Marketplaces Startups

Karos operates a short-distance carpooling app that matches drivers and passengers on their daily commutes, offering flexible role-switching, verified identity profiles, a women-only ("Ladies only") ride option, and a guaranteed-ride-home service via taxi or VTC. The France-based service positions itself around reducing commute emissions and building a trusted community of carpoolers.

2 investors

Keaze helps shared owners in the UK sell their Shared Ownership homes, including resales, by guiding them through the sales process. It also offers services to housing associations and registered providers of Shared Ownership.

2 investors

Keno is a mobile app (iOS and Android) for booking on-demand vehicle services, including car washing, maintenance, and detailing, delivered by its own team of service staff. Users add their vehicle, select services, and pay through the app.

2 investors

Kettle operates an online marketplace for buying and trading luxury watches from brands such as Rolex, Omega, Audemars Piguet, and Tudor, with an authenticity guarantee for listed timepieces. It also offers "mystery boxes" featuring specific watch references.

2 investors

KeySavvy is an online payment and escrow service for private-party used car sales, verifying buyer identity and seller ownership, handling title transfer and loan payoff, and issuing temporary permits and bills of sale. Operating as a licensed dealer, it serves individual car buyers and sellers in the US to prevent title and payment fraud.

2 investors

KitchenHub is a Toronto food hall that brings meals from multiple local restaurants together, letting customers order from several restaurants in a single order for delivery or pickup.

2 investors

Klutch offers an app-powered Visa credit and prepaid spend card with a platform of installable mini-apps that let users customize card features such as cashback, virtual cards, and spending controls. It serves individual consumers looking for flexible payment tools and spending insights.

2 investors

Knack operates a peer-to-peer learning platform that connects colleges and universities with high-achieving students to provide academic tutoring while offering student tutors paid, flexible employment. Serving higher education institutions across the US, it handles vetting and administrative operations to help campuses scale student support, workforce development, and community-building.

2 investors

KnownOrigin is a blockchain-based marketplace where artists mint and sell digital artworks as NFTs, giving buyers proof of ownership, provenance, and authenticity. It started in 2018 in Manchester and connects creators with collectors of digital art.

2 investors

Kocomo offers co-ownership of vacation homes, allowing multiple parties to share ownership of a second property. The site publishes lifestyle content such as guides on remote work from vacation homes.

2 investors

Kolo is an India-based home construction advisory service that provides independent expert review of building plans, quotes, material specifications, and contractor agreements before homeowners commit. It uses a proposer-plus-reviewer model where engineers, architects, and material specialists check the cost and quality impact of project details for people building or renovating homes.

2 investors

Kombo is a European transportation booking platform that aggregates train, bus, and carpooling tickets from over 200 transport operators. The application helps customers find and purchase tickets for the most economical routes across multiple modes of transport.

2 investors

Kommu is a travel platform that connects travelers with hosts through a network of friends and trusted connections, enabling affordable and community-focused accommodation options.

2 investors

Krowd provides integration software that connects restaurants with hospitality technology platforms including loyalty, CRM, POS, and payment systems to enable real-time insights and guest engagement.

2 investors

Kukun creates cultural experiences that connect travelers with local artisans and authentic aspects of destinations. The platform partners with folk artists and cultural practitioners to offer immersive, locally-rooted travel experiences.

2 investors

KYD is an infrastructure platform that enables venues and artists to directly manage ticket sales, audience relationships, and revenue from live events without intermediaries.

2 investors

L40° is an M&A advisory firm that helps technology founders sell their businesses or raise debt and capital, providing guidance on exits and securing investors or debt partners. It operates across global markets with offices in Miami, Lisbon, and Madrid.

2 investors

LAAM is an online marketplace for South Asian fashion, offering women's, men's, and kids' clothing, jewellery, and accessories from a range of brands and sellers. It operates a multi-brand e-commerce platform in Pakistan and lets vendors sell through its storefront.

2 investors

Lawtrades is an online platform and talent marketplace that connects companies with vetted freelance attorneys, paralegals, and legal operations professionals on a flexible, on-demand basis. It uses AI-powered matching and handles payments, invoicing, and compliance, serving in-house legal teams at startups and high-growth companies.

2 investors

Le Cicogne is an Italian platform for finding and hiring babysitters, childcare educators, and childcare assistants, allowing families to post listings and receive candidate applications. Part of Orienta Family, it also offers recruitment/selection services, assistance with INPS employment paperwork, last-minute babysitting, and children's entertainment for events.

2 investors

Leafly operates an online marketplace and information resource for cannabis, letting consumers research strains and products and order from licensed retailers, while offering customer-acquisition tools to cannabis brands and retailers. It also publishes cannabis journalism and educational resources for a worldwide consumer audience.

2 investors

Leaky offered an online service to compare auto and business insurance, letting US consumers compare prices and personalized quality scores across major insurers. The company was acquired in 2013.

2 investors

Leapfunder operates an online angel investing platform that lets investors fund early-stage startups and build diversified portfolios while handling legal paperwork and payments. It serves angel investors and startup founders raising rounds, with a focus on the Netherlands and broader Europe.

2 investors

Lendasat operates a peer-to-peer marketplace for Bitcoin-backed loans, matching borrowers who lock up Bitcoin as collateral with lenders. Borrowers receive cash via bank transfer, stablecoins, or VISA card, with automated collateral alerts and liquidation if Bitcoin's price falls.

2 investors