Transparent Startup Ideas

5 years ago

SITU is building a messaging app to help people connect with their local government. It’s meant to make government more approachable and transparent to the public.

4,174

5 years ago

The founders of this startup say they are “building the first truly global, blockchain-based, decentralized and transparent peer-to-peer marketplace for advertising.”

210

4 years ago

A company looking to create a more open and transparent online auction marketplace.

180

3 years ago

Seeking to bring alternative dispute resolution to the legal industry, the startup helps companies to hire arbitrators and mediators in a way that they say is faster, cheaper, and more transparent than traditional law firms.

172

4 years ago

A platform to help consumers get the best return on their money in their financial accounts. The startup wants to take on a large part of the financial industry and make it more transparent to consumers.

169

5 years ago

This startup wants to improve the process of buying and selling homes by using algorithms, AI, and machine learning to make the process faster and more transparent.

168

4 years ago

The founders want to build a way for people to monetize their work through a new, more transparent, and more scalable model.

167

5 years ago

A platform that allows people to purchase and sell real estate together in a safe, transparent way.

159

5 years ago

A product that helps businesses streamline email management to be more effective, efficient and transparent.

158

5 years ago

A company that’s building a detailed map of the world’s supply chains, put together using new satellite technologies. The startup wants to create a more efficient and transparent supply chain for all manufacturers.

155

4 years ago

A platform that sells data to insurers. They want to act as a middleman between the insurance industry and the data they use to calculate risk, and they want to do it in a way that’s transparent and easy to understand.

155

5 years ago

A startup that lets companies handle payments in a more transparent way. It’s an API that connects payments platforms and third-party data, and helps companies figure out which payments to accept and which not to.

153

5 years ago

A platform that allows people to invest in the stock market in a more transparent manner. The company has over $30 million in funding and is the first company to offer a cryptocurrency fund to their users.

150

5 years ago

A platform to find and book airfare and hotels. The company’s mission is to democratize travel with a transparent and fair marketplace.

150

5 years ago

We have been taught that investing is for the financially sophisticated. But SICAV’s goal is to make it simpler, more transparent and more accessible to people everywhere.

146

5 years ago

Grid wants to make energy consumption more transparent, by giving customers a meter on their home in a box, and then giving them a way to manage their energy consumption.

139

5 years ago

A platform that helps companies track and manage their employees' spending. It's a more transparent alternative to the likes of Mint, but also one that has to be paid for by the company that uses it.

130

5 years ago

A startup that aims to make the back office of pharmacies more transparent for patients.

130

5 years ago

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

128

5 years ago

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

127

5 years ago

A startup that allows for the “immediate and transparent” transfer of assets from a seller to a buyer, without the need for an escrow.

125

5 years ago

An online platform that allows users to rate and review products in a more transparent way than is possible on Amazon.

125

5 years ago

A cloud-based video platform that allows video producers to sell their content in a transparent and fair way.

124

5 years ago

A company that plans to create a new kind of payments system that is more secure, transparent, and consistent across the globe. It aims to be a way for the entire world to transact in cash.

123

5 years ago

A platform that helps advertisers and agencies connect with creators to curate the most viral content. Content Studio is hoping to use blockchain to create a market for content and allow users to earn tokens for their contributions in a way that is transparent and fair.

123

4 years ago

A way to make paying taxes easier, with a tool that lets you pay your taxes in a way that’s more efficient than the IRS’ online tools. The startup also wants to make the tax process more predictable and transparent by providing a taxpayer’s tax form for every state, and giving an estimate of what the liability is.

114

5 years ago

A payments company that uses the Ethereum blockchain to “build a decentralized, secure, and transparent payments network.”

113

5 years ago

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

111

5 years ago

A tool to help nonprofits do their fundraising. By taking in donations and giving them out to their clients in a direct, transparent manner, the startup wants to help nonprofits grow their donor bases and improve their bottom line.

