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This startup is building a payment platform to help rural local businesses accept credit cards. The startup is based in the Philippines and has been working with both credit cards and bank-issued debit cards in the country.
A platform for getting contractors to complete work before it’s due, from the shop floor to the field.
A platform that allows multiple users to create a single item, then share it with a single shipping address.
A digital platform for group-buying, with the goal of making it simpler and cheaper for people to order directly from the group, and helping them better manage the group.
A platform for event organizers that wants to help them build a new type of event around their brand.
A platform that aims to bring transparency in the consumer data industry with a set of tools that help customers understand what data is being collected about them
A platform to help companies build working group meetings that promote collaboration and shared understanding.
This startup is building an online platform that gives sellers a way to sell their wares without needing to handle payment processing or risk taking customer service.
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.
A startup with a SaaS platform that helps retailers submit orders quickly and easily. The company is based in the UK but wants to grow internationally.
A platform that will allow you to make adjustments to your iPhone or iPad without having to open it up. The startup is focused on making it easier for people to tweak their iOS devices.
A project management platform for freelancers and small teams, asking people to “realize their potential”.
A tool for managing medical records in the cloud. Medloop is building a SaaS platform that helps doctors digitize their medical records and share them with patients, and also handles the back-and-forth with insurers for them.
A new company from YC, this startup is building a platform to help “people in crisis” connect with people not in crisis.
This digital platform is for booking conferences, events, and meetings between companies. It aims to be a “Facebook for meetups” and has already raised $1 million.
A Chinese-focused ecommerce platform that was built on the idea that China's economy is less of a free market and more of a controlled economic system. The company is working on a solution to let individuals buy goods without a bank account and without a traditional credit card.
A startup that’s building a platform to help people find and purchase real estate with outside financing.
“A platform for high-growth companies to grow their community,” which has a plan to bring in more than $100,000 in revenue in 2019 (as of July).
A company that is creating an open-source platform to track employee time, and then charging employers for its usage.
A blockchain-based platform that lets people not only track their food and purchases, but also lets them tell the story of where their food came from.
A platform for people to sell their used cars online. When a buyer agrees to buy your car, the app will handle the paperwork and payment.
A platform for buying and selling used trucks and cars, which they say is a company that helps manage the transition between new and used cars.
A platform that allows people to invest in the stock market in a more transparent manner. The company has over $30 million in funding and is the first company to offer a cryptocurrency fund to their users.
This startup wants to build a platform that allows companies to manage their entire supply chain from their headquarters.
This is a loyalty platform for businesses, with a twist: users only get points for small purchases. The company claims it’s already profitable.
Slack is a project management and chat platform for teams and groups. Slack builds software as a service (SaaS) products, which are web-based applications that companies or organizations can use instead of having to install or maintain software on their own computer.
A tools platform for building apps and websites that uses machine learning to help users find the best possible images for their projects.
A self-driving car platform for developers and auto manufacturers. The startup wants to make it easy for carmakers to integrate self-driving technology into their vehicles.
A platform that allows customers to buy a specific film or lens and have it shipped directly to their door.
A platform for “jobs that work for you”, allowing companies to find the right candidates for the right positions. The startup is currently operating in the US and UK.
A market research platform for fashion designers that serves as a central database for pricing, trends, and quality.
Hoping to use the same playbook as the coffee industry to grow their subscriptions to their platform, Hopin.
Another company looking to build a social media platform for dating, focusing on the Latinx market in the US.
A platform that helps companies manage their customer service and chat support. They have a contract with a major e-commerce company.
A platform that lets users post their car in a parking lot and it will come back to them when they need it.
A platform for businesses to use and manage their international trade finance more easily, helping them avoid the costs and delays of traditional financing.
A software-as-a-service platform for banks, designed to provide a consistent and comprehensive experience for users and businesses.
A travel concierge platform that serves travelers who want to visit the same places. It is designed to connect travelers with similar interests and save money by helping them make a booking at the same time.
The Delhi-based startup is building a platform that helps users book flights, hotels, and car rentals with a single app. The company claims it can slash travel costs by as much as 80 percent.
This startup is building a mobile banking platform that will allow small business to accept payments from their customers easily through their SIM cards.
a software platform meant to help people make better decisions about the future, by using an AI algorithm to help you forgo the status quo, and take more risks.
A no-cost education platform that helps students learn how to code by watching videos online. Arist wants to help millions of people learn programming.
In the past year, the startup has raised $1.5 million. The company’s clients include Nestle and Samsung. The company’s platform allows companies to monitor and control their customers’ mobile data usage.
A SaaS platform that helps IT teams automatically create a repeatable, secure, and reliable infrastructure for IoT/edge devices.
A platform for making virtual reality content. The startup is looking to build a “virtual reality video studio” that lets creators stream their VR content.
A platform that helps you quickly build a team of freelancers to help you with different areas of your business.
A digital wallet that’s designed to serve the needs of women in China. Currently, the platform does not offer features that are common in the US, such as peer-to-peer payments, a feature that is required in China for transactions to be legal.
This startup takes a unique approach to the software industry, building a platform to help customers manage their accounting.
A platform designed to help people find the right therapist, based on their specific needs. The company is working with a social network of therapists to provide the feature to their users.
A platform for small farmers that makes it easier for them to sell their crops online, with a cash-back guarantee.
A platform that helps small businesses find financing to grow. The service is used by over 1,000 businesses in the US.
Online platform that helps small businesses access business loans and credit cards from local banks. The startup has raised $2 million from a range of investors.
SaaS business that provides a platform for companies to manage their payments and invoices from anywhere in the world.
