Small Startup Ideas

2 years ago

A company that helps small business owners build a more strategic marketing plan by allowing them to plan their budgets and schedule their marketing efforts.

16,022

2 years ago

This is a service that allows you to make small repairs to your own car at home.

6,156

2 years ago

An e-commerce platform for the Indian market. The startup connects small and medium-sized businesses to suppliers and distributors, and also helps them hire employees.

2,666

2 years ago

A startup for people who want to build a small business, provide it with a good base of marketing and customer support, and add value to the business.

1,701

2 years ago

A small-business and ecommerce platform for e-shopping.

1,566

2 years ago

A startup that makes it easier for people to borrow money from friends, family, and even strangers. The startup is currently only available in the UK, where it’s working with a handful of small businesses.

1,252

2 years ago

A platform that helps small businesses expand internationally. The startup wants to provide a full suite of international services, including business banking, e-commerce fulfillment, and international tax structure management.

1,144

4 years ago

A startup helping small businesses create their own, more profitable, online marketing campaigns. The company helps small businesses with organic content creation, on-page SEO, and paid advertising. It’s currently looking for top-level talent.

978

2 years ago

A company that helps small businesses create social media content and allows brands to promote their business on their social media pages

969

4 years ago

A company that helps small businesses (like makers, and farmers) get paid faster

882

5 years ago

A startup offers a platform for small businesses to rent private offices and conference rooms to employees who work remotely.

827

4 years ago

A digital lender that allows small businesses to get loans in just a few minutes, with no paperwork.

815

3 years ago

A company that helps small businesses do marketing automation. It’s a tool for small businesses to create their own marketing automation software.

786

3 years ago

A supply chain management tool for small businesses that manages everything from physical inventory to internal supply chains. The service is aimed at businesses with under 100 employees and is currently in private beta.

655

5 years ago

A startup that wants to use AI to help small businesses find the right workers by matching them to the right jobs.

650

3 years ago

A smart contract-based marketplace for small business, meant to help them access credit, discounts, and other small business financing.

639

2 years ago

A micro-finance startup that empowers anyone to open a small business, using mobile technology.

582

2 years ago

A company that helps small businesses (like contractors) hire subcontractors with a mobile app and a credit check

564

2 years ago

A social network for small-scale farmers. It’s a food network, which provides a way to connect farmers to consumers who want to buy their products. The startup was founded in May, and now has over a million members.

562

3 years ago

A platform to help small businesses build their own credit scoring and risk assessment models.

546

3 years ago

A small business loan platform for companies like hair salons, construction companies, etc. that want to use their own credit check data to verify their customers’ ability to pay back loans.

506

2 years ago

A platform for small businesses to manage their social media accounts from one dashboard. The company’s goal is to make the management of social media easier for small businesses.

491

4 years ago

A customer service platform for small businesses that wants to be a sort of virtual assistant.

488

3 years ago

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

481

5 years ago

A small business marketing strategy and planning tool that lets small businesses measure their marketing performance across all channels. It started by focusing on social media and has expanded to include web traffic and content marketing, email marketing, and paid search.

470

4 years ago

SaaS business that helps small companies in India create paper-free operating procedures.

460

4 years ago

A dating app that focuses on the small things.

440

5 years ago

A startup to find and buy used furniture, which makes the process easier for both buyers and sellers. The company is currently in beta, with the site having been live on a small scale for just over a year.

432

2 years ago

A startup that helps small businesses in the US get paid faster by providing other businesses that accept credit cards a way to pay them in cash.

428

5 years ago

Shopify's Indian subsidiary is helping build an "online-only" (so no offline sales) marketplace that will sell goods made by small artisans and craftsman. While a combination of Alibaba and Amazon, the market size is expected to be between $500 million to $1 billion in 2023.

419

2 years ago

An AI-powered service that aims to make it easier for small businesses to get the help they need to grow.

419

2 years ago

Helping small businesses get started with a credit card processing service.

417

4 years ago

A startup that specializes in helping new businesses find their way, with a focus on helping small businesses get started

357

3 years ago

A company that makes it easier for small businesses to sell online by providing them a way to promote themselves online and on social media through a suite of marketing tools.

353

5 years ago

Inventor Dr. Ramesh Kale has been working on a low-cost, disposable "smart" pacemaker for under $1,500. The device is implanted in a pocket-sized battery pack that an individual wears around their waist. The pacemaker is connected to the battery pack via a small wire. When the device senses irregular heartbeats, it sends a signal to the battery pack, which then notifies the individual's doctor. The battery pack is replaceable, and is expected to last up to a year.

339

2 years ago

A startup building a digital toolkit to help companies, whether they’re large companies or small businesses, build and manage physical spaces for meetings.

322

2 years ago

Helping small businesses in India to integrate and automate their accounting software using CRM-like software.

309

4 years ago

A crowdfunding platform specifically for beginner producers and small businesses.

306

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

3 years ago

A marketing platform for small businesses looking to leverage social media and e-mail marketing to build their brand and drive ROI.

286

2 years ago

A self-service booking platform for businesses and small-to-medium-sized enterprises.

282

3 years ago

A platform for quick and easy project management for small businesses, including software, creative, and other services.

281

2 years ago

A SaaS for small and medium-sized businesses. The company’s founder claims that the platform has saved them around $3 million in annual expenses by facilitating remote access and communication between employees.

270

5 years ago

A service for managing social networks for small businesses.

269

4 years ago

A company that helps small businesses find tech talent, with a focus on recruiting developers and designers in cities where they are based.

261

5 years ago

A tool for small businesses to manage and track their inventory and orders.

260

4 years ago

An online platform for peer-to-peer lending in India. The startup serves community microlenders in India that are looking to lend out smaller amounts of money to people in need.

259

4 years ago

A startup that helps small businesses get more customers and better ways to do it through marketing. It’s a timesaver for small businesses and a good way for startups to get a foothold in the market.

253

5 years ago

A product that helps small businesses create newsletters and marketing campaigns on their own and then find customers and investors. The company wants to allow businesses to reach customers and investors with email marketing, social media, and other digital media without having to hire a consultant or send out a large budget.

250

4 years ago

This startup is building a tool that helps banks manage their exposure to lending to small business.

250

4 years ago

A tool for running small businesses with an MVP, which helps people create their own business model

249

4 years ago

A payments company that offers a way for small businesses to pay for their own invoices. The founders say they’re aiming to replace “payroll” software.

248

5 years ago

is a platform that allows users to buy, sell, and trade gift cards for a small fee.

247

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 place for small businesses to collaborate and share resources.

246

5 years ago

A platform for small businesses to publish, organize, and send their blog posts directly to their subscribers’ inboxes.

245

2 years ago

A tool for small businesses to create customer loyalty programs that encourage repeat spending.

245

4 years ago

A small business insurance plan that covers products that have been lost/stolen.

244

4 years ago

A partnership between a French startup and a Chinese firm, with an eye on the international market. A company that wants to make marketing easy for small businesses.

243

4 years ago

A tech-focused project management platform for small to midsize teams.

242

5 years ago

A platform that helps small business owners and startups collaborate on marketing strategy and execute their marketing campaigns with greater efficiency.

238

5 years ago

A startup that allows people to find and hire a contractor to complete a small project.

237

4 years ago

A new startup that wants to make the world’s smallest USB hub, allowing users to plug in multiple USB devices (keyboards, monitors, etc) into a single port

237

4 years ago

A platform for small businesses to create campaigns and get free marketing from influencers and media companies

236

4 years ago

A startup that helps small business owners sell more from their store by allowing them to display sale items from retailers that they don’t normally sell from.

235

5 years ago

A small business loan, based on factors like location, team, and amount of traffic. It also offers business owner coaching to help them grow their business.

234

4 years ago

A search engine for small business loans.

234

5 years ago

A startup that wants to make your money work for you, without having to do the work yourself. The company’s first product is a small device that makes it easier for people to open their credit card accounts, and has plans to expand to other financial products like insurance.

232

5 years ago

A cloud-based platform that helps small to mid-sized organizations with their e-commerce operations.

232

5 years ago

A company that’s building a platform for group communication. It’s building a way to easily voice chat and share information with groups. It’s a product for big companies that want to communicate with internal teams, but it could also be used by small startups to communicate with teams.

228

4 years ago

A platform for small businesses to rent or lease their storefronts, with a backend API that developers can use to build apps for managing rental inventory and payments.

228

2 years ago

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

226

2 years ago

An accounting app that helps small businesses prepare and file their own taxes. The startup is focused on people who have never had to file taxes before.

224

5 years ago

A subscription-based service that helps small businesses with customs clearance, shipping, and other shipping-related issues.

222

4 years ago

Small business loans in the US from $2,000 to $100,000.

221

4 years ago

Pembleton is a startup that offers a “digestible” social media management service to small businesses.

221

2 years ago

A social video platform for small businesses in China. The company aims to connect them with customers, offering a way to share videos and generate leads.

220

4 years ago

It’s a licensing company for small businesses to get paid speedily for their intellectual property. The startup has signed up over 300 businesses.

219

4 years ago

A web-based platform for small businesses to better manage their bookkeeping, accounting, and cash flow.

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

4 years ago

The company is building a single-sign-on tool for small and medium-sized enterprises, helping them manage multiple logins for different services.

218

4 years ago

A platform for small businesses that wants to help its users automate tasks like invoicing, tracking inventory, and managing transactions. The startup processes payments and can automate tasks.

217

4 years ago

A small business platform and management automation suite built on blockchain.

217

4 years ago

An organization that helps small businesses in the US and Canada understand and reduce their tax liabilities.

217

4 years ago

A company that provides hourly workers with technology and training to get their own small business off the ground. Come Up Now has grown from a handful of contracts to 200 employees in the past six months.

217

4 years ago

A social network that facilitates small businesses sharing photos and information about their businesses

213

4 years ago

A tool for small businesses to get quotes, compare prices, and request quotes for different contractors.

213

4 years ago

A real estate platform for small and medium sized businesses (SMBs) to buy and sell real estate.

212

4 years ago

This SaaS startup is a “peer to peer platform for small and medium sized businesses” that helps small businesses connect with each other, allowing them to find the best local businesses for different needs.

212

5 years ago

A startup that creates a directory of local home repair experts so people can find someone to do small home repairs

211

4 years ago

A small business insurance company.

211

2 years ago

A startup that helps small businesses and brands create custom, one-of-a-kind products for customers. The Product Design team has built a consumer brand identity and packaging for a range of products, from coffee to power tools.

211

5 years ago

A startup that is building a platform for onboarding new talent at small- and medium-sized businesses. The startup looks to make the hiring process much easier and more efficient by connecting employers with freelancers via an online marketplace.

209

5 years ago

A startup that helps people who want to move to a smaller house

208

5 years ago

A startup that builds tools to help developers build mobile apps for small businesses.

208

4 years ago

HireMatch is looking to improve the hiring process for small businesses by connecting business owners with job applicants who have the skills they need.

206

3 years ago

A platform that makes it easier for customers to build their own websites. The startup, which was founded in June, wants to help companies, particularly small businesses, create their own websites without a developer.

206

4 years ago

A company that provides software that helps small businesses to operate better, faster, and more efficiently. It’s a cloud-based service that helps small businesses staff sales, accounting, and other functions. The startup has raised over $4.6 million in funding, and found itself in the news recently for an employee lawsuit.

205

4 years ago

A digital wallet for small business owners that keeps everything in one place and lets them create recurring billing and recurring payments.

205

4 years ago

A startup that helps small businesses connect with local merchants in a similar way that Zumper and other real estate startups connect landlords. It counts a pair of YC startups among clients.

204

5 years ago

A digital product that helps small businesses pay their rent with ease.

203

5 years ago

A virtual assistant that works for small businesses, helping them in tasks like scheduling meetings with clients and gathering the necessary information to support their business.

202

2 years ago

The company is building a platform to help small farmers learn about and get access to finance. The startup is working with small farmers in Kenya and working with the government to create a program that will teach farmers finance, like how to take out loans, to help them improve their yields.

202

2 years ago

This startup wants to help small businesses excel on social media and build a reputation online.

202

4 years ago

A startup that helps small businesses take advantage of a new type of insurance: self-funded insurance.

201

5 years ago

A platform that helps small businesses create marketing videos, and plans to expand to other video platforms in the future.

200

4 years ago

A virtual assistant that helps with customer service, social media, and email. The startup wants to make it easier for small businesses to use AI-powered assistants.

199

2 years ago

Meeple is a startup that uses a micro-lending platform to help small businesses and startups get financing. The startup, which was founded in April, currently has $5,000 in monthly recurring revenue and is looking to raise a seed round.

199

5 years ago

A commerce platform that allows small businesses to sell their wares and services directly to consumers online.

198

4 years ago

A provider of high speed Internet for small businesses. Its service is targeted at small businesses, who can get a gigabit speed for $40 per month.

198

4 years ago

A Skype-like video calling app for group chats, designed for small teams.

198

3 years ago

This startup wants to help small businesses take advantage of re-sellers and other third party services.

197

4 years ago

A startup that makes it easy for small businesses to use a centralized accounting system to keep track of their finances. Redbooth is designed to be a tool for small businesses that don’t have an accounting department and may not have even started keeping track of their finances yet.

196

5 years ago

A small business loan for entrepreneurs, with a focus on women

195

4 years ago

A small team of developers and designers are building a simple, yet comprehensive, social network for everyone.

195

4 years ago

A startup that helps small businesses with their insurance needs. The startup is built on the backbone of a large insurance company and offers an online platform to protect small businesses from cyber risks and cyber thefts.

194

4 years ago

A mobile app that allows people to measure how much energy they are using, from the comfort of their own home, for a small fee.

194

4 years ago

A seed-stage tech startup that’s building a business on automating the process for a person to start a business in Singapore. They’re working with a small number of clients and focusing on operations but have a business model that allows them to hire more people as the business grows.

194

5 years ago

A chatbot that helps with customer support for small businesses in India. In the US, the company works with small businesses that need live support, but in India, it works with small-to-midsized businesses that need a better CRM tool.

193

4 years ago

Mentioned in the "2017 YC Demo Day" video, where they discuss the concept of a "mobile printing program" for small businesses. They are now calling their service "Quick Print," and the company is no longer in YC.

193

4 years ago

A platform for managing supply chains for small businesses, connecting them to factories, distributors, and suppliers. It’s currently working with factories in China and Vietnam.

193

5 years ago

A platform for lawyers to offer legal advice to small businesses, and help them with various legal issues.

192

4 years ago

A technology company that offers remote support for small businesses. It has the potential to impact millions of small businesses.

192

4 years ago

A tool for small- and medium-sized businesses to identify and correct errors in their invoices. It’s a simple, free tool for businesses to use.

192

5 years ago

A platform that helps small business owners in India use their app to accept payments, and enables customers to pay with a couple of taps.

191

4 years ago

A startup that connects small business owners with a network of cleaning professionals

191

4 years ago

A startup that helps small businesses manage their expenses. The company helps businesses track their expenses, and it promises that it can save businesses thousands of dollars in the long run.

190

4 years ago

A company that builds a platform that helps small businesses communicate with customers and suppliers via SMS or voice calls.

190

4 years ago

A startup that’s building a chat-based platform for small businesses. Its platform is similar to Facebook Messenger, with the ability to chat with employees and customers.

190

4 years ago

A platform for small businesses to get financial advice and coaching from experts

190

4 years ago

Experts are expensive and hard to find, but this startup is trying to make them more accessible to small businesses with a platform that offers social media marketing advice.

190

5 years ago

A startup that helps small businesses and individuals who are planning to start a business find resources

189

5 years ago

A small, family-owned business that sells and installs windows and doors. The business doesn’t have a website, so they’re counting on this campaign to help them grow their business.

189

5 years ago

A startup that wants to help small businesses open up their books to investors and banks. The startup says it’s already raised $3 million and has a team of 12 employees.

189

4 years ago

A toolset that helps small businesses receive updates from the government and other stakeholders in an organized and timely fashion.

189

4 years ago

A startup that helps small businesses manage their inventory of supplies. It’s like Amazon, but for small/medium sized businesses.

189

2 years ago

A machine for making small batches of customized printed materials, like utility bills, or business cards.

189

5 years ago

A tool to make it easier for small businesses to find creative professionals in their neighborhood.

188

5 years ago

A startup that provides marketing services for small businesses, with a focus on Facebook advertising.

188

5 years ago

This business is aiming to provide an easy way for small businesses to get money-back guarantees on products.

188

4 years ago

A small, low-overhead software startup that wants to help you better manage your time and money.

188

4 years ago

A startup that is building marketing software for small businesses that take on the role of a marketer’s assistant. The software helps businesses manage social media, email, and website interactions.

188

4 years ago

A Slack-style team chat app for small teams working together in the same office.

187

4 years ago

Building a marketplace for tech companies that allows them to sell to startups and small businesses in the US.

187

3 years ago

This startup helps small-business owners, with a small team and a single lawyer, get their businesses off the ground.

187

5 years ago

This startup is building a “mobile-first” scheduling tool for small to mid-sized businesses.

186

3 years ago

A company that sells a series of small tools to help with building websites

186

4 years ago

This startup is building a business that connects real estate agents with people looking to rent a room, and vice versa. It works as an escrow service for landlords and tenants, with a small fee taken by the service when a transaction completes.

185

4 years ago

A cloud-hosted platform that helps small companies and startups grow.

185

5 years ago

A digital lending library for small business owners.

184

4 years ago

A digital currency for freelancers and small business owners to transact in person, billable software for independent contractors to manage their invoices, and a market for people to buy and sell freelance services.

184

4 years ago

An online marketplace for local service providers. The startup wants to help small businesses advertise their services and reach new customers.

184

4 years ago

A startup building a dashboard for small businesses, essentially a toolset that allows small businesses to manage their online presence in one place.

184

5 years ago

Idea: A startup that aims to help small business owners get more leads by offering a solution to automate lead generation.

183

5 years ago

A SaaS service that helps small businesses and churches manage their finances and bookkeeping and other accounting tasks.

183

4 years ago

A ticketing platform for small business. The startup was launched in June 2016.

183

4 years ago

A tool that helps small e-commerce and SaaS companies find and manage vendors.

182

5 years ago

A platform designed for individuals and small businesses that helps them manage their finances.

181

5 years ago

A product that helps small businesses create online marketing campaigns

181

4 years ago

A new service for small businesses to manage their fleet of contractors on one platform. The company’s working with 8 enterprise pilots.

181

3 years ago

A company focused on helping consumers and small businesses manage their money using a single integrated app, including credit cards and checking accounts.

181

4 years ago

A startup that wants to help small businesses automate some of the tedious back office work.

180

4 years ago

A company that offers a way for small businesses to manage their accounts, from payroll to utility bills, and find financial advice from a certified financial planner.

180

4 years ago

A platform for small businesses to receive IT and marketing services from a company that can scale and grow the business without increasing the business’s costs.

180

5 years ago

A customer relationship management (CRM) app for businesses, with a focus on small businesses. It also offers tools for developers to build integrations into their software.

179

4 years ago

A startup that helps small companies connect with the right people to bring their ideas to market

179

4 years ago

A tool designed to help small businesses with the accounting and tax process.

179

5 years ago

A startup that helps translate the product descriptions of small businesses into multiple languages

178

5 years ago

A company that builds mobile apps for small businesses to offer services like food delivery, car delivery, and package delivery.

178

5 years ago

A SaaS-based accounting platform for small businesses.

178

5 years ago

A data analytics and visualization tool aimed at people who want to make better marketing decisions for their business. It helps small businesses, startups, and entrepreneurs use data to make more informed decisions about marketing and sales.

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 B2B SaaS app that allows small businesses to automate their marketing and sales processes.

178

3 years ago

A company helping lawyers draft and manage contracts for small businesses.

178

5 years ago

A web-based SaaS that helps businesses sell products with coupon codes, through the company’s own network of retailers. The startup sells coupons via a monthly subscription program, and will offer a “freemium” model to startups and small businesses who want to use the tool without it costing them.

177

5 years ago

A startup that allows small businesses to book appointments with their customer service agents

177

4 years ago

The startup helps companies build their own online communities. It launched in the UK, and has a small number of users.

177

4 years ago

A process management and work management tool that helps small businesses manage their operations.

177

3 years ago

Payroll software for small businesses

177

5 years ago

A financial services startup that offers small business loans.

176

4 years ago

A startup that helps small-business owners create a sales process that’s easy to follow and efficient to execute. The app helps small-business owners track their sales process, manage customer relationships, and manage their inventory.

176

4 years ago

A startup for small suppliers of everyday office supplies (like computer cables or paper clips) and small businesses to buy and sell them.

176

4 years ago

A startup that helps small businesses manage their inventory and sales, and the sales and inventory of the stores they sell to. The business has $2.2M in funding.

176

4 years ago

An on-demand software company that helps publishers distribute content via direct selling and third-party platforms. It’s targeting the small business market, but will also be expanding into research, and wants to take on the business of direct selling.

176

4 years ago

A startup that helps small businesses manage their websites. It’s a SaaS product that says it’s already generating $1 million in revenue.

176

3 years ago

Green Tech helps small businesses grow by helping them access financing and other services.

176

3 years ago

Customer support for small businesses with subscription-based plans.

176

5 years ago

The digital version of a pest control service. The startup’s team is small but they’re growing fast. They’ve raised $1.2 million and are looking to expand into the Northeast and Midwest.

175

5 years ago

A startup that helps people who have bought a home and are moving in, and then helps them find a contractor to make small home improvements

174

5 years ago

A startup that helps small businesses gain trust with tools to increase security, privacy, and transparency

174

4 years ago

A system that lets small businesses and individuals buy and sell their used goods securely.

174

3 years ago

A machine learning-based platform that helps companies analyze how customers interact with their products and make decisions based on that data. The startup is testing the platform with “a few thousand” small businesses in the Chicago area.

174

5 years ago

A cloud-based HR platform for small businesses that lets them manage their employee and contract employees all in one place.

173

4 years ago

A B2B company that helps suppliers manage their orders, with a focus on small to medium-sized businesses with fewer than 100 employees.

173

4 years ago

A HR product for small businesses in the UK.

173

4 years ago

A platform that helps small businesses get paid faster and easier. The startup is using its platform to tap into the $2 trillion dollar mobile payments market.

173

3 years ago

Web and mobile app for freelancers and small businesses to manage projects and invoicing quickly.

173

5 years ago

A small payment processor that helps musicians get paid for their work.

172

5 years ago

A B2B company building a way for people to manage their small business borrowing and lending.

172

5 years ago

This is an app meant to help small businesses write and sell articles on their website.

172

4 years ago

A startup that helps small businesses figure out the best way to manage their social media marketing efforts.

172

5 years ago

A startup that provides online freelance services to small businesses and entrepreneurs.

171

4 years ago

The startup is creating a toolkit for small businesses to help them create custom, optimized content for their marketing campaigns.

171

5 years ago

A startup for small businesses to access payment processing services.

170

4 years ago

A platform that aims to help people connect with a small group of local businesses to find the best deals and lowest prices on local goods and services.

170

5 years ago

A platform for small business buying and selling services, which it says is more cost-effective than going through agents.

169

5 years ago

A company that makes it easy for small businesses to accept payments via mobile phone. The startup says they’re working with 250+ companies in the UK, and have $3 million in revenue.

169

3 years ago

A small business finance startup that helps businesses get the capital they need to grow.

169

3 years ago

A micro-investment platform, focused on small savings accounts.

169

5 years ago

Bizbuyers is a “social shopping platform” that links businesses with buyers. The company wants to be an “Amazon for small businesses”.

168

5 years ago

The startup is building a platform for small businesses to manage sales, with a feature that enables customers to easily cancel orders that don’t meet their expectations.

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 company that helps small businesses create a mobile website using an app, with a free plan and paid plans that include features like analytics and storage.

168

3 years ago

The company builds an artificial intelligence platform that helps companies build products that are easy to use, fully integrated with Facebook, and can handle large amounts of traffic. The startup is currently working with a small number of companies to test its platform.

167

5 years ago

This startup has created an out of office messaging app that lets you send all of your team members an email with a message and a URL to a video recording that you’ve made. The app is all about helping small teams manage their in-person workflow and avoid technology-driven distractions.

166

3 years ago

A pre-paid card that gives users access to a credit line, allowing them to buy small-ticket items that they don’t want to pay cash for. A debit card with a $5,000 limit.

166

3 years ago

A software platform that lets small businesses run their own payrolls and lower payroll costs by half.

166

5 years ago

A company that provides a platform to connect small businesses to vendors, giving them a chance to expand their business without committing to a big purchase.

165

5 years ago

In January 2018, Y Combinator announced that it was accepting applications for the 2018 batch. The 2018 batch is smaller than the 2017 batch, with only 25 companies accepted.

165

5 years ago

Helps small business owners find the right talent, like accountants, lawyers and consultants. Things like word-of-mouth, LinkedIn, past client referrals and referrals from the company’s own customers are used to get business owners to the right talent.

165

4 years ago

A tool that helps small businesses in the US create and measure their sales operations. It’s backed by Y Combinator.

165

3 years ago

A startup that’s building a delivery app for small businesses. The company says it can save small retailers “up to 50% in time and money”.

165

5 years ago

Software for small businesses to set up social media marketing campaigns

164

5 years ago

A bank account that the founders say is “like a personal investment account with 100x the transparency of other accounts and no fees.” The account is meant to be a savings account for small businesses or freelancers.

164

5 years ago

A hardware startup that’s building a new type of computer that’s designed to be secure, power efficient, and small enough to fit on a keychain.

164

5 years ago

A startup that lets shoppers bid on items to help them save money, and that charges a small fee for the service. The startup is mobile-first and only takes a small cut of profits.

164

4 years ago

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

164

4 years ago

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

163

5 years ago

A software platform that helps small businesses, freelancers, and independent contractors obtain loans and invoice financing. They have a $50,000 seed round with a 4x growth rate since their launch in May 2019.

162

5 years ago

Helping small businesses use their own data to improve customer service, sales performance, etc.

162

5 years ago

A warehouse service that can provide a complete solution for small businesses that need to store inventory, with a focus on fulfillment and shipping.

162

5 years ago

A startup that allows small businesses to build a branded CRM in minutes by connecting to Facebook. The app is currently in beta.

162

3 years ago

A startup that helps small businesses with their human resources needs. The company wants to be a one-stop shop for all HR needs.

162

5 years ago

A small startup backed by Google Ventures and Andreessen Horowitz is building a tool for pastors to share their sermons online.

161

5 years ago

This startup has built a startup loan application service that offers loans to small businesses with less than $250,000 in annual revenue.

161

5 years ago

A startup that allows small businesses to sell their products online, and pay vendors with a digital wallet, and only with verified credit card.

161

5 years ago

A company that helps small and medium-sized companies (SMEs) build their own Telco-like infrastructure.

161

5 years ago

A platform that helps small businesses manage their coffee orders online. It’s free to use for customers, but the company hopes to make money by turning the system into a recurring subscription.

161

4 years ago

A platform that helps small businesses find financing to grow. The service is used by over 1,000 businesses in the US.

161

4 years ago

A product that helps people visualize how their social media presence is being used by brands. It’s built for small businesses, and is pitched as a way to help them manage their online reputation.

161

4 years ago

A platform that connects lenders with small businesses, helping them get financing. The startup currently has $1,000 in monthly revenue, after launching in November.

161

3 years ago

A way to pay your friends back for things they’ve done for you, like a small payment that can be sent as a text message.

161

3 years ago

An online platform to help small businesses in India, the Middle East, and Africa get their products onto Amazon’s website.

161

5 years ago

This is a loyalty platform for businesses, with a twist: users only get points for small purchases. The company claims it’s already profitable.

160

5 years ago

This startup is building an app that connects big companies with local small businesses in order to take advantage of the buying power of the millions of small business owners in the US.

160

5 years ago

A digital platform for small-scale manufacturers, partnering with companies like Google and Intel, to produce and market their products.

160

5 years ago

A startup that makes it easy for small businesses to get the financing they need. Pure is a platform that helps businesses build a relationship with banks or credit unions, which can then make lending decisions on behalf of the business without requiring a formal loan.

160

4 years ago

Transnational startup that creates tools for small businesses and nonprofits to communicate in Korean. The company is working with a Korean NGO on the Korean-language version of Forecast.

160

4 years ago

A credit platform for small businesses in the U.S., with plans to add a debit card option in the future.

160

4 years ago

A startup that does digital marketing for small businesses, including photography, web design, and marketing.

160

5 years ago

A company that helps crews build and launch new apps without a lot of upfront capital. It’s launching with an app that helps small businesses with the software development process—from project definition to iteration on a prototype to launch.

159

5 years ago

A small business loan marketplace for consumers.

159

5 years ago

This startup wants to make it easy for small-business owners to sell their products and services through their social media channels.

159

5 years ago

A company that provides new business development software to help entrepreneurs and small businesses scale up their businesses.

159

4 years ago

Online platform that helps small businesses access business loans and credit cards from local banks. The startup has raised $2 million from a range of investors.

159

5 years ago

A startup that provides software to help small business owners manage their inventory

158

5 years ago

The startup is looking to disrupt the $2.8 trillion consumer credit industry, which it says is ripe for disruption by building a better credit scoring system for micro and small businesses using data from a company called Credit Karma.

158

5 years ago

A platform for communication, collaboration and information sharing among small and medium-sized businesses.

158

5 years ago

A customer and supplier management software to help small and medium-sized businesses reduce costs and increase productivity.

158

5 years ago

A platform that helps small businesses find pet-friendly locations and protect against data breaches.

158

5 years ago

A tool to make managing Salesforce-style customer lists easier for small businesses.

158

5 years ago

A platform that aims to solve the problem of small businesses having to create multiple email accounts for each new customer in order to reduce the risk of email spam.

158

5 years ago

A tool that helps small businesses connect with customers. The company’s founders say that the company’s users have saved over $500,000 by using the tool.

158

5 years ago

A software company that helps small businesses create a single integration hub with tools that can handle all the administrative tasks involved in setting up a business.

158

5 years ago

A self-employed system that helps small businesses buy and sell products and services on the internet.

158

5 years ago

A startup that wants to “make the world a better place” by helping small farmers sell their crops for fair prices.

158

5 years ago

A startup that creates a service where you can order a small box of items that would be a perfect gift for a friend or family member

157

5 years ago

A small, customizable device which records and analyzes what you do and how you move to help exercise optimally.

157

5 years ago

A project management tool for people with small teams, meant to make it easier to track tasks and track progress.

157

5 years ago

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

157

5 years ago

A B2B software platform (for the legal industry) for small businesses that helps them manage contracts and warranties, manage their legal teams, and access multiple legal systems.

157

5 years ago

A small batch manufacturing business meant to help customers get their hands on the newest, shiniest (and most expensive) gadgets the minute they’re released.

157

5 years ago

A “B2B software company that provides software solutions to people who run small businesses.” It’s a software company, but it’s also a software company that’s also a software company.

157

5 years ago

A startup that wants to be a one-stop shop for all your ecommerce needs. In concept, it’s a combination of Square’s small business tools and the Shopify app.

157

5 years ago

A tool for hiring and scheduling electricians, with a focus on smaller jobs.

157

3 years ago

A platform for human-powered drones to fly for small businesses, agricultural operations, and for research purposes.

157

3 years ago

This company is building a platform that aims to help small companies communicate and collaborate with each other via a virtual conference room.

157

5 years ago

A startup that provides a service where students can get help writing a thesis in exchange for a small review of the thesis once it’s written

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

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

156

5 years ago

A small team that wants to build a decentralized, public-blockchain-based accounting system that’s easy to use for small businesses in emerging markets.

156

5 years ago

This company is a mobile-first CRM (customer relationship management) for small businesses with less than $100,000 in annual revenue.

156

4 years ago

A platform for scheduling and managing taxi-cab service via smartphone. The startup is in the early stages of scaling, but the goal is to offer all of the things you could expect from a taxi cab service — like GPS tracking, real-time communication, and a dispatch system. The company is profitable and small but growing in the San Francisco Bay area.

156

3 years ago

A small startup that uses artificial intelligence to provide over-the-phone sales and customer support. The app connects to the companies’ CRM and provides live agent support in a chat interface.

156

3 years ago

A business development platform helping small businesses scale up their sales. It’s built on a similar model to Alteryx, which operates as a team of analysts and data scientists who work directly with the client to bring their data to bear.

156

5 years ago

A platform to help small businesses get a mobile website.

155

5 years ago

Helping small businesses by providing a platform for them to grow and scale.

155

5 years ago

A platform to create a digital marketing and advertising agency for small business owners.

155

5 years ago

A platform for creating individualized content in bulk. It helps small businesses create advertising campaigns through its machine learning based technology

155

5 years ago

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

155

5 years ago

A “content marketing agency for small businesses.”

155

4 years ago

A platform for small farmers that makes it easier for them to sell their crops online, with a cash-back guarantee.

155

4 years ago

is a SaaS company which offers small and medium sized businesses a free way to market their products and services online.

155

3 years ago

A platform that helps people find small loans to pay off their mortgage, or small business loans to expand, or even individual loans to refinance.

155

3 years ago

This startup is building a platform to help small businesses acquire clients in a way that’s more like a traditional marketing channel. The program is aimed at brick-and-mortar retailers and service providers, who can sign up for the Payroll database and use the platform to find and qualify new clients.

155

5 years ago

Builds mobile apps for small and medium-sized businesses that are typically handled by outsourced developers. It helps the client keep track of their employees and their weekly hours, track expenses, and generate invoices.

154

5 years ago

A platform for small businesses to sell their products online

154

5 years ago

A startup that will enable lenders to offer small business loans online.

154

5 years ago

A startup that wants to provide a platform for small companies to create and sell products and services on their own websites.

154

5 years ago

A startup that makes it easy for small businesses to collect payments from their customers. The startup offers free accounts for small businesses and is looking to eventually offer a freemium model.

