Marketplace Startups

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 is an events and entertainment platform that organizes live music festivals and cultural celebrations featuring African artists and heritage-focused events for diverse audiences in the UK.

1 investor

Short Story designs and sells clothing made specifically for petite women, with sizes tailored to women 5'4" and under. The company was founded by petite women to address the lack of well-fitting fashion options for the petite market in the United States.

1 investor

Shout operates a marketplace where users can buy and sell tickets and event reservations directly, with an accompanying iOS app that facilitates real-time messaging between buyers and sellers and manages transactions.

1 investor

SimplyListed provides an iPhone application that allows users to list items for sale by photographing them, with automatic listing generation.

1 investor

Sorce helps job seekers discover positions by swiping through opportunities, with automated application submission powered by AI.

1 investor

Stoa operates a marketplace for buying and selling GPUs, offering price discovery, RFQ-to-settlement workflows, and verified counterparties. It serves GPU brokers, data center operators, AI labs, cloud providers, OEMs, resellers, and lenders trading AI hardware.

1 investor

A platform that lets users rent high-end clothing from other users' collections for week-long periods, with owners able to earn income by listing their items.

1 investor

StyleBee operates an on-demand beauty services platform that connects customers with vetted hair and makeup professionals who provide services at client locations. The company serves a range of users seeking convenience in personal grooming and beauty care.

1 investor

Suplias is a business services platform that simplifies business operations across Africa. The company aims to reduce barriers to enterprise establishment and growth, thereby creating employment and improving living standards in the region.

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

Sycamore connects delivery drivers with job opportunities and provides transparent earnings information to help drivers select higher-paying work.

1 investor

Tab provides payment and booking solutions for travel businesses, handling international payments and enabling direct bookings across multiple currencies.

1 investor

Tarjimly operates a language interpretation and translation service connecting professional and volunteer bilinguals to refugees, immigrants, and humanitarian organizations. The platform uses AI/ML matching to provide HIPAA and GDPR-compliant remote interpretation services across 250+ language pairs, with paid services funding free access for refugees and displaced populations.

1 investor

Taste operates a marketplace where customers can purchase prepared meals from restaurants and have them delivered nationwide, providing an alternative to home cooking or conventional takeout for at-home dining.

1 investor

TeamOut provides an event planning platform that helps companies discover and book venues and activities for team-building events.

1 investor

The Mercer Club is a private network for founders and operators that uses AI and machine learning to match investment opportunities with members based on sector, stage, and geography, combining algorithmic scoring with human curation to filter deal flow.

1 investor

Titipku is an online marketplace connecting individual shoppers with traditional market vendors across Indonesia, offering fresh groceries including vegetables, fruits, meat, and daily essentials. The platform employs trained personal shoppers called "Jatiper" to fulfill orders from multiple market stalls with a single checkout and flexible same-day or next-day delivery.

1 investor

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.

1 investor

Tsenta automates job applications by monitoring 50,000+ career pages across major applicant tracking systems and submitting tailored, ATS-optimized applications within minutes of job postings. The platform serves active job seekers seeking to increase application volume and speed while maintaining quality application materials.

1 investor

Tupelo is a marketplace and platform for buying and selling businesses, serving business brokers, buyers, and sellers. The platform enables deal flow management, business valuation, NDA signing, and connections between market participants to close transactions.

1 investor

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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.

1 investor

UpBanx is a mobile app that provides financing, invoice management, and financial reporting tools for content creators. The platform offers invoice financing with low fees and aggregates multiple financial products in a single interface designed for creators' needs.

1 investor