Top 50 Franchise Startup Investors in United States (September 2026)

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• Aurva — Your AI-powered Data Security Co-pilot. Identify, detect and streamline remediation of internal & external threats in real time.
• Parse.ly — Parse.ly makes working with data easy for newsrooms and marketers, giving them the insights they need to focus their content strategy and prove ROI.
• Notehall — Notehall is an online marketplace that allows college students to buy and sell appropriate class materials such as lecture notes, reading notes & study guides Fellow classmates helping them get an edge in their specific classes while student sellers make money doing something they already do anyway.Notehall is active and generating revenueat 54 Universities and continuously expanding its college reach. The company expects to be active in more than 200 Universities by the end of 2011 with more than 750,000 users. Notehall is also expected to grow 400 percent in 2011. They have passed Senate Resolutions at the University of Arizona and Arizona State University making Notehall an official student service at both universities. Notehall is actively building relationships with professors and administration at universities to create a lasting and transparent partnership. The Co-Founders of Notehall were selected as the finalist for the Business Week's 2009 America's Best Young Entrepreneurs.

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• iBar Experience Kft. — iBar provides an AI  inventory app that integrates into restaurant management software. They offer products and services for pizzerias, bars, discos, hotels, and restaurants.
• SURVIOT Monitoring Kft. — SURVIOT provides smart movement and deformation monitoring solution for civil engineering projects such as bridge, tunnel and dam constructions, quarries, slope stability inspections by monitoring geotechnical and environmental parameters. SURVIOT supports operators and constructors to comply with professional regulations by digitizing labourintensive, manual monitoring processes with automated data collection, processing and analysis. The SURVIOT platform is constantly evolving by adding new sensors and features.
• Linkio - Ecommerce Integration Portal — Integrate wholesalers into your online store easier then ever

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• Cloneable — Automate expert-driven field and back-office workflows. Cloneable captures your best people's knowledge and deploys it across your organization.
• Askari Defense — Intelligent Kinetic Defense For the Age of Robotic Warfare
• Levangie Laboratories, Inc. — LLABS deploys enterprise agents into bounded operating roles and improves their decisions through Causal Trajectory Learning.

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• Oomnitza — DescriptionOomnitza is the IT asset management platform that turns fragmented lifecycle data into trusted asset intelligence for IT, security, and finance teams.
• Wizeline — Wizeline, a global technology services provider, builds the best digital products and platforms at scale. We focus on measurable outcomes, partnering with our customers to modernize core technologies, mature data-driven capabilities, and improve user experience.
• Cimento — AI-powered human risk management. Run multi-channel phishing simulations across email, SMS & voice, then auto-deliver adaptive training that cuts risk.

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• Maxed — Maxed is the AI-native platform that runs your entire CPA firm. One platform replaces your disconnected tools, and a team of AI agents automates the manual work, so you serve more clients and protect your margin without growing the team. It works inside your email, and every client-facing output stays behind a CPA approval gate.
• Searcle AI — Searcle unifies AEO, GEO, and SEO to boost AI search visibility, drive targeted traffic, earn citations, and accelerate conversions.
• Drafter — automating go to manufacturing

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• Prevu — Prevu empowers homebuyers with real estate commission rebates. Browse listings, schedule tours, and connect with a local agent.
• PrivacyHawk — PrivacyHawk is a Personal Data Protection service that makes opting out, unsubscribing, and deleting your data from thousands of companies easy.
• OurRitual — Couple Goals Made Possible. Relationship Support For Busy People, Practical Tools & Expert Feedback

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• memQ — memQ blends quantum science, materials, and photonics to create the first extensible quantum network architecture for industry, research, and government.
• SkyHoop — SkyHoop is a technology startup that develops software for defense systems.
• Marketeam.ai — Marketeam.ai is a GenAI startup that has developed the first proprietary Foundation Language Model for marketing (FLM, DALM), and is training autonomous AI agents to work collaboratively with humans as a marketing team to manage business' marketing end-to-end.Marketeam.ai empowers every business to have its own 'pro marketing team'working together 24/7 on building, promoting, and managing their brand to accelerate growth with expert-level skills, at platform-level cost & speed. The platform offers autonomous AI marketing agents, combining expert strategy and 24/7 operational efficiency. Ideal for businesses aiming to enhance ROI and growth with a cutting-edge AI marketing team.

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• Buildforce — Amping up America's electrical workforce
• Guthrie AI — Guthrie AI uses AI to structure RFPs and project information, helping teams quickly understand jobs and bid more effectively.
• InstaSwitch — The fastest way to activate new accounts, increasing your deposits and primary relationships.