109

5 years ago

A blockchain-based invoice financing platform. The company wants to lower the cost of capital for the global invoice financing market. It’s using the blockchain to replace the middleman and make the process more transparent.

108

5 years ago

A company that’s building an app that would let you buy and sell domain names and website content in a way that’s more transparent and better for the seller than current methods.

104

4 years ago

A startup that aims to create a more transparent and secure supply chain for the fashion industry, using blockchain technology.

101

5 years ago

A social media platform that aims to be a a more transparent version of Instagram. It’s a service that allows users to tag each other in posts, and then share posts that they’ve tagged.

99

5 years ago

An advertising platform that works to make ad buying more transparent and transparent, with a focus on helping advertisers make more informed decisions.

99

5 years ago

Launched in May, the startup is working with the FCC and other agencies to build a new framework for monitoring and certifying mobile devices in a more transparent and decentralized fashion. The startup is developing an app that uses AI to monitor the data and use it to provide performance and security information.

97

4 years ago

A startup that helps small business owners track their expenses and make them more transparent and compliant with accounting laws.

91

3 years ago

This startup wants to make professional photography payments more transparent, listing all of its expenses on a single invoice.

90

3 years ago

This startup is trying to make the process of buying a car more transparent by helping consumers understand their financing options.

88

2 years ago

A startup for insurance providers that wants to make the insurance buying process more transparent and accessible. The company claims to have over 3,000 companies as clients, including the government of India and the Department of Defense.

88

3 years ago

A smart contract that allows for a seller to create a transparent way for consumers to buy and use a product without needing to go through a 3rd party.

84

4 years ago

A platform for students to help each other study, with the beauty of the app being that it’s entirely transparent to the student.

82

4 years ago

The startup wants to use the power of big data to create a more transparent and efficient system for building out new transportation infrastructure.

81

4 years ago

A “decision engine” that helps businesses make sense of regulatory and compliance challenges. The company aims to make legal processes easier, cheaper, and more transparent.

80

3 years ago

A peer-to-peer insurance exchange that aims to make insurance more transparent and cheaper than traditional insurance.

79

4 years ago

This is a startup that helps companies build custom, transparent, and secure APIs for product development.

78

4 years ago

A company that believes it can help companies be more transparent with their employees about their pay rates.

75

2 years ago

A startup that wants to “make the hotel reservation process easier, more transparent and secure.” It has

75

4 years ago

A company that promises to make owning a house a more transparent and understandable process for consumers via their online platform known as RealtyShares. The company is a real estate marketplace that uses blockchain technology to help potential home buyers and sellers compare properties to find the best deals on the market.

73

3 years ago

Challenge: “How can we create an ecosystem of 2nd-party sellers that is transparent, trustworthy, and fair” They want to help sellers build a “Guild” that is a network of customers, who share their data and pay vendors for a discounted rate. The startup aims to set up the first “Guild” for Amazon sellers.

70

4 years ago

A startup that wants to make it easier for people to donate to charity. The company wants to build a more transparent platform for charities to get donations more easily.

69

4 years ago

A startup that provides a platform for non-profits to raise and invest money in a transparent way.

69

3 years ago

A startup that wants to make the cannabis industry more transparent by reducing the amount of time and money companies spend on marketing.

69

3 years ago

This startup is building a “utility-style” credit score, combining three common traditional credit scores into one. It’s meant to be a “definitive score” that’s transparent, easy to understand and is suitable for non-traditional credit.

69

4 years ago

A workplace culture survey system. The startup is building a platform that helps recruiters recruit better by pulling together data from a variety of sources, including surveys, transparent reviews from past employers, and social media.

67

4 years ago

A startup that facilitates a transparent review of a loan, which can be used to lower interest rates

66

3 years ago

It’s a way of buying and selling that alternatives have failed to match: a company that is fully transparent about its workings, based on the idea that you should always be paid what you’re worth.

66

3 years ago

This startup wants to take the pain out of the laborious process of negotiating real estate in India by allowing direct communication between buyers and sellers. The startup also wants to make buying and selling homes more transparent and streamlined.

