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1 year ago

The company is building a platform that will allow people to land on a page with a listing of homes for sale, to create a profile, and then receive a personalized email to show homes that match their preferences.

200
2 years ago

A startup that promises to be able to show its customers how to save money by optimizing their home’s energy consumption.

183
2 years ago

A tool that can show you how your website will look on different devices and browsers.

172
1 year ago

A startup that uses your location to show you the cheapest gas stations near where you are.

169
1 year ago

A game show-style app that lets you experience NFL football as a fan in real-time.

157
2 years ago

A tool that analyzes popular Twitter hashtags to show trends on trending topics.

154
2 years ago

A subscription streaming video service that’s aiming to be the Netflix of food shows, with a focus on the culinary arts. The company is currently in the business development stage.

153
2 years ago

The startup wants to show people the right stores in their area to buy virtual goods, like video games, virtual pets, and more.

151
2 years ago

If you’re the kind of person who really doesn’t like to waste money, this startup is for you. The company is building a tool to keep track of your spending and show you where to use your money more wisely.

150
2 years ago

A San Francisco-based company that wants to make it easy for people to take photos and videos of their food. The startup is focused on helping people create the perfect Instagram photos to show off what they’re cooking, eating, or buying.

147
2 years ago

A tool to let people know when their favorite TV shows are on,

146
2 years ago

A startup that lets you take a selfie and choose where you want it to appear – like Facebook’s ‘Camera Effects’ – in an Instagram-like interface that’s meant to show you how you look, not what you look like. The company has raised $2 million in seed funding.

145
2 years ago

A way to create a personalized video that’ll show up on a flyer or in email

145
2 years ago

A company that wants to help companies find their best employees by showing them what they’re doing wrong and how they can fix it.

143
2 years ago

A startup that wants to add interactive games to a TV broadcast of a big game, and bring sports fans to the game and keep them engaged for longer than the halftime show.

143
1 year ago

The startup wants to help you track and control your expenses by allowing you to record expenses in one place and then automatically create reports that show how much you’re spending on certain items.

142
2 years ago

A platform that lets users create an online resume to show people. When you want to get a job, it generates a “real” one for you.

141
2 years ago

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

141
2 years ago

The company’s name, “Anderm”, is a pun on the word “Android” and the word “Lime”, to show that it is a “Lime”.

141
2 years ago

A startup that allows your smartphone to operate as a wearable device that can track your movements, showing you how much exercise you’re getting.

141
2 years ago

A startup that uses AI to analyze online reviews to show consumers what to expect from a given product and service.

140
2 years ago

A platform for people to sell their old belongings on Craigslist. The startup wants to take the pain out of selling your things while also guaranteeing that they’ll show up at your doorstep.

140
1 year ago

A company that wants to be the Amazon of TV. They’re building a marketplace for TV shows, movies, and sports programming with a focus on providing the highest-quality programming to customers.

140
2 years ago

This startup wants to use its data to help people decide where to vacation, and where to live. It’s a bit like other startup like TripAdvisor — but it’s also a concierge service that wants to help show people the best places to vacation and live.

139
2 years ago

A startup that shows you which doctors are “healing well” and which ones are not.

139
2 years ago

 A tool that helps you search for and find your lost phone, on a map that shows it’s current location.

139
2 years ago

A startup from a company called Popcorn Time, which allows users to stream free movies and TV shows. It's now a part of Netflix.

138
1 year ago

One of the most common complaints about shopping carts is that it’s hard to compare prices. 3D Cart hopes to help with that by showing the prices from the retailer’s site directly on the cart page.

136
2 years ago

 A tool for artists, record labels, and venues to find out how to better monetize their content, whether it’s a song, a TV show, or an event.

135
2 years ago

A startup that sells a tool for creating videos that are designed to be shown on screens in public

134
2 years ago

A startup that sells phone cases where the back of the case can be customized to show a picture of your child

134
2 years ago

A platform that lets companies and organizations create and manage a portfolio of video shows. The platform makes it easy for anyone to create a show and for it to be consumed, including viewers on mobile devices. The company is in seed funding, and planning to launch in Q4 2019

134
2 years ago

A platform that shows you the cheapest electricity rates in your area, saving you money.

133
1 year ago

A platform for creating and sharing high quality screencasts for web apps, with a focus on creating screen casts for websites. Essentially, it wants to be the video editing equivalent of the “Slideshow” feature in Word or “Compose” in a browser. A $50,000 investment in June and a partnership with Apple followed soon after.

133
2 years ago

A startup building an in-home showroom for buying, selling, and renting real estate. Starting at $5,000 up to $25,000, the company is currently operating in the Washington D.C. area.

132
2 years ago

A way to show your customers how they can make money off of their data.

