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2 years ago

A startup that sells clothes designed by students of fashion schools

2,070
2 years ago

A tool for assessing the value of real estate assets like buildings, parking lots, and more.

1,625
3 months ago

A startup selling the basics (like food, clothing, etc.) in a way that allows users to add a custom sticker of their own photo to the product. The startup has been operating for a year, and has been profitable since day 1.

536
2 years ago

A search engine for fashion companies to find clothes and accessories that go well together, cut for a specific body type, or are made with sustainable materials.

203
1 year ago

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

202
1 year 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.

190
2 years ago

A startup that provides a service to help people make their own clothing (picking the fabric, selecting and combining patterns, etc)

187
1 year ago

There are a lot of really great ideas out there, and we’re only just getting started.

187
2 years ago

A startup that sells a service where they take your clothing and make it in to new pieces of clothing

169
2 years ago

Makes your iPhone photos look better. The startup takes a lot of photos and fixes them up, including helping with color.

166
2 years ago

 This startup wants to bring a lot of the Nintendo-style collectible card game experience to startups, allowing them to create teams and battle each other in person or online.

163
1 year ago

A startup for employees to manage their vacation time and allotment of paid time off.

163
2 years ago

Idea: A tool to help people who don’t have a lot of money to buy Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies

162
2 years ago

A tool to help users manage their personal data and communications in one place. The startup is currently working with 2 enterprise pilots.

162
1 year ago

A company that creates digital prints from the images of people, who upload their own images and the company’s prints are then rendered by using a computer vision. The prints can be sold as prints, clothing, or art.

162
2 years ago

A startup that gives people a way to donate their old clothes to charities and non-profits

161
2 years ago

A fast-food delivery service that can deliver food to you in under 15 minutes. Their model is a bit like Uber Eats, but they’ve automated a lot of the process so you can order online, and the food will be delivered to you.

156
2 years ago

When you want to buy a new coat, you order it from a store. When you want to buy a new car, you do the same, and your credit card company gets in touch with you. When you want to buy a new smartphone, you have to go through the same process. It’s a bit of a hassle, and it costs a lot of money.

153
2 years ago

A clothing company and platform that allows users to create and sell custom-fitted clothes online.

151
1 year ago

A company that makes a men’s clothing line and allows customers to create their own tailored suit

151
2 years ago

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

150
2 years ago

A platform that turns any physical object into a digital token, like a phone case or a piece of clothing. The idea is that these tokens are collectible, to help people get the most out of their physical possessions.

150
2 years ago

A new way of looking at the way people travel, with a mobile-first approach. The company is piloting in a few markets in the US.

146
2 years ago

A platform for micro-transactions for online merchants. The startup wants to eliminate the need for credit cards. The startup has its first pilot under its belt, with $300,000 in monthly revenue.

145
2 years ago

A way to create branded and custom clothes with screenshots or photos.

145
2 years ago

A software platform that helps cities find their best locations for parking garages and lots for cars.

142
1 year ago

This startup is building an online marketplace for electric cars to sell and buy cars. The startup is currently in the pilot phase.

142
2 years ago

A startup that helps people to buy and sell used cars, which helps save the environment. The entrepreneurs say that they’ve seen a lot of interest in the platform from US car dealerships.

141
2 years ago

A tool for getting a lot of attention on social media, especially Twitter. It's basically a social media management app that helps you build a plan for driving lots of followers, likes, retweets, etc.

138
2 years ago

This startup’s tagline is “the first real-time CRM.” It works similarly to any other CRM, but with one key difference: it’s real-time and works a lot like a chat. It’s also very simple.

138
2 years ago

A company that helps crews build and launch new apps without a lot of upfront capital. It’s launching with an app that helps small businesses with the software development process—from project definition to iteration on a prototype to launch.

138
2 years ago

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

138
2 years ago

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

137
1 year ago

An online marketplace for buying and selling used cars and getting dealer-level prices and prices from auto manufacturers. The startup is in the pilot stage.

137
1 year ago

 A business that offers a solution to make it easier for companies to manage their data and processes, which requires a lot of time and effort.

136
2 years ago

A platform that lets users post their car in a parking lot and it will come back to them when they need it.

135
2 years ago

A startup that sells a subscription service that sends someone to clean your house once a month. The startup is advertising the service on Facebook, reaching a lot of potential customers that have seen its ads and are interested in it.

135
2 years ago

A translator that translates the voice of a user's phone into text. The startup, which was founded in May, says that a lot of the time people are talking to themselves, and that voice-to-text software works great but is hard to use.

133
2 years ago

A company that helps people make their own clothes, using a design platform that puts together collections of patterns, fabrics, and accessories.

133
2 years ago

A startup that provides a set of tools for designers to create their own custom-designed clothes. The company uses a 3D printer to produce knit fabrics.

133
2 years ago

Bizion is a network of companies that provide more than $1 million in annual revenue. Bizion enables companies to have a single point of contact for funding (usually a bank) for their entire business, saving a lot of time and money.

132
2 years ago

This enterprise software company is designing a SaaS app for running a large manufacturing facility. The company is currently in a pilot with a large manufacturer in the US.

131
2 years ago

There’s a lot of startups out there that are building tools to make our lives better, like TaskRabbit and Airbnb. But not so many that are building tools to make our lives worse.

131
2 years ago

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

131
1 year ago

The startup has a personalized recommendation engine for buying clothes, but does so in a way that makes it easy for the consumer to shop in the store.

131
1 year ago

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

131
1 year ago

A new service for small businesses to manage their fleet of contractors on one platform. The company’s working with 8 enterprise pilots.

130
1 year ago

A company that wants to use CRM data to build a better customer experience. So far it’s built a pilot program that serves as an internal CRM for a few hundred employees at a 100k company.

130
2 years ago

A London startup that helps drone pilots track down lost drones.

129
1 year ago

A digital detox service, helping people focus when they’re under a lot of stress.

129
2 years ago

A company building a blockchain-based trade finance platform that uses its own token to make the process more efficient. It’s currently in a pilot phase in Europe.

128
2 years ago

Loose talk among friends and coworkers about work and life. You can learn a lot about people by what they’re discussing, and what they’re saying is more than just idle chatter. This startup wants to make that sort of content available to employers and HR departments.

128
2 years ago

An e-commerce platform for online marketplaces seeking to help brands distribute to more people. The company’s first product is a tool that helps fashion brands find more ways to sell their clothes.

128
2 years ago

A fashion marketer that sells online clothing at $20 per dress. It’s already sold over 5,000 dresses and is on track to make $10 million in revenue in 2019.

128
2 years ago

A tool that helps you get all sorts of things done, like a virtual grocery store, virtual or actual clothing store, or virtual or actual license plates.

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

A SaaS company that helps clothing designers with their marketing and sales process, unlike current fashion marketplaces which typically drive high traffic to designers' e-commerce websites.

127
2 years ago

An insurance company focused on the life-sciences industry. It’s currently starting a pilot in the San Francisco Bay Area.

126
2 years ago

Pitching itself as “YELP for your personal life”, this startup attempts to make home-sharing a lot easier.

126
2 years ago

A lot of people use LinkedIn to get jobs and a lot of companies use LinkedIn to hire people. What if the two could be combined, to help people find good jobs.

126
2 years ago

A startup that provides a marketplace to connect people looking for freelance work with people looking to hire freelance work done The startup is in its pilot phase, currently connecting over 1000 freelancers with 5 companies

125
2 years ago

A company that helps people fulfill sustainability goals by helping them save money and time on their purchases. There’s a lot of buzz in the sustainability space about the idea that the more sustainable you are, the more money you save.

