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Pitchbook, a media company that covers the venture industry, has released a list of the top Y Combinator companies to watch. It includes several companies from the summer batch, including the following:
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1 year ago
A platform for engaging in adventure activities with your friends and family.
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1 year ago
This year’s judges were Jason Ho, Managing Director, Bain Capital Ventures; Kristi Puller, Founder, and CEO, Techstars; Bill Gaver, General Partner, 500 Startups; and Sanjay Dastoor, Founder, and CEO, InVenture Partners.
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2 years ago
A tool for managing and harvesting content from a website’s search and sharing features. The startup has raised $5.2 million from a number of investors, including Google Ventures, Sequoia Capital, and Mitch Kapor.
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2 years ago
"Authentic" is the name of an app that provides a secure, private and audited chat platform for businesses. The app allows users to create a private chat room for a group of up to ten people, with a group administrator who can add new members, delete or block members and monitor chat content. The company was founded by former Googler and Google Ventures partner Misha Chellam.
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1 year ago
A startup that’s building a platform to help companies manage call center operations. The startup says it has $1.5 million in funding from investors including Birchmere Ventures.
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2 years ago
A food delivery service for medical patients. Investors include Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia Capital, Khosla Ventures, and General Catalyst.
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2 years ago
A small startup backed by Google Ventures and Andreessen Horowitz is building a tool for pastors to share their sermons online.
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2 years ago
In August 2018, Crunchbase reported that there were over 150 venture-backed startup accelerators in the United States. The list of top accelerators in the United States was as follows:
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2 years ago
A platform intended to help companies figure out how to make their processes more efficient. NetBix is backed by some of the biggest names in venture capital: Mayfield, Ignition Partners, and others.
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2 years ago
A “Mobile-first enterprise” platform that offers “one-to-many communication” for companies. It’s meant for companies with a “live, real-time workforce.” The startup has raised $150MM in venture funding.
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2 years ago
Helping fund startups by allowing anyone to invest in a startup’s venture fund.
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2 years ago
The San Francisco Bay Area is home to more than 200 companies that have received a total of more than $80 billion in venture capital funding as of Q3 2017.
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2 years ago
A company that provides global data analysts with insights into consumer trends in real time. The startup is growing its team and expanding globally. It has raised $2 million to date from O’Reilly AlphaTech Ventures and CrunchFund. It will be based in San Francisco.
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2 years ago
A venture capital firm that invests only in female founders, focusing on early-stage companies that focus on women’s health.
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2 years ago
This company is building a stock market for real estate, which it says is worth $1.4 trillion. The startup says they have $100 million in seed funding from investors like Accel, Greylock, and Andreessen Horowitz, as well as a $50 million Series A round led by Sapphire Ventures.
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2 years ago
A venture-backed startup that’s building a platform for home builders that helps them manage their quality assurance, build projects faster, and reduce costs.
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2 years ago
A startup that aims to help financial advisors in the US give advice to clients who are buying fixed-income investments. The startup is backed by the venture arm of Goldman Sachs.
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2 years ago
A venture for helping people find and book cheap flights on both domestic and international flights. The startup is a spin-off of co-founder and CEO Zachary Mider’s previous startup, which is also focused on domestic flights.
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2 years ago
The company has raised a total of $16.5 million from Allen & Company, Andreessen Horowitz, Battery Ventures, Charles River Ventures, DFJ Growth, Fidelity, SV Angel, and Y Combinator.
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2 years ago
Part of a $100 million venture fund that’s investing in food technology startups, including a company that’s building a delivery service for food, and another that’s building a delivery network for food.
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2 years ago
A venture that is building a platform for managing insurance claims across the United States.
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2 years ago
A self-funded, fast-growing accelerator for retail ventures and consumer brands.
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2 years ago
A venture-funded mobile app that helps users book hair and makeup services.
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2 years ago
A social buying service for clothes, appliances, and more. The startup has raised $3.5 million from investors including Google Ventures.
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2 years ago
A team of three has raised $1.4 million from investors including First Round Capital, HLM Ventures, and Mayfield Fund. The company is building an AI-based software platform to help businesses optimize their supply chain operations.