132
2 years ago

The startup wants to make it easier for people to customize their dog’s collar, so that they’ll show up on your phone, with special notifications, etc.

132
2 years ago

A community of users who are willing to pay $1 for a service in which they can stream movies and TV shows (about 1,000 movies and 2,500 hours of TV) using their mobile phones.

130
8 months ago

A tool that helps merchants build personalized webpages, show up in search engines, and access to a set of tools that monitor their online presence and conversions.

130
2 years ago

A streaming TV app for college students that manages a library of TV shows.

128
1 year 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.

127
2 years ago

This app wants to help you find a good plumber for your house, and helps you book them before the job, so you’re not standing in the rain for three hours waiting for a plumber to show up.

126
2 years ago

A platform that helps people find a good mechanic for their car. The startup is building a platform to allow people to rate mechanics and have the mechanics show up in the app. The startup has built an app for customers to rate mechanics, and is working on a “good mechanic” model for the mechanic to show up in the app so people can find the right mechanic when they need them.

126
1 year ago

A platform that allows users to find out what Netflix customers’ thoughts are about any movie or TV show.

124
1 year ago

A new way to search for your favorite podcasts, and a way to see when your favorite shows are coming out.

124
1 year ago

A startup that wants to make revenue from content by selling it to other companies, so that every time you watch a TV show on Netflix, you're contributing to the company's bottom line.

124
2 years ago

$50 app that connects people with items they’re looking for (think Ikea showroom product search).

123
2 years ago

A company that will allow you to stream your favorite TV show to any TV device in your house. The company is building a platform to stream video from any streaming platform to any device, including TVs, computers, game consoles, mobile phones, tablets, and anything else that can play video.

121
1 year ago

A startup that helps users show up to appointments on time, by predicting and then warning users about traffic, delays, etc.

121
2 years ago

This startup is selling a product that makes it easier to show off your pets on Instagram by allowing people to take photos of their pets with their phones. Users can then share those photos on Instagram.

120
2 years ago

A parking app that matches drivers with parking spaces based on availability, demand, and proximity to events. In this case, it’s a pop-up that shows up in the app when there’s a space available, whether that be in a lot or garage.

119
2 years ago

A portfolio app for young entrepreneurs, giving them a place to showcase their work by way of a digital portfolio.

119
2 years ago

A weather app that shows the color-coded forecast for the next 2, 3, or 4 days for your city, added to your iPhone’s weather app. This startup is in the space currently, but differs in that it recently launched as a standalone iOS app.

118
2 years ago

A tool for developers to get track of what’s happening in their app, with a series of reports that show you how many users have opened your app, how many users have closed it, where those users are coming from, and how they’re using your app.

117
2 years ago

A startup that helps real estate agents with "after-hours" showings The startup wants to grow into a managed marketplace that serves as a broker for all home services, from repairs to insurance

115
2 years ago

A tool that allows you to create a custom, color-coded portfolio, or “stack” of articles, products, etc. to show clients and investors.

115
2 years ago

A startup that is developing a platform that helps creative agencies, brands and agencies capture and broadcast videos with social media. The idea is to help brands showcase their work and have the material distributed through a variety of channels.

112
2 years ago

A platform for the entertainment industry to showcase talent, with a focus on both live events and social media stars. The company is looking to build out a 20,000-person network for talent.

112
2 years ago

A startup that builds digital signboards that show up on Google Maps

112
2 years ago

A startup that helps users keep track of potential dates by showing them who they’re most compatible with

112
2 years ago

As Seen On TV is a YouTube channel that reviews and shares videos from the shows that air on TLC, the Discovery Channel, and History Channel. It was founded in January 2015.

112
11 months ago

A new product that helps TV programmers figure out which shows to buy and which to cut, with the startup’s AI software picking out the network’s greatest hits and those that are most likely to get canceled.

112
9 months ago

A mobile app that shows users what it would cost to buy a particular product in different cities.

112
2 years ago

A C2C marketplace for buying and selling used furniture. There’s a big market for people looking to buy used furniture but no good way to find them. The startup’s website shows a few beautiful tables and chairs, but the bulk of the site features the items for sale.

111
1 year ago

A startup that helps generate fan-generated content for movies and TV shows.

111
2 years ago

A new tool for booking and promoting artists and live shows, currently in private beta.

110
2 years ago

A digital tattoo that is meant to be a proxy for software development. The tattoo can be worn by developers and shows things like code, project statuses, and more.

110
2 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.

109
2 years ago

A startup that sells an “HDMI board” that sits on top of a television (or other display) and allows you to plug in a USB drive and use it to show content from a computer.

109
2 years ago

A search engine focused on finding the most relevant articles about a particular topic. The startup is building the search around data from more than 190 million sources across the web. It was recently featured on the HBO show Silicon Valley.

