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May Startup Ideas



3 months ago

A social network for small-scale farmers. It’s a food network, which provides a way to connect farmers to consumers who want to buy their products. The startup was founded in May, and now has over a million members.

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2 years ago

In the middle of April, Lyft announced it was making $1.25 billion in revenue per quarter, with over $1 billion in cash. In the middle of May, Uber announced that it had $7.4 billion in cash.

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2 years ago

In May, the startup launched its first version, a $300 PC that it said could run as much as 40% faster than similarly priced machines. The company’s second version is a $1,000 PC that it says is twice as fast as its first version.

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2 years ago

A startup that helps users find and connect with events near them. Since launching in May, the startup has seen over 2,000 new users join their platform.

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1 year ago

A startup that makes it easy for small businesses to use a centralized accounting system to keep track of their finances. Redbooth is designed to be a tool for small businesses that don’t have an accounting department and may not have even started keeping track of their finances yet.

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3 years ago

Startup founders are being more aggressive in the US, with a few companies in the last year getting VCs to fund them at seed or Series A-level, when they may have previously been too early.

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1 year ago

A startup that aims to be a way to find, share and make money from any kind of data. It uses machine learning to help its users find information they may not have.

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3 years ago

A startup that helps insurance companies manage their customer accounts and claims. Founded in May.

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3 years ago

An AI-powered bot that helps people find and stay in touch with their friends. The bot, which launched in beta in May, has over 100,000 users and is being tested with some of the biggest social media companies.

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3 years ago

A software platform that helps small businesses, freelancers, and independent contractors obtain loans and invoice financing. They have a $50,000 seed round with a 4x growth rate since their launch in May 2019.

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3 years ago

A video platform that chooses the best pieces of footage from a video to create a GIF. The startup, which was founded in May 2014, says it has been offering GIFs for free since last year.

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3 years ago

In May 2018, TechCrunch ranked the top 50 innovation in Indonesia.

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1 year ago

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

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3 years ago

The startup was founded in May with the goal of making banking more accessible in the US.

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3 years ago

Builds high-end VR content for the fashion industry. The startup, which was founded in May, wants to rapidly iterate on a VR experience before its peers.

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3 years ago

A platform intended to help companies figure out how to make their processes more efficient. NetBix is backed by some of the biggest names in venture capital: Mayfield, Ignition Partners, and others.

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1 year ago

This startup wants to build a marketplace for cars that is “like Uber, but with less regulations and more cars”. It’s currently working on those “less regulations”, having driven its first car at the end of May. It’s also working on having a mobile app, working with auto insurance companies, and building out its in-car technology.

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3 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.

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3 years ago

A micro-loan startup that helps small businesses get loans to cover inventory. The company, which was founded in May, says it has already closed $1.5 million.

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3 years ago

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

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3 years ago

This startup is building a social network for people to share their favorite places in their city, the things they like about them, and maybe even buy things from them.

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3 years ago

This is a company that wants to help companies keep an eye on their employees. The company launched in late May and has already taken over $100,000 in seed funding.

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3 years ago

A digital product that detects, tracks, and pays a user’s monthly rent payments. Due to rent laws, a tenant in many areas may not legally be able to sign for a check until it’s been deposited. By the time they can, the landlord has already moved on to the next tenant, which means the tenant may have to pay the holdback fee.

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3 years ago

A cloud-based telemedicine platform, which launched in May and claims to help doctors and patients bridge the gap that currently exists between in person and remote diagnosis and treatment.

137
3 years ago

A startup that helps you pay for things with credit cards for merchants who may not have the traditional infrastructure.

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3 years ago

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

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3 years ago

A startup that launched in May, Empowered Launchpad is a marketplace for a variety of services including legal, accounting, and engineering, with the goal of making it easier for startups to get off the ground. They’re already working with 100 companies around the world.

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3 years ago

This company builds technology that allows people to securely and easily send money to and from the Philippines. Their service, which launched in May of 2018, allows Filipinos to send money to family and friends without having to deal with the high fees associated with traditional remittance services.

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3 years ago

A startup to help people find a doctor with a doctor in their neighborhood. The San Francisco-based startup, which was launched in May, is a crowd-sourced network of doctors and patients that offers a list of doctors who accept Medicaid.

