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5 years ago

A free library of “crowd sourced” electronics repair instructions, with a database of more than 100,000 step-by-step guides for common problems with over a million unique parts.

781

2 years ago

A platform that helps users find a business partner to assist them with legal questions and referrals.

771

5 years ago

A startup that aims to take care of your apartment while you’re away. InstaHome provides cleaning services, maintenance, and security for your apartment, with plans starting at $16 per month.

707

2 years ago

A startup that allows users to rent their homes or apartments via a service similar to Airbnb.

697

2 years ago

A company that will work with companies in the travel industry, including hotels, airlines, and rental cars, to offer discounts for elite customers and loyalty programs that reward customers who purchase particular brands.

531

4 years ago

This is a startup that wants to bring restaurant table reservations to the web. The startup works with restaurants and offers a way for them to provide table reservations via the web. They’re looking to partner with companies who have a big customer base but have been slow to adopt technology.

473

2 years ago

A startup that helps people find local people with similar interests. It has about 25,000 users, and has been a part of several YC startups.

466

5 years ago

A startup that provides a platform for managing and connecting third-party software for mobile devices The company says it has $10,000 in monthly recurring revenue, mainly from Android

369

4 years ago

A startup for women to track their periods and plan for it, launched in India in partnership with a doctor.

356

4 years ago

A company that wants to help members of the LGBTQ community and other minorities get affordable health insurance. HealthForceOne has been in the market for almost a year, with a client list that includes the New York City Department of Health and the LGBT Center.

347

3 years ago

An online marketplace for selling used textbooks — a business that’s the only profitable part of the textbook industry.

347

3 years ago

A startup that claims to be “the Tinder of the apartment market”, allowing people to find roommates and share apartments.

342

3 years ago

A startup that wants to make it easier for companies to create their own customized videos. Video is a huge part of many companies' marketing efforts, but traditional tools are often too clunky for the task.

340

5 years ago

A startup that helps brands develop an online presence in the Indian market by connecting them with the right media partners to place ads, run sponsored posts, and more.

329

3 years ago

A platform for people with rare diseases to find research partners, and for researchers to find potential partners.

322

5 years ago

An online service for companies that allows them to connect their products to third-party markets. The company’s goal is to allow companies to sell their products in other countries, and also to help them better understand demand.

295

4 years ago

This startup wants to bring the benefits of paperless medical records to India. They’re currently looking to partner with hospitals in India to make it easier to transfer medical records.

292

5 years ago

A way to help human resources departments get a better picture of how workers are doing and whether they are happy in their jobs. The startup is looking to help HR departments with new tools to reduce turnover and better focus on employee retention.

271

4 years ago

A startup for selling used cars, selling cars wholesale and at a lower cost than dealerships. The startup has partnered with dealerships in the US already, and is adding an auto insurance product to help offset the cost of rental cars for customers.

269

4 years ago

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

258

5 years ago

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

257

5 years ago

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

253

5 years ago

A product that helps users organize and find their files. The startup has raised $1.6 million in seed funding from investors including Y Combinator partner Ryan Dunn, and is now seeking to raise a Series A.

252

5 years ago

This startup wants to create an “Uber for trash” for apartment owners, creating an automated system of trash drops and pickups that uses GPS and back-end software to track it all.

251

4 years ago

A product for people who want to use a tablet for the road for some part of their work

248

4 years ago

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

247

4 years ago

A partnership between a French startup and a Chinese firm, with an eye on the international market. A company that wants to make marketing easy for small businesses.

243

5 years ago

Wheelchair-mounted fans to cool you down while you’re sitting in a wheelchair. The startup is among the first contestants into a new category for Kickstarter called “Mobility” that the company says is meant to help bring people who wouldn’t otherwise be able to take part in crowdfunding to the platform.

240

4 years ago

This year’s judges were Jason Ho, Managing Director, Bain Capital Ventures; Kristi Puller, Founder, and CEO, Techstars; Bill Gaver, General Partner, 500 Startups; and Sanjay Dastoor, Founder, and CEO, InVenture Partners.

238

5 years ago

A hotel booking app for the Middle East, powered by a social network of travelers and a marketplace of local and international hotel partners.

232

4 years ago

Waze is a software company that builds autonomous driving systems. Waze partners with car manufacturers to produce autonomous driving systems for cars, buses, and trucks.

228

4 years ago

A startup that lets companies easily track and analyze their data on their own, without the need for a third-party management company.

228

5 years ago

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

227

3 years ago

AirBnb is launching in India, but more importantly, the startup is looking to grow its presence in other parts of Asia and even the Middle East.

227

4 years ago

A fashion company that wants to make it easy for fashion brands to integrate the sales of third party products into their own websites.

226

4 years ago

A startup that wants to connect buyers with people who have what they need, from spare parts to rare books.

220

4 years ago

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

220

5 years ago

This online service lets people learn Spanish and English through games and video, and allows people to play games with a partner. It’s currently running in beta in the US.

218

4 years ago

A new online service for monitoring food safety by connecting restaurants to their city’s local health department, so they can get regular reminders about things like food safety.

217

4 years ago

A startup that helps companies create content in the form of paywalls, with a service that allows companies to make their own sites for paid content. Currently they are partnering with major publications to create content for their site.

213

5 years ago

A software platform that lets brands communicate with marketing departments around the world — making workflows easier and more cost-effective.

212

4 years ago

This is a startup that sells the parts needed to build a 3D printer.

212

5 years ago

A startup that works like a dating site but for people who want to find a house or apartment to rent

210

4 years ago

A partnership with a local entrepreneur to help them get their product to market.

209

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

5 years ago

The startup is rolling out a network of mobile clinics and Ubers for cheaper care in lower-income parts of the US that need it.

208

5 years ago

A platform for helping people design and build virtual reality experiences. The startup is focusing on the gaming side, but says they’re open to partnering with other verticals as well.

207

4 years ago

The world’s first interactive robot taxidermist. It combines 3D scanning technology and a robotic arm to automatically fuse together a stuffed creature out of real animal parts. The startup says the process is simple for consumers to use, and can be done from their homes.

206

3 years ago

A platform that makes it easier for customers to build their own websites. The startup, which was founded in June, wants to help companies, particularly small businesses, create their own websites without a developer.

206

5 years ago

This startup’s algorithm is designed to find and cancel fraudulent payments, automatically. It’s free for merchants to use, and they’re aiming to partner with processors and banks.

201

5 years ago

A startup that makes the process of filling out Medicare Part D plans less painful. The platform helps people fill out their plans online, and acts as a sort of health insurance broker for people seeking Medicare coverage. The startup says their customers save an average of $50 per month.

200

4 years ago

A real estate brokerage that helps people buy and sell homes in Brazil. The startup makes it possible to get an apartment in Brazil in under 30 minutes. It currently has 1,500 agents, but wants to expand to other countries.

199

3 years ago

This startup wants to help small businesses take advantage of re-sellers and other third party services.

197

4 years ago

A partnership that facilitates the creation of credit scoring software.

196

4 years ago

A startup that makes it easy for small businesses to use a centralized accounting system to keep track of their finances. Redbooth is designed to be a tool for small businesses that don’t have an accounting department and may not have even started keeping track of their finances yet.

195

4 years ago

A community where you can ask a curated team of experts for advice on a particular topic.

192

5 years ago

A software platform that helps human resources departments manage their employees' healthcare.

190

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

An effort to start a program at MIT that partners inventors and investors and helps them make their ideas a reality.

190

4 years ago

A company that lets people rent out their apartment or house on a per-stay basis and earns money from it.

190

4 years ago

A startup that connects people looking to rent their apartment with people looking to live in it. It has built a base of 100,000 users and $1.2 million in revenue over the last year.

190

3 years ago

A startup that has developed an AI-driven chatbot that helps people move into an apartment.

189

4 years ago

A podcast launching. It’s all about the startup scene, and the people who are part of it

188

5 years ago

A “human-powered” startup that helps people to organize tasks and conversations around a particular topic.

186

5 years ago

A platform to help sales people connect with business partners in real-time. The startup helps sales reps and business partners connect using Facebook Messenger.

186

4 years ago

A platform for organizing campaigns, parties, and conferences.

186

3 years ago

A platform that delivers services for workers. The company provides a simple way for businesses to create and manage a platform for their employees to log into the company’s website, and access the company’s websites, apps, and other services that are relevant to their job. The company has already partnered with companies like Tradesy and DoorDash.

186

4 years ago

A government-backed startup that analyzes data from the Boston Police Department’s body cameras and uses those statistics to help police departments across the country innovate their own policies around body cameras.

185

5 years ago

A platform that helps businesses and job seekers find and connect with remote teams. Currently, they're working with a company in Brooklyn called Crave that hires people remotely through a third-party site.

184

5 years ago

The company is building a startup for car-sharing and ride hailing in India. The product is a fleet of tiny electric vehicles that are part of a shared ride service.

184

5 years ago

This company helps retailers track where their online sales go and find out what parts of their websites are working well or not.

182

5 years ago

A startup that helps people to easily invest in cryptocurrency, with a focus on the Indian market. It’s part of a larger trend of startups that want to bring cryptocurrencies to the masses.

181

4 years ago

A $12-per-month service that brings an emergency food box to your doorstep. The startup has already helped more than 300 people, and partners with a network of food pantries.

180

4 years ago

The company provides a single, unified interface for customers to access their data and resources, plus a suite of APIs that allow third-party developers to integrate their services into

180

4 years ago

The startup is building a platform to help people to buy and sell gently used items, like cars, without having to go through a third party like eBay or Craigslist. They have a plan in place to expand into new categories in 2020.

180

4 years ago

A platform that helps users who are moving apartments share information with their friends and family, to make the process less stressful.

180

4 years ago

A startup to help people find the best rate for an apartment, whether it’s to rent or sell. The startup wants to enable apartment search for people with low to no credit, helping them get the best rate.

179

4 years ago

This startup is building a system to help engineers understand the best ways to program to particular chips.

178

4 years ago

A startup where users can create and sell customizable AR apps. The startup is currently working with partners in the Middle East to help them get started.

178

4 years ago

Another B2B company that wants to help companies and their HR departments manage benefits for employees.

178

3 years ago

A mobile app that lets anyone access and manage their data without having to pay for a third-party service.

178

4 years ago

A company that helps managers and employees to communicate effectively. It’s a private messaging app with a long list of partners that is easy to use and lets people stay in touch with coworkers.

177

4 years ago

An on-demand software company that helps publishers distribute content via direct selling and third-party platforms. It’s targeting the small business market, but will also be expanding into research, and wants to take on the business of direct selling.

177

5 years ago

A startup that sells a product that helps people have a pet in their apartment when they move

176

5 years ago

"Authentic" is the name of an app that provides a secure, private and audited chat platform for businesses. The app allows users to create a private chat room for a group of up to ten people, with a group administrator who can add new members, delete or block members and monitor chat content. The company was founded by former Googler and Google Ventures partner Misha Chellam.

176

5 years ago

A startup that helps people find new homes, apartments or roommates on behalf of landlords

175

4 years ago

A startup that builds hardware startups. The founder, Jibran Salfi, built his first hardware startup at age 20, and has since been working at Nest Labs. He was the first employee at Nest Labs, and was part of the team that built the original Nest thermostat.

175

3 years ago

A startup that partners with Indian restaurants to automate their ordering processes. This can help restaurants better manage inventory and deliveries, save money, and increase customer satisfaction.

175

4 years ago

Want to know exactly how much money you spend on a particular product, or how much revenue that particular product generates SaaS company Vitable wants to help.

174

4 years ago

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

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

5 years ago

A tool that helps developers build apps for the fitness and health industries. The company aims to build a platform that helps all the different parts of the industry work together.

171

4 years ago

A product developed for the Department of Defense to help soldiers train for their jobs under simulated conditions. The startup wants to connect with both military and civilian facilities, so it can create virtual training environments and simulate real-life scenarios.

171

5 years ago

An IoT service that helps hospitals track and monitor patient care across different departments.

170

4 years ago

A software company that starts by building a predictive model for which loans are more likely to default and then uses that model to predict which loans are particularly risky. The company then buys up those loans and uses them as collateral for insurance on other loans.

170

4 years ago

A startup that detects and manages flu outbreaks online. It’s a tool that is part of the bigger trend of diagnosing a disease via social media posts.

170

2 years ago

A cloud-based solution for HR departments to manage contracts that manage travel schedules for their employees.

170

5 years ago

A new kind of pairing app that allows you to chat with potential partners and find out if they have mutual friends.

169

5 years ago

A startup that sends users curated lists of events in their area. It currently has 1.3 million monthly users, and works with “hundreds of thousands” of events/parties each month.

169

5 years ago

A connected car startup focused on providing an on-demand ride service. It’s one of the companies that was part of the Telangana government’s PPP program.

169

5 years ago

A team from Stanford University’s Computer Science Department is building an app to help college students study and stay on track. The app is meant to help students learn by learning with others, while also helping the company recruit more students.

169

4 years ago

Software that is designed to make it easier to use the state's Department of Motor Vehicles

169

4 years ago

A platform to help consumers get the best return on their money in their financial accounts. The startup wants to take on a large part of the financial industry and make it more transparent to consumers.

169

5 years ago

A company that helps home builders like ApartmentPlace, ApartmentGuide, and Zumper create a single-page listing that embeds all of their properties into an app that they can distribute through the Apple Store and Google Play.

168

5 years ago

A startup that wants to repurpose drones to help monitor traffic patterns and street corners for the police, fire department and other public safety agencies.

168

5 years ago

A shopping platform that’s a hybrid between Amazon and Alibaba. The company is looking to expand, with a particular focus on India, South America, and Asia.

167

4 years ago

A self-driving car startup that plans to partner with ride-hailing companies to help get people to where they want to go.

167

4 years ago

A three-sided marketplace for people to find travel partners, decide where to go and book it together.

167

5 years ago

A way to track and pay for university teaching gigs in India. The company says they already have payment processing partnerships in place in India and are looking to expand to other countries. SENSEI is one of the only companies that offer this kind of service in India.

166

4 years ago

A tool for connecting people with a shared interest in a particular topic

166

5 years ago

A secure, automated email-based system for handling sensitive transactions. They’ve built a tool that uses the public keys of people’s email accounts to take payments and even file taxes. The founders tell us they have $6 million in funding from participants in Y Combinator and have received an undisclosed amount of seed funding from YC.

165

5 years ago

A real estate website, with listings for apartments, houses, and condos, as well as a guide to nearby amenities and things to do in the area. The company wants to be one of the tools that helps people buy a home, and then helps them settle in.

165

5 years ago

A startup that provides a better way for B2B companies to manage and track orders in their supply chain. The startup has partnerships with companies like Philips and Kraft.

165

3 years ago

A mobile app that shows users what it would cost to buy a particular product in different cities.

165

5 years ago

The Startup Genome is a biannual report on the state of entrepreneurship. It is produced by a team of researchers from the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. The report is based on interviews with founders about their businesses, the challenges they face, and their plans for the future. The report is intended to give entrepreneurs, investors, and other stakeholders a comprehensive overview of the startup ecosystem in a particular country, and to help predict trends between countries.

164

5 years ago

A startup that wants to provide a platform to help social networks like Instagram and Twitter track their users’ whereabouts. It has a list of “verified” users to help set it apart.

164

3 years ago

A startup that helps consumers with access to loans or debt consolidation find the best financial services partner for their needs.

163

5 years ago

A startup that helps you set up a study abroad or exchange program at a college in the US. The startup is currently focused on China and has a pending partnership with a college there.

162

5 years ago

This startup is building an app that connects farmers with their local food bank. The farmers will use the app to schedule deliveries of food, and the food bank will use the app to get the food delivered to their warehouse. The startup is building the platform with the help of a grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

162

5 years ago

A startup that helps companies create quick spreadsheets for their different departments

162

5 years ago

A digital platform for apartment hunters to compare various apartments in a specific city.

161

5 years ago

A video and virtual reality game where you play as a character from the universe of "My Little Pony" and create an avatar. The startup is looking for a partner to help fund its effort to create a game, which started in November.

161

5 years ago

This startup is building an app that allows people to find people to meet up with in real life, like at a coffee shop or party.

161

4 years ago

A startup that helps people find apartments to rent. They are using machine learning to scan Craigslist ads, notify people that there are apartments available, and suggest the best rent/price range.

161

5 years ago

A digital platform for small-scale manufacturers, partnering with companies like Google and Intel, to produce and market their products.

160

5 years ago

A startup from a company called Popcorn Time, which allows users to stream free movies and TV shows. It's now a part of Netflix.

159

5 years ago

A way to monitor, measure and prevent “cybercrime”. The startup is currently being used by the United States Department of Defense to fight cybercrime.

159

5 years ago

In 2018, there were a total of 15 startups selected to participate in the program.

159

3 years ago

A social network for people looking to become part of the “gig economy” or work on projects without the full-time commitment of traditional jobs.

159

2 years ago

A startup focused on helping firms with in-house legal departments with disputes

159

2 years ago

A startup for parties, weddings, and other events that lets people easily reserve and pay for a space.

159

5 years ago

A startup for people to rent or lease out their spare bedrooms, apartments, or houses to travelers.

158

5 years ago

A messaging app that allows people to chat with a coder they’re hiring, without a third party,

158

5 years ago

A startup that helps hospitals create secure software for their staff to access the medical records of patients. The startup has already partnered with hospitals in the U.S. and India.

158

5 years ago

A startup that provides a service where someone will help you to write the perfect cover letter for a particular job

157

5 years ago

A startup that connects high school students to internships and part-time jobs at startups. It operates in the US, Canada, and the UK, with plans to expand to Australia, the Netherlands, and Germany in the future.

157

5 years ago

A Chinese-American startup that’s building an app that makes it easier to pay for things online. The app is in private beta and is already available in Shanghai, Shanghai and other parts of China.

157

5 years ago

A startup that wants to help connect apartment tenants with home repair services.

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5 years ago 1 views

This startup is building a tool that helps companies launch a new product easier and cheaper. It’s currently focused on B2B customers and is looking to partner with the B2B startups that come through YC to help them with their product launch process.

157

4 years ago

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

157

2 years ago

A tool that helps companies legally rent apartment units in a short span of time. The startup is building a marketplace for short-term rental projects.

157

5 years ago

A templated API for third-party apps to integrate with Slack.

156

5 years ago

A platform that enables people to buy and sell things like furniture, cars, and apartments, and rent out unused rooms. Borrowers can use the platform’s software to manage the loan, and borrowers can access the property remotely. The platform is currently focused on the UK.

156

5 years ago

A new company that wants to help people in need, particularly those who can't afford to buy an iPhone. The founders say that for a typical customer, "you'd have to work about 30 years to pay off a plan that costs $350."

156

5 years ago

A platform intended to help companies figure out how to make their processes more efficient. NetBix is backed by some of the biggest names in venture capital: Mayfield, Ignition Partners, and others.

156

4 years ago

This startup promises to bring a more human element to AI-based design. Their app takes the complexity of designing AI and makes it simple by using the color wheel to explain how a particular neural network works.

156

3 years ago

Helps users purchase parts of a company.

156

5 years ago

A startup that allows people to earn money by helping their friends find an apartment.

155

5 years ago

This startup offers an “unbiased” way to tell which colleges are the best for a student based on his or her preferences. The company uses data from the U.S. Department of Education to compare institutions based on various metrics like peer competition and graduation rates.

155

5 years ago

A platform for businesses to manage their HR — hiring, payroll, training, and more — from the cloud. The company’s pitch is that the platform can be used by all kinds of businesses, not just HR departments.

155

5 years ago

This is a satellite company, which wants to provide connectivity between islands through satellite tech. It’s targeting the Pacific, but it’s also in talks with other remote parts of the globe.

155

5 years ago

A tool for companies to manage their various customer support departments. The company has been around for a few years and is active in the UK marketplace.

155

5 years ago

A B2B software product for companies that manage and maintain their IT and IT-enabled departments.

155

5 years ago

A startup that makes it easy for retailers to accept payments from third-party app integrations, with plans to expand internationally.

154

5 years ago

Builds a platform for businesses to share and compare information about their products, services, and employees. It has partnerships with companies like Linkedin, Mailchimp, and Stripe, allowing employees to upload their resumes, manage their accounts, and receive paychecks directly within the platform.

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5 years ago 1 views

A startup that aims to be a “database for the commodities space”, helping companies like Amazon, eBay, and Alibaba connect with supply chain partners and suppliers to get better data insights.

154

5 years ago

This startup wants to make it easier for emergency departments to synchronize patient data with EHRs. They want to make it easier for patients to access their records in an emergency.

154

5 years ago

A joint project of the US Department of Agriculture and the National Park Service, which is trying to create a mobile payment system for parks.

154

5 years ago

A tool that helps HR departments streamline hiring.

154

3 years ago

A new take on Slack chat bots, which have been a big part of Slack’s growth. Instead of just repeating back what you type, it learns from you and adapts to your behavior.

154

5 years ago

A startup that provides an online marketplace for services that help to find apartments for people who would otherwise be homeless

153

5 years ago

A startup that lets companies handle payments in a more transparent way. It’s an API that connects payments platforms and third-party data, and helps companies figure out which payments to accept and which not to.

153

5 years ago

A platform that helps people find apartments and buy houses, allowing them to compare prices, amenities, and neighborhood reviews.

153

3 years ago

Zivgo is building a service that aims to help students find roommates, which is an oft-overlooked part of college life.

153

5 years ago

Idea: A startup that makes it easier for people to find job openings in remote areas, with the goal of helping people find family members jobs in different parts of the country.

152

5 years ago

A tool to help companies in the UK and Ireland comply with new GDPR rules regarding selling data to third-parties.

152

5 years ago

A startup that helps people find the best, most reliable care for themselves and their loved ones. The company is looking to partner with employers and large patient-specific care providers to improve the quality of care, while also being a resource for medical professionals.

152

5 years ago

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

151

5 years ago

In the UK, an increasingly important part of the economy isn’t bricks and mortar stores but phone apps. And one startup wants to replace the app store with a custom-built version. The idea is that you buy an app once and then get the updates for free. The company is giving away its first product for free, called The App Store, in order to gain feedback.

151

5 years ago

A startup focused on making it easier for employers and HR professionals to manage the onboarding process. The company is building a process for hiring new employees that’s “one of the most frustrating parts of the process”. It would be used to help the company add new employees, fix the onboarding process, and help identify the right kind of jobs for the company.

151

3 years ago

A platform that lets people and businesses organize and share content with a focus on the narrative, rather than just the data. Zeego’s tech helps them structure their content in ways that highlight the best parts and make it easy to search.

151

5 years ago

Data analytics and visualization platform for high school and college level teams and departments.

150

5 years ago

A platform that helps retailers, brands and other companies manage their supply chains. It has partnered with Amazon Fashion and Uniqlo.

