Marketplace

Moms Control $2.4 Trillion in Spending. Build Just for Them.

E-commerce/Marketplace · adapt model

Describe a Company, Get a Company – Staffed Entirely by AI Agents

AI/Agents · build adjacent

What If You Became the Influencer for Electricians?

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

Skilled Professionals Need Side Income – Just Not at Gig-Economy Rates

HR/Recruiting · build adjacent

Marketplaces Are Becoming Communities – and Vice Versa

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

Earn From Your Expertise Without the Self-Promotion Circus

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

Only 3% of Adults Sell Online. The Other 97% Think It's Too Hard.

E-commerce/DTC · adapt model

Stop Looking for a Brilliant Idea. Find a Brilliant Audience.

SaaS/Vertical · adapt model

Scale With Other People's Hands – Just Make Sure They Can't Leave

E-commerce/Subscriptions · build adjacent

$750M Valuation, 18 Months Old, Zero Customers – Then $60M

SaaS/Vertical · build adjacent

The Best Way to Promote Your Product: Let Others Profit From It

AI/Agents · build adjacent

The $367B Secondhand Market Has a Supply Problem, Not a Demand One

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

1M Users by Cloning a Proven Model Where It Didn't Exist Yet

HR/Recruiting · adapt model

Peloton Founders Left a $50B Peak to Bet on Rugs

E-commerce/Marketplace · enter market

Stop Picking from What's Available – Order What You Actually Want

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

AI as a Full Marketplace Participant – Not Just a Backend Tool

AI/Generative · build adjacent

The Best Time to Enter a Market Is When the Old Model Is Dying

AI/Generative · build adjacent

The Great Business Transfer Is Coming – Here's How to Profit From It

Fintech/WealthTech · build adjacent

The Best Hires Aren't Looking – Target Life Transitions Instead

HR/Recruiting · build adjacent

Partnerships Were Nice to Have – They're Becoming Non-Negotiable

SaaS/Productivity · build competitor

Don't Build Another Resale Marketplace – Build the Infrastructure

E-commerce/Marketplace · build tooling

Turn Your Loyalty Cost Center Into a Revenue Stream

SaaS/Vertical · build adjacent

Simple Tools, Enormous Market – Home Services Is Still Underserved

SaaS/Vertical · build adjacent

Stay in Someone's Home for Free – $125M Says That Model Works

Real Estate/PropTech · adapt model

Embed Prescription Services Into Any App – No Infrastructure Needed

SaaS/Vertical · build adjacent

Layer Skips the Cold Funnel – Embeds Into Products Already in Use

SaaS/Vertical · build adjacent

Solved Distribution by Becoming Infrastructure, Not a Consumer App

SaaS/Vertical · build tooling

When a Caregiver Calls in Sick at 6 a.m., AI Finds a Replacement

Health/Telemedicine · build competitor

Removing Friction Is Worth Billions – $1B/Month in Under a Year

AI/Generative · build adjacent

In-Person Events Are Back – the Real Opportunity Is Below Ticketing

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

The Market AI Can't Touch: Trades Aren't Going Remote

AI/Agents · build adjacent

25 Ideal Customers in 14 Days – as a Managed Service

SaaS/Productivity · build adjacent

Don't Build New Behavior – Remove Friction From Existing Behavior

SaaS/Productivity · build adjacent

AI Home Design That Goes All the Way to the Building Permit

AI/Generative · build adjacent

5.5% Agent Commission Is a Tax on Ignorance – Skip It

Real Estate/PropTech · adapt model

The Gift Card Market Is $1 Trillion – and Nobody's Playing It Smart

Fintech/Payments · build adjacent

Same Product, Better Customer – The Easiest Upmarket Move

SaaS/Vertical · build adjacent

Turn Your Product Into a Platform – The App Store Playbook

SaaS/Marketplace · build adjacent

99% of Businesses Are Small – and Nobody's Building Seriously for Them

SaaS/Vertical · build competitor

The Off-Market Marketplace – Buy Homes Before They're Listed

Real Estate/PropTech · build competitor

Everyone Is a Fan of Something – and That's a Business

E-commerce/Marketplace · build tooling

The Most Effective Marketing Doesn't Look Like Marketing

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

Build the Marketplace Where Nobody Has to Search

HR/Recruiting · adapt model

Services Are 2x the Spend – Yet 100x Less Digitized

SaaS/Vertical · adapt model

What If Your Doctor Remembered Everything and Was Available at 3am?

