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4 years ago 1 views

Founded in 2013, QuizUp is a trivia game where you compete against others for high scores. The startup has raised $1.5 million and is now making its way into Asia.

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4 years ago

The startup lets you book rooms in hotels, flights and rental cars virtually. It’s looking to compete with companies like Hotel Tonight and Expedia.

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4 years ago

This is a 3D blockchain game built on the Ethereum blockchain. The game pits users against each other, where they compete for virtual game cards and battle for blockchain-based prizes.

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4 years ago

This startup aims to “make data science a core competency for all public and private enterprises”, offering software and infrastructure.

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4 years ago

A tool for sports teams to create their own fantasy sports leagues, allowing fans to compete against each other.

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5 years ago

A startup co-founded by a former Googler, Qwant is trying to recreate some of the magic of the Google search results page with a new, more visual UI. The startup is trying to compete with Google for the European market.

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5 years ago

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

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5 years ago

A platform for ad-tech startups to compete with Google and Facebook

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5 years ago

A social network for engineers, designed to compete with Stack Exchange and Quora.

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4 years ago

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

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5 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.

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4 years ago

A startup that wants to create a platform that allows people to participate in virtual competitions using video chat. The platform will launch in the UK and the US in the second half of the year, and will allow people to compete in a range of different games, from puzzle solving to trivia.

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5 years ago

A new kind of payment system that allows taxi owners to compete with Uber and Lyft. Instead of needing to call a dispatcher, riders can hail a cab in real-time and pay directly through the app.

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5 years ago

A SaaS platform that wants to help U.S. businesses compete with Chinese suppliers.

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5 years ago

A startup that helps people buy and sell things locally through the app. Pricy is hoping to compete with services like Carousell and OLX, which have been operating in the same niche for years.

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3 years ago

A social network for runners, where users can follow other runners, and can compete against other runners.

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5 years ago

A startup that helps people find the best deals on flights. Inspired by Tinder’s “swipe left” interface, buyer’s hunt for the best fares and sellers compete to get the most attention.

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5 years ago

A startup that lets you compete in a virtual world against other players to become the best trader

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5 years ago

The startup offers a service for home healthcare providers to create a payment plan for clients and get paid over time. It’s a service that competes with services like Care.com.

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5 years ago

A digital-first finance company with a trading platform that lets investors share portfolios across accounts and invest using multiple currencies. The startup wants to compete with traditional brokerages by using a similar toolset.

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5 years ago

A software platform that allows people to buy and sell shares in companies for free or with as little as $5. The company is looking to compete with both traditional brokerages and stock exchanges like NASDAQ and the NYSE.

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3 years ago

Xeeda is building an indoor drone racing league, where teams of drones compete in a virtual racing circuit.

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5 years ago

A tool to help companies build and manage training programs. The startup wants to compete with other SaaS solutions by giving companies the ability to customize their programs.

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5 years ago

A new kind of social network for content creators. The startup is building a way to help content creators share their work via messaging, voice and video, and wants to compete with platforms like Snapchat, Instagram, and Twitter.

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5 years ago

A startup that could help you find a new car. It’s also a web portal that helps car dealers compete with Tesla and other car brands

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5 years ago

A new way to interact with your friends on Facebook. It’s a messaging app that lets you play games and compete against your friends.

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5 years ago

The startup is looking to help independent restaurants compete with the larger chains. It’s currently in closed beta and is looking for a round of funding.

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5 years ago

A platform for developing mobile apps that connects clients with developers. They’re not looking to compete with big agencies, but trying to fill a gap between startups and agencies. They’re currently attracting interest from small businesses with a few employees who are looking for a way to get high-level visibility and technical support to manage the complexity of building apps.

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2 years ago

An AI-powered chat platform that wants to compete with platforms like Facebook and Slack.

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5 years ago

A platform for building mobile applications for small businesses, with an easy-to-use dashboard. The startup is looking to compete with popular platforms like Square and Stripe.

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5 years ago

A startup that wants to provide on-demand errands to local residents. The startup wants to compete against services like DoorDash and Postmates.

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5 years ago

Using a service that matches athletes to coaches, the company helps athletes compete more effectively.

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5 years ago

A live broadcast company for athletes and sports teams. The founders say they want to focus on live streams because of the way they’ve grown in the past few years. Their product is currently a free service, but the founders say they plan to add a paid service to compete with Facebook’s suite of sports and entertainment streams.

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5 years ago

A platform for building connected home products with a focus on security and automation. The startup aims to compete with existing standards like Thread and Nest that can manage connected devices.

