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2 years ago

A “platform for understanding and managing the impact of content on all social media channels,” with a focus on building tools for brands and their agencies.

225

4 years ago

A company that helps teachers teach their students about the impact of their smartphones

224

4 years ago

A visual analytics tool that measures the impact of the content you’re sharing on social media.

200

4 years ago

A technology company that offers remote support for small businesses. It has the potential to impact millions of small businesses.

192

5 years ago

Measuring the legal and ethical impact of social media.

170

3 years ago

A mobile app for people who want to live a more sustainable lifestyle. The company is building a tool for people to track their carbon footprints and reduce the impact they have on the environment.

169

3 years ago

A network for the world’s most influential people and organizations to share ideas, knowledge, and impact

167

5 years ago

a tool to help people measure and reduce the impact of their social media use on their personal and professional lives. It’s been downloaded over 1 million times.

166

3 years ago

A startup that helps cities to manage the carbon impact of the building supply chain and set up carbon trading systems for companies.

166

4 years ago

A company that “creates impactful digital experiences for brands”. They want to do this by using AI and machine learning to build personalized experiences for users.

165

5 years ago

A platform for measuring the impact of ads on your website

159

5 years ago

A visual design platform for brands & agencies that allows designers to see the visual impact of their designs before they hit production.

154

3 years ago

This startup is building a way for companies to keep track of the impact their marketing has on consumer behavior.

151

5 years ago

The 2017 batch was selected based on their work in the field, their potential to drive positive social impact, and their fit with Y Combinator’s mission. The following companies were selected:

149

5 years ago

A startup that uses AI to identify what companies will be impacted by the city’s transportation-tech initiatives, so they can be more strategic in their expansion plans.

148

2 years ago

A company that enables companies to make decisions about their employees by measuring the impact of their work. The startup is building a tool for HR departments looking to get a better picture of how their employees are performing.

148

5 years ago

An AI-based platform for helping companies measure and understand the impact of their employees’ spending and behavior.

146

5 years ago

A web-based platform for managing and distributing digital content, with a focus on social impact journalism.

141

5 years ago

A tool for understanding the human impact of a new product

132

5 years ago

Designed to help clients define and measure their social impact, Consequence is a software company helping nonprofits and for-profits better track their impact. It helps clients measure the effectiveness of their programs and measure employees’ impact, too. The company has a $10 million Series A, with $1 million raised in its first round of VC funding.

126

5 years ago

A data visualization startup that combines data visualizations with haptic feedback to maximize the impact of its product.

126

5 years ago

This startup wants to improve the impact of school-based violence prevention programs.

124

5 years ago

A company that helps small businesses test their websites or mobile apps before deploying them. Potential clients can use this to test their website for free, get feedback on their website, and then make changes to their website based on that feedback. The company also offers a web app that helps small businesses track user metrics and track how changes to their website impact those metrics.

121

3 years ago

A platform that helps non-profits measure their impact and reach donors. The startup also offers a service for nonprofits of all sizes to produce impact reports, generally a 6-month to 1-year undertaking for a nonprofit.

120

3 years ago

A platform for social impact investment (a funding model that invests in companies that benefit the world) that focuses on early stage startups and entrepreneurs.

119

5 years ago

A software company that helps businesses better define and measure the impact of their marketing campaigns. The company’s founders say their platform has already helped businesses like Blue Apron and Fandango “get more value for their marketing dollars.”

118

5 years ago

The company behind the $500,000 World Cup prize pool, FanDuel is building a baseball-based fantasy game. FanDuel has a head start in the US and UK, but will need to grow in other countries to have an impact.

114

4 years ago

A company that’s building a dashboard for cities to track the impact of their programs and metrics for investors. It’s looking to target dozens of cities, from Portland to Detroit.

110

4 years ago

A platform for social good data. The startup is looking to connect NGOs, businesses, and individuals into a real-time social impact community.

110

5 years ago

A platform that makes it easy for companies to test the performance of their marketing campaigns. It’s a data-driven platform that shows the impact of different marketing channels and lets companies easily see how changing the mix of campaigns affects performance.

108

5 years ago

A dashboard for enterprise organizations to better understand the impact of their products, and how to make them better. It’s a tool designed to help people understand how to build stronger products, and how to change their products to help them make more money.

108

4 years ago

A tool to track and visualize a person’s social media activity. It’s a hit with marketers who want to see the impact of their social media campaigns.

106

5 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.