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2 years ago
In June 2018, the Startup Genome Project released data on the 100 most active venture-backed startups in the world. Of the top 100 startups, 12 were based in the San Francisco Bay Area. That was more than any other single city in the world.
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2 years ago
A live video app that allows you to broadcast and watch live video from your smartphone. Wibson has already raised over $14 million in venture funding.
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2 years ago
A venture-backed accelerator that prepares social-media influencers to launch their own online ventures, helping them manage their social-media buzz and their brand and how they interact with the public.
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2 years ago
In mid-July, the startup said it has already raised $1.5 million from investors including Sequoia Capital and Union Square Ventures. It’s working on a similar product to Facebook’s Onavo.
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2 years ago
A company that helps companies and organizations raise money from new and existing investors, including Angel investors, venture capitalists, family offices and more.
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2 years ago
Crowdsourced reports that help companies assess the capital needs of their startups in order to raise money from angel investors and venture capitalists.
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2 years ago
A venture-backed startup that builds customized video games for e-commerce, boutiques and retail.
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2 years ago
This startup helps people track the status of their favorite charitable causes. They helped raise $50,000 from the Center for Global Development and the Connected Ventures Fund in NYC.
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2 years ago
is a new startup that wants to help HR departments keep track of employee performance. The company has raised $7 million in Series A funding from investors like Accel, Founders Co-op, The Battery Ventures, and others.
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2 years ago
A web-based collaboration platform that helps people brainstorm and write down ideas. The company just closed $1.1M in seed funding from investors like Fidelity Investments and Bain Capital Ventures.
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2 years ago
The startup is currently in stealth mode, but it’s building a venture backed company that’s making a “set of automation services” for enterprise customers in the financial services industry.
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1 year ago
A venture-backed company that is creating a new, cloud-based platform that helps manufacturers manage and track inventory.
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1 year ago
A venture-backed company that offers a suite of services for companies running sales operations in the US.
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2 years ago
This is an application for trading 2nd, 3rd, and 4th mortgages. The startup has raised $1.4 million from investors like Alphabet’s GV and Comcast’s NBCUniversal Ventures. Prior to YC, the company raised $1.2 million in seed funding from investors like Cowboy Ventures, Lerer Ventures, Social Starts and Social Finance.
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2 years ago
A coffee delivery service in San Francisco that is “delivering a new experience” to the coffee industry. The startup is a joint venture between a coffee roaster and a delivery service like Postmates.
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2 years ago
A startup called “MyBoat” that helps you find guides, captains, and crews for your next adventure
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2 years ago
A company with an $8 million Series A led by First Round Capital, Techstars, and Citi Ventures
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2 years ago
A platform for small business owners to rent their property out. The company is a joint venture between a local business incubator and the co-founder of Airbnb.
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2 years ago
The company wants to build a platform to help small businesses get paid faster. The company has raised $1 million from Lerer Ventures and other investors.
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1 year ago
A podcast that focuses on the intersection of technology and business, including interviews with entrepreneurs and venture capitalists.
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2 years ago
A digital platform that aims to make it easier for investors to invest in start-up companies. The venture has taken in $105 million in investments so far, but it’s still looking for its first customer.
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2 years ago
"It’s in the works," said Guy Kawasaki, a venture capitalist who has invested in the company. "We’re thinking about a lot of things that I can’t talk about today."
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2 years ago
The term was coined in 2006 by Fred Wilson, who wrote "Startup - A Silicon Valley Adventure" in which he stresses the importance of a culture of growth.
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1 year ago
A venture-backed, data-driven performance marketing company that helps companies find out what people are talking about, what they’re talking to each other about, and what people are saying about their brands.
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2 years ago
A startup that offers entrepreneurs support and advice on their business idea in the form of a “venture coach”. They’re working on a way that their coaches can help entrepreneurs with their projects from anywhere in the world.
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1 year ago
A content platform that curates and helps marketers reach their target groups. A team from Google Ventures is behind the startup.
