Startup Spotlight – Page 5 of 19

Startup Spotlight: Legalpad aims to create smoother path for those seeking work visas

Some entrepreneurs would look at the anti-immigrant sentiment currently coming from American leaders and run the other way. The co-founders… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Locumunity creates online job board for doctors seeking temporary gigs

Just as schools need substitute teachers, hospitals and medical facilities sometimes need to call in an extra doctor. But it… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Facebook and Microsoft vets build coding education marketplace Educative

Unable to find a continuing education platform to learn new coding techniques, languages, and skills, Fahim ul Haq and Naeem ul… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Ganaz wants to connect farmers with millions of seasonal farmworkers

Many farmworking jobs are seasonal, short-lived and tricky to find. Seattle-based startup Ganaz hopes to solve those challenges by connecting workers… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Rainway lets people play PC games on any device

If you just can’t stop playing your favorite PC game but need to be mobile, Rainway thinks it has an… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Ex-Amazon employees draw inspiration from Bezos, apply lessons from retail powerhouse at e-commerce marketing upstart

Working for a tech giant has its perks. But for Connor Folley, “there’s something about the passion and the hustle… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Curio Interactive brings a magical, ‘Harry Potter’ vibe to learning

With the touch of a finger, the owl’s feathered wings fade away, revealing the bird’s delicate bone structure. With the… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Shepherd Software trots out new tools to help veterinarians manage clinics

With more than 20 years in veterinary medicine, Dr. Cindy Barnes believed she knew the field better than the software… Read More

Startup Spotlight: AutoMech concierge car service aims to take the hassle out of maintenance

Enthusiasm for a trip to the auto mechanic probably falls somewhere between a dentist appointment and retrieving the dry cleaning.… Read More

Startup Spotlight: PeopleMaven helps you create and share personal ‘who’s who’ lists

For all of the times a friend asks on social media, “Can someone suggest a person for (fill in the… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Trainiac puts a personal trainer in your pocket to help you get fit

If you really want to get a fitness program going, it’s not enough to just count your daily steps. Instead,… Read More

Startup Spotlight: With a boost from Super Bowl ads, online auto seller Joydrive is ready to roll

The auto-sales startup Joydrive kicked into high gear this weekend with two ads running during Sunday’s Super Bowl game. “Our traffic… Read More

Startup Spotlight: An AI-enabled, treat-tossing doggie camera launches Tomofun’s success

Entrepreneur Victor Chang is going to let you in on the secret of how to rocket to Amazon’s top sellers… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Spry offers PR services via the gig economy, ordered through its app

The gig economy already lets you order a taxi ride, dog sitting or rented baby gear. Now you can add… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Lubn offers an easily installed, smart key alternative to Amazon Key

We’ve come a long way from faux rocks with a hidden compartment for house keys, and Bellevue, Wash.-based startup Lubn… Read More

Food delivery startup Yumso helps diners just say ‘no’ to Gen. Tso’s chicken, ‘yes’ to authentic dishes

For Max Yan, if he sees General Tso’s chicken on a restaurant’s menu, he keeps moving. “For me, I will… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Whatever your job, Imperative wants to help you find purpose in it

If you’ve decided that 2018 is the year for a bold resolution, perhaps for finding your purpose in work, this… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Woman-powered Armoire ‘takes the stressing out of dressing’

Functionally, Armoire is a women’s clothing rental service. But a conversation with CEO Ambika Singh may convince you that her… Read More

Startup Spotlight: EvoEco uses digital, interactive bins to solve the riddle of where to toss your trash

If you’ve dined in an enviro-minded city, you’ve undoubtedly stood before a row of trash and recycle cans, befuddled about… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Unearth Technologies rethinks construction with a bird’s eye view of project management

While technology has helped streamline and boost productivity in nearly every field, construction projects are less efficient today than they… Read More

Startup Nomad’s ‘human billboard’ marketing blends digital technology with a personal touch

Walking on the campus at Washington State University, Jonah Friedl had an “aha” moment. He wasn’t just surrounded by fellow… Read More

With $1M in funding, Phase Genomics looks to crack genetic codes and discover unknown bacteria

Bacteria lurk pretty much anywhere you look, in numbers and varieties worthy of a horror movie. The challenge for scientists… Read More

Startup Spotlight: GrailAI hopes to use AI to detect cancer’s most subtle red flags

Anand Prakash is taking an unexpected path toward building GrailAI, a startup that he recently launched to fight cancer. He’s… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Adisa aims to connect online shoppers with artisans in Africa

Many students pick a college in a snowy setting because they love winter sports. Sabastian Mugazambi and Claire Tagoe chose… Read More

Amazon vets develop $20 WyzeCam home camera, end up competing against their former employer

The four founders of Wyze Labs are all former Amazon employees, and they’ve hewed closely the company’s well-known leadership principles… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Pow-r.me provides free device charging in public places

Plato may have pegged necessity as the mother of invention, but for Alejandro Campos, fatherhood served as his motivation. Smart… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Can a machine learn to laugh? Botnik crosses a comedian with AI to find out

If the game Cards Against Humanity and those refrigerator poetry magnets had a digital baby bestowed with machine learning, it… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Comet is building a GitHub-like management system for machine learning

Gideon Mendels has spent the past three years in machine learning research, studying at Columbia University, building hate speech detection… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Tinitell helps parents keep track of their kids with wearable mobile phones

Kids don’t need the latest and great new iPhone. But a mobile device that lets parents call their children and… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Aspinity helps voice-enabled tech products save battery power

Voice-activated products require constant power as they “listen” for wake words. Now one startup is helping manufacturers reduce the power… Read More