Very Startup Ideas

4 months ago

An online grocery delivery service for customers without cars.

1,421

1 year ago

A new way to buy and sell food on-demand from a mobile app, with tight delivery and food safety standards.

590

1 year ago

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

538

2 years ago

A browser extension that tracks the cost of your everyday items (fries, cup of coffee, etc.) over time and cross-references this data with the Starbucks menu. In addition to the main purpose of tracking your coffee expenses, the tool also allows users to find out if they are spending more than they should and how to cut back.

488

1 year ago

A fitness app for everyone, not just professional athletes. The app helps users track their daily activity and exercise goals.

480

1 year ago

A company that allows customers to order groceries online, and has a network of home-delivery drivers who fulfill them.

455

2 years ago

Build a database of every tree in the world, using satellite imagery.

442

11 months ago

This company helps restaurants and bars sell their food online by offering delivery and same day pick up options.

352

2 years ago

Grow is building a set of tools for restaurants, enabling them to manage their menus, design their menus, and automate their ordering and delivery processes.

337

2 years ago

A startup that wants to turn every conference room into a training room, and track fitness progress for employees.

307

1 year ago

A social platform for people to connect with local businesses. The app works as a “local discovery app” that helps people discover places to eat and shop, and connects them with local businesses.

306

2 years ago

A food delivery app for veterans in the US.

287

1 year ago

A startup that wants to make it easier for restaurants to find chefs. It says that 10,000 chefs are searching for jobs online every day.

278

8 months ago

A startup that provides cloud-based storage, backup, and disaster recovery services.

277

2 years ago

A startup that is a healthy meal delivery service for seniors

265

1 year ago

A platform that’s like a meal-kit delivery service but for restaurants with a focus on healthy food. It’s a big market that’s hard to crack.

252

1 year ago

A retail delivery service where employees can scan and deliver items to customers’ doors.

232

1 year ago

A meal delivery app for consumers who want healthy food at home.

224

1 year ago

Groceries are a necessity for many people, but the process is often expensive and frustrating. The startup wants to simplify the process of ordering groceries and delivery by offering a concierge service and integrated ordering platform on their website.

224

2 years ago

A hamburger-focused delivery startup targeting the Bay Area, with a goal of having a minimum of $20 million in revenue by the end of the year.

221

1 year ago

A food delivery startup that wants to take on Uber Eats. The company is currently only available in Seattle and has $3 million in funding.

221

1 year ago

A food delivery service using robots

214

2 years ago

A hardware startup that is building a fully autonomous delivery vehicle

209

2 years ago

New York City’s drone delivery startup. The startup wants to get packages from warehouses to homes in a half hour.

206

2 years ago

This startup wants to be the Netflix of dating. It wants to connect couples by matching them based on what they’re looking for in a partner. It also wants to keep track of everything couples do together.

205

1 year ago

A company building a browser extension that adds web-based editing to Microsoft Word, enabling users to do everything from adding images to creating tables and charts.

204

2 years ago

A monthly subscription service that sends home delivery and grocery shopping to your doorstep.

203

2 years ago

A food delivery service that takes a cut of each order. The startup’s delivery partners are close to becoming available in Brooklyn, with plans to expand to a dozen more by the end of the year. The startup charges a 20% delivery fee.

202

1 year ago

A startup that uses AI to create images of everything from mountains to people's faces

202

2 years ago

A food delivery service that uses a network of personal chefs to create a personalized meal based on the order. The startup has also launched a restaurant-delivery service that provides delivery 24/7.

199

1 year ago

A startup that says it helps marketers target their Facebook ads by machine learning. The startup’s CEO says everyone is already familiar with the concept of machine learning, but the way it’s implemented in Facebook ads is confusing and not very effective.

199

1 year ago

This company is building a pipeline connecting the cities that are most in need of food. The company says that it’s selling a food and water delivery system that is working in 12 US cities, and is now looking to expand to China and the Indian Subcontinent.

198

1 year ago

A home delivery service for groceries, fully automated. Currently working in San Francisco.

194

1 year ago

A startup that sends users a box of physical books for every month they sign up for.

186

2 years ago

A monthly subscription service that sends you an e-book on a topic you’ve selected every month. The company launched in December, and is signing up more than 50,000 new subscribers every month, the founder tells me.

185

1 year ago

A platform to help companies control and manage their entire supply chain. The company wants to aggregate data on every step in the supply chain, create a comprehensive map of it and manage it all from a single dashboard.

182

1 year ago

A platform for restaurants to offer delivery and delivery drivers to order delivery items.

177

1 year ago

The startup is building an on-demand remote delivery service for restaurant takeout and delivery orders.

177

1 year ago

A tool for restaurant owners and employees that helps them with the everyday tasks of running a restaurant. With the app, you can order takeout, track tips, and review your shift.

177

2 years ago

A startup that’s building a “digital lab” for large pharmaceutical companies, helping them scale their research with AI and speed up their drug discovery.

175

2 years ago

A tool that helps people track packages in real time, so they know when the delivery is happening, and where exactly.

175

2 years ago

A food delivery business that uses an app to make a restaurant delivery within 15 minutes.

174

2 years ago

A chatbot that organizes your orders and delivery for you. It currently has a team of 3, has raised about $1 million, and is focused on San Francisco for now.

171

2 years ago

A meal delivery service that expands to food trucks

171

1 year ago

is an AI chatbot that helps with the discovery of new startups.

171

1 year ago

A platform for food and retail delivery in India. The startup wants to help the 1,100 billion rupee (US$14.8 billion) food and retail sector in India optimize its supply chain and distribution.

170

2 years ago

Fetch is a platform for food delivery. Unlike Grubhub, Fetch offers more than just food delivery. The startup is using the same data it collects on its deliveries to help restaurants build better menus and make food-ordering easier.

169

2 years ago

A startup that connects restaurants with home delivery services, so that customers can order food that’s ready when they get it. The startup has already raised $2.4 million in funding.

169

2 years ago

A loyalty app driven by a points system. Loyalty points can be earned and redeemed at over 3,000 retailers including Target, Best Buy, and Whole Foods. The startup says they are adding new retailers every week.

169

2 years ago

A startup that provides a “digital home” where someone can design and build a custom home online, and then have it shipped to them. The startup creates a 3D model of the house, and then puts it into a CAD program, which allows them to directly see the design, and put in every detail.

169

2 years ago

The startup wants to build a “third-party insurance-for-everyone” platform that offers affordable health insurance. The startup has already built a network that serves around 200,000 people in the US and has raised $3.5 million.

168

2 years ago

A food truck that turns every meal into a voucher, for use at any restaurant. The startup wants to make food more efficient, so that everyone can eat more.

167

1 year ago

A one-stop solution for warehouse management, with an API to help schedule and track movements of goods from order to delivery.

167

1 year ago

An API that helps companies that are not Amazon Prime members see how much they spend on Prime every month.

167

1 year ago

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

167

1 year ago

Real-time status of a vehicle’s location and state, optimising delivery routes and minimizing fuel consumption.

167

2 years ago

A platform for food delivery that wants to compete with GrubHub and Uber Eats.

164

2 years ago

A third-party insurance company that offers $0 monthly premiums to customers who pay in full every month.

164

1 year ago

A company that makes it easy to get started with your own mobile marketplace, selling everything from your couch to your prized mementos

164

2 years ago

A startup that curates and shares the very best videos on the web, with a focus on “what’s worth watching today.”

163

2 years ago

The company wants to make negotiating harder than it already is by providing a simple, searchable interface for employees to search the market for best deals on everything from Amazon Prime subscriptions to a new suit.

163

2 years ago

Food delivery with the option to customize your order

162

1 year ago

A pizza app that allows you to order delivery from local pizzerias.

161

2 years ago

A “social media productivity tool” that helps you get everything done by prioritizing tasks and scheduling them out.

160

2 years ago

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

160

2 years ago

This is an app that lets you make a just-in-time delivery order, like Uber but for groceries.

159

2 years ago

This startup is building an automatic repair system for the Internet of Things, a term for everyday objects with sensors and connectivity.