150

5 years ago

A partnership between the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to educate and promote conservation of marine life through the sale of marine fish.

150

5 years ago

A platform that enables users to buy and sell their unused iPhone parts.

149

5 years ago

A company that helps small businesses connect with insurers and other partners to manage their risk and reduce their costs.

148

5 years ago

The idea is to give companies a better way to communicate and collaborate with customers. The app is designed to make it easy for businesses to send sales-related messages to their entire customer base, employees, and partners.

148

5 years ago

A blockchain-based, peer-to-peer platform allowing people to rent apartments and rooms in unused retail space to travelers in need as a means of earning extra income and paying for rent.

148

5 years ago

A company that makes satellite communication easier for small businesses, in particular those whose suppliers are overseas.

148

4 years ago

A startup that claims to make it easier to convert your product ideas into real products. The company takes your idea, converts it into a product design, and then orders the parts they need to turn it into a real product.

148

4 years ago

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

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

This company wants to replace the need for cashiers in grocery stores. It’s not just a vending machine that dispenses goods, but a multi-modal platform that handles payment and inventory. The company has partnered with major grocers, including Publix, Kroger, and Albertsons.

147

5 years ago

A tool to help people use their spare screen space for apps, instead of always having to share with a partner or family member.

147

5 years ago

A pair of heavy-equipment spare parts specialists in the Midwest. These guys help companies find used equipment, they’ve made over 200 sales to date.

147

5 years ago

A company that looks to make shared apartments more profitable, both for landlords and renters.

147

4 years ago

Partnering with the school system, the platform gives students real-time access to data about what their teachers are teaching, and how they’re doing.

147

5 years ago

A startup that wants to enable connectivity to the Internet in the remotest parts of the world. The company wants to bring affordable Internet to the world’s most remote places.

146

5 years ago

A product that helps transport companies find and hire drivers, with a focus on the U.S. trucking market. The startup is marketed towards companies that already use a third-party recruitment or “driver matching” service.

146

5 years ago

A company building software that helps banks manage loans, with a particular focus on reducing the number of payments.

146

3 years ago

The company aims to take the laborious parts of the hiring process and reduce them to a few clicks to get it done more quickly.

146

5 years ago

This is an app that helps consumers find an apartment for rent by allowing them to search and compare all listings in San Francisco and beyond.

145

5 years ago

A CTO partner to help engineers manage and scale their businesses.

145

4 years ago

This startup is building management software for apartment buildings, taking them from paper records to a digital management system.

145

5 years ago

A social networking app that aims to help people find an apartment in their neighborhood to rent with a few taps. It’s currently in private beta.

144

5 years ago

Ride-sharing for the elderly. The startup is working on a ride-sharing service for seniors, called Seniorly. The company is also in talks with the US Department of Transportation to develop a pilot program for a level of autonomous driving.

144

5 years ago

A startup that builds a data analysis system for the US Department of Defense. The company's software helps the military keep track of weapons, ships, and personnel.

144

5 years ago

This startup is building an application that connects credit unions with third parties like landlords, allowing them to provide credit to their members at a lower cost than in-person lenders.

144

5 years ago

An algorithmic startup that is a marketplace for job board ads, allowing companies to target their job search to a specific demographic. The company’s founders say they’ve raised $1.6 million in a round led by Greycroft Partners.

144

5 years ago

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

144

5 years ago

A company that aims to build a web-based, third-party curator for Amazon. The startup’s founder says that by offering a third-party curator of Amazon, a company can take advantage of the huge inventory of products that Amazon offers and cut out the middleman.

144

5 years ago

A company that lets the corporate legal department take direct control of hiring, firing, and training new employees.

144

5 years ago

A legally binding contract between a party and a group of people that has a set of terms to comply with the contract. The company plans to build the first “legal” app in the US.

144

5 years ago

This SaaS company is building a pricing engine for businesses to build price tiers for their services, and then allow customers and partners to subscribe to different tiers.

144

3 years ago

A “digital assistant” for organizing your apartment or condo. The idea is to make inventory management simple and pocket-sized.

144

3 years ago

A cloud based CRM for small to medium sized enterprises. The startup is building a platform to help sales and marketing departments keep track of sales leads, contracts, customers and projects.

144

5 years ago

Part of a $100 million venture fund that’s investing in food technology startups, including a company that’s building a delivery service for food, and another that’s building a delivery network for food.

143

5 years ago

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

143

4 years ago

A tool for helping small companies get loans from banks by simply signing a power of attorney. The startup wants to use its existing network of over 1,000 lending partners to make this happen.

143

3 years ago

The founders are looking for a big bank to partner with them on a new service that uses artificial intelligence to help people take better care of themselves.

143

5 years ago

A startup that offers a service where people who are moving out can hire someone to help them clean their apartment

142

5 years ago

A startup that aims to make online payments seamless for millennials and other young people who are not interested in traditional banking It is now part of PayPal

142

5 years ago

A St. Louis-based startup that helps suppliers and manufacturers connect with employees, suppliers, and parts.

142

5 years ago

A platform for companies to host live video webinars on their own websites or via a third party. The company says the software is easy to use, and has had over 12,000 live webinars hosted, with over 90% of those lead to more sales.

142

5 years ago

Loose talk among friends and coworkers about work and life. You can learn a lot about people by what they’re discussing, and what they’re saying is more than just idle chatter. This startup wants to make that sort of content available to employers and HR departments.

142

5 years ago

A startup that’s building a marketplace for dispute resolution for startups and small businesses. It pairs companies with a lawyer who works in conjunction with a separate, neutral party.

142

5 years ago

A startup to help workers make better business decisions, with a focus on helping them make the right strategic decisions in the long term. It’s currently part of the Techstars accelerator program.

142

5 years ago

A startup that lets users find and rent an apartment or house, then pay rent and utilities through a single platform using cryptocurrency.

142

5 years ago

A B2B platform that serves the needs of HR and finance departments to manage their rosters and payrolls.

142

5 years ago

A platform for aggregating and selling data from consumer-facing apps. The startup has raised $20 million to date, and has partnerships with companies like Tastemade, Twitter, Spotify, and Soundcloud.

142

3 years ago

A startup that is building a platform to help book travel in a new way — instead of searching for flights and hotels, you’ll search for experiences. The startup is partnering with hotels, attractions, and others to build a better experience for travelers looking to do something unique.

142

5 years ago

A startup that enables doctors to treat patients with diabetes by prescribing them low-cost glucose-monitoring devices. The startup is partnered with the American Diabetes Association and has already provided over 10,000 glucose monitoring devices to patients in the US.

141

5 years ago

A tool for companies to execute marketing campaigns in an automated fashion, with the ability to tell the marketing department what to do and what to ignore when it comes to email program design. Idea is also originally a software company, but now a marketing software company.

141

5 years ago

A startup that helps American companies sell to consumers in China and other Asian markets by taking over the process of getting a Chinese partner to buy their product.

141

5 years ago

A secure messaging app that allows users to share personal information with apps. The idea is to make it easier for users to share things like medical records and other sensitive information with third party apps.

141

5 years ago

It’s a company that offers a way for people to buy and sell used parts, like alternators, spark plugs, or fuel pumps, using the same FBA business model that Amazon uses to sell used items.

141

5 years ago

is a new startup that wants to help HR departments keep track of employee performance. The company has raised $7 million in Series A funding from investors like Accel, Founders Co-op, The Battery Ventures, and others.

141

5 years ago

A startup that allows homeowners and renters to search for rental houses or apartments based on amenities, price, and neighborhood. It doesn’t charge any commission, so it’s free.

141

5 years ago

A platform for research collaboration between researchers and companies doing clinical trials. It's meant to be an easier way for companies to find clinical trial sites and researchers to find clinical trials to participate in.

141

4 years ago

A health startup that was part of the Techstars accelerator.

141

3 years ago

A software platform that helps employers, recruiters and IT departments find job candidates. The company is working with Y Combinator in addition to startups.

141

5 years ago

The event was sponsored by Submittable, and all conference participants received a free Submittable account.

140

5 years ago

A platform that connects people who need help with people who can help them. They’ve partnered with cities, governments, and nonprofits.

140

5 years ago

A startup that aims to deliver affordable, high-quality storage to the home. The company is focusing on a particular vertical, which is a new one.

140

4 years ago

A company that helps doctors and clinics get paid faster for their services. The company has partnerships with over 20,000 healthcare providers and raised $1.1 million.

140

3 years ago

A more secure way to share sensitive data with other companies and partners in an IoT scenario.

140

5 years ago

A platform that enables fans to interact with players and teams to better understand their interests. The startup is currently in a partnership with the NBA; it’s also in a partnership with the A’s to help fans in the Bay Area get better access to the team.

139

5 years ago

A new social network for individuals to discuss board games, with a gamified system that rewards users for participation.

139

5 years ago

A startup in India that helps homebuyers navigate the confusing and tedious process of buying an apartment

139

4 years ago

The startup is building a platform for companies to manage and track their insurance agents and sales reps. The founders say they have partnerships with over 200 insurance carriers.

139

5 years ago

SaaS business that connects women and their partners to maternity care. They’re headed to Y Combinator’s Demo Day.

138

5 years ago

This startup wants to help retailers with the design and engineering of their retail spaces, looking to automate interior design and other parts of shopping experience through easy-to-use software.

138

5 years ago

A platform that allows groups to set up private social media accounts and run them as a group. The teams you’re a part of can choose their own rules and restrictions, so it’s a sort of Slack with a self-controlled community.

138

5 years ago

A tool to help connect students with secondary education with students in a similar grade at a university. The startup helps with translation and registration, and says it has successfully helped one student find a roommate for her roommate’s apartment.

138

5 years ago

A startup that helps people who are self-employed or in small businesses understand their taxes. It’s building a better tax calculator and tax software for small businesses, with some initial funding from Accel Partners.

138

5 years ago

A company that’s building a tool for people to book and pay for apartment rentals.

137

5 years ago

A company that helps companies reduce their monthly expenses by partnering with their employers to cut down on expenses in the office by using a virtual assistant.

137

5 years ago

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

137

5 years ago

A digital marketplace for car parts, where companies buy and sell used parts to each other.

137

3 years ago

A platform that helps you find the best sex partner based on your personality, sexual habits and proclivities.

137

2 years ago

A digital law firm that partners with small businesses to help them set up and manage their legal needs.

137

5 years ago

A startup that provides people with a way to connect with coworkers/colleagues in other departments

136

5 years ago

A remote-work solution for business partners and freelancers, letting them work from anywhere. It’s a sort of “Uber for freelancers”, and is based on the idea that most clients don’t want to hire someone for a long-term gig, but instead need someone to tackle a project for a few days or a week at a time.

136

5 years ago

A mobile payment platform that partners with existing retailers to offer secure, easy payment solutions. Its technology is based on the QR code, and the company says its product is more secure than the current “contactless” payment methods.

136

5 years ago

This startup pitches itself as a “social network for developers”, with an emphasis on the “social” part.

136

5 years ago

A payment processor for small businesses that provides low-cost ATM withdrawals and cash-back payments. The company wants to partner with ATMs that have locations in underserved areas that have a high concentration of cash-carrying customers.

136

5 years ago

A software company that provides a platform for connecting people with spare parts, including parts for cars, drones, and medical equipment.

136

5 years ago

A system for companies to track and manage their repair/replace parts inventory

136

5 years ago

A startup that is building a platform to help small businesses know the best loan options at the best rates. Part of their pitch is that they’re aiming to help people in emerging markets, where banks are more expensive.

136

4 years ago

A platform that allows companies to crowdsource information and data. The startup has developed a platform to help companies integrate data from third-party sources.

136

3 years ago

A way for professional athletes to keep track of their own performance data, customizing it for their particular sport.

136

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 startup that helps corporations collaborate with small businesses on their products. It helps companies identify and get to know potential partners, then helps them negotiate deals and move toward production.

135

5 years ago

A startup to help companies plan, visualize, and track their marketing efforts. The startup partners with companies to help them see what works, where they should invest their time, and what they need to do next.

135

5 years ago

A startup that wants to help users find the right parts at the cheapest price. It’s currently in testing with parts retailers.

135

5 years ago

A tool that automates the process of setting up and managing a B2B company in the Philippines. The company has already partnered with a few companies to help them navigate the process of setting up a company in the Philippines.

135

5 years ago

A booking app for millennials, featuring curated events from a local partner.

135

4 years ago

A B2B company that builds a platform for sales departments to build sales forecast models and forecast dashboards with the help of AI.

135

4 years ago

A tool for planning events with a group of people in mind, similar to a calendar but for smaller groups. The startup is looking to partner with Indian companies that organize team events.

135

3 years ago

This startup wants to be the directory for the global freelance market, listing opportunities for all kinds of services, through a mobile app. Users can go through the app to see who would be the best match for a particular job.

135

5 years ago

A startup that helps people who are too picky about other people's apartments to find something that they like

134

5 years ago

A startup that outsources the time-consuming parts of building a website or app to freelancers

134

5 years ago

A software company that aims to help employers and HR departments manage the cost of employee benefits. It aims to make it easier for employers to understand what they’re paying and how to improve it. They’re currently in talks with banks to offer a new product.

134

5 years ago

A company that’s trying to make fans of a band a small part of the business. It’s a way to bring the band closer to their fans.

134

5 years ago

This startup is building an online marketplace for the sale of computer parts, but based on the free and open source project OpenELEC.

134

3 years ago

An AI-powered help desk that connects to 3rd-party apps and services and is meant to help companies understand how their customers are using their products.

134

5 years ago

A platform for healthcare startups to grow their partnerships, build scale, and get investors. It aims to help sales efforts by making salespeople more efficient and giving them access to sales data in real time, which can help them close deals.

133

5 years ago

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

133

3 years ago

A platform that helps channel partners grow their businesses by helping them bring in more customers.

133

5 years ago

The idea of this startup is to fill the void that the daily news leaves out. By aggregating and creating content from the hundreds of sources they partner with, they aim to provide a complete picture of the news events happening around the world.

132

5 years ago

A tool for brokers to help sellers find properties. It’s first product is an apartment finder in San Francisco. The company has raised $5.5 million in funding.

131

5 years ago

A system that helps people connect the dots between their physical and digital lives, that helps them understand the world around them. People can use the app to find out if someone has talked about them on social media, see if they’ve visited a particular location, and snap a photo of an item they want to buy and see if they can find it elsewhere.

131

5 years ago

A crowdfunded loans startup that helps credit unions offer small business loans to their members. It partners with Fiserv and its lending platform.

131

5 years ago

A payment startup that offers a money transfer service for small and medium-sized businesses. The company has a network of partners that cover 90% of all businesses.

131

5 years ago

A startup that helps people who don’t have access to a bank account get one for free. The startup has partnered with several major banks to allow customers to open accounts even without the usual documentation that banks require to authenticate.

131

5 years ago

This startup is building a tool to help software engineers write more efficient code. The startup partners with teams to sit down with engineers and review their coding, helping them improve their efficiency and the quality of their code.

131

4 years ago

A subscription app that allows users to set up a recurring payment to a third party. The startup is building out a recurring payments API to serve as a base for other startups that want to create recurring payments solutions.

131

3 years ago

A platform that allows people to book, pay for, and schedule local services with a third party. It was co-founded by two people from Kiwi.co and Zirtual.

131

5 years ago

A startup that uses AI to automate the process of scheduling, tracking and managing meetings. Their software is available on the market, with customers including the US Department of Defense, Coca-Cola and Walmart.

130

5 years ago

This startup’s utility is powered by the sharing economy. The app allows people to connect with local drivers and couriers to take care of what can be a labor-intensive activity, like moving a couch to a new apartment or delivering art to a new home.

130

3 years ago

A 3rd party app that provides a way for brands to manage their influencer marketing programs. It’s meant to help brands determine which programs are working and which ones aren’t.

130

3 years ago

A place to buy and sell used car parts, with an emphasis on spare parts of electric vehicles.

130

5 years ago

In an effort to identify people who are interested in starting a business, the Y Combinator Summer School offers select entrepreneurs the opportunity to learn from Y Combinator fellows while also receiving mentorship from Y Combinator partners. Since the school’s launch in 2011, over 400 students from around the world have participated.

129

5 years ago

A plan to solve the problem of 3rd-party open source code, providing a way for developers to get access to source code from major open source software projects without having to pay for it.

129

5 years ago

A B2B company that matches service providers with customers and helps them find the right partners.

129

5 years ago

A tool that provides an interface to connect to third-party data sources, like credit cards, loyalty programs, and other apps, to produce a complete customer profile.

129

5 years ago

A “complete-home automation platform”, with a home security, lighting, and HVAC system in one box. The startup is one of the first companies to be accepted into the InnovateHER program, and has a partnership with Amazon Alexa.

129

3 years ago

A peer-to-peer car sharing app with an emphasis on safety. It’s also a marketplace for car parts, car sharing, and car repair. The company currently has around 100,000 members and $3M in revenue.

129

3 years ago

A startup that partners with the National League of Cities to help cities use technology to manage their public safety functions.

129

2 years ago

A company that builds a “tech-powered assistant” for the fashion industry, enabling brands to manage their inventories and keep track of sales. It’s already partnered with brands like Tommy Hilfiger, Michael Kors, and Forever 21.

129

5 years ago

A startup that helps people to design, build and test their prototypes online Users will be able to share their prototypes with friends or partners

128

5 years ago

Data is siloed across different departments at a company, preventing anyone from understanding how their company stacks up against the competition. This startup is building a map of various types of data within a company, allowing users to search across multiple data sets at once.

128

5 years ago

This is a service that helps people build a custom app for their business. Currently, the company is looking for partners to build custom apps for their business.

128

5 years ago

A startup that’s building a “person search engine” for all the people in a particular location, including registered business, registered residents, and registered vehicles

128

4 years ago

Currently, we are only hiring for full-time roles. We are not accepting applications for internships at this time. We are not accepting applications for part-time roles.

128

4 years ago

A startup that’s building an AI-powered email marketing platform, where emails are a lot more personal, without the need to go through a third-party service.

128

2 years ago

A startup that uses proprietary algorithms to predict when customers are likely to run out of a particular product.

128

5 years ago

A resource for finding the best yoga classes and teachers in a particular city. The company also wants to develop a global directory of yoga studios.

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The startup is working with partners to bootstrap the growth of a small-scale 3D printing community by providing the equipment and resources to move from a maker-model printer to a high-quality commercial printer.

127

5 years ago

A personal assistant for NYC apartment dwellers, designed to help apartment dwellers get their mail, make and respond to calls, and do their laundry.

127

5 years ago

A company that is building a new kind of search engine that helps you find the best vendors in a given local market. It’s part of the idea that government services should be made more efficient and easy to use.

127

5 years ago

A company that makes business software for small businesses. In February 2017, Infusionsoft closed a Series B funding round led by Greylock Partners that raises the company’s valuation to $200 million.

127

5 years ago

A startup formed by former partners of the crowdfunding site Kickstarter.

127

5 years ago

A way for people who need to move into a new apartment to take a photo of their living room or kitchen and quickly see a comprehensive price list of what it would cost to remodel it. The startup says it’s profitable and has a $150,000 monthly revenue run rate.

127

3 years ago

A way to connect high-school students with mentors to help them get into college through video conferencing and mentoring. They’ve partnered with organizations like Teach for America and the Boys & Girls Club to help students prepare for college.

127

2 years ago

A startup that wants to bring together the different parts of the employee experience — from recruiting to onboarding — into one app.

127

5 years ago

A platform for sellers of various goods to sell their goods with the right buyer and at the right time. The startup is currently in beta with one of its partners, which has an e-commerce app for a large US based retailer.

126

5 years ago

This company is building a platform for large retailers to run a giant global inventory system that can be used by partners and independent merchants.

126

5 years ago

A startup that’s developing a platform to help real estate agents find more rental properties by searching for apartments on sites like Zillow and Rent.com.

126

5 years ago

A new kind of “under-the-radar” startup that creates and maintains “micro-cities” for renters, like Uber for apartment complexes.

126

5 years ago

The startup is trying to bring the benefits of a traditional shared workspace to remote workers. The startup is building a system that allows users to take part in many different workspaces, and then get the space where they work.

125

3 years ago

A platform for creating and managing events for artists. The idea is to bring all the different parts of the artist’s life under one roof.

125

3 years ago

The software industry is just one part of the broader tech industry, but it is a big

125

5 years ago

This Brazilian startup is building a tool that helps make B2B sales more efficient. It’s an app that helps sales teams automate parts of the sales process.

124

5 years ago

A digital service that let’s you connect your job in the digital world to your real world job. The startup helps HR departments better manage the digital talent they’re hiring, and helps companies that are hiring use the digital world to recruit better. The startup has raised $110,000.

124

5 years ago

This startup wants to make it easier for anyone to find a roommate. The team wants to provide a way for people to connect with each other that doesn’t require a third party verification.

124

5 years ago

A tool that predicts which part of a city you might want to live or work in, based on what’s nearby.

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4 years ago

This startup is creating a marketplace for L.A. real estate agents to connect with renters looking for apartments. It's an online marketplace that connects renters with agents and offers a page where agents can post listings for rent on their own website.

124

3 years ago

A platform that helps companies connect with their customers at the most important part of their life cycle: when they’re deciding whether to buy from you.

124

5 years ago

BuildOn is a tool that helps small businesses list their products on Amazon. The company is part of Y Combinator’s Class 5.

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5 years ago

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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5 years ago

This is an application to help people find a doctor and get an appointment within 24 hours. The startup is seeking to partner with hospitals to help users find doctors for in-person visits.

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5 years ago

The idea is to be an online marketplace for companies to buy and sell their parts. Each part has a unique identifier that allows them to track their whereabouts. The founders say they have raised $8.5 million to date and are already working with over 10 companies.

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5 years ago

A project of the World Economic Forum, the Global Shapers Community is the largest global network of entrepreneurs, young professionals, and innovators. The network’s purpose is to connect the global network of young professionals with the global community of entrepreneurs. The network was founded by the World Economic Forum and Swiss Re in January 2016, with the first annual Global Shaper Summit taking place in Davos, Switzerland. Over the summer of 2016, the World Economic Forum announced that it would be partnering with the Global Shapers Community to create the World Economic Forum Young Entrepreneur Council, which completed its first meeting in October 2016.

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5 years ago

This company makes a predictive analytics tool for human resources departments.

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4 years ago

A software company that helps property owners and managers of condominiums and apartment buildings track floor plans and find lost residents.

123

3 years ago

This company is trying to build a new way of converting data into money, by partnering with local farmers to provide them with the information they need to grow their business.

123

3 years ago

A way for companies to communicate with multiple departments (engineering, procurement, etc.) without having to send emails back and forth. The startup wants to automate a lot of the work that’s currently done by hand.

