Living Startup Ideas

3 years ago

A startup for people who want to rent out their living room, garage or basement space to Airbnb/VRBO/HomeAway-like home-sharing services in cities across the US.

264

5 years ago

A company that helps people who want to be independent living at home avoid the costs associated with needing an in-home caregiver.

231

3 years ago

A dating app for people living in the US that claims to be “better than Tinder”, with features like a “health score”, a “work score”, and a “social score”

196

5 years ago

A personal robot designed to help people with mobility impairments, with a goal to help them live more independently and improve daily living.

194

5 years ago

A cost of living comparison tool for millennials

179

5 years ago

On-demand laundry, dry cleaning, and dry-cleaning pickup service designed to make urban living easier.

178

4 years ago

A business that helps freelancers make a living on the side by providing them with access to a portfolio of projects, like a site or portfolio manager, social media management, and a customer service platform.

175

5 years ago

This startup’s goal is to “improve the lives of those living with opioid addiction”.

166

5 years ago

A tool to help people make a living using their talents. They have $2,000 in monthly revenue.

166

5 years ago

A way for people to rent out their spare bedrooms and living rooms on Airbnb, or even to create an entire home on the platform.

160

4 years ago

The goal of this startup is to help consumers shop for services that match their needs, rather than relying on recommendations from friends and family. The company looks to compete with platforms like Groupon and LivingSocial by selling subscriptions that will take care of the customer. The startup is already working with a number of Wal-Mart and Kroger stores.

159

5 years ago

A startup that provides a service to help people with their immigration paperwork (basically lawyer) A startup that provides an alternative to Airbnb for people to rent out their homes (which they are not living in)

156

5 years ago

A startup that helps lawyers make a living by using the power of data to find better ways to find clients.

150

5 years ago

New York - New York City is home to the largest financial district in the world, but the cost of living for interns in this area is so high that it’s difficult for companies to entice young talent to stay. This startup, known as Give, wants to make it easier for companies to hire interns.

142

2 years ago

A startup for people to earn a living by writing content for brands and publishers. People who write for brands often don’t get paid much. Desire is a platform that puts people into revenue share programs, allowing writers to earn $7,500 per article.

142

3 years 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.

139

5 years ago

An employee-owned co-living space in the heart of New York City in which residents can rent private rooms for $1,000 a month with monthly fees of $200.

129

5 years ago

A company that uses machine learning to create products that help senior citizens with activities of daily living, such as shopping, banking and making phone calls.

127

5 years ago

A way for people who need to move into a new apartment to take a photo of their living room or kitchen and quickly see a comprehensive price list of what it would cost to remodel it. The startup says it’s profitable and has a $150,000 monthly revenue run rate.

127

3 years ago

A platform for people looking to rent out living rooms, offices or spare rooms

126

5 years ago

A “co-living” startup focused on the business side of student housing and aiming to become the Airbnb of college housing

125

4 years ago

Uncover is a program that helps smart, talented people make a living from their interests.

125

5 years ago

The soft-spoken CEO of Young Living believes that as the industry gains more attention, it will lose the stigma it once had — and that “the stigma will fall like a rock”.

124

5 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.

122

4 years ago

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

122

5 years ago

A startup that aggregates and analyzes information about the cost of living and quality of life in a location to help people decide where to move

115

5 years ago

A startup that wants to let you automate your living room with the click of a button.

115

5 years ago

A home care services startup that helps seniors living in their own homes with tasks like cleaning and laundry.

115

5 years ago

This company builds digital assistants for developing countries, aiming to make it easy for them to get work done while using technology in ways that are not possible when living in resource-limited areas.

111

2 years ago

This startup is building a virtual assistant for people living in the suburbs that helps them organize the myriad of tasks they do every day.

111

4 years ago

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

110

5 years ago

A healthcare AI platform that enables assisted living providers to better manage their patients and provide better quality of care.

107

3 years ago

A guide for Americans living abroad to apply for American citizenship.

107

5 years ago

A new startup that makes your living room into a “smart home”, with smart lighting, connected appliances, and smart security cameras.

106

4 years ago

One of the most important parts of the mission is to create a platform that allows workers to generate a living wage while keeping them connected to their friends and family.

106

5 years ago

A grocery delivery business in the UK. Postmates offers services like same-day grocery delivery, which is especially useful to people living in urban environments where it’s hard to get to grocery stores.

100

3 years ago

A platform that lets consumers buy products from their living room via a connected TV

96

4 years ago

A way to manage a person’s rent payments and other living expense in a single, easy to use interface.

93

5 years ago

The startup is a service that helps you find out who your neighbors are, and helps you get in touch with them. You can use the service to find out where they live, what they do for a living, and how well they get along with their people.