AI/Generative · build adjacent

This Job Platform Pays You $15,000 When You Get Hired

HR/Recruiting · adapt model

Retail Media Hits $130B – the Winning Niche Is the Product Itself

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

The Wireless Carrier That Pays You to Use Less Data

SaaS/Productivity · adapt model

Fans Make Stars – Not Producers

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

Treating Anxiety and Sleep With Curated Music – Not Therapy

Health/Mental · build adjacent

Experience Sellers Have No Shopify – Until Now

E-commerce/Marketplace · build tooling

The Skilled Trades Hiring Gap Job Boards Were Never Built to Close

HR/Recruiting · build adjacent

Adult Women Lose Half Their Friends Every 7 Years – Here's the Fix

Social · build adjacent

AI Does the Marketing So Tradespeople Don't Have To

AI/Agents · build adjacent

150,000 Courses Online – Almost None Ranked by Whether They Work

Education/EdTech · build adjacent

Healthcare Software Buyers Have No G2 – Someone Is Building It

SaaS/Vertical · adapt model

This Startup Lets AI Agents Pay Humans – and Raised $3M in Six Days

AI/Agents · build adjacent

The AI-Powered Investment Bank for Small Business Exits

Fintech/WealthTech · enter market

Fractional Experts for Startups – the Model That's Finally Working

HR/Recruiting · build competitor

Hotels and Cafés Repurposed as a Remote Work Network

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

$14M and 300 Hotels in One Year: How One Startup Won on Procurement

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

Let Your Customers Sell for You

SaaS/Productivity · adapt model

A Million in Hand Beats a Billion in the Cloud

AI/Agents · build adjacent

Enterprise Cloud Pricing Is a Tax on Being Small – This Removes It

SaaS/Vertical · build adjacent

Adding a "Sell It Later" Toggle to Any Online Checkout

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

The Creator Economy Is About to Eat the Travel Agency Business

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

The Therapist That Never Forgets What You Said Last Month

Health/Mental · build adjacent

Speed Wins: Why the First Quote Gets the Job

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

The AI Agent Marketplace Won't Make a Billion – But This Will

AI/Agents · build adjacent

The Offline Learning Comeback Is Bigger Than the Online Boom

Education/EdTech · build adjacent

Service Marketplaces Make 2x the Money – Here's the Catch

E-commerce/Marketplace · build competitor

The AI That Listens to Every Sales Call – In Real Time

AI/Voice · build adjacent

Cut Corporate Travel Costs 30% – By Hosting Colleagues at Home

SaaS/Vertical · build adjacent

Data Has a Liquidity Problem – This Is the Fix

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

Plaid Cracked Open Bank Data – Now Someone's Doing It to Utilities

SaaS/Productivity · build adjacent

What If Your Project Manager Also Found the Freelancers?

AI/Agents · build adjacent

The Embedded Insurance Play Hiding Inside Luxury Retail

Fintech/InsurTech · build adjacent

Video Made Promises to Travel – Someone Is Finally Cashing Them In

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

Static Product Grids Are Dead – This Replaces Them With Video

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

Build for the Staff, Let the Business Pay for It

SaaS/Productivity · build adjacent

Experts Without the LinkedIn Noise

AI/Search · build adjacent

Outdoor Brands Pay for Reach – This Platform Sells Fit Instead

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

Vintage Shoppers Want Style Discovery, Not Discount Hunting

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

If Companies Hire AI Agents, Someone Needs to Build the Job Board

AI/Agents · build adjacent

Flash Sales Damage Brands – There's a Smarter Way to Clear Inventory

SaaS/Vertical · adapt model

Companies Don't Need Freelance Marketplaces – They Need Management

HR/Remote · build adjacent

Where Do You Find a Technical Co-Founder?

DevTools · build adjacent

Gen Z Wants to Hang Out IRL – and Needs Help Doing It

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

An AI That Walks You From Zero to Amazon Seller

AI/Agents · build adjacent

The Costco Playbook – But for People Who Want to Spend More

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

Young People Are Job-Hunting Differently – The Old Platforms Missed It

HR/Recruiting · build competitor

The Job Site That Shows You What a Company Is Actually Like

HR/Recruiting · adapt model

Cut Out the Middlemen. All of Them.

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

$54M Raised. 40 Employees. Already Profitable.

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

The Wardrobe App That Builds Itself From Your Inbox

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

B2B Procurement Is Still Stuck in Bilateral Negotiations

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

The Fastest Way to Find an Importer Ready to Sell Your Product

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

The One Detail That Makes Real Estate Auctions Actually Work

Real Estate/Marketplace · adapt model

What If Buyers Could See Every Offer on Your House

E-commerce/Marketplace · adapt model

Construction's Billion-Dollar Paper Trail Problem

SaaS/Vertical · adapt model

E-Commerce Is 20% of Retail – the Other 80% Is Still Up for Grabs

E-commerce/DTC · build adjacent

Surplus Inventory Moves to Markets Where It Won't Cannibalize Sales

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

Enter a $890B Market Through the Back Door

E-commerce/Marketplace · enter market

This Market Needs Its Own Shopify

E-commerce/Marketplace · build competitor

DoorDash for Construction – Building Materials On-Site in Two Hours

Real Estate/Construction · enter market

Your Twitter Thread Is Already a Book – It Just Needs Assembling

SaaS/Productivity · build adjacent

58 Million Millionaires – and Almost No Products Built for Them

Fintech/WealthTech · enter market

This Business Model Was Niche for Seven Years – Then Everything Changed

SaaS/Vertical · build adjacent

Car Rental Is Broken for the Way People Actually Travel

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

Better to Be a Successful Matchmaker Than a Failed Inventor

SaaS/Vertical · build adjacent

Your Product Isn't the Problem. Your Distribution Is.