108
2 months ago

In this product, you pull up a map of the world and it shows you the closest ATM to your location.

107
2 years ago

A platform for recording live audio and video shows.

106
2 years ago

 App that helps teachers find and collaborate on common content. The company’s technology works with Google Docs to organize a shared content space and show when content has changed. The product serves over 2,000 schools.

105
1 year 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.

105
2 years ago

Inseego is building a tool to help people build and customize their own online shop, a platform to help builders show off their work. The company is working with several builders and has built a custom shop on Shopify for a client.

104
2 years ago

A tool that helps you visually approximate the distribution of code within a project and can even show you how much time you’ve spent on each line of code.

104
2 years ago

A free app that uses GPS to guide runners on their runs. The startup is building a way to get people from one place to another, by showing them what’s around obstacles on the way.

104
2 years ago

A web app for uncovering the truth behind a video: what it shows, who is in it, and what’s being said. The app is free.

102
2 years ago

A startup for tracking running mileage, showing a user’s progress in terms of distance run and time spent running. The startup is focused on the female market.

100
2 years ago

This startup is building a platform that lets small businesses have a single point of entry into the finance system, with a dashboard that shows all their expenses and income.

100
2 years ago

This is an app that helps fans book concert tickets. FanBridge helps match fans with the artists they want to see, then book tickets and credit cards for the show.

99
4 months ago

A company providing a platform for crowdfunding of events, from concerts and conferences to art shows, performances and classes.

99
2 years ago

A piece of software that helps brands and publishers buy ads that will be shown to people who are at the same exact location as the person watching the ad.

98
1 year ago

A platform for books, movies, games, and TV shows to be sold online. They’re a startup of a publishing company, who are using it to build their digital catalog.

97
2 years ago

A social networking site for artists, allowing them to showcase their work, connect with other artists, and participate in the art community.

96
2 years ago

A company aiming to bring the power of machine learning to networks with a visualization tool that can show how networks are connected.

94
2 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.

93
2 years ago

A platform that makes it easy for companies to test the performance of their marketing campaigns. It’s a data-driven platform that shows the impact of different marketing channels and lets companies easily see how changing the mix of campaigns affects performance.

91
4 months ago

A mobile app that helps users create and share sessions of their favorite television shows with their friends, then record and share their reactions.

90
2 years ago

A content marketing startup that wants to make customers more aware of their own credit card data. The company’s strategy is to make the customer’s credit card data more transparent by showing customers a breakdown of their expenses and a way to lower them.

89
2 years ago

A solution for businesses to track all their employees with a single dashboard, including social media data like likes and comments that can be filtered to show only in-house activity. The startup is aiming to make it easier to manage social media in-house.

89
2 years ago

A startup that helps small businesses by organising and managing all their local events, from local meetups to trade shows.

89
2 years ago

Allows users to create a “smarter” calendar, with a focus on things like highlighting “no shows”, removing “redundant” events, etc.

89
2 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.

88
2 years ago

A smartphone app that helps people take better notes and organize their knowledge about their favorite movies, TV shows, books, and more.

87
1 year ago

Esri has a mapping app for the shower.

87
2 years ago

A digital assistant that learns a user’s preferences and preferences over time to show more relevant ads

86
2 years ago

With this startup, you can get a custom, one-of-a-kind shirt, crewneck sweater, or a onesie with your favorite movie character’s face on it. They want to build a brand for fans of a particular movie or TV show to wear with pride.

85
2 years ago

Something for artists to show off their work.

85
2 years ago

A shower scene with voice and motion that turns the water off and on when you turn around.

85
2 years ago

A startup that helps freelancers manage their time by creating a dashboard showing how much time they have to complete a project. It helps freelancers manage their time and act on time management tips they get from their favorite books.

85
2 years ago

Of course, that’s just a sampling. And some of these companies are still in the idea stage, so they might not turn into actual businesses. But this list shows that there’s a lot of revenue to be made building new tools for the online world. Now it’s up to entrepreneurs to decide what sorts of products to build.

84
2 years ago

This startup is building a platform to help companies find and vet talent. It’s based on “The Apprentice” format, where candidates are selected by a panel of experts and then compete in a series of challenges (e.g. an improv comedy show.)

82
4 months ago

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

82
1 year ago

A startup that lets you create a marketing video from past client work and then showcase it to potential hires.

80
1 year ago

An iPad app that helps you find a matching style for your home and then shows a 3D model of your home in 360 degrees.

80
1 year ago

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

80
2 years ago

This co-op is building a tool that lets workers “walk in” to any business, and plug in their device to show that it works.

