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1 year ago

A startup that makes the process of paying taxes fun.

311
2 years ago

A startup that helps people manage their money, including budgeting and paying bills. The company wants to become a finance hub for consumers.

225
2 years ago

This startup helps users of their service keep track of their prescriptions and keep track of their pill tracking. The startup currently has a 10% retention rate, and one customer from Taiwan is paying them $6,500 per month.

164
1 year ago

A consumer loan app for the unbanked. The startup aims to scale its startup base, paying them to lend to unbanked consumers.

159
2 years ago

A company that aims to simplify the process of buying and selling used goods online in the US, and in the UK, with the aim to make it easier than eBay or Craigslist. The startup currently has 2,000 members, each paying a monthly fee.

158
2 years ago

A startup that helps freelancers get paid up front, then moves that money to a business account if they don’t get enough gigs booked in a given period of time. Today it has paying customers in the US, UK, and Australia, and is profitable.

142
1 year ago

A self-storage company that provides monthly payment structures to make customers feel like they’re paying less in rent than they actually are.

142
1 year ago

A SaaS platform to help companies quickly build and manage apps using public and private cloud. The company is currently cash-flow positive with over 100 paying customers.

141
2 years ago

A new way of paying for groceries using a credit card, with the goal of helping people make healthier, more affordable choices.

140
2 years ago

Building a platform for talent recruiters, which shows them exactly how much they should be paying for a new hire.

134
2 years ago

A tool for helping people pay off their student loans. The company has already started paying off over $3 million in loans for people who took out their student loans in the 1990s.

131
2 years ago

The startup’s founders say that since launching a year ago, they’ve had over 6,000 paying customers.

128
2 years ago

A startup that promises to be the next Uber for the taxi industry. Instead of incentivizing drivers by paying them directly, they’ll pay the driver’s customer base.

127
2 years ago

A blockchain-based, peer-to-peer platform allowing people to rent apartments and rooms in unused retail space to travelers in need as a means of earning extra income and paying for rent.

124
1 year ago

A startup that wants to solve the “capital management” problem for enterprise software startups. Instead of companies managing all of their own financial resources, they plan to provide a service that helps startups manage their capital, paying for those resources as needed.

124
2 years ago

A startup that wants to build a “pay it forward” model, where people volunteer to pay for others’ purchases in the name of “paying it forward”. It’s a bit like the Amazon Dash, but with the automatic donation of the $5 to the cashier instead of the Amazon account.

119
2 years ago

A startup that brings the power of an “off-the-shelf” product like Uber or Airbnb to the small business owner. It makes the process of hosting, booking, and paying for a service as easy as booking a flight or an Uber.

119
2 years ago

A startup that helps people find a way to pay for college that is better than what they are paying now, provided they can handle the debt on their own

117
2 years ago

A software company that aims to help employers and HR departments manage the cost of employee benefits. It aims to make it easier for employers to understand what they’re paying and how to improve it. They’re currently in talks with banks to offer a new product.

116
1 year ago

A startup that helps small businesses get smart about their marketing with a suite of tools. The company says it has more than 5,000 paying customers in the US.

114
2 years ago

A startup that looks to make it easier for the elderly to get a second smartphone. They’re looking to make it easy for the elderly to get a second smartphone when they’re already paying high smartphone bills. They’re launching in a few months and have already received a $250,000 investment from an angel group in the Valley that helps solve “pioneering problems in emerging markets.”

113
2 years ago

A platform for paying people who do things like plow your driveway and mow your lawn.

112
2 years ago

A company that helps businesses in the US and Canada use “reloads” from clients in China to avoid paying Chinese taxes

112
2 years ago

A simple solution that allows people to track and pay for their electricity, gas, and water bills. The company wants to make paying bills easier than it is today and aims to cut costs for customers as a result.

112
2 years ago

The idea is to help homeowners get a mortgage without paying a mortgage broker.

110
2 years ago

A tool to help event producers manage their social media posts, customer service, and other communications. It’s an ad-free, content-focused social media management tool with 15,000 paying customers.

