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PROVEN
Board
$35M
The Mirror Founder’s Next Act – a $399 Touchscreen That Gets Families Off Their Phones
Gaming · build adjacent
RISING
34Gigs
$305K
What If Your Mind Had a Dashboard?
Health/Mental · build adjacent
RISING
Chptr
$9M
Publishing Obituaries Is a Terrible Business – Unless You Think Harder
SaaS/Vertical · build adjacent
PROVEN
Mother Ventures
$14M
Moms Control $2.4 Trillion in Spending. Build Just for Them.
E-commerce/Marketplace · adapt model
PROVEN
Stepful
$111M
The Best Bet in Education? Teach What AI Won't Replace.
Education/Corporate · enter market
PROVEN
Paloma
$13M
Schools Blame Parents. Parents Blame Schools. Someone Ends the Loop.
Education/EdTech · build adjacent
RISING
Flip
$1M
Personal Finance Should Live Where You Already Are
Fintech/WealthTech · build adjacent
RISING
Juno
$500K
Don't Chase "Demand." Chase Necessity.
Health/Wellness · build adjacent
RISING
Panta
$4M
Portfolio Investing Is Safer Than Stock-Picking – But Still a Headache
Fintech/WealthTech · build adjacent
RISING
Saile
$2M
Skilled Professionals Need Side Income – Just Not at Gig-Economy Rates
HR/Recruiting · build adjacent
PROVEN
District
$15M
Marketplaces Are Becoming Communities – and Vice Versa
E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent
RISING
InstaSwitch
$5M
Everyone Locks Users In. What If You Helped Them Switch?
SaaS/Productivity · build tooling
PROVEN
Ethos
$26M
Earn From Your Expertise Without the Self-Promotion Circus
E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent
PROVEN
Nas
$50M
Only 3% of Adults Sell Online. The Other 97% Think It's Too Hard.
E-commerce/DTC · adapt model
PROVEN
Radiant Mobile
$18M
Stop Looking for a Brilliant Idea. Find a Brilliant Audience.
SaaS/Vertical · adapt model
RISING
Calibre
$3M
"For Everyone" Is Code for "For No One." Pick Your Segment.
Health/Diagnostics · build adjacent
PROVEN
Lucra Sports
$42M
Real Gamification Means Real Stakes – Why Loyalty Programs Fail
Fintech/Payments · build adjacent
RISING
Sinai
$2M
Uploading a Book to an AI Is Technically Illegal – $155B Problem
AI/Generative · build adjacent
SEEDLING
Score
undisclosed
The Dating App That Matches on Credit Scores
Fintech/WealthTech · build adjacent
RISING
Flare
$4M
For Early Investment, a Great Problem Beats a Great Solution
AI/NLP · build adjacent
PROVEN
Atlas
$67M
Why Are You Chasing Users When You Should Be Chasing Profit?
Fintech/Payments · enter market
RISING
Financial News Systems
$2M
AI Journalism and AI Readers: Two Markets Forming in the Grey Zone
AI/NLP · build competitor
SEEDLING
Goals
undisclosed
Task Managers Are Graveyards. One Task a Day Might Be the Cure.
SaaS/Productivity · build adjacent
SEEDLING
Contral
undisclosed
Vibe-Coding Gave Everyone a Gun. Most People Still Can't Aim.
Education/EdTech · build adjacent
RISING
Grapevine
$7M
1M Users by Cloning a Proven Model Where It Didn't Exist Yet
HR/Recruiting · adapt model
PROVEN
Arcade
$22M
AI as a Full Marketplace Participant – Not Just a Backend Tool
AI/Generative · build adjacent
RISING
NextWork
$7M
Skills Get You Qualified – Placement Gets You Hired
Education/EdTech · build adjacent
PROVEN
EatClub
$83M
Cut Prices, Fill Seats, Double Your Valuation
Fintech/Payments · build adjacent
RISING
Giant
$8M
Words Don't Work on Toddlers – Animation Does
Education/Kids · build adjacent
RISING
Pixley
$500K
Personalized Cartoons Where Your Kid Is the Star
Education/EdTech · build adjacent
SEEDLING
Layers
undisclosed
Ship the App, Let Agentic Marketing Handle the Rest
AI/Agents · build adjacent
RISING
Feltsense
$5M
The Math Behind $100M ARR – It's More Achievable Than You Think
AI/Agents · build adjacent
RISING
Inception Point AI
$5M
The Only Content Strategy That Works: Be Interesting, Not Prolific
AI/Generative · build adjacent
PROVEN
Kindred
$148M
Stay in Someone's Home for Free – $125M Says That Model Works
Real Estate/PropTech · adapt model
SEEDLING
Employkids
undisclosed
Pay Your Kids for Chores, Open a Roth IRA – Retire Them Rich
Fintech/WealthTech · build tooling
RISING
Alfi
$500K
Gen Z Is Leaving Social Media – and Retreating Into Group Chats
AI/Agents · build adjacent
RISING
Blockit
$5M
We Have Self-Driving Cars – Why Is Your Calendar Still Manual
SaaS/Productivity · build adjacent
PROVEN
Posh
$67M
In-Person Events Are Back – the Real Opportunity Is Below Ticketing
E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent
PROVEN
Emversity
$46M
Teach What AI Can't Automate – Moravec's Paradox Is Your Curriculum
Education/Corporate · build adjacent
PROVEN
Autonomous
$15M
Billionaires Invest with Strategy First – Most People Skip That Step
Fintech/WealthTech · build adjacent
RISING
Fifr
$2M
AI-Only Portfolio Management Feels Risky – a Human-AI Hybrid Doesn't
Fintech/WealthTech · build adjacent
RISING
Budhiam
$2M
Genuine Human Connection Is Becoming a Premium Product
Health/Mental · enter market
SEEDLING
Creaibo
undisclosed
50 Million Creators Can't Publish AI Slop – Someone Has to Fix That
AI/Generative · build adjacent
RISING
Overlord
$500K
Your Biggest Obstacle Is You – and Accountability Partners Fix That
Health/Wellness · build adjacent
PROVEN
Traini
$11M
An App That Translates Dog Behavior Into Human Language
AI/Computer Vision · build adjacent
RISING
Design Rails
$500K
Your App Gets Paid What It Looks Like It's Worth
AI/Generative · build adjacent
PROVEN
222
$16M
Don't Build New Behavior – Remove Friction From Existing Behavior
SaaS/Productivity · build adjacent
PROVEN
FINNY
$22M
Financial Advisors Have a Growth Problem – It's a Data Problem
Fintech/WealthTech · build adjacent
RISING
Known
$10M
The Dating Profile Is the Problem, Not the Solution
AI/Agents · build adjacent
RISING
Atrium
$1M
Your Closest Friends Can't Help You as Much as Distant Acquaintances
AI/Search · build adjacent
RISING
Humy
$150K
What If Alexander the Great Taught Your Kids?