79
1 year ago

A startup platform for students to find tutors, teachers, and other school professionals. It has already been featured on the Showcase Stage of Startup Battlefield.

79
1 year ago

A shopping app that shows the best deals from the entire internet as a single, unified product.

78
2 years ago

A tool for real estate agents that allows them to schedule showings and view viewings in real time.

77
1 year ago

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

77
1 year ago

A startup that connects consumers with their favorite TV shows in a more intuitive way.

76
4 months ago

A way to showcase your CVs in the cloud, so recruiters and job seekers can easily review your work.

76
3 months ago

This startup helps create interactive TV shows and movies.

75
1 year ago

 A startup that helps exercise for runners by showing them the route from where they’re running to their destination.

74
1 year ago

This startup designs and builds a line of “smart” showerheads that the founders say lets users control the temperature and pressure of the water through a smartphone app.

74
1 year ago

A platform that allows people to build and run their own podcasts, with the ability to have multiple shows on the platform.

73
1 year ago

Made for use by beauty brands, ByNu is a $10 per month subscription service that breaks down your email marketing and social media data into a visual dashboard that shows you which of your social media posts perform the best.

73
4 months ago

A company that provides a new method for selling tickets to shows, concerts, and other events.

72
1 year ago

A platform that lets users receive a weekly email (or text message) that shows them how to use their phone.

71
1 year ago

 an online showcase of emerging artists, curated by a curatorial team. The site showcases a rotating selection of the best of a given category of art, and promotes the artists on social media and in the press.

70
1 year ago

A startup that helps users register for local events, including concerts, art shows, meetups, and sports games. The startup is growing quickly, with over 30,000 events registered in the past year.

69
10 months ago

A startup that aims to connect cities around the world through a virtual trade show.

69
1 year ago

Computes a person’s carbon footprint, and shows how to reduce it through a series of actions. The company wants to enable people to see what they’re doing to benefit the planet and how they can do more.

67
1 year ago

A travel startup that has a mobile booking feature. The company also provides a mobile app that shows you flight prices before you book.

66
1 year ago

The following startups were featured on the show as a part of the Airtime segment, but did not have a pitch session:

65
1 year ago

A startup that helps companies use machine learning to assess the performance of their website. The startup’s product generates a report for each website it tests, showing which parts of the site are most successful and where performance is lagging.

65
1 year ago

A virtual reality headset that can show you a 3D map of your home when you’re on vacation.

64
1 year ago

A startup that wants to show you how to easily find the cheapest prices on stuff you buy regularly.

64
1 year ago

A startup that launched in January that aims to add augmented reality to the world of dating. The startup plans to take things further than just showing potential dates using AR to hang out, and give users the ability to see what the one other person is seeing in the real world.

64
7 months ago

A travel booking app that uses AI to show you the best deals on flights and hotels, in real time.

63
4 months ago

A startup that wants to help companies help their workers manage their time better. To do this it builds a dashboard of the most important tasks that employees have on a daily basis, and automatically shows the tasks that need to be done to get them done.

63
1 year ago

A startup that lets users pay for their own ads on websites and social media. The startup is also announcing its first acquisition, a company called ad optimization engine Storefront that has developed a technology to show ads to people based on their demographic profile.

61
1 year ago

A new iOS app for tickets that lets users to pre-order tickets to a show and pay for it using a credit card or reward points.

61
1 year ago

A social network for fashion industry buyers, which creates a central location where buyers can find and interact with designers for fashion shows and trade shows.

61
1 year ago

The company, which was founded in 2016, uses AI to make videos of your life, so that when you look back on your life, you can show friends and family how you were at different stages of your life.

61
1 year ago

A startup for crowdfunding tickets for shows, movies, and other live events.

60
1 year ago

An online platform that allows users to upload photos and videos, and write text, in the form of a slide show.

60
1 year ago

This app is designed to help you organize your favorite shows, so you don’t miss an episode or be constantly reminded of a series you haven’t watched in a while.

60
7 months ago

A platform that helps realtors to streamline the process of showing homes to potential buyers. It’s meant as a professional agent tool that brings together all the different services that a realtor might use to find a buyer.

60
3 months ago

A tool that can help you create a booth for conferences, trade shows, product launches and expos.

60
1 year ago

A startup building a “smart” travel planner to show users how to get to their destination on time, and even help them navigate traffic.

59
1 year ago

This is a way for people to show up at an event (like a conference) and automatically get access to the speaker’s slides and notes.

59
1 year ago

A team of students from the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business built a prototype for a new way for consumers to share their data. The idea is to make the sharing of personal data easier and more social, and to use it to show users how to make better decisions.

59
1 year ago

A startup that aims to make it easier to buy and sell goods on Amazon. The startup’s first product is a $100 million round of funding, which shows that investors think the startup has a good shot at success.

