Store Startup Ideas

2 years ago

A startup that helps retail stores and brands manage and optimize their websites, helping them get more traffic and sales.

6,562

2 years ago

A platform for buying, selling, trading, and renting bikes. The company’s API provides access to data on bikes, stores, and repairs, and it currently has 30,000 bike listings.

4,377

3 years ago

A startup that allows farmers to sell excess food directly to their neighborhood grocery stores.

1,492

2 years ago

An online service that compares the price of the same item in stores and online.

1,295

5 years ago

A startup that’s building a new kind of shopping cart that lets buyers seamlessly buy products at multiple sites without leaving the online store.

955

5 years ago

This startup is building a platform for American farmers to sell their goods to consumers worldwide. The startup aims to use a mix of digital store fronts and technology to deliver to consumers in countries like India and China, where the rural population has been growing.

456

4 years ago

A startup which helps producers of consumer goods in India get their products from a supplier to a store.

427

3 years ago

An AI that can help companies determine the best places to open new stores.

388

5 years ago

A tool meant to help store managers and their employees deal with peak seasons. The tool works in a similar way to Southwest Airlines' Rapid Rewards program, connecting the store manager to the employees who help them at the store. The idea is that with the company's software, the store manager and employees can find out what rewards are best for the store and plan accordingly.

330

5 years ago

A startup on the App Store that helps users manage their apps, promote and sell them, and help users find updates and new features.

283

4 years ago

A startup that aims to give businesses a tool that allows them to turn their smartphones into an in-store point of sale

273

5 years ago

A tool for quickly creating an online store for physical goods.

266

3 years ago

This company wants to create an app that will catch the attention of people who are passing by storefronts and then tell them about the experiences within.

263

4 years ago

A company that helps retailers in India make money on data they collect on customer behaviors. Currently, they’re using the company’s software to manage their cash desks in stores.

262

4 years ago

A platform that allows users to store and manage their tiny home remotely. It’s like Airbnb for tiny homes.

240

2 years ago

It’s a company that helps app-makers get more of their customers’ attention. The startup helps app makers get to the top of the App Store or Play Store based on how they market their apps.

240

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

2 years ago

A laptop delivery service for people who can’t take time off work to go to a store. The startup currently has a pilot in Mumbai, and has plans to expand to Delhi and Bangalore.

231

4 years ago

A new kind of grocery store that takes advantage of the fact that many people can’t shop alone. The concept is that it’s one person browsing the store while the other is cooking.

230

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

4 years ago

allows companies to create online shopfronts for their products, eliminating the need for physical storefronts. It’s growing quickly, and recently closed a $3.8 million series A round.

225

2 years ago

A B2B company that helps companies create several different e-commerce storefronts so they can sell different products in different countries.

222

4 years ago

A tool that helps businesses make and manage their own digital storefronts, which they plug into their website.

221

4 years ago

A mobile app that allows users to schedule grocery stores for pickup and delivery

220

4 years ago

A platform that enables online retailers to offer their customers the option to create their own exclusive in-store experiences.

217

4 years ago

A startup that aims to build a “digital bank vault” for mobile consumers in India. The startup plans to allow mobile users to store funds in their phones in the form of mobile wallets, with secure storage in escrow.

214

4 years ago

A startup that provides professional services for marketing, design, and technology to brands that want to set up their own online storefronts.

212

3 years ago

A startup that helps you book grocery stores and get discounts for the same

203

3 years ago

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

202

3 years ago

A user-friendly and secure digital passport store that brings biometrics to the forefront of travel documents.

198

5 years ago

A startup that helps customers change loyalty cards without physically going to the store.

197

4 years ago

This startup has a cryptocurrency that stores value, making it a valuable digital currency

197

4 years ago

A new way to communicate with customers that helps stores create an experience similar to that of an in-person visit.

197

4 years ago

A platform for recording and sharing video, including the ability to store, search and share clips.

195

4 years ago

A consumer-facing startup that’s looking to create a marketplace for grocery store brands.

194

4 years ago

A company that uses Microsoft Azure to help businesses create and manage online store fronts

193

4 years ago

A startup that wants to build a decentralized app store, like Google Play. The startup wants to connect developers with users directly.

193

4 years ago

This is a platform that allows people to swap their old furniture, shoes, and accessories for store credit.

192

2 years ago

A startup that aims to recreate the convenience store experience for the mobile video game generation using smart machines and digital services.

192

4 years ago

A startup that automates the process of finding the best prices for food and other items at Whole Foods, Jet.com, Amazon, and other stores.

190

4 years ago

This software platform for music creators helps them manage their royalties, stores music and downloads, and monitors sales.

189

5 years ago

This app helps content creators sell their products on Amazon, using a digital storefront.

188

4 years ago

A feedback loop for e-commerce stores, allowing them to ask customers for feedback on their experience right after a purchase. Also offers a native app for the web store.

186

4 years ago

A startup that doesn't have a specific use case but wants to be a store of last resort for people seeking to borrow money.

186

5 years ago

Idea: A platform for making, distributing and monetizing augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) games The company says it’s already built over a dozen AR and VR games and is currently monetizing them through app stores, advertising, premium content, and in-app purchases

185

5 years ago

A software company that uses machine learning to manage and handle re-ordering and inventory for online stores.

185

4 years ago

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

184

3 years ago

A music streaming service where you can stream music stored on your phone to anywhere. The startup is also building a subscription service, which it’s launching in the next few weeks.

184

3 years ago

A startup that wants to build a decentralized store, working model of its own. The company wants to take the “store” out of retail so people can sell their goods and services directly to people online.

184

4 years ago

A company that sells a mobile app that lets you store and access your medical records.

182

4 years ago

A startup that makes it easy for companies to build apps for their customers, by building an app store for developers to build apps for their customers. The startup’s founder tells us that he’s gotten 10,000 signups in 2 weeks.

182

4 years ago

A digital music store focusing on independent artists. The startup has signed up about 300 independent musicians to date, most of which are making money through streaming services.

182

3 years ago

A tool that allows users to quickly take a picture of a document and have it immediately digitized and stored in the cloud.

182

5 years ago

A startup that helps retail stores find out which products their customers like best

180

3 years ago

Building a platform for decentralized applications on Ethereum, a native app store for Ethereum, and a wallet for storing ether.

179

5 years ago

A company that makes it easy to build out e-commerce sites for mom and pop stores

178

5 years ago

A digital store of recipes and ideas for cooking

178

2 years ago

A physical store for buying and selling old technology in New York City.

178

5 years ago

A startup that makes it easy to create and manage an online store

177

4 years ago

A startup that allows people to print out a physical receipt for their purchase. The startup wants to build a digital receipt option for stores that doesn’t require a printer.

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

A web app to help users find low-cost or free items to buy at retail outlets. The company says it has over 100,000 users and 2,500 stores.

175

4 years ago

The startup has a personalized recommendation engine for buying clothes, but does so in a way that makes it easy for the consumer to shop in the store.

175

3 years ago

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

174

4 years ago

A tool that helps fuel station cashiers and shopkeepers make accurate purchases from in-store kiosks, and creates new revenue opportunities for both.

172

4 years ago

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

172

3 years ago

A cloud storage product that will allow mobile developers to continue building apps and distribute them for free. All of the data will be stored in the cloud and accessed via an iOS and Android app.

172

5 years ago

The startup is building a platform to record and store every single note an employee takes.

171

4 years ago

A company that helps brands create and distribute in-store marketing content across traditional and social media, allowing for a more efficient way to reach customers.

170

5 years ago

A startup that’s building a tool that automatically designs and builds ecommerce stores for you

168

5 years ago

A company that helps home builders like ApartmentPlace, ApartmentGuide, and Zumper create a single-page listing that embeds all of their properties into an app that they can distribute through the Apple Store and Google Play.

168

5 years ago

An eCommerce company that offers virtual and physical storefronts for customers to order from.

167

5 years ago

A company that helps retail stores run their inventory at the right price.

167

3 years ago

A SaaS product that helps businesses optimize their in-store POS systems. The company currently has 12 employees and is based in San Francisco.

167

4 years ago

A digital storefront for artists and designers to sell their own artwork and designs.

166

5 years ago

A platform that powers “digital stores” in the physical world

165

5 years ago

A platform for brands and retailers to sell products from other stores in their network.

165

5 years ago

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

165

3 years ago

A mobile app that creates an online store for any product to help you sell more of it online.

165

5 years ago

When you want to buy a new coat, you order it from a store. When you want to buy a new car, you do the same, and your credit card company gets in touch with you. When you want to buy a new smartphone, you have to go through the same process. It’s a bit of a hassle, and it costs a lot of money.

164

5 years ago

A software that automates the process of taking high-quality photos of products for online stores and catalogs

164

5 years ago

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

164

4 years ago

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

164

5 years ago

A tool to help creatives manage their store from anywhere using an app or website.

163

5 years ago

They’re the modern version of a “grocery store”, with a storehouse of over 400 in-demand items that can be added to a wish list. They’re free for consumers, but can have a fee for businesses with 500 or more items in stock.

163

3 years ago

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

163

3 years ago

A startup that lets people earn extra money by taking photos of products in a store and posting them to social media.

163

3 years ago

A product that helps households store water, power, and food for a disaster.

163

5 years ago

Plant-based protein startup that uses aquaponic systems to grow its products. The startup is looking to raise $750,000 to enter into a big box store like Walmart.

162

5 years ago

A platform that helps companies create custom, branded t-shirts, available to buy online and in-store.

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 helps people save money by helping them find discounted deals on things they buy frequently at stores like Walmart, Target, etc.

161

5 years ago

A company that makes an API and platform for app stores to allow developers to launch their apps on a variety of platforms.

161

5 years ago

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

161

5 years ago

A company that develops web applications for businesses, such as e-commerce platforms or online store builders.

161

5 years ago

A product for grocery stores that helps them take the guesswork out of their product ordering process.

161

5 years ago

A startup that helps retailers “find the right kind of people to hire” for their stores. The startup is also building out a talent platform for retailers using job data from LinkedIn to help them find the right people to hire.

161

5 years ago

A startup that is launching a new kind of retail store It allows customers to customize the fit of

160

5 years ago

A startup operating in the European market that is building a network of e-commerce sites that allow users to shop from multiple stores in one place

159

5 years ago

Delivery service that promises to get an item to you after a certain interval, following a route that minimizes driving, and lets you pick up items from a store.

159

4 years ago

The goal of this startup is to help consumers shop for services that match their needs, rather than relying on recommendations from friends and family. The company looks to compete with platforms like Groupon and LivingSocial by selling subscriptions that will take care of the customer. The startup is already working with a number of Wal-Mart and Kroger stores.

159

3 years ago

A mobile app that lets you convert your credit card into a debit card and pay in-store without a credit card.

159

5 years ago

A startup that makes it easy to buy, sell and store cryptocurrency

158

5 years ago

A digital store for home users of medical equipment

158

5 years ago

A startup that provides an online toolkit for building ecommerce storefronts.

158

5 years ago

A startup that makes it easier for consumers to find quality products for their homes. Its app is similar to Amazon’s Dash, but for finding products in a physical store.

158

3 years ago

A startup that allows users to send requests to merchants, get alerts when they’re available, and place orders. The startup is aiming to decrease the friction involved in getting products from a store to a person’s house.

158

5 years ago

A tool for stores to sell goods online, funded by an angel investor.

156

5 years ago

A $1 cloud-based platform for sharing your music, where friends can listen to it for free. The app is already on the Apple Store, and the company is looking to expand to Android and Windows.

154

4 years ago

How do you make a standard 100ml bottle that’s easy to use and store without things falling over

154

3 years ago

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

154

5 years ago

A way of creating a digital storefront to sell products on Amazon.com with 3% of sales going to the seller.

153

5 years ago

A text-messaging app that allows people to pay businesses via text message. The startup wants to replace the cashier at your local store.

153

5 years ago

A startup that wants to make it easier for businesses to build their own online store. Instead of a lengthy process of building an e-commerce site themselves, the startup will make it easy for a business to buy in to a pre-built site.

153

5 years ago

A startup that is working to create a cryptocurrency that helps people stay organized by helping them store and share their photos.

153

5 years ago

Digix wants to create a gold standard for digital currencies, with the goal of making a digital currency that can be stored and transferred digitally. The company wants to create a way for buyers, sellers, and investors to exchange digital currencies and reap the benefits of a global digital currency.

153

5 years ago

A software-as-a-service tool for automating product support in ecommerce stores.

153

5 years ago

A platform that gives musicians the tools to create and distribute their music, as well as an online store.

153

5 years ago

The company was a Google product that made it easy to connect with people in nearby stores.

153

5 years ago

A company founded by a team of Stanford and Berkeley researchers that uses AI to detect and prevent fraud. The software aims to detect when a person is trying to make a credit card purchase in a store and notify the appropriate employees, who can then stop the transaction.

153

4 years ago

A startup that is building a platform to help brands create in-store experiences that are more engaging, personalized, and relevant.

153

3 years ago

A SaaS startup that makes it easier for retailers to sell products, including their own, via email. The company wants to help brick-and-mortar stores convert to e-commerce.

153

5 years ago

A "grocery delivery and store-of-value" app, allowing users to order groceries, have them delivered to their door, and then sell them for a profit.

152

5 years ago

An AI that helps power the “emotional intelligence” of retail stores, which are expected to grow in importance.

152

3 years ago

A startup that aims to become a store-front for health insurance that helps you shop around for the best prices, based on which plan is best for you. It’s currently in the beta phase of development.

152

3 years ago

A startup that’s building a way for people to test ride the Tesla Model S at their local Tesla store before they buy one.

152

5 years ago

A startup that provides software to help eCommerce store owners who are trying to grow their business

151

5 years ago

Money does not work like it used to. It’s more like a series of cashier store charges. This company wants to make the experience of using cash for transactions more like the way we use our phones.

151

5 years ago

This company builds apps for the Lockbox app, a lockbox service that lets people store valuables in a secure location.

151

5 years ago

A startup that lets you store documents online as if they were in a shared Google Docs account.

151

4 years ago

A platform that authenticates and stores medical records, allowing patients to share their own information with their doctors.

151

5 years ago

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

150

5 years ago

In the UK, an increasingly important part of the economy isn’t bricks and mortar stores but phone apps. And one startup wants to replace the app store with a custom-built version. The idea is that you buy an app once and then get the updates for free. The company is giving away its first product for free, called The App Store, in order to gain feedback.

150

5 years ago

A tool for retailers to manage returns, store inventory, and track inventory and sales

150

5 years ago

This is a startup that helps businesses demo their products on the web, using pre-made widgets that look like online store pages.

150

4 years ago

A company that connects retail stores with talented baristas. The startup offers the ability to get coffee from the comfort of one’s own home, and pay with a credit card.

150

3 years ago

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

150

5 years ago

A start-up using AI to help retailers maintain their store inventory.

149

5 years ago

This is an online tool that helps companies manage their physical stores by helping them track inventory, maintain data on the condition of their products, and keep up with trends in their markets.

149

5 years ago

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

149

4 years ago

A startup that provides a suite of mobile-first eCommerce tools to help drive business growth. They’re building a platform to help brands create a single, seamless customer experience across all sales channels including online, mobile, social, in-store and in-app.

