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A tool to create a photo-realistic simulation of an office environment with a 3D avatar. Its founders say it’s the first 3D avatar platform that is both accessible and real-time.
A marketing tool for crowdfunding platforms that helps founders and project managers track projects and keep track of fundraising progress.
A platform that makes it easier to build and deploy decentralized applications on the Ethereum network. The startup aims to make Ethereum as easy to use as a web app, with an initial focus on dapps for financial services.
A company that helps people work remotely by building a platform that helps them easily book conference calls, connect with co-workers, and handle all the other technical details that come with working remotely.
A company providing a free online platform for live music, planning concerts, selling tickets, and collecting royalties.
They help connect foreign workers with U.S. companies in the manufacturing industry. Their platform helps companies with the process of hiring foreign workers after they’ve arrived in the U.S.
A digital platform that helps make purchasing music more convenient. A user can choose a song and buy it in a few clicks, or use its app for group buying. The company has raised $3.2 million in funding.
The founders of an AI-powered dating app want to use their product as a platform for investors to invest in AI startups.
A startuplicant tracking platform for online job applications. The startup wants to scale to support large recruitment events like the YC Demo Day.
A platform that provides personal finance advice in the form of an AI-powered personal financial advisor. The startup is currently in private beta.
A B2B platform to keep track of product costs, with a recurring revenue model that covers processing fees for orders, as well as profit margin.
A company that’s built a software platform to translate a user’s text into a computer-readable language. It’s already in use by several Fortune 500 companies.
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.
Founders: Austin, Elsie. They are building a platform for Facebook data scientists to easily access data in the form of lakes, rivers, and mountain ranges, and make data-based decisions to improve their products.
A web-based platform for buying concert tickets, connecting artists directly with fan-clubs, and allowing fans to buy tickets for their friends.
A cloud-based platform to enable people to easily run their own on-demand marketplaces. The startup is targeting people who sell products on eBay and Amazon.
A platform that helps people share and talk about their interests, helping them find new friends and meet new people.
Food delivery for restaurant kitchens — the company provides a central platform for kitchens to manage orders, and payment is handled via a proprietary service that only the restaurants can use
This is a solution to help small businesses manage their tax and financial obligations. Their platform is built on Slack, helping you bill, collect, and send payments to your customers, which can be done through a simple, intuitive interface.
A startup that makes it easy for small businesses to get the financing they need. Pure is a platform that helps businesses build a relationship with banks or credit unions, which can then make lending decisions on behalf of the business without requiring a formal loan.
A cloud platform that keeps a record of a company’s products and orders, and can even do inventory management.
Newfund is building a platform that uses big data to make it easier for companies to raise capital from investors.
A chatbot that helps personal financial management. The startup is looking to build a platform that aggregates data from a variety of online and offline sources to provide financial guidance and advice to its users.
A platform for managing publications, which focus on business and science-related content. The company has raised a total of $50 million, including a $22 million Series C in August 2017.
A startup that’s working on building a “smart home-building platform” that uses AI and sensors to optimize energy usage.
A platform for food and retail delivery in India. The startup wants to help the 1,100 billion rupee (US$14.8 billion) food and retail sector in India optimize its supply chain and distribution.
A supply chain management platform for restaurants and other food-related businesses. Growth is strong and the founders say they’re trying to make a dent in the $8.5 trillion food and beverage industry.
A startup that helps brands and developers build mobile video games. Their platform easily integrates with existing games and offers a suite of tools for onboarding, publishing, and monetizing.
A platform for communication, collaboration and information sharing among small and medium-sized businesses.
Builds a retail website for selling products via Instagram. The startup’s founder says that the website is “the world’s first” to use the social platform to sell physical products online.
A platform for asset managers to streamline the process of setting up and administering 401k plans for their employees.
A startup that’s building a business platform for people who want to monetize their own social media content and make money instead of just getting paid to post it.
A platform for micro-transactions for online merchants. The startup wants to eliminate the need for credit cards. The startup has its first pilot under its belt, with $300,000 in monthly revenue.
A startup that lets people and companies share their work in one platform, that they can then sell to brands.
A platform that allows consumers to make payments online for new or used products, and then track their orders.
The startup is building a platform for small businesses to manage sales, with a feature that enables customers to easily cancel orders that don’t meet their expectations.
Share3X is a platform that lets people store, share, and manage their work and financial tools. The startup offers a “Workplace as a Service” for companies to house their employees’ tools.
A company that aims to bring employees and freelancers together for projects, via a platform known as the "Freelancer's Network".
A startup that’s building a way to help people get their gas cheaper. The company is now in the process of raising funds to launch its platform.
Building a chat interface that relays data over a secure encrypted channel, so that people can chat and share files securely, and also build a platform for developers to build their own encrypted messaging apps.
A platform for building online courses and learning from them, with support for webinars, video, and interactive learning, as well as with tools for instructors.
A platform that helps companies create custom, branded t-shirts, available to buy online and in-store.
A platform for sending money in the Philippines that offers a unique way to pay for goods and services.
A digital music platform that provides musicians with a single revenue stream for fans who pay for their music
A social media platform that focuses on live video, rather than posting to a timeline after the fact. Users can watch and interact with other users live.
A tool to help startups with the cost of raising seed funding, that seeks to integrate the big four of Kickstarter, AngelList, DigitalTilt, and SeedInvest in one platform.
A software platform that allows producers to create, edit, and distribute videos, audio, photos, and text.
A platform that helps you manage your online credit cards and create a spending plan. The goal of the startup is to create a solution to the following problem: “When you spend money, you don’t know what you spent it on.”
