Silicon Startup Ideas

1 year ago

A startup that helps hedge funds and investment managers make better decisions. The startup is based in Silicon Valley, but is also working in China and the UK.

168

3 years ago

Based in Silicon Valley, this startup is working to make the process of filling out IRS forms less intimidating.

166

3 years ago

As of 2016, accelerator programs are across the world, from Silicon Valley to London, with India, China, Singapore and Israel also hosting their own.

157

3 years ago

The concept of the accelerator is a young one, with the first accelerator programs emerging in the late 1990s in Silicon Valley and New York. In general, accelerators help startups get off the ground, providing capital, mentorship, and networking opportunities.

148

3 years ago

Founded in 2015, Y Combinator is a Silicon Valley-based startup incubator and seed fund. Y Combinator has invested in several companies that have gone on to raise hundreds of millions of dollars. It has also had several companies drop out of its program.

133

3 years ago

A company that makes earbuds made with medical-grade silicone with no wires for more sensitive ears and better sound quality.

129

3 years ago

The team is building a way to automatically and transparently recommend the best employees for an open position. The startup is currently only targeting startups in Silicon Valley.

126

3 years ago

VentureBeat's list of 2016's 50 hottest startups in San Francisco and Silicon Valley, including a number of YC companies

123

3 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.

116

2 years ago

The term was coined in 2006 by Fred Wilson, who wrote "Startup - A Silicon Valley Adventure" in which he stresses the importance of a culture of growth.

115

1 year ago

Silicon Valley's Hottest Startups for 2016 (List)

105

2 years ago

The company is building a toolset for building and selling items on Airbnb. The company is already working with a few startups in Silicon Valley, and says they’ve raised $1.2M but aren’t disclosing their valuation or amount raised.

98

1 year ago

A high-tech incubator that helps companies raise money and build their businesses in Silicon Valley.

92

3 years ago

A virtual assistant that helps people make sense of their social media profiles and other profiles. It’s meant to help people better understand their network and meet new people, and it’s already being used by some of the most successful entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley.

89

2 years ago

A product designed for students and young professionals, where one can send a request for a meeting, and the other can respond with a time and place. The company was founded in March, and is working on a handful of deals in Silicon Valley for the product.

75

1 year ago

The following companies have received funding from 500 Startups, a venture capital firm based in Silicon Valley with over $1 billion in funded companies:

74

1 year ago

An online platform that connects companies with a shared mission, where they can pool funds, create a common goal, and help each other. Startup is based in Silicon Valley and has launched in San Francisco.

72

2 years ago

A 3D printing service for businesses, which promises to bundle all the 3D printing services together so customers can find everything they might need under one roof. The 3D printing startup, which was founded in September 2018, is based in Silicon Valley.

71

1 year ago

A new business accelerator based in Silicon Valley, funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, that targets African-American tech founders with the goal of “helping them grow their businesses so they can help build the next generation of African-American tech leaders”.

68

2 years ago

A software development company that wants to fix the “diversity gap” in Silicon Valley. The company’s co-founder says that men make up around 80% of the tech workforce, and women only 4% (and that the industry is even worse in other parts of the world).

66

2 years ago

A travel startup out of Silicon Valley that helps you find the best deal on your travel destination, whether it is a hotel or an airport.

66

1 year ago

A tool for helping entrepreneurs find funding for their businesses, based out of the Silicon Valley area.

66

1 year ago

A company selling semi-conductors that are lower-cost alternatives to silicon.

65

7 months ago

The list is far from exhaustive and reflects what a lot of people in Silicon Valley are talking about.

60

1 year ago

A “skin care brand for women of color”, built for the black community. The startup is a 50/50 partnership between two black women in Silicon Valley and a black woman in South Africa.

59

1 year ago

This is one of the first of the non-bank digital payments startups to be funded by the super-investors of Silicon Valley — Peter Thiel. The company is building a payments platform for financial institutions, where they can send money overseas and allow their customers to pay using cryptocurrency.

55

1 year ago

This Silicon Valley startup is building a way for creators to build “by-God” apps for businesses. The company’s products are aimed at Fortune 500 companies, but their software can be used to solve a wide range of problems for SMBs and non-profits.

50

1 year 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.

50

1 year ago

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

48

1 year ago

A team of marketers in Silicon Valley developed a new way for companies to engage with customers on social media. WorldFace takes a team of human marketers who can comment on users’ posts and posts themselves to a Slack channel, where a bot then follows along.

42

1 year ago

An open source platform that allows coders to host their own “microservices” and deploy them to any cloud provider. Microservices is a way of building and deploying distributed applications that is gaining traction in Silicon Valley. The company provides a software development kit and developer tools to build and manage microservices.

41

11 months ago

A lending platform for businesses that allows them to access the funding they need for their growth, when it’s needed. The startup has received $6 million in funding from Silicon Valley venture firms and is working with businesses in the Bay Area, New York and Washington DC.

40

2 months ago

The first annual Startup Battlefield event in the United States was held in June 2016 at the University of California, Berkeley. The event was sponsored by TechStars, Y Combinator and an undisclosed Silicon Valley venture capital firm.