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4 years ago

A startup that’s building a platform for booking travel and hotel rooms. The company is aiming to compete with Expedia and Priceline.

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5 years ago

A startup for crowd-sourcing, developed by the founders of Yelp, to help providers compete for customers. It’s currently a beta app, but the founders say it will be available for businesses to use in the coming weeks. If it catches on, it could disrupt the way users find and book services by grouping a person’s needs in front of a provider that has been vetted by the community.

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5 years ago

This startup is building a solution for online merchants to get in-person estimates from home-based contractors. It’s aiming to help companies compete with those that don’t offer this service, and will charge a fee for the service.

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5 years ago

This startup is building a platform for model makers, aiming to compete with others in the 3D printing space such as Shapeways, Sculpteo, and more.

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5 years ago

A social network for people who want to buy and sell real estate. It’s currently focused on the San Francisco Bay Area, and is intended to compete with Zillow and Trulia.

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4 years ago

A platform that helps users find great deals from local businesses, but don’t have to go to the store. The startup sees itself competing with Groupon, although it hopes to target smaller businesses and compete with Groupon’s recent move to focus on higher-margin, bigger deals.

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4 years ago

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

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4 years ago

This startup is building a platform to help companies find and vet talent. It’s based on “The Apprentice” format, where candidates are selected by a panel of experts and then compete in a series of challenges (e.g. an improv comedy show.)

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4 years ago

A workplace collaboration tool that seems to be built to compete with Slack, while building on the instant-messaging functionality of Riot.

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3 years ago

Honesty is a marketplace to help you manage your health and wellness habits. It’s currently available in beta and aims to compete with big fitness companies like Fitbit and Apple Watch.

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3 years ago

The Startup Battlefield is a series of competitions that takes place twice a year where startup teams compete to win up to $100,000 in cash prizes.

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4 years ago

A smart lock that you control from your phone. The startup is looking to compete with smart locks like Kwikset, August, and Lockitron.

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4 years ago

A secure messaging app that competes with Apple’s iMessage.

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4 years ago

A startup that aims to help people track their food intake and share it with others. The app turns the act of eating into a game, where you can play with friends or compete with other people, as well as track your food intake.

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3 years ago 2 views

A startup that wants to be the Amazon of online shopping. Not only does it compete with Amazon, but also with

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4 years ago

A sensor for measuring sweat and moisture in the clothing of people who are active. The startup, founded in January, wants to create a product that will help people get more out of their workout, helping them analyze their body’s performance and also offer a tool for people to compete with others in the same workout.

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4 years ago

A remote employee tracking app that hopes to compete with TopTal and Upwork.

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4 years ago

A new-generation online video platform that aims to compete directly with YouTube. The company’s co-founders say they’re already seeing traffic and engagement numbers that rival the video platform.

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4 years ago

A startup that plans to compete with Basecamp, Trello and other project management platforms by offering unlimited private projects to its users.

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4 years ago

A digital marketing agency built to help businesses compete on social media. The company wants to help businesses build lists, track engagement and build loyalty.

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2 years ago

A cloud gaming startup, is building a service for gamers that lets you play games against others and compete for prizes. The startup is targeting a gamer niche with its service.

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4 years ago

A startup that helps people organize their online life by tracking apps, websites, and other digital services. The startup wants to compete with other digital life managers by giving you more control over your digital life.

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4 years ago

An online service that helps non-profit foundations and research groups compete with for-profit companies by matching them with expert volunteers.

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4 years ago

This is a service that provides a way to transfer large amounts of money to a friend or family member, the company claims it’s cheaper than the international wire transfers it aims to compete with, with a 3% fee.

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2 years ago

This startup is building a platform for hosting websites and apps across multiple devices. They say they’re not trying to compete with Google or Facebook but instead use their own platform to help connect their customers to their apps.

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4 years ago

Pomodoro is an app that allows users to set up timers and tasks that they then check off as they work to keep them on track. It plans to move into a full suite of personal and business apps and compete with the likes of Trello, and has $1.7 million in seed funding.

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3 years ago 1 views

A virtual assistant built on the JVM, to compete with similar startups like Google Assistant, Amazon Alexa, and Apple Siri.

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4 years ago

A company that wants to disrupt the $100 billion legal industry, by helping lawyers and law firms bring their services to the web and compete on quality and cost.

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4 years ago

Companies today have huge backlogs of social and community management needs that are “outside the scope of their core competencies”

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4 years ago

A startup aiming to compete with Uber drivers by letting the public order rides the same way they order food.