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1 year ago

A company that helps companies that operate in a surge capacity — those that operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week — manage their power usage and energy costs. It’s a 15 person company that launched in New York City in May, and is profitable.

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3 years ago

The idea: A mobile phone that can be powered by your body movement, rather than by a battery. The goal is for the device to be small enough to fit in your pocket, but powerful enough to run a full computer. The company was founded in May 2016 by two ex-Apple engineers.

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3 years ago

 “A personal assistant for the last mile: an AI-powered tool that serves the last mile of travel needs of both humans and machines.” The startup, which was founded in May, seeks to take on the likes of Uber and Lyft with a new platform designed for last-mile travel.

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3 years ago

This company is building a network for artists to share their music and connect with other people who may enjoy their work.

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3 years ago

A city-level tool to let governments track environmental health and pollution using sensors, analytics, and mobile-based data. The startup has the backing of the mayor of Chicago and the EPA.

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3 years ago

A digital assistant that helps users book doctors' appointments and communicate with doctors. The startup launched in May in the US, with plans to expand to the UK, India, and Mexico.

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3 months ago

A social network for corporations, with enterprise sales teams and executives working on behalf of the company. The company takes a commission off each sale made through their platform, and may also have access to data on consumers on top of that.

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3 years ago

A platform for recruiters, meant to help them find talent. The startup, which was founded in May, already has 2 paying customers.

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3 years ago

City-state management software company, enabling governments to be more dynamic, efficient, and effective. The startup was founded in May, and has over 50 clients nationwide.

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3 years ago

A startup trying to make the creation of a new app as simple as asking a friend to help you. The idea is that creative people will be more likely to give their own time free to help others who may need it, and the startup hopes to eventually help with getting new users on their apps.

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3 years ago

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

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3 years ago

 A company that gathers data from 10 million office spaces around the world and uses AI to predict how offices will be used in the future. The startup, which launched in May, will use this data to help companies with building out spaces in the future, by using it to determine which workspaces are most needed.

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2 years ago

A digital health system that connects people with health professionals in their home country. The startup just launched in Brazil in May.

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3 years ago

A startup that sends flowers to a person's phone. The startup, which launched in May, has partnered with over 50 retailers and plans to expand into more.

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2 years ago

A platform for selling and buying your car or truck, financed with a monthly payment. The startup sold its first loan in May with former GM executive, Mark St. Pierre, leading the company.

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2 years ago

A “crowdsourced business intelligence platform”. The startup wants to help businesses predict and manage their growth. It launched in May with 1000 customers.

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2 years ago

Launched in May, the startup is working with the FCC and other agencies to build a new framework for monitoring and certifying mobile devices in a more transparent and decentralized fashion. The startup is developing an app that uses AI to monitor the data and use it to provide performance and security information.

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11 months ago

A social app that helps college kids manage their homework. The startup, which was founded in May, has 3,000 students signed up to its service

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9 months ago

A free food delivery service in Toronto and Ottawa, with an opt-in subscription service for a monthly fee. The startup has just launched as of May 2019.

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3 months ago

New companies from Y Combinator are eligible to apply to participate in the next batch of startups. However, companies are not guaranteed to be accepted, and may be rejected for any number of reasons.

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2 years ago

A digital platform that offers storage, sharing, and analysis of all of its client’s social media content. The company has raised $21 million in funding to build out its public beta product, which went live in May.

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10 months ago

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

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2 years ago

Founded in May, this startup wants to connect job-seekers to employers. In addition to helping people find jobs, the startup promises to help employers find the best candidates, and even suggests the best language and time for job interviews.

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1 year ago

A startup that tracks how much you’re paying for electricity and other utility bills. The company won’t tell you how much you’re paying, but they’ll tell you what it’s worth and how long you may be paying for.

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1 year ago

A company that teaches employees how to ask for a raise.  The startup, which was founded in May, takes survey data from employees and charts their salary levels, to help them identify areas for potential increases.

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1 year ago

A company looking to re-invent the voice-activated assistant. The company, which launched in May, has built an API that integrates with any hardware.

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2 years ago

A SaaS platform for digital advertising, which allows advertisers to manage their budgets and deliver more personalized ads by understanding the intent of the consumer. The startup says they have $5-6k in revenue since launching in May.

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7 months ago

A messaging app for the deaf and hard of hearing that makes it possible for deaf people to get phone calls, video calls, and video chats. In May 2019 the company launched a product that lets deaf people hear their friends through a device to communicate.

