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2 years ago

A tool for low-risk, high-yield investments.

736

4 years ago

A “social network for crypto users”, allowing them to share their investment and trading strategies with each other and follow other traders.

392

2 years ago 2 views

This app helps people sell and buy peer-to-peer investments through a mobile app.

377

4 years ago

A company that helps investors and real estate agents track investment performance.

328

4 years ago

A company that promises a 1% earnings yield on crypto investments.

285

2 years ago

The idea is to use a combination of machine learning and algorithms to help consumers understand investment risk in a way they haven’t before. The startup wants to build a “risk assessment” tool that takes into account the potential for a company’s product to go up or down and then advises consumers on the proper level of risk they should take.

278

4 years ago

An investment platform for early stage startups composed of a distributed network of partners who provide seed funding and advice.

247

2 years ago

A startup that provides a “smart AI-powered, real-time investment advisor for everyday people”.

247

2 years ago

A startup that aims to make driving easier by predicting how long it will take you to get to a destination. It currently has 1,000 users and is funded by a $20 million investment from Blackstone.

240

5 years ago 1 views

According to a report by TechCrunch, the San Francisco based coworking space, WeWork, is looking to raise another round of investments at a valuation of $8 billion. WeWork has been growing rapidly, and has been a major success in the US. However, the multi-billion-dollar valuation has not been met by the pace of growth, and many question how sustainable it will be.

237

4 years ago

The startup is a spin-off of a company called Hint, which was founded in 2015 to help people make better decisions about personal finance. The data can be used to help consumers identify opportunities for savings and investments, and Hint says one in three Americans don’t have enough money saved.

226

4 years ago

A startup that delivers expert advice to help you make the right investments, such as mutual funds or stocks.

215

4 years ago

A platform for creating and sharing high quality screencasts for web apps, with a focus on creating screen casts for websites. Essentially, it wants to be the video editing equivalent of the “Slideshow” feature in Word or “Compose” in a browser. A $50,000 investment in June and a partnership with Apple followed soon after.

209

4 years ago

A company that wants to help people manage their savings and investments. Miso makes it easy for you to see your savings and investments in a single place.

206

4 years ago

A software that helps companies manage investment in cryptocurrencies. The company’s product is a dashboard that tracks cryptocurrencies for a given company, and allows them to buy, sell, and trade them with relative ease.

194

4 years ago

An email marketing tool that integrates with all of your favorite email clients. The startup’s founders say they’ve already closed $1.5 million in pre-launch investment.

193

5 years ago

An AI that is trained to help determine the price of a particular asset, and automatically alert buyers and sellers when it sees an opportunity to make an investment.

190

4 years ago

A startup that helps hedge funds and investment managers make better decisions. The startup is based in Silicon Valley, but is also working in China and the UK.

189

5 years ago

A platform that helps advertisers to optimize the return on investment for their digital campaigns.

184

5 years ago

Ponzi-like investment scheme for the bitcoin community. They are a bitcoin company that offers a service which allows people to invest or lend bitcoins without having to exchange them for other currencies. The startup is currently only operating in India, with plans to expand to other countries.

182

4 years ago

Bot Camp is a platform for building bots for Slack or Facebook Messenger. The company, which launched in May, is backed by Abraaj Group, a global investment firm whose portfolio includes e-commerce startup Shopify.

181

4 years ago

This is a startup that aims to make it easier for financial institutions to raise capital by using machine learning and AI to identify potential high-return investment opportunities.

175

4 years ago

An investment platform that allows users to invest their money in marijuana stocks and related ventures.

175

3 years ago

An investment platform for Latin America, with a focus on startups in the energy, healthcare, and agriculture spaces.

174

5 years ago

A startup that does “personalized” financial planning for people who have a lot of money So, clients pay a fee and the financial planner talks with them and then helps them set up their investment portfolio

173

4 years ago

A dating app that helps people find matches regardless of what they’re looking for in a relationship. The startup has attracted more than $10 million in investment, and has partnered with celebrities like Shaquille O’Neal, who was one of the app’s first users.

172

3 years ago

A micro-investment platform, focused on small savings accounts.

169

5 years ago

A web-based platform that helps you start and manage your own investment fund

167

5 years ago

This is a financial platform for the “urban poor” that helps track their income, expenses, and savings. It connects people to financial services and also helps them understand how to make savings and investments.

166

5 years ago

An AI-based chatbot that will help investors make better investment decisions. The startup says it is currently in the “soft launch” phase of their $1 million seed round.

164

5 years ago

A bank account that the founders say is “like a personal investment account with 100x the transparency of other accounts and no fees.” The account is meant to be a savings account for small businesses or freelancers.

164

3 years ago

A micro-investment app that lets a person invest what they earn in their Roth IRA.

162

5 years ago

A platform for connecting borrowers with investors, allowing for investments in anything from clothing and food to cars and real estate.

161

5 years ago

A web-based tool for investors to check a portfolio of investments for fraud and patterns in investment activity.

160

5 years ago

A “micro-investment platform” that lets employees invest in each other’s startups.

158

5 years ago

Media startups are often built on the back of a single product, such as Skype or YouTube. The company’s founders say its technology can help companies figure out whether a new product is worth the investment.

157

5 years ago

A platform for financial advisors to manage their clients’ investments. The platform is intended to help advisors avoid mistakes often made by new advisors, and set up automatic investment reports.

157

5 years ago

A real estate investment platform that claims it will help reduce real estate agent commissions by up to 80%.

157

5 years ago

“A safe investment wrapper for cryptocurrency savings accounts”. The company is building an account that lets people invest cryptocurrency, while also automatically tracking the value of the investment and sending out monthly statements.

156

5 years ago

Online brokerage which helps consumers better understand their investment products and gives them access to a licensed broker.

153

5 years ago

A San Francisco-based startup in the education marketplace space that wants to help lower-income students afford higher education. The startup tells me it’s had over $200,000 in investments, has more than 10,000 students, and has been used by more than 3,000 colleges and universities.

