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The 2018 edition of the Y Combinator Demo Day featured 41 startups in three different tracks: Hardware, Software, and Networking & Events. The startups were chosen from 5,000 applicants by Y Combinator.

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This startup builds tools that help product marketers find the best influencers to be featured on their product.

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A payment technology company that works with online retailers and e-commerce platforms. The startup uses blockchain technology to enable payments between the retailer and the customer. It has been featured on the “top 10 under-the-radar blockchain startups” from CB Insights.

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Idea: This startup is building a new productivity tool that lets users scroll down a page to view content, rather than clicking from one page to another The startup currently has a prototype and has already been featured in TechCrunch

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In the 2017 Philadelphia Startup Week, 10 companies were featured.

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In 2016, the company was featured in a Wired article titled "The $10 Million Game That Can Change Your Life," and has been covered in articles in Fast Company, Forbes, Business Insider, and The Economist.

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A tool for creating a “beautiful and fully-featured” website in just 15 minutes.

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This startup is building an app that cuts through the noise of the daily news cycle, by separating the good from the bad. The app, called “The Daily”, takes a different perspective, highlighting the optimistic and the important, but not the trivial. It’s already been featured in the Washington Post, Fast Company, and the New York Times.

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The following companies were featured in the Inc. 5000 in the “Healthcare” category:

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A search engine focused on finding the most relevant articles about a particular topic. The startup is building the search around data from more than 190 million sources across the web. It was recently featured on the HBO show Silicon Valley.

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A seed-stage medical tech startup focused on helping patients undergoing surgery and managing their pain through a smartphone app. The founders say they’ve been featured on 60 Minutes, and have raised a $1 million seed round

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The following startups are featured in Inc.’s 2019 Inc. 5000 list, a ranking of the 5,000 largest privately held companies in the United States.

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A startup that helps bloggers increase their reach and content distribution. The company has built a micro-influencer network that helps content creators get featured on other sites and generate more traffic.

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This startup allows brands to track their press mentions and then see which outlets they were featured in.

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The batch featured Y Combinator alumni and exits.

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The Idea Festival has been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and Fast Company.

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A startup platform for students to find tutors, teachers, and other school professionals. It has already been featured on the Showcase Stage of Startup Battlefield.

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A company that wants to become the Amazon Prime of physical shopping. It offers a subscription service that offers free 2-day shipping on a monthly basis, but also has a full-featured shopping platform that a business can use to build out a catalog of products and order them.

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This list is incomplete as there are many other startups that have not yet been featured here.

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A startup that helps groups of people find free concerts in cities across the world. The startup, which was founded in May, has been featured on Forbes and has 2,000 users for the app.

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A startup that builds websites for small businesses. The company has already built over 100 sites, and has been featured on Techcrunch and on the front page of Medium.

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The following startups were featured on the show as a part of the Airtime segment, but did not have a pitch session:

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A startup for multi-family buildings that aims to optimize energy usage through a more intelligent management of energy usage. The startup started in 2018 and has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, and Fast Company Design.

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The companies featured above have either been accepted into YC or are in the application process. Other companies on the list below have not been accepted into YC, but are still in the running.

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Other tech startups that have been featured or profiled in this section include:

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“The most affordable and fully featured machine learning platform on the market, from the creators of the world’s best-selling machine learning book,” the startup says.

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A tool for building a list of people to invite to a job interview. The startup had a good response from the hiring world after it was featured in the New York Times.

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Pays developers to enter their apps into the App Store, and then gives them revenue share when they they are featured on the App Store.

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A conference series, which has featured an all-female speaker lineup, and a $15 fee.

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The event featured the first TechCrunch XR (extended reality) Hackathon in which teams built VR and AR experiences using HTC Vive and Facebook’s Oculus Rift VR headset. The event also featured a Startup Alley in which the most promising startups from the 2019 program showcased themselves to investors, mentors and press.

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A CRM focused on helping companies find and hire the right people. Jigsaw, which was founded in 2017, has been featured in TechCrunch, Forbes, and Business Insider.

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The Y Combinator events also hosted a number of side events with non-YC startups, including a Startup Battlefield event that featured startups from other incubators. As with the main event, startup pitches were split into teams of 4-5 people, which was organized by Y Combinator, the incubator, and the startup. The teams would then have the chance to pitch their businesses to a panel of judges.

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The 2018 TechStars World Demo Day featured more than 300 startups from all around the world.

