketing campaign. The startup is now focused on developing its own SaaS product.

85
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.

84
1 year ago

A social network for college students with over 20k students currently enrolled. Its founders are looking to build a student-focused influencer platform that’s optimized for mobile, with a focus on gaming and video content.

84
1 year ago

A tech-enabled market for finding and hiring high-quality freelancers. The company’s aim is to help small businesses expand their reach and have access to a more comprehensive pool of talent.

84
1 year ago

A startup that helps companies get energy-efficient lightbulbs into their warehouses. They’ve already sold over 1,000 LED bulbs in a few months.

84
4 months ago

Launched by former Googler Ricardo Baeza-Yates, who led Google’s mobilefirst, responsive web initiative, this startup is building a search engine for everyone, with a focus on helping users find great content from the world’s most trusted sources.

84
28 days ago

A startup that wants to help small businesses manage their expenses. A small business owner can go on the app, input their expenses, and get a detailed breakdown of their budget.

84
1 year ago

A hardware startup that makes a smart lightbulb that can be controlled via an app.

82
5 months ago

We’re used to filling out credit card forms and writing out checks for purchases. Bankroll is a mobile app that does the same for business expenses. Bankroll acts as a virtual assistant pre-populating forms for the customer, and allows the customer to make purchases from another app called the Bankroll app.

82
2 years ago

This London-based startup is trying to change the way that people think about cryptocurrency. The platform is designed to help people purchase and trade in cryptocurrencies while providing an environment for detailed analysis of the cryptocurrency market.

81
1 year ago

A startup that teaches you how to code HTML in your sleep with its platform called “Nootropics”

81
1 year ago

Women in the US are being paid less than men for the same work, but the Equal Pay Pledge aims to change that. The startup is building a tracking platform to show how much companies are paying their employees. Currently it has over 1,000 organizations signed up to report their numbers.

81
8 months 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.

81
2 years ago

A startup that allows Web-based forms to be filled out and emailed to multiple parties, animated for each person to see who has responded.

80
1 year ago

A platform for building interactive, multiplayer games that can be played without the need for a screen. Prototyped with a game called “Truck Stop.”

80
1 year ago

A startup that wants to be the go-to service for creating branded video and digital publishing for enterprises. The company recently raised a Series A led by Collaborative Fund.

80
7 months ago

We’re used to going to a retail store and buying a product from a single brand. The startup wants to make it easier to find the product that’s right for you by making a detailed product finder in a new kind of retail store.

80
4 months ago

A tool for smart home light bulbs that lets you dim or turn off lights at scheduled times.

80
4 months ago

A tech-enabled platform that brings together the people who run digital marketing campaigns across different platforms (like Facebook, Instagram, or email) to create a pipeline for new campaigns.

79
2 years ago

A startup that lets customers book appointments online. It has served 800,000 users since launching in August 2018. It will have a team of 10 by the end of the year, with a $2.5 million seed round led by Grishin Robotics.

78
2 years ago

Pint is a voice-controlled home assistant meant to help users keep track of things like what’s in the fridge and the weather. The startup aims to have a voice assistant that can understand what you mean and act on your behalf, with a smart speaker also available.

78
1 year ago

A Wi-Fi-enabled fitness tracker that allows the user to measure their body fat percentage. When paired with Omron’s blood pressure monitor, it can also provide access to one’s general health history.

78
1 year ago

The startup wants to make self-controlled health management a reality by bringing patients to doctors once they’ve self-monitored and measured their health regularly.

78
4 months ago

A company that aims to improve the lives of the elderly and disabled by helping them use technology to keep themselves safe, independent, and connected.

78
7 months ago

This startup is building an app that cuts through the noise of the daily news cycle, by separating the good from the bad. The app, called “The Daily”, takes a different perspective, highlighting the optimistic and the important, but not the trivial. It’s already been featured in the Washington Post, Fast Company, and the New York Times.

77
2 months ago

A platform for college students to share knowledge about classes, instructors and professors, and for teachers to rate and review each other’s work.

77
2 years ago

A white-labeled tool for restaurants to manage their online ordering. The startup wants to help restaurants build an online ordering feature that integrates with their existing website. The product is built for restaurants, but the company imagines that it will be able to be used by other companies as well.

76
2 years ago

The company’s first product is an AI-enabled conversational assistant, available in the US and spoken in English, Spanish, and French. It turns a user’s smartphone into a virtual assistant, with text-to-speech capabilities, a voice dialer, and other features

75
1 year ago

A meat delivery service for restaurants. The startup, which has raised a $500,000 seed round led by Khosla Ventures, is working with restaurants and chains to deliver lunch and dinner to customers in San Francisco, New York City, and Boulder, Colorado.

75
1 year 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.

75
4 months ago

This is a startup that’s building a new kind of app store called the App Market. It’s looking to go beyond the app store model and allow apps to be built on the platform, allowing people to customize their experience on the app store.

75
1 year ago

A startup called Inbox, which helps you manage your inbox.

74
1 year ago

This startup has developed a new type of phone case with a 3D printed flexible OLED screen that gives users a heads-up display of important information at a glance.

74
2 years ago

A company called SmartPay that claims to be building a service that allows merchants to accept digital currency payments without having to install a terminal.