153

5 years ago

A $30,000 investment in a machine that turns raw coffee beans into a beverage.

152

3 years ago

We can’t get enough of these: more than $500,000 in investment has come in since they launched. They’re building software to help companies run their data centers more efficiently, as well as a professional network for data center workers.

152

5 years ago

A startup that uses the power of past sales information to predict returns on investments, helping investors make better financial decisions.

150

5 years ago

A software for financial advisors that helps them fish out bad investments and clients that are taking too much risk.

146

4 years ago

The startup helps nonprofits raise money, selling a “bundles of investments”.

146

5 years ago

A SaaS platform for marketers and businesses to create their own digital ads for Facebook. The startup is in a third round of investment and will launch in the first half of 2020.

145

5 years ago

A company that’s building a set of tools for easy investment in a stock market.

144

5 years ago

Yieldbot is a property management software startup looking to help people manage their real estate investment properties, and get an extra return on their investment.

144

5 years ago

A web-based collaboration platform that helps people brainstorm and write down ideas. The company just closed $1.1M in seed funding from investors like Fidelity Investments and Bain Capital Ventures.

144

5 years ago

A company that combines real estate investment with private equity to make investments that are less risky for the investor.

144

5 years ago

An investment platform for retail investors.

143

5 years ago

A product that allows companies to create a “futures account” in which the companies has a savings and investment account.

142

5 years ago

A product that helps financial advisors create discounted and flexible investment plans for clients.

141

5 years ago

A “personal assistant” for investors, aiming to help them research companies, make investment decisions, and diversify their portfolio.

141

5 years ago

Idea for a startup to help people who want to stay on top of their money and investments. The company would offer customers a set of online tools and a “wealth coach” to help them stay on top of their investments and cashflow.

141

5 years ago

A tool that helps people manage their investments and savings, using an app and online interface.

141

3 years ago

A company that is building a new tool that allows people to conduct a financial analysis of their own investment portfolio. They’re currently focused on analyzing retirement savings.

141

5 years ago

A startup that aims to help financial advisors in the US give advice to clients who are buying fixed-income investments. The startup is backed by the venture arm of Goldman Sachs.

139

5 years ago

A hybrid life insurance company that combines traditional life insurance with a private-sector investment arm.

139

5 years ago

A new way to make small investments in companies via a traditional stock exchange, where a fund manager buys shares in a private company and sells them to public investors. A good example of a startup that is trying to bring the benefits of high-frequency trading to a more traditional model.

139

5 years ago

A startup that builds custom devices for businesses, such as a GPS-powered shelf for a refrigerator to keep track of stock, or a phone-controlled washing machine. It has raised $4.2 million in investments since it was founded in September.

138

5 years ago

A startup that wants to help people sign up for and manage their health insurance through their phone. The startup recently raised $1.5 million in seed funding from NY Health Investment Funds.

137

5 years ago

A startup that looks to make it easier for the elderly to get a second smartphone. They’re looking to make it easy for the elderly to get a second smartphone when they’re already paying high smartphone bills. They’re launching in a few months and have already received a $250,000 investment from an angel group in the Valley that helps solve “pioneering problems in emerging markets.”

137

3 years ago

In July, the Brazilian government canceled a $500 million investment in Uber. In response, Uber Brazil has been building a team of 150 to prepare for its eventual return to the country.

137

3 years ago

A way to handle pricing and investments on a contract basis.

137

3 years ago

A startup that’s developing a product for financial advisors and wealth managers to manage their client’s investments.

137

3 years ago

A startup that partners with CFOs and investment firms to help them better manage their business and growth.

136

5 years ago

A tool for managing your personal finance. It’s a one-stop-shop for all your banking and insurance needs, as well as a platform for your investments.

135

5 years ago

A startup that uses data analytics to help investors make better investments.

135

5 years ago

This app will help people easily manage their finances and investments with annual spending and expense reports.

135

3 years ago

In addition to the list above, Y Combinator also supports a variety of other companies through its investments.

135

4 years ago

This is a tool for investors to define and track their portfolios of investments.

134

3 years ago

An investment platform for early stage startups, which helps them raise capital from angels, VCs and other investors.

134

5 years ago

A robo-adviser for retirement savings, pitched as “Investment + Retirement Done Right”.

131

5 years ago

This startup is building a system that helps companies recruit and retain high quality talent. With a $100,000 investment from Andreessen Horowitz, the company is working with companies like Hubspot, Zendesk, and The New York Times to do so.

129

5 years ago

The startup is trying to build a kind of big data database that can be used by the financial services industry to make better business and investment decisions.

129

5 years ago

A tool that helps people organize investment accounts in their minds to make better financial decisions.

129

5 years ago

A portfolio manager that uses machine learning to match your investments to your risk tolerance.

129

5 years ago

This platform helps users track how their money is being spent. The startup says it has already attracted over $1 million in investment dollars.

128

3 years ago

The Startup Battlefield match-up features three teams and one team will win the prize of $50,000. The winner of the Battlefield will also receive a $25,000 investment from the founder of Groupon, Andrew Mason, and if they are successful, the winner will also have the option to have their company reviewed by Groupon.

128

5 years ago

This startup is building a custom, AI-intelligence bot that will help users track and manage their own investments. The startup currently has more than $1 million in funding.

127

5 years ago

A micro-investment product for small investors. The startup has created a platform that allows you to invest in a portfolio of loans rather than a single loan.

126

5 years ago

A company that wants to bring more transparency and accountability to financial services. Vantage is looking to disrupt the private equity industry. The company is building a platform that will allow investors to track and analyze investment performance.

125

5 years ago

A company focused on helping companies find and recruit people who create content like blogs, podcasts, or YouTube channels. Content creators have to manually fill out applications and get approval from the startup to be on their platform. The startup has already raised $100,000 and is looking for more investment.

125

4 years ago

A startup that makes a game that helps people learn how to code and write programs in custom languages. The one-time investment is $50, and it’s currently in a private beta.