149

3 years ago

A secure and private way to store and process documents, like contracts and contracts that have been signed

149

5 years ago

The company operates in a similar fashion to Uber, but instead of driving people around, it takes shoppers to retailers. Shoppers use the app to locate stores and their location, then use the app to walk into shops and purchase items.

148

5 years ago

Builds software for the retail industry that monitors security cameras in stores, then tags and collects data about those customers, whether they spend money, who they are, and what they’re looking at.

148

5 years ago

Builds and operates pet stores for online retailers.

148

5 years ago

This company wants to replace the need for cashiers in grocery stores. It’s not just a vending machine that dispenses goods, but a multi-modal platform that handles payment and inventory. The company has partnered with major grocers, including Publix, Kroger, and Albertsons.

147

5 years ago

This startup is building a cloud-based platform to help shop owners manage their stores. The company is building a platform that allows owners to manage their stores from the cloud, and lets them use the software to access their inventory and receive notifications on sales.

147

5 years ago

A wearable that helps you find the best places to park during a trip to the grocery store.

147

5 years ago

Share3X is a platform that lets people store, share, and manage their work and financial tools. The startup offers a “Workplace as a Service” for companies to house their employees’ tools.

147

5 years ago

A Facebook Messenger bot to order groceries from local stores and deliver them to your home. The company launched in 2017 as a way to increase delivery speeds, with the goal being to make deliveries within 30 minutes of the order being placed.

147

5 years ago

A platform that helps retailers figure out how to attract more customers through social media. It uses a combination of data and algorithms to predict who will sign up for their credit card, and who will visit their physical store.

147

4 years ago

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

147

3 years ago

In the next several years, traditional brick and mortar stores might start to be replaced by online shops, like Zara and H&M. But instead of going to an actual store and waiting in line, online shoppers can order and pick up products from home in mere minutes. Joy is building a way for online stores to connect with customers and handle inventory for them, giving shoppers with no employees the experience of shopping in person.

147

5 years ago

A platform that helps retail companies track and manage transactions in their stores and offices.

146

5 years ago

A startup that wants to create an online store that uses artificial intelligence to automatically find and purchase items that match a customer’s taste and preferences.

146

5 years ago

A hardware wallet that allows users to store and use any cryptocurrency.

145

5 years ago

The app allows you to identify and customize the songs you hear in stores.

145

5 years ago

A startup that provides a service where a personal shopper goes to a store and picks out items they want for them

144

5 years ago

A startup that wants to give people more control over their data by letting them store it on their own USB drives

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

An iOS app that helps people schedule and manage tasks. It’s available on the App Store and also through the website.

144

5 years ago

A digital store for collectible cards that helps users build a collection by tracking and sharing their collection, and by selling cards in a marketplace.

144

5 years ago

This “new era of vending machines” wants to help grocery stores sell beverages at a lower cost

144

5 years ago

A startup called eCredentials is building a connected ring that stores and connects to your medical records, and lets you keep track of changes and see a history of everything you’ve ever had done.

144

4 years ago

A digital warehouse that helps artists store and stream their work.

144

5 years ago

This startup is building a way to help farmers market their products without the hassle of selling via a big, impersonal store. Instead, farmers can have a more intimate and less expensive selling experience when selling directly to the consumer.

143

5 years ago

A company that wants to re-create the good old days of the local neighborhood hardware store for modern consumers. They want to build a modern version of the mobile app that lets people buy and sell their stuff in a local community.

143

5 years ago

A platform that helps retailers sell offline. The startup lets retailers sell their products in physical stores, and then also sell it online for buyers. Basically it’s a way for brick and mortar retailers to sell online and to their customers.

143

3 years ago

Businesses that have a permanent physical presence in a city can now use Google Maps to check the status of their storefront — whether it’s open or closed — and see when it will open.

143

5 years ago

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

142

5 years ago

An “App Store for Doctors”, which uses artificial intelligence to recommend treatments and therapies for patients.

142

3 years ago

A startup focused on making it easier for grocery stores to acquire and market products as diverse as produce, dairy and meat

142

5 years ago

A tool for people to create bespoke retail experiences for their customers. The startup is looking to bring a similar experience to brick and mortar stores as opposed to startups that have to build their own stores.

141

5 years ago

A solution for the $4 trillion global oil market where producers don’t have reliable inventories and retailers don’t have a clear picture of demand or low prices. Oil can be stored in underground tanks and is more valuable if it’s in the right place. Oil Tracker aims to connect all the different stakeholders in the oil market.

141

3 years ago

A platform for managing personal and professional finances and allowing users to store their digital assets (including bank accounts, credit cards, etc.)

141

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 company that provides a platform that allows companies to operate mobile-only stores.

140

5 years ago

A startup trying to help iPhone users make in-store purchases without waiting in line

140

5 years ago

A tool that lets you create and manage your own personal e-commerce store. The startup aims to help you create a storefront, or online shop, on Shopify or WooCommerce that will be managed entirely by you.

139

5 years ago

A tool that helps you get all sorts of things done, like a virtual grocery store, virtual or actual clothing store, or virtual or actual license plates.

139

5 years ago

This startup is building a “smart” card that runs on a local RFID (radio frequency identification) chip. The card is intended for use in vending machines and retail stores where sales occur, but the company is also looking to use it in other contexts like credit/debit cards and membership cards.

139

5 years ago

A startup that sells a service where people can sell their old stuff and have someone deliver it to a store for them

138

5 years ago

A digital storefront for low-income people to buy used items from other people across the country, with a focus on items that are hard to find in the country.

138

3 years ago

A system for managing patient data in the US. Patients can use the platform to upload their medical records, and the platform will store them for the future.

138

5 years ago

A tool that helps businesses track inventory for their e-commerce site, which is the dream of every store owner but impossible to do manually.

137

5 years ago

A startup that provides a service where you can get a house cleaned for you and then get a certificate to get a discount at a local store

136

5 years ago

A company that helps brands co-create merchandise for sale, using a virtual store front to sell the items.

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

In theory, this company can help retailers build better loyalty programs for their customers. Instead of rewarding customers with discounts and other perks, this startup says it can help retailers build loyalty programs that allow customers to earn rewards and discounts based on how often they visit the store.

136

5 years ago

A startup with a similar idea to Fancy, with stores that focus on seasonal goods.

136

5 years ago

A consumer-facing app that allows users to make online purchases of items from their local grocery store, like milk and bread.

136

3 years ago

A startup that wants to help mom and pop stores grow their sales by giving them a way to make online payments in a country where card fraud is rampant.

136

5 years ago

A product that combines the best of Pottery Barn, Crate & Barrel, and West Elm into one store.

135

5 years ago

A marketing platform that allows e-commerce platforms to track and analyze the effectiveness of in-store marketing campaigns.

135

5 years ago

A startup that wants to replace the need for cashiers at your local grocery store. It’s a kiosk with a full-sized grocery store inside, with plans to expand to more locations in the future. They’re currently in beta in Philadelphia.

135

5 years ago

A startup that aims to build a “smart” shopping bag for consumers that can be tracked as it’s being moved from store to store.

135

5 years ago

A startup that is an online store that sells wedding accessories (IE People can buy wedding buntings, table decorations, etc)

134

5 years ago

A platform that makes it easy for authors to build their own websites from scratch, selling their content to publishers and charging them per view or per download. The startup is also working on a platform to run e-commerce stores.

134

5 years ago

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

134

5 years ago

A mobile app that allows users to find the exact product they want at a local store, making it easier to shop for groceries by location.

134

5 years ago

A startup that allows users to securely access their digital possessions from anywhere with a smartphone. It’s currently working on an encryption layer that will allow users to access their files, which can be stored in the cloud, phone, or a computer.

134

4 years ago

A company that claims to have created a system to automate the process of order fulfillment on web stores. The idea is to get a handle on a tangle of order-tracking tools and automate them into a single interface.

134

3 years ago

We’re used to going to a retail store and buying a product from a single brand. The startup wants to make it easier to find the product that’s right for you by making a detailed product finder in a new kind of retail store.

134

5 years ago

A fitness tracking device that’s been downloaded over 3 million times, has a 4.5 out of 5 star rating on the App Store, and was sold to Apple. It’s been used by over 60 million people and is now the best-selling fitness tracker on the market. It’s profitable and has a $300 million valuation.

133

5 years ago

The online version of a brick-and-mortar store that sells new and different products. The startup currently operates out of 9 stores in 4 countries.

133

3 years ago

This company is a marketplace for shared storage, storage on remote servers, with a network of people that store their stuff there. They charge a monthly fee, and they say they’re profitable with over 60,000 users.

133

5 years ago

Directs and optimizes customer interactions with brick-and-mortar stores. The company has developed a proprietary virtual assistant software which has already been integrated into 88 retailers, including Barnes & Noble, Petco, and Whole Foods.

132

5 years ago

A startup that sets up an online store and connects it to a peer-to-peer market

132

5 years ago

An AI platform to help retailers generate more revenue by surfacing data and trends to help them drive in-store sales. The startup has a goal of helping retailers spend less time managing and more time connecting with customers.

131

5 years ago

Pinlighter is an online service for drugstores that gives customers a fast, easy, and personalized way to comparison-shop for prescription drugs. The startup, which has raised $2.3M, was founded in October 2015 and now has more than 1,000 customers in the Chicago area.

131

5 years ago

An “app store” for the cloud that “helps companies move their applications into the cloud, without losing their data”.

131

4 years ago

This startup is developing a new way to handle and store real-time data, with a focus on sharing across industries.

131

5 years ago

“A premium app store with an emphasis on quality,” aiming to have a “curated selection of apps” that are not available anywhere else.

130

5 years ago

The idea here is to make it easy for people to find, store and share their photos and videos.

130

5 years ago

A company that connects large retailers with local farmers, allowing them to buy produce directly from them and have it delivered to their store locally.

130

4 years ago

BizCloud is building an app that allows companies to turn any website into a digital storefront. This would allow them to create an “app store” and sell digital products and services.

130

4 years ago

This is a service that lets you order groceries through the phone and text. The startup is working with a chain of grocery stores and hopes to expand to other cities.

130

5 years ago

A company that provides a platform for businesses to build and promote their own e-commerce stores. The company acts as a clearinghouse for inventory and shipping, taking a commission on each sale, plus a minor fee for each product.

129

5 years ago

A startup that wants to be the Amazon for home services, making it easier for customers to buy a service without having to rely on a retail retailer. The company has already signed up a number of local hardware stores.

129

5 years ago

A lot of companies are selling mobile phone cases with custom designs, but Nines offers custom design and production of phone cases, which will be sold in retail stores.

129

5 years ago

A startup for flowers that lets customers customize bouquets. The company is trying to eliminate the need for in-store shopping.

129

5 years ago

A platform that helps users find the best salon for their haircuts. The app stores salon location data in users’ phones and provides them with recommendations based on their location and needs.

127

5 years ago

A startup building a platform for the healthcare industry to store and share patient information.

127

5 years ago

A complete solution for data management. The idea is to let customers control where their data goes, then track and store it to eliminate errors and improve accuracy.

127

3 years ago

A startup that builds software for stores to allow them to know what items are in demand, and which are off the shelf.

127

5 years ago

A software platform for retail companies to “find and engage customers in the moment”, with an emphasis on in-store experiences.

126

5 years ago

A platform that helps people design and manage their own websites and apps, including social media apps, online stores, and email.

126

5 years ago

A company that helps charities and nonprofits raise money through online platforms. The company’s current product allows organizations to create an online presence, convert and store donations, and use the data to build and optimize their online marketing campaigns.

126

5 years ago

Its goal is to be the next generation of open-source apps in the Apple App Store.

126

5 years ago

A startup that lets companies build online stores with very little overhead.

126

5 years ago

An effort to build a more efficient and humane way to process and store food for the future. It starts with a food-loss tracking app and is working on a connected fridge.

126

3 years ago

A hybrid marketplace that connects customers with store owners who want to sell their goods and services.

126

5 years ago

A company that wants to help developers monetize their apps by bringing an app store to the desktop. The company wants to serve as a way to test and monetize apps across devices and platforms.

125

5 years ago

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

125

4 years ago

A utility-scale solar plant in the US that stores excess power and sells it into the grid.

125

5 years ago

A startup that provides a service where you get a $200 gift card to an online store and you get to keep 10% of the value of the gift card

124

5 years ago

A digital time machine, building on the seed money of $20 million in funding from investors. The company wants to get to the year 2045, “one hundred years from now” with every product, every service, and every interaction being digitally recorded and stored for posterity.

124

5 years ago

A platform for travel agencies to manage their inventory, even when they’re not physically in the store.

124

5 years ago

A startup that’s building a self-checkout system for grocery stores. The company says that they’re already working with over 20 grocery chains.

124

4 years ago

A startup for vintage clothes, with a focus on selling vintage clothes to customers who can’t find what they want in stores.

124

3 years ago

A mobile app that allows you to search for and buy local products at brick-and-mortar stores

124

5 years ago

A company that helps businesses manage data from virtual assistants. The idea is that the assistant can ask for and get information and then send the request to the company's website, where the data is stored and can be accessed.

123

5 years ago

A blockchain-based platform that helps independent software vendors monetize their software via a network of app stores.

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

2 years ago

A platform for online store owners to generate sales from social media and search.

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 wants to help companies around the world use robots to move goods from warehouses to retail stores.

122

5 years ago

A startup that helps companies and students organize their schoolwork, store it, and share it

122

4 years ago

A cloud-based platform for e-commerce that allows sellers to create their own storefronts.

122

3 years ago

The company plans to use blockchain to store all sorts of things like medical records, real estate deeds, and intellectual property.

122

4 years ago

A digital library for art and music that’s built using blockchain technology. It’s a decentralized system, built on top of the Ethereum network, that tracks and stores art pieces, but also allows for them to be accessed via a web interface.

121

3 years ago

A startup that’s building an artificial controller that can help you find the best deals at different types of stores.

121

5 years ago

The startup is looking to help people who have a lot of different data sources gather information about themselves, and then store it in the cloud.

120

5 years ago

Builds on the idea of an online store for workers to make money by selling items people need — and allowing them to earn up to $15 an hour. The company says it is currently operating in the San Francisco Bay Area.

120

5 years ago

A new way to store and manage your digital media. The team at Briefly is building a platform that enables users to “train” their computer to automatically organize and discover their files, and then creates a “smart folder” that’s a digital representation of the physical one.

120

5 years ago

A file storage service for people who need to store large amounts of data, including for human rights activists, journalists and whistleblowers.

120

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

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

The company wants to make it easier for people to sell their old games online with a digital storefront, and also make it easier for people to get paid when they find bugs in games.

119

5 years ago

A company building a tool for e-commerce companies to find the best possible locations to open new stores.

119

5 years ago

A digital storefront for selling and marketing your art. The company is currently focused on artists whose work is sold by galleries, but it wants to expand into more verticals.

118

2 years ago

A startup and mobile app that allows users to earn points for shopping at physical stores and redeem for coupons.

118

5 years ago

A crowdfunding platform for groceries, with a twist. The startup has built a technology that allows customers to scan the barcode of a product and order it for pickup at a grocery store, then pay via the platform.

117

5 years ago

The digital home improvement store, HomeDepot, is still trying to figure out where to go next. It launched a new website in late 2016, but it felt more like a home services site than a home improvement one.