73
2 years ago

A digital assistant that helps recruiters and hiring managers find and manage top talent. The startup is backed by Sound Ventures, the venture capital arm of Pandora, and is led by former Googler and Facebook executive David Fischer.

73
1 year ago

A platform to help people manage their finances on their phones. The startup has raised $7.2 million to date and has a series A led by Accel.

73
1 year ago

A platform for sharing knowledge and expertise. The founders say they have a database of 500,000 consultants in 1,000 categories.

72
8 months ago

A platform called Apia, which helps international companies navigate the process of moving their data into the cloud. They’re now working with 15 companies in five different countries.

72
2 years ago

Fledgling startup that wants to let you design your own custom robotics projects through a simple drag-and-drop interface. The company is hoping to make it so that a person can build a robot with just a few minutes of work.

71
2 years ago

A startup building a tool to help customers track and gain knowledge from all the different machines they use for food processing.

71
2 years ago

The $1.4 million seed round was led by James Proud, and also included participation from First Round Capital, Village Global and Techstars.

71
1 year ago

A platform for managing and tracking intellectual property. The startup’s founders say they have “tripled their revenue as we scale to help more inventors create and protect their inventions.”

71
1 year ago

The company’s founders say they’ve developed a product called The Future of Productivity, which is a way for people to map their processes to a set of rules, and to share their achievements with a community of peers.

71
1 year ago

A startup that lets you add multiple PayPal transactions into one. Called “one-click-pay”

71
1 year ago

A startup for insurers to upload their accounts and their clients’ accounts and ensure that premiums and benefits are reconciled.

71
7 months 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.

71
2 years ago

A platform for connected, voice-controlled appliances. For instance, a homeowner could speak to the system to turn on the lights in their home.

70
1 year ago

A company that sells a system for autonomous vehicles to detect traffic and road hazards. The company is also building a self-driving car platform called Drive.AI

70
1 year ago

A new company called Aranner is building a technology platform that helps digital marketers provide better customer-experience-based marketing solutions to clients.

70
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.

70
1 year ago

A company that offers credit to disabled vets.

70
1 year ago

Co-founders said they were inspired by the success of Airbnb but found themselves frustrated by the startup’s inability to deliver on its promises. Rival hotel booking site Hotels.com filed for an IPO in April 2016.

69
1 year ago

A chat application that is more like a messaging app than a social network. It is more like Slack, Kakao Talk, WeChat, Telegram and Facebook Messenger all rolled into one.

69
1 year ago

A platform for sharing knowledge and experience in a small company.

68
1 year ago

A company that helps recruiters, called “instaCandidate,” compete with LinkedIn by posting candidates in a more fun and unique way. InstaCandidate has a branch in India, and is looking to expand to the United States.

68
1 year ago

In a blog post, the company announced a new product called “Individual Plans”, which allow you to customize your coverage and how much risk you’re willing to take.

68
6 months ago

A startup that’s building a new type of computer screen — one with a rollable touchscreen that can be rolled up like a piece of paper.

68
1 year ago

A startup called Ava is the first to offer a solution to the “last mile problem” in ride-sharing. It’s a payment system that allows riders to send money to driver partners via Venmo.

67
1 year ago

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

67
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.

67
8 months ago

A startup that provides a way to track and analyze player performance in sports simulations, with the goal of creating more detailed analytics and simulation data.

67
4 months ago

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

67
1 year ago

A live performance app that lets people stream their performances. A new app called LiveStream lets users stream live video online for free. LiveStream is free to use with up to five people in the same room, available in 24 languages, and it has 10,000 users.

66
9 months ago

A startup called Grapher has developed a visual map tool that allows travel companies to visualize their operation in real time, making it easier to figure out how to allocate labor and resources.

66
1 year ago

These 10 startups were profiled by "Fast Company" in May.

65
10 months ago

A way to set up a white-labeled version of Facebook’s Messenger, where you create a community of people who can message each other without having to create a new account.

65
4 months ago

(We’ve changed the name of this company. It was previously called PRism.)

65
1 year ago

A tool for managing content marketing called "MightyBuzz."

64
1 year ago

A startup that allows companies to deliver a customer service experience that is both efficient and personable. The startup is a spinoff of a company called Customer.io, where the founders had to implement a customer service software for a customer support company.

64
1 year ago

A new way to use 3D printers, allowing people to use the printers to create simple objects in the same way they would use a 3D printer to create more detailed objects.

64
4 months ago

A data visualizations and analytics tool that helps companies better understand the e-commerce space. The startup’s product, OneSource, is built on a software called TripWatcher, which allows companies to track their consumers’ online shopping habits and understand how they navigate the online space. It’s being used by over 80,000 businesses across 2,000 categories.

64
1 year ago

A startup that lets users pay for their own ads on websites and social media. The startup is also announcing its first acquisition, a company called ad optimization engine Storefront that has developed a technology to show ads to people based on their demographic profile.

63
1 year ago

A company that makes a product called a “pill stop” which is a pill dispenser for people with bad backs, designed to make it easier to take pills by placing them in a container instead of a cup.

63
1 year ago

A startup that’s building real estate tools for tour operators and hotels. The company is a spin-off of a similar service called AirBnB, and says the average hotel makes $500 a year on each room they manage.

63
1 year ago

A “smart” LED bulb that can be controlled directly from the iPhone. The company is targeting the home automation space.