125

5 years ago

This startup is building a platform for the fintech industry that aims to help banks manage their lending, investments, and risk. The platform was built to sit alongside the CapitalOne API.

124

5 years ago

A digital platform that aims to make it easier for investors to invest in start-up companies. The venture has taken in $105 million in investments so far, but it’s still looking for its first customer.

124

5 years ago

A new way for entrepreneurs to get funding. The startup, which launches today, wants to give entrepreneurs access to a “constant stream of regular, predictable investments”.

123

5 years ago

A startup that lets users create professional-looking investment reports in a few minutes, then sell them to their peers.

123

5 years ago

A startup that combines real estate investment with hotel management, with the goal of investing in hotels that aren’t doing well.

121

5 years ago

A digital registry that records and organizes all your investment holdings.

120

4 years ago

A startup that tries to deliver a “return on investment” for security, allowing businesses to get a lot of value out of a physical security guard.

120

5 years ago

A multi-platform platform that connects crypto investors with crypto digital assets and tokenized objects for investment.

119

3 years ago

A SaaS provider for tracking investments by companies. The company wants to target companies in the energy and oil sectors.

119

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 startup that will provide a new way for investors to keep track of their investments, to save time and money.

117

5 years ago

A company that helps you evaluate the best investments to take advantage of growing trends — and withdraw money if you want.

116

5 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.

116

4 years 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.

115

5 years ago

A fintech company that creates portfolios for companies to manage their employee retirement savings. It allows companies to track employees’ investment performance while offering a platform to help them manage their own retirement savings.

114

3 years ago

A tool for financial professionals, or portfolio managers, to create and manage investment portfolios. The startup offers a web-based, drag and drop interface to create portfolios.

114

2 years ago

A company that wants to help companies build and run their own financial management and investment teams.

114

5 years ago

A platform to help people easily track their finances. The company is focusing on “low-risk” investments to make it easier for even the novice to invest.

112

5 years ago

An investment platform to help startups from the seed stage through growth. The company wants to help startups raise funds and make pitch decks quickly and easily.

111

5 years ago

A startup that cuts banks out of the process of opening a checking account by building its own app. The startup has a mobile app that would allow customers to log in to their bank, make savings and investment plans, and keep track of their spending.

110

4 years ago

A $100 million investment fund for startups.

110

3 years ago

A startup that “makes it easy for people to invest in the stock market,” assisting “mutual funds, hedge funds and other investment firms to manage their clients’ portfolios.”

110

5 years ago

A virtual assistant that can help you manage your finances, track your investments and get you the best rates. The SaaS platform is currently in private beta with a soft launch for a small group of users.

109

3 years ago

A platform for “premium” investment products that is designed to appeal to accredited investors. It currently has about 1,200 members.

107

3 years ago

A startup that helps people organize their personal information, such as budgeting, travel, and investments, by making it easy to import data from multiple sources into one place.

107

5 years ago

Some people like to own a car, which is usually a pretty big financial investment. Zendrive aims to be the Uber of cars, providing a way for people to get around without having to deal with insurance or renting or buying a car.

106

4 years ago

ASR is a digital investment platform, which is designed to give investors the chance to buy, sell, and trade digital assets.

106

5 years ago

This company is building a platform that helps people manage and grow their wealth for retirement. It’s a robo-advisor that works with both individual investors and large investment funds.

105

4 years ago

A “freemium” service that helps people build and manage their own portfolios of investments.

105

5 years ago

A company that aims to make low-risk, high-return investments in real estate.

104

3 years ago

A financial startup that focuses on generating investment opportunities, and helping investors make better investment decisions.

104

5 years ago

These are tools that help people manage their personal finances — including things like credit cards, bank accounts, budgets, and investments.

103

5 years ago

A platform that brings together investment opportunities from the public markets to the private markets, and vice versa.

103

5 years ago

This August, TechCrunch reported that Instagram was in talks with Facebook to acquire the company for as much as $1 billion. Instagram, which was founded in 2010, is based in San Francisco, and is a popular photography app that has more than 300 million users around the world. It was acquired by Facebook in 2012, and Facebook has since used Instagram to promote its other products, including Instagram Stories, and advertisements. Instagram has been a big investment for Facebook, and many think it has been one of the company's most successful acquisitions. However, Instagram's popularity has led to a lot of negative press coverage about the user data that Facebook has access to.

102

4 years ago

This company is making it easier for small businesses to invest in their own ventures, by providing them an online platform for managing investments. The seed round has already been funded, and the company is looking to the next round to help it scale.

102

5 years ago

A startup that wants to help people with their investments by recommending other startups they might want to invest in.

101

3 years ago

At a time when the cost of early stage startups is moving away from small investments, RedSeed is building a $50B global ecosystem for early stage startups.

100

3 years 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.

100

4 years ago

A startup that provides personalized stock investment advice to individuals

98

4 years ago

A startup that pulls live market data into a dashboard for investment and trading. The startup says it has $1.2 million in funding and has worked with the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq.

98

3 years ago

An investment platform that lets people invest in companies that are working to address environmental or social problems.

95

5 years ago

A “digital-first investment firm” that aims to make using the site easy and painless. They’re in the early stages of beta, and have just made their first investment.

93

4 years ago

A platform for workers to get paid residual income for their work, with investment options that pay out nearly immediately.

93

4 years ago

A platform for cinemas to share data on how well movies are selling, allowing owners to make better decisions on their investment in the business.

93

3 years ago

A startup for people who care about their health and fitness, but don’t have time to make the investments. The app provides meal plans, exercises, and recipes.

93

4 years ago

A company that aims to provide a way for people to manage their investments.

92

4 years ago

A platform that connects people with big dreams with the capital to make them come true. It’s an investment platform, and a crowdfunding site at the same time.

92

4 years ago

A company that helps buy-side firms forecast and trade investments and derivatives.

91

4 years ago

A web-based software to keep track of all your investments (stocks, mutual funds, ETFs, etc.).