117

5 years ago

A startup that used machine learning to automatically identify the best apps for people based on their demographics, to help navigate the app store.

117

4 years ago

A Y Combinator alum, this startup wants to help online retail stores sell physical products.

117

3 years ago

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

117

5 years ago

The app helps people track the health of their food, from when it was planted to how it was stored to how long it was kept and how it was cooked.

116

5 years ago

A company that helps retail chains and radio stations travel agency and tour operators to create their own digital storefronts.

116

5 years ago

A concept that stores up to 1 million possible “ideas” in the cloud, and allows anyone to access them, whether to brainstorm, test new product ideas, or find inspiration.

115

5 years ago

A company that connects stores’ cashiers with our grocery delivery apps. Express Grocer lets customers order groceries from a local store and have them delivered to their door step.

115

5 years ago

A B2B company that aims to help retailers manage all of their account receivables (credit cards, store cards, and payment cards) from a single platform. The company is selling to retailers and merchants in the US and Latin America.

115

5 years ago

This is a Shopify-like app for online clothing stores. It’s available in the US and Canada for now.

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

4 years ago

A startup that’s designing a better way to consume, share, and store video.

115

4 years ago

A startup that provides a point of sale (POS) system for retailers, allowing them to manage inventory and run their store without a lot of the overhead of a traditional store.

115

3 years ago

A mobile app that helps businesses identify the best locations in which to open their next store.

115

5 years ago

A startup that helps companies manage their travel expenses via a new system that stores all of the travel data they have across systems in one place.

114

2 years ago

A startup that wants to create a “personal cloud” for businesses that would allow them to store and share data between users on the internet.

114

5 years ago

A startup that builds the tools for any retailer to build a store in the cloud and manage it from a single platform.

113

5 years ago

A platform for selling LED lights to businesses. The product is currently only in the prototype phase, but the team is working on creating an online store in the next 60 days.

113

2 years ago

Portion is a tool for creating and sharing recipes to help people cook more healthfully. It integrates with other apps like Instagram and Buffer to get a recipe posted to social media automatically. Portion is on the App Store.

113

2 years ago

Think of the fridge as a low-cost way to store beer, wine, and other beverages without taking up too much space. The startup’s goal is to market it as a central food locker for homes and businesses.

113

5 years ago

A platform that enables customers to rate and review their favorite stores. The startup uses a crowdsourced model to encourage customer feedback and use it to guide the company’s product development.

112

5 years ago

A digital groceries store that integrates with other apps and allows users to view their purchases from their phones.

112

5 years ago

A startup that helps doctors create their own patient portals, with patient data stored in a secure environment.

112

5 years ago

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

112

4 years ago

A company that wants to help people store medical records. Medtronic shares the same vision, but has been unable to land deals with hospitals and doctors. Medtronic has raised $1.7 million in funding from investors including GE Ventures and the National Academy of Medicine.

112

5 years ago

Help large companies save money on marketing campaigns by letting them create their own micro-websites on the Shopify platform, with custom-designed pages and a store location.

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

5 years ago

A startup aiming to make people’s lives easier by helping them store and track important physical and digital documents.

111

5 years ago

A startup to help companies manage the data they collect in their stores, for example, that can be used to help them find new products or make marketing plans.

111

5 years ago

A way to store and share photos and videos in 360 degrees, allowing users to see their friends in 3-D. The startup wants to use the service to create virtual reality video by stitching together photos and videos.

111

4 years ago

A startup that helps people get the most out of the 1.5 million items they have stored in their kitchen and pantry with a web-based software that allows them to create shopping lists, organize items, and track purchases. They’re also developing a separate mobile app.

111

4 years ago

A smartphone case that stores a business card, works as a stylus, and can charge your phone. The case is developed by a local craftsman in Taiwan.

111

5 years ago

Professional and semi-professional athletes and influencers are seeing their profiles get hacked. This startup wants to build a way to securely store influencer data so that it’s not lost in an ex-boyfriend’s phone.

110

5 years ago

A platform that helps automate the day-to-day operations of retail stores, including customer service.

110

5 years ago

A project management tool that helps teams store all their documentation in one place.

110

4 years ago

A startup that wants to create a “digital safe deposit box” for the cloud. The company has raised $3.1 million to allow users to store files in the cloud with a secure encryption key.

110

3 years ago

A network of brick-and-mortar stores and online retail sites that brings together consumers with consumers who are looking for products that aren’t in stock locally.

110

5 years ago

This startup has a software-as-a-service that helps homeowners build custom products online, which they sell to their local brick-and-mortar stores through an e-commerce platform.

109

5 years ago

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

109

3 years ago

A shopping-cart service for household goods. It would connect stores with customers who have bought similar items in the past to help people find better prices.

109

5 years ago

A startup that creates a mobile app that can track inventory at retail stores.

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 company that helps stores manage their supply chain, keeping them from wasting money and time on inventory.

108

4 years ago

A Web-based service that helps retailers find the right people to sell their products to. It’s currently only available to retailers with a large network of stores.

108

4 years ago

A startup that wants to build a one-stop-shop for home improvement. It builds at-home stores with a variety of products, and sales tools that make it easier for customers to make decisions about products and services.

108

3 years ago

A company that helps people manage their passwords. This startup has a unique product — it offers to generate and store a set of passwords for you, and you can access them by password or via a master password.

108

2 years ago

This startup is building a platform for businesses to advertise products and services, but the business doesn’t necessarily have to be in the company’s physical space. The startup wants to bring the physical world online by creating a virtual storefront for physical businesses.

108

2 years ago

A technology that allows for all of the information on a piece of paper to be stored digitally, and for that paper to be ripped out and read on a smartphone. The company has $3.1 million in funding from investors like Y Combinator, Wellington, and others.

108

5 years ago

The company is building a platform so that retailers can create personalized in-store experiences based on what people are buying online.

107

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

4 years ago

A startup that offers a tool for store owners to visualize their inventory on a single platform.

107

4 years ago

A new way to store clinical and research data that’s fast, safe, and secure.

107

4 years ago

CaseReev is a mobile checkout company that allows users to scan the barcodes of items in stores and pay with their mobile phones. The startup raised $1.1 million last year

107

4 years ago

The startup delivers everything you need to get started with your brick-and-mortar store on Amazon.

107

5 years ago

A startup that builds robots that deliver groceries. The first robot is going into a store in Berlin in early October, and wants to expand to other countries.

105

5 years ago

A platform that helps companies build their own “anchor stores” — the “experiences” that people want to do in a particular city. For example, a company like Amazon might want to open up a store in San Francisco, but they’re not the first company to do so. The startup builds out a list of all the other stores in the area, and allows companies to apply to open up a new one.

105

5 years ago

A startup that provides all-in-one software for shoppers who want to compare prices on goods. It’s an Amazon-style price-comparison engine, but with a focus on regional stores and local prices.

105

4 years ago

A startup that makes it easy to pay for goods at brick-and-mortar stores via mobile phone

105

4 years ago

Convenience store chain in California.

105

3 years ago

A platform that will allow consumers to shop at one store and get their order delivered to others.

105

5 years ago

Founded by a pair of former Stripe engineers, this startup helps companies store and deliver their data in a way that is accessible to developers.

104

4 years ago

A social grocery store that allows users to order groceries through a single platform to have them delivered.

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

3 years ago

A platform for building and selling apps, taking a commission on your app sales from the app stores.

104

3 years ago

A company that wants to use machine learning to help companies understand their shopping behavior. The startup says it can help retailers predict what products to sell, what stores to open and when.

104

5 years ago

A company to help online retailers in China tackle the country’s ever-present counterfeit goods problem. The startup offers services such as in-store analytics, product testing, and education.

103

4 years ago

A software platform that stores and shares your memories in a private, secure and public-facing format.

103

5 years ago

What’s the future of retail A startup that helps retailers visualize, optimize, and design their stores using the latest AI and machine learning technologies.

102

4 years ago

This startup wants to be the all-in-one platform for managing mobile repair and maintenance. It serves companies like Best Buy, which have over 1,100 stores, and wants to help them easily manage and pay for repairs.

101

5 years ago

A grocery delivery business in the UK. Postmates offers services like same-day grocery delivery, which is especially useful to people living in urban environments where it’s hard to get to grocery stores.

100

4 years ago

A startup that’s bringing Bitcoin into the physical world, with a prepaid debit card and a physical debit card. The founders want to make Bitcoin universally usable, and are building a physical card to use at stores, ATMs, and anywhere else.

100

4 years ago

A program that brings e-commerce to mom and pop businesses in India. The startup only has one client so far, a mom and pop store in Gujarat, but says it’ll expand to more cities soon.

99

3 years ago

A mobile shopping app for Indian shoppers. It allows users to order food and pick it up from an assortment of stores in their neighborhood.

99

2 years ago

A tool for artists to manage their store on their own website and on Amazon, Etsy, and the like.

99

4 years ago

A platform that can enable businesses to scale their sales in a way that’s closer to conventional brick-and-mortar stores.

98

3 years ago

A storefront for selling used goods and new goods from the same seller on Amazon.com.

98

5 years ago

A startup that is working to build the world’s first augmented reality grocery store. The idea is to create a way for users to scan a barcode to get an augmented reality display of what a product looks like in a store, before they’ve even left the house, with a camera view of what a product looks like at their homes.

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

5 years ago

An analytics platform that helps retailers optimize in-store program time, and give salespeople better insights into what their customers are doing in their stores.

96

5 years ago

A startup that partners with local retailers to curate a handful of in-store activities for users to enjoy. These “experiences” are curated by the user’s location and can be anything from a free cup of coffee to a free library book.

96

5 years ago

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

95

4 years ago

A company that helps apps get verified in the Apple App Store

95

4 years ago

A local grocery store that lets you order and pay for groceries remotely. The startup has raised $1.6 million.

95

4 years ago

A company that helps people store and manage content on Dropbox, Box, Google Drive, OneDrive, and Microsoft OneDrive.

95

3 years ago

A digital wallet for headphones, designed to allow users to store credit cards and loyalty cards in the headphones, and then use them in-store or online.

95

4 years ago

A startup that provides a way to store and manage patient records, with a focus on the overworked physician.

94

4 years ago

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

94

4 years ago

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

94

5 years ago

This is a marketplace for buyers and sellers of vintage clothing, with the goal of helping both sides find more efficient ways to do business. The startup is working with a brick and mortar store in Amsterdam.

93

4 years ago

A decentralized social network for users to exchange personal data, but which does not store any personal data.

93

4 years ago

This company helps consumers compare credit cards, and also helps retailers understand the costs of credit cards on their in-store cards. The company charges an annual fee, but it’s so far been able to build a strong network of merchants and credit card issuers.

93

4 years ago

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

93

4 years ago

The mobile payments company is looking to create a new way for people to store their credit cards, making it easier for them to pay for things with one card.

93

3 years ago

This is a service that’s creating a new kind of “try before you buy” app store. The startup’s in-app purchasing allows people to try an app before buying it. The startup has agreements with Google, Apple, Amazon and Microsoft.

93

3 years ago

An online shopping cart that integrates with a retailer's own digital storefront. The startup allows customers to shop online, then have the items shipped directly to their home.

93

3 years ago

A personalized shopping service for people who want to get customized recipes for their local grocery store.

93

5 years ago

The startup wants to store and share original fashion and beauty imagery from photographers and brands.

92

4 years ago

A startup that wants to build the next generation of bookstores for the digital age. Using technology like artificial intelligence, sensors, and 3D printing, Bookuality is building the next generation of bookstores.

92

3 years ago

An open-source platform to store and share visual assets, with the goal of making it easier to build products with computer vision.

92

3 years ago

A platform for online stores to build and manage their own e-commerce store through a web browser or mobile app. Currently, it has over 500 stores registered.

92

3 years ago

A startup for musicians to sell their music and merchandise, in the form of an app that syncs with the iTunes Store

92

3 years ago

A company that has already launched 5 products (one of which is a hiring platform), Seer is focused on building products that allow companies to quickly and easily collect and store data about their customers and employees.

92

3 years ago

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

91

4 years ago

This startup is building a platform for companies to create and manage their online stores. The company’s software and tools help companies manage and create and update their online store and sell products online.

90

3 years ago

This is a startup that’s building a new kind of app store called the App Market. It’s looking to go beyond the app store model and allow apps to be built on the platform, allowing people to customize their experience on the app store.

90

4 years ago

Aaa is a network of Aaa-branded stores which use the platform to sell used textbooks, backpacks, luggage, etc.

89

4 years ago

A startup that gives users the ability to manage and store their personal data, giving them control and transparency over their data.

89

4 years ago

A credit card processing startup that links up with online stores between online payments.

89

3 years ago

A company that wants to create a cryptocurrency that can be used to pay for things like transportation and food at the grocery store, similar to how Bitcoin can be used.

89

5 years ago

A platform for brands to run e-commerce experiments in which they test new products, store designs and other experiments.

88

4 years ago

Everyone is doing it: Amazon, eBay, Walmart, then you have Home Depot and Lowe’s. But Meijer, a Midwest-based retailer that operates grocery stores and a number of other retail chains. Meijer is looking to use the e-commerce trend to stay ahead of its rivals and has begun selling products that haven’t been available in stores in the past, like wine and cheese.

88

4 years ago

A platform that helps retailers to manage their in-store inventory. It’s a mobile app that allows the retailer to upload an image of the item, pop it in the system, and then have the system order the item for them.

88

4 years ago

A multi-location physical store that sells items like bicycles, fitness equipment, and outdoor gear. The company has $2 million in revenue and 20 employees, and is based in New York and LA.

88

4 years ago

A mobile app that lets you pay for groceries at the cash register using an Android phone, without having to leave the store or wait in line.

87

4 years ago

A way to earn loyalty points for things like retail shopping, with top-up functionality to spend them at any store.

87

4 years ago

The California-based company, which previously had raised $16 million, is selling custom-designed power banks, which are basically portable chargers for smartphones, tablets, laptops, and other devices. The company is selling them through its website but is also looking to partner with retailers to sell them in their brick-and-mortar stores.

87

4 years ago

This startup is building a new kind of store for farmers around the world, where farmers can sell directly to consumers at a discount.

87

4 years ago

Soho is building a digital store for physical products that is optimized for the mobile phone.

87

4 years ago

IPFS, the protocol powering the immutable web of the Internet, allows users to store and share files across the Internet without a central server and without relying on the permanence of a file's contents.

87

3 years ago

A company that builds software that lets companies make online stores that are searchable and have a shopping cart

87

4 years ago

A company that enables online stores to have a “dashboard” for viewing deals and keeping track of their inventory.

86

3 years ago

A startup that makes it easier for iOS and Android app developers to track their app installs from the Google Play Store and Apple App Store, as well as download statistics.

86

4 years ago

A tool that helps brick-and-mortar stores stay on top of inventory and customer data, helping them reduce labor costs and increase profits.

85

4 years ago

A smart wallet that syncs with your phone to pay for purchases at NFC terminals in stores.

85

4 years ago

A productivity tool for artists, allowing them to manage their portfolio, manage their commissions, manage their social media, manage their online stores, and more.

85

4 years ago

This startup wants to let people pick up items from stores and drop them off at home, giving them a chance to earn extra cash without having to haul everything around themselves.