63
1 year ago

A startup with a concierge-like ordering and delivery feature where users can request items and wait for them to arrive, then be billed for those items by the store.

63
1 year ago

A startup that takes a more direct approach to protecting users from phishing and fraud. It’s a standalone app that can be installed on any website or app for a few dollars a month.

62
1 year ago

A company that makes a product called “Flex”, a flexible structural material that can be used to build buildings instead of using steel beams.

62
1 year ago

This startup wants to give companies a way to integrate data from all their disparate systems, even if they’re not built on the same platform. Their service, called GoodData, is meant to make it easier for companies to manage data across different systems.

62
1 year ago

A tool for managing your online marketing that’s based on an approach called CAPTCHA.

62
1 year ago

 A group messaging app that gives users of all ages the ability to text and call their friends, including the elderly and the disabled.

62
7 months ago

A blockchain-based payments platform built on a protocol called Tango, designed to enable micropayments.

62
3 months ago

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

62
1 year ago

A mobile application that helps companies create new products. The app helps companies create new products without any coding knowledge.

61
1 year ago

A startup for families to coordinate care for seniors. The founders hope the platform will help caregivers manage care, so they can do things like remind care-givers when the person’s medication needs to be refilled.

61
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.

61
1 year ago

A platform for using the cloud to host and share content, including music, photos and videos. The company wants to be a place where people can upload, edit and share their own content in a way that isn’t controlled by one single entity. It has 9,500 users and is profitable.

61
2 months ago

A tool for building detailed profiles of your customers and targeting them with ads.

61
2 years ago

Idea: This startup is helping to launch a product called “Tinder for travel” where users can pick and choose flights, hotels, transport, etc. and then a concierge arranges the trip for them.

60
1 year ago

 A company that uses big data to help companies identify employees who are at risk for being insubordinate or having other behavioral issues. Their app  is combining behavioral science with AI to identify troubled employees.

60
1 year ago

The software allows users to create a digital portfolio from their website, which is then used by employers to screen candidates. The startup also has a product called Jobvite that allows candidates to create a resume from their site and the company then converts it into a PDF.

60
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.

60
1 year ago

A company that creates a platform for small businesses to interact with Amazon’s Alexa-enabled retail devices, at least in the US.

60
1 year ago

A tool for creating and managing and sharing knowledge about your work.

60
10 months ago

 A startup that wants to help companies design and implement distributed ledger solutions for their business

60
8 months ago

A startup called “SendGrid for recruiters” that helps recruiters send out personalized, relevant e-mails to job seekers.

60
2 years ago

Idea: This startup is building machine learning software that helps people create smoother panning and zooming in videos. The startup previously sold a product called Flycam that helps camera operators smoothly move from one part of the scene to another.

59
1 year ago

A healthcare blockchain powered by the Ethereum network. It’s a digital patient ledger system that can share patient data with physicians, insurance companies, and pharmaceutical companies with the goal of reducing costs and improving patient outcomes.

59
1 year ago

A platform for connecting job seekers with employers, where employers can find cheap, skilled labor from around the world.

59
1 year ago

A platform that allows people to test out and share their own designs, called Viva Labs. The startup calls it “Uber for manufacturing” and is already helping people test their ideas out at the Maker Fair in New York City.

59
10 months ago

Social networking for the disabled, with a focus on helping them find employment.

59
7 months ago

Health AI is building a digital health platform for the chronically ill and people in the early stages of developing diseases. The company launched in Boston in early 2017. The startup is building an AI-enabled doctor system that will read and interpret patient medical records and send the data to an online health doctor.

59
4 months ago

A company building a “digitally-enabled” grocery store in which you can order your groceries on your phone and they’ll show up at your home instead of having to pick them up in store.

59
4 months ago

A company that’s been called “Uber for professional bookkeepers”, which helps bookkeepers automate their accounting.

59
3 months ago

A platform for women called “the hub” that allows women to share their stories and connect with others with similar experiences.

59
1 year ago

A company that combines data and knowledge to give people a better understanding of their personal data and what they do with it. The startup helps consumers better understand the data collection and usage involved with services like Amazon and Facebook.

58
1 year ago

 A smartphone app that tracks how fast people are walking, running, or riding their bikes. The app tracks speed and distance traveled with GPS, then uses that data to report on how people are getting around.

58
1 year ago

A new way to watch movies online. Using a tool called Puma, viewers can quickly find a movie and watch it with the option to purchase it for a fixed price.

58
1 year ago

Rethink Robotics is building a competitor to the industrial robot arms that dominate factory floors, building a robot that is more efficient and flexible. Its robot, called Sawyer, is also more human-centered, with arms that can be repositioned, and arms that can pick up and move things.

58
4 months ago

 A tool to help people run their business in a more efficient way — for example, the idea is to help people automate the scheduling of their employees. The firm is behind a tool called Taskify that can help companies run their businesses more efficiently.

58
2 months ago

The startup aims to create a network of talking AI bots that can be used to enhance communications for everyone from teenagers to seniors to the disabled.

58
1 year ago

A group of entrepreneurs in San Francisco who are building a tool for managing the logistics of selling a house. The app, called Apprise, is meant to help sellers manage their home and prepare it to list on the market.

57
1 year ago

In October 2015, an app called "SparkPeople" was released by a team of developers from the University of Cincinnati. The app allows users to track their daily health and fitness goals, as well as providing personal and social health tips.

