Unique Startup Ideas

2 years ago

A free library of “crowd sourced” electronics repair instructions, with a database of more than 100,000 step-by-step guides for common problems with over a million unique parts.

665

2 years ago

A company that manufactures unique air filters for the home.

185

1 year ago

This startup wants to create a unique way to pay for items online that goes beyond a checkout. It allows payment to be made with a phone’s fingerprint, and will allow merchants to accept payment in-app. They have released a beta app which has been downloaded by 2,000 users. It plans to release a full app in the fourth quarter of 2019.

179

2 years ago

A new company that builds a unique device for kick-starting engines in cars.

157

1 year ago

A platform that connects builders and homeowners, allowing for customized and unique designs.

157

2 years ago

A platform for sending money in the Philippines that offers a unique way to pay for goods and services.

151

2 years ago

An online marketplace for quirky, unique, and one-of-a-kind items.

148

2 years ago

This startup takes a unique approach to the software industry, building a platform to help customers manage their accounting.

145

1 year ago

Free-to-play game that’s essentially a “Neverwinter Nights” clone, allowing players to create their own character and craft their own story. Their goal is to allow players to create entirely unique experiences. The game will launch on Steam later this year.

139

2 years ago

The startup’s unique approach to the problem of finding a G Suite admin. It employs a screener algorithm to automate the process of hiring a G Suite admin.

137

2 years ago

A company that helps users find and book lodging for a unique event in a city. Right now, you can book a flight, but you can also book a hotel for a one-night stay or a week.

136

2 years ago

The startup is building a unique platform to allow students to take online classes that they can’t otherwise afford.

133

2 years ago

An AI-powered platform that allows artists to create unique video content, and also that provides a way for them to sell their videos for revenue. It is based on an idea for YouTube-based video sharing that was pitched in 2016, but has been in development since then.

128

2 years ago

An online marketplace that has a very different approach to selling than Amazon or eBay. The startup focuses on selling unique items and brands, and is based on a marketplace model that is increasingly popular in China.

127

2 years ago

"Idea" is a series of articles that provide a comprehensive overview of the startup scene in a given area. The goal is to highlight the most interesting and unique startups in a given city.

127

2 years ago

A startup that makes social media accounts for businesses/brands and posts unique content

126

1 year ago

A startup that sells 1,000s of unique designs for mugs, t-shirts and other merchandise. The startup sells items with quirky names or humorous messages (e.g. “Widow Maker” and “Snooze Button”) to help businesses stand out.

126

2 years ago

A platform for building art, where anyone can create a piece of art in minutes. The app uses a unique algorithm to make it easier and more accessible for people to make art, and it’s often seen as the most unique aspect of the platform.

125

2 years ago

Allows teachers to create lesson plans for their students, and customize them to their unique needs. The founders are hoping to recruit teachers to be the company’s first customers.

125

2 years ago

This startup’s idea is a combination of a travel guide with an Instagram feed where you can find unique places to eat and stay. The company is working on bringing in new geographies and businesses to get more exposure.

123

2 years ago

A startup looking to help entrepreneurs in Africa start and grow businesses based on their unique needs.

123

2 years ago

A design studio that helps companies create engaging, unique, and user-friendly websites. They have a portfolio of clients, including Liberty Mutual, and are looking to expand their market.

122

2 years ago

A startup that builds apps for the military to manage their supply chains. The military has developed a unique supply chain management process that needs to be made more accessible to civilians.

121

1 year ago

A “unique” digital, on-demand product design service for clients.

119

1 year ago

A digital library for poets that curates the best and most unique poems across all genres. The app includes a database of more than 200,000 poems and sources, and functions as a social network for poets.

117

1 year ago

A new way to build an app that can be used by anyone to create an app in minutes, from concept to launch. Users can build on top of a pre-built template to produce their own unique app.

111

2 years ago

A platform for artists to share their work, connect with fans and find gigs. It’s a storytelling platform, but what makes it unique is that it’s open to everyone.

109

1 year ago

The startup’s founders say they’re the first to offer a marketplace for like-minded people to share their unique skills and talents with each other.

109

1 year ago

A startup that offers unique white label savings, that lets users use a single card for all their purchases and save them money. The company says it has $15 million in annual recurring revenue.

108

2 years ago

A startup that’s building a unique product for the retail industry, an online marketplace for bringing in contractors to remodel your home or help you get around town.