158

1 year ago

A payments startup that helps merchants accept all major credit cards by charging them the same price. PayMill charges the merchant a flat 2.5% fee for every credit card transaction.

158

2 years ago

A fast-food delivery service that can deliver food to you in under 15 minutes. Their model is a bit like Uber Eats, but they’ve automated a lot of the process so you can order online, and the food will be delivered to you.

156

2 years ago

This is a food delivery service for people that need help with their diabetes.

156

2 years ago

A startup that provides a tool where people can subscribe to a service that sends them a box of 5-10 items every month

155

2 years ago

A startup that sends you a new razor every month.

154

1 year ago

A company that offers a platform for delivery of medical supplies to remote and underserved communities.

154

1 year ago

One of the very first startups backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Tigster is a “gateway” for employees to take a sabbatical and rejoin their company without losing pay, with potential to save employers about $300,000 per year.

154

1 year ago

A food delivery app for restaurants that allows them to get their orders out quickly by cutting out the middlemen.

154

2 years ago

This B2B SaaS company is building a program that helps companies manage their product delivery services and handle issues like returns and warranty claims.

152

1 year ago

A delivery platform for restaurants that lets them track the progress of their orders and instantly communicate with customers.

152

2 years ago

A startup that takes care of the back-end payment, management, and delivery for physical concerts.

151

2 years ago

A food delivery service that promises to deliver food to your door in under 30 minutes.

151

2 years ago

A startup that helps companies track items from order to delivery, and track the performance of in-person and virtual agents.

151

2 years ago

Food delivery for restaurant kitchens — the company provides a central platform for kitchens to manage orders, and payment is handled via a proprietary service that only the restaurants can use

151

2 years ago

A delivery app that lets couriers send beer and wine deliveries to people’s homes for the same cost as ordering a pizza.

151

2 years ago

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

150

2 years ago

A free, online dating service for very short-term relationships.

150

9 months ago

A food delivery service that uses data on traffic flow, restaurant proximity, and market demand to make restaurant and delivery orders more efficient.

150

2 years ago

A food delivery service for medical patients. Investors include Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia Capital, Khosla Ventures, and General Catalyst.

149

1 year ago

A startup that helps make your everyday tasks more efficient, such as scheduling a meeting, creating a shopping list, or tracking a package.

149

2 years ago

A delivery app that uses Uber, GrubHub and Postmates to dispatch delivery orders from a restaurant menu. This is a B2B app for restaurants to manage their delivery operations

148

2 years ago

A platform for managing your entire spend, tracking your bills, managing your expenses across different payment systems, managing your accounts, and making it easy to compare everything against each other.

148

2 years ago

A Texas-based startup that provides a service that allows anyone to buy anything with Bitcoin, including buying everyday items.

148

1 year ago

A toolset that helps organizations manage their business continuity and disaster recovery. The startup has raised nearly $2 million in investor money, and is run by former CIO of IBM's Digital Solutions group.

148

2 years ago

A company that looks to make it easier for people to order delivery from restaurants through their cell phone, using an app.

147

1 year ago

The startup wants to use machine learning to make sure everyone in the United States gets food stamps.

147

1 year ago

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

147

2 years ago

A legal e-discovery tool for lawyers that helps them determine what information is relevant to the case at hand.

146

2 years ago

A startup that sends a text with the location of your delivery driver to your phone

146

2 years ago

A startup that sells a $100 smart plug that does everything from controlling the lights in your home to allowing the owner to read text messages on their smartphone from anywhere.

146

2 years ago

An executive assistant that makes scheduling meetings, calls, and everything else easier.

146

2 years ago

A directory for hospital employees to find any service they need, from doctors to nurses to food delivery, all on one page.

146

1 year ago

A platform for the delivery of home services, such as cleaning or fixing your AC.

146

2 years ago

Aspiring to be a Tinder for food delivery, this startup is building a mobile app that helps users find food from local restaurants.

145

2 years ago

A new service to help users find and manage tech tools, services, and gadgets they use every day.

145

1 year ago

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

144

2 years ago

This app helps users manage their time, organize tasks, and set goals. Users can track their hours, hours worked, and hours remaining, and be alerted to when they need to be at work. Users can also set goals, like working more or less, or getting more tasks done everyday.

143

2 years ago

A digital grocery delivery service

143

2 years ago

A startup that is building an alternative repository to Airbnb for people to find rentable resources This includes everything from homes to lawn mowers, from the startup’s own website

142

2 years ago

A last-mile delivery service for restaurants. The startup's founders say food deliveries are a $21 billion market and it's growing 15-20% per year.

142

1 year ago

A tool to help people organize their to-do list, allowing them to see everything they need to do at a glance.

142

1 year ago

A digital alternative to a courier service that provides delivery within a few hours.

142

2 years ago

Built for a “very different industry”, this startup is helping people manage their credit cards.

141

2 years ago

A startup that lets you schedule and pay for your dry cleaning, pick-up and delivery all through your phone's native phone app.

141

2 years ago

A startup that sells a tool for people who are giving a speech to help them with their delivery

140

1 year ago

A productivity tool that helps you organize your “EBOOK” (everybody’s not always on Facebook) in a more efficient way, allowing you to set goals that are more effective and meaningful.

140

2 years ago

A startup that provides a service where it sends you a box of healthy food every week and you can pick it up at a convenient location

139

2 years ago

This list does not include every startup that has accepted into YC, but only the startups that have launched since the program started.

139

2 years ago

A startup that helps quickly build custom web pages for brands, selling them to clients at a fixed price. The startup wants to replace the very expensive full-page print ad with a mobile-friendly digital display ad. Their potential clients include agencies, brands and ad tech companies.

139

2 years ago

A social platform that helps athletes manage their training, nutrition and recovery plans.

139

1 year ago

A startup that connects insurance companies to underwriters in the event of a claim, allowing everyone to focus on customer service while the underwriting process is handled.

139

2 years ago

A Facebook Messenger bot that helps you order takeout or delivery without having to call a restaurant.

138

2 years ago

Two founders left YC to build a $10 per month service to help food delivery services become more cost effective and more like an on-demand service. It’s available in a few cities in the US, and it’s simple: a “geofenced” area with a few delivery zones that are cheaper than a full city block.

138

2 years ago

This startup’s tagline is “the first real-time CRM.” It works similarly to any other CRM, but with one key difference: it’s real-time and works a lot like a chat. It’s also very simple.

138

2 years ago

This company helps middle schoolers learn about social justice by teaching them about the history of slavery in the US, how it intersects with other historical events, and what we can do to fight it now.

138

2 years ago

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

138

2 years ago

A startup that works with restaurants to provide them with the tools they need to “self-serve” their customers. The startup wants to make it easier and more profitable for restaurants to provide meal delivery.

138

1 year ago

A chatbot that helps you find the best pizza delivery area closest to you.

138

2 years ago

A digital agency that helps companies manage their social media, PR, and digital marketing. The startup is aiming to tackle the gap between everyday businesses and the marketing departments that need to manage them.

137

2 years ago

In the past year, the startup has grown to have over 500 media outlets and over 1,000 reporters and editors, covering everything from sports to politics, and local to international. They’re aiming to grow that to 10,000 members and double the number of journalists that cover the news.

137

2 years ago

Very interested to see what comes of this product - the idea is to give you a way to create a smart contract with a shipping company that automatically tracks your package from the time it is picked up to the time it is delivered.

137

2 years ago

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

136

1 year ago

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

136

2 years ago

A startup that provides people with umbrellas that can expand in diameter if it starts to rain so they don't need to get an umbrella for every rainstorm

135

2 years ago

A food delivery service that will allow its customers to order their own vegetables, rice, and protein and have it delivered directly to their door.

135

2 years ago

A startup that sells a new take on a very old concept: Visa debit cards. The startup has over 1,000 customers, ranging from Nike to Goldman Sachs, and has sold over 5 million cards.

135

2 years ago

A startup that wants to make it easy to sign up for a monthly food delivery service.