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1 year ago
Walnut Ventures is building a digital banking alternative that is designed to be a bank for the unbanked.
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2 years ago
This is a startup that wants to build a system that automatically detects and captures video of police interactions and the surrounding community. The startup recently raised $1.2 million from Digital Ocean’s Venture Fund.
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2 years ago
This venture helps people buy real estate using only their phone number.
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1 year ago
A platform to help patients with diabetes manage their condition and track the progress of their condition. The startup has raised $2 million in seed funding from venture capitalists from Union Square Ventures and Andreessen Horowitz.
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2 years ago
A new startup from Google Ventures, this is their answer to the question, “How can we build a more customer-centric experience for the customer”. They want to be the company that builds out the digital interface for the customer, and bring it to billions of customers.
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2 years ago
VentureBeat's list of 2016's 50 hottest startups in San Francisco and Silicon Valley, including a number of YC companies
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2 years ago
The startup is building a system that will allow companies to use the power of artificial intelligence to detect fraud. The company is currently in private beta and just closed a $1.2 million seed round, led by Nautilus Ventures.
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2 years ago
The startup builds a digital marketing platform for B2B software development companies. The startup has raised $2.5 million from investors including GSR Ventures, Techstars, and others.
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1 year ago
The startup has built a software platform that gives brands the ability to create real-time webinars through web browsers or mobile applications. The company is based in New York City and is backed by a $3 million seed round from investors including 500 Startups, Forerunner Ventures, and Lerer Ventures.
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2 years ago
A platform that helps people make music together using the tools they’re already using. The startup has raised $1.6 million in seed funding from investors including Union Square Ventures, SV Angel, ZipCar founder Robin Chase, and Dropbox founder Drew Houston.
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2 years ago
Chatbook is building an app for people to record their travel. The startup won a $40,000 grant from the Knight Foundation to build out its mobile app. It’s intended to help people remember their adventures in a more visual way.
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2 years ago
A venture-backed startup that serves as a marketing platform for credit card and bank data that lets companies run campaigns. It’s also a marketplace for data, where companies can buy and sell their own data sets.
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2 years ago
A company that aims to bring remote tech support to the UK. It’s currently in the midst of an $8.5M seed round led by Union Square Ventures.
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2 years ago
A startup that makes it easier for small businesses to get loans from lenders. The company has raised $2.5 million from investors like KKR and Google Ventures.
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1 year 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.
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1 year ago
An investment platform that allows users to invest their money in marijuana stocks and related ventures.
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2 years ago
A venture backed brand that makes nut-milk-based drinks and skincare products. The company has three products in the market already, and recently introduced a new product that uses a nutty brown rice protein called “brown rice protein powder.”
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2 years ago
The company’s pitch is that it is building a digital platform to help entrepreneurs raise capital at a much lower cost than traditional venture capital.
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2 years ago
A travel-service platform that aims to help you book flights, hotels, car rentals, and tours with a single login. And it has over $2 million in funding from investors that included Y Combinator and Union Square Ventures.
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2 years ago
A platform that helps restaurants manage their inventory. The startup allows restaurants to manage their inventory in real-time, ensuring they have enough stock for delivery, and it also gives them insights into when and what to order for delivery. The startup is backed by $4 million from Peloton Ventures and New Enterprise Associates.
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2 years ago
In 2018, the founders of OpenTable were awarded the National Venture Capital Association’s Entrepreneur of the Year Award in the Consumer Products and Services category.
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9 months ago
A new venture capital fund that will invest in early-stage companies that are building products to make the process of shopping for life insurance easier.
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2 years ago
A venture that matches businesses with potential employees across remote work platforms.
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1 year ago
A venture fund and incubator for startups working with AI.
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2 years ago
A startup that combines genomics, synthetic biology and computer science to develop new pharmaceuticals. The startup recently took in $100,000 from investors like Charles River Ventures and Simon Kucher.
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2 years ago
An on-demand, on-the-go learning platform for executives that helps them quickly learn anything from marketing to HR to finance to sales. The company recently raised $1.5 million in venture capital.