154

5 years ago

A platform for small businesses to manage inventory through a mobile app, similar to Square.

154

5 years ago

One of several startups that are building alternative work schedules that let people swap out their hours for the week. They all basically pair an employer with a local worker who can come in for extra hours in exchange for a small fee or a flat rate.

154

5 years ago

A startup that automates corporate retirement plan contributions for small businesses.

154

5 years ago

A financial services startup that helps small businesses get loans. The company sends loan officers into the field to help small businesses get loans quickly and at low rates.

154

5 years ago

A startup that offers an online shop to small businesses that allows them to manage their inventory and manage their orders.

154

3 years ago

A credit card application for the underbanked, where users pay a small fee to use the card and earn credit line rewards.

154

5 years ago

A startup that provides a platform where you can hire someone to help you with your small business (such as bookkeeping)

153

5 years ago

A platform for managing the needs of small- and medium-sized businesses, such as hiring and managing.

153

5 years ago

A company that integrates traditional and social media advertising, for smaller brands looking to do more with less.

153

5 years ago

This is a solution to help small businesses manage their tax and financial obligations. Their platform is built on Slack, helping you bill, collect, and send payments to your customers, which can be done through a simple, intuitive interface.

153

5 years ago

Helps small businesses bring their inventory and order management in-house.

153

5 years ago

A search engine for small businesses with “no ads, no tracking, and no fake news.”

153

5 years ago

A company that wants to help you manage your network of colleagues, friends, and customers. The startup wants to build a smarter network of people to keep up with connections and build a community with. It plans to focus on small companies because they tend to have more existing relationships to build on, and are more likely to use social networks.

153

5 years ago

The startup is a “first-of-its-kind” trading platform for trading the shares of small cap companies that don’t have a long history of trading.

153

5 years ago

A mobile app for small businesses to find the best deals for their products. The goal is to get people to comparison shop within the app itself, rather than using Yelp, CVS, or the Amazon Alexa hub.

153

5 years ago

A startup that helps small businesses in India build their websites, they were bootstrapped with seed funding from Y Combinator.

153

3 years ago

A platform that lets anyone build a website or mobile app. The company’s pitch is that it will be cheap for small developers and that it will help them build things that look beautiful.

153

3 years ago

SaaS for small businesses to better track and understand all their expenses, like shipping, insurance, and taxes.

153

5 years ago

A startup that provides a service where you can hire an assistant to do a small task for you: pay a bill, order you a pizza, etc

152

5 years ago

An online marketplace for small businesses to collaborate, where they can share resources, receive feedback from customers, and get more business. They charge businesses $5 per month per person to join, and charge businesses $500 a month to become a Vendor.

152

5 years ago

A startup that is using data analytics to help small businesses make better decisions. The company says it can help a company make a better marketing decision by determining which of their customers are the most likely to buy, or which of their products are most likely to be sold, based on behavioral data.

152

5 years ago

A management platform for small companies that helps assign tasks to team members, manage plans and resources, and conduct audits.

152

5 years ago

Real estate software for small businesses and landlords. The platform helps landlords make their rental properties more efficient.

152

5 years ago

A startup that helps small businesses get a loan at a traditional bank, at a lower rate.

152

5 years ago

A micro-loan startup that helps small businesses get loans to cover inventory. The company, which was founded in May, says it has already closed $1.5 million.

152

5 years ago

An enterprise-level CRM platform for small businesses to manage their customer relationships.

152

5 years ago

A set of tools that gives small businesses an easy way to manage their customer relationships. Its API allows users to pull data from their Salesforce or Zendesk accounts.

152

5 years ago

This is a startup that does marketing for small retailers, helping them take their business online.

152

3 years ago

A company that provides a platform for small businesses to connect with their customers through a simple yet powerful mobile app.

152

3 years ago

A startup for small businesses to find small projects to help with their daily tasks

152

5 years ago

A startup that helps small businesses build their own custom calendars from a free, online template

151

5 years ago

A SaaS accounting service focused on small businesses. It’s powered by Intuit’s QuickBooks enterprise software.

151

5 years ago

The startup is building a platform for event hosts. The app is aimed at small to medium size events, and includes features like group chat and live streaming.

151

5 years ago

A software company that helps small businesses organize their finances online. They’re currently building a product for contractors.

151

5 years ago

A "small business marketplace" that helps small businesses sell to consumers through a web and app interface.

151

5 years ago

A tool that helps small businesses streamline their operations via a cloud-based tool with CRM and marketing automation. The startup wants to help companies set up their own platforms, which they claim can help save 15% to 40% of costs.

151

5 years ago

A company that helps small businesses buy and sell all their equipment in one place, avoiding the disadvantages of Craigslist and other marketplaces, with a process that’s automated and secure.

151

5 years ago

A startup that is developing AI-based tools for drug developers to test their drugs in a highly controlled lab setting. They can perform controlled trials on an even smaller scale, and

151

5 years ago

A business-to-business company that creates and manages marketing campaigns to help small business owners reach their sales goals.

151

5 years ago

A tool that helps small businesses manage their shipping and inventory via an app, with the startup saying they’re profitable. The company has a 1-person team and has raised $10,000.

151

4 years ago

A startup that helps small businesses create data and marketing plans that will be more effective and generate more revenue

151

5 years ago

A barter system for small businesses to facilitate trade with other small businesses.

150

5 years ago

A digital bank account for consumers and businesses in Latin America. The startup wants to bring account management to the small and medium enterprises in the region.

150

5 years ago

A startup that sells a small data analytics device to help farmers monitor and optimize their crops.

150

5 years ago

A tool for tracking expenses and invoices for small businesses.

150

5 years ago

This startup is building a mobile banking platform that will allow small business to accept payments from their customers easily through their SIM cards.

150

5 years ago

This startup wants to build a toolset to help create a global network for small farmers.

150

5 years ago

A startup that provides accounting software to small businesses. They started in late 2017 and have already launched in Brazil and the Philippines.

150

3 years ago

A startup for sales and services to help small businesses with their marketing and sales needs, including design, digital marketing, and advertising.

150

5 years ago

A web-based service that helps small businesses grow their sales by managing their social media, SEO, and marketing campaigns. The company currently has 1,000 clients and are now hiring in the Philadelphia area.

149

5 years ago

An online marketplace that connects manufacturers with large-scale distributors. The marketplace is built on the idea that there are many manufacturing companies that want to do business with large companies, but are unable to do so because of their small size.

149

5 years ago

A startup that helps small-business owners around the world get paid for the work they do — and then get paid again for the work they do on the side.

149

5 years ago

Localized and hand-curated content for small businesses, such as a website’s homepage, blog, and store.

149

5 years ago

Startup that helps small businesses with up-to-date data on what people are saying about them online.

149

5 years ago

A program to help small businesses and entrepreneurs with their bookkeeping.

149

3 years ago

An email marketing tool for small companies that’s been around for over a decade. They now have a product for the B2B segment, too.

149

3 years ago

The startup is building a set of tools for HR managers to manage the hiring and onboarding process, including emailing candidates and scheduling interviews. It’s a small and young startup based in Somerville, MA, with a 13-person team.

149

5 years ago

A platform for small business owners to manage the paperwork needed to start a company.

148

5 years ago

An all-purpose tool for both small and large businesses, for everything from invoicing to asset management. The business is currently doing $20M in annual sales.

148

5 years ago

A company that helps small businesses connect with insurers and other partners to manage their risk and reduce their costs.

148

5 years ago

A company that makes a printable device for measuring the distance between two objects. The product is a small, inexpensive laser point that can be attached to things like cell phones, cameras, and other devices.

148

5 years ago

A project management platform for freelancers and small teams, asking people to “realize their potential”.

148

5 years ago

A startup that wants to make it easier for employees to work remotely. The company is testing with small and medium sized businesses, and says it’ll be available for everyone in 2020

148

5 years ago

A company that makes satellite communication easier for small businesses, in particular those whose suppliers are overseas.

148

5 years ago

A platform for small business owners to sell their products online. It has a marketplace and a back-end software that lets small business owners create and sell their products online.

148

5 years ago

A startup that wants to help small-business owners run their businesses without hiring a full-time employee. They provide a suite of tools, from a scheduling app to a CRM to help you get things done.

148

4 years ago

A credit card for small businesses. The startup wants to help small businesses get credit cards, but it’s not a credit card.

148

3 years ago

A platform that helps small business owners sell their products wholesale to retailers such as Amazon, Target, and Walmart.

148

3 years ago

A way to help small businesses grow their presence on social media via a 'shopify for small businesses' platform.

148

3 years ago

A platform that connects small businesses with the tools they need to build and scale their customer service operations. In the startup’s words, it “puts the sales team back in the call center”.

148

5 years ago

A company that wants to help small businesses find products that fit their needs.

147

5 years ago

A startup that’s building a way for small business owners to track and manage their financial data in one central location.

147

5 years ago

A market research app that helps companies understand the wants and needs of their consumers better. It’s paid for by a company like SurveyGizmo or SurveyMonkey that charges a small fee every time a survey is completed.

147

5 years ago

A startup that’s helping small businesses in the US automate payroll and create financial reporting with minimal cost. The company is now focusing on being a one-stop shop for small businesses.

147

5 years ago

This company is building a service that helps small enterprises send and receive payments.

147

5 years ago

A digital currency for small businesses, meant to provide a better shopping experience to users.

147

5 years ago

A financial-tech startup that is trying to provide small business owners and independent contractors with better ways to manage and pay their bills.

147

5 years ago

A startup that helps small businesses with insurance. They’re working on their first product in the US, called “Bundle”.

147

5 years ago

A company that creates community management software for small businesses to help them with customer acquisition, customer service, and communication.

147

4 years ago

A tool for managing a sales team, helping reps track and forecast sales. The company says it has been in private beta since April and is currently focused on small businesses.

147

3 years ago

A startup that’s building a tool to help automate the creation of quotes and invoices via text message. The tool is designed to be used by small business owners and freelancers and would work best with a smartphone, but any text-capable device can be used.

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

This startup is looking to make it easier for the millions of small businesses in the US to get bank loans.

146

5 years ago

A company that helps small businesses in the US grow faster by delivering online marketing, sales, and customer support. They have raised a total of $2.8 million since launching in 2018.

146

3 years ago

A startup that’s helping small businesses work out of their homes, with the goal of making it more easy for small businesses to work remotely, with lower start-up costs and lower overhead than a traditional office space.

146

3 years ago

A startup that helps artisans and small businesses compare options for shipping, porting, or storing their products. The company claims that, on average, its customers see a 21% increase in sales.

146

3 years ago

a platform that helps small businesses find, plan and manage their insurance needs. The startup already has around 1,000 members in NYC.

146

3 years ago

This startup is building a platform for data scientists to create small, specialized machine learning models.

146

5 years ago

A solution that allows small businesses to build and manage their own virtual teams. The startup aims to help companies build virtual teams that are more efficient and cost effective than traditional team management.

145

5 years ago

An employee training platform, aimed at helping small businesses manage their employees with more efficiency.

145

5 years ago

A mini-storage startup that rents out small lockers, intended to be a more affordable alternative to larger storage units.

145

5 years ago

A platform for small to medium size business owners to create a customized email marketing campaign that can be send to their customers.

145

5 years ago

A chatbot that helps people connect with local small businesses that sell items on eBay.

145

5 years ago

Provides an SaaS platform for financing and investing. The company is currently targeting small business owners in the US.

145

5 years ago

An online platform for sharing and selling small tools like screwdrivers, wrenches, and other DIY goods. The company’s founders say they want to make it easy for people to find and sell their tools, and the startup is planning to add more categories and tools in the future.

145

5 years ago

A startup that’s built a platform to “help companies with small to medium sized projects manage their project budgets”.

144

5 years ago

A startup that’s building a platform for small businesses to find and book their delivery drivers for their groceries, for delivery.

144

5 years ago

A company that lets small businesses to automate their HR, from hiring to hiring to firing.

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 helps small businesses manage their inventory using the cash flow and inventory data of a POS system.

144

5 years ago

This startup is building a tool to help small businesses quickly set up their own CRM systems by guiding them through the process.

144

5 years ago

A payment system for small businesses with physical locations, like a barbershop or a dry cleaner.

144

5 years ago

The startup is building a tool to help startups get more visibility into their customers. The startup wants to use data to build a “scalable dashboard” that allows small and medium sized businesses to see all their social media data in one place.

144

3 years ago

A minimum viable product, aimed at early adopters with a small budget

144

3 years ago

A cloud based CRM for small to medium sized enterprises. The startup is building a platform to help sales and marketing departments keep track of sales leads, contracts, customers and projects.

144

5 years ago

A startup to connect small businesses to freelancers using a marketplace

143

5 years ago

A startup that helps small business owners get started in the insurance market. By creating a simple contract, it allows small startups to get a quote for insurance and get coverage within a few days.

143

5 years ago

A company that makes it easier for smaller businesses to get online by connecting them with a network of vendors and insights from the business community.

143

5 years ago

A platform for small businesses to manage marketing and sales, enabling them to make more profitable sales and grow their customer base.

143

5 years ago

A startup that’s building software to make it easier for small businesses to manage their expenses and accounting.

143

5 years ago

A startup that goes after the 5 million small businesses that have yet to accept payments online. Their vision is to be able to “complete, manage, and reimburse small business invoices”.

143

5 years ago

A digital marketing platform for small businesses, pitched as a toolset to help companies reach their customers.

143

5 years ago

This is a startup that wants to help small and medium-size companies connect with local communities. The company provides an online platform to help companies find local talent, and has a built-in business development tool to help build relationships between companies and local businesses.

143

5 years ago

A digital tool for borrowing money from friends and family for small business purchases. The current model is still simple: the startup is working to launch an app that lets you borrow money in seconds from your friends and family. The company has raised a seed round, and is launching today

143

5 years ago

A digital asset management tool that automates accounting and audit for startups and small businesses.

143

5 years ago

An enterprise resource planning solution for small businesses that lets them share key financial data with a single dashboard, rather than using different apps on different devices.

143

4 years ago

A tool for helping small companies get loans from banks by simply signing a power of attorney. The startup wants to use its existing network of over 1,000 lending partners to make this happen.

143

3 years ago

A tool to help small businesses access business loans. The company’s founders claim that they have already signed up 450 companies in a week, and plan to grow to over 10,000 by the end of the year.

143

3 years ago

The first online marketplace for small businesses to buy and sell inventory, with all items listed and priced by the owner.

143

3 years ago

This company aims to help small-business owners manage and launch their own domain names. The startup is meeting with potential customers and building a marketing campaign.

143

5 years ago

People who want to start a company but don’t know how to do so can learn to do it from this startup. They teach entrepreneurs how to raise small amounts of money, how to run a team, and how to keep track of their business.

142

5 years ago

Unbounce isn’t selling directly to customers, but instead to small agencies and marketers that want to hire them to do their advertising.

142

5 years ago

The startup is looking to help small businesses grow by connecting them with customers, and bringing them together.

142

5 years ago

A startup that’s building a marketplace for dispute resolution for startups and small businesses. It pairs companies with a lawyer who works in conjunction with a separate, neutral party.

142

5 years ago

Work-at-home tech support for small businesses. The startup is based in the Bay Area and recently raised $3 million to expand internationally.

142

5 years ago

A startup that helps small businesses track repairs, maintenance, and replacements rather than having to rely on spreadsheets and stops receiving Ubers and other ride-share services.

142

3 years ago

Connecting small businesses with their Facebook and Instagram audiences.

142

3 years ago

A customer service platform for small businesses. The company claims to have $15,000 in monthly recurring revenue, and has been growing at a rate of 50% month-over-month.

142

3 years ago

A P2P lending platform for small businesses in Latin America, the team is looking to “build Latin America’s first successful P2P lending platform”.

142

5 years ago

A platform to help small businesses grow by offering them a complete marketing suite in a single product.

141

5 years ago

A platform that helps small businesses buy and sell excess inventory. The startup’s founder says that they have over 15,000 businesses using the platform and over $1 million of inventory moving through the system.

141

5 years ago

A tool designed to help small- and medium-sized businesses get their online through a series of video interviews.

141

5 years ago

A startup that aims to replace a broken “payroll processing system” that hurts small businesses. The company was founded in September.

141

5 years ago

A chatbot to help with small talk and get to know people you’re meeting with in person.

141

5 years ago

A platform for small businesses to create online communities that offer live and on-demand video and audio conferencing.

141

5 years ago

A startup that helps small-business owners and managers track and manage their expenses with a suite of easy to use tools

141

5 years ago

An API-driven platform for companies to send invoices, track customers, and also for small businesses to ship online.

141

5 years ago

A platform for small factories in Asia to manage and grow their supply chains.

141

5 years ago

A tool to help small businesses set up their own websites and build their marketing in just a few minutes.

141

5 years ago

A digital credit card designed to help people pay for things by charging a small amount each time they use it.

141

4 years ago

A software development company based in Utah. They’ve built a platform that helps small businesses get paid faster by automating the process of bill-pay and credit card collection.

141

3 years ago

TinyBiz is a marketplace for small business owners to sell their services and products.

141

3 years ago

A small-scale, on-demand grocery delivery service with a $25/month membership fee. It’s currently servicing just San Antonio, but is expanding to Austin, Denver, Portland, and Salt Lake City.

141

3 years ago

This company is building a system to streamline the day-to-day operations of small businesses.

141

5 years ago

A startup that helps small businesses understand how to use social media to help them reach new customers

140

5 years ago

A startup that helps small business owners manage and grow their business across the internet by allowing them to create a virtual storefront, and tap into the expertise of other entrepreneurs.

140

5 years ago

A brand new CRM product from Capital One, which boasts a product team of two people. The product is designed to help small businesses manage their customer relationship management, with a focus on helping businesses handle financial transactions and invoicing.

140

5 years ago

A tool used to connect small businesses with customers and suppliers, allowing the businesses to manage their finances from anywhere in the world.

140

5 years ago

A startup that helps you find people who want to buy from you, and who want to buy from you. The company is currently in closed beta testing on a small group of users.

140

5 years ago

A small, locally-owned business in the Twin Cities that sells and rents space to small nonprofits and non-profits.

140

5 years ago

An online retailer of small business supplies that's trying to take on Amazon. The company is based in Brazil, which is where they say 85% of small businesses are located.

140

5 years ago

A customer relationship management app for small businesses

140

5 years ago

A startup that helps small businesses and startups interact with their customers. The app lets people create and manage a live broadcast from their phone.

140

5 years ago

A start-up that builds small devices for the home to measure temperature, humidity, and other factors. The company is also developing an indoor location service.

140

5 years ago

A startup that makes it easier to obtain pension funds for small businesses in India.

140

5 years ago

A startup that helps small businesses use big data to improve their operations. The company’s software helps companies make accurate trade-off decisions between labor and capital in order to optimize their operations.

139

5 years ago

A coworking space, aimed at startups, but could be used by any small business.

139

5 years ago

Creating a social network for small business owners. The business plan is to start with a $10/month subscription service and then build a full social network for small businesses.

139

5 years ago

A startup that is building a “social to-do list” for small- to mid-sized businesses. The startup is currently working with 250 businesses in San Francisco, and plans to expand to other U.S. cities. It charges $20 per month for its platform.

139

5 years ago

A platform for small businesses in South Africa to connect to other businesses, build their online presence, and start selling.

139

5 years ago

A new way to make small investments in companies via a traditional stock exchange, where a fund manager buys shares in a private company and sells them to public investors. A good example of a startup that is trying to bring the benefits of high-frequency trading to a more traditional model.

139

5 years ago

A microfinancing platform that gives small businesses access to capital they need to grow.

139

5 years ago

A small business resource center for people who want to start a new business

139

5 years ago

In India, there are millions of small businesses that don’t have a bank account. ManageBharat is a mobile app that helps these businesses manage transactions, pay taxes, and keep their books straight.

139

4 years ago

A global payments company that wants to help small business owners get paid.

139

5 years ago

A startup that provides a service for helping people who are looking to hire contractors and small businesses to find the right one

138

5 years ago

A platform for small business owners to rent their property out. The company is a joint venture between a local business incubator and the co-founder of Airbnb.

138

5 years ago

A mobile-first bank focused on small business owners and entrepreneurs.

138

5 years ago

A software-as-a-service platform that allows businesses to manage their financial resources like a small business.

138

5 years ago

A startup that helps small businesses manage their supply chains. The app helps small businesses connect with their vendors, track orders, and automate the payment process.

138

5 years ago

A company that helps small businesses create marketing collateral without using their own design team

138

5 years ago

A startup that helps people who are self-employed or in small businesses understand their taxes. It’s building a better tax calculator and tax software for small businesses, with some initial funding from Accel Partners.

138

5 years ago

The company wants to build a platform to help small businesses get paid faster. The company has raised $1 million from Lerer Ventures and other investors.

138

4 years ago

A startup that sources and purchases organic food in the US at wholesale prices, delivering it to customers for a small fee.

138

4 years ago

A bank account for small business owners that builds off of the popular social network Huddle. The startup is building a way for small businesses to connect with each other and build relationships with banks, suppliers, and other businesses with which they do business.

138

3 years ago

A platform for small businesses to create a custom email address for their customers. A customer can choose from a range of options, including custom logos, backgrounds, and colors.

138

2 years ago

A startup that wants to help small businesses manage their expenses. A small business owner can go on the app, input their expenses, and get a detailed breakdown of their budget.

138

2 years ago

A payment processing startup focused on small businesses that delivers a much lower processing cost than businesses typically pay, allowing them to offer lower prices to their customers.

138

5 years ago

A platform that helps small businesses design and manage user-generated online profiles and meta data for their products.

137

5 years ago

A company that’s moving the power of the “internet of things” from the world of large manufacturing plants and factories to the world of small-scale manufacturing and manufacturing at home. The company is working with over 50 manufacturers to make it easier to connect their products to the Internet.

137

5 years ago

A marketing software service for small and medium-sized companies. The company’s founders say they’re seeing a huge demand for the service from companies after a number of competitors have fallen by the wayside.

137

5 years ago

A startup that helps small businesses keep track of their finances. The company is an online invoice management system that helps companies manage invoices and costs more than $300 million in annual revenue.

137

5 years ago

A platform that allows small businesses to quickly and easily sell their products to customers via a white label platform, replacing the need for expensive e-commerce platforms.

137

5 years ago

This credit card processor is trying to make small businesses feel more secure about their accounts.

137

5 years ago

Startup #7 is a marketplace for student housing. The company aims to transform the student housing industry, which is currently dominated by a small number of large corporations.

137

5 years ago

The idea: A mobile phone that can be powered by your body movement, rather than by a battery. The goal is for the device to be small enough to fit in your pocket, but powerful enough to run a full computer. The company was founded in May 2016 by two ex-Apple engineers.

137

5 years ago

Similar to the standard credit card processing business, but with a more tailored product. The startup has a subscription model, and aims to break down the barriers to entry for smaller businesses.

137

5 years ago

A microfinance company that provides small loans to farmers in India to help them hedge against the possibility that their crops might fail.

137

5 years ago

A startup for lending to small businesses. The startup makes it easy for banks and investors to lend to small businesses.

137

5 years ago

A simple way to get a bunch of small tasks done all at once, using a single app.

137

4 years ago

A software company that helps companies with the tech-heavy job of finding and interviewing candidates. Clarity has a free version for small teams and a $4,000/month paid option, which it says has “well over 100 customers”.

137

3 years ago

A “follow-on to the Alibaba Group”, this is a social network for small businesses in China.

137

3 years ago

A startup that wants to take on Slack, the chat app that connects teams, by offering a version of Slack for small teams.

137

2 years ago

A digital law firm that partners with small businesses to help them set up and manage their legal needs.

137

5 years ago

A payment processor for small businesses that provides low-cost ATM withdrawals and cash-back payments. The company wants to partner with ATMs that have locations in underserved areas that have a high concentration of cash-carrying customers.

136

5 years ago

A startup that wants to bring the benefits of a big-box retailer’s store-within-a-store model to small businesses.

136

5 years ago

A cybersecurity startup offering enterprise-grade security for small companies. The company claims to have already brought in $1.5M in revenue. Possibly a conflation of the financial services startup and the cybersecurity startup,

136

5 years ago

A financial services platform for small businesses in the UK. It’s currently on a pilot with around 100 businesses.

136

5 years ago

A platform that helps small businesses optimize their sites for search through visual conversion. The startup is currently in private beta.

136

5 years ago

Helping small businesses create community-based, crowdsourced events that benefit all the attendees.

136

5 years ago

A video chat app for small businesses, allowing them to record meetings, call in and out, and see who’s online.

136

5 years ago

A micro-payment platform for small businesses and freelancers. The startup is building a platform that enables small businesses and freelancers to accept micropayments via PayPal or their own branded payment processor.

136

5 years ago

A startup that is building a platform to help small businesses know the best loan options at the best rates. Part of their pitch is that they’re aiming to help people in emerging markets, where banks are more expensive.

136

5 years ago

A web-based video platform for providing short-form, on-demand “how to” guides for small businesses. The idea is that users can subscribe to specific topics, such as ‘how to sell on eBay’ and then be notified when a new video is available.

136

5 years ago

A platform to help small businesses build customer relationships, even those without a website.

136

3 years ago

A company that helps small businesses and social media marketers find and communicate with their ideal customers using a mobile app.

136

3 years ago

A mobile-first, on-demand supply chain management platform for small and medium businesses, with a focus on digital-only companies.

136

5 years ago

Idea: A startup that provides a small-scale, educational version of a Tesla Powerwall battery to budding solar panel users The company says that their product is the fastest-growing solar product in the United States, and has seen an 800% increase in the number of students using it

135

5 years ago

A startup that helps run a small business by helping you keep track of all your employees, customers, and products in one place. The startup wants to make the small business owner their own digital HR manager.

135

5 years ago

An insurance startup that gives small businesses a way to buy insurance without the help of an agent.

135

5 years ago

They are building a marketplace based on the idea of peer to peer lending, but aimed at small property loans (smaller than $5,000), and aimed at women.

135

5 years ago

A startup that helps corporations collaborate with small businesses on their products. It helps companies identify and get to know potential partners, then helps them negotiate deals and move toward production.

135

5 years ago

This company, which is now a subsidiary of software giant IBM, is trying to make enterprise software simpler for smaller organizations. They have a new product called “Navigator”, which is designed to help organizations of all sizes (from a startup with 3 people to a Fortune 100 company) navigate the complex technology stack they have today.

135

5 years ago

A company that’s trying to make fans of a band a small part of the business. It’s a way to bring the band closer to their fans.

135

5 years ago

This startup is building a tool that helps small businesses create and manage their own marketing campaigns. It’s called “marketing automation” and helps businesses automate the creation of emails, landing pages, and other marketing materials.

135

5 years ago

The startup is building out an app that helps small businesses with accounting and cashflow. It’s meant to help businesses manage their finances by making it easy to create invoices, track sales, and keep track of cash.

135

5 years ago

A solution for small businesses that want to order in bulk and ship it out all at once. The business is backed by Y Combinator.

135

4 years ago

The startup is building a service that replaces the traditional sales funnel with a series of interactions that make the process more intuitive for customers. The company’s platform is meant to help small businesses “tap into the power of the digital,” with a product that helps businesses pitch, pitch, pitch, and finally close.

135

4 years ago

A startup that makes online payments easier for small businesses in countries where digital payments are still in its nascent stages.

135

4 years ago

A tool for planning events with a group of people in mind, similar to a calendar but for smaller groups. The startup is looking to partner with Indian companies that organize team events.

135

3 years ago

A platform that connects users with the right companies for small projects. Their platform collects project requirements and matches users with companies that fit the need.

135

2 years ago

App to help small businesses capture and organize customer feedback. A professional service helps businesses create their own survey and collect feedback.

135

5 years ago

The startup wants to help smaller businesses get a loan through peer-to-peer lending, and has already closed more than $50 million in loans in an eight month period since it launched.

134

5 years ago

A social-media platform for contractors, designed for organizations with a small project or need.

134

5 years ago

An analytics startup for small to medium-sized businesses that collects and analyzes data on online purchases. The startup also provides a tool that allows companies to schedule their marketing content to be sent out at specific times during the week.

134

5 years ago

A project management platform: “Many small businesses are managing their projects themselves,” said CEO Ben. “We want to help them have access to the same data and value proposition that large companies have.”

134

5 years ago

Zapier wants to help small businesses automate physical tasks using web tools. It’s currently in private beta with a few thousand users, and the startup is seeking to raise funding to grow it.

134

5 years ago

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

134

4 years ago

Fintech startup that wants to help small businesses with cash flow and credit management.

134

5 years ago

This company is building a toolset to help small businesses manage their online reputation.

133

5 years ago

A company that makes a small device that cools down the air in your car.

133

5 years ago

A company that wants to help manufacturers build smaller products, including sensors.

133

5 years ago

A platform that helps small businesses manage their finances by bringing together all their bank accounts and credit cards into one dashboard for employees, and for employees to request payments.

133

5 years ago

An on-demand data science service for small companies. They’re offering a 10% discount to startups.

133

5 years ago

A digital payments platform for small business owners that enables them to take payments in person, over email, or via mobile. It’s currently in private beta but plans to launch publicly next year.

133

5 years ago

A bitcoin exchange for retailers and small businesses that want to accept the cryptocurrency. The startup is currently focusing on the US, with plans to expand internationally.

133

3 years ago

A “mobile pharmacy” that aims to solve a problem faced by too many small companies — employees who work from home often need prescription refills.

133

5 years ago

A startup that helps small businesses market to homebuyers. Their product is a “premier content marketing platform” that utilizes detailed data about a dozen variables, including income, credit score, and the type of property they’re looking for.

132

5 years ago

A startup that wants to help small businesses make use of the time they spend in the kitchen. It’s a way of connecting people with other people who cook at the same level as them, and a way to help them learn from each other.

132

5 years ago

The startup is bringing its AI to 100,000 small businesses in Germany and the Netherlands to help them run better.

132

5 years ago

A company that makes a cloud-based service for small businesses that allows them to collaborate in real-time and access their spreadsheets in the cloud.

132

4 years ago

A set of tools for small- and medium-sized businesses to manage their credit and invoice processes.

132

4 years ago

An internal social network for employees at small businesses. They have 12 employees and a $40k monthly recurring revenue.

132

4 years ago

A platform for small businesses that want to sell their products online without a website. It’s like Etsy, but it doesn’t require a website.

132

3 years ago

This startup is building an AI-based assistant for businesses. The startup is currently focused on hotel concierge services, and wants to help owners of small businesses know what their customers want.

132

5 years ago

A startup that provides a service where people who need to move or clean up their house can pay someone a small amount of money to do it for them

131

5 years ago

This is a SaaS startup that aims to help small businesses with their marketing and branding needs. The company says it has over 700 customers, with the majority of those customers coming from the tech industry.

131

5 years ago

A digital platform for private label products. The startup helps small businesses sell private label products via their own e-commerce websites.

131

5 years ago

A crowdfunded loans startup that helps credit unions offer small business loans to their members. It partners with Fiserv and its lending platform.

131

5 years ago

A “one-stop shop for all-in-one accounting and tax management”, with a web app and mobile app for self-employed individuals and small businesses.

131

5 years ago

A payment startup that offers a money transfer service for small and medium-sized businesses. The company has a network of partners that cover 90% of all businesses.

131

5 years ago

A startup that takes on the issues facing small and medium sized companies in the industry with a cloud-based platform they say is “built for the employee experience”. The platform hopes to give employees more time and flexibility to be productive, with features like the ability to manage and access workers from any device, a “private” chat room, and an inbox for all communication.

131

4 years ago

An HR platform that focuses on employee engagement, and is aimed at small/medium size companies. They plan to announce a $2.5 million seed round in December.

131

2 years ago

A company that provides an all-in-one, no-fuss way for small businesses to integrate a crowdfunding campaign.

131

5 years ago

A startup that provides a directory of people in your area who are willing to do small tasks for you (IE: I pay $25 and you go get my laundry washed and cleaned at the dry cleaner)

130

5 years ago

A software platform that empowers small business owners to manage their finances and take control of their lives.

130

5 years ago

Decentralized social network where people can get paid to publish stories. The startup is open source and free to use, and the founder says it has a "small amount of daily active users."

130

5 years ago

An employee-owned bank with a focus on small businesses, offering free checking accounts and savings accounts.

130

5 years ago

A startup that uses a “digital designer” to help small businesses build websites. The startup’s model is to wake up early in the morning and design a website for a small business owner and have it ready to go by that evening.

130

5 years ago

This startup is building a new version of the Apple TV. The new device will be a small, small sized device that will turn the TV into a smart TV.

130

5 years ago

An email marketing service built to help small businesses, startups and freelancers grow their email lists and boost their sales. It offers a free plan for businesses with up to five contacts.

130

3 years ago

To help small businesses with remote workers, the company helps them hire, manage and coach remote employees.

130

3 years ago

Micro-loans to small businesses in India, offering a simple way to borrow $50 to $5,000. The company has already helped over 2,000 businesses, with plans to expand to the US by the end of 2020

130

5 years ago

A platform for small businesses to manage their analytics and data. The startup wants to make it easier for small businesses to aggregate and analyze their data.

129

5 years ago

A company that “helps businesses buy and build from a wider, more diverse set of technology services”. The startup has raised $6 million from investors and says it has already helped companies grow from “the size of a small company to a well-staffed, highly functional team”.

129

5 years ago

This startup is building a network for the more than 60 million people who don’t have bank accounts — but are still expected to receive a loan, rent payments, or pay utility bills. As a result, they often don’t have access to the basic financial services they need. Envelope lets them become a platform for next-day payment, and offers payment-by-phone for small transactions.

129

5 years ago

This startup helps businesses accept payment in cryptocurrency through a platform that breaks up transactions into small, everyday transactions that are easier to process.

129

5 years ago

A small loan marketplace that allows anyone to lend and borrow locally, in person, with no credit score required.