63

3 years ago

Built on the blockchain and designed to provide users with a decentralized, secure, and transparent reputation system.

62

3 years ago

A startup that helps companies make their data more transparent to share with the public. It’s meant to give journalists and researchers data to help them uncover facts not often displayed on company websites. The startup says they’ve developed a prototype to help journalists and researchers get data that is more often than not hidden from public view.

61

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

3 years ago

A startup that’s building a “network of health insurers that are 100% transparent and transparent about price”.

59

3 years ago

This startup wants to make healthcare more transparent, with a system that uses artificial intelligence to identify and highlight the risks of a patient’s treatment plan.

59

3 years ago

A tool that uses a web browser to visualize financial markets, with the goal of making trading more transparent.

58

4 years ago

This startup aims to transform the face of venture capital by making it more accessible, more transparent, and with more fairness to investors. The startup aims to provide investors with a better way to manage their portfolio, and better tools to manage their investments.

57

3 years ago

A company that helps online lenders like Lending Club and Prosper to credit and underwrite loans in a more consistent and transparent manner.

57

3 years ago

The goal of this startup is to collect a network of people who can help students navigate the world of college admissions, from financial aid to college visits. The company wants to lower the amount of money students spend on college and make admissions decisions more transparent.

56

3 years ago

idea: A B2B company that wants to digitize the processes and data of the wine industry. The company wants to “make the wine industry efficient, transparent and transparently efficient.”

52

3 years ago

A tool for verifying the authenticity of the origin and provenance of products. The startup wants to have a more transparent supply chain and will announce the first product they’re working on in the future.

51

2 years ago

A Marketplace where you can buy and sell everything from cars to houses to shoes in a way that is safe, transparent, and fair.

50

3 years ago

A startup that helps people get a better sense of what their loans are going to cost, and helps them figure out how to pay it back. The startup wants to make the mortgage process more transparent.

49

3 years ago

This startup wants to help people save money on car insurance premiums by offering a more transparent way to compare plans. It’s currently one of YC’s 9 startups in the insurance space.

47

3 years ago

The goal of this startup is to provide the most accurate, transparent and decentralized credit scoring platform. In the future, users will be able to access their credit scores in one easy-to-read dashboard.

47

2 years ago

A platform that serves as a single, central location to manage all of your investments. The startup wants to help people better manage their investments and make them more transparent.

47

3 years ago

A digital marketing platform that aims to make digital marketing more transparent, and more personal. The company’s API is designed to help digital marketers be more efficient with their marketing.

46

2 years ago

A blockchain startup that aims to provide transparent financial services for cryptocurrency fans and businesses.

45

2 years ago

The most frequent use of the term “blockchain” in the world is in the healthcare industry. This startup wants to use blockchain to help improve the entire process of care. It’s built on the assumption that the current system is broken, and that blockchain will help provide a more transparent and secure solution.

44

5 years ago

Idea: A tool that lets you generate legal documents like NDAs out of a simple web form. The company says it makes generating and maintaining legal docs easier, cheaper, and more transparent.

42

2 years ago

The goal is to make the entire process of getting a mortgage online simple and transparent.

42

3 years ago

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

41

2 years ago

An “experience” platform designed to make flight delays more transparent and communication with airlines more efficient.

40

2 years ago

Fintech startup that wants to make the payments and investments in the $2 trillion wealth management industry more transparent and accessible.

39

2 years ago

A company that helps companies discover and hire new talent in the US. The startup claims that the way the US works for finding talent is broken, and wants to solve it with a more fluid system that can be presented in a more transparent way.

37

2 years ago

A software company that helps manufacturers streamline quality control measures and create a more engaging, transparent and effective product development process.

36

2 years ago

A web-based system for communicating with students and parents, but also for teachers and administrators. A tool for making school more transparent and for connecting students to their parents.

36

2 years ago

A startup that wants to improve the way people manage their credit to make it more transparent, accessible, and easy to understand.