Education/EdTech · build adjacent
PROVEN
Oboe
$20M
The "Casual Learning" Market Doesn't Exist Yet – Go Build It
Education/EdTech · build adjacent
PROVEN
Rostra
$40M
People Don't Buy From Ads – They Buy From Stories
SaaS/Productivity · build tooling
PROVEN
Mental
$10M
Men Don't Cry – They Quietly Fall Apart
Health/Mental · build adjacent
PROVEN
Podium
$15M
Sequoia Paid $50K Per Member – and Called It Cheap
Education/Corporate · build adjacent
PROVEN
Pine
$30M
The Annoying Phone Call That Gets Your Money Back – Now Automated
AI/Agents · adapt model
RISING
Juo
$4M
Subscriptions Work for Physical Products Too – the Numbers Are Wild
E-commerce/Subscriptions · build tooling
RISING
Find Your Grind
$8M
Stop Asking "What Do You Want to Be?" – Ask "How Do You Want to Live?"
Education/EdTech · build adjacent
PROVEN
Fifth Door
$20M
The Guy Who Sold to GM for $2.1B Is Building a Gaming Social Network
Gaming · build adjacent
RISING
Palo
$4M
Ex-MrBeast Staffer Built an AI Co-Pilot for 50M Creators
AI/Generative · build competitor
PROVEN
Tulu
$42M
Micro-Stores in Building Lobbies – a Predictable Growth Engine
E-commerce/Marketplace · adapt model
PROVEN
Joy
$24M
Parents Need Expert Help at 3am – Someone Built the Club for That
AI/Generative · build adjacent
RISING
Digipals
$500K
To Launch Something Big, You Need an Enemy
SaaS/Productivity · build adjacent
RISING
Root
$9M
Chit-Chat Won't Keep Them Around
SaaS/Collaboration · build adjacent
RISING
Rexby
$3M
Trust Is the Product – Travel Bloggers Become Service Providers
E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent
PROVEN
Wonder Studios
$15M
Two Funding Rounds in One Year – AI-Only Film Production Is Real Now
AI/Generative · build adjacent
PROVEN
Bemyfriends
$44M
Everyone Is a Fan of Something – and That's a Business
E-commerce/Marketplace · build tooling
PROVEN
ShopMy
$175M
The Most Effective Marketing Doesn't Look Like Marketing
E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent
PROVEN
Magic
$10M
Services Are 2x the Spend – Yet 100x Less Digitized
SaaS/Vertical · adapt model
PROVEN
Counsel
$36M
What If Your Doctor Remembered Everything and Was Available at 3am?
AI/Generative · build adjacent
RISING
Ms.Engineer
$4M
The Tech Talent Gap Has an Obvious Fix
Education/EdTech · adapt model
RISING
Memelord
$3M
Viral Views Don't Pay the Bills. Memes Do.
E-commerce/DTC · build adjacent
PROVEN
Simple
$45M
Weight Loss Without Willpower – an AI Coach That Adapts
Health/Wellness · build adjacent
SEEDLING
Taro
undisclosed
This Job Platform Pays You $15,000 When You Get Hired
HR/Recruiting · adapt model
RISING
Sunflower
$2M
1 Billion People Drink Too Much – 100K Chose This App
Health/Wellness · adapt model
PROVEN
Duel
$21M
Your Customers Are Your Biggest Untapped Acquisition Channel
SaaS/Productivity · build tooling
PROVEN
Airbuds
$10M
The Widget Showing What Your Friends Are Listening To Right Now
E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent
PROVEN
Claim
$18M
Gen Z Is Openly Sharing Purchase Data – and That's a Social Network
E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent
RISING
The AI Film Company
$5M
AI Film Needs Infrastructure, Not Just Better Tools
AI/Generative · build tooling
RISING
Meela
$4M
Aging Parents Need Company – and Your Calls Aren't Enough
AI/Voice · build adjacent
RISING
Sammy
$660K
If Users Can't Figure Out Your Product, That's on You
AI/Generative · build adjacent
PROVEN
Meet5
$12M
Friendship Apps Will Outlast Dating Apps – Demographics Guarantee It
Social · enter market
RISING
Hypt
$3M
Half Your Buyers Could Be Recommending You – Most Aren't
SaaS/Productivity · build adjacent
RISING
uRoutine
$705K
There Are No Success Secrets – Just Habits Nobody Wants to Build
SaaS/Productivity · build competitor
PROVEN
Understory
$19M
Experience Sellers Have No Shopify – Until Now
E-commerce/Marketplace · build tooling
SEEDLING
100 Vibe Coding
undisclosed
Vibe Coding Is Here – Someone Must Teach What Comes Next
Education/Corporate · build adjacent
RISING
Those Beyond
$8M
The 2% of Fans Who Actually Want to Pay More
SaaS/Productivity · build tooling
PROVEN
Doola
$11M
Users Don't Want Two Tools – They Want One That Does Both
AI/Agents · build adjacent
RISING
Ohai
$6M
Women Are Spending 8–9 Hours a Day Running the Home – AI Can Help
AI/Agents · build adjacent
SEEDLING
Soofte
undisclosed
Communities 2.0: Built Around Action, Not Small Talk
SaaS/Productivity · build tooling
SEEDLING
Mirror
undisclosed
You Are Not Who You Think You Are – And That Gap Is Measurable
AI/NLP · build adjacent
RISING
RealRoots
$500K
Adult Women Lose Half Their Friends Every 7 Years – Here's the Fix
Social · build adjacent
SEEDLING
Commitify
undisclosed
The AI Coach That Calls You When You're Procrastinating
AI/Voice · build adjacent
SEEDLING
Gleam
undisclosed
Buffett Was Right: Communication Skills Have the Highest ROI
Education/EdTech · build adjacent
SEEDLING
Sublime
undisclosed
Your Journal Is Useless If It Doesn't Tell You What to Do Next
Health/Mental · build adjacent
RISING
Ion Design
$500K
When Code Is Cheap, Design Becomes Your Moat
SaaS/Productivity · build competitor
SEEDLING
PlayAbly
undisclosed
Your Store Is Boring – And That's Why They Leave
E-commerce/DTC · build adjacent
PROVEN
PAC
$11M
Start With the Audience – the Product Can Come Second
SaaS/Productivity · build adjacent
RISING
Toughday
$1M
60% of Employees Hit a Breaking Point Every Month
Health/Mental · build adjacent
PROVEN
Grifin
$22M
Every Time You Buy Coffee, You Could Be Buying the Stock Too
Fintech/WealthTech · adapt model
RISING
Yuvoice
$2M
What If Likes Were Worthless and Good Deeds Were the Currency?