31

6 months ago

This company is building a platform for small businesses to easily manage their risk and compliance efforts, including audits and loan applications. It has been funded by Silicon Valley’s Institutional Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital, and others.

20

2 months ago

A tool for creating and managing the user experience of digital campaigns. The startup is based in Silicon Valley, but has offices in San Francisco, Singapore, and Hong Kong.

18

1 day ago

In 2017, there were a reported 41,000 startups in Silicon Valley.

3

1 day ago

The number of startups in Silicon Valley has increased by 57% since 2016.

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Silicon Startup Ideas

A startup that helps hedge funds and investment managers make better decisions. The startup is based in Silicon Valley, but is also working in China and the UK.

Based in Silicon Valley, this startup is working to make the process of filling out IRS forms less intimidating.

As of 2016, accelerator programs are across the world, from Silicon Valley to London, with India, China, Singapore and Israel also hosting their own.

The concept of the accelerator is a young one, with the first accelerator programs emerging in the late 1990s in Silicon Valley and New York. In general, accelerators help startups get off the ground, providing capital, mentorship, and networking opportunities.

Founded in 2015, Y Combinator is a Silicon Valley-based startup incubator and seed fund. Y Combinator has invested in several companies that have gone on to raise hundreds of millions of dollars. It has also had several companies drop out of its program.

A company that makes earbuds made with medical-grade silicone with no wires for more sensitive ears and better sound quality.

The team is building a way to automatically and transparently recommend the best employees for an open position. The startup is currently only targeting startups in Silicon Valley.

VentureBeat's list of 2016's 50 hottest startups in San Francisco and Silicon Valley, including a number of YC companies

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.

The term was coined in 2006 by Fred Wilson, who wrote "Startup - A Silicon Valley Adventure" in which he stresses the importance of a culture of growth.

Silicon Valley's Hottest Startups for 2016 (List)

The company is building a toolset for building and selling items on Airbnb. The company is already working with a few startups in Silicon Valley, and says they’ve raised $1.2M but aren’t disclosing their valuation or amount raised.

A high-tech incubator that helps companies raise money and build their businesses in Silicon Valley.

A virtual assistant that helps people make sense of their social media profiles and other profiles. It’s meant to help people better understand their network and meet new people, and it’s already being used by some of the most successful entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley.

A product designed for students and young professionals, where one can send a request for a meeting, and the other can respond with a time and place. The company was founded in March, and is working on a handful of deals in Silicon Valley for the product.

The following companies have received funding from 500 Startups, a venture capital firm based in Silicon Valley with over $1 billion in funded companies:

An online platform that connects companies with a shared mission, where they can pool funds, create a common goal, and help each other. Startup is based in Silicon Valley and has launched in San Francisco.

A 3D printing service for businesses, which promises to bundle all the 3D printing services together so customers can find everything they might need under one roof. The 3D printing startup, which was founded in September 2018, is based in Silicon Valley.

A new business accelerator based in Silicon Valley, funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, that targets African-American tech founders with the goal of “helping them grow their businesses so they can help build the next generation of African-American tech leaders”.

A software development company that wants to fix the “diversity gap” in Silicon Valley. The company’s co-founder says that men make up around 80% of the tech workforce, and women only 4% (and that the industry is even worse in other parts of the world).

A travel startup out of Silicon Valley that helps you find the best deal on your travel destination, whether it is a hotel or an airport.

A tool for helping entrepreneurs find funding for their businesses, based out of the Silicon Valley area.

A company selling semi-conductors that are lower-cost alternatives to silicon.

The list is far from exhaustive and reflects what a lot of people in Silicon Valley are talking about.

A “skin care brand for women of color”, built for the black community. The startup is a 50/50 partnership between two black women in Silicon Valley and a black woman in South Africa.

This is one of the first of the non-bank digital payments startups to be funded by the super-investors of Silicon Valley — Peter Thiel. The company is building a payments platform for financial institutions, where they can send money overseas and allow their customers to pay using cryptocurrency.

This Silicon Valley startup is building a way for creators to build “by-God” apps for businesses. The company’s products are aimed at Fortune 500 companies, but their software can be used to solve a wide range of problems for SMBs and non-profits.

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.

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

A team of marketers in Silicon Valley developed a new way for companies to engage with customers on social media. WorldFace takes a team of human marketers who can comment on users’ posts and posts themselves to a Slack channel, where a bot then follows along.

A lending platform for businesses that allows them to access the funding they need for their growth, when it’s needed. The startup has received $6 million in funding from Silicon Valley venture firms and is working with businesses in the Bay Area, New York and Washington DC.

The first annual Startup Battlefield event in the United States was held in June 2016 at the University of California, Berkeley. The event was sponsored by TechStars, Y Combinator and an undisclosed Silicon Valley venture capital firm.

This company is building a platform for small businesses to easily manage their risk and compliance efforts, including audits and loan applications. It has been funded by Silicon Valley’s Institutional Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital, and others.

A tool for creating and managing the user experience of digital campaigns. The startup is based in Silicon Valley, but has offices in San Francisco, Singapore, and Hong Kong.

In 2017, there were a reported 41,000 startups in Silicon Valley.

The number of startups in Silicon Valley has increased by 57% since 2016.