135

1 year ago

A startup where people can create and share their own videos to be used as a free marketing tool. The startup is working on a video series called Inside the Box, which follows a different startup every month as they grow.

135

2 years ago

A company that wants to take the lead in creating a system to pay for things at the point of delivery.

134

1 year ago

A platform that brings the strength of professional trading systems to the everyday investor.

134

2 years ago

A startup that allows people to buy groceries online, and have them delivered at a later date The user can also schedule the delivery for a specific date and time

133

2 years ago

This is a platform for on-demand home services, like plumbers, electricians, and everything else.

133

2 years ago

A startup that wants to compete with the likes of Yelp and Uber with a streamlined, all-in-one platform for restaurants and small businesses. It’s a one-stop shop for everything from customer scheduling, to sales and marketing, to communication between staff and owners.

133

2 years ago

A single app that lets you manage all of your work, from payments to invoicing, to taxes, and everything in between.

133

2 years ago

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

133

1 year ago

A startup for freelancers to offer their services, with everything from programming to writing.

133

2 years ago

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

132

2 years ago

A startup that connects users with local experts to help with everything from home projects to personal finance.

132

2 years ago

A company that lets you “quickly build out your own restaurant”, with a kit that includes everything you need to get going.

132

2 years ago

A startup that lets you buy food delivery from your favorite cafes and restaurants from your phone.

132

2 years ago

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

132

2 years ago

A company that helps restaurants deliver delivery right to customers’ doorsteps. The founders say they have over 200 restaurants, including Shake Shack, that they’re working with

132

2 years ago

A company that provides a platform for users to order food via text message, with a delivery fee attached.

132

2 years ago

This company is a cloud-based loyalty program that rewards users for everyday purchases, like a cup of coffee or a movie ticket.

132

2 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.

132

1 year ago

The startup is building a social network for people who love to cook, with an emphasis on making it a place where everyone can learn from each other’s cooking.

132

2 years ago

A startup that makes a sensor that attaches to the outside of buildings and measures the humidity and temperature for every room. The startup is currently working with a handful of commercial buildings across New York City.

131

2 years ago

A platform that helps people find the right property for a vacation or retreat. The company is focused on creating a full-service vacation rental in every coastal rental market.

131

2 years ago

A high-tech way to enable people to communicate with their doctors remotely. The company hopes to make that easier for everyone: patients, doctors, and caretakers.

131

2 years ago

An “organic social network” for concerts, sports, and events. It’s like Eventbrite for everything.

131

2 years ago

A smart doorbell that can notify you when there’s a delivery.

131

2 years ago

This app lets users track the delivery status of packages shipped through the company.

131

2 years ago

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

131

2 years ago

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

131

2 years ago

An AI-powered chatbot that will guide buyers through the home buying process, with an interface that is designed to make the experience very similar to that of a real agent. The startup believes that this will lead to a significant increase in home sales.

131

2 years ago

A startup that wants to use AI to create a more natural color palette in fashion. The company’s founder says that the color palette industry is “a $20 billion market, and it has been a very low touch market.”

131

2 years ago

A startup that wants to make last-mile delivery more efficient by using GPS on your phone to find the nearest delivery vans. It currently has $10 million in funding and has raised $20 million in total funding.

130

2 years ago

A startup that is developing an integrated software platform for the cannabis industry. This is a very large, very hot market.

130

2 years ago

"We believe that the world’s 2.5 billion farmers deserve access to information they can trust. We believe that everyone deserves an opportunity to improve their lives. We believe that, in the long run, this is good for the planet."

130

2 years ago

An online food ordering and delivery platform that uses an in-app feature to review restaurants and take reservations.

130

2 years ago

As a person’s social circle expands, it gets harder to keep track of old and new friends. Fellow is a service that helps you keep track of everyone you know, and share them with others.

130

2 years ago

A way to help fast food restaurants manage the waste they produce in their kitchens and on their premises. For every burger they’re able to cut, the startup is able to feed a human in need.

130

2 years ago

The goal of the company is to replace the lack of dedicated parking spots for delivery people by creating a “park and pay” system.

130

1 year ago

A community marketplace for buying and selling second-hand goods. It is very similar in kind to the popular site OfferUp, but with a community-focused twist

130

2 years ago

A meal-kit delivery service like Blue Apron or Plated, but aimed at people who like to cook and pay for it themselves.

129

2 years ago

A food delivery app that has a rewards program. The app is currently in private beta with the public beta expected in 2020.

129

2 years ago

A local delivery service that uses the power of group buying to bring the price of a meal down to a single total cost per person.

129

2 years ago

"Idea 2.0 is a tool for entrepreneurs to help them learn about new technologies in the market and network together. It’s the Uber of technology conferences. The conference is in its second year and has had over 1,000 attendees and 300+ speakers from 45 countries. The conference’s format is based on the model of Airbnb, where the host gets to pick the guests. The guest list is highly curated and the speakers are handpicked by the company’s CEO. The conference has been very well received by attendees and has been named a Top 10 conference in the US in 2018.

129

2 years ago

Retail startup that works with retailers to get merchandise into the hands of customers on an evening delivery service, making it more likely that customers will buy.

129

1 year ago

A startup that’s building a “frictionless” marketplace for buying and selling everything from cars to houses.

129

2 years ago

A startup that helps people track the progress of their projects; it wants to be the go-to app for everyone from athletes to artists.

128

2 years ago

This startup is looking to bring the on-demand delivery model to the pharmaceutical industry.

128

2 years ago

A “product discovery platform” for consumers, that helps them quickly find products that meet their needs.

128

2 years ago

A food delivery service that provides delivery at the speed of a “pepperoni pizza” to customers who order through the app.

128

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.

128

2 years ago

A job board for sales and marketing jobs, attracting 300,000 new jobs every month.

128

2 years ago

A software company that partners with restaurants to provide delivery and catering services. The startup has signed up more than 3,000 restaurants and is profitable.

128

2 years ago

A food delivery service that will deliver “all-natural” meals from a community of home cooks that the company says will be better for the environment than restaurants.

128

2 years ago

Deliveroo is a food delivery service that allows restaurants to use their app to take orders for their customers, with the option to customize the meal or package it for individual delivery. It already has 2.4 million users within the UK and a service that is growing more than 100% year-over-year.

127

2 years ago

A digital platform that provides what its founders call a “dynamic ‘recipe’—a step-by-step process that guides users through every step of the creative process from start to finish.”

127

2 years ago

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

127

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

Postmates for the well-to-do is a new startup that’s launching in Chicago in September looking to deliver food and beverage at a higher price point than its delivery competitors. It’s currently testing out its service in the area around Lincoln Park, Chicago.

127

2 years ago

This startup aims to make a hiring tool that is “instantly accessible and easy to use” that can “make every hire the right hire”. They have 1,000 happy customers and are profitable.

127

1 year ago

A food delivery service for college students. The startup is building a delivery service that allows students to order food in advance and save money.

127

2 years ago

A startup that wants to build a platform for managing and organizing your entire digital life. It’s a way to keep things organized on all your devices, including a “calendar of everything” that can be accessed from any device.

126

2 years ago

This startup is building an app that helps people design their own personalized delivery drones. The drones will be powered by the startup’s own solar-powered drone charging technology.

126

2 years ago

A social discovery app that finds and connects people based on their shared interests.

126

2 years ago

“A new type of data marketplace, we are creating a marketplace where you can buy and sell your data. Everything from your browsing history to your location data, and from your health data to your social media data. We are building a data marketplace that enables you to monetize your data.”

126

2 years ago

The company’s goal is to create a digital platform that could support all the physical and virtual delivery process for a company, so that the company can focus on its core business.

126

2 years ago

A food delivery app that lets restaurants offer free delivery on orders over $25. It’s testing this in Nashville.

126

2 years ago

A video food delivery service. The startup is planning to launch in Mexico City in the fourth quarter.

126

2 years ago

A startup that helps users book Airbnb-style rentals, which is still a very new industry in the U.S.

126

1 year ago

A startup that wants to make it easier for consumers to order pickup and delivery from local restaurants and businesses.