E-commerce/Subscriptions · build competitor
RISING
Studio555
$4M
Interior Design as a Game – €4M Says That's Not a Metaphor
Real Estate/PropTech · build adjacent
PROVEN
TYB
$24M
Turning Brand Loyalty Into a Community, Not a Discount Code
SaaS/Vertical · build adjacent
RISING
Brandback
$7M
Adding a "Sell It Later" Toggle to Any Online Checkout
E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent
RISING
Beluga Labs
$500K
Creators Are Great at Creating – Terrible at Bookkeeping
SaaS/Productivity · build adjacent
SEEDLING
Longist
undisclosed
Scan Your Meal and See How Many Healthy Years It Costs
Health/Wellness · adapt model
RISING
Drimer
$2M
The Creator Economy Is About to Eat the Travel Agency Business
E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent
PROVEN
Handoff
$25M
Speed Wins: Why the First Quote Gets the Job
E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent
RISING
Valla
$3M
Pick Markets That AI Can Expand, Not Just Disrupt
AI/NLP · build competitor
PROVEN
Empathy
$162M
45 Million Users and $162M Raised on Grief Support
Health/Wellness · enter market
PLAYBOOK
TeachMe.To
$10M
The Offline Learning Comeback Is Bigger Than the Online Boom
Education/EdTech · build adjacent
PROVEN
Didask
$11M
There Are No Bad Students – Just Bad Matches
Education/EdTech · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
Cactus
$500K
The Skills You Take for Granted Are Someone Else's Crisis
SaaS/Productivity · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
Generated Assets
undisclosed
How to Actually Make Money in Stocks
Fintech/WealthTech · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
Adopt
$6M
Your Users Are About to Tell You: Ditch the Interface
AI/Agents · build tooling
PLAYBOOK
Social Agent
$2M
Service Marketplaces Make 2x the Money – Here's the Catch
E-commerce/Marketplace · build competitor
PLAYBOOK
Lyreka
undisclosed
Vibe Coding Exists – So Where's Vibe Learning?
Education/EdTech · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
Audioforms
undisclosed
Big Businesses Grow From Small Annoyances
AI/Voice · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
NotClass
undisclosed
The Online Education Revolution Is Eating Itself – Here's Who Wins
Education/EdTech · build adjacent
PROVEN
Nourish
$113M
Two Secrets Behind a Dietitian Marketplace Worth $1 Billion
Health/Telemedicine · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
Sesh
$7M
Super-Fans Will Pay – Most Artists Don't Know How to Ask
E-commerce/Subscriptions · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
Why My Wife Yelling At Me
undisclosed
An AI Wife Simulator That Explains Why She's Angry
AI/Generative · adapt model
PLAYBOOK
Autograph
$3M
The AI That Calls You Weekly to Preserve Your Family's Stories
SaaS/Productivity · build adjacent
PROVEN
Alinea Invest
$16M
Gen Z Didn't Want a Brokerage – They Wanted Someone to Handle It
Fintech/WealthTech · enter market
PLAYBOOK
Drooid
undisclosed
News Aggregation Is Dumb – Perspective Aggregation Is Interesting
AI/NLP · build tooling
PLAYBOOK
Aparti
undisclosed
Divorce as a Service – 6x Faster, 10x Cheaper
SaaS/Productivity · enter market
PLAYBOOK
Unravel
$8M
Video Made Promises to Travel – Someone Is Finally Cashing Them In
E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
Sellou
$300K
Static Product Grids Are Dead – This Replaces Them With Video
E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
All Gravy
$3M
Build for the Staff, Let the Business Pay for It
SaaS/Productivity · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
Ultra
$500K
Elite Admissions Is Pay-to-Win – Until Now
Education/EdTech · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
Trata
$500K
Smart Investing Needs Good Facts, Not Good Advisors
AI/NLP · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
Retrofit
$500K
Vintage Shoppers Want Style Discovery, Not Discount Hunting
E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent
PROVEN
eBrands
$55M
Local Manufacturers Are Ready to Go Global – Nobody's Helping Them
E-commerce/DTC · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
Plots
$4M
Gen Z Wants to Hang Out IRL – and Needs Help Doing It
E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
Lifestack
$600K
Your Calendar Knows When You're Free – Not When You're Sharp
SaaS/Productivity · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
Arcascope
$4M
Your Body Clock Is Running on the Wrong Time Zone
Health/Wellness · adapt model
PLAYBOOK
Crosshatch
$3M
Personalization Has Maxed Out – Here's What Comes Next
SaaS/Productivity · build adjacent
PROVEN
Huckleberry
$16M
Pediatric AI for the 3 a.m. Meltdown
Health/Wellness · build adjacent
PROVEN
Dorsia
$50M
The Costco Playbook – But for People Who Want to Spend More
E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
Reelist
$3M
Young People Are Job-Hunting Differently – The Old Platforms Missed It
HR/Recruiting · build competitor
PLAYBOOK
Rabbithole
undisclosed
Don't Compete With Existing EdTech. Make It Obsolete.
Education/EdTech · build adjacent
PROVEN
Superlogic
$22M
Want Loyal Customers? Stop Bribing Them With Points.
SaaS/Vertical · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
StriveCloud
$2M
The Easiest Way to Keep Users Coming Back
SaaS/Productivity · build adjacent
PROVEN
Archive
$54M
$54M Raised. 40 Employees. Already Profitable.