90

4 years ago

The startup has built a software platform that lets its customers create, manage, and publish road-side signs in multiple languages. The company, which was founded in 2012, has raised $4.5 million in funding, including a $1.5 million investment from Digital Garage in August 2017.

89

4 years ago

A financial and investment platform that facilitates and provides insurance and retirement plans. The company says it wants to take the fees and costs out of these products. The company says it wants to take the fees and costs out of these products. The company wants to simplify the insurance and retirement plans experience for customers and consumers, and for companies to manage their employees’ plans.

89

4 years ago

An investment bank for emerging markets. The startup wants to make it easier for businesses to access capital.

88

4 years ago

A robo-advisor that ties into investment accounts and advisors to manage investment portfolios.

88

4 years ago

A platform that helps people manage their money across investments. It’s a way for people to track their investments with an iPhone app that syncs with a web dashboard.

87

4 years ago

A company that helps people manage their money by combining data about your bank accounts, your credit cards, your portfolio, and your investments to provide insights into how you spend money.

87

2 years ago

A startup making crowd-sourced and AI tools to help people make better financial, insurance and investment decisions.

87

3 years ago

This is a chatbot that helps people ask legal questions. The startup said it has already seen results for their customers, with a client’s investment account growing by $4,000 in a month.

86

4 years ago

An investment platform that looks at past investment returns to give investors more information on companies they might want to invest in.

85

4 years ago

The startup wants to build an app that helps people research investments.

85

4 years ago

A social network that helps investors connect to potential investments.

84

4 years ago

The startup’s app helps smartphone users to make the most of their conversations with a local by providing a database of local restaurants, hotels, and attractions. The startup says it has $6 million in sales, and $500,000 in cash, and recently closed a $3.5 million seed round led by the European Investment Fund.

84

3 years ago

A startup creating a new way for people to track bank accounts, investments, and credit cards in one place, with a mobile app.

83

4 years ago

One of the largest investment firms in the US, Union Square Ventures, has been investing in a number of consumer tech startups. They’re focused on building services that make it easier to sell and manage products through the internet, and they’re actively looking for seed stage opportunities.

82

4 years ago

A platform that helps people find and pay for investment opportunities. The company is focused on helping people invest in real estate and crowdfunding opportunities.

82

3 years ago

A digital platform for managing stock, to help small investors manage their portfolios without the need for a full-time investment advisor. The system relies on the investor’s existing investment account at the broker.

82

4 years ago

A startup that helps to build smart contracts for businesses that need to manage foreign exchange, loans, investment, etc.

81

3 years ago

A startup that helps advertisers manage, monitor and analyze the return on investment for all of the advertising that a company does, using proprietary data sets.

81

4 years ago

An email-focused investment platform. The company provides tools for investors that are used by hedge funds and family offices.

80

3 years ago

This is an investment platform for young early-stage companies to raise money. Menlo Park-based Platform Capital is investing in 10 startups at a time and is launching a $10 million fund this summer.

79

3 years ago

A startup that builds an app that functions as a personal foundation for the consumer, offering insurance and investments with a flat-rate annual fee.

79

3 years ago

A tool for investors and analysts to get data faster and more efficiently. It looks at the performance of stocks and other assets, and provides a way to visualize data and make it easier to find investment opportunities.

79

5 years ago

Idea: A startup that’s building a portfolio management platform for cryptocurrency. It allows people to track their crypto investments on a single dashboard.

78

4 years ago

This startup wants to make online real estate investing more accessible to millennials, with a platform that helps investors manage investments and track performance.

78

3 years ago

A personal finance management tool for young entrepreneurs. It helps users track their net worth, investments, and expenses, and is compatible with any financial product.

78

4 years ago

A start-up focused on making it easier for individuals to invest in real estate. It wants to take away the complexity of investing in real estate and building an investment portfolio.

77

4 years ago

A company that wants to help investors diversify their portfolios with non-traditional investments.

77

4 years ago

Helping people put their home into a rental portfolio. The startup’s platform is meant to help investors see the potential return on investment of the investment portfolio, and to help them decide when to sell or hold out for a higher return.

77

4 years ago

A startup that hopes to use AI to find gaps in the market, allowing people to make more profitable investments.

77

3 years ago

A platform for managing your personal finances, combining features like bill-pay, savings, and investments, in one place.

77

5 years ago

Idea: A startup that is building a solution to address the need for early-stage investment in the medical device industry The company wants to help hardware startups run more efficient clinical trials

76

4 years ago

A digital platform for professionals who want to build their own investment portfolios. The idea is to make investing easier for the average person, and the company is working to make investing more accessible across Brazil.

76

3 years ago

A mobile-first investment firm with $1 billion under management.

76

4 years ago

An investment and crowdfunding platform, and a startup that helps tech companies increase their visibility and funding.

75

3 years ago

A platform for managing your investments and your taxes, including investment management and tax planning services from the same company.

75

3 years ago

A company that wants to provide the capital that is missing from the lending industry — a more traditional intermediary. The startup takes a better interest rate on deposits, with individual investments capped at $50,000.

75

3 years ago

The startup is building a platform that allows users to track and manage their investments, keep track of their portfolio’s performance, and get alerts on their investments' fluctuation.

75

4 years ago

A company that offers a new way to invest in real estate. The startup’s platform offers monthly payments of invested capital with a fixed rate of return on a pool of real estate investments. It’s a p2p lending platform, and its first customers are on a waitlist.

74

4 years ago

An investment platform for angel investors, allowing them to find and screen startups for investment opportunities.

74

3 years ago

The startup is building a “one stop shop” for the startup ecosystem, creating an online platform to help startups find the right investment and legal

74

3 years ago

A tool that helps restaurants plan and manage their catering. It’s an alternative to the standard big-box caterer, which requires a big investment and a lot of custom work.

74

5 years ago

Idea: The first hardware investment platform that allows investors and inventors to reach each other

73

4 years ago

A startup that helps companies find investment opportunities in the public markets in developing countries.

73

3 years ago

A cloud-based platform for financial professionals. The startup aims to make the process of managing large investments simpler and more affordable, starting with a $1,300 annual fee.

