March 28, 2012 at 19:0010 best companies on the demo day of Y Combinator
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Hey. The most famous incubator is in full swing presenting its chicks, I offer you an overview of the best according to TechCrunch.
65 startups were demonstrated at the traditional Y Combinator demo day, we got acquainted with 39 offers and are ready to tell our impressions to you. After familiarizing with the teams and technical features, TechCrunch is ready to choose TOP-10. Changing principles of commerce, helping us communicate and much for your phone .
If you want to get to know others, read our reviews: first , second , third ,fourth and finally fifth perhaps you will choose the best otherwise. What we do not doubt - these companies will change our future or at least earn a lot of money. Carsabi :
A search engine for finding used car sales advertisements. The service aggregates information from most bulletin boards and now already contains more offers than the leader of the AutoTrader field, this means two trump cards in their sleeve: the opportunity to find at the cheapest price and a huge choice. There are social features, for example, you can ask friends for advice on a particular machine, a similar technique works very well and messages are quickly distributed among members of social networks. If we talk about the market and turnover, last year the sales structure of used cars - $ 650 billion of which $ 3.8 billion was spent on sales announcements. Pair : Social network for face-to-face communication), we wrote
about them at the start. Allows two participants to create a private message history, inside which they can share photos, videos, statuses and more. An iPhone application launched just 4 days ago already has ~ 50,000 registered users and 1 million messages sent. The Pair received an investment from SV Angel and Path founder Dave Maureen, saying: “Facebook created“ cities, ”while Pair helps build“ houses ”or even“ bedrooms. ” Priceonomics :
A price guide for whatever. Write what you want to buy, we will tell you how much it should cost. Priceonomics analyzes millions of sales / purchase offers, taking into account both stores and messages from individuals. In March, 250,000 page views. They plan to earn money on targeted advertising. The guys received money from SV Angel, Andreessen Horowitz, CrunchFund and other business angels. Your Mechanic : Aiming to become Airbnb in the automotive repair industry. The purpose of the site is to connect you with the best auto mechanic in the area. The commission is taken for the arrival of a mechanic at your home and repair of the machine. On average, it is 30% cheaper than at a car dealership. As a result of a closed beta test, mechanics earned $ 90,000, and users saved ~ $ 200 per transaction. Sononalight
: Naming itself “Siri on steroids.” For example, send a text message while controlling the machine by dictating the message in voice. The application works even when your phone is in your pocket. Over 500,000 messages have been sent (50,000 messages per week) since they debuted in October. The plans include bringing voice control to other devices, such as thermostats. 42Floors : The goal is to become Trulia for commercial real estate, 42floors built a service for finding office space, in addition to the site there is a catalog of offers from interior designers and furniture sellers, they will help if you want to upgrade or move into an empty office. 42floors have already attracted investments from SV Angel and Startfund. Exec
: Each of us wants to have a personal assistant, right?) With Exec, you can call yourself one, within 10 minutes he will be at your disposal at $ 25 per hour. There are a lot of applications: small physical work, cleaning, polls, shifting pieces of paper, etc. 99% of customers said that the work was completed on time and efficiently, 29% used the application more than once, and companies have already spent $ 32,000 for the beta test period (from the beginning of this year). You can read our thoughts on Exec here and here . Midnox : Company author of an iPhone app called Luma
, with which you can enable the stabilization of video in real time. Or maybe you are interested in using high-quality filters / effects during shooting. That's not all, their action is reversible and changeable in the post-process, a similar non-destructive processing is used in Adobe Lightroom. For a post-process video shot using Lumia, the company also released an application. Crowdtilt
: An easy way to raise money for anything. While the well-known KickStarter is aimed at global startups, large companies and great goals. Crowdtilt focuses on small groups of friends. Over the 6 weeks of the service, $ 400,000 was raised. On average, every week the amount of money raised increases by 21%, and 34% of users return to open another fundraising company. Imagine how great it would be to collect money in this way, for example, for a trip with friends (or alone, but friends help you with this). iCracked
: If you are the owner of an iPhone, iPod or iPad, you most likely have encountered screen chips, scratches, or possibly flooded. iCracked built the largest network to repair these problems. According to iCracked, they are the largest national network for repairing iOs devices, the company has 500 employees around the world who can come and repair your device in half an hour, at half the cost of competitors. Since January, over 10,000 customers have applied to the company, expanding their staff by 10 people (iTech position) per week. Plans for the future, go beyond iOs, build a technology insurance system and build a network of reselling devices.