103

4 years ago

A startup that’s looking to put a face on the concept of “social impact” in a way that’s familiar to most people.

101

3 years ago

A startup that will allow retailers to measure the impact of their marketing campaigns using behavioral science.

101

5 years ago

A startup that provides data and analytics on the impact of customer data on retail growth

100

4 years ago

A startup that tracks the impact of your daily commute

100

4 years ago

This is a not-for-profit that provides a global marketplace to sell and buy durable goods. The marketplace is meant to help reduce the environmental impact of consumer goods, especially in developing countries.

96

4 years ago

A company that makes it easier to measure and manage the environmental impact of a company’s operations.

92

4 years ago

This startup is building a consumer-facing tool that helps people track their carbon footprint and make their own personal plan to reduce their impact.

91

4 years ago

A platform that helps small businesses get better ROI on their marketing, allowing them to see how individual marketing campaigns are impacting their bottom line.

90

4 years ago

A tool that helps users visualize what’s happening around them, how the environment is changing, and potential impacts.

89

2 years ago

An end-to-end platform for brands to track the impact of their social media campaigns.

88

4 years ago

A startup that’s building a way to make it easier for people to waste time on social media. The startup wants to make social media less addictive and more impactful.

87

4 years ago

A startup that’s building a tool for measuring the effectiveness of marketing campaigns. It will allow marketers to track their performance and measure impact.

83

4 years ago

A startup that measures and reports on the ethics and practices of companies and organizations. The startup shared a solution to a problem in which consumers and companies aren’t aware of the impact of their purchasing decisions.

82

4 years ago

A marketing platform to help companies measure their impact on the world by tracking their impact on the environment.

79

4 years ago

A mobile app that helps you find the best deals on local goods and services, with an emphasis on the impact of adding an ethical component to the economy.

78

3 years ago

A digital platform that helps people reduce the environmental impact of their lives

77

3 years ago

A platform to help non-profits track online donations, allowing them to show donors how their contributions impact their goals.

77

4 years ago

A tool that helps companies manage their risk in the event of an injury to a key employee. It estimates the impact of the absence of a key employee and provides advice on what to do.

76

5 years ago

Idea: A B2B startup making a new kind of AI for managing oil wells. They say their AI’s can help reduce costs, make oil wells more efficient, and reduce environmental impact.

74

3 years ago

A tool for understanding the impact of your health care spending on your lifestyle and health. A bit like Mint for healthcare, and HealthifyMe for groceries.

72

3 years ago

An online platform connecting and incentivizing philanthropists and social impact investors.

72

4 years ago

A market intelligence startup that helps tech companies track the impact of new products.

71

4 years ago

A startup that believes in the power of the individual to make a positive impact. They’re working closely with the United Nations to help deliver clean water to slums, and hope to expand to other areas.

70

4 years ago

A startup that wants to help companies track the environmental impacts of their products and services. The startup is looking to create a single platform for tracking a company’s environmental footprint.

68

3 years ago

The startup is working to bring the data warehouse to the field of social impact.

66

2 years ago

A network of venture-backed startups that offer a limited number of seats to non-profits in exchange for working on their social impact mission

66

3 years ago

A $1-per-month app that helps users track their carbon footprint. Love.co is focused on helping users understand the environmental impacts of their daily habits, such as their food purchases, travel choices, and their energy usage.

64

3 years ago

A platform that helps you track the financial impact of your decisions. The tool helps your business make better decisions, and it takes time and money out of the business.

62

3 years ago

This company is working to reduce the environmental impact of transit and bikes.

61

3 years ago

The impact of the tech industry on San Francisco is notable, and often it is not positive.

58

3 years ago

A company that helps people take a low-impact workout to keep their blood pressure and heart rate in check.

56

3 years ago

This startup helps nonprofit organizations — particularly those serving women and children — connect with government and other stakeholders to solve problems and create impact.

54

3 years ago

In an effort to better understand the impact of its product, Yext is conducting real-time behavioral tracking tests of its software and the effects of it being installed on the web. Yext already has a number of users and revenue from companies like Airbnb, Pinterest, and Yelp.

53

2 years ago

A new way to measure the impact of marketing campaigns, tracking a campaign’s success over time.

53

5 years ago

A startup that helps non-profits and social enterprises improve their impact by giving them insights into how people use their products and services.

52

4 years ago

HelloSensors is building a platform for collecting, storing and analyzing data about the world around us, enabling users to monitor and track the weather, detect earthquakes, or track the impact of a disease.