92

4 years ago

The company helps streamers make money by renting out their Twitch channels. For example, the company will help streamer joan_j. make a living by helping her stream her game and get paid in advance for it.

89

4 years ago

A startup that wants to be the Uber of home-sharing. It offers homeowners the ability to list their living space on a platform meant to match interested guests with the right homes in the right locations.

87

3 years ago

A network for sharing tips and tricks on all the things, from cooking to sewing to living.

87

4 years ago

A startup that wants to help people make a living from freelance writing. The company currently has a few thousand subscribers, and they’ve had a few hundred paid customers since launching in Fall 2018.

86

3 years ago

A startup that hopes to help people build better online dating profiles. It’s building a service that will do the work for you and make your profile personalized, similar to how Groupon, LivingSocial and other startups have done for offline events.

83

3 years ago

This SaaS platform connects businesses with customers and notaries in a single, streamlined experience. It’s a virtual living room where users can conduct real-time video meetings.

81

4 years ago

A startup that wants to build a social credit system in China. They say that if you’re the type of person who might not be able to get a loan in China — like someone living in a rural village — then your credit score will be pretty low. The startup wants to build an online platform to expand the reach of credit scores to everyone.

79

3 years ago

A “Netflix for frequent fliers” that helps passengers book flights, hotels and rental cars from the comfort of their living room.

79

4 years ago

The startup is developing a global network of “Barista of the Future” in 20 countries where them will be a barista in a coffee shop, and they earn a living wage. The program is designed to provide baristas with the skills they need to run their own business, and to help them start their own locations.

78

4 years ago

The startup, which has raised $10 million, is building a way to make it easier to get the healthcare data you need from your medical records, and is also building a way to make a living by helping others get that same data.

77

4 years ago

A full-stack mobile app for local businesses with a focus on food and drink, designed for city living.

77

3 years ago

Empowering people with disabilities to improve their quality of life through home accessibility and independent living products.

75

3 years ago

A micro loan (think Kiva) for women living in rural India

74

3 years ago

A startup that launched with a $1.2 million seed round in 2014. The startup aims to build a “local living search” app that helps a user find a place to live based on the user’s location data.

73

4 years ago

A startup that helps people who don’t have full cost of living insurance by allowing them to pay a small amount to get a certificate that covers those costs, in case they get injured.

72

4 years ago

This startup wants to help the elderly person move on from their house, yard, and social life, with a system that will automatically notify family members when an adult is living alone, coming and going, and in need of assistance.

72

3 years ago

A startup that’s building a solution to the problem of hiring people in India, where the cost of living is high and the population is big.

72

3 years ago

A startup that helps people make a living from their passions by allowing them to share photos and videos across different platforms to create a living wage in the form of subscriptions and licensing fees.

71

4 years ago

The company’s mission is to help the elderly maintain their independence, and wants to provide a “one-stop shop” for emergency and long-term living needs. They’re also bringing an e-commerce product to market for seniors to find and shop for the products they need.

70

3 years ago

A “personal steward” for the homeless. The startup works with homeless shelters, putting in their time and earning them a living wage.

69

3 years ago

The startup is developing a new kind of appliance that can be used both inside and out of the home. It can be used as a coffee machine in the kitchen, a set-top box in the living room and as a smart plug elsewhere.

68

3 years ago

A startup that aims to help new immigrants to the US living in shelters find jobs.

67

3 years ago

The company claims that its software allows people to get paid for their time spent texting and talking to their customers, making it easier for social media influencers to generate a living from promoting brands without having to have an expensive advertising budget.

65

3 years ago

A private security firm that guards luxury homes and offices against intrusion. The startup is based out of Chicago, where the cost of living and real estate prices are high.

64

3 years ago

A company that produces high-performance stoves that are “perfect for off grid living”.

64

3 years ago

A micro-finance platform that helps people living in the slums of Mumbai to build and manage micro-loans.

63

3 years ago

A poker app built on top of a “living game” that allows users to play in the app and earn bonuses for playing. Users can earn cash for playing in the app and play for points. The startup’s goal is to create a “social environment around poker”.

62

4 years ago

A startup that provides the ability to create and manage "living wills" for individuals to draft their own final wishes, with the goal of giving people peace of mind.

61

3 years ago

A personal concierge for people living in cities who want to rent homes in their neighbourhood.

60

3 years ago

This startup wants to help people make a living writing. It began with a response to a New York Times article about the income gap between writers and tech workers.

60

2 years ago

An online platform that helps people to plan their lives in a way that matches their values. The startup wants to create a tool that helps people live their lives, rather than living theirs.