59
2 months ago

This startup is building an app that generates personalized content recommendations for TV shows, movies, podcasts, and more. The app can suggest content based on what a person has watched or listened to in the past, and then recommend similar content in the future.

59
1 year ago

A small wearable device that fits comfortably on your wrist. The company wants to build a health-tracking device that tracks your activity, sleep, and heart rate, and syncs with your phone to show you personalized stats.

58
1 year ago

A company that helps TV networks "create and monetize their own exclusive shows, even without a network, by giving advertisers the ability to sponsor and advertise wherever their programming appears."

58
4 months ago

A company building a “digitally-enabled” grocery store in which you can order your groceries on your phone and they’ll show up at your home instead of having to pick them up in store.

58
1 year ago

A tool to help people navigate an unfamiliar city in real time by overlaying maps to show their relative location on the map.

57
1 year ago

A mobile app that shows what other people are searching for, and lets users see what their friends are looking at.

57
1 year ago

A search engine for TV shows that they say will be a “Netflix in a box” for cable customers.

57
1 year ago

A startup that hosts mixed reality meetings for companies to show 3D models of their products to the sales team and engineers.

57
1 year 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.

56
1 year ago

A startup that lets you upload your pictures and videos and arrange them in easy-to-use slideshows for your friends and family.

55
1 year ago

A subscription-based service for facilitating sales of digital goods (music, TV shows, etc.) to customers over a data plan.

55
1 year ago

A tool that helps employers who handle a lot of travel spend less time on their plane seats and more on making their travelers happy. It offers tools like a daily email that you can get in the seat next to you, and a 3-D interface showing you where you’ll be going.

55
1 year ago

A startup that lets drivers park for free in one hour increments in a few thousand cities. Rather than having to go through the hassle of finding parking spots in a city, Uber drivers can simply show up at the area they want to park and get a pass.

55
1 year ago

A startup that helps companies find financing for trade shows, starting with the idea that the more you finance the show, the more you sell, and the more you sell, the more you can finance it.

54
1 year ago

A startup for performers, producers and fans to book shows, buy tickets and track transactions. Users can buy tickets from a personal dashboard, and can also receive emails from artists about upcoming gigs.

54
1 year ago

“A visual state manager for devops and ops teams”, which will let teams show the state of the infrastructure they’re running and monitor their own infrastructure.

54
1 year ago

A mobile app that helps people find the best deals on local goods, like groceries and coffee. It’s focused on food delivery and grocery delivery, with a case study showing higher sales for customers in areas served by the service.

54
10 months ago

A startup that lets you create and store a personalized list of favorite TV shows, films, and actors.

54
1 year ago

A hardware company that makes it easier for people to possess and grow their own cannabis. They’re supplying this solution to dispensaries in Colorado, where Gov. John Hickenlooper has shown support for legal weed in the past. The company is already in business in Canada, and is looking at expansions into other states.

53
1 year ago

A startup that aims to help people save money on airline tickets with a service that shows you how much money you’re spending on each ticket and tells you which tickets you can cut or cancel.

53
1 year ago

Home stores that use 3D printing and holograms to show off products in neat environments.

53
1 year ago

A platform to help non-profits track online donations, allowing them to show donors how their contributions impact their goals.

53
1 year ago

A startup that lets you take a selfie and it will show you your ideal hairstyle, skin tone, and outfit.

52
11 months ago

A startup that wants to trip up criminals on the dark web with its browser extensions, which will show you where the site is hosted and how secure it is.

52
11 months ago

The startup is creating “a new kind of content-sharing platform” in which users can “play with the latest games, movies, and TV shows”

51
3 months ago

A personalized recommendation service that can track over 25,000 movies, TV shows and audio books.

51
11 months ago

A digital platform for “consumers and solopreneurs to share, connect, sell and showcase their digital art.”

50
5 months ago

A new way to book flights, which allows users to book flights on different airlines, looks up flight prices, and show times for different airports at one site.

50
3 months 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.

50
2 months ago

A startup that uses Google Maps to find the best route from one place to another, and then shows you how much time you’ll waste in traffic.

50
1 year ago

A platform for investing that works as a resource for financial advisors, showing them how to invest in things like individual stocks, ETFs and 401(k) plans.

49
1 year ago

A browser that shows alerts from the US government’s EB-5 immigration program. The startup wants to help people and companies that want to relocate to the US figure out how to get an immigration visa.

49
1 year 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.

49
1 year ago

A tool that helps improve your photography by showing you how you look in each and every frame.

49
1 year ago

Data from nearly 200 million credit cards and 15,000 retailers show that B2B companies often pay more than twice as much as they should for basic services. The startup is building a tool to make it easier for companies to negotiate better terms with providers.