125
1 year ago

Working with 13 corporate pilots and growing in Dallas.

125
2 years ago

The startup says it’s a better version of the traditional “pay-once-and-get-everything” package that’s popular with consumers, which works well for a lot of products but can be hard for more high-tech products.

123
2 years ago

A parking management startup that wants to disrupt the parking industry by providing a digital dashboard for parking garages and lots.

123
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.

122
2 years ago

A financial services platform for small businesses in the UK. It’s currently on a pilot with around 100 businesses.

122
2 years ago

There are a lot of companies that help people find parking, but now there’s one that helps people find parking at home.

122
2 years ago

A startup that aims to be the Uber of short-term rentals, allowing people to rent out their spare rooms or entire homes. Ethos currently has a pilot in place with over 10,000 users.

122
2 years ago

Unisex clothing brand that envisions a future in which energy consumption is decentralized, and you can just charge up your clothes.

122
2 years ago

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

121
2 years ago

A tool to help people build and manage a “smart wardrobe”, a wardrobe of clothes that is color-coded and assigned to each person to help them organize their outfits.

121
1 year ago

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

121
2 years ago

The CEO of this startup started out as a professional taxi driver and quickly realized that there was no way for him to know how to maximize his taxi revenue. He set out to solve the problem and came up with a solution. As a result, he says, “I’m making a lot more money than the taxi drivers in Bangkok, and they’re never going to tell me how to make more money.”

120
2 years ago

A startup that wants to improve the way you pay for car insurance, by eliminating the agent and cutting out a lot of the muss and fuss.

120
2 years ago

“The world’s largest decentralized flight management system”, helping pilots and air traffic control systems coordinate location and navigate flights. The startup says that its technology is already replacing “50% of an airline’s total operations” with a fleet of more than 30,000 aircraft.

120
2 years ago

A way to sell excess inventory from a company. For example, if a company is making a lot of cases of a product that’s not selling very well, it can sell those cases to someone who needs cases.

119
2 years ago

A parking app that matches drivers with parking spaces based on availability, demand, and proximity to events. In this case, it’s a pop-up that shows up in the app when there’s a space available, whether that be in a lot or garage.

119
2 years ago

An on-demand gig service that pays users with gift cards to merchants. The startup currently has two pilot customers in the UK, and plans to expand to the US in the coming months.

117
1 year ago

A startup in Singapore that plans to replace the human middleman in real estate transactions with an AI-powered software platform. It’s currently running a pilot in Singapore, and plans to launch in Australia next year.

117
2 years ago

A startup that helps businesses that make a lot of money on Etsy — but that don’t have the time to manage their product listings.

116
2 years ago

The startup is creating a way for marketers to track their digital marketing campaigns across multiple channels and learn a lot about their customers along the way.

116
2 years ago

A company that markets and sells “performance” clothing for men. The startup is trying to make sure that the clothes it sells are comfortable and high quality.

116
2 years ago

A startup that helps people create and sell custom clothing through a web browser without having to design the entire garment from scratch. Loom wants to help consumers sell their clothing as a service — it’s essentially an Uber for fashion.

115
2 years ago

A startup that helps retailers process payments, and then sends them to the right bank. The team says they’re seeing a lot of traction with retailers in the US and Asia.

115
2 years ago

A project management tool built for teams that want to organize their projects. It’s already been used by a lot of the world’s biggest brands.

115
2 years ago

7thSky is building a startup that provides customtailoring services for clothing, aiming to offer the best fit possible and to deliver like a boutique shop, and charge less.

115
2 years ago

A VC-backed startup that is looking to bring financial services to the unbanked in India. The company has started piloting its technology in Chennai and Hyderabad.

114
2 years ago

A simple mobile money transfer service for the African market. The startup is based in Kenya and is trying to solve a problem that’s been around for decades, but hasn’t gotten a lot of attention.

113
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

A platform for customers to customize the fit and feel of their clothing, the startup was founded in October of 2018 and has an iOS app that launched in November of 2018

113
2 years ago

A software platform for building sales force automation (SFA) tools, meant to help companies “create and manage relationships with customers”. They are working with 4 enterprise pilots.

112
2 years ago

A discovery platform for specialized high-end clothing that’s based on the feedback of customers

112
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.

112
1 year ago

The startup is building an app that makes it easy for people to buy and sell used clothing online, cutting out the need for a middleman like eBay.

112
1 year ago

This on-demand laundry service offers a simple and fast solution for cleaning clothes. The service works with a list of preferred dry cleaners and delivers a package of clean clothes.

112
2 years ago

A product that helps consumers make clothes look like they’re in the 1960s.

111
2 years ago

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

111
1 year ago

A startup that’s building an AI-powered email marketing platform, where emails are a lot more personal, without the need to go through a third-party service.

111
2 years ago

A platform for selling advertising through instant video. The startup wants to build a video site that allows brands to sell ad space through auto-pilot videos.

110
2 years ago

In the US, there are a lot of jobs that pay the minimum wage. The startup is based in the Philippines, and its founder says it’s easy to get a job there for the minimum wage, but hard to get paid more.

110
1 year ago

A platform for making custom-fit clothes. The startup wants to make clothes that are custom fit for every body, and not just one size.

110
2 years ago

A Slack alternative for companies that have a lot of teams.

109
2 years ago

A mobile platform that helps users find nearby parking via mobile device. The startup is building the technology from ground up, with a new API that can be used by parking lot owners and app developers to get parking data.

109
2 years ago

A payment service for freelance work that will make it a lot easier for people to pay their taxes.

108
2 years ago

A startup for vintage clothes, with a focus on selling vintage clothes to customers who can’t find what they want in stores.

108
2 years ago

A startup focused on getting more people onto their “right-sized” compact cars, with a focus on the East Coast. The startup is focused on targeting Millennials who are interested in driving small cars but don’t want to spend a lot of money.

107
2 years ago

A startup that aims to integrate payments into customized retail experiences. The startup helps retailers connect with shoppers, and it’s already in a few pilot programs.

107
1 year ago

A food delivery app that departs from the usual model, charging for delivery to non-customers. Instead of waiting for a customer to order, you can order from a restaurant from the app and have it delivered. The startup is currently in the pilot phase.

107
2 years ago

A startup helping companies that use a lot of data or have a lot of data. The startup is looking to offer 24/7/365 support, with an automated phone call within two hours of an issue being raised.

105
2 years ago

A startup aimed at the elderly, who are currently excluded from a lot of financial products and services.

105
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

Helping companies find and hire the best crew for their projects, from the best electricians to the best drone pilots.

104
2 years ago

The startup is looking to help people who have a lot of different data sources gather information about themselves, and then store it in the cloud.

104
2 years ago

This is streamlining the process of managing employees in-person and remotely by making it much easier to communicate with employees, set up meetings, and review schedules. The company is currently piloting with large retailers, and plans to expand to other verticals in the future.

104
1 year ago

A company that makes the world’s first smart fabric for outdoor clothes.

104
1 year ago

Building a toolkit that allows people to integrate data from a lot of sources into a shared dashboard.

103
2 years ago

A startup that wants to bring digital design tools for clothing to the masses. Clothe is a service that helps customers create a unique design for a single item of clothing using a photo, or from a library of templates. Users can design items like dresses for $19, or can also sell items they’ve designed on Clothe. The startup says they’re targeting the women’s fashion industry, which is worth $500 billion in the US alone.

102
2 years ago

A startup building a platform to let people find jobs in their own community. It works a lot like other platforms like Upwork, but the company says it’s targeting the jobs market, and does not require fees to post a job.