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5 years ago

A collection of partnerships from the food industry, including:

122

4 years ago

A startup that connects customers to third-party products that can be shipped in a day, rather than weeks.

122

4 years ago

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

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3 years ago

In the United States, the U.S. Department of Labor has created the Job Corps, a program that provides free job training to people who have little or no experience in a certain field. The program offers a wide variety of job training opportunities,

122

5 years ago

A B2B platform that helps car dealerships and dealers find each other and purchase cars. They work with the manufacturer, and then sell the car through a few partner dealers, which is the core part of revenue.

121

5 years ago

It’s not uncommon for someone to wake up with a hangover, but it’s often a hassle to find something to drink that doesn’t taste gross. The startup wants to make sure there is always a drinkable alternative to the morning-after-party staple, water.

121

5 years ago

A software-as-a-service business which automates the process of helping human resources departments create, manage, and track benefits.

121

4 years ago

A white-label company that sells customer data to insurance companies, but the startup says the data it offers is less than what a company buying data from a broker would pay for. Instead of buying a person’s data from a broker, Vitality starts with a person’s data from 3rd party sources and helps them create a profile.

121

4 years ago

A company that makes it easier for people to rent out their apartments. They are also building a marketplace to help people find a renter for their place.

121

2 years ago

A startup that works with employers to help them manage their employees’ benefits, particularly healthcare.

121

5 years ago

An in-app and website for education and training, partnering with institutions like the US Air Force Academy to teach students how to fly drones.

120

5 years ago

A platform to make it easier for creative professionals to collaborate with clients. Both parties can share and comment on the project, and get feedback/input from others in the community.

120

5 years ago

A platform for managing the career of a single individual. The company’s goal is to give a platform to employers to manage the career of a single individual. The platform is particularly interesting because it would allow a company to manage the career of a single individual.

119

5 years ago

A startup that helps people focus on the most important part of a project: the design.

119

5 years ago

A web app for making artisanal soap, in which users can set up recipes and create their own soap. The startup’s founder says it’s like an online Tupperware party for soap-makers.

119

5 years ago

A platform to save money on airline tickets for frequent travelers. The company’s software automatically determines how much you’d pay each way to get to a particular destination, based on your previous travel history.

119

5 years ago

This startup wants to help employers provide paid maternity leave to their employees. They’re looking to partner with employers to offer paid leave.

119

5 years ago

A startup meant to help people find the best rates on apartments, vacation homes, services and more.

119

5 years ago

A peer-to-peer marketplace for reclaimed building material, with a well-documented process for sourcing and ensuring quality before selling. The company’s founders are also part of a collective that works to repair Habitat for Humanity homes.

118

5 years ago

A startup that lets you create a schedule of classes and events for the school year for a particular student.

118

5 years ago

An affordable, internal IT service for small businesses. The startup aims to be a technology partner for small businesses, offering a package of IT services to keep employees productive and the business running.

118

5 years ago

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

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2 years ago

An API that helps you pull out “the best parts of your conversations” by pulling out the best quotes from a conversation, and returning those quotes. The startup helps you easily pull out the best quotes with information about the conversation such as when it happened, who was in the conversation, and more.

118

5 years ago

A startup that connects business owners with moms who want to use their space for parties. The startup, which launched in June, is working with over 20 local businesses to help owners find moms to host dinner, bake sales, lunch meetings, and much more.

117

5 years ago

A company that helps connect users with movers, whether it’s for students moving into a new apartment or for people moving out of an office.

117

5 years ago

A “pre-purchase” platform that helps people make decisions on whether or not they should buy a particular item. The goal is to help people save for the future without having to waste time or money on unnecessary purchases.

117

5 years ago

A platform for sharing knowledge, with a particular focus on the medical profession. The startup wants to cut the time doctors spend on paperwork, allowing them to have more time for patient care.

117

5 years ago

A tool that helps people who are blind or have low vision with the step-by-step process of braille translation. The company has raised $1.7M and is a Y Combinator participant.

116

5 years ago

a technology service to make people’s lives easier by letting them manage their health records from a single source. The startup has a partnership with WellPoint to bring its service to hospitals and doctors.

116

5 years ago

A high-speed and cheap way to create custom-made, high-resolution 3D printed parts.

116

5 years ago

The startup is building a suite of tools for companies to manage their supply chains. The startup is partnering with a number of companies to help them better manage their supply chains.

116

5 years ago

A platform for insurers, doctors, hospitals, and patients to communicate data about a patient without having to go through a third party. The data is used to improve care and reduce costs, and it’s currently being used in the UK.

116

5 years ago

A platform for bringing together all the parts of an event — from venue, to catering, to security, to entertainment — into a centralized dashboard.

116

5 years ago

A new version of the popular private messaging app for Android, to be released in early 2018. It will have new features and a re-designed interface, and will allow people to purchase and download stickers and other content from the company’s partners.

116

4 years ago

A startup that wants to create a platform for managing the growing number of products that are connected to the internet, and which want to be part of the Internet of Things.

116

5 years ago

A subscription-based service for managing your credit score. The startup is looking to partner with banks and credit card companies to make it easier to monitor your credit.

115

5 years ago

A tool for helping companies understand which parts of their supply chain are inflating costs.

115

5 years ago

A B2B solution that allows partners to share and organize their projects and track their expenses.

115

5 years ago

Part of the problem with software is that it’s hard to measure how well an app is working. AppZilla wanted to solve that problem by building a platform for developers to track their app’s stats. The startup is focusing on mobile apps, and has already raised $1.5 million.

115

5 years ago

A platform that helps companies manage warranty claims. It’s an internal tool for companies, but they’re looking to add third-party vendors to use the platform as well.

115

5 years ago

A platform that helps teams of small businesses find insurance partners.

114

5 years ago

This startup is building a closed social network for people who are physically or emotionally unable to socialize with others in the same way as most of the world. The idea is that they’ll want to be part of a social network, but they can’t be fully active because of a physical or emotional impairment.

114

5 years ago

A company that makes it easy for anyone to get online in the Philippines. The startup partners with telecoms to provide Internet in areas where it’s not a priority, and has also partnered with the government to provide WiFi in the streets and public areas.

114

5 years ago

A platform for tracking and understanding the health of small businesses. The platform incorporates data from disparate sources like patient feedback and third-party surveys to provide real-time insights into the health of a business.

114

3 years ago

A project management app for building better working relationships between departments.

114

3 years ago

A cloud infrastructure provider, part of Techstars, that provides public and private clouds, container services, and machine learning solutions.

114

2 years ago

A platform for renting out beds in various places in India, with a goal of bringing the rental market online. Currently, the startup has partnered with over 500 hotels and is expanding to over 100 more in the next few weeks.

114

5 years ago

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

113

5 years ago

A startup that sends flowers to a person's phone. The startup, which launched in May, has partnered with over 50 retailers and plans to expand into more.

112

5 years ago

A utility bill management service for apartment owners.

112

3 years ago

A startup that lets users pay merchants via PayPal without going through the standard merchant verification process. The startup has partnered with over 50 companies, including BuildDirect and Shopify.

112

5 years ago

A software company that provides a platform to allow employees to submit professional development suggestions that are then implemented as part of a company’s onboarding process. The startup has signed on 5 companies and is profitable.

111

5 years ago

A company that sells custom-made T-shirts for its customers, and has partnered with a number of companies like Coca-Cola, McDonald's, and Tapatalk to offer exclusive designs.

111

5 years ago

A product that claims to help people transition from a full-time to a part-time lifestyle. It’s working with about 10 clients in the US.

111

3 years ago

A way to track and manage the terms of an agreement between two parties, like a contract.

111

2 years ago

A maker of hardware parts and tools for 3D printing. Their 3D printers are 3 times the cost of those from competitors.

111

5 years ago

This startup is building an API for onboarding third party software into different companies’ workflows. The platform is currently available to customers in four industries.

110

5 years ago

A startup for finding and sharing the best parties in your city

110

5 years ago

A crowdfunding platform for crypto projects looking to raise funds. It’s an “all-in-one” platform that allows investors to participate in ICOs and other forms of crowdfunding. The company has raised $34 million to date.

110

5 years ago

A location-based mobile gaming platform that partners with cities to hold gaming tournaments and earn revenue from in-app purchases.

110

5 years ago

A new kind of Airbnb for flower deliveries. The company hopes to have 10,000 commercial partners by the end of the year.

110

5 years ago

A tool to help people make and sell their own physical products online, particularly since they’ve already gone through the work of designing them.

110

5 years ago

A tool that helps streamline managing relationships with your customers, suppliers, and partners. They’re also working with a few government agencies to help companies build better products.

110

5 years ago

A customer support tool that helps companies make customer calls and unlock customer data with a single API. The startup is currently aiming to partner with larger companies to develop a customer support tool that scales for multiple products.

109

5 years ago

This is an app that helps people practice the piano through video lessons and games. The company is part of the Y Combinator Winter 2016 batch.

109

5 years ago

A platform for the mass customization of products, allowing for all kinds of mix-and-matching of parts, colors, and features.

109

5 years ago

A tool for managing the data on a small to medium sized business. It’s a white label product that is available to be customized by either a third party or a business owner.

109

5 years ago

In mid-2016, the US Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics launched a data-driven blog, “The BLS Blog”, to provide updates and analysis of the state of the American economy. The blog is written by an editorial team of BLS economists and content managers.

109

5 years ago

A startup that helps users organize their pictures and videos through a mobile app. The startup has partnered with Facebook, Instagram, and Dropbox.

109

4 years ago

A tool that allows people to find out the cheapest way to drive to a particular location.

109

4 years ago

A way for companies to manage their brand’s social media accounts. The company wants to partner with big brands and tell them how to use the platform, then get a cut when they do so.

109

4 years ago

A social networking app that allows users to set up and run an online "party" for their friends.

109

5 years ago

A startup that gives you a way to help manage your finances without having to go to a full-service bank. The startup wants to serve as a more simple way for consumers to manage their finances and wants to be a part of the conversation around empowering consumers.

108

5 years ago

The coworking space is part of a larger effort to help women get into technology, either by connecting them to mentors or allowing them to work at an office without the need for a co-founder.

108

5 years ago

A platform for companies to get a better handle on their runways of suppliers, factories, and partners.

108

5 years ago

A social networking site for artists, allowing them to showcase their work, connect with other artists, and participate in the art community.

107

5 years ago

A company that makes it easier for people to take part in action sports, like surfing, snowboarding, and wakeboarding.

107

5 years ago

A platform that helps retail merchants with third-party logistics and returns.

106

5 years ago

A data-driven platform for B2B businesses looking to make smarter hiring decisions. The company says they have over 10,000 customers, including YC partner Stripe.

106

5 years ago

New York-based startup that’s building a marketplace for bike parts. They want to disrupt the market by making their own parts available and making it easy for people to find and buy them.

106

5 years ago

This startup helps businesses sell their spare computer parts to repair shops for cash.

106

4 years ago

One of the most important parts of the mission is to create a platform that allows workers to generate a living wage while keeping them connected to their friends and family.

106

4 years ago

A startup that helps companies use their database as part of their marketing with a service that allows companies to send internal mail with customer data via a marketing platform.

106

4 years ago

A “one-stop shop for credit” that aims to help people from underbanked backgrounds to get access to credit. The startup is currently in talks with banks and credit unions to work out a partnership.

106

4 years ago

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

106

3 years ago

A tool for developers that makes it easy to incorporate third-party APIs on iOS and Android, including ones from Apple and Google.

106

3 years ago

“[A]s one of the largest and most comprehensive digital marketing agencies in India, we’re all about solving problems for businesses and brands,” the company wrote on their website. “We approach each engagement in an equally hands-on and consultative manner, bringing in a unique blend of experience and expertise. We’re building on a solid foundation built by our founding team and have a great culture, which is what sets us apart from our peers in the industry.”

106

5 years ago

A startup that helps employers and HR departments manage the hiring process and recruitment. They’ve raised $1.2 million to date, and their 10-person team has already signed on to work with 500 startups.

105

5 years ago

A platform that helps companies build their own “anchor stores” — the “experiences” that people want to do in a particular city. For example, a company like Amazon might want to open up a store in San Francisco, but they’re not the first company to do so. The startup builds out a list of all the other stores in the area, and allows companies to apply to open up a new one.

105

4 years ago

In November, 2018, YC alumni and partners went on to found

105

5 years ago

A real estate service for renting out short-term furnished apartments.

104

5 years ago

A content recommendation platform that partners with influencers to help them get more followers and more engagement. They say they’re already working with a number of celebrities.

104

5 years ago

The startup is building a tool for customizing software for a particular application or job, and making the process of creating custom software easier.

104

4 years ago

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

104

4 years ago

An offering that gives e-commerce businesses a way to track orders, which is particularly useful for online retailers in China and India.

104

4 years ago

A computer science degree designed for people in the large, growing Indian market for “robotics, artificial intelligence, and computer vision”, with a built-in partnership with the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.

103

2 years ago

A new apartment community in San Francisco that’s part of a larger, $3.2 billion vertical real estate project.

103

5 years ago

A software company that builds tools for online content creators to optimize their income by using tools like Google AdSense and YouTube Partner Program.

102

5 years ago

A startup that helps B2B companies automate their expenses. The company’s software is built to be used by the finance department to track expenses, and to automatically reconcile them with the appropriate accounting system.

102

5 years ago

A platform for supporting and managing workers in the gig economy, allowing users to pay third parties for work done only by their employees. Currently in a private beta for companies with fewer than 10 employees.

102

4 years ago

Vape2Life is a packaging and fulfillment startup that’s trying to make it easier for e-cigarette companies to ship their products. The company is offering fulfillment through its own fulfillment centers, as well as working with partners like UPS and FedEx to get products into the hands of customers.

102

4 years ago

A student loan refinance platform. The company is looking to partner up with large banks to refinance student loans.

102

4 years ago

A startup to help people sell their used clothing and get a fair price. The company has a partnership with a charity that helps needy people in India.

102

2 years ago

A startup that’s built a platform for in-person apprenticeships. It’s part of a trend of startups that want to make the in-person apprenticeship model as accessible as possible.

102

5 years ago

A web and mobile platform for restaurants to manage their orders, with a mobile app that makes it easier to manage all the different parts of a restaurant.

101

4 years ago

This startup is currently in a working prototype stage. It seeks to connect companies with licensing partners and business partners at all levels of the supply chain.

101

3 years ago

A company that lets you create a profile on a website that tells you when your employers, friends, and other people you know are going to leave their company. The company says they have a network of “hundreds” of websites, including the NBA, the New York Times, the New York City Fire Department, and the New York City Police Department.

101

2 years ago

An API for making it easier to integrate third party software into Slack.

101

5 years ago

With this startup, you can get a custom, one-of-a-kind shirt, crewneck sweater, or a onesie with your favorite movie character’s face on it. They want to build a brand for fans of a particular movie or TV show to wear with pride.

100

5 years ago

A startup that is building a mobile app to help drivers avoid parking tickets. They’re also looking to partner with local governments.

100

5 years ago

A startup that allows Web-based forms to be filled out and emailed to multiple parties, animated for each person to see who has responded.

100

4 years ago

This startup is building a social network for doctors and patients to share experiences and track how a patient is doing on a particular ailment.

100

3 years ago

A video messaging platform that makes it easy for people to send videos to each other quickly and easily, by sharing a short code with a partner.

100

4 years ago

A business that is using blockchain to help eliminate the need for third-party services.

99

4 years ago

A startup that wants to build a ‘truly open’ product stack so that any business can build apps for their customers. Using a pricing plan that forces a company to choose between building an app on their own platform or using a third party.

99

3 years ago

A company that makes the navigation of an Indian apartment complex easier

99

5 years ago

A platform that makes it easy for companies and employees to get reimbursed for food ordered online. It’s currently working with a few international companies and has a few other international partnerships in the works.

98

4 years ago

A company that helps HR departments with the onboarding, training and development of their employees.

98

4 years ago

A company that provides a platform for artists to share their work and connect with fans. They currently have over 400 artists, and plan to announce a partnership with a major US publisher in the coming weeks.

98

4 years ago

A startup that offers power-neutral switching power supplies, making it easier for people to power their products with off-the-shelf parts.

98

2 years ago

New companies from Y Combinator are eligible to apply to participate in the next batch of startups. However, companies are not guaranteed to be accepted, and may be rejected for any number of reasons.

98

5 years ago

Y Combinator is not a startup accelerator in the traditional sense, as it does not provide capital, mentorship, or other startup-specific services. Instead, Y Combinator provides seed funding and office space for startups that have already been bootstrapped for over a year and a half. Y Combinator has five cohorts a year, each of which lasts for 14 weeks. Participants are required to pay for their own flights and housing, which are taken care of by Y Combinator.

97

5 years ago

Buyat is a service that lets people rent out their car for short periods to make money. The startup is looking to partner with dealerships and fleets.

97

4 years ago

A “predictive maintenance” engine that maps out the wear and tear on your car to give you estimates on what parts need to be replaced.

97

3 years ago

Bebop is building a platform for booking a DJ in a hotel. Users can use the app to find and book DJs in a nearby city and then communicate with them directly. The startup is building a brand and community around this, with the goal of helping users book DJs and parties at hotels.

97

5 years ago

A startup that partners with local retailers to curate a handful of in-store activities for users to enjoy. These “experiences” are curated by the user’s location and can be anything from a free cup of coffee to a free library book.

96

5 years ago

A tool that lets neighborhoods around the world participate in a mobile barter system, where a group of neighbors can trade items like furniture they no longer use or tools they no longer use. The startup has raised $8 million in funding to date.

96

3 years ago

A partnership between two startups to provide payment processing for merchants. Processing fees are low, and there is no minimum payment threshold, the company says.

96

5 years ago

A startup that is building a new type of credit card for low-income people by partnering with an NGO in Brazil to give these people access to credit for groceries, utilities, and gas.

95

4 years ago

A platform to improve the efficiency of a company’s human resources department.

95

3 years ago

A cloud-based platform for people to manage multiple properties and assets, from apartments to cars to boats.

95

2 years ago

The startup’s goal is to make it easy for organizations to sell their own data to investors and other parties without having to transfer their data to another company.

95

5 years ago

A startup that helps businesses advertise to college students, as part of a bigger initiative to build a community of college students for businesses.

94

5 years ago

A startup focused on the healthcare industry that partners with pharmaceutical companies to build data products to make drug development more efficient.

94

5 years ago

A 3D-printing service for custom-sized parts like eyeglasses and prosthetics.

94

4 years ago

A messenger for businesses that allows them to communicate with customers, employees, and partners through integrated messaging tools.

94

4 years ago

A platform to help guide a user through a particular process to achieve a goal.

94

4 years ago

A company that helps allow companies to share data internally, while still going through a third party. It’s a bit like a P2P version of a company that helps share information between employees internally, but without the need for a third party.

94

5 years ago

A company that wants to “create the next generation of architecture” with “sustainable, sustainable” buildings. The company uses the idea of “architecture as a verb” to help people think about their buildings as the sum of the parts, not just the whole.

93

5 years ago

Ira is a tool that helps people manage and communicate with their business partners and suppliers. The business development team can use the platform to find and get to know new partners, and the sales team can help handle communication, relationships, and resources, all in one place.

93

4 years ago

A startup that wants to help HR/recruitment/HR department leaders in the US to run their businesses more like startups. The founders say the company helps HR departments get more efficient by putting HR processes on rails and sharing best practices.

93

4 years ago

A way to organize Facebook groups, particularly those that take after the real-world meetup and community model

93

5 years ago

A tool for mobile developers to integrate their apps with third-party tools in order to save time and money, and a more efficient way to do things.

92

5 years ago

The team behind the app is looking to work with new and existing government agencies as part of the White House’s national cybersecurity framework. They want to help the Federal government more quickly and efficiently identify and contain cyber threats.

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4 years ago 1 views

A tool for finding out how much a particular product costs on Amazon.

92

4 years ago

A startup that allows people to schedule or “book” housing for future events. The startup lets users find available apartments, book them, and pay for them ahead of time.

92

4 years ago

A real estate startup that uses technology to help all parties involved in a property transaction.

92

5 years ago

A platform that lets you streamline your workflow in terms of how you share assets/assets between different parties. So, for example, if you’re an artist and you’re working with a director, you can upload your artwork to a cloud-based platform that allows you to share it with the director, who can then use it in the final cut without having to work directly with you.

91

5 years ago

A startup that creates apps for restaurants, choosing to partner with restaurants that have a “local” feel. The startup is currently focusing on the US and UK, but plans to expand to other countries.

91

5 years ago

A cloud-based service for connecting healthcare providers with their patients. The company launched in March and is part of the NYU health IT incubator.

91

5 years ago

A software platform for healthcare companies to manage their prescription costs. Has been used to automate over 40% of the cost of a typical Medicare Part D plan.

91

5 years ago

A company that makes modular office furniture that can be built by a customer, shipping it in 5 parts. It currently has 3 large manufacturers that it works with building its products in China.

91

4 years ago

This startup wants to give people a way to donate money to causes that don’t have any existing infrastructure to collect or accept donations. It’s building out a platform that allows users to donate money to charities of their choice — with no fees or transaction fees, and no minimum amount. The company is building its own user base, with the goal of being a partner with any charity that wants to work with them.

91

4 years ago

The startup wants to build a marketplace for the next generation of employees, where companies can sell affordable part-time and contingent labor for tasks like cleaning, deliveries and other services. It wants to build a company that will be able to create a network of “micro-employers”, who can offer cheap labor, solve for the “short-term inconvenience of an extra employee,” and scale quickly.

91

4 years ago

An engineering staffing startup that partners with companies to bring in new talent. After a company does a demo, Minimum runs a search for top candidates using its proprietary algorithm. The company says they’ve so far found candidates at top engineering schools, raised $1.4 million in VC funding, and secured over a dozen jobs.

91

4 years ago

A startup to help employers and HR departments easily keep track of who’s working and when.

91

3 years ago

A startup that makes it easier for Hispanic families to open a savings account for their kids, particularly the latchkey kids who aren’t old enough to have a bank account at their school. The startup’s founder says that he wants to keep his children from having to share their smartphones to stay in touch with friends, and that his kids understand the importance of saving money in order to achieve their aspirations.

91

3 years ago

Marketing software for the beauty industry that helps by making the customer experience easier for both customers and beauty brands. The beauty industry is growing at a 40% rate, but is plagued by archaic processes. For example, the industry is split into about a dozen different channels, each with its own customer service department and customer support teams.

91

5 years ago

This company has developed a way to help homeless people decide if an apartment is worth locking down before signing a lease. The app, which is currently being tested in San Francisco, is meant to help people make better decisions about where to live, and could be particularly helpful for the homeless.

90

5 years ago

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

90

5 years ago

A 3D printing solution for printing custom parts on demand, or as a service for companies with regular customers.

