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2 years ago 7 views

The founders of a $60,000 startup are creating a platform that gets people to help lend each other money at a rate of about 1% interest.

11,313

3 years ago 4 views

A social network for people who love to eat. Users can browse menus, find restaurants that fit their budget, and chat to other food lovers.

3,702

5 years ago 1 views

A company that’s building software for restaurants that helps them manage their menus, guest lists and food orders.

2,890

2 years ago

A logistics startup that wants to help restaurants with on-demand food delivery.

1,453

5 years ago

Idea: A startup that uses AI to help restaurants optimize their menus, ensuring that no item is priced too high or too low for the quality that it offers

764

3 years ago

A place where you can find restaurants, hotels, and attractions (like museums, parks, and hiking trails) in your area.

682

3 years ago

A way for restaurants to put online menus online with pictures and videos

679

2 years ago

A startup that allows you to hand-write restaurant check on your smartphone.

643

3 years ago

A tool for restaurants to help them create menus and sales and reservations.

639

4 years ago

A high-tech restaurant platform that tracks how food is being served and how it is being prepared in real-time.

563

3 years ago

A restaurant review app that allows customers to leave feedback about their meal directly on the receipt for the wait staff to see.

537

3 years ago 1 views

A messaging app that helps people in the UK and Europe communicate with those in the UK, Europe, or the rest of the world.

531

3 years ago

A tool for helping those in the restaurant industry manage the financial, administrative, and HR aspects of the business.

504

3 years ago

A real estate startup that focuses on the small commercial space and works with clients like hotels and bars/restaurants.

481

4 years ago

This is a startup that wants to bring restaurant table reservations to the web. The startup works with restaurants and offers a way for them to provide table reservations via the web. They’re looking to partner with companies who have a big customer base but have been slow to adopt technology.

473

2 years ago

A startup that helps people find local people with similar interests. It has about 25,000 users, and has been a part of several YC startups.

466

3 years ago

This company helps restaurants and bars sell their food online by offering delivery and same day pick up options.

441

3 years ago

A company that converts food waste into biofuels. The company works with large food companies and restaurants to find them the right waste to convert.

434

2 years ago

A food delivery company that helps restaurants spot and avoid waste.

381

5 years ago

Grow is building a set of tools for restaurants, enabling them to manage their menus, design their menus, and automate their ordering and delivery processes.

353

5 years ago

A platform that helps people find out if a restaurant is halal, or if it’s clean and healthy.

352

5 years ago

A startup that lists jobs for students interested in jobs during the summer

344

5 years ago

A review platform for restaurants. Users can rate restaurants on their service, experience, and food quality.

337

4 years ago

A startup that wants to make it easier for restaurants to find chefs. It says that 10,000 chefs are searching for jobs online every day.

336

3 years ago

A restaurant discovery app that caters to the Indian market by listing only Indian restaurants.

320

3 years ago

A platform that’s like a meal-kit delivery service but for restaurants with a focus on healthy food. It’s a big market that’s hard to crack.

318

4 years ago

The company offers a platform where you can order and deliver a meal from a restaurant you’ve never heard of before.

316

4 years ago

A company that helps restaurants review their food, and give customers ratings, which they hope will help improve online food ordering.

310

4 years ago

This is a product-tracking app for restaurants, allowing them to track all their orders, send notifications to employees, and manage payments. It’s currently only available in the US but has recently secured seed funding.

309

5 years ago

A women’s networking app that connects women interested in entrepreneurship and investing to other like-minded women.

307

4 years ago

A platform that connects hungry customers with nearby restaurants to help them find the closest places to eat.

306

5 years ago

A platform that makes it easy for restaurants to streamline the food order process for both customers and their back-of-house staff.

299

2 years ago

A tool for restaurant owners to help them track customer social media posts, which the startup says can help them improve their service.

296

4 years ago

A digital platform for those who operate small businesses (like restaurants, cafes, and beauty salons) to serve as a one-stop shop to track and manage their business. It’s a tool that aggregates all of the paper and online paperwork into a single platform.

292

4 years ago

"We’re a group of people who are interested in learning about the art of conversation"

292

4 years ago

A startup that sends personalized emails to people based on their data, and the content of those emails is based on what the person is interested in.

281

5 years ago

Find a bar or restaurant where you’re headed.

279

5 years ago

A gift card company that helps restaurants and retailers transfer money between countries.

276

4 years ago

A platform for “pay-at-the-table” service restaurants.

276

3 years ago

A company that connects users with different skill sets and interests with local professionals.

272

5 years ago

A company that helps match people who have the same taste, background, and interests to make it easier to find collaborators, whether it’s for a band or a new home.

260

5 years ago

A startup that helps people find one another based on their interests. It’s a way for people to find new friends and make new connections.

258

4 years ago

A supply chain management platform for restaurants and other food-related businesses. Growth is strong and the founders say they’re trying to make a dent in the $8.5 trillion food and beverage industry.

252

4 years ago

A tool for restaurant owners and employees that helps them with the everyday tasks of running a restaurant. With the app, you can order takeout, track tips, and review your shift.

250

5 years ago

A new startup that wants to help small businesses and restaurants keep track of their inventory, and the cost of their items.

246

4 years ago

A platform that helps the restaurant industry grow and scale.

245

4 years ago

Yolt is building a credit card without interest that refunds customers’ purchases if they make a payment within a year of making them. It’s a credit card for the unbanked, but it’s currently only in the United States.

243

4 years ago

This startup is building a new way to work that allows you to quickly create a virtual meeting room for your team (with audio, video, and other features) and then broadcast it to whoever is interested.

240

4 years ago

Startup that wants to make it easier for restaurants to better manage their waitstaff, using a real-time scheduling system that will allow managers to see how many customers are waiting.

238

4 years ago

A mobile app that connects restaurants with nearby drivers, who can pick up and drop off diners on their way home.

237

5 years ago

An aggregator of local content apps for restaurants, retailers, travel, beauty, and more.

236

4 years ago

A platform that lets people make their own videos using their voice, and works with a library of stock images and sound effects. The app is for anyone interested in making their own video clips without knowing how to edit video.

235

4 years ago

A startup where people can vote on what they’d like to see on the menu at restaurants.

232

4 days ago 347 views

A startup that uses AI to generate personalized bedtime stories for kids based on their interests, family photos, and daily activities, delivered via a voice app.

228

4 years ago

The startup is building an on-demand remote delivery service for restaurant takeout and delivery orders.

226

4 years ago

A company that helps you find the best restaurants in your city

226

3 years ago

A credit card designed for use in the developing world that charges low interest rates and has lower transaction fees.

226

2 years ago

A Fintech startup that offers small businesses an alternative to cash advances, with zero percent interest and no fees

226

3 years ago

A startup for travelers to find the best hotels, restaurants and attractions for their trip.

224

4 years ago

A tool for finding the highest-rated local restaurants, bars, or retail locations.

221

2 years ago

A startup that helps restaurants figure out the best way to sell their products and byproducts. They have clients in the US, Canada and Australia.

221

2 years ago

A social network that helps people find other people who are interested in the same things as them, like a meetup or a club.

219

4 years ago

A tool that helps small businesses, specifically those in the restaurant industry, manage and pay all of their in-house expenses, from utilities to payroll. In the US, their core customers are restaurants.

218

5 years ago

A startup that connects restaurants with home delivery services, so that customers can order food that’s ready when they get it. The startup has already raised $2.4 million in funding.

217

4 years ago

A new online service for monitoring food safety by connecting restaurants to their city’s local health department, so they can get regular reminders about things like food safety.

217

5 years ago

A food delivery service that uses a network of personal chefs to create a personalized meal based on the order. The startup has also launched a restaurant-delivery service that provides delivery 24/7.

216

5 years ago

A startup that helps restaurants quickly take and sell photos of their food

215

5 years ago

A startup that helps customers book restaurant tables, with a check-in and payment feature. It’s the first startup in India working on a restaurant booking app.

215

4 years ago

A delivery platform for restaurants that lets them track the progress of their orders and instantly communicate with customers.

213

4 years ago

A food delivery app for restaurants that allows them to get their orders out quickly by cutting out the middlemen.

213

3 years ago

A startup that helps restaurants and bars display their offerings in real time, instead of one menu at a time.

212

4 years ago

A startup building a tool to help restaurants, cafes, and bars manage their employees.

211

5 years ago

A tool that helps people find specific flights, using data from travel agent websites. It’s a fairly simple concept but it will be interesting to see how they implement it as they try to become the Yelp for flights.

209

4 years ago

A handheld scanner that simplifies the process of getting restaurant inspections.

203

4 years ago

A platform for restaurants to offer delivery and delivery drivers to order delivery items.

202

3 years ago

A startup that aims to bring the “sharing economy” to farmers, who are often left out of the vast majority of transactions related to food, be it restaurants or grocery stores. The founders say that since they can use shared resources, they can cut the cost of a farm by 75%.

202

4 years ago

A startup building a tool that helps companies track and manage their expenses. The startup is working on tracking and managing expenses for restaurants, hotels, and other businesses.

200

4 years ago

A simple online platform to measure and compare ratings, recommendations and reviews for restaurants, bars, spas, salons and more.

199

4 years ago

A platform that helps users find the best restaurants in their town based on ratings, reviews, and menus.

199

4 years ago

A mobile solution to ensure that restaurant kitchens aren’t overworking staff during busy periods.

198

4 years ago

The app makes it easy to find the best nearby restaurants and their reviews, and the business can then make money off the data it collects about online reviews.

197

4 years ago

The startup’s pitch is that “we help people save money by visiting restaurants that are good, but not the best.” The app now has 100,000 users in the UK, and its founders say they’ll be able to expand globally if their funding round meets its goal.

196

4 years ago

A way to find and pay for items at different restaurants and cafes.

196

4 years ago

A startup that helps people find and book restaurants and make reservations. It’s already used for over 1,000 reservations.

194

2 years ago

A new startup focused on helping readers access the best content in their area. The company offers a monthly subscription of a curated list of articles that interest a person. They want to launch in early 2020 to allow people to take a break from their phones.

194

5 years ago

A food delivery business that uses an app to make a restaurant delivery within 15 minutes.

190

4 years ago

A payments app that allows you to lend or borrow money in minutes, for under 1% interest. The app is in the process of getting Fintech licenses in the UK, France, and Germany.

190

4 years ago

A startup that wants to make it easier for consumers to order pickup and delivery from local restaurants and businesses.

188

4 years ago

A tool that helps brands and agencies create social media content that’s “faster, better, and more interesting”.

187

4 years ago

A startup that lets you buy a lifetime membership to a community of people who share your interests. It’s a subscription based site so you pay a set amount over time, but there’s a free version for non-members.

187

5 years ago

A SaaS-based solution meant to help restaurants manage their “digital kitchen”.

186

5 years ago

Fetch is a platform for food delivery. Unlike Grubhub, Fetch offers more than just food delivery. The startup is using the same data it collects on its deliveries to help restaurants build better menus and make food-ordering easier.

186

5 years ago

A company that wants to be the “Uber of home security”, letting people pay for home security devices with their credit cards and then let the company handle the rest. The company has raised $10 million in a Series A.

186

4 years ago

A startup building an AI system to track food expenses at restaurants.

186

3 years ago

This is an on-demand toilet rental service that aims to give people easier access to the restroom when they’re out and about.

186

4 years ago

This is a service that helps restaurants and stores collaborate with their customers. The startup’s platform helps businesses use the customer data they already have to better serve them.

185

4 years ago

A startup building an “Uber for food” app that lets you order delivery from popular restaurants that are rated online by others.

185

3 years ago

A startup that aims to bring more women into technology and tech-interested companies.

185

5 years ago

A startup that helps restaurants and hoteliers use their smartphones to manage reservations and reservations via SMS.

183

5 years ago

Pinterest’s India team is looking to pivot from a product team into a data science team. They’ve hired two data scientists, who are looking for more.

183

4 years ago

While this is a new company, the founders’ past experience and work on other startups and products and their location in São Paulo, Brazil, makes it an interesting choice.

183

3 years ago

A company that helps restaurants and retailers maximize their profits with a payments and marketing platform.

183

5 years ago

A B2B company that provides software solutions to restaurants and bars wherein you can order ahead by text, email, and phone.

182

4 years ago

The idea is to use an app to automatically coordinate payroll across different companies. Employees get notifications when their salaries are ready, and the company takes a cut of their paycheck. It’s an interesting model that could help companies restructure their payroll.

182

5 years ago

A smartphone app that allows employees to find the nearest cash and card-accepting ATM.

180

3 years ago

A marketing tool for restaurants that helps them compare sales data from different nights, track their performance and revenue, and learn about their customers.

180

4 years ago

A restaurant that allows customers to order food on their phones. The app is meant to be a more human interface to the kitchen and to reduce wait times at the restaurant.

179

3 years ago

A social network for the LGBTQ community that allows users to create a profile and share their interests.

179

5 years ago

Food delivery for restaurant kitchens — the company provides a central platform for kitchens to manage orders, and payment is handled via a proprietary service that only the restaurants can use

178

5 years ago

A company helping small businesses in India, mainly restaurants and food trucks, find more customers through SMS.

178

4 years ago

A food truck that turns every meal into a voucher, for use at any restaurant. The startup wants to make food more efficient, so that everyone can eat more.

178

4 years ago

An expenses app that breaks down a monthly paycheck by category, showing how much to set aside for rent, car payments, and the rest.

178

4 years ago

This startup wants to build a platform where users can order food from their favorite restaurant, have it delivered to their door, and track its progress.

177

3 years ago

An online marketplace that helps women find the best jobs for themselves, through their skills, interests, and behavior.

177

4 years ago

A student loan refinancing startup that promises to reduce interest rates. It just closed a $10 million round, and its founders said they’re targeting 15% of student loan holders.

176

3 years ago

A company that helps restaurants manage their social media presence with their own digital presence.

176

3 years ago

A startup that partners with Indian restaurants to automate their ordering processes. This can help restaurants better manage inventory and deliveries, save money, and increase customer satisfaction.

175

4 years ago

A social network for people interested in a subscription box subscription service. Currently focused on a subscription box for wine, with plans to expand to other categories.

174

3 years ago

A wireless, location-based personal assistant that helps you find the nearest coffee shop, store, or restaurant while walking or riding your bike.

174

4 years ago

An on-demand e-commerce platform for retail and wholesale customers (e.g. restaurants, bars, and importers/exporters).

173

5 years ago

Let’s call this app the “Uber for food”. This is a restaurant-on-demand service that can be triggered via a mobile app.

172

5 years ago

A platform that helps restaurants manage their food waste, cutting down on food waste.

172

4 years ago

A startup that wanted to combine the ease of Instacart and the ability to order from local stores on the web. The app lets you order groceries from local stores, but also from a list of your favorite local restaurants.

172

4 years ago

A restaurant-ordering app to make it easy for people to order food at a restaurant without talking to a server.

172

4 years ago

A mobile application which provides the user with information about the location of points of interest and allows the user to consult them by turn.

172

4 years ago

A startup that helps users find the nearest taco truck in their neighborhood. TacoBizz is a mobile app that helps users find the nearest taco truck near them.

172

5 years ago

A startup that allows restaurant workers to accept tips with their smartphones rather than just their cash registers

171

5 years ago

A delivery app that uses Uber, GrubHub and Postmates to dispatch delivery orders from a restaurant menu. This is a B2B app for restaurants to manage their delivery operations

171

5 years ago

A social network for people interested in mechanical engineering, allowing people to find jobs, learn about new developments, and get connected with engineers and designers.

171

4 years ago

A startup that helps restaurants and bars with their POS systems, and provides them with recipes, ordering, and payment integration.

171

3 years ago

A platform that lets restaurants post photos and video of their food to social media, allowing customers to see what the restaurant looks like, and even eat the food.

171

5 years ago

Aspiring to be a Tinder for food delivery, this startup is building a mobile app that helps users find food from local restaurants.

169

5 years ago

A startup that’s building a service that allows users to search for nearby restaurants, bars, and other places to eat or drink, and then book reservations on their phone.

169

4 years ago

A startup for on-demand, personalized, restaurant recommendations. The startup plans to launch in the fall of 2019.

169

5 years ago

A B2B platform that allows restaurants to print their own takeout menus.

168

5 years ago

A "social media for food" that brings restaurants and chefs together to create new menus and recipes.

168

5 years ago

A team health and fitness app with a day-by-day view of your schedule, tracking your reps, sets, rest and rest-pause sessions. The app also creates a social network around your workouts, creating a community around shared fitness goals.

168

5 years ago

A micro lending platform that helps small businesses in India access credit. It doesn’t charge interest, but charges a fee for the loans.

168

5 years ago

A social media site for bloggers, with the goal of helping people find the most interesting content and share it with their friends.

168

4 years ago

A startup for consumers to help support and grow the community of restaurants they frequent.

168

3 years ago

A company that sells a device for people to wear that tracks their blood oxygen levels with an algorithm that tells them when to rest and when to exercise.

168

5 years ago

A startup that provides a service for people who are interested in learning how to do their own home repairs

167

5 years ago

A company that helps restaurants secure contracts with their suppliers.

166

5 years ago

If you’ve been to a restaurant in the United States, chances are you’ve left a tip. But what happens to that tip What if that tip was shared with the next person who dined at the same restaurant Farbric’s app cuts out the middleman, allowing the restaurant to keep more of that cash.

166

5 years ago

A platform for restaurant review sites to share data about their users.

166

4 years ago

A tool for connecting people with a shared interest in a particular topic

166

4 years ago

A startup that does "reverse auction" for restaurant, bar, and retail seats. It charges a fee to the seller for the listing, and pays the buyer a percentage of the sale price.

166

4 years ago

The first NFC app to let users order food directly on their phones, in advance, and pay using just a tap. It’s currently being used in Paris to order ahead at restaurants, hotels, and cafes.

166

3 years ago

Is a company that provides a mobile application for restaurant owners who are looking to buy or sell.

166

5 years ago

A platform that helps people share and talk about their interests, helping them find new friends and meet new people.

165

4 years ago

A mobile app that helps restaurant workers stay in the kitchen, letting them monitor orders, prep, and cook more efficiently.

165

3 years ago

A startup that’s building an app to help people find magazines, books and products that interest them. It’s already built an app for magazines, and is building another to help people find books and products.

165

3 years ago

A platform that helps restaurants track and report their food waste. The startup’s main goal is to reduce food waste nationwide by 10% by 2025.

165

5 years ago

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

164

5 years ago

A last-mile delivery service for restaurants. The startup's founders say food deliveries are a $21 billion market and it's growing 15-20% per year.

164

5 years ago

This startup is selling a B2B service that helps restaurants, drug stores, and grocery stores bring back leftover food from customers.

164

3 years ago

A startup for people to find, book and review local services for things like travel, booking a table at a restaurant, pet sitting, childcare, plumbing, and more.

164

3 years ago

A predictive analytics tool that helps restaurants better understand their customers and plan accordingly.

164

5 years ago

A startup that delivers meals from restaurants to people who are too sick to cook for themselves

163

5 years ago

A Facebook Messenger bot that helps you order takeout or delivery without having to call a restaurant.

163

5 years ago

A platform that allows restaurants to create reservations in real time

163

5 years ago

A tool that automates some of the manual steps involved in running a company. It’s designed to help companies like restaurants and hotels manage expenses.

163

5 years ago

An idea that would let anyone be a coder or designer for local versions of the web. Google is interested.

163

4 years ago

A company that helps small businesses (both online and in-person) and entrepreneurs borrow money at a lower interest rate.

163

3 years ago

A food delivery service that uses a combination of machine learning and data science to predict how busy a restaurant or store will be, and places the orders accordingly.

163

5 years ago

From the founders of digital agency All Day I Dream About Food, a platform aimed at helping restaurants and chefs improve food quality and service.

162

4 years ago

A platform to connect suppliers to restaurants with the goal of increasing food security in the developing world.

162

3 years ago

A startup that connects a restaurant’s cooks with customers who want to eat at the restaurant without actually going there. The startup is building a restaurant’s online ordering system, delivery service, and payment system, with the goal of having customers order online, with their food coming directly to them.

162

3 years ago

A startup that uses mobile phone cameras and Google Street View to give people street-level perspectives on things like sports stadiums, restaurants and buildings.

162

3 years ago

A food delivery service that uses data on traffic flow, restaurant proximity, and market demand to make restaurant and delivery orders more efficient.

162

5 years ago

A platform that helps restaurants manage their supply chain and order inventory to keep the stores stocked. The startup was acquired by the parent company of Whole Foods.

161

5 years ago

A company that manages “affinity communities”, or groups of like-minded people who share a similar interest.

161

5 years ago

A mobile app that helps people find local cafes and restaurants. The startup, based in San Francisco, is pitching its app as a Yelp for food.

161

5 years ago

This is a company that is teaming up with a local restaurant to help you order food from a menu directly online. The idea is that you can then order a meal to be ready in the same spot that you want to pick it up from.

161

4 years ago

The startup wants to build a prescription-free dispensary network, with doctors and nurses on-call or on site at the dispensaries, and an app to help patients locate the nearest dispensary

161

5 years ago

A startup that helps restaurants to monitor what people are eating in their restaurants

160

5 years ago

This is a platform for businesses that produce food and drink to manage their inventory. The startup aims to make life easier for food producers, food retailers, and restaurants.

160

5 years ago 1 views

A startup that curates the most interesting content from around the internet for a daily digest.

160

5 years ago

A startup for those interested in buying and selling vintage items.

160

5 years ago

A free mobile app that helps you find things to do in your neighborhood for free, offering nearby events, nearby restaurants, nearby bars, and more.

160

5 years ago

A system that helps connect people across the world who are interested in doing freelance work, such as writing, editing, and design. The startup was founded in March and is looking to raise seed funding.

160

5 years ago

A startup for restaurants that helps them track and manage their food-related costs and inventory.

160

4 years ago

A company that connects users with restaurants and bars in their area via a single app. The startup is looking to take on Yelp’s dominance in the food and drink category.

160

3 years ago

A startup that helps restaurants outsource their delivery needs, to save money and cut down on delivery time.

160

3 years ago

A startup that lets people book restaurants online for days or weeks in advance.

160

3 years ago

A mobile app for restaurants to easily manage their wait times and track customer satisfaction.

160

5 years ago

A solution for people who want to sell their belongings but can't because of landlord restrictions.

159

5 years ago

A tool for restaurants that allows them to sell their surplus food at lower prices to their customers.

159

4 years ago

Currently focused on the UK, a B2B company that enables people to borrow money from their employer via a payroll deduction. It charges 1% interest for up to 12 months, and the company keeps 2% of the loan amount.

159

5 years ago

A travel concierge platform that serves travelers who want to visit the same places. It is designed to connect travelers with similar interests and save money by helping them make a booking at the same time.

158

5 years ago

A platform that allows food service companies to automate sales, customer management, and accounting. The startup is building a system for restaurants to sell to their customers.

158

5 years ago

A platform for sharing, finding, and verifying restaurant ratings, based on the way Yelp operates.

157

5 years ago

A tool that allows you to create and manage your own variety of financial instruments. Think of it as a Pinterest and Facebook for financial funds, with a focus on helping people raise money from friends and family.

157

5 years ago

A platform for food safety and quality control, building a “food stamp for restaurants”

157

5 years ago

A startup that helps restaurants track their daily expenses using a combination of Near Field Communication (NFC) and wireless data.

157

5 years ago

A restaurant-booking app that pairs with your favorite restaurant so you can just look at the menu and book a table. The company has raised $1.3M to date.

156

5 years ago

A company that looks to make it easier for people to order delivery from restaurants through their cell phone, using an app.

156

5 years ago

A company that helps small businesses and restaurants list and promote their restaurant on Yelp.