102
2 years ago

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

102
2 years ago

A lot of companies are selling mobile phone cases with custom designs, but Nines offers custom design and production of phone cases, which will be sold in retail stores.

102
2 years ago

A startup that sells high-quality, locally made clothes for men who want something more stylish than what you can find at Old Navy

101
2 years ago

We’ve all shared our thoughts on the internet, so why not do it for a profit There are a lot of people with some expertise in the areas of screenwriting, video editing, and voice acting who’d like to work in their free time on projects without any pressure to launch.

101
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.

101
2 years ago

A system that lets people take pictures of their clothing and upload the images to a database for tailoring. When a customer goes to buy something, the system compares the images to the existing inventory to recommend what’s closest to what they’re looking for.

100
2 years ago

A platform for meal delivery to college students. Currently in a pilot with 40 students.

100
1 year ago

A startup that provides a point of sale (POS) system for retailers, allowing them to manage inventory and run their store without a lot of the overhead of a traditional store.

100
4 months ago

A touchless tool to help users find their car in a parking lot.

100
2 years ago

The startup wants to build a kind of digital scrapbook for co-pilots, allowing them to share photos and stories from their flights.

99
7 months ago

A startup for people who have a lot of stuff to move and don’t have time to hire a moving company

99
4 months ago

This is a platform for scheduling your doctor’s appointments by geography, days of the week, and even specific time slots.

99
2 years ago

A messaging app for the US government that allows users to set up a “digital safety net”. Users can set aside extra money to pay for medical bills, car payments, or other expenses. The government’s been piloting the app with its own employees.

98
10 months ago

“A social network for people that have a lot of different things they do.”

98
1 year ago

People who have a lot of stuff are often very stressed out. This startup is helping them clean out their homes, one item at a time.

97
11 months ago

A startup that allows you to create an RSS feed for any RSS feed you want. The startup wants to be a tool for “aggregators”, or people who want to consume lots of data but don’t have the time to learn how to use tools like Feedly or NewsBlur.

97
10 months ago

A financial software company that works with a lot of banks to provide technology solutions for those banks to use.

97
2 years ago

A startup that helps healthcare companies manage their patient records. The company provides software and services to help them make data easier to find. They have already run pilot programs with large insurance companies and hospitals.

96
1 year ago

Fostr is a marketplace where people sell their unused clothes. The company has raised $1.5 million in seed funding and says they’ve sold over 30,000 items in the last two years.

96
24 days ago

A platform that connects customers with flight attendants and pilots and helps them book flights and arrange ground transport.

96
2 years ago

A grocery delivery service that works with local farmers in the US. The startup wants to create a local food system for cities with the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions and food miles. The company is currently in the process of getting its first pilot partners.

95
2 years ago

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

95
1 year ago

A chatbot that helps users with their finances. The startup says that it has already run a pilot with a few companies.

95
2 years ago

A secure messaging platform for enterprises. It looks a lot like Slack, but only allows internal employees to join a company chatroom.

94
2 years ago

Using a combination of sensors and algorithms, their product can detect the amount of weight you’re carrying and adjust your clothes accordingly.

94
1 year ago

This startup is building an app that helps you browse and buy clothes in a world where it’s hard to find a style you like. At launch, the app will feature over 1,000 brands from across the world, but the plan is to expand to everything.

94
2 years ago

A company building a marketplace for providers of clothing, accessories, and home decor. The startup aims to eliminate the middle-man and help customers find the best deals, no matter if they live in São Paulo or Seattle.

93
2 years ago

A platform that helps restaurants manage their inventory. The startup allows restaurants to manage their inventory in real-time, ensuring they have enough stock for delivery, and it also gives them insights into when and what to order for delivery. The startup is backed by $4 million from Peloton Ventures and New Enterprise Associates.

93
2 years ago

A digital marketplace for students to buy and sell classes, with pricing based on student demand. The company has piloted the platform with 500 students, and will expand to other colleges and universities next year.

93
2 years ago

A platform that facilitates local sales of used clothing. It allows users to post their items, and then lets a user who is looking to purchase an item find an appropriate buyer.

93
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.

92
1 year ago

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

92
2 years ago

A startup that allows people to make money by selling their used items, such as clothes, furniture, and books, through an online platform.

91
2 years ago

This is a Shopify-like app for online clothing stores. It’s available in the US and Canada for now.

91
2 years ago

A startup that’s developing a software platform that lets retailers design and sell customized products, like clothes and accessories, and then sell them via social media marketing.

89
2 years ago

A way to help businesses manage their energy consumption. The startup has over $2 million in funding and a number of pilot programs in the works.

89
2 years ago

The world of finance is changing dramatically, and there’s a lot of confusion around how new technologies like fintech will impact financial services. Fintech can take the form of apps, startups, and platforms, or it can be composed of a mix of all three. Fintech is a catch-all term that can include everything from cryptocurrencies, to artificial intelligence, to machine learning, and more. Fintech startup solutions help companies navigate these changes.

89
2 years ago

A platform that helps users find and buy clothes that suit their style, based on data about their taste, body type, and more. The app is meant to complement existing fashion data from the likes of Google and Yummly.

89
2 years ago

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

88
1 year ago

A startup that offers video conferencing for people who don’t have a lot of time to meet face-to-face.

88
1 year ago

This startup is building a tool that helps publishers and advertisers monitor, analyze, and target their content. The startup says their platform has a lot of market research behind it.

87
4 months ago

This is a collective of startups that want to use the power of the internet to build an open-source marketplace for physical goods. The startups will join forces to offer goods from around the world at low prices to anyone in the world. There’s a lot of competition in the space, but it’s an interesting idea.

86
2 years ago

A set of tools to help build out a mobile app without having to know a lot about how to code. The startup’s founder, Sam Om, has been working on the startup for over a year, and says they’ve already secured $300,000 in funding.

85
2 years ago

Of course, that’s just a sampling. And some of these companies are still in the idea stage, so they might not turn into actual businesses. But this list shows that there’s a lot of revenue to be made building new tools for the online world. Now it’s up to entrepreneurs to decide what sorts of products to build.

84
2 years ago

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

84
1 year ago

The idea: a data platform for the sharing economy. The startup wants to take a lot of the manual labor out of the process of sharing things like vehicles, pets, or tools.

84
8 months ago

There are a lot of options for managing your LinkedIn and Facebook profiles, but most are either paid or expensive. The startup aims to be the first in that space.

84
2 years ago

A company that combines the reach of Facebook, the functionality of Slack, and the simplicity of email. The startup is aiming at small businesses and enterprises that want a way to collaborate across teams to stay connected without spending a lot of time in the office. The company is currently in private beta.

83
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.

83
1 year ago

A self-funded startup that’s looking to solve the problem of acquiring large amounts of data without having to pay a lot for it: they sell data as a service.

83
1 year ago

A “turn-key” email marketing automation software that helps businesses meet their marketing goals using email. It’s currently in the pilot phase.

83
2 years ago

They teach people how to live healthy, how to save their money, and how to make their own clothes.

82
1 year ago

A startup that wants to help women who are having a hard time finding high-quality, affordable maternity clothes.

82
1 year ago

A lot of startups ask for your email address, but few of them actually send you an email using it. Lab9 wants to be the company that helps you get emails from your favorite startups so that you can see what they’re working on and when they’ll be launching on their product.

80
2 years ago

A startup that’s building a service that helps people sell their old smartphones without having to go through a lot of hassle.

