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

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4 years ago

A company that helps companies sell to more budget conscious customers by creating a demand for products that are otherwise hard to sell.

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5 years ago

A startup that provides an online marketplace for services that help to find apartments for people who would otherwise be homeless

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4 years ago

A startup that gives people access to low-cost, high-speed wireless internet in a place they’d otherwise have to pay for a fixed line.

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5 years ago

The startup is building a unique platform to allow students to take online classes that they can’t otherwise afford.

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5 years ago

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

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4 years ago

A chatbot for your team. It’s a way to automate what otherwise might be a time-consuming, low-value process for your team.

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5 years ago

A startup that helps people in rural areas expand their businesses and access markets otherwise out of reach.

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5 years ago

A startup that wants to bring affordable, secure storage to small and medium sized businesses. The company is focused on providing remote access to business owners who would otherwise have to pay high prices to store things in their own homes.

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5 years ago

An online campaign management platform that helps companies monitor and steer the conversation around their products, products that might otherwise get drowned out in the noise of social media.

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5 years ago

A toolkit for companies to bring EHS up to speed with compliance regulations, including a way to assess which regulations might apply to them that they otherwise wouldn’t have known about.

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4 years ago

A platform that helps local governments and organizations work with volunteers to reach people who might not otherwise be reached.

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3 years ago

A startup that sends "behaving" employees to punch in on their colleagues’ lunch breaks to make sure they’re not on the phone or otherwise working.

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4 years ago

A startup for public housing residents in Los Angeles. The startup provides home repair services to residents who otherwise don’t have access to those kinds of services.

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4 years ago

A company that’s building software that can help companies with data science tasks, like building machine learning models, building data warehouses, and otherwise automating the data science process.

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4 years ago

A digital wallet that helps people in developing countries get access to products they can’t access otherwise, like cell phones or internet access.

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4 years ago

A company that works with food producers to “transform activities that might otherwise be wasteful”

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4 years ago

A company that is building a “micropayment” system for mobile games, which allows players to “purchase” virtual resources without having to go through a full transaction. The idea is that it could help games that otherwise wouldn’t be able to monetize with the current payment systems.

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3 years ago

A startup that sends coupons to your phone to help you buy things you’d normally buy from a store. It’s not a replacement for coupons, but a way to encourage you to buy things you would have otherwise bought.

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3 years ago

When you need help with a color scheme, you might ask your mom. Mom’s Color is a color matching app that helps people find the perfect hues by asking them how they feel about the color. It’s designed to be used by people who are colorblind or otherwise struggle to match colors.

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2 years ago

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

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3 years ago

A new take on social media for Millennials: streamlining the process of reporting content that is offensive, abusive, or otherwise violates your community standards.

63

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3 years ago

Combining crowdsourced journalism and social media, this startup aims to help reporters tell stories that otherwise wouldn’t have a chance to be told.

59

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4 years ago

A platform for buying and selling and exchanging surplus shoes that otherwise wouldn’t get sold. The company has sold about $4,000 worth of shoes since launching in December.

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3 years 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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3 years ago

A startup in the “marketplace for under-served people” space. It’s a marketplace for people who might otherwise be homeless.

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3 years ago

A startup that aims to offer a new way for restaurant and entertainment venues to charge an app-based membership system that allows customers to buy tickets to in-demand events at lower prices than tickets would be otherwise. The startup is currently building a test platform for the Los Angeles concert industry.

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3 years ago

Founded in 2017, this startup aims to help people with mental health issues sort their thoughts and writings. The app allows users to take screenshots from their notes and, in response to these notes, the app allows the user to write on top of the screenshot. It’s a tool that’s meant to help users articulate thoughts that they would never be able to articulate otherwise.

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3 years ago

This platform is meant to be a place where people can express their political beliefs and have conversations that they otherwise might not have had.

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3 years ago

A startup that monitors the health of your home, automatically alerting you to issues you might otherwise let slide. The company uses a team of market researchers, data scientists and a network of professional home inspectors to make sure it can competently monitor the health of your home.