156

5 years ago

A startup that wants to compete with the likes of Yelp and Uber with a streamlined, all-in-one platform for restaurants and small businesses. It’s a one-stop shop for everything from customer scheduling, to sales and marketing, to communication between staff and owners.

156

5 years ago

A shortcut to finding new restaurants in a given city

156

5 years ago

A platform for users to rate their favorite restaurants, and a business for restaurants to use to grow their customer base.

156

5 years ago

Small but growing business that helps retailers and restaurants get paid faster

156

5 years ago

It is a platform that helps people find jobs in their area of interest, and also allows employers to post jobs.

156

5 years ago

A B2B company that helps restaurants manage employee tips and keep them straight.

156

4 years ago

This startup is building an iOS app that helps users find and book events that fit their interests.

156

4 years ago

The team behind @TOH, a restaurant recommendation app, is building a system to help restaurants track their food waste and find solutions to it.

156

5 years ago

A startup that sells a service that helps people who are visiting a new city find interesting things to do

155

5 years ago

A simple tool for cafes and restaurants to manage and track the flow of their daily payments, with the ability to see trends and gain insights. The team came up with the idea while working at a local cafe in San Francisco.

155

5 years ago

Amira is helping the restaurant industry automate its back-of-house operations. Amira currently works with a few hundred restaurants.

155

5 years ago

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

155

5 years ago

A platform for people looking to hire restaurant workers.

155

5 years ago

A tool for finding your nearest restaurant’s menu items online.

155

5 years ago

A startup that provides a service where people who are interested in buying a home can hire someone to walk through homes that are for sale to tell them if they’re a good fit

154

5 years ago

An online tool for the restaurant industry that enables companies to manage inventory, control orders, and order supplies from a single dashboard.

154

5 years ago

A startup that allows restaurants to become cashless.

154

5 years ago

A startup that allows you to order take-out from a local restaurant and pay for it with your phone.

154

5 years ago

A customer retention platform for restaurants, meant to help restaurants close deals with repeat customers.

154

3 years ago

A software company that provides a way for people to get a loan and pay it back on time, usually with interest.

154

3 years ago

A company that offers “digital signage,” or message-enabled displays in stores, restaurants, and other venues.

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5 years ago

A startup that provides a service where people can hire someone to go to restaurants with them and make suggestions about the menu

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5 years ago

A company that’s building search engine tools for search engine optimization for restaurants.

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5 years ago

A startup that works with restaurants to provide them with the tools they need to “self-serve” their customers. The startup wants to make it easier and more profitable for restaurants to provide meal delivery.

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4 years ago

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5 years ago

A health startup that helps people take care of their teeth. The idea is that you can brush your teeth, or at least do a good job of it, and it will be easier to get a good night’s rest.

152

5 years ago

A “digital marketplace for used books and audiobooks” that allows users to find and buy books in their community of interest.

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5 years ago

This is a startup that lets you raise and manage funds for your startup, as well as make personal loans at 0% interest

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5 years ago

An online food ordering and delivery platform that uses an in-app feature to review restaurants and take reservations.

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5 years ago

A startup that helps businesses manage their membership programs. The startup is currently focusing on the restaurant industry.

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5 years ago

A clean water startup that wants to help rural areas access their own clean water. The startup currently has a beta version of their product in the Amazon rain forest and plans to launch a crowdfunding campaign for their water technology in 2021.

151

5 years ago

A startup that turns the receipt from a restaurant into a QR code. The startup is looking to turn receipts into a way to promote restos and one-off experiences.

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3 years ago

A social network for foodies, which creates a “virtual tasting menu” for restaurants.

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2 years ago

A tool that helps restaurants and bars manage their food and alcohol costs and workflow. It helps them better manage their food costs by automatically ordering and tracking inventory and sales.

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5 years ago

The startup is building a system that lets restaurant operators do inventory management automatically, which is difficult because of the high number of variables involved in managing inventory, from the type of food to how it’s portioned and stored.

150

5 years ago

A platform that lets publishers create and sell custom content based on their subscribers’ interests.

150

5 years ago

An online platform that helps people find and connect with others with similar interests (i.e. a Google search for people who like to ride bikes in San Francisco).

150

5 years ago

A startup that allows people to take a selfie and instantly find the nearest photofinisher to have it printed.

150

5 years ago

A company that helps restaurants deliver delivery right to customers’ doorsteps. The founders say they have over 200 restaurants, including Shake Shack, that they’re working with

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3 years ago

This startup helps people who are interested in purchasing homes find the best deals. The company helps people find homes by connecting them with licensed agents who can show them homes that are on the market.

150

3 years ago

A cloud platform that connects hotel guests, restaurants, and stores.

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2 years ago

A startup that helps you find a restaurant in the nearest city and pay for it with your loyalty card.

150

5 years ago

A company that brings together a community of people with the same interests. Its main community is focused on cooking, but it also had an early-stage fitness community.

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5 years ago

A startup that lets you order a batch of custom-made grilled cheese or pizza from 24 different restaurants, and have them delivered to your door. The startup is still in the R&D phase, but hopes to launch the service early next year.

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5 years ago

A company that automates and improves the process for running a restaurant

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5 years ago

A firm that helps 1,500+ restaurants and other food establishments sell food online in the US

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5 years ago

This is a tool for helping restaurants manage employees, including payroll and schedules.

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3 years ago

A mobile app that helps you find and book the nearest gym, and allows you to track fitness activity and goals.

149

5 years ago

A health insurance product that allows people to pay monthly premiums for a low deductible, and then cover the rest.

148

5 years ago

A startup that wants to provide a way to share, review, and rate restaurant meals and their service

148

5 years ago

The founders of this startup are building a device to help you identify the origin of your food. It can be used to eliminate food fraud, and help the world’s poorest populations.

148

5 years ago

A company that wants to use search engine optimization to help restaurants pay less in sales tax. Currently the startup is trying to go through the tax process to prove that it can save restaurants money.

148

5 years ago

A new way for restaurants to sell their wares, working with local farmers and restaurants to offer a new way to buy local food.

148

5 years ago

This app for restaurant managers lets them manage their restaurant’s food costs. The app is designed for restaurants with a large number of employees and several kitchens, and helps them track costs and improve efficiency.

148

4 years ago

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

148

2 years ago

A platform that helps students plan for their future careers. The startup helps students identify their interests, identify schools they should be applying to, and figure out which careers are in demand.

148

5 years ago

A startup that makes an app for ordering and picking up food at restaurants

147

5 years ago

A browser-based tool that helps users easily create “quizzes” to test their knowledge of a topic they’re interested in.

147

5 years ago

A startup for finding out which restaurants are open on a given day, with 6,000 cities and 1,500,000 restaurants.

147

5 years ago

A startup that helps you find the cheapest places to go in the US (60,000 restaurants, 2,500 hotels, and 2,500 attractions) and then helps you price-compare them. The startup is profitable and has 75,000 users, and is profitable again after a $2 million round in late 2019.

147

5 years ago

A location-based service that aims to bring the real-time chatter of restaurant reviews to the table. It’s targeting customers with $25 meals or more that don’t have a reservation.

147

5 years ago

A way to help fast food restaurants manage the waste they produce in their kitchens and on their premises. For every burger they’re able to cut, the startup is able to feed a human in need.

147

5 years ago

Very interested to see what comes of this product - the idea is to give you a way to create a smart contract with a shipping company that automatically tracks your package from the time it is picked up to the time it is delivered.

147

4 years ago

A new type of restaurant that delivers meals, but instead of ordering food online, you get to pick it up at a store. The app will be available in the next few months.

147

3 years ago

A design agency that helps small business owners build their brands with branding and social media. The company also offers a new kind of consultancy, called Brand Branding, that helps clients build their presence on Instagram, Facebook, and Pinterest.

147

5 years ago

A startup that helps people who are visiting a new city know what the best restaurants are to eat at

146

5 years ago

A startup that provides a directory for people to find local restaurants with vegan options

146

5 years ago

A mobile point of sale system for restaurants that works with existing POS systems. The startup is seeking to raise $50M.

146

5 years ago

The company is building a platform that brings restaurant recommendations to digital platforms, allowing users to receive a personalized dining experience that’s tailored to their preferences.

146

5 years ago

A company that lets you “quickly build out your own restaurant”, with a kit that includes everything you need to get going.

146

5 years ago

A platform that lets restaurant customers rate their experience and recommend nearby businesses. The startup, which has raised $400,000 from investors in three rounds, says they currently cover the Bay Area and Los Angeles.

146

5 years ago

A mobile app that helps restaurants with inventory management. The app’s software syncs with a customer’s phone to check if a product is available and to notify the restaurant of changes in the status of the product.

146

5 years ago

A startup that wants to make the process of buying a meal much simpler, giving restaurant owners online tools to manage and track reservations and billing.

146

5 years ago

A platform that helps ad agencies, marketers, and agencies reach people across multiple channels based on their interests, without having to find their personal email addresses.

146

5 years ago

A tool that helps you find the best interest rates for your credit card. The startup says they have more than 1,000 users and are growing by 100 users a month. The founders say they’ve raised $1.3 million in funding from angel investors.

146

5 years ago

This startup wants to make it easy to put your favorite photos on a physical slide that can be hung on a wall. It’s like a physical version of Pinterest, but for your own photos.

146

5 years ago

A mobile app that helps people track down the best restaurants nearby for whatever occasion they are looking to host.

146

5 years ago

A tool that lets restaurants and venues book and manage live performances.

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4 years ago

"Idea" is a series of articles that provide a comprehensive overview of the startup scene in a given area. The goal is to highlight the most interesting and unique startups in a given city.

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5 years ago

This startup is working on a platform that will allow restaurants to track what customers are ordering without the restaurant having to install and manage a server.

145

5 years ago

A startup that helps you find your friends in real-time on your phone, and groups them with similar interests.

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5 years ago

A free app that helps users find local restaurants, which uses Yelp data. It’s currently in closed beta.

145

5 years ago

This startup is building a tool that helps restaurants manage the costs of delivery, predicting when customers will order and then using predictive analytics to ensure food is available when they need it.

145

5 years ago

A startup that lets you buy food delivery from your favorite cafes and restaurants from your phone.

145

5 years ago

A food delivery service that will deliver “all-natural” meals from a community of home cooks that the company says will be better for the environment than restaurants.

145

5 years ago

A smartphone app that helps people find the closest restaurant to them based on their proximity

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5 years ago

A company that wants to make it easier for people to track their purchases and sales by integrating with apps like Instagram, Twitter, and Pinterest.

144

5 years ago

A startup looking to help restaurant workers and their customers manage their time more efficiently, with a dashboard and scheduling software.

144

5 years ago

A company that allows owners of small kiosks, restaurants, cafes, and retail stores to sell their wares via a mobile app.

144

5 years ago

A company that buys the leftover food from the restaurants it serves, packaging and reselling the food for a profit.

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3 years ago

A startup that helps restaurant guests decide which dish is best for them.

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3 years ago

A platform for restaurants to publish and manage recipes, photos, etc.

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5 years ago

Deliveroo is a food delivery service that allows restaurants to use their app to take orders for their customers, with the option to customize the meal or package it for individual delivery. It already has 2.4 million users within the UK and a service that is growing more than 100% year-over-year.

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5 years ago

A startup that wants to make last-mile delivery more efficient by using GPS on your phone to find the nearest delivery vans. It currently has $10 million in funding and has raised $20 million in total funding.

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5 years ago

A startup that makes crockpot meals. Crockpot enables users to pre-order a custom meal from a variety of restaurants and have it delivered. It’s currently in the test phase, and looking to raise a seed round to grow and launch.

143

5 years ago

A software-as-a-service provider that allows restaurants to create, manage, and promote their loyalty programs.

143

5 years ago

A startup that offers a platform for building micro-communities online. The company wants to bring the community dynamic of crowdfunding to communities in which people have a shared interest.

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5 years ago

A platform that helps restaurants provide better service while still being able to spend less on labor.

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5 years ago

A software company that partners with restaurants to provide delivery and catering services. The startup has signed up more than 3,000 restaurants and is profitable.

143

5 years ago

Ideabook is a blog that highlights the interesting startups, interesting ideas, and interesting people at Y Combinator.

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5 years ago

A local delivery service for restaurants to deliver lunch to people who are out and about.

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3 years ago

Viable is a startup that develops software for restaurants, the company says it’s already working with over 500 businesses in the UK. The company is looking for a CFO to help them grow.

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5 years ago

A startup that aims to make online payments seamless for millennials and other young people who are not interested in traditional banking It is now part of PayPal

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5 years ago

A company that wants to help retailers and restaurant chains build their own online storefronts from scratch. The startup helps with building the critical first step of a business, from creating a landing page to getting the store’s inventory all set up.

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5 years ago

A mobile app that scouts new locations and suggests nearby restaurants.

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5 years ago

A B2B platform that helps restaurants manage their food delivery operations. The startup, in operation in San Francisco and New York, has raised $5.6 million to date.

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5 years ago

A food delivery app that lets restaurants offer free delivery on orders over $25. It’s testing this in Nashville.

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5 years ago

There are also a handful of open source startups doing interesting things:

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4 years ago

The idea is that you can share a credit card and an amount, and restaurant will then provide you a receipt for that amount. The company is based in the Bay Area, but has customers in all 50 states.

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3 years ago

This startup is building a SaaS platform that helps restaurant chains create a more customized dining experience.

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5 years ago

A startup that allows you to create an “Airbnb for Food”, allowing you to find and discover local restaurants that also allow you to book tables in advance. The company says it has already helped to book a hundred tables in New York City.

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4 years ago

The founders walked away from their jobs in the technology industry to focus on food, and built a tech app that makes it easier and cheaper for restaurants to source from local farmers.

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5 years ago

A platform that enables fans to interact with players and teams to better understand their interests. The startup is currently in a partnership with the NBA; it’s also in a partnership with the A’s to help fans in the Bay Area get better access to the team.

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5 years ago

Personalized medicine is a massive area of interest in the healthcare industry. With the help of AI, the startup is trying to create a way for pharmacies to recommend the most effective medications to patients.

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5 years ago

A food delivery service that delivers meals from local restaurants to users' homes

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4 years ago

A platform for finding chefs that can cook for you, for a fee, across a variety of restaurants. Peers who want to hire a chef post what they’re looking for, and chefs can bid on each request.

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3 years ago

A society in which each member has a designated “tax” that they pay to the community. The startup is focused on the personal tax, but says the societal tax is an interesting place to start.

139

5 years ago

A startup that provides tools for people who are interested in starting their own business, but who are overwhelmed by the thought of it

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5 years ago

A platform that allows groups to set up private social media accounts and run them as a group. The teams you’re a part of can choose their own rules and restrictions, so it’s a sort of Slack with a self-controlled community.

138

5 years ago

A startup that helps connect farmers with restaurants and retailers, allowing them to order food on a real-time basis.

138

5 years ago

A restaurant delivery app for Miami. The startup helps restaurants deliver food to customers in their homes for pick up.

138

5 years ago

A startup that offers data-driven insights into the performance of a restaurant’s kitchen team.

138

5 years ago

A startup that helps people find events based on their interests. It currently has about 50,000 users.

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5 years ago

An API that gives developers access to a database of all the restaurants in a given area, with frequent check-ins and comments, and the ability to customize the menu.

137

5 years ago

A social discovery app that finds and connects people based on their shared interests.

137

5 years ago

The startup has developed a way to help employers manage their employee recruiting process and streamline subsequent onboarding. The platform allows organizations to put together a recruiter roster, create a template for their job description, and see who’s interested in the job.

137

5 years ago

The startup has developed a tool that can print a custom home-pickup menu for nearby restaurants. The startup’s first customer is a chain of Mexican restaurants in the US.

137

5 years ago

A startup that’s building a location-based search engine for restaurants, highlighting the cuisine of a city via an interactive map.

136

4 years ago

A startup that helps people fill out job applications and offers more accurate insights about what they’re truly interested in.

136

5 years ago

A startup that aims to create a “digital neighborhood” for those interested in digital security

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5 years ago

An online service that allows customers to order the same dish from thousands of restaurants.

135

4 years ago

A startup that creates a home WiFi system that automatically connects to the nearest WiFi hotspot.

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An AI-powered platform that helps small restaurants create and update digital menus across multiple food delivery apps in real-time with one click.

135

5 years ago

A restaurant-like space in a building that lets local entrepreneurs run a curated collection of food businesses — a quick-service restaurant, a coffee shop, an ice cream parlor, a bakery, etc. — in a single location. The space also offers shared office space and has a private chef who can cook for customers.

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5 years ago

A company that builds products that help people understand their finances and save money. It saves customers money in the form of lower interest rates and lower cost of credit, and it pays interest on all savings in a person’s bank account.

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5 years ago

A SaaS platform that builds and sells business software. Their most recent product was a payroll software for restaurants, which they’ve sold to multiple chains.

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5 years ago

One of the key differences between this year’s class and last year’s was the level of public interest in highlighting the work of the companies that were accepted. This year that level was very high, with over 10,000 people visiting the project page. That interest was a major factor in the growth of the class.

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5 years ago

A startup that helps restaurants reduce costs by automating their point-of-sale systems, so they can focus on other areas of their business.

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5 years ago

A tiny startup with a big mission: it wants to find out what happens to coral reefs when they are threatened by climate change. The company has launched a stand up paddleboard to see how much pollution and sediment a reef can handle, and wants to combine this with data from satellites and drones. The startup also wants to restore coral reefs and is building a drone to do this. It plans to use this data to create predictive models of how reefs could react to climate change.

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5 years ago

This startup is building a way to automatically build and promote e-newsletters to customers based on their interests.

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3 years ago

Meet-up-based social networks for people interested in a topic.

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5 years ago

This startup is building a photo-sharing app that helps users organize and share photos. It’s like Pinterest but for local events and places.

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5 years ago

Company is building a platform to help people find and get along with friends, and help people find people with similar interests.

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5 years ago

A customer engagement platform that helps restaurants, banks, and other businesses engage with customers.

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5 years ago

A tool that delivers content based on the interests of users. The startup has built a platform where users are able to express their interests, and then receive content that is tailored to their tastes.

132

5 years ago

This is an “ATM of the future” where you can quickly find the nearest cash machine and pay with your phone, with the machine having the capacity to be disassembled for easy travel.

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5 years ago

This startup is using the goodness of Twitter to build up a public database of “interesting” places to eat, with a focus on those that are “off the beaten path”.

132

5 years ago

A company that creates a system for connecting restaurants with service industry workers.

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5 years ago

A next-generation restaurant delivery app that allows users to order food, track it and pay, all through a mobile app. What They Deliver is putting a new business model on the table to help restaurant owners grow their companies.

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5 years ago

A startup that helps restaurants and other places sell their leftover food for a profit.

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4 years ago

A food delivery startup that allows restaurants to stay open later and deliver food to people who don’t live in their neighborhood.

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3 years ago

A restaurant discovery site/app that pairs diners who would like to dine with a restaurant and diners who are willing to open their own restaurant

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5 years ago

One of the original investors in OpenTable raised a $1 million seed round to help “Bring the magic back to the restaurant industry.”

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5 years ago

Foodway is a startup whose goal is to make it easier for people to eat healthy food. It’s building a subscription service that connects restaurants with local food suppliers and curates food for its users.

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5 years ago

A platform that allows restaurants to automate their delivery processes and create a more consistent delivery experience.

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5 years ago

The startup is looking to help independent restaurants compete with the larger chains. It’s currently in closed beta and is looking for a round of funding.

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5 years ago

A new kind of restaurant reservation platform that works across telephone, mobile, and web. The company says it’s building a “digital concierge” that can quickly answer questions on the fly and will be available in 6 languages.

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4 years ago

A tool for restaurants and bars to manage their supply chain and food inventory.

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3 years ago

A B2B food delivery business that prioritizes fresh, local ingredients to help restaurants avoid food waste.

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5 years ago

A booking system for restaurants, with a focus on those in the travel and hospitality industries in the US.

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5 years ago

In an effort to identify people who are interested in starting a business, the Y Combinator Summer School offers select entrepreneurs the opportunity to learn from Y Combinator fellows while also receiving mentorship from Y Combinator partners. Since the school’s launch in 2011, over 400 students from around the world have participated.

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5 years ago

A startup for digital games, where players can earn money for playing games. Currently in beta. What’s interesting is that they’re trying to make it legal to use virtual currencies, which is a relatively new idea.

129

5 years ago

A company that helps restaurants see how many people are dining in their restaurants. They are currently working with over 80 restaurants in the UK.

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5 years ago

A startup that helps connect the world’s food supply chain, from farmers to factories to distributors and restaurants. It will also offer apps to help track and improve inventory management.

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5 years ago

A platform for franchised restaurants to provide a dashboard of key performance indicators to their franchisees, which allows them to make better, more informed decisions.

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2 years ago

A crowdfunding platform for startups, where investors can back a company they’ve found interesting.

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5 years ago

A delivery service that gives customers the option to order a dozen or so items from a list of popular restaurants, which will be delivered to the customer’s home or office within an hour.

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5 years ago

The company is interested in building a new type of crowdfunding platform for businesses and non-profits.

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5 years ago

A dating app that serves to connect people with the same interests through a private group. It is a spinoff of the successful PopSurvey, which was acquired by LinkedIn

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5 years ago

A way for companies to increase their B2B sales, the startup wants to use a combination of machine learning to identify inbound leads and then text them to see if they’re interested in a demo.

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5 years ago

A platform for developing mobile apps that connects clients with developers. They’re not looking to compete with big agencies, but trying to fill a gap between startups and agencies. They’re currently attracting interest from small businesses with a few employees who are looking for a way to get high-level visibility and technical support to manage the complexity of building apps.

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5 years ago

A food delivery app that uses the same home delivery process as Uber Eats and Instacart, but for restaurants. It’s currently in the beginning of a round led by a VC firm that recently invested in Zume Pizza.

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5 years ago

This startup is building a tool for restaurant operators to track their food waste online

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3 years ago

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

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2 years ago

A restaurant booking platform that lets users pay with a debit card or credit card, then get delivery within 30 minutes.

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5 years ago

A startup that provides a service for people who are interested in buying a franchise but want to test out the franchise before buying it

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5 years ago

A visual search engine that curates images for people, similar to Pinterest

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4 years ago

A platform designed to help small businesses with specialized needs, such as farming, travel, or restaurants.

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2 years ago

A restaurant management system for Indian restaurants that helps them grow

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5 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.

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5 years ago

The startup is a service that connects brands with people who are interested in working with them. The startup wants to create a digital marketplace for brands to find the talent to help them.

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5 years ago

A new company that makes it easy for people to order from their favorite restaurants while they’re away, and have them delivered. It started in 2012 and announced a $1.3 million Series A in 2017. They’re growing fast.

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5 years ago

A startup that makes it easier for restaurants to manage their supply chain through a single software tool. The startup is trying to take on the role of the general contractor, managing everything from inventory to ordering to delivery.

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5 years ago

A startup that wants to build an analytics platform for restaurants, which they claim will allow restaurants to engage in more precise, targeted marketing, and track employee satisfaction.

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5 years ago

This startup is building an “app store for white-label content marketing” for companies. It’s called “branded content” and has a lot of the same features as Pinterest’s official app store.

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5 years ago

A company that wants to help you build a website that’s just like Pinterest, but for your business.

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4 years ago

Uncover is a program that helps smart, talented people make a living from their interests.

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3 years ago

A mobile app that’s effective at helping consumers find the best deals at their favorite restaurant.

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5 years ago

A digital assistant that helps you complete tasks, like finding a restaurant, booking a table, or helping with a reservation. The assistant is currently only available in the US, but the company wants to expand to more countries.

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5 years ago

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

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5 years ago

A company that aims to help marketers adjust their Facebook ads in real time based on the user’s interests. The startup is working with various marketing teams all over the world to build out a proprietary algorithm.