90

4 years ago

A social network for people doing exercise, with an API to allow third parties to build apps on top of it.

90

5 years ago

The startup’s cofounders say they want to be the company that takes “the unknown hassle out of hiring” by eliminating time-consuming steps like job applications and paperwork. It also wants to help small businesses scale by removing the need for a HR department.

89

4 years ago

E-commerce site for America’s small towns, offering everything from electronics to home goods. The company is looking for more partners to grow the business.

89

4 years ago

San Francisco-based startups, the city is famous for being “the capital of startups.” However, in recent years, the city has begun to lose its startup scene to other locales in the Bay Area, particularly Oakland, San Jose and San Francisco itself.

89

4 years ago

A startup that’s built a tool for companies to learn about their customers in order to optimize their experience. It’s currently being used by a particular customer, and the company says it has data from around 50 other clients.

89

4 years ago

They’re building a platform that helps companies across the supply chain create global partnerships, with a focus on the fashion industry.

89

4 years ago

Helping people see their friends’ tweets, photos, and videos from their phones during a dinner party.

89

4 years ago

A decentralized blockchain platform to help people share expenses. The startup wants to help people find friends and families to help them pay for things like vacations and household maintenance. The app uses an algorithm to match people up, then goes to the third party to make the payment.

89

3 years ago

A platform to help people buy, sell and manage their apartment homes. The startup is based in Seattle, California and is currently focused on the West Coast.

89

4 years ago

A cloud-based accounting software that helps companies simplify their accounting, with a focus on helping retailers and other small businesses that don’t have a full-time accounting department.

88

4 years ago

A grocery delivery service targeting online consumers. It wants to be the fulfillment partner for all the curbside delivery services in the US.

88

4 years ago

A startup looking to make it easier for companies to hire and fire employees. The system’s algorithms help companies find the best people, and eliminate the high-conflict humans in the process. The company also offers a “health score” for each job candidate. The company says they’ve operated in New York and LA and are now expanding to other parts of the country.

88

4 years ago

This startup is building an API for API companies to build API integrations into their API. API integrations are a key part of growing an API-powered business by letting users access the API without actually running the API themselves.

88

4 years ago

A startup that enables more people to take part in crowdsourced science

88

2 years ago

A startup for insurance providers that wants to make the insurance buying process more transparent and accessible. The company claims to have over 3,000 companies as clients, including the government of India and the Department of Defense.

88

5 years ago

A startup that provides remote control boats for kids who live in apartments

87

4 years ago

Campus Labs’s goal is to help students find low-cost and free apartment rentals while still providing professional service and quality amenities

87

4 years ago

A startup for third-party data and insights for publishers, which provides data on things like which news publishers have the most pageviews, most shares, etc.

87

4 years ago

The California-based company, which previously had raised $16 million, is selling custom-designed power banks, which are basically portable chargers for smartphones, tablets, laptops, and other devices. The company is selling them through its website but is also looking to partner with retailers to sell them in their brick-and-mortar stores.

87

4 years ago

This startup is building an on-demand platform for insurance brokers to compare rates and buy/sell policies, allowing them to integrate the service into their phone apps. The company is taking a partnership approach to selling to brokers.

87

4 years ago

A company that helps people find apartments. The company claims that the average cost to find a rental is just a fraction of a percent of monthly rent, and has found that it’s more effective to have a niche niche of renters rather than trying to convince all of the town’s renters to become landlords.

87

4 years ago

A management platform for managing the data of people on your team, making it easily accessible to all team members. It’s currently used by organizations like the Department of Defense, the Leukemia Lymphoma Society, and the National Park Service.

87

4 years ago

A new way to make custom 3D printable accessories. The startup makes parts for consumer electronics and is looking to make a new business out of selling them to users of its existing apps.

87

4 years ago

An API and API wrapper that makes it easier to integrate third-party apps and services. This has been downloaded over 100,000 times.

87

3 years ago

An iOS app that lets users create estimates easily by taking pictures and writing down the parts they need.

87

4 years ago

A startup that seeks to solve the problem of employees jumping from company to company, working with different managers in different departments. The company lets employees create profiles, giving the main manager a chance to see who they’ve worked with and what they’ve done in their previous jobs.

86

4 years ago

This is a startup using machine learning to make recommendations of the best items to buy on Amazon for a particular category.

86

4 years ago

This startup helps you identify and book a doctor for a particular ailment in a matter of minutes.

86

4 years ago

A startup that wants to optimize workflows for video and photo editing by ensuring that the right tools are available for the right task at the right time. The company, which was founded in May, has worked with partners including Adobe and Apple.

86

4 years ago

Build a digital community for college students. The startup wants to be the go-to place for students to find roommates, find jobs, look for housing, and more. One of the most interesting parts of the business is that the startup is actually building their own apartment complex, with all the services and amenities that go with it.

86

4 years ago

A fitness activity tracker that’s aimed at seniors, developed in partnership with a major health insurance company.

86

3 years ago

A startup that helps people find their perfect wedding band. The team has hired several wedding consultants over the past year, and has partnered with a jeweler in India to help find one.

86

3 years ago

A subscription-based system that lets you set up a party and invite people to attend. It’s a hotel alternative that’s supposed to be more social and fun.

86

2 years ago

A platform that tracks and analyzes your credit card transactions, allowing you to see where your money is going and use analytics to improve your spending habits. The company is hoping to partner with companies like retail services and banks.

86

5 years ago

Cofounder of the company, a former financial industry analyst, began researching the fintech industry in 2017. She found a dearth of female founders in the space. In her startup’s pitch deck, she highlights several female founders as part of the company’s advisory board.

85

4 years ago

A startup for buying and selling used cars, part of a larger company that also offers car-sharing services. Their customers can use the company’s vehicle for their work, then turn it back in when they’re done.

85

4 years ago

A startup that’s partnering with local restaurant brands to deliver their food via drone.

85

4 years ago

A project management app for startups, meant to be particularly useful in the digital sector.

85

4 years ago

As part of the Make Tech Easier project, the team is building a tool to help non-tech folks make tech purchases. They have a custom loyalty card that helps users identify the problem they want to solve, then build a purchase workflow. The startup now has $6,000 in monthly recurring revenue after just a year in business.

85

4 years ago

A decentralized prediction market, looking to use the power of the blockchain to bring more transparency to public wagers. The startup already has a partnership with the NBA to use data on player performance to create more stable markets.

85

3 years ago

This startup is finding new ways to bring the internet to developing countries, particularly those that are “left out” of the current internet infrastructure

85

3 years ago

A platform to plug in third-party content providers to allow entrepreneurs to post their content directly to LinkedIn.

85

5 years ago

The $1.4 million seed round was led by James Proud, and also included participation from First Round Capital, Village Global and Techstars.

84

4 years ago

This startup is building a tool that designates specific parts of an app as “core”, “intermediate”, or “non-core”, which helps developers prioritize work and makes it easier to switch to a different language.

84

4 years ago

Building a platform that lets users to buy and sell home goods via a marketplace. The startup has already secured a partnership with the Indigo chain of bookstores, and is looking to launch in New York City soon.

84

4 years ago

When you buy a TV on Amazon, the company takes a big cut of your money. You can buy a Roku and use a third-party app to stream Amazon content.

84

4 years ago

A company that uses machine learning to aid the recruiting process by using visual cues to help recruiters spot people better suited for a particular role.

84

4 years ago

A company that makes 3D printed parts for industrial machinery, including industrial robots.

84

4 years ago

Helping women and men, particularly in South Asia and the Middle East, to make informed, healthy choices during pregnancy and before, through their pregnancy and parenting plans.

84

4 years ago

This is a tool to help people make better decisions about their financial lives. The company wants to help people crunch and visualize financial data in order to make better decisions. Part of that is tracking their spending.

84

4 years ago

This company is partnering with universities to provide an online solution to help students stay on top of their schoolwork. It’s especially useful for students in the US, where they say it’s hard to keep track of due dates.

84

3 years ago

A smart contract that allows for a seller to create a transparent way for consumers to buy and use a product without needing to go through a 3rd party.

84

3 years ago

A digital magazine and website platform for the Indian market. The company is backed by Sequoia India, Bessemer Venture Partners, and Matrix Partners.

84

4 years ago

A startup called Ava is the first to offer a solution to the “last mile problem” in ride-sharing. It’s a payment system that allows riders to send money to driver partners via Venmo.

83

4 years ago

A new mobile payment system that allows users to split a bill on their mobile phone, and pay both parties.

83

4 years ago

This startup is building a system that can help a central authority know a lot about a given community, including the political, religious and social values of a particular population.

83

4 years ago

A consumer app that allows wine connoisseurs to feel the difference in taste and identify the grapes used to make a particular wine.

83

4 years ago

A solution for tracking and managing all your technology purchases, so you know if you’re getting the most value from your IT department.

83

4 years ago

The startup aims to let customers pay for their coffee with a few taps and get a cup of coffee delivered to their door with a few taps. The startup is already operating in 15 cities and has partnered with over 100 merchants and is looking to expand to other cities.

83

4 years ago

Niche dating site for people who are looking for a partner in the U.S. but don’t have access to a lot of the basic services (like Facebook, email, and photo sharing.)

83

2 years ago

The company is building a platform that will allow customers to order a pickup or delivery from any of the company’s partner restaurants, regardless of where they are, and have it brought to their home.

83

4 years ago

Smart contracts for the real estate industry, which are built on top of Ethereum, allowing parties to create smart contracts for leases, escrows and home sales.

82

4 years ago

A digital platform to track the condition of your car’s parts. It’s essentially a modern version of a mechanic’s notebook.

82

4 years ago

A peer-to-peer marketplace to help people find loans from each other. The company is looking to partner with local banks in India to help bring the startup to market.

82

4 years ago

A startup that makes it easy to share photos of your food on social networks, so your dinner party is more Instagram-worthy.

82

4 years ago

A startup in the UK that is building a way for companies to sell and buy spare parts from one another.

82

4 years ago

A company that helps build collaborative robots and robotic arms. Their current project is part of the DARPA Robotics Challenge.

82

4 years ago

A platform that helps hospitals automate the process of identifying and tracking patient medical records. It’s a product of a partnership between Johns Hopkins and GE Healthcare, and has already been deployed in five hospitals in the US and Europe.

82

3 years ago

Startups that fit into multiple categories, where founders have multiple roles — co-founder, CEO, CTO and CIO, or just the founder and CTO — are a bit more common today, but still rare. The challenge is that it can be difficult to measure how much of the company’s sales and profit go to the founder. Here’s a partial list of startups that fit into that category:

82

3 years ago

A startup that helps women find an Asian-American partner to date.

82

4 years ago

A startup that’s building a platform that lets people connect to local artisans, which it uses to sell their products. It has a Slack channel for vendors, and will be launching a “shop local” app in partnership with local government in September.

81

4 years ago

This startup provides a way for people to share and sell photos and video of their travels on Instagram. It’s a little like Facebook’s Marketplace, and it’s part of the reason Instagram users continue to post and like photos and videos.

81

4 years ago

A company that helps human resource departments manage their benefits program, with a focus on giving employees more control over their benefits. It’s currently in stealth mode, but raised $750,000.

81

4 years ago

A startup that lets people earn money by helping their friends book trips. At present, the company has partnered with Airbnb and Kayak to help people book their own trips.

81

4 years ago

This healthcare startup is building software to help doctors manage their patient care. It’s working with the Department of Veterans Affairs, which is using it to manage care for veterans.

81

4 years ago

A startup that helps people track their usage of wireless spectrum. The startup says they’ve collected data from over 2 million devices and is partnering with 5 other startups to launch in India and the US.

81

4 years ago

The company was founded by founder Tom Galvin, and was originally part of the Y Combinator Winter 2017 class.

81

4 years ago

A software company that’s building a product for self-employed workers to manage their own time and taxes without the need for a third party.

81

3 years ago

A $10-20 billion industry that’s undergoing a massive shift in the way it’s being made. The startup wants to be a large part of that change.

81

3 years ago

A company that provides AI-assisted facial recognition software. The idea is that businesses can use the app to scan the faces of anyone who works for them and determine if they’re doing their job well. The app is currently being used by the University of Texas, but has also been pitched to police departments.

81

3 years ago

A network of startups that helps large companies connect with smaller companies. It helps large companies find new business opportunities and suppliers, and helps small companies find new partners.

81

5 years ago

A three-way partnership between a university, a local government, and a private company that connects local governments and non-profits that want to find funding to their projects in a more efficient way.

80

4 years ago

This startup makes software for a company that makes custom parts for cars. CNC Solutions creates parts for specific cars, like a wheel hub for an Audi R8. The startup claims that if a company has a client they can't make a part for, they'll be able to turn around an order in six hours.

80

4 years ago

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

80

4 years ago

In 2016, SVFI raised $3.6 million from several prominent investors, including Y Combinator, Andreessen Horowitz, Greylock Partners, SV Angel, and Lux Capital.

80

4 years ago

A platform that makes it easier for employees to request time off. The startup is looking to partner with the HR department of a company to help employees request time off. It has raised $2.3M in seed funding.

80

4 years ago

A health insurance company that partners with companies to offer medical benefits to employees.

80

4 years ago

A startup that lets companies recruit and manage full-time and part-time remote workers.

80

4 years ago

A startup that can be used to track and facilitate the transfer of funds from one party to another

80

4 years ago

A dating app that matches you with people who work at the same company you do. The startup is focused on the software side of the company, and partnering with companies already located in the app’s target cities.

80

4 years ago

A company that sells solutions for hosting and running private events, with a particular focus on weddings and parties.

80

4 years ago

A platform for people to find and book daycare for their kids, partnering with daycares and care providers.

80

3 years ago

A startup that’s building a digital platform for the Indian market. The startup aims to partner with financial institutions to create a digital platform for them to use.

80

3 years ago

According to a study done by the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP), the Indian startup scene has over 8,000 startups, with over $10 billion in funding.

80

3 years ago

Care Labs is a wellness startup. As part of their product, Care Labs offers a “video-based coaching platform that helps people with chronic health conditions like ADHD and autoimmune disorders like Hashimoto’s, or those going through a transition into adulthood or a new stage in life like college,” according to their website.

80

2 years ago

A digital assistant for employers, allowing them to manage their employee’s time logs from their mobile device. The startup is currently focused on managing time at the office, for businesses that have in-house HR departments.

80

4 years ago

A startup that helps small businesses make online payments. It has an iOS app, an Android app, and an API for third-party apps.

79

4 years ago

This company is looking to disrupt and democratize real estate. It wants to make it easy and affordable for people to buy and sell houses and apartments.

79

4 years ago

A startup that helps people find affordable housing, which they can learn about through a hands-on exercise that teaches how to get the best deal on an apartment.

79

4 years ago

A tool that helps companies manage their third-party risk for business travel, with partners ranging from Avis to American Airlines.

79

4 years ago

P2P car swap app that works with a 3rd party to secure a car but still keeps the responsibility of ownership with the buyer.

79

4 years ago

The startup is working on an e-commerce platform that integrates with Amazon to sell third party brands.

79

4 years ago

The startup is working with industry partners to establish a next-generation digital payments platform.

79

4 years ago

A startup that will let you order a custom-built PC from a selection of parts.

79

3 years ago

A platform to sell third-party apps and services

79

2 years ago

This startup is building a way for HR departments to access their company’s data, which they say is “a massive problem”.

79

2 years ago

Their app helps you manage your budget and save money, and is a part of the Financial Health Network.

79

5 years ago

Idea: A more sustainable and affordable apartment building for college students

78

4 years ago

A tool that teaches you how to read an oil change and how to order parts

78

4 years ago

A software-as-a-service that helps companies locate and manage their third-party suppliers, including those in India.

78

4 years ago

A company that wants to help enterprises and their partners build, secure, and manage secure APIs.

78

4 years ago

Hipsters are a big part of the e-commerce scene in India, but the startup wants to bring them into the mainstream, using a combination of data, AI, and traditional retail to help them discover the best of the best products.

78

4 years ago

A management tool for start-ups that helps them manage their finances, HR, and marketing departments.

78

4 years ago

A startup that helps companies use machine learning to assess the performance of their website. The startup’s product generates a report for each website it tests, showing which parts of the site are most successful and where performance is lagging.

78

3 years ago

This company is working on a way to send money to countries that have been hit by natural disasters. It works in partnership with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and is currently in use in the Philippines.

78

3 years ago

The startup aims to create a new kind of fire extinguisher for homes, replacing the “expired” pressurized fire extinguisher with one that is part of the wall and meant to be used on the spot, at which point its contents are automatically activated.

78

5 years ago

There are hundreds of small companies and startups that help businesses find partners for all kinds of things, whether it’s for data analysis or marketing. Liminal thinks it can be more of a middleman, helping businesses find more opportunities to partner with other companies.

77

4 years ago

A platform for streamlining “the most frustrating part of the hiring process” for businesses.

77

4 years ago

A Hong Kong-based startup that is doing a joint venture in China with a Chinese partner. The two companies will work together to build a consumer product in China, and then later in Hong Kong.

77

4 years ago

A third-party API for managing and sharing their credit reports.

77

4 years ago

In this partnership, the startup will create a “pay-to-play” service, which will enable users to pay for online gaming and other entertainment without having to play the games themselves. The startup will then gain access to the user’s data.

77

4 years ago

In June 2018, Thumbtack reached a Series B round of funding led by Andreessen Horowitz and new investors including Sutter Hill Ventures and General Catalyst Partners.

77

4 years ago

Stripe is a payment platform that wants to help e-commerce merchants on smaller margins and those outside the US. The company is looking to partner with other services to help customers in places like China and Mexico expand their customer base.

77

4 years ago

A chatbot that helps you find an apartment you can actually afford.

77

4 years ago

A startup that wants to make money by helping companies to track their employees’ social media posts for each other so they can work more effectively. The company is currently in beta and is looking for partners to help it grow.

77

4 years ago

An “Uber for writers”. This startup is “building the Uber of writing jobs”. It’s an app that allows writers to get paid for their work directly, without having to deal with a third party intermediary. They’re already working with about 20 clients.

77

3 years ago

A tool designed to help HR departments manage new employee onboarding.

77

2 years ago

A partnership between the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) and the American Red Cross, Airwatch provides a digital bracelets that the Red Cross uses to provide faster, more accurate help in the event of a natural disaster.

77

5 years ago

A platform that helps businesses like accounting, legal, and human resources departments manage the paperwork, invoicing, and payments for companies all in one place.

76

4 years ago

A $7 credit card that lets you avoid fees for cash withdrawals at ATMs. The startup also partners with retailers like Chipotle to allow you to use the card for online orders.

76

4 years ago

A platform to help people find and rent quality private and shared apartments around the world. It helps renters and owners find and rent apartments, and connect with other renters and owners in real time.

76

4 years ago

A platform for shared student housing that helps companies find better deals on apartments.

76

4 years ago

This list is not a comprehensive list of every startup in the region. We have excluded startups focused on a single vertical in a city, startups founded in a certain part of the world, and startups that are only based in one city.

76

4 years ago

A company that’s building a technology platform for insurance companies that enables them to automate the most labor-intensive parts of their claims and billing processes.

76

4 years ago

An AI-powered platform that makes it easier to manage and price online ads. The startup wants to simplify the process of buying online ads so that more people can participate.

76

4 years ago

A company that creates a secure file sharing service for the enterprise, with a particular focus on the financial sector.

76

3 years ago

This is an on-demand delivery service for health and wellness products, with a particular focus on women’s health.

76

3 years ago

A startup that’s building a decentralized, community-based digital currency for the Indian market. The startup is looking to partner with mobile carriers to get their digital currency into users’ wallets.

76

3 years ago

A fast-growing startup that’s taken apart a $50 billion company and is building a new one.

76

3 years ago

This startup is building a tool that helps companies manage their supply chains, integrating contracts and documents from their suppliers. The startup says it is building out its “SaaS” supply chain software to help companies manage the massive number of contracts and documents they are expected to sign. The company is partnered with companies like Target and UPS, and is currently in closed beta.

76

4 years ago

A unique, third-party app that helps you track your shipping from UPS, FedEx, USPS, DHL, and Aliexpress. The company has sold $20,000 in products since October 1, 2016.

75

4 years ago

"We just let people be creative, and it's worked out so well." The company has partnered with the DoD to create geospatial maps for military personnel.

75

4 years ago

A chatbot designed to answer all of your questions about how to reduce your carbon footprint, which they want to do by partnering with your utility company.

75

4 years ago

A digital health platform that helps users manage their health. Blum is a platform that helps users manage their health. It’s a patient-centered platform that helps users manage their health, create a personalized digital health plan, and get personalized care from a team of doctors and other care partners. It’s a patient-centered platform that helps users manage their health, create a personalized digital health plan, and get personalized care from a team of doctors and other care partners.

75

4 years ago

A startup that wants to help online shoppers find the best deal on a particular item, without having to wait for the item to be delivered. The startup is offering a marketplace, and a tool to help online merchants optimize their inventory so they can sell more.

75

4 years ago

A platform that makes it easier for consumers to buy gift cards online. The startup will also partner with retailers to create in-store mobile ordering apps.

75

3 years ago

A tech company that connects customers with small businesses in a particular geographic area to get small-business items delivered to their door in under an hour.

75

3 years ago

A vending machine that ships goods to your apartment.

75

3 years ago

A custom builder that helps businesses build websites and apps, allowing them to integrate products from third-party vendors.

75

4 years ago

A startup that helps users buy tickets for bus, train, or plane rides, and has partnered with over 400 different transit agencies in the US. The service also has a loyalty program, allowing riders to earn points and then spend them on future tickets.

74

4 years ago

A platform for doctors, nurses, and other medical personnel to manage patient records. MediCloud provides a secure way for medical staff to access and manage patient records. Clients include Kaiser Permanente, Partners HealthCare, and the University of Washington.

74

4 years ago

A company that makes 3D printing filament for 3D printers. According to the company, “no one else makes what we make”, which is particularly important for companies that are new to 3D printing.

74

4 years ago

A chatbot for HR departments to help workers at companies sign up for benefits.

74

4 years ago

This is an app that helps police departments make their cities safer. It’s a service that alerts officers when there’s a body in the street, fires in the air, or a carjacking in progress.

74

3 years ago

A startup that wants to help users build and grow a personal brand. The idea is to let users manage their own personal image, build their social capital, and participate in the global economy.

74

3 years ago

A startup that can track the air quality in any city in the world. The startup is announcing a new partnership with the World Health Organization to help people track their own health and the health of their children.

74

3 years ago

A tool that helps HR departments create targeted recruitment ads for job-seekers.

74

2 years ago

A company that connects landlords to potential renters. The company uses artificial intelligence to match rental properties to people looking for a place to stay, and has already partnered with over 30,000 properties.