65 startups were demonstrated at the traditional Y Combinator demo day, we got acquainted with 39 offers and are ready to tell our impressions to you. After familiarizing with the teams and technical features, TechCrunch is ready to choose TOP-10. Changing principles of commerce, helping us communicate and much for your phone . If you want to get to know others, read our reviews: first , second , third ,
A search engine for finding used car sales advertisements. The service aggregates information from most bulletin boards and now already contains more offers than the leader of the AutoTrader field, this means two trump cards in their sleeve: the opportunity to find at the cheapest price and a huge choice. There are social features, for example, you can ask friends for advice on a particular machine, a similar technique works very well and messages are quickly distributed among members of social networks. If we talk about the market and turnover, last year the sales structure of used cars - $ 650 billion of which $ 3.8 billion was spent on sales announcements. Pair : Social network for face-to-face communication), we wroteabout them at the start. Allows two participants to create a private message history, inside which they can share photos, videos, statuses and more. An iPhone application launched just 4 days ago already has ~ 50,000 registered users and 1 million messages sent. The Pair received an investment from SV Angel and Path founder Dave Maureen, saying: “Facebook created“ cities, ”while Pair helps build“ houses ”or even“ bedrooms. ” Priceonomics :A price guide for whatever. Write what you want to buy, we will tell you how much it should cost. Priceonomics analyzes millions of sales / purchase offers, taking into account both stores and messages from individuals. In March, 250,000 page views. They plan to earn money on targeted advertising. The guys received money from SV Angel, Andreessen Horowitz, CrunchFund and other business angels. Your Mechanic : Aiming to become Airbnb in the automotive repair industry. The purpose of the site is to connect you with the best auto mechanic in the area. The commission is taken for the arrival of a mechanic at your home and repair of the machine. On average, it is 30% cheaper than at a car dealership. As a result of a closed beta test, mechanics earned $ 90,000, and users saved ~ $ 200 per transaction. Sononalight: Naming itself “Siri on steroids.” For example, send a text message while controlling the machine by dictating the message in voice. The application works even when your phone is in your pocket. Over 500,000 messages have been sent (50,000 messages per week) since they debuted in October. The plans include bringing voice control to other devices, such as thermostats. 42Floors : The goal is to become Trulia for commercial real estate, 42floors built a service for finding office space, in addition to the site there is a catalog of offers from interior designers and furniture sellers, they will help if you want to upgrade or move into an empty office. 42floors have already attracted investments from SV Angel and Startfund. Exec: Each of us wants to have a personal assistant, right?) With Exec, you can call yourself one, within 10 minutes he will be at your disposal at $ 25 per hour. There are a lot of applications: small physical work, cleaning, polls, shifting pieces of paper, etc. 99% of customers said that the work was completed on time and efficiently, 29% used the application more than once, and companies have already spent $ 32,000 for the beta test period (from the beginning of this year). You can read our thoughts on Exec here and here . Midnox : Company author of an iPhone app called Luma, with which you can enable the stabilization of video in real time. Or maybe you are interested in using high-quality filters / effects during shooting. That's not all, their action is reversible and changeable in the post-process, a similar non-destructive processing is used in Adobe Lightroom. For a post-process video shot using Lumia, the company also released an application. Crowdtilt: An easy way to raise money for anything. While the well-known KickStarter is aimed at global startups, large companies and great goals. Crowdtilt focuses on small groups of friends. Over the 6 weeks of the service, $ 400,000 was raised. On average, every week the amount of money raised increases by 21%, and 34% of users return to open another fundraising company. Imagine how great it would be to collect money in this way, for example, for a trip with friends (or alone, but friends help you with this). iCracked: If you are the owner of an iPhone, iPod or iPad, you most likely have encountered screen chips, scratches, or possibly flooded. iCracked built the largest network to repair these problems. According to iCracked, they are the largest national network for repairing iOs devices, the company has 500 employees around the world who can come and repair your device in half an hour, at half the cost of competitors. Since January, over 10,000 customers have applied to the company, expanding their staff by 10 people (iTech position) per week. Plans for the future, go beyond iOs, build a technology insurance system and build a network of reselling devices.