79
2 years ago

A startup that helps businesses manage their data and get to market quicker. The company says it’s already landing a lot of customers in the early days as it’s able to deliver a relatively simple product.

79
1 year ago

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

78
1 year ago

A mobile app that helps you find nearby parking garages and lots, as well as which ones have the cheapest rates.

78
2 years ago

A startup that has developed a virtual assistant to help with scheduling and communicating with employees. The company is focusing on companies that have a lot of employees and need to communicate with them frequently.

77
2 years ago

A tool for creating more efficient, effective marketing campaigns for small businesses. Its founders say that a lot of small business owners could improve their marketing by using better tools.

76
2 years ago

 This is a company that has done a lot of research on the best way to get a message across to people in different places. They decided that one of the best ways was to create a system that is both language and location-agnostic, and designed to be culturally sensitive. They’ve put that system to work for a variety of companies, including a hotel chain, a coffee company, and a plastic surgery center.

76
1 year ago

Idea : This app and service helps urban planners and developers figure out what to do with empty lots, bringing a social element that allows neighbors to decide what to do.

75
4 months ago

A tool for sharing notes and files among teams. Docs is currently in a closed beta but has a lot of traction.

75
1 year ago

The problem with a lot of online shopping apps is that they are difficult to find, with users sometimes having to search for it. They want to change that by building a one-stop shopping app for finding anything from a local store to a nearby restaurant.

74
1 year ago

A startup for parents to share and collaborate on all the things they need to do to take care of their kids. The app is targeted at new parents and parents of multiple kids, and makes life a lot easier for the parents.

74
2 years ago

This is a marketplace for buyers and sellers of vintage clothing, with the goal of helping both sides find more efficient ways to do business. The startup is working with a brick and mortar store in Amsterdam.

73
2 years ago

A startup that helps bars, restaurants, and retailers engage customers with digital menus and order-ahead functionality. It’s currently running pilots in Chicago and New York.

73
1 year ago

A way to allow people to make money off their old clothes or other items they no longer use. They take these items to local companies that refurbish them.

73
1 year ago

This startup wants to be the Airbnb of the hotel industry. Its mission: to make corporate events a lot more social.

72
1 year ago

 The startup is building a team of drone pilots that can fly parcels to people within 20 minutes. The service is cheaper than UPS and FedEx, but requires a subscription fee.

72
6 months ago

A platform to sell used clothes, which expands on the concept of “swapping” in online marketplaces.

72
2 years ago

The idea is to build a platform that makes it easier to manage and collaborate on Excel spreadsheets, which would be useful for people working on projects with a lot of data that they need to send around.

71
1 year ago

An ecommerce-focused startup selling T-shirts and other clothing. The app is powered by a backend API that makes it possible for retailers to integrate their offline commerce into their online platforms.

71
1 year ago

Salesforce recently released an API for building automation, but it’s pretty complicated and requires a lot of training to use. OnePlus helps with that by providing a simple, one-click solution to building automation.

71
1 year ago

A startup that wants to make sure that when a company like Amazon or eBay sells a lot of product, they’re paying a lot in sales taxes.

71
1 year ago

The idea is to offer a place where you can order custom-made clothing, and have someone else choose your colors, fabrics, and patterns.

70
1 year ago

A B2B startup that aims to provide a B2B version of Slack, which would allow companies to create channels for everything from HR to marketing. The startup is currently only in the pilot stage.

68
1 year ago

A self-branded purveyor of millennials-focused products, including clothing, furniture, and other items.

68
1 year ago

 A startup that wants to help people book and pay for hotel rooms. The startup is running a pilot with Y Combinator and Hilton.

66
1 year ago

This startup is building a system that can help a central authority know a lot about a given community, including the political, religious and social values of a particular population.

66
1 year ago

A sensor for measuring sweat and moisture in the clothing of people who are active. The startup, founded in January, wants to create a product that will help people get more out of their workout, helping them analyze their body’s performance and also offer a tool for people to compete with others in the same workout.

66
4 months ago

A digital health startup that's building a mobile health platform for remote workers and caregivers of people with disabilities. Working with 6 enterprise pilots in the US.

66
1 year ago

A company that helps teachers get better at teaching. The startup is currently in a pilot with a few hundred teachers in Philadelphia and New York City, and has been in Y Combinator since November. It aims to take out the headache of grading papers and lesson plans.

65
1 year ago

A new kind of air traffic controller that lets pilots and air traffic controllers communicate directly with each other, rather than using an emergency service.

65
9 months ago

A platform for people to sell their stuff on (e.g. clothes, cars, etc.)

65
7 months ago

This app basically allows you to order food from your favorite restaurants. It’s a way to cut out restaurants and make the entire process of ordering food a lot more simple, similar to Grubhub.

65
4 months ago

A system for security officers to track and optimize their interactions with visitors. It’s designed for institutions, like schools, but could work for any company with a lot of visitors.

65
4 months ago

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

65
1 year ago

A startup that creates a digital trail of products for consumers to track and manage, from an item of clothing to a car. The founders aim to make it easy to track your life’s possessions.

64
1 year ago

"We all have a lot of data. And we’re going to continue to have a lot of data."

64
1 year ago

A company that generates emergency alerts for users to see and hear. The startup is currently in the pilot phase.

64
1 year ago

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

63
1 year ago

This startup wants to remove complexity from the process of booking flights by connecting airlines directly to hotels. The startup currently has a pilot with 10 hotels in Philadelphia, and plans for expansion to the whole of the US by the end of 2019.

63
1 year ago

A company building a lot of tags for IoT devices, including temperature sensors, temperature probes, humidity probes, GPS tags, NFC tags, RFID tags, and barcode and QR code tags.

63
1 year ago

A startup that lets users buy and sell used clothes, based on a “gift economy” model.

63
1 year ago

A sort of storefront for people selling their used items, with a focus on selling “non-traditional” goods, like vintage clothing or vinyl records.

63
2 months ago

A startup that makes a wearable for building muscle tone that uses a mobile app and a lot of AI

63
1 year ago

A startup to help people sell their used clothing and get a fair price. The company has a partnership with a charity that helps needy people in India.

62
1 year ago

A company that wants to be the fabric store for the home, allowing consumers to order custom-fitted clothing.

62
1 year ago

 A startup that makes a high-tech paper tablecloth that can be used to protect a dining room table and also to track how often a table is used.

62
1 year ago

A startup for people to buy and sell used clothes, accessories, and shoes, which they can wear or resell.

62
1 year ago

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

62
4 months ago

Great stuff for people with small businesses who want to track and manage their expenses. It’s a basic tool that’s easy to use and has a lot of features.

62
3 months ago

A company that helps connect the “last mile” between the customer and the product. The startup is working with a large carrier for a single pilot.

62
1 year ago

A company that makes clothes that are made from yarn instead of cotton to help save the environment.

61
1 year ago

A startup that aims to create a virtual assistant that keeps track of your inbox and reminds you of important tasks. It’s currently on a pilot program with a few companies.

61
9 months ago

A platform that lets you order custom-made clothes from over 1 million products.

61
3 months ago

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

61
1 year ago

A food delivery service for those on the go. It’s currently in the pilot stage and is accepting $50k in seed funding.

60
1 year ago

Shares a lot of common DNA with the other startups above, but it’s a payments startup focused on medical expenses.

60
1 year ago

The startup is working to make the task of maintaining and protecting clothes easier and more efficient. The company’s app helps users scan clothing into the app at home, and then sends them to a “laundromat” where they can drop off their clothes for washing.