129

5 years ago

A startup that wants to improve the process of lending money to small businesses. The company is a tool used by businesses that make loans to customers.

129

5 years ago

A platform that helps small businesses grow with the help of AI and machine learning. The startup is targeting the B2B market, and already has over 100 customers.

129

4 years ago

A video platform that helps small businesses create slick video content without hiring a video specialist.

129

3 years ago

A platform where people can collaborate on small work tasks.

129

3 years ago

A logistics company that helps small businesses get more repeat business from their customers by pairing them with a local merchant to handle delivery and pick-up of the goods.

129

5 years ago

A startup that provides a tool to help small businesses quickly launch their own mobile apps. The company says it’s currently working with 1,000 businesses and is currently in talks with several others.

128

5 years ago

A startup meant to help small businesses keep track of their day-to-day expenses. The company hopes to help small companies keep track of their day-to-day expenses and tap into their savings potential.

128

5 years ago

A health insurance company built for small businesses. It’s a “flexible, affordable, and transparent platform by which businesses can get coverage for in-house doctors and nurses.”

128

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.

128

5 years ago

A startup that wants to be the middleman between the growing number of small-scale contractors and the big-contractor industry

128

5 years ago

A startup that helps small businesses create a social media presence, with a focus on Facebook and Twitter

128

5 years ago

Manage your small business finances from your phone

128

4 years ago

This is a tool that helps small businesses track and manage data.

128

3 years ago

A startup that wants to make it easy for small and medium-sized businesses to sell insurance for employees. The software is designed for companies to create policies for employees and automatically apply them to their payroll accounts.

128

3 years ago

A tool which helps small businesses set up a website by automating the creation of e-commerce software and HTML.

128

5 years ago

An employee scheduling tool for small businesses and freelancers.

127

5 years ago

The startup is working with partners to bootstrap the growth of a small-scale 3D printing community by providing the equipment and resources to move from a maker-model printer to a high-quality commercial printer.

127

5 years ago

building a tool to help small businesses manage their paper files, like sales invoices, in a way that’s really convenient for everyone. The startup’s CEO says that they’ve already sold their product to three big companies.

127

5 years ago

A startup that wants to be the “Yelp for small businesses”, helping them connect to customers and other local businesses in their area, and help them grow and engage with their customers. Currently has $100,000 in seed funding.

127

5 years ago

A company that makes business software for small businesses. In February 2017, Infusionsoft closed a Series B funding round led by Greylock Partners that raises the company’s valuation to $200 million.

127

5 years ago

A customer support platform for small business, allowing them to connect with customers via chat, email, social media, and phone calls.

127

5 years ago

A software company that works with small businesses to help them automate the creation of their websites based on their business needs.

127

5 years ago

A SaaS software platform that helps optimize the health of small businesses.

127

4 years ago

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

127

4 years ago

A software platform that allows small businesses to “pay anyone in the world in less than a second”.

127

4 years ago

A platform for the design and creation of websites. The startup wants to use its tools to make it easier for small businesses to take advantage of WordPress’s features, and create a platform that’s especially well suited for a variety of small businesses.

127

3 years ago

A company who makes a small device for making sense of large volumes of data and looking for trends.

127

5 years ago

A single platform to help companies understand and engage with their customers, and act on that data. The startup is testing out a platform designed to serve the needs of small-to-medium-size companies, and then help them scale as they grow.

126

5 years ago

A startup that wants to build a global network of incubators for small businesses. Started in October, the company is currently working with a few dozen companies.

126

5 years ago

A micro-investment product for small investors. The startup has created a platform that allows you to invest in a portfolio of loans rather than a single loan.

126

5 years ago

The startup wants to work with small businesses to help them market themselves on social media.

126

5 years ago

A “uniquely-designed” home security system that’s supposed to be “very simple to install and use”. Its price is low, and it’s meant for smaller homes.

126

5 years ago

A web-based sales platform for small business. The startup aims to help them "sell bigger than them" and offer a way for them to grow faster.

126

4 years ago

A bookkeeping startup in Argentina that helps small businesses and freelancers track their finances.

126

3 years ago

This credit card processor for small businesses is growing fast but has a small user base.

126

5 years ago

This startup is using mobile payments to help small businesses pay their vendors directly from their phones, reducing the need to invoice and avoid late payments.

125

5 years ago

This startup is building an “Amazon for small businesses”, with new products and services created by small businesses in the US and UK.

125

5 years ago

VIC is a B2B company that provides a dashboard for small businesses across the country to manage their client relationships.

125

5 years ago

A business to business payroll service. The SaaS product helps small to mid-size businesses with payroll.

125

5 years ago

A company that helps small businesses open bank accounts, and then allows them to pay employees & suppliers on the go with ease.

125

5 years ago

The startup is simplifying the process of encrypting files by bringing high-end encryption to small businesses, with an API that lets developers create their own encryption tools.

125

5 years ago

A B2B product that allows users to manage and track expenses related to their professional development program. It’s free for startups and small businesses.

125

5 years ago

A business lending platform for small businesses in the UK. The startup connects businesses with lenders at a rate of 5.5% to 8.5%, a much lower rate than banks charge.

125

4 years ago

A set of business-focused events for women. The company wants to start with a small group of founders in the SF Bay Area.

125

3 years ago

A solution for small businesses to manage their payroll. The startup is building an SaaS platform for small-business payroll management. It’s already in use by Zappos.

125

3 years ago

A tool for small and medium businesses to advertise on Facebook and Reddit.

125

2 years ago

A way to make it easy for people to run their own online classes, charging them a small fee for each enrolled student.

125

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.

124

5 years ago

SaaS company that helps small businesses manage their marketing. The startup helps small businesses create digital marketing strategies, then connects them with the right people to execute the plans.

124

5 years ago

A company that wants to use the concept of a “community of practice” to help small businesses get funding in the form of peer-to-peer network. It’s currently in testing phase.

124

5 years ago

A global insurance company that aims to help small and mid-size companies in need of insurance solutions. The startup operates in 20 countries and has 2 million customers.

124

5 years ago

This startup is creating a system for the 3,000 small businesses in the UK to purchase and sell their goods online on a marketplace.

124

5 years ago

A platform for building mobile applications for small businesses, with an easy-to-use dashboard. The startup is looking to compete with popular platforms like Square and Stripe.

124

4 years ago

A coalition of companies is trying to build a system for small businesses to buy and sell goods on the internet without a middleman.

124

3 years ago

An all-in-one accounting and invoicing solution for small businesses. The company is focusing on K-12 schools and universities.

124

3 years ago

A company that helps small businesses with inventory management, especially in the manufacturing space.

124

2 years ago

The list above is a small sample of the companies YC companies have invested in. Below is a complete list of companies YC invested in.

124

5 years ago

BuildOn is a tool that helps small businesses list their products on Amazon. The company is part of Y Combinator’s Class 5.

123

5 years ago

A platform for freelance work, where users can bid on jobs, and get paid by a single company in exchange for a small fee.

123

5 years ago

A startup that lends out the tools necessary to set up a basic office at home, whether it’s for a small team, an individual freelancer, or even a single room. The startup has a platform for users to manage and share their work books, collaborate with other team members, and track team progress.

123

5 years ago

The startup is looking to serve the needs of small and medium-sized companies by offering “managed customer relationship management.”

123

5 years ago

An online payments solution for small businesses in the finance, insurance, and healthcare verticals.

123

5 years ago

A platform for identifying “problems” with your photos. The company has built an algorithm that identifies things like “your face looks too small” or “your background looks weird in this photo”.

123

5 years ago

This is a marketplace where people can sell their expired Amazon and eBay gift cards, with a small percentage of the proceeds going to charity. The startup takes a cut from each sale.

123

5 years ago

A platform that provides an online store for small retailers or artisans, selling products they created themselves. The startup is based in India and is looking to expand to other South Asian countries.

123

4 years ago

A project management app for small teams and distributed teams of people that don't want to be tied to a computer screen.

123

4 years ago

This small startup is building a set of tools to help people adopt and use artificial intelligence programs.

123

3 years ago

A platform that helps large employers and small businesses pay for services through automated payments. They’re targeting the $500 billion health care market with an app that allows you to set up a health care budget, and pay for it.

123

5 years ago

A company that creates software for individuals and small businesses that allows users to digitize and store paper documents in the cloud. The company was founded in 2014.

122

5 years ago

A startup that helps people build small businesses in the Philippines using a combination of digital tools and their own hands-on assistance.

122

5 years ago

A tool that helps small online businesses build websites and attract new customers.

122

5 years ago

A startup to monitor and manage small businesses and their expenses. The company operates in the UK, France, and Switzerland, and is currently in the process of expanding to the US.

122

5 years ago

A startup that helps small businesses in the US and beyond streamline their sales and HR processes, with a focus on increasing customer engagement and reducing costs.

122

5 years ago

A side project to Zenefits, a human resource software company, that automates payroll for small businesses by pulling data from Quickbooks.

121

5 years ago

A company that helps small businesses test their websites or mobile apps before deploying them. Potential clients can use this to test their website for free, get feedback on their website, and then make changes to their website based on that feedback. The company also offers a web app that helps small businesses track user metrics and track how changes to their website impact those metrics.

121

5 years ago

A multi-services platform that provides a complete end-to-end solution for small businesses. The company says that they’ve had $10m in bookings and a $1m ARR.

121

5 years ago

A web/mobile app that helps small businesses collect their customer data for marketing.

121

5 years ago

A company that helps small businesses by giving them a platform to get their products in front of large-scale advertisers.

121

5 years ago

This startup helps small businesses build websites from scratch using HTML5, CSS, and Google Fonts. The startup takes care of things like a logo, social media, fancy blog posts, and of course, the website itself. The startup is based in New York.

121

5 years ago

A platform for connecting small tech companies with big brands that wants to help bridge the distance between them.

121

5 years ago

A startup looking to help small businesses in the Philippines get discounts on their utilities.

121

5 years ago

A digital tool that helps small construction companies forecast and manage their construction budgets.

121

4 years ago

A cloud-based platform that provides end-to-end accounting upgrades for small businesses. The company was founded by two former Intuit employees.

121

5 years ago

A company that wants to solve a problem for small businesses: they’re struggling to get their customers to pay. Shopin makes it easier to create a loyalty scheme for their customers by helping them create a personal account and tie it to their business account. Shopin also has a small business version that can help businesses combine rewards programs from multiple platforms into one.

120

5 years ago

A collective of independent, small-time, and non-profit startups.

120

5 years ago

A SMB-focused marketplace for small business loans, which has already closed $20M in loans and has more than 10,000 users.

120

5 years ago

A new way to help small companies make more money through marketplace lending, with a focus on the Middle East.

120

2 years ago

A tool that helps small businesses in India to import and export goods to their local markets.

120

5 years ago

A startup that provides a service for people in their 20s+ to find a small group of people to live with

119

5 years ago

Arist is a cloud-based project management and accounting tool that helps small teams manage projects and budget. Arist is a free plan with paid options that offers more features. Arist is available on the App Store, Google Play, and the Arist website.

119

5 years ago

A platform for helping people build and sell customized products. They’re currently focused on building a platform for small businesses to access to the manufacturing supply chain.

119

5 years ago

A business that helps small businesses get paid online, through a service that takes payments online and then processes them later.

119

5 years ago

Notion is a platform that aims to simplify the purchase process for small businesses. Rather than buying products online, you can link their local brick-and-mortar store to the website and have the products delivered to you.

119

5 years ago

is a company that helps small and medium enterprises (SMEs) connect with a wider set of potential customers. The SMEs gain access to a wider range of potential customers, including business professionals, which helps them build up their customer base.

119

4 years ago

Gives small businesses and freelancers a place to create a “marketplace” where they can sell a product or service and find buyers. It’s a “marketplace of marketplaces”.

119

3 years ago

An online platform for small businesses to grow their businesses. It’s meant to be more of a business management platform for those who already sell their own products, rather than a marketplace like Etsy.

119

5 years ago

A software company that helps IoT devices connect to the internet. The company initially grew out of a maker of the exact same products with a smaller market, and it wants to grow into the larger IoT market.

118

5 years ago

An affordable, internal IT service for small businesses. The startup aims to be a technology partner for small businesses, offering a package of IT services to keep employees productive and the business running.

118

5 years ago

This is a credit card processing startup that is aiming to offer a cheaper alternative for small businesses.

118

5 years ago

A virtual assistant that handles customer service and product support for a company’s small business customers.

118

5 years ago

The equity crowdfunding platform for startups, which is working on a financial services platform for small businesses.

118

4 years ago

A company that helps small businesses sell telecommuting services. They’ve sold over 20,000 hours of telecommuting time.

118

3 years ago

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

118

5 years ago

This is a tool that helps small business with their tax returns. The startup is called TurboTax because it claims to be a more comprehensive and efficient way to get your taxes done.

117

5 years ago

You can use this to send money to friends and family, at a small fee.

117

5 years ago

The company is building a B2B payments platform for small and medium businesses

117

4 years ago

This startup is building a cloud-based service that allows small businesses to send invoices and manage their accounting in one place. It’s in beta and doesn’t have any revenue yet.

117

4 years ago

A micro-entrepreneur in India that wants to relieve the stress of small businesses by providing them with a platform for managing all their accounting needs.

117

3 years ago

A platform that lets you create and distribute small-scale, customized video ads. The startup wants to replace large, complicated video ads with a more streamlined, interactive ad unit.

117

5 years ago

A company that builds “smart” homes for elderly people. The startup offers wireless, automated home assistance systems to help people age in place. They’re currently only available in a small number of homes, with plans to expand to more.

116

5 years ago

A company that makes it easy for small businesses to get in touch with consumers. The startup is making it easier for companies to market to a large, specific group of consumers by creating a one-stop resource for companies to find and contact consumers.

116

5 years ago

A startup that makes it easier for small businesses to get loans from lenders. The company has raised $2.5 million from investors like KKR and Google Ventures.

116

5 years ago

A value-added reseller that helps small businesses with their marketing strategy. The startup aims to help small businesses that don’t have marketing budgets.

116

5 years ago

A company that helps small businesses manage their accounting, scheduling, and marketing from one platform.

116

5 years ago

A cooperative that helps small-to-medium sized businesses with a number of issues. From customer service to marketing and HR, The Cooperative can help small-to-medium sized businesses with a number of issues.

116

5 years ago

A tool to help people get mortgages, which combines the small business loan market with the personalized loan market. It’s currently in private beta.

116

2 years ago

A platform for small-to-medium sized businesses to manage their accounts, pay their vendors, and keep track of their cash in one place.

116

5 years ago

A company that’s building a “smart gateway” that’s meant to connect small businesses directly with banks and financial institutions.

115

5 years ago

A company building custom-branded, headless mobile apps for small businesses. It’s one of the more unusual companies in the program, with a very different business model than other companies in the program.

115

5 years ago

A messaging app for small businesses that allows them to grow their businesses with curated content from across the web.

115

5 years ago

Creates software for small businesses to create and manage their own online store. The company is offering a cloud-based platform that gives businesses a set of tools to create an e-commerce store without any coding knowledge.

115

5 years ago

Startup seeking to make the world’s first computer small enough to fit into your pocket.

115

5 years ago

A global online marketplace for more than 5,000 businesses, connecting them with small business owners in a variety of sectors.

115

5 years ago

A startup that helps small businesses find a wide variety of services at low prices through an online marketplace.

115

4 years ago

One of the biggest challenges of small businesses in India is that they don’t have a good way to manage their finances.

115

5 years ago

A company that helps small businesses gather data about their customers, and is now expanding to help retailers do the same. The company’s founding team previously worked at Google Analytics.

114

5 years ago

A sassy, sarcastic assistant that works on mobile. The startup’s founder, after building a small app for the same purpose, decided to build a full-fledged assistant, which works on mobile.

114

5 years ago

A platform that helps teams of small businesses find insurance partners.

114

5 years ago

This startup is a product management platform for smaller companies, helping them handle their product backlog.

114

5 years ago

A tool to help small businesses build products, sell them, and ship them. The startup wants to be the “Amazon Prime for small businesses.”

114

5 years ago

A company that helps small businesses build an online presence. They’re already working with a few small businesses who want to launch an online presence.

114

5 years ago

A platform for tracking and understanding the health of small businesses. The platform incorporates data from disparate sources like patient feedback and third-party surveys to provide real-time insights into the health of a business.

114

4 years ago

A startup that automates the process of producing invoices and tracking payments for small businesses, including accounting.

114

4 years ago

A startup that wants to help small businesses be able to use their mobile devices to manage their business, from managing inventory to managing customers.

114

3 years ago

A startup building a platform to help small businesses with their accounting, billing and other recurring tasks. It’s a SaaS offering.

114

2 years ago

Software developer for small businesses and startups, building a tool to help them build out their own tech support systems.

114

5 years ago

This startup is creating a tool for small businesses to manage their finances by sending invoices and tracking payments.

113

5 years ago

A “pay-to-email” system for small businesses that offers constant email tracking and analytics.

113

5 years ago

A software-as-a-service that helps large companies manage and automate their entire supply chain, from procurement to inventory. It’s used by corporations like Apple, Ford, and Vodafone, as well as smaller companies like Clerys and GoDaddy.

113

5 years ago

Retail-based marketplace for small businesses in the US. The company hopes to make it easier for small businesses to find and buy supplies online.

113

5 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.

113

4 years ago

A tool for small businesses to set up their own internal and external Payoneer accounts, and use the platform to make payments, invoicing, and other tasks.

113

4 years ago

This startup is building a platform to help small businesses build better marketing campaigns, with the goal being to get small businesses to spend less money on marketing and more on building better products.

113

4 years ago

A company that helps small businesses in the United States and Canada sell to businesses in the United Kingdom and Europe.

113

3 years ago

This company is working with small businesses to automate their accounting processes and allow them to pay employees and bills faster.

113

3 years ago

A way for people to connect with influencers in their area and get small jobs done.

113

3 years ago

A startup that makes it easier for small companies to lease out public spaces in their buildings to corporate clients.

113

5 years ago

A platform that allows small business owners to create and market coupons to their customers. The platform is growing in popularity for in-person coupon-based events.

112

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

This startup is developing the first FDA-approved small animal pain drug.

112

5 years ago

A new startup that creates “micro-apps” for Web sites and apps, which are small pieces of software that can be embedded into a site or app to do powerful things like pull data from an external API and present it in a way that’s easy to use. For instance, one startup called Jingo lets small-business owners track employee schedules by giving them a “checklist” embedded in their website.

112

5 years ago

A product that aims to change the way people save for retirement. Its main product is a small savings account for younger people, with a plan that pays out a percentage of future earnings.

112

4 years ago

A team of engineers are developing a product platform for software development and automation. Their first product is a small team of bots that let you instantly communicate with anyone on Slack, and they are also developing conversational AI tools to automate tasks.

112

4 years ago

A startup that sells a “tax-only” model for small-scale farmers that would make it easier for them to get credit from banks and sell their produce in the US.

112

5 years ago

An on-site credit card system for small businesses. The company says it’s already working with over 700 businesses.

111

5 years ago

A product designed to make it easier for small businesses to buy products online. It’s currently a free product, with plans starting at $10 per month.

111

5 years ago

A platform that allows small businesses to create and manage their own online store. The startup, which is based in New York, is looking to help small business owners avoid the pitfalls of other e-commerce platforms while scaling their business.

111

4 years ago

A company building on the Ethereum blockchain that wants to create a more efficient marketplace for small businesses. The startup charges a service fee for members, and will also integrate with a business’s accounting software.

111

4 years ago

A company that provides data-driven marketing for small and medium sized businesses.

111

4 years ago

A startup that helps small businesses around the world hire employees and find talent.

111

3 years ago

A startup for small businesses that want to grow their business by taking on extra projects. Instead of doing all the work themselves, you can put the work out to small contractors.

111

2 years ago

A startup making it easier for small businesses to accept credit card payments through their website.

111

5 years ago

A virtual assistant that can help you manage your finances, track your investments and get you the best rates. The SaaS platform is currently in private beta with a soft launch for a small group of users.

110

5 years ago

A software company that simplifies the process of creating digital marketing campaigns for small businesses by using a drag and drop interface and AI.

110

5 years ago

A platform designed to allow small businesses to have more control over their data, allowing them to better manage their brand, and better target their customers.

110

5 years ago

A small business that provides a software package for scheduling and tracking veterinary appointments for pet owners.

110

4 years ago

A platform for banks to build lending products for small businesses in emerging markets.

110

5 years ago

Businesses in the Netherlands can create a marketplace for people to sell their home-grown products and services. The startup has already helped 30 small businesses rent out their homes.

109

5 years ago

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

109

5 years ago

A tool for managing the data on a small to medium sized business. It’s a white label product that is available to be customized by either a third party or a business owner.

109

5 years ago

This company is building a software platform that connects manufacturers with small and medium-sized businesses that need digital printing solutions, including direct mail, invitations, catalogs, posters, and more.

109

5 years ago

A blockchain-based startup that helps big companies move business to the blockchain, and connect with small companies willing to do business on the blockchain.

109

4 years ago

This startup is building a platform to help small businesses find the right staff for their specific needs. The startup said that they have now launched in Boston and New York.

109

4 years ago

A platform for matching large hotel chains with small hotels that need to do some big renovations quickly. The startup offers hotel owners a choice of different financing options that they can use to pay for their renovations.

109

4 years ago

This startup is working on a platform that allows small businesses to manage their inventory and plan their logistics in a single place

109

5 years ago

A platform for freelancers to find and keep clients without the headaches. It’s aimed at small businesses and other organizations that need to keep track of projects, but don’t have the time or personnel to do it.

108

5 years ago

A “next generation” ecommerce platform for startups and small businesses, that uses AI to help them grow their businesses.

108

5 years ago

This startup is building a tool that allows small businesses to sell items on their own websites, without worrying about offline inventory or storefronts.

108

5 years ago

A startup that builds on the Shopify platform to allow small businesses to make online purchases. The company’s goal is to reduce the friction of buying online, which is a challenge for small businesses.

108

5 years ago

A startup that helps small businesses with tasks like marketing, accounting, and social media.

108

4 years ago

A platform that helps small teams get paid for sharing their research and results with the world.

108

4 years ago

A digital payments application for small businesses that replaces a bank account, credit card, and direct debit. The B2B business uses the same technology that allows a company to charge purchases to a credit card.

108

3 years ago

A platform for the e-commerce industry, which has 4 million sellers in the US. The company is building a platform for the e-commerce industry and has launched with a product that helps small retailers sync their sales data with their accounting programs.

108

3 years ago

A startup that’s building an app to help people find low-cost lending options for small business owners, currently focused on the UK market.

108

5 years ago

A startup that wants to bring affordable, secure storage to small and medium sized businesses. The company is focused on providing remote access to business owners who would otherwise have to pay high prices to store things in their own homes.

107

5 years ago

Create a new way for people to get their money from the bank. Give people a way to borrow and pay back small amounts of money to their bank electronically.

107

5 years ago

A digital accounting tool, built by a team of accountants and software engineers, for small businesses.

107

5 years ago

A chatbot for cleaning services that can be used by small employers, bringing a bit of automation to a very manual process.

107

5 years ago

A project management and collaboration platform for small businesses, which helps them document and share projects, track progress, and communicate with each other.

107

5 years ago

This is an “automated” loan application process for small business borrowers. The startup says its technology can analyze the financials of a business in minutes and make a quick decision on whether or not to give them a loan.

107

5 years ago

A startup that helps startups and small businesses create their own API for managing their own APIs.

107

4 years ago

A business that aims to help small-time beer makers have a better shot at getting a traditional distributor, by building a network of distributors and collectors who can help local brewers sell and promote their beers.

107

4 years ago

The company wants to make it easier for small- and medium-sized businesses to process “smart” payments.

107

4 years ago

A tool to help people run their own ad campaigns on Facebook for a small fee

107

3 years ago

A startup that allows you to pay your bills from your phone. It’s meant to be a more cost-effective option than traditional billing software. It’s being built for small businesses, but the founders plan to expand to larger clients in the future.

107

5 years ago

A CRM that helps small businesses set up recurring revenue with tools for customer management, marketing, and sales. The startup wants to make it easy for small businesses to set up recurring revenue models, and charge customers monthly.

106

4 years ago

This startup aims to make the process of hiring software engineers easier for smaller teams, and to do so by merging multiple applicant tracking tools. The startup offers a single dashboard for recruiting, applicant tracking and talent management.

106

4 years ago

A small-business inventory and expense tracking app.

106

4 years ago

The startup is a service that helps small businesses buy and sell their products online. The startup raised $7.5 million in a Series A round in September.

106

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.

106

4 years ago

A way to help small businesses create custom, on-demand insurance policies.

106

4 years ago

A startup that allows employers to find candidates to do side hustle tasks, like writing blogs or social media posts, for a small fee.

106

5 years ago

An AI-powered, data-driven small-business analytics tool that helps businesses with a focus on operations, HR, sales and marketing.

105

5 years ago

A platform that helps small business owners collaborate on projects and communicate with clients. The company has built a system that uses a “social network for online tasks” model.

105

5 years ago

This is a platform for finding and hiring virtual assistants with a focus on solving problems for small businesses and freelancers.

105

5 years ago

A platform for helping small- to medium-sized businesses run their sales, marketing, and customer service. They’re currently in beta and have worked with a variety of companies, including Johnnie Walker and Net-a-Porter.

105

5 years ago

A company that combines the reach of Facebook, the functionality of Slack, and the simplicity of email. The startup is aiming at small businesses and enterprises that want a way to collaborate across teams to stay connected without spending a lot of time in the office. The company is currently in private beta.

105

5 years ago

A startup that is building a platform that helps people find and manage small or large business loans in real time.

105

4 years ago

A tool for turning large images into small GIFs that can be shared on social media.

105

4 years ago

A company that helps small businesses create a website and marketing materials. They have a few clients now, all of whom are on the verge of being acquired by a bigger company.

105

4 years ago

A startup that helps small businesses create a more productive work environment by letting them track employee productivity and workflows.

105

4 years ago

The company’s goal is to help smaller companies manage their data. It’s first product is a tool that allows companies to manage their data by region.

105

4 years ago

A hiring app for small business owners that lets them easily post job openings and manage the hiring process.

105

5 years ago

A startup that’s building a payroll management software for small businesses.

104

5 years ago

A company that uses Artificial Intelligence to help banks and credit unions make loan decisions, with a focus on fintech and small business.

104

5 years ago

A tool for managing and tracking expenses for small businesses. The app facilitates the creation of invoices, expense reports, and other business forms.

104

5 years ago

A startup aiming to create an insurance program that helps small businesses with insurance costs. The startup currently has a grant from the National Science Foundation.

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

5 years ago

An online marketplace for buying and selling used cars, with sellers spread out across the US. A small number of sellers offer used cars, but most of the items are from rentals. The company has raised $40M in a Series E.

104

5 years ago

A startup that helps small and medium-sized companies manage their accounts receivable. They’re currently serving customers in California, Florida, and Illinois.

104

4 years ago

A company that makes a tool that helps small businesses hire full-time help, with help in categories like marketing, communications, sales, and design.

104

4 years ago

A platform that helps users find great deals from local businesses, but don’t have to go to the store. The startup sees itself competing with Groupon, although it hopes to target smaller businesses and compete with Groupon’s recent move to focus on higher-margin, bigger deals.

104

4 years ago

A company that creates a suite of applications for small businesses to automate tasks and shave time off their work week.

104

4 years ago

A bitcoin exchange for small-dollar retail purchases. It’s available in the U.S. and Canada.

104

4 years ago

An accounting and invoicing software with a focus on small businesses.

104

4 years ago

This startup wants to create a “global marketplace” for small businesses to receive services in bulk in order to save money.

104

3 years ago

A cloud-based accounting tool for small- and medium-sized businesses. The company has been using the service since September 2013, and has over 170 clients.

104

3 years ago

A team of four that wants to build a tool for booking and organizing small group events.

104

5 years ago

A startup that helps small businesses with their marketing and sales. The company’s software analyzes data and gives recommendations on how to best market and sell a company’s products. The startup says it has trained more than 150,000 salespeople and made more than $1 billion in revenue for clients.

103

5 years ago

A startup developing a new type of LED lamp that uses less power, lasts longer and has a smaller carbon footprint.

103

4 years ago

An e-commerce platform for small businesses. The company is building a marketplace that lets small businesses sell online.

103

3 years ago

A social media scheduling platform, again aimed at small businesses, that helps them manage everything from social events, to meetings, to marketing, to sales.

103

3 years ago

A startup that makes it easy for small businesses to create customized invoices and save money. The startup helps businesses create invoices for small businesses, streamlining the process and eliminating small business error.

103

3 years ago

A “customer support software for small businesses” built for free and open source.

103

5 years ago

A startup that provides a way to share rental payments in the UK. The company wants to make it easy for small businesses to pay someone else’s rent rather than their own.

102

5 years ago

A platform that lets anyone run a small business by turning their home into a co-working space.

102

5 years ago

A browser extension that lets users embed a Google Analytics account into their blog or website, with the added bonus that it will also track the page views. It’s a simple idea, but one that could be very useful to small businesses.

102

5 years ago

A company that helps people get a loan based on the value of their business. The company is currently working with seven small businesses in the UK.

102

5 years ago

A company that makes small, affordable homes from shipping containers. The company has built “a new kind of modular home that can be made in as little as one week, on site”. The first models are coming out in October.

102

4 years ago

This startup is building a service that helps small businesses build trusted brands that can drive sales and lead to repeat customers.

102

4 years ago

A startup that helps small businesses find and train new employees. It’s sort of like a LinkedIn for small businesses. In the past year they’ve hired over 300 people through the job board, and have a waiting list for others.

102

4 years ago

A platform for connecting small businesses and consulting firms. The company wants to make it easy for consultants to offer their advice and businesses to hire them.

102

4 years ago

A startup that offers a subscription service for small businesses that comes with a free package of everything you need in order to set up your business.

102

4 years ago

This company is making it easier for small businesses to invest in their own ventures, by providing them an online platform for managing investments. The seed round has already been funded, and the company is looking to the next round to help it scale.

102

4 years ago

A startup that provides a marketplace for users to sell their items in exchange for money and a small percentage of the sale.

102

4 years ago

A SaaS startup that helps small business owners by providing value-added services to their customers.

102

4 years ago

This startup is building a platform for small businesses to instantly buy insurance online without the need for a broker.

102

3 years ago

A global payments platform for small- and medium-sized businesses. The startup wants to help those with limited credit or banking options get access to global trade finance.

102

5 years ago

A small business-to-business startup that aims to be Uber for local services.

101

5 years ago

This startup is building a platform for small businesses to create pricing structures and track their revenue, giving them a tool that will allow them to understand their revenue streams, cut costs, and increase revenues.

101

5 years ago

Aimed at helping small businesses sell products online using an affiliate model, and set up new websites.

101

4 years ago

A small software startup looking to get people to watch and share videos on Facebook and Twitter as a way to build awareness for their product.

101

4 years ago

Helping small businesses manage all of their IT needs. The startup has 100 clients already and is looking for $1 million in seed funding.

101

4 years ago

This startup is building a cloud-based tool to help small businesses create and manage their websites. It allows companies to create and update their own websites with a single click and without having to buy a domain.

101

3 years ago

A small business lending platform that matches people who want to make large purchases with businesses that need money.

101

3 years ago

An email-based loan application and processing platform. The startup wants to make it easier for people to obtain small loans so they can buy a car, start a business, and more.

101

3 years ago

A SaaS platform that helps small businesses create, manage, and promote their own websites. It’s a mix of Microsoft Office and Shopify.

101

5 years ago

A startup that plans to help large and small companies build their own cloud infrastructure on top of Microsoft’s Azure platform.

100

5 years ago

The first public hardware offering from Spin, a company that makes a 3D printer, will be a small plastic ball that you can use to make jewelry.

100

5 years ago

A social network for the small, independent coffee shops that serve as anchors for a neighborhood. The startup wants to help coffee shops grow with a social network and start-up accelerator.

100

5 years ago

A “social business networking platform” that helps small businesses advertise and connect with each other.

100

4 years ago

A cloud-based accounting system (and financial advisor) which works across all sorts of small businesses: doctors, dentists, plumbers, lawyers, etc.

100

4 years ago

A tech-enabled market for finding and hiring high-quality freelancers. The company’s aim is to help small businesses expand their reach and have access to a more comprehensive pool of talent.

100

4 years ago

A startup that helps small businesses get more serious cash infusions from investors.

100

4 years ago

A small company focused on building automation technology for HVAC, lighting, and other building systems.

100

4 years ago

A virtual assistant for small businesses, designed to be a one-stop shop for multiple tasks that employees might need.

100

3 years ago

A tool to help startups figure out if they need to hire another member of their team, and what they should pay them. The startup wants to charge a small fee (between $10 and $50 per month) to help startups understand if they have too many employees, and if so to help them find the right level of staffing.

100

3 years ago

At a time when the cost of early stage startups is moving away from small investments, RedSeed is building a $50B global ecosystem for early stage startups.

100

3 years ago

An accounting tool for small and midsized businesses in the UK and the US.

100

5 years ago

A digital ecosystem for data science to collaborate and do research. It’s meant to help make the field more accessible to smaller teams and startups.

99

5 years ago

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

99

4 years ago

A platform that helps small businesses create a website without having to know how to code. It’s a business-to-business tool that helps companies sell online.

99

4 years ago

A startup that wants to build a network of lenders who offer small business loans in exchange for a small percentage of the loan.

99

5 years ago

A startup that wants to build a platform to help small businesses, with a clear focus on helping small business owners build their brands and grow their businesses.

98

5 years ago

A company that aims to help small businesses track inventory and manage stock to save time and money.

98

4 years ago

A team of five people, who are all brothers, hope to use the platform to build a better HR management platform for small businesses.

98

4 years ago

A company that provides a way for people with small businesses to run bookkeeping software online.

98

4 years ago

A platform that aims to help small business owners connect with customers through social media, in the hopes of improving customer loyalty.