SaaS/Productivity · build adjacent

Clothing Repair Is a Huge Market That Nobody Digitized

E-commerce/Marketplace · enter market

80,000 Users Found a Doctor Abroad – Without Knowing Any Local Doctors

Health/Telemedicine · build adjacent

If It Feels Ordinary, the Market Is Probably Huge

E-commerce/Marketplace · adapt model

Don't Build the Marketplace. Plug Into One.

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

The Chatbot That Knows Every Article in Your Publication

AI/NLP · build adjacent

Partners: Good. Affiliate Links: Bad.

SaaS/Vertical · build adjacent

Let Someone Else's Customers Fund Your Growth

Fintech/WealthTech · build adjacent

58 Hours of Wrong Calls to Land One Client – There's a Fix

Fintech/WealthTech · adapt model

Affiliate Marketing Is a $54B Market – and Its Software Is Still Broken

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

Two Big Wins From Not Selling the AI Separately

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

The Middleman Is Back – and This Time It's in Software Sales

SaaS/Vertical · build adjacent

Creators Are Hiring Full Teams Now – and Nobody Built the Marketplace

HR/Recruiting · build adjacent

The Uber Model Was Built for Everyday People – Not Professionals

Health/Mental · enter market

65% of Traveler Spending Is Walking Right Past Short-Term Rental Hosts

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

E-Commerce's Next Billion-Dollar Opening: B2B Is Finally Going Online

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

The $137B Book Market Has a New Publishing Layer Worth Owning

E-commerce/Marketplace · build tooling

Amazon Sellers Have $300M in Untapped Affiliate Revenue

E-commerce/Marketplace · adapt model

To Make Real Money in Education, Teach Simple Skills at Scale

Education/EdTech · adapt model

Secondhand Clothing Has a $20M Wholesale Infrastructure Gap

E-commerce/Marketplace · enter market

Visa Paperwork Is a $40B Problem Nobody Has Made Feel Like a Game

SaaS/Productivity · adapt model

Nobody Built a Travel Community for the Over-50 Crowd – Until Now

SaaS/Marketplace · build adjacent

What If a Single Conversation Got You Warm Intros to Anyone

AI/Agents · build adjacent

Excess Inventory Is a $95M Problem Companies Still Solve With Discounts

E-commerce/Marketplace · build competitor

Audience to Community Means Online to Offline – There's No Tool for It

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

The $70 Trillion Services Market Is Still Waiting for Its Software

SaaS/Vertical · adapt model

Law Firms Are Still Reactive – This Startup Flips That

SaaS/Vertical · adapt model

The Offline Fitness Market Still Runs on Phone Calls

SaaS/Productivity · build adjacent

Everyone Books the Same 12 Guests – Here's the Fix

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

After a $310M Exit, the Next Problem Was Making Friends

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

A $130 Billion Retail Media Market – and No Clear Marketplace Leader Yet

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

Want to Sell It? Let Them Try It First

E-commerce/Subscriptions · enter market

4x Growth Without Owning a Single Clinic

E-commerce/Marketplace · adapt model

Freelance Freedom With Employment-Grade Stability – Not a Contradiction

HR/Remote · build adjacent

Video Testimonials with an AI Sincerity Certificate

AI/Computer Vision · adapt model

The 80 Million Hourly Workers Most HR Startups Ignore

HR/Recruiting · build competitor

Jigsaw Hides Your Face Until You're Worth Knowing

Social · build adjacent

The Revenue Agencies Take From Influencers Is Up for Grabs

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

The 'What Are You Up To?' Text Chain Is Broken

Social · build competitor

Trade In the Old One, Get the New One – All at the Same Store

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

The Solo Travel Boom Has a $1 Trillion Tailwind

Marketplace · enter market

Offline Events Are Back – Ticketing Infrastructure Isn't

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

Gen Z Picks Employers by Values – Not Job Boards

HR/Recruiting · build adjacent

Manufacturing Materials Still Get Sourced by Spreadsheet

E-commerce/Marketplace · build competitor

The Niche That Out-Raised Most Full-Market Grocery Startups

E-commerce/DTC · enter market

Hotel Discovery Reimagined as a TikTok Feed

E-commerce/Marketplace · adapt model

30 Million Small US Businesses – and Fewer Than 10% Are Discoverable

AI/Search · adapt model

Subscriptions for Beauty Salons – Weird Now, Mainstream Soon

E-commerce/Subscriptions · adapt model

Experienced Talent on Flexible Terms – The Arbitrage Nobody Talks About

HR/Recruiting · adapt model

Work-Life Balance Is Now the Top Hiring Factor – Here's Who Profits

HR/Recruiting · build adjacent

The Corner of Travel That Big OTAs Keep Ignoring

E-commerce/Marketplace · enter market

Everyone's Online but Nobody's Actually Connecting

E-commerce/Marketplace · adapt model