57
1 year ago

A tool for managing the best time to post on Twitter for promotion strategies called "Tweet Beat."

57
1 year ago

A startup that’s developing a self-driving electric vehicle for the cost of a $1,000 taxicab. It’s a smart car that communicates via Bluetooth, offers a variety of car-related services, and can be controlled through an app.

57
1 year ago

A software company with a product called Ask, which is a platform that helps you connect with others who are in the same position you are.

57
1 year ago

The startup makes a product called "The Chef's Helper," which it says is a "lean efficiency platform" for kitchen operations.

57
1 year ago

A company in India that’s working on a new way to bridge the rural-urban divide by using a product called “the farming app”. The app helps farmers manage their crops, including automatic seeding, crop rotation, watering, and planting.

57
10 months ago

A startup that makes an app called the “World Cup of football” that lets users swap trading cards with other users.

57
5 months ago

This company is building a knowledge database for hotel employees and managers, which replaces the need for a lot of paper-based information.

57
2 years ago

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

56
1 year ago

The startup aims to build a new kind of “smart” light bulb that’s dimmable and can be controlled by voice.

56
1 year ago

The startup wants to help you take better pictures and videos and save them in a single place. It’s called SoundSnap and it’s basically a mobile app that turns any camera into a video recorder.

56
1 year ago

A smart lock system that can be controlled with a smartphone or tablet

56
1 year ago

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

56
1 year ago

A group of designers and developers building a basic platform to help people create and share drawings and designs, similar to how Shapes is used to share images. It is currently in private beta, with a public launch scheduled in Q1 2015.

56
1 year ago

A platform that helps businesses figure out what products to sell at different times of the year, based on historical data compiled by the startup.

56
1 year ago

This startup is building a way to create a personal news feed in which you can share posts and photos, while also making it easy to search and browse the feed. It's best known for co-founder Daniel Kottke's parody of Facebook, which he called "The Facebook."

56
1 year ago

A startup called “Bravo” that lets people pay for their parking tickets with cryptocurrency.

56
11 months ago

A startup that makes it easy for anyone to create and sell their own video games with a minimal amount of programming knowledge.

56
4 months ago

A startup that aims to help businesses build software with AI. The PaaS’s first product is Enterprise AI with native programming, allowing businesses to have easy access to AI-enabled applications.

56
2 months ago

A platform to help companies help their customers at home. The company is focused on items like smart plugs, smart bulbs, and smart bulbs to make sure they're installed at the right place and working properly.

56
1 year ago

On 2 June 2015, an app called "YouNow" was released by a team of developers from the University of Southern California. The app allows users to broadcast live videos to their friends, and allows viewers to tip the broadcasters. The video is only viewable for 24 hours, but viewers can re-watch them at any time.

55
1 year ago

 The founder of this startup is the CEO of a successful full-service SEO consultancy. The startup aims to take the SEO knowledge he used to build his practice and apply it to online marketing.

55
1 year ago

A new way to communicate in foreign languages, with a built-in translator. The product, called Translator, is being pitched as an easy way to communicate with people from other countries, offering a voice and text translation service.

55
1 year ago

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

55
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.

55
1 year ago

This small startup wants to help people and small businesses create a more controlled and organized sales funnel and plan.

55
11 months ago

A new way to manage personal relationships and social interactions with a platform called "The Space"

55
6 months ago

A CTO-only startup that believes that the startup ecosystem is too tightly coupled, and that a new way to do business is needed.

55
1 year ago

The startup wants to help employers get more out of their employees by making the job experience more personalized. They have a service that tracks the details of a worker’s life and turns it into a personalized, detailed online resume.

54
1 year ago

A social platform that helps people connect to each other based on their shared interest in science, space, and technology. Curricula, which was founded in October, is an educational platform that lets people who share the same interests build a community and “seek, share and teach knowledge” in their area.

54
1 year ago

AdAstra is a startup that uses AI to help retailers create advertising campaigns. The company is headquartered in Singapore and is led by CEO Shaun Hee.

54
1 year ago

Social networking for people with a disability. The startup is building a social network for the disabled, targeting people with autism, and people who are wheelchair-bound.

54
4 months ago

A data analytics tool for banks. The startup, called River, wants to help financial institutions by offering a way to identify a customer’s behavior based on their credit and debit card purchases. It also provides a visual dashboard that lets a business see how well their customers are performing.

54
4 months ago

A global platform for the “knowledge economy” to connect buyers, sellers, and services.

54
3 months ago

A marketing startup that helps brands reach their customers on their terms. The company provides messaging and other marketing tools, as well as a platform called Rx2 that helps brands leverage data, chat bots and more to communicate with their customers.

54
1 year ago

A tool for teaching machine learning, that uses a visual programming language called Keras to help train AI models.

53
1 year ago

A platform that helps farmers sell excess agricultural produce, through an AI-enabled marketplace.

53
1 year ago

A privacy app that makes it easy for anyone to create a "user-controlled" search engine.

53
1 year ago

A dedicated marketplace for business to buy and sell white-labeled apps. The company wants to create another Black Friday-esque “build your own app” experience, letting users build out the app of their dreams.

53
1 year ago

An in-house analytics tool to help small businesses track site activity and optimize their digital marketing and sales efforts. The startup wants to provide both a software solution and a white-labeled service.