49
1 year ago

A global social network for musicians, musicians will be able to connect with and sell music to fans, build a following, promote their music and sell tickets to their shows

49
4 months ago

A tool that allows non-technical users to build custom apps for their businesses. The company has been working with clients like The Ellen Show and The New York Times

49
1 year ago

A startup for showing you all of your favorite movies on YouTube. The idea here is to provide the functionality of a movie database, but in a more consumer-friendly way that caters to those who aren’t looking to start watching movies, but instead just want to know what movies are coming out that are worthwhile.

48
1 year ago

In July 2019, the company began selling a credit card-sized device called a “pocket hacker” that can replace a key fob with a Bluetooth-connected device that allows you to lock and unlock your vehicle without a key. The pocket hacker has been a popular product at tech and automobile trade shows, and customers pay $99 a month to use the device.

48
1 year ago

An email marketing service that shows customers from a company what products from that company they have already bought, and what they might like to buy next.

47
1 year ago

A search engine that looks like Google but won’t show you stuff that isn’t relevant to you.

47
1 year ago

A way to create and shape material for TV shows and movies. The startup, which was founded in January, is building the software that powers a social media-style fan network for TV shows and movies, allowing fans to create and join communities around their favorite content.

46
1 year ago

A social network for people that work in the creative industries. The startup is building a platform for people to upload, share, and showcase their work.

46
7 months ago

The platform connects customers and brands, allowing brands to bid on geographical and demographic information, and then shows what that information could be used for.

46
3 months ago

A startup based in Sweden that wants to build on the user behavior data from people who are already using the company’s products. It has a product for people who want to listen to music, and a product for people who want to watch TV shows.

46
2 months ago

A platform that allows you to take a picture of an object and be shown information on it, including its history.

46
2 years ago

Idea: Mobile App that shows students what colleges are like

45
1 year ago

The startup’s goal is to democratize the industry of television, allowing anyone to create their own show without having to be a producer or actor.

45
1 year ago

An adtech company that enables brands to reach the most relevant people on social media. The company is working on the front end of how social media ads are shown and paid.

45
11 months ago

 A startup building a peer-to-peer marketplace that connects people and cars. The startup is building an app that connects those two, with features like showing the most recent model car available and storing cars in a secure database.

45
10 months ago

A company that attaches to a user’s existing email accounts to monitor and track the open, active and archived messages in those accounts. The startup delivers reports based on the metrics they collect, which they say will show how many times a person opens an email and what it said in a more-granular way than a lot of other email tracking solutions.

45
5 months ago

A data visualization platform that shows the relationship between different types of data

45
3 months 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.

45
2 months ago

A platform that promises to keep your home and security system in good working order, with a real-time dashboard that shows activity and alerts.

45
3 months ago

Video sharing platform that lets you create a “mini-show” and share it on social media.

44
11 months ago

A visual tool for assessing a business’s marketing performance. It’s using data to show the effectiveness of different marketing channels, from keyword searches to social media shares, and pinpoint where to focus their marketing efforts.

43
8 months ago

A search engine for local events like concerts and festivals that shows you how to get there

43
11 months ago

"Idea" is a weekly feature on The Verge's technology podcast, The Vergecast. Every week, we ask a question about a company or a topic at the intersection of technology and culture. You can listen to previous episodes here . You can read more about the show at our dedicated hub . You can reach us at [email protected]

42
5 months ago

A “digital résumé” that lets you showcase your work history, skills, and achievements — and allows employers to see them — for free.

42
3 months ago

A web-based community for photographers, where photographers can show off their work, collaborate on projects, and get feedback from other photographers.

41
2 years ago

The event featured the first TechCrunch XR (extended reality) Hackathon in which teams built VR and AR experiences using HTC Vive and Facebook’s Oculus Rift VR headset. The event also featured a Startup Alley in which the most promising startups from the 2019 program showcased themselves to investors, mentors and press.

40
11 months ago

A streaming video platform that lets you keep up with the world's biggest TV shows and movies, with live streams and on-demand access to popular shows.

40
11 months ago

A company that would hack the way we measure the temperature of food. The startup is selling a digital thermometer that plugs into an outlet and can measure the temperature of various foods. It can also connect to a phone to show the temperature of the food on a digital screen.

40
11 months ago

The team behind mobile health startup, MintMD, is launching a new company called Nanograph to develop the first full-spectrum digital X-ray system. The startup says the system will be able to use a digital camera to capture and display an image in real time, with the ability to zoom in on a specific part of the body, and will be able to show the same image to a physician, who can review it with a phone.

40
7 months ago

A map showing what’s open for dinner and drinks.

40
5 months ago

A startup that helps users show off their photos, videos and selfies to their friends.