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A micro-lending service that helps small businesses get working capital. It’s been featured in Fast Company and VentureBeat

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A startup that matches students with mentors who are already in fields of study that interest them, as well as companies. The startup claims it is already helping 25,000 students find mentors, and has been featured in The New York Times and The Washington Post.

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“Client-driven, fully-featured, enterprise-grade, self-service marketing automation.”

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A “Lite” version of the full-featured social network, with a focus on verticals.

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A cloud-based accounting software for small businesses that seeks to provide all the functionality of a full-featured accounting package without the need to hire an accountant for each client.

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Featured Startup Ideas

The 2018 edition of the Y Combinator Demo Day featured 41 startups in three different tracks: Hardware, Software, and Networking & Events. The startups were chosen from 5,000 applicants by Y Combinator.

This startup builds tools that help product marketers find the best influencers to be featured on their product.

A payment technology company that works with online retailers and e-commerce platforms. The startup uses blockchain technology to enable payments between the retailer and the customer. It has been featured on the “top 10 under-the-radar blockchain startups” from CB Insights.

Idea: This startup is building a new productivity tool that lets users scroll down a page to view content, rather than clicking from one page to another The startup currently has a prototype and has already been featured in TechCrunch

In the 2017 Philadelphia Startup Week, 10 companies were featured.

In 2016, the company was featured in a Wired article titled "The $10 Million Game That Can Change Your Life," and has been covered in articles in Fast Company, Forbes, Business Insider, and The Economist.

A tool for creating a “beautiful and fully-featured” website in just 15 minutes.

The following companies were featured in the Inc. 5000 in the “Healthcare” category:

A search engine focused on finding the most relevant articles about a particular topic. The startup is building the search around data from more than 190 million sources across the web. It was recently featured on the HBO show Silicon Valley.

A seed-stage medical tech startup focused on helping patients undergoing surgery and managing their pain through a smartphone app. The founders say they’ve been featured on 60 Minutes, and have raised a $1 million seed round

The following startups are featured in Inc.’s 2019 Inc. 5000 list, a ranking of the 5,000 largest privately held companies in the United States.

A startup that helps bloggers increase their reach and content distribution. The company has built a micro-influencer network that helps content creators get featured on other sites and generate more traffic.

This startup allows brands to track their press mentions and then see which outlets they were featured in.

The batch featured Y Combinator alumni and exits.

The Idea Festival has been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and Fast Company.

A startup platform for students to find tutors, teachers, and other school professionals. It has already been featured on the Showcase Stage of Startup Battlefield.

A company that wants to become the Amazon Prime of physical shopping. It offers a subscription service that offers free 2-day shipping on a monthly basis, but also has a full-featured shopping platform that a business can use to build out a catalog of products and order them.

This list is incomplete as there are many other startups that have not yet been featured here.

A startup that helps groups of people find free concerts in cities across the world. The startup, which was founded in May, has been featured on Forbes and has 2,000 users for the app.

A startup that builds websites for small businesses. The company has already built over 100 sites, and has been featured on Techcrunch and on the front page of Medium.

The following startups were featured on the show as a part of the Airtime segment, but did not have a pitch session:

A startup for multi-family buildings that aims to optimize energy usage through a more intelligent management of energy usage. The startup started in 2018 and has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, and Fast Company Design.

The companies featured above have either been accepted into YC or are in the application process. Other companies on the list below have not been accepted into YC, but are still in the running.

Other tech startups that have been featured or profiled in this section include:

“The most affordable and fully featured machine learning platform on the market, from the creators of the world’s best-selling machine learning book,” the startup says.

A tool for building a list of people to invite to a job interview. The startup had a good response from the hiring world after it was featured in the New York Times.

Pays developers to enter their apps into the App Store, and then gives them revenue share when they they are featured on the App Store.

A conference series, which has featured an all-female speaker lineup, and a $15 fee.

A CRM focused on helping companies find and hire the right people. Jigsaw, which was founded in 2017, has been featured in TechCrunch, Forbes, and Business Insider.

The 2018 TechStars World Demo Day featured more than 300 startups from all around the world.

A micro-lending service that helps small businesses get working capital. It’s been featured in Fast Company and VentureBeat

A startup that matches students with mentors who are already in fields of study that interest them, as well as companies. The startup claims it is already helping 25,000 students find mentors, and has been featured in The New York Times and The Washington Post.

“Client-driven, fully-featured, enterprise-grade, self-service marketing automation.”

A “Lite” version of the full-featured social network, with a focus on verticals.

A cloud-based accounting software for small businesses that seeks to provide all the functionality of a full-featured accounting package without the need to hire an accountant for each client.