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Square Startup Ideas

4 years ago

A clever way of connecting e-commerce orders to the physical goods they are for by using a “touch and pay” system. The startup’s system is built for vending machines, and it works in a similar way to Square or PayPal. The startup says it has closed $5 million in funding.

160

5 years ago

A startup that wants to be a one-stop shop for all your ecommerce needs. In concept, it’s a combination of Square’s small business tools and the Shopify app.

157

5 years ago

A platform for small businesses to manage inventory through a mobile app, similar to Square.

154

5 years ago

A startup that lets users check into a space on Facebook, Twitter, or Foursquare to see photos and reviews of the space, and view events happening there.

153

3 years ago

A customer service app called "Helpful" that allows customers to get help 24/7. The startup was founded by a former product manager at Google and Square.

153

5 years ago

The startup uses AI to guide you through the process of buying a home, starting with a base salary and home costs, then dividing up the costs per square foot and getting a personal loan.

147

5 years ago

In mid-July, the startup said it has already raised $1.5 million from investors including Sequoia Capital and Union Square Ventures. It’s working on a similar product to Facebook’s Onavo.

141

5 years ago

A company that’s building a “novel” construction management system for construction projects that use “smart data” to predict how expensive a project will be down to the square foot of a building. It’s meant to replace the current method where a project management team manually calculates the costs.

136

5 years ago

A platform that helps people migrate their sites from Tumblr to Squarespace.

125

5 years ago

A Square-like mobile payment system that focuses on retail, but with a focus on cashless transactions and no fees for the merchants.

124

5 years ago

This company wants to be a payment platform for businesses that want to accept cards from both Visa and Mastercard, including Square of course.

124

5 years ago

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

124

4 years ago

A platform to help patients with diabetes manage their condition and track the progress of their condition. The startup has raised $2 million in seed funding from venture capitalists from Union Square Ventures and Andreessen Horowitz.

124

5 years ago

A company that aims to bring remote tech support to the UK. It’s currently in the midst of an $8.5M seed round led by Union Square Ventures.

119

5 years ago

A platform that helps people make music together using the tools they’re already using. The startup has raised $1.6 million in seed funding from investors including Union Square Ventures, SV Angel, ZipCar founder Robin Chase, and Dropbox founder Drew Houston.

116

5 years ago

A travel-service platform that aims to help you book flights, hotels, car rentals, and tours with a single login. And it has over $2 million in funding from investors that included Y Combinator and Union Square Ventures.

114

5 years ago

A startup that wants to help restaurants get paid more quickly by having customers pay for their food with Square.

106

5 years ago

Bitpagos is a startup that wants to be a PayPal or Square competitor for merchants in Latin America, allowing them to accept payments from abroad.

101

3 years ago

A company that wants to make it easier to find the right real-estate agent. The startup’s software allows users to filter through listings with a variety of other criteria they choose like the number of bedrooms, bathrooms, square footage, and price.

94

4 years ago

was acquired by Square for $200 million in May.

86

4 years ago

A startup for companies that want to be like Foursquare, but for building companies.

83

4 years ago

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

82

4 years ago

A startup that offers workers the ability to work remotely, get paid via their employer, get paid via an app, get paid via direct deposit, get paid via Venmo, get paid via PayPal, get paid via Square, get paid via an Amazon gift card, get paid via cryptocurrency, or get paid via a bank account.

72

2 years ago

A mobile app that makes spending on your phone more interesting. It’s a tool that makes it easier to find and buy the things you want, as well as learn about them. It’s like Foursquare but for the world of goods.

72

4 years ago

A tool for customers to pay for products and services on their phones, with built-in barcode scanning. Today the company has over 400,000 users and has seen similar traction to Square, though older.

69

4 years ago

Prim is a content management system for people who want to manage their own, personal website. It’s similar to WordPress and Squarespace, but offers more options for branding, like colors and fonts. The startup has 20K users, but it’s not yet making any revenue.

67

4 years ago

This is an app that helps tech-savvy people build their first website with ease. It’s very similar to Squarespace, with more customization options.

66

3 years ago

A square-shaped camera that could eliminate the need for tripods, a monopod, and a ball head.

63

3 years ago

A software company that will allow businesses to better manage their employee benefits - retirement, health insurance, etc. It’s also looking to integrate with employee-management systems, such as those from Square and Zendesk.