107
2 years ago

A startup that offers a platform that allows subscribers to pay for new channels using their trial subscription. This allows them to add all the channels they want without paying a bundle of money.

107
2 years ago

A team of entrepreneurs is building a platform that helps people with disabilities complete simple tasks, like filling out online forms, paying bills, or making restaurant reservations. The startup has raised $500,000 in seed funding, and is targeting a launch date of mid-October.

106
2 years ago

A payment platform that allows users to make payments without constantly having to pull out their phones. It’s meant to allow payments to happen in the background and utilize location data to make sure the person paying the bill can’t pay it twice.

106
1 year ago

A new way of paying for groceries. Instead of swiping a credit card, shoppers use their phones to scan a QR code for payment and a receipt.

106
2 years ago

Employees can request a new car or plane ticket, with the company paying for it. It’s like a traveler’s club without the fees.

105
2 years ago

A company that helps small businesses get paid faster by paying out on their paychecks before they’re due.

104
1 year ago

A way of paying for services with cryptocurrency instead of fiat.

104
1 year ago

A tool for those who sell their own art, such as artists, musicians, and writers. It allows people to set up a storefront and sell their works to paying customers.

104
1 year ago

A startup that wants to help companies that sell their goods online in the US and Canada without paying taxes.

104
1 year ago

The startup wants to bring order to the insurance claims process by cutting out the paperwork and paying a claims adjuster to handle the paperwork for you.

103
2 years ago

Tired of paying hefty overdraft fees, this startup wants to make banks obsolete and hand them over to their customers, who can then pay bills and get cash advances directly from their bank accounts.

101
2 years ago

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

100
2 years ago

A financial services startup that helps companies and employees track their cash flow and financial status. The company is building a software platform that says can help companies manage their funds, from paying employees and issuing paychecks to buying inventory.

98
2 years ago

A credit card that rewards its customers for giving back to the community. Instead of paying a flat fee for the credit card, customers are charged based on the number of points they earn for charitable donations.

97
1 year ago

A way to make paying taxes easier, with a tool that lets you pay your taxes in a way that’s more efficient than the IRS’ online tools. The startup also wants to make the tax process more predictable and transparent by providing a taxpayer’s tax form for every state, and giving an estimate of what the liability is.

97
2 years ago

A product that helps brands increase their Instagram influence without paying for it.

96
1 year ago

A micro-task marketplace to help people find work, and help businesses manage the process of hiring and paying, while getting more things done.

96
1 year ago

Receipts are generally paper or emailed, with companies generally paying for their own processing. Payroll is one of the biggest costs for most companies.

95
2 years ago

A way for businesses to get name-brand products without paying the mark-up.

94
1 year ago

A software company that helps businesses figure out how much they’re paying for electricity, and then sets up a cash flow model to ensure they’re using less electricity. The company has a database of over 1,000 utility companies that it uses to calculate the cost of electricity.

91
2 years ago

A home security company that uses sensors to monitor the security of a home or building, paying users a fee for each intrusion detected.

90
2 years ago

A company that aims to make the process of paying for parking more efficient, by allowing drivers to pay for parking on-the-go.

88
2 years ago

Shoppers are no longer satisfied with the bulky, slow, and expensive payment options available today. Shift wants to provide the option of paying with cash at local stores.

88
2 years ago

A digital wallet for people who need to make international transfers. The startup, which has raised $7.5 million to date, says that customers can now use their accounts to transfer funds to other countries while paying lower fees.

84
1 year ago

This SaaS business helps businesses keep track of their legal bills, including which law firm they’re paying the bill to.

84
1 year ago

A video-chatting app that allows you to meet new people in a safe environment. The startup is building a community that lets you meet new people without having to go through the hassle of setting up a meetup or paying for online dating.

83
1 year ago

A startup that’s building a “self-serve” payment system for restaurants. It’s a product of the food-tech world, with the goal of streamlining the process of paying for orders.

82
2 months ago

A startup that wants to build a better experience for people who want to watch movies on their phone, without paying through the nose in monthly subscriptions.