36

2 years ago

A software company that offers a tool to help you manage your money and make expenses more transparent.

34

3 years ago

A platform that automates the discovery and management of customer orders. The goal is to make the process of order fulfillment more predictable and transparent.

33

2 years ago

A group of “tech entrepreneurs, designers, and thinkers” who want to build a better way to pay for things. The startup is building tools that are more frictionless and transparent, letting users pay with their preferred currency and get a receipt in the mail.

33

2 years ago

A B2B SaaS startup that provides a cheaper and more transparent accounting alternative to traditional accounting software. They’re currently in the process of acquiring two customers.

31

2 years ago

A lightweight, cloud-based storage app that works with Dropbox. The startup is aiming to make Dropbox work just like any other cloud storage service, including transparent pricing models.

31

2 years ago

A blockchain-powered enterprise software platform. The company aims to make it easier for companies to manage their enterprise data, and make the process of tracking it more transparent.

30

2 years ago

A health insurance marketplace where you can compare different plans. It’s designed to be more transparent than other options.

30

2 years ago

An in-app conversation for video chat. The startup’s product is a 3D avatar of your friend with a transparent window into their real-life view.

30

2 years ago

A startup that helps small businesses get more transparent about their finances and efficiency with its software, which is designed to help businesses get better at managing their cash flow.

26

2 years ago

A Facebook-like chat app for organizations, focused on the enterprise market, that aims to be able to run multiple channels of communications by using one app. After Facebook’s recent scandals, the startup says it is ready to start conversations and make its platform more transparent.

23

2 years ago

A blockchain-based platform that aims to provide a safe, transparent, and fair market for all types of digital content, including software, music, and video.

21

2 years ago

This is a financial management app for the self-employed, also using the Stripe API. It’s designed to be a transparent tool for connecting with financial institutions and other third parties.

19

2 years ago

Transparently allows people to set up a “digital planner”, which is essentially a digital assistant that follows a user’s schedule, and manages their tasks.

18

2 years ago

A global real-time payment system that connects sellers with buyers. It’s similar to PayPal but with lower fees and a more transparent back-end. Tarshar and his team are currently in talks with a few banks to get the company off the ground.

18

2 years ago

A startup that wants to create a more transparent and open fund to help startups and entrepreneurs raise capital.

15

2 years ago

The startup is building a blockchain-based event ticketing platform. The platform will allow anyone to buy or sell event tickets in a transparent, fair and secure marketplace. The startup is also building a cryptoeconomics platform to run on top of the event ticketing platform.

15

2 years ago

A company that helps businesses track corporate travel expenses. It aims to offer a single interface for all travel expenses, regardless of vendor, and a transparent pricing system.

14

2 years ago

Financial technology startup with a goal of “making the financial system more equitable, transparent and efficient.

14

2 years ago

TrueCar is an online car buying service that sells what it says are the best deals available. The company tries to be transparent about their pricing, but has been called out for some bait-and-switch tactics.

14

2 years ago

OpenLedger is focused on the Russian and Chinese markets, with the goal of getting rid of the major middlemen and offering the most transparent cryptocurrency trading experience in the world.

11

2 years ago

A new way to manage your energy use with a remote control that lets you track and manage your energy consumption. It’s meant to provide a better, more transparent experience for consumers who don’t want to get too technical.

10

5 years ago

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Transparent Startup Ideas

SITU is building a messaging app to help people connect with their local government. It’s meant to make government more approachable and transparent to the public.

The founders of this startup say they are “building the first truly global, blockchain-based, decentralized and transparent peer-to-peer marketplace for advertising.”

A company looking to create a more open and transparent online auction marketplace.

Seeking to bring alternative dispute resolution to the legal industry, the startup helps companies to hire arbitrators and mediators in a way that they say is faster, cheaper, and more transparent than traditional law firms.

A platform to help consumers get the best return on their money in their financial accounts. The startup wants to take on a large part of the financial industry and make it more transparent to consumers.