63

3 years ago

This startup is building an app that will let drivers in New York City charge gas and parking to their phones, and get paid via Square. The startup is currently focused on delivery market in London, New York, and Seattle.

61

3 years ago

A mobile payments and banking app for small businesses in the US that combines loyalty and rewards with banking. It’s like a consolidation of a couple of other payment and banking apps — Venmo, PayPal, and Square — into one. It’s already built out and gaining traction in the US.

60

3 years ago

A tool for consumers to check the square footage of homes they want to buy, which the founders say has a large market in the U.S.

59

3 years ago

A mobile payment provider for restaurants, like Square, but for restaurants in the US and Canada.

57

3 years ago

A startup that helps people manage their own data by bringing together a range of disparate sources, like Facebook, Twitter, and Fitbit. It’s working with companies like Airbnb, Dropbox, Spotify, and Square.

57

2 years ago

A company that wants to do for insurance what Square did for payments

52

2 years ago

A platform for managing your expenses, like Uber or Square.

52

2 years ago

A startup by the founders of the Foursquare check-in app, which they say has a 2.5 billion monthly active user base. It allows users to make reservations for things like concerts, events, and private dinners.

50

3 years ago

A platform for companies to rent and sell spare space in their buildings, with pricing being based on the square footage of a space and its location.

48

2 years ago

A startup that sells a type of insurance for cell phone users that offers up to $1,000 for accidental damage. It’s a direct competitor to companies like Square’s Square Capital or Google’s Google Play.

47

3 years ago

A company that toolboxes and helps companies on the Square Register platform.

46

3 years ago

New York-based startup is building an app that allows users to post and exchange photos and short videos together. The startup is backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Union Square Ventures and other notable venture capitalists.

45

3 years ago

This startup is building a social network for people who want to be in the know about how their city is behaving. It’s a B2B app that operates similarly to Foursquare, giving people the ability to check in and post on their local environment.

43

3 years ago

A tool for building and selling ecommerce stores, along the lines of Shopify or Square.

41

3 years ago

Taking on a market that’s looked to be dominated by companies like Foursquare and Facebook, HealthLoop is looking to build a “health and wellness” app that helps people track their health, and make lifestyle changes.

38

2 years ago

A credit card that lets you pay in-person at restaurants, which will be integrated with mobile payment services like Apple Pay and Square Cash.

31

2 years ago

This startup’s goal is to make the customer experience more predictable, helping customers know what to expect so they can better plan their day. It’s a personalized concierge, which helps people check in with companies like AT&T, Venmo, and Square to get customer service questions answered.

29

2 years ago

This startup is building a tool to help brand managers with their social media marketing. It counts companies like Foursquare and Virgin America among its clients.

24

2 years ago

A 1500 square foot, affordable home design studio, along with an online catalog of affordably designed homes. In addition to the online catalog, they also publish a monthly print magazine.

24

2 years ago

A way to create a name and tag for the people you meet on the road (a la Foursquare.) It’s also a way to track those locations on a map, and see what’s happening nearby. Its co-founder used to be a member of the Y Combinator batch.

23

2 years ago

An online service that helps people build a website like Squarespace, but without all the hassle of learning HTML.

22

2 years ago

A platform that connects customers with service providers, like Uber or Lyft. The company is building a platform that will allow customers to maintain their own records and pay service providers directly, similar to a Square or Stripe credit card.

21

2 years ago

A cloud-based management tool for managing retail operations. The company is looking to take on the likes of Square and the like.

16

2 years ago

A startup that wants to eliminate the need for traditional office space by letting local stores and restaurants set up shop in public parks, city squares, and other public places. The startup hopes to expand to cities across the US.

13

2 years ago

A startup that helps employers manage their employees’ time as a task manager. It’s already in use at companies like Uber, Square, and Lyft.

12

2 years ago

A startup created by a group of former Square employees that allows companies to manage their Square payments more easily.

10

5 years ago

A startup for launching and managing a podcast, essentially a podcast-specific Wordpress or Squarespace.

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5 years ago

Idea: For people in unmanaged rental properties in the UK, companies like Greystar and F&F manage their tenants and bills. Pocketsquare is a service for these landlords to make some extra money by facilitating the rental process.

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