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• Odeko — Odeko is a software platform that assists small businesses in managing their operations and inventory while providing tools for order fulfillment, customer engagement, and data analytics to enhance decision-making and streamline processes. The platform offers features such as inventory tracking, supply chain management, and sales reporting,enabling businesses to operate efficiently and effectively in a competitive market. Additionally, Odeko supports integration with various payment systems and delivery services, facilitating a seamless experience for both business owners and their customers.
• Hydra Host — Hydra Host offers Bare Metal GPU solutions for AI, HPC, and big data. Enjoy autonomy, privacy, and scalable performance options. Get in touch!
• Exponent Financial — Exponent Financial is a financial platform designed for franchise owners and multi-location enterprises.

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• Poppy Flowers — Poppy is a next-gen wedding flower expert who curates your vision, delivers anywhere, and fits your budget. Plus, our flower kit lets you play florist at home.
• Noble Mobile — Get paid to use your phone less.
• Lucid Bots — Lucid Drone Technologies is a robotics company that specializes in exterior spray drones. We are committed to safety, innovation, and customer satisfaction.

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• Earlytrade — Earlytrade creates a positive change in the way businesses get paid and delivers a powerful two-fold effect.By incentivising early payment, suppliers are in control of when they get paid. Removing the need to pursue other funding options and accrue more debt.Corporate customers deepen their relationships with satisfied suppliers and arerewarded with higher margins.
• Mango — Mango offers suppliers and contractors in the construction industry real-time risk analytics, automated B2B payments, and embedded credit.
• Cocoon — Low carbon construction materials for the builders of tomorrow.

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• Orderly by Siftit Inc. — Orderly is your hassle-free way to a smarter restaurant. Stop taking inventory and worrying about that stack of invoices. Get food cost management and cost of goods sold without all the work.
• Trajektory — Trajektory is an innovative data insights and valuation technology start-up with a unique take on how to leverage and value data throughout the sports, media, and entertainment industries. We provide stress free data management that aggregates, visualizes, assesses, and accurately values your sponso
• HireIQ Solutions — HireIQ revolutionizes talent acquisition for front-line customer service positions such as those in contact centers, retail stores, branch banking, quick-service restaurants, and hospitality by automating the early-stage screening process, automatically assessing for critical communication skills, and using outcomes-based data to facilitatecontinuous performance validation. HireIQ’s solutions enable companies to improve their hiring decisions, reduce time-to-fill, reduce recruiting costs, and increase talent performance and retention through its on-line virtual interviewing software, novel predictive analytics solutions, and structured feedback between recruiting and its stakeholders. HireIQ is a privately held company based in Atlanta, Georgia.

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• RepVue — RepVue has the largest set of sales specific company ratings, sales jobs, sales compensation and salary benchmarking data, and other sales specific insights.
• ChannelScaler — Streamline partner acquisition, ensure engagement, and enable ecosystem growth with automated PRM from Allbound
• biospatial — biospatial's EMS data platform combines ePCR from EMS providers to support the missions of public sector and commercial healthcare entities.

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• Aroma Bit — Aroma Bit develops compact odor sensor and innovative services and products using the sensor.They live in a world surrounded by an endless number of scents and aromas. However,our olfactory sense is often overlooked. This is partly because it is so difficult to capture the essence of a scent only using words. For example, how would you clearlydescribe what a rose smelled like to someone who has never smelled it?
• YO-KAI EXPRESS — Yo-Kai Express is the revolutionary high tech company who develope future autonomous restaurant to serve people gourmet food 24/7
• National Tobacco Enterprise — National Tobacco Enterprise produces and distributes tobacco products.

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• Exponent Financial — Exponent Financial is a financial platform designed for franchise owners and multi-location enterprises.

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• OncoLens — OncoLens develops technologies that improve cancer treatment planning, simplify tumor board management, facilitate survivorship care planning, and automate accreditation and quality reporting through an intelligent workflow engine that streamlines business processes and enables more informed clinical decision-making.
• ConnexPay — Transform payment operations with ConnexPay's integrated platform. Reduce processing costs, accelerate cash flow, eliminate manual reconciliation. Trusted by businesses around the world to make tens of millions in payments each day.
• DemandJump — Combining your data with data beyond your four walls DemandJump provides a roadmap of the actions you should take to ensure your marketing drives revenue.

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• Poppy Flowers — Poppy is a next-gen wedding flower expert who curates your vision, delivers anywhere, and fits your budget. Plus, our flower kit lets you play florist at home.
• Hardshell — Next-gen AI security starts at the source. Hardshell detects threats before model training and hardens datasets against data poisoning and leakage.
• Lucid Bots — Lucid Drone Technologies is a robotics company that specializes in exterior spray drones. We are committed to safety, innovation, and customer satisfaction.