98

3 years ago

A co-working space for small businesses with a focus on providing job training.

98

3 years ago

A daily deals site, similar to Groupon, but with a focus on smaller, local deals.

98

5 years ago

A digital bank for small businesses in Latin America. The startup’s first product is a mobile app for small businesses in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Mexico.

97

4 years ago

A startup that helps small businesses get paid faster via a mobile app for making online purchases.

97

4 years ago

Companies can use Made.io to upload and store their files in the cloud, so that they can easily be accessed when needed. The company then provides its own hosting and security, and then takes a small cut of the revenue.

97

4 years ago

Business software for small and medium companies. The company says it’s working with more than 1,000 companies in the US, Brazil, and Canada.

97

4 years ago

A personal assistant for small businesses, which will help them hire, track expenses and hold meetings.

97

3 years ago

A startup that’s building a technology platform to help smaller businesses grow by providing them with marketing tools and data analyses.

97

3 years ago

A startup that helps your business grow by helping it gain visibility through well-branded, easy-to-share content. It aims to make content marketing for small businesses much easier by hosting their content on its platform and making it easy for people to find.

97

5 years ago

A text-based messaging platform for small businesses and freelancers, with a focus on helping people access, manage, and share documents and files.

96

3 years ago

A system for streamlining the insurance purchase process for small businesses that have no insurance agent, using the existing agent network of larger companies.

96

2 years ago

A digital platform that helps small businesses manage their supply chain, with a focus on small and medium sized companies. They’re also working on a platform for manufacturers to get more visibility into their supply chain.

96

5 years ago

A solution for small businesses that want to send sales receipts.

95

5 years ago

A platform that lets companies share their contractors and subcontractors. The startup is building a way for small businesses to pay their workers on time and in full, and as a result, is already working with over 40 customers.

95

4 years ago

A full service accounting solution for small businesses, including invoicing, bookkeeping, payroll and accounting. It’s also a software as a service (SaaS) offering.

95

4 years ago

A job site for freelancers and small businesses. They’ve raised $500k in funding from 500 Startups.

95

4 years ago

A startup that allows anyone to live stream to YouTube. It’s a free service that lets people live stream directly to YouTube, and also costs viewers a small fee.

95

3 years ago

A platform for large scale accounting and finance for small businesses. It’s also a blogging platform for small business owners to document their business and practices.

95

3 years ago

A cloud-based platform that helps small businesses build marketing programs with the help of AI.

95

3 years ago

A company that helps small businesses get online. It provides website and mobile app design, marketing, and hosting for a one-time fee that includes a year of maintenance.

95

5 years ago

GoPayroll is a payroll software platform that allows small businesses to self-fund their payroll. The company is also building a freelance marketplace.

94

4 years ago

A company that helps small businesses get off the ground, with a library of tools that help companies with marketing, accounting, and sales. Company founders started it after seeing that many small businesses are launching on Facebook and taking on extra expenses to grow.

94

4 years ago

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

94

4 years ago

A company that wants to help small businesses manage their point-of-sale systems, including software that powers the POS and other hardware like cash registers.

94

4 years ago

A company that wants to invest in emerging companies, picking up equity when they are small and helping them grow.

94

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.

94

4 years ago

A web and mobile app that helps small businesses manage their entire back end, including accounting, payroll, and e-commerce. It’s backed by a bunch of VCs, including Andreessen Horowitz, and has raised $10 million in funding.

94

4 years ago

A company that helps small businesses understand their spending patterns and make decisions about how to spend their money.

94

4 years ago

A startup that allows people to have a live video platform for their devices, including a small screen app.

94

4 years ago

A company that claims to have the world’s smallest solar power system. It’s for homes, but can be used anywhere.

94

3 years ago

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

94

3 years ago

A startup that lets you hire a lawyer without having to go to an office or pay a lawyer. It offers a legal tech solution for small businesses, and has signed on about 100 customers worldwide.

94

2 years ago

A company that’s built a platform to help small businesses manage the logistics of ordering and distributing bulk food and drinks.

94

5 years ago

A platform that links together online marketplaces, shopping carts, and inventory management. The startup’s founders say it’s a better fit for small businesses than existing solutions.

93

5 years ago

A software startup that aims to make it easier for "anyone from a small business to a large enterprise" to create and manage training programs. "We've had some success so far with the enterprise space, but we're mostly focused on education at the moment," the team writes.

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

This startup is building an AI tool that helps in-home care providers monitor and log their work while still being able to be hands-free. Caregiversoft currently has a small contract with a big company for $50k.

93

4 years ago

A digital health platform that helps patients track their blood pressure, heart rate, and other measurements. The idea is that it’s less expensive, and easier to use than the existing devices, which are used by a small percentage of the market.

93

4 years ago

Wix wants to be the “Facebook for small business owners”, connecting small businesses with a network of experts and allowing them to build their own custom pages and use Facebook’s advertising platform.

93

4 years ago

A program that helps small business owners and freelancers find jobs, with a focus on the healthcare industry.

93

4 years ago

A software company building a business process management application that empowers small businesses to more effectively and efficiently run their businesses.

93

4 years ago

The company wants to build a global wholesale platform that enables small businesses to trade cash in and out of their digital wallets.

93

4 years ago

Helps small businesses sell more of their products, by offering them the ability to manage their orders, track sales and inventory, and pay the sales taxes they owe.

93

3 years ago

A small JavaScript app that launches a browser window in an existing tab. The startup has a dozen customers, including a TV network and a small film studio.

93

3 years ago

A startup for peer-to-peer lending for small business loans, currently funded by Y Combinator.

93

3 years ago

General purpose cloud-based email app that provides a messaging interface for users’ existing email accounts. It’s targeted at small businesses and is free for up to 10 users.

93

3 years ago

A platform that lets individuals, small businesses, and investors connect with all the legal and financial information they need in one place.

93

4 years ago

A tool with a simple design that helps organizations and software developers build and manage their websites. It’s focused on small-to-medium businesses.

92

4 years ago

A system for managing supply chain operations. These systems are often too expensive for small businesses to afford, and IAC is aiming to make it affordable.

92

4 years ago

A platform to help small businesses get the word out about their products and services, built on top of Shopify.

92

4 years ago

A finance startup with a focus on microloans. It wants to connect the world to tiny credit that they can use to make small purchases like groceries or pay small bills.

92

4 years ago

An enterprise social network and HR software company in the Philippines. The startup hopes to help small and medium businesses get access to the kind of services large corporations have.

92

4 years ago

A way to make it easier for small companies to host conference calls.

92

4 years ago

A consumer-facing SaaS platform for the Indian market. The startup is focused on maximizing the efficiency of the home shopping experience, and is currently focused on a small segment of the online market.

92

3 years ago

The startup works with the government of India’s Ministry of Defence to help small businesses in India get their hands on Defense Ministry-related contracts. The startup’s founder, Sumit Goel, is a former officer in the Indian Navy.

92

3 years ago

A company that helps small businesses gain access to different sorts of loans and financing. The company says it’s currently locked in a legal dispute with one of its investors, but is still growing.

92

5 years ago

A company that provides personal finance management for freelancers and small business owners, allowing them to see their month-to-month spending, and make decisions about saving on a budget.

91

5 years ago

This startup services a small group of clients in the UK who are looking to invest in more than one property. They help investors plan out their portfolio and don’t charge any fees.

91

4 years ago

A tool for creating more efficient, effective marketing campaigns for small businesses. Its founders say that a lot of small business owners could improve their marketing by using better tools.

91

4 years ago

"Mashape’s mission is to help small businesses grow and scale. Mashape has developed a suite of tools that allow small businesses to manage their businesses from a central platform. This can be anything from scheduling a meeting to processing invoices. Using Mashape, small businesses can focus on running their business and not their IT. Mashape’s platform is designed to be easy to use and free for small businesses."

91

4 years ago

This company is building a cloud-based CRM system for small businesses, offering free trials and plans.

91

4 years ago

A "B2B" platform for small businesses to connect with other businesses for materials, services, or funding.

91

4 years ago

A startup that helps small business owners track their expenses and make them more transparent and compliant with accounting laws.

91

4 years ago

StreetSmartTax is a startup that plans to collect and process real-time data from small businesses in order to provide a platform for better tax compliance.

91

4 years ago

is working with small businesses in emerging markets to help them use the internet without fear of cybercrime.

91

4 years ago

A small team of developers who specialize in both front-end and back-end development. The startup is looking to build a web platform to integrate data from other sources into Tableau. They’re currently $5,000 in debt.

91

2 years ago

A platform for making deals with small businesses who offer their products as “flash sales” for a set amount of time.

91

2 years ago

A platform that removes the friction between customers and small businesses online.

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

Music-streaming service for small independent bands and musicians. The startup is looking to be a competitor to sites like Pandora, but with a more customizable sound. It’s currently in beta.

90

5 years ago

The startup wants to make it easier for small businesses to take advantage of the benefits of online marketplaces. They are building a platform that helps small businesses to connect with a variety of online business networks.

90

5 years ago

A small business lending platform that takes a portion of the income of the borrower and invests it in loans to other small businesses.

90

4 years ago

A platform for small businesses to manage their bookkeeping, invoicing, accounting and payroll. The startup, which was founded in 2017, has a mobile app that lets users pay their bills, check their accounts and get invoices.

90

4 years ago

A food delivery service that uses a fleet of small delivery scooters to deliver food to busy city streets.

90

4 years ago

This startup is building a platform that aims to help small businesses connect with global clients and distribution channels.

90

4 years ago

A data science startup that helps small groups of people get together to solve specific problems.

90

4 years ago

A startup that helps small businesses find accounting software that’s right for them.

90

4 years ago

A platform that helps small businesses get better ROI on their marketing, allowing them to see how individual marketing campaigns are impacting their bottom line.

90

4 years ago

A platform meant to make it easier for small businesses to manage their inventory. The startup launched in early 2019, saying it has already signed up 1,000 businesses.

90

4 years ago

A tool to help small businesses identify and actively manage their customers. The startup is already up and running in New York City.

90

4 years ago

A tool to help small businesses get an edge on their competitors. It’s a toolset built to help small businesses onboard and manage clients. It’s a more advanced version of a service like HubSpot’s existing “Crowd Sourced Marketing” program.

90

3 years ago

A startup that helps small-business owners get a better understanding of what their customers want. The startup provides clients with a tool that allows them to analyze their website’s data.

90

5 years ago

The startup’s cofounders say they want to be the company that takes “the unknown hassle out of hiring” by eliminating time-consuming steps like job applications and paperwork. It also wants to help small businesses scale by removing the need for a HR department.

89

5 years ago

A mobile loyalty program on the city’s streetcars. Citymapper has a small but active mobile app for iPhone and Android devices that is a map of the subway and bus system in London. The company is also building a loyalty program that rewards users for using it.

89

4 years ago

A startup that’s working to make the customer relationship management process more seamless, especially for small businesses.

89

4 years ago

E-commerce site for America’s small towns, offering everything from electronics to home goods. The company is looking for more partners to grow the business.

89

4 years ago

A tool that helps smaller tech companies understand their technology costs and profitability

89

4 years ago

A tool for automating the hiring process in small businesses, with a focus on matching applicants with job openings.

89

4 years ago

A platform for sharing knowledge and experience in a small company.

89

4 years ago

A company that is building a platform — dubbed “the People’s Portal” — to allow small business owners to easily connect with the customers who use their services. The company will also offer a suite of tools that can help small businesses track and measure their customers.

89

4 years ago

A platform that helps small businesses grow by offering training and advice from experts, an event calendar, and a marketplace of services from other small businesses.

89

4 years ago

A crowdfunding platform that specializes in helping startups and small businesses get off the ground by lending them money and by providing them with a platform to raise money.

89

3 years ago

An online marketing platform for small businesses that allows them to build their own profiles, create custom email campaigns, and manage analytics

89

3 years ago

A company that has built a suite of software tools to help people start their own businesses, including a loan and insurance product. The goal of the service is to help small businesses manage all the various paperwork that can come with running a business and to help people move from idea to product to business.

89

5 years ago

A platform that helps small- and mid-sized businesses with management software and business analytics. The company has over 20,000 businesses using their product.

88

4 years ago

A digital ticketing and event management platform, catering to events of all sizes from small meetups to large concerts.

88

4 years ago

A cloud-based accounting software that helps companies simplify their accounting, with a focus on helping retailers and other small businesses that don’t have a full-time accounting department.

88

4 years ago

A platform to help small businesses build a website with a straightforward drag-and-drop content management system.

88

4 years ago

A financial management tool for small businesses in China, with a focus on going global.

88

4 years ago

A real estate company that focuses on helping small businesses to sell, lease, and manage their commercial real estate.

88

4 years ago

A company that helps small- and medium-sized companies in financial services, insurance, and real estate get financing

88

4 years ago

A company that helps small business owners in the United States and Canada to sell and manage their products and services in a way that can be tracked and tracked across multiple platforms and markets.

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 low-cost, high-speed, high-capacity network for manufacturing. Each hub is designed to be small, modular, and scalable.

88

4 years ago

A company that connects people in small cities with jobs in big cities. It’s trying to solve what it sees as a low-density problem around the world.

88

3 years ago

A startup that aims to solve the problem of application security, which is “currently one of the most difficult and costly problems to solve for SMBs (small to medium-sized businesses).”

88

3 years ago

Great stuff for people with small businesses who want to track and manage their expenses. It’s a basic tool that’s easy to use and has a lot of features.

88

3 years ago

A small software company that allows medical professionals to perform remote diagnoses.

88

3 years ago

A B2B platform for managing small businesses that want to expand to multiple locations. The startup’s app helps managers manage their employees’ scheduling, book them for shifts, and pay them.

88

3 years ago

A company that acts as a broker for small business loans that get them the cash they need. They claim to be able to offer small business owners a “safer, more efficient loan process”.

88

4 years ago

A payments startup for small businesses in India, which wants to make it easier for SMBs to accept payments from major banks.

87

4 years ago

This startup’s product lets small businesses manage their employees’ paperwork. It was founded in 2014 by two former BBVA executives.

87

4 years ago

A platform for small businesses (under $100k in annual revenue) to manage their online presence, including website building, SEO, email marketing, etc.

87

4 years ago

A company that’s building custom software for small to mid-sized companies to manage their creative processes.

87

4 years ago

The startup provides small businesses with the tools to grow organically by providing tips and support to small businesses from its customers.

87

3 years ago

A payment processing platform for small-to-medium sized businesses that allows them to easily accept credit cards, even if they don’t have a merchant account.

87

3 years ago

Farmers markets have a dedicated following of consumers and it’s a fairly small, but growing market. Andres Uribe and his co-founders are building a marketplace that allows farmers to sell directly to consumers. The company is currently in beta.

87

3 years ago

A platform for small and medium-sized businesses that helps them close more sales and grow more revenue.

87

2 years ago

A cloud-based data management tool, built in-house, for small teams.

87

5 years ago

Startups with a focus on the small business market are a regular feature of Y Combinator, and this one is a real game-changer. EnviroFinder collects data from multiple sources and makes it easy for businesses to see how they rank in their local market, then take that information and “re-market” it to their customers on websites they’ve built. The idea is to help entrepreneurs win at the local level in a way that doesn’t rely on expensive and time-consuming in-person events.

86

4 years ago

A company that helps small businesses with credit, lending them funding in exchange for a percentage of the business.

86

4 years ago

A tool for managing the wearables that companies are using to track employee performance, and their data. The tool is for big companies, but the company says its goal is to make its platform for small businesses as well.

86

4 years ago

A platform that helps small businesses manage their expenses. The startup has built a cloud-based software system that allows small businesses to run reports and track their cash flow, and handle expenses such as rent, utilities, and business contributions. It offers free plans for nonprofits and businesses with fewer than $1 million in revenue.

86

4 years ago

This startup helps small and medium-sized businesses find and work with the right contractors, and helps them keep track of those relationships.

86

4 years ago

This startup is building a banking app for small businesses. The app allows small companies to open bank accounts and use the tools of the bank directly.

86

4 years ago

A way to drive down the cost of hiring legal help for small businesses.

86

4 years ago

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

86

3 years ago

A startup for money transfers in emerging markets that focuses on small businesses and individuals.

86

3 years ago

A startup in India that aims to help people sell and buy things online, with the promise that their software and services will only have a small fee.

86

3 years ago

A mobile-first productivity solution for both small and medium-sized businesses that wants to make the idea of using a computer to get work done more enjoyable.

86

3 years ago

A platform that gives small and medium businesses the ability to create their own branded credit cards, complete with a rewards program and customized terms.

86

2 years ago

The startup wants to create a “virtual branch” within a bank that focuses on servicing small and medium sized businesses.

86

4 years ago

A startup that helps people find and find freelance workers for small jobs, such as research, development, and writing.

85

4 years ago

A platform that helps people with no access to banking services, get small business loans and savings accounts. They’re a nonprofit and are building a platform to help people build their own financial products and have it administered by a bank, thus making it more accessible.

85

4 years ago

A way to help small-scale construction companies get paid faster. The company hopes to reduce the average settlement time from 25 to 5 days.

85

4 years ago

A startup that helps small businesses use their phone to do basic accounting. The company is working with complex micro-payments, inventory management, order-taking, and invoicing.

85

4 years ago

A startup that wants to be a one-stop shop for all the things that a small business needs to do to get paid and do business. The company’s founders say that companies that use their platform spend up to 80% less time on account-related tasks.

85

4 years ago

A digital sales channel for small retailers with sales under US$2 million.

85

4 years ago

A company that helps small- and medium-sized businesses juggle their online and offline needs. Their first product, a digital signage platform, just hit the market and has more than 5,000 customers.

85

4 years ago

A startup that lets people build their own small-scale electric vehicles, and even customize them with a range of customizations like color and size.

85

3 years ago

A company that helps small and medium sized businesses develop and launch new products by introducing them to a network of mentors, design resources, and developers.

85

3 years ago

This startup is building a platform for the SME (small and medium businesses) market in India, aiming to help them grow through a messaging platform.

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

4 years ago

A tool for various health-related startups. The startup helps startups on the cusp of launching gather advice from experts in the field. It charges a small fee starting at $99, but founder Alex Goodyear says it’s worth it for the experience.

84

4 years ago

Built for small-to-medium sized retailers, a shopping list app that can be synced to a phone and can also sync with a website.

84

4 years ago

A micro-insurance company that works via an app. The startup wants to offer affordable auto insurance to small businesses.

84

4 years ago

A company that helps small businesses hire painters, carpenters, and construction workers. The startup currently has 3 campaigns running in the UK.

84

4 years ago

A business that delivers on-demand delivery to customers with an app, and uses the money it takes in to help small businesses get started.

84

4 years ago

A startup that helps small-to-medium-size businesses send sales emails with photo-realistic pictures.

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

A platform for real estate agents to easily manage multiple listing services (MLS) listings on behalf of their clients, charging a small percentage of each sale.

84

4 years ago

A tool for small businesses to manage and secure their data. Founded in 2015, QuickBooks.com is a subscription-based solution and is available online and through a mobile app.

84

4 years ago

A payment processing platform for small businesses. The startup, which was founded in April, has already earned $200,000 in revenue, with plans to expand internationally in the next 12 months.

84

4 years ago

This company wants to help small businesses, independent contractors, and freelancers manage their taxes.

84

4 years ago

A small-business website that’s a “one-stop shop for all things small business — from marketing to accounting.”

84

4 years ago

A company that helps US companies, mostly small businesses and startups, create a “lead generation ready” website, with an in-house team to help manage it.

84

4 years ago

A CPA firm that helps small businesses go paperless by launching them into the cloud and offering them a low-cost, fully-hosted accounting package.

84

4 years ago

A software platform for tracking and managing loans, credit, and financial products for small businesses.

84

3 years ago

A user-friendly mobile app for small businesses that helps them manage their marketing campaigns, and includes analytics on the performance of campaigns.

84

3 years ago

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

84

3 years ago

A Kickstarter-style platform that helps to fund small independent artists and filmmakers

84

3 years ago

A mobile payments startup that helps small businesses in India get paid by credit card and electronic check through the bank's mobile app.

84

3 years ago

A startup that connects small businesses to large corporations to get access to discounts and other perks.

84

4 years ago

A platform that connects small farmers to buyers. The platform’s mission is to eliminate the middlemen in global trade by making it easier and more cost effective to purchase local produce.

83

4 years ago

Based on the startup’s founder’s work at Kiva, a nonprofit that helps people in poverty create micro loans, the startup wants to expand its service to provide people in the US loans at a lower cost. It currently serves small businesses in 30 US cities.

83

4 years ago

A startup that helps small and medium-sized businesses in the US sell their products on Amazon.

83

4 years ago

An email service for businesses, including one for small retailers and one for large retailers.

83

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 platform that helps content creators and entrepreneurs share their content, and makes it easier for small businesses to create their own products with pre-made templates.

83

4 years ago

A business-to-business loan platform that aims to replace banks by offering smaller loans to businesses in countries where there aren’t enough banks. The startup has been in the works for over a year and has already signed up 5,000 businesses in India.

83

4 years ago

A startup building a distributed, decentralized exchange for digital currency. They’re a small team that’s launched on a low-budget.

83

4 years ago

A software company that helps small businesses run their inventory, from stocking to payment processing. The startup wants to make the process of running a retail store “easier, faster, and cheaper”.

82

4 years ago

An e-commerce app for small operations (typically unlicensed) that allows them to get orders and ship products directly to customers, as well as manage inventory and customer accounts.

82

4 years ago

A company that helps small businesses improve their marketing. The startup’s founders say they’ve built a “universal marketing plan” that helps small businesses launch new products and services and grow sales quickly.

82

4 years ago

A startup that helps small business owners in the US get loans, doing so without all of the red tape.

82

4 years ago

Building an alternative to the standard ERP software package for small business, one that is faster, cheaper, and easier to use.

82

4 years ago

A web-based service that helps small businesses manage their people and payroll. The company has $1 million in funding and has been serving 35,000 employers in the US and Canada for the last three years.

82

4 years ago

This startup is building a payments app for small businesses. The company is focused on helping small business owners take payments with a swipe of a card.

82

3 years ago

A web-based tool that helps small businesses manage their daily operations. The company is building products for companies with fewer than 100 employees.

82

3 years ago

A startup that helps the small and midsize media companies that are often left out of the “big media” conversation. Medium is a platform for content creation, and connects with its audience to help those creators get their content to the next level.

82

3 years ago

A startup for small businesses in India that helps them grow by connecting them with suppliers and growing awareness of their business

82

3 years ago

A platform for small businesses to collaborate on tasks. The startup offers free tools for tasks such as scheduling, invoicing, and payroll.

82

3 years ago

A startup that builds websites for small businesses. The company has already built over 100 sites, and has been featured on Techcrunch and on the front page of Medium.

82

5 years ago

Idea: A startup that is building the infrastructure for an online market for small businesses to buy and sell cryptocurrency

81

5 years ago

A platform for managing secure crypto wallets. The startup is making it easier for small businesses to manage their digital assets.

81

5 years ago

A system that allows small businesses to manage their supply chains more efficiently, changing shipments as needed to fit a customer’s needs.

81

4 years ago

An online platform that helps small businesses create and launch crowdfunding campaigns, and do it in one place.

81

4 years ago

A tool for small businesses that want to plan their shops’ renovation work, helping them navigate local codes and ordinances.

81

4 years ago

Building a video platform for small businesses, allowing them to make videos and upload them to YouTube and Facebook. The startup has deals with such companies as CafePress and Personal Creations.

81

4 years ago

A small-business loan platform that provides funding for community banks.

81

4 years ago

A CTO of a small company of 3 people, looking to hire an artist or designer or developer.

81

4 years ago

An events calendar and mobile app for small-business owners to manage their events.

81

4 years ago

A company that helps small businesses in Chile to buy and sell online. It’s a marketplace that allows sellers to list their products and offers a number of tools for buyers to find and purchase their products.

81

4 years ago

A ride-sharing service for commuters, where subscribers can have a vehicle drop them off at their office, or pick them up from there, for a small monthly fee.

81

3 years ago

A 3D printer aimed at small businesses.

81

3 years ago

A platform that connects small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in the digital marketing and adtech space to help them connect, learn, filter, and grow.

81

3 years ago

Is building a database for small businesses to help them become more profitable.

81

3 years ago

The startup sells a solution to the problem of poor Wi-Fi connections at airports and hotels. The company’s product is a small device that can be plugged into a wall that has a “hot spot” for high-speed internet.

81

3 years ago

A digital platform for managing stock, to help small investors manage their portfolios without the need for a full-time investment advisor. The system relies on the investor’s existing investment account at the broker.

81

2 years ago

A network of startups that helps large companies connect with smaller companies. It helps large companies find new business opportunities and suppliers, and helps small companies find new partners.

81

2 years ago

is a group of Indian business owners that help one another improve their operations, as well as provide education and guidance. Founded in early 2019, the company has just launched its first product, an automated program that helps owners of small businesses track and pay their employees.

81

2 years ago

A cloud-based freight delivery service, currently in beta, focusing on both small and large shippers.

81

4 years ago

A platform to help advise and manage small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). The startup’s founder says he wants his product to be like a “low-cost version of Facebook for SMBs”.

80

4 years ago

A startup meant to help small business owners and consumers alike find and compare car insurance quotes.

80

4 years ago

A platform for small businesses to share their inventory with their customers, in hopes of generating more orders.

80

4 years ago

A social network that allows users to upload photos and videos of their pets and “adopt” them for a small fee. Users can search for a pet, add a bio, and a profile picture, and the company makes money from the adoption fees.

80

4 years ago

The startup’s goal is to build a $500 device that can be used to produce electricity from small amounts of water, such as rainwater.

80

4 years ago

An online platform that helps small contractors with hiring and scheduling of their own workers.

80

4 years ago

A web-based platform that helps legal professionals manage their cases. LegalZoom is focused on helping small businesses, with an emphasis on small businesses, and which thus does not provide deep bill pay services.

80

4 years ago

A product development and design company for small-to-medium-sized businesses, with a focus on beauty brands

80

4 years ago

A grocery delivery service that uses a network of private drivers, who pick up and drop off groceries in an area and pay a small fee.

80

4 years ago

A startup that helps local businesses communicate with their customers by providing a shared inbox and contact list. A startup for small businesses that wants to bring in new customers.

80

4 years ago

M.A.S. Innovation is a startup that helps small businesses conduct online research. The company has built a digital research platform that allows businesses to conduct their own online searches and access a variety of digital services, including Hint.

80

4 years ago

Helping small businesses balance their books with simple, intuitive accounting software. It’s like Quickbooks, but with less complex features.

79

4 years ago

This startup wants to help small businesses create, manage, and share Google Docs spreadsheets directly from their phone.

79

4 years ago

A startup that helps small businesses make online payments. It has an iOS app, an Android app, and an API for third-party apps.

79

4 years ago

An AI-powered product to help companies understand the sentiment around their products. They’re currently working with 100 small and medium sized companies.

79

4 years ago

A digital micro lender that aims to help small businesses and startups purchase inventory and other supplies, and set up loans for that inventory, using a combination of bank and non-bank lending.

79

4 years ago

A “self-service” tool for small businesses to create, manage, and share their employee benefits.

79

4 years ago

An e-commerce platform for small and medium sized businesses that pairs sellers with brands and streamlines and improves the buying process. The app is estimated to have 1 million monthly users.

79

4 years ago

A SaaS business that supports small businesses with a “hub and spoke” model, where a local business acts as a coordinator for a group of smaller businesses.

79

4 years ago

A tool for helping small-business owners and employees manage their health insurance through their phones.

79

4 years ago

A small startup that’s trying to make everyone’s meal a little bit healthier.

79

3 years ago

A credit-scoring tool for small businesses or individuals, helping them get pre-approved for loans and loans from banks.

79

3 years ago

A company that’s building a robotic system for packing and shipping small items that eliminates the labor-intensive tasks of sorting and collating.

79

3 years ago

A startup that helps small businesses in Latin America integrate their credit cards, bank accounts, and bank transfers into a single mobile app. The company’s goal is to bring the power of tech to small businesses in Latin America.

79

3 years ago

Galvanize is building a product development platform geared toward small companies in the Bay Area, to give them the mentoring they often don’t receive.

79

3 years ago

A patent-pending open source script to “attract, engage, and retain” employees, aimed at businesses large and small. The script asks applicants to design a custom experience, from an attractive user interface to how to react to job opportunities.

79

3 years ago

This startup is building a service to help people who run a small business to get paid quickly. They charge a small fee to help small businesses get paid faster by letting them pay invoices through their own bank account.

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

Ease of use for bookkeeping and accounting for small businesses

79

4 years ago

Teams on a team. A Slack app built for small teams that wants to provide a more “human” experience than Slack.

78

4 years ago

A platform that enables small businesses to create effective, attractive marketing campaigns with a single platform.

78

4 years ago

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

78

4 years ago

This product enables grocery stores to take in-store photos of their products, which are then uploaded onto a centralized platform. The startup takes a small percentage of each transaction.

78

4 years ago

This startup uses technology to help small- and medium-size businesses process credit cards. It’s currently in beta with 100 small businesses.

78

4 years ago

A company that helps small businesses get started on social networks. The startup funds small businesses to build their social media presence in exchange for a cut of their sales.

78

4 years ago

A small business loans company that uses artificial intelligence to make credit decisions.

78

4 years ago

Building software to help small and medium sized businesses in the US manage their relationships with their vendors and track their credit.

78

4 years ago

A company that wants to bring the power of the cloud to small businesses to help them scale their operations.

78

4 years ago

Helping small businesses with the process of applying for loans, including reviewing their financials, credit reports and personal data.

78

4 years ago

A startup that aims to help small businesses collaborate, including on sales, marketing, and customer service.

78

4 years ago

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

78

4 years ago

A startup focused on the energy sector, where energy is managed from a central hub to yield more energy from a smaller area.

78

4 years ago

This product helps small businesses and retail outlets vet their vendors and suppliers.

78

4 years ago

A company that creates a platform for small businesses to interact with Amazon’s Alexa-enabled retail devices, at least in the US.

78

3 years ago

This company, based in San Francisco and Beijing, helps small businesses buy and sell online.

78

3 years ago

A company that helps small businesses find a way to market themselves on Facebook. The startup helps businesses pay Facebook to advertise on its platform.

78

3 years ago

The idea is to create a marketplace to get small companies to share office space and enable them to grow

78

2 years ago

A startup that helps small businesses in India build and maintain their websites, with plans to expand to other markets soon.

78

5 years ago

There are hundreds of small companies and startups that help businesses find partners for all kinds of things, whether it’s for data analysis or marketing. Liminal thinks it can be more of a middleman, helping businesses find more opportunities to partner with other companies.

77

4 years ago

A social security number manager that takes all the pain out of setting up a new account. The startup’s goal is to help small businesses and freelancers manage online accounts that require a social security number.

77

4 years ago

A product management toolkit for companies to support their small business development efforts.

77

4 years ago

A platform to help small businesses with accounting. They’re focused on helping small businesses with accounting, but they say they can be useful for larger businesses.

77

4 years ago

An e-commerce platform for small businesses to sell products on Amazon. The company is still in stealth mode but is focused on helping small businesses get their products to market faster.

77

4 years ago

Small software company that aims to help people find the best-fit credit card for them.

77

4 years ago

A mobile-first platform for small and medium businesses to connect with local and global marketing. The platform is the brainchild of veterans of the mobile payments industry.

77

4 years ago

A startup that helps individuals and small businesses get funds easily and cheaply through peer-to-peer lending.

77

4 years ago

A platform that provides a way for small business owners to meet on-demand with a concierge for small tasks, like booking a car, managing a home project, getting a driver’s license, etc.

77

4 years ago

A system for managing contracts and legal documents, with a focus on small businesses, startups, and home-based workers.

77

4 years ago

A platform for management and reporting of sales and expenses for small businesses. The company launched its first product in 2018 and is currently in a private beta.

77

4 years ago

An SMS-based platform for sending and receiving money, with a focus on small transactions and users in emerging markets. Their idea is to allow people to transact across the street or across the country without going through a bank and without needing a bank account.

77

3 years ago

A startup that wants to help connect small businesses in the US with their suppliers in China and India. The company is focused on small and medium businesses, with a focus on purchasing and logistics.

77

3 years ago

A tool that helps lawyers and small businesses write wills in under an hour

77

3 years ago

A messaging platform for small teams working on complex projects.

77

3 years ago

The startup is looking to help small businesses in India follow up with customers who have requested a price quote. They want to offer a program that lets companies send out quotes, track responses, and follow up with customers on their own.

77

3 years ago

A platform that helps small and medium-sized businesses manage and automate their data. The platform automates the tedious work of data analysis, reporting, and strategic planning. A growing number of business software vendors are using technology from this startup to assist their sales teams.

77

3 years ago

A platform for small businesses to create financial tools and cash flow management software that’s tailored to their needs.

77

2 years ago

A “virtual assistant” that answers questions for a small monthly fee, or by the minute.

77

4 years ago

It’s a basic accounting app for small businesses, geared towards non-accountants. It allows users to connect their bank accounts and get a basic accounting system for their company.

76

4 years ago

A platform to help small businesses with their digital presence and marketing. The startup is still in development, and only recently launched its website.

76

4 years ago

P2P insurance for small businesses, which claims to be able to get the same coverage at lower rates than insurance provided by large companies. The startup plans to provide coverage to half a million businesses in its first three years.

76

4 years ago

A startup that wants to make it easier for small businesses to get loans. They say it’s easier to get a loan for a small business than getting a loan for a large one.

76

4 years ago

A platform connecting small-to-medium-size businesses with large-scale customers. The startup allows companies to create personalized sales campaign strategies with brands, based on the customer data they have on hand.

76

4 years ago

A program that helps small businesses get funding from angel investors, working on a subscription model that allows users to pay a monthly fee for access to the service.