Offline Education Is About to Boom – Because Online Overshot

Education/EdTech · adapt model

Post-Production Is the Bottleneck – Edit Cloud Is the Infrastructure

SaaS/Productivity · build adjacent

The $2,600 Travel Club for People Too Rich for TripAdvisor

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

Former C-Suite Executives Are Freelancing – and Enterprise Sales Teams Want In

HR/Recruiting · build adjacent

Rewards or Ads? The Clever Business Model That Blurs the Line

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

Super-Apps Need a Beachhead – Kids' Debit Cards Are One

Fintech/Banking · build competitor

Project Management for Professional Services Is an $11.5B Niche Nobody Talks About

SaaS/Vertical · enter market

Passive Income From Franchises – Without Running One

Fintech/WealthTech · build adjacent

The Smartest Media Model Is Platform, Not Publication

SaaS/Productivity · build adjacent

Services Need to Become Products – Fixed Prices, Fixed Scope

SaaS/Marketplace · build adjacent

11.2 Billion Receipts a Year – None of Them Are Marketing

E-commerce/Marketplace · enter market

Buy Off-the-Rack, Wear It Like It Was Made for You

E-commerce/DTC · adapt model

Shop New, Get Shown the Used Version Automatically

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

The Best Course on Any Topic Is the One You Designed

Education/EdTech · build adjacent

Every Checkout, You're Using the Wrong Credit Card

Fintech/Payments · build adjacent

Home Maintenance on Subscription – Before Things Break

SaaS/Productivity · build competitor

The UK's Home Childcare Market Is Secretly a Franchise Play

SaaS/Vertical · build adjacent

Don't Help Vendors Sell – Help Buyers Buy

SaaS/Vertical · build adjacent

25% of B2B SaaS Sales Now Flow Through Cloud Marketplaces

SaaS/Vertical · build adjacent

Referred Candidates Are 9x More Likely to Get Hired

HR/Recruiting · adapt model

$130M Says Corporate Gifting Was Broken

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

The Best Candidates Aren't on LinkedIn – Paraform Knows Where They Are

HR/Recruiting · build adjacent

Selling Software Globally Is Easy – Until Tax Season

SaaS/Vertical · build tooling

Running Local Marketing for 100 Stores Shouldn't Take 100 People

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

What If Consumers Voted on Which Products Got Made

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

20 Million College Students Need Work. Companies Need Flexible Talent.

HR/Recruiting · adapt model

$90 Trillion in Assets Will Change Hands – the Bottleneck Is Due Diligence

Fintech/WealthTech · build adjacent

The HVAC Industry Is Fragmented. This Company Is Buying It Up.

SaaS/Vertical · build competitor

The Expensive Offsite Is Dead. High-Frequency Team Events Are Winning.

SaaS/Productivity · build competitor

1.7 Billion Outdoor Trips Need Their Own Booking Platform

E-commerce/Marketplace · enter market

A Search Engine for Skincare Built by Someone Who Needed One

SaaS/Productivity · build adjacent

Math Competitions Reach 300K Students – Out of 33 Million Eligible

Education/EdTech · build adjacent

Close the Deal With Someone Else's Budget

E-commerce/Marketplace · build tooling

The Creative Industry Still Books Talent the Way It Did in 2005

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

Diamonds Grown From Ashes – a Memorial That Lasts Forever

E-commerce/DTC · adapt model

Return Fraud Costs Retailers $21–$46 Per Item. A Network Can Stop It.

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

You Can't Buy What You Haven't Tried

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

Position Yourself Between 30 Million Sellers and Their Suppliers

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

+35% Revenue in 150 Minutes: The Cross-Border Sales Play

E-commerce/Marketplace · adapt model

Universities Track Graduation Rates. Nobody Tracks Whether Students Get Jobs.

Education/EdTech · adapt model

3,000 Industry Gatekeepers Contractually Obligated to Respond

Education/EdTech · build adjacent

The Experience Economy's Biggest Gap: Tools Built for Small Operators

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

One Newsletter Playbook, 26 Cities, Almost Zero Marginal Cost

E-commerce/Marketplace · adapt model

Fragmented Markets Aren't for Competing – They're for Consolidating

SaaS/Vertical · build adjacent

The Delivery App Tax Killing Independent Restaurants

SaaS/Vertical · build competitor

Salary Surveys Are Stale by the Time They're Published

SaaS/Productivity · build adjacent

The Trades Are Bigger Than Tech – and Almost Nobody Is Building for Them

Education/Corporate · build adjacent

$5 Billion in Lost Property – and Nobody's Built the Fix

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

Construction Procurement Is a $1.4 Trillion Market Nobody's Digitized

E-commerce/Marketplace · enter market

Why Should Volume Discounts Only Go to Builders Who Order at Scale?