73

4 years ago

Their product, Mint, is making it easier for people to track their spending, saving and investments and does it in a visual way that helps people understand the effects of their choices.

72

4 years ago

A tokenized, weighted investment that invests in startups in a curated way, helping investors diversify and make more informed investments.

72

4 years ago

Pivotal Labs is an investment firm that invests in and incubates startups. They also host a series of events, including the Pivotal Summit and Pivotal Labs Convergence.

72

4 years ago

A $25M investment round, led by Fidelity Ventures, brings the company’s total funding to $68.5M.

72

3 years ago

This is a startup that wants to transform the financial industry, with a new way to invest in real estate. They’re using technology and a decentralized protocol to give investors more control over their investments and make it easier to invest in real estate.

72

4 years ago

A startup that wants to help companies better “insur[e] your risky assets” by letting them invest in “a diversified portfolio of investments without a lot of time and hassle”.

71

4 years ago

This company wants to create a portfolio of investment products that help investors reduce taxes and fees.

71

4 years ago

A company that equips people to take control of their financial lives by providing tools for building personal budgets, credit, savings, and investments.

70

4 years ago

A company that helps businesses manage their investments by using software to match them with the right funds.

70

4 years ago

A company looking to help investors stick to their investment strategies.

70

4 years ago

A healthcare investment platform that helps investors evaluate healthcare companies, decide whether or not to invest, and track performance.

70

4 years ago

A tool for visually communicating the health and condition of your real estate investment property

69

3 years ago

A startup that raises money from a crowd and then uses that money to make investments in startups that have been validated by the crowd.

69

3 years ago

A startup for financial advisors to get investment advice to clients, and for clients to get advice on portfolios and investment strategies.

69

4 years ago

This startup is building a real-time platform for banks to coordinate lending and investment by investors.

68

4 years ago

A group of investors in Turkey who are looking to provide a central platform for venture capital investment. They want to help connect investors with startups and help investors feel more comfortable with the market and process.

68

4 years ago

A new solution to mobile payments that’s focused on the growing nature of B2C payments. The startup recently closed a $1 million seed investment round.

68

4 years ago

Leveraging AI to automate the process of crunching numbers to optimize an investment portfolio

68

3 years ago

A startup that wants to connect users with data scientists who can help them make more effective decisions about their investments.

68

3 years ago

A tool for managing a portfolio of multiple investment holdings, built to fit the needs of both individual investors and asset managers.

68

3 years ago

A predictive software company that provides expert advice in the form of a series of recommendations on the customer’s financial situation. The startup looks at the customer’s spending patterns, employer, income, investments, and credit to make a series of suggestions on how to improve the customer’s financial health.

68

3 years ago

A startup that is building a platform that allows users to manage their investments in a way that they’re comfortable with. The founders say they want to help people invest in stocks without having to think about it.

68

4 years ago

A startup that wants to bring machine learning to the world of financial trading, using advanced computer vision and AI to help traders make better investment decisions. It's raised $3.4 million to date from investors like GV and Flatiron.

67

4 years ago

A cloud-based property management software platform for investment property managers, providing a suite of management tools to manage the properties, like accounting, maintenance, and marketing.

67

3 years ago

A robo-advisor that helps advisors recommend the best investment vehicles for clients, based on the client’s age, risk tolerance and goals.

67

3 years ago

Helps foreign investors in Brazil and Mexico find and invest in local investment opportunities.

67

3 years ago

A startup that trades in the volatility of the cryptocurrency market for the stability of fixed-income investments.

67

3 years ago

A company that "helps you understand your investments by using your own data and not just the data of expensive investment banks."

66

3 years ago

A startup to keep track of employees’ personal and professional goals. The company is currently looking for a $500,000 investment to take it to the next level.

66

2 years ago

The startup offers software that helps companies track, measure, and manage their investments

66

4 years ago

A platform for small businesses to access capital. The startup, which was founded in May, is building a supply chain for small businesses to create and manage their own investment opportunities.

65

4 years ago

Is a way for people to wirelessly charge their Apple Watch. The startup has been shipping Apple Watch chargers to customers around the world, and recently received a $1.2 million investment from a group of angel investors.

65

3 years ago

A software company that helps institutions like banks, retirement funds or 401(k) plans manage and track their investments, as well as settle trades. Think of it as Uber for your financial life.

65

4 years ago

Opendoor is a software company that wants to become the Amazon of home rentals. The company acts as a broker between homeowners and short-term renters. It’s made several large investments in recent years, including $117 million in new capital in November 2018.

64

3 years ago

A company that helps “sophisticated” investors, like hedge funds and investment banks, find the best opportunities for investment funds. The startup is one of many that want to create an app that helps investors filter through the abundance of data in the market.

64

3 years ago

A finance company that works with a company’s investment managers to run a comprehensive and comprehensive asset allocation strategy.

64

3 years ago

A startup that wants to be a "one place” solution for investment firms to manage their cash.

64

5 years ago

Idea: A startup building a data-driven tool for portfolio management for investors. The software mines a portfolio for things like tax losses and areas for growth in order to help investors make better decisions with their investments.

63

3 years ago

A portfolio management platform for retail real estate investors, who track their investments and receive alerts via the app.

63

2 years ago

A chatbot that helps with financial investments.

63

4 years ago

A cloud-based platform for managing and tracking your investments. The startup says that it can help people manage more than 15,000 investment accounts in a single account.

62

3 years ago

A startup that has built an online tool for managing a property investment portfolio.

62

3 years ago

A startup that wants to help people manage their investments in a way that takes into account their emotional state.

62

3 years ago

WeWork is a team of more than 200 people focused on expanding its leasing business, which consists of its office space in major cities. It also has a real estate investment business and a few other initiatives.

61

3 years ago

A startup that connects businesses with people who can help them run their business. The startup provides investment advice, coaching, and other services to businesses that are looking to expand.

61

3 years ago

A hybrid platform that combines the benefits of a traditional investment advisor with the power of a robo advisor.