126

2 years ago

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

125

2 years ago

A tool to enable employers to create and manage their podcasts. The company is taking a very dry subject and making it fun, like “How to be a great manager”

125

2 years ago

This is a messaging app for food delivery workers, with the startup promising to cut down on food waste.

125

2 years ago

A startup that wants to make sure that every part of your company is on the same page.

125

1 year ago

A mobile payment system for mobile commerce, which supports pay-as-you-go mobile wallets, cash on delivery, and mobile carriers. The startup has partnerships with mobile carriers in India, Indonesia, and Malaysia.

125

1 year ago

Allaire is a retail startup that aims to reduce the time between the placement of an order and the delivery of the product by having the company deliver the product only when the order is placed.

125

1 year ago

A bank card that pays you for every ride you take on Uber and Lyft.

125

2 years ago

A startup that sells a service where they send you a text message every day with a new quote or thought to get you thinking

124

2 years ago

A startup that provides a service where you can hire someone to do grocery shopping for you but the twist is that they will only buy one of everything so you don’t have to worry about extra stuff taking up space in your fridge

124

2 years ago

A new type of meal-kit delivery service that aims to save consumers money by offering discounts when they order in bulk. The startup already has a few thousand customers in the San Francisco Bay Area.

124

2 years ago

A media company that provides videos for doctors on evidence-based medicine, and for patients on everything from how to take their diabetes medication to how to use a wheelchair.

124

1 year ago

The startup holds a patent on a new type of printing process that uses a liquid to transfer the ink to the paper, eliminating many of the problems with traditional printing. The startup now wants to take that technology and apply it to the production of everything from paper to fabric.

124

1 year ago

A platform for merchants to manage their business, with a mobile app for quick transactions and a cash-on-delivery option for customers.

124

1 year ago

A startup that wants to make revenue from content by selling it to other companies, so that every time you watch a TV show on Netflix, you're contributing to the company's bottom line.

124

1 year ago

A platform for the on-demand delivery of groceries. The startup wants to bring order and convenience to the grocery shopping process.

124

2 years ago

A startup that is a virtual assistant app that tracks everything you need to do and reminds you of it throughout the day

123

2 years ago

Amazon Alexa has invaded every household in the US. The company wants to make the device even more useful, by adding a voice-controlled interface for apps.

123

2 years ago

The startup says it’s a better version of the traditional “pay-once-and-get-everything” package that’s popular with consumers, which works well for a lot of products but can be hard for more high-tech products.

123

2 years ago

A platform that allows businesses to streamline the design, procurement, and delivery of their supplies.

123

2 years ago

A place where you can find courses in the US on everything from wine to yoga to machine learning.

123

2 years ago

Postmates is a delivery service for local goods. Postmates is trying to build out a delivery-only service for people who have a car or bike, and don’t want to own a car or bike themselves, but don’t have anybody to give their stuff to.

122

2 years ago

This startup is building a tool that helps restaurants manage the costs of delivery, predicting when customers will order and then using predictive analytics to ensure food is available when they need it.

122

2 years ago

A logistics platform for food-delivery services. The startup’s founders are now working with a number of food and beverage companies in the Bay Area, including Temescal Brewing.

122

1 year ago

A self-driving delivery car for food and groceries. The startup is in talks with major food chains to take the software for a spin on the streets.

122

1 year ago

A food delivery app that uses a self-driving car as the delivery vehicle.

122

1 year ago

A platform to help companies manage and track their safety and security needs, which can include everything from fire safety to accessibility standards.

122

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.

121

2 years ago

A startup that’s building a personal assistant for people across the world, and has conducted interviews with over 100 individuals for the role. The company wants to build a team that’s available 24/7 in every part of the world.

121

2 years ago

Food delivery and home services in India with no delivery fees. The startup is looking to deliver a wide range of goods, from food to cleaning products, from thousands of businesses that have been vetted by the company.

121

2 years ago

A restaurant delivery app for Miami. The startup helps restaurants deliver food to customers in their homes for pick up.

121

2 years ago

A startup that’s building a platform for drug discovery companies to more easily interact with clinical trial sites.

121

1 year ago

A food delivery startup that allows restaurants to stay open later and deliver food to people who don’t live in their neighborhood.

121

1 year ago

In the spirit of the “Uber for X” model, a startup that aims to “turn every car into a self-driving vehicle” for ridesharing services.

121

1 year ago

This is a product delivery platform for real estate agents to manage their clients' listings. The idea, according to the startup, is to give agents a way to manage the listings that they do, as well as receive and administer online-only payments for the listings.

121

2 years ago

This app is a replacement for spreadsheets. The app helps users manage every aspect of their finances, including contracts, invoices, and approvals. The startup offers a monthly subscription fee for the software and gives users a free trial period.

120

2 years ago

The co-founders of the company Seers are trying to undo the stigma of the “office dog”. They had their first pup, Mitzi, on the playground of Spotify's offices, and the company asked them to bring her to work. Now, she’s a dog who visits office visits from time to time to make sure that everyone is having a good time.

120

2 years ago

E-commerce site for footwear. They offer 2-day delivery of shoes to customers.

120

2 years ago

A tool that will allow marketers to connect with journalists to report stories with the ability to collaborate on the story’s delivery. The company wants to be a go-between that can provide access to journalists in order to make the story more valuable.

120

2 years ago

A startup that is building out a system to help people invest in both the stock market and their own homes, with a goal of making investing affordable for everyone.

120

2 years ago

A food delivery service that delivers without the need for Internet.

120

1 year ago

A startup that aims to make it easy to order up food delivery in an apartment complex or office building. It’s like EatStreet, but with a focus on commercial buildings.

120

2 years ago

A software company that helps companies with legal needs to manage everything from legal agreements to legal research.

119

2 years ago

A way to sell excess inventory from a company. For example, if a company is making a lot of cases of a product that’s not selling very well, it can sell those cases to someone who needs cases.

119

2 years ago

An enterprise software company that works with local governments and educations systems, pitching its product as “the one app for everything.”

119

2 years ago

Disrupting the $1.6 trillion global student loan market as we know it. According to the company, there are currently more than 200,000 different student loans, but very few of them are offered by the same company.

119

1 year ago

A startup building a self-driving platform for agricultural applications, from crop and animal management to robot delivery of goods.

119

1 year ago

A startup that helps restaurants outsource their delivery needs, to save money and cut down on delivery time.

119

2 years ago

A food delivery service that works with caterers and provides home delivery to over 100 cities in the US.

118

2 years ago

A platform that helps people “find and share the best deals” for everything from gym memberships to long-distance driving.

118

1 year ago

This startup wants to make it possible to order food and drink delivery from your phone, via 1-click on an app.

118

1 year ago

A tool for managing the chaos of information in a busy household. The app lets you track everyone’s schedules.

118

1 year ago

A new way for companies to manage their supply chain, including everything from specifying products and manufacturing processes to shopping for the best rates from suppliers.

118

1 year ago

A startup for local services like dry cleaning, delivery or house cleaning.

118

2 years ago

A platform for managing the supply chain for e-commerce, aimed at companies with very little time to spare.

117

2 years ago

A mobile app that helps people find their friends and family in a community, and you can share what you’re doing with them in real time, without sharing everything.

117

2 years ago

This company wants to help people find the very best school for their kid, and hopes to use its algorithm to help parents access information about school quality.

117

1 year ago

A startup building an “Uber for food” app that lets you order delivery from popular restaurants that are rated online by others.

117

1 year ago

A startup that wants to make it easy for every person to have a personal assistant.

117

2 years ago

A company that aims to help companies track spending for every product they ship and identify opportunities to reduce costs.

116

2 years ago

A B2B platform that helps restaurants manage their food delivery operations. The startup, in operation in San Francisco and New York, has raised $5.6 million to date.

116

2 years ago

A food delivery service that delivers meals from local restaurants to users' homes

116

1 year ago

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

116

2 years ago

A startup that uses an IoT platform to automatically manage the delivery of goods in the same way that Amazon and Uber do. Founded in early 2019, they’re currently in talks with logistics companies in the US, Canada and Mexico.

