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class of on-record Demo Days launches came to 166 startups, after 82 presentations today
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trying to help your body stave off cancer
Asher Bio is building immuno-therapy drugs that ramp up your immune system to take on cancer cells
Existing therapies can lead to severe side effects, but the ex-Pfizer co-founders claim their early tests on mice have shown that they are
delivers grocery and meal-kits directly to customers
The company charges a $10 delivery fee as well as a 10% mark-up on each product it delivers
Talar has launched in San Francisco and has 90 customers today.spotLESS Materials: This startup created a liquid-infused coating designed to
keep surfaces clean and repel anything, from water to poop
The coating itself is a super slippery surface that virtually nothing can attach to
spotLESS launched just two weeks ago and already has contracts and pilots in place worth $166,000
Some partners include the United States Navy and Pennsylvania State, which is using it in their bathrooms.Vendr.com: With so many SaaS
Purchasing software is a broken system, in that different customers pay different prices for the same software
drivers in the Middle East to improve efficiency and increase transparency
The company says that shipping costs 3x as much in the Middle East as it does in the United States Business Score:Business Score is helping
companies automate background checks on other businesses
The startup is looking to stamp out tired manual processes that largely mean picking up the phone and scouring documents
The single API taps data sources across the web to build out real-time profiles that can help customers scan businesses in an effort to
prevent fraud, qualify leads and onboard new clients.Fit to Form:For women that struggle to find clothes that fit, Fit to Form has created
an online shopping platform for locating clothes that fit women according to their exact measurements
The startup, like many in the batch, is founded and led by a pair of Stanford computer science graduates
Shiru leverages computational design to make new versions of the core ingredients that go into the food products we consume daily
Already, Shiru has identified seven viable protein candidates and has three letters of intent from major food and ingredient
Coco allows Venezuelan migrants to send food home rather than money
Coco says it is already making $10,000 in monthly revenue
The startup partners with mini markets to make food purchases and takes a 20% cut of their sales, allowing a commission-free outcome for
watching how medications work within the body
still figuring out how to navigate compliance smoothly
Today, farmers are having to manually tag every single marijuana plant they grow
Canix is building compliance software that helps farmers easily scan bar codes and send data to the government.Gen1E Lifesciences: One of
several biotech startups to pitch Tuesday morning, Gen1E claims to cure inflammatory diseases
The company uses computational chemistry to identify drugs that work for specific illnesses
The company is launching with a focus on ARDS, which currently has no treatment
better code, Embrace makes it easy for mobile developers to identify bad code and fix bugs faster
Already, companies like Wish, Goat, OkCupid, Headspace and Boxed use Embrace
developers in emerging countries
The company makes money with an income-share agreement, in which students pay 15% of their salary to the startup (although it did not
The founder says that 50,000 people have applied to Microverse since it launched in January 2019, and 100% of its first cohort graduated
with a job and is now paying them back
It listens to sales calls and generates cue cards in real time to suggest possible answers/responses
Kraftful is aiming to help the companies making smart home devices make apps that are less awful
They are working with IoT companies on a SaaS pricing model and say they already have a $300K LOI from one firm.Encellin: This biotech
The company, led by two PhD founders, will enter the clinic next year with a human trial focused initially on diabetes treatment
Ultimately, Encellin will go after all chronic disease with technology that treats missing, damaged or diseased cells with next generation
cell transplants.Proof Trading: This is an institutional equities broker that aims to get investors better prices
Already, Proof has letters of intent from six top-tier funds
Buyers and renters are hindered by bureaucratic policies that enforce high interest fees and expensive deposits
rentals, done by the hour
As an example use case, they mention traveling professionals that need private/quiet locations to work or take calls
The company says its current customers book an average of 2x a week.Cuboh: Restaurants have kind of been bombarded by the app-ordering
economy and have a handful of tablets dedicated to each delivery app
liquids and leases them out to cleaning companies for around $3K per month
trucks and generators for B2B customers in India
Since launch, MyPetrolPump has become profitable and grown to a monthly gross merchandise volume of $500K across its 1,400 B2B
Narrator wants to build as a cross-company universal standard for data and grow out this library of shared analyses
small coding tasks (from JIRA, etc.) to its global network of developers
makes a commission.Hey Healthcare: More and more Americans are gaining insurance coverage for mental health services, but nearly half of
The startup helps therapists get registered and bill insurers, they have already helped process $100K in insurance claims with early
customers.PayMongo: This FinTech startup targets the Philippines