53
1 year ago

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

53
1 year ago

This startup is building a smart-home security system that can be controlled with a mobile app, or with a smart speaker like the Amazon Echo.

53
1 year ago

A B2B platform that helps people decide what to do with the Amazon Alexa-enabled devices they already have at home.

53
11 months ago

A mobile, voice-controlled smart thermostat that helps people save on energy costs. Once updated, it’s compatible with all existing HVAC systems, including the ones that were retrofitted for the Nest.

53
9 months ago

A team-based integrator of software that creates a single point of integration for the customer’s business, allowing them to get all their technology installed, configured and working together in one place.

53
2 years ago

A team of former HubSpot and Google employees have created a new startup called Binder that makes it easy for sales and marketing teams to collaborate with one another.

52
1 year ago

Other tech startups that have been featured or profiled in this section include:

52
1 year ago

A startup that’s building out a digital education platform that is open-sharing, student-led, and can adapt to a school’s needs.

52
1 year ago

A startup that’s built a real-time search engine for the blockchain. The startup works by using a decentralized search engine to find blockchains and get detailed information about them.

52
1 year ago

This system for creating “enterprise documentation” is meant to help companies take notes and stay organized by creating a single repository for all their information. The startup is also building a “mock” product called “Docs.io” that allows anyone to create and organize documentation all in one place.

52
1 year ago

A B2B SaaS startup focused on helping companies find, manage and automate their supply chain. The company is led by former McKinsey consultant and CEO, who previously started and sold several companies.

52
1 year ago

A team of developers is building an app called “Todoist” that is meant to be the ultimate productivity app.

52
11 months 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.

52
11 months ago

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

52
11 months ago

A blockchain-powered video platform for publishers, allowing them to monetize their content. The startup’s platform is built on the Ethereum blockchain, with a native token called the Vibe Coin.

52
4 months ago

A company that creates a platform for managing and facilitating user-generated content, called “Community”.

52
4 months ago

A startup that wants to connect people with the knowledge and expertise to do their job better.

52
4 months ago

A new way of doing data visualization, called “dynamic image synthesis.” This is a bit like drawing with an eye dropper.

52
1 year ago

A product that helps engineers build software, including a feature called “Life Cycle” which helps predict when software should be rewritten.

51
1 year ago

A startup for hiring carpenters and electricians. The startup claims to be the only place on the web where you can quickly find a skilled tradesperson.

51
1 year ago

This is a platform for building out personalized customer service — for instance, a startup called Chum’s can take the clickstream data from the customer’s website and use it to predict what questions the customer might ask and how long the customer will spend on their website.

51
11 months ago

A mobile app that helps people lose weight, based on a diet program called the “Bulletproof Diet”.

51
11 months ago

A platform for removing tobacco from the market using a new technique called “vapor extraction”, which pulls the nicotine out of tobacco with water. The startup manufactures the product in a factory in Israel.

51
10 months ago

This startup is looking to create a mobile-enabled micro-insurance product for people who wish to buy more personal insurance without the hassle of dealing with a human being.

51
5 months ago

A startup developing a new robotic material called “micro-cystalline diamond” that it says is 30 times stronger than steel and 10 times stronger than the current strongest ceramics. It’s super-strong and low-density, so it could be used for everything from an aircraft wing to an electric car battery.

51
1 year ago

This startup is building a vision-enabled augmented reality tracking tool for wearables. The product, which launches this year, will be able to track eye movements, and allows users to see through the lens of another person’s smartphone.

50
1 year ago

For companies that have been around for a long time, a digital strategy is often easier said than done. But a new startup called Dacora is looking to make sure these companies can maintain their digital presence for as long as their business does.

50
1 year ago

A global fintech company that provides a way for emerging markets to get loans from traditional banks. The startup has pulled in big names including Bill Clinton, who has joined its advisory board.

50
1 year ago

A software company that offers a platform for people to share their stories of entrepreneurship and entrepreneurship failures (called "Failcast.")

50
1 year ago

A hardware wallet for bitcoin. A recent redesign has brought in some features that were previously only available for the Ledger.

50
1 year ago

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

50
8 months ago

A company that helps businesses with their search advertising. The company is built on a search engine called SmartyStreets, which is built on a sheet of paper and helps users find businesses that match their needs.

50
3 months ago

A flying drone that can deliver packages in the air and drop them at a customer’s location in a controlled fashion.

50
2 months ago

A company on the brink of launching their own cryptocurrency that would use a distributed ledger to make it easier for people to make donations.

50
2 years ago

Idea: A startup that lets you gift someone the ability to see the world, rather than a specific destination. The startup has 2 mentors and 7 founders, all of whom have traveled the world and are building an online community of people who are making the world a better place.

49
1 year ago

Making payments easier for the unbanked, this startup says it is building a crypto-enabled, off-the-grid payment system that will let users send and receive money to their phones.

49
1 year ago

A network of startups working together to build a new ecosystem around distributed ledger technology. The goal is to build a platform that spurs the creation of startups that can power an ecosystem built around blockchain.

49
1 year ago

This startup is building a new generation of web browsers, called “containers”, that work like operating systems. Containers are like virtual machines (VM) in that they run programs inside them, but they’re a lot more flexible. You can build a container that can run a Ruby or a Python, for example, and you can run a container that runs a ton of different kinds of programs. Containers can also be used to run a group of VMs, and VMs can run each other, too. The tech is still in its early days, but it’s a promising tech that’s been used to run the Linux operating system.