Real Estate/Construction · adapt model

Same Product, 10x the Ticket Size

SaaS/Vertical · adapt model

Why Your Next Angel Investor Should Be an Influencer

Creator Economy · build adjacent

Influencer Marketing Hit $21B – The Pick-and-Shovel Play Is Obvious

SaaS/Vertical · build adjacent

The Services Market Is Broken – and That's the Opportunity

E-commerce/Marketplace · build competitor

A $1M Transaction Should Clear as Easily as a $100 One

SaaS/Vertical · enter market

Anonymity With Verified Employer Context Is a Different Product

SaaS/Collaboration · adapt model

Learning Sticks Better When You Do It With People You Know

SaaS/Marketplace · build adjacent

The B2B Intake Form Has Been Broken Since Typeform Launched

SaaS/Productivity · build competitor

AI Meeting Summaries Are Useless Without What Comes Next

SaaS/Productivity · build adjacent

Lily AI Closes the $300 Billion Search Gap

SaaS/Industry-Specific · build competitor

HomeCooks Turns Certified Home Chefs Into a Delivery Supply Chain

E-commerce/Marketplace · adapt model

CookUnity Built the Spotify of Chef-Made Meal Delivery

E-commerce/Marketplace · adapt model

Carma Books Same-Day Auto Repair at Half the Price

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

Bizay Delivers Custom Business Products at Half the Typical Price

SaaS/Industry-Specific · build competitor

The Desire Company Pairs Expert Education With Honest Product Reviews

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

Experts Outperform Influencers on Trust – and That's a Business

Creator Economy · adapt model

Ezee Assist Builds AI Chatbots Trained on Franchise Knowledge Bases

SaaS/Industry-Specific · build adjacent

Prosal Replaces Agency Cold Outreach With a Structured RFP Feed

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

Collective Matches Companies With Pre-Formed Freelance Teams

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

Omnicart Gives Local Entrepreneurs Infrastructure to Run Their Own Marketplace

E-commerce/Marketplace · adapt model

Squint Gives Factory Workers AR-Guided Machine Instructions via Phone

AI/Computer Vision · adapt model

DeepHow Turns Expert Workers' Video Into AI-Structured Training Lessons

Education/EdTech · build adjacent

Jukebox Health Sends Occupational Therapists to Reduce Home Fall Risk

SaaS/Industry-Specific · enter market

Layla Books Travel Through AI Chat on Instagram

SaaS/Productivity · build competitor

Sunnyside Helps Heavy Drinkers Cut Back Without a Treatment Program

Health/Wellness · build adjacent

Stack Influence Pays Micro-Influencers in Product Instead of Cash

Creator Economy · build competitor

11x's AI Sales Rep Handles Prospecting Across 500 Million Contacts

AI/Agents · build adjacent

Found Flips the Job Search: Companies Pursue Pre-Vetted Candidates

HR/Recruiting · build adjacent

rready Ships Companies a Kit That Turns Employees Into Intrapreneurs

SaaS/Productivity · build adjacent

Aimerce Builds Branded Websites for Amazon Sellers From a URL

E-commerce/Direct to Consumer · build adjacent

Hive3 Runs Weekly Creative Competitions Where Brands Buy AI-Assisted Work

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

Noon's Social Learning Marketplace Teaches Students in Peer Groups

Education/EdTech · build adjacent

Pirr Built an AI Co-Authoring App for Erotic Fiction

AI/Generative · build adjacent

Zenarate Trains Call Center Agents by Simulating Difficult Customer Calls

AI/Agents · build competitor

Partnar Lets D2C Brands Swap Audience Access Instead of Ads

E-commerce/Direct to Consumer · build adjacent

MakerSights Gives Fashion Teams a Shared Workspace for Assortment Decisions

E-commerce/Marketplace · build tooling

Shopperbird Makes Custom Clothing on Demand From a Customer's Sketch

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

The Seam Brings On-Demand Tailoring to Your Door

E-commerce/Marketplace · adapt model

Little Cigogne Curates Outfit Boxes for Children 0–14

E-commerce/Subscriptions · adapt model

Clothing as a Service

E-commerce/Subscriptions · enter market

Gently Aggregates All Secondhand Fashion Into One Search

E-commerce/Marketplace · build competitor

Fashion Cloud Digitizes the Wholesale Fashion Supply Chain

SaaS/Industry-Specific · adapt model

Khyaal Is a Super-App Built for India's 149M Older Adults

SaaS/Industry-Specific · build adjacent

Scnd Lets Anyone Launch a Service Marketplace Without Code

SaaS/Industry-Specific · build competitor

Blackbird Rethinks Restaurant Loyalty Around Club Membership

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

OnlyDust Builds Developer Reputations Through Open-Source Contributions