E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
Haz
$1M
The Wardrobe App That Builds Itself From Your Inbox
E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
Helium
$500K
The Payment Screen Is Killing Your Conversions
SaaS/Productivity · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
Beanstack
$2M
Forced Learning Has the Same Problem as Forced Labor
Education/Kids · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
Arcube
$2M
Two Students Cracked Loyalty Programs With One Psychological Trick
SaaS/Productivity · build tooling
PLAYBOOK
Refundid
$2M
Refunded in 60 Seconds – Before You've Even Shipped the Box Back
Fintech/Payments · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
Reset
undisclosed
Rewire Anxiety in 11 Weeks – Not Just Suppress It
Health/Mental · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
MirWork
undisclosed
The Two-Product Trick That Beats a Better Product Every Time
SaaS/Productivity · adapt model
PROVEN
EPTME
$30M
58 Million Millionaires – and Almost No Products Built for Them
Fintech/WealthTech · enter market
PROVEN
Seekho
$12M
Not Every Short Video Is Competing With TikTok
Education/EdTech · adapt model
PLAYBOOK
Monologue
undisclosed
What If You Never Needed a Guest Again
AI/Generative · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
VocAdapt
undisclosed
Language Learning That Starts With Articles You Actually Want to Read
Education/Language · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
Tiun
$3M
The Startup That Kills the Subscription Model Will Be Worth Billions
Fintech/Payments · build competitor
PLAYBOOK
RODcast
undisclosed
Reddit Threads Turned Into Three-Host Podcast Episodes
SaaS/Productivity · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
Tingit
$550K
Clothing Repair Is a Huge Market That Nobody Digitized
E-commerce/Marketplace · enter market
PROVEN
Air Doctor
$51M
80,000 Users Found a Doctor Abroad – Without Knowing Any Local Doctors
Health/Telemedicine · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
Prolong
$2M
If It Feels Ordinary, the Market Is Probably Huge
E-commerce/Marketplace · adapt model
PROVEN
Ant Money
$20M
The Fintech Play Hiding Inside Loyalty Programs
Fintech/WealthTech · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
Uprise
$5M
Let Someone Else's Customers Fund Your Growth
Fintech/WealthTech · build adjacent
PROVEN
Fello
$10M
The Uber Model Was Built for Everyday People – Not Professionals
Health/Mental · enter market
PLAYBOOK
MukuAI
undisclosed
Fake Users, Real Results
AI/Generative · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
InHouse
$3M
65% of Traveler Spending Is Walking Right Past Short-Term Rental Hosts
E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
KOAH
undisclosed
The Ad Network Built for AI Chatbots – Not Banners
AI/Generative · build tooling
PROVEN
Roon
$23M
What If Every Health Answer Online Was Written by a Real Doctor
Health/Diagnostics · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
ShowAndTell
$500K
Dental Clinics Are Losing 70% of Revenue to a Simple Misunderstanding
AI/Agents · adapt model
PROVEN
Spines
$24M
The $137B Book Market Has a New Publishing Layer Worth Owning
E-commerce/Marketplace · build tooling
PLAYBOOK
Femble
$500K
TikTok-Style Women's Health Platform Where Only Doctors Can Post
Health/Telemedicine · adapt model
PLAYBOOK
Univerbal
$2M
To Learn to Speak a Language, You Have to Actually Speak It
Education/Language · build adjacent
PROVEN
Fleek
$21M
Secondhand Clothing Has a $20M Wholesale Infrastructure Gap
E-commerce/Marketplace · enter market
PLAYBOOK
Encore
$500K
75% of Secondhand Purchases Are Unplanned – Search Is Broken
E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
Migroot
undisclosed
Visa Paperwork Is a $40B Problem Nobody Has Made Feel Like a Game
SaaS/Productivity · adapt model
PLAYBOOK
Yayem
$5M
Soho House for Remote Executives – Without the Real Estate Overhead
SaaS/Productivity · build competitor
PROVEN
Hummingbirds
$10M
Your Best Local Ads Are Made by People Who Already Live There
SaaS/Marketplace · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
Freebird Club
$605K
Nobody Built a Travel Community for the Over-50 Crowd – Until Now
SaaS/Marketplace · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
EmbedSocial
undisclosed
UGC Is Sitting on Instagram – One Widget Pulls It Into Your Store
E-commerce/DTC · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
Manifest
$3M
Mental Health Apps Are About to Have a Second Act
Health/Mental · build competitor
PROVEN
Ghost
$95M
Excess Inventory Is a $95M Problem Companies Still Solve With Discounts
E-commerce/Marketplace · build competitor
PLAYBOOK
River
$2M
Audience to Community Means Online to Offline – There's No Tool for It
E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
PodcastWorld
undisclosed
50 Million Podcast Episodes Are Searchable – Almost Nobody Knows It
AI/Search · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
Revyze
$8M
The Exam-Prep App That Beat TikTok and Google in the App Store
Education/EdTech · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
LearnTube
$2M
Why Build Courses When YouTube Already Has Them All?
Education/EdTech · build adjacent
PROVEN
Pie
$24M
After a $310M Exit, the Next Problem Was Making Friends
E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
Triyit
$1M
Want to Sell It? Let Them Try It First
E-commerce/Subscriptions · enter market
PROVEN
Moxie
$26M
4x Growth Without Owning a Single Clinic
E-commerce/Marketplace · adapt model
PLAYBOOK
Schmooze
$8M
Match by Memes, Not Selfies
AI/Generative · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
Jigsaw
$5M
Jigsaw Hides Your Face Until You're Worth Knowing
Social · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
Friendly Apps
$3M
Your Very Own AI Social Network – Population: Just You
AI/Agents · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
DreamRP
$500K
Character.ai Proved the Demand – DreamRP Is Fixing the Quality
AI/Generative · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
Supersquad
$250K
The Revenue Agencies Take From Influencers Is Up for Grabs
E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
Verse
undisclosed
What If Your Blog Had a TikTok Feed Instead of a URL?
Creator Economy · build adjacent
PROVEN
Howbout
$13M
The 'What Are You Up To?' Text Chain Is Broken
Social · build competitor
PLAYBOOK
Fairown
$8M
Trade In the Old One, Get the New One – All at the Same Store
E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
Pap!