74

5 years ago

Idea: This startup is building machine learning software that helps people create smoother panning and zooming in videos. The startup previously sold a product called Flycam that helps camera operators smoothly move from one part of the scene to another.

73

4 years ago

The company wants to make it easier for consumers to pay bills. The startup, which launched in June, has partnered with about 200 companies, including ADT, Best Buy, and Etsy, to offer bill payments via text message.

73

4 years ago

A business management tool for logistics companies, geared towards help desk in particular. The startup wants to help logistics companies be more flexible with their hours and be better at managing the flow of information from customers.

73

4 years ago

A platform for HR departments to provide employees with feedback on their performance, as well as access to other company data.

73

4 years ago

A software development company that wants to fix the “diversity gap” in Silicon Valley. The company’s co-founder says that men make up around 80% of the tech workforce, and women only 4% (and that the industry is even worse in other parts of the world).

73

4 years ago

A “marketplace for influencers” that helps brands find influencers to partner with

73

4 years ago

A VR/AR platform that uses 3D scans of real estate to present you with a virtual walkthrough of a home or apartment. The startup is currently in private beta and has raised $1.5M.

73

4 years ago

A payment platform that uses the Ethereum blockchain to automatically handle payments and money transfers between parties.

73

4 years ago

A B2B platform connecting companies with third-party service providers, giving companies a way to pay their bills and get repairs done.

73

4 years ago

A startup that wants to let parties involved in a divorce agree to a fixed payment schedule based on the number of children involved and the amount of time each parent spends with them.

73

4 years ago

A company trying to get the price of medicines down with a direct-to-consumer sales channel. The company has partnered with big pharmaceutical companies to help them reduce their costs.

73

4 years ago

A developer-focused SaaS firm, this startup is building a suite of tools for developers that integrates with Salesforce and other platforms, as well as third-party services like Stripe.

73

4 years ago

A 3D printing service that uses robots to build parts in high-volume using different materials. The company has a partnership with 3D Systems, which gives it access to a large pool of customers and materials.

73

3 years ago

The startup wants to make it easier to buy and sell tickets to events, particularly sporting events.

73

3 years ago

A solution for small businesses to automate their bookkeeping, invoicing, and accounting. The startup is looking to partner with other companies in exchange for a cut of their profits.

73

3 years ago 1 views

A startup for third-party sellers on Amazon. The business is completely free for sellers, and takes a tiny commission from buyers.

73

2 years ago

A startup that simplifies the hiring process for human resource departments, making it easier to track applications and turning HR into a more nimble, responsive organization.

73

4 years ago

The startup offers a tool for companies to make their own custom, branded products, using a 3D printer and a factory in China. The company has partnered with Unilever, United Parcel Service, and Chipotle among others.

72

4 years ago

This startup is building a global network of sports stadiums. It’s first project is in Brazil, where it is partnering with an insurance company to run a stadium that hosts games for the local soccer league. The startup is also working with a real estate developer to build a sports stadium in China.

72

4 years ago

A software-as-a-service that allows companies to manage their customer relationships with customers, suppliers, and partners.

72

4 years ago

This startup is building a library of memes that are geared towards millennials, with the goal of building a youth outreach arm for the Republican Party.

72

4 years ago

A startup that’s building a tool that helps brands identify influencers on social media and use them to promote their products. The company has $1.6mm in funding and has partnered with brands like Adidas to boost sales with the help of influencers.

72

4 years ago

A smartphone app that helps people find and book appointments at their local dentist. The startup is partnered with a local dentist to help in the service.

72

3 years ago

A platform for creating and connecting to groups of people who are passionate about a particular topic, like education or business. The B2B startup is looking to build a platform for teachers, students, and workers to collaborate and get better at their skills.

72

3 years ago

A travel app that sends you alerts as you get close to your destination, so you can get to the party on time.

72

3 years ago

A startup that provides a live workplace environment where employees can work in their own private space but still be part of a larger company.

72

4 years ago

A startup that’s working to solve a problem in the credit card industry is using a partnership with PNC Bank to bring a check deposit service to 100,000 customers.

71

4 years ago

A startup that makes it easier for companies to hire doctors, nurses, and other medical professionals by making it clear what they’re worth and how they can become a part of the company.

71

4 years ago

An online marketplace for after-market parts for business accounting software.

71

4 years ago

This startup provides a way for educators to set up a private Facebook group for their students to discuss problems and solutions in their field, with the private group being able to take part in online discussions.

71

4 years ago

Based in New York, this startup uses blockchain to secure a direct bond between two people who want to be financial partners. A single digital bond is created, secure and licensed by law, that can be traded and used like a stock. The company is backed by PayPal co-founder Max Levchin.

71

4 years ago

This startup is building an automated system for maintaining supply chain visibility and track of inventory across multiple parties. The company says they’re trying to “make supply chain as simple as email.”

71

3 years ago

An online platform that provides customers with coupons and other promotional offers when they spend a certain amount in a particular store.

71

3 years ago

A platform for dating that claims to be better than popular app Tinder in part because it’s based on mutual interests rather than proximity, and uses a “personalized algorithm” to match you with someone based on first impressions.

71

4 years ago

This startup is building an online marketplace for people seeking to rent out their spare rooms, apartments, or even their entire homes.

70

4 years ago

An online platform for renting out unused rooms in houses and apartments, and letting guests stay in them for a night.

70

4 years ago

A tool that helps businesses in the UK organize a “Boomerang Closing”, a party that gathers employees together when they leave the company.

70

4 years ago

In this business, the CEO says, “we are working with a small group of partners and we are finding that it is almost impossible to get a loan from a bank.” The startup uses its own software to help companies quickly verify their ability to repay a loan.

70

4 years ago

The company’s co-founder, who is also a partner at Y Combinator, tells us “If you have a lot of money, you can go to the beach. If you don’t, you can go to the beach.”

70

4 years ago

A way for people to easily find and buy apartments, manage their leases, and track their rent payments.

70

4 years ago

A company that makes mobile games for kids. The startup is best known for its games for preschoolers and its games are made in partnership with a number of companies, including Disney and Nickelodeon.

70

3 years ago

The startup aims to simplify the process of purchasing a home by bringing all relevant parties together, like real estate agents, borrowers, and homeowners. Customers can sign on with a single email address.

70

3 years ago

Challenge: “How can we create an ecosystem of 2nd-party sellers that is transparent, trustworthy, and fair” They want to help sellers build a “Guild” that is a network of customers, who share their data and pay vendors for a discounted rate. The startup aims to set up the first “Guild” for Amazon sellers.

70

3 years ago

The startup uses crowdsourced data to help people find a new home or apartment within a 10-mile radius.

70

4 years ago

Allows users to create a listing for their house or rental, then rent out their spare room or entire apartment.

69

4 years ago

A tool that connects businesses with demand partners, to help them figure out which customers to prioritize and when to send them campaign messages.

69

4 years ago

A tool for HR departments to help their employees find and apply for jobs, ranging from sales to marketing.

69

4 years ago

As part of the BizCloud startups program, this company’s idea is a simple spreadsheet that makes it easy for people to organize their business ideas in a way that benefits everyone.

69

4 years ago

A 3D printer that prints out 3D printed parts for people to build and customize their own cars.

69

4 years ago

A search engine for apartments and houses, this is a company that wants to help renters and homeowners find the best deals.

69

4 years ago

A startup that’s building a global video platform that helps brands partner with creators to tell stories through video.

69

4 years ago

A distributed worldwide network of unsung heroes, who can perform tasks in the name of the US government, like an Uber for the US military. First launched in 2016, it’s already deployed on more than 100 bases and is partnered with more than 100 federal agencies, including the US Department of Defense, NASA, and the Department of State.

69

3 years ago

A startup that specializes in cross-border payments. The startup has built a solution in partnership with the Spanish government that allows Spanish businesses to send money to individuals in the US. The company is also working on a platform to help small businesses in the US accept payments in euros.

69

3 years ago

A startup that partners with HR and payroll companies to manage online payments and HR in the same system.

69

3 years ago

A startup that will offer a new kind of employee benefits product, allowing employees to choose between a full-time and part-time role.

69

2 years ago

A tool for companies to have a single data center and server where they can manage a bunch of virtual machines. The company, which launched in July, has partnerships with companies like United Airlines.

69

4 years ago

This startup is building a marketplace for services with an emphasis on helping companies build out their marketing departments.

68

4 years ago

This startup is a chatbot that’s meant to help small businesses manage the toughest parts of their operations.

68

4 years ago

A micro-purchase tool for students to pay a particular school a specific amount, and also a tool for teachers to track the progress of a group of students. The startup was founded in July.

68

4 years ago

A company that helps real-estate agents sell homes by offering a part-time gig as a virtual realtor.

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4 years ago

A startup that lets you instantly rent an apartment with a few taps.

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4 years ago

This company aims to help with medical transcription. The startup is building a medical transcription platform that it hopes will replace the need for third-party companies like Lexmark and Scansoft.

68

4 years ago

A startup looking to make the world’s best, high-end machine parts with a focus on precision machining. Their idea is to build a factory that can produce any size and shape part, anywhere in the world, with high precision and great quality.

68

4 years ago

On July 29, 2018, Y Combinator announced that it is working with the United States Department of Defense on a $120 million Defense Innovation Unit Experimental (DIUx) grant. DIUx is a new unit within DoD that is focused on bringing together startups and the military to develop cutting-edge technologies that the military can adopt for use in the war and defense arenas.

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4 years ago

A startup that helps build more affordable, modular homes in places that have historically been difficult to build. The company has built affordable housing as part of the Green City Solutions program in Philadelphia.

68

3 years ago

A startup that builds and sells a tool for restaurants to manage their food costs, both inside and outside of their restaurants. The founder said it’s a complicated space, with lots of moving parts and big, regional differences.

68

3 years ago

A startup that builds a platform for hospitals to manage their supply chain and offers the ability to purchase 3rd party medical devices and software.

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3 years ago

A company that provides data to help businesses make decisions. They’re particularly interested in the insurance sector, and are targeting “insurance executives who are looking to make data-based decisions in a cost-effective way”.

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3 years ago

A way to manage various third party APIs and mobile SDKs within an app. The company wants to make it easier for app developers to build and manage services on an app, particularly when they are building mobile apps.

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2 years ago

A startup that’s building an e-commerce platform for start-ups in India. The company’s founders say they’ve already struck partnerships with more than 1,000 merchants and have more than 400,000 registered users.

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4 years ago

A startup that helps consumers and businesses alike manage their expenses, including invoices, receipts, and spending. The company says it’s currently working with 20 customers and has partnered with over 60 additional businesses.

67

4 years ago

A platform for organizing and sharing resources, especially by those with expertise in a particular field or trade.

67

4 years ago

A small hardware startup that wants to be a platform partner for IoT that helps companies deploy their own autonomous devices.

67

4 years ago

A startup that enables the design of 3D printed prosthetics. The company wants to provide 3D printing for prosthetics as a service, by offering it as a service, and partnering with 3D printing machines to print them.

67

4 years ago

A 3D-printing startup that makes it easier to create custom parts for expensive machines.

67

3 years ago

A startup that lets users pay for their parking via a mobile app. The company says it’s currently working with over 1,000 parking lots and is profitable, in part because it cuts out the

67

3 years ago

Equinor has created a third-party API (application programming interface) that allows online retailers to accept and follow up on online orders from consumers. This can help online retailers get their products to customers faster than if they were shipping in-store.

67

3 years ago

A platform that allows businesses to quickly access data from their own or partner’s existing credit cards.

67

3 years ago

A company that provides credit data to banks and financial institutions. The company is part of an institutional group called “Funding Circle”

67

3 years ago

A startup that offers a platform for engineers to make their own tools, or to acquire/buy off third party tools. The company says it’s already has a few clients paying for access to it’s engineering platform.

67

3 years ago

A startup that is building a real-time, user-driven food delivery app. The app uses a dynamic pricing model that changes based on the demand for a particular item and its proximity to the user.

67

2 years ago

This is an app that helps people navigate their flights. It’s being used by the likes of Uber and AirBNB to route users to the right airports, showing them departure times and flight numbers.

67

2 years ago

Connecting an individual to a team of consultants (partner or freelancer) to help with a project.

67

4 years ago

This startup is building a way to see and explore the world’s natural wonders and landmarks through data and visualization, and is partnering with the National Geographic Society to curate and track the most iconic and historic places in the world.

66

4 years ago

A startup that aims to fix the lack of data that exists on small businesses, particularly those in the food industry.

66

4 years ago

This company is building a mobile app that helps people find and take care of other people’s pets. It’s currently in closed beta and is offered through a partnership with Rover.com.

66

4 years ago

A company that helps states build a network of local dispensaries. The startup currently provides software to the Colorado Department of Revenue, which they say has led to the creation of 2,000 jobs.

66

4 years ago

A platform designed to bring the best local restaurants to your door in cities across the US. The startup charges restaurants a fee for each meal ordered, with the idea that the startup will eventually partner with restaurants at an increased rate of the fee, expanding their reach and the number of meals delivered.

66

3 years ago

This startup is building a platform that helps users track how much they spend on social media and how much they spend on other parts of their life. The startup says that one of its users is able to save $300 per month on their social media bill by tracking expenses.

66

3 years ago

The app takes standard paper forms and turns it into a digital document that can be shared with others. The platform allows participants to fill in the information they need and share it with others.

66

4 years ago

A way to make regular exercise a part of your routine.

65

4 years ago

A company that provides a platform for people to find out about short-term rentals. They’re looking to do the same for apartments for short-term leases.

65

4 years ago

This startup makes it easier for companies to have a centralized, secure place to store and share articles, videos, and other digital content—particularly for content that’s both time sensitive and highly valuable.

65

4 years ago

A digital assistant for the home, meant to help people with tasks like cleaning, dinner plans, and grocery shopping. The startup wants to make the “art” of home-keeping as easy as possible, and is looking to partner with larger companies to bring their product to the US.

65

4 years ago

Another concept that aims to be a part of the massive global demand for mobile payments. The app works with existing mobile phones and the user’s bank account and then processes the transaction in the background.

65

3 years ago

This app helps small businesses find a reliable service animal partner.

65

3 years ago

A company that makes custom snacks for kids' birthday parties, pitching it as a “version of Etsy for preschoolers”.

65

3 years ago

A tool for businesses looking to collect and use customer feedback to improve their products, with a particular focus on surveys and surveys data.

65

4 years ago

This is a business that provides third-party software and services that allow businesses to connect and communicate with each other, and is backed by the venture capital firm General Catalyst.

64

4 years ago

A tool that makes it easier to use photo editing software, with a particular focus on Instagram.

64

4 years ago

A guide to connecting with the right crowdfunding platform for your particular project

64

4 years ago

A startup that is building a marketplace for aftermarket parts, with a focus on helping auto dealerships improve efficiency.

64

3 years ago

This startup is building a technology for finding spare parts for manufacturing machines, including 3D printing parts.

64

3 years ago

A tool that helps businesses get data from third parties and make it easier to use.

64

3 years ago

A chat platform that connects you to your friends’ friends who can help you find a job, buy a house, or get an apartment. The platform is meant to help with big life decisions like these.

64

3 years ago

A platform for startups that want to bring their products to life through hardware. It’s meant to be a cheaper alternative to other prototyping and hardware startups, by linking to their own manufacturing partners.

64

3 years ago

A B2B company that manages third-party contractors.

64

3 years ago

A three-dimensional printing startup, printing out plastic and metal objects and selling those physical objects. The company wants to make it so people can print out their own custom-fit parts.

64

3 years ago

A food delivery service that partners with independent restaurants and delivers to your door. The startup expects to launch in late 2019 in Los Angles.

64

4 years ago

This startup provides a platform for employers to pay their workers, eliminating the need for a third-party payroll service.

63

4 years ago

A tool that lets people create “standard contracts”, which require the same information from parties. This way, people don’t have to go back and forth with different versions of contract language.

63

4 years ago

A startup that is creating an app that allows people to identify and book haircuts, color treatments, and other hairstyling services in their home or office. The startup is also partnering with salons to offer financing options for salon services.

63

4 years ago

The team at Fuzzy is building a team management platform that’s designed to help more than just HR and finance departments — they say they’re building it for anyone that manages teams.

63

4 years ago

A “cloud-based global network of journalists” to help local newsrooms publish faster and more cheaply by connecting them to international partners.

63

4 years ago

A startup that allows employers to bill employees for their time via the company’s payroll department.

63

4 years ago

A platform to better manage customers’ data, giving companies the ability to see and share data with customers, anonymize data and share it with third parties, collect data streams to offer rebates, and more.

63

4 years ago

The Business of College is a collection of stories and advice from YC partners who will be sharing their experiences from the 2015 class in a series of blog posts.

63

4 years ago

A startup that provides accounting and finance services for the cannabis industry. The startup has partners in Colorado and Massachusetts.

63

4 years ago

A global, autonomous, decentralized network of plane makers, flight attendants, maintenance personnel, pilots, and airplane part suppliers.

63

3 years ago

A company that helps brands find and hire influencer marketing partners for YouTube content.

63

3 years ago

The idea is to create a product that helps the community of health professionals in a particular area access to the latest research and technology and connect with the world’s leading scientists.

63

3 years ago

A mobile payments and loyalty program designed to help small businesses run their businesses more effectively and efficiently. The platform is open to all merchants, not just those in particular industries. It’s currently only in its beta stage.

63

3 years ago

A SaaS company that builds out a platform for renting out your spare rooms and apartments. The company is currently in the process of relying on a network of recruiters to find hosts and build out their product.

63

3 years ago

A “skin care brand for women of color”, built for the black community. The startup is a 50/50 partnership between two black women in Silicon Valley and a black woman in South Africa.

63

3 years ago

A platform that helps companies find and hire quality workers, including job seekers and employees with criminal records. The company has partnerships with more than a dozen major companies, including Comcast and Gap.

63

3 years ago

A startup that makes it easy to send money abroad to friends and family. The startup is looking to partner with banks, credit card companies and other financial institutions to help small businesses and families send money abroad.

63

3 years ago

This startup is building an “airbnb for student housing”, allowing students to rent out their apartments to other students.

63

3 years ago

This startup is building a way for tenants of apartments to pay rent using credit cards rather than cash.

63

3 years ago

A company that uses the power of partnerships to help individual people invest in tiny startups and get a return.

63

4 years ago

A startup that helps companies manage the diversity and inclusion of their workforce by connecting people with a shared interest in a particular topic.

62

4 years ago

A new operating system that’s designed to make it easier for first-time smartphone users to get started. It’s currently focused on creating an intuitive, visual, and simple user interface, with the goal of eventually unifying third-party apps onto the platform.

62

3 years ago

A company that wants to help people buy and sell apartments. It has a web app, mobile app and a “core system” of software that helps manage your rental.

62

3 years ago

A crowdsourcing platform that helps you search part of the world to find people who are in the same situation as you.

62

3 years ago

A platform for third-party developers to build apps and games for the hardware.

62

3 years ago

The startup is building a network of small rental properties, or “micro-apartments”, that are leased by short-term occupants who sign long-term leases and get discounts on rent. The startup charges a one-time $50 fee for tenants to get on the platform.

62

3 years ago

A startup for selling and buying bike parts, from the bike itself to lights and seats.

62

4 years ago

A platform that allows manufacturers to track their raw materials and parts, with the goal of making sure they’re used only once.

61

4 years ago

A tool for helping people with mental illnesses and disabilities manage their medications and stay on track, particularly those with bipolar disorder.

61

4 years ago

This is a B2B insurance startup that has a focus on cybersecurity. They partner with companies to help them improve their security posture, and are backed by Greenhill, a large New York-based venture firm.

61

3 years ago

A SaaS billing solution for vendors and partners, with a focus on recurring billing

61

3 years ago

A way to help HR departments put their job postings into a searchable database. The company has multiple contracts with employers, and is focusing on shift workers in the US.

61

3 years ago

This startup is building a system that allows businesses to manage their supply chain and logistics through a website and mobile app. The platform also integrates with third-party tools, like Salesforce to give users access to the data they need.

61

3 years ago

A platform that helps owners of apartments and condos manage their rental property without the need of a property management company.

61

3 years ago

This is a shop that’s trying to bring the best of a physical bookstore to the digital world. The startup is currently working with a handful of brick-and-mortar stores and wants to use partnerships with retailers like Barnes and Noble’s and Amazon to bring their digital storefront to those physical stores.

61

3 years ago

This web-based software for apartment and home owners to manage their property and rents. They’re now on their fourth site in the US, with plans to open in China and have a presence in Europe by the end of the year.

61

3 years ago

A digital platform for letting companies offer flexible working options to their employees, from part-time to full-time, with better benefits and higher pay.

61

3 years ago

A B2B platform that helps IT departments support their business users.

61

3 years ago

A tool that connects people who want to buy a house with those who want to sell one. There’s no direct transaction, but the startup allows you to show up at a potential home owner’s house and show interest. When both parties agree, they enter into negotiations that are mediated by the startup. The company says it has signed up over 1,100 clients.

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2 years ago

This startup is developing a system where people can use pre-packaged information about their blood pressure or sleep problems to get personalized advice. It will sell this data to health insurers and third-party companies that need it.

61

5 years ago

Idea: A startup that helps people who are new to a city find places to live. The startup is targeting international students, new workers and the like, and aims to partner with landlords to make a profit.

60

3 years ago

The goal is to create a marketplace for members to rent out their apartments and homes, with the fee being a percentage of the rent and letting members pick their own renter.

60

3 years ago

A mobile app that allows users to import and track the use of their credit cards across a variety of other apps. The startup will enter a partnership with the Bank of America this year.

60

3 years ago

A virtual assistant that’s designed to understand the nuances of a particular business or industry and help customers find the right product or service.

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3 years ago 1 views

A startup that wants to help business customers outsource their mobile app development needs. The startup is looking to partner with companies directly to help them scale on a budget.

60

3 years ago

A company that makes it easier to find an apartment in San Francisco and New York City.

60

4 years ago

A startup that helps companies build their own fantasy leagues and sports teams and then allows users to buy and sell players to one another. They’ve already partnered with the NFL, NBA, and the MLB.

59

4 years ago

A tool for helping people find loans, credit, and other financing for their businesses. The startup is working with 16 businesses and 5 lending partners to help them manage their credit and credit lines.

59

4 years ago

A platform that allows a business to rent space in their storefront for shoppers to use to do their own shopping. This is done either by the business itself or by a third party that acts as an agent.

59

3 years ago

A B2B company that will let partners buy customized “cotton candy”-like candy for their clients. The cotton candy is made from the same ingredients as a standard candy, but with a variety of colors and flavors.

59

3 years ago

This startup wants to build a platform that makes it easier for companies to scale their customer service department, and has already signed up 20 paying customers.