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1 year ago
VentureBeat has won several awards, including a 2015 Webby Award for Best Mobile App, and a 2016 Webby for Best Digital Business.
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2 years ago
A company that aims to build the next generation of smart homes. The team has already raised over $5 million from investors, including Google Ventures and Andreessen Horowitz.
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1 year ago
VentureBeat is an American technology news and media company based in New York City. It was founded in 2009 as a print publication, and has since expanded to include a website and mobile apps, and became a venture-backed startup.
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1 year ago
This company is making it easier for small businesses to invest in their own ventures, by providing them an online platform for managing investments. The seed round has already been funded, and the company is looking to the next round to help it scale.
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1 year ago
A $40 Bluetooth Smart speaker. The startup has raised $1.6 million in seed funding from Play Ventures.
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1 year ago
Winners of the first annual Venture Challenge will get a $1,000 cash prize. The event is being held at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School.
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1 year ago
A venture-backed startup that’s building an app for iOS that allows you to flip your phone’s screen horizontally and vertically to share photos.
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7 months ago
A new startup venture with a focus on the growing trade of personal data. The startup wants to help consumers control their data and the tools companies can use with it.
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7 months ago
A virtual reality game that lets you go on a wild adventure in the woods
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1 year ago
A tool to help companies raise money at lower costs. It’s a tool for venture capital firms to automate the process of investing in startups.
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2 years ago
A startup that offers investors access to startups looking for funding. The company has raised $500,000 from investors such as Y Combinator, SV Angel, and Second Home Ventures.
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2 years ago
Indiagames is a venture backed company that is building technology to help Indian game developers and publishers grow their market.
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2 years ago
A digital assistant that helps recruiters and hiring managers find and manage top talent. The startup is backed by Sound Ventures, the venture capital arm of Pandora, and is led by former Googler and Facebook executive David Fischer.
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1 year ago
The venture is looking to build out a platform for companies to use to monitor their employees’ working hours.
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2 years ago
The following is a list of notable consumer product startups in North America that have raised venture funding, according to Crunchbase and its sources.
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1 year ago
A meat delivery service for restaurants. The startup, which has raised a $500,000 seed round led by Khosla Ventures, is working with restaurants and chains to deliver lunch and dinner to customers in San Francisco, New York City, and Boulder, Colorado.
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1 year ago
One of the largest investment firms in the US, Union Square Ventures, has been investing in a number of consumer tech startups. They’re focused on building services that make it easier to sell and manage products through the internet, and they’re actively looking for seed stage opportunities.
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1 year ago
A platform for “joint venture” companies to make their employees happier by curating content, sharing it with their networks, and suggesting other content for them to read.
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11 months ago
The following companies have received funding from 500 Startups, a venture capital firm based in Silicon Valley with over $1 billion in funded companies:
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11 months ago
A startup that connects startups with funding from experienced angel and venture capital investors.
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1 year ago
A startup that helps developers build smart-home systems. The startup has raised $20 million in venture backing and currently has a team of 15 in San Francisco.
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1 year ago
The following are notable U.S. venture capital firms that invest in or work with startups in the areas of healthcare:
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1 year ago
A company that helps businesses track employees and their movements. Founded in 2009, the startup claims to have raised $9.1 million in venture capital and made it to the finals of Y Combinator's winter 2017 batch.
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1 year ago
A smartphone app that allows users to find the nearest parking spot or garage. The startup expects to have customers in 80 cities by the end of the year and has received $2.5 million in funding from investors including Y Combinator and Comcast Ventures.
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1 year ago
The Specialized Technology Fund (STF) is a $25 million venture fund hosted by the University of California, Berkeley, where it was founded in 2011. The fund is meant to facilitate the creation of new technologies that can improve the lives of people in developing countries. It is the first university-backed venture fund focused on developing technologies for developing countries. The fund is run by the university's Haas School of Business.
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1 year ago
A Hong Kong-based startup that is doing a joint venture in China with a Chinese partner. The two companies will work together to build a consumer product in China, and then later in Hong Kong.
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1 year ago
Startups can’t always get funding from venture capitalists and angel investors.