HR/Recruiting · build adjacent

UserEvidence Helps B2B SaaS Companies Scale Customer Proof

SaaS/Analytics · build adjacent

Lynx Lets Startups Pay for Services With Equity

E-commerce/Marketplace · build competitor

You've Got a Package

E-commerce/Logistics · build adjacent

Flash Gives Power Shoppers a Dedicated Order-Tracking Inbox

E-commerce/Direct to Consumer · adapt model

Curipod Generates AI Lesson Plans for K–12 Teachers in Seconds

Education/EdTech · enter market

Bold Sells Senior Fitness Through Health Insurers, Not App Stores

E-commerce/Marketplace · adapt model

BookSeats Packages Sports Event Travel Into a Single Purchase

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

Common Trust Helps Small Businesses Sell to Their Own Employees

SaaS/Industry-Specific · adapt model

Ello Is an AI Reading Coach for Children

Education/EdTech · build adjacent

Tomato AI Removes Call Center Accents in Real Time

SaaS/Industry-Specific · adapt model

Onex Connects Medical Device Makers With Local Distributors

SaaS/Industry-Specific · adapt model

Centuro Global Treats International Expansion as Standard Operations

SaaS/Industry-Specific · build competitor

Context Analyzes What Users Are Actually Asking Your AI Chatbot

SaaS/Analytics · build tooling

Rippey.AI Is a Logistics-Specific AI Chatbot for Freight Operations

SaaS/Industry-Specific · build competitor

Viddy Brings Social Video Feeds to Shopify Product Pages

E-commerce/Direct to Consumer · build adjacent

Harbour Streamlines Contract Negotiation, Approval, and Signing

HR/Recruiting · build adjacent

The Contract Network Closes Complex Deals 10x Faster With AI

SaaS/Industry-Specific · build competitor

Moxie Launches Independent Beauty Salons for $30K in Two Months

SaaS/Industry-Specific · adapt model

Octo Resolves 70% of Support Tickets and Charges Per Resolution

AI/Agents · build competitor

Brandefy Sells $9 Dupes of $80 Skincare Products

E-commerce/Marketplace · build tooling

Dr.Tail Offers Unlimited Vet Advice for $9.99 a Month

E-commerce/Subscriptions · adapt model

Weekday Verifies Candidates by Reaching Out to Former Colleagues

SaaS/Industry-Specific · build adjacent

SnapAds Pays Local Residents to Post About Nearby Businesses

Real Estate/Tech · build adjacent

Influenxio Connects Small Businesses With Instagram Creators for $35

Creator Economy · build adjacent

$400 Million GMV in Two Years – Here's the Model

E-commerce/Marketplace · adapt model

Sollective Is a Zero-Commission Freelance Marketplace in Japan

E-commerce/Marketplace · enter market

Atmosfy Is a TikTok-Style Discovery App for Places Worth Visiting

SaaS/Marketplace · build adjacent

Allo Is a Personal Finance App Built Around Life Purpose

SaaS/Productivity · build competitor

Topline Pro Builds AI-Powered Websites for Local Trades Fast

SaaS/Industry-Specific · adapt model

Croissant's Guaranteed Buyback Model Gets $24M

E-commerce/Marketplace · build competitor

Augmend Turns Voice Recordings Into Searchable Team Knowledge

SaaS/Productivity · enter market

AutogenAI Raises £17M to Automate Proposal Writing

SaaS/Productivity · build competitor

Tilt Turns Employee Offboarding Into a Structured Workflow

HR/Benefits · build adjacent

Torchlite Brings CRM-Style Tools to Partner Channel Management

SaaS/CRM · build tooling

Skillit Gives Construction Firms a Searchable Database of Tradespeople

HR/Recruiting · build adjacent

Whop: a Marketplace for Digital Products Nobody Else Would Touch

SaaS/Industry-Specific · build competitor

Peppermint Builds a Social Clubhouse Platform for Adults Over 55

SaaS/Collaboration · build adjacent

Karat Issues Creator Credit Cards Based on Audience Data

Fintech/Lending · build adjacent

Trunk Tools Pays Construction Workers Instant Bonuses for Performance

SaaS/Industry-Specific · adapt model

Needle Tells Small Stores What to Do, Not Just How

SaaS/Analytics · build adjacent

Unaric Acquires Bootstrapped Salesforce Apps and Scales Them Together

SaaS/CRM · enter market

Alwayz Prices 20% Below Competitors Without Selling at a Loss

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

Gigaroo Builds Shift-Work Schedules Around an Income Target

HR/Recruiting · build competitor

Leap Opens Retail Stores for Digital Brands, Risk-Free

E-commerce/Direct to Consumer · build adjacent

Franshares Lets Anyone Invest in Franchise Portfolios From $500

SaaS/Marketplace · adapt model

Lucky Routes E-Commerce Orders to Local Stores for Instant Pickup

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

HirePort Runs a Recruiter Marketplace Instead of Sourcing Directly

HR/Recruiting · adapt model