115

2 years ago

A startup whose product is a secure private messaging app. In an environment where everyone is worried about their privacy, the startup wants to make messaging private and secure.

115

2 years ago

A startup building a delivery network for equipment and equipment-related items, particularly those in the industrial market.

115

2 years ago

A delivery service that gives customers the option to order a dozen or so items from a list of popular restaurants, which will be delivered to the customer’s home or office within an hour.

114

2 years ago

The company has a fleet of self-driving delivery vans that can deliver anything from groceries to dry cleaning to furniture. The startup has 100 drivers in its first city of Los Angeles and plans to expand to other cities in the US and abroad.

114

2 years ago

A food delivery app that uses the same home delivery process as Uber Eats and Instacart, but for restaurants. It’s currently in the beginning of a round led by a VC firm that recently invested in Zume Pizza.

114

2 years ago

A company that lets you use the internet to buy and sell everything from iced coffee to air mattresses to motorcycles.

114

1 year ago

A delivery platform that saves customers money by getting food delivered to their door

114

2 years ago

A platform that allows restaurants to automate their delivery processes and create a more consistent delivery experience.

113

1 year ago

A platform for optimized content discovery and consumption

113

1 year ago

A startup that wants to get into the R&D process for drug discovery. The startup wants to make the process more efficient through an AI-driven system that can read and interpret thousands of data points to determine the best possible drug targets.

113

2 years ago

A new take on digital advertising that seeks to take over the desktop space. The founders say it’s the first product that can put advertising on every desktop screen. It’s also intended to be a “frictionless” experience for users, removing the need to navigate multiple ad networks or pay for ads.

112

2 years ago

Another startup looking to challenge the status quo of the food delivery space. Olo wants to deliver a food service experience with a focus on healthy eating and delivery. It’s currently focused on New York City.

112

2 years ago

A search and discovery app for event producers.

112

2 years ago

A tool with a very simple interface that can help designers create landing pages, sales pages, or purchase pages. The company says they’ve already seen 40,000 clicks on their landing pages.

112

2 years ago

As Seen On TV is a YouTube channel that reviews and shares videos from the shows that air on TLC, the Discovery Channel, and History Channel. It was founded in January 2015.

112

2 years ago

A local delivery service for restaurants to deliver lunch to people who are out and about.

112

2 years ago

A discovery platform for specialized high-end clothing that’s based on the feedback of customers

111

2 years ago

A startup that aims to help college students get answers to their questions about their health. There are an estimated 1.5 million students with health questions and a very limited number of resources to direct them to.

111

2 years ago

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

110

1 year ago

A platform for making custom-fit clothes. The startup wants to make clothes that are custom fit for every body, and not just one size.

110

4 months ago

A restaurant discovery site/app that pairs diners who would like to dine with a restaurant and diners who are willing to open their own restaurant

110

2 years ago

One of the key differences between this year’s class and last year’s was the level of public interest in highlighting the work of the companies that were accepted. This year that level was very high, with over 10,000 people visiting the project page. That interest was a major factor in the growth of the class.

109

2 years ago

SaaS business that connects classifieds sites with local businesses. The startup is looking to build a platform that allows for the seamless, customized discovery of local businesses.

109

2 years ago

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

109

2 years ago

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

109

2 years ago

A next-generation restaurant delivery app that allows users to order food, track it and pay, all through a mobile app. What They Deliver is putting a new business model on the table to help restaurant owners grow their companies.

109

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

2 years ago

Nextbit wants to deliver Android in a way that lets you take your phone with you everywhere. It cuts down on background apps and syncs only the apps that you want to use with your phone. Available on Android and iOS.

109

1 year ago

Online discovery service focused on solving the problem of finding the right home for your next vacation. The startup uses data and algorithms to help vacationers find the right home for their next trip.

109

1 year ago

The startup does everything from selling pallet racks to making sure your Facebook is not blocked.

109

1 year ago

“A very simple messaging app that allows you to send and receive one-to-one and group messages.”

109

10 months ago

A startup that connects a restaurant’s cooks with customers who want to eat at the restaurant without actually going there. The startup is building a restaurant’s online ordering system, delivery service, and payment system, with the goal of having customers order online, with their food coming directly to them.

109

4 months ago

A startup for high-quality cannabis products. The startup says it’s able to bring in new customers, but also to get customers to purchase more product. It’s targeting dispensaries and delivery venues.

109

4 months ago

A restaurant discovery app that caters to the Indian market by listing only Indian restaurants.

109

2 years ago

A startup that helps people with very complicated or long-term projects find a virtual assistant

108

2 years ago

A company that’s building a network of food delivery services that can deliver meals at a time when many restaurants are closing at night

108

2 years ago

A platform that helps developers of internet of things devices get their software into the hands of end users. The startup is focused on the “Internet of Stuff”, or the internet of things — a technology that allows everyday items to be connected to the internet and have their state monitored.

107

2 years ago

Managed software to help HR professionals manage employee relationships. Works like a personal assistant, handles everything from HR processes to employee benefits. The startup has raised $1.25 million in seed funding from the likes of Alexis Ohanian and Garry Tan.

107

2 years ago

A startup founded by Apple alum, which aims to make it easier for people to clean their devices. In exchange for every $10 the company makes, it donates $1 to environmental causes.

107

2 years ago

This free service lets customers track every step they take on their website. The company charges a fee for more advanced analytics, but the free version is very popular.

107

2 years ago

A startup that makes it easier for restaurants to manage their supply chain through a single software tool. The startup is trying to take on the role of the general contractor, managing everything from inventory to ordering to delivery.

107

2 years ago

A platform for businesses (mostly restaurants) to offer delivery services without having to depend on third parties.

107

1 year ago

A food delivery app that departs from the usual model, charging for delivery to non-customers. Instead of waiting for a customer to order, you can order from a restaurant from the app and have it delivered. The startup is currently in the pilot phase.

107

11 months ago

A startup that has started a program to make sure that every employee has a green light to leave their job and go on to another job. The idea is that it can be a good way to keep employees from jumping ship to a competitor.

107

2 years ago

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

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

11 months ago

A new way to conduct meetings that lets everyone take notes, share them instantly and even collaborate with others.

106

2 years ago

This is a new “virtual assistant” app that allows people to hire a personal assistant on demand. They handle everything from scheduling meetings to emails to helping with travel arrangements.

105

2 years ago

A complex, distributed system that turns your phone number into a digital identity. It aims to provide a digital identity for every person on the planet, allowing them to access online services.

105

1 year ago

A meal-delivery service that includes catering, bartending, and delivery in one package.

105

11 months ago

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

105

10 months ago

A startup that provides digital wallets for everyday purchases that work across different markets.

105

2 years ago

An accelerator for entrepreneurs who want to build on-demand delivery apps for the US.

104

2 years ago

A startup that helps chefs to manage the back-end of food delivery, including online ordering, inventory management and delivery scheduling.

104

2 years ago

A startup that works with the insurance industry to help streamline claims procedures, saving companies from having to send thousands of paper denial letters every year.

104

2 years ago

America’s digital magazine is a digital magazine that is central to its mission is to cover the changing landscape of the media industry, and how technology is affecting it. Since February 2014, it has published a new issue every other Thursday and has a print-on-demand model, so subscribers receive their copy directly.

103

2 years ago

A company that makes it easier for developers to build apps for every device they can imagine: phone, tablet, tv, car, etc. The business is bootstrapped and has had a $1.3M in seed funding.

103

2 years ago

A startup that wants to create a unified messaging platform for every device in a person’s life.

103

1 year ago

A subscription business that sends you a box of everything you need for a vacation, including items like wine, cheese, and a new toothbrush.

103

2 years ago

A company that makes software to help manage large group trips. It helps groups of people communicate itineraries and organize everything from hotel reservations to transportation to food.

101

2 years ago

A startup that helps you find nearby restaurants that offer delivery and online ordering

101

1 year 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.