85

4 years ago

A digital store for renewable energy equipment, which the founders say is the only one of its kind in the US.

85

4 years ago

Mobile-first applications are a thing. So is the idea of a mobile website. But one startup, UpFront, wants to take it a step further, allowing users to create mobile websites from their mobile apps. The company is looking to build a mobile-first CMS, and one of its clients, Humble Bundle, is already using the tool to create a mobile-first website for its App Store.

85

3 years ago

A company that helps businesses create online stores and their online shopping carts without coding skills.

85

5 years ago

A startup that wants to make it easier to get fresh produce from a local farm. The startup wants to use data from the farm to help shoppers pick out the best varieties of produce in the store.

84

4 years ago

A platform that lets users manage their e-commerce stores from within Shopify. It allows users to add products, create and manage inventory, and commission a team of retail employees to help manage the store.

84

4 years ago

Building a platform that lets users to buy and sell home goods via a marketplace. The startup has already secured a partnership with the Indigo chain of bookstores, and is looking to launch in New York City soon.

84

4 years ago

a startup building a search engine that crawls the internet for duplicates, then presents a list of options to the user. They’re building a free version that’s already available in the Chrome store, and a paid version that’s not yet.

84

4 years ago

This startup wants to build a “C-store” where you can buy things from various online retailers and have them delivered right to your door.

84

4 years ago

A company that makes an app that lets you order a real-time pickup of groceries from a local grocery store — for when you don’t have time to go out and pick up your food.

84

3 years ago

A startup that’s building a book publishing platform that supports writers, publishers, and readers by giving them a way to store and give access to their documents online.

84

2 years ago

A web-based tool to build and maintain a digital storefront. The startup is attracting traction with a useful tool that lets sellers develop a storefront and manage their products, images, and descriptions without having to go through the tedious process of building their own e-commerce site.

84

4 years ago

A product design platform for retailers in the MENA region. The company wants to build a tool that helps offline retailers to design and launch their own online stores.

83

4 years ago

A startup that wants to bring an inventory-based mobile commerce platform to the store of the future. It wants to track inventory in real-time, without the need of a physical store.

83

4 years ago

A payment platform that allows stores to take credit card payments directly from customers. The startup provides technology to stores to collect credit cards and data on customers. It also operates a cashier-less store with integrated technology.

83

4 years ago

A digital storefront for physical objects, similar to Etsy but focused on travel and experiences.

83

4 years ago

This startup lets retailers build a custom app for their business. The idea is to let retailers build a store-specific app that gives them the tools to keep track of inventory, take reservations, and handle loyalty programs. It’s like a storefront made for the store.

83

4 years ago

A platform that aims to replace the traditional credit card with a prepaid card that allows you to load funds to it at stores, without having to register it.

83

4 years ago

A sort of storefront for people selling their used items, with a focus on selling “non-traditional” goods, like vintage clothing or vinyl records.

83

4 years ago

A marketing platform for products that are only available in selected stores.

83

3 years ago

An e-commerce platform that helps merchants design and promote their own physical stores.

83

2 years ago

Hitting the $1 million to $2 million mark in funding over the course of 12 months is fairly rare for a startup. But it’s true in the world of payday loans. Money Mart has managed to do it for the past two years. They’re a next-generation bank that offers storefronts, mobile apps and online banking as well as traditional loans. They’re growing in Canada, the UK and the US.

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

3 years ago

GZ delivers gadgets, such as a $300 Apple TV, to customers’ homes and charges a convenience fee for delivery, which is cheaper than going to a brick-and-mortar store.

82

3 years ago

A startup that wants to create an API for doctors to capture, store, and share patient data. The app would let doctors send patients’ data to specialists and insurance companies, and keep track of bills, insurance claims, and other documents. The company says it’s already been used by doctors in the US and India and has revenue of $300,000 a month.

82

4 years ago

A startup that lets people create online resumes, store them online, and export them to other formats like Craigslist.

81

4 years ago

An AI platform for retail that takes all of the data from loyalty cards and other sources and makes it all accessible to stores, allowing them to engage with customers in a more personal way.

81

4 years ago

This startup wants to make it easier for people to store and find their important documents, and make them available on their phone. The startup also offers remote storage as well.

81

3 years ago

The idea here is to create a mobile app that can connect your mobile phone to the Internet and alert you when you get near a specific location. The app displays the location and sends an alert with directions so you can find your car and get home from the grocery store.

81

3 years ago

A cloud-based service that allows retailers to build their own brand store, with a built-in loyalty program.

81

3 years ago

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

81

4 years ago

A blockchain startup that’s building a way to store and share intellectual property using smart contracts

80

4 years ago

Software that helps auto dealers negotiate with manufacturers and stores

80

4 years ago

A software company that helps retailers sell more products in-store by giving them tools to measure sales in real-time.

80

4 years ago

A “truly decentralized Internet”, where all of the data is stored on computers that are spread across the world, and none of the data is stored on any single computer.

80

4 years ago

This startup wants to use big data to predict which customers are most likely to leave a store and where they’ll go next.

80

4 years ago

A grocery delivery service that aims to combine the best of Amazon Prime, Instacart, and GrubHub. It’s a business that makes sense in a city that has no grocery store within a half mile of most homebuyers.

80

3 years ago

puts a centralized home for app developers that helps them store code, manage apps and track their performance, and submit them to app stores.

80

3 years ago

Building a tool for online shopping for large groups of people, also known as "multi-store shopping".

80

4 years ago

A startup that’s building a platform to help retailers better understand their customers. The idea is that retailers can use the platform to track customer behavior, and then use that information to better understand what’s going on inside stores and why customers are making the decisions they do.

79

4 years ago

This is a platform for securing private data. The startup aims to make it easier to manage, store and share sensitive data.

79

4 years ago

A way to report fraud, which is a huge problem for both the customer and the store — especially when it happens over the phone.

79

4 years ago

A “cash back” app that lets users earn cash back on purchases made in-store.

79

4 years ago

A company that wants to be the fabric store for the home, allowing consumers to order custom-fitted clothing.

79

4 years ago

A startup that enables users to find the best deals on home improvements, by aggregating data from local stores.

79

4 years ago

An AI-based web-to-mobile-app (W2M) platform that lets retailers connect with their customer’s smartphones to enhance in-store experiences.

79

4 years ago

Making it easier for people to store and sell their belongings on the internet.

79

4 years ago

A startup that wants to help people find a doctor appointment or store. It’s essentially an online concierge service that connects consumers to local providers.

79

4 years ago

A SaaS for customer support that provides customer service agents with real-time access to their customers’ data via their Slack channel; customers can also store their data in the system and keep it organized

79

4 years ago

A startup that connects customers with local employees that can help them take care of household repairs, like carrying groceries upstairs, or going to the grocery store for you.

79

3 years ago

This startup helps retail stores manage their inventories of products, providing feedback to brands and helping them manage their supply chains.

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

ikube is a start-up in San Francisco that’s offering a free service (that’s also free to use) that allows people to securely store their files of any kind—photos, documents, music, video, podcasts, etc. And the startup has no qualms about storing people’s most intimate files, either.

79

3 years ago

A cloud-based document management system that allows users to store, share and access their digital documents from anywhere and at any time. The B2B business currently has a customer base and is profitable.

79

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

A startup that helps stores integrate digital marketing efforts, with an eye on optimizing marketing spend so they can grow their businesses.

78

4 years ago

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

78

3 years ago

It’s a startup that helps start-ups and entrepreneurs sell their products through physical stores.

78

3 years ago

A startup that helps companies in the world’s fastest growing markets manage, store, and share documents.

78

3 years ago

A platform for sellers and brands to grow on the Shopify platform by providing an alternative to the storefront that many sellers already use there.

78

3 years ago

A grocery delivery service that integrates with grocery stores and delivers groceries to customers, who then pay them via credit card at the store.

78

3 years ago

A company that wants to create a digital locker for customers, enabling them to store and access their stuff anywhere, anytime.

77

3 years ago

A startup that wants to build an app store for people in need of financial services that would be cheaper for people to use than traditional financial institutions.

77

2 years ago

A startup that helps you keep track of the different in-store and online deals that are in your area.

77

4 years ago

A set of connected apps that create a digital diary of a person’s life. The app stores a person’s life in a personal database, and can be used to create a digital version of a person’s life.

76

4 years ago

A B2B software company that helps hardware manufacturers and distributors sell to retail stores. The company’s founders say that in the past year it’s already signed and closed on 125 deals and has more in the pipeline.

76

4 years ago

A platform for online shoppers to compare prices from different stores. The company’s CEO says they have a large database of IP addresses from all over the world. The startup helps people find the lowest prices on products they’re looking for.

76

4 years ago

A startup that wants to help retailers offer discounts to their customers when they spend in multiple stores

76

4 years ago

A startup that gives you the ability to make transactions at physical stores using your phone

76

4 years ago

A platform that combines an online store with a membership club

76

4 years ago

A store where people can buy full-length videos they’ve taken on their phone.

76

3 years ago

A startup that helps brick and mortar stores manage their supply chains. The startup wants to make store inventory tracking easier for all retailers.

76

2 years ago

A tool to help retailers track customer visits to their physical stores.

76

4 years ago

The company is looking to provide an “app store” for home-based businesses, letting them easily create custom apps for their business, using the startup’s API, hosted on their own servers

75

4 years ago

A platform that makes it easier for consumers to buy gift cards online. The startup will also partner with retailers to create in-store mobile ordering apps.

75

4 years ago

Drugstore.com is a startup that wants to offer people drugstore-like products at the pharmacy, like contact lenses and hair care products.

75

4 years ago

A startup with a concierge-like ordering and delivery feature where users can request items and wait for them to arrive, then be billed for those items by the store.

75

4 years ago

A platform that aims to make it easier for developers to create great online stores that are engaging and easy to use.

74

4 years ago

A startup that allows people to manage their own data while still using the cloud. It aims to help individuals manage their own data, while still using the cloud to store it.

74

4 years ago

A startup that helps store managers coordinate store store maintenance tasks for larger chains.

74

4 years ago

A way for retailers to customize their stores for different sales

74

4 years ago

A modular, customizable, turnkey store for brick and mortar retailers. The startup is building its own e-commerce platform to allow customers to build their own stores.

74

4 years ago

A platform that allows stores to use GPS to track shopping carts, pay for parking, and more. These features are now available on more than a dozen Android devices in the US.

74

3 years ago

A way to store files and share them with others in a secure way.

74

3 years ago

This app is meant to help business owners make purchases of services that travel to a person’s house. Instead of making a trip to the store, you can use a smart phone app to purchase a service like a plumber or a carpenter.

74

3 years ago

A startup that builds tools for developers to push their apps to the Apple App Store

74

3 years ago

A “cooler than a fridge” that stores food for 24 hours and uses a combination of temperature, humidity, and time to maintain food quality.

74

3 years ago

A solution to help companies manage their inventory, with a solution that works across different marketplaces and stores.

74

4 years ago

An on-demand movie streaming service that aims to make using video on demand (VOD) more like using a VHS tape store. The startup wants to lay the groundwork for a business model that rewards users for sharing their own videos.

73

4 years ago

A way for retailers to track their items in-store. The startup wants to explore how customers interact with products in-store, in an effort to make the shopping experience more efficient.

73

4 years ago

This startup is building an app that helps companies keep track of their inventory. Its architecture is modular so it can be expanded over time to handle other data like product rights, products on store shelves, and more.

73

3 years ago

This L.A.-based startup is building a solution that connects “millennials” with their favorite brands and stores.

73

3 years ago

A platform that acts as a digital storefront for artists, connecting them directly to fans, and allows them to sell digital downloads as well

73

3 years ago

A food delivery service for delivery stores. It’s like DoorDash, but for grocery deliveries.

73

3 years ago

A payments app that, as the name suggests, allows you to pay with your phone in a store. The company already has $3 million in funding and has worked with major retailers like Sephora and Nordstrom.

73

3 years ago

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

73

3 years ago

A color-coded tool for tracking product usage in retail stores, making it easier for stores to manage inventory.

73

4 years ago

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

72

4 years ago

One of the most popular products on Slack is the “Giphy Bot.” The bot allows users to search for GIFs, which are the popular Internet meme, and add them to their Slack conversations. Giphy is working on turning the bot into an actual application and is launching it in Slack users’ Slack-ified app stores.

72

4 years ago

A new way to do direct-to-consumer retail, using a modern e-commerce system to create a virtual store on a company’s website.

72

4 years ago

A company that helps auto dealers build a better online store on top of a standard eCommerce platform.

72

4 years ago

A product for business owners, in which you can sell your products directly in your Shopify store. The company’s founder says there are over 25,000 people in the US using his app.

72

4 years ago

A company that allows people to track their expenses in real-time, creating charts to track how much you spend at a specific store

72

3 years ago

A startup building products for home improvement stores to bring in more high-end customers.

72

5 years ago

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

71

4 years ago

A way for companies to create and store data about their customers, so they can be targeted with personalized advertising.

71

4 years ago

A platform that helps people build their own online stores. Customers that build their own online stores can then order their products through Amazon, eBay or any other platform.

71

4 years ago

A software product that automatically sends out marketing reminders for things like follow ups, social media posts, and store store openings. The startup’s founder claims that most startups have missed out on the marketing effort because they have forgotten to do marketing.

71

4 years ago

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

71

4 years ago

A retail platform for brands to launch online-only stores.

71

4 years ago

A business that’s building a “staging” system for retail stores. It’s a platform for stores to sell products on consignment and for customers to buy the products and then return them if it doesn’t fit their needs.

71

4 years ago

A company that wants to make it easy to shop at brick-and-mortar retail stores with the ease of an online e-commerce experience.

71

3 years ago

An online platform that provides customers with coupons and other promotional offers when they spend a certain amount in a particular store.

71

3 years ago

A product that makes it easier to store and manage tens of thousands of email addresses, phone numbers, and other contact information. The startup wants to reduce the amount of passive storage space used by organizations.

71

3 years ago

A platform to store and share data across multiple clouds, which it says will make data migration easier and more efficient.

71

3 years ago

A decentralized app store that uses blockchain technology to give users more control over their data and a “new type of ad” that uses reputational data to drive the most relevant ads.

71

3 years ago

An API that lets developers create a “paywall” at the top of their store which they can then use to automatically extend subscription discounts to people who’ve already purchased.

71

3 years ago

A startup that helps local stores build a mobile app with a store locator

71

3 years ago

A WiFi-based artificial intelligence platform that allows retailers to track and control their in-store inventory.

71

4 years ago

A digital representation of a physical card game for the internet, replacing the physical card deck with a virtual one. The startup’s founder says they’re close to the top 500 in the iPhone app store. They have a few hundred users.

70

4 years ago

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

70

4 years ago

A startup for secondhand goods to help you get the best deal on that old furniture you’re using to store your old cat’s remains.

70

4 years ago

A company that helps developers build and launch mobile and web apps, and monetize them by selling them to advertisers and other app stores.

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

This company builds software for online stores, helping them keep track of the different labels they sell.

70

4 years ago

A way for books to be read on a smartphone and stored in the cloud.

70

3 years ago

A document-sharing platform built for the legal industry. Lawyers and law firms can have their documents stored and shared in a secure manner, with the company handling the storage, storage, and sharing.

