Startup of the Week
Startup Of The Week - COLCO
COLCO stands on the key pillars of Talent, Trust & Credibility and we started this to build the whole trust-based social ecosystem where every professional & business get the actual value in terms of earnings, respect, and dignity while building their credibility on the fundamentals of their talent.
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Founded: 2007, San Francisco, California, United States Headquarters: San Francisco, California, United States Number of employees: 1,694 (2020) Parent: Google LLC Founders: James Park, Eric Friedman Fitbit inspires people to exercise more, eat better and live healthier lifestyles. The company has developed an ultra-compact wireless wearable sensor, called the Fitbit Tracker, that automatically tracks data about a person’s activities, such as calories…
Reading Time: < 1 minute Founded: October 2007, Bengaluru, India CEO: Kalyan Krishnamurthy (Jan 2017–) Subsidiaries: Myntra, PhonePe, Ekart, Mallers, Inc., MORE Parent organization: Walmart Founders: Sachin Bansal, Binny Bansal Flipkart initially began as an online bookstore before diversifying to consumer electronics, fashion, home essentials & groceries, and lifestyle products. Flipkart also owns Myntra, PhonePe, Ekart, and 2GUD. It has received funding from Tiger Global, Naspers, Accel Partners, Softbank,…
Reading Time: < 1 minute Founder: Tim Brown Founded: March 2016 Revenue: 10.02 crores USD (2019) Number of employees: 350+ Headquarters: San Francisco, California, United States Allbirds is a New Zealand-American company that designs and sells footwear and apparel. Allbirds’ first shoe was the Wool Runner, which is made from New Zealand superfine merino wool. The company claims to keep the brand as eco-friendly as possible and is a certified B…
Reading Time: 5 minutes E-commerce Startups to watch in 2022 Startups, platforms and services that are disrupting their markets. Read our blog to learn more.
Reading Time: < 1 minute Founder: Hovhannes Avoyan; Artavazd Mehrabyan; Mikayel Vardanyan Headquarters: San Francisco, California, U.S. Number of employees: 600 (July 2020) Last funding type: Series B PicsArt is the world’s #1 creative platform and social editing app with more than 150 million monthly active creators. Every month, the PicsArt community creates, remixes and shares nearly one billion images, amassing one of the largest open-source collections…
Reading Time: < 1 minute Founded: February 2013 Headquarters: New York, United States Acquired by: Facebook, Inc. Native client(s) on: Android, iOS, Web browser Founders: Alex Chung, Jace Cooke Giphy is an American online database and search engine that allows users to search, share, and discover the best GIFs. It operates a search engine that enables users to search, share, and discover animated graphics interchange formats (GIFs) on…
Reading Time: < 1 minute Founder: Rachel Romer Carlson and Brittany Stich Founded: 2015 Headquarters: Denver, Colorado, United States Hub Tags: Unicorn Guild Education is a private company headquartered in Denver, Colorado that works for Fortune 1000 companies to manage education assistance benefits. Founded in 2015 by Rachel Romer Carlson and Brittany Stich, Guild works with client employers and its partner academic institutions to facilitate direct payment for courses, and…
Reading Time: < 1 minute CEO: Tim Cook (24 Aug 2011–) Founded: 1 April 1976, Los Altos, California, United States Headquarters: Cupertino, California, United States Founders: Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, Ronald Wayne Products: iPhone, Apple Watch, iPad, Apple TV, Macintosh, iOS, MORE Apple provides many products and services, including iPhone; iPad; iPod; Mac; Apple TV; a portfolio of consumer and professional software applications; the iOS and OS X operating systems; iCloud; and accessories,…
Reading Time: < 1 minute Founder: Benoit Dageville; Thierry Cruanes; Marcin Żukowski CEO: Frank Slootman Headquarters: Bozeman, Montana, United States Founded: 23 July 2012, San Mateo, California, United States Key people: Frank Slootman, Chairperson & CEO Snowflake offers a cloud-based data storage and analytics service, generally termed “data warehouse-as-a-service”. It allows corporate users to store and analyze data using cloud-based hardware and software. Snowflake runs on Amazon S3…
