United States Startup Ecosystem Overview

DuckDuckGo is a general search engine with: --No tracking. --Better instant answers. --Way less spam and clutter. More at https://duckduckgo.com/press/ Read more

Medium is rethinking how ideas and storied are shared with the world. We believe: - Great ideas can come from anywhere - People create better things together - Design matters at a deep level We also care deeply about how media shapes the lives of individuals and the decisions of society — and we think it can be better. We have a world-class engineering and design team, which we are looking to grow slowly and deliberately. Let us know if you're interested.  Read more

Eventbrite brings people together around the power of live events. Founded in 2006, the innovative ticketing, registration, and event discovery platform has sold more than 140M tickets in 176 countries, and processed over $2B in gross ticket sales (25% of the in the last six months). We’re transforming the ticketing and registration industry from the ground up, and we're looking for amazing people to help us change the way people get together.  Read more

This year we're focused on three things: Amazing features specifically for the creators of Yelp's unmatched local review content - namely our incredible community. International expansion - bringing Yelp to the world. Closing the loop with local businesses - Yelp Platform and more tools to help businesses see the value they're getting from Yelp.  Read more

JYMS is a high quality residential and commercial property services. Read more

Giphy is the best way to search, share, and discover GIFs on the Internet. Similar to the way other search engines work, the majority of our content comes from indexing based on the best and most popular GIFs and search terms across the web. We organize all those GIFs so you can find the good content easier and share it out through your social channels. We also feature some of our favorite GIF artists and work with brands to create and promote their original GIF content. Giphy accounts are free and let you save all of your uploaded and favorited GIFs to one easy-to-find place. Giphy GIFs also play on Facebook and Twitter. We can even get them onto Instagram! To create an account, visit giphy.com/join. (If you're a brand and would like to create an official brand account i.e. giphy.com/gameofthrones, please visit giphy.com/partners to get in touch). Read more

JUUL is a manufacturer and distributor of electronic nicotine vaporizers. Read more

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Zynga Inc. is the world's leading provider of social games with more than 240 million monthly active users playing its games, including CityVille, Zynga Poker, Draw Something, Hidden Chronicles, FarmVille, CastleVille, Words With Friends, Empires & Allies, Scramble With Friends, Café World, The Pioneer Trail, Indiana Jones™ Adventure World and Mafia Wars. Zynga's games are available on a number of global platforms, including Facebook, Zynga.com, Google+, Tencent, Apple iOS and Google Android.  Read more

Foursquare is a technology company that uses location intelligence to build meaningful consumer experiences and business solutions. We have two mobile apps: Foursquare and Swarm, and a suite of enterprise and advertising tools. For consumers, we believe the world is full of amazing experiences. We make two apps to help guide you to them: Foursquare and Swarm. The Foursquare app helps you discover new places, with recommendations from a community you trust. Find a better experience, anywhere in the world. Read more

MoEngage is a Mobile App Engagement & Marketing Platform, which helps Companies understand their Mobile App users better and reach out with relevant content at the right time using the right medium. Analytical tools like Flurry, Google Analytics are not user centric – for example they tell you that 25% of the users dropped off after two weeks but they don't tell you who those users are. This is where MoEngage comes in. We build User profiles based on Behavior and Contextual information including location. We then segment the users into User-centric segments like Engaged users, High spenders, Lapsed users, etc. Our platform then allows the App Companies to reach out to their user segments via Push Notifications/In-App Messaging/Emails, driving Engagement & Conversions. MoEngage is a Mobile Marketing Automation by the team behind DelightCircle, which is a featured app on App Stores, having 200,000 Mobile Downloads. We have built MoEngage from our Experience scaling DelightCircle. Read more

News Break is the Nation's #1 Intelligent Local News Platform Read more

Twilio is a web-service API that lets you use your existing web languages and skills to build voice and SMS applications. We focus on building a simple, powerful, pay-as-you-go communications platform so that you can focus on what you do best. Read more

Stylitics is a cloud-based SaaS platform for retailers to automate and distribute visual content at scale. Read more

Engineering Team: At Snapchat, we've been able to accomplish an enormous amount with 25 engineers. Our users send over 700M snaps/day, making it one of the most-used apps in the world. Our Stories feature is also amassing over 500 million views per day. Check out our latest update Snapchat Here (May 1st): http://tinyurl.com/SnapchatHERE Product: Experience a unique way to share life with friends. Snap a photo or a video, add a caption, and send it to a friend (or maybe a few). They'll view it, laugh, and then the snap disappears from the screen - unless your friend takes a screenshot! The image might be a little grainy, and you may not look your best, but that's the point. It's about the moment, a connection between friends, and not just a pretty picture. The allure of fleeting messages reminds us about the beauty of friendship - we don't need a reason to stay in touch. Give it a try, share a moment, and enjoy the lightness of being! Read more

Bolt is a consumer checkout and fraudulent management solutions provider for e-commerce platforms. Read more

Arkose Labs solve multimillion-dollar fraud problems for the world’s most targeted businesses with zero friction to users. Read more

A self-driving car service company. Read more

CloudKitchens is a real estate company that provides smart kitchens for delivery-only restaurants. Read more