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2 years ago

A startup that lets companies and teams track how they spend money and how much they’re saving, for tax purposes. The startup was founded by two former PayPal employees and launched in May 2019.

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2 years ago

AdExchanger ranked them as the #2 ad tech company to watch in May 2018, following their acquisition of Adform in September 2017. AdExchanger ranked them as the #4 ad tech company to watch in June 2018, following their acquisition of Rapportive in July 2017. AdExchanger ranked them as the #6 ad tech company to watch in July 2018.

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1 year ago

was acquired by Square for $200 million in May.

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2 years ago

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

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2 years ago

The doc app is meant to work with any electronic health records system. It’s built on the idea of user-friendly dashboards, so users can see all of the data that’s relevant, in one place. HealthBlitz is currently working with the Mayo Clinic to build out a prototype. HealthBlitz says that it’s already working with nearly 3,000 healthcare providers.

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9 months ago

A platform that helps would-be consultants, who may be self-employed, find and hire an assistant.

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2 years ago

A platform for advertisers to manage pay-per-click campaigns for digital media, including banner ads, video ads, and native ads. Its founder, Michael Poulsen, says he’s brought in $10,000 in revenue since its inception in May.

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2 years ago

After launching in May, the startup is now fully staffed and working on a product.

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11 months ago

A startup that helps groups of people find free concerts in cities across the world. The startup, which was founded in May, has been featured on Forbes and has 2,000 users for the app.

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1 year ago

A startup that wants to optimize workflows for video and photo editing by ensuring that the right tools are available for the right task at the right time. The company, which was founded in May, has worked with partners including Adobe and Apple.

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1 year ago

If kids are being sent to school by themselves, they may do poorly if they’re already scared of new situations. To help kids transition, the startup will send them to a therapist to help them “develop a calming presence” that they can use throughout their school life.

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4 months ago

Launched in May, the company’s mission is to bring the benefits of public transportation to the Indian market in a way that’s affordable and fun.

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2 years ago

A platform that allows users to create personal profiles for their connections on LinkedIn, then use that information to suggest connections who may be a good fit for them.

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2 years ago

An on-demand concierge service for real estate. The startup, which was founded in May, is building a platform that will help buyers and sellers in the US negotiate or manage their real estate transactions online.

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2 years ago

A real-time article curation tool for people who work remotely. The startup, which launched in May, allows people to find similar stories and add a brief summary of their own, or to simply read and learn from others.

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10 months ago

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

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2 years ago

A platform that helps combat counterfeit products, with an API that merchants can integrate into their own e-commerce platforms. It’s mostly for the fashion industry, although it may expand to other markets.

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1 year ago

A wearable device that alerts you when your oven is on, or when a door or window is opened or closed. The company, which was founded in May, also lets parents monitor children’s activities.

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1 year ago

This startup, founded in May, has a tool that helps companies better understand their financial health. The startup’s software goes through all of a company’s expenses, tracks revenue and profitability and gives employees a report on where all the money is going.

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1 year ago

A startup that helps hotels manage their inventory. The startup, which launched in May, wants to help hotels manage their inventory, ensure the right product is in front of their guests, and ensure that they’re tracking their inventory accurately.

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3 years ago

A startup that helps people with travel planning For example, I need a hotel for my trip to New York, so I go to a travel planner and tell them that I want to go to New York and they find a place for me and then they also find me a flight and maybe even a rental car

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2 years ago

This startup, which launched in May, is building a tool that allows people to take on the role of a travel agent by offering to book their trips online.

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1 year ago

This startup wants to help small businesses manage their social media accounts. The startup, which launched in May, has customers in the UK and US, with plans to expand to Europe.

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2 years ago

A startup that helps people learn how to work with their finances, both in one-on-one sessions, and through a “follow-along” plan. They’re launching their beta in mid-May.

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1 year ago

This company, which was also founded in May, is building an online platform to help renters coordinate with their landlords. The company is looking to unify dozens of platforms that currently don’t talk with one another.

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1 year ago

A startup that was founded in May, a company that helps the financial industry with compliance and regulatory compliance.

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2 years ago

This is a company that is trying to connect people with their local businesses, which can be a difficult task. Local businesses may not know how to reach out to a prospective customer, and customers may not know where to begin looking for a local business. The company is working with businesses to send out personalized emails to those customers, so that the business can reach out to the local customers.