This startup wants to improve the process of buying and selling homes by using algorithms, AI, and machine learning to make the process faster and more transparent.

The founders want to build a way for people to monetize their work through a new, more transparent, and more scalable model.

A platform that allows people to purchase and sell real estate together in a safe, transparent way.

A product that helps businesses streamline email management to be more effective, efficient and transparent.

A company that’s building a detailed map of the world’s supply chains, put together using new satellite technologies. The startup wants to create a more efficient and transparent supply chain for all manufacturers.

A platform that sells data to insurers. They want to act as a middleman between the insurance industry and the data they use to calculate risk, and they want to do it in a way that’s transparent and easy to understand.

A startup that lets companies handle payments in a more transparent way. It’s an API that connects payments platforms and third-party data, and helps companies figure out which payments to accept and which not to.

A platform that allows people to invest in the stock market in a more transparent manner. The company has over $30 million in funding and is the first company to offer a cryptocurrency fund to their users.

A platform to find and book airfare and hotels. The company’s mission is to democratize travel with a transparent and fair marketplace.

We have been taught that investing is for the financially sophisticated. But SICAV’s goal is to make it simpler, more transparent and more accessible to people everywhere.

Grid wants to make energy consumption more transparent, by giving customers a meter on their home in a box, and then giving them a way to manage their energy consumption.

A platform that helps companies track and manage their employees' spending. It's a more transparent alternative to the likes of Mint, but also one that has to be paid for by the company that uses it.

A startup that aims to make the back office of pharmacies more transparent for patients.

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

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

A startup that allows for the “immediate and transparent” transfer of assets from a seller to a buyer, without the need for an escrow.

An online platform that allows users to rate and review products in a more transparent way than is possible on Amazon.

A cloud-based video platform that allows video producers to sell their content in a transparent and fair way.

A company that plans to create a new kind of payments system that is more secure, transparent, and consistent across the globe. It aims to be a way for the entire world to transact in cash.

A platform that helps advertisers and agencies connect with creators to curate the most viral content. Content Studio is hoping to use blockchain to create a market for content and allow users to earn tokens for their contributions in a way that is transparent and fair.

A payments company that uses the Ethereum blockchain to “build a decentralized, secure, and transparent payments network.”

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

A tool to help nonprofits do their fundraising. By taking in donations and giving them out to their clients in a direct, transparent manner, the startup wants to help nonprofits grow their donor bases and improve their bottom line.

A blockchain-based invoice financing platform. The company wants to lower the cost of capital for the global invoice financing market. It’s using the blockchain to replace the middleman and make the process more transparent.

A company that’s building an app that would let you buy and sell domain names and website content in a way that’s more transparent and better for the seller than current methods.

A startup that aims to create a more transparent and secure supply chain for the fashion industry, using blockchain technology.

A social media platform that aims to be a a more transparent version of Instagram. It’s a service that allows users to tag each other in posts, and then share posts that they’ve tagged.

An advertising platform that works to make ad buying more transparent and transparent, with a focus on helping advertisers make more informed decisions.

A startup that helps small business owners track their expenses and make them more transparent and compliant with accounting laws.

This startup wants to make professional photography payments more transparent, listing all of its expenses on a single invoice.

This startup is trying to make the process of buying a car more transparent by helping consumers understand their financing options.

A startup for insurance providers that wants to make the insurance buying process more transparent and accessible. The company claims to have over 3,000 companies as clients, including the government of India and the Department of Defense.

A smart contract that allows for a seller to create a transparent way for consumers to buy and use a product without needing to go through a 3rd party.

A platform for students to help each other study, with the beauty of the app being that it’s entirely transparent to the student.

The startup wants to use the power of big data to create a more transparent and efficient system for building out new transportation infrastructure.

A “decision engine” that helps businesses make sense of regulatory and compliance challenges. The company aims to make legal processes easier, cheaper, and more transparent.

A peer-to-peer insurance exchange that aims to make insurance more transparent and cheaper than traditional insurance.