$500K
Collect the Debt, Then Sell the Data
Fintech/Lending · adapt model
PLAYBOOK
NomadHer
$2M
The Solo Travel Boom Has a $1 Trillion Tailwind
Marketplace · enter market
PLAYBOOK
NOQ
$6M
Offline Events Are Back – Ticketing Infrastructure Isn't
E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
Allesgood
$4M
Gen Z Picks Employers by Values – Not Job Boards
HR/Recruiting · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
Travly
undisclosed
Hotel Discovery Reimagined as a TikTok Feed
E-commerce/Marketplace · adapt model
PLAYBOOK
LoveHeart
$2M
The Real AI Opportunity in Childcare Isn't Helping Parents
AI/Generative · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
Heatmap
$4M
Heatmaps That Show Revenue, Not Just Clicks
E-commerce/DTC · adapt model
PLAYBOOK
Aglow
$824K
Subscriptions for Beauty Salons – Weird Now, Mainstream Soon
E-commerce/Subscriptions · adapt model
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FlexiBees
undisclosed
Experienced Talent on Flexible Terms – The Arbitrage Nobody Talks About
HR/Recruiting · adapt model
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Flexa
$5M
Work-Life Balance Is Now the Top Hiring Factor – Here's Who Profits
HR/Recruiting · build adjacent
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Lovetovisit
$7M
The Corner of Travel That Big OTAs Keep Ignoring
E-commerce/Marketplace · enter market
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Genie
$500K
An AI Companion That Teaches, Motivates, and Creates With Kids
Education/Kids · build competitor
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Female Invest
$17M
Women Will Control Two-Thirds of All Wealth – One Startup Noticed Early
Fintech/WealthTech · enter market
PROVEN
Joy
$10M
Your Parenting Experience Always Lags Behind Your Child's Age
Education/Kids · build adjacent
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Overlap
$500K
Five Million Hours of New Podcasts Every Week – Nobody Can Keep Up
AI/Search · build adjacent
PROVEN
POSH
$31M
Everyone's Online but Nobody's Actually Connecting
E-commerce/Marketplace · adapt model
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TeachMe.To
$7M
Offline Education Is About to Boom – Because Online Overshot
Education/EdTech · adapt model
PROVEN
Essentialist
$12M
The $2,600 Travel Club for People Too Rich for TripAdvisor
E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent
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Astor
$1M
Same Product, Built for Women – a Proven Playbook
Fintech/WealthTech · build adjacent
PROVEN
Ario
$16M
AI for the Tasks That Distract You from Real Work
AI/Agents · adapt model
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EXO
$1M
Rewards or Ads? The Clever Business Model That Blurs the Line
E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent
PROVEN
Manifest AI
$13M
The Storefront Is Now Optional
E-commerce/DTC · build competitor
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AppClose
$7M
Divorce Payments Are a Massive, Underserved Market
Fintech/Payments · enter market
PROVEN
Bling
$16M
Super-Apps Need a Beachhead – Kids' Debit Cards Are One
Fintech/Banking · build competitor
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Keeper
$987K
Dating Apps Optimized for Swiping – Not for Marriage
SaaS/Productivity · adapt model
PROVEN
Route
$289M
People Check Delivery Status 4.6 Times Per Order – That's a Business
E-commerce/Logistics · build adjacent
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Unikon
$2M
What If You Could Consult an Expert for $10?
Education/EdTech · build competitor
PROVEN
Motion
$64M
You Shouldn't Be Building Your Own Schedule
AI/Agents · build adjacent
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FranShares
$7M
Passive Income From Franchises – Without Running One
Fintech/WealthTech · build adjacent
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Hoop
$5M
The To-Do List That Updates Itself
AI/Agents · build adjacent
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Slip
$3M
11.2 Billion Receipts a Year – None of Them Are Marketing
E-commerce/Marketplace · enter market
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Malomo
$3M
4.6 Tracking Checks Per Order – All Going to FedEx's Page
E-commerce/Logistics · build adjacent
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Frich
$4M
What People Exactly Like You Actually Earn – Revealed
Fintech/WealthTech · build adjacent
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Kinnect
$100K
Instagram Wasn't Built to Hold Your Family's Memory
SaaS/Productivity · build adjacent
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Faircado
$3M
Shop New, Get Shown the Used Version Automatically
E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent
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Angel AI
$5M
100 Families in Beta, $4.75M Raised – Kids' Browser Bet
Health/Wellness · build adjacent
PROVEN
Kudos
$17M
Every Checkout, You're Using the Wrong Credit Card
Fintech/Payments · build adjacent
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Matera
$4M
Getting Paid to Post on X Is Now a Legitimate Business Model
SaaS/Productivity · build adjacent
PROVEN
Syrup
$25M
Apparel's Biggest Profit Killer Is Buying Too Much of the Wrong Sizes
E-commerce/Marketplace · build competitor
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Bump
$5M
Bump Extends Credit to Creators Based on Audience, Not Credit Score
Fintech/Lending · enter market
PROVEN
NewRetirement
$33M
Most Retirement Apps Optimize One Variable. Retirement Has Seven.
Fintech/WealthTech · adapt model
PROVEN
Pipedreams
$36M
The HVAC Industry Is Fragmented. This Company Is Buying It Up.
SaaS/Vertical · build competitor
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EdLight
$7M
The Right Answer Is the Least Useful Feedback You Can Give
Education/EdTech · build adjacent
PROVEN
Confetti
$22M
The Expensive Offsite Is Dead. High-Frequency Team Events Are Winning.
SaaS/Productivity · build competitor
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Mallard Bay
$7M
1.7 Billion Outdoor Trips Need Their Own Booking Platform
E-commerce/Marketplace · enter market
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GoWild
$8M
Hide a $900B Marketplace Inside a Social Network
E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent
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Mathdash
$500K
Math Competitions Reach 300K Students – Out of 33 Million Eligible
Education/EdTech · build adjacent
PROVEN
Empathy
$90M
Grief Has a $90M Problem: No One Has Productized the Aftermath
Health/Mental · enter market
PROVEN
Eterneva
$18M
Diamonds Grown From Ashes – a Memorial That Lasts Forever
E-commerce/DTC · adapt model
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Legends
$6M
Five Minutes a Day to Build Confidence in Kids Ages 7–11
Education/Kids · adapt model
PROVEN
Buildspace
$10M
What a16z-Backed Pivots Teach You About Product-Market Fit
Education/EdTech · adapt model
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Samplico
$2M
You Can't Buy What You Haven't Tried
E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent
PROVEN
Heyflow
$22M
Static Landing Pages Are Dead
SaaS/Productivity · build adjacent
PROVEN
Grifin
$11M
$1 Into the Stock of Every Brand You Buy From
Fintech/WealthTech · adapt model
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Sonia
$500K
30-Minute AI Therapy at 1% of the Cost of a Live Therapist
Health/Mental · build competitor
PROVEN
Score
$10M
How to Get Your Startup Written Up – Without Paying a Cent
Fintech/Lending · build adjacent
PROVEN
Enboarder
$49M
Why Small Nudges Beat Big Speeches in Employee Activation
SaaS/Productivity · adapt model
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Maia
$500K
Most Couples Never See a Therapist Before They Split
Health/Mental · build competitor
PROVEN
Groover
$17M
3,000 Industry Gatekeepers Contractually Obligated to Respond
Education/EdTech · build adjacent
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Holdbar
$5M
The Experience Economy's Biggest Gap: Tools Built for Small Operators
E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent
PROVEN
6AM City
$22M
One Newsletter Playbook, 26 Cities, Almost Zero Marginal Cost
E-commerce/Marketplace · adapt model
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Rize
$500K
It's Not How Much Time You Spend at Your Desk – It's How Well
SaaS/Productivity · build competitor
PLAYBOOK
Dexa
$6M
You Can't Out-Smart ChatGPT – So Go Subjective Instead
AI/NLP · adapt model
PLAYBOOK
Zenfetch
$500K
The Bookmark Graveyard Is Worth Solving
SaaS/Productivity · build adjacent
PROVEN
Studio
$60M
What If Learning Left You With Something You Actually Made?