101

11 months ago

A startup that’s building a food-ordering app in the UK. The startup wants to take on Deliveroo and Foodora, the two dominant players in food delivery.

101

3 months ago

A live GPS-based tracking system for delivery services that lets a customer know exactly where their package is at all times, even if they don’t have a phone.

101

2 years ago

(Note: This is an ongoing list, and I’m adding to it as soon as I hear about new startup pitches every week. I’ll keep updating when necessary.)

100

2 years ago

A tool that lets users make their own GIFs. The startup sees it as a new way of communicating online and wants to make it easy for everyone to create and share GIFs.

100

2 years ago

A music discovery service that lets people upload music from their phones to play on all their devices, creating a sort of Pandora for your mobile devices.

100

2 years ago

A platform for meal delivery to college students. Currently in a pilot with 40 students.

100

2 years ago

A food delivery service for home chefs. The startup aims to make food delivery from home as easy as ordering pizza from Domino's in the US.

100

1 year ago

This is a platform that helps companies that want to start a business in a location they’re not in, find an employee in that place and work together remotely. They handle everything from recruiting to HR to employee pay, with the employee paid the same rate in their home country as the company is. The company is profitable, with $2M in recurring revenue and $1M in ARR and growing.

100

2 years ago

A Y Combinator alum is building a system to help companies build their own enterprise-grade mobile apps, saving them from having to build everything themselves.

99

2 years ago

A company that helps restaurants, bars and coffee shops optimize their ordering process. The startup’s platform lets customers search for locations, get delivery options from there, and track orders.

99

2 years ago

This startup is building a last-mile delivery platform that puts the onus on the customer to order their own food.

99

2 years ago

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

99

2 years ago

A “social discovery and recommendation” app that enables people to discover new products and services from their other social media accounts, without them having to leave a platform.

99

2 years ago

A tool to help people create easily sharable images, using a simple drag-and-drop interface. Because of the way the attention economy works, every one of your images is worth more to someone else than to you.

99

2 years ago

An HR platform for startups and solo founders, offering a way to track progress on team building goals, and check in on how everyone is doing day-to-day.

99

2 years ago

A credit card linked to your bank account, like a debit card with your bank’s approval. The card can be used everywhere the bank accepts credit cards. The startup has raised $1.5 million in seed funding from a single investor, Andreessen Horowitz.

99

2 years ago

A tool for search and discovery of technical talent

99

11 months ago

A very early stage startup that’s building a platform for creating and sharing target-based campaigns.

99

10 months ago

A credit card that tracks expenses and awards points for every dollar spent.

99

2 years ago

A startup using AI to help companies and individuals find the best price for everything from auto insurance to life insurance.

98

2 years ago

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

98

2 years ago

A mobile app that helps people find the best deals on local flights. The startup is already seeing 1,000 downloads every week and is expanding nationally with a $500,000 investment.

98

2 years ago

It’s a subscription based service that sends users a new piece of content every week.

98

1 year ago

A way of organizing parts of your life in a way that makes sense, allowing you to “organize everything in one place, and all the right things are right where you need them.”

98

1 year ago

A health insurance, retirement planning, and investment platform. The company is building a full stack product, taking everything from claims to investment management out of a user’s hands.

98

1 year ago

A platform that connects restaurants and their customers, and allows them to order take-out and delivery from their phones.

98

1 year ago

A food-ordering app that evens out the randomness of food delivery and allows users to track their order from real-time updates on the app.

98

11 months ago

A startup that wants to help online merchants and other businesses grow their audience through video. The company claims that it’s been able to acquire 1,000 new customers for its customers every month for the last four years.

98

2 years ago

A company that builds a platform for employees to apply for and manage their own benefits. The service started out as a way for employees to manage their health benefits, but it is now being used by employers to manage everything from work-from-home policies, to retirement plans, to tuition reimbursement.

97

2 years ago

A platform for artists and creatives to sell their products, using a very similar model to Etsy. Artist can make money by selling physical or digital products of their original artwork.

97

2 years ago

A log analytics company that wants to turn the data from the billions of rides taken every day by its customers into actionable insights for its customers.

97

1 year ago

People who have a lot of stuff are often very stressed out. This startup is helping them clean out their homes, one item at a time.

97

11 months ago

A content discovery app for people who want to know the stories behind their favorite brands.

97

2 years ago

A startup that is building an AI-powered app for home delivery of plant medicine.

96

1 year ago

A platform to help people understand the costs of their health insurance, very similar to the OpenHealth platform.

96

9 months ago

A platform for ordering food and flowers online, with delivery and tracking services.

96

2 years ago

A grocery delivery service that works with local farmers in the US. The startup wants to create a local food system for cities with the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions and food miles. The company is currently in the process of getting its first pilot partners.

95

2 years ago

The startup is working to create an interface for the entire world’s supply chains, creating a single, centralized map that can be used to track and manage everything from production to delivery.

95

2 years ago

A web-based service that aggregates and provides access to public data about real estate, letting people search for information and data about everything from price and listing inventory, to property tax rates and construction information.

95

1 year ago

A platform for companies to send and receive money from customers and suppliers very cheaply. It aims to be the PayPal of the developing world.

95

2 years ago

A startup that wants to create a universal code of conduct for employees, so that companies can be sure they’re following the same rules for everyone.

94

2 years ago

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

94

2 years ago

A mobile app that creates “personalized news, alerts and recommendations for every user” — a sort of personalized news, or “Facebook for you”.

94

2 years ago

A way to track every action you take on your phone — from every app, to every game, to every message you send — and turn it into a data-driven game engine that lets you play games without the need for a giant library of content.

94

2 years ago

A food delivery app in the US that is working with a handful of restaurants to get deliveries in under an hour. It has already raised $6M.

94

1 year ago

This startup is building an app that helps you browse and buy clothes in a world where it’s hard to find a style you like. At launch, the app will feature over 1,000 brands from across the world, but the plan is to expand to everything.

94

11 months ago

A company that takes photos of everything, then turns them into a library of product imagery that can be used to sell products online.

94

4 months ago

A company that’s building an analytics dashboard for the cannabis industry that allows users to see everything from production data to sales figures.

94

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.

93

2 years ago

A company that helps improve the efficiency of service delivery for restaurants. Their model is to use automation to eliminate the costs of inefficient or underutilized staff and equipment, allowing restaurants to focus on creating more value.

93

2 years ago

A communication and collaboration tool that compiles everything from your calendar into a single location. It’s meant to help an employee manage all their communication and project management needs.

93

2 years ago

Everyone has a friend or acquaintance that they’d like to loan money to, but they have no way to do so. MoneyBroker does just that, pairing people with other people in need of cash with those who have funds to give. The startup has already raised $2.5 million and is currently on-boarding more than 2,000 users a month.

92

2 years ago

A data-driven company that makes a program that helps people pay their utility bills every month. The startup is focused on helping customers keep their utility bills at a minimum.

92

2 years ago

A startup that wants to turn the internet of things into a powerful business tool. The company, founded by former GE engineers, wants to build a platform that combines everyday objects into a platform that can help with manufacturing, distribution, and inventory management.

92

2 years ago

A home rental platform. The startup wants to let people rent out their homes. It’s a very young company, so it’s not clear how they’ll get the number of renters needed to make a dent in the real estate market.

92

2 years ago

Food delivery service that has ambitions to be the Uber of urban food delivery.

92

1 year ago

A startup for restaurants that allows them to create menus and send those menus to partners like catering companies and delivery services. The startup wants to help restaurants “monetize” the in-between area of their menu by letting them send a whole menu with price information and order details to partners.

92

2 years ago

A mobile app providing users with recommendations on where to eat in their city based on their location. The company says it processes over 20 million restaurant reviews every month.

91

1 year ago

The company’s founders speak of a future where the internet of things (IoT) and the internet of everything (IoE) converge, allowing users to control the devices in their homes directly from their phones.

91

1 year ago

A “guilt-free meal delivery service for people who want to eat healthier but struggle to make time for cooking”.

91

11 months ago

A company that offers a “one-stop shop” for companies to manage everything related to HR and payroll.