This is a startup that helps companies build custom, transparent, and secure APIs for product development.

A company that believes it can help companies be more transparent with their employees about their pay rates.

A startup that wants to “make the hotel reservation process easier, more transparent and secure.” It has

A startup that wants to make it easier for people to donate to charity. The company wants to build a more transparent platform for charities to get donations more easily.

A startup that provides a platform for non-profits to raise and invest money in a transparent way.

A startup that wants to make the cannabis industry more transparent by reducing the amount of time and money companies spend on marketing.

This startup is building a “utility-style” credit score, combining three common traditional credit scores into one. It’s meant to be a “definitive score” that’s transparent, easy to understand and is suitable for non-traditional credit.

A workplace culture survey system. The startup is building a platform that helps recruiters recruit better by pulling together data from a variety of sources, including surveys, transparent reviews from past employers, and social media.

A startup that facilitates a transparent review of a loan, which can be used to lower interest rates

It’s a way of buying and selling that alternatives have failed to match: a company that is fully transparent about its workings, based on the idea that you should always be paid what you’re worth.

This startup wants to take the pain out of the laborious process of negotiating real estate in India by allowing direct communication between buyers and sellers. The startup also wants to make buying and selling homes more transparent and streamlined.

Built on the blockchain and designed to provide users with a decentralized, secure, and transparent reputation system.

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

A startup that’s building a “network of health insurers that are 100% transparent and transparent about price”.

This startup wants to make healthcare more transparent, with a system that uses artificial intelligence to identify and highlight the risks of a patient’s treatment plan.

A tool that uses a web browser to visualize financial markets, with the goal of making trading more transparent.

This startup aims to transform the face of venture capital by making it more accessible, more transparent, and with more fairness to investors. The startup aims to provide investors with a better way to manage their portfolio, and better tools to manage their investments.

A company that helps online lenders like Lending Club and Prosper to credit and underwrite loans in a more consistent and transparent manner.

The goal of this startup is to collect a network of people who can help students navigate the world of college admissions, from financial aid to college visits. The company wants to lower the amount of money students spend on college and make admissions decisions more transparent.

idea: A B2B company that wants to digitize the processes and data of the wine industry. The company wants to “make the wine industry efficient, transparent and transparently efficient.”

A tool for verifying the authenticity of the origin and provenance of products. The startup wants to have a more transparent supply chain and will announce the first product they’re working on in the future.

A Marketplace where you can buy and sell everything from cars to houses to shoes in a way that is safe, transparent, and fair.

A startup that helps people get a better sense of what their loans are going to cost, and helps them figure out how to pay it back. The startup wants to make the mortgage process more transparent.

This startup wants to help people save money on car insurance premiums by offering a more transparent way to compare plans. It’s currently one of YC’s 9 startups in the insurance space.

The goal of this startup is to provide the most accurate, transparent and decentralized credit scoring platform. In the future, users will be able to access their credit scores in one easy-to-read dashboard.

A platform that serves as a single, central location to manage all of your investments. The startup wants to help people better manage their investments and make them more transparent.

A digital marketing platform that aims to make digital marketing more transparent, and more personal. The company’s API is designed to help digital marketers be more efficient with their marketing.

A blockchain startup that aims to provide transparent financial services for cryptocurrency fans and businesses.

Idea: A tool that lets you generate legal documents like NDAs out of a simple web form. The company says it makes generating and maintaining legal docs easier, cheaper, and more transparent.

The goal is to make the entire process of getting a mortgage online simple and transparent.

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

An “experience” platform designed to make flight delays more transparent and communication with airlines more efficient.

Fintech startup that wants to make the payments and investments in the $2 trillion wealth management industry more transparent and accessible.

A company that helps companies discover and hire new talent in the US. The startup claims that the way the US works for finding talent is broken, and wants to solve it with a more fluid system that can be presented in a more transparent way.

A software company that helps manufacturers streamline quality control measures and create a more engaging, transparent and effective product development process.