60

4 years ago

This product helps people who are currently living in an apartment or house but need to move into a larger space. The company wants to make renting an apartment more seamless for people.

58

3 years ago

A $1,000 “social mobility investment fund” for people living in poverty in the US.

58

3 years ago

A “place to be” startup that provides digital entertainment and experiences on larger screens, like living room TVs and monitors.

55

3 years ago

Pickup is a way to make delivery easier for people who can’t or won’t have cars. The company says that over 20,000 people in the US are currently living without cars. Pickup has partnered with parking garages, allowing them to provide pickup from their lots, thus reducing the overall cost of a pickup.

54

2 years ago

A company that aims to help people make a living by selling their skills in online video games to fans of games like World of Warcraft, Counter-Strike, and League of Legends.

54

3 years ago

A platform that allows you to move your living room to your office and vice versa

49

2 years ago

In 2014, the U.S. Census Bureau reported that the number of Americans living in poverty had fallen from 15.2 million in 2007 to 12.5 million in 2013, but it remains at 20% of the population. In contrast, the poverty rate for China is around 3%, and for India it is roughly 20%.

47

3 years ago

This startup is working on a social network for group-living. It’s similar to AirBnB for housing, with a focus on making it easy for families to share living space.

46

3 years ago

A startup that creates a platform for community-driven “living labs” in developing countries, which use mobile phone technology to help communities make the best of their limited resources.

44

3 years ago

An automated system that helps property managers track who is living in their buildings, keeping a running count of who is at buildings at any given time, and monitoring their performance.

44

2 years ago

People in developing countries think they’re living in a developed country. Algorama uses GPS to help them see their actual location.

43

2 years ago

This startup takes a page from the Airbnb playbook, allowing people to rent out their extra space in their homes as an option to earn money, as well as living space. It’s currently dealing with issues regarding the legality of this model in the UK.

41

3 years ago

A startup that helps cities and towns track who is living in their buildings, and make sure that people are paying their rent. Care/Stor helps cities and towns get a more complete picture of their rental properties, and helps them react more quickly to tenants who don’t pay rent.

40

2 years ago

A college student living in the US could apply for a scholarship, but they’d have to spend weeks getting their paperwork in order. Oren makes it easier, and has already helped students pay for college.

35

2 years ago

A robot that helps detect non-living objects in the world for things like furniture and flooring.

31

2 years ago

A startup that lets you do a better job of organizing your living room.

31

2 years ago

A Chrome extension that makes it easy to find and redeem coupons on sites like Groupon and Living Social. Coupons for the essentials like groceries, electronics, and restaurants are built into the extension.

30

2 years ago

A startup that wants to make healthcare more accessible to people living in developing countries. The startup believes that its model of using mobile phones to pay for healthcare services will be a more accessible option for people in rural areas who don’t have access to traditional healthcare. It’s looking to partner with companies like Walmart and the Gates Foundation to help its cause.

29

2 years ago

A startup to help freelance writers generate content to help them earn a living. The startup gives writers a number of “clients” to work on and a price per project.

29

2 years ago

Y Combinator was founded in 2005 by Paul Graham and Jessica Livingston. The company is headquartered in Mountain View, California, with a satellite office in New York City.

27

2 years ago

This is a startup that puts a “living database” together for companies, which it says lowers the cost of customer acquisition and retention

27

2 years ago

A U.S.-based company that helps Americans living in Mexico get a ride home when they get drunk.

26

2 years ago

A company that helps people, particularly people with disabilities and those living in remote areas, find jobs. It uses a phone app to connect people with employers, with the company saying it has 10,000 users and 3,000 employers on its platform.

25

2 years ago

A digital assistant for people living in rural Kenya, meant to help them access resources.

24

2 years ago

A company building a platform for the co-living industry, allowing travelers to book with hosts and see ratings and reviews.

21

2 years ago

A startup that provides “hippie-style” living to people looking for a more sustainable lifestyle. It provides a studio apartment with a studio bed, desk, and a kitchen that lets people live in a “micro-home” with their roommates.

20

2 years ago

A startup that builds intelligent living space with new technologies.

18

2 years ago

A new way to play video games. It’s a room-scale controller that allows for table-top and living room gaming.

15

2 years ago

A co-living startup that wants to bring together communities in shared spaces, all with in-house amenities like restaurants, fitness centers, meeting spaces, and more.

15

2 years ago

A startup that offers a way for those who are “committed to living a healthy lifestyle” to track their food and exercise expenses.

12

2 years ago

An online marketplace that connects small business with local buyers using a “local living guide.”