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5 years ago

A digital concierge that helps people find the best options for a variety of services, including the best hair stylist, the best car service, or the best restaurant.

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5 years ago

A tool to help artists find people who would be interested in commissioning work on their own creative projects.

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5 years ago

A complete package for in-person recruiting events. When you schedule an event, you can mark candidates’ interests on a map, create a class schedule with break times, and then send that info to candidates in a text message.

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5 years ago

The company helps companies automate their social media marketing efforts by providing analysis of their Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Pinterest accounts. A company can then run these analytics across all their accounts and get a report which shows which content is performing best and which posts are most engaging.

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5 years ago

This is a mobile application that helps people find the nearest bus stop for their commute. It’s more than just a tool to find routes, the app also provides real-time alerts to riders who are nearby, letting them know when the next bus is arriving. Founded in June, the startup has plans to expand to other cities and has run tests in San Francisco and Minneapolis.

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5 years ago

The summer school is for students interested in learning programming and fundamental knowledge in computer science, with the intent of helping them be successful in college.

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5 years ago

A platform that brings together the local food community, including farmers, chefs and restaurants.

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5 years ago

A startup that lets guests book rooms and restaurants directly on Airbnb, without having to go through the service’s own reservations system.

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3 years ago

This startup is building a tool to help you find the best place to eat at any given restaurant, allowing you to specify your location, type of cuisine, and budget.

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5 years ago

A company that’s building a network of food delivery services that can deliver meals at a time when many restaurants are closing at night

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3 years ago

A food delivery startup from San Francisco, offering delivery from local restaurants to San Francisco residents.

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3 years ago

A platform that helps independent restaurants stay in touch with their customers, allowing them to reach out to customers, providing deals, and keeping track of orders.

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5 years ago

A community of and for people who don’t like to login to the internet. A social networking site for users who are interested in meeting up offline.

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4 years ago

A tool that can be used to create “mini apps” that can be used to run tiny tasks on a business’s phone, like taking a picture with a tablet, or looking up a restaurant’s location.

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5 years ago

An AI-powered chatbot that helps people find and make reservations at restaurants with the ease of an automated messaging system.

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5 years ago

A digital platform that allows you to explore and research topics of your interest by browsing and sharing user-created content.

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5 years ago

This startup wants to help restaurants and bars with a tool that helps them keep track of their inventory.

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5 years ago

Predictive modeling technology that can help marketers understand where consumers are and what they’re interested in at any given time.

119

5 years ago

A platform for managing the career of a single individual. The company’s goal is to give a platform to employers to manage the career of a single individual. The platform is particularly interesting because it would allow a company to manage the career of a single individual.

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5 years ago

A software company that makes it easier for restaurants to track standard operating procedures and create a standard operating procedure manual. The platform is currently in use by 25% of all restaurants in the US.

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5 years ago

A platform for consumers and brands to build out ads for their own sites and the company will do the rest. The company claims to have a six-figure monthly run rate, with $100 million in monthly ad revenue. The company says they have 1,000 brands running campaigns on their platform.

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5 years ago

A solution for restaurants to manage their daily operations, including ordering, inventory, and payroll. The founders say that they currently have over 80 customers, including Chipotle and Starbucks.

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5 years ago

A software suite with a native app on iOS and Android. It helps restaurants manage their restaurant operations such as food preparation, ordering, scheduling and ordering.

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5 years ago

An iOS app for restaurants to help them grow

119

5 years ago

A startup that helps people experience the city of their choice in VR. The startup has already helped a few dozen people experience the Amazon rainforest, and has plans to expand to other cities.

119

4 years ago

A social network for restaurants, startups and developers. It’s a platform where restaurants can find users to fix their tables, answer the phone, and do general upkeep.

119

3 years ago

We’re big fans of Y Combinator and have been for a long time. The startup wants to help restaurants manage their food waste and make it easy for customers to donate excess food to local shelters.

119

5 years ago

This is a fully automated dairy company that aims to sell its milk in a box. The startup uses a robot to make the milk, and plans to distribute in 100,000 restaurants.

118

5 years ago

UnionX is a platform that can be used to organize a union or similar group for a group of employees. The startup has seen interest from unions in private companies, like Uber, and recently secured $1 million in seed funding.

118

5 years ago

An “Ask-a-Vet” app that directs users to the nearest vet, and is backed by PetMed Express, a pet supply retailer.

118

5 years ago

A platform for businesses (mostly restaurants) to offer delivery services without having to depend on third parties.

118

4 years ago

The startup wants to make it easier for investors to invest in early stage companies. It wants to make it easier for angel investors to back startups and give them information about startups they’re interested in. The startup wants to put money into startups in a way that’s similar to how a hedge fund would, but also make it possible for retail investors to put money into startups like they would an IPO.

118

4 years ago

A startup based in India that helps fast food restaurants to manage online ordering and payment.

118

4 years ago

A platform connecting customers with their favorite local restaurants and markets, enabling them to access a wide selection of local products and services.

118

5 years ago

A startup called Shift is building an algorithmic platform to help restaurants figure out which dishes to prepare to meet the demands of busy days.

117

5 years ago

A startup that’s building a platform to help people take advantage of free food and services. It’s a way to get free food and services from restaurants, or even the government.

117

5 years ago

A startup that helps you find nearby restaurants that offer delivery and online ordering

117

5 years ago

A “location intelligence platform” that provides insight into the performance of restaurants (sales, etc) across the country.

117

4 years ago

A startup that helps hotels and restaurants get their online marketing more focused and effective.

117

3 years ago

A security app for your phone that can find the nearest locksmith when you need one and then notify you when someone else needs one.

117

3 years ago

A startup that helps restaurants build a digital storefront on their own websites. The platform allows restaurants to build their own landing pages with a toolkit that is easy to use.

117

5 years ago

This startup is looking to bring the power of location, social, and commerce to micro-businesses like restaurants and flower shops.

116

5 years ago

A competitor to Amazon Echo that brings the Google Assistant to your home. The company is raising $50 million from investors and has drawn interest from Google and Apple.

116

5 years ago

A platform that connects food trucks with nearby restaurants, allowing the food trucks to order supplies from the restaurants.

116

5 years ago

A food delivery app in the US that is working with a handful of restaurants to get deliveries in under an hour. It has already raised $6M.

116

4 years ago

A platform that connects restaurants and their customers, and allows them to order take-out and delivery from their phones.

116

3 years ago

The startup behind the Pizzamobile says it’s the first service that allows you to order pizza in a car without coming to a restaurant, or even needing to step foot out of your office.

116

5 years ago

A platform that helps large restaurants that cater to groups share information about menu items and manage catering orders.

115

5 years ago

A software company that helps retailers predict when to restock a product’s shelf. The startup’s software helps retailers forecast demand and restock in a way that fits within their current inventory.

115

4 years ago

This startup is building a social-based platform where people can share, rate and review restaurant dishes and locations

115

4 years ago

A startup that helps restaurant workers keep track of multiple job applications and reviews.

115

4 years ago

An AI-powered assistant that provides financial advice to users based on their goals, ideas, and personal interests.

115

4 years ago

A startup that helps restaurants, caterers, and event planners book their events online. The startup wants to make it easier for event planners to get the most booked events.

115

2 years ago

Order food from a restaurant in your area.

115

5 years ago

A startup focusing on retail space management, with specific knowledge of the restaurant industry. They want to build a system that can help restaurants to manage their space and inventory more efficiently.

114

5 years ago

A mobility platform that connects businesses with the right tools to make it easier for drivers to earn income by delivering packages and other items. The startup’s co-founder, Alex Boussard, says they’ve already seen interest from a number of major companies and has even managed to raise a few million dollars in funding.

114

5 years ago

A startup that helps restaurants with digital marketing and sales, including analytics, web and social tools, and systems for scheduling.

114

5 years ago

A tool for restaurant managers to book their staff, and track their performance.

114

5 years ago

A tool that lets software developers build mobile apps without writing code. You’ll create your app design and then the software does the rest.

113

4 years ago

Recruiting software for restaurants.

113

4 years ago

A food delivery service for restaurants. The startup offers customers a subscription model, giving them access to a $20-30 menu of food available between the hours of 8am and 2am.

113

3 years ago

A new approach to recruiting that uses an algorithm to find the best fit potential candidates. People are paid to do a “job test” of the candidate and rate it on a scale of 1-10. They match the rate with the candidate’s skills and interests and offer a job.

113

2 years ago

A restaurant management platform for mobile devices, with the goal of making it easier for restaurants to manage all of their restaurant technology from a single app.

113

5 years ago

A new startup helping small businesses like grocers, restaurants, and events get new customers. They say they’ve already generated over $1,000 in revenue from 5 customers.

112

5 years ago

A startup that allows businesses, restaurants, and other organizations that have a point of sale system to accept payments with just a swipe of a card.

112

4 years ago

A startup for hotels and restaurants to manage their supply chain. The business is run by ex-Googlers.

112

4 years ago

A company that uses algorithms to direct automated phone calls to businesses to help them reach out to prospective customers who have similar interests. The startup offers a “campaign” for as low as $400 for up to two calls per day.

112

4 years ago

A digital marketing agency that works with food brands and restaurants.

112

5 years ago

A company that helps restaurants, bars and coffee shops optimize their ordering process. The startup’s platform lets customers search for locations, get delivery options from there, and track orders.

111

5 years ago

A mobile app providing users with recommendations on where to eat in their city based on their location. The company says it processes over 20 million restaurant reviews every month.

111

2 years ago

A web-based service that helps restaurant owners manage their cash flow, including bills, bank accounts, and inventory. It’s also an accounting app that offers local inventory lookup and payment acceptance.

111

5 years ago

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

110

5 years ago

It’s a brand new concept in the world of advertising, using the “perks” of a travel-based credit card to show you ads you’d be interested in on a flight.

110

5 years ago

A company that helps improve the efficiency of service delivery for restaurants. Their model is to use automation to eliminate the costs of inefficient or underutilized staff and equipment, allowing restaurants to focus on creating more value.

110

5 years ago

The startup is initially focused on the US, but plans to expand into Europe in the future. It’s a “one-stop shop” for local food, covering restaurants, grocery stores, and specialty shops.

109

5 years ago

A platform that helps people with small car loans get lower interest rates

109

5 years ago

This startup is building a platform for restaurants to manage their staff’s schedules and payments. Redshift is essentially a company payroll app that helps restaurants manage their scheduling and payroll in a scalable way.

109

4 years ago

A point-of-sale application for restaurants, allowing them to accept payments online and mobile.

109

2 years ago

A paperless billing and payment system for restaurants. The startup collects past-due bills and hangs them on a wall to shame customers.

109

4 years ago

A platform for homeowners looking to sell their homes, allowing them to easily list their properties for sale and hire a virtual agent to show the property to interested buyers.

108

4 years ago

A mobile app that connects you to the best local restaurants based on your search results.

108

5 years ago

This company is building a service for restaurants that will help them manage their money and track the cost of food. The startup aims to keep a more accurate tally of expenses, which will allow restaurants to save money.

107

4 years ago

A food delivery platform for small businesses that is focused on reducing the financial burden of running a brick and mortar restaurant. It aims to lower the cost of running a restaurant by providing the owner with the tools to order their own food and have it delivered. The company has raised $10 million in funding.

107

3 years ago

Web-based scheduling app used by more than 15,000 restaurants in the US.

107

5 years ago

A startup that wants to help restaurants get paid more quickly by having customers pay for their food with Square.

106

5 years ago

A tool aimed at helping restaurant owners and managers perform their jobs more effectively.

106

4 years ago

A dating platform that lets people find love by matching them based on their interests.

106

4 years ago

A startup for restaurants that allows them to create menus and send those menus to partners like catering companies and delivery services. The startup wants to help restaurants “monetize” the in-between area of their menu by letting them send a whole menu with price information and order details to partners.

106

3 years ago

Enter a city’s zip code, the app will give you a list of local LGBTQ-friendly businesses, including restaurants, bars and bathhouses.

106

2 years ago

A platform for restaurants to tell customers about the people in the restaurant who made them what they were eating.

106

5 years ago

A merchant-focused transaction app for restaurants and bars.

105

5 years ago

A solution for people to get around restrictions on the internet.

105

5 years ago

A startup that helps consumers track their bills, get alerts when bills are coming due, and pay off them early with interest.

105

5 years ago

A software company that helps companies like restaurant chains track and improve customer loyalty, as well as use the data to segment customers into groups that can be targeted with different marketing.

104

5 years ago

A payment system for small businesses in the Philippines, with a focus on remittance, based on a user’s location. The startup wants to target merchants with a high volume of transactions but low capacity, such as small shops and restaurants.

104

4 years ago

A cloud-based inventory management system for restaurants. The company wants to help restaurants track inventory across the supply chain, and integrate with other systems like POS and bar management software. They’ve already raised $2.5M.

104

4 years ago

An underground “mixing” app that uses the concept of the blind date to pair people up based on shared interests and provide a means for them to meet.

104

3 years ago

The startup is launching a B2B LinkedIn for suppliers for restaurants and other food-related businesses. It will connect them with investors, customers, and other local vendors.

104

5 years ago

A company that helps restaurants, cafes and other foodservice entities track social media and driver reviews, and use those to increase sales.

103

4 years ago

A startup that makes it easy for restaurant managers to automate their workflow, letting them have immediate access to an employee’s schedule and other information.

103

3 years ago

A subscription-based order tracking tool for restaurants.

103

2 years ago

An online and mobile platform for restaurants to accept online payments in-restaurant.

103

4 years ago

This is a way for restaurants to manage their food waste, using a mobile app

102

5 years ago

A digital point-of-sale system for restaurants that minimizes friction and drives more sales. The platform uses a credit card reader and is simply hooked up to an existing Wi-Fi network.

101

5 years ago

A web and mobile platform for restaurants to manage their orders, with a mobile app that makes it easier to manage all the different parts of a restaurant.

101

5 years ago

A messaging system for restaurants that allows hosts to manage reservations, ticket sales, and reservations.

101

5 years ago

A platform that helps restaurants manage their back-of-house operations, from food ordering to scheduling and more.

101

4 years ago

A startup for ordering local delivery food from restaurants, with delivery promised in under 30 minutes. The startup has raised $1.6 million in pre-seed funding.

101

3 years ago

The startup is looking to provide Internet-wide offline access to a library of books and ebooks. Interested users can sign up for free, download the app, and choose which books to download. You can create “stacks” of books based on topics, or “curated stacks” based on which books you think you’ll be interested in.

101

3 years ago

A San Francisco-based company that’s building a “virtual assistant” that can make restaurant reservations, book flights and call the cops, among other things.

101

3 years ago

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

101

3 years ago

This startup is building an app that helps people find a place to purchase an item. The app is built on the same technology that allows users to find a movie to watch, or find a nearby restaurant.

101

4 years ago

A tool that uses AI to help you find interesting stories by looking for keywords and phrases.

100

4 years 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.

100

4 years ago

A startup that’s building a $20 million logistics marketplace for restaurants, enabling them to outsource their delivery and inventory management.

100

3 years ago

A startup that aims to help restaurant workers work smarter to reduce wasted food

100

3 years ago

This startup is building a solution that helps users find the nearest dispensary as well as purchase cannabis products. It’s a one-click process that allows users to find a dispensary, create an account, and then browse their menu. The company also plans to expand to Instagram and Snapchat.

100

4 years ago

A wearable for the visually impaired, which uses machine learning to convert a video of the world, like a restaurant or a landscape, into an audio guide.

99

3 years ago

A system that helps restaurants learn which customers will pay for their meal based on information like previous orders, and which ones will not.

99

5 years ago

A mission-based social platform for millennials to discover events based on their interests, follow the ones nearby, and make connections with people in their social networks.

98

5 years ago

A list-management app for restaurants. The company is focused on bringing a reasonable price to the market for customers who want to see a list of all the restaurants in their area, and offering a platform to send out reminders to the wait staff.

98

4 years ago

A startup that helps restaurants offer online delivery services. The startup is focused on getting delivery to happen at the right time, with the right food, at the right place.

98

4 years ago

A credit card for freelancers with a 0% interest rate and a $300 annual fee.

98

3 years ago

A weekly show for people interested in food and restaurants, with a focus on the best new restaurants.

98

5 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.

97

4 years ago

A platform for serving meals to customers who walk into your restaurant. The startup wants to enable customers to order food from a menu, have it made when they arrive, and pay for it through a mobile app.

97

4 years ago

A health insurance app which allows users to submit their medical claims and payment information with a couple of taps on their phone. The startup is a bit of an interesting case study for the healthcare sector. They launched in March and have over 1,000 customers already. They're profitable for the first time.

97

3 years ago

A company that wants to create a better, more secure vendor rating system for restaurants.

97

5 years ago

A startup that helps people discover new restaurants

96

4 years ago

A company that uses social media to track the performance of restaurants and other eateries. It’s created a system that automatically posts photos of food and service to Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.

96

4 years ago

A meat delivery service for restaurants. The startup, which has raised a $500,000 seed round led by Khosla Ventures, is working with restaurants and chains to deliver lunch and dinner to customers in San Francisco, New York City, and Boulder, Colorado.

96

4 years ago

A startup that manages the billing cycle for restaurants and other service companies, with a goal of reducing the number of times customers have to reconcile with their bank account.

95

4 years ago

What if the internet let you check on your stocks, find a doctor, and pay your bills The company’s app connects users to the information they need, from financial news to local restaurant reviews. The company has raised $6.4 million in funding.

95

4 years ago

A company that helps small restaurants and cafeterias provide food for their employees. The co-founders say they have taken on $1 million in orders in their first year.

95

4 years ago

A simple-to-use tool that helps restaurants with online marketing automate the process of setting up social media accounts and managing them.

95

4 years ago

A restaurant search engine that uses both Yelp and Zagat.

95

4 years ago

A platform to facilitate peer-to-peer lending, allowing people to lend money to each other and earn higher interest rates than banks

95

4 years ago

A company that uses AI to help restaurants decide which dishes to sell based on the type of food they have.

95

3 years ago

A software company that wants to re-invent the way we calculate interest rates for loans.

95

2 years ago

A platform that helps businesses in the B2B space — like manufacturing or IT — automate or restructure their business to remain competitive in the changing economy.

95

2 years ago

A company that wants to help people who don’t have a lot of spare time and who have no interest in learning to drive to use the Uber app to get from point A to point B.

95

5 years ago

This is a company that brings the star rating feature used by restaurant critics to hotel reviews.

94

4 years ago

A startup that’s building the infrastructure for an on-demand delivery system for restaurants.

94

4 years ago

A company that helps brands communicate with their customers in a more personal way. The startup wants to make a “human social media network” that works in a more organic way, where you can reach people with specific interests without the need for any kind of targeting.

94

4 years ago

A startup that allows users to trustlessly review and share their favorite restaurants on a map.

94

4 years ago

In this world, your phone knows what song you’re listening to, when you’re at work, when you’re in bed, when you’re in a restaurant, and when you’re in a grocery store. The startup wants to turn that into a single app that can be used to control your music.

94

4 years ago

The startup is in the process of building a network of personal chefs. Its current focus is on the restaurant industry.

94

3 years ago

An AI for small business loans, to help entrepreneurs get lower interest rates

94

5 years ago

A digital insurance startup that wants to help people find doctors and medicines. The startup is taking on the large insurance companies that they say don’t always have the best interests of their customers in mind.

93

4 years ago

A credit card that doesn’t charge interest and is cheaper than a credit card with a small monthly fee.

93

4 years ago

A platform for advertisers to creatively display ads to users based on their interests.

93

4 years ago

A global network of local markets, with local farmers who are able to sell their produce directly to consumers. The company’s customers are typically top-tier restaurants and grocery stores.

93

4 years ago

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

93

3 years ago

A startup that offers a way to review and rate the quality of restaurants before you dine there, to help diners decide where to eat. It’s a similar concept to Yelp, but for food.

93

4 years ago

This startup is building a bot for managing your restaurant’s social media accounts.

92

4 years ago

A restaurant search engine that uses Rotten Tomatoes to show the best of the best.

92

4 years ago

The goal is to build a tool to help people get the most out of their in-home gym equipment. It’s an interesting idea, but it’s also very early on.

92

3 years ago

This startup is building a tool for restaurants to allow customers to order food and drinks without ever talking to a waiter or waitress, and without giving out their phone number.

92

5 years ago

A startup that creates apps for restaurants, choosing to partner with restaurants that have a “local” feel. The startup is currently focusing on the US and UK, but plans to expand to other countries.

91

5 years ago

This company markets what it calls a "virtual assistant" to serve restaurant owners. The software helps manage the workflow of ordering, food prep, and more, allowing cashiers to focus on other tasks. The startup has raised $400,000 in funding to date.

91

4 years ago

A startup that helps hoteliers and restaurants manage their supply chain. It lets them build their own supply chain management platform for managing their vendors.

91

4 years ago

An online service that lets customers see what their favorite restaurants are like without leaving their house. The startup is flipping the restaurant model, serving up the mood and vibe of eateries for customers to enjoy.

91

4 years ago

A daily deals app for restaurants.

91

4 years ago

This startup aims to be a “Pinterest for the home”.

91

4 years ago

A company that tracks the health of the world’s forests

91

3 years ago

A food delivery system for restaurants, grocery stores, and other food producers. It’s a way to bring food to your door, in a more fast and efficient way.

91

2 years ago

The startup wants to help small businesses, like restaurants, open their own e-commerce website. Using a combination of marketing and technology, they say they can help companies save money on commission and get more visibility to their products.

91

5 years ago

Profile’s founders say it’s like Pinterest, but for the fashion industry.

90

4 years ago

A tool that helps you manage your restaurant right on your phone. The startup is currently doing a seed round with $1 million.

90

4 years ago

A decentralized exchange which trades tokens on a decentralized order-book using a hybrid of centralized and decentralized orders. It will handle the majority of trades on the decentralized exchange, with the rest handled by an off-chain arbitrator.

90

4 years ago

This New York City startup is building a subscription service for the restaurant industry. The founders behind the company believe that the industry is plagued by high costs and a lack of execution.

90

4 years ago

A restaurant reservation app in the US that works as a marketplace for bookings.

90

3 years ago

A digital currency for underbanked Singaporeans. The startup builds a platform that enables individuals to join the mainstream financial system. Right now, it’s restricted to Singaporeans, and the founders are working on getting it to the wider Southeast Asian and Indian markets.

90

3 years ago

A startup that helps retailers and restaurants use their existing inventory to get temporary employees that are currently not being used.

90

3 years ago

Helping customers build personalized video courses based on their interests, skills, and abilities.

90

2 years ago

An ad tech company that helps brands target ads at people based on the type of content they’re interested in, the time of day they’re interested in it, and the apps they use. The company is working with Facebook to launch a new product.

90

5 years ago

This company is looking to connect home buyers with people looking to rent out their basements, garages, and spare rooms. The startup has raised $1.6 million, and is interested in getting users to share their spaces with strangers.

89

5 years ago

A web and mobile app for restaurants, allowing them to manage their kitchen operations from anywhere in the world. The startup also works with the restaurant delivery companies Postmates and DoorDash.

89

4 years ago

Innovation in the US has become a flashpoint for the rest of the world. From its inception in 2010, the French government has invested in French Tech. In France, startups have received €4.5 billion in funding in recent years, according to INSEAD.

89

4 years ago

A chatbot platform that helps restaurants manage the back of their house. It’s built on top of the same language processing technology that Facebook uses to turn user chat messages into ads.

89

4 years ago

A startup that’s building a service that allows restaurants to offer customers a ‘pay per dish’ model for their food.

89

4 years ago

A platform that allows restaurants to send out real-time texts, emails, and social media messages to their menu items.