40
8 months ago

A platform that allows users to sell their digital properties, like photos or slideshows, and then use the platform to manage digital assets.

39
8 months ago

This startup is building a tool that can help you track down the real-life meetups for your favorite movies and TV shows.

39
6 months ago

A platform for creating, sharing, and selling wedding photo albums and slideshows, with a focus on the under-served LGBTQ+ community.

39
9 months ago

 A company that allows companies to have a single dashboard that shows where they stand in their sales funnel. ​

38
7 months ago

A platform that allows businesses to upload and show off their products from a central place, where the users can browse, buy, and share the goods.

38
11 months ago

This app is a digital diary for kids, and the founders say that it’s only possible because of the way the app’s parental controls work. The app asks for the child’s age and gender, then shows a picture of the child and asks for a voice recording of the child’s voice. The app then classifies the voice recording and shows them on a map. The founders say that this is an important distinction, as it allows parents to be able to see which kids are in which areas at any given time.

36
10 months ago

A startup that uses AI to help companies visualize their data in new ways, showing them how their data is organized, so they can make better decisions.

36
8 months ago

A startup that helps businesses find and retain top talent by sending candidates into their offices and showing them how their business works. The startup says they are working with 50 clients, with both startups and large enterprise companies, who keep the candidates on call for up to 36 hours.

36
7 months ago

A business that creates live streaming video platforms for dog shows, and other events.

36
7 months 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.

36
6 months ago

A startup that is building a platform that analyzes your online presence and recommends appropriate profiles to show up in search results

36
2 months ago

A digital video recorder that records only the audio from TV shows and movies. The device features a rotating disc with a microphone on top and a speaker on the bottom. It connects to the HDMI port on a TV.

36
11 months ago

A media platform for people who don’t want to wait for their favorite shows to come back. It’s a marketplace that curates shows and actors, so it’s perfect for superfans.

35
7 months ago

A startup that provides a single feed of all the available data an organization needs to make better decisions, in the same way that a company’s CRM tool can show all the various options it has at its disposal.

34
7 months ago

A startup building a visual analytics dashboard for publishers, analyzing their data and showing the health of their website or blog.

34
7 months ago

A tool to create visualizations of spatial data. The tool works by taking data from an API, and generates a graphical representation that shows the data in a new way.

34
5 months ago

A digital portfolio that lets creatives show off events and projects, and lets others see what you’ve worked on.

34
2 months ago

A social network for people to showcase their items for sale or trade, and for buyers to browse for items. The startup is acquiring a database of items and gifting them to users for free.

34
5 months ago

A tool that helps companies manage their risk by putting together a risk profile and showing how it will fit into their portfolios

33
2 months ago

A tool for companies to get a sense of how much their employees are working, with employees receiving a report that shows how much they are working, how much they are getting paid, and how much they are spending.

33
1 month ago

A platform that allows users to navigate through a site by hitting a button that shows the next best action, in the same way you can navigate through your browser using the tab key.

33
28 days ago

A software startup that wants to combine a podcast with an interactive show, similar to a popular game show style.

33
1 year 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.

32
9 months ago

A startup that wants to bring the power of VR games to non-gaming situations, like holding fashion shows.

32
8 months ago

A "social entertainment network" – basically a streaming video network, similar to Netflix and Hulu, where users can pay a monthly subscription to access a library of movies and TV shows.

32
11 months ago

A way to create personalized “games” using a database of user behavior and the users themselves. Instead of showing a player a pre-determined experience, it shows them a mixture of content and their own data, allowing them to create their own personalized experience.

31
6 months ago

A multi-functional tool for managing TV shows, currently in beta, with a focus on binge watching. The app lets users create a watchlist and then track how many episodes they’ve watched, and how many are left.

30
8 months ago

A mobile app that connects people with a shared interest in the same TV show, so that they can chat about it.

29
7 months ago

A startup focused on humanizing the process of ordering groceries, which has shown encouraging results. The company is expected to launch in the fourth quarter of 2019.

29
6 months ago

A startup that helps you get the most out of your commute. TransitHero tracks your commute and shows you where you should leave based on time and time of day. It then helps you find out how to get to your destination, with an app that shows you alternative routes and timetables.

29
7 months ago

One of Y Combinator’s newest batch of companies, AirShip is a service that plans, books, and schedules flights for travelers. The startup is currently live in 18 US cities. The startup is partnering with Delta Airlines to showcase its solutions.

28
5 months ago

A web-based video editor that allows you to make slideshows and share them online. The startup is working with the likes of Lyft and the National Wildlife Federation.

27
1 month ago

A startup that helps people create and communicate through “challenges” (think game shows)

27
13 days ago

A company that uses a combination of machine learning and predictive analytics to show you how many miles you need to drive to earn a certain amount of miles for your next flight.