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4 years ago

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4 years ago

A game of strategy that’s similar to the popular board game of the same name, but with all of the complex rules of video games. Players will compete to collect the most points by trading, farming, and battling each other.

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4 years ago

A counter-intelligence platform that gathers information on how anti-poaching firms are competing against each other, and shares that data with clients, allowing clients to more effectively compete against poaching firms.

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4 years ago

A network that helps people build wealth by giving them an app they can use to invest their savings with the best options. The startup is aiming to grow and compete against Wealthfront and Betterment.

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4 years ago

A startup that allows you to create, manage, and share your own audio and video podcasts. The startup wants to compete with the likes of Anchor and Pocket Casts by making it easy for the average user to create a podcast.

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4 years ago

A modern online broker for retail investors. The startup wants to compete with the likes of TD Ameritrade and E*Trade by offering low-cost brokerage and investing services.

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4 years ago

A high-end video game player built on the blockchain that allows gamers to compete against each other without relying on centralized servers.

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4 years ago

A platform that allows you to order a pizza through voice commands. The startup is hoping to compete with the likes of GrubHub and UberEATS with a $5 price tag.

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3 years ago

A company that helps retailers leverage their existing e-commerce platforms to compete with Amazon.

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4 years ago 1 views

A startup that wants to make a “smart” speaker that can be “activated” via your smartphone. It’s a new category for Amazon that is beginning to compete with Google Home.

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3 years ago

A business simulation game where you can create your own startup, and compete to get new customers, build your product, and grow to be the most popular business.

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3 years ago

"A startup for augmented reality games, where players can play games together regardless of their location or device, and compete for world rankings."

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4 years ago

A startup for online resources for writers. The startup wants to compete with OverDrive and ebrary by giving people access to a content library that is curated specifically for writers and writers’s needs.

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3 years ago

A platform for creating real-time bidding campaigns for real estate agents. The startup wants to help realtors compete against one another.

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4 years ago

A startup that helps people buy and sell used clothes, aiming to compete with ThredUP and Diy, among others.

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3 years ago

A food delivery service that uses Ubers to compete with Grubhub

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3 years ago

A company that uses AI to connect patients to the most competent doctors in the country. The company wants to ensure that people are getting the best possible care from the most qualified doctors.

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3 years ago

An ad platform that uses AI to help publishers sell their inventory. The company is hoping to compete with the likes of

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3 years ago

A piece of software that will allow users to connect their phone to their laptop and use the phone to take high-quality photos and videos. The startup is trying to compete with Instacam and other similar products.

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2 years ago

A database of over 100,000 solar energy projects, which is currently being used to help solar companies compete for government contracts to build solar farms.

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3 years ago

A new way to learn to code, meant to compete with more traditional programming classes by teaching the basics.

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3 years ago

A Realtor-owned B2B brokerage company aiming to compete with LinkedIn, Zillow and others.

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3 years ago

Players that compete in team-based games.

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3 years ago

A company that helps athletes compete in eSports.

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3 years ago

A startup that wants to build a marketplace for travel companies to compete against the likes of Airbnb and vacation rental sites like VRBO.

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3 years ago

This startup is building a machine learning platform for predictive analytics that uses machine learning algorithms to help companies analyze their data. The startup competes with the likes of H2O, Clarity, and other AI startups.

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2 years ago

A tool for companies that want to compete with Airbnb on short-term rentals, where a renter is given a room to rent, and can be charged a nightly fee for the stay.

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3 years ago

A startup that monitors the health of your home, automatically alerting you to issues you might otherwise let slide. The company uses a team of market researchers, data scientists and a network of professional home inspectors to make sure it can competently monitor the health of your home.

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3 years ago

A platform that helps companies get their products onto 300 million rideshare riders a month. The company’s founder Tom Morton said that Uber’s “huge R&D Lab in the Bay Area is a real weakness” in the startup’s plan to compete with the ride-hailing giant.

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3 years ago

A tool for fantasy sports enthusiasts and players that allows everyone to create a fantasy league and compete against other leagues.

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3 years ago

The company provides a platform for consumers to choose which products they want to buy and companies to compete for the order or sale of products based on a smart recommendation engine and feedback from the user base.

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2 years ago

A fun way to play games with friends and compete with friends.

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3 years ago

A piece of content-marketing software for publishers to buy and sell ads. As a niche player in the space, the startup has to compete with the likes of the Google DoubleClick AdExchange and Facebook Ads Manager.