89

4 years ago

This startup is building a web/mobile platform that delivers personalized news about a person’s interests.

89

4 years ago

The business of helping people find interesting things to buy online.

89

3 years ago

A company that builds software to help companies track the performance of their food and beverage teams, as well as their overall restaurant operations.

89

5 years ago

A white-labeled tool for restaurants to manage their online ordering. The startup wants to help restaurants build an online ordering feature that integrates with their existing website. The product is built for restaurants, but the company imagines that it will be able to be used by other companies as well.

88

4 years ago

A social app (currently only in the UK) that helps people share their experience of using a service at a “near restaurant”. The startup aims to help people find restaurants they like, without needing to physically go there.

88

4 years ago

Web-based software that gives restaurants a way to track guests from table to table, and find out how much money they spend.

88

4 years ago

This startup is building a platform that makes it easier for restaurants to manage staff schedules, getting them up-to-date with their shifts and either reducing the number of wasted hours between shifts or giving employees more hours.

88

4 years ago

This startup is building a platform for small businesses to make payments with their smartphones. It’s already has 30 merchants, including a restaurant in Detroit.

88

4 years ago

A platform to create custom ad campaigns, allowing users to target people based on their interests. The startup wants to use “Facebook’s platform and scale it” to build a “Facebook ad management system.”

88

3 years ago

A “virtual assistant” for finding, hiring and managing restaurant staff.

88

2 years ago

A restaurant recommendation app that uses crowdsourcing and AI to recommend places to dine.

88

5 years ago

A tool built for the hospitality industry that allows them to better manage the labor they have on-hand. The tool can track labor in real-time, and when it’s time to restock the fridge or refill the coffee machine, the software can alert the staff to take action.

87

4 years ago

A system for managing payments and inventory for restaurants, including a point of sale system. It’s also a local marketplace with delivery services. It currently has 14 employees.

87

4 years ago

Postmates is a food-delivery service similar to UberEats. But Postmates focuses on delivering food from local restaurants rather than order-in restaurants.

87

4 years ago

A company that offers loan products to small businesses at a lower interest rate than banks

87

4 years ago

A search engine that aims to provide a direct answer to the question “What is the best restaurant in this city”

87

4 years ago

This startup is building a chatbot that learns from your habits to give you better recommendations for what to watch based on your interests.

87

4 years ago

The startup is building a platform for online communities of interest. Currently, it’s a way for people to find events and share recommendations for friends, but it can be applied to other categories like sports, music, movies, etc.

87

4 years ago

Helping restaurant chains manage their menus.

87

4 years ago

A startup that wants to be the Uber of home-sharing. It offers homeowners the ability to list their living space on a platform meant to match interested guests with the right homes in the right locations.

87

5 years ago

Idea: This is a social media app that helps users monetize their personal stories and connect with brands interested in learning more about their experiences

86

5 years ago

A credit card for people who don’t want a traditional card. The startup gets merchants to opt-in to their service, and since they don’t have a traditional credit history, they don’t have to pay as high interest rates.

86

4 years ago

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

86

4 years ago

The startup is looking to build a “messaging platform for restaurants” designed to simplify restaurant communication. The platform would allow customers to share photos of their meals with each other, and track the progress of those meals through their restaurants.

86

4 years ago

A new kind of social network for people who are interested in sharing their cat videos or pictures on Instagram.

86

4 years ago

A simple web-based tool that helps restaurant owners track their expenses.

86

4 years ago

A micro-loan company that converts energy into cash for the poorest people in the world.

86

4 years ago

A real-time scheduling software for restaurants. It aims to replace the clunky, paper-based scheduling systems that exist today, and allow restaurants to manage wait staff, kitchen schedules and more.

86

4 years ago

Build a digital community for college students. The startup wants to be the go-to place for students to find roommates, find jobs, look for housing, and more. One of the most interesting parts of the business is that the startup is actually building their own apartment complex, with all the services and amenities that go with it.

86

3 years ago

A social app that helps users find restaurants, bars and other local businesses on their phone, with a list organized by category like food and drink or nightlife.

86

3 years ago

A dating app for the elderly, for the first time giving older adults a way to look for love in their own neighborhood. The app is designed to be easy for the elderly and disabled to use, and have a handy feature that lets them order from their favorite restaurant.

86

2 years ago

This startup wants to turn self-driving cars into a service, allowing users to book a ride in advance so they can go home from the airport, or just get a ride to a nearby restaurant. Uber has a similar service in a few cities.

86

4 years ago

A startup that helps health care organizations make more effective referrals to specialists. It’s currently being used by a network of 20 hospitals in Boston, with plans to expand to the rest of the US within the next six months.

85

4 years ago

This startup makes a credit card without annual fees or a credit limit. Customers can pay as much or as little as they want each month and never be charged interest or fees.

85

4 years ago

A startup that’s partnering with local restaurant brands to deliver their food via drone.

85

4 years ago

A “new kind of community management” for restaurants.

85

4 years ago

A network of women who are interested in trading services/products online for fun, personal, or professional use.

85

4 years ago

“A tool that helps you optimize your restaurant's food waste.”

85

4 years ago

A delivery service that matches a person’s schedule to a nearby restaurant.

85

3 years ago

A food and beverage startup that wants to provide a way for restaurants to track and manage their inventory in a centralized database.

85

3 years ago

A digital line of credit for small businesses. It’s a small business lending platform that provides loans of $5,000 to $100,000 or 0% interest for 36 months with collateral.

85

3 years ago

A platform for restaurants to manage reservations and book reminders for customers, as well as manage loyalty programs. Users can manage reservations, add or edit menus and order delivery from the platform.

85

4 years ago

A is a startup that allows restaurants to track and monitor customers’ orders, and speed up deliveries.

84

4 years ago

Builds a tool that helps restaurants and bartenders implement a simple order-ahead system.

84

4 years ago

This is a tool to help restaurant cooks manage their recipes better, through a unified recipe book that combines all of their existing recipes across different platforms.

84

4 years ago

A food delivery app that lets you order from small restaurants in your neighborhood. It’s different than the usual delivery app in that it’s not just you and your food. You’re buying from a restaurant and they’re buying from you.

84

4 years ago

This app, which is currently only available in the US and Canada, uses a mobile app to help provide customer service to restaurants and other food and retail suppliers.

84

4 years ago

A startup that helps restaurant chains create loyalty program. The company’s founders want to use the same tech that powers the loyalty program at Expedia to help businesses like Chipotle and Panera create their own.

84

4 years ago

The startup’s app helps smartphone users to make the most of their conversations with a local by providing a database of local restaurants, hotels, and attractions. The startup says it has $6 million in sales, and $500,000 in cash, and recently closed a $3.5 million seed round led by the European Investment Fund.

84

4 years ago

A credit card for students to get the best interest rate possible

84

4 years ago

A startup that connects customers with restaurants that deliver, to get fast food and takeout delivered to your door. It’s an attempt to solve a problem that has been around for decades, but for which there is no easy solution.

84

3 years ago

A small-business loan that’s structured to minimize interest rates and minimize risk and uncertainty.

84

3 years ago

This company is building an AI chatbot platform for restaurants, retail, and hospitality. The startup is focusing on hospitality, a huge industry for chatbots.

84

3 years ago

A startup that’s building an app to make it easy to find and connect with like-minded people. It also wants to make it easy to find and connect with people who share common interests. It’s currently working with more than 1,000 businesses and is on track to get its 1 million users in 2017.

84

4 years ago

This startup creates a point-of-sale platform for small restaurants, allowing them to manage all of their sales, inventory, and finances via a cloud-based SaaS platform. The company is currently focused on the US market.

83

4 years ago

A breadcrumb-based application that helps you find the nearest bakery, bakery cafe, or bakery cafe cafe. It’s essentially a Yelp for bread.

83

4 years ago

A startup that lets you share your meal with your friends and family. The startup is looking to upend the delivery model by integrating with restaurants and other food sites to place orders.

83

4 years ago

A startup that tries to get people to take more time off from work to pursue personal interests, such as by creating a way to track a user’s vacation days.

83

4 years ago

A startup to help restaurants and restaurants to find customers.

83

4 years ago

The startup wants to provide a tool to help people find new friends based on their location and interests. The startup is launching in the UK in Q3 2019.

83

3 years ago

A tablet-based, subscription-based reservation system for restaurants. The service allows restaurants to book tables by text, mail or phone.

83

2 years ago

The company is building a platform that will allow customers to order a pickup or delivery from any of the company’s partner restaurants, regardless of where they are, and have it brought to their home.

83

4 years ago

A “tapping service” for restaurants that allows them to tap-in the orders that come in over their phone line. The startup is targeting restaurants and catering companies that don’t have a phone line.

82

4 years ago

A company that’s building a new type of social media experience. People can send videos to their friends and have friends vote on which ones they like or dislike, for AI to curate more interesting content.

82

4 years ago

A web-based system for managing and scheduling your restaurant’s service time and labor.

82

4 years ago

A startup to help people find gluten-free, vegan, and allergy-friendly options at restaurants.

82

4 years ago

Helping local restaurants get better access to food delivery services, with the goal of scaling delivery to a national level

82

4 years ago

The startup aims to be a peer-to-peer marketplace for student loans, to help students avoid high interest rates by borrowing from other students.

82

4 years ago

A startup that is offering a graphical way to explore the world’s most epic landscapes in 3D, including the Alps, Everest, and Kilimanjaro. It’s an easy-to-use 3D modeling platform that lets users build their own worlds, or explore places like Machu Picchu, the Great Wall of China, or the Falkland Islands.

82

4 years ago

A platform for hiring in the restaurant industry, connecting restaurant owners to workers and making it easier for restaurants to get their staff and pay them.

82

4 years ago

A Pinterest-like social network for artisans, with a focus on artisans in developing countries. The platform uses a marketplace to help artisans sell their goods and connect with customers, and features "artists in residence" to help guide new sellers.

82

4 years ago

A platform for retail and restaurants to give customers advice and recommendations on products to buy.

82

3 years ago

An e-learning platform for teachers, meant to help them customize coursework to fit the interests of different students.

82

4 years ago

A startup for restaurant workers that allows them to pick up shifts from other employees on the app, serving as an alternative to hiring.

81

4 years ago

A POS vendor for restaurants and bars.

81

4 years ago

A place for people to find events that work for them. You’ll see a map of the city and nearest parks. You can also add events to a “todo list” and have the map and todo list sync up.

81

4 years ago

A chat app that lets you order food at home and pay ahead of time. The startup has already worked with two restaurants in New York City to demonstrate the concept.

81

4 years ago

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

81

4 years ago

A startup that’s building a dating app for people over 50. The app lets users browse by interests, post photos, and build their own profiles. Money is kept separate from the app, so the founders don’t have to have people have to delete their profiles if they don’t want to date.

81

4 years ago

A B2B service that’s been in beta for over a year that helps restaurants manage their finances. The service helps restaurants manage their business from a single location and get a better sense of how they’re doing and where their money's going. The company was founded in 2013 and is profitable and growing.

81

4 years ago

A startup that texts college students details about upcoming events, based on their interests.

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A mobile application that lets users connect with local restaurants.

81

4 years ago

3D mapping and navigation company. The company wants to provide users with real-time maps that allow them to navigate through cities, identifying the best nearest possible way to get from point A to point B.

81

3 years ago

This social media platform is creating a space for people to post and discuss the things they’re interested in, which could include a new project, a new restaurant, or even a new way to get to work.

81

3 years ago

A company that brokers and manages deals for restaurants, hotels and retailers in the US.

81

3 years ago

A startup to help shoppers explore local markets, find deals, and build lists of what they’re interested in.

81

5 years ago

This is a tool that helps restaurants make better use of their kitchen space. The startup’s product is a kitchen hand-held scanner that helps chefs size up customers to decide what to cook based on their food orders.

80

5 years ago

A maker of subscription boxes to help customers discover, purchase, and ship products from retailers across the country. Each month, the service helps subscribers pick each month’s “box” based on their interests, which is hand-curated by the company’s team.

80

4 years ago

An AI that helps people review restaurants. The AI can be used for speed dating, by restaurants to review their guests’ faces, and for booking books at restaurants.

80

4 years ago

A platform for people to explore and share the best restaurants in the world

80

4 years ago

Idea : A tool for managing relationships between people with similar interests. The company is building a platform to help people share interests with others, and it’s using data science to help people actually find each other.

80

4 years ago

A food ordering app for restaurants, allowing diners to order from anywhere and track the status of their order.

80

4 years ago

A company that aims to be the Uber of Airbnbs by connecting people with shared interest and letting them share their dwelling with others who want to stay or need a place to stay.

80

4 years ago

A restaurant database that lets you search through menus, order food, and find nearby restaurants that deliver. It’s the opposite of EatWith, which is focused on finding people to eat with.

80

4 years ago

A “hyperlocal food delivery service” that wants to be a “Uber for food” – a company that gives you a list of local restaurants and gives you a choice of what you want to eat, with a pickup time and a location.

80

4 years ago

This startup wants to help restaurants with their delivery needs by creating a system that uses an app to manage and organize delivery drivers.

80

4 years ago

A social network for drivers. It’s meant to help drivers find new and interesting drivers to carpool with.

80

4 years ago

This startup wants to help contractors get paid on time, by giving them a virtual presence on restaurant sites.

79

4 years ago

A company that makes a way for restaurants to provide a delivery service with minimal cost. With low overhead, they say they can provide delivery service for $0.50 per delivery.

79

4 years ago

A startup that makes it easy for restaurants to serve their customers on their smartphones, without having to pay for a server to do it.

79

4 years ago

Yieldify is building an app that lets restaurants track the sales of their dishes, so they can use that data to manage their business.

79

4 years ago

A company that is building a platform to help restaurant owners and workers manage logistics and inventory. The startup’s founders say their focus is on reducing waste.

79

4 years ago

A suite of tools for startup founders interested in crowdfunding.

79

4 years ago

This startup allows businesses to track their online/social media marketing, and also offers a way to get promoted for sharing interesting content.

79

4 years ago

A bot that helps you research and discover interesting things on Twitter.

79

4 years ago

This company helps restaurants and hotels to automate their email marketing campaigns. They want to make email marketing easier and more scalable.

79

3 years ago

A tool for restaurants to manage their online presence, including online ordering, reservations, background checks, and all of the financials.

79

3 years ago

A tool for users to organize their social media activity, sort it, and then see what audiences are interested in.

79

3 years ago

In the same way that Gravity is a way to take meals on-the-go, Eatsa is a way to take food on-the-go. The startup is developing a way to make first class dining at a local restaurant feel as if you were sitting in a restaurant across the street.

79

3 years ago

This is a mobile app that analyzes and organizes restaurant reviews, with the goal of simplifying the notoriously impenetrable world of online restaurant reviews.

79

3 years ago

This company is building an online marketplace for small businesses that run in restaurants and retail stores to sell services like delivery and inventory management.

79

3 years ago

A self-serve order management system for restaurants and food trucks.

79

5 years ago

A platform for connecting people to their favorite foods, which will help people find new foods they might like. The startup’s developers have been known to check out new restaurants and talk to restaurant workers to understand the space.

78

4 years ago

A video platform for TV and film that wants to help people find and learn new and interesting content and build a community around the content.

78

4 years ago

A startup that connects businesses to consumers to help them engage with each other. It helps brands engage with potential shoppers by helping them create a customized experience based on profile or interest.

78

4 years ago

A “human-powered” platform that connects users with other people in their niche-of-interest. The idea is that each user has an “agent” who will help them find other people in the same area or have similar interests.

78

4 years ago

A startup that lets you order fresh food from a local restaurant, stored in the app so it can be ready the moment you arrive.

78

4 years ago

A company that sets up a meeting with a group of people who might have similar interests, similar values and similar goals, to help them find common ground.

78

4 years ago

A startup that wants to help restaurant chains and their suppliers improve the way they track their food production.

78

4 years ago

A startup that helps restaurants collect payment for their services via direct debit and credit card.

78

3 years ago

A platform for managing, tracking and hosting video content for e-learning. You upload your video, and Farmako does the rest.

78

3 years ago

A digital marketing platform for restaurants. The startup wants to help restaurants track and analyze customer data and make targeted marketing adjustments.

78

3 years ago

A startup that brings together restaurants and their customers through a service that sends an automated check to customers for their meal.

78

2 years ago

A startup that allows users to think of a location and the app will find nearby bars and restaurants

78

2 years ago

A restaurant delivery service to deliver food in the middle of the night.

78

4 years ago

A platform that automates the process of doing social media advertising. It uses AI to match ads to consumers based on their interests on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

77

4 years ago

A platform that lets restaurants share menus and business plans with local chefs, and then helps them get orders from consumers.

77

4 years ago

A platform for independent retailers and restaurants to sell and deliver items directly to customers

77

4 years ago

A customer service app for restaurant and retail businesses. The startup is looking to use AI to help businesses resolve customer issues in real time.

77

4 years ago

Helps restaurants automate ordering and delivery of food through a mobile app.

77

4 years ago

A startup that helps people who want to start a restaurant in a different country get their business off the ground.

77

4 years ago

As of November 2017, Tastebuds was a top-2 startup in the food & beverage category on AngelList. Tastebuds is building a way to share tasting notes, recommendations, and experiences in a social network for restaurants.

77

4 years ago

An on-demand, on-the-go, and on-the-nose resource for Pittsburgh families interested in buying a home in their city.

77

4 years ago

A web and mobile app that helps anyone interested in buying a home. Users can search for homes, find listings, and get contract details before making a purchase.

77

4 years ago

A solution for managing restaurant wait times. The startup is one of the few in this space, and is focused on being a single number that shows how long a customer can expect to wait for a table.

77

4 years ago

Amped is a personal assistant platform that aims to help people “get unstuck” and get back to doing the things they love. Amped helps people make phone calls, book restaurants through OpenTable, and book other things that help them get back to doing the things they love.

77

4 years ago

A startup that allows users to get a readout of their fellow travelers’ histories at a glance. The startup also has a feature that helps people find other people who have similar interests.

77

3 years ago

An iPad app that lets people book a reservation to a restaurant. Starting with the San Francisco Bay area and a few other cities.

77

3 years ago

A startup that lets people rent out their property, then send reminders and connect with interested tenants.

77

3 years ago

A startup that allows restaurants to adjust the pricing for their dishes depending on who is eating them.

77

3 years ago

A “global community of like-minded people who are interested in building businesses that use exponential technologies”

77

3 years ago

A startup for companies to find new employees. The startup’s founders say that their data shows that people are interested in learning about their jobs and company, but don’t know how. The startup’s job posting app helps these people find a new employer.

77

3 years ago

A platform that enables restaurants to quickly and easily build their own website. The company says their software saves restaurants an average of $2,000 annually in web design and development costs.

77

2 years ago

A company that builds tools for restaurants to manage the back-end of their operations, including reservations, food deliveries, and site maintenance

77

2 years ago

This is a website that allows you to search for local restaurants and get the information you need about their hours, menus, and prices.

77

4 years ago

Handy helps companies like Red Robin and Chipotle restaurants use their existing customer management software to manage their operations.

76

4 years ago

A platform and API for the sharing of restaurant data, with the goal of helping restaurants be more efficient and gain insights into their business.

76

4 years ago

The startup’s platform allows you to make a food delivery order from a website, without having to visit a restaurant physically.

76

4 years ago

A free service that helps restaurants optimize their inventory. The startup says they’ve built software that helps restaurants optimize their inventory for each day of the week by allowing them to manage their orders.

76

4 years ago

A messaging platform to facilitate in-person meetings between people who never actually met before. It’s designed to streamline the matchmaking process by connecting people with similar interests, and to make it more efficient for those who like meeting in-person.

76

4 years ago

A new app for Google Glass that will help people find restaurants, bars, and coffee shops that are open to people with mobility impairments.

76

4 years ago

A company that’s building a “premium” test for restless legs syndrome

76

4 years ago

Mobile-first media for small businesses. The startup is also looking to work with food delivery services and restaurants in order to help them integrate their services into their app.

76

3 years ago

A startup that connects consumers with products they’re interested in buying with individuals who have a similar taste in products.

76

3 years ago

FatCow is a platform that helps restaurants and food trucks manage the entire process of ordering, payment, and delivery of a food service.

76

3 years ago

A startup that makes it easy for restaurants to accept online orders. They, like many other startups, are trying to tackle an all-too-common issue in the digital space: how to make online ordering a seamless experience for customers.

76

3 years ago

A startup for finding out about trees and forests, and how to help improve them

76

4 years ago

A startup that helps users find and share the best places to go within their city, then make reservations directly with the restaurant.

75

4 years ago

A software platform aimed at helping restaurant managers automate their operations.

75

4 years ago

A platform geared toward helping restaurants build out their delivery infrastructure.

75

4 years ago

A startup for restaurants that aims to bring a more local, community-focused approach to the restaurant business. The startup is looking to help restaurants manage their operations through a system of bots and a more community-oriented approach.

75

4 years ago

The startup wants to make it easier for small businesses to receive financing. It’s a mobile lending platform, using the same algorithms as big banks, but with lower interest rates and higher standards for creditworthiness.

75

4 years ago

A crowdsourced site that lets users review local restaurants, then make reservations and order takeout.

75

4 years ago

A way to streamline the process of getting a home loan and financial information, as well as a way to compare interest rates.

75

4 years ago

A startup that helps restaurants discover new locations and build relationships with potential customers and track what people are saying about them.

75

4 years ago

A small business that makes an app that helps people find their closest and cheapest pizza restaurant.

75

4 years ago

A digital concierge for the food industry, providing recommendations for restaurants, and ordering for you.

75

4 years ago

This app aims to help people find a local bar or restaurant, and lets you order food or drinks through your mobile device.

75

4 years ago

A startup that wants to help marketers create lead nurturing campaigns that are more personalized and personalized to the target market. It currently has a product called see-now-buy-now, which shows users a personalized ad based on things like their interests and location.

75

4 years ago

A person-to-person lender that is “taking the risk out of lending money” with lower interest rates.

75

4 years ago

A social network for people interested in cooking and eating food in the Bay Area

75

4 years ago

The idea is to provide investors with a one-stop place to find a portfolio of companies they’re interested in, with tools to help them manage their assets.

75

3 years ago

A B2C startup that supplies restaurant fitting room merchandise to their customers.

75

3 years ago

A company that wants to provide the capital that is missing from the lending industry — a more traditional intermediary. The startup takes a better interest rate on deposits, with individual investments capped at $50,000.

75

4 years ago

A startup that makes it easier for people to get home deliveries from local restaurants, as well as offers a mobile payment system.

74

4 years ago

A platform for restaurants to order and pay for delivery from their mobile apps, and later take those same orders through their restaurants’ existing POS system.

74

4 years ago

This startup is a grocery delivery service that serves the entire San Francisco Bay Area. It has a total of 400 restaurants on its platform.

74

4 years ago

A SaaS business that helps restaurants manage their menu data, allowing them to manage and plan out menus and keep track of what is selling and what is not.

74

4 years ago

A startup that helps restaurants and bars use social media to gain more traction and improve their image.

74

4 years ago

This is a platform for small businesses to manage their inventory. The startup provides a way for people to manage their inventory for retail shops, restaurants, and boutiques.

74

4 years ago

A matchmaking website that matches people up based on their shared interest in the same topics

74

4 years ago

A way for restaurants to track how much customers spend on food, and how satisfied they are with the experience.

74

4 years ago

A startup that tracks your sleep patterns to help you get more restful sleep.

74

4 years ago

A virtual assistant for restaurants to help them deal with customer orders, reservations, and payroll.

74

4 years ago

Launched in April, a company that helps restaurants streamline their food ordering and payroll process.

74

4 years ago

A tool for businesses to manage and track their employees. For example, HR can use it to manage the performance of a salesperson in the field, or a restaurant can use it to manage their waitstaff.