Reading Time: 5 minutes Welcome to the Unboxing Startups article; today, we will discuss how to raise funds for your mobile app startup? This article contains a lot of crucial information that will benefit you if you’re an entrepreneur or if you want to be an entrepreneur. Therefore kindly read till the end. If you’re a founder of a…
Reading Time: < 1 minute Founded: June 2012 Owner: Maplebear Inc. CEO: Apoorva Mehta (1 Jul 2012–) Employees: 10,000 Headquarters location: San Francisco, California, United States Founders: Apoorva Mehta, Max Mullen, Brandon Leonardo Instacart is a grocery delivery startup that delivers in as short as an hour. It focuses on delivering groceries and home essentials, Instacart already has over 500,000 items from local stores in its catalog. Customers can…
Reading Time: 8 minutes Founded on – April, 16th 2020 Industry – Sustainability & the Environment Founders – Harry Simpson & George Hughes MD’s: – Harry Simpson & George Hughes Startup Motto – Making Carbon offsetting simple for everyone. Startup Funding – £135k (self-funded) Startup Market Cap – NA Team Size – 4 Below is the transcript of our interview with Sequester (SQSTR) Could…
Reading Time: < 1 minute Revenue: 150 crores USD (2020) Number of employees: 500+ (2020) Founded: 2012 Headquarters: Palo Alto, California, United States Founders: Adam Foroughi, John Krystynak, Andrew Karam AppLovin’s technology platform enables developers to market, monetize, analyze and publish their apps. The company’s first-party content includes over 200+ popular, engaging apps and its technology brings that content to millions of users around the world. AppLovin…
Reading Time: < 1 minute Headquartered in: Chicago, Illinois, United States Founders: Al Goldstein, John Sun, Paul Zhang Founded Date: Nov 1, 2012 Hub Tags: Unicorn Avant operates an online marketplace that provides users with access to personal loans to consolidate debt, pay unexpected medical expenses and family vacations. Using big data and machine-learning algorithms, the company offers a customized approach to streamline credit options….
Reading Time: < 1 minute Headquartered in: Brooklyn, New York, United States Founded date: 1994 Founders: Shane Smith, Suroosh Alvi Hug Tags: Unicorn Vice Media, a global youth media company, engages in print, event, music, online, television (TV), and feature film business activities in the United States and internationally. It specializes in publishing a magazine covering information in various subjects, such as sex,…
Reading Time: < 1 minute Founded: 2003 CEO: Alex Karp (2004–) Revenue: 110 crores USD (2020) Headquarters: Denver, Colorado, United States Founders: Peter Thiel, Alex Karp, Joe Lonsdale, Stephen Cohen, Nathan Gettings Subsidiaries: Kimonolabs, Inc., FT Technologies, Inc. Headquartered in Denver, the company is known for three projects in particular: Palantir Gotham, Palantir Metropolis, and Palantir Foundry. Palantir Gotham is used by counter-terrorism analysts at offices in the United States Intelligence…
Reading Time: 4 minutes Whether you’re buying a new accounting tool or a project management suite, selecting the new best software for small business should be a mutual decision that considers and cover the needs and desires of everyone who are involved in your business day to day operations. It’s important to consider customer needs, employee needs, and your needs…
Reading Time: < 1 minute Founders: Bryan Salesky, Peter Rander Headquarters location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States Founded: 2016 Key people: Bryan Salesky (CEO); Peter Rander (President) Parent organizations: Ford Motor Company, Volkswagen Group Argo AI is an independent company that builds the software, hardware, maps, and cloud-support infrastructure to power self-driving vehicles. Argo has two major investors: Ford Motor Co. (2017) and the Volkswagen Group (2020). Argo’s…
Reading Time: < 1 minute Headquarter: Detroit, Michigan, United States Founder: Justin Mast Founded Date: Nov 16, 2017 Last funding type: Series B Bloomscape was founded by Michigan designer and entrepreneur Justin Mast and launched in 2018 with the goal of reinventing how plants move about the country and arrive at customers’ doorsteps. Today, there are other businesses that ship live plants, including…
Reading Time: 4 minutes Founded on – 1st March 2020 Industry – E-Commerce Founder – Atul Kumar & Somesh Sharma CEO – Atul Kumar Startup Motto – Take online shopping to the next level. Startup Funding – $6867 USD (5 Lakhs INR) Team Size – 30 Below is the transcript of our interview with Martman Could you please tell us about Martman to…