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1 year ago
A venture backed start-up that wants to be a digital concierge for all things you’re looking for (from food to drinks to tickets). They’re hoping to be the Amazon of the future.
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1 year ago
2018 DLD Ventures European Venture Capital Report
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1 year ago
In June 2018, Thumbtack reached a Series B round of funding led by Andreessen Horowitz and new investors including Sutter Hill Ventures and General Catalyst Partners.
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1 year ago
A $25M investment round, led by Fidelity Ventures, brings the company’s total funding to $68.5M.
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1 year ago
This is a business that provides third-party software and services that allow businesses to connect and communicate with each other, and is backed by the venture capital firm General Catalyst.
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1 year ago
A group of investors in Turkey who are looking to provide a central platform for venture capital investment. They want to help connect investors with startups and help investors feel more comfortable with the market and process.
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1 year ago
A platform that enables retailers to grow their business, build a community and be profitable. The company is backed by True Ventures, Amazon, and Slack co-founder Stewart Butterfield.
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1 year ago
As one of the first enterprise-focused venture-backed startups, Placed is building a platform that allows employers to create a database of their employees and their location, as well as see which of their employees they can “Placed” in the time they need to pay them.
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1 year ago
A software solution that helps companies digitize and streamline their process of onboarding new employees. The software is meant to be a bridge between HR and the new hire. Venture capitalists are already funding the startup with a $3 million seed round.
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11 months ago
An “organization of organizations” that claims to offer an alternative to traditional venture capital, with a focus on helping founders bring their products to market.
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1 year ago
This venture is a SaaS company that helps users to budget their money and track their spending. The startup has a total of 9,000 users.
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1 year 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.
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9 months ago
Hollywood has become a playground for startups. In addition to the traditional funding from venture capital, there are millions of dollars coming from the likes of Peter Thiel and Andreessen Horowitz. There are also a host of celebrities, like Ashton Kutcher and Mark Zuckerberg, who are teaming up with startups.
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8 months ago
A venture-backed startup that helps companies hire on-demand workers to complete tasks, rapidly. The startup is currently looking to expand to the US.
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1 year ago
Venture-backed startup that helps developers easily create social apps for their customers.
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7 months ago
A platform for connecting small businesses with customers that allow them to bid for specific jobs and then choose the price they want to pay. The startup has received $6.5 million in venture funding to date.
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1 year ago
A platform that brings together 500 current and former investors to build a new breed of venture fund.
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11 months ago
A venture-backed startup that is taking the human element out of new hire communications. The startup has a test group that it says has reduced employee turnover by 25%.
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9 months ago
A payment platform that allows customers to send money to their friends and family, just like Paypal. The startup is funded by investors including Google Ventures and Thrive Capital.
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1 year ago
A platform that helps small businesses get access to credit and loans. The startup says it has received a $1.2 million investment and counts Google Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, and Y Combinator as investors.
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11 months ago
This is a B2B insurance startup that has a focus on cybersecurity. They partner with companies to help them improve their security posture, and are backed by Greenhill, a large New York-based venture firm.
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8 months ago
A mobile-first venture that helps people find the right pair of shoes — one that’s right for your weight, your foot type, and the style you want.
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3 months ago
A venture-backed startup that helps new companies get their name out into digital. It allows founders to create customized branded websites and blogs, and gives them tools to help them effectively communicate with their community.
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1 year ago
A venture-backed startup building a platform to collect and analyze data on healthcare. The startup’s goal is to create a new “emergent” technology ecosystem: a set of technologies that work together to generate new insights and deliver new value.
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9 months ago
A startup in the process of launching a $1 billion new venture fund called the FinTech Fund that will invest in the future of money, especially in the FinTech sector. They’re looking for “unicorns” (startups valued at over $1 billion) in the financial technology sector.
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3 months ago
A startup to help customers buy and maintain cars in the US. The company’s investors include Google Ventures and the founder of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba.
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5 months ago
Kamal is building a chat-based service where people can trade in-game items for cash (or other in-game items) and sell them in a marketplace. The company already has $1 million in funding from Y Combinator’s Paul Buchheit, 500 Startups and Play Ventures, and is looking for $3 million to $5 million in Series A funding.