Segue Lets Construction Companies Share Idle Workers Between Projects

HR/Recruiting · adapt model

ResearchHub: Reddit for Science Papers, Backed by a Coinbase Founder

SaaS/Productivity · build adjacent

WAVs AI Launches a Streaming Platform for AI-Generated Music

AI/Generative · build adjacent

Offered Automates Job Applications After an Eight-Minute Candidate Profile

AI · build competitor

Paro Matches Companies With Freelance Finance and Accounting Specialists

HR · build adjacent

Nash Routes Each Delivery to the Cheapest Available Courier

E-commerce/Marketplace · adapt model

Re:invent Automates Cross-Promotional Campaigns Between B2C Brands

SaaS/Marketplace · build tooling

Cortex Raised $35M to Build Developer Portals Mapping Architecture

SaaS/Productivity · build adjacent

Sastrify Audits and Renegotiates SaaS Contracts for Mid-Market Companies

SaaS/Analytics · build adjacent

Loopie Laundry Picks Up and Returns Clean Clothes Fast

E-commerce/Subscriptions · adapt model

Acadeum Lets Colleges License Each Other's Online Courses for Credit

Education/EdTech · build adjacent

Go1 Raised $413M to Be the Netflix of Corporate Learning

Education/Corporate · build competitor

Zip Reached a $1.5B Valuation in Under Two Years

SaaS/Industry-Specific · build adjacent

Neura Health Offers Migraine Specialist Care Within 48 Hours

Health/Telemedicine · adapt model

Hallow Adds $50M Proving Catholic Focus Beats Generic Wellness

SaaS/Productivity · build competitor

Arya Enters a Crowded Commission Market With a Clear Niche

SaaS/Industry-Specific · build adjacent

Synco Is a Purpose-Built Messenger for Property Operations Teams

SaaS/Industry-Specific · adapt model

The Juice Distributes B2B Marketing Content to 10,000 Professionals

SaaS/Marketplace · adapt model

Appcues: In-App Onboarding Without Engineering Tickets

SaaS/Productivity · build adjacent

Airspeed Builds Team Connection Through Slack – No New App Required

Fintech/Payments · build adjacent

Millionways Builds an AI Emotional Intelligence Coach for Enterprises

SaaS/Productivity · enter market

Seatfrog Auctions Empty First-Class Train Seats to Economy Passengers

E-commerce/Marketplace · enter market

Innential Replaces Corporate Courses With Structured Multi-Format Learning Paths

Education/Corporate · build adjacent

Packform: A Three-Sided B2B Marketplace for Bulk Packaging Buyers

E-commerce/Marketplace · build competitor

Highnote Lets Audio Collaborators Leave Timestamped Comments on Waveforms

SaaS/Collaboration · build competitor

Oneistox Trains Architects and Engineers in BIM and Computational Design

Education/Corporate · adapt model

Renew Automates Lease Renewals for Landlords and Tenants Simultaneously

Real Estate/Property Management · build adjacent

Staytuned Acquires and Grows a Portfolio of Profitable Shopify Apps

E-commerce/Marketplace · enter market

Firstbase Equips Remote Employees With Home Office Hardware on Demand

E-commerce/Marketplace · adapt model

Coast Lets Sales Teams Demo APIs Without Writing a Line of Code

SaaS/Productivity · build adjacent

Hygraph Is a Headless CMS Built for Multichannel Enterprise Content at Scale

SaaS/Productivity · build adjacent

Superfiliate Gives Affiliate Sellers a Branded Storefront Instead of a Referral Link

SaaS/Marketplace · build adjacent

Salt Labs Rewards Hourly Workers With a Proprietary Currency for Every Hour Worked

HR/Benefits · adapt model

OpenStore Drive Runs Your Shopify Store While You Collect a Guaranteed Monthly Payout

E-commerce/Marketplace · adapt model

Pilot Automatically Extracts CRM Data From Sales Calls With No Manual Entry

SaaS/CRM · build adjacent

Fount Sells Personalized Health Optimization Programs to High-Performance Executives

Health/Wellness · adapt model

Leafplanner Helps High-Net-Worth Families Organize Assets Before Estate Settlement

Fintech/Investing · enter market

OpsLevel Assigns Explicit Ownership to Every Microservice in Engineering Organizations

DevTools · adapt model

Empathy Supports Bereaved Families Through the Legal and Logistical Aftermath of Death

E-commerce/Marketplace · enter market

Iteralix Offers 58 Scenarios for Planned Celebrations of Life – Not Funerals

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

The Coven Built a Women-First Coworking Space That Became a Digital Platform

Social · adapt model

Tiicker Lets Retail Shareholders Receive Perks From Companies They Own Stock In

Fintech/Investing · build adjacent

Burger Index Tracks Competitor Pricing and Menu Changes for Restaurant Operators

SaaS/Industry-Specific · build competitor

Keyturn Finds, Buys, and Hands Off Short-Term Rental Properties for Passive Investors