49
1 year ago

A startup that wants to help marketers create lead nurturing campaigns that are more personalized and personalized to the target market. It currently has a product called see-now-buy-now, which shows users a personalized ad based on things like their interests and location.

49
1 year ago

A startup looking to use artificial intelligence to turn irregular data into usable knowledge.

49
1 year ago

A new take on the smartphone app, this startup is eliminating the smartphone app and replacing it with a digital card. The company wants to build a card that looks like a plastic card but is actually a virtual payment card. Customers would buy the card and then use that to pay for things. They’re called “seamless payments.”

49
1 year ago

A GitHub alternative that will allow developers to host their code outside of GitHub's walled garden.

49
1 year ago

 A home-sharing app that connects renters with hosts and includes an expense ledger, an app to hold meetings, an inventory system, and a database of contacts. The company is focused on the hospitality and hospitality-adjacent industries.

48
1 year ago

 A digital platform for sharing skills and creating jobs for skilled workers.

48
1 year ago

In July 2019, the company began selling a credit card-sized device called a “pocket hacker” that can replace a key fob with a Bluetooth-connected device that allows you to lock and unlock your vehicle without a key. The pocket hacker has been a popular product at tech and automobile trade shows, and customers pay $99 a month to use the device.

48
1 year ago

An API that generates content for entrepreneurs and startups on the subject of marketing, building out a platform for content creators to share their knowledge with the world.

48
10 months ago

A startup called Protoplasma is building a new kind of ad blocker: one that blocks ads in real time, without having to change your browser. It’s built around the idea of “content blocking”, or reducing the amount of time spent staring at ads while using a browser.

48
10 months ago

It’s a way of buying and selling that alternatives have failed to match: a company that is fully transparent about its workings, based on the idea that you should always be paid what you’re worth.

48
8 months ago

A startup that enables customers to buy, sell, and share their unused apps through a new app called AppShare. AppShare will help developers and app owners get more money out of their apps, and would be a one-stop shop for app users to find, download, and sell used apps.

48
8 months ago

This startup is building a new generation of battery-operated LED that’s brighter and lasts longer than traditional LED lights.

47
7 months ago

This year's list of the top 20 startup accelerators in the world is compiled by CB Insights, and includes new additions from the US and Europe, including two accelerators from the UK.

47
3 months ago

A company that offers a “portal” for companies to post job openings, allowing companies to post and recruit at the same time — a fledgling market with an estimated $5 billion to $10 billion opportunity.

47
3 months ago

A startup that will allow people to attach themselves to a message and send it to specific contacts or friends. Called “rallying”, the app is meant to speed up responses and bring people together.

47
2 months ago

A system to track and monitor pipeline projects, allowing companies to keep a tab on the status of their projects, including detailed project plans and team members.

47
2 years ago

A software company that provides a tool for creating a knowledge base for customer service, with an AI chatbot that helps you solve customer problems.

46
1 year ago

 A startup that wants to help people use their own existing content as a source for their brands. It’s essentially a feed builder for social media, where a user can build a feed from their own feed. The startup’s founders say they’ve reached 10,000 users right after launching, and have doubled in size in the past month.

46
1 year ago

This startup is building a tool that lets cities and companies tag where their waste goes, so that it can be recycled more efficiently.

46
1 year ago

A clothing subscription service that uses a tech-enabled sizing system to fit their clothes in the mail.

46
1 year ago

A tool for creating and deploying automation scripts, called workflows. It’s currently in beta.

46
9 months ago

A startup that wants to build a “knowledge management platform” that would allow people to easily share information about their businesses and the best practices for running them.

46
8 months ago

A product that helps doctors write prescriptions digitally and seamlessly. The startup is building a digital platform that lets doctors manage the flow of prescriptions, including those for controlled substances, pain management, and common prescriptions.

46
5 months ago

A startup aiming to make it easy to identify and reach people who are so-called “unbanked”, who don’t have bank accounts. The startup says that they have over 6 million unbanked people in the US alone.

46
1 year ago

A new way to organize and share knowledge across the world, connecting people who have similar interests and experiences.

45
1 year 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.

45
1 year ago

A game for mobile device users that uses a game mechanic called “Twilight Syndrome.” The game’s goal is to help users overcome their fears.

45
1 year ago

The startup says it’s building the “Wiki for accounting”, but that’s not clear from the demo. Ledger is a software company building a cloud-based accounting platform for small businesses.

45
1 year ago

A “voice-controlled assistant” meant to be the next iteration of Amazon Echo, but with a focus on controlling lights and other in-home devices.

45
11 months ago

This startup is building a platform for social selling. The beta is being rolled out on Twitter and Instagram and it plans to build a full-fledged product in the future.

45
8 months ago

The startup is building a $2.5 million Series A that is being led by a group of angel investors including Larry Kim and Evan Sharp, who are launching a new venture fund that will support startups that work on mobile messaging and payments.

45
7 months ago

A company that helps law firms and lawyers use social media to broadcast their work and generate leads. It’s a free service that’s billed on a monthly basis.

45
5 months ago

This startup wants to help businesses and individuals make better decisions by using crowd knowledge.