59

3 years ago

A startup that partners with local stores to make a delivery service that can get food to people within an hour. In the past month the company has already launched in London, and is planning to expand to the US.

59

3 years ago

A web application for managing workers’ schedules and wages, which built out of an internal tool used by the company’s HR department. The software is used by thousands of workers and their employers.

59

3 years ago

A classroom-sized wireless robot that allows kids to explore their environment and participate in lessons.

59

3 years ago

A platform that allows companies to offer employees flexible work arrangements as part of their benefits package. It’s basically a HR tool for companies to manage their workplace.

59

3 years ago

A startup that aims to build a loyalty program for coffee shops. Coffee drinkers can earn points for drink purchases at participating coffee shops. The company has a goal of $20,000, which is a smaller sum than the previous round.

59

3 years ago

A startup that pairs a person searching for an apartment with one willing to rent out their apartment.

59

3 years ago

This startup wants to help HR departments make better use of their technology and handle tasks with fewer errors.

59

3 years ago

A startup that helps banks offer more types of student loans. Currently, colleges only offer one type of loan and banks have to partner with a third-party company to offer a student loan. The startup’s goal is to allow banks to offer their own student loan service, or to partner with third-party companies to offer their own version of a student loan.

59

3 years ago

A payment infrastructure provider with a particular focus on fast, low-cost payments in emerging markets.

59

3 years ago

A startup that helps teachers prepare for standardized tests. It’s particularly useful for those in rural schools, where teachers have to travel long distances to get to their classrooms.

59

4 years ago

Part of Y Combinator’s revised application process, revised from the one from the summer, includes a video introduction from the founders. Some of the founders have also been blogging about their experiences.

58

4 years ago

Builds a platform that enables people to build their own apartments and sell them to renters.

58

4 years ago

This product helps people who are currently living in an apartment or house but need to move into a larger space. The company wants to make renting an apartment more seamless for people.

58

4 years ago

This startup is a distribution platform for home goods. They are currently working with partnerships with several brands, including Royal Caribbean and Quintessentially.

58

3 years ago

A data visualization platform that helps channel partners and advertisers learn about TV viewing habits, ultimately helping them determine the best times to advertise.

58

3 years ago

A startup that helps hospitals, medical offices and other medical businesses keep track of their expenses and track their revenue, allowing all parties to easily see how they’re spending money, and recommending how to best spend it.

58

3 years ago

A platform that connects talent agencies with freelance and part-time workers who have multiple jobs but don’t want to spend their time looking for work.

58

3 years ago

A company that makes health insurance coverage more affordable for people with preexisting conditions. By partnering with online retailers, customers can purchase health insurance from providers of their choice. The startup plans to launch in the US in early 2016.

58

3 years ago

This company is looking to disrupt the marketing and sales industry by connecting companies with people interested in working for them. It’s a tool for recruiting, and connects the two parties so recruiters can find people interested in the companies they represent.

58

3 years ago

The Startup Pitch Competition is held annually at Y Combinator. Since 2012, over 150 teams have participated in the competition, where a panel of judges evaluates every team's presentation. The top 20 teams participate in an on-stage interview with a panel of judges, after which two teams are selected to move on to the company presentation stage.

58

3 years ago

A startup that is working on a smart shirt that tracks the wearer’s workout, informing them on the best parts of their workout and how they can improve.

58

3 years ago

A platform for the analysis of security camera footage from third party providers.

58

3 years ago

A startup that wants to build smart manufacturing products for the auto industry. The company is building sensors into cars to monitor parts and produce a report of each car’s performance.

58

3 years ago

A tool for finding the best tax attorney for a particular kind of tax dispute

58

3 years ago

Helps businesses send their payroll and HR data securely to their external accounting partners.

58

3 years ago

A startup that helps users find and organize their contacts in a single database, a task it claims is harder than finding a partner to a friend on Facebook. The startup is looking to build an app that brings together all of your personal contacts into a single place.

58

3 years ago

An on-demand delivery service for food and consumer goods, with a focus on food delivery. The company partners with local restaurants and grocery stores to provide delivery to customers.

58

5 years ago

A SaaS company that helps small businesses manage their capital flow. They help companies figure out when to take partners on, and how to best fund their businesses.

57

4 years ago

A new kind of social network, partially on the blockchain, for people who want to earn crypto by posting, commenting, and linking to articles on forums, blogs, and other websites.

57

4 years ago

Insurance that can be custom-tailored to the needs of individual people, businesses, or families. The startup aims to scale through its partnership with the US government’s Medicare program.

57

4 years ago

A credit card that offers free flight insurance, free baggage insurance and free lost luggage insurance. The startup wants to build a stable of partners for the service, and plans to start in the US and UK.

57

4 years ago

A startup that builds technology to help telecommunication companies manage their networks. They’re looking to partner with large carriers.

57

3 years ago

A health and wellness company that partners with health companies and helps them create products and services that are easily consumable.

57

3 years ago

A digital agency that builds software for government agencies, including the tax department.

57

3 years ago

A hardware startup that sells a low-cost, low-energy, laser-based 3D printer that can print out objects from a 3D file. The team at PRINT.AI is led by a serial entrepreneur who has participated in Y Combinator, including projects such as Exakte and Foundry.

57

3 years ago

A startup that’s built to make it easier for people to find and consume Third-Party Assessment Reports.

57

2 years ago

A solution to help renters find the best apartment in a city with thousands of options. Trulia aims to show the pros and cons of an apartment based on information that's culled from landlords and neighbors.

57

4 years ago

This company is working on a “P2P” trading platform for the long-tail of penny stocks. What sets it apart from other trading platforms is that it’s built on a distributed ledger rather than a traditional database, meaning that it can respond to market fluctuations in real time.

56

4 years ago

A startup that provides enterprise-level services for creating, managing, and sharing digital content, including video. It’s partnered with Adobe, Salesforce, and LinkedIn.

56

3 years ago

The team behind mobile health startup, MintMD, is launching a new company called Nanograph to develop the first full-spectrum digital X-ray system. The startup says the system will be able to use a digital camera to capture and display an image in real time, with the ability to zoom in on a specific part of the body, and will be able to show the same image to a physician, who can review it with a phone.

56

3 years ago

A B2B solution for employers to share their employee data quickly and securely with their business partners.

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3 years ago

This “Airbnb for Doctors” is letting people rent out their homes and apartments for temporary medical offices.

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3 years ago

A platform for the sharing of apartment listings and rental properties, with a focus on the UK. Rental one is currently effective in the UK, Canada and Australia.

56

3 years ago

A B2B accounting and finance platform for SMBs. The company currently has a partnership with the New Zealand government and has plans to expand to other markets.

56

3 years ago

A startup that’s helping businesses prepare for things like a third-party audit with a data-driven system.

56

3 years ago

A way to rent apartments, houses and other homes via a website that enables users to book and pay for the space at their own convenience

56

3 years ago

A platform for the rental market in which a person can host a party, choose their own playlist and invite their friends.

56

3 years ago

A platform for multi-party negotiations.

56

3 years ago

A B2B company that provides a digital toolset for companies to manage their human resources. The company is using the product to help the HR departments of a firm in Germany hire over 1,000 new employees in the next 12 months.

56

3 years ago

A platform for home-based businesses that helps connect customers with local services. The platform is built for people who have a service they provide and want to sell it, but only want to do that part-time.

56

3 years ago

A tool for managing rental agreements and rental payments for apartment buildings.

56

3 years ago

A tool that will help HR departments to manage their employee policies and onboard new people, including the legal aspects of what employers need to do to comply with HR regulations.

56

3 years ago

A product that helps companies hire and manage freelance writers and editors. The startup has partnered with Buffer, Wistia and companies like AppNexus to help it scale fast.

56

4 years ago

A “social network for the manufacturing supply chain”, helping companies track the location of parts, parts suppliers and manufacturers.

55

3 years ago

This company is building a platform for on-demand delivery, currently in partnership with Amazon.

55

3 years ago

This is a time-saving tool for companies that have to manage their own IT infrastructure. The startup gives them an easy way to manage their IT departments.

55

3 years ago

A startup that helps companies use their digital marketing to create new sales via content marketing. One of their clients, a startup called “Floorplans”, uses Content Marketing as part of their sales funnel.

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3 years ago 1 views

The competition is judged by past members of the YC Fellowship, YC partners, investors and journalists. Past judges include:

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3 years ago

A startup that’s building a platform for maintaining the energy efficiency of buildings. They’re looking to partner with builders, utility companies, and homeowners.

55

3 years ago

A cloud-based tool for tracking progress in the legal field. It’s part of a growing industry of tools for law firms looking to automate and automate.

55

3 years ago

The idea is to help people and companies sell, buy and aggregate goods, services, or experiences. It’s part of a larger directory for local businesses, which is currently live in the Philly area.

55

2 years ago

The average American spends $40,000 annually on their car, and this startup wants to help people save that money with self-driving cars, made possible by a partnership with Uber.

55

4 years ago

A tool that helps human resources departments and HR leaders manage their compensation packages, including offering benefits and compensation. The platform helps companies manage the entire process of compensation, including the stack and data management.

54

3 years ago

Pickup is a way to make delivery easier for people who can’t or won’t have cars. The company says that over 20,000 people in the US are currently living without cars. Pickup has partnered with parking garages, allowing them to provide pickup from their lots, thus reducing the overall cost of a pickup.

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3 years ago

The founders of this app want to build a tool for managing digital feedback. Instead of emailing feedback to a manager or leaving a comment on a blog post, users can send feedback directly to a specific employee, and the app’s smart algorithms will automatically highlight the most important parts of each comment so the employee can see it, reply to it, and move on without having to read through unnecessary comments.

54

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

A startup that builds a “supercharged” mailing list of all the people who want to be a part of your content. The startup allows you to send targeted emails to all of your followers, creating a supercharged, targeted list that you can use to grow your email list.

54

3 years ago

According to this article, "This is the most comprehensive list of YC companies by their partners."

54

3 years ago

A startup that wants to help entrepreneurs find the best products, services, and companies to partner with.

54

3 years ago

A startup that aims to make it easier for people to find the best loans for them. Currently, the company has partnerships with over 1,000 lenders.

54

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.

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2 years ago

A cloud-based credit card processing service for small businesses. The company has partnerships with 17 banks and has processed over $1 million on the platform.

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5 years ago

Idea: The team is building equipment for the workplace, like medical supplies. It’s trying to scale into a high growth business by partnering with large companies.

53

4 years ago

A company that provides developers with a platform to build third-party apps to interact with other apps and devices, and a platform for developers to build apps to interact with other apps and devices.

53

4 years ago

A B2B company that helps insurance companies process claims with the help of a third party agency

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4 years ago

This startup is building an online tool for lenders to help them evaluate borrowers. The startup is already working with 15 lending partners, including Capital One and Citizens Bank.

53

3 years ago

Aside from partnering with brands such as Coca-Cola and Starbucks, Let’s Talk is a platform for people to create their own content and share it with a global audience.

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3 years ago

This is a service for you to find a new apartment, get an idea of the cost, and find out who else is renting the place. The startup wants to help people find the best apartment for their price, who other people in their area are renting from, and is looking to scale out to more locations.

53

3 years ago

A startup that will help you find companies that will give you free rent for your apartment in exchange for a set number of hours a week.

53

3 years ago

A social network for people with a particular interest, like parkour, photography, or running.

53

3 years ago

A partner marketplace for freelance software developers. The startup is a marketplace for software engineers that helps connect companies with software developers who can make their apps even more valuable.

53

3 years ago

A local search platform for small businesses in particular, which is looking to “blend the best of Facebook and Yelp”. The startup wants to make it easy to find local businesses, giving them a list of all the businesses in their neighborhood.

53

3 years ago

A platform that helps you optimize your websites for mobile. The startup has recently partnered with Google for its mobile-first indexing.

53

3 years ago

A way to pay for a medical procedure in the US using physical cash and a credit card. IHealth is currently testing a prototype in hospitals and clinics in the US, and is looking for 15 to 20 hospitals as partners to test its products and services.

53

3 years ago

The following companies have been selected to participate in the YC Demo Day in New York City on November 16th.

53

2 years ago

A startup that connects shared apartment rental services with travelers.

53

2 years ago

A startup that connects local creators with brands to create and sell their products online. The startup is part of the new wave of “brands without a brand”.

53

4 years ago

The idea is to buy your groceries in bulk and then donate them to food banks or charities. The startup is also trying to build a business model around it; they’ve partnered with a company that buys excess rice, rice pilaf and canned goods, and then sells them to members at a discount.

52

3 years ago

A platform that helps people get a computer for under $200. The startup has developed a tool that allows people to ask a computer what its components are, and then use its own parts database to compare prices at various online retailers.

52

3 years ago

A housing startup that’s building a “blockchain-powered” rental platform, to help individual agents and investors rent out apartments.

52

3 years ago

This Polish startup aims to make it easier for customers to find rent-controlled apartments in the United States and Canada.

52

3 years ago

A campaign that allows users to create videos of their social media posts and sends it to politicians via Facebook. It’s an election-year project that’s trying to get both parties to put social media on their agendas.

52

3 years ago

A new way for businesses to advertise on their website, instead of selling their ad space on a third-party platform.

52

3 years ago

A startup that helps teachers find and get funding for interesting projects in their classroom as part of their professional development.

52

3 years ago

A startup for helping users get access to the music they need, in their preferred format. It’s part Spotify and part iTunes, with a focus on music discovery.

52

3 years ago

A software company that builds software for running events, and helps event organizers save money and time by automating certain parts of their job.

52

3 years ago

A company that creates apps for the NFL to connect fans and team. The company has built apps for the NFL for a year and a half, and has revenue from a partnership with a premier sports app producer.

52

3 years ago

An online learning tool for those with a background in IT to learn the latest in cybersecurity. The startup is looking to partner with schools and other companies to help teach students.

52

3 years ago

A Y Combinator alum, now looking for a bank and a partner to launch in the US.

52

3 years ago

Multi-city, crowdsourced apartment rentals, as well as a matching service that pairs renters with potential roommates

52

3 years ago

A social network designed for people on a budget, who know they’re unlikely to find another apartment at the last minute.

52

3 years ago

A startup building an “AI Assistant that helps you throw a dinner party to impress your friends, that also knows when to make a restaurant reservation, and when to call your mom”.

52

3 years ago

The startup is looking to build new smart homes in partnership with manufacturers.

52

3 years ago

The startup wants to make it easier for companies to manage their data center, particularly those that have a lot of virtual machines running.

52

2 years ago

A way to make collaboration between teams and departments easier. The startup is looking to make communication faster and more comprehensive, and also is developing an AI-based tool to help with decision-making in corporate settings.

52

2 years ago

A company that helps customers use Apple's HomeKit to control third-party gadgets.

52

4 years ago

This is a startup that teams up with restaurants to build a shared table that customers can reserve. The tables are in a different part of the restaurant, and the customer can reserve them via their phone. It has a very interesting model, but the market it’s targeting is sticky, and they’re looking to expand past the pilot they’ve begun.

51

4 years ago

A company with a simple mission: to help the world find the right oil. The company gathers data from oil fields to train a machine learning algorithm to determine whether a field contains oil, and then plots the data. The company is set up to collect data from all oil fields around the world, in part because of the increasing cost of oil extraction. The startup has a referral program that pays $1 per month to those who refer new clients to the service.

51

3 years ago

A B2B company that allows people to enter and view basic information about products in medical supply catalogs. The company is looking to partner with pharmaceutical companies to streamline the ordering process, and then help prescription customers find the best prices.

51

3 years ago

A SaaS startup that aims to streamline the process of buying, selling, and trading real estate. The company is partnering with local real estate agents to help them sell their listings, and is working with Brokers as well to help them with inventory management, and building out a platform that would allow people to have a fractional ownership of a condo or house.

51

3 years ago

Something that connects workers with jobs. The company says it has signed a partnership with Uber to help arrange Uber drivers and workers.

51

3 years ago

A temporary housing company that provides apartments, homes, and guesthouses to homeless people.

51

3 years ago

A Slack-like organization tool for freelancers, with plans to add project management tools and add an API for third-party developers.

51

3 years ago

A new app from Airbnb that allows users to find and rent out apartments from other Airbnb hosts. The idea is that users can make money sharing their space with others.

51

3 years ago

A chat-based solution for avoiding the hassles of getting paid by a third party.

51

3 years ago

A community website for people who live in apartments and are interested in buying their own home, with an app that helps potential homebuyers get pre-approved for a mortgage.

51

3 years ago

The Center for Humane Technology was an initiative started by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who was a founding organizer. The center's mission is to research and devise ways in which technology can be used to help people, with a particular focus on children, refugees, and the disabled.

51

3 years ago

A platform for corporate and institutional investors to buy, sell and trade open-end mutual funds. The startup is partnering with Money Management International to create a trade execution platform for brokers and institutional investors.

51

3 years ago

A real estate platform that allows users to make offers on their own houses and apartments directly from their mobile phone. It is currently available in 13 cities across the US.

51

3 years ago

The Digital Philadelphia program is sponsored by the Philadelphia Department of Commerce and Economic Development and supported by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of the Secretary of Commerce and Economic Development, the Pennsylvania Academy of Comic Art, and the University of Pennsylvania.

51

3 years ago

An API that gathers and displays data on a particular city, then makes it available to developers as a series of maps and charts.

51

2 years ago

PlacePeek is a way for anyone to create a map of their house, and then share and access it with others. It’s basically a way to share a floor plan with guests or other parties.

51

2 years ago

A startup that offers an API for 3D printing of parts.

51

2 years ago

A startup that helps companies (including multinationals) find and hire remote workers, and also manages the relationships between both parties.

51

2 years ago

This startup is building a platform where celebrities tweet out facts about themselves, such as their height or favorite book. The company says they’ve seen a 30% increase in retweets since partnering with the NBA.

51

2 years ago

A tool for users to search through databases of information about nearly anything, a great tool for looking up information about your health, like what vitamins you should take to address a particular ailment.

51

4 years ago

A way to establish the value of a car based on the condition of its parts. The startup is piloting in Massachusetts, and wants to roll it out nationally.

50

4 years ago

A network of online community partners that can allow customers to request items as an “insurance agent” via a web portal. It’s a kind of insurance shopping service where you have someone else help you with the details.

50

3 years ago

This is a platform for event tickets, offering the ability to sell tickets for parties and events that later convert into a Facebook group.

50

3 years ago

A startup that aims to create a universal app store for third-party hardware hardware modules. The idea is to cut down on the hardware fragmentation that plagues the tech industry.

50

3 years ago

A digital calendar for cities and governments. The platform has a partnership with San Francisco that includes the city’s 311 service and departments like Human Resources. It’s also building data-driven dashboards for the city.

50

3 years ago

A social media platform for people with disabilities (and their friends and family) to share their stories and interact with others online. Currently, the startup is in talks with several large universities and is looking for partners to help them set up a pilot program.

50

3 years ago

A company that takes photos and a short description of the particular location and then provides a detailed description of the location.

50

3 years ago

A startup that helps apartment owners with real estate management, by acting as an intermediary between customers and service professionals.

50

3 years ago

A platform that connects restaurants with caterers to get food delivered in under an hour. The startups founders say they’ve already found partners in 20 cities.

50

3 years ago

A video chat-based peer-to-peer calling app that’s part of the “WhatsApp for Enterprise” initiative.

50

3 years ago

A startup that helps retailers sell their excess inventory across a large network of partners.

50

3 years ago

A startup that brings Asian payments to the US. The company partners with American banks and takes a cut of the transactions for credit cards and other payments.

50

2 years ago

A startup that wants to solve the problem of customer acquisition by providing “an analytics engine that digs into customer data and helps you, the marketing department, understand how companies in your sector are acquiring customers and how often.”

50

2 years ago

A startup that helps companies manage their data in the cloud, search for and find useful information in their data, and integrate it with third-party products.

50

5 years ago

A startup for meeting planners and event services. A software company that helps companies manage their capital, cash, and expense budgets. A SaaS company that provides companies with an easy way to predict how much inventory they will need to order. An online marketplace that connects hotel merchants, small businesses, and other groups with the company’s hotel partners. A solution for real-estate brokers to manage and share MLS data securely.

49

3 years ago

A toolset for testing websites, including automated testing and page optimisation. It’s part of a collaboration with Google, with the goal of using its tools to help develop faster and more secure websites.

49

3 years ago

A startup that wants to “help brands connect with influencers on Instagram,” with a dashboard that lets brands create content, track posts, and even buy followers. It’s also recently launched a targeting tool that allows brands to send messages to certain parts of the Instagram user base, like hip hop fans, people in the 18-24 age range, and so on.

49

3 years ago

The startup aims to be the first platform for personal development that is scaleable in a way that allows for individuals to participate in the development of the platform.

49

3 years ago

A scheduling software for human resources departments. Their users include companies like Comcast and American Express.

49

3 years ago

The startup wants to give users a way to connect with other users in their personal or professional networks. The company says they’re currently in the early stages of development and looking for partners to help test their platform.

49

3 years ago

A startup that is building an online platform for people to rent out their apartments for short-term stays. Its first product is a “rooming network” for people who are looking for short-term stays, with some users forking out up to $100 per night.

49

3 years ago

A digital product that allows individuals to create and manage multiple templates for their businesses. The best part is that the templates can be constantly updated, allowing the business to change the look and feel of their company even as they grow.

49

3 years ago

A startup for the thousands of third-party sellers who use Amazon and eBay. The startup wants to help shops, brands and sellers negotiate with one another.

49

3 years ago

A platform that simplifies the process of selling and buying real estate. It partners with agents to bring listings to users’ phones, and also lets users find homes by searching for neighborhoods.

49

2 years ago

A payment platform for small businesses in the Middle East, Africa, Turkey and the Caucasus. The startup is part of a larger movement of “Pay to Play” startups, and is geared towards small businesses.

49

2 years ago

A platform for businesses to sell spare parts, and to easily buy from a network of other businesses.

49

2 years ago

A new app that lets users find out about new apartments in their area

49

2 years ago

CineSynth is building a tool for the film industry that allows animators to create a computer-generated character from scratch, using an animation program. The app is designed to give animators and 3D modelers the ability to create characters and sets themselves without using a third party.

49

3 years ago

This startup is building a bot service that automates the cumbersome parts of customer support, such as getting tickets into order management systems, or into chat channels. It’s currently in beta with 12 companies.

48

3 years ago

A software company that provides a platform for managing and tracking the finances of a large enterprise. The startup uses “blended ownership” — a hybrid of SaaS and on-premise tools — to help large companies manage the costs of their staff, partners, and vendors.

48

3 years ago

A startup that brokers beauty partnerships between brands and influencers. Brands will pay a monthly fee, though the influencers will get a cut of the money.

48

3 years ago

A startup that wants to help companies “make better financial decisions by giving them better information about their data and the data of their customers and partners.”