Education/EdTech · build adjacent
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Boomerang
$8M
$5 Billion in Lost Property – and Nobody's Built the Fix
E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
Ply
$6M
Why Should Volume Discounts Only Go to Builders Who Order at Scale?
Real Estate/Construction · adapt model
PLAYBOOK
Spacestation Club
undisclosed
Why Your Next Angel Investor Should Be an Influencer
Creator Economy · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
CNDO
$1M
Paid Communities Beat Courses – Because They Can Be Sold
SaaS/Productivity · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
Long Story Short
$500K
$1,000/Month, 100 Clients, $1M ARR – The Math Is Simple
E-commerce/Marketplace · enter market
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Tandem
$7M
Behavior Shifts Unlock Bigger Markets Than Technology Shifts
Fintech/Banking · build adjacent
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Quan
$4M
Team Health as a Performance System, Not a Wellness Program
SaaS/Productivity · build adjacent
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Kosmik
$3M
Kosmik Replaces the Desktop With an Infinite Canvas
SaaS/Productivity · build competitor
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HomeCooks
$3M
HomeCooks Turns Certified Home Chefs Into a Delivery Supply Chain
E-commerce/Marketplace · adapt model
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Algor Education
$2M
Algor Education Converts Lessons Into Visual Knowledge Maps
SaaS/Productivity · build adjacent
PROVEN
The Desire Company
$19M
The Desire Company Pairs Expert Education With Honest Product Reviews
E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent
PROVEN
The Desire Company
$15M
Experts Outperform Influencers on Trust – and That's a Business
Creator Economy · adapt model
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Prosal
$1M
Prosal Replaces Agency Cold Outreach With a Structured RFP Feed
E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent
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Hummingbirds
$4M
Hummingbirds Connects Multi-Location Brands With Neighborhood Creators
SaaS/Marketing · build adjacent
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Omnicart
$2M
Omnicart Gives Local Entrepreneurs Infrastructure to Run Their Own Marketplace
E-commerce/Marketplace · adapt model
PROVEN
Squint
$19M
Squint Gives Factory Workers AR-Guided Machine Instructions via Phone
AI/Computer Vision · adapt model
PROVEN
DeepHow
$37M
DeepHow Turns Expert Workers' Video Into AI-Structured Training Lessons
Education/EdTech · build adjacent
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Unravel
$2M
Unravel Sells Travel Bookings Through a TikTok-Style Video Feed
Creator Economy · build competitor
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Mettle
$3M
Mettle Built a Mental Fitness App Specifically for Men
Health/Mental · build competitor
PROVEN
Sunnyside
$15M
Sunnyside Helps Heavy Drinkers Cut Back Without a Treatment Program
Health/Wellness · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
Stack Influence
$1M
Stack Influence Pays Micro-Influencers in Product Instead of Cash
Creator Economy · build competitor
PLAYBOOK
Siena AI
$5M
Siena AI Builds E-Commerce Chatbots With Configurable Emotional Tone
AI/Language Processing · build adjacent
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Civitai
$5M
Civitai Reached Top-10 Generative AI Traffic With Zero Ad Spend
AI/Generative · build adjacent
PROVEN
OfferFit
$39M
OfferFit Runs Individualized Offer Experiments for Every Customer, Every Day
SaaS/Analytics · build adjacent
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Aimerce
$5M
Aimerce Builds Branded Websites for Amazon Sellers From a URL
E-commerce/Direct to Consumer · build adjacent
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Ozone
$8M
Ozone Helps Non-Professionals Produce Polished Short Videos With AI
AI/Generative · build competitor
PROVEN
Hive3
$10M
Hive3 Runs Weekly Creative Competitions Where Brands Buy AI-Assisted Work
E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent
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The 1% Club
$1M
The 1% Club Sells Financial Independence as a Lifetime Membership
SaaS/Learning · adapt model
PROVEN
Connectly
$17M
Connectly's AI Recovers Abandoned Carts via WhatsApp Conversations
AI/Generative · build adjacent
PROVEN
Siro
$18M
Siro Uses AI to Coach Sales Reps From Recorded Conversations
AI/Language Processing · build adjacent
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Pirr
$721K
Pirr Built an AI Co-Authoring App for Erotic Fiction
AI/Generative · build adjacent
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Ignition
$8M
Ignition Manages the Full Product Go-to-Market Lifecycle in One Platform
SaaS/Productivity · adapt model
PROVEN
Sidebar
$14M
Sidebar's $3,600 Peer Community Requires an Interview to Join
Education/Corporate · build adjacent
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Partnar
$379K
Partnar Lets D2C Brands Swap Audience Access Instead of Ads
E-commerce/Direct to Consumer · build adjacent
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KindWorks
$2M
KindWorks Sells Employee Retention Framed as Workplace Kindness Training
Education/Corporate · adapt model
PLAYBOOK
Shopperbird
$20K
Shopperbird Makes Custom Clothing on Demand From a Customer's Sketch
E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent
PROVEN
Vollebak
$10M
Vollebak Sells Technical Clothing Through Stories About the Materials
E-commerce/Direct to Consumer · adapt model
PROVEN
Little Cigogne
$13M
Little Cigogne Curates Outfit Boxes for Children 0–14
E-commerce/Subscriptions · adapt model
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Taelor
$725K
Clothing as a Service
E-commerce/Subscriptions · enter market
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Dopple
$2M
Dopple Is a Marketplace for Personality-Driven AI Bots
AI/Generative · build adjacent
PROVEN
Blackbird
$35M
Blackbird Rethinks Restaurant Loyalty Around Club Membership
E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent
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Rollstack
$2M
Make the Simple Thing Even Simpler
SaaS/Productivity · build adjacent
PROVEN
UserEvidence
$14M
UserEvidence Helps B2B SaaS Companies Scale Customer Proof
SaaS/Analytics · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
Lynx
$650K
Lynx Lets Startups Pay for Services With Equity
E-commerce/Marketplace · build competitor
PLAYBOOK
SaaShop
$4M