106

2 years ago

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

106

2 years ago

The idea is to be an online marketplace for companies to buy and sell their parts. Each part has a unique identifier that allows them to track their whereabouts. The founders say they have raised $8.5 million to date and are already working with over 10 companies.

105

2 years ago

An Indian startup aiming to build a “cloud-based project management system” for construction projects. The company says it is unique in that it allows people to manage all aspects of a project from a single interface.

104

2 years ago

A startup that wants to bring digital design tools for clothing to the masses. Clothe is a service that helps customers create a unique design for a single item of clothing using a photo, or from a library of templates. Users can design items like dresses for $19, or can also sell items they’ve designed on Clothe. The startup says they’re targeting the women’s fashion industry, which is worth $500 billion in the US alone.

104

9 months ago

A startup focused on treating traumatic brain injury. The team is building a wearable device that monitors the brain and tailors treatment plans based off the patient’s unique pattern of brain injuries.

104

2 years ago

Canvas is a Y Combinator company that creates “smart” pillows that “take advantage of the unique wireless signals from your body to automatically adjust your sleep position”.

101

2 years ago

There are a few challenges that are unique to Y Combinator:

96

1 year ago

A startup that helps users create unique email addresses based on their name, birthday, or an emoji.

96

2 years ago

A health app that helps people track their food intake from the point of purchase to the point of consumption, using a unique algorithm to allow users to get a sense of how much of their food they’re actually eating.

94

10 months ago

A platform that brings together data from big data analytics, big data visualization and big data querying, allowing companies to gain insights from their data in a unique way.

91

2 years ago

A virtual assistant that helps people run their businesses. The startup’s job board is unique in that it’s also a full-service platform that helps users manage their careers, including job-seeking, interviewing, and salary negotiations, among other things.

90

8 months ago

A startup that is building a platform to help book travel in a new way — instead of searching for flights and hotels, you’ll search for experiences. The startup is partnering with hotels, attractions, and others to build a better experience for travelers looking to do something unique.

89

1 year ago

This is a company that makes a screen printed t-shirt with a unique, personal message on it.

86

2 years ago

A company that helps users make the most of their commercial parking spaces with a customizable experience that includes payment and, uniquely, a concierge-like experience for their visitors.

78

2 years ago

The startup is building a point-of-sale app for boutique retailers. It’s surprisingly unique in that it’s the only one I can find that’s a “grocer” app.

77

1 year ago

An HR startup that helps companies hire and manage software engineers. They focus on a unique interview process of tracking answers and listening to the answers and use machine learning to sort candidates, give feedback, and determine how to move forward.

73

1 year ago

A personalized VR/AR experience that lets you physically interact with objects to create a unique experience.

71

1 year ago

The following startups were selected because of their unique and innovative approaches to building businesses.

69

1 year ago

An AI-based solution for managing HR. HR24 claims to have a unique process for hiring, which they say is 15x faster than the average hiring process.

68

1 year ago

A company that helps recruiters, called “instaCandidate,” compete with LinkedIn by posting candidates in a more fun and unique way. InstaCandidate has a branch in India, and is looking to expand to the United States.

68

1 year ago

The unique thing about the startup is the way it uses AI to create new content (the company was recently named one of “Coolest Companies in San Francisco”)

66

1 year ago

A platform that helps you find a loan faster and at a lower rate. The startup is developing a unique platform for personal loans that is targeted at consumers.

65

1 year ago

A startup for finding and sharing vacation rentals — especially those with unique features — and connecting renters with renters.

62

1 year ago

A unique, third-party app that helps you track your shipping from UPS, FedEx, USPS, DHL, and Aliexpress. The company has sold $20,000 in products since October 1, 2016.

61

1 year ago

“We're building a platform for hosting, connecting and monetizing all types of users. Our focus is to enable the most innovative entrepreneurs and brands to build unique applications with our tools."

61

1 year ago

A millennial-focused startup that wants to create a locally-sourced and craft beer-friendly alternative to “traditional” craft beers. LocalBev will work directly with a brewer to create a unique beer style, with each batch brewed on an on-site system.

60

1 year ago

A credit card that pays you back when you pay it back. Cardlytics uses mobile technology to help people manage their credit cards, with a unique feature that helps you monitor your spending and cuts down on the number of times you have to pay off a credit card.