45
4 months ago

This startup is building a “blockchain-enabled” supply chain logistics platform to enable companies to “tap into commerce with the world”.

45
2 months ago

A company that’s building an application that would let people raise money by pledging money to a cause.

45
2 months ago

A platform for people to earn rent and get connected to services using investments in an app called Invoice.

45
1 year ago

The concept is a “dynamic price guide” that helps consumers decide on the best price for a product. It’s a knowledge base of price comparison numbers and historical data to help users decide which store has the best price.

44
1 year ago

A company that helps states build a network of local dispensaries. The startup currently provides software to the Colorado Department of Revenue, which they say has led to the creation of 2,000 jobs.

44
1 year ago

A smart card that can be used to pay your utility bills. The company also offers a subscription service that sends billed charges directly to your card.

44
1 year ago

A company building an open-source platform for mobile games with a technology called “user-generated content”. The company is building an online platform for mobile games that allows users to create new content and then use it in other games.

44
11 months ago

A task scheduler that enables users to create “micro-tasks” that can be scheduled and completed at a time of their choosing.

44
11 months ago

A tech-enabled financial advisor, allowing customers to communicate with their advisor via email, text, chat, and phone. The startup is a spin-out from the University of Texas and is currently focused on the US market.

44
11 months ago

A startup in the process of launching a $1 billion new venture fund called the FinTech Fund that will invest in the future of money, especially in the FinTech sector. They’re looking for “unicorns” (startups valued at over $1 billion) in the financial technology sector.

44
9 months ago

One of the most ambitious startups at Demo, Abhi makes a “facial recognition” security system that can be installed on home doors or windows to let you know when someone tries to come in.

44
7 months ago

A company that develops and manufactures smart devices, including a voice-enabled robot that can make purchases and get service information, which they’re hoping to sell to big box retailers.

44
6 months ago

A startup that delivers a suite of services for small businesses. The business is built on a service called Hubsmash that automatically connects remote workers with employers via Slack.

44
6 months ago

A startup that makes a smart home product called the “Tilt,” a hub that can connect to other smart home devices, such as the Nest thermostat, to make them work together to save energy and set schedules.

44
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.

43
1 year ago

A company that helps small businesses and companies of all sizes create “lean-forward” websites and apps. The company has a number of products aimed at helping this process, including an earlier app that lets you create templates and prototype a mobile app. This week they launched a new product called Twig, which is a platform that lets you create a prototype of your product in a matter of minutes.

43
1 year ago

This startup has apparently built a real-time, social network for your dog, or at least a way for you to communicate with your dog. The service is called Peek, and it’s a new way to get a pet’s attention and celebrate with them.

43
11 months ago

A platform that enables cars to give rides to the elderly and disabled.

43
10 months ago

A tool for pairing workplaces with skilled tradesmen.

43
10 months ago

A platform for finding and hiring skilled construction workers

43
9 months ago

A startup that curates, stores and cross-sells expert knowledge on a single topic. It’s a website that also has a mobile version that curates and cross-sells expert knowledge on a single topic with a focus on finance.

43
9 months ago

The Philadelphia Business Journal also has a weekly feature called "Philadelphia Startup Spotlight", which highlights Philly startups. It highlights the company's most recent news and trends, and interviews the CEO.

43
9 months ago

Plair is a platform that allows users to earn rewards and pay for goods and services through an app or through a credit card. Users can earn points called Plair Points, which can be redeemed for goods and services.

43
9 months ago

A new way to view ads in the mobile app world. The startup uses a new technology called “visual search” to allow users to swipe through ads, rather than the traditional method of text-searching ads. It’s being tested with a few companies.

43
8 months ago

A simple way for people who use a wheelchair to move around with their phone. The startup wants to build a Bluetooth-enabled wheelchair that can be controlled with a smartphone. The wheelchair will come with a suite of sensors that will allow users to walk and even hop over obstacles.

43
1 year ago

A digital ledger for e-commerce transactions. The team works on the idea that all of the blockchain apps that have emerged in the last few years will eventually intertwine.

42
1 year ago

A new way to connect with friends, co-workers and family members by sharing your location, knowledge and interests.

42
11 months ago

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

42
9 months ago

A hardware startup that sells a low-cost, low-energy, laser-based 3D printer that can print out objects from a 3D file. The team at PRINT.AI is led by a serial entrepreneur who has participated in Y Combinator, including projects such as Exakte and Foundry.

42
7 months ago

 A CPG startup making a product called "Coffee.io" that uses the same smartphone-based sensor technology as Fitbit, but with coffee instead of steps.

42
7 months ago

 A tool for helping commuters get to their train station on time, called "Trip Planner."

42
3 months ago

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

42
1 year ago

This company is working on a “P2P” trading platform for the long-tail of penny stocks. What sets it apart from other trading platforms is that it’s built on a distributed ledger rather than a traditional database, meaning that it can respond to market fluctuations in real time.

41
1 year ago

A startup called Vostu is building a tool that helps users translate and interpret data into more accessible formats. The current service runs on Slack, but is also available as a standalone product. Vostu also offers a translator for users to translate into other languages, and plans to launch an AI-powered translation service in the future.

41
11 months ago

In an effort to better understand the impact of its product, Yext is conducting real-time behavioral tracking tests of its software and the effects of it being installed on the web. Yext already has a number of users and revenue from companies like Airbnb, Pinterest, and Yelp.