81
2 months ago

This is a platform to connect freelancers with high-paying clients. It’s a new way to find jobs that could be ideal for freelancers. Clients post projects they’re looking to pay for, and freelancers respond.

80
1 year ago

A platform for quickly getting and paying for the right medication. The startup has raised $10,000 from the University of Pennsylvania Startup Weekend.

78
2 years ago

This facial recognition app from two MIT grads has gotten attention for its integration with a number of services. People can use it to verify their identity in places like checking their bank account, paying at a store, or using a credit card.

76
1 year ago

A startup for booking and paying for events, including ticketing and payment processing, with a focus on the B2B space.

75
1 year ago

A tool for paying contractors on a monthly basis, designed to be simple and easy to use for small businesses.

74
1 year ago

A tool for paying bills that helps save you money and keeps track of your payments.

74
2 years ago

A simple, online platform for paying bills.

73
1 month ago

A startup known as PayTag, which allows users to “unlock” their phones via Bluetooth, scanning a QR code on the phone and paying for the phone in the process.

72
1 year ago

Women in the US are being paid less than men for the same work, but the Equal Pay Pledge aims to change that. The startup is building a tracking platform to show how much companies are paying their employees. Currently it has over 1,000 organizations signed up to report their numbers.

70
1 year ago

A new way of paying artists, based on a kind of marketplace model. The major difference is that the company doesn’t take any commission from the artists. The startup instead takes a 30% cut as a fee for the use of the platform.

69
1 year ago

A tool to help people better understand their insurance, and figure out if they’re paying too much.

69
1 year ago

A tool that allows small businesses to create websites quickly, without hiring a developer or building an entirely new site. Currently the only product, it has 8 paying clients.

67
1 year ago

This startup is building a chatbot that helps college students with their college applications, applying for aid and paying their bills.

66
11 months 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.

66
1 year ago

A student loan management app, designed to make the process of paying off student loans simpler.

65
1 year ago

A platform that helps people make lightning-fast alterations to their homes. The startup is trying to reduce the process of finding contractors, arranging payments and paying them.

65
1 year ago

A platform for users to sell their unused gadgets, with buyers paying with a single click.

64
2 years ago

This startup is building software for businesses to keep track of their expensive items, which they can then take to their local jeweler instead of paying a check out fee. They also plan to expand to offer an app that allows customers to track the location of their purchases, so they can get a full refund if the item is lost or stolen.

62
2 years ago

Idea: A startup that allows local musicians to advertise their music by paying with cryptocurrency

61
1 year ago

A startup that makes it easy for people to build a large collection of books, comics, art prints and other collectibles. It helps people build up a private collection without paying high storage fees.

61
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.

61
5 months ago

A startup that makes it easier to do remote work. The company says it has 2,000 paying customers and $1.5M in total funding, with 100 employees.

60
1 year ago

A startup that aims to build a platform for online contracts. The company wants users to pay for services in advance without paying upfront fees.

57
1 year ago

Tastebuds helps restaurants and home cooks save money by paying suppliers directly and automating day to day operations.

57
1 year ago

A “bottom of the funnel” growth platform for B2B companies. Based in Vancouver, the platform helps businesses identify leads and convert them into paying customers.

57
11 months ago

The company is building a platform for trying out new music, allowing users to listen to new songs for free before paying for them.

57
8 months ago

A platform that helps companies automate the process of creating a budget, scheduling and paying bills.

57
1 year ago

 A startup creating a platform that serves as a single source for all of a person’s online and offline credit and debit cards. The startup wants to make paying for things as easy as swiping a credit card.

56
1 month ago

A company that helps people save money on their baggage fees when flying. Instead of paying $400 for a bag, you pay $30 for a small one.

54
1 year ago

A new way of paying for things on the internet that’s supposed to be faster, more secure, and more user-friendly than PayPal. It’s meant to be the next step up from cash.

53
7 months ago

A startup that offers a platform for engineers to make their own tools, or to acquire/buy off third party tools. The company says it’s already has a few clients paying for access to it’s engineering platform.