76

4 years ago

A digital tax filing and payment system for small businesses in India, providing a single platform for tax payments and receipts.

76

4 years ago

A B2B startup for LinkedIn for “the small business market”.

76

4 years ago

The goal is to help small businesses in India engage with their customers, most of which are in rural areas. It aims to reduce the costs of customer acquisition and conversion, which can be huge for a startup.

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 way to help small businesses make better decisions by using data science to provide them with more information and better options.

76

3 years ago

It's building a better accounting app for small businesses in India.

76

3 years ago

A cloud-based accounting solution for small business owners. The company’s SaaS platform will connect millions of small businesses to their accounts and provide a “hub” for their financial data.

76

2 years ago

A program for small businesses to get more customers on the internet and sell more products.

76

2 years ago

A digital assistant for small business owners and people who have a lot of tasks to get done but don’t have a ton of time.

76

4 years ago

A company that pairs “futurists” with the startups and brands they write about. The startup charges a small fee to write a piece and shares some of that revenue with the futurist. The company pays writers $50 to $100 per piece, with a minimum payout of $200.

75

4 years ago

A platform for small businesses to sell and manufacture goods, with a focus on food and beverages.

75

4 years ago

An online platform that helps small business owners get access to capital, and which has an SBA loan program. It takes 5% off the top and has 2 customers so far.

75

4 years ago

This company wants to be the “Uber of labor”, so it lets small businesses find and hire contractors quickly and easily.

75

4 years ago

A toolkit to help small businesses determine the best lease rates for their businesses, regardless of location.

75

4 years ago

This is a startup that’s building an online tool to help small businesses get financing. The company is looking to focus its efforts on Latin American markets.

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

75

4 years ago

A YC company that’s building a platform that helps small businesses get a loan from their bank. They’re also building a tool to help banks make loan decisions.

75

4 years ago

A company that offers a software service for building custom business cards for a small fee.

75

4 years ago

A digital-only bank for small businesses in the U.S., which provides small business loans and a personal banking account.

75

3 years ago

A tool for creating a customized report on any keyword or set of keywords, for use by small businesses, marketing teams, and anyone else who needs to know what’s going on in their industry.

75

3 years ago

A tool that helps small businesses with marketing automation and analytics. The founders say they have 4 clients and 100,000 users.

75

3 years ago

A tech company that connects customers with small businesses in a particular geographic area to get small-business items delivered to their door in under an hour.

75

3 years ago

An “in-house talent management system” for small and medium-sized companies.

75

3 years ago

A startup that is building a service for small businesses that helps them manage their finances, inventory, and sales. It’s been in beta for two months and is nearing launch.

75

3 years ago

A one-stop-shop for small-business owners to use for paper-free shipping and other services.

75

3 years ago

A digital sales channel for small businesses. The idea is to offer businesses a way to make their sales more efficient by combining the reach of digital media with the efficiency of a sales CRM.

75

3 years ago

SwiftStack is a credit card processor that, as the name suggests, focuses on providing credit card processing services to small businesses.

75

2 years ago

A platform that connects American Express to small businesses, allowing them to easily take payments from customers.

75

4 years 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.

74

4 years ago

A tool for small businesses to collaborate with clients through the app.

74

4 years ago

A tool for automating email marketing for businesses. Its founders, having previously built a small email marketing SaaS for startups, were looking for a way to automate the process.

74

4 years ago

This startup offers an automated accounting service for small businesses.

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

This startup helps small businesses set up their own merchant account and pricing, with a feature that helps them easily manage their own sales and marketing.

74

4 years ago

A startup based in Shenzhen, China, that’s building a software tool for small businesses that helps with accounting, tax preparation, and payment processing

74

4 years ago

A startup that sells a great idea, product and marketing. A startup is a bit like a small business, but with zero overhead. It’s the idea that you’re selling.

74

4 years ago

An Android app that helps small businesses find and book talent like a more efficient version of ZipRecruiter.

74

3 years ago

A program, with a small loan, that helps artists create and exhibit work, and then market them to a larger audience.

74

3 years ago

Automated insurance company for small- to medium-sized businesses and sole proprietors focused on the US.

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 fast-growing global microfinance platform that helps entrepreneurs and small businesses access credit and loans.

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 content marketing platform for small businesses that allows companies to create videos, then syndicate them to social media platforms.

74

3 years ago

A meetup app that helps small groups and groups of friends to organize events.

74

2 years ago

A platform that allows a small business to track their inventory and automate their order fulfillment via a point-of-sale system.

74

2 years ago

An online tool that helps small businesses find the services they need from other companies, like cleaning and maintenance.

74

4 years ago

A startup that helps small businesses increase their productivity by allowing them to schedule time off in advance. The startup is currently focused on the US.

73

4 years ago

A startup which helps small businesses get funding to grow. The company gives small businesses a way to run their own crowd funding campaigns and get funding for their business.

73

4 years ago

Helping small business owners build brand recognition through online video

73

4 years ago

An automated system that helps small businesses figure out how to use their data to improve their business models.

73

4 years ago

This startup is creating a package of services for small business owners that handle all of their financial needs. It includes accounting, taxes, payroll, and more.

73

4 years ago

A platform that helps small businesses manage their online advertising campaigns, with a focus on getting more people to sign up for email marketing lists. They charge $239 per month.

73

4 years ago

An online marketplace for repairs, with a mobile app. The startup aims to help small businesses get quick and easy access to repairs, with a promise to deliver same day service.

73

4 years ago

A legal services startup that wants to provide a fee-based, automated legal service for small businesses. They want to be able to help small businesses with their day-to-day legal needs and help them on the path to compliance.

73

4 years ago

A startup that wants to help small businesses, and their customers, get a better sense of their products by adding a 3-D model to the product page.

73

4 years ago

The startup’s team of three has been building a tool for small businesses to manage their Facebook pages, and plans to expand into other social networks like Instagram. The app is available for iOS, Android, and Web browsers.

73

4 years ago

Helps small businesses in emerging markets purchase services with their mobile money accounts.

73

4 years ago

A credit card processor that works with large banks to offer startups and small businesses an alternative to credit cards.

73

4 years ago

A video platform for small businesses where they can create their own videos and sell them to the platform’s users.

73

3 years ago

A micro-loan company that helps small businesses and individuals get loans in the US, with a focus on the Mid-Atlantic.

73

3 years ago

A platform for sellers to offer items other than their own on an auction platform. The startup is working with hundreds of small vendors in the Philippines, India and the US, and is also working with some big name brands like Nordstrom to bring their products to the platform.

73

3 years ago

A solution for small businesses to automate their bookkeeping, invoicing, and accounting. The startup is looking to partner with other companies in exchange for a cut of their profits.

73

3 years ago

A tool that brings together the many different systems a small business needs to run smoothly and help them keep track of that information.

73

3 years ago

A payments platform for Mexico’s over 100,000 food trucks and small businesses.

73

3 years ago

A startup that wants to help small businesses grow by providing them with marketing resources, like a library of content, a database of business names, and an email database.

73

3 years ago

A product manager for a small and medium business, rather than a big enterprise.

73

3 years ago

A B2B company that helps small or mid-sized businesses coordinate with their contractors, vendors, and vendors’ subcontractors.

73

3 years ago

A startup that has developed software to help small firms coordinate their billable tasks and automate their invoices.

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

4 years ago

A B2B company that seeks to provide small companies with a platform for selling and managing inventory. The startup has an existing client base of about 2,000 companies, working with them to manage their stock and inventory.

72

4 years ago

A new type of flower delivery company that aims to create a more personal experience for customers, with a focus on small businesses.

72

4 years ago

A company that lets small businesses commission jobs done online by professionals in the field.

72

4 years ago

An on-demand recruiting platform for small businesses, aiming to help them manage their labor needs.

72

4 years ago

An all-in-one option for health insurance for small businesses.

72

4 years ago

A startup that makes it easier for small businesses to pay their employees. The startup is building a sales app for small businesses, which lets them take payments from customers via a mobile app and pay their employees via their own mobile app.

72

4 years ago

A way to make local micro-loans, especially to women in emerging markets, by offering them a small loan and providing them with training.

72

4 years ago

A startup that coordinates small businesses, helping them to set up a smooth transition to the next employee

72

4 years ago

A software company that helps small businesses with their accounting. The startup was founded in May, and wants to help small businesses with their accounting, helping them save money and simplify their workflows.

72

4 years ago

A platform that offers a way for for-profit companies to buy and sell goods and services with other small businesses.

72

4 years ago

A startup for small and medium businesses to get credit cards, qualify for financing, and make payments.

72

4 years ago

A startup that helps people who don’t have full cost of living insurance by allowing them to pay a small amount to get a certificate that covers those costs, in case they get injured.

72

4 years ago

A computer vision startup that wants to help computer vision researchers get access to more data by making it cheaper and easier for them to process images. The startup currently has a small team of 7, but they’re looking to grow that to 15 by the end of the year.

72

4 years ago

A startup that helps small businesses get paid and manage their accounts online. It’s a SaaS platform that helps small businesses manage their transactions, pay invoices, and get paid.

72

4 years ago

This startup wants to help small businesses manage their social media accounts. The startup, which launched in May, has customers in the UK and US, with plans to expand to Europe.

72

4 years ago

A startup that helps small businesses and nonprofits sell merchandise online. The company provides the software, but it also handles the returns, shipping, and customer service.

72

3 years ago

A startup for small businesses to create a professional brand by creating videos for their social media sites and website. The startup is co-founded by former Wistia and Sprout Social employees.

72

3 years ago

A startup that helps SMBs (small to medium sized businesses) through their supply chain by tracking products, manufacturing, and shipping.

72

3 years ago

A financial services startup that provides credit and financial planning tools to small businesses, helping them manage their credit and reducing the risk of default.

72

3 years ago

A platform that helps small businesses in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region sell and distribute goods.

72

3 years ago

A company that enables people to rent out their spare bedrooms. They charge a small monthly fee to rent out a room, while keeping the majority of the rent.

72

3 years ago

A content management system that enables small businesses to use their own custom backend. It’s a simpler way for small businesses to run their sites, and is also a cheaper alternative to using something like WordPress.

72

3 years ago

A platform for small businesses to create a central log of their expenses, exports, etc. The company wants to help small businesses build better financial reports and track how they spend their money.

72

4 years ago

A startup that allows small businesses to buy and sell agricultural products (including food, flowers, and wine) from other small businesses.

71

4 years ago

A startup that makes a shared, portable USB charger that’s small enough to fit in a wallet, but can still power smartphones and tablets.

71

4 years ago

A startup that’s buying up small companies, in an effort to create a list of “deal-of-the-day” companies in the UK. The company buys these companies for an undisclosed price, and then sells them to consumers via its website.

71

4 years ago

A company that helps small businesses make sense of their financial data, and offers a monthly subscription service to help them do so.

71

4 years ago

An insurance company that works with small businesses to help them buy health care to cover employees while they’re on the job.

71

4 years ago

A startup for small businesses to sell their products and services online, as well as a B2B marketplace to connect those businesses with other vendors and their customers.

71

4 years ago

An online platform that connects small businesses to digital advice and support from experts to help them grow and thrive.

71

4 years ago

A cloud-based solution for small businesses, helping them manage their orders and orders of their customers. It also offers a basic CRM product for SMBs.

71

4 years ago

A software company that builds a tool that helps large companies build their own online marketing campaigns. The startup works with small and large brands, helping them create their own custom marketing campaigns.

71

4 years ago

A payments company that aims to help companies simplify their payment processing and make it cheaper for small businesses to accept payments.

71

4 years ago

A platform that helps small business owners book affordable group reservations, cutting their cost from 25% to 10%.

71

4 years ago

A small business accounting software that offers a free trial, then bumps up prices based on number of users.

71

4 years ago

This is a consumer-facing app that helps small businesses test and learn how to be more efficient. It’s built to be used by SMBs of all sizes, and teaches them through a series of small tasks.

71

4 years ago

An all-in-one, cloud-based HR software solution for smaller companies, with a focus on HR management and payroll, and the ability to integrate with other systems.

71

4 years ago

A small-town pizza shop working on an iPad app that lets customers order and pay via their phone and have it delivered.

71

3 years ago

A platform that helps small businesses and consumers understand where their food comes from.

71

3 years ago

A platform that connects credit unions with small businesses. They want to increase lending and access to capital for small business owners.

71

3 years ago

A platform for users to share their software ideas and receive a small amount of money for doing so. The startup wants to help people get better at what they do.

71

3 years ago

A startup that wants to bring “small-batch” artisanal whiskey to the masses. “We’re not trying to replace the stuff that’s out there now,” said the team. “We’re trying to add another side to it.”

71

3 years ago

A startup that helps banks and other lenders get people to save more money by helping them make small deposits on a monthly basis.

71

3 years ago

A small startup with a big mission — to make the best possible phone for the most people possible. The company has built a device which it says is in-line with the best of the best, but still affordable to use.

71

3 years ago

A startup that provides on-demand tax preparation services for individuals, families and small businesses.

71

2 years ago

A digital account for small businesses that has everything from invoices to purchases to expenses all in one place.

71

2 years ago

A small business loans company that helps businesses get loans from banks and credit unions. They’re profitable by using data and automation to make loans more efficient.

71

4 years ago

A financial management tool for small businesses, pitched as a solution to the “$1 trillion dollar problem” of managing small business finances.

70

4 years ago

A software-as-a-service platform for small businesses to manage their risk management. The company's software helps small businesses manage their insurance through virtual insurance agents.

70

4 years ago

A startup that helps small businesses get more out of their social media advertising. Currently has a working prototype and aims to close a seed round and launch in early 2020.

70

4 years ago

A tool for small businesses to create a “digital storefront” for their products, which then appears on their website.

70

4 years ago

A toolkit to help small businesses manage inventory. The company recently took in $775,000 in angel funding.

70

4 years ago

A team of three full stack engineers, two graphics designers, and a marketing lead, Capital’s goal is to disrupt the legal sector of the marketplace by providing a full service legal shop. Capital is a firm that represents individuals and small businesses in a variety of legal matters. The team is currently focusing on the representation of individuals, but also does work for small businesses.

70

4 years ago

This company wants to provide a platform to help small businesses and sole proprietors accept payments and process invoices and other transactions.

70

4 years ago

A startup that helps small businesses get customers and customers get to know and trust their small business.

70

4 years ago

A cloud-based marketplace for small business loans, where customers can shop around quotes from a variety of banks and lenders, and settle their loans in 30 minutes.

70

4 years ago

In this business, the CEO says, “we are working with a small group of partners and we are finding that it is almost impossible to get a loan from a bank.” The startup uses its own software to help companies quickly verify their ability to repay a loan.

70

4 years ago

A peer-to-peer lending platform for SMEs in Latin America. It lets small businesses use the credit of their customers to finance their purchases.

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

3 years ago

Helping small businesses manage their social media. The startup is working with over 200,000 small businesses and growing as they integrate their service into their existing operations.

70

3 years ago

A software company for small businesses that aims to help them improve their accounting, bookkeeping and payroll.

70

3 years ago

A “social” or “dynamic” sales and marketing platform for small business owners. The startup offers an online platform for users to create customized sales and marketing campaigns. The platform then connects them with their target audience, encouraging the user to talk about their products and services, which the startup claims is more effective than most traditional marketing platforms.

70

3 years ago

A small B2B company that wants to help banks use the same data to improve their core business and make better lending decisions.

70

3 years ago

Shopify is looking to expand in India with the same model that Facebook used to build its business there, which is to make it easy for small businesses to get started.

70

3 years ago

Building a platform to help small businesses take advantage of the concept of “grocery stores” or “grocery for your home”.

70

3 years ago

A startup that helps small companies with their HR needs. The company is also branching into payroll, benefits, and employee on-boarding.

70

2 years ago

A startup that tracks the health of small businesses, from metrics like employee productivity to supply chain data.

70

4 years ago

A tool that helps small businesses, often in the food industry, track inventory and track store sales.

69

4 years ago

This startup is a chatbot that’s meant to help small businesses manage the toughest parts of their operations.

69

4 years ago

A platform for small-time home contractors to bid on large construction jobs. The startup is being incubated by Y Combinator. This startup takes a relatively new concept, the gig economy, and applies it to construction, which is a relatively old concept.

69

4 years ago

A software and services company for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) who operate in the retail and consumer finance industries.

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

4 years ago

A B2B company that aims to “democratize” the way companies get paid. The company wants to make accepting payments easier for small businesses and companies with irregular cash flows.

69

4 years ago

A tool that tracks and shares the performance of small businesses and helps them manage their cash flow. The startup is currently live in two markets, San Francisco and New York.

69

4 years ago

A startup that launched in India wants to help small businesses create a sales funnel, and their technology is already being used by brands like Urban Decay and Yakult.

69

4 years ago

A startup to help small farmers sell their excess produce. The B2B startup helps farmers find buyers and create a way to share their excess crops with the public.

69

3 years ago

A startup that specializes in cross-border payments. The startup has built a solution in partnership with the Spanish government that allows Spanish businesses to send money to individuals in the US. The company is also working on a platform to help small businesses in the US accept payments in euros.

69

3 years ago

A secure mobile platform for managing end-to-end enterprise operations, especially for small businesses. It’s similar to Slack for enterprise.

69

3 years ago

A project-management tool for small businesses. Users receive messaging and updates when tasks are completed.

69

3 years ago

A simple, in-app tool for self-employed individuals to take a self-employment tax deduction. The startup wants to make it as easy as possible for people to deduct taxes, and it’s currently running a small pilot.

69

3 years ago

Small group of developers building financial products for the next generation of digital natives.

69

3 years ago

A company that helps small businesses connect to customers in the Philippines and offer customer service via chat on the web and mobile.

69

2 years ago

A platform that allows you to sell small items to people you don’t know.

69

2 years ago

A scheme to bring enterprise-grade monitoring tools to small businesses in India. It’s a way for businesses to better track their performance, get better forecasting, and manage their growth.

69

2 years ago

A startup that helps small businesses build a web presence and an online presence for their brick and mortar stores. It’s offered for free with a premium level for business with more than $150,000 in annual revenue.

69

4 years ago

A program to help small startups with capital raise and growth

68

4 years ago

A company that aims to help small businesses and freelancers manage their administrative tasks and cloud-based file storage.

68

4 years ago

A startup that helps small businesses promote themselves using a series of billboards in cities across the US.

68

4 years ago

This company is building a platform where small businesses can design custom retail experiences for their customers. The startup lets you design a retail experience from scratch and have it printed on a piece of paper.

68

4 years ago

A new app that crowdsources and gamifies small business loans

68

4 years ago

A marketing platform for small businesses looking to grow, pitch, and manage their marketing strategy. It’s a place where they can manage their marketing campaigns, track their goals, and see their progress in a dashboard.

68

4 years ago

A new kind of online sales platform for small businesses that’s built around a mobile channel. The startup wants to help small businesses build their own mobile app sales channel in two hours, with a demo version available now, and a full version launching in mid-2020.

68

4 years ago

A Discord server for small businesses that connects them to each other and can offer live support

68

4 years ago

The company wants to help small businesses sell stuff online via a DIY marketplace.

68

4 years ago

A virtual assistant for small businesses, mainly in the e-commerce space.

68

4 years ago

This startup is building a platform that connects small businesses with customers that sell goods or services. The order is placed via text message.

68

4 years ago

A company that helps film festivals grow and they’re currently in beta with one major festival and one smaller one.

68

4 years ago

A startup that provides a toolset to help small businesses track their sales and expenses. The startup offers a suite of apps to help small businesses manage their cash flow, track their expenses, and better manage their sales.

68

3 years ago

This startup helps small businesses sell branded goods online, but it also helps them figure out how to get their products into US stores. The company has a marketplace for small businesses to sell their goods, and it helps them identify the best way to get their products onto Amazon and other US retailers.

68

3 years ago

A startup that supports the sharing of smaller, more personal photos and videos, specifically suited for the sharing economy.

68

3 years ago

A startup building a system to give small businesses a better way to keep track of cash flow.

68

3 years ago

A digital solution for small businesses to manage their bookings and payments. They have already deployed to 17,000 businesses in Minnesota.

68

3 years ago

A platform designed to help small businesses get organized. The startup aims to help small businesses save time and money while tracking expenses.

68

3 years ago

Additionally, startups are typically small, so there is often no need for more than a couple of volunteers per week.

68

4 years ago

A platform that helps small businesses manage their bank accounts. The company is based in New York, but serves companies in other states and countries around the world.

67

4 years ago

A company looking to make it easier for small businesses to comply with credit card usage rules.

67

4 years ago

A startup that wants to give small businesses a platform for hosting and selling their products directly to their customers.

67

4 years ago

A shipping company that does not use the USPS. The startup wants to get more of the e-commerce market for small packages.

67

4 years ago

This startup is building a software platform to make renting out equipment and furniture easier and cheaper for small businesses.

67

4 years ago

This company started as an internal tool to help small businesses manage their social media accounts, but has now launched its own social media app that helps small businesses manage their social media accounts. The startup says they have $250,000 in monthly active users.

67

4 years ago

A health insurance broker for the US that helps small businesses and organizations manage the health insurance process.

67

4 years ago

A platform that connects small businesses with new customers, allowing companies to collect leads and notify prospective customers.

67

4 years ago

A platform for connecting developers with small businesses. The startup is looking to use machine learning to automate the process of finding a small business for a developer to implement an app for.

67

4 years ago

This startup wants to be the most important place for small businesses to sell.

67

4 years ago

A set of online tools that help small businesses grow. The company has brought in more than $500,000 in funding. The startup helps its customers start a podcast, manage business paperwork, and pay their employees.

67

4 years ago

A digital version of the employee handbook. They’re building it for their clients, who pay per employee per year, so for smaller companies it’s more cost effective.

67

3 years ago

A social network for small businesses in Brazil, targeting both mom and pop shops and large enterprises.

67

3 years ago

A free cloud-based accounting software for small businesses. The startup is looking to be a streamlined accounting system for the small business owner.

67

3 years ago

This startup is building a platform for businesses to accept payment from customers via SMS, eliminating the need for bank accounts for small businesses.

67

3 years ago

A platform for connecting small businesses with customers that allow them to bid for specific jobs and then choose the price they want to pay. The startup has received $6.5 million in venture funding to date.

67

3 years ago

A crowdfunding platform for small businesses that’s similar to Kickstarter, but for local businesses rather than global ones.

67

3 years ago

A way for small businesses to quickly pay their employees via direct deposit and simplify payroll. So far, the startup has worked with more than 50 employers to streamline how they pay their employees.

67

3 years ago

A startup that helps businesses issue invoices and manage their accounts. The startup gets paid a small percentage of the invoice amount and then gets a share of the sale.

67

2 years ago

A startup that enables organisations to create micro-jobs to manage small-scale projects. Typically, the company will manage tasks on an as-needed basis.

67

4 years ago

An email marketing startup helping small businesses gain new customers. The startup sends customers a free sample for every high-value email they send.

66

4 years ago

A product manager for a small team of product managers, to help them communicate and organize tasks. The app is meant to be a management tool for a team of around 10.

66

4 years ago

A company that helps small businesses save more of their revenue by selling services like insurance, maintenance, and customer support through a white label platform.

66

4 years ago

A small hardware startup that wants to be a platform partner for IoT that helps companies deploy their own autonomous devices.

66

4 years ago

A startup offering a credit scoring software for small businesses, helping them quickly determine if they qualify for loans.

66

4 years ago

This startup wants to help small to medium sized businesses use machine learning to automate tasks that can be done by a single person.

66

4 years ago

The company gives small businesses an easy way to pay their bills on time and in full. Once a business has been connected, the system sends them a notification when they’re due, and they can pay online.

66

4 years ago

A small-batch hydroponic tomato farm with a $5,000 retail price. The startup wants to deliver fresh tomatoes for $4 per pound, and is currently shipping 3,000 units per week to its first five clients.

66

4 years ago

A startup that builds small, easy-to-use robots for the home

66

4 years ago

A startup that aims to fix the lack of data that exists on small businesses, particularly those in the food industry.

66

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.

66

4 years ago

A company that provides on-demand web design and development services for small and medium sized businesses. They say their tool is affordable for businesses and their customers.

66

4 years ago

A tool that helps small businesses find loan applications and other financial services, including asset-based loans for startups. The startup takes a 20% commission.

66

4 years ago

A platform that helps small businesses and individuals identify and develop contractors and freelancers. The platform is available in the US, Canada, and the UK.

66

4 years ago

An in-house analytics tool to help small businesses track site activity and optimize their digital marketing and sales efforts. The startup wants to provide both a software solution and a white-labeled service.

66

3 years ago

A small rental car startup that runs in-person rental locations and online booking, as well as manages the customer service side of the business.

66

3 years ago

A platform that helps small businesses hire and manage service professionals (such as painters or electricians) at a fraction of the cost of traditional contractors. The company plans to take on the $3 billion market of service professionals.

66

3 years ago

A software startup helping operators with their voice over IP (VoIP) systems. The company is working to make their system easier to use and more reliable, with the goal of helping small businesses and home users to keep costs down while they build their customer bases.

66

3 years ago

A tool to help teams build and release small experimental products. It’s currently in pre-launch, with more features to come over the next couple of weeks.

66

3 years ago

A company that helps small businesses bring back profits through an app that lets them buy and sell services.

66

3 years ago

A small business software company that helps businesses grow by providing analytics on sales, expenses, and customer acquisition.

66

3 years ago

Small businesses are often stuck with bad contracts from their credit card processors. This startup helps them negotiate better terms and lower rates.

66

3 years ago

A digital platform that helps small and medium-sized enterprises in the retail sector find and hire new and existing employees.

66

3 years ago

A startup that helps restaurants, small businesses, and homeowners get more cash back from their credit card rewards.

66

3 years ago

A startup that helps small businesses streamline their operations by combining their sales and marketing teams. The company has a $15M Series A and is hiring.

66

3 years ago

A startup that delivers a suite of services for small businesses. The business is built on a service called Hubsmash that automatically connects remote workers with employers via Slack.

66

3 years ago

A startup that helps small businesses find the best ways to register their companies and taxes for the US. It’s like a Yahoo for company registration.

66

3 years ago

A platform to connect small and medium businesses to their workers, with the goal of helping companies collaborate and automate tasks.

66

4 years ago

InstaGro is building a tool to help small businesses manage their invoices and payments, and to automate the tedious process of sending out invoices.

65

4 years ago

A platform for small businesses to access capital. The startup, which was founded in May, is building a supply chain for small businesses to create and manage their own investment opportunities.

65

4 years ago

A startup that wants to help secure payments by creating a payments platform that’s easy for small businesses to use.

65

4 years ago

Tired of waiting for your toothpaste to dry PictureTec wants to eliminate that problem with a device that heats your toothpaste up to allow you to brush it out completely. The device has a small fan that heats up to just under boiling, which they say keeps the toothpaste from drying out too quickly.

65

4 years ago

This startup wants to make it easy for anyone with a bad credit score to get a loan. The company’s co-founder says that when running a small business, it’s likely that they know the person they’re dealing with personally. The company uses that advantage to provide a personalized loan experience.

65

4 years ago

A company that helps advertisers try out new ad formats and measure their effectiveness. For a small fee, advertisers can use the startup’s service to generate a report on their campaign's success. The company claims to have a list of over 100 clients, including large fashion brands and big insurance companies.

65

4 years ago

A startup that’s building a platform for small businesses to sell their products and services through email, and a tool to help them to set up email marketing campaigns.

65

4 years ago

A startup for small and medium-size companies willing to try a technology that can track employee productivity by measuring their social media activity.

65

4 years ago

What do you do when you have the typical set-up of an L.L.Bean outfitter in a small town in Maine, or a small-town biker shop in South Dakota, or a local bike shop in New Hampshire You could build a mobile app, or you could build out a small physical store in that town, or you could build out a membership program to then sell memberships in that store. This startup works with local machines to do that, delivering a local bike shop experience to the wider world.

65

3 years ago

Innovative real-time news and data analytics for small and medium businesses.

65

3 years ago

The company’s founders say they’re working with over 3,000 small businesses in the UK.

65

3 years ago

This small startup wants to help people and small businesses create a more controlled and organized sales funnel and plan.

65

3 years ago

This app helps small businesses find a reliable service animal partner.

65

3 years ago

A B2B company that provides small businesses with a suite of services to help them manage their cash flow, which can include loan processing, payment processing, investor relations, accounting, and more. The platform also provides analytics and data to help improve the company’s business performance.

65

3 years ago

A simple-to-use app for small retailers in India to find vendors and retailers nearby, also used as a marketplace for wholesale products.

65

3 years ago

Assists small businesses with their operations by tracking expenses, helping them better manage day-to-day expenses and providing financial analytics.

65

3 years ago

A platform for small business owners to communicate in real-time with other small businesses for things like inventory, deliveries, and maintenance.

65

3 years ago

A platform for creating “microlibraries”, a digital collection of books shared by a small group of friends.

65

3 years ago

A company that is basically a website builder for small businesses, providing a web presence for those in need of one.

65

3 years ago

A platform that makes it easy for users to make small changes throughout the entire retail processes, right down to the point of delivery.

65

3 years ago

a tool for creating and managing Slack channels for freelancers and small businesses.

65

3 years ago

A startup that aims to democratize and automate the geolocation of small businesses.

65

2 years ago

A tool for small business owners to help them track expenses, set budgets and track employee performance. It’s currently in beta, and is looking to raise $250,000.

65

4 years ago

A platform that facilitates the buying, selling, and sharing of small amounts of rice from rice farmers to consumers.

64

4 years ago

This startup is building a global secure container shipping platform for small and medium sized businesses. They’re building a “portfolio of services” to help companies get their goods shipped faster and more efficiently.

64

4 years ago

A company that helps small businesses and companies of all sizes create “lean-forward” websites and apps. The company has a number of products aimed at helping this process, including an earlier app that lets you create templates and prototype a mobile app. This week they launched a new product called Twig, which is a platform that lets you create a prototype of your product in a matter of minutes.

64

4 years ago

A platform that allows small businesses to use their existing websites to sell online, using their existing social media channels.

64

4 years ago

A B2B software company that helps companies build marketing automation capabilities into their websites. Aimed at small businesses, it helps automate email marketing, social media marketing, and prospecting.

64

4 years ago

• A platform meant to help small businesses in the US track and manage their inventory, and allow the owners to report back to consumers on the current state of their inventory.

64

4 years ago

A startup that is building a platform for small health clinics. The company wants to make it easier for patients to access their own medical records.

64

3 years ago

A free-to-use online platform that serves as a one-stop-shop for local small businesses, helping them build and manage a website, sell products, and promote their businesses.

64

3 years ago

A startup aiming to be a platform for consumers to buy small items from ecommerce sites like Amazon and eBay, providing discounts and free shipping.

64

3 years ago

A product that helps small businesses track their inventory across all their different platforms, like online shopping cart, their own website, and local retail stores, to ensure they are able to track inventory across all their sales channels at all times.

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 that helps small businesses manage a fleet of deliveries using self-driving delivery vans

64

3 years ago

A business credit card for “micro-entrepreneurs” or those who want to start with a small business credit card while they build their business.

64

3 years ago

A startup for small businesses to receive automated reminders for appointments and other tasks, built on top of Zapier.

64

3 years ago

A tool that helps small businesses reduce the time and cost of hiring a lawyer to find and reference legal documents.

64

3 years ago

A platform that helps find loan officers who can help small businesses get loans.

64

3 years ago

A startup that offers a way for small businesses to customize print products online to create special-edition products without the high upfront costs associated with traditional custom products.

64

3 years ago

A startup that connects a team of freelance designers, developers and designers with a small business needing help on a project.

64

3 years ago

A tool for managing HR, payroll, and benefits for small businesses, pitched as a “HR-as-a-Service”.

64

3 years ago

The Boston-based startup is building a system that helps retailers find the most effective way to promote their product to the right people on Facebook. And it's building a whole new Facebook for small business.

64

3 years ago

A company that helps e-commerce companies, mostly small ones, get their products to market faster.

64

3 years ago

A payments platform for small businesses in Latin America. It’s first use case is a donation platform that allows people to donate to nonprofits using the app.

64

3 years ago

A tool to help small businesses manage their operations. The company’s founder says that the product helps companies lower their operating costs by as much as 15% and increase their revenue by up to 15%.

64

3 years ago

A solution for small businesses to receive and manage payments, including a 24/7 support team.

64

3 years ago

This startup is building a platform for small, rural hospitals to form electronic health records and share data with a wider community.

64

4 years ago

A meeting scheduler for small businesses. It’s designed to be easy to use for simple scheduling, and free for five people. The founders say that they’ve got customers in the Bay area, and plans to expand to the East Coast in the next year.

63

4 years ago

A “social network for professionals”, where freelancers and small businesses can network and find each other.

63

4 years ago

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

63

4 years ago

A startup that wants to help small businesses create personalized marketing campaigns by analyzing their websites. They’re currently working with companies in the UK, where they plan to launch in early 2020.

63

4 years ago

A startup that helps small businesses with implementing and tracking complex, multi-national supply chains.

63

4 years ago

A cloud-based IT support service for small businesses, with a focus on customer service, pricing, and callbacks. Their first project was a $25,000 project with a couple of cashflow issues.

63

3 years ago

A virtual assistant that serves as an HR manager for small companies in the US. The company is hiring across its teams, from customer success and sales to engineering, product and design.

63

3 years ago

A mobile payments and loyalty program designed to help small businesses run their businesses more effectively and efficiently. The platform is open to all merchants, not just those in particular industries. It’s currently only in its beta stage.

63

3 years ago

A startup that wants to make it easier for small businesses to build their own websites without spending a lot of time with the programming.

63

3 years ago

A SaaS platform for small businesses to manage their projects and projects for them, including accounting, management, and other back-office types of functions.

63

3 years ago

A startup that makes it easy to send money abroad to friends and family. The startup is looking to partner with banks, credit card companies and other financial institutions to help small businesses and families send money abroad.