74

4 years ago

This company wants to help companies deal with the “digital exhaust” of their own employees, which includes information that can be used to identify a person’s preferred job, background, and interests.

74

3 years ago

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

74

3 years ago

A small software company that’s built a small accounting app for restaurant workers. The startup says it’s growing at a rate of around 500% a month.

74

3 years ago

A startup that wants to bring a “digital concierge” to hotels, where clients can ask for a concierge to book them a table at a restaurant or for a specific room, in exchange for a small fee.

74

3 years ago

A company that makes a software platform for real estate brokers that lets them check out clients in person to gauge their interest and negotiate terms.

74

2 years ago

A company that helps restaurant owners book quick, reliable delivery services.

74

4 years ago

A startup that wants to allow companies to target marketing programs to specific visits on websites. The startup, which was founded in December, has already signed up over 200 customers including Pinterest, Dailymotion, and Instagram.

73

4 years ago

A startup that helps connect dating service members with those interested in meeting them.

73

4 years ago

A startup that makes it easier for retailers to place orders from restaurants, creating a new source of revenue for them.

73

4 years ago

Matching a user's facial expressions with activities they would like to do, like watching TV or playing video games. The startup wants to use this to tailor ads in a way that’s more aligned with users’ interests.

73

3 years ago

This company is trying to make it easier for people to get a loan (either short-term or long term) at a lower interest rate.

73

3 years ago

A startup that helps restaurants make sense of their supply chain using recipes, data, and analytics.

73

3 years ago

A global ecommerce platform for restaurants that allows restaurants to sell their food to global markets

73

3 years ago

A startup that helps people who want to buy a home, but don’t have the money to put down a deposit. Instead, they can put down a small down payment for a mortgage and use the rest of the money to pay for the house at a later time.

73

2 years ago

A daily briefing app that helps users find the most interesting news and stories

73

2 years ago

A company that wants to build a community for people with common interests in things like the arts, sports and DIY projects.

73

2 years ago

A complete food-ordering system for restaurants and cafes, built on technology from Zomato.

73

5 years ago

Idea: This startup is building a content-creation platform for podcasts Users can record a podcast right from their web browser, and the startup’s AI will do the rest The company is currently working on a feature that will let users easily subscribe to podcasts by just typing in their email address — much like the way that users can subscribe to YouTube channels by just entering their email address

72

5 years ago

Idea: A startup that helps restaurants in India optimize their kitchen workflow, and take advantage of technology like smart fridges and credit card processing.

72

4 years ago

This startup is looking to make it easier for people to share their ride requests, whether it be a ride with friends, a ride to the airport, or a ride to a restaurant.

72

4 years ago

A startup that provides a digital assistant to help with the everyday tasks on your to-do list. It helps you organize your schedule, pay bills, plan your meals, and even get personalized recommendations for restaurants.

72

4 years ago

A donation platform that connects non-profits with companies interested in supporting their causes.

72

4 years ago

Connecting people with a shared interest with a way to manage their own chat rooms.

72

3 years ago

A social network for restaurant employees and customers, with a focus on the restaurant’s culture and the people who go there.

72

3 years ago

As the name suggests, this is a group of people who want to help you find your best friends in college. The company is targeting colleges right now, but will eventually expand to the rest of the world.

72

3 years ago

The restaurant chain is building a tool for managing and scheduling orders for delivery and takeout, as well as for dine-in ordering. It’s meant to automate the back-and-forth that has been the backbone of fast food ordering.

72

3 years ago

A startup that wants to be the digital version of a concierge, helping people find the best restaurants, concerts, and other experiences that are close to them.

72

3 years ago

A company that helps restaurant owners manage the two-way communication between employees and customers.

72

2 years ago

A mobile app that makes spending on your phone more interesting. It’s a tool that makes it easier to find and buy the things you want, as well as learn about them. It’s like Foursquare but for the world of goods.

72

5 years ago

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

71

5 years ago

Idea: A software company that helps restaurants, grocery stores, and other food businesses manage waste data and track what gets thrown away.

71

4 years ago

A smartphone app that allows users to find the nearest parking spot or garage. The startup expects to have customers in 80 cities by the end of the year and has received $2.5 million in funding from investors including Y Combinator and Comcast Ventures.

71

4 years ago

A social enterprise that sells a monthly subscription to its members, who can use the service to get a cup of tea in their home or a drink in a restaurant. The company hopes to provide a service to the growing number of people who do not have access to this basic human necessity.

71

4 years ago

A mobile app that lets people easily make and track purchases at stores and restaurants

71

4 years ago

This app helps you find your way to the nearest Venue, which is a building that’s designed to be a hub for startups.

71

4 years ago

The startup is trying to disrupt the home buying process by letting users make offers on a property they want to buy, without any money down. They’re also building a mobile app that helps buyers track homes they’ve been interested in.

71

4 years ago

a way to feed customers in a restaurant or other establishment. The startup is looking to build on their model in Asia, and is currently in talks with investors.

71

3 years ago

A platform for dating that claims to be better than popular app Tinder in part because it’s based on mutual interests rather than proximity, and uses a “personalized algorithm” to match you with someone based on first impressions.

71

3 years ago

A startup looking to build the most comprehensive website for pro-wrestling fans, available on all major social media platforms.

71

3 years ago

This is a “personalized credit score” company that helps people find the right credit cards, loans, and more in their own budget. The company claims to help people save up to $300 a year on interest.

71

2 years ago

A platform that allows people with common interests to find others and organize themselves into groups.

71

4 years ago

A startup that builds a point-of-sale system for all sorts of retailers, including restaurants, bars, and coffee shops. The startup aims to make the process of opening a business as simple as a phone call.

70

4 years ago

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

70

4 years ago

A company that helps chefs easily sell directly to customers via a mobile app that brings together a range of products from a variety of restaurants.

70

4 years ago

A startup that wants to send your food back to the restaurant so you can get a refund.

70

4 years ago

A platform for lenders to buy home loans and for homeowners to refinance at lower interest rates.

70

4 years ago

This startup is building a tool that makes it easier for people to track and save their money. They’re looking to consolidate debt and save money on interest.

70

4 years ago

A real-time, location-based messaging platform for restaurants, bars, and other businesses.

70

4 years ago

This startup is building a management app for restaurants, allowing managers to see which tables, employees, and guests are on the premises and track their purchases.

70

4 years ago

A platform for restaurants that allows them to better manage their staff and order system, as well as doing things like pay employees and manage food safety.

70

4 years ago

A company that helps small retailers and restaurants in the UK sell online. They’re working with around 1,000+ merchants today.

70

4 years ago

A tool for building media apps that uses the power of machine learning to find the best stock photos and audio clips. It’s a spinoff of the startup that develops the core infrastructure for sites like Pinterest, SoundCloud and Twitter.

70

4 years ago

One of the most interesting startups to come out of the fintech space, Nomiku is building a device that allows consumers to cook with precision.

70

3 years ago

A workflow management app that helps engineers work across multiple applications, like Slack. The startup aims to give engineers control over the process of adding new workflows, which they can use across different apps. This is an interesting approach to automation since it involves both a central application and a decentralized set of workflow rules.

70

3 years ago

A startup that’s building a home automation system for people who want to live in a more connected and automated home, but can’t do it themselves because of the expertise required. The startup wants to help people create a home that’s more secure and that integrates with the rest of their online lives.

70

3 years ago

A digital assistant that learns a person’s interests and delivers tailored news and personal intelligence. The startup is looking to use machine learning to predict what news/information a person will like.

70

3 years ago

A platform that lets people create their own “Netflix of restaurants” that recommends different dishes to diners based on their past orders.

70

3 years ago

A platform that helps close friends connect using the same set of interests, like a Facebook or LinkedIn, but without the need to sign in.

70

3 years ago

A platform that connects the world of wine to the world of food, allowing restaurants to sell wine to customers directly.

70

2 years ago

This job board aims to help people find jobs within their personal networks. The company says they have over 100 clients, including Pinterest, which uses the startup to help recruit.

70

4 years ago

An online marketplace that connects restaurants with local delivery services. It helps restaurants fill orders from customers, and makes it easy for customers to order delivery from restaurants they’ve already tried and like.

69

4 years ago

A startup for meeting new people and finding friends. The app is designed to make it easier for people to make new friends, and to find people with similar interests.

69

4 years ago

The Talent Ally platform helps restaurants and hotels identify and hire the best employees. The startup is working with over 1,300 restaurants and hotels to offer training, job listings, and improvements to their business.

69

4 years ago

A startup that provides investors with information about companies they’re interested in, including their financials, their social media activity, and their networks.

69

4 years ago

A platform for restaurants to accept online orders and better manage their relationships with customers. The startup helps restaurants find and track customers, manage orders, and build loyalty.

69

4 years ago

a Pinterest-like social network for interior designers, with users being able to share photos of their work and sell it within the app

69

4 years ago

A tool for small-business owners interested in selling their products on Amazon’s Fulfillment by Amazon, which allows companies to outsource product fulfillment and marketing to Amazon.

69

3 years ago

This is a tool for chefs and restaurants to easily create menus from existing files. It’s a way for restaurants to expand their offerings without having to create new menus from scratch.

69

3 years ago

A startup that’s trying to build an online platform that provides an interface between restaurants, chefs, and customers. With the platform, restaurants can message chefs who can then respond to customers, and also send customers notifications and time-sensitive offers.

69

3 years ago

A platform that connects diverse groups of people with similar interests

69

3 years ago

An electronic university degree and career guidance tool, built using intelligent algorithms meant to personalize the education experience based on a student’s interests and goals.

69

3 years ago

A startup that helps local restaurants optimize their restaurants and cut costs. The startup gives restaurants a mobile POS system, a payment gateway, and a mobile ordering system that allows customers to order and pay for their food right from the app.

69

2 years ago

A startup that makes it easier to manage a group of people who share the same set of interests, sent messages to each other, and get updates from each other. It’s basically a more robust version of a group text.

69

2 years ago

A consumer engagement platform for retailers that lets them leverage social media and push interesting content to customers.

69

4 years ago

A platform for ordering food from your favorite restaurants. The startup offers a platform that connects restaurants with their customers, allowing users to order food directly from the restaurant’s website by speaking to a live agent.

68

4 years ago

A hybrid of Yelp and OpenTable that allows you to order from a restaurant, but pay a la carte rather than getting a set meal.

68

4 years ago

A platform that allows investors to invest in other investors. The platform pairs investors with other investors to provide capital to investors who are interested in backing other startups.

68

4 years ago

An online community that offers a place to foster and develop friendships, share interests, and explore hobbies.

68

4 years ago

A medical device that can detect breast cancer, in a more affordable and less invasive way than current tools. It’s not FDA approved yet, but the founders say they have been talking to a number of medical companies that have expressed interest.

68

4 years ago

A startup that builds mobile apps for restaurant owners, including data and analytics, marketing and lead management.

68

3 years 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.

68

3 years ago

This startup aims to connect students with instructors who can teach them what they’re interested in without requiring them to leave campus.

68

3 years ago

A company that provides data to help businesses make decisions. They’re particularly interested in the insurance sector, and are targeting “insurance executives who are looking to make data-based decisions in a cost-effective way”.

68

3 years ago

A new way for restaurant workers to report instances of harassment or abuse on the job.

68

3 years ago

A food delivery platform for restaurants that will let them deliver food orders quickly, choose a unique delivery option, and let customers see the food being prepared.

68

3 years ago

A community of women who are interested in preserving history and sharing their stories.

68

3 years 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.)

68

3 years ago

A content management platform for restaurants. It lets restaurants segment tables, order catering, and pull up menus for delivery.

68

4 years ago

Working to develop a new personal finance platform that helps users manage their money by providing ‘simple tools and features that save time and money.’ Beyond personal finance, the startup is also interested in the wellness and fitness markets, and wants to provide a platform for people to track their health and nutrition.

67

4 years ago

A company that wants to build a platform for local businesses to get their products in front of people who are interested, by connecting them to other local businesses.

67

4 years ago

A platform that leverages a “social network” of local restaurants to help you find what’s nearby with a “localist” approach.

67

4 years ago

A cloud-based e-commerce platform for restaurants, which also includes a loyalty program, recipe sharing and ordering, and a restaurant finder.

67

4 years ago

A new way for restaurants to advertise on Facebook

67

4 years ago

A startup that helps you find the right restaurant based on a few factors, including the price, the food, and the location.

67

3 years ago

The company wants to provide a tool for creating and managing advertising campaigns, and make it easier to reach people who might be interested in what you’re selling.

67

3 years ago

The startup is building a platform that helps you find the nearest babysitter, and it’s already working with more than 100 cities. They’re profitable and expect to be profitable by the end of 2020.

67

3 years ago

A startup that hopes to aggregate restaurant reviews and ratings into a single, centralized website, so you can read them without having to click through to Yelp or Facebook.

67

3 years ago

An invitation-only startup that helps restaurants and bars find and pool bartenders, kitchen staff, and more through a specialized job aggregator. The company wants to improve the bar industry experience.

67

3 years ago

A startup that allows restaurant owners to scan their receipts and have them turn into email receipts.

67

3 years ago

Another online-to-offline ordering platform for the restaurant industry. The company allows restaurant operators to use their own brands and menus in their apps.

67

3 years ago

A startup that aims to help people find jobs in the U.S. that align with their professional interests

67

3 years ago

A startup that’s building a custom mobile app for the food industry, which they say will help restaurants run more smoothly.

67

3 years ago

A startup that helps mobile users find the best place to eat around them, with recommendations from other users and from the restaurants themselves.

67

3 years ago

A web-based communication portal for bars, restaurants and clubs.

67

3 years ago

A product that helps restaurants manage the supply chain and menus of their delivery services. Once launched, the startup plans to expand to other industries.

67

5 years ago

A startup that pays people to do research on topics they are interested in which is then written up into a paper and sold to students

66

4 years ago

A social network that connects people based on an interest in getting involved in local community events. For instance, if you’re interested in helping to organize a neighborhood watch program, you can connect with people in your neighborhood who are interested in getting involved.

66

4 years ago

A startup that connects people who have mutual interests, allowing them to connect online or in person.

66

4 years ago

A startup that wants to give new restaurant owners the tools they need to start a food-focused business. It’s a digital menu, a store, and a way to book reservations from a single app.

66

4 years ago

A startup that makes it easier for people to discover and share interesting content by bringing together all of the different sources of content in one place.

66

4 years ago

A subscription-based service that enables you to access a database of maps and information on things like nearby restaurants, hotels and attractions, and sends you hyperlocal recommendations based on your location.

66

4 years ago

A platform for people to connect with others who share their hobby/interests.

66

4 years ago

A platform that aims to “help advertisers better target specific people based on their behavior, location, interests and demographics.”

66

4 years ago

A “library of points of interest” that allows users to search a 3D Spatio-temporal map, which they can then mark as favorites. The startup says their “points of interest” are more than just “coffee shops, restaurants and art galleries” and that their map will be “a more inclusive, relevant and vivid alternative to Google Maps”.

66

4 years ago

A startup for food waste and unsold food, connecting restaurants with chefs, farmers and consumers.

66

4 years ago

This startup helps restaurants connect with their communities, by allowing local chefs to share discounts and win money to donate to local food pantries.

66

4 years ago

A platform designed to bring the best local restaurants to your door in cities across the US. The startup charges restaurants a fee for each meal ordered, with the idea that the startup will eventually partner with restaurants at an increased rate of the fee, expanding their reach and the number of meals delivered.

66

4 years ago

A startup that facilitates a transparent review of a loan, which can be used to lower interest rates

66

3 years ago

Cloud-based delivery service for food from restaurants.

66

3 years ago

A subscription based service for restaurant accounts, similar to a tool like Loom.

66

3 years ago

A startup that builds an app for customers to see what their favorite restaurants are offering when they’re out to eat.

66

3 years ago

A startup that helps new members of a community find others who share their interests in real-time.

66

3 years ago

The startup is designing a tool that helps restaurants and other food service businesses do reviews and feedback management in one place

66

4 years ago

A food delivery app for restaurants and food trucks, with the goal of helping them cut down on wasted food by bringing it right to the front door.

65

4 years ago

A delivery app that integrates with existing couriers and delivery services that allows people to order food from local restaurants and have it delivered to their front door in an hour.

65

4 years ago

A design and development studio that says it’s “a team of designers, engineers and startups” that helps “build and manage large scale web apps”. It’s interesting to see a startup that’s taking on the very same tasks that larger companies have historically outsourced to larger consulting firms like Accenture or PwC.

65

4 years ago

A tool that allows users to create custom animations on video to make their videos more interesting and engaging.

65

4 years 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.

65

4 years ago

A new feature for Slack (which is a messaging/chat application), allowing users to create a group of people who could potentially be interested in a product or service. The startup says it’s already working with a small team of companies and that it plans to roll out to the 1.1 million Slack users.

65

4 years ago

A directory for finding the nearest dry cleaner, restaurant, and other types of businesses. The company launched in Boston with the goal of landing in New York and Los Angeles by December.

65

4 years ago

This startup is building a platform that connects companies in the food industry with people who are gluten free. Users can use the platform to create a grocery list or order groceries, or to buy items from a local restaurant or bakery.

65

4 years ago

A social platform that helps people connect to each other based on their shared interest in science, space, and technology. Curricula, which was founded in October, is an educational platform that lets people who share the same interests build a community and “seek, share and teach knowledge” in their area.

65

4 years ago

A startup that makes it easier for people to find and engage with their community of friends, family and other people who share the same interests.

65

4 years ago

An analytics app that gives restaurant managers insights into their business and makes it easier to manage and grow.

65

3 years ago

A mobile app that connects users to local restaurants with an app, allowing users to make reviews, get recommendations and see other reviews.

65

3 years ago

This is a company that’s building a digital sales force that can travel to businesses, who sign up for the service and get a list of qualified prospects who might be interested in a service.

65

3 years ago

An AI-powered assistant that can help you find the best nearby restaurants that serve food you like.

65

3 years ago

A startup that helps restaurants, small businesses, and homeowners get more cash back from their credit card rewards.

65

3 years ago

A startup that makes it easy to book discounts at restaurants. The startup wants to make it easy for clients to book reservations and get discounts at restaurants.

65

3 years ago

An online marketplace for top chefs that connects restaurants with diners for dinner and catering.

65

3 years ago

A SaaS HR software company that helps businesses like hotels and restaurants manage their staff, find new hires, and end-of-employment benefits. The company had its first round of funding in June.

65

3 years ago

A local commerce startup that wants to help local retailers and restaurants sell directly to consumers with a marketplace app.

65

3 years ago

A food-delivery service that hopes to take on both the on-demand world and traditional restaurants.

65

3 years ago

A new way to read news that has been personalized to your topic interests, and which the company says is “faster and more interactive” than Facebook.

65

3 years ago

A company that works with restaurants to help them track their customer’s orders and get reports on how they are performing.

65

3 years 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”.

65

3 years ago

A company that makes a tool to help data scientists integrate their work with the rest of their company (e.g. HR, legal, advertising).

65

2 years ago

A company that created an online platform where people can create and share videos of funny and interesting things that happen to them.

65

4 years ago

A startup for people to connect for shared interests. People can suggest what movies and music are being talked about and vote on a list of suggestions.

64

4 years ago

This startup is building a service for restaurants to grow their business through digital marketing, performance analytics and automation.

64

3 years ago

A platform that helps restaurant operators build and manage loyalty programs. The startup has already built out a marketplace to help restaurants sell gift cards and loyalty cards directly to consumers.

64

3 years ago

A contract-based service that helps small businesses run more smoothly. It’s originally a tool for restaurants, but is now a general-purpose HR tool that helps handle all of an employee’s needs, from payroll to benefits to taxes.

64

3 years ago

A platform to help people order takeout or food from their favorite restaurants

64

3 years ago

A startup that lets consumers get recommendations on travel options based on the interest they already have in a destination.

64

3 years ago

A restaurant delivery service for people in Singapore

64

3 years ago

A startup that provides local, food-based restaurant recommendations based on your location. It’s the product of a recent startup accelerator.

64

3 years ago

A location-based service that helps people find nearby restaurants, bars, and coffee shops.

64

3 years ago

A location-based recommendation platform that recommends restaurants and bars to users based on their location.

64

3 years ago

A platform that allows you to get a loan with the click of a button. The app offers loans at a lower interest rate than credit cards and loans, and charges a lower fee than traditional payday lenders.

64

3 years ago

A B2B company that provides a platform for online food delivery businesses. It’s a SaaS solution that helps restaurants manage their orders and delivery.

64

3 years ago

A food delivery service that partners with independent restaurants and delivers to your door. The startup expects to launch in late 2019 in Los Angles.

64

2 years ago

A platform for college students to build portfolios and showcase their skills and interests.

64

2 years ago

Food delivery that uses software to help restaurants keep track of kitchen inventory, sales, and inventory.

64

2 years ago

A product that allows companies to keep track of their inventory across e-commerce platforms, and get a heads up when they need to restock.

64

2 years ago

A mobile app that lets you identify the “best deals at the best restaurants in your neighborhood” based on your location and habits. The company plans to launch in the summer of 2020 with 50,000 users.

64

4 years ago

The startup wants to connect influencers to brands, by way of influencer marketing. The startup combines data about their followers with the user’s interests to provide a ranking of influencers for brands.

63

4 years ago

The startup is looking to create a marketplace that allows bars and restaurants to connect with their customers via an in-app chat feature rather than by phone.

63

4 years ago

An online service for finding and recommending top quality, value for money restaurants.

63

4 years ago

A startup that uses a smartphone app and a wristband to keep track of rest and activity levels, which could help to improve sleep and reduce stress.

63

4 years ago

A tool for scheduling reservations at hotels and restaurants.

63

4 years ago

Starting with the forest industry, a startup is developing machines that can read and process the wood of a tree to make it more economical and sustainable.

63

3 years ago

This startup is building a platform for people who are interested in becoming independent contractors, and for their customers, who like the idea of having a personal assistant without needing to hire one, or without even having to leave the house.

63

3 years ago

This startup aims to help small businesses like restaurants, beauty shops, and massage parlors easily buy and sell their products, with a focus on customers who want to sell products.

63

3 years ago

A food-delivery startup that takes the hassle out of eating at home by delivering food prepared by local chefs — a much more inexpensive alternative to restaurants.

63

3 years ago

A startup looking to build a payment system for restaurants and bars that can handle anything from one bartender to 10,000.

63

3 years ago

A company that collects and converts online reviews of businesses and services into a database that users can search to find what they are looking for, whether it be a restaurant, dentist, or even a professional.

63

3 years ago

A startup building a predictive analytics tool for restaurants. Rather than manually input data, users can choose their ingredients and the startup will tell them what it believes will turn out best.

63

3 years ago

"The app is a grocery-delivery service that lets you order food directly from a restaurant to your house."

63

2 years ago

A startup that allows users to monitor and track their health data and share it with other users. The company’s first product is a sleep tracker that promises to deliver insights into the user’s sleep cycles, leading to a more restful night’s sleep.

63

2 years ago

A phone-based digital concierge that lets users order food, which is delivered by someone who’s already at the restaurant. The company says it’s already working with some of the world’s largest restaurants.

63

2 years ago

A startup that wants to ship meals from a local restaurant to your home so you don’t have to cook.

63

2 years ago

A startup that wants to help people find and order food from restaurants that deliver.

63

2 years ago

An AI-powered review system for restaurants.

63

4 years ago

A company that helps companies manage their email marketing campaigns through a tool that allows them to create and send personalized emails to customers who have expressed an interest in a brand.

62

4 years ago

Micro-loans for the unbanked, with a minimum term of 9 months, a maximum term of 20 years, and a minimum interest rate of 2%. The goal is to offer a lifeline for the unbanked, who often have a hard time obtaining a traditional bank account.