SaaShop Consolidates SaaS Subscriptions Into One Invoice
SaaS/Productivity · enter market
PLAYBOOK
Pickme
$1M
You've Got a Package
E-commerce/Logistics · build adjacent
PROVEN
Flash
$13M
Flash Gives Power Shoppers a Dedicated Order-Tracking Inbox
E-commerce/Direct to Consumer · adapt model
PROVEN
Bold
$27M
Bold Sells Senior Fitness Through Health Insurers, Not App Stores
E-commerce/Marketplace · adapt model
PROVEN
Ello
$15M
Ello Is an AI Reading Coach for Children
Education/EdTech · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
Viddy
$500K
Viddy Brings Social Video Feeds to Shopify Product Pages
E-commerce/Direct to Consumer · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
Brandefy
$4M
Brandefy Sells $9 Dupes of $80 Skincare Products
E-commerce/Marketplace · build tooling
PLAYBOOK
Dr.Tail
$2M
Dr.Tail Offers Unlimited Vet Advice for $9.99 a Month
E-commerce/Subscriptions · adapt model
PLAYBOOK
SnapAds
$1M
SnapAds Pays Local Residents to Post About Nearby Businesses
Real Estate/Tech · build adjacent
PROVEN
Teamshares
$245M
$400 Million GMV in Two Years – Here's the Model
E-commerce/Marketplace · adapt model
PROVEN
Catch+Release
$31M
Catch+Release Licenses User-Generated Content for Brand Advertising
AI/Search · build adjacent
PROVEN
Hero Journey Club
$15M
Hero Journey Club Runs Group Therapy Sessions Inside Video Games
Health/Mental · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
StreetFair
$9M
StreetFair Surfaces Home Service Providers Trusted by Your Neighbors
E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent
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Outfindo
$2M
Outfindo Guides E-Commerce Shoppers With Questions, Not Filters
E-commerce/Direct to Consumer · build adjacent
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Outverse
$7M
Outverse Builds Community Infrastructure Purpose-Made for SaaS Products
SaaS/Collaboration · build competitor
PLAYBOOK
Hona
$3M
Hona Automates Client Communication for High-Volume Law Firms
SaaS/Industry-Specific · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
Hound
$5M
Hound Tackles Both Recruiting and Retention for Veterinary Clinics
SaaS/Industry-Specific · adapt model
PLAYBOOK
Needle
$1M
Needle Tells Small Stores What to Do, Not Just How
SaaS/Analytics · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
Gigaroo
$5M
Gigaroo Builds Shift-Work Schedules Around an Income Target
HR/Recruiting · build competitor
PLAYBOOK
Zipr
$725K
Zipr Turns Shoppers Into Brand Ambassadors With Post-Purchase Discounts
Creator Economy · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
Slice
$645K
Slice Combines Influencer Discovery and CRM in One Platform
SaaS/CRM · adapt model
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Glystn
$4M
Glystn Builds an Intelligence Layer for Large Online Communities
AI/Language Processing · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
Re:invent
$150K
Re:invent Automates Cross-Promotional Campaigns Between B2C Brands
SaaS/Marketplace · build tooling
PROVEN
Atly
$18M
Atly Organizes Local Discovery Into Trusted Community Maps
SaaS/Recommendations · build adjacent
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Antimatter
$2M
Antimatter Teaches Concepts by Having Students Build and Decode Memes
Education/EdTech · build adjacent
PROVEN
Acadeum
$24M
Acadeum Lets Colleges License Each Other's Online Courses for Credit
Education/EdTech · build adjacent
PROVEN
Go1
$414M
Go1 Raised $413M to Be the Netflix of Corporate Learning
Education/Corporate · build competitor
PROVEN
Zip
$181M
Zip Reached a $1.5B Valuation in Under Two Years
SaaS/Industry-Specific · build adjacent
PROVEN
Neura Health
$10M
Neura Health Offers Migraine Specialist Care Within 48 Hours
Health/Telemedicine · adapt model
PROVEN
Spiff
$112M
Spiff Raised $50M to Rebuild Sales Commission Software With AI
SaaS/Industry-Specific · build adjacent
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Elfie
$5M
Elfie Rewards Users With Discounts for Managing Their Own Health
Health/Wellness · enter market
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AudiencePlus
$5M
AudiencePlus Helps Companies Build Netflix-Style Content Hubs
Creator Economy · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
Charlie
$8M
Charlie Is a Digital Bank Designed for Americans Over 62
Fintech/Banking · enter market
PROVEN
GetSetUp
$21M
GetSetUp Reaches 4 Million Learners Over 55 Across 160 Countries
Education/EdTech · build adjacent
PROVEN
Appcues
$46M
Appcues: In-App Onboarding Without Engineering Tickets
SaaS/Productivity · build adjacent
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Minerva
$5M
Minerva Turns Website Actions Into Interactive Step-by-Step Guides
SaaS/Productivity · build adjacent
PROVEN
Airspeed
$13M
Airspeed Builds Team Connection Through Slack – No New App Required
Fintech/Payments · build adjacent
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Listeners On Call
$3M
Listeners On Call Puts Real Human Conversations in Corporate Wellness
Health/Mental · adapt model
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Car Space
$3M
Car Space: A Coworking Space Built Around an Automotive Social Club
Real Estate/Tech · adapt model
PROVEN
Seatfrog
$23M
Seatfrog Auctions Empty First-Class Train Seats to Economy Passengers
E-commerce/Marketplace · enter market
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Innential
$1M
Innential Replaces Corporate Courses With Structured Multi-Format Learning Paths
Education/Corporate · build adjacent
PROVEN
Packform
$18M
Packform: A Three-Sided B2B Marketplace for Bulk Packaging Buyers
E-commerce/Marketplace · build competitor
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Myxt
$4M
Myxt Uses AI to Match Your Audio's Tone to a Reference Track
AI · build adjacent
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Highnote
$2M
Highnote Lets Audio Collaborators Leave Timestamped Comments on Waveforms
SaaS/Collaboration · build competitor
PROVEN
Kindred
$27M
Kindred: A Home-Exchange Network Where the Rent Is Zero
Real Estate/Tech · adapt model
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Equipme
$4M
Equipme Lets Employees Self-Serve Equipment With Budget Controls Set by HR
SaaS/Productivity · build adjacent
PROVEN
Renew
$16M
Renew Automates Lease Renewals for Landlords and Tenants Simultaneously
Real Estate/Property Management · build adjacent
PROVEN
Staytuned
$47M
Staytuned Acquires and Grows a Portfolio of Profitable Shopify Apps
E-commerce/Marketplace · enter market
PROVEN
Firstbase
$65M
Firstbase Equips Remote Employees With Home Office Hardware on Demand