52
2 years ago

Idea: A cashback service for blockchain payments (eg paying with bitcoin for a meal at a restaurant)

51
2 months ago

This is a solution for the $5 trillion market where logistics companies are paying for cargo capacity, enabling them to buy and sell space for other companies to store their inventory.

51
1 month ago

A software suite that helps companies manage the risks of workers getting sick and sometimes paying for their healthcare when they’re already covered. It’s offering a free trial to startups, which is also how it plans to seed the business.

51
1 year ago

Customers can also switch from a monthly plan to a yearly plan by paying a one-time fee.

49
1 year ago

A company building a platform to make it easier to get paid for sharing things on the web. The startup aims to make it easier for users to take credit for their work, rather than paying fees to an intermediary.

49
11 months ago

This startup is building a way to build a network of people that can provide professional services to companies. The service is meant to be a platform for freelancers that is also a paying client.

49
1 year ago

This startup wants to take the rigmarole out of paying bills. The company aims to be the “Uber for payments”, the startup says it processes over $200 million in payments per month. It hopes to take a 15% cut of each transaction.

48
1 year ago

A company that offers a service that allows the public to view details of the companies that supply their electricity. The app displays companies’ ethics and data from their websites and connects to their electricity suppliers through the cloud, giving people the ability to see how much they’re paying for electricity.

48
5 months ago

A new kind of personal finance site that connects people with a shared financial goal, like paying off debt or saving for a vacation.

48
11 months ago

A company that helps businesses sell products and services for a commission, with their most successful customers paying $5,000 on average.

47
1 year ago

A feature-rich, fully-hosted virtual networking and collaboration platform for businesses. The startup says it has 1,000 paying users, including YC companies.

46
11 months ago

In an effort to bring a local currency to impoverished areas of the Middle East, the startup is building a mobile app that allows users to earn money by paying their bills and buying mobile phone top-up credits on the go.

45
1 month ago

A startup that helps keep track of your expenses and credit card payments. Customers can set goals for things like paying down debt and saving for a vacation and the app sends them a daily email reminder when it’s time to do so.

45
17 days ago

A SaaS startup that helps engineers collaborate on projects using a chat-based tool. The company’s CEO, Ryan Kavanagh, says that it’s already paying off.

45
1 year ago

A startup that wants to make it easier to find and monitor the data you’re paying for in all your online accounts. The company has launched in NYC, San Francisco, and Los Angeles markets.

44
1 year ago

A startup that helps businesses make sure their employees are paying the right taxes. The company has clients like Zillow that want to know if they’re properly covering all their employees and contractors.

44
8 months ago

A platform that allows companies to quickly create a customized credit card and begin accepting money from new customers. The card is only available in the US, and is only good while the company is paying it off.

44
1 year ago

A credit card that rewards customers for paying down their balance. A consumer can get the card from a bank and pay off the balance each month, then increase the credit limit in increments. The startup then takes a percentage of that credit and invests it in the customer’s portfolio.

43
7 months ago

A “human-proof” way of ordering and paying for groceries across the UK. After months of beta testing there are now plans to roll it out nationwide in the UK.

43
4 months ago

The startup takes advantage of the fact that people often have to use their iPhones for multiple things, and wants to make it easy to manage multiple tasks at once. It’s a collaborative task manager for people who frequently use two or more devices. It’s treating its first paying customers via its crowdfunding campaign.

43
1 year ago

A digital alternative to the physical world for worker training, meant to allow companies to become more efficient by paying their employees to work at home.

42
1 month ago

 After selling their hardware startup Linear, the founders of the company started SaaS software startup Level which is building out an integrated package to help people manage their finances. Level’s goal is to be a one-stop-shop for checking your credit scores and loans, and paying bills.

42
10 months ago

A way to cash out of a 401k or IRA without paying a fortune to a fee-laden financial advisor.

41
10 months ago

A platform for paying health care providers. The company is focused on providing compliance and automation services to the health care industry.

41
6 months ago

Paying bills is one of the biggest pain points for small businesses, and Taptu wants to solve that with a single, easy-to-use bill paying platform.

41
1 month 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.