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1 year ago

A software company that helps small businesses with their accounting. The startup was founded in May, and wants to help small businesses with their accounting, helping them save money and simplify their workflows.

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1 year ago

An online marketplace for the sale and renting of automobiles. After launching in May, Carvana has signed up more than 4,000 dealers and is aiming for 1 million by 2020.

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11 months ago

The startup is basically a Spotify for classical music. It’s meant to help classical music fans discover new artists (and may or may not have a far more interesting name than that.)

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1 year ago

A platform that helps users find and book appointments across the web and mobile apps. The startup, which launched in May, has already signed up over 1,300 professionals in its first few months of launch.

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9 months ago

A business that helps people who are in professional roles in different markets connect over video. Its founders say that their product, which launched in May, already has more than 1,000 paying customers.

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7 months ago

A startup that allows people to book meetings with doctors and other medical professionals over the phone. The startup, founded in May, has already had more than 10,000 calls placed.

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2 years ago

A platform for small businesses to access capital. The startup, which was founded in May, is building a supply chain for small businesses to create and manage their own investment opportunities.

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1 year ago

Workplace software that aims to make teams and companies more productive. The company, which launched in May, says it’s already working with over 1,000 companies and has grown its team from 14 to 30 in just four months of launch.

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1 year ago

A startup in the travel industry that offers a new way to book hotels through a single app. The company, which was founded in May, is now live in over 40 cities and has over 4,000 hotel rooms booked.

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6 months ago

A startup that helps people earn free stuff they may not have otherwise, like food, products, or travel.

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1 year ago

This personal finance app is meant to help you save money and get into the best financial products. It’s currently only available in the U.K. The app also claims to have access to the UK’s highest interest savings accounts, so it may not be available in the U.S.

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1 year ago

In May, Prevest created a proof-of-concept platform that allows people to collaborate on content. The company says they’re focused on the “first-time creators” who don’t have the resources to create content independently.

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1 year ago

This is a startup building an app that allows people to sell their old phones on Amazon. It’s an early stage startup that won an award at the Google Launchpad Accelerator in May.

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9 months ago

A B2B company that “helps organizations manage the rest of their business, beyond their ERP software, which may include on-premises tools, outside services, and software”.

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1 year ago

A tool that helps you map out a game plan when you’re on the road. The company’s software, which was launched in May, helps travelers manage their itineraries, organizing daily activities around the places they want to go.

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11 months ago

A tool for code writing that helps teams collaborate and code more efficiently. The startup was funded in May.

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1 year ago

A company that builds products to help farmers to negotiate better deals for themselves with their suppliers. The company is currently in the midst of an $8 million seed round after launching in May 2019.

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1 year ago

A free online platform that allows consumers to give feedback on products and services before they purchase. The startup, which was founded in May, wants to provide an easy way for consumers to provide feedback to brands before they purchase.

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1 year ago

A food delivery app for Lyft drivers in the US that is focused on curbside ordering and deliveries. The startup was founded in March, and will begin operations in May.

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10 months ago

A travel booking app that lets you search for flights, hotels, and attractions at once. Built for the Brazil market, the company has seen a 10x growth in ticket sales per month since May.

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4 months ago

A startup that lets companies manage their entire employee insurance policy — all the way from claims to retirement — from one place. Founded in May.

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1 year ago

A company that allows you to easily create and manage your digital marketing campaigns from one platform. The startup, which was founded in May, has just launched its beta

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2 years ago

A platform that helps brands to track and optimize their calls to action. The startup was started in May 2018 and raised a $1.6 million seed round in July 2018.

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1 year ago

A startup that “combines a credit card and a wallet” for users. In May the founder said it had $2 million in funding.

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1 year ago

A startup that is building an AI assistant for home assistants, helping them take care of daily tasks for their users. The startup was founded in May and is looking to raise $1MM.

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1 year ago

This startup wants to use machine learning to identify the different uses of a product and then provide recommendations based on that data. For example, a smartphone app may recommend different camera apps to users based on their photos.

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1 year ago

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

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1 year ago

The startup, whose name is a reference to the “Trump tax cut”, is building a tool that helps people reclaim their money from the IRS that they may have claimed back in the past.