91

4 months ago

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

91

2 years ago

A startup that’s building a personal assistant that helps you out organize your life. The platform aims to be the one assistant that does everything for you.

90

2 years ago

Builds on the Chariot ride-hailing app for major cities in North America. The company says it’s adding more and more supply every day.

90

2 years ago

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

89

2 years ago

A technology company that creates “smart” thermostats for home and business use, allowing homeowners to control their thermostats via their smartphone. The company is led by CEO and founder Rajat Pahuja, who previously built a business in India called Shubh Loans that went “very profitable,” according to Pahuja.

89

2 years ago

The world of finance is changing dramatically, and there’s a lot of confusion around how new technologies like fintech will impact financial services. Fintech can take the form of apps, startups, and platforms, or it can be composed of a mix of all three. Fintech is a catch-all term that can include everything from cryptocurrencies, to artificial intelligence, to machine learning, and more. Fintech startup solutions help companies navigate these changes.

89

1 year ago

A machine learning startup that builds innovative software to help people learn and save money on everyday purchases.

89

1 year ago

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

89

1 year ago

A food delivery service for restaurants. The startup offers customers a subscription model, giving them access to a $20-30 menu of food available between the hours of 8am and 2am.

89

2 years ago

A remote control for your coffee machine, allowing you to brew the perfect cup every single time.

88

2 years ago

A startup that helps companies manage and track their supply chain with a software platform that creates “an inventory of everything”.

88

2 years ago

-Two-factor authentication, much like Google Authenticator, but for every service, including cloud-based software and device apps.

88

2 years ago

A web platform that focuses on e-commerce, food delivery and other service-based businesses.

87

2 years ago

A tool for people to track and visualize their financial transactions. The startup is building the platform around the idea that people don’t want to track everything, but they want to track their finances.

87

2 years ago

A travel booking app for the US market that’s focused on building long-term relationships, rather than creating new reservations every time. It features a single price which is then split between their members.

87

1 year ago

A shopping service for large retailers that serves as a “digital concierge”, helping shoppers find everything they’re looking for, and ensures they get it, including delivery and returns.

87

9 months ago

A food delivery startup from San Francisco, offering delivery from local restaurants to San Francisco residents.

87

7 months ago

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

87

4 months ago

A startup that lets users order food that’s not on their delivery person’s route.

87

2 years ago

Matchmakers for the gig economy. The company is building a platform to help people find and hire gig economy workers for specific gigs, whether it’s a ride share, delivery, or a nanny.

86

4 months ago

This startup is building a platform for investors to make investment decisions on AI-powered portfolios. The company says that it wants to democratize AI investing, in order to make it more accessible to everyone.

86

2 years ago

"FastCo" lists the top startups in the world every year. The list is based on revenue, but also factors in the startup's presence on other "fast-growing" lists, including those published by "Forbes", "Inc." and "Forbes Europe".

85

1 year ago

A startup for ordering local delivery food from restaurants, with delivery promised in under 30 minutes. The startup has raised $1.6 million in pre-seed funding.

85

1 year ago

A tool for tracking meetings, tasks and projects in a very clear and simple way.

85

9 months ago

A B2B food delivery business that prioritizes fresh, local ingredients to help restaurants avoid food waste.

85

6 months ago

A food delivery startup that uses algorithms to predict when people want to order take-out and when they are at home. It’s a food-delivery platform that’s striving to become a one-stop-shop for ordering food online.

85

2 years ago

Local delivery of food, groceries, and other perishables to residences and offices. They aim to solve the problem of not being able to get food on time because of busy schedules.

84

2 years ago

A company that delivers services on-demand, like Uber Eats, and uses a model of individual freelancers to help out on projects. Currently focused on the $75 million food delivery market.

84

2 years ago

Another startup that wants to take on Amazon's grocery delivery business

84

2 years ago

A startup that’s building the infrastructure for an on-demand delivery system for restaurants.

84

2 years ago

A way to buy and sell everything from a car to a house. They’re focused on the mom-and-pop home remodeling market in the US

84

1 year ago

A grocery delivery service that’s part of the Amazon Fresh network. Dash delivers groceries to customers’ homes with the promise of same- or next-day delivery.

84

8 months ago

A food delivery app that’s focused on serving college campuses in the US.

84

4 months ago

A startup that builds data-driven product discovery and insight for businesses, pitching the product as “marketing-as-a-service” for its focus on product innovation.

84

2 years ago

A new app that aggregates everything from Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube to allow you to find a specific song or video, plus the biggest trending songs and videos.

83

2 years ago

A tool for extenders to find supplements and medicines for arthritis and other conditions. The company is also developing a delivery system for the delivery of these medicines.

83

2 years ago

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

83

2 years ago

An on-demand food delivery service for going out to dinner.

83

2 years ago

A scheduling and booking tool for food delivery services.

83

1 year ago

A startup that’s building a $20 million logistics marketplace for restaurants, enabling them to outsource their delivery and inventory management.

83

9 months ago

A comprehensive technology solution that supports the delivery of video content, from broadcast to pre-recorded video to live event video. The startup provides production services, and is another YC alum.

83

8 months ago

As it stands, nearly every startup has a website or a blog. This tool allows you to create a website or a blog for your company, product or idea. A tool to help you create a website, blog or app.

83

4 months ago

Launched by former Googler Ricardo Baeza-Yates, who led Google’s mobilefirst, responsive web initiative, this startup is building a search engine for everyone, with a focus on helping users find great content from the world’s most trusted sources.

83

4 months ago

A healthy food delivery service, currently operating in New York City. The founders describe their service as more of a meal service than a food truck, with meals prepared and delivered to customers, who can choose to pick it up at a designated spot or have it delivered to their home.

83

1 year ago

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

82

1 year ago

A platform for photographers to create and sell downloadable photo books. Delivery is currently only via PDF, but the startup is looking to add other forms, including photo books with physical pages.

82

4 months ago

This startup is trying to reduce the price of drug discovery through cheaper, more efficient synthesis.

82

1 year ago

This startup is building a machine learning tool to help people create and distribute their own live video streams, much like the aforementioned idea. They’re also building a “discovery pipeline” that lets users vote among the new tools that emerge from voting.

81

2 years ago

A company that wants to build a meal kit delivery service. It currently has 6,000 users, with a $17,000 monthly recurring revenue run rate, and plans to launch in the first half of 2020.

80

2 years ago

If you’re a regular user of Basecamp, you might like the new Slack integration that lets you do almost everything you can do in Basecamp using a Slack channel. The startup is building a Basecamp for the Slack crowd.

80

2 years ago

A startup focused on user-friendly music discovery. The startup wants to create a desktop experience around music discovery that will allow users to browse and listen to songs, and also see what others are listening to.

80

1 year ago

A business that seeks to create the next generation of data reporting for agencies, which are tasked with crunching the numbers on everything from city budgets to loan applications.

80

1 year ago

Blackbox is trying to tackle the problem of consumer credit scores, which are used to help determine creditworthiness, but are not very accurate. The startup is building a credit scoring tool that uses data from places like Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter to determine creditworthiness.

80

1 year ago

The goal is to build a tool to help people get the most out of their in-home gym equipment. It’s an interesting idea, but it’s also very early on.

80

2 years ago

A Google-designed browser that makes everything on the web searchable.

79

2 years ago

A shopping app that brings product discovery, price and availability data to comparison shopping, with an emphasis on simplicity.

79

1 year ago

A startup that wants to build a decentralized banking system. The founders say that banks are creating systems that are too expensive and too clunky to be used, and that the market is underserved — especially by credit cards, which are used by everyone in the world, but for which there’s no good way to transfer money across borders.

79

2 years ago

A startup that makes it easy for organizations to manage a portfolio of digital and physical assets. The startup wants to help companies manage everything from physical files to web assets to partner websites.

78

2 years ago

A startup working on a way to make the production and delivery of mass custom items easier.

78

2 years ago

“A product discovery platform for product teams”. It’s essentially like a resume manager that lets you see what your peers are doing in other companies, and gauge how you stack up against them.