11

5 years ago

Idea: Our solution is a device for the living room that uses machine learning to capture the attention of kids and young adults, while at the same time, it also monitors and protects them The device allows parents to stream media to the TV, including YouTube and Netflix, while also monitoring TV time and detecting any inappropriate content

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5 years ago

Idea: Earning a living as a full-time freelancer

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5 years ago

Idea: A startup that is creating a marketplace for short-term rentals for living spaces in the US that are under-utilized. They’re currently working with hotel brands to provide these services to employees and other guests.

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5 years ago

Idea: A startup that helps people living in countries with low credit scores get loans. The company claims to have an 80% approval rate for people with FICO scores under 550.

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5 years ago

A startup that sells herbal supplements to support healthy living

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Living Startup Ideas

A startup for people who want to rent out their living room, garage or basement space to Airbnb/VRBO/HomeAway-like home-sharing services in cities across the US.

A company that helps people who want to be independent living at home avoid the costs associated with needing an in-home caregiver.

A dating app for people living in the US that claims to be “better than Tinder”, with features like a “health score”, a “work score”, and a “social score”

A personal robot designed to help people with mobility impairments, with a goal to help them live more independently and improve daily living.

A cost of living comparison tool for millennials

On-demand laundry, dry cleaning, and dry-cleaning pickup service designed to make urban living easier.

A business that helps freelancers make a living on the side by providing them with access to a portfolio of projects, like a site or portfolio manager, social media management, and a customer service platform.

This startup’s goal is to “improve the lives of those living with opioid addiction”.

A tool to help people make a living using their talents. They have $2,000 in monthly revenue.

A way for people to rent out their spare bedrooms and living rooms on Airbnb, or even to create an entire home on the platform.

A startup that provides a service to help people with their immigration paperwork (basically lawyer) A startup that provides an alternative to Airbnb for people to rent out their homes (which they are not living in)

A startup that helps lawyers make a living by using the power of data to find better ways to find clients.

New York - New York City is home to the largest financial district in the world, but the cost of living for interns in this area is so high that it’s difficult for companies to entice young talent to stay. This startup, known as Give, wants to make it easier for companies to hire interns.

A startup for people to earn a living by writing content for brands and publishers. People who write for brands often don’t get paid much. Desire is a platform that puts people into revenue share programs, allowing writers to earn $7,500 per article.

An employee-owned co-living space in the heart of New York City in which residents can rent private rooms for $1,000 a month with monthly fees of $200.

A company that uses machine learning to create products that help senior citizens with activities of daily living, such as shopping, banking and making phone calls.

A way for people who need to move into a new apartment to take a photo of their living room or kitchen and quickly see a comprehensive price list of what it would cost to remodel it. The startup says it’s profitable and has a $150,000 monthly revenue run rate.

A platform for people looking to rent out living rooms, offices or spare rooms

A “co-living” startup focused on the business side of student housing and aiming to become the Airbnb of college housing

Uncover is a program that helps smart, talented people make a living from their interests.

The soft-spoken CEO of Young Living believes that as the industry gains more attention, it will lose the stigma it once had — and that “the stigma will fall like a rock”.

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.

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

A startup that aggregates and analyzes information about the cost of living and quality of life in a location to help people decide where to move

A startup that wants to let you automate your living room with the click of a button.

A home care services startup that helps seniors living in their own homes with tasks like cleaning and laundry.

This company builds digital assistants for developing countries, aiming to make it easy for them to get work done while using technology in ways that are not possible when living in resource-limited areas.

This startup is building a virtual assistant for people living in the suburbs that helps them organize the myriad of tasks they do every day.

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

A healthcare AI platform that enables assisted living providers to better manage their patients and provide better quality of care.

A guide for Americans living abroad to apply for American citizenship.

A new startup that makes your living room into a “smart home”, with smart lighting, connected appliances, and smart security cameras.

One of the most important parts of the mission is to create a platform that allows workers to generate a living wage while keeping them connected to their friends and family.

A grocery delivery business in the UK. Postmates offers services like same-day grocery delivery, which is especially useful to people living in urban environments where it’s hard to get to grocery stores.

A platform that lets consumers buy products from their living room via a connected TV

A way to manage a person’s rent payments and other living expense in a single, easy to use interface.

The startup is a service that helps you find out who your neighbors are, and helps you get in touch with them. You can use the service to find out where they live, what they do for a living, and how well they get along with their people.

The company helps streamers make money by renting out their Twitch channels. For example, the company will help streamer joan_j. make a living by helping her stream her game and get paid in advance for it.

A startup that wants to be the Uber of home-sharing. It offers homeowners the ability to list their living space on a platform meant to match interested guests with the right homes in the right locations.