61

3 years ago

An investment platform for early stage startups, with a minimum investment requirement of $50,000.

60

3 years ago

A cloud platform to manage and track assets, especially stuff like cars, vacation homes, and other investments.

60

2 years ago

A startup that helps cultural institutions be more efficient with their technology investments.

60

2 years ago

A platform for financing investments in early-stage startups with loans, equity, and advisory services.

60

4 years ago

A startup that wants to use its AI to power an artificial intelligence-based investment platform to help investors pick stocks.

59

3 years ago

A SaaS platform that enables companies to track, monitor and analyze their investment performance.

59

3 years ago

A platform that makes it easy for advisors to identify and attract clients and build those relationships, with a mobile app that combines a customer’s LinkedIn profile with their investment needs.

59

3 years ago

A cross-border investment platform that connects institutional investors with fund managers through a central service.

59

2 years ago

The following startups have received angel investment:

59

4 years ago

A platform that helps small businesses get access to credit and loans. The startup says it has received a $1.2 million investment and counts Google Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, and Y Combinator as investors.

58

4 years ago

A tool to help companies hire and manage a distributed workforce in the age of on-demand services. In a world of on-demand services, companies are looking for tools that will allow them to manage the people who work for them. Jobbird’s founders have already turned down $500,000 in investment.

58

4 years ago

A robo-advisory startup that wants to help advisors get the right investments for their clients.

58

3 years ago

A $1,000 “social mobility investment fund” for people living in poverty in the US.

58

3 years ago

This is an algorithmic company that claims to be able to predict whether an investment will make money. They’re not in the business of selling, but of helping investors make better decisions that can help them get a better return.

58

4 years ago

This startup aims to transform the face of venture capital by making it more accessible, more transparent, and with more fairness to investors. The startup aims to provide investors with a better way to manage their portfolio, and better tools to manage their investments.

57

3 years ago

A “social portfolio” that helps investors make more informed decisions about their investments

57

3 years ago

An investment management platform, except the company is building a new way to invest in high growth companies like companies that grow 1,000% in a year, 5,000% in 3 years, and so forth. The company is powered by artificial intelligence, and generates recommendations based on your investment desires and risk tolerance.

57

3 years ago

A company that would like to be the one-stop shop for a variety of financial products, including investment, investment advice, and insurance. The startup wants to help people make better financial decisions.

57

2 years ago

A platform that allows users to combine all the content and data points they have into one central place to help make better investment decisions. The company is launching with a financial planning tool in the UK.

57

3 years ago

Manages and tracks all of the investments for a business’s portfolio of startups.

56

4 years ago

A startup that wants to help people better manage their finances by tying their savings, investments, and credit into a single, personalized dashboard.

55

3 years ago

A startup that provides a financial advisor service for freelancers and employees, which allows them to manage their own investments, doing their own research and managing their own portfolio, in exchange for a small commission.

55

3 years ago

“We’re a tool for managing your personal finances. We help you save, you pay us interest on your savings, and we use that to make investments for you.”

55

3 years ago

A platform that brings together your accounts from all your favorite personal finance and investment apps.

55

3 years ago

A platform for managing a portfolio of investment and income-producing real estate.

55

3 years ago

A tool to help people more easily manage their finances, with a particular focus on those who want to save more money but don’t know how to maximize their current investments. The company’s founder is a serial entrepreneur and angel investor in Portland who has previously worked at Intuit and First Republic.

54

3 years ago

The startup is building an app to help people manage their money and save for retirement with an investment platform called My Retirement Plan.

54

2 years ago

A personalized investment service for teens that connects them to independent financial advisors offering advice, education and guidance.

54

2 years ago

GoodSpring is a company that helps people create their own personal equity investment portfolio, like the kind that's popular with millennials.

54

4 years ago

A machine learning-based system that can predict the viability of a potential investment in minutes, rather than the weeks it takes traditional gatekeepers.

53

3 years ago

A platform that aggregates over 500 real estate investment trusts (REITs), allowing investors to compare information and research.

53

3 years ago

A platform for people to earn rent and get connected to services using investments in an app called Invoice.

53

3 years ago

An investment management startup that creates a service for giving financial advice to everyday people.

53

3 years ago

This “mobile-first” investment management app is based on the idea that most users are going to be making a lot of their investment decisions on their phone.

52

3 years ago

A company that builds tools for companies to easily manage their talent. The startup wants to build tools that allow companies to manage their talent like they manage their own investments.

52

3 years ago

This startup is building out a tool for people who want to start their own real estate investment firm, allowing them to track investments and generate leads without a lot of the administrative overhead of being a real estate agent.

52

4 years ago

A digital micro-investments platform for the masses, the startup’s goal is to democratize wealth.

51

3 years ago

A micro-investment service that allows users to invest in the stocks of companies they follow, with the startup providing the “platform and tokenized security”.

51

3 years ago

A machine learning startup that uses its software to conduct risk analysis on assets and make investment recommendations.

51

3 years ago

A startup that helps users find lower-cost financing options and get their personal loans or car loans without having to go through a credit check. The company is in the final stages of a seed investment round.

51

3 years ago

A startup that helps users manage their finances by selling them a monthly investment plan that allows them to invest with a team of financial experts.

51

3 years ago

A B2B company that helps companies manage their investments and achieve a holistic view of their portfolio. It’s led by former startup employees at Betterment, Upromise, and Investable.

51

3 years ago

A company that thinks it has built the first “blockchain for capital markets.” The company is seeking to use its “collaborative and distributed ledger” to help investors make better investment decisions.

50

3 years ago

A tool that helps people manage their investments and track their returns, with a team of professional investors ready to help answer questions.

50

3 years ago

A startup that wants to build a better way to manage your real estate investments, including home equity lines of credit and real estate crowdfunding investments.

50

2 years ago

A software company that allows you to track your investments or investments you’re interested in.

50

4 years ago

A platform that offers a robo-advisor that works with traditional and digital portfolios, allowing investors to access the same investments through both.