63

3 years ago

A startup that’s building a one-stop shop for small businesses that spans several different verticals, including payroll, accounting and consulting.

63

3 years ago

We are developing a payment system for small businesses that can be integrated with existing payment platforms, such as Amazon Pay, Apple Pay and Google Pay.

63

3 years ago

A seed stage startup built to help small businesses find and connect with local vendors.

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 platform that helps large companies manage small teams through tools like project management, HR management and other functions.

63

3 years ago

A small-business lender that offers flexible loans, designed for individuals with $20,000 to $150,000 in assets.

63

3 years ago

A digital payment card for micro-enterprises and small businesses.

63

3 years ago

A SaaS platform for small businesses that helps them find, manage and make payments from the cloud.

63

3 years ago

A company that helps small business owners and freelancers use their credit cards to get paid, plus a payment platform that can help businesses process payments through their cards.

63

3 years ago

A startup that lets small businesses take a picture of an invoice and have it automatically sent to the debtor’s email inbox, or printed out if they’re unable to copy and paste the email.

63

3 years ago

A food saver is a small appliance that acts as a meal delivery service, meaning the user can make a meal in the morning and have it delivered to their home at lunch time.

63

2 years ago

A tool to help startups and small businesses better target custom audiences, making marketing personal and relevant.

63

2 years ago

A startup that’s building a platform for online retail that helps small and medium businesses run their own e-commerce sites.

63

5 years ago

Idea: A small business that is building a platform for the service industry, helping companies like cleaning services coordinate their operations.

62

4 years ago

The startup is building a service for small businesses to sell their products on Amazon, but for a fee set by the seller (rather than Amazon itself.)

62

4 years ago

A company building a tool for small business internet marketers. The startup says their product is “an easy-to-use, all-in-one dashboard for online marketing.” The idea is to help customers streamline marketing for their customers, and help them to increase their customers.

62

4 years ago

A new way to help consumers buy environmentally-friendly products. The startup is a small team that’s looking to build a better way for consumers to get their hands on environmentally-friendly products from all over the world. While it’s not quite a marketplace, it does offer a centralized marketplace that connects the consumer to one online store for all their environmentally-friendly products.

62

4 years ago

A SaaS platform that connects small and medium-sized businesses with freelance workers.

62

4 years ago

A startup that makes it easier for small business owners to get insurance without actually having to do any work.

62

4 years ago

The startup says it’s building the “Wiki for accounting”, but that’s not clear from the demo. Ledger is a software company building a cloud-based accounting platform for small businesses.

62

4 years ago

A digital marketing platform for small businesses, said to process $42 million a year in transactions for 3,000 businesses.

62

4 years ago

A Y Combinator-backed startup that’s building a tool that helps small businesses set up credit cards.

62

3 years ago

The startup is built around an ad-hoc infrastructure for sharing small jobs (up to $100) between companies. Previously, small businesses have to either go through the pain of setting up their own internal app or use their own separate contractor management platform (like TaskRabbit). The startup uses its API to help companies manage their workforces, with a platform that allows for bid and project management.

62

3 years ago

A startup that helps companies manage their online storefronts. The tool is meant to help small retailers, who currently have to manage their storefronts themselves. The startup is offering the tool as a monthly subscription with a free one-month trial.

62

3 years ago

A company that aims to create a clearer way to work with small businesses by developing an online platform that helps them connect, communicate and manage. It’s working with over 1,000 small businesses in the U.S. and is moving into other countries.

62

3 years ago

Filling the gap in the smartphone payment space for small and medium-sized businesses, this startup is working on creating a payment solution that can be used with a credit card and not just a debit card.

62

3 years ago

A tool to help small businesses in the UK and Ireland manage their tax filing. The company offers a free, self-service tax filing tool that lets businesses file their tax returns online, and pay their tax electronically.

62

3 years ago

A tool for small businesses to document processes and create charts and graphs to help them make the right decisions.

62

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.

62

3 years ago

A platform to help owners of small agencies and freelancers get paid faster. Y Combinator-backed startup that’s already working with some of the biggest names in media.

62

3 years ago

idea: A retail platform that helps brands and small retailers manage inventory and product pages across multiple sites. The startup helps brands manage product listings and marketing on a single user interface by combining real-time analytics and inventory management.

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

A digital platform that allows small businesses to create a “professional profile,” allowing them to connect with customers, decide what to do in situations like offer discounts, etc.

62

3 years ago

A platform for small business loans in Nigeria. The startup wants to offer loans within 24-hours in Lagos, Nigeria, by connecting underbanked micro and small businesses to banks.

62

3 years ago

An insurance company that aims to help small businesses manage their workers’ compensation claims and annuities.

62

3 years ago

A social media management platform that helps businesses target their audiences across social media. The startup aims to help small businesses with relatively small marketing budgets to make the most of their social media budgets.

62

3 years ago

A startup that wants to help small businesses manage their finances by making it easy for them to save and invest money, with a focus on retirement.

62

3 years ago

A startup that helps entrepreneurs find small business loans so they can grow businesses without having to sell themselves or their company’s stock.

62

3 years ago

This startup is trying to build out a platform and API to help companies with financial services that are too small to handle their own business and customers.

62

3 years ago

A platform that helps small businesses find equipment and services, such as rent-a-cops, using data from other online sources.

62

2 years ago

A platform to make it easier for small to mid-sized companies to make sales and close deals. The company is based here in the US.

62

2 years ago

This startup is building a platform for small businesses that wants to help Filipino-owned businesses in the US. The company says it helps to automate the building of proposals and business plans.

62

5 years ago

Idea: TrackR aims to help keep track of your things, be it keys, pets, or anything else that you might lose The hardware is a small device that can connect via bluetooth to your phone

61

4 years ago

A platform that helps businesses with a global reach, from small companies to multinationals, to grow their brand in a country where they have no footprint. It charges a small monthly subscription fee and allows you to add your business to a pool of companies to bid on.

61

4 years ago

A platform that helps small businesses get into marketplaces like Airbnb and Airbnb for Business. The startup says it has already signed up over 100 companies.

61

4 years ago

A startup that wants to build a platform for small business owners to track the progress of their invoices and invoices with other businesses.

61

4 years ago

An online platform that helps small-scale farmers sell their excess produce. It allows farmers to post prices and where to buy the produce, and consumers to buy directly from farmers.

61

4 years ago

A tool for small businesses to create and manage their own customer data (such as contact info and payment data) without having to purchase it from a data broker or risk running afoul of data licensing laws.

61

4 years ago

A startup that lets small businesses get paid for the time employees spend on the phone. The startup is growing fast, saying they’ve signed up over 1,000 businesses on their platform.

61

4 years ago

A startup that aims to make it easier for small business owners to have a storefront presence on the internet. Instead of opening a website the company works with businesses to have a simple storefront integrated into their existing business.

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 company that provides a way for small businesses to run their business from anywhere — either from the cloud or from a web app

61

4 years ago

A startup that offers a suite of business-related services, from financial management to payroll, to small and medium sized businesses.

61

4 years ago

A SaaS product that allows a small business to have an employee that mails their orders.

61

4 years ago

A consumer marketing platform where customers can buy and ship products directly to friends. The startup is also working on a team-based crowdfunding platform to help small business owners.

61

3 years ago

An HR solution for small businesses, connecting to different HR systems, providing the right employee information, and sharing all of company data.

61

3 years ago

A company that helps small businesses in Mexico expand their reach and increase their business. The startup curates deals and services for small and medium businesses, including farmers and entrepreneurs.

61

3 years ago

A digitally native financial services company that focuses on helping people with small-to-medium business loans.

61

3 years ago

A small business loan platform that helps companies create credit criteria and collateral checklists to reduce the risk of non-performing loans.

61

3 years ago

A startup that wants to make it easier for people to access and use the Internet of Things through the creation of a small device that plugs into the USB port on your computer.

61

3 years ago

A startup that helps small businesses compare the cost of different vendors for their needs and make the best purchasing decision possible.

61

3 years ago

A small-batch, hand-crafted, and local whiskey company that makes four different liquors using small batch distilling.

61

3 years ago

A credit card processing startup that helps small businesses get their cards in under 12 hours.

61

3 years ago

Startup that takes on the traditional financing process for small businesses.

61

3 years ago

The startup is building a network of small rental properties, or “micro-apartments”, that are leased by short-term occupants who sign long-term leases and get discounts on rent. The startup charges a one-time $50 fee for tenants to get on the platform.

61

3 years ago

This startup is building a tool that allows B2B software companies to manage their accounts and invoices. It’s a time-saving tool that allows small companies to consolidate everything into one place.

61

3 years ago

A platform that helps small service providers with everything from practice management to payroll, invoicing, and banking services.

61

3 years ago

This startup wants to make the internet more “friendly” to businesses by helping smaller companies get their products and services in front of the right people. They’re currently working with over 200 businesses.

61

2 years ago

A platform for finding free or cheap shared housing in Latin America, with one of their early customers being a small community library.

61

2 years ago

A software development company that helps businesses with software development, building everything from small custom apps to enterprise ERP systems.

61

4 years ago

The startup is building a platform to allow small business owners to keep track of their inventory, and make it available to their customers via online ordering. It’s currently testing a free app for iOS and Android.

60

4 years ago

This is a startup that is building a platform to help freelancers in emerging markets manage their business. The company is working in Southeast Asia, and wants to work with small businesses to help them create working capital for their business.

60

4 years ago

This startup is creating a digital life preserver for small businesses that is a free, encrypted way for the business to communicate with their customers.

60

3 years ago

A tool that helps small businesses spend less on advertising by allowing them to buy ads for a specific time or day. Users can also sell their ad space to others.

60

3 years ago

A small team of founders in San Francisco who work on tools that allow people in the developing world to create mobile apps.

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 startup that’s building a peer-to-peer network for smaller companies to get financing from big lenders.

60

3 years ago

A small-business lending tool for online lenders.

60

3 years ago

A web hosting company that sells managed services to individual clients rather than small businesses.

60

3 years ago

A company that provides text and video messaging for small businesses like hair salons. In addition to text and video messaging, customers can also get a snapshot of their appointment and directions, with a chatbot alongside it.

60

3 years ago

A mobile payments and banking app for small businesses in the US that combines loyalty and rewards with banking. It’s like a consolidation of a couple of other payment and banking apps — Venmo, PayPal, and Square — into one. It’s already built out and gaining traction in the US.

60

3 years ago

A startup that is building a platform for small and medium sized businesses to send out SMS messages and interact with customers in a more personal way.

60

2 years ago

A micro-lending service that helps small businesses get working capital. It’s been featured in Fast Company and VentureBeat

60

2 years ago

A platform that aims to help small businesses with their marketing and IT needs, and they are currently working with over 30 SMBs in the US.

60

5 years ago

A platform that lets businesses manage their online presence and marketing efforts. The company is targeting small and medium-sized businesses.

59

4 years ago

HR software for small businesses, aiming to make the process of onboarding and managing employees easier.

59

4 years ago

The French startup works with small businesses to create VR meetups. The company’s focus is on communities of all sizes, including a small downtown coffee shop in Paris.

59

4 years ago

Gaps in the online education market that exists between small business and the government. The startup is working on developing a course that meets the needs of small business, and is working on a solution that ensures course completion in a standard time frame.

59

3 years ago

A program that helps startups and small businesses produce more documents at lower costs. The startup provides free templates for company formation filings and will charge for other services such as incorporation, patent searches and trademark searches.

59

3 years ago

Builds an accounting software for small businesses, helping them to save time by consolidating all of their accounting systems into one dashboard.

59

3 years ago

A joint venture between Taiwanese and Malaysian companies building a logistics platform for small and medium enterprises. The startup wants to be the Amazon of Chinese logistics companies.

59

3 years ago

A software company that offers a suite of tools for companies that want to make better use of their employees’ time. The startup’s focus is on assisting small and medium-sized businesses that have a large workforce and are trying to figure out where to spend their time.

59

3 years ago

A platform for managing talent and talent acquisition. The startup is working with small businesses to help them fill their open positions for the first time.

59

3 years ago

A way for smaller companies to get help with HR.

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 platform that helps small businesses build a mobile-first salesforce. They have a mobile app, and a software as a service (SaaS) product.

59

3 years ago

A startup that allows employees to manage their income, expense and banking information. Small business owners that pay their employees in cash have to manage a number of paper documents to keep track of those payments. Hatipol, which was founded earlier this year, is building a system to do this more efficiently.

59

3 years ago

A way to help small businesses manage their inventory data, analyze it and make it available to all of their employees in a single platform.

59

3 years ago

A startup that helps small businesses with their financials by putting together a monthly budget and offering financial coaching.

59

3 years ago

A digital marketing platform for small businesses. The startup’s product is an email automation platform that automates email marketing and A/B testing.

59

3 years ago

A way for companies to use the internet of things to automate small tasks around their buildings, like turning the lights on and off.

59

3 years ago

A startup that aims to build a loyalty program for coffee shops. Coffee drinkers can earn points for drink purchases at participating coffee shops. The company has a goal of $20,000, which is a smaller sum than the previous round.

59

3 years ago

A management platform for small businesses that wants to help companies grow. The startup says it’s already working with over 300 businesses, and is helping them improve their customer acquisition, sales and retention.

59

3 years ago

A platform that provides education at a lower cost, with a focus on “smaller companies that don’t have the resources to deal with the expense and bureaucracy of traditional college”.

59

3 years ago

A brand new payment platform for small businesses that don’t want to give credit card companies a cut. Instead of taking a percentage, the payment is split up between the merchant and the customer.

59

3 years ago

A full-service business for startups that helps with finance, HR, and legal. The startup helps small businesses with legal, HR and accounting issues, and has a network of experts across the country to help.

59

3 years ago

A tool for designing, testing, and building software. Intellijel is building a development environment that’s easy to learn, and that’s easy to tweak and customize. The company is a small (15 people) startup based in Portland, Oregon.

59

3 years ago

A small-scale robo-advisor for short savings plans. The startup is aiming to make it easier for small investors to save for retirement.

59

2 years ago

This startup wants to help small businesses create natural products. The app will help users choose from a list of natural ingredients and ingredients from around the world and then the app will automatically create a custom recipe using the chosen ingredients.

59

2 years ago

A personalized newsfeed for investors and traders. They’re hoping to get adoption of their app in India, where financial markets are still small.

59

2 years ago

A small business lending platform for those who want to grow their business. The startup so far has funded over 300 companies with their credit platform to make loans.

59

4 years ago

A platform that helps small businesses get access to credit and loans. The startup says it has received a $1.2 million investment and counts Google Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, and Y Combinator as investors.

58

3 years ago

This startup wants to help small businesses get access to broadband internet, and has built a device that connects over Wi-Fi to a router to make that happen.

58

3 years ago

The premium version of the popular chat client Discord. The founders are building a product that helps smaller, independent developers book services and manage their own store. The company says it’s the only app that lets users build their own store.

58

3 years ago

A SaaS business that helps small businesses bring on corporate credit cards.

58

3 years ago

A startup that helps small businesses make sense of their data, and organize it into a visual dashboard.

58

3 years ago

A CPA firm that helps small businesses with accounting, bookkeeping, and tax services. The startup is in the process of launching an iOS app for managing employees.

58

3 years ago

A startup building a platform for businesses to collaborate with each other. Its focus is on making it easy for small companies to collaborate with other small companies. It’s been incubating for five years, with a small team of 10.

58

3 years ago

A tool for small teams to manage projects and projects. The founders say that they want to create a new class of company, the “Project Manager”.

58

3 years ago

A SaaS platform that allows small businesses to have better control over their data and better customer experiences, and manage their finances.

58

3 years ago

A payment system that gives companies a way to provide money to their employees, especially small businesses. Working with 14 enterprise pilots.

58

3 years ago

A tool for helping small businesses upgrade their websites. The company is building a CMS that helps small businesses increase engagement and conversions, while also saving money on web design.

58

3 years ago

A platform that helps small businesses manage their web presence, managing their content and their reputation.

58

3 years ago

A SaaS platform for e-commerce transactions, allowing small businesses to quickly and easily process transactions for their customers and suppliers. The company says it has over 10,000 merchants using its platform.

58

3 years ago

A platform that helps small businesses sell more online by connecting them with influencers in their niche. It’s currently in a beta test with over 500 companies.

58

3 years ago

A startup working to make video conferencing cheaper and easier for small businesses, using AI to make the experience more like a phone call. They’re looking to charge $1 per minute for the call, and finish with a survey to help qualify your business for a discount.

58

3 years ago

A platform for small businesses to help them manage their team's work hours and tasks, with tools that help them manage their employees' time and spend.

58

3 years ago

This startup is building a small, portable device that can help small companies with security. It’s a camera that plugs into an electrical socket and serves as a video monitoring system.

58

2 years ago

Recoon, a next-gen business that wants to help small business owners grow by providing them with data, analytics, and guidance. They are looking to expand across the US and other countries, especially in Latin America and India.

58

2 years ago

A company that helps small companies market across their sites, selling to both consumers and businesses across the web.

58

2 years ago

A group messaging and communication platform for small teams.

58

5 years ago

A SaaS company that helps small businesses manage their capital flow. They help companies figure out when to take partners on, and how to best fund their businesses.

57

5 years ago

A software company that helps businesses build and scale their content marketing programs. A financial services company that aims to make trading more accessible for small and medium-sized businesses.

57

4 years ago

An online platform that allows you to create and upload barcodes for products. The startup charges customers a small monthly fee for each barcode it generates for them.

57

4 years ago

This startup helps entrepreneurs, and small businesses, take their product to market with a crowdfunding campaign. The company features a patent-pending “platform” that’s described as a new way to integrate multiple crowdfunding platforms and a “complete crowdfunding campaign management solution”.

57

4 years ago

This startup is working to create a new version of the Raspberry Pi, which will be smaller and better suited to control things like smart home appliances and lighting and other IoT devices. Right now, companies like Amazon and Google are building their own mini PC and smart home-computing devices, but RightBit hopes to make it cheaper and easier for other hardware makers to produce their own.

57

4 years ago

Pilar is a plan for hiring admins for small businesses. The company is currently free for one employee, and plans to charge for larger organizations at $15 per employee per month.

57

3 years ago

A company that assists small, local businesses obtain loans. The company doesn’t lend money itself, but instead works with other lenders to provide them with the data they need to be able to make their own loan decisions.

57

3 years ago

A startup that wants to build a full-service, for-profit “Hotel of the Future” that is both a hostel and a small, boutique hotel. The company’s goal is to help youth find more affordable places to stay while they work on their career.

57

3 years ago

A digital freelance marketplace that helps small business owners find and pay their employees. The startup currently has over 1,000 small businesses on board and plans to add over 1,000 more in 2017.

57

3 years ago

A tool to help small businesses manage their operations by tracking which employees are working and when.

57

3 years ago

A B2B platform for banks to provide financial advice to small business owners. The company is working with a number of large banks and is on track to launch in the U.S. in 2019.

57

3 years ago

This company is building a blockchain-based marketplace for small and medium businesses. The marketplace would allow companies to bid on services from other businesses, which would in turn be paid in their cryptocurrency of choice.

57

3 years ago

A company that wants to increase the efficiency of small businesses by helping them accept payments through an email address.

57

3 years ago

A “Social Wallet” that works like Venmo combined with an online bank account. With so many online banking options available, why would a startup want to create a “Social Wallet” Because it’s easy to use and they can get a lot of money from small companies.

57

3 years ago

The startup is building a 3D printer for small scale production. The founders met at Techstars, where they were early on a Y Combinator batch.

57

3 years ago

A small coder-owned startup that provides a small monthly subscription to people who feel they're getting ripped off by their technology providers.

57

3 years ago

This startup is building a tool to help small businesses easily build a 3D model of their locations. It’s a visual aid that allows companies to understand what’s going on around their business, and how to make it better.

57

3 years ago

A platform for small businesses to learn about their competitors and get valuable insights about the competition.

57

3 years ago

An enterprise-level CRM for small businesses that uses artificial intelligence to help customize and personalize their marketing. It was previously known as ZOOM.

57

3 years ago

A small business tool that makes it easier for companies to track and manage employees, and allows employees to manage their own time and time sheets.

57

3 years ago

A startup that helps small businesses communicate with customers, which is good for them and also good for the customers.

57

3 years ago

A startup that helps small businesses in China pay suppliers and employees. The idea is to help local shops avoid the 2-3 week delays that are common.

57

3 years ago

A startup that’s building a way for manufacturing companies to sell their products to the public, and not just to a small group of large corporations.

57

3 years ago

A peer-to-peer lending marketplace, connecting small businesses with individual investors looking to lend them money.

57

2 years ago

A startup that specializes in helping small businesses get funding. The startup is working with the Small Business Association and the SBA’s Venture Office to run workshops for small businesses on how to get funded.

57

4 years ago

A community of small businesses that connects them with customers, while keeping their operations lean and leaner.

56

3 years ago

A startup that helps small businesses send invoices and get paid on time, while saving them money in the process. The startup says it’s a $5 billion market.

56

3 years ago

A company that’s building a platform for small businesses to provide themselves with policy support and help with compliance. The company wants to make it easy for small businesses to do their own taxes and manage their own benefits, including health care benefits.

56

3 years ago

A coworking space for freelancers, entrepreneurs, and small business owners.

56

3 years ago

A company that provides loans for small businesses and for entrepreneurs. The company has built its business on the idea that the best way to connect people with needs to resources is via their own networks.

56

3 years ago

A tool for managing projects, with a focus on small businesses. In the past year it helped over 60% of its users cash out their businesses.

56

3 years ago

The startup offers a white-labeled version of their existing software to businesses with different needs. The version is meant to be more affordable and more suitable for small businesses.

56

3 years ago

A company that lets developers make games and apps with an easy-to-use toolset. The startup currently has a small Alexa skill that describes their goals, and a small Android app, but wants to grow into a platform from which developers can easily launch apps and games.

56

3 years ago

A startup that builds a mobile app to help small businesses manage their books and finances. It promises to help business owners reduce the risk of fraud and make it easier to grow their business.

56

3 years ago

A startup for small businesses to help them find and hire contractors for specific jobs, with a focus on electricians, plumbers, and painters.

56

3 years ago

A distribution service aimed at small and midsized businesses that brings together online and offline sales, offering a way for online retailers to manage their supply chains.

56

3 years ago

A company that helps small businesses replace their paper and cardboard filing cabinets with digital files. The company says it works with over 1,200 businesses and has signed up Wells Fargo as a customer.

56

3 years ago

A digital dashboard for managing your personal finances. The company is building a dashboard for business owners and small businesses to manage their finances, with a focus on billing.

56

3 years ago

A tool for companies to make it easier for their employees to use the office space, not just for small offices but for companies of any size.

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 B2B company that helps “small and medium-sized enterprises” scale through the use of predictive analytics and artificial intelligence.

56

3 years ago

A global platform to help small businesses find good talent. As of the end of July, the startup had 15,000 job offers on the platform.

56

3 years ago

A company that helps small companies take advantage of the power of digital, including tools that allow them to collect online payments and see how clients are doing.

56

3 years ago

A tool that lets small businesses build branded, web-based invoices, and bill their customers. The startup is building an API that lets businesses create invoices, then link them to their payment processing systems, like Stripe.

56

3 years ago

A startup that makes an online video platform for small businesses, where users can share videos and recruit employees.

56

3 years ago

A startup that provides small business owners with the tools to successfully manage their business from a remote location, enabling them to do their work from anywhere in the world.

56

3 years ago

OkPay is a way to use credit cards that works for small businesses in the Philippines. The startup wants to enable small businesses to give out credit cards for small purchases and payment, and allow the users to pay back the money in time.

56

3 years ago

This startup is building a consumer-grade 3D printer, the first in the consumer space to use stereolithography. The company is using its own designs to make the first consumer-grade 3D printer to use stereolithography, a process that builds one object from multiple smaller ones.

56

3 years ago

A marketing automation platform that helps small businesses manage their marketing and sales processes, with built-in customer lifecycle management.

56

2 years ago

To help small businesses grow, this startup is developing a mobile app that allows them to get paid in local currency from their customers' bank accounts.

56

2 years ago

A “SaaS platform for small businesses to manage their online reputation, built by the founders of the Reputation.com.”

56

2 years ago

A startup that sends small business management books on a monthly basis.

56

4 years ago

A software company building a web platform for small businesses to use for marketing and sales, with many of its customers already using Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. The company claims it’s already had over 1,000 customers sign up to use its platform, and has raised $1.2 million.

55

4 years ago

A startup building a customer relationship management platform for small businesses based on the idea that business owners spend more time servicing customers than they do actually doing their own work.

55

4 years ago

A messaging and collaboration app for small businesses. The startup is building a messaging platform for small business owners. They want to help small business owners communicate, collaborate and improve their businesses.

55

4 years ago

This company is in beta with a proof-of-concept product they built to make it easier for people to sign up for a newsletter. The startup offers free accounts, and then charges a small fee to advertisers.

55

3 years ago

A startup that provides a financial advisor service for freelancers and employees, which allows them to manage their own investments, doing their own research and managing their own portfolio, in exchange for a small commission.

55

3 years ago

An on-demand platform for contractors to arrange services like small home repairs, car repairs, and easy on-site services.

55

3 years ago

An alternative to traditional social network sites for content curation, letting users create and share “micro-content” in smaller, more digestible chunks.

55

3 years ago

A tool that combines a content management system with a CMS-like editor. The tool, which is open source and available at no cost, is aimed at the smaller web builder who wants to build a web site quickly.

55

3 years ago

A platform that helps small businesses manage their inventory, allowing them to more efficiently track their inventory levels, calculate the cost of each item, and plan their orders.

55

3 years ago

The company has a new product that lets small businesses use the same tools as larger companies to set up a storefront. The product is meant to be a more accessible alternative to the Shopify platform.

55

3 years ago

Smaller women owned businesses in Latin America that are interested in selling their products online.

55

3 years ago

WorkWeek is a robo-advisor for freelancers, offering asset management and tax services for small business owners.

55

3 years ago

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

55

3 years ago

A company that makes the process of hiring remote contractors easier. The startup allows contractors to fill out a background check and get a credit check with their credit card, which they use to submit a request to work with a company of their choice. The startup takes a small percentage of the base payment and a percentage of the base payment as a fee whenever the request is approved.

55

3 years ago

This is a text messaging app that lets you call and text your friends and family directly from your phone. It’s like the Snapchat app, only instead of sharing photos or videos, it’s sharing texts. The startup makes money by charging a small percentage of the transaction.

55

3 years ago

A product that helps small businesses save money on insurance, by keeping them on auto-pay programs and putting their policy under a single roof.

55

3 years ago

A startup that brings together three key ingredients: In-app messaging, chatbots, and AI. The company says it is working with hundreds of small businesses to help them better engage with customers via messaging, and that a majority of its customers are repeat customers for its chatbot services.

55

3 years ago

A startup that hosts and runs a marketplace for small business owners to help them set up their own online store and then provides the web hosting, marketing, and other services to get them up and running.

55

3 years ago

A recruitment system for small businesses, allowing them to post job openings, manage employee time, and more.

55

3 years ago

A platform for small businesses to manage and grow their online presence. It’s an online platform that allows local businesses to create a website, a blog, and ads. It also handles payment processing, inventory management and customer service.

55

2 years ago

A small business loans and consulting startup looking to help companies with their “small” financing needs.

55

4 years ago

A startup that wants to help small businesses build their own custom, open-source messaging apps using the Twilio API.

54

4 years ago

A platform to help small businesses sell their products on Amazon. The startup is working with a number of new food startup, with plans to roll out to other platforms later in the year.

54

3 years ago

A compliance platform for small business loans, developed by a former Goldman Sachs banker.

54

3 years ago

A startup that helps small businesses with staff management, billing, and payroll through a full-blown employee portal.

54

3 years ago

A platform to help small businesses get loans from banks, which has gotten real traction in the UK.

54

3 years ago

A mobile-first payments alternative that focuses on micropayments. The startup aims to take a cut of each transaction and hopes to revolutionize the way small businesses pay for goods and services.

54

3 years ago

A tool that helps small companies manage their inventory, track sales, and plan for the future.

54

3 years ago

Rural Electric is a Tennessee-based startup producing a clean energy product called a "solar dryer," a small device that uses a solar thermal panel to heat air and dry laundry.

54

3 years ago

A tool for small businesses to hack their inventory software, eliminating the need for laborious calculations, and providing them with instant financial reports.

54

3 years ago

Building a shopping app for farmers and small businesses to track their operations, understand their market, and make more informed decisions about their products.

54

3 years ago

A company that sells off-the-shelf technology to help modernize smaller cities and villages around the world. They’re currently working in over 70 towns and cities in 15 countries.

54

3 years ago

A messaging platform for small businesses. The company is in the midst of an acquisition and hasn’t yet disclosed the terms.

54

3 years ago

A startup that helps connect businesses with loan consultants, who can help small businesses go from having no credit to getting a loan.

54

3 years ago

This startup provides a platform for people to set up small-scale financial services, like a savings account, that are designed to be simple and easy to use.

54

2 years ago

A SaaS product that is designed to help small businesses collect data and manage the customer lifecycle. The startup wants to help small business owners sell more products and services.

54

2 years ago

A cloud-based credit card processing service for small businesses. The company has partnerships with 17 banks and has processed over $1 million on the platform.

54

4 years ago

A “situational awareness” app for drone pilots. Essentially it’s a way to keep pilots of small UAVs in the loop with what’s happening around them, at the same time as they’re operating.

53

4 years ago

This startup is building a small B2B SaaS product that helps real estate agents do their searches by comparing properties by neighborhood, agent, type, etc.

53

4 years ago

A banking and finance software solution for small and medium businesses, including SaaS for collaboration, and a “single place for business processes”.

53

4 years ago

This startup is building a tool to help small businesses run their business operations with minimal supervision and oversight.

53

3 years ago

A digital system to help companies monitor their energy usage. The startup will charge a small annual fee to monitor customers’ energy usage, and provide an automatic payment plan to reduce and offset a customer’s energy bill.

53

3 years ago

A company that has a goal of acting as a broker between large financial companies and small businesses.

53

3 years ago

A company that aims to reduce the carbon footprint of cities by using drones to deliver people small packages of fruit and vegetables.

53

3 years ago

A business-to-business platform that helps small businesses, who can’t afford all the overhead of a big company like QuickBooks, manage their finances.

53

3 years ago

This startup is aiming to make it easier to say yes, by offering a platform that helps companies design small-scale but meaningful customer engagement programs.

53

3 years ago

A tool that allows workers to get paid for their work on the side. The app is for small businesses, especially those in the creative or tech industry where cash flow can be challenged.

53

3 years ago

This is a new way to help small businesses track the quality of the products they sell online, counting the items sold and the number of clicks to determine which products are the most popular and effective.

53

3 years ago

“The Go-To-Market for Growth” is a tool that helps small businesses execute a “Sell-Out Strategy.”

53

3 years ago

A local search platform for small businesses in particular, which is looking to “blend the best of Facebook and Yelp”. The startup wants to make it easy to find local businesses, giving them a list of all the businesses in their neighborhood.

53

3 years ago

A delivery service for on-demand items, using a mesh network of small, automated delivery drones.

53

3 years ago

A way for big companies and merchants to purchase goods and services from small businesses in the Philippines — a market worth $26 billion.

53

3 years ago

Batch lets you “batch” a lot of small tasks, like ordering lunch and sending a “thank you” email at the same time.

53

3 years ago

A startup that’s building a “cloud-based” drug testing service. The startup’s first product uses a small adhesive patch that costs $5, but works like a pregnancy test.

53

3 years ago

A startup that aims to make it easier for small businesses to do business with the government, helping them with tax filing and other compliance requirements.

53

3 years ago

The Startup looks to help small businesses get their health insurance needs covered through an insurance carrier.

53

3 years ago

A small, tech-forward business that specializes in data and analytics for small businesses, with a focus on helping them grow.

53

2 years ago

A company that helps small business owners take their sales, marketing, and revenue-building strategies to the next level by helping them automate and streamline their business processes and operations.

53

2 years ago

A startup designed to help small businesses accept payments from the cloud, or from a customer’s cell phone.

53

2 years ago

A financial services platform that connects small businesses with traditional banks and alternative finance providers.

53

5 years ago

A business tool for people in the Philippines to find and hire freelancers for small-to-medium sized businesses.

52

4 years ago

An AI-focussed messaging app that helps small businesses create sales and marketing messages for their businesses.

52

3 years ago

A startup with a focus on providing digital marketplaces for small businesses.

52

3 years ago

A startup that wants to make it easier for small businesses to get paid for web traffic, and for advertisers to track the performance of their ad campaigns.

52

3 years ago

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

52

3 years ago

A small business services company working to help small businesses with accounting, human resources, legal and marketing support.

52

3 years ago

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

52

3 years ago

A financial advisor for small businesses and individuals.

52

3 years ago

The company’s platform is designed to be a system for managing the steps of a hiring process for small businesses.

52

3 years ago

An automated payment platform for companies that wants to build an alternative to PayPal for small businesses and startups.

52

3 years ago

A startup that builds software to help small businesses get better at online marketing, including helping them understand how to target their customers better.

52

3 years ago

A startup aiming to help small businesses in France provide digital services to existing customers, or those that have already bought goods and services.

52

3 years ago

A photo-sharing and collaboration tool for small businesses

52

3 years ago

A platform for small businesses to learn about and manage legal compliance requirements, including checking on licenses and other compliance requirements.

52

2 years ago

A way to connect with local experts for small jobs around the home

52

2 years ago

This startup is developing a “micro-finance” service that can help people build a small business or loan themselves capital.

52

2 years ago

A cloud service for small businesses looking to create custom branding. The startup is looking to help companies quickly design and launch their own websites.

52

4 years ago

Fintech company in the Philippines that’s providing a digital payment platform for micro-enterprises and other small businesses.