57

1 year ago

We’re used to hearing about billion dollar startups, but none are aiming to create a unique operating system to process data like this one. A startup that wants to entirely re-invent industry standards and create a new “standard” for data-driven industries like the medical industry.

56

2 years ago

A business designed to help musicians market their music and manage it across the web. It’s a unique approach, but the founders say that they’re already working with over 150 artists.

55

1 year ago

A startup that uses machine learning to teach a robot how to paint and then make unique works of art that can be sold to customers.

55

1 year ago

The company thinks it can make a better drink cooler than any other, with a unique design and proprietary formulation.

55

1 year ago

A startup building an omnichannel shopping app that gives customers a unique shopping experience across multiple devices

55

3 months 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.

55

1 year ago

A startup that’s building a service that let’s you easily make a customized, pre-made collar to dress up your dog in. The startup wants to make it easy to give your dog a unique outfit.

54

1 year ago

A startup that helps people grow their savings faster by personalizing their savings plans with their unique spending habits.

53

10 months ago

A food delivery platform for restaurants that will let them deliver food orders quickly, choose a unique delivery option, and let customers see the food being prepared.

53

10 months ago

A unique startup for online games, where users can make their own games and sell them to other users through the company's marketplace.

52

2 months ago

A platform for buying and selling used vehicles, meant to bridge the gap between buyers and sellers using a unique model of matching and rating used cars.

47

1 year ago

This startup is building an app that lets people create their own unique events, which they can then invite their friends to, similar to how it works on Facebook.

45

1 year ago

A lock and key app that’s as easy to use as a smartphone. You can send someone your unique combination for them to use for the key, then you can use the app to unlock their door, lock it, or open it up with your smartphone.

45

1 year ago

A password management startup that helps people establish unique passwords for every website and app, and helps them remember them.

43

3 months ago

“[A]s one of the largest and most comprehensive digital marketing agencies in India, we’re all about solving problems for businesses and brands,” the company wrote on their website. “We approach each engagement in an equally hands-on and consultative manner, bringing in a unique blend of experience and expertise. We’re building on a solid foundation built by our founding team and have a great culture, which is what sets us apart from our peers in the industry.”

43

1 year ago

A startup that allows you to quickly connect to a unique person or company by linking your email address to the other person’s.

40

21 days ago

The idea is to make a chatbot that can help you create your own meme. The resulting memes are published on a website that has over 1.5 million monthly unique visitors.

40

6 months ago

This startup is building a tool that allows you to prioritize content in a way similar to how you prioritize friends and family on Facebook. It’s a unique way to manage your media consumption, but it’s also a way to manage your media consumption that’s competitive with Facebook.

39

10 months ago

A startup that Builds and tests a unique search engine. The startup is four people and looking to build a team to bring the search engine to “the next level”.

38

1 year ago

A tool for users to create and manage unique, customizable, animated GIFs by picking from a set of templates. The GIFs are then published to social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.

37

1 year ago

This is a game-like tool for creating, connecting, and interacting with users in a group. Users can create their own rooms, and can invite others to join. The founders want to find a way to enable users to create and moderate spaces that are unique to them, and that can help them to connect with people in a larger community.

33

2 months ago

A B2B service to help companies build mobile apps, based on a unique technology that lets companies create applications for multiple platforms at once.

31

6 months ago

A web-based tool for making a custom board game that generates unique rules every time a game is played — like Chess did, but better. The startup is currently in stealth mode.

30

6 months ago

An online real estate marketplace in Argentina with a focus on young buyers and sellers. The startup’s founders have local names, and say they’ve already had over 40,000 unique visitors per month.

27

5 months ago

Nototo is building a visual map interface for note-taking, bringing a very unique interface to a productivity vertical

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Unique Startup Ideas

A free library of “crowd sourced” electronics repair instructions, with a database of more than 100,000 step-by-step guides for common problems with over a million unique parts.

A company that manufactures unique air filters for the home.

A new company that builds a unique device for kick-starting engines in cars.

A platform that connects builders and homeowners, allowing for customized and unique designs.

A platform for sending money in the Philippines that offers a unique way to pay for goods and services.

An online marketplace for quirky, unique, and one-of-a-kind items.

This startup takes a unique approach to the software industry, building a platform to help customers manage their accounting.

Free-to-play game that’s essentially a “Neverwinter Nights” clone, allowing players to create their own character and craft their own story. Their goal is to allow players to create entirely unique experiences. The game will launch on Steam later this year.