70

3 years ago

A startup to help e-commerce stores in China manage their inventory.

70

3 years ago

A platform that allows businesses to easily manage their inventory, whether it’s the number of cases of beer in their warehouse or the number of shoes they have in the store.

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 sends coupons to your phone to help you buy things you’d normally buy from a store. It’s not a replacement for coupons, but a way to encourage you to buy things you would have otherwise bought.

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 aims to help users of the cryptocurrency Ethereum create and manage DApps on their own platform. The DApp Store will let users deploy and manage their apps, and will be powered by a decentralized transaction system that allows users to send and receive payments for their work.

69

4 years ago

A company that helps people create a customized online store that sells their products. Their customers include companies like Nike and Starbucks.

69

4 years ago

A software platform for hospitals to manage patient data, allowing patients to store their medical records online, view them, share them with doctors and nurses, and access their records for wellness purposes.

69

4 years ago

A company that allows businesses to create personalized discount coupons that are good in stores across the country.

69

4 years ago

A company that wants to give people a way to securely store and share files over a distributed network of computers.

69

4 years ago

A startup that guides travelers to products it claims are better than the ones they could buy in the store.

69

3 years ago

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

69

3 years ago

A startup that’s building a data analytics platform that can help retailers determine the most profitable locations to open new stores.

69

3 years ago

A company that aims to provide a mobile app that allows people to monitor the status of their favorite sports team's stadium and team store.

69

3 years ago

In March, the Brazilian government passed a new law requiring companies to store data on servers in the country.

69

3 years ago

A store in an e-commerce platform that sells wood gasifiers and other such home-based heating products

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 company that helps developers get their apps into the Apple App Store. The startup is a marketplace for “apps that are too specific or too niche to go through the regular process” and helps developers get their app approved in about 10 days.

68

4 years ago

This startup helps retail stores avoid theft by monitoring in-store cameras for bad actors, and alerting store managers in real-time.

68

4 years ago

A platform for online stores to sell their inventory in bulk, as well as a marketplace where people can buy and sell on-demand inventory.

68

4 years ago

A platform that allows the owners of physical stores to digitalize the shopping experience. The company is building an app that lets customers scan and order products, then pay for them via their smartphone.

68

4 years ago

A platform that enables people to pay their bill online, skipping the need to go to the store to pay.

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 company building a platform to help people sell the things they’ve collected through thrift stores and charity shops.

68

3 years ago

This mobile banking startup is launching a new mobile app that removes the need to carry around large amounts of cash, allowing users to simply store their cash and cards in their phones, which also act as wallets.

68

3 years ago

A technology company that helps make it easier for people to shop at stores that don’t have physical stores. The startup’s customer base is run by e-commerce companies and brands that want to sell to consumers.

68

3 years ago

A startup that claims to have created the “Windows Store of the future”.

68

3 years ago

A digital store that wants to replace a physical store. The startup is building an app that aims to sell things in a more streamlined way. It’s a web-based app that connects consumers to a community of people who know what they need and where to get it.

68

3 years ago

This startup wants to offer a new level of convenience to consumers who order groceries online. Founded in 2016, Thirsty is an online grocery delivery service that is opening retail stores in Chicago and San Francisco.

68

3 years ago

A company that has created a new type of self-driving car that is designed to be used in crowded areas, mainly at malls and retail stores.

68

2 years ago

For example, Imagine a clothing store that could (with the tap of a button) bring inventory from all over the world to a single retail location.

68

4 years ago

A tool for handling the note-taking process in meetings. The note-taking app helps teams organize meetings, store meeting notes, and store the notes in a database.

67

4 years ago

This startup helps companies manage the traffic at their physical stores, including everything from displays to staffing.

67

4 years ago

A platform to help retailers sell their products. The startup recently launched a “marketplace” where it displays products from different retailers that it has teamed up with on a branded storefront.

67

4 years ago

A decentralized storage network that wants to make it easier to store and share photos and other files.

67

4 years ago

A way to store your photos from Facebook and Instagram, with a social network of sorts to foster more sharing.

67

3 years ago

Equinor has created a third-party API (application programming interface) that allows online retailers to accept and follow up on online orders from consumers. This can help online retailers get their products to customers faster than if they were shipping in-store.

67

3 years ago

Pays developers to enter their apps into the App Store, and then gives them revenue share when they they are featured on the App Store.

67

3 years ago

A tool that helps users digitally store and organize their books, CDs, or other media.

67

3 years ago

A San Francisco-based startup that aims to make it easier to use the camera on your phone to read the QR code and scan the barcode of a product at the store. You can scan a product, then see the item’s ingredients, price, or reviews.

67

2 years ago

A startup for high-end luxury goods, which operates as an e-commerce store, showroom, and video production studio.

67

2 years ago

A new way for people to buy things online. The startup is building an app that connects people with local stores and allows them to buy things without leaving the couch.

67

5 years ago

Online home store for India where customers can buy and sell in a peer-to-peer format.

66

4 years ago

A startup that promises to “make it easy to integrate your store with your store”. The startup provides a “store-to-store” feature that allows a company to allow a customer to buy a product without a store. The startup tries to optimize a company’s supply chain for this use case, and talks about the idea of a “virtual store”.

66

4 years ago

A startup that wants to give new restaurant owners the tools they need to start a food-focused business. It’s a digital menu, a store, and a way to book reservations from a single app.

66

4 years ago

An online clothing retailer that’s already built an online store for its own clothing line. They’re looking to expand their product line with new designers and consumers, who can find their products in the app.

66

4 years ago

This startup makes it easier for companies to have a centralized, secure place to store and share articles, videos, and other digital content—particularly for content that’s both time sensitive and highly valuable.

66

3 years ago

A solution for e-commerce stores that want to sell gift cards and gift cards for international markets.

66

3 years ago

A startup that helps retail stores create a single business listing for all their brands, allowing shoppers to shop for one site and all the brands for a single order.

66

3 years ago

Fintech startup that helps collect and store mortgage data.

66

3 years ago

A $2 billion enterprise software startup. It’s looking to solve problems that traditional software can’t, like helping retailers do in-store loyalty programs and managing credit card accounts.

66

3 years ago

A product platform that allows companies to easily create, download, and manage custom eCommerce storefronts on their own website.

66

4 years ago

A physical store that sells groceries to consumers, which they deliver to their homes or offices. The company wants to reduce the costs of grocery delivery by 1,000% and offer food delivery service to consumers who don’t want to shop for groceries themselves.

65

4 years ago

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

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

4 years ago

An online marketplace that connects fashion brands with customers at high-end retail stores.

65

3 years ago

A system for anyone to manage how they get their groceries delivered, from the stores where they buy to the stores that are closest for them to get their groceries.

65

3 years ago

A startup for “proxies” that lets you run your own hardware without having to purchase, store and maintain your own servers. The service lets you rent a virtual server that runs the same software and is located in the same data center as your own.

65

4 years ago

A way for companies to store and sell their data. The company was founded with the idea of “solving the data supply chain”, and is building a platform that helps companies sell and collect their data.

64

4 years ago

A startup that brings a digital assistant to the grocery store. This service allows customers to request items by name, then have the store deliver the items to their homes.

64

4 years ago

A $3.5 billion market, Hopper aims to make it easier and more affordable for consumers to buy products on a digital platform, with a service that helps retailers track inventory and a system that lets consumers buy online and pay in-store.

64

4 years ago

This is a “social media for stores”, letting retailers create their own social media accounts to tell their cool stories and promote their products. It was one of the first startups to launch out of YC, and is 12 people now.

64

4 years ago

Startups with a “retail-first” mindset, focused on selling a product through a web-based storefront, rather than in a physical store. They tend to be larger, with 4–7 employees.

64

3 years ago

A company that provides a platform for customers to rate and review products on their phones, without having to go to a store.

64

3 years ago

A platform for building virtual stores in real-time and selling them to customers with a real-time inventory system.

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 tool that helps developers to easily create their own social media games and market it through their own app stores

64

3 years ago

A tool for online sellers to create online store and inventory management systems, with capabilities for ordering, inventory and customer management.

64

4 years ago

The concept is a “dynamic price guide” that helps consumers decide on the best price for a product. It’s a knowledge base of price comparison numbers and historical data to help users decide which store has the best price.

63

4 years ago

A company that helps organizations like law firms, nonprofits, and schools safely store, access, and share sensitive information online.

63

4 years ago

A platform for connecting physical retail stores with customers in the same country. The startup wants to make it easier for people to find the stuff they need when they need it.

63

4 years ago

A startup that helps grocery stores rank their products using signals from consumers, such as if they have a history of purchasing specific items. The startup uses data from retailers like Walmart, Amazon, and Target to develop a way to determine the best items for sale.

63

3 years ago

A startup that wants to bring grocery stores to the internet, allowing consumers to order groceries online and have them delivered to their homes.

63

3 years ago

They’re building a tool to help companies make decisions about where to open new stores based on a person’s purchasing history.

63

3 years ago

A company that wants to replace the Google Play and Apple App Stores with a single platform that connects developers with consumers.

63

3 years ago

A tool for managing offline store inventory that works with any accounting system.

63

3 years ago

A “personal shopper” for online and physical stores, aiming to let online shoppers see what different stores have in stock, and give them a chance to buy it in person.

63

2 years ago

A startup for consumers to find the best deals for their favorite brands at their favorite stores, including loyalty cards that save them cash. The company is based in India but intends to expand internationally.

63

2 years ago

An email-based service that helps people organize and store documents, spreadsheets and files in a way that’s easy to access and manage.

63

2 years ago

An online marketplace for buying, selling, and renting tech gadgets. Right now, it’s a platform only for selling gadgets, but the founders say they’d like to expand it to an online store for buying and renting gadgets.

63

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 startup that helps retailers improve the in-store experience by delivering contextual push notifications to their customers on the go.

62

3 years ago

This startup is building a digital platform for the financial services industry. The startup wants to help companies collect, verify and store financial data, so they can make sure they’re getting paid for the right thing.

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

This startup wants to be Amazon for medical equipment. It will help medical device companies automate manufacturing, build online stores and sell online, and then leverage its existing distribution network to take these products from a warehouse to a customer’s doorstep.

62

3 years ago

This startup is trying to bring the convenience of online shopping to the offline world by creating a physical store that uses the internet and robots to deliver. The store would do the same things you can do in the online shopping world, but in a more physical space.

62

3 years ago

A tool for teachers to build and store lesson plans, and then share them on their teaching platform of choice.

62

3 years ago

A platform for online businesses to quickly launch a store without the need for a huge marketing budget. Users can quickly build a store without the need to learn HTML, to learn a shoppable UI, or to manage a complicated payment system.

62

3 years ago

A way to store and share documents securely on a “cloud platform”, helping companies track client files, and organize and share documents.

62

2 years ago

This startup is working on a way to allow people to store their documents in the cloud without having to send them to a company’s server, thus saving bandwidth and making sure files are always up-to-date.

62

2 years ago

A startup that’s building a platform for customers to buy products and services online and have them delivered to their home or office. It’s a revamp of the traditional “pick-up in store” model.

62

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 retail loyalty program that rewards members with discounts at their favorite stores.

61

4 years ago

A 3D-printed gadget that looks like a baseball cap that can be used to store and carry your phone in your pocket. The company calls it the “Portable Pocket”.

61

4 years ago

The company, known as “The Pick”, is building a system that helps users find the products they need when they’re not in the store. The Pick offers a digital storefront and mobile app that allow users to search products, compare prices, and get delivery times.

61

3 years ago

A company that wants to use its machine learning to help you find the best deals at local stores. The company is self-funded and has already built a prototype. The company says it will use the funds from YC to scale its team and move into a warehouse in San Francisco.

61

3 years ago

A startup that helps retail stores find new customers by linking them to users of their favorite retail apps.

61

3 years ago

A Target-like store that sells clothing and food that is actually made in the US, not just imported. It’s not a direct competitor to Nordstrom or Macy’s.

61

3 years ago

A platform that aims to make it easier for users to get around the challenges of shopping for products at physical retail stores. The startup makes it easier to shop online, but still lets people see what items are in-stock at physical stores.

61

3 years ago

This is a shop that’s trying to bring the best of a physical bookstore to the digital world. The startup is currently working with a handful of brick-and-mortar stores and wants to use partnerships with retailers like Barnes and Noble’s and Amazon to bring their digital storefront to those physical stores.

61

3 years ago

A startup that’s building a mobile health platform that tracks and stores a person’s health data, so they can share it with their doctors.

61

2 years ago

A startup that tracks the sales of specific items in retail stores from a user’s phone.

61

2 years ago

A company that makes a platform to help people store, manage, and share their physical notes. The startup says it’s already met with 250 companies that want to use the platform, which is free for now, but will charge $5 per user per month after that.

61

4 years ago

An intuitive, desktop-based app that allows a restaurant to manage their menu items and ingredients. The startup gets data from local grocery stores, which it then uses to create an automated interface where a person can have a single, intuitive experience to search for a new dish at a restaurant using their phone.

60

3 years ago

The startup wants to use artificial intelligence to create a platform that will allow people to easily create data visualizations of all the data and data points they have stored in the world, then use those to communicate with their customers.

60

3 years ago

A mobile payments app that allows you to pay for purchases without setting up a new card, and without needing to check into a physical store.

60

3 years ago

A startup that partners with local stores to make a delivery service that can get food to people within an hour. In the past month the company has already launched in London, and is planning to expand to the US.

60

3 years ago

A digital payments startup that offers a way for customers to pay for goods at restaurants, bars, and stores without cash. Payfirma users have transacted $15 million in the United States and Europe since launching in early 2019.

60

3 years ago

A startup that helps local business owners set up their own mini-stores to sell merchandise directly to customers.

60

3 years ago

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

60

3 years ago

A startup for manufacturers, agents and manufacturers to help them manage and store inventory.

60

3 years ago

A tool that helps companies create and manage their own custom-made mobile apps. Appsmith has built a tool that lets companies easily create mobile apps with the same look and feel of their app stores.

60

2 years ago

Sellers in the US can use this tool to create an online store with a drag-and-drop interface and zero setup. The startup is bringing its tool to India, as well.

60

5 years ago

Software that helps people set up their online store with Shopify.

59

4 years ago

This startup wants to replace the fees charged by traditional banks by building a platform that allows people to store money in a secure, open, and transparent manner

59

4 years ago

A platform that allows a business to rent space in their storefront for shoppers to use to do their own shopping. This is done either by the business itself or by a third party that acts as an agent.

59

3 years ago

This healthcare startup is working on a new way for patients to store and manage their medical records, using a 3D printer.

59

3 years ago

A tool that helps design stores based on real-world data.

59

3 years ago

A startup that is building a platform that allows its users to connect their accounts on different websites like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, with the goal of creating a platform where their data is stored in one place.

59

3 years ago

A tool for securely storing and sharing passwords, offering a secure way to store passwords for multiple sites at once, and syncing passwords across devices.

59

3 years ago

A product that helps companies track and store their data: a database that stores data in the cloud and allows companies to manage their data as it changes, while allowing users to build dashboards and make reports.

59

3 years ago

A startup that wants to run a grocery store that doubles as a bar, with the ability for customers to order groceries online, pick them up and then order a beer, or wine, or cocktail, but only if they wish. This allows customers to order a meal without having to go out to eat.