59
1 year ago

A paid subscription service for people looking to take their homes to the next level, with plans starting at $399. They want to create a “designer” lifestyle for people that want to buy a house but don’t want to do a lot of the hard work.

59
1 year ago

A startup that wants to disrupt the global shipping industry by building a platform that allows anyone to send packages directly to a customer. The startup’s founders say that the company has already built a beta product and has started a pilot program with USPS.

59
1 year ago

A startup aimed at teaching people how to code, taking a different approach than the usual “watch a video, then start coding” method. The idea is to have the app do a lot of the work for you, by offering a series of “interactive exercises” to get you coding.

59
1 year ago

A startup that uses AI to predict what the next big fashion trend will be, and then makes all their clothes in those colors.

59
1 year ago

Niche dating site for people who are looking for a partner in the U.S. but don’t have access to a lot of the basic services (like Facebook, email, and photo sharing.)

58
1 year ago

A clothing brand that uses blockchain to help build trust in the fashion industry.

57
1 year ago

A software as a service product that allows people to make their own custom hats and other clothing items.

57
2 years ago

Idea: A drone startup that's been working with Amazon for the last two years, and is now moving into a larger market It’s currently piloting its service in Peru

56
1 year ago

Becoming a New York City taxi driver is a good way to make good money, but only if you have a clean record. The startup, which has a number of New York City employees, wants to make the process of getting a taxi license more efficient, and safer. They’ve gotten a lot of traction in New York City, and have promised a monthly income of $1,000.

56
1 year ago

This startup is building a better way to buy clothes, with a simplified and more secure checkout process, and direct access to a virtual stylist.

56
1 year ago

A startup that wants to help companies better “insur[e] your risky assets” by letting them invest in “a diversified portfolio of investments without a lot of time and hassle”.

56
1 year ago

A startup that builds and sells a tool for restaurants to manage their food costs, both inside and outside of their restaurants. The founder said it’s a complicated space, with lots of moving parts and big, regional differences.

56
4 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.

56
1 month ago

A startup that builds and sells custom-made, high-end clothing.

56
1 year ago

Autopilot is building a device for the visually impaired that lets them use their phones to control devices like lights, coffee machines, etc.

55
1 year ago

 A startup to help companies manage their intellectual property in a cohesive way. The company says they’ve done a lot of research and found that a lot of companies are spending a lot of time and money on this work that’s actually not that important.

55
1 year ago

A company that uses AI to detect when someone is using the internet to pay for things with their credit cards. They’re currently in the pilot phase and plan to use the results to help other companies get customers to sign up for their products instead of stealing their data.

55
1 year ago

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

55
10 months ago

A chatbot that helps people learn Spanish vocabulary and grammar. The startup wants to build a tool that helps people learn Spanish by chatting with a bot. It’s already built out a prototype and has launched a pilot with Canvas.

55
1 year ago

Designing clothing for the fashion industry, providing a way to create and share designs with customers.

54
1 year ago

The startup wants to buy and sell used tools, clothing and other items through a marketplace.

54
1 year ago

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

54
2 months ago

Many people like the idea of a contactless debit card, but find the process of activating it confusing. Apply is building a tool that makes the process a lot more streamlined.

54
2 years ago

Idea: A startup that is building an end-to-end solution for businesses making hardware to help them get funded and bring their product to market. They want to automate a lot of the backend work needed to launch hardware like creating a company and getting funding.

53
1 year ago

An iOS app for controlling a single Nest thermostat. It looks a lot like the Nest app, but it lets you set schedules and get notifications.

53
1 year ago

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

53
1 year ago

The company’s co-founder, who is also a partner at Y Combinator, tells us “If you have a lot of money, you can go to the beach. If you don’t, you can go to the beach.”

53
1 year ago

The average age of the industry is around 30 years old, and that’s not because they’re getting older. It’s because the industry is so new that there aren’t a lot of established veterans.

53
1 year ago

As a long-time Amazon customer, this startup is building an app that helps you re-order your favorite items, including household goods and food, from Amazon. The startup is currently in the pilot phase, with a rollout planned for mid-2018.

53
1 year ago

After school for kids ages 6-12, which combines a social club with professional development and homework help. Following the success of their pilot in Los Angeles, The After School Club is expanding nationally.

53
1 year ago

A digital media business aimed at helping companies build their brand and promote to their customers. They’ve finished a 3-month pilot with a company and are looking for other businesses to join.

53
1 year ago

A tool for HR professionals to create training programs on the fly. The company’s co-founder went through a lot of frustration finding training programs for employees, so he wrote his own.

52
1 year ago

A company that is building a single mobile app to help shoppers find products they want. It’s first product is a $5 app for finding high quality clothing that’s been made specifically for your body type.

52
1 year ago

This startup is building a new way for people to pay for things in the cloud. They’re working with brands like Walmart and Starbucks to launch a pilot.

52
11 months ago

A startup in the social sector, Canvas is applying artificial intelligence to the cause of ending global poverty. The startup already has a pilot in the Indian state of Bihar, and is hoping to expand to other countries.

52
11 months ago

A platform for creators who want to sell virtual assets and assets bundles, such as clothing and accessories.

51
10 months ago

A startup that’s building smart contracts for auto insurance. The company wants to automate claims and mitigate risk for a lot of auto insurance companies.

51
10 months ago

A startup for people who have accumulated a lot of debt and can’t pay it off. The startup aims to help people in more than 20 countries pay down the principal on their debts.

51
10 months ago

A dynamic pricing platform for events. The platform lets event organizers set their prices for different time slots and locations, and lets event-goers buy tickets on demand.

51
3 months ago

“Things you can’t sell online anymore”. The startup is building a website for people who have a lot of physical things that are hard to sell online. It’s currently focused on antiques and collectibles.

51
3 months ago

A smart watch that can do a lot of things, from tracking your activity to making phone calls.

51
1 month ago

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

51
1 year ago

A company that creates a single platform to manage the entire sales, marketing, and customer support cycle for a product. Zolli currently has a pilot for a new product launch agency.

50
1 year ago

The startup wants to bring online education to developing countries. It’s currently building its first pilots in India and Nigeria, where it’s pitched as a way to bring education to places that aren’t well-off enough to attract students from elsewhere.

50
1 year ago

An online clothing retailer that’s already built an online store for its own clothing line. They’re looking to expand their product line with new designers and consumers, who can find their products in the app.

50
1 year ago

A place for users to buy, sell, and trade their used clothes and accessories online.

50
1 year ago

The idea is to take the already-popular “Rich People’s Guide to Paris” and make it more accessible to people who don’t have a lot of money.

50
10 months ago

A startup that’s building a tool that helps people keep a digital record of their cars. The company is pitching a service to help military personnel keep track of their cars (and is currently in the pilot phase.)

50
9 months ago

A startup that wants to centralize communication and collaboration between your team and your customer. It works a lot like a project management tool and Slack.

50
9 months ago

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

50
6 months ago

A line of clothing that utilizes technology to help make wicking sweat a thing of the past.

50
1 year ago

An online clothing warehouse delivering to local boutiques and independent stores in the U.S. A recent move into the UK has brought in $100,000 in sales in their first month, while they say they’ve already received interest from other retailers.

49
11 months ago

A simple, in-app tool for self-employed individuals to take a self-employment tax deduction. The startup wants to make it as easy as possible for people to deduct taxes, and it’s currently running a small pilot.

49
10 months ago

A startup that provides tools for developers to build apps for the iPhone. It’s a business that lots of other companies in the space have tried to do.

49
8 months ago

A clothing startup that makes clothes you can wash in the washer and dryer.

