Posterous · YC S08Substack · 2017
Parse · YC S11Supabase · YC S20
Loopt · YC S05Snap Maps · 2017
Webvan · 1999Instacart · YC S12
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S05
Acquired
Loopt
Loopt, based in Silicon-Valley and backed by leading venture capital firms Sequoia Capital and New Enterprise Associates, has created an interoperable social-mapping service that allows individuals to use their location to discover the real world around them – enabling them to find and enjoy the people, places, and events that mean the most right here and now using their mobile phones. With Loopt, individuals will always know who’s around, what to do, or where to go
W06
Acquired
Wufoo
SaaS
Online form builder.
W07
Acquired
Heysan
Community
Free messaging on mobile phones
S08
Acquired
Posterous
Email
Dead simple blogs by email
S09
Acquired
Bump
Bump, Flock, Photoroll (unreleased) => Google Photos
W10
Acquired
Cardpool
Cardpool is a gift card exchange marketplace where anybody can buy, sell, or trade their new or pre-owned gift cards. Customers can buy gift cards up to 30% off their face value, sell their gift cards for up to 90% of their face value in cash, trade their gift cards for an Amazon.com Gift Card, or donate their gift card to charity. Cardpool provides free shipping for both buyers and sellers, a 100-day return policy, and policy of only selling gift cards that have no expiration date and no monthly fees.
W10
Acquired
Creative Market
Marketplace
Marketplace for graphic design assets
W10
Acquired
Optimizely
Marketing
The first all-in-one operating system for marketing
S10
Acquired
FutureAdvisor
Fintech
The online financial management service for everyone.
W11
Inactive
Tutorspree
Education
Online tutoring marketplace.
S11
Acquired
Codecademy
Education
The leading online learning platform for technical skills.
W12
Acquired
FarmLogs
Analytics
Software that helps farmers operate more profitable businesses.
W12
Inactive
LendUp
Fintech
LendUp is a socially responsible company on a mission to redefine…
W12
Inactive
Make School
Education
Make School is redesigning college for the 21st century. Students…
W12
Inactive
Pixelapse
Design
Github for designers. We automatically keep track of revisions of…
W12
Inactive
The Muse
Marketplace
The Muse is values-based job search & hiring for 7M+ monthly
S12
Acquired
Clever
Education
The platform that powers technology in the classroom.
W14
Acquired
Chargehound
FinOps
Automate your chargeback dispute process. (Acquired by PayPal)
W14
Acquired
SketchDeck
Operating system for creative agencies
W14
Acquired
Wit.ai
Developer Tools
Natural Language for Developers --Wit is an API that makes it easy…
W15
Acquired
Raven Tech
Our vision is to build the next generation of iOS or Android, to…
S15
Acquired
Triplebyte
SaaS
Intelligent technical hiring.
S16
Acquired
CrowdAI
Machine Learning
CrowdAI is the world's leading no-code platform for vision AI
S16
Acquired
Saleswhale
Artificial Intelligence
Saleswhale is an automated sales assistant that follows up with your…
S17
Acquired
Honeydue
Fintech
The simplest way for couples to manage money, together
W18
Inactive
Atrium
LegalTech
Modern law firm for startups powered by proprietary technology
W18
Inactive
Storyline
B2B
Create Alexa Skills without coding
W20
Inactive
Milo
Artificial Intelligence
The Family AI - a copilot for parents to tackle the invisible load of…
S21
Inactive
Opkit
SaaS
AI phone calls for the US healthcare industry
S21
Inactive
Squire.ai
Artificial Intelligence
Never code alone.
W23
Acquired
Booth AI
Artificial Intelligence
Generative AI Photographer for E-Commerce
W24
“Parted Ways”
Delve
SaaS
AI that makes compliance effortless
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