Consumer Startups

Curie makes body care products, including aluminum-free deodorant, formulated with clean ingredients and marketed for active, everyday use from workouts to work.

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Curio was a service that turned trusted, high-quality journalism into narrated audio and, in 2023, offered a tool for creating podcasts on any subject. The company has shut down as of 2024.

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A platform where readers can discover short stories and provide financial support directly to the writers who create them.

1 investor

CuriousCat is a question-and-answer platform where users ask and answer questions on various topics, with options for anonymous posting and community moderation.

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Curiouz is an online store selling curated vintage furniture, lighting, and design objects, including rare and collectible pieces. It targets interior design enthusiasts and collectors shopping for vintage home décor.

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Curist is a direct-to-consumer brand offering affordable over-the-counter medications for symptoms including allergies, heartburn, arthritis, acne, and pain, with guidance from doctor advisors. It aims to increase access to affordable medication and improve at-home self-treatment.

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Fishbit makes smart monitoring and automation devices for aquariums, allowing users to track and control their tanks remotely through a mobile app.

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Curtice Brothers produces ketchup and condiments made from natural ingredients like tomatoes and apples, sold direct-to-consumer in Germany and Austria.

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Curtiss Motorcycles designs and produces electric motorcycles positioned as luxury, design-focused vehicles.

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Curves operates a chain of women-only fitness clubs offering a 30-minute workout program, presented as a scientifically validated exercise format. Founded in 1992, it runs as a franchise network with a focus on community, charity, and women's health and wellbeing.

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Cushion builds AI and machine-learning infrastructure that extracts and structures consumer financial data from email inboxes, including buy now pay later loans, utilities, subscriptions, and credit card statements. Originally launched to automatically negotiate bank fee waivers for consumers, it created a structured data layer covering fragmented BNPL and everyday spending data.

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CUSI – Gourmetandino is a family business in Ecuador that connects local farming communities with consumers by minimally processing crops from Ecuadorian food producers into premixes and ingredients for preparing healthy, nutritious foods. It serves consumers seeking practical, quick-to-prepare food products.

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Custodian is a subscription app for car owners that organizes vehicle-related paperwork and documents, sends renewal and expiration reminders, and helps with insurance renewals, accident claims, and vehicle verification. It is aimed at drivers in Mexico, with services such as verification support focused on Mexico City (CDMX).

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Custom Flavors develops and manufactures customized flavors derived from natural sources for food and beverage companies of all sizes. The company offers a portfolio of over 20,000 flavors with formulation, testing, and regulatory support throughout the product development process.

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Cut produces party games including Truth or Drink, which feature personal questions for players. The games are sold at retail locations like Target and Amazon.

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Cut + Clarity makes customizable fine jewelry sustainably produced in New York City using recycled gold and ethically sourced stones. The company employs immigrant craftsmen in the Diamond District and combines traditional jewelry-making with modern technologies like 3D printing and laser cutting.

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Cutting Edge Gamer (CEG) offered leasing and upgrade programs for high-end PC gaming graphics cards, aimed at PC gamers seeking affordability and upgradability with support services. The company operated from 2010 until winding down operations through 2025.

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Cuvée Privée offers a subscription service that lets consumers "adopt" a vine plot from a French wine estate, receiving personalized wine boxes every three months, estate visits, and news from the winemaker throughout the year. It also runs an e-shop selling wines, champagne with personalized labels, and olive oil, with products validated by a sommelier and sourced from sustainable agriculture.

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Cuvee Collective offers Tastefuli, an AI-powered mobile app that gives individuals personalized recommendations for wines, spirits, beers, cocktails, cheese and food based on their own ratings, and helps them discover and book tastings and hospitality experiences at wineries, distilleries, breweries and restaurants. The app currently serves Northern California and the Pacific Northwest, with additional North American markets planned.

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Cuzen makes an automated matcha-making machine that grinds whole organic Japanese tea leaves to prepare fresh matcha at home, sold alongside its own tea leaf blends and single-origin matcha. The direct-to-consumer product targets home tea drinkers seeking freshly-ground matcha.

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CXX Co., Ltd. is a South Korean color cosmetics brand positioned in the premium segment. Its name combines "Chérie" with "XX," and its product and marketing approach emphasizes narrative and design, treating makeup as a form of self-expression. The company follows a direct-to-consumer brand model similar to independent beauty labels such as Glossier and Rare Beauty.

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Cyber Express Alaska operates an express car wash and detailing service featuring graphene nanotechnology, ceramic coatings, and climate-controlled indoor vacuums. It offers no-appointment express washes and detailing packages for car owners in Alaska.

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Cybernetic Walrus is a game studio that designs simulation games focused on physical, hands-on interaction and atmospheric experiences. It develops virtual worlds aimed at players seeking tactile and unconventional gameplay.

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Cybird is a mobile content company founded in 1998 that develops games and multimedia franchises, with its flagship romance simulation game series "Ikemen" reaching 45 million cumulative fans globally. The company creates cross-media content and leverages relationships with IP holders to deliver entertainment experiences worldwide, particularly in Japan and North America.

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