The startup’s unique approach to the problem of finding a G Suite admin. It employs a screener algorithm to automate the process of hiring a G Suite admin.

A company that helps users find and book lodging for a unique event in a city. Right now, you can book a flight, but you can also book a hotel for a one-night stay or a week.

The startup is building a unique platform to allow students to take online classes that they can’t otherwise afford.

An AI-powered platform that allows artists to create unique video content, and also that provides a way for them to sell their videos for revenue. It is based on an idea for YouTube-based video sharing that was pitched in 2016, but has been in development since then.

An online marketplace that has a very different approach to selling than Amazon or eBay. The startup focuses on selling unique items and brands, and is based on a marketplace model that is increasingly popular in China.

"Idea" is a series of articles that provide a comprehensive overview of the startup scene in a given area. The goal is to highlight the most interesting and unique startups in a given city.

A startup that makes social media accounts for businesses/brands and posts unique content

A startup that sells 1,000s of unique designs for mugs, t-shirts and other merchandise. The startup sells items with quirky names or humorous messages (e.g. “Widow Maker” and “Snooze Button”) to help businesses stand out.

A platform for building art, where anyone can create a piece of art in minutes. The app uses a unique algorithm to make it easier and more accessible for people to make art, and it’s often seen as the most unique aspect of the platform.

Allows teachers to create lesson plans for their students, and customize them to their unique needs. The founders are hoping to recruit teachers to be the company’s first customers.

This startup’s idea is a combination of a travel guide with an Instagram feed where you can find unique places to eat and stay. The company is working on bringing in new geographies and businesses to get more exposure.

A startup looking to help entrepreneurs in Africa start and grow businesses based on their unique needs.

A design studio that helps companies create engaging, unique, and user-friendly websites. They have a portfolio of clients, including Liberty Mutual, and are looking to expand their market.

A startup that builds apps for the military to manage their supply chains. The military has developed a unique supply chain management process that needs to be made more accessible to civilians.

A “unique” digital, on-demand product design service for clients.

A digital library for poets that curates the best and most unique poems across all genres. The app includes a database of more than 200,000 poems and sources, and functions as a social network for poets.

A new way to build an app that can be used by anyone to create an app in minutes, from concept to launch. Users can build on top of a pre-built template to produce their own unique app.

A platform for artists to share their work, connect with fans and find gigs. It’s a storytelling platform, but what makes it unique is that it’s open to everyone.

The startup’s founders say they’re the first to offer a marketplace for like-minded people to share their unique skills and talents with each other.

A startup that offers unique white label savings, that lets users use a single card for all their purchases and save them money. The company says it has $15 million in annual recurring revenue.

A startup that’s building a unique product for the retail industry, an online marketplace for bringing in contractors to remodel your home or help you get around town.

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

The idea is to be an online marketplace for companies to buy and sell their parts. Each part has a unique identifier that allows them to track their whereabouts. The founders say they have raised $8.5 million to date and are already working with over 10 companies.

An Indian startup aiming to build a “cloud-based project management system” for construction projects. The company says it is unique in that it allows people to manage all aspects of a project from a single interface.

A startup focused on treating traumatic brain injury. The team is building a wearable device that monitors the brain and tailors treatment plans based off the patient’s unique pattern of brain injuries.

Canvas is a Y Combinator company that creates “smart” pillows that “take advantage of the unique wireless signals from your body to automatically adjust your sleep position”.

There are a few challenges that are unique to Y Combinator:

A startup that helps users create unique email addresses based on their name, birthday, or an emoji.

A health app that helps people track their food intake from the point of purchase to the point of consumption, using a unique algorithm to allow users to get a sense of how much of their food they’re actually eating.

A platform that brings together data from big data analytics, big data visualization and big data querying, allowing companies to gain insights from their data in a unique way.

A virtual assistant that helps people run their businesses. The startup’s job board is unique in that it’s also a full-service platform that helps users manage their careers, including job-seeking, interviewing, and salary negotiations, among other things.

A startup that is building a platform to help book travel in a new way — instead of searching for flights and hotels, you’ll search for experiences. The startup is partnering with hotels, attractions, and others to build a better experience for travelers looking to do something unique.

This is a company that makes a screen printed t-shirt with a unique, personal message on it.

A company that helps users make the most of their commercial parking spaces with a customizable experience that includes payment and, uniquely, a concierge-like experience for their visitors.