51

3 years ago

E-commerce for wine and spirits with a focus on craft and artisanal products. The startup wants to create a platform for smaller and more artisinal brands to sell to customers online.

51

3 years ago

A unit of the company that helps small business clients migrate their accounting software to a cloud-based system.

51

3 years ago

A company offering a SaaS-based product for small businesses that are looking to improve their website.

51

3 years ago

An online platform that helps small businesses connect with medical experts online to get advice on everything from baby names to medical history questions.

51

3 years ago

A ride-sharing app for small teams to build itineraries and book rides.

51

3 years ago

A platform for sharing daily tasks, it’s a little like the old “to-do list” and “agenda” apps, but it is much more flexible, with the ability to start a “task” and add details, like a deadline, location, or notes. It’s a B2B app — it’s aimed at retailers and small companies.

51

3 years ago

A startup that aims to be the Apple Store for the design world. Its goal is to provide design assistance to small businesses, including working on projects like a website, logo, or stationery set.

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 tool for small-to-medium sized businesses to manage the reception of new hires or hires leaving, ideally for less than $10 per month. It’s currently in a beta rollout.

51

3 years ago

This is a company that makes accountants for freelancers, with a focus on smaller companies that might not have the resources to create their own.

51

3 years ago

The startup looks to aggregate, curate and analyze all the world’s news and information, in real time, for a small fee. It’s currently in beta with 100 users.

51

3 years ago

A startup that wants to make a tool that helps small businesses manage their entire inventory, from sample products to stock-outs. They would use the app to track orders, payments, inventory levels and more.

51

2 years ago

A startup that helps people buy concert tickets, with a focus on artists in small to medium markets.

51

2 years ago

A startup that wants to make the process of buying insurance easier, especially for e-commerce entrepreneurs and small business owners. Currently focused on the UK market.

51

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

3 years ago

A niche mobile payment system for small businesses.

50

3 years ago

A startup for small businesses to manage their accounting in a single place, providing tools for invoices, expenses, and payroll.

50

3 years ago

A startup offering to hire and manage employees for small to medium businesses.

50

3 years ago

This is a startup that’s building a digital platform for small businesses to advertise. They’re a bit like AdWords for local business.

50

3 years ago

A secure email service for businesses, which works on Dropbox's infrastructure and offers a free option for small businesses and startups.

50

3 years ago

A full-service digital marketing agency that helps small brands with digital marketing.

50

3 years ago

This is a fintech startup that wants to build a platform allowing people to quickly and cheaply invest in small businesses. The startup is starting with just one country — Brazil.

50

3 years ago

A tool to help small business owners manage and track a library of books, ebooks and audio books.

50

3 years ago

A startup working to help small businesses get businesses to their customers by using machine learning and predictive analytics.

50

3 years ago

The B2B business is a platform for small businesses to request, build and manage their projects.

50

3 years ago

A small startup that helps parents with their baby’s health.

50

3 years ago

A startup for large-scale design work, with a “Netflix for design”. Unlike DesignMint, which focuses more on small-scale design work, Designhive sells more expensive, large-scale work.

50

3 years ago

This is a service for small businesses to manage their customer accounts, including invoicing, payment processing, and customer service.

50

3 years ago

The startup helps companies manage their customer relationships and automate the tedious tasks. They are also working with a small number of companies to help them build their teams and handle customer service.

50

3 years ago

A cloud-based, automated payment processing service for small and medium-sized businesses with the goal of cutting business costs, while also improving customer satisfaction.

50

5 years ago

A startup for meeting planners and event services. A software company that helps companies manage their capital, cash, and expense budgets. A SaaS company that provides companies with an easy way to predict how much inventory they will need to order. An online marketplace that connects hotel merchants, small businesses, and other groups with the company’s hotel partners. A solution for real-estate brokers to manage and share MLS data securely.

49

4 years ago

The startup is building a tool to help small businesses hire local contractors. It’s designed to automatically negotiate prices with contractors. The idea is that if you’re a contractor that needs to do a job in Tampa, you don’t want to drive to Jacksonville to get a bid, and if a company in Tampa needs to do a job, they don’t want to drive to Jacksonville to get a bid.

49

4 years ago

A Y Combinator-backed startup that aims to make it easier for small entrepreneurs to start a business by allowing them to get investment by crowdsourcing investors’ ideas.

49

3 years ago

A startup that wants to help users get their coffee on fast. The startup wants to make it easy for small coffee shops to order coffee from a central coffee supply, and have it delivered to their door quickly.

49

3 years ago

A platform for small and medium sized business to upload, manage, and distribute all of their marketing materials, from invoices to marketing collateral to employee handouts. The startup launched in the summer with $1.5 million in seed funding from investors including Bumble and Rocket Internet.

49

3 years ago

A platform for small business owners to host, manage and sell events. Users can create their own events, or book venues for others to use.

49

3 years ago

A social shopping business that uses the Amazon Web Services cloud to offer easy, secure shopping. It’s a service that sells items of clothing, accessories, toys, and other small trinkets.

49

3 years ago

A startup that’s building out a way to help small businesses get financing, and which is already working with small businesses like a local coffee shop.

49

3 years ago

A program that allows people to deploy “microservices”, or small apps, across their own private networks.

49

3 years ago

The company is a digital home for the owners of small businesses.

49

3 years ago

A custom-designed physical keyboard for small mobile devices (like smartphones and laptops).

49

3 years ago

This startup wants to build a platform that simplifies the process of requesting a loan for anyone, anywhere. It’s a service that can be used by governments and small businesses who don’t have access to capital.

49

3 years ago

A SaaS platform that allows small businesses to manage their finances online. HelpMyBusiness is a platform that helps businesses manage their business accounts and access to basic banking services. The company is a digital bank for small businesses, and hopes to become the “Amazon of banking for the SMB”.

49

2 years ago

A payment platform for small businesses in the Middle East, Africa, Turkey and the Caucasus. The startup is part of a larger movement of “Pay to Play” startups, and is geared towards small businesses.

49

2 years ago

A B2B sales platform that helps small businesses get credit cards and funding quickly.

49

2 years ago

To help small businesses scale by offering a suite of services including marketing, accounting, and product management, with the goal of helping them grow 1,000x their current size.

49

3 years ago

A SaaS provider that helps small businesses use their data to make strategic decisions.

48

3 years ago

A company that is building a tool that helps small businesses in the developing world sell more products by getting them listed on sites like Amazon.

48

3 years ago

A cloud-based accounting and invoicing platform for small businesses. The company is in stealth mode and is looking to raise a seed round.

48

3 years ago

This startup is building an e-commerce platform for the world’s small manufacturers — including those in the US. They’re hoping to help 1 million small manufacturers by 2020.

48

3 years ago

A digital banking platform for retail and small business. The B2B company is working with retail banks to develop a digital banking platform.

48

3 years ago

A startup that assists small businesses in optimizing their advertising budgets, and helps them create more profitable ad campaigns

48

3 years ago

A chatbot that gives small businesses access to the same analytics tools that large companies use.

48

3 years ago

A way for small businesses to get more involved in the community.

48

3 years ago

Built to help companies create, share, and use dashboards in minutes, not hours. It was launched in early 2019 and is building a small but growing team.

48

3 years ago

A startup that enables small business owners to develop and publish their apps.

48

3 years ago

A startup creating a new way to finance small business growth. The startup is working to create capital in the form of loans that companies can repay in installments over time. The company is already working with eight businesses in Philadelphia.

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 shared home-sharing economy website for small apartments. Rental prices vary based on demand, and the startup wants to take a cut of the rental income.

48

2 years ago

This startup is building a software platform for helping small businesses track their employees' data, such as metrics about attendance, health, and performance.

48

3 years ago

A micro-payments platform for point-of-sale machines, allowing merchants to use the app to process and collect payments for small items.

47

3 years ago

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

47

3 years ago

A web and mobile app that helps small business owners navigate the often confusing world of federal tax rules.

47

3 years ago

Helps small and medium businesses in the UK and the US manage their finance and payroll with one app and one number. The startup’s SaaS platform is meant to be simple and easy for small businesses to use.

47

3 years ago

A mobile payment platform that allows businesses to accept payments in one of over 200 currencies and in local currencies. The startup is focused on working with small businesses around the world, but has signed up thousands of merchants in the last year.

47

3 years ago

A digital docket system for small businesses that allows them to track, manage, and pay for claims, and then get reminders about pending bills.

47

3 years ago

The company behind this tool is working to help small retailers around the world get a unified view of their inventory and shipping.

47

3 years ago

A network of “micro-insurance” companies that pool together small sums of money to help cover the costs of things like housing, car repair, or medical bills. The goal is to make sure that people have some sort of coverage, even if it’s just in case they need it.

47

3 years ago

This startup is trying to make it easier for small businesses to access capital. The company is building a marketplace where borrowers can connect with investors who are willing to invest small amounts of money in exchange for a higher return.

47

3 years ago

A platform for micro-sourcing for small businesses, allowing them to outsource tasks, and aggregate data about them. The startup currently has a run rate of $10,000 per month.

47

3 years ago

This Hong Kong startup is building a way to automate workflows like invoicing that sends small invoices to vendors as attachments in emails.

47

2 years ago

A small, hyperlocal concierge service for restaurants.

47

2 years ago

A startup that brings the same functionality as a credit card to the bank account of any small business. It’s a way for small businesses to turn their capital into say, a $20,000 deposit into their business account.

47

3 years ago

A recruitment platform for small businesses where employees are given the flexibility to choose their hours and when they work, but are also able to receive paid time off and benefits.

46

3 years ago

An insurance brokerage for commercial insurance specifically for small businesses.

46

3 years ago

A digital platform that helps small businesses create anonymous, low-cost loans to customers in developing countries.

46

3 years ago

A startup that’s developing an email-based lending platform that lets small businesses borrow money from big businesses.

46

3 years ago

Autofill is a small business banking app. It has over 1,200 customers and is building on an app that has been around since 2011. They want to make banking more personal.

46

3 years ago

This is an office space located in the heart of Bangalore’s commercial district. It’s a co-working space for small businesses with flexible rates and an area for entrepreneurs to work on their own projects.

46

2 years ago

A SaaS product that combines CRM with an invoicing and billing system. The startup wants to target small businesses.

46

2 years ago

An online marketplace for small businesses to post jobs and make it easier to find people to fill them.

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 startup that wants to open up a new kind of credit line for small businesses, that doesn’t require a cosigner, and doesn’t have a credit score.

46

2 years ago

A platform to help small businesses pay bills securely, and consolidate all their financial transactions into a single system.

46

2 years ago

A company that helps small businesses get financing with less paperwork and a full reserve fund, and with the ability to back the loan with actual collateral.

46

2 years ago

A digital marketplace for small businesses and independent contractors to connect with customers and get access to resources. It's similar to existing marketplace-like startups like Thumbtack, but with a focus on independent contractors.

46

2 years ago

The company claims that "the app offers a great way to find and book a rental home near you, but it is missing a few important features to make sure everyone who needs a rental home, no matter how big or small, can find it easily."

46

2 years ago

a startup that helps small businesses with accounting. Their goal is to put the financials in the hands of small business owners rather than accountants, by building software that they can use to organize their finances, and by providing a web portal for financial data.

46

2 years ago

One of the most popular dating apps in the world, OkCupid is small but has a lot of room to grow.

46

5 years ago

Idea: This startup helps small and medium-sized businesses automate their accounts receivable, allowing them to focus on their core business

45

5 years ago

Idea: A startup that is building tools for small businesses to help them manage their entire operations, including keeping on top of all their vendors and sales

45

5 years ago

A software company that provides a platform for small businesses to manage their workflows and projects.

45

3 years ago

A way to help small businesses with accounting, a startup founded by two former Paypal employees.

45

3 years ago

A startup that helps small and medium-sized businesses manage their time, portfolio, and expenses. It helps them with tasks like budgeting, time management, and expense tracking.

45

3 years ago

A platform that helps small businesses build their online customer bases and make it easy to communicate with customers.

45

3 years ago

The CEO of the company is a former tech executive at Facebook who says their product lets small businesses easily create email marketing campaigns. They’re building a product for small businesses to send out email marketing campaigns.

45

3 years ago

A platform that helps smaller businesses collaborate with their suppliers, allowing them to check out the status of a product or service before it’s shipped and even see what the supplier looks like.

45

3 years ago

Automating the process of setting up a digital payments system for a small business.

45

3 years ago

This startup wants to build an iPhone app that competes with the likes of PayPal and Venmo that allows people to crowdsource small amounts of money to pay for things.

45

3 years ago

The startup is building a tool for small businesses that lets them quickly grow their inventory and manage their deliveries by incorporating a “smart assistant”.

45

3 years ago

A startup that’s building a “B2B-first” software platform for small businesses with less than $1 million in annual revenue.

45

3 years ago

A SaaS provider offering free cloud-hosted customer service for small businesses.

45

3 years ago

The startup helps small businesses automate marketing, by sending out daily messages about sales, discounts and promotions.

45

3 years ago

A platform that allows small businesses to make their own custom branded objects in a 3D printer

45

3 years ago

A simple, self-hosted WordPress site for small businesses. It will be made available for free for businesses with fewer than 10 users.

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 small software development company that sells customers a web-based platform to help them manage their digital marketing.

45

2 years ago

A way to help small businesses understand their large customers’ spending habits, as well as the potential of churn.

45

2 years ago

A very small device that mounts on a bike handlebar that uses Bluetooth to track a rider’s speed and distance and keep tabs on things like calories and time.

45

2 years ago

A small company that’s helping people save money on gas. It’s an app that tracks gas prices and can predict when a user is on the verge of overpaying.

45

2 years ago

A data collection and analysis platform designed for small businesses to do market research. Users submit data via a chatbot, and the company analyzes the data to find trends, discover new markets, and predict future behavior.

45

2 years ago

This is an app for home inspectors to track service calls in real-time. The startup aims to make it easier for small businesses to find a local inspector.

45

5 years ago

Idea: A small team of workers in the UK is building a new browser called Rethink… which is meant to be the only browser you need. The startup is building out a single browser with an artificial intelligence-powered search function as the core of the browser.

44

5 years ago

A software company that makes it easy for small businesses to communicate with in-house employees and contractors.

44

3 years ago

Building a system for lending on small business loans for microloans. The founders say it can help small businesses access capital and provide a better lending experience.

44

3 years ago

A startup that automates the verification of employees via their LinkedIn profile. The company has developed a tool that allows small and medium-sized businesses to run a background check on each employee. It’s currently focused on the US market.

44

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.

44

2 years ago

A platform for Bitcoin micropayments, allowing users to send small amounts of money to content creators or to take advantage of a free trial for a new app. The company also wants to help publishers monetize their content with advertising.

44

2 years ago

An automated marketing platform that helps small businesses find new customers by working with local newspapers.

44

2 years ago

A tool that helps small businesses in the US get their taxes done through a DIY “tax prep” process.

44

5 years ago

Idea: An AI-powered marketing platform for small companies. The startup plans to launch a tool that can help companies like physical therapists and yoga teachers market themselves to nearby customers who are looking for similar services. The startup claims that their AI-driven marketing campaigns have a double or triple digit ROI.

43

5 years ago

A crypto exchange that’s meant to serve people in the developing world. The startup’s founders say they only charge a small fee of 0.6% per transaction, compared to their competitors that charge 10% or more.

43

3 years ago

"We are a company that believes that people should be paid fairly, but we also believe that they should be able to save a little money to be able to afford that," said CEO and co-founder Chris Harvey. "We’re creating this technology that allows people to be able to save a little bit of money in the form of a small credit for the time that they are working."

43

3 years ago

A startup that builds software that helps small businesses or entrepreneurs manage their finances, combining the power of analytics with a customer-focused approach.

43

3 years ago

Making it easier to get online with a one-stop shop for all your internet needs. The company wants to help people who can’t afford basic broadband, who might have to pay thousands of dollars for a small connection.

43

3 years ago

A software company that helps small businesses with bookkeeping and accounting. The company’s offering is free for all its small business customers, who use it to keep track of all their expenses, cash flow, and taxes.

43

3 years ago

A digital system that allows a small business to have a simplified accounting process.

43

3 years ago

A startup that builds software for small and medium-sized businesses that wants to help them better manage their supply chains.

43

2 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 small business card program for small businesses. The company says it’s bringing together a lot of the things smaller businesses are currently doing manually, in spreadsheets and power points, into one place.

43

2 years ago

A platform that helps small businesses develop marketing strategies and find the best custom content creation tools.

43

2 years ago

A startup that aims to help small businesses track the financial impact of their operations with data-driven insights.

43

2 years ago

A small start-up in San Francisco that helps businesses manage and improve their inbound marketing. It’s an email marketing platform that aims to help businesses scale their marketing and simplify their data.

43

2 years ago

For over a year, the founders of a web development company have been trying to sell their client’s website to a company that specializes in this type of thing. They want to build a website builder for small businesses.

43

2 years ago

A financial management platform for small to medium-sized businesses, with a focus on helping companies track and report on their collections and payments.

43

2 years ago

A company that has built a platform for small chains of downtown cocktail bars.

43

3 years ago

A company that helps small businesses and brands to put up a billboard or a sign in a city. It’s a “digital billboard on steroids”, offering clients the ability to capture and store content, create digital versions of their signs, and interact with the public.

42

3 years ago

This startup wants to reduce the vacuum of small-time investors. It wants to help small-time investors to make money by helping them invest in the startups that are providing them with the best return on investment.

42

3 years ago

A logistics company for food and beverage businesses, which provides delivery and warehousing services for small businesses. The company wants to grow business in the United States.

42

3 years ago

A B2B company that wants to automate robo-banking and provide loans to small businesses.

42

3 years ago

A B2B platform aimed to help small and medium-sized businesses in Europe with their online presence, including marketing and SEO.

42

3 years ago

A tool that lets your phone take care of the selling and buying process in the physical world, helping bring small businesses into e-commerce.

42

3 years ago

A startup that helps small businesses manage and track customer data. The app is currently in beta and has integration with Stripe payments.

42

3 years ago

Traders Pte. Singapore wants to make it easier for small- and medium-sized enterprises to invest in cryptocurrency. The company launched in May, and has already signed up over 80 customers.

42

3 years ago

The founders of Fundable are building an app that lets small businesses manage their business expenses in one place. They’re funded by Nelson Peltz’s Trian Fund Management.

42

3 years ago

A tool that helps people implement the “5-5-5” approach to their to-do list, which consists of “small, specific, measurable, time-bound, realistic and doable” tasks.

42

2 years ago

A software-as-a-service platform that helps the 3 million small businesses in the Philippines automate the day-to-day operations and pricing of their businesses (for example, by giving them a tool to automate ordering supplies and inventory management.)

42

2 years ago

A platform aiming to create and connect small business owners with specialized vendors.

42

2 years ago

A startup that wants to build a “small, super-fast” container ship that can travel at up to 60 knots. The company is currently selling its containers for $2.5 million each, which is 30% cheaper than the competition.

42

2 years ago

A mobile app that makes it easy for small businesses to get access to the benefits of credit cards.

42

2 years ago

A mobile accounting tool for small businesses in the US. It offers a drag-and-drop interface for managing accounting and budgeting.

42

2 years ago

A platform for creating and managing small-scale events. The company wants to create a platform that allows users to create and manage events with their friends and family, all without the need for third-party services.

42

2 years ago

A “premium” online spreadsheet for small- to medium-sized businesses, allowing them to collaborate on spreadsheets without needing to install a full program.

42

2 years ago

A company building a cashless payment system for small businesses which helps them avoid fraud and fees.

42

2 years ago

A startup that gives you the ability to finance your business from a credit card. It’s a la carte financing for small businesses, offering up to $500k of credit.

42

3 years ago

A startup that helps small businesses control their brand, manage their online presence, and respond to online reviews.

41

3 years ago

A platform for building online stores for small businesses, with a focus on suppliers and third-party sellers. The startup aims to simplify the process of setting up and selling online.

41

3 years ago

The idea is to create a platform that helps smaller businesses get to work with the software they need to scale, like marketing automation software.

41

3 years ago

Managing a war room of employees from around the world, the bookkeeping service helps small businesses in developing countries manage their books via an online interface.

41

3 years ago

This startup wants to bring small businesses in the US more affordable access to health insurance by giving them a way to pay for their coverage via a small savings account.

41

2 years ago

A small business that helps people catch up on their finances. The company has been ranked as one of the fastest-growing in the US by Inc. Magazine four years in a row.

41

2 years ago

A digital tax filing system for small businesses. It’s a hybrid between a spreadsheet and a digital tax accountant.

41

2 years ago

The cloud-based accounting startup is building an accounting system that’s “accounting on steroids”. It’s aimed at small businesses and startups that want to do their own bookkeeping but don’t have access to a full-time accountant. It’s currently in closed beta.

41

2 years ago

A digital platform that provides a digital annual tax filing for small businesses

41

2 years ago

A platform for recruiting and hiring IT and QA staff for small businesses, pitched as a solution for the “Disruption in IT”

41

2 years ago

A startup that wants to help banks open lending programs quickly and easily to new small businesses.

41

2 years ago

A software company that helps companies buy and sell their products through auctions. The startup currently has a small team, but plans to double that this year.

41

2 years ago

Co-Working Capital is a peer-based lending platform that connects investors with small businesses that need funding.

41

2 years ago

A group of engineers and scientists that want to create safe, cheap access to space. The company wants to build an extremely low-cost space launch system that can be used to launch small satellites into orbit.

41

2 years ago

A web app that helps companies manage their online presence. It’s free for small companies, and offers resources like SEO and digital marketing for larger ones.

41

3 years ago

Focusing on banking for the unbanked, the startup is building a mobile app that will allow small businesses around the world to access loans and banking services from their iPhones.

40

3 years ago

A platform that helps small businesses get paid for their work by integrating payment processing into its customers' shopify sites.

40

3 years ago

A startup that allows people to create and find a place to stay using their phone. The startups hosts rooms in big cities and smaller towns, with prices starting at $10 a night.

40

3 years ago

This startup is helping smaller companies and individuals better understand the impact of their advertising spending. The startup has a product called "Advertising Metrics", which helps advertisers understand the impact of their ad spend.

40

3 years ago

A platform for small-scale farmers to market their goods to large buyers. It enables small-scale farmers to sell their products on a global scale and get paid in cash.

40

2 years ago

A SaaS platform that helps companies manage IT operations, specifically for small and medium sized businesses.

40

2 years ago

A platform that helps small businesses find and manage contractors, who can use it to post their rates and availability.

40

2 years ago

Web-based, cloud-based, and mobile-ready accounting software for small businesses that wants to be able to use Quickbooks but doesn’t want to be locked into that software.

40

2 years ago

A digital tool for accounting that helps small businesses manage their finances, from invoicing to payroll. The company’s goal is to bring accounting to the people.

40

2 years ago

A tool that helps small businesses in the US and Canada manage their credit card processing, from the front end to the back.

40

2 years ago

A platform that connects small contractors with “hirer” businesses that need help.

40

2 years ago

This startup wants to build a small-scale production environment for food and beverage companies, allowing them to test new products in small batches and develop them at a faster pace. The startup wants to create an “industrial kitchen” for $500-$1,000.

40

3 years ago

A platform for small businesses to offer loans and credit, using data from their business to do so.

39

3 years ago

A financial software startup that helps businesses organize and reconcile their finances. For example, the company’s software works with small and medium-sized businesses to make sure they’re following the rules and regulations that apply to their industry, and using their money properly.

39

3 years ago

A platform that helps small businesses easily manage all their accounts, from accounting to taxes. The company, which is bootstrapped, has been in business for three years, and has a team of eight in Bengaluru.

39

3 years ago

An API for small business owners to manage their business credit from their app, supporting card transactions and refunds.

39

2 years ago

A tool for developing small-scale, on-demand podcasts.

39

2 years ago

A business that provides customer service software, customer support, and customer relationship management solutions for small businesses.

39

2 years ago

The startup wants to help small businesses and start-ups get funding, and is starting with a crowdfunding platform.

39

5 years ago

Idea: A startup that aims to be “the Uber for trucking”, claiming that the transportation industry is a $7 trillion sector ripe for disruption. It has a similar pitch to Uber Freight, which focuses on helping smaller trucking companies compete with big shippers.

38

5 years ago

Idea: A startup for “micro-consulting”, connecting freelance consultants with small businesses.

38

3 years ago

A software platform that allows small businesses to create branded chatbots. It’s an “app store for apps” that allows small businesses to create chatbots.

38

2 years ago

A fintech company with a focus on credit products for women. The company is pitching itself as a cheaper alternative to the big banks, and is already working with a number of small businesses.

38

2 years ago

A platform that helps small businesses connect with people who are looking to earn money. The startup wants to build a community where people can connect directly with people who are looking to make money via a service called “Earn”.

38

2 years ago

A small project created to make financial transactions faster with a bitcoin-like application that can be used on a smartphone.

38

3 years ago

A digital dashboard platform that helps small businesses and nonprofits track their monthly spending and optimize their finances.

37

3 years ago

A free, batch addition of a small number of ingredients. The startup is building a tool to help users figure out the right recipe for an individual ingredient.

37

2 years ago

A single, unified search for all of your small business accounts, with a dashboard for daily/weekly/monthly activity.

37

2 years ago

A marketing automation SaaS that helps small businesses use viral content to grow their social presence. It currently has 8 enterprise customers.

37

2 years ago

A business that turns unused office space into places for small businesses to operate.

37

2 years ago

A social network for small businesses. The company has launched a platform that allows business owners to schedule tasks, track tasks, and get alerts about completed tasks.

37

2 years ago

A company that builds software for small businesses to manage their operations. It’s currently in the process of moving to the US from India.

37

5 years ago

Idea: A startup for small businesses looking to work with contractors. The startup helps make sure there’s a legal structure that’s sound and protects both parties.

36

3 years ago

A company that aims to help small businesses succeed in the digital economy. With a database of nearly 11,000 products and 25,000 SKUs, it’s another simple product that’s making a big impact.

36

2 years ago

A tool that lets you create extremely simple, small text-based games (think, “add up the total of all the numbers in this sentence”)

36

2 years ago

The startup is building a mobile app that connects users with non-traditional job applicants who also have relevant skills like graphic design, marketing, and accounting, crowdsourcing the labor of these potential employees in exchange for a small fee.

36

2 years ago

The startup's idea is to provide a platform that helps small businesses in the US and Canada connect with the right suppliers.

36

2 years ago

A startup that lets users sign up to receive the latest news, reports, and analysis on blockchain technology and cryptocurrency. The site was launched in late 2017 and has attracted a small following of blockchain enthusiasts and investors.

36

2 years ago

A platform that helps small companies get market access and more financing

36

2 years ago

A startup that helps small businesses track a wide variety of metrics, from their business to employees. They currently have several clients inside the pet industry.

36

2 years ago

A fast-growing startup that helps independent, small and medium businesses, and their clients, build and track their customer relationships on a single platform.

36

2 years ago

Builds small, temporary venues that serve as startup incubators or corporate offices. The spaces can be rented through a website, with a dedicated desk, a computer, and basic amenities.

36

2 years ago

A startup that creates social media marketing for small businesses and nonprofits with a focus on customer service. The company currently has a team in San Francisco and is looking to grow by the end of Q3. They’re looking for a CTO who’s currently working in the Bay Area.

36

5 years ago

Idea: A startup that helps small businesses build websites that look like they were built by a big company. Envision helps businesses upload a logo and other elements that look like they belong on a big-name site.

35

3 years ago

A platform that helps small businesses with their marketing, and allows them to track marketing-related expenses.

35

3 years ago

A startup that helps people find a new apartment by putting them in touch with a property manager. The startup wants to compete with Craigslist and Apartments.com, but with a smaller per apartment fee.

35

2 years ago

This startup aims to help small businesses create a more efficient, personalized online shopping experience for their customers. It seeks to provide a more customized shopping experience for a customer, and provide a new revenue stream for small businesses through the use of a “smart sales channel”

35

2 years ago

A startup developing a network of kiosks that can help customers quickly purchase goods and services from a local merchant. The startup wants to help small businesses get online by making them kiosks they can use as a storefront.

35

2 years ago

A cloud-based, mobile-first online invoicing and accounting solution for small to medium businesses

35

2 years ago

A digital service that helps small businesses manage their social media accounts and share content on digital, social, and mobile.

35

2 years ago

A startup allowing people to pay for their transit fare using their phone, paying a small fee. The company is building a physical reader that works with a phone to read a QR code on the back of the card, and then charges the account.

35

2 years ago

Veeble is a startup that is building a platform that connects renters to landlords. The company is building a rental marketplace with an app and a chatbot to help renters for small apartments find landlords.

35

2 years ago

A startup looking to build a new ecosystem to help small businesses assert their intellectual property.

35

2 years ago

This startup is creating a system that helps manage the demand and supply of logistics. They want to help small and medium enterprises in Asia manage their supply chain to better manage their operations.

35

2 years ago

A smartphone that makes it easier to do TV-style live streaming. It’s a miniature HD camera that you can mount on your phone, and a small HD screen for the video you shot.

35

2 years ago

A company that offers a range of online services for growing companies. The company is focused on helping small businesses scale, and also wants to enable mobile apps.

35

3 years ago

A product development platform for startups and small businesses. The startup gives companies access to a network of mentors and other consultants.

34

2 years ago

A project management tool for freelancers and small businesses, which lets both take advantage of the collaborative nature of the web.

34

2 years ago

A startup that connects American small businesses with American small businesses in need of procurement.

34

2 years ago

This company is building a platform that makes it easier for small merchants to accept credit cards, so they don’t have to pay credit card fees.

34

2 years ago

This company aims to make the process of launching a new business easier by developing a small $99 per month subscription service for tech startups.

34

2 years ago

A startup that’s building an app to help small businesses increase revenue by collecting and analyzing data on their customers.

34

5 years ago

Idea: A startup that makes a “free” portfolio builder tool for small businesses, which it says can help them raise capital

33

3 years ago

A startup that wants to help companies build and manage their mobile applications. They’ve built the app-building platform, and have been working with small businesses and startups to build their own apps.

33

3 years ago

The startup is building an AI-powered tool that helps small businesses sell online, with a focus on e-commerce. They’re currently targeting the travel, food and beverage, and education sectors.

33

3 years ago

A startup that hopes to help small businesses create their own credit card processing systems, cutting out the banks and credit card processors.

33

2 years ago

A platform for selling products to large numbers of small customers. The pitch is that the company’s software allows for fast, simple, and large-scale product sales.

33

2 years ago

A platform for lending to small businesses, allowing them to crowdfund with less paperwork. They’re currently focused on business loans, but the team has experience in consumer lending as well.

33

2 years ago

A startup that connects small-scale developers with large-scale corporate clients. It’ll help big companies find and pay for Web developers.

33

2 years ago

A startup that lets you “find, build, and run small-scale social experiments” to see how your users respond to a new feature or product.

33

2 years ago

A network of small independent artists and publishers who sell their work on a “per-click” basis.

33

2 years ago

A company that helps companies access and manage the data in their network. It’s free for small businesses, and it costs $4.99/month for businesses with more than 100 employees.

33

2 years ago

A startup that enables small businesses to pay their employees in bitcoin, while avoiding the high fees of credit card payments.

33

2 years ago

Small tasks platform that allows small businesses to outsource work of all types, from design to development to marketing to legal.

33

2 years ago

A startup that helps small businesses manage their online reputation management. The startup helps businesses control their online brand by monitoring their website, responding to reviews, and keeping track of negative information.

33

2 years ago

A six-month pilot project in Puerto Rico that tests a set of microfinance loans for people affected by Hurricane Maria. The idea is that small loans can help people get back on their feet and be able to repay them later. Vantage Labs is partnering with the government to provide the loans.

33

2 years ago

A platform that allows users to create a “vault” of content that can be shared with other people—think a private Dropbox. The platform allows small businesses to build off of websites they own, giving them the ability to create multiple stores coming from one website.

33

2 years ago

A microfinance platform for the developing world. It’s working with small businesses in Indonesia to help them track cash flow, debts, etc.

33

2 years ago

Helps small organizations scale their marketing efforts by automating email marketing for them.

33

2 years ago

This startup wants to help small businesses create a culture of accountability and transparency by giving employees a way to document how they’re spending their time.

33

2 years ago

A software that helps with recruiting for small to midsize business.

33

2 years ago

A start-up that seeks to provide utilities to the world’s poor and remote with an affordable system that would allow customers to pay a small monthly fee and have access to light, gas, water, and electricity 24/7.

33

5 years ago

Idea: Overlaps with Postmates, Instacart, and DoorDash — a delivery app for small businesses.

32

2 years ago

The app helps small businesses open and manage their business bank accounts

32

2 years ago

The startup is building a software platform that allows small businesses to post jobs and manage their workforces. The software will be free for businesses to use, and have a premium feature that allows companies to pay for tools like accounting and HR.

32

2 years ago

A startup that makes it easier for small businesses to collect payments and manage receipts, letting them organize their finances, track expenses, and save time. They started a kickstarter campaign in July to fund the company’s first hardware product, a connected tablet.

32

2 years ago

A stand-alone online accounting software for small businesses. It features a “hybrid accounting solution” that links to QuickBooks.

32

2 years ago

A company that helps small businesses get paid, with plans to expand to mortgages, loans, and credit.

32

2 years ago

A startup that’s building a platform of services that will help small businesses and freelancers get things done from a variety of sources and vendors.

32

2 years ago

A tool for companies to increase sales by helping them understand their customer base, and also reach out to them with marketing messages. The startups says that it will help businesses of all sizes, from large multinationals to small businesses.

32

2 years ago

A tool that helps small business owners convert their designs into physical products like apparel and accessories

32

2 years ago

A software development company that aims to bring the same tools as a small software company to a larger one.

32

3 years ago

A startup that helps small businesses build their own branded credit card readers by leveraging off the popularity of the card readers they offer.

31

3 years ago

An automated financing platform, aiming to make it easier to finance small business loans.