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2 years ago

Unbabel is the startup that wants to help people make money through machine translation. The company has made it possible for users to translate ads with Latin phrases that might otherwise be inaccessible to a global audience.

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2 years ago

A user-controlled electric wheelchair. The startup wants to help people who might otherwise have to use hospital-specific wheelchairs.

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2 years 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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2 years ago

Redbrick is a mortgage brokerage company focused on helping first time buyers, targeting those who would otherwise go without a mortgage.

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2 years ago

Storefronts of appliances like drones and RC cars. The startup wants to create a marketplace for retailers to sell products that otherwise would have to be shipped from China.

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A company that helps companies sell to more budget conscious customers by creating a demand for products that are otherwise hard to sell.

A startup that provides an online marketplace for services that help to find apartments for people who would otherwise be homeless

A startup that gives people access to low-cost, high-speed wireless internet in a place they’d otherwise have to pay for a fixed line.

The startup is building a unique platform to allow students to take online classes that they can’t otherwise afford.

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

A chatbot for your team. It’s a way to automate what otherwise might be a time-consuming, low-value process for your team.

A startup that helps people in rural areas expand their businesses and access markets otherwise out of reach.

A startup that wants to bring affordable, secure storage to small and medium sized businesses. The company is focused on providing remote access to business owners who would otherwise have to pay high prices to store things in their own homes.

An online campaign management platform that helps companies monitor and steer the conversation around their products, products that might otherwise get drowned out in the noise of social media.

A toolkit for companies to bring EHS up to speed with compliance regulations, including a way to assess which regulations might apply to them that they otherwise wouldn’t have known about.

A platform that helps local governments and organizations work with volunteers to reach people who might not otherwise be reached.

A startup that sends "behaving" employees to punch in on their colleagues’ lunch breaks to make sure they’re not on the phone or otherwise working.

A startup for public housing residents in Los Angeles. The startup provides home repair services to residents who otherwise don’t have access to those kinds of services.

A company that’s building software that can help companies with data science tasks, like building machine learning models, building data warehouses, and otherwise automating the data science process.

A digital wallet that helps people in developing countries get access to products they can’t access otherwise, like cell phones or internet access.

A company that works with food producers to “transform activities that might otherwise be wasteful”

A company that is building a “micropayment” system for mobile games, which allows players to “purchase” virtual resources without having to go through a full transaction. The idea is that it could help games that otherwise wouldn’t be able to monetize with the current payment systems.

A startup that sends coupons to your phone to help you buy things you’d normally buy from a store. It’s not a replacement for coupons, but a way to encourage you to buy things you would have otherwise bought.

When you need help with a color scheme, you might ask your mom. Mom’s Color is a color matching app that helps people find the perfect hues by asking them how they feel about the color. It’s designed to be used by people who are colorblind or otherwise struggle to match colors.

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

A new take on social media for Millennials: streamlining the process of reporting content that is offensive, abusive, or otherwise violates your community standards.

Combining crowdsourced journalism and social media, this startup aims to help reporters tell stories that otherwise wouldn’t have a chance to be told.

A platform for buying and selling and exchanging surplus shoes that otherwise wouldn’t get sold. The company has sold about $4,000 worth of shoes since launching in December.

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.

A startup in the “marketplace for under-served people” space. It’s a marketplace for people who might otherwise be homeless.

This platform is meant to be a place where people can express their political beliefs and have conversations that they otherwise might not have had.

A startup that monitors the health of your home, automatically alerting you to issues you might otherwise let slide. The company uses a team of market researchers, data scientists and a network of professional home inspectors to make sure it can competently monitor the health of your home.

Unbabel is the startup that wants to help people make money through machine translation. The company has made it possible for users to translate ads with Latin phrases that might otherwise be inaccessible to a global audience.

A user-controlled electric wheelchair. The startup wants to help people who might otherwise have to use hospital-specific wheelchairs.

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.

Redbrick is a mortgage brokerage company focused on helping first time buyers, targeting those who would otherwise go without a mortgage.

Storefronts of appliances like drones and RC cars. The startup wants to create a marketplace for retailers to sell products that otherwise would have to be shipped from China.