E-commerce/Marketplace · adapt model
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Skillprint
$4M
Skillprint Uses a 40-Game Catalog to Position Gaming as Corporate Wellness
Health/Wellness · adapt model
PROVEN
Prisidio
$10M
Prisidio Organizes a Family's Critical Documents in One Secure Platform
Fintech/Banking · build adjacent
PROVEN
Salt Labs
$10M
Salt Labs Rewards Hourly Workers With a Proprietary Currency for Every Hour Worked
HR/Benefits · adapt model
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Upduo
$4M
Upduo Trains Sales Teams Through Structured Peer-to-Peer One-on-One Sessions
Education/Corporate · adapt model
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Leafplanner
$1M
Leafplanner Helps High-Net-Worth Families Organize Assets Before Estate Settlement
Fintech/Investing · enter market
PROVEN
Trust & Will
$23M
Trust & Will Brought Estate Planning Online for a Generation Used to Mobile Banking
Fintech/Banking · enter market
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Lantern
$2M
Lantern Guides Families Through End-of-Life Planning With Structured Checklists
Health/Wellness · build adjacent
PROVEN
Empathy
$13M
Empathy Supports Bereaved Families Through the Legal and Logistical Aftermath of Death
E-commerce/Marketplace · enter market
PLAYBOOK
Iteralix
$100K
Iteralix Offers 58 Scenarios for Planned Celebrations of Life – Not Funerals
E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent
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The Coven
$4M
The Coven Built a Women-First Coworking Space That Became a Digital Platform
Social · adapt model
PROVEN
Tiicker
$10M
Tiicker Lets Retail Shareholders Receive Perks From Companies They Own Stock In
Fintech/Investing · build adjacent
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Elyn
$3M
Elyn Gives Online Stores a Try-Before-You-Buy Checkout Layer
E-commerce/Direct to Consumer · build adjacent
PROVEN
SteadyPay
$13M
SteadyPay Tops Up Gig Workers' Income When Earnings Dip Below Their Personal Average
Fintech/Lending · adapt model
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SteadyPay
$8M
SteadyPay Reframes Income Smoothing for Freelancers as Stability, Not a Loan
Fintech/Lending · enter market
PROVEN
Roami
$29M
Roami Takes Over Entire Buildings to Offer Short-Term Stays Between Airbnb and Hotels
E-commerce/Marketplace · adapt model
PROVEN
bemyfriends
$29M
bemyfriends Uses Fan Community Platforms as a Launchpad for Creator E-Commerce
Creator Economy · build adjacent
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EyeRate
$6M
EyeRate Pays Frontline Employees When Their Customer Interactions Generate Reviews
E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent
PROVEN
Zephr
$11M
Zephr Lets Publishers Build Subscription Packages as Flexible Entitlement Bundles
E-commerce/Subscriptions · build tooling
PROVEN
Mantra Health
$28M
Mantra Health Sells Campus Mental Health Infrastructure to Universities, Not Students
Health/Mental · build adjacent
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Mantra Health
$3M
Mantra Health Addresses College Mental Health With Video Therapy Built for Students
Health/Mental · adapt model
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Plot
$3M
Plot Is a Project Management Platform Designed for Creative Professionals and Agencies
SaaS/Productivity · build adjacent
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REPOWR
$8M
REPOWR Turns Idle Trucks Into a Two-Sided Marketplace
E-commerce/Marketplace · adapt model
PROVEN
Sweeten
$21M
Sweeten Adds Expert Oversight to Home Renovation Hiring
E-commerce/Marketplace · adapt model
PROVEN
Ongo
$12M
Ongo Lets Fitness Creators Launch Branded Apps Without Code
SaaS/Industry-Specific · build competitor
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Stoovo
$2M
Stoovo Optimizes Shift Earnings Across 6,000 Gig Platforms
E-commerce/Logistics · build adjacent
PROVEN
Superside
$35M
Superside Offers Elastic Design Capacity as a Subscription
E-commerce/Marketplace · build competitor
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Techmate
$3M
Techmate Dispatches On-Site IT Support From a Freelancer Network
SaaS/Industry-Specific · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
Stoovo
$7M
Stoovo's AI Tells Gig Workers Where to Earn the Most
HR/Remote · build competitor
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Morning Brew
$750K
Morning Brew Built a $75M Business on a Daily Email
Creator Economy · enter market
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Riparide
$3M
Riparide Books Unusual Rural Stays Through Storytelling
Real Estate/Tech · adapt model
PROVEN
Firework
$119M
Firework Puts Shoppable Video Stories on Merchant Websites
E-commerce/Direct to Consumer · build adjacent
PROVEN
Bark Social
$11M
Bark Social: A Membership Club for Dogs and Remote Workers
HR/Remote · build adjacent
PROVEN
Monet
$11M
Monet Pays Creators Immediately When a Client Confirms Delivery
Fintech/Payments · build adjacent
PROVEN
Sojo
$11M
Sojo Auto-Supplies Toiletries to Short-Term Rental Hosts Before Each Stay
E-commerce/Subscriptions · enter market
PROVEN
Loop Returns
$126M
Loop Returns Converts Return Requests Into Exchange Opportunities
E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
Spotter Buys YouTube Creators' Future Ad Revenue Upfront
Creator Economy · build adjacent
PLAYBOOK
Libristrip Combines Travel Discovery, Booking, and Community in One App
SaaS/Productivity · adapt model
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Doorstead Guarantees Landlords Monthly Rent Even When Units Sit Empty
Real Estate/Property Management · adapt model
PLAYBOOK
Herself Health Opens Clinics Designed Specifically for Women Over 65
Health/Wellness · build adjacent
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GitDuck
GitDuck and Together Add Workflow-Specific Features to Video Calls
SaaS/Collaboration · build adjacent
PROVEN
Airmeet
$15M
Airmeet Fixes Online Networking – Not the Main Stage
E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent
PROVEN
Bunch
$28M
Bunch Adds Group Video to Mobile Games Without an SDK
Gaming · adapt model
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Butter
$3M
Butter Is a Workshop Video Platform With Shared Agendas
SaaS/Collaboration · build adjacent
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Inclusively
$7M
Inclusively Connects Employers to the 61 Million Americans With Disabilities
E-commerce/Marketplace · build tooling
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