Consumer Startups

Daryaganj is a North Indian Punjabi cuisine restaurant in Delhi that celebrates the culinary legacy of Kundan Lal Jaggi, credited with inventing Butter Chicken and Dal Makhani. Its menu features tandoor-grilled meats, seafood, and vegetables prepared with fresh ingredients in a traditional dining setting.

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DashLX provides a platform for real-world product testing that combines behavioral data from wearables and mobile devices with survey responses from actual customers at scale. The platform helps product teams validate durability, performance, and usage patterns across consumer goods, athletic wear, and other physical products in real-world conditions rather than labs.

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Dashtoon operates a platform for creating and distributing digital comics, serving creators and readers worldwide. Founded in 2022, it uses AI-assisted tools to enable comic creation and consumption.

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Dating Ring was a matchmaking service that connected members for dating. The company operated for five years before closing in August 2018.

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DatingCafe is an online dating platform and singles marketplace where members create profiles, search for compatible partners, and connect through features like photo flirting, personality questionnaires, direct messaging, and video dates. It serves singles in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, with a focus on people aged 35 and older, and verifies profiles using ID checks, editorial review, and AI.

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Datumprikker is an online scheduling tool that helps users propose dates and locations, invite participants (including via WhatsApp), and pick the best time for a meeting or event. It offers paid subscription plans for more advanced planning features.

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Dave & Buster's operates an entertainment and dining chain combining arcade and video game venues with a full-service bar and restaurant. It serves general consumers across locations in the United States and Canada, offering game play via Power Cards, food, drinks, and event hosting.

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Dave's Hot Chicken is a restaurant brand specializing in spicy fried chicken sandwiches and tenders that began as a food cart in East Hollywood. The company serves customers seeking bold-flavored late-night dining experiences.

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Davenport Hotels operates a collection of luxury hotels in downtown Spokane, Washington, featuring historic and contemporary properties with spa, dining, and event facilities. The company has been serving guests since 1914 with a focus on high-end hospitality and personalized service.

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David Protein sells canned cod as a convenient, ready-to-eat protein source. The product is cooked in its own juices and marketed as a clean, simple seafood option for consumers seeking high-quality protein.

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Davines Group is an Italian beauty company that develops hair and skincare products, with a stated focus on sustainability and environmental impact. It operates in the cosmetics and personal care sector.

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Dawsat is an Arabic-language weight-loss and healthy-lifestyle program built around home-cooked Arab cuisine without deprivation, offering weekly online group sessions led by nutrition specialists, personal coaching, and a mobile app for tracking. It also runs support groups for GLP-1 medication users and a children's healthy-living program.

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Misan is a Saudi fintech company operating the first social trading platform in Saudi Arabia, regulated by the Capital Market Authority. It operates the Dawul application, which enables investors to share portfolio information with other investors and access expert investment portfolios to guide their trading decisions.

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Daybird makes a vegan 4-in-1 skincare and makeup product that combines a serum, moisturizer, sheer tint, and mineral SPF 50 sunscreen in a single step, formulated with ingredients such as niacinamide, bisabolol, and zinc oxide. The clean, non-comedogenic products are cruelty-free certified and sold directly to consumers.

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Daybridge is a calendar application for web, Mac, iOS, and Android that consolidates work, travel, and personal plans in one place, with support for connecting Google, iCloud, Outlook, and Fastmail accounts. It offers features like categorizing events by Area, custom Tabs, offline access, and natural-language event creation, and is sold through a subscription with a free mobile tier.

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Daycare.com is an online directory that helps parents find licensed daycare and childcare centers by city or zip code, and lets childcare providers advertise their services. It also publishes resource articles for both parents and providers.

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Dayflow is an open-source time tracking and work journaling application for macOS that automatically records and summarizes work activity without manual tagging, giving users a readable narrative of their day. It runs locally on users' devices with optional integration to cloud AI services, prioritizing privacy and data ownership.

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Dayglow sells single-origin specialty coffee roasted fresh weekly, such as a Colombian Pink Bourbon from the Cauca region. Products are sold directly to consumers online.

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Dayman Apartments provides furnished student accommodation in Australia with weekly or longer-term rental options, including utilities and Wi-Fi.

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DAYS helps families celebrate cultural traditions through curated kits that include recipes, designs, craft projects, and ritual objects. The company serves families seeking to share their cultural heritage with extended family and communities.

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Days brews non-alcoholic (0.0% ABV) beers, including a lager and a pale ale, made with plant-based, all-natural ingredients and lower in calories. The Edinburgh-based brand sells its alcohol-free beers direct to consumers as a substitute for regular beer.

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A direct-to-consumer haircare brand offering scalp treatment and hair growth serums and ritual products formulated with active ingredients.

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DazPak is a flexible packaging converter that provides printing, slitting, laminating, and converting services for emerging brands with multi-site operations across the country. The company serves consumer product brands seeking manufacturing services with dedicated attention and quick turnaround times.

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DAZZL is an on-demand beauty and wellness app that dispatches background-verified, trained professionals to a customer's home, typically within about 10 minutes, across nine service categories. It targets consumers in India seeking at-home beauty services using branded, dermatologically-tested products.

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