62

4 years ago

A startup that helps companies manage the diversity and inclusion of their workforce by connecting people with a shared interest in a particular topic.

62

4 years ago

A decentralized social network for food lovers and entrepreneurs, which lets restaurants and culinary businesses “employ” community members to help out at each location. Customers can also share their favorite dishes, and restaurants can advertise their products to people who like the same cuisine.

62

4 years ago

A SaaS platform which allows companies to create free online surveys to gauge customer interest in new products and services. The startup is looking to expand its offerings to content, research, and other types of online surveys.

62

4 years ago

A web-based app that helps you find and organize high-quality, verified local restaurants near you. The app has been downloaded over 5,000 times since its launch in early September.

62

3 years ago

“The best way to discover interesting new things is to ask a friend.” Spare Room is looking to build out a marketplace for people to privately buy, sell, and share gifts.

62

3 years ago

A “consistent and simple way to share your restaurant experiences with others”.

62

3 years ago

A startup that helps restaurants manage their suppliers, with a mobile app that helps restaurants work with their suppliers easier. It has customers in the US, the UK, and Australia.

62

3 years ago

A company that helps people buy real estate, financed through a small down payment, with the rest financed through a refinancing plan.

62

3 years ago

This company is building a platform that allows people to create their own online courses on topics they’re interested in, like learning how to give a speech or improve their english.

62

3 years ago

A company that wants to bring health insurance to the world’s poorest. The startup is already in talks with the government of the Philippines about expanding the product, and is sending representatives to India to talk about it too.

62

3 years ago

An online platform that helps restaurant owners manage their finances while also offering them a better way to advertise on Yelp.

62

3 years ago

This startup is building a way to create a new, low-cost, high-interest loan to help start businesses.

62

2 years ago

This app aims to make it easy for people to quickly order food from local restaurants, taking the place of Yelp.

62

2 years ago

A startup for renting out parking spaces. Drivers can get access to parking spaces from local shops and restaurants through the app.

62

2 years ago

Canvas is a platform for buying and selling pre-packaged meals at restaurants.

62

4 years ago

A non-profit that is building a strategic communications and social media campaign to help bring clean water to the world’s poorest people.

61

4 years ago

A startup that’s building a platform for people with shared interests in specific things to meet with each other in person and share information with one another in a “safe and secure” way.

61

4 years ago

A B2B company, which is building a platform that helps small and medium sized businesses, including restaurants, hotels, and retailers like Costco, Amazon, or Walmart, manage their inventory.

61

4 years ago

A startup that helps HR managers take on a more strategic role in the process of recruiting, making sure they’re not missing out on candidates they’re interested in.

61

3 years ago

A startup for local restaurants to organize themselves and share reviews and tips.

61

3 years ago

A tool designed to help restaurant employees track and manage tips. The startup builds a CRM for the restaurant employees that helps them manage and track tips and better understand their customers.

61

3 years ago

A startup that wants to help small companies like restaurants and other local businesses get a leg up in the e-commerce race by providing tools to help them design and market their own products.

61

3 years ago

A “food-delivery-as-a-service” startup that has launched in LA, San Francisco and New York. It’s a Web-based ordering system for restaurant kitchens, letting them order food for pickup or delivery and track delivery times.

61

3 years ago

A company that wants to aggregate all the data about what people are interested in based on their life stages and interests.

61

3 years ago

A food delivery app for restaurants in the US that’s trying to match Uber Eats and Grubhub with guaranteed delivery times.

61

3 years ago

A tool that connects people who want to buy a house with those who want to sell one. There’s no direct transaction, but the startup allows you to show up at a potential home owner’s house and show interest. When both parties agree, they enter into negotiations that are mediated by the startup. The company says it has signed up over 1,100 clients.

61

2 years ago

A startup that works with restaurants to get the best possible deals on items like cleaning supplies and supplies.

61

2 years ago

A startup that allows you to check in to a restaurant or coffee shop and receive a text when it’s ready.

61

5 years ago

Idea: This startup helps restaurants streamline operations through an app that lets customers order their meals on a tablet and then pick them up at a counter inside the restaurant

60

4 years ago

An intuitive, desktop-based app that allows a restaurant to manage their menu items and ingredients. The startup gets data from local grocery stores, which it then uses to create an automated interface where a person can have a single, intuitive experience to search for a new dish at a restaurant using their phone.

60

3 years ago

A company that helps restaurants create menus, then helps them adopt a digital ordering system.

60

3 years ago

The startup’s mission is to “solve the nightmare of finding a restaurant with food you love”.

60

3 years ago

A company that provides a way for small businesses to get loans, at lower interest rates and with some value-added perks. The company has $1 million in funding.

60

3 years ago

A company that offers a mobile app that allows users to order meals from local restaurants, or request that one be delivered to them.

60

3 years ago

A digital payments platform for the restaurant industry, building tools to help restaurants manage cash flow and optimize sales.

60

3 years ago

A way to help workers build their own open source software, so they can be more creative and build more interesting things.

60

3 years ago

A way to turn your Pinterest boards into tangible products, allowing you to make physical terrariums with your floral pins, or turn your recipe pins into cooking supplies or even a box of cupcakes.

60

3 years ago

An AI assistant that can help hoteliers, restaurants and other hospitality businesses find the best nearby restaurants and bars.

60

3 years ago

A way to put online ads to use for data collection, using the content that people are most interested in to get them to do things on the web.

60

3 years ago

Thinking about buying a house Want to know what it’s worth Leave your car on the street overnight Want to know what you’re getting into with a loan The startup has tied up with a few banks to provide information on loan costs and interest, and is working to expand across all banks.

60

3 years ago

A self-serve restaurant where customers order from a menu of pre-made meals that’s delivered in 30 minutes. By using robots to prepare meals in advance, the company is able to offer a consistent menu across its locations.

60

3 years ago

A digital payments startup that offers a way for customers to pay for goods at restaurants, bars, and stores without cash. Payfirma users have transacted $15 million in the United States and Europe since launching in early 2019.

60

3 years ago

A customer service platform for restaurants. The startup is building out a service that helps restaurants easily manage a reservation system by making it easy to create and assign a customer service agent to a table based on availability.

60

3 years ago

An IoT-connected lavatory that can send a notification when someone needs to go. The startup says it’s already sold to a company that owns a restaurant chain. They have a few more customers in the US and Europe waiting for the product to hit their backlog.

60

3 years ago

It's a platform that allows people to create community profiles and make it easy to find other people with common interests.

60

3 years ago

A startup that helps restaurants track and analyze customer data for better marketing and analytics.

60

3 years ago

A mobile app for restaurant delivery that automatically calculates tips for customers.

60

2 years ago

A startup that packs meals from restaurants into bags for the same day pickup, for employees.

60

5 years ago

Idea: A social network for the food service industry. The startup wants to connect chefs and restaurants with new employees and customers.

59

4 years ago

A startup that posts interesting things to read in a certain category, or a tough topic like “How to be a good parent” with articles like “How to get your kid to go to bed.”

59

4 years ago

A startup that allows customers to book restaurants by the hour. The app is already in use in the UK, and has been linked to the likes of Pizza Express and Jamie Oliver.

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4 years ago 1 views

A free app that helps people find good places to eat in a given city by rating and mapping the restaurants, and providing reviews by community members.

59

4 years ago

A startup that matches students with mentors who are already in fields of study that interest them, as well as companies. The startup claims it is already helping 25,000 students find mentors, and has been featured in The New York Times and The Washington Post.

59

3 years ago

A company that helps people find the people they want to hire, turning job boards into a place where people can express interest in a job rather than looking through disparate listings.

59

3 years ago

A product that creates a way to connect small restaurants and bars with customers who want to eat and drink.

59

3 years ago

A social network for finding restaurants, bars, and other businesses in your area, then book online.

59

3 years ago

Based in New York, the startup is building an app for restaurants to take orders via Facebook Messenger.

59

3 years ago

An iPhone app for getting a free meal from restaurants, and getting free dine-in meals from restaurants that don’t offer a free in-app app.

59

3 years ago

A startup that helps people eliminate their debt by buying them out, or by negotiating lower interest rates.

59

2 years ago

A startup that helps people find their nearest retail location, so they can avoid the hassle of driving to a different store.

59

4 years ago

A new way to organize and share knowledge across the world, connecting people who have similar interests and experiences.

58

4 years ago

Parchment is building a personalized education platform for students, parents, and teachers. Parchment uses artificial intelligence to identify the people in your life who share your interests, then helps match them with relevant educational content.

58

4 years ago

A health data system that integrates with the rest of the health care system to create a “single source” of information for people.

58

4 years ago

A platform that helps restaurants connect with customers who have left reviews. The startup is using the software to help restaurants improve their management software, which is used for everything from ordering to inventory to ordering takeout.

58

4 years ago

A company that is building a platform for food and drink delivery that helps restaurants get delivery orders in on time.

58

3 years ago

A startup delivering Thai food to the US by way of a food truck. The startup wants to use the food truck to experiment with new dishes and create new menu items, which can be used at other Thai restaurants.

58

3 years ago

A cloud-based platform that helps restaurants track food safety and food prep operations.

58

3 years ago

A dashboard for restaurants to monitor their food sales, accounting for everything from the inventory of ingredients to the hours that employees work.

58

3 years ago

A product recommendation engine for restaurants

58

3 years ago

This company is looking to disrupt the marketing and sales industry by connecting companies with people interested in working for them. It’s a tool for recruiting, and connects the two parties so recruiters can find people interested in the companies they represent.

58

3 years ago

“A platform for data-driven marketing”. It’s a platform that pulls from Facebook and Instagram and Google to understand what your family and friends are interested in, and makes a recommendation based on that data.

58

3 years ago

What is it A social network for people seeking romantic connections, where they can post pictures, announce engagements, and discuss their interests.

58

3 years ago

A platform that links local, sustainable farms with restaurants and grocers.

58

3 years ago

A digital assistant for finding local restaurants and bars, as well as menus, with a concierge service.

58

3 years ago

A recommendation algorithm for restaurants, taking into account user ratings and pricing.

58

3 years ago

A credit card that cuts fees and interest payments by transferring the balance to a peer-to-peer loan program.

58

3 years ago

A food delivery app that combines an app that allows customers to order food from the restaurant and an app that allows the restaurant to track who is ordering and delivering.

58

3 years ago

An on-demand delivery service for food and consumer goods, with a focus on food delivery. The company partners with local restaurants and grocery stores to provide delivery to customers.

58

2 years ago

This company wants to make a mobile-first point-of-sale system for restaurants that allows them to get cash out as soon as the customer walks up to their counter. The more they can automate, the less they have to manage manually, the better.

58

3 years ago

A product that aims to help restaurant owners and operators get a better handle on their operations.

57

3 years ago

A mobile payment provider for restaurants, like Square, but for restaurants in the US and Canada.

57

3 years ago

A tool for gauging consumer interest in certain brands, with an app for finding out what people are saying about brands on Twitter.

57

3 years ago

This is a B2B startup that provides a management app for restaurants. It’s aimed at restaurants that want to sell online or have delivery patrons, and has 3,000 restaurants signed up. A shared goal of restaurant startups is the reduction of the labor costs that come from keeping multiple employees around to handle the business.

57

3 years ago

A non-profit that’s using a platform for urban farmers to sell their produce to nearby restaurants, making the product accessible to low income communities in cities like Philadelphia.

57

3 years ago

A startup that enables people to go to their nearest Whole Foods and order groceries online and pick them up in-store.

57

3 years ago

A network of people and companies that help you find the best home loan from a larger pool of lenders, and lower the interest rate you pay.

57

3 years ago

An online-to-offline (O2O) startup that helps restaurants connect with customers and get feedback on their food. The startup says that since starting in late 2014, they’ve seen 25% of their restaurants increase their revenue by at least 20%.

57

3 years ago

After launching in the US in July of 2018, the startup wants to launch in Canada in late 2019. The startup’s founders say that their app helps you find the cheapest Uber rides as well as the best deals on flights, hotels, and restaurants and much more.

57

3 years ago

A platform for restaurants to find and hire cooks. The platform connects restaurants to cooks who want to work in the restaurant industry, but have trouble finding work.

57

4 years ago

A new way to connect with friends, co-workers and family members by sharing your location, knowledge and interests.

56

3 years ago

A startup that is building a digital forest that can be used to help monitor deforestation.

56

3 years ago

A platform that connects customers to the people who make a product they’re interested in.

56

3 years ago

This startup is building a tech platform for the food industry to allow for automated, real-time ordering and tracking of food from local restaurants. The goal is to make ordering food more efficient and reduce food waste.

56

3 years ago

This app is designed to help high school students organize their free time to find things to do, meet friends and plan their after-school activities. It’s B2B, with a small school setting where it tries to help teachers create a network of students with similar interests to help them plan their after-school schedules.

56

3 years ago

A platform for people who want to build a new product or service and figure out if others are interested in it, checking to see if the market is big enough to sustain the product. It is built around a network of users who offer feedback on new products.

56

3 years ago

A startup meant to build out a cross-border payment system using Alibaba’s payment network. It’s currently an internal startup at Alibaba, but the founders have been in contact with several other companies interested in incorporating their technology.

56

3 years ago

A subscription-based service to help restaurants manage their inventory and track which products are selling best and how.

56

3 years ago

A startup that provides “a smarter, more accurate way to manage your money”, with a goal of “making sure you’re always getting the right interest rate on your savings”. The company is planning to launch in early 2020.

56

4 years ago

The startup is building a system to help fast-food restaurants deliver more quickly by using drones to deliver takeout orders.

55

3 years ago

A web-based recommendation platform for restaurants that recommends their best dishes based on past reviews and data from the restaurant themselves. Just Eat is trying to help restaurants find the best dishes to showcase to their customers.

55

3 years ago

A platform that helps people find and make connections with other people based on what they’re interested in. The company says they’ve already built a network with over 1,000 active users, and they have a big presence at tech conferences like YC.

55

3 years 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.

55

3 years ago

Smaller women owned businesses in Latin America that are interested in selling their products online.

55

3 years ago

A B2B2C mobile platform that connects restaurants to chefs and chefs to restaurants.

55

3 years ago

A Yelp-style review platform, built to highlight obscure trending restaurants, bars, and other local businesses.

55

3 years ago

The mobile app for the monthly subscription box service. Bowel gives users a shopping list, then uses AI to buy the rest of the items. Bowel is looking to use the company’s AI to help determine the best items to buy to help users save money and time.

55

3 years ago

“We’re a tool for managing your personal finances. We help you save, you pay us interest on your savings, and we use that to make investments for you.”

55

3 years ago

A startup that uses machine learning and data science to build intelligent chatbots that can do things like make restaurant reservations

55

3 years ago

A startup that helps users find the nearest coffee shop, courier, or bike-share option.

55

3 years ago

A facial recognition startup working on a social network that uses facial recognition to help people find friends, family, and other people with a similar interest.

55

3 years ago

A dating application that uses an algorithm to create a match between two people based on their mutual friends and interests.

55

3 years ago

A new approach to teaching math and science to elementary school students. It’s a gamified platform that connects teachers with millions of interested students via game play.

55

3 years ago

A platform that helps group companies, such as restaurants, connect to each other.

55

3 years ago

A tool that helps restaurant/foodservice companies with procurement and operations

55

2 years ago

A company that makes door hardware, like locks and deadbolts, with an app that helps people find the nearest store carrying their products.

55

4 years ago

A startup that helps restaurant owners track the number of people who order from their restaurant’s menu, helping them to improve their online presence and track key metrics.

54

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.

54

3 years ago

A platform that aggregates the data from tons of different social channels, including Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and others, with different filters. It aims to allow companies to have a single interface for monitoring all the social channels that they have interest in.

54

3 years ago

A startup that makes an online platform where people can buy/sell stock they own. It’s a good way to invest in sectors that you’re interested in, and make money off of in the future.

54

3 years ago

A B2B company that allows restaurants to take payments in Bitcoin, one of the more popular types of cryptocurrency, to avoid the fees associated with credit card transactions.

54

3 years ago

A company that allows you to search for restaurants, bars, and more, coming up with the best suggestions for you. After you make your choice, the app automatically tracks your food and drink consumption, and then rewards you with gift cards when you go out.

54

3 years ago

A tool for letting people track the amount of time it takes for their ideas to be converted into action. It’s an interesting concept for a startup, but has already run into problems with privacy.

54

3 years ago

A version of Airbnb for restaurants. The startup offers a way for restaurants to set up a listing and accept reservations, and to group reservations into a calendar of events to manage.

54

3 years ago

A startup that provides members with a list of local grocery stores, restaurants, and other merchants that deliver.

54

3 years ago

This startup is building a real-time messaging platform that helps people find others in their area who are also interested in sharing a night out or concert.

54

3 years ago

This startup is building an app for managing digital signage at venues, like bars and restaurants.

54

3 years ago

Makes software for restaurants to use in-store to manage their inventories and processes.

54

3 years ago

This startup wants to help restaurants integrate digital ordering into their workflow. It’s designed to change the whole process by giving orders and payment information to the restaurant.

54

2 years ago

A mobile app that helps users find the quickest way to a place, be it a gas station, a restaurant, a bar, or a hotel.

54

2 years ago

A platform that builds a personal profile for each person, including their hobbies, interests, and goals.

54

3 years ago

In an effort to better understand the impact of its product, Yext is conducting real-time behavioral tracking tests of its software and the effects of it being installed on the web. Yext already has a number of users and revenue from companies like Airbnb, Pinterest, and Yelp.

53

3 years ago

A startup that is building a commerce platform for the world’s $2 trillion restaurant industry. It helps restaurants create, manage and sell their menu.

53

3 years ago

The most popular city for the founders of the top 50 startups, based on talking to founders, was New York. The city was home to 10% of the startups and the rest are spread across the US, including Silicon Valley and Seattle.

53

3 years ago

A video platform that allows you to group together people of similar backgrounds and interests and other users who want to join their group. It’s similar to other social networks like Meetup, but different because it’s built for groups of specific interests, like comedy or hiking.

53

3 years ago

A company building software to help users find and book restaurants with the best deals in the area. The startup builds its own software by visiting each restaurant and taking photos of the menu.

53

3 years 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.

53

3 years ago

A social network for people with a particular interest, like parkour, photography, or running.

53

3 years ago

A startup that provides free Wi-Fi in coffee shops, bars, and restaurants. The company’s founders say that they’re currently working with over 300 venues in London.

53

3 years ago

The company wants to build a platform for restaurants to develop and manage their own mobile ordering apps for their customers.

53

3 years ago

A company that uses a combination of facial recognition and machine learning to help restaurants identify and verify repeat customers in their one-percent databases.

53

2 years ago

A new way for restaurants to get food to people’s homes.

53

3 years ago

This startup is selling a credit card for online shoppers with a low interest rate, and pays users back only when they charge things. The startup is based in the UK, has a team of five, and has already closed $1 million in funding from investors.

52

3 years ago

A startup that helps teachers find and get funding for interesting projects in their classroom as part of their professional development.

52

3 years ago

This startup helps get the word out about local food. The startup is a service that helps cities and organizations share existing foodie content, such as menus and information about local restaurants, among their communities.

52

3 years ago

A startup building an “AI Assistant that helps you throw a dinner party to impress your friends, that also knows when to make a restaurant reservation, and when to call your mom”.

52

3 years ago

A Toronto-based startup that makes a browser extension that lets you search for nearby restaurants and bars, review them, and make reservations.

52

3 years ago

A B2B tech company that helps restaurants like Chipotle and Panera deliver to customers in a more timely fashion.

52

2 years ago

A startup that allows users to create and manage a team around a common interest. Users can create teams, view them and their progress, and communicate with team members.

52

2 years ago

The startup is building a platform that connects people with products and services they need to local stores, bars, and restaurants.

52

4 years ago

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

51

3 years ago

A platform that helps restaurants work with baristas to train them on things like cleaning, to-go items and how to deal with customers. The company helps restaurants scale their operations by hiring a number of baristas to run these training programs.

51

3 years ago

This company wants to use visual AI to help retail and restaurant managers visualize operations, from seasonal patterns to labor costs, and make informed decisions.

51

3 years ago

A loyalty card for your favorite local restaurants. Once you become a member, you get points on every purchase and redeem them for discounts or cash. Currently, you can only redeem them online.

51

3 years ago

A platform for restaurants (and other small businesses) to manage their inventory and bookings, offering a full suite of business management tools.

51

3 years ago

A platform for getting deals from restaurants, bars and retailers. "Lucky" users can get deals from retailers and restaurants, from which they can redeem for a discount.

51

3 years ago

A community website for people who live in apartments and are interested in buying their own home, with an app that helps potential homebuyers get pre-approved for a mortgage.

51

3 years ago

A startup that uses the power of social networks to match people with the best local restaurants and bars.

51

3 years ago

A platform for people to sell and buy items from the same store, such as a local BBQ joint that can sell a nearby restaurant’s menu items

51

3 years ago

A platform that helps restaurant clients build and maintain detailed menus, which are then available for delivery to customers through a delivery app.

51

2 years ago

a way to connect with people you’re interested in and who are interested in you. Based on your Facebook data, Bumble is able to tell you who’s single, who you should message, and who’s interested in you.

51

2 years ago

A startup that allows users to scan barcodes and receive updates on the products they're interested in, all from their phone.

51

2 years ago

A company that makes restaurant delivery services more efficient and cheaper using a group of riders on scooters.

51

2 years ago

The AI-based personal assistant that can call restaurants, check your background, and order pizza, and will learn as you do.

51

4 years ago

A platform for restaurants to streamline their entire food supply chain from farming to delivery. They’re a bit like a cross between a restaurant registry, a restaurant marketplace, and a logistics warehouse.

50

4 years ago

A free service that helps hoteliers, restaurateurs, and other businesses manage their online presence. The company says it’s already for over 1,000 clients, ranging from small mom-and-pop shops to large companies.

50

4 years ago

A mobile app that lets you order and pay for your meal easily by tapping where you’re sitting in the restaurant. It’s in its first beta test, and is looking to build the startup into a national brand.

50

3 years ago

A chatbot for restaurant reservations.

50

3 years ago

A restaurant reservation platform that connects customers and restaurants with an AI bot.

50

3 years ago

A platform that allows restaurants, bars and retailers to get food and drinks to patrons faster, with more accurate delivery estimates.

50

3 years ago

Building technology to help restaurants manage their customer bills.

50

3 years ago

A SaaS platform for restaurants that helps restaurant teams manage their ordering, delivery, and payroll operations. The startup was recently acquired by Groupon.

50

3 years ago

A startup that connects new restaurant owners with experienced chefs

50

3 years ago

A Boston-based startup that’s building a way to store and organize restaurant and event reviews so that they can be accessed at anytime, anywhere.

50

3 years ago

A credit card for students, who often have a hard time getting approved for a credit card. It includes a special student-friendly credit card account, with a lower interest rate.

50

3 years ago

A platform that connects restaurants with caterers to get food delivered in under an hour. The startups founders say they’ve already found partners in 20 cities.

50

3 years ago

Self-service catering for restaurants in Europe, developed by the co-founder of OpenTable.

50

3 years ago

A platform that allows restaurants to book and manage tables, and then provides a window into the performance of each table.

50

2 years ago

A digital platform for managing the supply chain of gourmet foods. Its goal is to help restaurants, grocery stores, and other food-related businesses buy directly from farmers, cutting out a lot of middlemen.

50

2 years ago

A software company that allows you to track your investments or investments you’re interested in.

50

4 years ago

combines a food delivery service with a restaurant review app, helping consumers find the best place to eat and giving them all the information they need to make that decision.

49

3 years ago

The founders at this startup want to help restaurant owners around the US increase sales and profits for their businesses.