48

3 years ago

This startup is working with the Department of Homeland Security to develop a strategy to help companies fight cyberattacks and hack attempts.

48

3 years ago

A startup for buying and selling first-party data, like private user data from apps, from a “safer” model.

48

3 years ago

Food delivery for Miami. The startup, which began last year, partners with restaurants that want to deliver food, has signed over 100 so far.

48

3 years ago

A shared home-sharing economy website for small apartments. Rental prices vary based on demand, and the startup wants to take a cut of the rental income.

48

2 years ago

A software platform to make it easier for manufacturers to create 3D printed parts.

48

2 years ago

A startup for “passion projects” to connect people with partners who can help finance their projects.

48

2 years ago

A mobile app that connects job-seekers to employers, allowing both parties to make educated decisions about when and how to work together.

48

3 years ago

Viable is building a platform for employers to manage their employee health plans. It’s a B2B operation, with its first customers being large employers like the Department of Defense and United Parcel Service. Viable is profitable and growing in the Philadelphia area.

47

3 years ago

A tool to help you make more money, in part by making it easier to get paid as a freelancer. The startup hopes to be a leader in the future of “gig economy” by helping freelancers manage their money, insurance and tax.

47

3 years ago

A proof-of-concept for a drone delivery system for medical supplies, which it describes as a “ruggedized, 30-pound, cargo-carrying drone”. The startup is still in the development phase and is looking for partners to help bring it to market.

47

3 years ago

A startup that wants to be the place where people buy and sell physical products. It’s currently having trouble finding a funding partner to eventually take it public.

47

2 years ago

A startup that aims to help shoppers find the right items at the right time. It’s billed as the “Uber of grocery”, connecting shoppers with nearby stores, with a particular focus on those in underserved markets.

47

2 years ago

A mobile app that helps doctors and patients communicate better, and helps patients with their prescriptions. The company has a partnership with Walmart and is working with a bunch of other companies.

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A platform that connects freelance musicians with short-notice gig opportunities at weddings, corporate events, and parties by using location-based matching and instant contract tools.

47

3 years ago

A payments-focused startup that’s working on a way to make payments more affordable for underbanked customers, including those in the US, Philippines, and Brazil. It’s working with existing banks and partnered with technology companies to make payments easier.

46

3 years ago

A way for brands to get their products in front of potential customers. The startup was founded in January, and has already partnered with companies like Warby Parker and Patagonia to get their products in front of customers.

46

3 years ago

A startup for the most part focused on software developers but also building a product for recruiters

46

3 years ago

An email-based marketplace that users can sell things to, with the option of the company buying the item back at the original price. Idea is already partnered with a number of companies to start selling consumer goods.

46

3 years ago

This startup is building a platform that connects doctors with patients in both rural and urban areas. It’s built on the premise that global health and healthcare spending are under-invested in and that an effective way to solve the problem is to partner with and incentivize local doctors to deliver care in underserved areas.

46

3 years ago

A tool for streamlining interactions with coworkers and other departments, with a focus on the corporate world.

46

3 years ago

A company that wants to make it easier for people to make smart and safe decisions when renting out their homes. The aggregation platform will connect renters with homeowners and renters with landlords, and streamline the process for both parties.

46

3 years ago

A company that has created a software platform to help restaurants plan their menus. The startup has 250 restaurants using it and has partnered with 7,000 restaurants, including The Cheesecake Factory and Cafe Boulud.

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

2 years ago

A startup that’s helping people find apartments that are affordable and within their budget.

46

2 years ago

This startup is looking to use AI and video to see if a person could potentially be a good fit for a job or a particular type of job. They say that the startup’s AI is smarter than most programmers, and can pick up on a person’s behavior, hobbies, and personality traits in seconds that can help a company hire better people in the future.

46

5 years ago

Idea: A technology company that’s building an API to automatically match parts of a building’s structure with subcontractors. The idea is to help construction businesses better manage manpower.

45

3 years ago

This is a platform that allows people to build a custom social network with a wide range of different types of users, like families, groups, or people of a particular interest, like the board game Risk. Eventually there will be a “universal” platform that allows people to build a custom social network, which will be valuable because custom social networks can grow faster.

45

3 years ago

This is an application for the “smart lock market”, and generally aims to automate more of the processes that happen when someone attempts to open the door for a third party.

45

3 years ago

A startup that wants to make it easier for businesses to become customers in an ecosystem that includes a variety of third-party providers, from law firms to accountants to business advice.

45

3 years ago

Selling off-the-shelf parts to connect any e-cigarette to a USB charger, meant to make the product more affordable and more available to smokers who don’t want to buy their own parts.

45

3 years ago

Building a tool that makes it easier to track and manage content and workflows. They’re looking to partner with companies that need to create workflows for large projects, and help them automate their processes.

45

3 years ago

A startup that helps consumers compare and find the perfect fitness classes in NYC. Founded in January and backed by Accel Partners and 500 Startups, the company includes a mobile app, a series of Youtube videos, and an online community where New Yorkers can share their workout routines.

45

5 years ago

Idea: A software company that helps enterprises retain their most valuable employees, by providing a third-party system that handles internal communications across teams

44

3 years ago

A startup that wants to create a version of Amazon, where consumers can buy products directly from brands. The startup says they’re building a storefront that’s all about discovery and discovery is the hard part.

44

3 years ago

A platform that uses an app to monitor employees’ and partners’ whereabouts and habits

44

3 years ago

A startup to help companies communicate with employees, customers, and partners.

44

2 years ago

A tool that allows companies to hire and manage independent software developers, delivering a platform and applications that developers can use to do their jobs. This will be a tool for companies that don’t want to build their own platform, but still want to solve a particular problem.

44

2 years ago

This was a list of the startups that participated in the YC Winter 2018 Fellowship, as of January 2018.

44

2 years ago

Startup that wants to use “deep learning” to match people with their perfect romantic partners based on a number of factors.

44

3 years ago

A customer service employee, or “helper,” who’s also a part of the support team. The startup uses video chat to bring the experienced help desk agent to the customer’s side.

43

3 years ago

One of Y Combinator’s newest batch of companies, AirShip is a service that plans, books, and schedules flights for travelers. The startup is currently live in 18 US cities. The startup is partnering with Delta Airlines to showcase its solutions.

43

3 years ago

A tool for sales reps that can push and apply discounts to customers even if they don’t have a card. The startup is partnered with Macy’s and Sephora.

43

3 years ago

A new way to shop for coffee, with the initial premise that coffee is coffee and needs to be served the same way at all times. The startup wants to make it so you can build your coffee order quickly and efficiently, with a big emphasis on the “quick” part.

43

3 years ago

A company that’s building a “simple, secure, and affordable” system for people to open bank accounts. Their goal is to make it easy for people to open a bank account without having to deal with a third party.

43

3 years ago

Civic is a startup that wants to create a digital identity system for a digital world. It’s building a system that helps people build a meaningful digital identity, something that can be verified and trusted. The startup is working with the US military, the US Department of Housing, and the US Department of Veterans Affairs.

43

3 years ago

This startup’s mission is to make it easier for small businesses to buy and sell inventory online. They’re particularly interested in bringing inventory to the US, since most online businesses in the US are local.

43

2 years ago

Building a decentralized version of Airbnb for shared apartments

43

2 years ago

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

43

2 years ago

A tool for building a “smart virtual assistant” that leveraging AI to make recommendations on anything from the best times to post to a particular social media platform to the ideal products to purchase based on your own personal buying habits.

43

2 years ago

A company that helps employers and HR departments find and hire the best people. It works by having companies pay the startup to do a job search for them and then send the results to the company's HR team.

43

3 years ago

A platform for companies to manage their fleets of vehicles (rideshare, food trucks, delivery vans, etc.) and get them moving. The startup is part of the program for an autonomous vehicle company.

42

3 years ago

The startup wants to connect brand owners with influencers to create content for online and social media. The startup is currently in a partnership with Universal Pictures and the upcoming movie “The Girl On The Train”.

42

3 years ago

This startup hopes to make it easier for people to buy and swap in-home devices, providing a single platform for finding compatible parts, warranties, and repairs.

42

3 years ago

A data analytics company that looks to make it easier for companies to manage their disputes. The platform aggregates data on existing claims and disputes, standardizes data for employees, and then allows them to submit disputes to the right department.

42

3 years ago

A startup that wants to make it easier for people to share their homes and apartments with friends and family by providing a solution that lets people access their space and control their systems with a smartphone or tablet.

42

3 years ago

A startup that creates a hybrid of a credit card that can be split between partners and a traditional credit card.

42

2 years ago

A startup helping companies get their work done by automating email to customers, colleagues, and partners.

42

2 years ago

A platform for companies to communicate with their customers via text and video, and the startup is looking to partner with large companies like Coca-Cola and Proctor and Gamble to drive customer engagement and retention.

42

2 years ago

A platform for predicting which of a customer’s friends will enjoy a particular brand of beer

42

2 years ago

A platform for creating and managing small-scale events. The company wants to create a platform that allows users to create and manage events with their friends and family, all without the need for third-party services.

42

3 years ago

A platform for building online stores for small businesses, with a focus on suppliers and third-party sellers. The startup aims to simplify the process of setting up and selling online.

41

5 years ago

Idea: An online marketplace of products made by independent designers. Designers can keep 90% of sales, or have the option to partner with the startup for a 40% revenue share. The startup also aims to make the discovery process easier by curating the top items from each designer.

40

3 years ago

A startup that helps customers rent out their places on Airbnb. The startup has already partnered with 50 properties in New York and San Francisco, and is looking to expand in other markets as well.

40

3 years ago

A tool for HR departments to make better hiring decisions, using predictive analytics and human-curated data.

40

3 years ago

A data analytics and reporting platform for health care providers, with a focus on the emergency departments of hospitals. The startup wants to help solve the problem of “beds full of patients who have no one to talk to about their condition,” according to CEO Ken Dang.

40

3 years ago

A platform to let people buy and sell spare parts to each other, with an app that lets users do it.

40

3 years ago

This startup is looking to build a platform for online real estate investing (so you can invest in properties you want to own instead of renting out your apartment) with the goal of enabling anyone to be an investor (even if you don’t have a lot of money).

40

2 years ago

A tool to simplify the migration of existing email systems. The team has built partnerships with a few tech hubs and firms to help their customers shift to Mailchimp.

40

2 years ago

A brand-new startup that’s pitching a new way to buy and sell things online. The startup says it’s different from other marketplaces because it’s not focused on one particular category of items, but instead on a whole range of things like books, games, and even pets.

40

2 years ago

A startup that creates a way for people to find and rent short-term apartment rentals, or short-term hotel rooms and suites.

40

2 years ago

A solution for restaurants and other businesses to get their payment to customers faster. The startup is currently only available in the UK, and is partnering with local delivery services.

40

2 years ago

The startup promises a “simple, secure and secure way to pay your loans without going through a third party”. It’s also building a platform for loan repayment plans to make it easier to manage loan repayments.

40

2 years ago

A $8.7 million Series A funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from Norwest Venture Partners, 500 Startups, and others. A digital health tech company that wants to help health care providers manage the patient experience through digital tools.

40

2 years ago

This startup is building a payments platform for services. Currently, the startup codes its own backend for payments, so it generates 2% recurring revenue by providing payments to its partner companies.

40

5 years ago

Idea: A startup that provides a service that helps people who are having a birthday party to grow their network and find more friends

39

3 years ago

The startup is developing a third-party platform for business leaders to discuss, coordinate and engage with “data-driven” teams in the same way regular employees do. The goal is to help businesses “shape the future”.

39

3 years ago

A startup for group apartment managers that helps them manage multiple properties.

39

2 years ago

A company that builds software for managing and trading transactions in a particular currency.

39

2 years ago

A food delivery startup that maintains a 100% delivery rate by partnering with food trucks and restaurants that have a loyal clientele.

39

2 years ago

A company that helps people connect with friends and family who live in different parts of the world.

39

2 years ago

A machine learning system that could be used to identify fraudulent medicines or identify counterfeit drugs. The startup wants to make it easy for researchers to search vast stockpiles of data to find drugs that could help with pain relief, and is already partnered with pharma companies.

39

3 years ago

This startup is building a community management platform for a global, multi-faith community that is part of the same religion as a key partner in their space, the Global Women’s Leadership Institute.

38

3 years ago

A new startup that aims to disrupt the real estate industry by allowing anyone to rent out spare rooms in their houses and apartments.

38

3 years ago

Closed-door meetings are a big part of how businesses communicate, but they can be inefficient, or even make communication harder. Fusic is an app which allows teams to use a shared whiteboard to brainstorm ideas and plan, with the idea that faster ideas can arrive at the right times, and lead to better decisions.

38

3 years ago

A mobile-first, cloud-based system for managing patient records and care. They built on the backend of a similar system for doctors, and are now in a pilot with the Veterans Affairs Office of Patient Centered Care and Outcomes, and the Department of Defense to help improve the quality of patient care.

38

2 years ago

A platform that helps interested parties find, book, and pay for private investigators.

38

2 years ago

Part of the healthcare vertical, this startup wants to build an AI system to help doctors build personalized treatment plans.

38

2 years ago

A platform that helps brands run social media campaigns. The company is part of the Y Combinator startup incubator in Mountain View, California.

38

2 years ago

An HR platform that lets employers manage employee branding, including company-wide and department-specific branding, employee engagement, and recruiting.

38

2 years ago

An API to help dating app creators and service providers make money on the free part of their apps, with paid options available for premium users.

38

5 years ago

Idea: A startup for small businesses looking to work with contractors. The startup helps make sure there’s a legal structure that’s sound and protects both parties.

37

5 years ago

A platform that allows users to purchase and sell data. For instance, a third-party could use the API to compare the cost of an Uber ride in different cities.

37

3 years ago

A company that provides a “No-Wait” service for restaurants, with the goal being that customers don’t have to wait 10 minutes for their food, but can order and get it before they leave the restaurant. The company has partnered with six San Francisco restaurants and revenue is growing.

37

3 years ago

It’s a design firm that takes a humanist approach to product. It’s clients include the New York Times, News Corp, and the New York City Department of Education. Clients include the New York City Department of Education and the New York City Department of Education

37

3 years ago

A B2B company that helps businesses in the SaaS space with marketing automation. The startup has a large partner list that includes Salesforce, Microsoft, SAP, Oracle, Google and others.

37

3 years ago

A machine learning and AI platform that helps with automated decision making. The startup is a part of the larger S&P machine learning division, and offers AI-based solutions for a variety of industries.

37

2 years ago

This mobile payment company is looking to partner with companies to help them avoid inefficient and time-consuming manual processes.

37

2 years ago

An online network for female entrepreneurs to share their experiences and learn from each other, and connect with investors and mentors. In the past year, they’ve partnered with companies like Robinhood and Stripe.

37

3 years ago

This startup is looking to make it easier for companies to build and deploy machine learning models. The company uses a “human-to-computer” interface to walk users through the process of building a machine learning model to make it as easy as possible for anyone to take part in the process.

36

3 years ago

This startup is building a platform for companies to manage their supply chains. The startup does this by connecting companies with manufacturers and brokers in China. The company also uses its own facilities as a “hub” to make parts and assemble them into finished products.

36

3 years ago

A partnership-based startup that helps real estate agents find leads in the space. The company invests in the leads and handles the whole process, from sourcing to closing.

36

2 years ago

A meeting booking app for private events like birthday parties, weddings, and other events. The startup wants to become the “Airbnb for events” or the “Yelp for events”.

36

2 years ago

A platform that helps companies integrate third-party services into their software without the need to hire a developer.

36

2 years ago

A startup that lets people bring together the different parts of their day. It’s a daily diary app with a feature to share and feedback with other users.

36

2 years ago

The team at iKwik, inspired by their grandfather’s wisdom, are building an app that helps you get the most out of your lint trap. It’s made to help keep your clothes looking fresh and to remove dust from your clothes. The startup is looking to partner with retailers and may consider introducing a subscription model.

36

3 years ago

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

35

3 years ago

A startup that is building a platform to help companies with their own internal “partner programs”, or employee referral programs.

35

2 years ago

This is an engineering-focused startup that wants to build a software solution that lets people design their own hardware. The idea is that you can create a design, get a quote for the cost of the materials, and then purchase the parts online. The computer chip and board are then assembled at a local store to create the finished product.

35

2 years ago

The startup’s goal is to simplify the process of finding a new apartment, saving people money by taking the stress out of apartment hunting. They want to use machine learning, AI, and image recognition to help users find apartments based on their preferences.

35

2 years ago

Veeble is a startup that is building a platform that connects renters to landlords. The company is building a rental marketplace with an app and a chatbot to help renters for small apartments find landlords.

35

3 years ago

A company that aims to help manufacturers develop and customize their own customizable product and packaging designs. The company is building a platform to do the design work, while the customer is able to create their own design and change it however they want without the hassle of contracting with a third party.

34

2 years ago

An online education platform that partners with universities to provide online classes to students, with the goal of teaching a new generation of tech-savvy professionals.

34

2 years ago

Using a service management platform, an IT department can create a single app that will handle the onboarding and management of all of the company’s new hires.

34

2 years ago

An SDK for integrating third-party data with a company's CRM or sales software

34

2 years ago

A platform that helps local governments organize and evaluate citizen participation in policymaking.

34

2 years ago

A startup that’s building a digital identity system for the world’s poorest people. The startup has partners in Kenya and Nigeria.

34

2 years ago

A tool that allows photographers to create filters and bring them into Instagram and Facebook. It will make it easier to add filters to pictures, particularly those that require special effects or are too large for an Instagram post.

34

2 years ago

A mobile payments platform for e-commerce retailers. The business works with 300 retail partners across the country, and partners with brands like Sephora and TigerDirect.

34

3 years ago

A startup that’s built a complex toolset that makes it easy for companies to build products that can remotely-control connected devices. The company is looking to partner with companies to help them build connected products.

33

2 years ago

With high unemployment and a low workforce participation rate, the US needs to expand its workforce by 1.5 million workers per year — but there just aren’t enough people with the right skills to fill these positions. Hubstaff aims to help companies find and retain these employees.

33

2 years ago

A platform for building and sharing DIY tools, kits, and parts. The startup is building hardware and software from scratch, and has already built tools for companies like Lego.

33

2 years ago

A platform for building and selling security-focused software. The startup helps software developers sell their code to the U.S. Department of Defense.

33

2 years ago

This startup is building a digital assistant that can do things like compile a list of fire-safety requirements for a building or check the status of a particular project.

33

2 years ago

A six-month pilot project in Puerto Rico that tests a set of microfinance loans for people affected by Hurricane Maria. The idea is that small loans can help people get back on their feet and be able to repay them later. Vantage Labs is partnering with the government to provide the loans.

33

2 years ago

A custom credit card for people who can’t get approved for one from a bank. Available through partnerships with banks and card issuers.

33

5 years ago

Idea: A tool for companies to offer rewards to employees for specific health goals. The startup is partnering with employers to offer discounts on gym memberships, yoga classes, etc. to workers who reach their goals.

32

2 years ago

A platform for assembling apps, focused on developing mobile games. The company specializes in two categories: “advergames”, which are games that the company makes itself, and “mobile games”, which are made by third-party developers and sold through the portal.

32

2 years ago

A company that helps companies connect their various communication systems together. Their product is used by the State Department to connect their email and other tools to the State Department's email system.

32

2 years ago

The startup is building a “Netflix for education”. It’s a subscription service that allows people to learn things at their own pace from a library of thousands of video lessons. It launched a $US1 million seed round in January, and has partnerships with 3,000 schools and plans to expand beyond education.

32

2 years ago

A company that helps human resources departments get the right employees for the job. Its algorithm matches candidates to companies, and is currently operating in the UK.

31

2 years ago

A decentralized platform for the sharing economy to connect people and transact, using blockchain technology to create trust and a system that is fair for both parties

31

2 years ago

A “frictionless” grocery delivery service for retailers. The site offers customers a curated selection of local merchants who have partnered with the service. It has a store locator and curates a list of merchants. The startup says it has already signed up 1,000 local merchants.

31

2 years ago

Kalahari is a parcel delivery service that partners with couriers and delivery services to deliver packages across Africa. It has a base in South Africa, and its co-founders say that they have plans to expand to other African countries like Kenya and Nigeria.

31

2 years ago

A platform for managing customer data in a central place. The startup sells the customer’s data to third parties, so they don’t have to worry about which customer data they share with which company.

31

2 years ago

A platform to help companies manage their supply chain operations, from finding parts to managing data.

31

2 years ago

A company that helps companies find patients for their health insurance plans. It currently has a network of 200 partners for the US market.

31

2 years ago

A “one-stop shop” for employers and HR departments to manage their employees, including onboarding, performance management, assessment, and deployment. In other words, an employer’s entire human resources system in one place.

31

5 years ago

A startup that helps people move to a more expensive apartment in a city that is rapidly gentrifying

30

3 years ago

A company that sells a system that automatically replaces pages of ads on a website with a single, engaging video. The startup is focused on the display market, so it wants to take out all the boring parts of an ad page, and replace them with a single, engaging experience.

30

3 years ago

A platform that connects users with their favorite local restaurants in a variety of ways, including a mobile app and a partnership with a restaurant to deliver an order of food.

30

3 years ago

A visual collaboration tool that uses AI to help companies keep track of time spent on different parts of their projects.

29

2 years ago

A platform that allows people to buy and sell tickets for events online. The company also partners with festivals and other events to give consumers access to tickets before they go on sale.

29

2 years ago

A community of developers and designers creating mobile and web apps for the food industry, from grocery stores to restaurants, with a particular focus on food safety and quality.

29

2 years ago

This startup is building a product greater than the sum of its parts, using social media and its own data to help recruiters find the best candidates.

29

2 years ago

A startup that wants to make healthcare more accessible to people living in developing countries. The startup believes that its model of using mobile phones to pay for healthcare services will be a more accessible option for people in rural areas who don’t have access to traditional healthcare. It’s looking to partner with companies like Walmart and the Gates Foundation to help its cause.

29

2 years ago

This startup is building a new way to apply for college scholarships online, allowing students to create and upload their own scholarship application without having to pay a third-party service.

29

2 years ago

This company is building a platform for small businesses to easily manage their risk and compliance efforts, including audits and loan applications. It has been funded by Silicon Valley’s Institutional Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital, and others.

28

2 years ago

A healthcare startup building an AI system to diagnose patients after they’re already at the hospital, with the goal of reducing readmissions and improving patient outcomes. They have a trial partnership with the Providence Children’s Hospital network.

28

2 years ago

An online tool for dating, with a focus on helping lesbian women find partners. It’s launching in the US, and it’s already up and running in Brazil.

28

2 years ago

A company that helps the athletic industry manage sponsorships and partnerships.