Specifically, the company is bringing innovation to the payments infrastructure in the country, where the technology is years behind
The company has signed up 900 merchants since it launched in June.KubeSail: This cloud-hosting provider wants to be as powerful as AWS and
AI, VR and its backend tech to immerse users in new lives online
Zenith, which raised $120,000 on Kickstarter in one week, is the first cross platform world to exist on VR desktop and console
Essentially every screen you own is a window into their world
The company plans to monetize by taking cuts of every item bought or sold on their platform, like property and clothing
The founders have worked at Google and Unity, and co-produced with Oculus.Multis: Multis is a bank to help companies use cryptocurrencies
(for things like recurring payments to remote workers) and earn interest on their savings
They charge a 1% fee on every transaction, and $900 per year.Vahan:The competing entities of the on-demand economy have some pretty major
Vahan is tackling the issue in India, helping companies like Uber and Zomato reach out to potential recruits via a WhatsApp bot
The startup is earning $20 per successful hire they recruit for their customers.Draftbit:This tool is for building apps that are high
quality and built from scratch, the company said
Using Draftbit you can build apps visually with production-ready source code
The tool entered beta in February and has worked with 5,000 teams since
Through extending the protective cap of DNA that functions as an aging clock, called telomeres, Rejuvenation Technologies aims to reverse
clock the equivalent of five years in humans
people rent cars from dealerships
Right now, 12 million cars are idly sitting at dealerships, depreciating in value
Apurata provides small loans for Latin America
They did 1,488 loans in July, earning an average of $21 per loan
users have actually worked alongside
Data Mechanics is a tool for engineers
Their solutions automate performance tuning and other maintenance work for Apache Spark, an open-source computing framework
Ultimately, they plan to expand to provide an end-to-end platform in which data engineers write code and they run it for them
The service is currently live.Listle: Listle is a platform to listen to audio versions of stories on the internet
Listle, which launched in July 2019, has created a library of 900 audio articles
For customers, it costs $8.99 per month.Digi-Prex: This monthly medication delivery platform says it is up to 15% cheaper than local
The company is targeting patients with chronic diseases in India and using WhatsApp to acquire its customers, of which it now has 5,000
Starbucks-style mobile ordering experience for smaller coffee shops, aggregating many indie shops into one app, Cloosiv currently has more
than 250 coffee shops, and is adding roughly three new shops per day
We wrote about Cloosiv here.Figments: Figments is looking to take the eSports market by storm with a network of virtual influencers that the
Using Vouch, the insurance process starts at $200 per year which is apparently much cheaper than most products available on the market
Vouch also has risk management tools so companies can focus on company-building
Vouch has launched in Utah and will be in 10 states by the end of the year.Tandem: Tandem is a virtual office for remote teams that lets
The software takes a Discord-like approach to letting users see what work apps their co-workers are in
Currently, Tandem has more than 450 active teams using the product and is seeing 50% weekly growth
more accessible price points
brought in $26,000 in sales.Lazy Lantern: The startup analyzes your historical web app analytics and uses that knowledge to alert you if
something unexpected happens (like traffic to a certain page suddenly spiking)
its infancy even after high profile M-A in the space, and Vitau is looking to get at the forefront of that market in Mexico
The startup is launching a subscription pharmacy for patients with chronic diseases
market.Wren: This greentech startup helps people take action against climate change
The company launched two months ago and has recently launched Wren as an employee benefit.Sequence Bio: Sequence Bio is a genome project
looking to leverage genetic data to discover new drugs
So far, Sequence Bio has collected over 800 samples and is working with pharma and biotech companies to license data for drug
The founder says that Gen Z shoppers have different buying habits than previous generations, in that they seek fashion built for rotation
drag-and-drop interface system for deploying new features using linkable code blocks
Refinery says the functionality it adds is automatically scalable, secure, and stable
that same model built for Indonesia
they claim to be the first reliable method for tracking neighborhood demand to help real estate investors make more informed investment
Lofty AI recommends properties to investors and if the investors decide to purchase, they enter into a contract that gives them 20% of the
However, if the value of a property goes down, Lofty says they will cover all of the investors losses.Z Imaging: This startup is creating
augmented reality guided tools for surgical procedures
The aim is to make surgery easier and more accurate by providing surgeons with an internal view of the body
So far, Z Imaging has received letters of intent from leading hospitals worth about $360,000
For hospitals, Z Imaging charges $15,000 per month
Z Imaging is in the pre-FDA submission phase but expects to conduct a clinical study this January, and hopes to receive FDA approval by the
AI companies depend on machine learning, and are spending $3 billion on GPUs