49

3 years ago

A platform that helps restaurants and bars manage their inventory of wine with the help of a virtual wine steward.

49

3 years ago

The startup is building a platform that allows people to aggregate some of the most popular content on the web and create original content that’s relevant to them. The content creator gets paid in cryptocurrency, and the tool allows users to filter content based on their interests.

49

3 years ago

This mobile application helps restaurant owners make better decisions about what to order when. The app makes it easier for them to order based on factors like the last time a dish was ordered, a chef’s recommendation, and what ingredients are available in the kitchen.

49

3 years ago

Tern is building a way to take video clips from your phone and turn them into stand-alone “scrapbooks” for easy viewing. It’s a bit like a combination of Dribble, Pinterest, and Instagram.

49

2 years ago

A startup that wants to replace your everyday credit card with a card that accepts all the major types of payment — Apple Pay, PayPal, and all the rest — and a contactless mobile wallet.

49

3 years ago

A company that wants to build a takeout food delivery service like Seamless, but for restaurants.

48

3 years ago

Essentially, a personal dating app with the goal of creating a more systematic, less chaotic way of matching people up. Potential users include people who have a special interest in a specific topic and want to find like-minded people.

48

3 years ago

A tool that’s meant to help small businesses communicate with their customers via email. The app is aimed at restaurants, stores, and other small businesses.

48

3 years ago

A startup that lets you take photos of your food and lets restaurants analyze them to improve the quality of the food they serve.

48

3 years ago

Food delivery for Miami. The startup, which began last year, partners with restaurants that want to deliver food, has signed over 100 so far.

48

3 years ago

A solution that helps companies design and build new apps by automating their entire process. The company says it’s used by companies like Pinterest and Box, and counts Stripe as a customer.

48

2 years ago

A food delivery startup that is building a platform to enable food delivery through everyday foods. This is a startup with an interesting business model: instead of going after restaurants, the startup is focused on delivering to people’s homes.

48

3 years ago

A network of local farmers, distributors, delis, grocers and restaurants that allows consumers to share what they’re eating and where they’re getting it. It’s a sort of “eat local” app, but rather than trying to force the idea on people, it’ll be a way for people to voluntarily connect over food and share the experience.

47

3 years ago

An API for restaurants to help them use their ordering and delivery systems to deliver food directly to consumers.

47

3 years ago

This company is building an app that lets you share your opinion on the quality of a restaurant based on Yelp reviews.

47

3 years ago

A company that provides people with the ability to create and manage a digital resume and a directory of contacts and others who are interested in hiring them.

47

3 years ago

It’s a SaaS service that helps restaurant chains close more of their sales and get more orders on the table. The startup has already signed up a few big-name restaurant chains.

47

3 years ago

The startup has built a tool that lets chefs build menus for restaurants, to speed up delivery of the food.

47

3 years ago

Established in 2004, this company builds software to help stores and restaurants better manage their operations.

47

2 years ago

A small, hyperlocal concierge service for restaurants.

47

5 years ago

Idea: Smack is an API for the rest of us

46

3 years ago

A startup that wants to build a “personal newsroom” for journalists. It allows users to curate news based on their interests and set up alerts for breaking news.

46

3 years ago

A company that has a “pay-as-you-go” on-demand concierge service for students and millennials. The company’s founders want to help students focus on schoolwork and leave the rest to others, and plan to launch in early 2020.

46

3 years ago

Yupi is an app-based ordering system designed to replace the need to call in an order or visit a restaurant. The startup is building an app that allows customers to order food, and the app will call the chef and place the order, which gets then sent directly to the kitchen. The chef can also text back and tell the app when they’re done with their orders.

46

3 years ago

A tool that helps users find people who are a good match to their skills and interests. The startup has over 400,000 job hunters on its platform, making it the largest of its kind.

46

3 years ago

A company that has created a software platform to help restaurants plan their menus. The startup has 250 restaurants using it and has partnered with 7,000 restaurants, including The Cheesecake Factory and Cafe Boulud.

46

3 years ago

A startup that matches people interested in buying health insurance with insurance agents

46

2 years ago

is a software company that uses machine learning and data science to help customers better manage the sales they make. In the US, they’re selling to small businesses that service the restaurant industry.

46

2 years ago

A social network for golfers, with a goal of making golf social by bringing together players and fans through shared interests and activities.

46

2 years ago

A startup meant to help real estate agents promote their listings to interested buyers using location-based marketing

46

2 years ago

A system to help restaurants offer alcohol to customers through the same online ordering system.

46

5 years ago

Idea: This startup is building a platform for people to have food delivered from restaurants that have closed for the day The company says it has 200 weekly users, and an average order size of $10

45

5 years ago

Idea: A startup that’s built a platform for restaurants to manage online delivery orders, featuring a dashboard to help restaurants manage customer feedback and track their online orders.

45

3 years ago

This is a platform that allows people to build a custom social network with a wide range of different types of users, like families, groups, or people of a particular interest, like the board game Risk. Eventually there will be a “universal” platform that allows people to build a custom social network, which will be valuable because custom social networks can grow faster.

45

3 years ago

A platform that connects food companies with restaurants and caterers to enable providers to accept payments online and track spending by diners.

45

3 years ago

Requires high-quality images and videos to be uploaded, and then it will create a beautiful virtual tour of your home. The startup is also working on a mobile app to help people show off their homes to interested buyers.

45

3 years ago

A startup making a point-of-sale system for restaurants. The company wants to make it easier for restaurants to accept credit cards, and automate the cash-register process so restaurants don’t have to pay employees to process transactions.

45

3 years ago

A “social network for the most interesting, beautiful, and valuable things in the world,” according to the company.

45

3 years ago

A startup with a very unusual (but interesting) business model. Instead of charging a monthly fee, Mattermark sells itself as a kind of “product research service” to customers, who pay when they find an investment-worthy stock.

45

3 years ago

A startup that enables restaurants to create a “pay-as-you-go” or “membership” model, offering a stream of customers who pay a monthly fee.

45

3 years ago

A B2B company called Fuse360 helps small businesses, including restaurants, and property managers buy and manage their insurance policies through a single platform. Fuse360 aims to make the insurance purchase process simpler and cheaper than it is today.

45

3 years ago

A startup that connects restaurants with customers to create better deals and new business opportunities. The startup allows restaurants to post deals and promotions that are available only to customers who use the app.

45

2 years ago

A company that has developed a way for people to connect on social media with a shared interest

45

2 years ago

A solution for small businesses with more than a few locations to track and manage their data, with a focus on the $2 trillion restaurant industry.

45

2 years ago

A startup for helping restaurants and other food service businesses accept payments from customers using their mobile devices.

45

2 years ago

A startup that provides grocery and restaurant delivery from Noodles & Co.

45

5 years ago

Idea: A peer-to-peer lending marketplace The startup offers an alternative to traditional banks, which the founders say offer high interest rates, but often have hidden fees

44

3 years ago

A startup that offers restaurant managers insights on how to grow their business.

44

3 years ago

The startup is building a network of people who have a shared interest in creating things that are useful, beautiful and environmentally friendly. They have a purpose-built app for tracking and sharing ideas.

44

3 years ago

A company that generates software for making customized, branded plastic food containers for restaurants, fast food chains and other food-service businesses.

44

3 years ago

A startup for restaurants to track customer behavior, like “which panelists are eating the most often, and how many times they’re ordering”.

44

2 years ago

They’re building an app that connects members of the millennial generation to local restaurants, bringing a way to connect younger workers to their first jobs.

44

2 years ago

A food delivery app that combines GPS and a restaurant’s menu to deliver food from restaurants within a mile of the customer in a few minutes.

44

2 years ago

A B2C startup that installs free Wi-Fi on public transit buses, trains, and subways. The company can also help you find a coffee shop or restaurant while in transit.

44

2 years ago

A company that works with restaurants to better track and optimize food waste.

44

3 years ago

The startup is building a cloud based “data hub” specifically for social impact companies. It aims to “make it easier for social enterprises and nonprofits to integrate their data with the rest of the world, and for those people to access it.” The startup’s first customers are a group of nonprofits in the Bay Area.

43

3 years ago

A digital platform that allows you to share your interests with the rest of the world, so you can put your skills to use and earn money.

43

3 years ago

This startup’s mission is to make it easier for small businesses to buy and sell inventory online. They’re particularly interested in bringing inventory to the US, since most online businesses in the US are local.

43

2 years ago

A tool that helps you find the best local bar or restaurant, with a network of over 10,000 reviewers and over 100,000 user reviews

43

2 years ago

A platform that allows people to find their nearest Starbucks and get an order in within five minutes, even if they don't have their phone with them.

43

2 years ago

A startup that aims to improve the experience for users of OpenTable by creating a more private way for restaurants to communicate with guests.

43

2 years ago

A tool that helps people set up lists of restaurants, chefs, and cuisines to help them make smarter restaurant and food choices.

43

2 years ago

A tool that helps remove the financial burden of the world's poorest when they make a purchase. The startup is leveraging a network of mobile money operators, such as M-Pesa, to help people move money for goods.

43

5 years ago

Idea: A startup that is building a platform to sell hot sandwiches to restaurants They say they have 7x ROI on customer acquisition, and are growing 10% week-over-week

42

5 years ago

A Spanish startup that helps travelers find restaurants and hotels in Spain

42

3 years ago

A tool that helps people build and rank their own personal lists. Users can put together lists based on their interests, social connections, and other criteria.

42

3 years ago

A toolset that helps streamline process in the hospitality industry, including hospitality agencies, hotels, and restaurants.

42

2 years ago

A crowdsourced social network for the LGBTQ community, with a purpose of being a safe, welcoming place for people to connect and organize around their interests. They’re starting with a blog-like platform where users can post their opinions on current events and share their personal stories.

42

2 years ago

A startup that wants to make it so that anyone can build custom, personalized timelines on your phone, thus letting you see what you’re interested in without having to use different apps.

42

4 years ago

Devolution’s job is to help clients like restaurants and hotels find individual employees to fill vacancies. The company uses a combination of algorithms and human-rating to match candidates to specific jobs.

41

3 years ago

A platform that allows users to quickly put together a full-service event from a list of things they’re interested in. The startup helps event organizers boost ticket sales by having an earlier and more direct relationship with potential attendees.

41

3 years ago

A platform that helps ecommerce companies collaborate with customers about the products they’re interested in. The startup is currently focused on helping fashion brands, but is eyeing other verticals.

41

3 years ago

A startup that lets you find the closest sushi restaurant to you by searching for nearby sushi restaurants and receiving a push notification once you’re in the neighborhood.

41

3 years ago

A free, bilingual, crowd-sourced tool for finding tourist spots and restaurants in other countries.

41

3 years ago

A startup for “food-as-a-service” startups that want to grow quickly with minimal overhead. The idea is to help startups provide a full set of food and kitchen services for startups, for $1,000 per month. The first batch of startups is a handful of restaurants in Philadelphia’s Queen Village neighborhood.

41

3 years ago

A company that builds custom tools for people who hold Pinterest boards. It’s a Pinterest-native tool, built to make the Pinterest experience smoother and easier.

41

2 years ago

A financial services company that helps corporate clients with their cash flow problems. Their product, Premia Capital, is a simple and affordable way for companies to get what they need to survive, like a short-term loan with low interest.

41

2 years ago

A platform for health conscious restaurants to share menus and nutrition info with customers. The startup wants to help restaurants grow their business and make them more profitable

41

2 years ago

A platform that allows users to target ads to people based on their social networks and interests. They have a Facebook component that lets marketers target people based on their friends’ likes.

41

2 years ago

A social network for people with many different interests, including a retail element.

41

3 years ago

OpenMarket is a platform that lets restaurants sell their unused food inventory so they can manage it in bulk.

40

3 years ago

This startup helps companies that sell to the government to get government contracts. For example, a software company that sells to the government might want to use the platform to see if the government is interested in their product.

40

3 years ago

A gym membership that allows you to pay for an entire year in advance, with payouts over the course of the year. People can buy a membership in the first week of the month and then schedule payments for the rest of the year.

40

2 years ago

A tool used by teachers and parents to help organize and plan after-school activities. Instead of tracking each child, the company uses the school calendar to automatically track kids attending different activities and then creates plans for parents based on the kids’ interests and availability.

40

2 years ago

A product that helps restaurants manage their deliveries

40

2 years ago

A hybrid crowdfunding and peer-to-peer lending company that lets people borrow money to pay off high interest debt, starting with student loans.

40

2 years ago

A startup for a restaurant’s “unfinished” dishes, or extra food that can’t be used

40

2 years ago

A network for restaurants to share their menus, providing reviews for each dish. One of the startup’s claims is that most online food ordering services fail because they don’t have enough people willing to write the reviews.

40

2 years ago

An AI assistant for restaurants that can recommend dishes and manage customer orders.

40

2 years ago

A startup that makes it easy for cafes and restaurants to take credit cards through their phone. The company is currently offering their product in New York City and hopes to expand into LA by the end of Q3

40

2 years ago

A group of friends in the LA area are building an app that will help you find the best local restaurants in your area with a few taps of your phone.

40

3 years ago

A way for people to test their writing skills before sending them off to a publisher or agent. The startups’ writing samples can be sent to “writers of interest” that can rate it, and then the writer can see what changes he/she needs to make.

39

3 years ago

The company is building a system that finds and captures the most interesting, free and accurate information on the web, and delivers it to patients in a way that’s easy to understand.

39

2 years ago

A food delivery startup that maintains a 100% delivery rate by partnering with food trucks and restaurants that have a loyal clientele.

39

2 years ago

A solution for restaurants and other businesses to get their payment to customers faster. The startup is currently only available in the UK, and is partnering with local delivery services.

39

2 years ago

A community for people who are interested in understanding and overcoming financial struggles. The company was founded by a former professional road racer and WIRED editor.

39

2 years ago

is a startup that wants to use blockchain to build out a platform for people to rent their homes to travelers. It’s an interesting model that doesn’t yet seem to have a massive market.

39

3 years ago

A consumer-facing tool for restaurants that helps customers figure out the best option for their budget. The startup helps customers get a better idea of what makes sense for their budget and wants to be the go-to resource for people who are trying to figure out what to eat on a budget.

38

3 years ago

A startup that lets you order a custom-made pizza in 20 minutes or less. The company also sells its own branded gourmet pizzas and sells them to restaurants as well.

38

2 years ago

A platform that helps interested parties find, book, and pay for private investigators.

38

2 years ago

A mobile payments platform for merchants with a focus on high-risk merchants like bars and restaurants — places that have a high volume of transactions, with many customers with few accounts, or where the customer has a lower credit score.

38

2 years ago

A company that is currently running a “co-working” space and a restaurant in Philly.

38

3 years ago

A mobile app that connects people with a shared interest in the same TV show, so that they can chat about it.

37

3 years ago

A company that provides a “No-Wait” service for restaurants, with the goal being that customers don’t have to wait 10 minutes for their food, but can order and get it before they leave the restaurant. The company has partnered with six San Francisco restaurants and revenue is growing.

37

3 years ago

This is a toolset for restaurants to help them manage their ordering and inventory. The startup is already in use by American Express and Sharper Image.

37

3 years ago

A way to help consumers find the best-in-class restaurants based on their preferences, and also get them to automatically pay for their meals through their phone rather than stopping at a cash register.

37

2 years ago

http://www.pcworld.com/article/3247821/its-cake-order-ahead-solution-for-restaurant-customers-and-workers.html

37

2 years ago

A startup that is building a suite of tools that help salespeople manage their time. It has interesting features like a calendar for project management and a calculator that lets them track their productivity.

37

2 years ago

A platform that allows restaurants to serve customers at their own convenience without having to wait on tables. The startup also helps restaurants capture the data and metrics of their operations.

37

2 years ago

A platform to help restaurants manage their supply chains. The company is built on a model it hopes will help restaurants avoid the problems of running their own data center.

37

2 years ago

A platform for food sales, from restaurants to supermarkets.

37

2 years ago

This startup, dubbed “the Uber for food”, is focused on helping people coordinate food deliveries from restaurants. The startup is currently focused on delivery in New York City, but it has ambitious plans to expand to nearly every US city.

36

2 years ago

A cloud-based “digital assistant” for brands and marketers to target customers more effectively. Users can make predictions about what they are interested in, and the software works to deliver ads that the users are likely to click on.

36

2 years ago

A startup to help consumers, developers, and businesses build and manage their own local community of interests around an app.

36

2 years ago

A company that helps people connect with the people and places they’re interested in in order to find the right kind of transportation, and then book it.

36

3 years ago

A new kind of credit card that can be used at a wide variety of places, including restaurants, grocery stores, pharmacies, etc. The startup wants to use a digital card with a mobile application that syncs to the card’s information, so that users will be able to see their bills and make smart spending decisions.

35

2 years ago

An affordable plan for restaurants to offer delivery.

35

2 years ago

An automated platform for finding and paying for parking spots, and messaging users to let them know where the nearest spot is.

35

2 years ago

A startup that offers a daily email digest of news, trends, and articles of interest.

35

2 years ago

Hackable street light that lets people monitor it from their phone. The startup says they’ve had several businesses in the San Francisco area interested in a prototype.

35

2 years ago

A solution for managing and scaling a restaurant’s point-of-sale system.

35

2 years ago

This startup aims to provide a more efficient way to track, plan and make decisions about a restaurant’s food costs.

35

2 years ago

GutCheck is a startup that is trying to change the way restaurants track and pay wages for employees. The startup is using artificial intelligence to help restaurants automate payroll.

35

2 years ago

"The company's founders say that while they've always thought of themselves as a B2B company, for now they are focusing on providing the service they have to their own customer base of 600 firms. It will be interesting to see how the business develops as it moves this model into the B2C world."

35

2 years ago

A software solution that helps improve retail and restaurant operations, including an audit service that helps restaurants and retailers get more accurate rent and labor estimates.

35

2 years ago

This startup has built a cloud-based tool for hotels to allow guests to book a room, find nearby events and restaurants, get directions, and use its concierge services. HotelTonight was acquired by Priceline in 2015 for $775 million.

34

2 years ago

A startup for helping people understand the cost of their credit card bill. The company is also developing a feature that would let people track their spending by walking through a physical restaurant.

34

2 years ago

A startup that’s building a digital identity system for the world’s poorest people. The startup has partners in Kenya and Nigeria.

34

3 years ago

A company that sells single-serving coffee packets (i.e. ground coffee) to businesses in bulk (i.e. 20 cups) for $5/bag. The startup has already won over a number of restaurants, and is working on a new product to sell coffee to businesses.

33

2 years ago

A startup for pre-booking restaurants. The company says that their app has already been used by over 1,000 restaurants.

33

2 years ago

A platform that lets you organically connect with people in your network based on interests. The service is already used by over a million people and has been adopted by companies like Virgin Galactic and The Economist.

33

2 years ago

A company that aims to help companies add custom, tailored newsfeeds for their employees, based on their interests and location.

33

2 years ago

This is a digital accounting software for restaurants to manage their sales, labor, and payroll. It’s an iOS app that lets restaurants keep track of their sales, employees, and customers in one place.

33

2 years ago

a company that’s building a social network for flower growers. The founders say they want to build a community of people who have the same interests in growing flowers.

33

2 years ago

A startup that lists off the best classes for a person’s interests, kind of like Netflix but for professional development.

33

2 years ago

An "app for all things career" in the UK, putting people in touch with experts based on their career interests.

33

2 years ago

This is a mobile app that helps people find the nearest bank branch that will accept their money.

33

2 years ago

A company that uses AI to help restaurants build menus and develop promotions off of a single dashboard.

33

2 years ago

A virtual assistant that helps busy people manage their time better, by doing things like scheduling meetings, finding flight options, and looking up restaurants.

33

3 years ago

With its Sparrow for Facebook, the company lets people use Facebook as an ad platform for their business. Sparrow lets businesses target ads at specific people based on their Facebook profile and interests.

32

2 years ago

A tool that makes it easier for restaurants to send tips. The platform sends tips, not tips themselves.

32

2 years ago

A SaaS offering that allows restaurants to sell their own food products (currently only in San Francisco)

31

2 years ago

This startup wants to build a platform that helps restaurants on the West Coast better manage labor costs and efficiency. The platform is meant to help restaurants in California and other West Coast states calculate service, food and labor costs.

31

2 years ago

A credit card that lets you pay in-person at restaurants, which will be integrated with mobile payment services like Apple Pay and Square Cash.

31

2 years ago

This startup aims to help advertisers reach more customers by enabling them to reach customers who have shown interest in their products in the past, whether through social media or directly.

31

2 years ago

A platform that connects users with their favorite local restaurants in a variety of ways, including a mobile app and a partnership with a restaurant to deliver an order of food.

30

2 years ago

SaaS that helps large retailers manage their social media marketing efforts. The startup provides a way for companies to manage their social media presence across different platforms, so for example a restaurant can create a Facebook page for their restaurant, but also have a Twitter handle for their food truck.

30

2 years ago

A platform that helps insurance companies manage risk from global events such as natural disasters and political unrest.

30

2 years ago

A platform for online grocery shopping that provides restaurants and other merchants with the ability to create their own digital menus.

30

2 years ago

A Chrome extension that makes it easy to find and redeem coupons on sites like Groupon and Living Social. Coupons for the essentials like groceries, electronics, and restaurants are built into the extension.

30

2 years ago

A product that combines navigation and location sharing for tourism and points of interest.

30

2 years ago

A social network for millennial women. It allows women to connect via their interests, with the app’s founders saying they have seen a 400% increase in users since launching the site in September.

30

2 years ago

A startup that wants to help restaurants design and produce their own menus in advance. The company has the backing of some investors including Google’s Eric Schmidt. It has a US office and plans to launch in the future.

29

2 years ago

A startup that helps restaurants manage their food inventory across multiple locations. Restaurants can use the software to create real-time alerts when food is about to run low, and to track and control purchasing.

29

2 years ago

A community of developers and designers creating mobile and web apps for the food industry, from grocery stores to restaurants, with a particular focus on food safety and quality.

29

2 years ago

A restaurant that’s been around since 1985. It’s a local chain with over 800 locations in the US.

29

2 years ago

A company that aims to make it easier for restaurants to import ingredients from abroad, and with that offers a platform for small business to make their products available to consumers

29

2 years ago

An online platform for “positive” feedback, meant to help you give and get feedback on your work, whether it’s a presentation or your reaction to a restaurant.

29

2 years ago

A reverse auction that takes into account the interests of both buyer and seller.

29

2 years ago

This is a platform that aims to make it easy for users to build and manage their own personalised guide to the best restaurants, activities, and more based on what they’re interested in.

28

2 years ago

A startup that helps people build a community around a shared interest, like a shared passion for food or learning a language. You sign up, start a Facebook group, and invite others to join.

28

2 years 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.

28

2 years ago

A startup for restaurants to list (and track) their current menu items, and to let customers know if and when a dish is sold out.

28

2 years ago

A startup that helps small businesses, like restaurants, provide an online ordering system for ordering from their phone. The startup’s goal is to “make ordering a breeze” for small businesses.

28

2 years ago

A consumer-facing app that helps you find the closest restaurant to your location, search for nearby deals, and get delivery quotes using a single app. The startup has already served more than 1 million users in San Francisco and plans to launch in Los Angeles and New York City soon.

28

2 years ago

In the US, there is a shortage of STEM workers, especially computer science experts. The startup wants to change that by teaching and training students to become computer scientists. The startup's platform is open source, and free for any school or company interested in using it.

28

2 years ago

A startup for restaurants, where the idea is that the startup will use a proprietary algorithm, machine learning, and data to help restaurants increase revenue and customer satisfaction by predicting the best times for peak meals.

28

2 years ago

Automating the manual process of managing the supply chain for restaurants. The company works with restaurant chains on optimizing their order fulfillment operations.