49
2 months ago

A B2B company that aims to help companies with their regulatory compliance: the startup provides tools so that businesses can “check” their compliance with a lot of the new industry rules, and is working with a lot of large companies.

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.

48
1 year ago

 This startup launched in March in the UK and is planning to expand to the US. The company is building a phone app that connects people to someone who can perform home inspections for them, and is currently running a pilot in the UK.

48
1 year ago

A startup that helps people buy and sell used clothes, aiming to compete with ThredUP and Diy, among others.

48
1 year ago

The company is building a way for companies to build mobile video ads, which require a lot of processing power. The company is planning on moving into the global market.

48
1 year ago

A startup that wants to let people sell unused or donated clothes, using the app to score and sell their wardrobe.

48
1 year ago

This is a startup that builds software to help companies and governments manage health care. The company claims that it’s cheaper than traditional health care and prevents a lot of errors.

48
11 months ago

The company focuses on office work, so it’s not a big surprise that the startup has a lot of talent around that.

48
7 months ago

A platform that helps users find and book fitness classes. The company is currently in a pilot with seven fitness studios in Los Angeles.

48
1 year ago

A fashion platform for buying clothes with easy returns and no re-stock fees

47
1 year ago

This startup wants to be “the Uber of college admission”. It’s focusing on the US market, where there’s a lot of paperwork and bureaucracy to navigate, and even more pressure to get into the right school.

47
11 months ago

A startup that wants to make it easier for small businesses to build their own websites without spending a lot of time with the programming.

47
11 months ago

A mobile app that helps people find parking in a city by mapping parking garages, lots, and on street spots.

47
9 months ago

A platform that lets users buy things like clothes and accessories at a discount on sites like Amazon and Jet.com.

47
3 months ago

A platform for getting your company’s logo on products, with potential to build a lot of value for companies that don’t have a lot of money to spend on marketing.

47
2 months ago

 A fashion startup that is making a clothing subscription service for women.

47
1 year ago

A company producing a new type of laser technology that can help remove multiple types of stains from clothes quickly.

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 “situational awareness” app for drone pilots. Essentially it’s a way to keep pilots of small UAVs in the loop with what’s happening around them, at the same time as they’re operating.

45
1 year ago

This company is designing an app that allows people to make their own items of clothing and sell them to consumers on the app. The startup also wants to move into the fashion space itself.

45
1 year ago

A tool that makes it easier for poll workers to navigate voting machines on Election Day. The startup is looking to replace the paper ballots used today with digital ones allowing for machine-based auditing.

45
1 year ago

A startup that lets users pay for their parking via a mobile app. The company says it’s currently working with over 1,000 parking lots and is profitable, in part because it cuts out the

45
11 months ago

A platform that helps create custom-printed clothing

45
10 months ago

“The ‘as soon as’ time frame is the biggest problem with e-commerce,” said Sood. “A lot of people have a desire to buy, but they don’t have an immediate need.”

45
10 months ago

A company that attaches to a user’s existing email accounts to monitor and track the open, active and archived messages in those accounts. The startup delivers reports based on the metrics they collect, which they say will show how many times a person opens an email and what it said in a more-granular way than a lot of other email tracking solutions.

45
8 months ago

 “We’re using a data-driven approach to help people find the right careers. We’ve found that a lot of people are not finding the right job for them.”

45
10 months ago

A company that teaches people how to make their own clothes, and prints the patterns over 3D printing software. The startup is building a new system for independent fashion designers to sell their designs via the internet without the need for a sewing machine.

44
10 months ago

A platform that allows farmers to monitor and manage their crops, with a focus on data collection and analytics. The startup is currently in a pilot with a leading fruit and vegetable producer in the UK.

44
2 months ago

The founder of B2B startup, which is building a texting app for the B2B space, gives the startup a lot of credit for the fact that it was able to raise over $30 million in funding in less than a year.

44
1 month ago

A company that makes custom-made logo clothing. The startup wants to make it easier for companies to hire their own bespoke designers.

44
2 years ago

A startup that provides a monthly subscription box for women's hygiene products that don't have a lot of options out there

43
1 year ago

A web-based platform for managing a fleet of self-driving vehicles, integrating with all the major systems including Waymo, Uber, and Tesla. The startup’s platform is built on the open source OBD2 standard and uses the same kinds of sensors as Tesla's Autopilot.

43
8 months ago

A payment system that gives companies a way to provide money to their employees, especially small businesses. Working with 14 enterprise pilots.

43
1 year ago

A tool designed to help people in industries that have a lot of social media engagement (like travel) track and measure their social media statistics.

42
9 months ago

A tool aimed at organizations with a lot of people that want to get organized but don’t know how to. It’s like YPlan or Meetup, but for people that want to do things like host a business meeting, volunteer, or get together with friends.

42
2 years ago

A startup that sells clothes designed by students of fashion schools and helps them get exposure and eventually graduate from design school

41
1 year ago

A startup that uses machine learning to help people build their own personalized itineraries. The company's founders say they have a lot of B2B customers. They currently have a few hundred paying customers.

41
1 year ago

A global, autonomous, decentralized network of plane makers, flight attendants, maintenance personnel, pilots, and airplane part suppliers.

41
1 year ago

A meal kit delivery service that aims to take the mystery out of cooking and make it easier to cook without a lot of instruction.

41
1 year ago

A cloud-based tool that lets companies — be they public or private — manage their security incident response procedures. 6 pilots with 8 enterprise clients.

41
5 months ago

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

41
2 months ago

A platform where you can buy and sell vintage clothing and other items. The startup is currently in the midst of a round of funding, with a $1.2 million seed round from True Ventures.

41
1 month ago

A startup that helps you donate clothes to charity without having to drive to a centralized location, eliminating the need to always be at a donation center.

41
1 year ago

A startup that helps people find cheaper or free parking by aggregating and ranking parking lots and garages.

40
11 months ago

A Target-like store that sells clothing and food that is actually made in the US, not just imported. It’s not a direct competitor to Nordstrom or Macy’s.

40
11 months ago

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

40
9 months ago

The app uses artificial intelligence to analyze images of clothing for quality, pricing, and style trends. The startup has already released a number of different visual analysis apps, but this one is its first to sell clothes.

40
7 months ago

A company that makes a software platform to help customers make their own custom clothing, with designs that can be 3D printed.

40
5 months ago

The company is looking to build a database of digital influencers (i.e. people with lots of social media followers) so that businesses can reach them. The company says it can help companies like Coca-Cola, Microsoft, and Vogue Magazine build a database of influencers to help them make better product recommendations.

40
2 months ago

This startup is building a way to send big data to a cloud-based service. The company’s challenge is that there are a lot of companies that want to send data to a cloud-based service, but each one wants to do it on its own terms.

40
1 year ago

A company with a simple mission: to help the world find the right oil. The company gathers data from oil fields to train a machine learning algorithm to determine whether a field contains oil, and then plots the data. The company is set up to collect data from all oil fields around the world, in part because of the increasing cost of oil extraction. The startup has a referral program that pays $1 per month to those who refer new clients to the service.

39
11 months ago

This startup is focused on helping teachers find the right school for their kids. The company says most parents are using apps like Zillow and Homeschool Planet to find their kids the right school. However, they point out that these apps have a lot of limitations, like not being able to help parents find everything from the school’s name to the school’s PTA or its approach to discipline.

39
11 months ago

An engineering tool for companies with lots of devices, with a focus on the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface. That means the tool is used to control devices that are connected in a very similar way. It’s a type of IoT technology that allows devices to work together.

39
7 months ago

A startup for hiring. They are still building the MVP, but they say they are working with a lot of different companies in the industry.