This company produces auto-generated chips that it says are 50% smaller, 10 times faster and 20 times more energy efficient than
They build a test environment for every GitHub branch/pull request
Users can comment directly on the page, and use the built-in tools to take screenshots
They are looking to charge users $16-19 per user per month
We wrote about FeaturePeek here.Khabri: The podcast platform wave has washed over plenty of internet-immersed markets, but platforms like
Apple Podcasts and Spotify lack traction in India
Many users are stuck with YouTube audio but Khabri is looking to build up a network of exclusive podcasts with 2,500 creators
The team already has 60,000 DAUs who use the app an average of 20 minutes per day.Mindset Health: This startup founded built by two brothers
is seeking to treat IBS using hypnotherapy
They claim IBS is a $3 billion market in the United States Mindset plans to scale its service to provide treatments for other issues,
This month, Carry has booked $160,000 worth of corporate travel
Current customers include Segment, Orthly, Stanford Graduate School of Business and others.Treble.ai: A customer support platform that lets
companies get feedback from users through SMS and WhatsApp
The company describes itself as similar to Qualtrics and Zendesk, but with one big difference: Qualtrics and Zendesk were built for desktop
Treble is built for mobile-first, chat-based communication
Treble says there are 100,000 companies that serve their users through mobile apps, and it wants to be the startup that manages their
users hear their friends in noisy environments like restaurants and conferences
headphones.Mighty Health: Mighty Health is creating an app that replicates some of the experiences of cardiac rehab centers
Insurance companies are paying for people who have suffered from heart problems to get healthier and avoid further hospital trips, but many
patients complain about the cardiac rehab programs being too far away or too inconvenient to access
problems in their code are
Asayer launched in June and says it has tripled its revenue since then.Gmelius: Gmelius is a Gmail tool built to help teams manage projects,
operate a help desk and automate daily processes
The team aims to replace Mailchimp, Asana, Trello, Zendex and many more by integrating with your Gmail inbox
restaurant operating system for Latin America-based businesses
The Latin America point-of-sale market for businesses is worth $2 billion
manage this growing demand
until doctors are able to remove the blockage
Co-founder Robert Schultz is a cardiac surgeon.LineLeap: What OpenTable is for restaurants, LineLeap wants to be for bars and nightclubs
The company is the app experience for alcohol, people can pre-order drinks or pay to skip the line at a particularly packed bar
lines.ReverCare: This company has created a platform for helping people care for their aging parents
ReverCare connects families to social workers, who in turn connect them to eldercare services and help with senior living and care logistics
houses through an online experience
Since launching four weeks ago, Hutsy has closed on three homes
to restaurants in Indonesia
Restaurants are still purchasing poor-quality produce, and Eden Farm thinks it can replace the local middle-man in this equation while
simultaneously helping local farmers
The platform provides a way for farmers to forecast the market demand for their produce
foster closer bonds with a few close friends or family members
The business is the second from the founders, who claim to have built the best accounts receivable software for hospitals and
clinics.DirectShifts: Connects doctors to hospitals for short-term shift work, with 51 hospitals on board so far
DirectShifts uses technology to decrease the hiring onboarding process to two weeks and makes $5,000 per doctor per month
merchants to accept payments with mobile wallets
Rappi gives people digital wallets, Flux makes it possible for merchants to accept these payments
They are able to process payments without intermediaries like Visa or MasterCard, signifying its intention to grow into not only a service,
Midtype: Midtype is building backend engineering as a service, meant to allow frontend developers build more without the need for backend
The founders say that 80% of backend features needed by most apps (the databases, payment systems, etc) are the same, so they provide it or
make it easily addable.Waves: Waves is creating a dating app with a focus on matching users with specific sexual fetishes
The company launched a few days ago and already has signed up 750 users
can diagnose you using your smartphone
provides a detailed initial diagnosis, which is then stored and saved.Boost Biomes: Boost Biomes has a spray treatment for crops that
prevents mold for up to 11 days
Currently, Boost Biomes has more than $1 million worth of letters of intent with customers who will be able to either use the product in the
field or after harvest.Percept.AI: This startup is creating an AI support agent that immediately resolves common customer support tickets
Other solutions can take over 3 weeks of onboarding, quality is often insufficient and the AIs only end up resolving between 10-30% of
Percept.AI says their tech could work to identify 1.2 billion support tickets that go outstanding
They say they can immediately resolve up to 50% of tickets without human intervention, what it describes as an exciting $22 billion
Stoic, which charges $70 upfront for an entire year, says its revenue is growing 52% month over month, citing 40% retention rates.Dover:
Dover is a hiring platform that is entirely automated
The software is designed to understand the skillsets your company is looking for and then engages in outbound recruiting
