Marketplaces Startups

VoomRide is a child transportation service that uses background-checked, certified female drivers to take children to and from school and other destinations, with real-time GPS tracking and live in-app video streaming for parents. It serves families across Jordan and Saudi Arabia and lets parents book one-way, round-trip, or recurring rides through its app.

1 investor

Vouch is a marketplace connecting brands with creative freelancers through trusted introductions made by intro-makers, covering fields such as fashion, film, content, music, and visual art. The platform lets brands post gigs or talent searches, receive referrals, secure payments, and reward the connectors who make introductions.

1 investor

VouchedFor operates an online directory that helps consumers find vetted financial advisers, mortgage brokers, and other professional advisers based on verified client reviews. The platform checks each adviser's authorisation, fees, and qualifications, and verifies the identity of reviewers.

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VroomBrick operates in residential real estate transactions, supporting home sellers through the buying and selling process. The company has been involved in real estate deals in Richmond, VA.

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Vutto sells refurbished, pre-owned two-wheelers priced 30-40% below new bikes, each backed by a 6-month warranty and free services. Operating in India, it runs an online platform for buying and selling used bikes along with related services like insurance and challan checks.

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Vylvet is an on-demand marketplace that delivers beauty products from local beauty supply stores to customers within 60 minutes. The platform serves both consumers seeking convenient beauty shopping and local merchants looking to reach customers through digital channels and delivery integration.

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Vylvet operates an on-demand marketplace for beauty supply products, letting customers browse and order from local beauty stores for delivery within 60 minutes via Uber. It also offers a merchant suite with AI-powered store setup and POS integration for beauty supply store owners, with active stores in Michigan, Texas, and Illinois in the US.

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Waffle Video is a platform that crowdsources high-quality, diverse video footage from creators worldwide to produce training data for AI video models, paying contributors and offering revenue share tied to the performance of their data. It serves filmmakers and creators in the gig economy while supplying labeled video data to companies developing AI systems.

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WagerWire operates a secondary market where sports bettors can buy and sell their active bets across sportsbooks like DraftKings, FanDuel, and Fanatics. The U.S.-based company also provides bet-value tools, odds tracking, and sports/gaming content, and is building a global prediction market.

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Wahed provides professionally managed investment portfolios tailored to Shariah-compliant financial values, with low minimum investments starting at $100 and a focus on democratizing wealth-building for Muslim and values-aligned investors.

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Careers and employer-branding site for the travel group Invia x Travelplanet.pl x Wakacje.pl, one of the largest tour-package sales groups in Central and Eastern Europe operating as an online travel agency (OTA). The page presents the organization, its departments, employee benefits, and its recruitment process for roles in sales, customer service, marketing, finance, analytics, HR, e-commerce, and development.

1 investor

Wakrak operates an on-demand staffing marketplace that matches businesses with short-term/day workers in industries such as food service, delivery, and office work. It provides employer tools for job posting, worker matching by conditions, and payroll/labor administration (including legally required records), covering all 47 prefectures of Japan.

1 investor

Waldo is a photo-finding platform that uses facial and object recognition combined with location awareness to automatically identify and deliver photos of users and their families taken by others. The service targets schools, summer camps, youth sports organizations, weddings, resorts, and other events through mobile and web delivery.

1 investor

Walkabout Collaborative LLC operates a networked community connecting on-demand, outcome-based consultants with mid-size business clients seeking cost-effective business transformation services. It uses a collaborative, outcome-based contract framework to match experienced independent consultants with client engagements.

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Wander operates a data hub for cultural and events content, allowing media platforms and ticketing organizations to distribute event offerings across multiple sales channels and monetize their audiences through personalized, location-based recommendations.

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Wanderable operated an online honeymoon registry service for couples. The service was discontinued as of Summer 2022.

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Wandou Gongzhu (Wandou) operates a cross-border e-commerce platform offering Japanese consumer brands, with a catalog of about 3,300 brands and 40,000 SKUs. It focuses on selling Japanese products to Chinese consumers.

1 investor

SHERPA is a platform that enables individuals to participate in real estate brokerage by referring customers, with the company's real estate team handling property proposals, viewings, applications, and contract management. The platform serves people seeking to earn from real estate either as a side business or full-time activity.

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Wantedly operates a recruitment platform that connects companies with candidates based on shared values and company culture rather than salary or job conditions, using job postings, company stories, and direct scouting. It targets Japanese employers hiring new graduates, mid-career, and intern talent, and charges a flat monthly fee with no success-based fees.

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WAQAA operates a platform connecting travelers with Indigenous hosts to offer authentic tourism experiences. The company supports Indigenous peoples in developing hospitality businesses and stewarding their ancestral lands.

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Washos offers on-demand car washing and detailing services, with detailers coming to the customer's location, booked through its website or iPhone app. It operates on a cashless, card-only basis and offers subscription memberships and a referral/credit program.

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Wayo is a South Korean pet-care platform that connects pet owners with professional, certified pet sitters offering in-home visits, sitter-home boarding, and pet transport. The service includes patented live-video streaming with real-time GPS walk tracking and timed care logs so owners can monitor their pets during care.

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WayPave is a job-finding app that matches frontline workers with local frontline jobs. It initially serves job seekers and employers in Northwest Arkansas (Fayetteville, Springdale, Rogers, Bentonville) with plans to expand.

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Wedding planning platform offering an app to search and get recommendations for wedding halls, create free digital wedding invitations, and access a store, notifications, and benefits for couples preparing their wedding. Content is presented in Korean, indicating a South Korean market focus.

1 investor