A network for sharing tips and tricks on all the things, from cooking to sewing to living.

A startup that wants to help people make a living from freelance writing. The company currently has a few thousand subscribers, and they’ve had a few hundred paid customers since launching in Fall 2018.

A startup that hopes to help people build better online dating profiles. It’s building a service that will do the work for you and make your profile personalized, similar to how Groupon, LivingSocial and other startups have done for offline events.

This SaaS platform connects businesses with customers and notaries in a single, streamlined experience. It’s a virtual living room where users can conduct real-time video meetings.

A “Netflix for frequent fliers” that helps passengers book flights, hotels and rental cars from the comfort of their living room.

The startup, which has raised $10 million, is building a way to make it easier to get the healthcare data you need from your medical records, and is also building a way to make a living by helping others get that same data.

A full-stack mobile app for local businesses with a focus on food and drink, designed for city living.

Empowering people with disabilities to improve their quality of life through home accessibility and independent living products.

A micro loan (think Kiva) for women living in rural India

A startup that launched with a $1.2 million seed round in 2014. The startup aims to build a “local living search” app that helps a user find a place to live based on the user’s location data.

A startup that helps people who don’t have full cost of living insurance by allowing them to pay a small amount to get a certificate that covers those costs, in case they get injured.

This startup wants to help the elderly person move on from their house, yard, and social life, with a system that will automatically notify family members when an adult is living alone, coming and going, and in need of assistance.

A startup that’s building a solution to the problem of hiring people in India, where the cost of living is high and the population is big.

A startup that helps people make a living from their passions by allowing them to share photos and videos across different platforms to create a living wage in the form of subscriptions and licensing fees.

The company’s mission is to help the elderly maintain their independence, and wants to provide a “one-stop shop” for emergency and long-term living needs. They’re also bringing an e-commerce product to market for seniors to find and shop for the products they need.

A “personal steward” for the homeless. The startup works with homeless shelters, putting in their time and earning them a living wage.

The startup is developing a new kind of appliance that can be used both inside and out of the home. It can be used as a coffee machine in the kitchen, a set-top box in the living room and as a smart plug elsewhere.

A startup that aims to help new immigrants to the US living in shelters find jobs.

The company claims that its software allows people to get paid for their time spent texting and talking to their customers, making it easier for social media influencers to generate a living from promoting brands without having to have an expensive advertising budget.

A private security firm that guards luxury homes and offices against intrusion. The startup is based out of Chicago, where the cost of living and real estate prices are high.

A company that produces high-performance stoves that are “perfect for off grid living”.

A micro-finance platform that helps people living in the slums of Mumbai to build and manage micro-loans.

A poker app built on top of a “living game” that allows users to play in the app and earn bonuses for playing. Users can earn cash for playing in the app and play for points. The startup’s goal is to create a “social environment around poker”.

A startup that provides the ability to create and manage "living wills" for individuals to draft their own final wishes, with the goal of giving people peace of mind.

A personal concierge for people living in cities who want to rent homes in their neighbourhood.

This startup wants to help people make a living writing. It began with a response to a New York Times article about the income gap between writers and tech workers.

An online platform that helps people to plan their lives in a way that matches their values. The startup wants to create a tool that helps people live their lives, rather than living theirs.

This product helps people who are currently living in an apartment or house but need to move into a larger space. The company wants to make renting an apartment more seamless for people.

A $1,000 “social mobility investment fund” for people living in poverty in the US.

A “place to be” startup that provides digital entertainment and experiences on larger screens, like living room TVs and monitors.

A company that aims to help people make a living by selling their skills in online video games to fans of games like World of Warcraft, Counter-Strike, and League of Legends.

A platform that allows you to move your living room to your office and vice versa

In 2014, the U.S. Census Bureau reported that the number of Americans living in poverty had fallen from 15.2 million in 2007 to 12.5 million in 2013, but it remains at 20% of the population. In contrast, the poverty rate for China is around 3%, and for India it is roughly 20%.

This startup is working on a social network for group-living. It’s similar to AirBnB for housing, with a focus on making it easy for families to share living space.

A startup that creates a platform for community-driven “living labs” in developing countries, which use mobile phone technology to help communities make the best of their limited resources.

An automated system that helps property managers track who is living in their buildings, keeping a running count of who is at buildings at any given time, and monitoring their performance.

People in developing countries think they’re living in a developed country. Algorama uses GPS to help them see their actual location.

This startup takes a page from the Airbnb playbook, allowing people to rent out their extra space in their homes as an option to earn money, as well as living space. It’s currently dealing with issues regarding the legality of this model in the UK.