52

3 years ago

An AI-based tool for giving context to text messages and other messaging, which can help humans better understand the context of messages and improve their impact.

51

3 years ago

A social network for organizations that helps them better communicate, manage and track their projects and the impact they’ve had. Built on top of a powerful AI engine that can monitor, predict, and maximize the effectiveness of a company’s output.

51

3 years ago

A startup that wants to help businesses implement artificial intelligence into their operations and get insights on how it’s working. The startup has a tool that allows businesses to predict the impact of AI solutions by analyzing data that is already available.

48

3 years ago

A company that lets you analyze data in your inbox, like the impact of a customer’s purchase. The startup looks for patterns in customer interaction and uses those to improve the customer experience. They’ve got a few customers in the US and are looking to grow globally.

46

5 years ago

Idea: A data analytics platform for the petrochemical, energy, and manufacturing industries, helping them stay aware of the cost of their product and the impact their product has on the environment

45

2 years ago

A personalized financial planner meant to help consumers understand their own spending, as well as the likely impact of their decisions on their financial health.

45

5 years ago

Idea: A single platform that allows developers to monitor apps, see the impact they have on the web, and see the performance of any single API endpoint

43

3 years ago

The startup is building a cloud based “data hub” specifically for social impact companies. It aims to “make it easier for social enterprises and nonprofits to integrate their data with the rest of the world, and for those people to access it.” The startup’s first customers are a group of nonprofits in the Bay Area.

43

2 years ago

A startup that aims to help small businesses track the financial impact of their operations with data-driven insights.

43

3 years ago

This startup wants to help users track the environmental impact of their food choices. The company says it can help people cut their food waste by 20% and their carbon footprint by 30%.

42

2 years ago

A B2B startup that helps lenders analyze the financial impact of different scenarios on a student’s college debt.

42

3 years ago

A “credit score for people” that CEO says will help the company’s users understand how they’re impacting their credit.

40

3 years ago

This startup is helping smaller companies and individuals better understand the impact of their advertising spending. The startup has a product called "Advertising Metrics", which helps advertisers understand the impact of their ad spend.

39

3 years ago

A company that aims to help small businesses succeed in the digital economy. With a database of nearly 11,000 products and 25,000 SKUs, it’s another simple product that’s making a big impact.

36

2 years ago

A way to help employees understand how their work impacts the bottom line.

36

2 years ago

An AI-based platform for helping businesses understand the impact of their marketing spend. The company says its AI-powered algorithm delivers “more actionable insights than any other marketing intelligence platform”.

32

2 years ago

A startup that tracks the economic impact of your business, using data to come up with a score for you.

27

2 years ago

This is a startup that wants to provide data on water usage and its impact on crops to farmers.

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2 years ago 1 views

A startup that helps consumers decide which products to buy based on how much their friends have bought in the past. The company is targeting the consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry, looking to create a tool that lets companies measure the sales impact of their social media and e-mail campaigns.

24

2 years ago

A data-driven platform that helps businesses and government agencies track and visualize the impact of their initiatives.

23

2 years ago

A platform for building a personal narrative in the form of a book that Dr. Lovell wrote to help people better understand the world around them. The book provides the reader with the details behind the science, the history, and the impact of science.

20

2 years ago

A newsfeed for business, a tool that provides a weekly overview of the news that can impact your business and industry.

20

2 years ago

A tool for consumers to see the environmental impact of their purchases and to find sustainable options.

19

2 years ago

WeWork is looking to make an impact in the solar energy market. The company hopes to make solar power more accessible, affordable and profitable by building a platform for small businesses to get access to solar panels.

18

2 years ago

A data platform for banks that helps them understand how transactions are impacting their profit & loss statements. The startup wants to help banks reduce the cost of manual reconciliation.

11

2 years ago

This startup aims to improve agriculture by helping farmers manage their crops’ environmental impact. They want to help farmers take more care in growing crops, and thus raise yields while conserving resources.

9

5 years ago

Idea: A platform that helps users launch and run a social impact startup in 15 days

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5 years ago

A tool for measuring and tracking performance on social media. The startup wants to help social media managers measure the impact of their efforts, and get a better sense of which tweets are performing well.

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6 days ago

An AI tool that scans urban planning documents and simulates community impacts like traffic or green space loss before approvals.

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10 days ago 5 views

A B2B tool for e-commerce brands that predicts inventory shortages by analyzing social media trends and weather data before they impact sales.

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