49

4 years ago

A Y Combinator-backed startup that aims to make it easier for small entrepreneurs to start a business by allowing them to get investment by crowdsourcing investors’ ideas.

49

3 years ago

A platform for consumers to become investment managers. It aims to bring traditional investments to the masses, with a focus on financial planning for millennials.

49

3 years ago

A startup that helps users visualize their money and investments in a user-friendly way, helping them see where they’re spending their money and then allowing them to take action to make changes.

49

3 years ago

California-based startup that aims to make it easier for people to invest in real estate. The company lets users invest in real estate using Bitcoin, and lets them buy $1,000 worth of Bitcoin at a time, much like a dollar-cost-averaging investment.

49

3 years ago

A financial services startup that wants to try to bring some of the best practices we see in the investment industry to the world of fintech.

49

3 years ago

A “virtual assistant” that helps people determine whether their current investments are the best.

49

2 years ago

A real estate investment management platform. The software helps investors buy and manage cap-weighted investments in residential real estate.

49

2 years ago

A startup that lets you create an account on a variety of investment platforms, then track how your portfolio’s doing, and share your portfolio with your friends.

49

3 years ago

A financial planning app for investors who want to track their investments. The app is free for individual investors, and is designed to help people save money, get better returns, and make better decisions.

48

3 years ago 1 views

A real estate investment trust that owns and develops real estate through its subsidiaries.

48

3 years ago

A platform for entrepreneurs to manage their investments. Breeze lets you create investment portfolios and track their performance, and the startup offers tools for letting people manage their investments outside of the traditional brokerage world.

47

3 years ago

One of the most significant investments to come out of Y Combinator in 2014 was a $500,000 seed funding round for Linchpin. The company has since been working on a tool that helps small business owners organize and market their brands. The company is looking to raise a $1.5 million seed round to reach the point of paying for itself.

47

3 years ago

A startup that helps people invest for retirement without having to manage their own retirement funds. It’s remote investment platform helps individuals manage their money and find the best investment options for their goals.

47

3 years ago

An AI-powered system that predicts and manages the risk of a given portfolio of investments, using an algorithm that’s been trained off historical market data.

47

2 years ago

A platform that serves as a single, central location to manage all of your investments. The startup wants to help people better manage their investments and make them more transparent.

47

2 years ago

A platform for Fintech companies in Latin America to explore new investment opportunities, such as debt and equity financing.

46

2 years ago

Seed investments for early stage startups in Boston, managed by a pair of former Bain Capital Ventures partners. The seed fund will invest $50,000, and the idea is the accelerator will help entrepreneurs grow their company before they get to the point that a Series A investment is warranted.

46

3 years ago

A management platform for brokerages, LPs and other service providers that want to offer investment advice to private clients, for a fee.

45

3 years ago

A startup with a very unusual (but interesting) business model. Instead of charging a monthly fee, Mattermark sells itself as a kind of “product research service” to customers, who pay when they find an investment-worthy stock.

45

3 years ago

This startup wants to help Americans in their retirement savings by giving them an online investment platform they can use to invest in index funds and ETFs. The company wants to be a “tech-enabled advisor” that can help people better manage their investments.

45

2 years ago

A startup that builds software to make it easier to manage your investments, helping you determine what you should be investing in.

44

3 years ago

A company that wants to build a way to “create and administer hybrid assets” like loans, investments, and insurance. They’re now trying to build software to manage all those assets.

43

2 years ago

A tool that helps you calculate how much money you can make from a particular investment.

43

3 years ago

A digital financial advisor that serves as a personal financial advisor, personal banker, and a private banker. The startup wants to leverage the internet to help people make good personal financial decisions and manage their savings, investment portfolios, and retirement.

42

3 years ago

This startup wants to reduce the vacuum of small-time investors. It wants to help small-time investors to make money by helping them invest in the startups that are providing them with the best return on investment.

42

2 years ago

A platform for helping people review the financial information they receive in their bank statements, such as credit card rewards, investments, etc.

42

3 years ago

A funding platform for young companies, pitching itself as a startup investment club.

41

2 years ago

A web-based platform that allows users to keep track of their investments, and transfer money from one investment account to another. They’re seeking to build a community of investors to make the process more seamless.

41

3 years ago

A personal finance manager with a focus on savings, investments, and budgeting. The startup is currently in talks with a major bank to power its app.

39

2 years ago

Fintech startup that wants to make the payments and investments in the $2 trillion wealth management industry more transparent and accessible.

39

2 years ago

A customized tool for financial advisors for managing their clients’ investments, which helps advisors plan for retirement.

37

2 years ago

A new app aims to help people stay on top of their finances and their investments, offering advice on when it’s time to sell a stock, or when to buy it. The app aims to make investing more digestible for the average person and do it with real-time advice.

37

2 years ago

BitMEX is the first regulated Bitcoin exchange in the world, offering a trading platform for professional traders to trade Bitcoins with leverage. BitMEX hopes to be a catalyst for Bitcoin’s rise to prominence, with hopes to increase institutional investment in the market.

37

2 years ago

A robo-advisor for your savings, with a 3% minimum investment minimum. They also offer a 10% trade-in bonus for different kinds of credit cards.

36

2 years ago

A platform that allows people to “invest in their neighborhood”, allowing people to invest in the local community through their investments.

36

2 years ago

The software is meant to help banks and asset managers get a better handle on their portfolios, freeing up more time for the people who know their businesses best. It aims to help people make better decisions when it comes to selecting investments for their portfolios.

32

2 years ago

A technology company that is building a way for high net-worth individuals to manage their assets and get a second opinion on their investments.

31

2 years ago

A startup that helps users manage and keep track of their financial investments. The company says it has $8,500 in monthly revenue from YC.

31

2 years ago

A student loan refinancing platform that’s gotten a $1.5 million investment. It’s used by over 3,000 borrowers.