39
1 year 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.

38
1 year ago

Chai & Co is a clothing subscription company that aims to give fashion enthusiasts the option to try out clothing and purchase items they love while saving money with higher rates on wholesale.

38
1 year ago

This “mobile-first” investment management app is based on the idea that most users are going to be making a lot of their investment decisions on their phone.

38
10 months ago

A medical device that makes a doughnut-shaped balloon around a person’s finger, helping to prevent blood clots. The device is currently in Phase 1 clinical trials.

38
8 months ago

A company that builds automation into the healthcare system for home usage, for example fitting an ECG monitor (like those used for EKGs) into a wheelchair. It currently has a pilot with the University of Toronto.

38
8 months ago

A startup that allows home sellers, who typically have a lot of personal information on their listing, to provide an online quote that sellers can easily adjust. The seller can see how much the buyer wants to spend, and change the price of the inventory.

38
7 months ago

A startup for lending money to credit unions, with no fees. The company has a lot of traction on this front, with many credit unions currently looking at the platform.

38
7 months ago

A tool that helps you track where your clothes are and how they’re wearing.

38
7 months ago

A product to help people with complex mental illnesses to increase their energy and better their daily lives. The startup is currently working on a pilot with the UK’s NHS.

38
6 months ago

A company that creates and sells beautiful, fashionable articles of clothing that come in both casual and formal styles.

38
5 months ago

This is a meal delivery service. The startup is meant to bridge the gap between gourmet food and the everyday person, catering to families who don’t want to spend a lot of time preparing meals, but still want to eat well.

38
3 months ago

A platform for online retail where shoppers can try before they buy. They’re looking to offer a trial period for clothes and accessories, and then a 30-day return policy, to ensure you’re happy with your purchase before committing.

38
2 months ago

This startup is building a concierge service for people who have a lot of contacts and would like something to delegate to every now and then.

38
1 year ago

A global money transfer service designed for developing countries. The startup wants to make it easier for people to send money to family members back home, and for startups to test new products in markets that have a lot of pent up demand.

37
1 month ago

The list is far from exhaustive and reflects what a lot of people in Silicon Valley are talking about.

37
1 month ago

A digital assistant for small business owners and people who have a lot of tasks to get done but don’t have a ton of time.

37
1 year ago

This is a startup that teams up with restaurants to build a shared table that customers can reserve. The tables are in a different part of the restaurant, and the customer can reserve them via their phone. It has a very interesting model, but the market it’s targeting is sticky, and they’re looking to expand past the pilot they’ve begun.

36
10 months ago

A startup that lets you put your phone number on a business card and connect with friends, family, and colleagues. The founders of this startup say they’re selling a lot of business cards, with over 1,200 cards shipped in 24 hours and a $1,500 monthly recurring revenue.

36
9 months ago

A “Social Wallet” that works like Venmo combined with an online bank account. With so many online banking options available, why would a startup want to create a “Social Wallet” Because it’s easy to use and they can get a lot of money from small companies.

36
8 months ago

A startup that makes it easier for people to sell items online. The startup has already done a pilot with local stores in Hong Kong and Singapore.

36
7 months ago

A startup that helps companies reduce their physical footprint in the office by offlineizing their data. It’s currently in a pilot with 3 companies.

36
3 months ago

This startup is building out a tool for people who want to start their own real estate investment firm, allowing them to track investments and generate leads without a lot of the administrative overhead of being a real estate agent.

36
2 months ago

A platform that lets business owners organize their team and manage projects. This startup, based in San Francisco, is looking to bring a lot of the management and project management features of classic project management tools to the business owner.

36
1 year ago

A way to establish the value of a car based on the condition of its parts. The startup is piloting in Massachusetts, and wants to roll it out nationally.

35
9 months ago

 A startup building a system that allows school districts to manage their student’s summer break. The system would integrate with school districts’ existing timekeeping systems and calendars, so that students can be allotted days off throughout the summer to spend with their families or with internships or jobs.

35
8 months ago

A startup that allows you to track your next-day flights and automatically book seats, with a time-saving feature that allows you to book the same seat on a flight 24 hours in advance, saving you the hassle of trying to book the same flight two or three days in advance. The app currently has a pilot with Flyte, and is also in talks with other airlines.

35
11 months ago

A platform to help connect the world’s 1.5 billion people who use mobile to send money to each other, currently in the pilot phase.

34
9 months ago

CollaborateLive is a platform for video conferencing and screen sharing that allows businesses to conduct video interviews with customers and prospects. It’s also a way for startups to hold virtual events, with one-hour slots available for $15.

34
6 months ago

The idea is to help users find the most effective treatment for their ailments without spending a lot of money on unnecessary visits and tests. The idea is to reduce costs and remove the guesswork from a process that currently is based on intuition and trial and error.

34
6 months ago

An AI-powered system that analyzes video for plagiarism and automatically flags the instances of it happening. It's currently in the pilot phase, with 1000 users.

34
6 months ago

A company that makes micro-chips that can read and write to a microSD card and be used in a wide variety of devices. The startup has a chip that can be inserted into a computer’s memory stick slot and act as a flash drive.

34
5 months ago

A social media platform for people with disabilities (and their friends and family) to share their stories and interact with others online. Currently, the startup is in talks with several large universities and is looking for partners to help them set up a pilot program.

34
2 months ago

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

34
9 months ago

This startup is building a tool to aggregate data off the web to provide a lot of the things people want to know about their neighbors. For example, they could get data on the population density of their neighborhood, whether or not it’s a safe or dangerous neighborhood, or if it’s a good or bad place to live.

33
7 months ago

A cleaning product that uses science to clean your clothes, making it more effective than washing alone but without damaging the cotton. The startup is also working on a laundry product.

33
5 months ago

A utility that helps companies reliably track and mitigate their carbon footprints. They currently have a pilot running with a number of large companies in the UK and Asia.

33
1 month ago

A new publishing platform for startups, allowing them to build and launch their own newsletters without a lot of the traditional setup and maintenance of a traditional email newsletter.

33
8 months ago

 A startup that wants to provide AI-powered software to help keep track of and manage your online content — which is probably a lot of things, but probably also doesn’t mean “the copyright for everything you’ve ever published”.

32
5 months ago

Batch lets you “batch” a lot of small tasks, like ordering lunch and sending a “thank you” email at the same time.

32
5 months ago

The startup wants to make it easier for companies to manage their data center, particularly those that have a lot of virtual machines running.

32
2 months ago

A startup that allows school districts to book standardized testing, adding more time slots that more students can take.

32
1 month ago

There’s a lot of hype around automation in the workplace, with startups promising ways to help make people more productive by removing the need for certain tasks altogether.

32
3 months ago

The idea is to create an online platform that helps professionals save time and money by planning their own trips to conferences. The founders are both professional travel writers, and say that a lot of the best trips they’ve taken were planned on their own.

31
1 month ago

A mobile banking app for Latin America that’s built for Latin Americans. The startup does still have a lot of work to do on the English side of its service.

31
9 months ago

A social shopping business that uses the Amazon Web Services cloud to offer easy, secure shopping. It’s a service that sells items of clothing, accessories, toys, and other small trinkets.

30
5 months ago

A company that aims to make it easier for international students to find and apply to college in the US. The startup is currently in the process of piloting their service in two major cities in the US.

30
1 month ago

A way of helping pilots land airplanes by hand.

30
13 days ago

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

30
5 months ago

A “commerce platform” that facilitates the sale of “premium” products online, like artisanal cheeses, leather goods or tailored clothing.