27

2 years ago

A job-search company that allows people to access their resume online from anywhere, with a feature similar to LinkedIn called "Credentials" that lets you highlight skills you’re particularly proud of.

27

2 years ago

A new platform for home-buying agents to compare and find the best deals on houses, condos, and apartments.

27

2 years ago

A startup that uses algorithms to analyze and synthesize music for dance parties.

27

2 years ago

A platform that allows people to share the stories of their work experience, be it a job interview, accomplishment, or even a good deed that they did. The startup says that 80 percent of people are so intimidated by job interviews that they don’t share what happened, and that’s a huge problem for job seekers who are looking for new jobs. The company is also introducing video interviews as part of the application.

27

2 years ago

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

27

2 years ago

A platform for SMBs to enter into wholesale partnership with big companies.

27

2 years ago

The following startups did not attend HATCH but are still participating in the event:

27

2 years ago

Partnering with restaurants, the app allows diners to order directly from the restaurant, and pay instantly when they arrive.

27

2 years ago

Getting food to the table is an essential part of social justice movements.

26

2 years ago

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

26

2 years ago

Cleaning services for apartment buildings

26

2 years ago

A subscription-based marketplace for people to rent an apartment or room in their home. The company says they have over 20,000 users since launching in July.

26

2 years ago

A startup that helps companies better manage data coming out of their IT operations. The idea is to use the startup’s software to run a distributed operations center, where developers and operations teams from different departments can work on the same data and build features and tools on top of it.

26

2 years ago

The startup builds software for managing the supply chain in the cannabis industry. They’re part of the fast-growing cannabis ecosystem in Washington state.

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 real-time speed tracking app that lets companies track their courier partner’s progress.

25

2 years ago

The companies were selected by the Startup Battlefield judges: Ankit Gupta, Founder and Managing Partner of Y Combinator; Suresh Venkatasubramanian, Partner at Y Combinator; and Brad Feld, Partner at Foundry Group, an investor in the Y Combinator portfolio.

25

2 years ago

This startup helps you find an apartment or home to rent, based on your criteria.

25

2 years ago

A company that helps people, particularly people with disabilities and those living in remote areas, find jobs. It uses a phone app to connect people with employers, with the company saying it has 10,000 users and 3,000 employers on its platform.

25

2 years ago

A company that sells 3D printed car parts which aim to make car maintenance cheaper and faster.

25

2 years ago

A short-term rental platform for small apartments around the world. The startup is currently in beta and working with 30% of the market. It wants to grow into an automation platform that will allow renters to make rental payments, view the unit, and schedule cleanings with software.

25

2 years ago

Hiring software for startup companies that helps them hire in the shortest amount of time possible and with as little effort as possible on the part of the hiring manager.

24

2 years ago

A tool that allows users to track their real-time financial moves. The startup is currently only available in the San Francisco Bay Area to early beta participants.

24

2 years ago

A comparison website for people seeking new apartments in San Francisco.

24

2 years ago

A startup that helps small businesses create and manage their blogs. It’s a web tool that helps a small business set up a blog to communicate with customers, market their products and services, and share their content and stories. It’s part of a larger effort to help small businesses build and manage websites.

24

2 years ago

A company that partners with employers, trainers, and counselors to help people transition into the workplace. Employers want to help employees get up to speed, and trainers want to help people learn new skills.

24

2 years ago

A startup that uses loyalty cards and traditional points to incentivize shoppers to spend more at participating stores.

24

2 years ago

A way for users to keep track of the money they spend on a particular product

24

5 years ago

A dating startup for people who want to find a house or apartment to rent. It is a marketplace for renting places to live.

23

2 years ago

A digital board game company that’s partnering with Unilever to develop a game for kids, playing off of the company’s brands.

23

2 years ago

Website for your garage, selling tools, parts, and other maintenance items.

23

2 years ago

A startups platform for companies that want to build a product in a particular vertical, such as drone repair.

23

2 years ago

There’s a lot of work being done by third-party developers to analyze and extract insights from customer data, but the challenge is that the data is often messy and inconsistent. Because of this, it can be hard to know how to use the data for good. Uniq is designing and building a data platform that will make it easier for brands to extract value from customer data and truly understand it.

23

2 years ago

A collective of young, upcoming entrepreneurs in Philadelphia, the department aims to network its members and help them raise capital.

23

2 years ago

A health insurance startup that aims to help people find doctors that have participated in clinical trials

22

2 years ago

A company that aims to help business owners establish a presence in the United States, with tools that allow them to start a business, make an initial sale, and connect with potential partners.

22

2 years ago

A company that provides a way to get a loan for women in the Philippines without the aid of a middleman. The startup is working with existing local banks to test its model, and they’re looking for a US partner to help them get the green-light to expand to the US.

22

2 years ago

A financial startup that allows online sellers to build a simple, seamless checkout process without the need for a credit card, bank account, or other third party services.

22

2 years ago

A software company that helps auto-parts makers and dealers create their own smart app stores for their customers

21

2 years ago

A platform for selling certified organic foods that are certified by third parties, including the USDA. The company, founded in December 2017, is ramping up to launch in February 2019.

21

2 years ago

A platform that allows customers to purchase items from third-party merchants through a mobile app, using their own credit card information.

21

2 years ago

A company that helps businesses track their employees’ performance and get performance reviews up to human resources standards. The startup helps companies evaluate employee absences and work time, and offers HR departments analytics and reporting.

21

2 years ago

A team of designers and developers who want to create a new kind of collaborative pricing tool for restaurant owners. Restaurateurs can invite their customers to participate in a party to get a group discount. The team is also working on the food delivery side of things, having recently released a marketplace.

21

2 years ago

Dedicated to helping people with cognitive disabilities better participate in the workforce, the startup provides software to help people learn about their rights in the workplace.

21

2 years ago

A company that helps apartment renters fill out rental applications on a smart phone.

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

An HR app that was originally meant to help recruiters fill jobs, but is pivoting to become a tool for HR departments to manage their company’s benefits.

20

2 years ago

A company that’s looking to provide equipment for the media industry, and an API for 3rd party developers to build specialized devices for their own purposes.

20

2 years ago

A tool for police departments to help them find the best places to deploy their officers. Think of it as a “Google Maps for police”.

20

2 years ago

A startup for people who want to sell or buy spare parts, with a network of parts dealers and suppliers

20

2 years ago

A startup that provides “hippie-style” living to people looking for a more sustainable lifestyle. It provides a studio apartment with a studio bed, desk, and a kitchen that lets people live in a “micro-home” with their roommates.

20

2 years ago

A startup that helps companies to hire for their remote teams. It is the only remote hiring app that caters to companies by partnering with companies to find the best applicants.

20

2 years ago

A startup that is building a database of all the items ever produced in the world, using a theory that companies should be able to search the database to understand where to find the right-sized parts to build something.

20

5 years ago

Idea: A tool for connecting people with a “community partner” like a co-working space or business incubator. It’s a way for people to find and join groups to collaborate on projects, host events, and share resources.

19

2 years ago

A platform designed to help retailers automate logistics and fulfillment processes. The startup has $2.5M in funding from investors including Accel Partners and Fidelity.

19

2 years ago

A startup for people who live in apartments to get the stuff they need delivered to them from a central warehouse. The startup helps people take advantage of the location density of New York City to use the service.

19

2 years ago

A Slackbot that helps you find an apartment, find roommates in your city, and find roommates to share the rent on your apartment.

19

2 years ago

The startup is building a platform for companies to manage all of their third-party service providers, from travel to payroll to HR. The business includes a product for managing contractors and their salaries.

19

2 years ago

This is a financial management app for the self-employed, also using the Stripe API. It’s designed to be a transparent tool for connecting with financial institutions and other third parties.

19

2 years ago

Gives IT departments simple tools to monitor and manage their servers.

19

2 years ago

Another startup that involves a hardware-enabled experience. The company has a partnership with the Ritz Carlton, and offers an immersive experience of the hotel’s rooms.

18

2 years ago

Greenhouse is a health insurance startup that offers high-deductible plans. The startup is approved to offer coverage in the US but is still waiting for the go-ahead from the Department of Health and Human Services. The startup has plans to be profitable in 2020 with plans for up to $250 million in revenue.

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2 years ago 1 views

The startup, which was founded in October 2017, originally named “Disconnect”, was founded by Yevgeny Ponomarev, a Russian software developer who immigrated to the U.S. in 2012. The company, which currently has 3 full-time employees and 7 part-time workers, is based in Boston, MA and San Francisco, CA.

18

2 years ago

A product that lets companies pay for spare parts and inventory in advance, so if a product breaks down, they can get a replacement in a couple days.

18

5 years ago

A startup that sends a person to your home to help you clean your apartment or house or garage

17

2 years ago

A way to buy and sell real estate without using a broker (or close to it). The startup is building a service that allows you to create a listing transaction in under 5 minutes, listing an apartment, condo, or house.

17

2 years ago

This food ordering app lets you build a simple menu, but it also lets you build out a whole experience. The startup plans to use the same technology to build out experiences for things like ordering pizza for a party or ordering a private lunch for a client.

17

2 years ago

A system that enables corporations to buy technology using a new form of short-term borrowing. The company has a partnership with Microsoft which allows it to provide a large amount of cash at a low rate of interest.

17

2 years ago

A startup that helps people easily find and book their doctors. The startup connects patients with doctors and other healthcare professionals, and works with third-party apps like ZocDoc to make it easy for consumers to see a doctor at a given time, and have all records pulled into one place.

17

2 years ago

Two brothers want to build a millennial-focused B2C brand that helps young people find furniture that looks good in their new apartments.

17

2 years ago

This startup wants to connect retail outlets with their consumers in ways that will make both parties more profitable. It’s a startup that builds personalized shopping experiences on the fly, and has so far built a prototype for department stores with an eye toward expanding to other markets like Target.

17

2 years ago

A startup that matches up companies with the right business partners, and enables them to pay for services in cryptocurrencies. The company is currently in the sales process with a few different companies.

16

2 years ago

A product for corporate partners of Google Apps, designed to help them administer their domain names. The startup is already working with 100 customers.

16

2 years ago

A recipe app for the home cook, with a focus on the Asian market. The startup sells itself as a “hobby” — a term that the founders say is an important part of the company’s appeal.

16

2 years ago

A company that wants to gently remind people to drink water and stay hydrated and healthy. The startup, based in San Francisco, hopes to partner with brands to offer coupons and push notifications during and after commercials.

16

2 years ago

A startup that enables people to find and connect with others who share their love for a particular food.

16

2 years ago

A startup that collects emails from around the world, and makes them available to anyone with an email address. The startup says it can help people discover new friends, gain access to new skills, and connect with potential customers or partners.

16

5 years ago

A startup that provides a service for cleaning up and removing junk from a home or apartment

15

2 years ago

A platform that helps large-scale manufacturers sell their excess inventory to third-party sales channels.

15

2 years ago

A system that helps determine who is an influencer for a particular brand

15

2 years ago

An in-house HR software company that offers a video-based onboarding process to help HR departments create better onboarding documents for new employees.

15

2 years ago

A platform that helps companies buy and sell third-party data. Designed specifically for businesses that don’t have or can’t manage data themselves, the platform is meant to aggregate data and provide visualizations of it.

15

2 years ago

A platform for builders and builders’ contractors to connect directly, creating a more efficient marketplace for both parties.

15

2 years ago

The company is looking to help insurance companies understand claims more deeply and more quickly. It’s currently in a pre-seed round with a partnership with the Philadelphia 76ers.

15

2 years ago

This build-it-yourself startup is looking to build a toolset that helps small businesses design and install their own 3D printed parts. Their vision is to make 3D printing easy and affordable for small businesses.

15

2 years ago

An email platform for rentable space in apartments.

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

15

2 years ago

A startup to help people easily give and receive money. They’re offering a white-label version of their app to partners, with the startup committing to being as helpful as possible.

15

2 years ago

A startup for freelance social media content creators. It’s a talent marketplace, where people can sign up and get paid for creating content related to a particular topic.

15

5 years ago

Idea: A third-party application for managing the construction process of a home. It works to help management companies coordinate the flow of work on a building site, and help architect firms coordinate the flow of work on a construction site.

14

2 years ago

A “reliable, scalable payments platform for businesses” that allows companies to collect invoices and payments from customers, and then split payments among each other so each party gets their fair share.

14

2 years ago

A startup for insurance companies to provide customers with discounts on products if they use a particular carrier.

14

2 years ago

In July 2017, Facebook announced a partnership with Snap to allow users to send and receive money between each other. The feature, called “Snapcash”, is a Snapchat feature that allows users to exchange money via an app.

14

2 years ago

An AI-powered tool that helps the public and government agencies identify fraudsters and other criminals, with a particular focus on child predators.

14

2 years ago

A London-based startup that builds software and tools for building apps for banks, and helps them find partners to build those apps.

14

2 years ago

A new tech startup that’s building a “social network for celebrities” across entertainment, fashion, sports, and more. It’s looking to partner with celebrities to help them grow their accounts.

13

2 years ago

A startup that aims to help publishers reach the 1.5 billion people who are not online. The startup has already partnered with 12 companies including Automattic and Medium.

13

2 years ago

A piece of software that allows companies to “work smarter, not harder” by tracking their time and expenses across their different departments.

12

2 years ago

A messaging app that allows users to communicate directly with each other, with no third party to take on the hassle of managing their communications and communications.

12

2 years ago

An automated form of HR that acts as a replacement for the HR department. The company’s base product is a hiring and onboarding software, and its growth has been driven by their core B2B sales-specific product, which acts as an automated replacement for HR.

12

2 years ago

A platform for the sharing economy that connects all kinds of people who need rides with drivers who want to work. It’s a business that’s split into three parts: a marketplace, a pool, and a technology platform. It also had a recent partnership with Lyft.

12

2 years ago

A personalized customer experience platform that helps companies make more money, particularly in enterprise.

12

2 years ago

A startup building a platform that helps users create personalized videos for their businesses. The company’s founder said the videos can be used to present to clients, potential partners, employees, or customers.

11

5 years ago

Idea: This is a real estate startup that wants to help people find homes to rent. They’re looking to target people who’ve been priced out of the market and need to rent instead of buy. The startup’s pitch is that it’s better than Craigslist because it focuses on neighborhoods and can recommend specific apartments.

10

2 years ago

A startup that’s building a marketplace for casual events and parties, connecting people looking to have a party at a specific time in a specific location, but with no shared interests.

10

2 years ago

A cryptocurrency for the music industry that doesn’t have to go through a central party to be spent.

10

5 years ago

Idea: A voice-activated “interface for the real world”, like a “JARVIS for the physical world”. The founders say it currently “works with every major cloud provider”, and that they’re looking to partner with companies that need the technology to build in-house platforms.

9

2 years ago

A startup that lets users locate and buy parking spaces and find nearby restaurants. It's in a trial run in Boston, where the startup has partnered with the city's parking authority and is charging $10 a month for a user account, plus $1 for each parking space for which the user is a permit holder.

9

2 years ago

A way to manage and track every part of your business, from invoicing to payments, inventory and customer records.

9

2 years ago

New York startup focused on buying and selling used cars online, with a particular focus on people in the “Uber generation” who have a lot of experience but not a lot of money.

8

2 years ago

A tool for HR departments to make hiring process more efficient. The startup is trying to solve the problem that HR has to navigate many different systems.

8

2 years ago

The startup is building a software platform that allows users to sell and trade their cars (or parts thereof) without the hassles of buying a car, registering it and then selling it in a traditional dealership.

8

2 years ago

A startup to help you take a selfie and see if you would look good in a particular outfit

6

1 day ago

A platform for AR try-on of furniture in real estate listings, letting renters visualize IKEA hacks or custom pieces in empty apartments before signing leases.

1

1 day ago

Hardware kit and app that automates balcony gardening with sensors for optimal watering and lighting in urban apartments.

1

8 hours ago

A platform that turns idle parking spaces in apartment complexes into rentable spots for nearby commuters via an app-based marketplace.

1

9 hours ago

A startup delivering pre-portioned urban farming kits with automated hydroponic pods for apartment dwellers, including app-guided crop cycles and community swap markets.

0

2 hours ago

A startup that gamifies urban foraging, guiding users to edible wild plants in cities while partnering with restaurants for fresh ingredient sourcing.

0

5 years ago

A startup that helps people find others to share an apartment with while they are abroad

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5 years ago

A startup that connects people who want to have a dinner party with people who have the time to prepare the dinner party for them

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5 years ago

A startup that sells books for people who are particular about the fonts, spacing, etc of the books they read

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5 years ago

A startup that provides a service for people who are going through a divorce They do everything for you, including finding your next partner

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5 years ago

A startup that provides an app for finding people who are interested in being a part of a mastermind group

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5 years ago

A startup that sells a tool for people to use when they are moving so that they can take apart their furniture

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5 years ago

A startup that provides a service for matching up people who are moving so they can check out apartments together

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5 years ago

Idea: An online backup service that uses encryption to protect data from anyone other than the owner of a particular account

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5 years ago

Idea: A startup for the rental housing market that helps residents find and book apartments

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5 years ago

Idea: A business that helps companies build and manage lists of users who are interested in a particular product The company has a subscription model, and its largest customer is in the pharmaceutical industry

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5 years ago

Idea: A help desk automation tool that aims to help IT departments better understand and manage their infrastructure

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5 years ago

Idea: A startup for short-term rentals, with a twist: a $100k insurance policy that covers any damages to the apartment up to a $5 million limit.

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5 years ago

Idea: A startup for turning your apartment into a hotel. It allows hosts to rent out rooms via a smartphone app, and comes with features like cleaning, check-in, and flexible cancellations. It’s currently free for hosts, and makes money through a 7% cut from bookings.

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5 years ago

Idea: A startup that wants to re-create the “best part of the job interview”: the speed dating side of

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5 years ago

Idea: A startup that makes sense of the different data that’s collected from different parts of a factory, or a building

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5 years ago

A software platform for helping HR departments with open jobs find the most qualified candidates. They’ve raised $2.2 million.

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5 years ago

A startup that makes it easy for businesses to collect and analyze data from their traders as well as third party market data. The company has one paying customer: a hedge fund.

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5 years ago

A startup that has a service to help people decide which of their friends to ask to go to a party

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4 days ago 2 views

A startup delivering customizable hydroponic herb gardens for city apartments, with app-guided growth and harvest recipes.

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3 days ago 3 views

A startup delivering farm-fresh salad kits with customizable recipes via drone in suburban areas, partnering with local farmers to cut costs and emissions.

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3 days ago

A startup delivering hyper-localized urban farming kits with IoT sensors that guide users through growing fresh produce in small apartments.

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5 years ago

A startup that provides a service to help a person plan and put together a dinner party

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1 day ago

Virtual fitting rooms for eyeglasses using AR, partnering with opticians to let customers try on thousands of frames via smartphone camera.

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1 day ago

A startup delivering customizable meal kits for pets based on DNA test results, partnering with vets to optimize nutrition for breed-specific health needs.

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5 years ago

A startup to buy and sell used cars, with a focus on providing a safe and easy way for folks to manage everything involved in the process. The startup wants to make it easy to sell a car without involving a third party.

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3 days ago 1 views

A startup that gamifies neighborhood cleanups, rewarding participants with local business discounts and crypto tokens for trash collected via photo verification.

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2 days ago 1 views

A mobile game that gamifies language learning for refugees, partnering with NGOs to provide real-time translation during integration classes.

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2 days ago 1 views

A B2B service automating compliance checks for small food trucks and street vendors, integrating with local health departments to schedule inspections and flag violations in real-time.

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1 day ago

A platform that uses AR glasses to overlay real-time repair instructions for DIY home fixes, partnering with hardware stores for parts.

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2 days ago

Virtual reality job training simulations for trades like plumbing and welding, partnering with unions to certify workers remotely and reduce on-site apprenticeship costs.

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2 days ago 1 views

A startup delivering pre-portioned hydroponic gardening kits to apartments, with an app that automates LED lighting and nutrient dosing via smartphone control.

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1 day ago 1 views

A startup that connects freelance urban gardeners with apartment dwellers for balcony farming consultations and automated plant care subscriptions.

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2 days ago 1 views

A platform for neighborhood groups to crowdfund and manage shared electric vehicle charging stations in apartment complexes.

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5 years ago

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5 days ago

A platform that converts idle parking spaces in urban apartments into short-term rentals for delivery drivers during peak hours.

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5 days ago 1 views

A subscription box delivering DIY repair kits for smartphones and laptops, complete with video guides and recycled parts sourced from e-waste.

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4 days ago 1 views

A platform that turns unused rooftop spaces in urban apartments into community gardens, matching gardeners with hosts and handling automated irrigation via IoT sensors.

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5 days ago

AI-driven software that automates apartment lease renewals by predicting tenant behavior and generating personalized offers to boost retention.

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6 days ago

Virtual reality job simulator for high-school students to test careers like surgeon or pilot before college, partnering with universities for credits.

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6 days ago

A platform that automates personalized workout plans for seniors using AI analysis of wearable data and daily health inputs, partnering with retirement communities for bulk subscriptions.

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6 days ago

A startup that turns idle parking spots in apartment garages into peer-to-peer rentals, with smart locks and insurance integrated for urban dwellers.

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7 days ago 5 views

A startup connecting urban gardeners with apartment dwellers who want fresh microgreens delivered weekly from rooftop farms.

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7 days ago

A platform for freelance chefs to offer virtual cooking classes with real-time ingredient delivery partnerships in emerging markets.

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11 days ago

A platform that connects urban apartment dwellers with local rooftop farmers for weekly fresh produce subscriptions, including recipe kits from the farmer's own harvest.

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11 days ago

A platform that turns unused rooftop space in urban apartment buildings into automated vertical farms, managed remotely with IoT sensors and sold directly to residents via an app.

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8 days ago 3 views

A platform that uses AI to generate personalized workout playlists synced to real-time heart rate data, partnering with music streaming services to boost user retention in fitness apps.

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8 days ago

Urban farming kits delivered to apartment balconies, with IoT sensors monitoring soil, water, and growth via a mobile app for city dwellers.

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9 days ago 2 views

An AI-powered recipe generator for home cooks that scans your fridge contents via photo and suggests zero-waste meals tailored to dietary needs, partnering with grocery delivery for missing ingredients.

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11 days ago

A platform that connects urban apartment dwellers with local gardeners to rent small plots of land in backyards for growing their own vegetables.

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11 days ago

A platform that transforms discarded restaurant food waste into biodegradable packaging materials, partnering with delivery services to replace single-use plastics with custom-branded sustainable alternatives.

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8 days ago

A startup delivering modular, upgradable tech gadgets like phones and laptops, where users swap parts instead of buying new devices to fight e-waste.

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10 days ago 1 views

A startup that converts idle parking spaces in urban apartments into automated micro-gyms with app-booked fitness equipment delivered on-demand.

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