30

2 years ago

While there are many chatbots out there, none are as simple as the one being developed by the founder of the startup. The founder of Kibo, a chatbot that helps people understand, manage and adopt their investments, says that it is the easiest and most straightforward chatbot out there.

30

2 years ago 1 views

A mobile banking app that lets users take care of tasks like loans, payments, savings, loans, and investments through a unified, streamlined interface.

30

2 years ago

The company says the platform will enable “personalized investment recommendations to be delivered in the form of a digital investment portfolio, which will help investors in managing their investments and live out their goals.”

28

2 years ago

A Fintech company that’s building a platform for high-net-worth individuals to invest in real estate, collect rent checks, and manage their investments. It’s already onboarding the first 100 customers at $79k.

27

2 years ago

A startup that aggregates and simplifies the data for companies who want to offer their own crypto asset investment funds.

27

2 years ago

A platform for data-driven decision making. As a startup, they had to secure a $1.5 million investment to get their product in the hands of customers.

26

2 years ago

A software company that’s building a platform for investment firms to manage their clients’ investments. The company wants to build a way for investment firms to easily manage relationships with their clients.

26

2 years ago

A way to allow families to freeze their investments while still being able to access their money when needed. The company plans on making this a part of the IRA.

26

2 years ago

A portfolio-management tool for finance teams to help them manage a company’s investments.

26

2 years ago

This startup is building a platform to connect investors and companies. Their platform works as a kind of “investment bank” setting up meetings and pitching companies to investors.

25

2 years ago

The following startups were selected by YC for a second batch of seed investments.

25

2 years ago

This startup wants to make it easier for baby boomers to sell their used homes, which are typically a good investment but often sit empty for years.

24

2 years ago

A startup that is building an AI-based system that automatically detects and reverses “missteps” on an investment portfolio. They say the startup is able to detect and correct for a handful of common mistakes 80% of the time, and that it doesn’t require any human involvement.

24

2 years ago

A global business conference and expo that brings together entrepreneurs, investors, and professionals who work in every aspect of the startup and early-stage business ecosystem. One of its founders is an investment banker and the other is a PayPal alum.

23

2 years ago

An investment they’re funding personally with this round, social finance firm Monzo is a bank focused on making personal finance easy and accessible, with a minimalistic, simple interface and a rewards program that emphasizes savings. They’re experimenting with new products like peer-to-peer lending and a prepaid debit card.

22

2 years ago

A macro-investment fund with a goal of providing $1 billion in capital to the local economy in a specific city.

22

2 years ago

A digital bank for cryptocurrency users, based in Latvia, which makes it easy for users to manage their crypto and fiat investments.

21

2 years ago

A tool for businesses that wants to manage its cash flow, and for investors to manage their investments.

21

2 years ago

A platform that automatically detects and adapts to websites’ content to help business owners. They’re in stealth mode, but yesterday announced a $4 million investment from Rincon Venture Partners.

20

2 years ago

Building a search engine for hedge funds, allowing investors to search for all of a hedge fund’s investments in one place.

20

2 years ago

In April 2017, Facebook announced a $1 billion investment in virtual reality company Oculus, with the vision for the two platforms to work together. However, the companies have since been involved in a dispute over the acquisition of Oculus, and subsequently, the sale of their VR software to Microsoft. In 2018, Facebook lost a motion for a summary judgement of fair trade and in June 2018, a jury found Oculus had a binding contract with Facebook.

19

2 years ago

A platform that allows small businesses to manage their entire financial infrastructure — from payroll, to taxes, to loans, investments, and accounting — all in one place.

18

2 years ago

A digital tool that helps people manage their personal assets, including cash. The idea is that you can use the app to track and manage your cash (paying bills, paying down debt) and investment assets (stocks, bonds, mutual funds).

16

2 years ago

An AI-based investment manager, which makes investment decisions based on the user’s preferences and risk tolerance.

16

2 years ago

"a home investment loan lender that uses a network of independent agents to deliver loans across the country"

16

2 years ago

A way to manage your investment portfolio and get insights about your investments. It’s a mobile app that tracks your portfolio changes and lets you know what’s going on with your investments.

15

2 years ago

A startup that helps cities make smart investments in transportation

15

2 years ago

This company is building a mobile app that allows users to take photos of the food they’re eating to document their health. The company wants to help people manage the food they eat through a digital diet diary, and has a $1-million seed investment from OpenView Venture Partners.

15

2 years ago

A startup co-founded by Y Combinator’s Sam Altman that helps companies get into China through a $500,000 investment and coaching. The company says it has seen $1 billion in exit value.

15

2 years ago

A CFO-focused app that helps companies better manage cash-flows and investments.

15

2 years ago

A platform to help investors manage investment accounts.

14

2 years ago

A company that wants to help you choose not only the best investment but also the right investment.

14

2 years ago

A platform that helps people manage their investments in cryptocurrency, without the need to be an expert. It also helps with the management of existing investments.

14

5 years ago

A team of engineers have built a product that lets homeowners control their home’s lights, AC, and thermostat via a smartphone — without the need for smart locks. They’re pitching the product as a way to bring smart home technology to more people, and without the need for a significant investment.

13

2 years ago

A self-service tool for real estate agents and investors. The startup uses a marketplace model to allow investors to syndicate real estate investments.

13

2 years ago

Open Road is a platform enabling investors to invest in startups using the U.S.’s early-stage funding programs. It’s currently working on a platform that will allow investors to invest in U.S. tech startups using the U.K.’s Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS), which was announced in November.

13

2 years ago

A startup that helps users with their personal finances, managing everything from budgeting to investment

13

2 years ago

A personal financial management platform for first-time investors. The app aims to be an easy to use tool that helps individuals make efficient decisions about their investments.

10

2 years ago

A new robo-advisor for millennials, aimed at helping them build a portfolio of investments and money-management skills. The company says it will also help people learn more about investing. The company’s first fund, called the “Gen Y Fund”, launched in summer of 2019.

10

5 years ago

Idea: Startups only get 24 hours to raise investment

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5 years ago

Idea: Transparent, interactive, and concise investment research

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