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1 year ago

Kaitlyn D'Arcy: "Nubank's Head of Marketing Is a Millennial, Who Lives in a Commuter Town, And Has an App to Get Her to Work". "Inc." July 2017. Accessed May 28, 2018.

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3 years ago

Idea: A startup helping businesses in emerging markets manage inventory and orders using a mobile app and a desktop dashboard. The founders say they’ve already signed more than 50 customers in the past month (and have been accepted to Y Combinator,) and that the business has been profitable since it launched at the end of May.

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1 year ago

Zendrive wants to help employers and employees better understand where they are and what they’re doing by tracking their work patterns and emotions. The startup, founded in May, wants to build an app that can be used as an employee wellness tool.

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1 year ago

A virtual assistant that helps people with their day to day tasks. The startup, which was founded in May, says it has 2,000 daily users and plans to launch in the US and UK in 2020.

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1 year ago

A platform to help recruiters find tech talent. It’s meant to help companies find people that have the right skills but may have otherwise been overlooked.

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9 months ago

At the end of the day, this list is far from exhaustive, and there are a number of other startups that may be worth some extra research

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1 year ago

This startup is building an API for automated compliance. The company says that after launching in May, it’s already working with over 250 companies.

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1 year ago

A B2B service for managing prescription orders. As of May, the startup has three clients, including MediServe, a pharmaceutical benefit management company.

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1 year ago

A web-based platform that allows users to take pictures of their items and then automatically price them against other markets. The startup plans on using the data to build a price engine to help consumers compare prices on items they may not be able to find locally.

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9 months ago

The startup, which launched in May, is building an app for companies selling products online to help them manage the complicated process of selling and shipping.

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7 months ago

A group of three former Amazon employees have built a tool that helps guide people to the best deals. The company says they’ve had over 10,000 purchases through the app since launching in May.

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1 year ago

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

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1 year ago

A solution for businesses to track and manage the different payments they make to vendors. The company, which was founded in May, has $1,800 in monthly recurring revenue.

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1 year ago

A platform for event planning, with a focus on the corporate world. The startup, which was founded in May, has a focus on teams and their needs, with the app allowing them to create events, view reports, and track attendance.

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11 months ago

As an extension of its first-generation product, Foodpad is building a way for people to share their favorite recipes and meals with others in an easy-to-use format. Foodpad has been in beta since May.

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1 year ago

The startup, which was founded in May, wants to become the de facto “productivity companion” for people who want to do their own research and stay on the cutting edge of tech.

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1 year ago

A startup that helps patients with chronic pain find the best treatment. The company, which was founded in May, offers a combination of physical therapy and behavioral therapy, along with a community of pain patients who have been successfully treated by the service.

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1 year ago

A startup that connects people looking for Asian exchange students to those looking to make a move overseas. The startup, which was founded in May, launched with a $300,000 seed round in June.

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1 year ago

A virtual assistant for B2B companies, built by a team that’s been building virtual assistants since the early 2000s. The startup launched in May 2019 and currently has 15 customers.

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1 year ago

Traders Pte. Singapore wants to make it easier for small- and medium-sized enterprises to invest in cryptocurrency. The company launched in May, and has already signed up over 80 customers.

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11 months ago

The New York Tech Meetup is a group of New York City engineering and technology professionals that meet monthly to meet, share ideas, and have fun. The group is supported by Inveneo and supported by the New York City Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment.

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7 months ago

A startup that helps people find “gigs”, which are essentially tasks that can be completed in a short span of time. For instance, someone might want to get a temp job, or someone may want to pick up a shift at a coffee shop. Once you find a gig, you’re paid through PayPal and can complete your assignment with a single click.

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6 months ago

A “credit score for the world” for 90% of the world’s remittance flows. Instead of relying on a single credit score, which may differ depending on where you live, IDream ventures wants to provide a global score that’s the same regardless of country.

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7 months ago

The startup, which launched in May, offers a service for companies to bring remote workers into their office space, giving them access to the same technology as their in-office colleagues. The service aims to help remote workers stay productive by bringing them into daily collaboration, and reducing the strain on their remote team.

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7 months ago

This startup, which was founded in May, wants to help patients decide what to buy and how to buy it.