59

3 years ago

A platform that helps people create online shops. Their goal is to take e-commerce out of the physical store and into the things people do online.

59

2 years ago

A startup that helps people find their nearest retail location, so they can avoid the hassle of driving to a different store.

59

4 years ago

Most of the world’s money is stored in centralized banks, but these institutions are often unreliable. This startup wants to build a decentralized banking system that is as robust as the banks themselves.

58

4 years ago

A technology that allows you to receive a text message with a code that lets you know when your package has arrived. It’s similar to the Amazon Prime Now service, but for local stores.

58

3 years ago

An online service where you can store your credit cards, bank accounts, and other important documents in the cloud.

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 secure, encrypted store that allows users to sell their old smartphones through a mobile app, and then get a cut of the cash.

58

3 years ago

A startup that is building a platform for the wholesale and distribution market. They’re looking to help retailers and store managers sell more and find new customers.

58

3 years ago

A GPS for your phone that helps you find nearby stores, based on your preferences and location.

58

3 years ago

The idea is to build an “app store” for the personal finance world, allowing people to build tool to manage their finances in one place, with visualizations and tools to help them keep track of their spending.

58

3 years ago

An on-demand delivery service for food and consumer goods, with a focus on food delivery. The company partners with local restaurants and grocery stores to provide delivery to customers.

58

2 years ago

A tool that helps retail employees better categorize and store items in a virtual warehouse.

58

4 years ago

A company that sells a “price guarantee” guarantee that if a store’s price is lower than a customer’s online price, the latter will be refunded.

57

4 years ago

A B2B startup that helps retailers manage their supply chains. It gives retailers visibility into their stores, inventory, and shipping. It’s a way for retailers to get real-time information on their inventory, and for suppliers to get a more accurate picture of their supply chain.

57

3 years ago

The startup’s focus is on helping brands drive more sales by taking their product to the consumer before it hits the shelves. It's building an online store that helps retailers decide what consumers want before the items are sold in the stores.

57

3 years ago

A startup that enables people to go to their nearest Whole Foods and order groceries online and pick them up in-store.

57

3 years ago

A platform for developers to build and sell custom apps in the Google Play Store.

57

3 years ago

The startup is building a mobile app that lets you scan barcodes from your phone and get a summary of products in your local grocery store. The company set up a system to scan the barcodes of over 200 grocery store chains in the U.S.

57

3 years ago

A startup that’s building a platform that lets malls and grocery stores in Mexico create cellphone-based chatbots that people can interact with on their phones.

57

3 years ago

A digital assistant for the convenience store. The company makes a point of selling products it says are not available elsewhere.

57

3 years ago

An e-commerce platform that features custom-built construction hardware stores, and an iOS app to help contractors and designers manage their projects.

56

3 years ago

A startup that aims to build a community-driven grocery store, with a focus on in-store ingredients and product quality

56

3 years ago

A platform for mobile payment and loyalty services, allowing users to collect points, redeem in stores, and earn perks for loyalty points.

56

3 years ago

A web-based platform for finding a sales associate for a specific task, whether it’s an exhibition, an event, or a store installation.

56

3 years ago

This startup is building a loyalty program for retail and food stores built around the notion that people are more loyal to in-person experiences than they are to brands.

56

2 years ago

This is an IoT service for refrigerators, helping to automatically adjust the temperature as food is cooked and stored.

56

4 years ago

OnBoard is a service that helps businesses capture data from their customers visiting their physical stores and then automate the collection of that data.

55

3 years ago

A shopping app that allows you to search for local stores that sell what you’re looking for and send them a request. When you receive a notification, you’re able to go directly to the store.

55

3 years ago

Maven built a platform to help companies choose the right furniture and decor items for their space. The startup is looking to build selection into every major furniture store and home improvement store in the country, but has just a few hundred customers.

55

3 years ago

This startup is building a “decentralized crypto wallet” that allows users to store their crypto on their own device, rather than a centralized cloud.

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

Telematic is an online distribution platform that turns any online-based seller into an actual physical retail store. It’s a bit like Overstock or Ebay or Amazon, but instead of buying an item through an online-based website, you can actually buy the item in a physical store. The company was founded in 2016.

55

3 years ago

A startup that aims to help retail and hospitality businesses in the US using a mobile app that keeps track of how many people are currently waiting for items in each store.

55

3 years ago

A startup that provides members with a list of local grocery stores, restaurants, and other merchants that deliver.

55

3 years ago

A platform that helps companies and brands launch their own store on Amazon.com. The startup is already operating the first store, The Real, which sells apparel and jewelry.

55

3 years ago

A mobile app that tracks and stores your daily activity, letting users set daily goals and targets for activity. The startup is looking to “change the way you think about fitness”.

55

3 years ago

The company wants to let anyone purchase custom-made items in-store, on their phone.

55

3 years ago

An analytics startup that helps companies understand how their customers are moving through the in-store experience and how to improve it.

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 startup that wants to build a better way to store and disseminate medical data.

55

2 years ago

A company that makes door hardware, like locks and deadbolts, with an app that helps people find the nearest store carrying their products.

55

3 years ago

A tool for home-based business owners to manage all aspects of their online presence, such as: online stores, social media, advertising, marketing, and more.

54

3 years ago

An “app store for apps” designed for businesses.

54

3 years ago

A company that helps retailers build custom software to help them outsource inventory management. Think of a company that has five stores in New York City and wants to outsource its inventory.

54

3 years ago

A software platform to store and manage a company’s social media accounts and work with all the different sites a company uses to manage its social media.

54

3 years ago

A company that uses AI and machine learning to help retail designers and store managers create the best apparel and home décor in the world.

54

3 years ago

This startup is building a real-time streaming analytics platform for retailers to track their store visitors and catch any patterns that could lead to e-commerce profit.

54

3 years ago

A company that helps you buy anything from a store using a digital shopping cart. The startup wants to use a digital currency to cut out the middleman and make micropayments for a wide variety of services and goods.

54

3 years ago

Makes software for restaurants to use in-store to manage their inventories and processes.

54

2 years ago

A “fashion and travel” app that is essentially a lifestyle directory. It’s a category that’s been crowded with competitors, but Zara says it has a unique combination of a curated store and exclusive content.

54

3 years ago

A blockchain-based ‘digital store’ that stores data alongside a user’s information, allowing for a more secure and less prone to hacking system

53

3 years ago

A platform for independent artists to market, sell, and discover art. Creative Market has over 2 million users, so they want to help new artists set up their own store to sell their work.

53

3 years ago

A startup that curates, stores and cross-sells expert knowledge on a single topic. It’s a website that also has a mobile version that curates and cross-sells expert knowledge on a single topic with a focus on finance.

53

3 years ago

A startup that wants to bring together and transform the world of physical retail with the power of the internet. The startup is building a retail platform that uses AI to help retailers discover trends and create winning products. The startup is also building a platform that will allow retailers to sell online from their physical stores.

53

3 years ago

A “smart grocery store”, a place where you can buy groceries using a card that’s linked to your membership, and then pay for them using cash or a card of your choice. The checkout process is designed to be more efficient than the one you’d get at a traditional grocery store, with the goal being to get your groceries home faster.

53

2 years ago

A startup that’s building software to help merchants make more money when customers leave their store.

53

4 years ago

A network of retail stores that share sales data and support each other, so that they can all make more money.

52

3 years ago

A startup that’s trying to help its customers locate and recover data that’s become inaccessible. It’s also building a “backup as a service” solution, so you can set up a snapshot of any data that’s important to you and have it automatically stored online.

52

3 years ago

A tool for online retail stores to scan and capture sales data, allowing them to do business analytics and automate back-office functions like shipping and returns.

52

3 years ago

A startup that helps food and beverage companies best gauge the locations of their stores by sending out people (“ambassadors”) to engage with local people and businesses.

52

3 years ago

This is a company that wants to make selling your old books easy and fun. With a combination of delivery, digital storefront, and mobile app, they aim to help both the seller (who can get $20 per book) and the buyer (who can buy many books at once).

52

2 years ago

A startup that helps stores sell more products by making inventory management easier. They are currently testing their software in a variety of stores.

52

2 years ago

A platform for college students to buy beer, wine, and liquor. The company says they’ve already started taking pre-orders on their API and working with a handful of college stores across the country.

52

2 years ago

The startup is building a platform that connects people with products and services they need to local stores, bars, and restaurants.

52

3 years ago

A startup that is building a software platform that allows stores to more easily and accurately track inventory on their shelves.

51

3 years ago

A company that helps retailers sell in-person, in-store and online. I’m not sure how well they’ll do considering they’re only in the US.

51

3 years ago

A digital wallet app that lets you use your phone to pay in stores with your face.

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 startup that aims to create a universal app store for third-party hardware hardware modules. The idea is to cut down on the hardware fragmentation that plagues the tech industry.

51

3 years ago

A platform for people to sell and buy items from the same store, such as a local BBQ joint that can sell a nearby restaurant’s menu items

51

3 years ago

A company that enables people to see what products are in stock at their favorite stores, as well as provide them with the gas/car service necessary to pick them up.

51

3 years ago

This startup is building a way for people to exchange money via offline stores. Users scan QR codes on the products and the startup takes care of the logistics. The company wants to change the way people pay for things by using their phones instead of cash or credit cards.

51

2 years ago

A platform that connects grocery stores to customers via smartphone. Groceries are delivered within two hours and paid for via the grocer’s existing credit card.

51

3 years ago

A provider of enterprise software that helps data-rich organizations store and access their data in a single place.

50

3 years ago

A software company that provides the tools an e-commerce store needs to manage its inventory, pay suppliers, and display products for customers.

50

3 years ago

A startup that offers mobile phone repair at its storefronts, with the first location opening in June 2015. The company says that most of its repairs cost $70, but that it can return a phone to a customer for free if it doesn’t work.

50

3 years ago

A Boston-based startup that’s building a way to store and organize restaurant and event reviews so that they can be accessed at anytime, anywhere.

50

3 years ago

A startup that provides an API for retail and entertainment stores to track inventory and sales.

50

2 years ago

A digital platform for managing the supply chain of gourmet foods. Its goal is to help restaurants, grocery stores, and other food-related businesses buy directly from farmers, cutting out a lot of middlemen.

50

2 years ago

A startup that wants to change how you interact with your grocery store. The startup was founded in 2015 by a former Amazon exec and a former Google exec, and is based in Palo Alto.

50

3 years ago

An easier, more cost effective way to manage family health records, which are usually stored in a single place and difficult to find. HealthMap is building a searchable database that allows you to look up information about family members who have certain conditions.

49

3 years ago

This startup helps businesses sell more stuff online by helping shoppers buy online, then driving them to a physical store.

49

3 years ago

A company that uses AI and machine learning to help brands make more informed decisions about what products to stock in stores and online. The startup has built out its own mobile app, which lets retailers and brands monitor sales in-store and online and identify what products to run promotions on.

49

3 years ago

A startup that makes it easier for people to sell items online. The startup has already done a pilot with local stores in Hong Kong and Singapore.

49

3 years ago

A product, based on the idea that a better way to store data in the cloud would be to store it in the cloud.

49

3 years ago

A subscription-based marketplace for businesses to buy and sell products online, in an effort to replace the need for physical storefronts.

49

3 years ago

A startup that builds software to help people create and manage their own personal e-commerce store. Signup and set up free with a $10 per month plan, $100 per month plan, or $500 per month plan.

49

3 years ago

A shopping app meant to help you find the right products with the right price and store, or that’s at least a step towards a solution.

49

3 years ago

A self-serve platform that allows anyone to create an online store or e-commerce storefront. The startup has 13 employees and is bootstrapped.

48

3 years ago

A software platform that helps businesses build their own e-commerce websites for their own brands. Fincube is a subscription service that offers a store manager with a community of designers, developers, and marketers to build a site.

48

3 years ago

A company that uses AI to help retailers manage the supply chain of their stores. The company currently works with over 500 retailers.

48

3 years ago

A tool that’s meant to help small businesses communicate with their customers via email. The app is aimed at restaurants, stores, and other small businesses.

48

3 years ago

A startup that stores and delivers food, and can notify consumers when their meal is ready. The startup aims to eliminate the gap between a start of a meal and delivery.

48

2 years ago

A startup that aims to help shoppers find the right items at the right time. It’s billed as the “Uber of grocery”, connecting shoppers with nearby stores, with a particular focus on those in underserved markets.

48

2 years ago

A platform for helping consumers in developing countries buy goods from brick-and-mortar stores in the US

48

5 years ago

Idea: The startup is building a tool that automatically writes a person’s will and will updates, letting you track wills from multiple users in the same account. It’s built on top of a free service that lets you write a will once and store it with them. They’re aiming to replace legal representatives with their software, while still giving users the option to use a lawyer.

47

3 years ago

A startup that helps merchants integrate digital loyalty programs with their storefronts.

47

3 years ago

This is a platform to help brands build and manage their stores in China. The platform offers a digital storefront with a web and mobile point of sale and backend for inventory, online payments, and marketing.

47

3 years ago

Established in 2004, this company builds software to help stores and restaurants better manage their operations.

47

2 years ago

A platform that lets businesses manage the end-to-end delivery of packages, from picking up from stores to delivering to customers’ doors.

47

2 years ago

A company that aims to solve the problem of incomplete organ donation by enabling patients to upload their procedures, scans and scans, to be stored on a secure cloud for future retrieval.

47

2 years ago

A company that makes the same products as the big-box stores but for one-third the price.

47

2 years ago

This is an app that helps you find parking. It uses an algorithm to figure out where you’re closest to a certain store or venue.

47

3 years ago

A tool for quickly finding which card to get at the store

46

2 years ago

A startup that wants to take the app store model and apply it to the world of event tickets.

46

2 years ago

“Dropbox for videos”, a video product that allows users to store and edit videos.

46

2 years ago

A startup that connects shoppers with products from local stores, and allows them to pay using Bitcoin

46

3 years ago

A venture-backed SaaS company that’s trying to get retailers to accept mobile payments at a physical store.

45

3 years ago

Crypto, a decentralized app store that allows developers to build apps, add them to a marketplace, and then monetize them via an airdrop.

45

3 years ago

A platform for cities to store and distribute parking data, with an API that can be used to build tools and applications for cities. The startup says it has 3,000 cities signed up to use the platform.

45

3 years ago

This company is building a digital store that lets people buy, sell, and trade everything from cars to real estate — all from the comfort of their home.

45

3 years ago

Building a virtual store for Apple Watch

45

3 years ago

We all store so much of our personal data online, and it’s not getting any easier to access and manage it. This startup builds applications to help you manage all of your online accounts and passwords. They are currently in beta.

45

3 years ago

A wide-ranging startup that’s looking to build a platform for finding deals on local and national shopping, from airfare to grocery stores.

45

2 years ago

A way for retailers to send direct messages to shoppers on social media, or search for products by brand or category. It will help them create customized experiences around their products, and serve as a digital storefront for their customers.

45

3 years ago

A startup that wants to create a version of Amazon, where consumers can buy products directly from brands. The startup says they’re building a storefront that’s all about discovery and discovery is the hard part.