31

2 years ago

A Y Combinator-backed startup focused on making it easier for small businesses to manage their stock. Right now, a lot of small businesses have to hire a stock broker to set up a stock account with a bank and manage their stock manually.

31

2 years ago

A management platform to help small businesses grow. It has a number of different pricing tiers for medium and larger businesses, with different tiers of customer support.

31

2 years ago

A “social media for business”, “the first social media for small businesses”. As of today, the company has over 150,000 businesses on the platform.

31

2 years ago

This startup aims to be the email marketing platform for small businesses. It’s based on a blog post from former TechCrunch blogger Michael Arrington.

31

2 years ago

A company that helps people find and purchase a product made by a smaller business they admire.

31

2 years ago

Committed to helping small businesses grow and increase profitability. The startup helps businesses with business development, marketing, and accounting.

31

2 years ago

A startup that offers one-click access to cloud storage services, with a focus on the small business.

31

2 years ago

A platform for finding and hiring freelance development work, in the vein of Freelancer.com but focused on smaller employers.

31

2 years ago

To help startups and small businesses with their marketing, this startup offers its customers analytics on their social media and email marketing campaigns.

30

2 years ago

A logistics platform for small and medium businesses, specifically aimed at ease of use for retailers and brands. Customers can have the option to have products shipped from the store, or to have the items delivered directly to the customer’s home.

30

2 years ago

A chatbot for small businesses, focused on helping them manage their finances and invoicing. The startup wants to fill a gap in the market; “there is no software out there that’s just a chatbot that tells you what to do and how to do it.”

30

2 years ago

SaaS for small to mid-sized enterprises. The startup is building a platform for companies to manage their data across different programs, like Salesforce, Zendesk, and MailChimp.

30

2 years ago

B2B startup that provides web design services for small businesses. The startup helps small businesses create a custom, easily navigable website for their customers.

30

2 years ago

A startup that provides a mobile app that connects small businesses to local waste and recycling services, with an API to allow other local businesses to integrate their services.

30

2 years ago

A payments company that helps small businesses accept payments from multiple providers. The company has already held successful tests with more than 4,000 businesses after launching in late July.

30

2 years ago

A business-to-business company that helps small businesses find the best value for their products.

29

2 years ago

A "smart money" app that uses data to automatically manage and share money between friends. Users add their credit cards and accounts to the app and then link it to their Facebook friends. The app takes a small fee of all transactions and automatically transfers money between people.

29

2 years ago

A company that creates an app to help with the day-to-day functions of a small business. It helps with CRM, marketing, and HR.

29

2 years ago

A startup called SmallFoot is working on a mobile app that helps people find the best route for walking, cycling, or running to their destination. They’ve built a company based around improving the health of the planet and reducing carbon emissions.

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

The startup wants to be the GoFundMe for small businesses. The app connects small businesses with customers who want to support them in the form of donations, as well as connect customers to small businesses in need of their services.

29

2 years ago

A digital tool designed to help small businesses manage the entire process of getting a loan, from researching the best loan terms, to getting the application submitted to the lender.

29

2 years ago

A cloud-based system that helps small businesses make hiring decisions, build teams, and manage employee performance.

29

5 years ago

Idea: A startup that matches freelance developers with smaller startups looking for engineers.

28

2 years 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.

28

2 years ago

This startup wants to build a platform for small businesses to provide services and sell products. It’s looking to build on the popularity of TaskRabbit and Instacart to get small businesses to provide services to consumers.

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

An online accounting service for small businesses, designed to make accounting easier and more efficient.

28

2 years ago

Fintech startup that is building low-cost and easy-to-use financial solutions for small businesses in emerging markets

28

2 years ago

A CRM for small businesses, they’re selling it for about $5k.

28

2 years ago

A private social network for small businesses and other professionals to build a network, create a profile, get expert advice and connect with the people who are similar to you.

28

5 years ago

Idea: A way to get paid for doing a bunch of small jobs via text.

27

2 years ago

This company, which is focused on helping small businesses, is taking a market-focused approach to the project, building a basic website for businesses to manage themselves.

27

2 years ago

This startup is bringing a business intelligence toolkit to small and medium-sized businesses, letting them get insights from their data in ways that are more relevant for them than those available from their traditional sources.

27

2 years ago

It’s a marketplace for businesses to offer and find freelance services. It’s currently in private beta; the idea is to make it easier to find and find the right labor resource, especially for small businesses.

27

2 years ago

A startup that has developed an iPhone app that allows users to borrow a bike from the same spot where they’ll be picked up, for a small fee. Focused on the UK.

27

2 years ago

A cloud-based service that makes it easy to start a small business in India. It’s a stock market marketplace that gives small businesses a chance to grow and compete with their bigger counterparts.

27

2 years ago

A ride-sharing company designed for small businesses who want to be able to take a group of employees or clients to a meeting, on very short notice.

26

2 years ago

A video chat company that wants to create a sort of video hangout platform for small groups.

26

2 years ago

A startup that helps small businesses get serious about their social media marketing, digging into the nitty-gritty of analytics for better results.

26

2 years ago

A payment system that gives small business owners in emerging markets access to credit without the need for a bank account.

26

2 years ago

A startup that combines a mobile CRM for small businesses and a project management app to help employees organize themselves. The app is currently in closed beta, with the company looking for $50,000 in seed funding.

26

2 years ago

The startup’s technology enables users to download their own music and listen to it on their private headphones. The idea is that they can find their music on a playlist of known Spotify playlists. The company takes a small commission on each track, which is used to pay artists for their work.

26

2 years ago

ShopOn is a platform for small businesses and/or startups that sell via the web. It allows businesses to create their own shop on Shopify, and then allows them to sell their products via the ShopOn platform, with the ShopOn team handling all the back end and customer support.

26

2 years ago

A startup that helps small businesses get more transparent about their finances and efficiency with its software, which is designed to help businesses get better at managing their cash flow.

26

2 years ago

A company that offers a suite of financial tools for small businesses, including a credit card processor, an automated payments system, and an online invoicing platform.

26

2 years ago

A way to help employees of small businesses better manage their own time. The company’s platform allows employees to track and manage time as a company, and also allows them to schedule meetings with clients and manage their calendar.

26

2 years ago

Helping small businesses and startups with offices and desks, arrange them in a way that helps the business be easily accessible from home.

26

2 years ago

A company that wants to help small businesses manage their customers’ payment information. It’s focusing on the US market.

26

2 years ago

A platform that connects projects with technical experts. The startup helps small companies and startups find experts to build their product

26

2 years ago

A short-term rental platform for small apartments around the world. The startup is currently in beta and working with 30% of the market. It wants to grow into an automation platform that will allow renters to make rental payments, view the unit, and schedule cleanings with software.

26

2 years ago

A startup that allows people to pay for their parking with a credit card. The company invests a small amount of money made from the parking fees in their employee stock-purchase program.

25

2 years ago

A software suite that enables small businesses to deliver digital services through an app, while also helping to manage inventory, payments and more.

25

2 years ago

A project management platform for small business in China. The startup currently has10 employees.

25

2 years ago

Project explores the benefits of a smaller, more personal health care system that would be delivered via a smartphone app.

25

2 years ago

A platform that helps small businesses manage working capital by making it more efficient for banks to lend and more efficient for businesses to invoice.

25

2 years ago

A B2B company helping small businesses track in-person revenue with their mobile management app.

25

2 years ago

The company’s co-founder, who has been running a successful events business for the last two years, says he wants to create a platform that helps small businesses like his make their events a little more profitable.

25

2 years ago

A company that helps small businesses automate their marketing, allowing them to do more of it while not having to hire a full-time digital marketing team.

25

2 years ago

A web-based project management service geared toward small businesses.

25

5 years ago

Idea: This is a startup that is building small robots. The startup’s first product is a robot called

24

2 years ago

A network that helps small businesses reach their customers. It uses a combination of social media, email and text to communicate with customers, and is currently focused on the UK.

24

2 years ago

A B2B company that connects small businesses with online retailers. They currently have $1.1M in revenue and a target of $2.5M for 2020.

24

2 years ago

A platform to help small businesses manage their data with a free dashboard and a range of tools for process automation.

24

2 years ago

A marketing and analytics platform for online travel agents. The startup is built to target small business owners and travel agents with the tools to understand their customers and their own business.

24

2 years ago

A B2B sales optimization app and service for small businesses hiring contractors

24

2 years ago

A startup that helps small businesses create and manage their blogs. It’s a web tool that helps a small business set up a blog to communicate with customers, market their products and services, and share their content and stories. It’s part of a larger effort to help small businesses build and manage websites.

24

2 years ago

A payroll startup that’s trying to solve the problems of small businesses that aren’t set up to accept direct deposit and have to pay their employees by check.

24

2 years ago

A company building a digital platform that helps small businesses get a loan in minutes, with a rate guarantee and no credit check.

24

5 years ago

Idea: A mobile app for small businesses and local community groups

23

2 years ago

A new type of financial services platform for small businesses, aimed at helping them reduce risk and increase productivity. The business is focused on helping small business owners manage their vendors and purchases, so they can focus on growing their business.

23

2 years ago

A small business credit card that guarantees a certain minimum payback.

23

2 years ago

This company is building a platform that helps small businesses advertise on Craigslist, connecting them with the site’s users through text or voice messages.

23

2 years ago

A decentralized marketplace for buying and selling property listings from property management companies, “making it possible for small property managers to offer listings to potential buyers.”

23

2 years ago

SaaS company that provides analytics for enterprise and small business customers that wants to help them build better products, and to help them quickly see problems with their customers’ products.

23

2 years ago

A way to keep track of inventory and payments for small businesses that want to use cloud-based software but don’t necessarily want to spend a lot of money.

23

2 years ago

A platform that helps small business owners and non-profits raise funds from the public.

23

2 years ago

Mission Bank is building an open banking platform that allows small businesses to take a few steps to ensure their bank accounts are fully digitized.

23

2 years ago

A 3D printing service for small businesses, which uses a cloud-based pipeline to create a 3D model and then send an STL file to a 3D printer for printing.

23

2 years ago

A tool for small businesses to manage their inventory and booking schedule, and connect it to their accounting system.

23

2 years ago

A business intelligence platform for small businesses. The startup wants to make it easier for small businesses to use A/B testing, which they say is the best way to test advertising and marketing campaigns.

23

2 years ago

A startup that works with banks to find and onboard small businesses that have been excluded from their networks.

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

2 years ago

An in-house doctor for small startups where a full-time physician isn’t possible. It’s a bit like the telemedicine startups, but for smaller companies.

22

2 years ago

A data and analytics service for small businesses as they try to grow.

22

5 years ago

Idea: Focused on the US, this startup is building a platform to help YCs hire contractors for small jobs like painting, sewing, carpentry, or installation.

21

2 years ago

A B2B company that’s building a global marketplace for small consignments. It’s goal is to bring the same variety of products and services that come from a big retailer to small businesses.

21

2 years ago

A software company that wants to build a platform for small and mid-sized business owners to manage their inbound customer service. The company is currently in the final stages of closing a $1.2 million seed round.

21

2 years ago

A chatbot platform, which is meant to help small businesses better engage with their customers.

21

2 years ago

An analytics platform for small businesses, similar to Google Analytics but focused exclusively on the product and services industry.

21

2 years ago

A software company that develops enterprise software for the financial services industry, like banks, insurance companies and brokerage firms. They have a small team in India and plan to launch in three different geographies by 2020.

21

2 years ago

A startup that’s building an email/SMS/chat/voice based customer service platform for small businesses. The startup is in the process of securing seed funding.

21

2 years ago

A startup helping small businesses create monthly revenue targets and share them with their sales reps.

21

2 years ago

A company that helps small businesses organize their marketing efforts through a small monthly subscription. The startup has 11,000 businesses signed up since launching in May.

20

2 years ago

A startup that aims to help small businesses make better decisions about their data, aiming to make it easier for them to see trends and make better decisions about where to allocate their time.

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 travel agency for zero-emission cars that charges a small daily fee to take care of maintenance and bookings.

19

2 years ago

A startup that’s built a platform that allows small businesses to create their own social media presence, without the expense and hassle of hiring social media managers. The company is also working with big companies like Softbank and Barclays to help them build their own social media presence.

19

2 years ago

The company is building a service that helps small businesses manage their energy usage, with a focus on internet-connected devices. The company is also working on a carbon footprint tracker that helps companies engage with their clients on sustainability efforts.

19

2 years ago

A product platform for small businesses to sell and manage products, with a focus on helping e-commerce retailers grow their businesses. It will eventually eliminate the need for a merchant account and credit card processing.

19

2 years ago

Building a startup that wants to help companies make sense of financial transaction data. The company has a small team working out of Y Combinator’s San Francisco office to build the web app.

19

2 years ago

A platform that helps small businesses in the U.S. and elsewhere automate time-consuming tasks like invoicing, payments, and analytics.

19

2 years ago

A full-stack video platform for small businesses. It’s hoping to help small businesses compete against larger ones by providing the ability to update information on their site quickly.

18

2 years ago

A platform that helps small businesses connect with experts in specific fields in order to outsource specific tasks.

18

2 years ago

A startup that makes it easier for companies to transition their data from legacy platforms like CRM and data warehouses to a modern platform like AWS. They’re starting small, with customers focused on enterprise data.

18

2 years ago

This startup is building a platform for small businesses to create their own branded storefronts on e-commerce platforms.

18

2 years ago

A company out of Canada that builds tools for people who are making handmade products. It’s meant to help people with smaller runs who want to be able to produce their own products.

18

2 years ago

WeWork is looking to make an impact in the solar energy market. The company hopes to make solar power more accessible, affordable and profitable by building a platform for small businesses to get access to solar panels.

18

2 years ago

A platform that allows small businesses to manage their entire financial infrastructure — from payroll, to taxes, to loans, investments, and accounting — all in one place.

18

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.

18

2 years ago

A startup that helps small businesses with their social media by providing a dashboard with analytics and a community for them to share their content.

18

2 years ago

This company tries to help small businesses find customers via their own social networks, by using data from the Facebook and Linkedin profiles of prospective buyers.

18

2 years ago

A company that helps people plan and book travel, with plans to use data from their small business customers to improve their site.

18

2 years ago

A virtual assistant for small business that sends out mass newsletters, provides customer support, and helps with accounting and bookkeeping.

18

5 years ago

Idea: An automated platform that helps small businesses manage their finances and bookkeeping. The company is looking to help businesses reduce time spent on administrative tasks while automating a lot of the accounting side of things.

17

5 years ago

Idea: A startup that aims to build a marketplace of “expert” services for small businesses. The startups is meant to help small businesses stay competitive by hiring specialists for tasks like bookkeeping or marketing.

17

2 years ago

This startup aims to help small businesses manage their employee benefits, including taxes and insurance. It’s a SaaS solution that plans to launch with just seven employees and in three states.

17

2 years ago

This startup is building a toolkit for small businesses with a dashboard that allows you to rate your employees, billing, and other key metrics. The startup also has a remote work management tool that allows you to monitor staff from any device.

17

2 years ago

A paid subscription service for contractors who want to build their small business without scaring away customers with price tags. Gives them tools to give customers a quote, manage client invoices, and track time and materials.

17

2 years ago

A startup that helps small businesses send and receive payments by using the blockchain, or distributed ledger technology.

17

2 years ago

A startup for the underbanked that connects them with small loans.

17

2 years ago

Microtask marketplace that connects companies with the freelancers they need to complete small tasks

17

2 years ago

A startup that provides software testing services. It’s focused on helping small companies manage their testing needs across a wide range of products.

17

2 years ago

A tool that helps small businesses make their websites more searchable and discoverable. It’s a “human-powered” way of helping a business search for the right keywords to describe their products.

17

2 years ago

A company that makes loans for small businesses, with loans ranging from $1,000 to $100,000, with minimums starting at $1,000. The startup uses algorithms to make the loans much more affordable than banks.

17

5 years ago

Idea: A startup that helps small businesses pay for employees’ healthcare. The startup says it’s made $100,000 in profit in the first 5 months, and has $200,000 in monthly recurring revenue.

16

2 years ago

A startup that wants to take on the role of an advisor in helping small businesses and professionals better grow their brands — including through creating branded content.

16

2 years ago

a startup creating a way for people to create and manage 1:1 video classes with a small group of students, and then charge a fee for having done so.

16

2 years ago

A startup that helps small business manage their accounting, payroll, bank payments, and other daily tasks.

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 payments platform for small online businesses that makes it easy to take credit card payments online, and sends receipts to your email address.

16

2 years ago

A tool for small businesses in the US that helps them prepare their taxes for the year and be prepared for any changes in the tax code they may face.

16

2 years ago

A payments platform aimed at helping small businesses, including brick and mortar shops, pay their employees, who are often their only source of revenue.

16

2 years ago

Web-based accounting software built for small businesses to manage their payroll, accounts receivables, and customer payments.

16

2 years ago

This startup is building an online tool that lets you set up subscription services, which it pitches as “a better version of the Amazon Prime subscription model, but for small businesses.”

16

2 years ago

A tool to help small businesses work with their suppliers. The startup wants to make the process of negotiating with suppliers easier.

16

2 years ago

A startup that wants to help everyone from small businesses all the way up to large companies recruit and hire the best talent.

15

2 years ago

A startup that aims to make it easier for small businesses to connect with each other via an app. The startup is also building a platform that helps small businesses find local suppliers and manufacturers for their products. The company is based in San Francisco.

15

2 years ago

A company that wants to help small businesses get their products to market faster. The company, which was launched in October, wants to help businesses reduce lead times, by connecting them with manufacturers which will produce their products.

15

2 years ago

A platform and API that looks to help small businesses rent their products for events, and streamline the process of buying and selling items.

15

2 years ago

This build-it-yourself startup is looking to build a toolset that helps small businesses design and install their own 3D printed parts. Their vision is to make 3D printing easy and affordable for small businesses.

15

2 years ago

The company says its mission is to give small businesses the tools to create, manage and grow their own online content in a way that’s easy and comprehensive.

15

2 years ago

A small-business lending platform that helps businesses borrow $10,000 to $500,000 on reasonable terms.

15

2 years ago

A fleet management platform for small businesses, that aims to help them get more from their vehicles, including better utilization rates and reporting.

15

5 years ago

A software company that provides a mobile platform for small businesses.

14

2 years ago

A small internet of things (IoT) startup that is working to build a generic platform for IoT product development, from hardware to software to IoT communications.

14

2 years ago

A platform that helps small businesses make better use of their data, with tools to help them “navigate the data and make better decisions.”

14

2 years ago

A platform that connects small businesses with a network of manufacturers capable of producing unique products. The startup is launching in Canada on a trial basis.

14

2 years ago

A cloud-based service that helps small businesses manage equipment like air conditioners, heaters, and electric fans, and monitor their energy usage and power consumption.

14

2 years ago

A tool that makes it easy to get a loan, and has the potential to help people transition into self-employment and new small businesses. The startup is currently in talks with various lenders to build it out.

14

2 years ago

A payment app that allows a small fee to help a merchant securely accept card payments from a customer. "We started because the cost of accepting card payments was too high," says cofounder James Chen.

14

2 years ago

A SaaS for small businesses and startups to manage subscriptions through one platform, from payment to customer service to analytics.

14

2 years ago

A secure online marketplace for small businesses to rent equipment, which has been used by over 150,000 businesses in the UK.

14

2 years ago

A startup that helps small businesses manage their expenses by allowing them to create a single “expense report” for everything they buy.

14

2 years ago

This is a small business management platform that focuses on management for small business owners.

14

2 years ago

This crowdfunding startup helps kickstart businesses, with a focus on small and medium-sized businesses.

14

2 years ago

A small service that will help people avoid the hassle of driving to the grocery store for their weekly shopping.

14

5 years ago

Idea: A micro-financing company that provides small loans directly to merchants in Kenya. It aims to bring a better online experience to the underbanked.

13

5 years ago

A startup that connects people with digital marketing experts, so small businesses can get help building their Facebook and Instagram pages, etc.

13

2 years ago

An accounting app for small businesses to use to keep track of their finances, manage payroll, and perform other functions.

13

2 years ago

This company is building an app that helps freelancers and small businesses stay organized and on time.

13

2 years ago

An online software that helps small businesses increase their sales by calculating sales and demographic data and then using it to show them the best way to market to their customers.

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

A company that provides an intuitive platform to help small businesses know whether they’re getting the best deals from their suppliers.

13

2 years ago

A business meeting software platform that allows small groups of coworkers to communicate effectively, including sharing files and documents via an integrated cloud-based network.

12

2 years ago

The company offers apps that create bespoke ads for small businesses on Facebook, based on those businesses’ data.

12

2 years ago

A cloud-based accounting software for small businesses that seeks to provide all the functionality of a full-featured accounting package without the need to hire an accountant for each client.

12

2 years ago

A free app for developing small bio sensors.

12

2 years ago

A tool that helps companies track and measure their brand reputation. It offers a free version for small companies that have fewer than 100 employees, and then a paid version for larger companies. The company was recently acquired by The Economist Group.

12

2 years ago

P2P lending platform for small businesses, with an app that allows for payments to be made to contractors with the promise of getting their invoices paid before the next pay-day.

12

5 years ago

Idea: A podcast for entrepreneurs and small business owners. It’s called “Sales & Marketing” and it’s hosted by two former startup founders.

11

5 years ago

A software company that provides a platform for small businesses to manage their online presence and marketing efforts. The startup wants to become a central platform for SMBs to manage all aspects of their online presence in one place.

11

2 years ago

This startup wants to make small, easy-to-dispatch data centers more efficient. Conexant is building a modular data center, using a modular approach to building the infrastructure.

11

2 years ago

An online marketplace that connects small business with local buyers using a “local living guide.”

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

A startup that essentially allows you to build a group of friends or a small team to work together on certain tasks, then assign tasks to them.

11

2 years ago

A small office that helps users manage their expenses, from booking travel and food to filing receipts and banking.

11

2 years ago

A startup that helps credit unions and other financial institutions provide loans and credit cards to under-banked members. The idea is to help underserved populations access financial services, including small business loans, disability loans, and credit cards.

11

2 years ago

A platform that helps companies create their own sales funnels and marketing apps, aimed at helping small businesses grow. The startup lets you customize what you want to sell, how you want to sell it, and how often you want to sell it.

11

2 years ago

This startup, based in Pakistan, wants to help small businesses build e-commerce sites with Facebook’s Create React App. It’s the first platform to let small e-commerce operations build a Facebook-integrated storefront without any coding experience.

11

2 years ago

A platform that helps small businesses use their physical spaces to generate leads, and then convert those leads into sales.

11

5 years ago

A startup that specializes in selling furniture and home decor for people who live in small spaces

10

2 years ago

A tech company that develops mobile applications for businesses. The company is best known for its "Business Manager" app that helps small businesses get organized.

10

2 years ago

This app helps small business owners to make smarter hiring decisions based on the previous work experience of job candidates.

10

2 years ago

This is a project management tool for small nonprofits, crafted after the Rockridge Institute.

10

2 years ago

An “online accounting system for small businesses”, with a free version for personal use and a paid version for companies.

10

5 years ago

Idea: This startup is building an app to help small to mid-sized business in China apply for and receive loans from banks.

9

5 years ago

Idea: A platform that uses AI to help small business owners scale by building an engine that automatically figures out the most profitable steps to scale a business.

9

2 years ago

An online accounting platform that seeks to help small businesses take advantage of tax breaks and reporting requirements.

9

2 years ago

A tool that helps small businesses improve their online marketing efforts. The startup, which was founded in May, helps businesses create landing pages, edit their website copy, and optimize their website. They’re currently working with over 100 small businesses in the UK.

9

2 years ago

A new startup aiming to become a one-stop shop for small businesses looking to buy and sell US-based inventory.

9

5 years ago

A startup that provides a service for people who have a small space in their house that they want to turn into a new room It will provide you with the plans and then you can hire someone to do the work

7

5 years ago

Idea: A software platform for small businesses that makes it easier for them to do cash-flow forecasting

6

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A B2B platform that helps small manufacturers connect with local waste streams to turn industrial byproducts into new raw materials, creating circular supply chains.

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5 years ago

A startup that provides a directory of small businesses to help them find business solutions like a virtual assistant

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5 years ago

Idea: A platform for better managing HR and benefits for small businesses

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5 years ago

Idea: Automated payroll and benefits for small businesses A bit like Gusto or Zenefits

-1

5 years ago

Idea: We’re building a gift card marketplace that will allow small businesses and brick & mortar stores to sell gift cards and let you buy them in seconds

-1

5 years ago

Idea: A social media tool for small businesses

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5 years ago

Idea: Remote payment processing for small companies

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5 years ago

Idea: A startup for small, local businesses to sell directly to consumers The startup says they already have earned $10,000 in revenue after only 5 months

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5 years ago

Idea: A platform for small business owners, built to help them manage their business and provide finance and support for under-served communities

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5 years ago

Idea: A platform for managing ad campaigns for small businesses, meant to compete with the likes of Facebook and Google The company says it already has a few enterprise customers

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5 years ago

Idea: A startup that makes it easy and cheap to make custom shirts for businesses, with the goal of making custom garments more accessible to small businesses

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5 years ago

Idea: A B2B company that makes it easier for smaller companies to offer employees a 401k plan

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5 years ago

Idea: A business that builds custom, localized WordPress websites for small businesses in the US, with a focus on high quality and low prices

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5 years ago

Idea: This travel startup helps travelers book group trips, like tours and cruises The startup is focused on building a marketplace that helps small businesses find customers

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5 years ago

Idea: A startup that sends you a box of food items from small brands you may not have heard of

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5 years ago

Idea: An online marketplace for wholesalers and small businesses to get access to low-cost goods in bulk.

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5 years ago

Idea: A software company that helps small businesses manage their invoicing. The company targets small businesses that don’t have a dedicated finance team or want to outsource the work.

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5 years ago

A company that makes a small device that connects to a circuit board. The device is meant to be used by people who don’t know how to solder, to fix their electronics.

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5 years ago

Idea: A startup building a way to help renovators and other small business owners with the onerous process of bidding on jobs. The idea is to help automate the process of sending bids out to prospective clients.

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5 years ago

Idea: A tool for managing procurement and contracting for startups and small businesses. The idea is to help companies keep track of what they’re spending and save on time.

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5 years ago

Idea: A software as a service company that sells an enterprise software platform to manage all of the administrative and financial details of an import/export business. The startup has a special focus on helping small businesses secure loans or payments from a bank.

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5 years ago

Idea: A software company for e-commerce inventory management, currently working with three large customers and 15 small ones.

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5 years ago

Idea: This is the company behind the Bodega app, which calls itself a “Bodega box that comes with a free human.” The startup is building an app for small convenience stores in order to make shopping for milk, eggs, and other items more convenient. Its founders are betting that by bringing in a human to help customers, they’ll be able to differentiate from other convenience stores.

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5 years ago

A startup that provides a platform for small businesses to accept and manage payments online.

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5 years ago

A startup that helps people find small businesses that need help

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5 years ago

Idea: A solution for managing physical assets, with a focus on smaller companies with

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A company that helps small business owners build a more strategic marketing plan by allowing them to plan their budgets and schedule their marketing efforts.

This is a service that allows you to make small repairs to your own car at home.

An e-commerce platform for the Indian market. The startup connects small and medium-sized businesses to suppliers and distributors, and also helps them hire employees.

A startup for people who want to build a small business, provide it with a good base of marketing and customer support, and add value to the business.

A small-business and ecommerce platform for e-shopping.

A startup that makes it easier for people to borrow money from friends, family, and even strangers. The startup is currently only available in the UK, where it’s working with a handful of small businesses.

A platform that helps small businesses expand internationally. The startup wants to provide a full suite of international services, including business banking, e-commerce fulfillment, and international tax structure management.

A startup helping small businesses create their own, more profitable, online marketing campaigns. The company helps small businesses with organic content creation, on-page SEO, and paid advertising. It’s currently looking for top-level talent.

A company that helps small businesses create social media content and allows brands to promote their business on their social media pages

A company that helps small businesses (like makers, and farmers) get paid faster

A startup offers a platform for small businesses to rent private offices and conference rooms to employees who work remotely.

A digital lender that allows small businesses to get loans in just a few minutes, with no paperwork.

A company that helps small businesses do marketing automation. It’s a tool for small businesses to create their own marketing automation software.

A supply chain management tool for small businesses that manages everything from physical inventory to internal supply chains. The service is aimed at businesses with under 100 employees and is currently in private beta.

A startup that wants to use AI to help small businesses find the right workers by matching them to the right jobs.

A smart contract-based marketplace for small business, meant to help them access credit, discounts, and other small business financing.

A micro-finance startup that empowers anyone to open a small business, using mobile technology.

A company that helps small businesses (like contractors) hire subcontractors with a mobile app and a credit check

A social network for small-scale farmers. It’s a food network, which provides a way to connect farmers to consumers who want to buy their products. The startup was founded in May, and now has over a million members.

A platform to help small businesses build their own credit scoring and risk assessment models.

A small business loan platform for companies like hair salons, construction companies, etc. that want to use their own credit check data to verify their customers’ ability to pay back loans.

A platform for small businesses to manage their social media accounts from one dashboard. The company’s goal is to make the management of social media easier for small businesses.

A customer service platform for small businesses that wants to be a sort of virtual assistant.

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

A small business marketing strategy and planning tool that lets small businesses measure their marketing performance across all channels. It started by focusing on social media and has expanded to include web traffic and content marketing, email marketing, and paid search.

SaaS business that helps small companies in India create paper-free operating procedures.

A dating app that focuses on the small things.

A startup to find and buy used furniture, which makes the process easier for both buyers and sellers. The company is currently in beta, with the site having been live on a small scale for just over a year.

A startup that helps small businesses in the US get paid faster by providing other businesses that accept credit cards a way to pay them in cash.

Shopify's Indian subsidiary is helping build an "online-only" (so no offline sales) marketplace that will sell goods made by small artisans and craftsman. While a combination of Alibaba and Amazon, the market size is expected to be between $500 million to $1 billion in 2023.

An AI-powered service that aims to make it easier for small businesses to get the help they need to grow.

Helping small businesses get started with a credit card processing service.

A startup that specializes in helping new businesses find their way, with a focus on helping small businesses get started

A company that makes it easier for small businesses to sell online by providing them a way to promote themselves online and on social media through a suite of marketing tools.

A startup building a digital toolkit to help companies, whether they’re large companies or small businesses, build and manage physical spaces for meetings.

Helping small businesses in India to integrate and automate their accounting software using CRM-like software.

A crowdfunding platform specifically for beginner producers and small businesses.

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.

A marketing platform for small businesses looking to leverage social media and e-mail marketing to build their brand and drive ROI.

A self-service booking platform for businesses and small-to-medium-sized enterprises.

A platform for quick and easy project management for small businesses, including software, creative, and other services.

A SaaS for small and medium-sized businesses. The company’s founder claims that the platform has saved them around $3 million in annual expenses by facilitating remote access and communication between employees.

A service for managing social networks for small businesses.

A company that helps small businesses find tech talent, with a focus on recruiting developers and designers in cities where they are based.

A tool for small businesses to manage and track their inventory and orders.

An online platform for peer-to-peer lending in India. The startup serves community microlenders in India that are looking to lend out smaller amounts of money to people in need.

A startup that helps small businesses get more customers and better ways to do it through marketing. It’s a timesaver for small businesses and a good way for startups to get a foothold in the market.

This startup is building a tool that helps banks manage their exposure to lending to small business.

A tool for running small businesses with an MVP, which helps people create their own business model

A payments company that offers a way for small businesses to pay for their own invoices. The founders say they’re aiming to replace “payroll” software.

is a platform that allows users to buy, sell, and trade gift cards for a small fee.

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

A place for small businesses to collaborate and share resources.

A platform for small businesses to publish, organize, and send their blog posts directly to their subscribers’ inboxes.

A tool for small businesses to create customer loyalty programs that encourage repeat spending.

A small business insurance plan that covers products that have been lost/stolen.

A partnership between a French startup and a Chinese firm, with an eye on the international market. A company that wants to make marketing easy for small businesses.

A tech-focused project management platform for small to midsize teams.

A platform that helps small business owners and startups collaborate on marketing strategy and execute their marketing campaigns with greater efficiency.

A startup that allows people to find and hire a contractor to complete a small project.

A new startup that wants to make the world’s smallest USB hub, allowing users to plug in multiple USB devices (keyboards, monitors, etc) into a single port

A platform for small businesses to create campaigns and get free marketing from influencers and media companies

A startup that helps small business owners sell more from their store by allowing them to display sale items from retailers that they don’t normally sell from.

A small business loan, based on factors like location, team, and amount of traffic. It also offers business owner coaching to help them grow their business.

A search engine for small business loans.

A startup that wants to make your money work for you, without having to do the work yourself. The company’s first product is a small device that makes it easier for people to open their credit card accounts, and has plans to expand to other financial products like insurance.

A cloud-based platform that helps small to mid-sized organizations with their e-commerce operations.

A company that’s building a platform for group communication. It’s building a way to easily voice chat and share information with groups. It’s a product for big companies that want to communicate with internal teams, but it could also be used by small startups to communicate with teams.

A platform for small businesses to rent or lease their storefronts, with a backend API that developers can use to build apps for managing rental inventory and payments.

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

An accounting app that helps small businesses prepare and file their own taxes. The startup is focused on people who have never had to file taxes before.

A subscription-based service that helps small businesses with customs clearance, shipping, and other shipping-related issues.

Small business loans in the US from $2,000 to $100,000.

Pembleton is a startup that offers a “digestible” social media management service to small businesses.

A social video platform for small businesses in China. The company aims to connect them with customers, offering a way to share videos and generate leads.

It’s a licensing company for small businesses to get paid speedily for their intellectual property. The startup has signed up over 300 businesses.

A web-based platform for small businesses to better manage their bookkeeping, accounting, and cash flow.