Consumer Startups

Top Tier Lessons connects college athletes with families to provide sports instruction, handling scheduling, payments, and safety for both coaches and parents. The platform serves families and student-athletes in the greater Chicago area near universities including University of Illinois, DePaul, Loyola, and Northwestern.

3 investors

Tory Burch is a fashion brand that designs and sells women's footwear, apparel, and accessories directly to consumers through its online store.

3 investors

Tourlane creates custom travel packages and tailored itineraries for leisure travelers, pairing customers with English-speaking, native-European travel experts who handle planning, booking, and in-trip support. Founded in Germany in 2016, the company focuses on European travel expertise and personalized tour packages.

3 investors

Toybox makes consumer technology products designed to be easy for children and young, creative users to operate. The company focuses on building accessible hardware and products for a younger generation.

3 investors

Transit is a public transit app that helps people navigate cities using buses, trains, bikes, and walking instead of cars. The company builds mobile navigation and real-time transit data products for urban commuters, and partners with transit agencies.

3 investors

Trela was a food e-commerce platform in Brazil that curated and delivered quality food products to consumers seeking healthier eating options. The company ceased operations on April 2, 2026, after serving over 100,000 customers.

3 investors

Tria develops handheld laser devices for at-home hair removal and skincare, using laser technology similar to that used in professional clinics. Founded by the scientists behind the LightSheer clinical laser, the company sells consumer beauty tech devices and was acquired by The Beauty Tech Group in 2024.

3 investors

Tripoto is an online travel community platform where users publish and browse trip itineraries, destination guides, and travel stories, and can request quotes for curated tour packages from verified partners. Serving primarily Indian travellers, it covers domestic and international destinations across categories like beaches, mountains, honeymoons, and road trips.

3 investors

Tripping.com is a vacation rental search engine that lets travelers filter, compare, and sort listings aggregated from major rental sites such as VRBO, Booking.com, TripAdvisor, and HomeAway. It covers over 12 million properties across more than 190 countries, ranging from city apartments to beach and ski rentals.

3 investors

True Botanicals creates botanically-formulated skincare products designed for whole-body wellbeing, using clinically validated plant-based ingredients that prioritize safety and efficacy. The company serves consumers seeking premium skincare that combines indulgence with science-backed performance.

3 investors

TrueFacet is an online marketplace for pre-owned and new luxury watches and jewelry from brands such as Rolex, Cartier, and Van Cleef & Arpels, with each item lab-tested and authenticated. It serves buyers and sellers seeking certified authentic luxury goods.

3 investors

Truely provides an eSIM service offering mobile data connectivity across 190+ countries without SIM swaps or roaming fees, with unlimited or customizable data bundles. It targets travelers, digital nomads, and remote workers, offering features like a single reusable eSIM, pausable plans, refunds, and loyalty rewards through its app.

3 investors

TrueShort produces original movies and series designed for viewing on mobile phones, offered exclusively through its own platform. The company operates in the short-form mobile entertainment and streaming media space.

3 investors

Trusscore manufactures advanced PVC-based wall panels incorporating nanotechnology and materials science for residential, commercial, and agricultural applications. The products are water-resistant, lightweight, recyclable, and offer functionality improvements over traditional drywall.

3 investors

Trusty operates a network that connects real estate agents with unlisted properties and potential buyers, enabling off-market deals between homeowners and agent-facilitated transactions.

3 investors

Tuesday Labs builds home robots designed to handle household tasks and maintenance, freeing users to focus on personal activities and human connection. The company prioritizes thoughtful integration of robotics into home environments rather than extractive consumer technology practices.

3 investors

TukToro makes a connected dice cup paired with a free ad-free app that turns early math learning—counting through multiplication and division—into interactive games with real-time feedback. It is aimed at preschool and primary-school children and works with parents, teachers, and learning therapists.

3 investors

TurningArt connects local artists with businesses and communities by bringing contemporary artwork into everyday spaces. The company operates in the art marketplace and design space, aiming to make original art a regular part of daily environments.

3 investors

A consumer oral care company that produces eco-friendly floss picks combining waxed floss with toothpick functionality, made from plant-based cornstarch handles and infused with mint and baking soda.

3 investors

Twisto offers a "buy now, pay later" service and payment account in the Czech Republic, letting consumers shop online and in stores and defer payment up to 45 days or split purchases into installments over 3–36 months. The app provides a virtual card, cashback and discounts, bill payment via photo, expense splitting with friends, and favorable foreign currency payments.

3 investors

STEAM Carnival is a traveling, high-tech carnival that combines science, technology, engineering, art, and math into midway games and attractions. The event was funded via Kickstarter.

3 investors

U2Y offers custom-printed clothing and merch made with reactive dye printing that bonds the design into cotton fibers across the entire garment, marketed as more durable than DTG, screen printing, or sublimation. Customers build a design in an online account and order from a single item, with production, sewing, and shipping handled in 3–5 days for teams, cafes, brands, musicians, and events.

3 investors

Una Brands acquires and operates e-commerce brands across Asia, running them under a single house-of-brands model with combined East-West retail practices and AI-led operations. It is headquartered in Singapore with expertise in the Chinese market.

3 investors

Underground Cellar is an online wine retailer offering daily curated wine deals from wineries across Napa Valley, France, and beyond, with surprise upgrades to higher-value bottles included with each purchase. The company operates from Sonoma and is backed by 20+ years of wine industry expertise from Wine Country Connect.

3 investors