44

3 years ago

Postmates is building a delivery service that will allow people to order grocery deliveries from a selection of local stores.

44

2 years ago

A startup that is building a platform that will allow retailers to pull in location data through a mobile app, allowing shoppers to enter the store and get directions to their desired product.

44

3 years ago

A platform for in-store sales, letting stores automate the process of printing digital signage ads, and putting those ads on their own marketing platforms.

43

3 years ago

A company that provides tools for entrepreneurs to start and manage their own retail stores.

43

3 years ago

This startup is building a platform for high-school students to create personalized homework assignments, and then store and organize those assignments in the cloud.

43

3 years ago

This startup wants to help companies bring the benefits of digital to their physical stores. They’re building a suite of products to make the ordering and pickup of goods more efficient, including a virtual store and in-store kiosks.

43

3 years ago

A decentralized app store that lets people sell their personal items on the blockchain, with “personal item” defined as anything that can be legally bought and sold. The startup aims to be the first to sell physical items on the blockchain, including “vintage art”, “new, rare tech”, “antique furniture”, etc.

43

2 years ago

A shopping app that helps users find the best deals on products from their favorite stores, and receives commission for each sale.

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

A tool for retailers to boost the productivity of their store staff by simplifying manual data entry tasks that could be done automatically.

42

3 years ago

A cashierless convenience store that uses an app to let customers scan items and pay for them

42

3 years ago

A tool for building and selling ecommerce stores, along the lines of Shopify or Square.

42

2 years ago

A platform that brings meal kits to the home and stores it in the fridge.

42

2 years ago

The startup is building an alternative to the Windows Store, in which it will be easier to build, distribute, and manage apps.

42

2 years ago

A software company that hopes to use machine learning to predict which customers will be most likely to buy a certain product in a store, based on their buying patterns and past purchases.

42

2 years ago

The startup helps companies manage their hardware inventory, and in August launched a new version of their product, now called “MegaStore”, that can manage up to 4,000 individual items.

42

2 years ago

A company that is building a more personal way for people to store their files. It’s a social storage app that lets you share files with friends, but also lets you manage how much storage you’re using.

42

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

A marketing platform that helps brands to drive more effective, targeted, and measurable in-store marketing campaigns. The startup is based in San Francisco and has been running since 2017.

41

3 years ago

This company makes a “transparent and secure” way to save, share and store bank documents.

41

3 years ago

A system that allows remote workers to store, organize and share files, photos and documents across their desktop, laptops and tablets.

41

2 years ago

A startup that helps you get the most out of your physical stores. It’s a collaboration tool for store managers, allowing them to track and manage inventory and sales, as well as an analytics dashboard to give them an overview of their sales performance.

41

2 years ago

Two brothers, both from the same village of Puducherry, are building a profitable business providing an integrated platform that connects the entire supply chain of a product from a farm to a retail store to a warehouse.

41

2 years ago

A network of used bikes. The startup works with local stores to offer a rental fleet of bikes at a price that’s cheaper than buying a bike. It currently works with more than 500 stores in the US.

41

2 years ago

A tool for bookkeepers and accountants to create and store their tax return data in a way that allows them to easily retrieve and analyze it.

41

2 years ago

Music for kids, with a dedicated app for parents, an account on the app store that allows parents to input a song list, and get notifications when their kids have chosen a song.

41

2 years ago

This is a company that’s looking to make it easier to manage your health information. It’s basically a health information management system, a place where you can store all your medical records, update them, share them with doctors, and so on.

41

3 years ago

A way to share and store health-related data, accessible via an app, so people can both contribute and access it.

40

3 years ago

A “digital assistant” that helps you with different tasks, like monitoring your sleep cycle, creating a shopping list for your grocery store run, or getting directions.

40

2 years ago

A network of kiosks that allows users to pay for goods and services in-store by scanning a QR code on their mobile phone. The kiosks will be distributed across the country to customers that want to pay for goods and services using their phones.

40

2 years ago

A company that helps companies access the billions of dollars of financial and personal data stored in the Amazon cloud.

40

3 years ago

A tool that helps online merchants skip the shopping cart entirely, with a system that orders products based on site data and allows the customer to pick up the items at a physical store at their convenience.

39

2 years ago

A startup that combines an Uber-style marketplace with a “mom and pop” retail store. The website allows customers to buy groceries and household items on-demand, with a built-in rewards program. The founder of the company, who previously worked at Amazon, says the company is on track to expand into 35,000 stores by 2020.

39

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 SaaS company that helps organizations make better use of their data by making it easy for staff to create, store, and manage their own dashboards and analytics.

38

3 years ago

A company that aims to make a solar power panel that charges up in the middle of the day and stores the excess energy overnight. Instead of a battery, it’s integrated with the home power grid and uses solar energy to charge a battery bank.

37

3 years ago

A tool for forecasting sales for brick and mortar stores

37

2 years ago

A platform that creates a database of products that consumers want but don’t necessarily have and then allows people to go to their local store and purchase the product online.

37

2 years ago

A company that provides a solution for organizations that want to manage and store sensitive information on the blockchain. The company provides tools that can be used to create and manage private and public blockchains.

37

2 years ago

Wish is a “Netflix for gift cards”, allowing users to buy gift cards for physical stores and online services. The startup is aiming to bring an “online marketplace” to the physical gift card industry.

37

2 years ago

A recurring billing tool for brick-and-mortar businesses that makes it easier for them to integrate with mobile payments. The idea is that the startup will help companies create apps that will be more accepted in brick-and-mortar stores.

37

3 years ago

A contact management app that stores your contacts in the cloud and syncs them across all of your devices. It’s an API for making your contacts easy to find anywhere.

36

3 years ago

A startup that’s building a platform for retail, allowing online shoppers to have a digital or physical presence in a physical store. The goal is to bring in revenue, increase repeat customers, and make shopping more fun.

36

2 years ago

A startup that helps retail stores manage inventory by taking photos of products in the store, then analyzing them, then generating a report to help businesses save money on inventory and lower costs for consumers. The startup currently has three employees.

36

2 years ago

A business that pairs retail stores with home cooks. You can find recipes for your favorite store items and have them delivered to your home.

36

2 years ago

A startup that allows users to program their own apps, then get them put on the App Store.

36

5 years ago

A startup that gives people a platform to post everything from their trip to the grocery store and how they spent their money

35

3 years ago

A new kind of credit card that can be used at a wide variety of places, including restaurants, grocery stores, pharmacies, etc. The startup wants to use a digital card with a mobile application that syncs to the card’s information, so that users will be able to see their bills and make smart spending decisions.

35

2 years ago

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

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

This is an engineering-focused startup that wants to build a software solution that lets people design their own hardware. The idea is that you can create a design, get a quote for the cost of the materials, and then purchase the parts online. The computer chip and board are then assembled at a local store to create the finished product.

35

2 years ago

A middle-man brand that provides branded apps for businesses to create branded mobile experiences for their customers in-store and on-the-go.

35

3 years ago

A company that helps retail stores create their own mobile apps to help them better serve customers. The startup has worked with companies like Zara and Adidas to build out their mobile app development platforms.

34

2 years ago

A company that helps retail stores reduce the logistics risks associated with buying and selling mobile phones. The startup provides a platform that can identify what phones are in an inventory, track where they’re going, and give a price for shipping.

34

2 years ago

A way to manage web-based commerce for online stores. The startup is working with 30 big e-commerce players including Groupon and Etsy.

34

2 years ago

A “geo-tracking” app that claims to help prevent fraud by using location data to identify a person who is geographically near a store or other location where a fraudulent transaction may be taking place.

33

2 years ago

This startup is helping companies give their workers mobile credit. One of the problems with a rewards program, especially a loyalty program, is that it doesn’t necessarily bring your customer back to the store. But with a rewards app, you can bring your customer back to the store with discounts or points.

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

3 years ago

A startup that helps retailers use data to determine which products to stock in stores. It currently has 300 retailers on its platform and is going through a $22 million Series C round.

32

2 years ago

A software company that helps companies manage their data, helping them securely store, share, and analyze their data from anywhere.

31

2 years ago

A startup for finding and sharing items at a discount in your city. Founded in late 2014, the startup is based in Boston, and has signed up more than 1,000 stores in the US, including Bed Bath & Beyond, Target, Staples, and Price Chopper.

31

2 years ago

A “frictionless” grocery delivery service for retailers. The site offers customers a curated selection of local merchants who have partnered with the service. It has a store locator and curates a list of merchants. The startup says it has already signed up 1,000 local merchants.

31

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 personal assistant for your house, that you can talk to via voice or text and ask to go to the store for you, order you food, do your laundry, and so on.

30

2 years ago

A mobile app that allows you to order and pay ahead for groceries at your favorite neighborhood store.

30

2 years ago

A startup that lets you pick up groceries at your favorite stores that’s built into the app you already use for home shopping. No more having to remember a separate card for grocery shopping.

30

2 years ago

A digital currency wallet with an emphasis on security and ease of use. The company is building a way to store, send, and manage digital currency.

30

2 years ago

A Chinese company that helps build custom software for medical devices, including the ability to collect and store patient data more efficiently.

30

5 years ago

Idea: A cloud system for businesses to collect and store data, with a machine-learning layer on top to help them analyze it.

29

2 years ago

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

29

2 years ago

A community of developers and designers creating mobile and web apps for the food industry, from grocery stores to restaurants, with a particular focus on food safety and quality.

29

2 years ago

A startup that’s building a home for all of your personal data and documents. The idea is that you can use it to store and use the data you have on you, and then use it to create additional data that can be shared with others.

29

2 years ago

The startup wants to build a generic API that allows users to make calls and store data on their own servers, instead of uploading to external services.

29

2 years ago

A company that helps people get their groceries faster by combining their food shopping with their favorite online stores.

29

2 years ago

A startup that wants to create a platform to store and distribute the energy of the sun in the form of electricity. The company wants to build a grid of solar farms, which they say can be built in a day and will produce more energy than is currently needed, and sell that excess electricity back to the grid.

29

2 years ago

A startup for digital assets, selling digital goods like music and video and offering a marketplace to find those goods and sell them. The company’s own product is a digital music store.

29

2 years ago

A snack delivery service for kids, that pairs with an app to order snacks from a local grocery store. The startup is working with several grocery chains across the country and has signed on over 3,000 local grocery stores.

29

2 years ago

An e-commerce platform that allows sellers to sell things without having to build an entire store. Instead, the company’s service allows sellers to just create a store on their website, and then get algorithms to show them what type of product sells well for them.

28

2 years ago

A company that allows restaurants to share their menus with customers for in-store ordering.

28

2 years ago

This startup is building a way for customers to pay for hotel stays at physical retail stores like Target or Walmart.

27

2 years ago

A startup that wants to fine-tune the way retail stores do inventory management. Inventory Flow monitors a retailer's inventory and helps them optimize that inventory, allowing them to optimally manage their inventory without any extra effort.

27

2 years ago

A tool for retailers to track their orders using machine vision in stores, allowing them to eliminate manual order taking and handle orders faster.

27

2 years ago

A startup that wants to help the fashion industry by giving fashion designers a way to create, store and share their designs in real time.

27

2 years ago

A digital library for people who want to store old books digitally. Users get a CD of their digital library for $25.

27

2 years ago

A startup that wants to make it easier for customers to access their favorite stores through your smartphone. It currently has a goal of 100,000 users.

27

2 years ago

A startup focused on building a “smart wallet” for people who don’t have traditional bank accounts. People who don’t have access to traditional banking services can store their money in the app, which also allows them to send money to family and friends.

26

2 years ago

A new kind of cold-storage service that makes it easy for companies to store and transfer their data to offsite locations.

26

2 years ago

A shopper’s assistant that helps you get to the right aisle in a store, taking notes on what you saw and the items you might be interested in.

26

2 years ago

A platform that uses a combination of machine learning, artificial intelligence, and smart user behavior to allow users to purchase goods online and receive them at their local UPS store.

25

2 years ago

A mobile-first shopping app that uses AI to recommend items based on what’s in your cart, and what you’ve bought in other stores. It’s currently live in the UK, and is seeking funding.

25

2 years ago

A digital assistant that helps you find directions, find nearby stores, and answer simple questions – like “What is the best way to get to the airport”

24

2 years ago

An artificial intelligence app that uses deep learning to help you cut down on your grocery bill by predicting what you’ll buy at the store.

24

2 years ago

A startup that uses loyalty cards and traditional points to incentivize shoppers to spend more at participating stores.

24

2 years ago

A competitor to the popular online tool Zola.com, which provides same-day delivery of groceries and household items. The company is looking to get a piece of a $20 billion market by building out same-day delivery on its own, without Zola’s existing network of grocery stores.

23

2 years ago

A B2B startup that allows grocery stores to design packages and ship to customers faster, with fewer errors. The startup currently has a deal with a major grocery chain.

23

2 years ago

A digital platform for managing retail sites in China. It’s a way for retail stores to track orders, manage customer accounts, and get optimization and marketing tools.

23

2 years ago

It’s an app that allows users to quickly check the price of things at their local grocery and other stores

23

2 years ago

A software company that helps auto-parts makers and dealers create their own smart app stores for their customers

22

2 years ago

An e-commerce platform for bookstores, featuring online ordering, fulfillment and payment

22

2 years ago

A tool for retailers to determine which products their customers are purchasing the most and use that to determine the best way to position products in the store.

22

2 years ago

An “app store for the home” that allows consumers to get home automation products from the app store of their choice.

22

2 years ago

A “Social Personal Wallet” that allows users to create a shared digital wallet where they can “buy, sell, transfer, and store digital assets, like cryptocurrency and loyalty points”.

22

2 years ago

An iOS app that helps you connect and manage your online accounts. You can download the app in the app store, but you can also use it for free from your browser.

21

2 years ago

A company that aims to build a platform to provide “a safe, secure, and anonymous way to buy, sell, and store digital products and files”.

21

5 years ago

A startup that provides a service where you can hire someone to go shopping for you (you provide a shopping list and the startup will send someone to the store for you)

20

2 years ago

Building a platform for running an online grocery store.

20

2 years ago

A platform that uses the blockchain to help people store their monies in the cloud in an encrypted, secure way.

20

2 years ago

A startup that wants to help customers buy and sell used smartphones, tablets, and laptops, and store them in a decentralized cloud.

20

2 years ago

A startup that makes custom-branded leather bags that are sold in some of the country’s best-known chain stores.

20

2 years ago

An AI-based app for managing the better-in-class grocery store in your city.

20

2 years ago

The startup wants to be a platform for companies to sell direct to their customers, and is already running an online store with a few dozen customers.

20

2 years ago

A consumer-facing application that helps women identify which stores are safe spaces for them. The startup is trying to help women feel safer in public spaces by identifying which stores are safe for women.

19

2 years ago

This startup has a tool that helps you create an online store in less than one day. It’s a tool that helps e-commerce businesses quickly register, customize and launch an online store.

19

2 years ago

A startup that wants to build an AI assistant for retail employees. It will help retail employees by making it easier for them to manage the customers who walk in the door and identify trends in their stores.

19

2 years ago

A startup that’s building a platform for people to create a “digital locker” that they can access via a mobile device, where they can store photos, videos, documents, and other things.

19

2 years ago

This startup is looking to help stores manage inventory and inventory forecasting. The company’s data engine can help retailers predict demand, based on historical data, and plan for the future.