27
5 months ago

A company that uses the power of crowdsourcing to help the homeless. The startup has already built a series of widgets for the New York City subway system that provide homeless people with a “home away from home”, where they can shower, receive assistance and be housed.

26
1 month ago

A startup for managing a digital portfolio of art and photography. The app is meant to be a place for photographers to showcase their work, rather than a traditional gallery.

26
6 months ago

A startup that provides users with all the aspects of the Netflix experience, except the selection of the show, which automatically adapts to the viewer.

24
23 days ago

A tool that helps companies keep their employees in line by helping them keep track of when they’re late and if they’ve done shitty things like not showing up to meetings.

22
17 days ago

A digital family photo album for grandparents, built for people who want a way to show special family moments.

22
7 days ago

A startup for people to show off their skills, connecting employers with contract labor.

21
5 months ago

A company that collects and aggregates data about TV shows, movies, music and other entertainment content. It can tell you what movies are popular, who is watching them, and which shows have the most buzz.

20
1 month ago

A startup where users can submit, discuss and vote on the best movie, TV show, and book covers. Users can also rate the movies and TV shows, and the top movies and books are then shared with film studios, book publishers, and publishers of comic books.

20
1 month ago

A computer program that allows employees to track their own time to create a time log that shows how they spend their time. The startup currently is in the testing phase, and is preparing to launch a version for businesses to use.

19
1 month ago

A startup that helps people figure out if they can afford a home in a city. The company says that in cities where a lot of people are renting, it’s hard to find out which ones you can afford because the data isn’t readily available. So it’s building a tool that will show you what neighborhoods are affordable in a new city and help you figure out if you can afford to live there.

19
22 days ago

This is an app that helps people navigate their flights. It’s being used by the likes of Uber and AirBNB to route users to the right airports, showing them departure times and flight numbers.

19
1 month ago

The company is building “machine-learning-based” tools to help retailers find the best in-store displays to show off their inventory.

18
2 years ago

Idea: This startup wants to be the Netflix of foreign TV shows and movies. As a B2B company, it’s already working with digital distributors like iTunes, Google Play, and others.

17
1 month ago

A company that’s changing the way people buy furniture online by only showing couches in a photo that are the most popular with real buyers.

17
2 years ago

Idea: A digital market for general contractors in the Philippines. The founders say they’re solving a problem of trust, where contractors have to be trusted to show up on time and do the work. They’re currently processing $40,000 in monthly revenue.

16
1 month ago

A financial company that helps other businesses manage the storefronts of local stores. The startup turns storefronts into “digital showrooms”, letting businesses show off their products online and offline.

15
2 years ago

Idea: A startup that wants to connect travelers with locals The idea is to enable people to go on trips and connect with locals who can show them the top things to do in a given city

14
28 days ago

This startup is building an AI for scheduling meetings. The idea is to allow people to get a better idea of when and where they’re needed by using AI. The company wants to build an AI that can visualize data from everyone in a meeting, and immediately show people when they’re needed.

14
25 days ago

A tool for the world’s largest subscription box company that uses live video from the studio to show customers exactly what they’ll get in their box.

11
5 days ago

A mobile app that lets users play games and shows off their achievements to friends, as well as a social network.

10
2 years ago

A startup that provides a service for people who are trying to sell their house: they make a video showing the good and bad things about the home and a website that showcases the house

-1
2 years ago

A startup that provides a service where you can hire someone to make a video for you to show your family and friends when you are stuck in a foreign country

-1
2 years ago

Idea: A startup that takes information about a company’s users and uses it to customize the in-app experience based on that company’s products For example, if the user has a subscription box service, the app might show them relevant articles or tips The startup says that, in testing, they’ve seen an average of 10% more engagement for the companies they’ve worked with

-1
2 years ago

Idea: A tool that allows anyone to learn how to code from scratch without needing to pay for a class It’s pitched as a way to help people not only learn how to code, but build a portfolio of projects to show off to potential employers

-1
2 years ago

Idea: A startup that makes a camera that’s meant to be used for augmented reality, where it’s meant to allow you to take pictures of things that will show up in AR.

-1
2 years ago

Idea: A tool for keeping your software up to date. In a demo, the founder showed that the service updates a user’s phone to the latest version of Android.

-1
2 years ago

Idea: A space for professionals to showcase their work, like an online portfolio.

-1
2 years ago

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

-1
2 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.

-1
2 years ago

A startup that provides a way for real estate agents to manage their leads and schedule showings.

-1
2 years ago

A startup that provides a platform to connect visitors with locals who can show them around a city

-2
2 years ago

A startup that enables users to create a gift registry service for their weddings, bridal showers, baby showers, etc

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