Twice a year, Y Combinator, a premiere incubator of WebSquared companies & ideas, holds demos days for a small invite-only crowd of VCs, Angels, and other relevant parties.
The Y Combinator page describes the field of demos best, “Applications this time include: an auction site, transaction processing, apartment listings, a job site, industrial equipment rental, jumbotron programming, security video, personal authentication, language learning, geotagging, group payments, corporate email, ad targeting, collaborative shopping, a database designed for flash memory, a resume site, a virality platform, business analytics, sleep tracking, a chat widget for site owners, a local commerce api, reverse car auctions, and realtime coupons.” (source: http://ycombinator.com/dday.html)
Please Note: 11 of the 24 demos are “Off-The-Record”. Some information about the vertical they belong too is provided, but no links or company information.
Full Disclosure: All Information for the list below was cut-n-pasted one drip at a time from Dave McClure’s (@DaveMcClure) Facebook/Twitter Feeds. I’m not at the event, but Dave (except for the OFR entries) did a great job of making me feel like I’m there.
- 1 – http://FlightCaster.com provides real-time notification of flight delays BEFORE the pilot even knows about it.
- 2 – OFR – No Info
- 3 – OFR – E-Commerce
- 4 – OFR – Payments Related
- 5 – OFR – Employment Related
- 6 – http://ReThinkDB.com is DB optimized 4 solid-state drives. hard-science startup, russian spkr (loud) has *great* presence.
- 7 – http://DailyBooth.com is “Twitter 4 Pictures”. 3.5M uv/mo, 30% mo-mo growth. (demo by video remote from London!)
- 8 – http://JobPic.com is seller-focused services marketplace. svc providers auction off their svcs to buyers.
- 9 – http://MixPanel.com is real-time analytics for user engagement on web apps. nice UI, good demo. founder is ex-Slide.
- 10 – OFR – Health Related
- 11 – is http://JobSpice.com provides customized resumes & styles. FAIL: didn’t tell me whether you host or not; need to know that.
- 12 – OFR – Marketplace for Physical Goods Vertical
- 13 – OFR – Real-Time Advertising Focused
- 14 – http://HighlightCam.com filters, identifies “most interesting bits” of video. offers co-branded svc & API. nice preso.
- 15 – http://oLark.com chat widget helps increase conversion, user engagement. subscription rev model, “break-even by Sept”.
- 16 – http://BumpTechnologies.com mobile-to-mobile info exchg via “bumping” 2 dvcs tgthr. 2M dnlds/5mos. (PayPal palmpilot Deja vu!)
- 17 – OFR – Home Automation Related
- 18 – OFR – Auto Sales related
- 19 – OFR – Pricing Analytics. Interesting.
- 20 – http://RentHop.com rental listing service. user-defined neighborhood, nice Gmap mashup. (not clear if syndicate 2 Craigslist?)
- 21 – http://FanChatter.com user-gen pix -> pimped real-time up on JumboTron. drive user-engagement for sports, tv, etc (brand adv)
- 22 – http://Listia.com auction site for “free stuff”. users earn/buy credits to buy, bid. (sorry i don’t get this… i’m confused)
- 23 – OFR – Language-Related
- 24 – http://DirectedEdge.com “Amazon-style recommendations 4 Everyone” in real-time. affiliate mktg (long-tail social commerce?)
THANKS DAVE!
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