Marketplace Startups

Mini Exhibitions builds virtual event platforms designed for distributed workforces to host and attend online gatherings.

1 investor

Monthli operates a SaaS platform and marketplace for homeowner associations (HOAs) to manage their business operations. It targets HOAs in the United States.

1 investor

Nasdisc operates an online marketplace where buyers and sellers trade vinyl records, cassettes, and CDs. The platform addresses supply constraints and pricing volatility in the physical music media market.

1 investor

Neverland operates a marketplace connecting consumers with thousands of retailers for indoor and outdoor gardening supplies and equipment.

1 investor

NextDrop crowdsources water-supply data and builds algorithms and visualizations to improve urban water distribution in emerging markets, notably India. It alerts urban residents by text about water arrival, cancellations, contamination, or low pressure, while giving utility engineers a live feed of distribution problems.

1 investor

Opez operates a platform for discovering and reviewing service professionals, functioning as a directory where consumers can find highly rated service providers. It positions itself as a "Yelp for service pros."

1 investor

PadMapper is a map-based apartment rental search engine that aggregates listings from hundreds of sites and displays them on a full-screen map with real-time filtering. It serves renters searching for apartments across sources like Craigslist, Apartments.com, ForRent.com, and Oodle.

1 investor

Pools is a memberships platform that helps event organizers in art, music, and other cultural communities build memberships tied to their events. It uses the ticket sales checkout to upsell attendees into memberships that offer automated discounts, advance access, or members-only benefits.

1 investor

Popcuts is an online music store selling DRM-free songs where buyers earn a share of the proceeds each time a song they purchased is sold again, with earlier buyers receiving a larger cut. It serves music fans through a participatory marketplace model.

1 investor

QUIK operates a two-sided platform in Latin America: a consumer super app for rapid delivery of food, groceries, and goods with flexible payment options, and a business software suite that enables merchants to manage inventory, create a web presence, and integrate with the delivery network.

1 investor

RentHop operates an apartment rental marketplace that ranks listings using data analysis based on freshness, accuracy, completeness, and manager responsiveness, offering list- and map-based search tools to renters. It also provides brokers and property managers tools to promote listings, get leads, and schedule viewings.

1 investor

Rentobo is a tool for landlords, property managers, and agents to find and sign tenants, letting users list a property once and promote it across major rental search sites. It organizes rental applications, credit scores, and tenant profiles, and supports electronic lease signing and deposit submission.

1 investor

Response operates a digital procurement platform providing access to over 20 million SKUs for warehouse teams and businesses. The platform helps organizations source supplies efficiently, with particular expertise in healthcare, logistics, and enterprise procurement.

1 investor

Ridejoy operated a community-driven marketplace for long-distance carpooling, letting drivers list spare seats and travelers find rides with others. The service shut down in early 2013.

1 investor

Roomblocker offered a hotel booking service for groups and events, operating as a B2B travel marketplace.

1 investor

Roomstorm operates a real-time B2B hotel room marketplace, with an automated platform that connects airlines to global hotel inventory to provide accommodations to passengers stranded by flight disruptions. It also offers airline teams a web portal for rapidly processing affected passengers.

1 investor

Shepherd provides schools with a learning platform that integrates AI-powered study tools, tutoring access, peer collaboration features, and progress tracking to offer students personalized academic support.

1 investor

Shoobs operates a ticketing platform that lets event organisers sell tickets to their events while helping consumers discover and book urban culture events such as Hip Hop concerts and RnB club nights. It focuses on the UK entertainment events market.

1 investor

Shout is a one-to-one exchange platform where users post classifieds to sell tickets and reservations. It offers an iOS app that lets buyers communicate with sellers in real time and handle payments online.

1 investor

SimplyListed offers an iPhone app that lets people sell their belongings by taking a photo, which the app uses to automatically create a listing for the item.

1 investor

Style Lend operates a marketplace for renting luxury fashion items, where members list pieces from their own closets and others rent them for seven-day periods. It is accessible via an iOS app and website.

1 investor

StyleBee is a marketplace that connects clients with vetted beauty professionals for on-demand hair and make-up services delivered wherever the client is. It serves a range of consumers, from working parents and professionals to celebrities.

1 investor

A data collection company that gathers high-quality human data across diverse interactions and environments to support development of multimodal and embodied AI systems.

1 investor

Tab operates a social commerce platform for tourism that helps travellers discover, plan, and book trips through recommendations from friends, creators, and local experts, with direct bookings to independent tourism businesses. It also provides those businesses with tools for online presence, direct bookings, and a payment platform supporting over 100 currencies.

1 investor