41
1 year ago

A mobile app for booking and paying for childcare

40
11 months ago

A startup that wants to give credit scoring to unsecured loans to help people get in the habit of paying their bills on time, thus getting better credit scores.

40
7 months ago

A company that works with universities to improve student outcomes and career outcomes. A student facing a financial crisis might get a loan from a university, in order to help them pay tuition. But if their grades don’t improve, they might not be able to pay it back. The startup’s platform helps universities track their students and make sure they’re on track to graduate and are actually paying back their loans when they graduate.

40
2 months ago

A product that lets consumers sign up for a monthly subscription of an article they love, with the option of paying extra for some customization.

40
1 month ago

A company that helps people sell their houses using a mobile app. Instead of just paying a realtor, users can put their house on the market and pay rent to the app. Once a buyer is found, the house can be sold quickly, and the buyer can then buy it.

40
9 months ago

A startup that’s building a decentralized system for digital advertising, which they say is able to reach nearly a billion users without paying any fees.

39
1 month ago

A cloud-based platform that helps people use their personal credit cards to buy things online. The company is aiming to make the process of paying with a credit card as easy as making an in-store transaction.

39
1 year ago

A company that wants to build an artificial intelligence-powered assistant for the home that can help with many everyday tasks like making a reservation, paying bills, and buying things online. The startup is based in San Francisco.

38
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.

37
1 year ago

A platform for managing and paying taxes on personal loans in the US and globally.

37
8 months ago

This Atlanta-based startup has launched two products in under two years. The first is a “credit score simulator” that helps users see how they might fare in a credit crunch. The second is a mobile app that gamifies the process of paying bills.

37
7 months ago

This startup wants to build a platform that makes it easier for companies to scale their customer service department, and has already signed up 20 paying customers.

37
1 year ago

A company that helps bank customers transfer money to friends and family in Mexico, paying them in pesos at about a 1% fee, as opposed to the 3% fee for a traditional money transfer.

35
10 months ago

A company that allows for the mixing and matching of services, or “drop-shipping”, with a bartering system for paying for services, or “share-washing”.

35
10 months ago

This a personal-finance app that helps people track their spending and come up with a plan for paying off loans. The founders say it’s one of the most active finance apps in Japan.

35
6 months ago

A chatbot for finding, booking and paying for an Airbnb stay. The startup developed a chatbot that can do all of that.

35
1 year ago

A new way to pay for things you buy online, with a twist: You can get discounts for paying with a certain amount of money.

34
1 year ago

 A platform for helping HR managers with the laborious task of filling out employee time cards and paying employees.

34
8 months ago

A credit card for healthcare professionals, with the idea that the cost of healthcare is high and yet the cost of paying for it is often too low.

34
6 months ago

A startup that helps banks and other financial institutions manage their finances by doing things like putting together a financial plan, tracking financial goals, paying bills and more.

34
5 months ago

 A new way to pay for coffee. Instead of paying for a cup of coffee with cash, consumers can enter their credit card information to pay for their coffee and the coffee shop will take care of the rest. The product is as a credit card payment processing platform, and the company claims that “millions” of coffee shops are already using Credit Card Coffee.

34
4 months ago

An online platform to aid in online dating, with members paying to boost their profile and get access to special features. The startup says it’s already got over 1,000 users and is growing at about 40 percent month.

34
1 month ago

An anti-theft startup that lets you pay for things with your phone using a mobile wallet. It lets you price items based on how well you know them, and some of the features include paying for a cab ride, or getting a ride from an Uber driver without having to get out of the car. It also lets you pay a relative or friend if your phone is lost or stolen.

34
7 months ago

An ad hoc tool for hiring freelance designers, using the startup’s proprietary algorithm to make sure you’re not overpaying.

33
1 month ago

What if there was an easier way to pay your employees This startup aims to make it easy for businesses to use a streamlined system for paying their employees. The company has already helped over 100 customers raise millions of dollars.

33
3 months ago

A company that helps customers promote their message on social media without paying for it.

32
10 months ago

A startup that wants to make ordering and paying for groceries as easy as ordering a pizza.