78

1 year ago

A music streaming service that focuses on music discovery. Co-founded by former Rdio and Spotify engineers, the startup will offer a curated “radio” experience, as well as a social experience where users can follow artists and share what they’re listening to.

78

1 year ago

A startup building a “vertical-first” social network. The startup says it’s “targeting the very oldest of the old”, helping people who are looking to connect with people who are older than 50.

78

1 year ago

A product that helps people better measure their credit score, with the goal of making credit accessible for everyone.

78

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An online grocery delivery service for customers without cars.

A new way to buy and sell food on-demand from a mobile app, with tight delivery and food safety standards.

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

A fitness app for everyone, not just professional athletes. The app helps users track their daily activity and exercise goals.

A company that allows customers to order groceries online, and has a network of home-delivery drivers who fulfill them.

Build a database of every tree in the world, using satellite imagery.

This company helps restaurants and bars sell their food online by offering delivery and same day pick up options.

Grow is building a set of tools for restaurants, enabling them to manage their menus, design their menus, and automate their ordering and delivery processes.

A startup that wants to turn every conference room into a training room, and track fitness progress for employees.

A social platform for people to connect with local businesses. The app works as a “local discovery app” that helps people discover places to eat and shop, and connects them with local businesses.

A food delivery app for veterans in the US.

A startup that wants to make it easier for restaurants to find chefs. It says that 10,000 chefs are searching for jobs online every day.

A startup that provides cloud-based storage, backup, and disaster recovery services.

A startup that is a healthy meal delivery service for seniors

A platform that’s like a meal-kit delivery service but for restaurants with a focus on healthy food. It’s a big market that’s hard to crack.

A retail delivery service where employees can scan and deliver items to customers’ doors.

A meal delivery app for consumers who want healthy food at home.

Groceries are a necessity for many people, but the process is often expensive and frustrating. The startup wants to simplify the process of ordering groceries and delivery by offering a concierge service and integrated ordering platform on their website.

A hamburger-focused delivery startup targeting the Bay Area, with a goal of having a minimum of $20 million in revenue by the end of the year.

A food delivery startup that wants to take on Uber Eats. The company is currently only available in Seattle and has $3 million in funding.

A food delivery service using robots

A hardware startup that is building a fully autonomous delivery vehicle

New York City’s drone delivery startup. The startup wants to get packages from warehouses to homes in a half hour.

This startup wants to be the Netflix of dating. It wants to connect couples by matching them based on what they’re looking for in a partner. It also wants to keep track of everything couples do together.

A company building a browser extension that adds web-based editing to Microsoft Word, enabling users to do everything from adding images to creating tables and charts.

A monthly subscription service that sends home delivery and grocery shopping to your doorstep.

A food delivery service that takes a cut of each order. The startup’s delivery partners are close to becoming available in Brooklyn, with plans to expand to a dozen more by the end of the year. The startup charges a 20% delivery fee.

A startup that uses AI to create images of everything from mountains to people's faces

A food delivery service that uses a network of personal chefs to create a personalized meal based on the order. The startup has also launched a restaurant-delivery service that provides delivery 24/7.

A startup that says it helps marketers target their Facebook ads by machine learning. The startup’s CEO says everyone is already familiar with the concept of machine learning, but the way it’s implemented in Facebook ads is confusing and not very effective.

This company is building a pipeline connecting the cities that are most in need of food. The company says that it’s selling a food and water delivery system that is working in 12 US cities, and is now looking to expand to China and the Indian Subcontinent.

A home delivery service for groceries, fully automated. Currently working in San Francisco.

A startup that sends users a box of physical books for every month they sign up for.

A monthly subscription service that sends you an e-book on a topic you’ve selected every month. The company launched in December, and is signing up more than 50,000 new subscribers every month, the founder tells me.

A platform to help companies control and manage their entire supply chain. The company wants to aggregate data on every step in the supply chain, create a comprehensive map of it and manage it all from a single dashboard.

A platform for restaurants to offer delivery and delivery drivers to order delivery items.

The startup is building an on-demand remote delivery service for restaurant takeout and delivery orders.

A tool for restaurant owners and employees that helps them with the everyday tasks of running a restaurant. With the app, you can order takeout, track tips, and review your shift.

A startup that’s building a “digital lab” for large pharmaceutical companies, helping them scale their research with AI and speed up their drug discovery.

A tool that helps people track packages in real time, so they know when the delivery is happening, and where exactly.

A food delivery business that uses an app to make a restaurant delivery within 15 minutes.

A chatbot that organizes your orders and delivery for you. It currently has a team of 3, has raised about $1 million, and is focused on San Francisco for now.

A meal delivery service that expands to food trucks

is an AI chatbot that helps with the discovery of new startups.

A platform for food and retail delivery in India. The startup wants to help the 1,100 billion rupee (US$14.8 billion) food and retail sector in India optimize its supply chain and distribution.

Fetch is a platform for food delivery. Unlike Grubhub, Fetch offers more than just food delivery. The startup is using the same data it collects on its deliveries to help restaurants build better menus and make food-ordering easier.

A startup that connects restaurants with home delivery services, so that customers can order food that’s ready when they get it. The startup has already raised $2.4 million in funding.

A loyalty app driven by a points system. Loyalty points can be earned and redeemed at over 3,000 retailers including Target, Best Buy, and Whole Foods. The startup says they are adding new retailers every week.

A startup that provides a “digital home” where someone can design and build a custom home online, and then have it shipped to them. The startup creates a 3D model of the house, and then puts it into a CAD program, which allows them to directly see the design, and put in every detail.

The startup wants to build a “third-party insurance-for-everyone” platform that offers affordable health insurance. The startup has already built a network that serves around 200,000 people in the US and has raised $3.5 million.

A food truck that turns every meal into a voucher, for use at any restaurant. The startup wants to make food more efficient, so that everyone can eat more.

A one-stop solution for warehouse management, with an API to help schedule and track movements of goods from order to delivery.

An API that helps companies that are not Amazon Prime members see how much they spend on Prime every month.

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

Real-time status of a vehicle’s location and state, optimising delivery routes and minimizing fuel consumption.

A platform for food delivery that wants to compete with GrubHub and Uber Eats.

A third-party insurance company that offers $0 monthly premiums to customers who pay in full every month.

A company that makes it easy to get started with your own mobile marketplace, selling everything from your couch to your prized mementos

A startup that curates and shares the very best videos on the web, with a focus on “what’s worth watching today.”

The company wants to make negotiating harder than it already is by providing a simple, searchable interface for employees to search the market for best deals on everything from Amazon Prime subscriptions to a new suit.

Food delivery with the option to customize your order

A pizza app that allows you to order delivery from local pizzerias.

A “social media productivity tool” that helps you get everything done by prioritizing tasks and scheduling them out.

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

This is an app that lets you make a just-in-time delivery order, like Uber but for groceries.

This startup is building an automatic repair system for the Internet of Things, a term for everyday objects with sensors and connectivity.

A payments startup that helps merchants accept all major credit cards by charging them the same price. PayMill charges the merchant a flat 2.5% fee for every credit card transaction.

A fast-food delivery service that can deliver food to you in under 15 minutes. Their model is a bit like Uber Eats, but they’ve automated a lot of the process so you can order online, and the food will be delivered to you.

This is a food delivery service for people that need help with their diabetes.

A startup that provides a tool where people can subscribe to a service that sends them a box of 5-10 items every month

A startup that sends you a new razor every month.

A company that offers a platform for delivery of medical supplies to remote and underserved communities.

One of the very first startups backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Tigster is a “gateway” for employees to take a sabbatical and rejoin their company without losing pay, with potential to save employers about $300,000 per year.

A food delivery app for restaurants that allows them to get their orders out quickly by cutting out the middlemen.

This B2B SaaS company is building a program that helps companies manage their product delivery services and handle issues like returns and warranty claims.

A delivery platform for restaurants that lets them track the progress of their orders and instantly communicate with customers.

A startup that takes care of the back-end payment, management, and delivery for physical concerts.