This startup is building an AI-powered email marketing platform for managing email marketing campaigns across all of an organization’s email addresses.
A personalized learning platform where you can design your own learning plan, and get feedback from a coach.
A startup that provides a “Workchat” platform that’s like Slack and a “Workboard” platform that’s like Tre
Bizbuyers is a “social shopping platform” that links businesses with buyers. The company wants to be an “Amazon for small businesses”.
Meetup is a platform for people to meet up in person and interact with each other. It's especially useful for groups that have members spread across different cities or different countries.
A platform for forging relationships between people and businesses through technology and entertainment events.
A digital platform for buying and selling e-books, with services like a price guarantee for authors, and direct-to-consumer sales.
The startup is building an online platform for parents to discuss child development. The product is a combination of the company’s existing online platform with its new podcasting platform.
A platform that lets you sell your stuff in minutes, without leaving the house. It’s currently in private beta.
A self-serve platform that connects independent contractors and clients across North America. The startup says their platform helps to reduce the overhead of managing a workforce, while providing an easy way for employers to find talent.
A real estate investment platform that claims it will help reduce real estate agent commissions by up to 80%.
This startup is building a platform that helps companies deliver more useful customer service by automating the back and forth between a company and a customer.
A computer vision startup that’s building AI to help monitor and improve plant health. The startup wants to take the burden of plant health monitoring off of the farmers and onto an AI platform.
This startup is building an online and mobile platform to help consumers research credit cards, loans, and credit scores.
A platform that helps ad agencies, marketers, and agencies reach people across multiple channels based on their interests, without having to find their personal email addresses.
A platform designed to help car dealers make the most of their inventory, and lower inventory turnover.
A platform that connects car dealers and automakers to help them sell, advertise, and service new cars and repairs and replace existing ones.
A self-serve platform for saving money on auto insurance or just comparing rates, which they say is “faster, cheaper, and more comprehensive then any other website”. They currently have $2.5 million in monthly recurring revenue and are looking to launch in Miami and Atlanta.
A “Mobile-first enterprise” platform that offers “one-to-many communication” for companies. It’s meant for companies with a “live, real-time workforce.” The startup has raised $150MM in venture funding.
A software platform for publishing academic papers and hosting conferences, designed for scientists, researchers, and students.
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.
A startup that offers a text-based platform for live chat conversations with the aid of AI. The company is developing a chatbot that can provide personalized answers to questions.
A subscription-based social media platform that integrates with Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter to share posts and access content.
A platform where users can create virtual islands for multiplayer gaming. It launched in 2014, with the founders saying that it’s on track to reach $1.5 million in annual revenue.
It is a platform that helps people find jobs in their area of interest, and also allows employers to post jobs.
A product management platform for agencies, developers, and designers that helps companies plan, identify, prioritize, and integrate features for their software applications.
A group of former software engineers and developers who are building an automated dog-training platform to help pet owners train their pooches.
This is a platform for students to sign up for courses at their college. The company offers an online service through which students can track their courses and take them at their own pace.
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.
A platform for finding and hiring freelance developers, with a marketplace where developers can find work.
A platform for students to learn about and apply to jobs at some of the country's most powerful companies.
A cloud-based HR platform for small businesses that lets them manage their employee and contract employees all in one place.
A platform for finding home cleaners that an individual can use to set up recurring cleaning appointments.
Ripple is a platform for creating virtual currency and a payment system. The startup is trying to get merchants to adopt its digital currency by offering them a low-fee payment processing system.
The company is building a platform that will allow users to take a picture of the items in their home and have it translated into a virtual reality experience.
A platform that helps small business owners in India use their app to accept payments, and enables customers to pay with a couple of taps.
A startup that lets real estate agents manage their finances and “build” their listings on a SaaS platform.
A company that helps recruiters find candidates by tracking their activity on platforms like LinkedIn and Facebook.
A startup that provides merchants with a secure, spam-free e-commerce platform to sell their products and access marketplaces in the US and around the world.
A platform that helps people share their emotional experiences on the web to help connect with others.
A platform for sellers to manage their Amazon selling business, helping them to follow the rules of Amazon.com, and get paid on time.
A startup that’s building a tool to help companies create an online studio for virtual, remote teams. The startup wants to help companies have a team wherever they are. It’s a platform for companies without 3D graphics talent to create virtual environments and use them for video conferencing, live training, and mor...
A “mobile-first” enterprise software platform that helps companies manage talent, HR, and employee engagement.
The company wants to build an offline-first collaborative editing platform for video production that would allow editors to work in a room with multiple screens, and for multiple editors to work on the same piece of footage simultaneously.
A platform for online tutoring with a focus on helping teachers and parents out of school. Tutor-to-tutor videos are on-demand, and the startup is also working on a way to make the private video chats public and shareable.
This startup is building a platform that lets users scan in their groceries, learn how much it costs, and then print the bill at home.
A platform for homes where homeowners can share tools and services, and get paid for doing so, similar to AirBnB.
A startup that provides a platform where you can hire someone to help you with your small business (such as bookkeeping)
A startup that helps people to buy and sell used cars, which helps save the environment. The entrepreneurs say that they’ve seen a lot of interest in the platform from US car dealerships.
A platform that helps restaurants manage their supply chain and order inventory to keep the stores stocked. The startup was acquired by the parent company of Whole Foods.
This startup is building a platform for organizations to manage and streamline their workflows, building a “digital hub” for teams.
A startup based out of Israel that’s building an online platform to help people with their homework.