19

2 years ago

A company that offers users a way to securely and anonymously store and share their digital assets.

19

2 years ago

A startup that helps companies build their mobile stores with a system that includes products, price, quantity, and other data.

19

2 years ago

Storefronts of appliances like drones and RC cars. The startup wants to create a marketplace for retailers to sell products that otherwise would have to be shipped from China.

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 social media platform designed for grocery stores that helps them find customers and communicate with them.

18

2 years ago

A startup that creates a simple way for people to create and sell their own apps on their own websites. In addition to the app, customers get a voucher to be used on the app store to purchase the app.

18

2 years ago

Co-founder at HotPlate, Gunawan is building a platform that allows mom and pop stores to bring their own payment systems to their businesses.

17

2 years ago

A startup that helps retailers who sell on Amazon and other e-commerce stores better compete with Amazon. It’s a platform that lets Amazon sellers who have a lot of digital products in their inventory run promos on their own sites.

17

2 years ago

This startup wants to connect retail outlets with their consumers in ways that will make both parties more profitable. It’s a startup that builds personalized shopping experiences on the fly, and has so far built a prototype for department stores with an eye toward expanding to other markets like Target.

17

2 years ago

A space-saving way to store bags and other items.

17

2 years ago

A startup that is building an app that uses a point of sale system to help grocery stores fight back against price cutting by big chains. Supermarket prices are now set by the customer, so the app helps local stores fight back against the big guys by taking orders through their own point of sale system.

16

2 years ago

A tool to help developers get their apps into the AppStore and Google Play. The product’s first version is a library of “app-like” functions, like ordering a pizza or sending an email. The business is based on Bootstrap, which is used by companies like Airbnb and Medium.

16

2 years ago

This startup aims to make shopping online much less of a hassle. Like a kind of Google Shopping for physical goods, it allows you to see what your favorite stores have in stock, and make online purchases of those products without ever having to go to the store.

16

2 years ago

A social network for people who love wine. The startup wants to have a wine-themed social network that helps you find new wines to try, while also serving as an online wine store.

16

2 years ago

A startup for stores that want to send out product notifications to the customer’s phone.

16

2 years ago

A startup that helps homeowners choose replacements for common household items like roofing tiles, kitchen appliances, flooring, and lighting. It’s an easy way to shop for similar products online, and then see them in person at a local store.

15

2 years ago

Civic is a digital identity platform that enables users to store, validate, and verify their identity information online. It is developing Civic's core technology, a mobile-first identity wallet, and a secure know-your-customer (KYC) system.

15

2 years ago

A platform that helps retailers build a personalized store experience for every customer. It offers a suite of tools for optimizing store layout and merchandising, including a tool for scanning products and automatically matching them to the store’s design.

15

5 years ago

Idea: A home goods store that sells products that are made in the US. Their goal is to make it easier for users to find and buy products made in the US.

14

2 years ago

A software platform that helps retailers find the right suppliers, based on their product specifications. The company works with customers like Zara, Coca-Cola, and The Container Store to find the right suppliers to make their products.

14

2 years ago

A software company that’s building a digital platform to help organizations manage and store their assets, with searches for data from major retailers and developers.

14

2 years ago

A tool that helps merchants and brands sense out new product opportunities, from social media to physical stores. It’s currently accepting applications from SaaS startups.

14

2 years ago

A new kind of bank account, aimed at people who don’t have traditional bank accounts. Instead of an account number tied to a bank account, the startup lets people store money in a simple digital wallet that they can use to pay for things like phone service or groceries.

14

2 years ago

A tie-up between an app and a store in the UK that curates the best deals on clothing, jewelry, and accessories.

14

2 years ago

A UK-based startup that is building an app for fashion retailers that allows consumers to order products online, track them, and manage them in-store. The product hopes to empower consumers to shop more, and retailers to grow their 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

2 years ago

Online-only retail store that sells vintage apparel for the modern woman

14

2 years ago

This is an app built for people to store and share things on the go. The startup has built a way to store things in the cloud and then send them to any other device

13

2 years ago

A startup that wants to eliminate the need for traditional office space by letting local stores and restaurants set up shop in public parks, city squares, and other public places. The startup hopes to expand to cities across the US.

13

2 years ago

A mobile platform that can help retail stores generate leads.

13

2 years ago

A startup that provides on-demand management for public spaces. The platform stores data on buildability and maintenance to help cities and property management companies make better decisions about building codes.

13

2 years ago

A startup that will help brick and mortar stores purchase inventory online and ship it out in a day.

12

2 years ago

A startup that offers a service to replace the need for cash deposits at retail stores. The startup uses an app and a sensor attached to a door to collect payments, then sends the cash to a bank account.

12

2 years ago

A data platform for retail data, including online retail and in-store purchases.

12

2 years ago

A company that helps companies organize and report on the data associated with transactions. The startup is rewriting the way business processes are used to capture, store and report on data. It is currently being used as far back as the 1970s.

12

2 years ago

A startup that helps you build a digital storefront for your physical products. The company is really focused on the B2B side of things, but it does have some consumer apps too.

12

2 years ago

Crypto payments startup I guess. It’s a cryptocurrency-themed retail store that sells home goods like backpacks and pro-productions such as t-shirts. It’s backed by big investors like Fred Wilson, and also counts some of the biggest brands in retail like Target and Bloomingdale’s as customers.

12

2 years ago

This startup aims to make it easier and cheaper to buy, store, and grow your own food

11

2 years ago

A startup that’s building software to help people store and share their photos with friends. The startup’s website says that the problem is that people struggle to find the best places to store digital photos, and that the startup wants to build a platform that makes it easy to share photos and get feedback on them.

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 tool that allows individuals to create and share online videos. The tool offers a content management system and analytics for the videos, which are stored in an online library.

11

2 years ago

A startup that is building the first-ever open source fitness app. The app will include things like an online store, a fitness tracker, and a mobile app.

11

2 years ago

A startup that helps people get a “secure”, “cloud-based” backup of their important files and data. Users can login to the app and upload files and store them on the service.

10

2 years ago

A startup that’s building a network of standalone retail stores that sell grocery items and convenience goods, as well as offering delivery services and convenience kiosks.

10

2 years ago

Startup that uses machine learning to identify the exact time a customer is coming into a store, and then turns that data into a notification that is sent to a mobile device.

10

2 years ago

A platform for retailers to create a chatbot for in-store transactions and loyalty programs by integrating with existing programming languages. It’s currently working with 1,000 stores so far.

9

2 years ago

A team that’s building a smart fridge for companies to track inventory in real time. The startup says they’re about to release a new product that will also be useful to restaurants and grocery stores.

9

5 years ago

Idea: A startup that sells and ships cereal to customers. The startup wants to tap into an underserved niche of customers who want cereal that’s not available in stores.

7

5 years ago

A startup that sells boxes that can be shipped to customers who have purchased from your store

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5 years ago

A startup that provides people with a directory of all the furniture stores in their city so they can go out and buy furniture for their new place

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5 years ago

A startup that sells a service where they ship you furniture you buy from online stores that don’t ship to your address

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5 years ago

A startup that provides a platform for people who wish to monetize their data with the goal of creating a personal data store that is theirs and theirs alone

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5 years ago

A startup that makes it easier to setup an online store for a new product The startup says it can make a new store online in less than one hour

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5 years ago

Idea: App store for university social groups

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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

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5 years ago

Idea: A platform that allows users to bring their own phone to a carrier to get their service set up The startup wants to eliminate the need for people to go into a physical store to set up their phone plan

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5 years ago

Idea: Open-source, decentralized app store

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5 years ago

Idea: A startup that enables people to create an online store for their products with a custom domain, and have the startup built a custom mobile app for it

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5 years ago

Idea: A “personalized” bot that helps customers order and track shipping from stores The team says they’ve already generated $50,000 in revenue so far

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5 years ago

Idea: A startup for building apps for in-store devices to streamline purchasing and inventory management

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5 years ago

Idea: A startup for private label goods. The founder wants to make it easy for people to create their own private label brands, and is pitching it as a marketplace for startups to create their own version of a “Brands You Love But Can’t Find In Stores” store.

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5 years ago

Idea: A software service that helps retailers manage their in-store vendors. The company wants to help merchants get the most out of their in-store vendors.

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5 years ago

Idea: A startup that wants to make shopping more convenient for consumers by personally taking pictures and videos of items on a store’s shelves, and allowing shoppers to buy the items immediately.

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5 years ago

Idea: A new brand of premium, non-GMO, gluten-free chips for people who want to avoid the chemicals and additives found in most store-bought chips.

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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

Idea: A startup that makes a $500 software-as-a-service platform for managing storefronts. These give pop-up shops a chance to set up shop in a new city in a matter of hours.

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5 years ago

A startup that gives people the ability to store their personal photos and videos online and find friends who share similar interests

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A startup that helps retail stores and brands manage and optimize their websites, helping them get more traffic and sales.

A platform for buying, selling, trading, and renting bikes. The company’s API provides access to data on bikes, stores, and repairs, and it currently has 30,000 bike listings.

A startup that allows farmers to sell excess food directly to their neighborhood grocery stores.

An online service that compares the price of the same item in stores and online.

A startup that’s building a new kind of shopping cart that lets buyers seamlessly buy products at multiple sites without leaving the online store.

This startup is building a platform for American farmers to sell their goods to consumers worldwide. The startup aims to use a mix of digital store fronts and technology to deliver to consumers in countries like India and China, where the rural population has been growing.

A startup which helps producers of consumer goods in India get their products from a supplier to a store.

An AI that can help companies determine the best places to open new stores.

A startup on the App Store that helps users manage their apps, promote and sell them, and help users find updates and new features.

A startup that aims to give businesses a tool that allows them to turn their smartphones into an in-store point of sale

A tool for quickly creating an online store for physical goods.

This company wants to create an app that will catch the attention of people who are passing by storefronts and then tell them about the experiences within.

A company that helps retailers in India make money on data they collect on customer behaviors. Currently, they’re using the company’s software to manage their cash desks in stores.

A platform that allows users to store and manage their tiny home remotely. It’s like Airbnb for tiny homes.

It’s a company that helps app-makers get more of their customers’ attention. The startup helps app makers get to the top of the App Store or Play Store based on how they market their apps.

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 laptop delivery service for people who can’t take time off work to go to a store. The startup currently has a pilot in Mumbai, and has plans to expand to Delhi and Bangalore.

A new kind of grocery store that takes advantage of the fact that many people can’t shop alone. The concept is that it’s one person browsing the store while the other is cooking.

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.

allows companies to create online shopfronts for their products, eliminating the need for physical storefronts. It’s growing quickly, and recently closed a $3.8 million series A round.

A B2B company that helps companies create several different e-commerce storefronts so they can sell different products in different countries.

A tool that helps businesses make and manage their own digital storefronts, which they plug into their website.

A mobile app that allows users to schedule grocery stores for pickup and delivery

A platform that enables online retailers to offer their customers the option to create their own exclusive in-store experiences.

A startup that aims to build a “digital bank vault” for mobile consumers in India. The startup plans to allow mobile users to store funds in their phones in the form of mobile wallets, with secure storage in escrow.

A startup that provides professional services for marketing, design, and technology to brands that want to set up their own online storefronts.

A startup that helps you book grocery stores and get discounts for the same

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

A user-friendly and secure digital passport store that brings biometrics to the forefront of travel documents.

A startup that helps customers change loyalty cards without physically going to the store.

This startup has a cryptocurrency that stores value, making it a valuable digital currency

A new way to communicate with customers that helps stores create an experience similar to that of an in-person visit.

A platform for recording and sharing video, including the ability to store, search and share clips.

A consumer-facing startup that’s looking to create a marketplace for grocery store brands.

A company that uses Microsoft Azure to help businesses create and manage online store fronts

A startup that wants to build a decentralized app store, like Google Play. The startup wants to connect developers with users directly.

This is a platform that allows people to swap their old furniture, shoes, and accessories for store credit.

A startup that aims to recreate the convenience store experience for the mobile video game generation using smart machines and digital services.

A startup that automates the process of finding the best prices for food and other items at Whole Foods, Jet.com, Amazon, and other stores.

This software platform for music creators helps them manage their royalties, stores music and downloads, and monitors sales.

This app helps content creators sell their products on Amazon, using a digital storefront.

A feedback loop for e-commerce stores, allowing them to ask customers for feedback on their experience right after a purchase. Also offers a native app for the web store.

A startup that doesn't have a specific use case but wants to be a store of last resort for people seeking to borrow money.

Idea: A platform for making, distributing and monetizing augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) games The company says it’s already built over a dozen AR and VR games and is currently monetizing them through app stores, advertising, premium content, and in-app purchases

A software company that uses machine learning to manage and handle re-ordering and inventory for online stores.

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

A music streaming service where you can stream music stored on your phone to anywhere. The startup is also building a subscription service, which it’s launching in the next few weeks.

A startup that wants to build a decentralized store, working model of its own. The company wants to take the “store” out of retail so people can sell their goods and services directly to people online.

A company that sells a mobile app that lets you store and access your medical records.

A startup that makes it easy for companies to build apps for their customers, by building an app store for developers to build apps for their customers. The startup’s founder tells us that he’s gotten 10,000 signups in 2 weeks.

A digital music store focusing on independent artists. The startup has signed up about 300 independent musicians to date, most of which are making money through streaming services.

A tool that allows users to quickly take a picture of a document and have it immediately digitized and stored in the cloud.

A startup that helps retail stores find out which products their customers like best

Building a platform for decentralized applications on Ethereum, a native app store for Ethereum, and a wallet for storing ether.

A company that makes it easy to build out e-commerce sites for mom and pop stores

A digital store of recipes and ideas for cooking

A physical store for buying and selling old technology in New York City.

A startup that makes it easy to create and manage an online store

A startup that allows people to print out a physical receipt for their purchase. The startup wants to build a digital receipt option for stores that doesn’t require a printer.

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.

A web app to help users find low-cost or free items to buy at retail outlets. The company says it has over 100,000 users and 2,500 stores.

The startup has a personalized recommendation engine for buying clothes, but does so in a way that makes it easy for the consumer to shop in the store.

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

A tool that helps fuel station cashiers and shopkeepers make accurate purchases from in-store kiosks, and creates new revenue opportunities for both.

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

A cloud storage product that will allow mobile developers to continue building apps and distribute them for free. All of the data will be stored in the cloud and accessed via an iOS and Android app.

The startup is building a platform to record and store every single note an employee takes.

A company that helps brands create and distribute in-store marketing content across traditional and social media, allowing for a more efficient way to reach customers.

A startup that’s building a tool that automatically designs and builds ecommerce stores for you

A company that helps home builders like ApartmentPlace, ApartmentGuide, and Zumper create a single-page listing that embeds all of their properties into an app that they can distribute through the Apple Store and Google Play.

An eCommerce company that offers virtual and physical storefronts for customers to order from.

A company that helps retail stores run their inventory at the right price.

A SaaS product that helps businesses optimize their in-store POS systems. The company currently has 12 employees and is based in San Francisco.

A digital storefront for artists and designers to sell their own artwork and designs.

A platform that powers “digital stores” in the physical world

A platform for brands and retailers to sell products from other stores in their network.

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