Real Estate/Property Management · adapt model

QuantHub Teaches Data Skills to Every Employee – Not Just Data Analysts

Education/Corporate · build adjacent

Roami Takes Over Entire Buildings to Offer Short-Term Stays Between Airbnb and Hotels

E-commerce/Marketplace · adapt model

bemyfriends Uses Fan Community Platforms as a Launchpad for Creator E-Commerce

Creator Economy · build adjacent

EyeRate Pays Frontline Employees When Their Customer Interactions Generate Reviews

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

Stensul Compresses Enterprise Email Production From Two Weeks to a Few Hours

SaaS/Collaboration · build adjacent

Zarta Tests a Pay-Per-Video Model for Creator Content at $0.10 per View

SaaS/Marketplace · build adjacent

Bonusly Runs a Peer Recognition System Where Employees Award Points to Each Other

SaaS/Collaboration · build competitor

Mantra Health Sells Campus Mental Health Infrastructure to Universities, Not Students

Health/Mental · build adjacent

Plot Is a Project Management Platform Designed for Creative Professionals and Agencies

SaaS/Productivity · build adjacent

REPOWR Turns Idle Trucks Into a Two-Sided Marketplace

E-commerce/Marketplace · adapt model

Nada Lets Anyone Invest in a City's Housing Market

Real Estate/Tech · adapt model

Sweeten Adds Expert Oversight to Home Renovation Hiring

E-commerce/Marketplace · adapt model

Breef Connects Companies With Small Creative Agencies

SaaS/Industry-Specific · adapt model

Paid Manages Contracts and Payments Across Entire Supplier Networks

SaaS/Industry-Specific · build adjacent

Uplancer Matches Students With Paid Freelance Projects

Education/EdTech · build competitor

Stoovo Optimizes Shift Earnings Across 6,000 Gig Platforms

E-commerce/Logistics · build adjacent

Pangea Is Building Freelancing as the New Entry-Level Career Path

HR/Recruiting · build adjacent

Expertlead Vets Tech Freelancers Through Peer Review

Creator Economy · build adjacent

Graphite Fields 7,500 Ex-McKinsey Consultants for Freelance Strategy Work

HR/Recruiting · build competitor

Superside Offers Elastic Design Capacity as a Subscription

E-commerce/Marketplace · build competitor

A.Team Assembles Complete Product Teams on Demand

HR/Recruiting · build adjacent

Lawclerk Lets Lawyers Hire Freelance Attorneys by the Project

E-commerce/Marketplace · build competitor

MVP Match Matches Companies With Vetted European Freelance Developers

HR/Recruiting · build competitor

Clutch Builds a Student Freelance Marketplace School by School

E-commerce/Marketplace · adapt model

Triple Whale Gives Shopify Merchants a Single Analytics Dashboard

SaaS/Analytics · build competitor

Jeff Franchises Laundry, Beauty, and Fitness Under One App

SaaS/Marketplace · adapt model

Mighty Health Targets the Overlooked Over-50 Wellness Market

Health/Wellness · enter market

Digs Gives Home Construction Teams a Shared Document Workspace

SaaS/Industry-Specific · build adjacent

Stride Delivers Workplace Coaching in Micro-Format Sessions

SaaS/Productivity · build competitor

CareerFairy Moves the Campus Career Fair Online and Year-Round

Education/EdTech · adapt model

Riparide Books Unusual Rural Stays Through Storytelling

Real Estate/Tech · adapt model

Zarya Lets Anyone Resell Wholesale Products via Personal Storefronts

SaaS/Industry-Specific · adapt model

Peerlist Replaces LinkedIn Profiles With Live Portfolio Data

SaaS/Productivity · build competitor

Bark Social: A Membership Club for Dogs and Remote Workers

HR/Remote · build adjacent

Sojo Auto-Supplies Toiletries to Short-Term Rental Hosts Before Each Stay

E-commerce/Subscriptions · enter market

Digitail Helps Veterinary Practices Treat More Patients Without Longer Hours

SaaS/Industry-Specific · enter market

Loop Returns Converts Return Requests Into Exchange Opportunities

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

Galaxy Vets Acquires Clinics and Keeps the Founders Running Them

SaaS/Industry-Specific · adapt model

Willo Replaces First-Round Job Interviews With Recorded Video Responses

HR/Recruiting · build competitor

Airmeet Fixes Online Networking – Not the Main Stage

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

Superpeer Pivoted From Expert 1-on-1 Calls to Paid Live Streams

E-commerce/Marketplace · build adjacent

LunaJoy Bundles Therapy, Prescriptions, and Nutrition Into Women's Mental Health

Health/Mental · enter market

Inclusively Connects Employers to the 61 Million Americans With Disabilities

E-commerce/Marketplace · build tooling