29
2 months ago

A retail brand management solution, they charge by the month per location and list a lot of different categories.

29
2 months ago

A company that helps connect companies with their customers in real time. The company can provide a lot of real-time engagement for companies like Call of Duty, allowing users to play the game in real time with their friends.

29
1 month ago

A social network for people in government offices, who have to keep track of a lot of people and a lot of paper. The company wants to create a social network that will allow government workers to share information, request documents, and share feedback and ideas.

29
13 days ago

A company that gives customers a daily pack of fresh, customized coffee, whipped cream, and sugar. It’s currently in pilot with The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf.

29
11 months ago

A startup that creates a platform to help employees and employers organize their work from home. The business is built around a mobile app that allows employees to give out time-slots for work and employees to accept them.

28
5 months ago

This startup is looking to build a platform for online real estate investing (so you can invest in properties you want to own instead of renting out your apartment) with the goal of enabling anyone to be an investor (even if you don’t have a lot of money).

28
6 months ago

A mobile-first, cloud-based system for managing patient records and care. They built on the backend of a similar system for doctors, and are now in a pilot with the Veterans Affairs Office of Patient Centered Care and Outcomes, and the Department of Defense to help improve the quality of patient care.

27
5 months ago

A startup that allows employees to request rides from other employees in their proximity, which the startup says will save them time and money. The startup is currently in a pilot with 1,000 companies and tested with 25,000 trips.

26
5 months ago

A lot of companies in the U.S. don’t provide their employees with benefits today, but that’s starting to change. Requip is a company that helps employers provide benefits for employees, so they can focus on growing the business.

26
5 months ago

A self-driving car platform that can also deploy human drivers in a car, with a pilot program in London’s Greenwich district.

26
1 month ago

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

26
6 months ago

A company that makes all your devices smarter. They’re currently in pilot with 12 clients, including Philips and Vodafone.

25
1 month ago

 This is a startup that allows people to have a virtual “mall” of sorts where they can sort through their clothes and buy them.

25
18 days ago

A small business card program for small businesses. The company says it’s bringing together a lot of the things smaller businesses are currently doing manually, in spreadsheets and power points, into one place.

25
2 years ago

Idea: A co-working space in Colombia that is growing quickly The company is currently in a few pilot locations and is looking to expand rapidly They have a waitlist of over 50 companies

24
2 years ago

Idea: A startup that’s building a tool for online tutoring, but its focus is on the digital-first approach it’s taking: the startup sees the future of education as a lot more digital, and so it’s building a teaching platform that works with students’ tablets and phones.

24
1 month ago

A startup that’s building a system to improve the safety and quality of healthcare services in Brazil, where a lot of the country’s healthcare infrastructure is in need of modernization.

23
1 month ago

A platform that helps your team analyze and gain insights from your company’s data. The startup has a lot of companies in the banking, insurance, and e-commerce industries as customers.

23
1 month ago

Signing up for a loan takes a lot of time. Zeedo aims to eliminate the need for a credit check and the underwriting process altogether by using a data-driven algorithm to match users to qualifying loans. Zeedo is backed by Lerer Ventures and Walden Ventures, and is currently in private beta.

21
2 years ago

Idea: A mobile app that delivers news from the NY Times in a personalized feed. The startup currently has 20,000 active users and is working with the Times on a pilot program to test potential monetization options.

20
1 month ago

A Y Combinator-backed startup focused on making it easier for small businesses to manage their stock. Right now, a lot of small businesses have to hire a stock broker to set up a stock account with a bank and manage their stock manually.

20
17 days ago

Why do people buy a car from someone they’ve never talked to before BizBox aims to be a communications tool between car dealers and consumers, with a marketplace for sellers. There’s a lot of money to be made in this, and BizBox has already launched a product for the German market.

20
1 month ago

A hardware startup that sells a credit card sized device that connects to a smartphone’s camera, ostensibly allowing users to be paid in real time. It’s still in its early days, but the company has a pilot program in place with a few customers.

19
1 month ago

A startup that helps people figure out if they can afford a home in a city. The company says that in cities where a lot of people are renting, it’s hard to find out which ones you can afford because the data isn’t readily available. So it’s building a tool that will show you what neighborhoods are affordable in a new city and help you figure out if you can afford to live there.

19
1 month ago

A company that makes self-driving car simulations that allow software to “drive” the vehicle in the same way virtual reality simulators can help a pilot learn to fly.

19
1 month ago

The founders of this startup have been working in the tech industry for decades, however they have had no success starting companies. Some of their friends on LinkedIn have noticed that they have a lot of business cards and they don’t have a company. They wanted to build a company that helps other entrepreneurs — not just friends and family — to get off the ground.

19
1 month ago

Bonobos was founded in New York City in 2007 by Andy Dunn, a former executive vice president at Target and former director of product at Yahoo. Bonobos is a men's clothing retailer.

19
23 days ago

A car-sharing service for people who don’t have access to a car. They’re currently in the pilot stage for driver sign-up, and plan to launch in Austin, TX in July 2020.

19
23 days ago

A way to add a little human touch to a lot of data, using machine learning to understand the contents of emails and automatically categorizing them. The startup is building a system that will do the same thing, but this time with emails.

19
1 month ago

A “decentralized digital safe” for documents and files, with a team of digital forensic analysts. It’s currently in a batch of pilot programs.

17
1 month ago

A platform to help manufacturers create direct-to-consumer products, like a new consumer-branded toothbrush or baby clothes.

16
7 days ago

A B2B company that helps users manage their business expenses. They launched in August 2018 with a pilot program in San Diego and plan to use the funds to expand to other cities.

16
7 days ago

A platform for people who want to stock up on clothes before they go on vacation.

8
2 years ago

Idea: A startup that makes it easier for people to sell or donate their clothing. Users take a picture of their items and it’s automatically listed on a number of different online marketplaces.

7
2 years ago

A startup that makes it easy for people to sell their old books (I know there are a lot of startups doing this but it's a big market)

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2 years ago

A startup that provides a service where you can buy a car from a car lot that you can return in a few years if you don’t want to keep it

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2 years ago

Idea: Every week, the startup sends people a bag of clothes that they’ve selected based on an algorithm that takes into account their preferences and the weather

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2 years ago

Idea: A software company that enables companies to sell their products through women’s clothing retailers

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2 years ago

iphree creates a micro-grid for off-the-grid communities in developing countries. It currently has a pilot project in Cameroon.

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2 years ago

Idea: A B2B product that helps doctors get paid faster by sharing their patient data with insurance companies. IntelliCare says it’s already working with 5 pilots and 2 paying customers.

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2 years ago

Idea: A startup that makes a chatbot for customer service, meant to help companies scale their customer service. Like a lot of companies, it’s built on AI.

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2 years ago

Idea: An automated platform that helps small businesses manage their finances and bookkeeping. The company is looking to help businesses reduce time spent on administrative tasks while automating a lot of the accounting side of things.

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2 years ago

Idea: A startup that helps companies deal with the paperwork around events. The company’s pitch is that there’s a lot of red tape to navigate for things like conferences, and they’re aiming to save companies time and money.

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2 years ago

Idea: A way to buy and sell phone numbers, with the team saying that a lot of people are talking about retiring their phone numbers because of changes in the current contact system.

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2 years ago

Idea: A startup that wants to get people off the couch and get them playing table tennis. The startup’s primary focus is on what they call “casual players” — people who play recreationally, but don’t want to spend a lot of time practicing to get better. The startup offers lessons on how to play the game online, as well as in-person lessons in San Francisco.

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