28

2 years ago

If you want to know what’s popular at a restaurant or a bar, you could go to the restaurant and try to guess based on social media buzz.

28

2 years ago

A platform to help restaurants, hotels and others manage several booking systems, including Google's.

28

2 years ago

A restaurant chain that has already built out a network of over 1,000 locations across the US. It’s now trying to build out a network of brick-and-mortar restaurants. As of June, it had 94 locations in the US.

28

2 years ago

A company that allows restaurants to share their menus with customers for in-store ordering.

28

2 years ago

Partnering with restaurants, the app allows diners to order directly from the restaurant, and pay instantly when they arrive.

28

2 years ago

A B2B software company that builds a platform for restaurants to use to manage their customer interactions like order tracking, customer loyalty, and customer loyalty.

27

2 years ago

A financial advisor who helps people invest in cryptocurrency. He’s also a cryptocurrency trader, which is what got him interested in crypto in the first place.

27

2 years ago

A startup that develops tools to help restaurants keep track of their waiters, and helps customers get a better sense of the wait time for a table

27

2 years ago

A startup working to reduce food waste by letting restaurants manage their supply chain through a web app.

27

2 years ago

A startup that says it wants to be the Uber of the semi-trucking industry. Their platform has already been used to get a truckload of ingredients to a restaurant 100 miles away in just 8 hours.

27

2 years ago

This is an ERP for restaurants that help them manage all the daily processes.

27

2 years ago

A crowdfunding platform that lets businesses on the platform fundraise, with some restrictions.

26

2 years ago

A startup that generates a projection of how much money the person has in an emergency fund (in terms of amount and interest rate.) The startup says that, although it can be hard to have an emergency fund, it’s the best thing you can do to ensure you save for retirement.

26

2 years ago

A company that helps developers build apps for Domino’s Pizza. The startup’s data shows users spend more on their orders when interacting with their favorite Domino’s Pizza restaurant.

26

2 years ago

A mobile checkout app for restaurants that allows customers to pay with their phones without a credit card.

26

2 years ago

A shopper’s assistant that helps you get to the right aisle in a store, taking notes on what you saw and the items you might be interested in.

26

2 years ago

A way for people to take their restaurant ratings with them when they move, with a feature that shows the average rating at all the restaurants nearby.

26

2 years ago

A startup that helps restaurant owners and chefs create better tasting dishes using fresh ingredients by analyzing their food photos with AI algorithms.

26

2 years ago

The founder of Crest, a food delivery platform (and former YC company), is helping a new startup get off the ground with recipe software.

26

2 years ago

A social network for people who are interested in helping people find their lost pets. The founders say that they’re looking to build a platform that will allow pet owners to find the best possible service to help them recover their lost pets.

26

2 years ago

A company that connects people with a shared interest in art and culture on a monthly subscription-based membership platform.

25

2 years ago

A startup that allows you to take a picture of your restaurant receipt and upload it to the web for a listing on TripAdvisor, Yelp, and similar listings.

25

2 years ago

A targeted retail platform for the world's poorest people. The startup is building out an app that allows people to connect with businesses that match their needs and interests, and will eventually connect with those businesses to automate the sales process. There are over 6 million people in the Amazon that don't have access to healthcare, and the team says that it can help improve health outcomes by empowering them to take control of their health.

25

2 years ago

The startup is building an API-first social media platform for consumers, a kind of Pinterest for the Facebook age in which you can create and share content with a set of people you trust.

25

2 years ago

A mobile app that shows you the real-time waits at your favorite restaurants.

25

2 years ago

A platform used by restaurants and bars to simplify their service process, and offer their customers a rewards program. The startup has deployed to over 2,000 restaurants and bars in the San Francisco Bay Area.

24

2 years ago

A business that identifies “best practices” for businesses across industries, from restaurant operations to manufacturing to repair and maintenance. It’s currently in beta.

24

2 years ago

A software company that helps restaurants run their own loyalty programs and save money on rewards.

24

2 years ago

A map that recommends healthy restaurants around you.

24

2 years ago

This startup is building a network of in-home cooks who make meals for people who have food allergies or food restrictions. The company says they’ve already built one of these kitchens and built a toolkit for others to use.

24

2 years ago

A mobile loyalty application for restaurant chains, which is meant to help restaurants manage gift card data and keep track of rewards for customers.

24

2 years ago

This startup wants to do for the grocery aisle what Pinterest did for the home decorating section.

24

2 years ago

A company that helps companies plan and pay for corporate retreats. The app provides a point-to-point marketplace where companies can find hotels, restaurants, and attractions that will be relevant to their employees. Just as AirBnb helps travelers find cheap and cool places to stay, Corporate Retreat helps companies find cool places to stay.

24

2 years ago

A startup that wants to streamline the process of finding and booking music for events, music videos, and live performances. It also wants to help find music to play in the background at restaurants, bars, clubs, and so on.

24

5 years ago

A startup that provides a service where you can order a dinner for two from a local restaurant

23

2 years ago

Businesses in the US and Canada that are interested in hiring skilled foreign workers can apply on this site. The startup is working on a visa for the first time that they say will eliminate the need for expensive visa consultants.

23

2 years ago

A startup that helps restaurants and cafes apply for and get a liquor license.

23

2 years ago

This startup wants to be the Uber for delivery services. The company has an app where customers can order food, drinks, and groceries from local restaurants, but it’s also looking to launch a delivery option in the next few months.

23

2 years ago

A startup that wants to connect restaurants to diners and diners to restaurants to increase sales and make the experience smoother. It uses a “whole-of-process” approach to matching diners and restaurants — from the menu to the food and the delivery.

23

2 years ago

A delivery service that lets users order food from nearby restaurants, then get it delivered to their door within 30 minutes

23

2 years ago

The growth of tech startups in the Latin American region is driven by a number of factors, such as its young and growing population, the lack of a franchise restriction, and the lack of protectionist measures. Local politicians in some of the world’s smallest and most impoverished countries are eager to encourage the growth of technology startups.

23

5 years ago

A startup that will help people who are applying to college find the best fit by using a questionnaire, test scores, and personality assessments to evaluate colleges based on their interests

22

2 years ago

A text-message-based platform for hiring truck drivers and delivering food. The company doesn’t actually own trucks, but instead acts as a middleman to connect drivers with restaurants and other businesses that need to deliver food.

22

2 years ago

An AI-based bot that helps users find and connect with other people in their area who are interested in playing sports or taking classes

22

2 years ago

A company that helps restaurant owners manage their menus. The startup helps restaurants make decisions about which items to remove from their menus, and which items to add.

22

2 years ago

A startup that connects startups with data-driven algorithms that can predict which customers might be interested in their startup. It’s a service targeted at startups where marketing is more effective than sales.

22

2 years ago

A startup that allows restaurants to order food from the same menu for delivery in a specific time window.

22

2 years ago

A startup focused on developing a food safety platform for restaurants.

22

2 years ago

A startup that helps users create and edit their own video content. Users can add their own music, royalty free, and the startup will generate all the rest of the necessary graphics.

22

2 years ago

A startup that’s focused on connecting restaurants to customers and on-demand catering services.

21

2 years ago

A startup that wants to allow companies to book a room or a seat at a restaurant using a phone app instead of using written or verbal communication.

21

2 years ago

A solution to help you find restaurants that are open at 1am with a time-tracking feature.

21

2 years ago

A B2C online organization for restaurants to track how and when they should be cleaning tables, and who should do it.

21

2 years ago

A team of designers and developers who want to create a new kind of collaborative pricing tool for restaurant owners. Restaurateurs can invite their customers to participate in a party to get a group discount. The team is also working on the food delivery side of things, having recently released a marketplace.

21

2 years ago

A mobile platform for social businesses, like hotels and restaurants, to build a community of like-minded businesses.

21

2 years ago

A weekly newsletter for “techies” that focuses on interesting new tech. It runs at a loss and is based in Y Combinator’s office.

20

2 years ago

This startup is building a platform for startups to raise capital and recruit talent. They aim to do so by creating a “community of talent” that is interested in joining startups. They’ve already built three separate sites — an “accelerator program” for startups, a job board, and a place to recruit talent.

20

2 years ago

A company that offers a platform to sell and manage restaurant inventory. It was founded in July.

20

2 years ago

Bread is an app that gives restaurants an in-app tool to help people decide whether they want to make a meal a takeout or dine-in meal, saving them the hassle of typing in the details and tracking down a manager.

20

2 years ago

A micro-financing platform for small businesses. With an $8,000 minimum loan and interest rates as low as 4%, the startup says it’s putting money in the hands of small businesses.

20

2 years ago

A product that helps companies find and hire candidates based on their interests, such as hobbies, sports, or games.

19

2 years ago

A startup that helps restaurants and bars capture orders with their mobile app and then deliver the food within an hour.

19

2 years ago

A SaaS that enables running a company from a phone app. It’s basically ordering food from an app and tracking it to your fridge, or ordering from a restaurant from a phone.

19

2 years ago

A startup that helps you pick from a bunch of books, or from a personalized reading list, based on your interests. Once you’ve picked a book, it’ll send you a notification when it’s been published.

19

2 years ago

A startup that makes it easier for consumers to buy and sell used tires. Called Restyle, this is a model that’s similar to eBay. The startup is using the champion of online shopping, Amazon, to help it get off the ground.

19

2 years ago

A startup that sends emails to users when they are relevant to a user’s interests.

19

2 years ago

This startup is targeting the restaurant and hospitality industry, offering a “pay-as-you-go” model for ordering food from an app.

19

2 years ago

An online marketplace that helps restaurants and other businesses share their customer data with other businesses.

19

2 years ago

A method for generating long-term revenue. The startup does this by selling to companies who are interested in growing their business.

19

2 years ago

A product designed to help small businesses (especially restaurants) easily manage their social media presence. The startup aims to make micro-businesses more social by “automating the process of posting to Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram,” built to help spread word of mouth.

19

2 years ago

A food safety solution that uses mobile sensors to monitor food quality so that restaurants can avoid selling spoiled food.

19

2 years ago

An AI that can boost sales by using data to predict customer interest. The startup says it has been used to boost sales in the retail, automotive, and hospitality industries.

19

2 years ago

Launched in May 2010, Y Combinator has been the primary source of funding for many of the most successful startup companies in Silicon Valley. The program has been called "the most prestigious startup accelerator in the world".

19

2 years ago

Food delivery service for the East Coast that works with restaurants. The startup is currently focused on Washington, DC and New York.

19

2 years ago

A digital concierge that helps people book hotel rooms, show movie times, and order restaurant delivery in a single app.

19

2 years ago

A startup that lets you buy and sell Ether on the blockchain. It appears to be a social network for people interested in trading Ether.

18

2 years ago

A company that helps people find homes by allowing them to create a profile and generate interest in their property.

18

2 years ago

A platform that allows users to order food from their favorite restaurants in the US, and have it delivered in under 30 minutes. The startup has been operating since 2017, and is based out of New York City.

18

2 years ago

Sellout is a revenue-generating app that helps restaurant owners and managers make reservation and delivery booking easier.

18

2 years ago

A startup that wants to make it easier for people to try a wide range of different foods by bringing together restaurants and chefs on the same platform.

18

5 years ago

A new mobile payment system that makes it easy for users to pay with their phone at restaurants. Users can make purchases of up to $5 by simply showing a digital code to the cashier.

17

2 years ago

A platform for restaurants to process orders without the need for a human to be on the phone

17

2 years ago

A startup that connects people in their 20s to people in their 30s with similar interests, tastes, and values.

17

2 years ago

A system that enables corporations to buy technology using a new form of short-term borrowing. The company has a partnership with Microsoft which allows it to provide a large amount of cash at a low rate of interest.

17

2 years ago

A real estate-focused startup that works with families to build a custom home plan. It’s a startup focused on a specific interest that can access funding from crowds.

17

2 years ago

A social platform for content creators to share their work with fans, allowing them to see who’s interested in what they’re creating and more directly interact with their fans.

17

2 years ago

A company that wants to make dairy products and plant-based products easier to share. Nestlé is interested in the startup’s technology to help make its products more convenient and sustainable.

17

5 years ago

Idea: A startup that aims to help people learn to code through a combination of chatbots and online courses The company’s founders say they’re currently working on an AI-powered chatbot that can make coding exercises more interesting

16

2 years ago

What’s specifically interesting about this is the way the team is tackling a major pain point for people who work in fintech. They want to make it a bit more like a person is learning a skill, and their interaction with the app can add a sense of community to the experience.

16

2 years ago

A web-based tool for restaurants to upgrade their POS systems to modern, cloud-based systems.

16

2 years ago

The restaurant and bar industry is highly fragmented. Bodega is a startup that’s working to bring all of the small businesses under one umbrella.

16

2 years ago

A self-serve platform for travel, hotels, and restaurants, with a travel advisor and concierge service.

16

2 years ago

A tool to help restaurant owners manage their front-of-house staff and keep track of their daily sales.

16

2 years ago

A startup that helps users find a nearby restaurant and purchase its food and drinks on their phones

16

2 years ago

A startup to manage a restaurant's digital presence

16

5 years ago

A startup that provides a directory of all of the local restaurants and dishes they serve so that you can learn about the local cuisine

15

5 years ago

Idea: Helps restaurant vendors sell their food through the Instacart platform.

15

2 years ago

A new financing model for startups. They provide a 3-year loan, and the interest rate is tiny.

15

2 years ago

An on-demand delivery service for the 3.5 million US renters, who often struggle to find nearby restaurants and clubs, not to mention reliable delivery times.

15

2 years ago

A mobile app that helps you find a restaurant that serves the kind of food you like and then automatically checks into that restaurant using OpenTable so you can get a meal during your trip.

15

2 years ago

A co-living startup that wants to bring together communities in shared spaces, all with in-house amenities like restaurants, fitness centers, meeting spaces, and more.

15

2 years ago

A platform that lets businesses manage their large email lists, including segmenting them by interests or location, adding “organic” content (i.e. pro-team messages), and more.

15

2 years ago

A “personal assistant that helps you make your life easier”, providing you with an assistant-like service. You can ask it things like “how to find a good restaurant near me” or “how to get home safely” and it will help you with everything you need.

14

2 years ago

An online scheduling platform for beauty and wellness professionals. The startup is the first in an industry to make the necessary changes to be compliant with the US’s new Fiduciary Rule, where the service provider must act in the best interest of the client.

14

2 years ago

A group of startup-minded undergraduates at UC Berkeley who want to connect students with interesting classes.

14

5 years ago

A startup that connects people interested in buying or selling a home with people who want to buy or sell a home

13

2 years ago

A global network for people interested in developing startups. It’s a first-of-its kind online platform that connects people from all over the world and helps them get together to learn, exchange ideas, and network.

13

2 years ago

A startup that wants to eliminate the need for traditional office space by letting local stores and restaurants set up shop in public parks, city squares, and other public places. The startup hopes to expand to cities across the US.

13

2 years ago

This startup is looking to build software and services to help businesses deliver food orders to customers through the app. It is looking to work with a variety of restaurants, including those in the food delivery industry.

13

2 years ago

A repurposing of the popular online dating app where people can create a profile, see what they’re interested in, and, if they’re interested, send a message to see if their interests are mutual.

13

2 years ago

A mobile app that streamlines credit card payments for restaurants

13

2 years ago

A utility-only B2B platform for helping small businesses, including restaurants and electricians, manage finances and plan for future.

13

2 years ago

An online platform that lets restaurants sell table service online. The product is called Tablezoo and is currently in beta.

13

2 years ago

A B2B software company that helps restaurants and other types of businesses buy wholesale food directly from farmers.

13

2 years ago

An iOS app to help people locate the nearest doctor's office, pharmacy, or hospital.

12

2 years ago

A food delivery startup that wants to connect restaurants directly to their customers with a delivery service that allows for up to 30% of the menu to be ordered.

12

5 years ago

A startup that provides a service where people can find a real estate agent who is interested in the buying/selling of a home in a certain price range

11

2 years ago

This startup offers a free loan to small businesses in the United States, allowing them to invest in capital equipment. The loans are small, but the interest is capitalized into the loan, so businesses don’t have to pay it back for 30 years (plus, the loan is interest-free for the first year).

11

2 years ago

In May of this year, the company launched an app called “Spend on Hiring” that offers companies a way to pay employees in a variety of ways, including services, education, products, and other perks. The idea is that companies can use the app to encourage their employees to spend money on their own, specific, needs, and the company gets to know what things employees are interested in and thus more likely to buy.

11

2 years ago

A company that helps restaurants and clubs track people’s orders in order to help them optimize their service. Currently focused on Southern California.

10

2 years ago

A self-serve restaurant ordering system that’s integrated with the back-end of a group’s POS.

10

2 years ago

A startup that’s building a marketplace for casual events and parties, connecting people looking to have a party at a specific time in a specific location, but with no shared interests.

10

2 years ago

A platform that lets people connect with other people with similar interests to learn more about the subject.

10

5 years ago

Idea: A simple way for people to pre-order food online from local restaurants, picking up their food without waiting in a line or ordering into a kitchen. Customers place an order on the website, and then the startup calls the restaurant to confirm. The startup says it’s grown 10% week-over-week for the last year.

9

2 years ago

A startup that lets users locate and buy parking spaces and find nearby restaurants. It's in a trial run in Boston, where the startup has partnered with the city's parking authority and is charging $10 a month for a user account, plus $1 for each parking space for which the user is a permit holder.

9

2 years ago

A team that’s building a smart fridge for companies to track inventory in real time. The startup says they’re about to release a new product that will also be useful to restaurants and grocery stores.

9

2 years ago

A startup that is looking to build an Uber-like experience for restaurants, allowing them to create “fancy” menus that are served by human wait staff.

9

2 years ago

A company that wants to help different industries make their supply chains more efficient, like factories, restaurants, and hotels.

8

2 years ago

A software company that helps companies in the B2B space automate vendor management and payment processing. The startup is already getting a lot of interest from companies in the B2B space.

8

2 years ago

This startup is building a service to help restaurants develop digital menus and post them on the web for their customers. They want to build a platform that allows them to manage their digital menus, and then they can just update the menu as often as they need to.

7

5 years ago

Idea: A “digital concierge” for restaurants The startup aims to help restaurants better serve their customers, from ordering to logistics, to takeout

4

5 years ago

A startup that helps people who have been hospitalized find out about the nearest and best places for them to go when they leave the hospital

-1

5 years ago

A startup that provides a service where you order a bulk order of food from restaurants and the startup delivers it to you

-1

5 years ago

A startup that creates a mobile app for people with dog allergies to use to find the nearest dog-free restaurants

-1

5 years ago

A startup that sells a toolbox for people who are interested in learning more about business planning

-1

5 years ago

A startup that provides an app for finding people who are interested in being a part of a mastermind group

-1

5 years ago

A startup that provides a service where you can post your resume and will be contacted by recruiters who are interested in you

-1

5 years ago

Idea: A startup for insurance companies to sell risk to interested buyers, like hedge funds The startup offers a way for insurers to get better at evaluating risk, and a way for hedge funds to get better at buying risk

-1

5 years ago

Idea: A “smart” version of a public restroom

-1

5 years ago

Idea: A startup for restaurants to purchase quality food and service from local chefs and cooks The startup will handle scheduling, payments, and logistics

-1

5 years ago

Idea: A platform for collecting and analyzing reviews for restaurants

-1

5 years ago

A startup that lets companies send employees on business trips and have them pay for their visits to restaurants, bars, and other places on their own dime

-1

5 years ago

Idea: A business that helps companies build and manage lists of users who are interested in a particular product The company has a subscription model, and its largest customer is in the pharmaceutical industry

-1

5 years ago

Idea: A web app that makes it easy for people to sell the stuff they don’t want anymore. It’s an “eBay for the rest of your stuff”, meaning it’s not just for things with a high value.

-1

5 years ago

Idea: A startup that helps people with mobility issues navigate the world. It’s a website that aggregates all the information you might need to find a public restroom or get to a destination nearby

-1

5 years ago

Idea: A new twist on insurance for freelancers. The startup is a high-deductible plan with a really low premium — that also includes a loan component. The startup says it’s looking to compete with a 1500% APR loan and offer a 1% interest loan.

-1

5 years ago

Idea: A software solution for restaurants to manage employee schedules and keep track of labor costs.

-1

5 years ago

Idea: This startup is building software that helps restaurants manage their employees’ schedules and payroll. It’s already working with 200 restaurants, and has raised $1.5 million in seed funding.

-1

5 years ago

Idea: A platform that helps people discover, share and find a mentor or a group of people with common interests, which helps people find jobs.

-1

5 years ago

Idea: A startup that wants to “modernize” the way that restaurants work. They are building a software platform that will help

-1

5 years ago

Idea: We all have a hard time picking a restaurant to eat at in busy cities like New York. The startup is coming up with solutions to make that experience easier.

-1

5 years ago

Idea: Idea: A social network that allows people to network with others who have similar interests

-1

5 years ago

A startup that gives people the ability to store their personal photos and videos online and find friends who share similar interests

-1

5 years ago

A startup that provides a service for people to use when they are going to a new city for business It helps them find places to go, things to do, and restaurants to eat at

-2

4 days ago

A platform that connects local urban farmers with restaurants and consumers for same-day hyperlocal produce delivery using electric cargo bikes in major cities.

-2

16 hours ago 2 views

SaaS tool for small e-commerce brands to predict and automate inventory restocks using real-time sales data from multiple channels.

-12

5 hours ago

A VR training simulator for baristas and chefs, helping cafes and restaurants onboard staff remotely with gamified skill-building modules.

-14

4 days ago

A startup that connects urban gardeners with local restaurants to sell their excess home-grown produce, creating a hyper-local farm-to-table supply chain with same-day pickup or delivery.

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23 hours ago 1 views

B2B marketplace connecting urban gardeners with restaurants for hyper-local, zero-waste produce deliveries via bike couriers.

-35

1 day ago

B2B marketplace connecting excess restaurant food with local shelters in real-time, using predictive analytics to minimize waste and optimize logistics.

-52

1 day ago

B2B software for small farms to predict crop yields and automate sales to local restaurants via real-time supply-demand matching.

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1 day ago 1 views

A hardware-software combo for urban farmers, deploying modular hydroponic kits with IoT sensors that predict yields and automate nutrient delivery for restaurants.

-73

3 days ago

A B2B platform helping restaurants integrate delivery apps like Uber Eats with their POS systems to optimize order routing and reduce double fees.

-76

4 days ago

A platform that connects urban gardeners with local restaurants to sell their surplus produce while providing data insights on crop yields.

-77

3 days ago

A B2B tool for freelance graphic designers to auto-generate client mood boards from Pinterest links and brand guidelines, with real-time collaboration.

-79

2 days ago 1 views

A B2B tool for restaurants to predict ingredient spoilage using AI and IoT sensors, reducing food waste and optimizing supplier orders.

-79

4 days ago

A platform that connects urban foragers with local restaurants and food manufacturers to sell wild edibles and reduce restaurant produce costs while promoting sustainability.

-80

1 day ago

A B2B service delivering modular urban farming kits to restaurants, enabling on-site hydroponic produce for fresher menus.

-83

3 days ago

A startup that converts urban rooftops into automated vertical farms using modular hydroponic pods, supplying fresh produce to local restaurants in under 2 hours.

-84

3 days ago

B2B marketplace connecting restaurants with surplus ingredients to local food banks and charities, optimizing waste reduction with logistics.

-85

4 days ago

A platform that transforms discarded restaurant food waste into biodegradable packaging materials, partnering with delivery services to replace single-use plastics with custom-branded sustainable alternatives.

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3 days ago

A platform connecting urban gardeners with excess backyard produce to local restaurants, creating a hyper-local farm-to-table supply chain.

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