A platform for mobile service providers (e.g. cell phone companies, wireless carriers) to manage their business operations, and a business-to-business platform for mobile service providers to engage with consumers. The company has three contracts, all with mobile carriers.
A cloud-based platform that allows retailers to create a “bundle” of products that are available for the same price as a single product, offering better margins for buyers on multiple products.
A company that helps companies and employees find relevant jobs. The startup provides a job posting platform to help people find jobs, and has raised $500,000 from investors including Y Combinator.
A P2P lending platform for businesses that don’t have the resources to build out the infrastructure to do their own payments.
This startup is building a free, secure, and encrypted messaging platform with end-to-end encryption.
This is a tool for people who want to get paid to write content for others, and it’s built on the WordPress platform. It lets people write blog posts, copywriting articles, or any other type of content for clients.
A platform that allows people to build their own online communities, which they can manage with a dashboard.
Chargeback is an online platform that helps users dispute utility bills. It’s a B2B startup catering to utility companies. The founders hope to build a worldwide network of users.
A company that provides a platform to run community-based learning programs in developing countries online.
A platform that helps retailers and brands create in-person or online events for their customers. Events include meetups, dinners, and dinners-with-entertainment. The startup has raised $288,000.
A software platform that allows customers to find out where they can buy products and then subscribe to them in advance. The startup is building an e-commerce platform for physical products, with an emphasis on beauty. The company is based in San Francisco.
This company’s founders were previously in the gaming industry, and want to help make that industry more inclusive. The startup is building a platform to help game developers with user acquisition and retention by building in features for “people of color, women, and LGBTQ people.”
ShopStyle is a subscription-based visual merchandising platform that allows retailers to create branded shopping experiences. ShopStyle gives retailers a way to create different streaming layouts, video ads, and product displays that are tailored to each individual customer.
Salesforce.com’s Wave is a platform aimed at salespeople that lets them collaborate on calls, track KPIs, and use AI to guide future calls.
A new way to handle team communication. People can write, send, and schedule emails from a single platform. The startup has raised $2.5 million to date.
This startup is building a collaborative platform for people to share their ideas and collaboratively create, share, and consume content.
A software platform that allows users to control and visualize their data. The goal is to provide a user-friendly interface that allows users to visualize, analyze and make decisions across their data, and tell what’s happening and what they can do about it. Think of it as a personal dashboard for your own data.
A platform for developers to build chatbots on. The startup enables developers to build software that can mimic human conversations.
A platform for social media content curation, with a focus on the financial sector. The company has been pitching the idea of creating “content factories” which can create content and deliver it in real-time to markets.
A startup that connects doctors with patients via text messaging It’s a telemedicine platform that provides health information and education
Idea: A platform for hosting online courses. The startup says it has a 45% course completion rate, with a 6% course drop rate.
A software platform that helps cities find their best locations for parking garages and lots for cars.
A startup that’s built a platform to “help companies with small to medium sized projects manage their project budgets”.
A startup that uses facial recognition to identify and tag art pieces in museums. The startup has a $3.5 million Series A to build out its platform, and plans to expand to other museums.
This personal finance app helps users track and manage their finances. It’s also a platform for sharing ideas and tracking financial goals with friends.
A platform that lets anyone easily create, sell, and buy stuff from Amazon, with no fees and no inventory.
A management platform for small companies that helps assign tasks to team members, manage plans and resources, and conduct audits.
A software platform that helps small businesses, freelancers, and independent contractors obtain loans and invoice financing. They have a $50,000 seed round with a 4x growth rate since their launch in May 2019.
An online platform to help people find and pay for parking in their area. It’s one of the first app-only parking companies in the space that’s grown to 1,500 employees after raising $200M from investors.
This startup is building a platform with just under 1,000 clients that allows people to create their own version of the Ben & Jerry’s ice cream and frozen yogurt – with the added benefit of being vegan.
A platform for employers to create a job marketplace to connect them with the best talent in a given region.
A platform that allows individuals or companies to post jobs and have them filled by people looking to move, with the goal of keeping unemployment rates low.
A B2B software platform for managing the bookkeeping and accounting of a company, which takes the place of a bookkeeper.
A platform that makes it easier for people to find, save and share information about the things they love. The startup’s goal is to make it easy for people to discover new things.
This startup is building a platform to help brands get better visibility into their influencer marketing campaigns.
A chatbot that can be used to verify email addresses. The startup is still looking at options on how to make money with the platform, and it’s not clear how many people are using it yet.
A company that wants to build a SaaS platform for “convenient, direct, and secure” exchanges for consumers and businesses.
A platform that connects companies to freelancers via a web app. The startup accepts payments via PayPal and credit card.
A marketing and PR automation platform that helps businesses streamline their media relations and social media efforts.
“inTune” is a software platform that allows healthcare providers to collaborate better with patients and with each other.
A customer retention platform for restaurants, meant to help restaurants close deals with repeat customers.
A software platform for remote companies to manage their recruiting processes and gain a more effective applicant tracking.
A platform that helps restaurants provide better service while still being able to spend less on labor.
A platform for people to sell their old belongings on Craigslist. The startup wants to take the pain out of selling your things while also guaranteeing that they’ll show up at your doorstep.
A chat bot that helps people find the best financial services for their needs. The startup has been around for a while, and is still selling its services via a web-based chat-based platform.
A platform that uses machine learning to create customizable Google authentication for access to services, using the logins of all your Google accounts.
The goal of this startup is to help consumers shop for services that match their needs, rather than relying on recommendations from friends and family. The company looks to compete with platforms like Groupon and LivingSocial by selling subscriptions that will take care of the customer. The startup is already working w...