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6 months ago
The startup is building a $2.5 million Series A that is being led by a group of angel investors including Larry Kim and Evan Sharp, who are launching a new venture fund that will support startups that work on mobile messaging and payments.
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1 month ago
A venture studio that builds products for people looking to buy, sell, and rent cars online.
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8 months ago
A new venture-backed startup that’s building a platform to help developers build on top of any container of code.
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1 month ago
A startup that aims to help insurance companies manage risk. This is a similar model to the startup’s previous venture, Ava, which helps employers manage workers’ compensation claims for their employees.
A joint venture between Taiwanese and Malaysian companies building a logistics platform for small and medium enterprises. The startup wants to be the Amazon of Chinese logistics companies.
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9 months ago
This is a new venture from the co-founder of the company that spent $8,000 on a round of venture funding to make a $400 smart phone. The company is building a home security camera that can use AI to alert its users of intruders. The founders were inspired by the startup that once owned their smart phone.
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2 months ago
The startup is a joint venture between Alibaba’s personal shopping arm and the group’s sports and fitness arm, S.F. International, to create an app that lets users compare prices and get daily shopping tips from their favorite personal trainers. The company is based in Hangzhou, China.
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1 month ago
Scentria is a startup that creates a scent for different environments, using chemicals to create smells for its products. The startup is funded by the likes of Google Ventures and Comcast’s Innovation Fund.
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2 years ago
Idea: A web app that predicts the next card in a Magic: The Gathering game The startup raised $35 million in venture capital and says they have 120,000 active users
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1 month ago
A digital magazine and website platform for the Indian market. The company is backed by Sequoia India, Bessemer Venture Partners, and Matrix Partners.
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7 months ago
A venture-backed SaaS company that’s trying to get retailers to accept mobile payments at a physical store.
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7 months ago
A student loan refinancing platform from Y Combinator alum Brick Road, launched in August with $10 million in venture funding. Brick Road talks about helping borrowers get lower rates than the ones offered by banks, and promising a “low-cost, low-equity” funding source.
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4 months ago
New York-based startup is building an app that allows users to post and exchange photos and short videos together. The startup is backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Union Square Ventures and other notable venture capitalists.
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3 months ago
A venture that wants to build an app that lets Chinese entertainers create and sell their own content. The startup’s model is to let users pay an advance based on a percentage of their anticipated earnings.
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2 years ago
Idea: A startup that is building a “daily deal for venture capital”. Users pay $10 per month to get access to a curated list of venture capital funds, startups and VCs.
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3 months ago
A lending platform for businesses that allows them to access the funding they need for their growth, when it’s needed. The startup has received $6 million in funding from Silicon Valley venture firms and is working with businesses in the Bay Area, New York and Washington DC.
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2 years ago
Idea: A data-driven advisory service for venture capitalists
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2 years ago
A startup that wants to provide access to early stage equity for founders who don’t have access to the traditional venture capital market
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28 days ago
A platform for startups to get advice from investors, which includes access to venture capitalists and other investors. They’re looking for investors to fund seed and early stage companies.
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4 months ago
The MIT Media Lab’s new venture that “helps patients discover their most effective treatments through digital medicine.”
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2 years ago
Idea: The first 100% free, open source code collaboration platform The company has raised $47 million in venture capital and has over 1000 users
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3 months ago
A tool for finding and keeping up with the most useful and relevant content on the web. Envato’s editor-in-chief, Jellyvision, says it’s another tool for publishers to find and share the best content in a very crowded space. The startup is funded by the venture capital firm Ycombinator and aims to be a one-stop-shop for tools, content and plugins.
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2 days ago
A platform where you can buy and sell vintage clothing and other items. The startup is currently in the midst of a round of funding, with a $1.2 million seed round from True Ventures.
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2 years ago
Idea: A startup for startup founders to sell business ventures that are proven to be working.
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2 years ago
A startup that helps entrepreneurs and investors with their search for the right venture capital firm
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