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• Exponent Financial — Exponent Financial is a financial platform designed for franchise owners and multi-location enterprises.

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• Upwardli — Build credit & savings with just spare change from everyday purchases. Try it free for 30 days!
• Benji — Benji is a modern API for loyalty programs. It helps businesses enhance conversion rates and profitability by providing clients with a new way to pay using rewards points.
• BON Credit — AI powered financial assistant from Bon Credit helps uncover savings, manage finances, and make smarter money decisions with AI. Start saving smarter today!

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• Onsetto — Onsetto helps banks and credit unions turn business accounts into primary operating relationships: identify, activate, expand, and retain commercial deposits.
• Bonsai — Bonsai is the first-party marketing intelligence platform that automates profitable growth. Trust your marketing data, make confident decisions, drive revenue.
• Evecxia Therapeutics — Evecxia Therapeutics is dedicated to realizing the therapeutic potential of 5-hydroxytryptophan (5-HTP) for the treatment of mental illness.

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• Reebelo — Reebelo operates as an online marketplace specializing in refurbished and pre-owned electronics. The company offers a selection of certified devices, including smartphones, tablets, and laptops, aiming to provide alternatives to new products through a sustainable approach. Reebelo manages quality assurance processes to ensure device functionalityand condition. The platform facilitates buying and selling while providing warranties and customer support related to its products. The company serves both individual consumers and businesses seeking refurbished technology solutions.
• Umiami — Umiami Technologies is a leader in plant-based meat. Our proprietary technology allows us to create clean-label and incredibly tasty foods.
• Cheaf Technologies — Descarga Cheaf y rescata comida en perfecto estado con hasta 70% de descuento. Ahorra y combate el desperdicio de alimentos.

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• Exponent Financial — Exponent Financial is a financial platform designed for franchise owners and multi-location enterprises.

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• Franzy — Franzy is the "Zillow for franchising"—a smarter, more transparent way to find, compare, and finance franchise opportunities. We match aspiring entrepreneurs with the right franchise brands based on their goals, experience, and budget, making the path to business ownership simpler, faster, and more accessible.

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• Soveren — Soveren helps engineering and security teams protect personal data by detecting privacy risks and analyzing real-time data flows within your infrastructure.
• Exponent Financial — Exponent Financial is a financial platform designed for franchise owners and multi-location enterprises.

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• SaeFarm — SaeFarm is an agritech company that develops AI-powered smart farming solutions using satellite imagery and agricultural data analysis. The company provides crop monitoring, cultivation guidance, yield prediction, and farming activity verification services to help farmers.
• YO-KAI EXPRESS — Yo-Kai Express is the revolutionary high tech company who develope future autonomous restaurant to serve people gourmet food 24/7
• SIMPLE planet — Food biotech company producing sustainable animal cell-based food ingredients using cellular agriculture.

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• Lyst — Lyst is a global fashion search platform used by 70 million shoppers every year. Offering over 4 million fashion products from 11,000 of the world’s leading fashion brands and stores, Lyst brings together the widest inventory in luxury and contemporary fashion online. The company has raised $60 million to date, and is backed by range of all-starinvestors including 14W (Moda Operandi, Reformation), Accel Partners (Facebook, Spotify), Balderton (Yoox Net-A-Porter Group), Draper Esprit, part of the Draper Venture Network (Hotmail, Skype), and the teams behind LVMH, Michael Kors, Oscar de la Renta, and Tory Burch.
• Filigran — Embrace a proactive approach with end-to-end cyber threat management, from anticipation to response.
• Arcane — Turn insights into valuable content, craft thought leadership posts with your TOV and re-purpose long-form content in one platform.

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• HiCap.ai — HiCap.ai offers an AI computing platform that enables businesses to run large language models from providers like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Gemini using a crowdsourced compute grid. It optimizes token usage to reduce costs, accelerates inference speeds up to twofold, and secures data by avoiding storage or processing by intermediaries. The platformdelivers reserved compute capacity within minutes, helping teams maintain consistent performance without the variability of pay‑as‑you‑go token systems. This approach supports scalable AI model deployment while focusing on affordability, speed, and data privacy.
• BrainGrid — Stop burning tokens fixing broken apps. BrainGrid turns ideas into clear specs and tasks so AI coding agents build it right the first time.
• Stylus Medicine — Stylus Medicine, Inc. is a biotechnology company dedicated to developing transformative in vivo genetic medicines.

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• FlyMy.AI — Real-time AI cloud
• Medra AI — Building robotics to accelerate scientific breakthroughs. At Medra, our mission is to automate repetitive wetlab tasks so scientists can more easily collect data and run the experiments needed to make groundbreaking scientific discoveries.
• Periodic Labs — From bits to atoms.