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Narvar is a customer experience platform that helps retailers inspire long-term customer loyalty, at all steps of the post-purchase journey. Read more

StockTwits is a financial communications platform for the financial and investing community. We provide real-time streams of insights, ideas and information that are used by investors, analysts, media and others as they research stocks and manage their investments. More than 300,000+ investors, market professionals and public companies share information and ideas about the markets and stocks using StockTwits. The content is viewed by an audience of over 40 million across the financial web.  Read more

Order online from Chicago delivery and pickup restaurants. Whatever you're thinkin' Chicago, we got you. Read more

Disqus is a commenting platform that enables websites to build active communities. Communities powered by Disqus are connected through a shared network of users and discussion. Explore Disqus communities at http://disqus.com/explore Read more

IMVU is a social entertainment website where members use 3D avatars to meet new people, play games, and develop online communities. Read more

LTK is an invitation-only content monetization platform that empowers thousands of premium digital lifestyle influencers Read more

RudderStack is the CDP for developers. Read more

Wunderkind enables the world's top brands to better recognize their customers online, providing 1-to-1 marketing at scale. Read more

PubMatic enables publishers to realize the full potential of their digital assets. Since its founding in 2006, PubMatic has consistently been first-to-market with industry-changing products, services and systems for publishers. Our products are supported by always-on consulting and services that reflect our belief in putting publishers' needs first. Read more

Singular, a marketing intelligence platform, unifies marketing analytics, giving marketers actionable insights from previously siloed data Read more

Our goal at Evernote is to help the world remember everything, communicate effectively and get things done. From saving thoughts and ideas to preserving experiences to working efficiently with others, Evernote’s collection of apps make it easy to stay organized and productive.  Read more

The Athletic is an online media company that specializes in online news publishing for the sports industry. Read more

DailyPay is a financial solutions company that reduces employee turnover by letting employees control when and how often they're paid Read more

Hugging Face is the leading ML platform Read more

WP Engine powers tens of thousands of WordPress sites, delivering the fastest, most reliable, and most secure web experience possible. Businesses large and small rely on WP Engine’s exceptional customer service team that specializes in quickly solving technical problems, and creating a world-class customer experience. The service includes top-notch support (the most WordPress experts on staff per 1000 customers), one-click backup/restore, optimization for speed and scalability, and security features that include automatic software upgrades. WP Engine allows customers to use WordPress plugins or themes, including custom code. The platform is ideal for pro bloggers, for the enterprise, and also for small dev shops and consultants whose reputation is tied to the performance of the hosting company they select for their clients.  Read more

Fever is a developer of a social event discovery platform used to offer tickets for nearby events. Read more

The new standard in research. Bringing the scale of mobile apps to the insights industry. Read more

SeatGeek operates a mobile-focused ticket platform and search engine that lets fans buy and sell tickets for events. Read more

We're building a platform of community-supported products to inspire fairness across the financial world. The Earnin app allows people to reject the current system in order to get to a better place financially. Read more

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Matterport makes it easy for anyone to create immersive cloud-based 3D models of real-world spaces that can be experienced, changed, and shared online. Read more

Button will invent a revolutionary new way for mobile developers to acquire and retain users through the application of loyalty dynamics and virtual currencies. Button's platform, a robust suite of the most advanced mobile and personalization technology that exists, will empower mobile publishers to acquire high value consumers more affordably than any other channels available. This same platform will improve retention and engagement through the deployment of loyalty and psychodynamic features that foster greater activity and enjoyment. Read more

WHY WE'RE HERE You need great content to be better at what you do, and understand your world – whether you’re a parent or political leader, obsessed with pandas or space travel. Flipboard collects quality content on your favorite topics from the world’s most trusted sources, and presents them in a beautiful magazine format. See for yourself: try Flipboard on your smartphone, tablet, or desktop. Read more

VSCO Cam® VSCO Cam is a camera app for iOS and Android. In launch week, Cam for iOS was download over 1M times, was App Store’s #1 Free Photo app (US), #1 Photo app (40+ countries) and #1 Top Grossing Photo app (US). Recently released for Android, Cam has featured on The Verge, Engadget and FastCo, trended on Twitter (Top 5 WW) and partnered with Levi's, CNN and Gap. - VSCO Grid℠ A minimalist publishing platform, VSCO Grid is a curated showcase of the best in mobile photography. VSCO Grid is founded on the idea that beauty can be found by anyone in anyplace. - VSCO Film® Film emulation Presets and Camera Profiles for Adobe Lightroom, ACR and Aperture, VSCO Film’s technology delivers results previously unattainable in photo processing. VSCO Film streamlines workflow and produces beautiful imagery. - VSCO Keys VSCO Keys is a customizable, keyboard shortcut tool for Adobe Lightroom. VSCO Keys allows for rapid image processing reducing time spent editing images.  Read more

JW Player is a video streaming and analytics platform that offers an HTML5 video player for web content, publishing, and running video ads. Read more

Fountain is the leading talent platform for the hourly workforce. Read more

Smule develops music-making apps that connect people online. Read more

Nutanix unifies private, public, and distributed clouds, and empowers IT to deliver applications and data that power their businesses. Read more