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3 years ago

In the last two years, the cost of building a nuclear plant in the US has increased seven times, while the cost of building a solar plant has dropped. Upstart Energy is building a solar plant in the desert of California to compete with utility companies that have built nuclear plants. The startup aims to use an asset-light model and build a plant for around $1.5 billion.

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3 years ago

This startup wants to build an iPhone app that competes with the likes of PayPal and Venmo that allows people to crowdsource small amounts of money to pay for things.

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3 years ago

A tool for CFOs, CEOs and controllers to manage a company’s cash flow and payables. The startup looks to compete with tools like Citrix’s Acctiva and QuickBooks’ Xero.

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2 years ago

A tool for businesses to focus on one core competency while outsourcing others.

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2 years ago

Music-streaming service that looks to compete with Spotify and Apple Music.

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5 years ago

Idea: A startup that aims to be “the Uber for trucking”, claiming that the transportation industry is a $7 trillion sector ripe for disruption. It has a similar pitch to Uber Freight, which focuses on helping smaller trucking companies compete with big shippers.

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3 years ago

A project management tool that tries to generate real-time activity reports. The startup has built a base of 20,000 clients, but they don’t compete with the projects Mailchimp and Basecamp provide.

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2 years ago

A “mobile app that gamifies investing”. There’s no specific product yet, but the startup is planning to launch a new app called “Stockfolio”, with a new feature that will let users compete against each other to see who can make the best purchase recommendation.

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2 years ago

A company that makes a chatbot that aims to help people find affordable healthcare coverage options. The startup is meant to compete with the likes of Oscar.com and HealthSherpa.com for the same market.

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3 years ago

A platform that helps companies run events in-house. This is a company built on the premise that the event industry has been the victim of commoditization from companies like Eventbrite and Ticketmaster, and that event producers who work with companies skimp on costs to try to compete. Instead, Eventbrite should be able to offer a more powerful and flexible platform for people to book events.

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2 years ago

A startup that makes an app that lets riders book a car by scanning their smartphone. The app is meant to compete with Uber and Lyft.

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3 years ago

A startup that helps people find a new apartment by putting them in touch with a property manager. The startup wants to compete with Craigslist and Apartments.com, but with a smaller per apartment fee.

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3 years ago

A startup that tracks the real-time price of financial products (stocks and cryptocurrencies) across different exchanges. It uses machine learning to find the optimal prices across a wide range of exchanges, and can compete with the information on major exchanges in seconds.

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2 years ago

Another startup that wants to compete with Google Docs, but for schools.

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2 years ago

A startup that helps consumers shop for and compare health insurance plans. The startup is looking to compete with the likes of Oscar and other online insurance comparison engines.

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2 years ago

A cloud-based service that makes it easy to start a small business in India. It’s a stock market marketplace that gives small businesses a chance to grow and compete with their bigger counterparts.

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2 years ago

ePlan is looking to be the alternative to the long-standing enterprise software market, which hasn’t seen much innovation since Oracle’s SPE software. ePlan wants to build the platform where a company’s HR and finance departments can collaborate on the same projects rather than compete.

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2 years ago

This is a startup that wants to make getting a home inspection as simple as booking a flight. The startup wants to compete with Zillow, to serve the same customer base, but with a focus on providing a more efficient service.

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2 years ago

A full-stack video platform for small businesses. It’s hoping to help small businesses compete against larger ones by providing the ability to update information on their site quickly.

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2 years ago 1 views

A startup that helps retailers who sell on Amazon and other e-commerce stores better compete with Amazon. It’s a platform that lets Amazon sellers who have a lot of digital products in their inventory run promos on their own sites.

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2 years ago

A real estate startup aiming to compete with platforms like Zillow, Trulia, and Redfin. The startup is taking an approach similar to HomeAway, where it helps homeowners and landlords sell their homes. Built with the help of $50 million from Institutional Venture Partners.

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2 years ago

A new generation of email, based on the IMAP protocol. The startup thinks they can better compete with Gmail, which is often hard to use, by improving the user experience of email.

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5 years ago

Idea: A platform for managing ad campaigns for small businesses, meant to compete with the likes of Facebook and Google The company says it already has a few enterprise customers

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5 years ago

Idea: A tool for analyzing the performance of ads, with a focus on how people are converted once they click on an ad. The startup wants to compete with companies like AdRoll and Optimizely.

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5 years ago

Idea: A new twist on insurance for freelancers. The startup is a high-deductible plan with a really low premium — that also includes a loan component. The startup says it’s looking to compete with a 1500% APR loan and offer a 1% interest loan.

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