31
9 months ago

A credit card that eliminates overdraft fees by using a line of credit, which is funded by a credit card so the user can pay their bills without paying interest.

30
1 year ago

A company that wants to help manage people’s financial lives, from lending money to paying bills, with a focus on the elderly.

29
6 months ago

This startup is building a time tracking tool for freelancers and small businesses. They say they have over 2,000 paying users and are profitable.

29
7 months ago

One of the most significant investments to come out of Y Combinator in 2014 was a $500,000 seed funding round for Linchpin. The company has since been working on a tool that helps small business owners organize and market their brands. The company is looking to raise a $1.5 million seed round to reach the point of paying for itself.

28
4 months ago

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

28
3 months ago

A startup that helps companies save money by paying for products and services in bulk. The startup manages the purchase of products on behalf of its customers and then pays for them when they’re all shipped. The startup is based in the Bay Area, based on "Crowdfunding as a Service" model.

28
3 months ago

A startup that provides the ability to set up your own version of OpenTable, so that you can order food from the app, while still paying a set rate.

28
6 months ago

Bingo is a new way for people to watch live programming on their phones, without paying for a cable subscription. The app works with a subscription to the streaming service Hulu.

27
4 months ago

A platform for software developers to sell their code, but instead of just paying them, the company pays the developer for their time and expertise.

27
6 months ago

This company helps those in need by paying people a small sum when they take the time to take selfies, record videos, and then share them on social media. It’s a way to collect data on poverty in the digital age, and it’s also a way to raise money for charity.

25
4 months ago

A platform for recruiting people with a history of high paying jobs to work for startups.

25
2 years ago

Idea: The team is building a web app that allows people to buy a single-letter domain name for $10. It’s a two-sided marketplace, with the buyer and the seller both paying a 10% fee.

23
2 years ago

Idea: A platform for social media managers to collect data on the best performing content for their social media accounts. They have 3 paying social media managers and 20 open beta users.

22
4 months ago

A mobile app for on-demand laundry services, which provides a streamlined user experience for booking, paying and managing service. The startup is currently in beta in San Francisco.

22
3 months ago

A startup for personal assistants that promises to be a “one-stop shop” for scheduling, pricing, and paying for professional services.

22
6 months ago

A chatbot for finding, booking and paying for an Uber car ride.

21
4 months ago

A way to manage electricity usage and bill paying for customers, currently in beta.

20
2 days ago

A startup that provides loans to people in high-paying jobs through platforms, such as Airbnb.

18
2 years ago

Idea: A startup that has built an interface for lawyers in the US to file patents. The software has been in beta for a few months and has 20 paying customers.

16
2 years ago

A startup that provides a service where you can hire a personal assistant to help you with various tasks, such as booking travel, paying bills, etc

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2 years ago

Idea: An online marketplace for work-at-home jobs, like editing, transcription, and customer service The startup has raised $125 million in funding from angel investors and is currently paying out $1,000 per week in revenue

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2 years ago

Idea: A platform for managing the entire process of developing, tracking and paying for a freelance project

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2 years ago

Idea: A software that helps people build a personal website with their own domain name It also helps them build an email address on their domain The company says it has over 1,000 paying customers

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2 years ago

Idea: A mobile app for keeping laundry and dry cleaning on schedule and paying bills

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2 years ago

Idea: A startup that provides a way to centrally manage a company’s information security and compliance in a single platform The startup says they have 15 enterprise customers paying $10,000/month each

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2 years ago

Idea: A startup that wants to connect freelancers with large companies The company says it has a “sizable pipeline” of customers and has already signed up its first paying client, a “large financial services company”

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2 years ago

Idea: A SaaS for student loans that helps borrowers keep track of their loans and what they’re paying, as well as offers advice.

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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 software solution for service businesses. In addition to helping workers get paid on time, it helps businesses get paid on time by tracking invoices and showing clients how close they are to paying off their balance.

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2 years ago

A startup that makes it easy for businesses to collect and analyze data from their traders as well as third party market data. The company has one paying customer: a hedge fund.

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