Outside Startup Ideas

3 years ago

A startup that’s building a platform to help people find and purchase real estate with outside financing.

154

3 years ago

A social network for hiring and managing outside contractors in the US.

152

1 year ago

A CEO of a software company in the Middle East told me that while he liked the idea of Hinge, one of the things missing was a way to easily find matches outside of New York, Toronto and LA. Hinge wants to be the place to find matches where you aren’t a celebrity.

145

3 years ago

A startup that gives data on the role of the press in different countries, and what countries are most open to outside reporters.

144

3 years ago

A startup that makes a sensor that attaches to the outside of buildings and measures the humidity and temperature for every room. The startup is currently working with a handful of commercial buildings across New York City.

137

3 years ago

A B2B company that connects companies with Indonesian factories that can produce goods at a lower cost than competitors outside the country.

137

3 years ago

A free app for connecting with your friends outside of Facebook. It’s a platform where people can create digital walls and a platform to share photos and videos. They have a team of 30 people and have raised $3.5M funding.

127

3 years ago

A platform that allows outside contractors to get references from employers and contractors, and better manage their own work history.

111

8 months ago

A way for smart home device makers to create and sell devices in the US. The company already has customers outside of the US, including in Brazil and Australia.

96

2 years ago

A company that focuses on customer engagement for retailers and restaurants. It’s currently in beta for 10,000 users, and the founders say they’re looking to expand to markets outside the US.

90

1 year ago

A startup for selling outside of Ebay. The company is building out a marketplace for manufacturers and suppliers to list their goods for sale.

89

2 years ago

“From the outside, our team is probably the most diverse in the YC batch [of the past five years],” says cofounder Raman Harsh, an MIT alum. “There are no limits on race, ethnicity, religion, or gender.”

76

1 year ago

A startup that uses the smartphone’s accelerometer to automatically turn on fans and heating/cooling systems when it’s cold outside.

73

2 years ago

A company that provides the top digital marketing agency in the world with a digital presence outside of their clients’ websites.

71

1 year ago

A platform for people to hire freelance services like web designers, writers, and developers (known as “talents”) within the company and outside of it.

71

6 months ago

Finding a way to build a sensible online news portal outside of the established media networks.

71

2 years ago

A secure, encrypted platform for file sharing in the workplace and outside of it.

70

1 year ago

Stripe is a payment platform that wants to help e-commerce merchants on smaller margins and those outside the US. The company is looking to partner with other services to help customers in places like China and Mexico expand their customer base.

68

1 year ago

Companies today have huge backlogs of social and community management needs that are “outside the scope of their core competencies”

66

2 years ago

A mobile chat platform that lets you video chat with your friends. It actually built a mobile chat platform the same way it built the messaging platform, with no outside funding. It’s now in private beta after launching in December.

65

2 years ago

A company that helps teachers all over the world teach students about animals in the natural world outside of school.

64

9 months ago

A company that claims to have over 10 million registered users. Almost 100% of the company’s users are outside the US, and it has over 500 employees in Asia, Europe and North America.

62

1 year ago

Providing a platform for W2 workers to get paid for their work outside of the traditional office environment.

61

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.

61

1 year ago

A SaaS solution that allows brands to create video content on their own, without having to rely on an outside film editor. The startup is also building a product that allows brands to create custom video ads with the click of a button.

61

8 months ago

A tool to help companies pay their suppliers, who are often outside of their control or the company’s system. Y Combinator is the startup’s first customer, and the company is looking to launch its first product in Q2 of 2020.

61

1 year ago

A startup that helps businesses inside and outside of the US grow and retain customers for more than 5 years.

60

7 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”.

59

1 year ago

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

58

1 year ago

A platform that allows consumers to pay for products using Bitcoin. The company is not accepting outside funding.

56

1 year ago

This startup wants to build a “marketplace” for the millions of small businesses that are currently operating outside of the US. They support businesses in multiple countries, and would like to expand into the US.

56

6 months ago

A startup that helps people with spinal cord injuries receive a second way to communicate with the outside world. When users are able to communicate through a device, they’re able to send $15 to a researcher in the US, who uses the money to purchase a device to make the communication possible.

51

11 months ago

This staffing agency is looking to help its clients hire virtual assistants and project managers outside of their offices.

45

11 months ago

In the spring of 2015, Y Combinator launched a branch in San Francisco as its first outside of Silicon Valley. It also expanded its new branch to Berlin, London, Toronto, and Madrid. By 2017, Y Combinator said it had over 150 active startups on its program.

41

9 months ago

A tool for managing employees’ social profiles, designed for companies to manage their employees’ outside of work lives.

40

1 year ago

A platform for entrepreneurs to manage their investments. Breeze lets you create investment portfolios and track their performance, and the startup offers tools for letting people manage their investments outside of the traditional brokerage world.

39

5 months ago

The startup’s goal is to make travel less stressful. It’s developed a way to access credit at the airport and outside of it, without having to go through a credit check.

31

9 months ago

An on-demand software platform for SAP. The product is made up of a set of component tools that developers can buy or create themselves. The company’s pitch is that this is the first time a SAP component product has been made available outside of SAP, and that its offering will be the right fit for other SAP developers.

30

3 months ago

A startup building a tool for international brands to get a better sense of how their products are selling outside of their home country.

30

3 months ago

The team behind this co-working space-cum-event space wants to build a community that caters to the growing number of startups that live outside of major urban areas.

29

3 months ago

A platform that allows corporations to securely communicate with their employees and contractors outside of company networks.