The startup is building a point-of-sale app for boutique retailers. It’s surprisingly unique in that it’s the only one I can find that’s a “grocer” app.

An HR startup that helps companies hire and manage software engineers. They focus on a unique interview process of tracking answers and listening to the answers and use machine learning to sort candidates, give feedback, and determine how to move forward.

A personalized VR/AR experience that lets you physically interact with objects to create a unique experience.

The following startups were selected because of their unique and innovative approaches to building businesses.

An AI-based solution for managing HR. HR24 claims to have a unique process for hiring, which they say is 15x faster than the average hiring process.

A company that helps recruiters, called “instaCandidate,” compete with LinkedIn by posting candidates in a more fun and unique way. InstaCandidate has a branch in India, and is looking to expand to the United States.

The unique thing about the startup is the way it uses AI to create new content (the company was recently named one of “Coolest Companies in San Francisco”)

A platform that helps you find a loan faster and at a lower rate. The startup is developing a unique platform for personal loans that is targeted at consumers.

A startup for finding and sharing vacation rentals — especially those with unique features — and connecting renters with renters.

A unique, third-party app that helps you track your shipping from UPS, FedEx, USPS, DHL, and Aliexpress. The company has sold $20,000 in products since October 1, 2016.

“We're building a platform for hosting, connecting and monetizing all types of users. Our focus is to enable the most innovative entrepreneurs and brands to build unique applications with our tools."

A millennial-focused startup that wants to create a locally-sourced and craft beer-friendly alternative to “traditional” craft beers. LocalBev will work directly with a brewer to create a unique beer style, with each batch brewed on an on-site system.

A credit card that pays you back when you pay it back. Cardlytics uses mobile technology to help people manage their credit cards, with a unique feature that helps you monitor your spending and cuts down on the number of times you have to pay off a credit card.

We’re used to hearing about billion dollar startups, but none are aiming to create a unique operating system to process data like this one. A startup that wants to entirely re-invent industry standards and create a new “standard” for data-driven industries like the medical industry.

A business designed to help musicians market their music and manage it across the web. It’s a unique approach, but the founders say that they’re already working with over 150 artists.

A startup that uses machine learning to teach a robot how to paint and then make unique works of art that can be sold to customers.

The company thinks it can make a better drink cooler than any other, with a unique design and proprietary formulation.

A startup building an omnichannel shopping app that gives customers a unique shopping experience across multiple devices

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.

A startup that’s building a service that let’s you easily make a customized, pre-made collar to dress up your dog in. The startup wants to make it easy to give your dog a unique outfit.

A startup that helps people grow their savings faster by personalizing their savings plans with their unique spending habits.

A food delivery platform for restaurants that will let them deliver food orders quickly, choose a unique delivery option, and let customers see the food being prepared.

A unique startup for online games, where users can make their own games and sell them to other users through the company's marketplace.

A platform for buying and selling used vehicles, meant to bridge the gap between buyers and sellers using a unique model of matching and rating used cars.

This startup is building an app that lets people create their own unique events, which they can then invite their friends to, similar to how it works on Facebook.

A lock and key app that’s as easy to use as a smartphone. You can send someone your unique combination for them to use for the key, then you can use the app to unlock their door, lock it, or open it up with your smartphone.

A password management startup that helps people establish unique passwords for every website and app, and helps them remember them.

A startup that allows you to quickly connect to a unique person or company by linking your email address to the other person’s.

The idea is to make a chatbot that can help you create your own meme. The resulting memes are published on a website that has over 1.5 million monthly unique visitors.

This startup is building a tool that allows you to prioritize content in a way similar to how you prioritize friends and family on Facebook. It’s a unique way to manage your media consumption, but it’s also a way to manage your media consumption that’s competitive with Facebook.

A startup that Builds and tests a unique search engine. The startup is four people and looking to build a team to bring the search engine to “the next level”.

A tool for users to create and manage unique, customizable, animated GIFs by picking from a set of templates. The GIFs are then published to social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.

A B2B service to help companies build mobile apps, based on a unique technology that lets companies create applications for multiple platforms at once.

A web-based tool for making a custom board game that generates unique rules every time a game is played — like Chess did, but better. The startup is currently in stealth mode.

An online real estate marketplace in Argentina with a focus on young buyers and sellers. The startup’s founders have local names, and say they’ve already had over 40,000 unique visitors per month.