41
10 months ago

Medical device company that wants to bring a patient-controlled insulin pump to market.

41
10 months ago

A tech-enabled solution for the back-end of a recruitment-focused startup for employee onboarding and management.

41
9 months ago

A platform that helps parents manage their children’s everything from school and extracurricular activities to college visits and birthdays. The founders say they’ve launched a beta version of the platform that lets parents order and schedule activities, and set rules around cancelling and rescheduling. The founders also have a personal story about how their startup led them to discover their company’s mission.

41
9 months 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.

41
3 months ago

A patent-pending cloud-based system for (1) recruiting and (2) retaining knowledge workers. The startup is working on using social media to connect workers with employers, which it says is more effective at job-hopping than traditional recruiters.

41
3 months ago

A platform for finding off-the-beaten-path travel deals. The founding team traveled the country for a year for research before the founding.

41
1 year ago

An open-source, community-driven distributed ledger system that’s designed to enable companies to cut down on large amounts of paperwork and paperwork fraud.

40
1 year ago

A platform that aims to bring “authentic, personalized experiences to the masses.” The company’s first product, a chatbot called Rosa, is meant to help take on the Facebook Messenger bot monopoly and is already used by a number of companies.

40
1 year ago

A startup from China that builds video games around a concept called “social finance” where the players make bets with their friends and the company that the outcome of the game will influence. For example, the company could build a game where the company that wins the bet could lobby for laws favorable to them.

40
11 months ago

The team behind mobile health startup, MintMD, is launching a new company called Nanograph to develop the first full-spectrum digital X-ray system. The startup says the system will be able to use a digital camera to capture and display an image in real time, with the ability to zoom in on a specific part of the body, and will be able to show the same image to a physician, who can review it with a phone.

40
11 months ago

A tool for tracking your fitness, with a fitness tracker that measures things like your heart rate and distance. The startup is working on a product called the

40
10 months ago

A startup that’s launched in the U.S. and Australia and is launching in the UK, Singapore and Singapore. The startup, which has over 10 employees, is meant to replace the hiring process with a more efficient “hiring in a box” model. The startup also aims to provide a more complete and detailed profile for candidates, as well as be able to match people to jobs based on their skills and experience.

40
7 months ago

A platform for managing rental and credit card payments, with help for real estate agents. The startup is pitched as a general ledger for the real estate industry.

40
5 months ago

Building a Slack-like platform for the European market where companies can create their own channels. In the US there’s already a Slack-like company called Slack that has over 9 million users, with a valuation of $2 billion.

40
5 months ago

A digital assistant that allows you to ask your Alexa-enabled home device to do things like send a text message (for example, to someone with a mobile phone), set an alarm, or set a reminder.

40
2 months ago

A platform for customer support that allows employees to give customers a detailed response to their queries.

40
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”.

39
1 year ago

An AI chatbot that helps developers with technical support, giving them access to the knowledge of a group of developers who specialize in different areas. The startup was founded on May 11th.

39
8 months ago

A platform that helps health insurance companies and employers manage benefits. The platform, called Medi-Advantage, helps companies set up and manage health plans.

39
7 months ago

A startup that makes online-only courses available to enrolled students, who can watch them during a class or at their own pace.

39
6 months ago

A digital ledger for tracking the ownership of documents, so that people can more easily prove their ownership and avoid fraud.

39
4 months ago

A home automation platform that can be installed on a home’s thermostat and provide alerts when a user is coming home or an alarm goes off.

39
2 months ago

The startup is building an app to help people manage their money and save for retirement with an investment platform called My Retirement Plan.

39
2 months ago

A freelancing marketplace for skilled and semi-skilled labor.

39
11 months ago

A tool for managing your network of freelancers. It’s a simple app that helps you keep track of your freelance gigs, pay them on time, and get billed at the end of each month.

38
11 months ago

The president of a company called Trip Monitor, who spoke about the startup in a recent episode of The Startup Podcast, says that Trip Monitor, which is built on the idea that hotels should give consumers a “tiered” experience when it comes to online reviews, has built up a database of over 10 million hotel reviews.

38
9 months ago

Rural Electric is a Tennessee-based startup producing a clean energy product called a "solar dryer," a small device that uses a solar thermal panel to heat air and dry laundry.

38
9 months ago

An AI-enabled messaging app that helps users track who they’re communicating with, and to whom they’re sending messages. The startup is unusual in that it’s a messaging app, not a social network. It is also similar in some ways to the messaging app Telegram.

38
8 months ago

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

38
8 months ago

A company that aims to help companies get more out of their existing data without having to hire expensive data scientists. It’s called DataFact because it’s not just about data, it’s also about factoring in other factors like quality, quantity and timeliness.

38
8 months ago

A company that provides an online knowledge base for local service providers, allowing them to source different types of services from a wider pool of people.

38
7 months ago

A company that helps companies process credit card transactions using an API. It uses a machine learning technology called Credly to integrate the data into their system.

38
3 months ago

A personal finance management tool for children. The company’s product, called “I Can Be Millionaire” is available in the UK, Australia and New Zealand.

38
29 days ago

A startup that helps disabled people find their voices. The app helps users choose what voice they use in different situations, and then re-enacts their daily activities to help them find their voice.

38
2 years ago

A startup that’s built an open-source, artific