27

5 months ago

In addition, YC includes a number of other programs, such as a software development program that develops products for the “Internet of Things”, a mentorship program for entrepreneurs looking to build companies outside of the US, and a program to help alumni launch companies.

26

13 days ago

A telehealth platform for doctors to help patients outside of the office and streamline routine checkups, including vital signs and medication reminders.

21

3 months ago

A smart, connected home device, enabling technology that automatically adjusts the temperature in your home to match the outside temperature.

19

3 years ago

Idea: A platform for booking medical appointments, similar to OpenTable or Uber. Users can book with a doctor inside or outside of the platform, and it will handle the

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Outside Startup Ideas

A startup that’s building a platform to help people find and purchase real estate with outside financing.

A social network for hiring and managing outside contractors in the US.

A CEO of a software company in the Middle East told me that while he liked the idea of Hinge, one of the things missing was a way to easily find matches outside of New York, Toronto and LA. Hinge wants to be the place to find matches where you aren’t a celebrity.

A startup that gives data on the role of the press in different countries, and what countries are most open to outside reporters.

A startup that makes a sensor that attaches to the outside of buildings and measures the humidity and temperature for every room. The startup is currently working with a handful of commercial buildings across New York City.

A B2B company that connects companies with Indonesian factories that can produce goods at a lower cost than competitors outside the country.

A free app for connecting with your friends outside of Facebook. It’s a platform where people can create digital walls and a platform to share photos and videos. They have a team of 30 people and have raised $3.5M funding.

A platform that allows outside contractors to get references from employers and contractors, and better manage their own work history.

A way for smart home device makers to create and sell devices in the US. The company already has customers outside of the US, including in Brazil and Australia.

A company that focuses on customer engagement for retailers and restaurants. It’s currently in beta for 10,000 users, and the founders say they’re looking to expand to markets outside the US.

A startup for selling outside of Ebay. The company is building out a marketplace for manufacturers and suppliers to list their goods for sale.

“From the outside, our team is probably the most diverse in the YC batch [of the past five years],” says cofounder Raman Harsh, an MIT alum. “There are no limits on race, ethnicity, religion, or gender.”

A startup that uses the smartphone’s accelerometer to automatically turn on fans and heating/cooling systems when it’s cold outside.

A company that provides the top digital marketing agency in the world with a digital presence outside of their clients’ websites.

A platform for people to hire freelance services like web designers, writers, and developers (known as “talents”) within the company and outside of it.

Finding a way to build a sensible online news portal outside of the established media networks.

A secure, encrypted platform for file sharing in the workplace and outside of it.

Stripe is a payment platform that wants to help e-commerce merchants on smaller margins and those outside the US. The company is looking to partner with other services to help customers in places like China and Mexico expand their customer base.

Companies today have huge backlogs of social and community management needs that are “outside the scope of their core competencies”

A mobile chat platform that lets you video chat with your friends. It actually built a mobile chat platform the same way it built the messaging platform, with no outside funding. It’s now in private beta after launching in December.

A company that helps teachers all over the world teach students about animals in the natural world outside of school.

A company that claims to have over 10 million registered users. Almost 100% of the company’s users are outside the US, and it has over 500 employees in Asia, Europe and North America.

Providing a platform for W2 workers to get paid for their work outside of the traditional office environment.

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.

A SaaS solution that allows brands to create video content on their own, without having to rely on an outside film editor. The startup is also building a product that allows brands to create custom video ads with the click of a button.

A tool to help companies pay their suppliers, who are often outside of their control or the company’s system. Y Combinator is the startup’s first customer, and the company is looking to launch its first product in Q2 of 2020.

A startup that helps businesses inside and outside of the US grow and retain customers for more than 5 years.

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”.

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

A platform that allows consumers to pay for products using Bitcoin. The company is not accepting outside funding.

This startup wants to build a “marketplace” for the millions of small businesses that are currently operating outside of the US. They support businesses in multiple countries, and would like to expand into the US.

A startup that helps people with spinal cord injuries receive a second way to communicate with the outside world. When users are able to communicate through a device, they’re able to send $15 to a researcher in the US, who uses the money to purchase a device to make the communication possible.

This staffing agency is looking to help its clients hire virtual assistants and project managers outside of their offices.

In the spring of 2015, Y Combinator launched a branch in San Francisco as its first outside of Silicon Valley. It also expanded its new branch to Berlin, London, Toronto, and Madrid. By 2017, Y Combinator said it had over 150 active startups on its program.

A tool for managing employees’ social profiles, designed for companies to manage their employees’ outside of work lives.

A platform for entrepreneurs to manage their investments. Breeze lets you create investment portfolios and track their performance, and the startup offers tools for letting people manage their investments outside of the traditional brokerage world.

The startup’s goal is to make travel less stressful. It’s developed a way to access credit at the airport and outside of it, without having to go through a credit check.

A startup building a tool for international brands to get a better sense of how their products are selling outside of their home country.

The team behind this co-working space-cum-event space wants to build a community that caters to the growing number of startups that live outside of major urban areas.

A platform that allows corporations to securely communicate with their employees and contractors outside of company networks.

In addition, YC includes a number of other programs, such as a software development program that develops products for the “Internet of Things”, a mentorship program for entrepreneurs looking to build companies outside of the US, and a program to help alumni launch companies.

A telehealth platform for doctors to help patients outside of the office and streamline routine checkups, including vital signs and medication reminders.

A smart, connected home device, enabling technology that automatically adjusts the temperature in your home to match the outside temperature.

Idea: A platform for booking medical appointments, similar to OpenTable or Uber. Users can book with a doctor inside or outside of the platform, and it will handle the