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6 months ago

The team at iKwik, inspired by their grandfather’s wisdom, are building an app that helps you get the most out of your lint trap. It’s made to help keep your clothes looking fresh and to remove dust from your clothes. The startup is looking to partner with retailers and may consider introducing a subscription model.

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3 years ago

Idea: A platform for building chatbots. The founders say their competitor, Maya, charges $3,000 per month while their offering is just $995 per month.

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7 months ago

This startup is building a platform based on artificial intelligence to map out the Internet’s hyperlinks, helping people find things they may not have known they were looking for. The startup’s map is already being used to help people discover hidden gems on the web, and to build apps that can automatically map out the web.

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3 months ago

This Y Combinator startup wants to build software that allows people to capture their surroundings, and make those memories available on the web. The startup, which was founded in May, is based in Montreal.

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2 months ago

A platform for selling used video games. The company says they have $500,000 in monthly sales after launching in May 2019.

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2 months ago

The startup is building a way to manage your credit card payments and payments at retailers. It’s first product, a card reader, was used by the Boston Mayor’s office, and the startup was acquired by Stripe in 2014.

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2 months ago

A digital health tool that uses machine learning to help people manage chronic, complex and long-term conditions like diabetes, hypertension and obesity by communicating with healthcare providers and creating custom plans for patients. The startup began in May and has three contracts.

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7 months ago

A “geo-tracking” app that claims to help prevent fraud by using location data to identify a person who is geographically near a store or other location where a fraudulent transaction may be taking place.

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6 months ago

Unmetric is basically a dating app for inventors. The founders say that over a quarter of patents are never licensed, and that a large majority of inventors are single. Unmetric wants to help connect inventors with others who may be interested in licensing or collaborating on an idea.

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3 months ago

A social network for people who love dogs. The startup is building a mobile app that will have a dog-themed newsfeed, and users will get to interact with other dog-lovers. The startup, which was founded in May, is in a Y Combinator incubator.

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7 months ago

A relatively new startup, it’s aiming to be the next LinkedIn for professional networking. The company wants to make it simple for people to connect with people they know and trust and use social intelligence to help them find people they may not otherwise have come across.

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6 months ago

Power-up is an app that gives users a way to create and share screenshots or videos from their screens. The company is currently looking for funding, and may be in talks with Apple and Google to get their app on these platforms.

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5 months ago

In the past, the Mayor's Office of New Urban Mechanics has run a number of initiatives to support startups in the city, including a grant program and a series of hackathons. Now the office has launched a pilot program to provide startups with a $2,000 grant to help them get off the ground. The program is run through the Mayor's Office of Innovation, and is specifically meant for startups that provide new or novel solutions to the city's biggest problems.

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7 months ago

A startup building a mobile video editing tool that auto-crops short videos into a single, longer one. The startup launched in May and is based in Tel Aviv, Israel.

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1 month ago

A personal assistant that helps users figure out how to best use the internet for personal philanthropy. Without a human to answer your questions the system can’t make the best choices for you. They want to give users the ability to ask questions and get information from any number of charities, charities that may not even be online yet.

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8 days ago

A new way to sell and buy stuff without having to leave your house. The startup is launching in May 2019.

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1 month ago

A company that helps small businesses organize their marketing efforts through a small monthly subscription. The startup has 11,000 businesses signed up since launching in May.

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1 month ago

An AI-driven platform that helps teachers identify students who may need extra help. The AI platform will put out a list of students who are struggling in certain areas and will help teachers pinpoint which students should be taken out of class early to help them catch up.

8
1 month ago

A software that does expense reporting for healthcare companies, and the startups works with the Cleveland Clinic, the Mayo Clinic, and others.

8
13 days ago

A tool for small businesses in the US that helps them prepare their taxes for the year and be prepared for any changes in the tax code they may face.

7
3 years ago

Idea: A startup that wants to help people who work from home manage the logistical and administrative side of it. The platform, which launched its beta in May, has already signed up hundreds of users.

6
3 years ago

A startup that provides a service where people can hire someone to help them get their driver’s license (maybe they’re from out of state and don’t have one, or maybe they’ve had problems with bad driving and need help getting

2
3 years ago

Idea: A new system for treating hyperhidrosis, a condition that causes excessive sweating The startup has developed a new class of ionic liquids that minimizes the risk of burning and irritation that may come with other treatments

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3 years ago

Idea: A startup that sends you a box of food items from small brands you may not have heard of

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