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• ChurchAI — AI-native church management software that predicts and prevents member disengagement. Agents that act on what they find, not dashboards that report it.
• Finnecto — Procure-to-pay (P2P) SaaS Solution. Finnecto automates purchase requests, policy reviews, approval workflows, vendor quotation digitalization and comparison, and purchase orders matching, effectively reducing manual and repetitive tasks. Finnecto makes procurement and daily operations of companies faster, cheaper, and more transparent whilekeeping spending under control.
• Jungle — Jungle is an ai study platform that generates gamified quizzes from any content (pdfs, videos, etc). we make studying fun for over a million students

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• Woven — Discover multi-location franchise and business management software built for growing operations. Click to bring consistency and control to every location!

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• Fohlio — Specify, Procure, and Manage Product Data | Fohlio

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• GoNetspeed — Connecting Communities to Fiber Internet
• Omni Fiber — Experience the fastest Internet around in a 100% fiber network! Unleash blazing-fast speeds, unbeatable reliability & local service - all at a great price.
• IMA Financial Group — IMA Financial Group is a financial services company that specializes in global insurance, risk management, and wealth management.

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• Sandstone — Relationship management for legal departments.
• Allen Control Systems — Allen Control Systems is a robotics defense company purpose-built to deliver advanced robotic capabilities to fill modernization demands across the defense industry and national security communities.
• Valarian Technologies — We’re on a mission to help enterprises ensure their communication tools are secure, compliant and efficient.Valarian’s software allows multinational organisations to make the communication tools they already use compliant with data sovereignty, protection and privacy laws across jurisdictions worldwide. Valarian’s resilient, scalable platform canbe deployed into any environment (on-prem, cloud, or hybrid) and easily integrates with existing business collaboration tools like Microsoft Teams and WhatsApp, harmonising compliance, security and efficiency.

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• Beeok — Beeok is a GreenTech Company that develops Software Solutions for Sustainability. Beeok is a B2B SaaS software for environmental, health and safety law compliance and other corporate sustainability solutions.
• Vambe — Deploy AI systems that reduce operational time by 40% for mid-market companies. Join 1,000+ businesses across Latam transforming their customer experience.
• Aloha — Payments and banking for the travel economy. Get paid by any traveler, pay any supplier, anywhere in the Americas.

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• Lexful — Lexful is an AI-native IT documentation platform designed exclusively for MSPs. Innovative and insightful, Lexful automatically harvests and manages IT documentation, transforming static, obsolete information, as well as tribal knowledge, into reliable, contextual intelligence that teams can use.
• SetSale — Stop wrestling with pricing spreadsheets and AHRI matchups. Let SetSale's AI instantly build you dynamic multi-option quotes that maximize profitability, ticket sizes, and win rates.
• WorkHero — WorkHero takes the most annoying paperwork off your plate. Our office assistants powered by AI can save you up to 16 hours per week

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• Quibble — Price Optimization and Revenue Management Software and Consulting For Vacation Rentals & Alternative Accommodations - We created Quibble to address the gap in the market between the simple rules-based software applications currently available and a truly science-based optimization. Quibble bundles our software with a full service offering togive our clients complete Pricing Ease of Mind. With many years of revenue management experience in the travel and hospitality industries, we know the pains and uncertainty revenue management brings. At Quibble, we aim to increase your revenue performance by engineering and implementing your custom pricing strategy while developing long-lasting partnerships.
• ClassCalc — Students can use their smartphones instead of using or buying a TI calculator, and teachers can ensure they only use the ClassCalc calculator app in class. We believe students and teachers should have a choice other than the same expensive, difficult to learn and use dedicated-purpose TI calculator they have been forced to use for decades.ClassCalc provides a multi-subject math calculator with scientific, graphing, and matrix functionality in an easy-to-use smartphone app. Teachers are able to lock down the student’s phone to only the ClassCalc app for class time, quizzes, tests… no cheating or outside distractions (social media, texting etc).
• Turno, formerly TurnoverBnB — Find now a local Airbnb cleaning service; automatically schedule your existing cleaners. Integrated with all reservations platforms and channel managers.

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• FranShares — Diversify your portfolio and potentially earn passive income through franchise investing.
• FutureMoney — Introducing FutureMoney: the only investing app designed for parents. FutureMoney helps you give your kids more by growing your money, effortlessly. Start investing in your kids today with unlimited accounts, contributions and deposits, tax optimization, and fully-managed custom portfolios.

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• Banza App — Build Your AI Twin.
• Franzy — Franzy is the "Zillow for franchising"—a smarter, more transparent way to find, compare, and finance franchise opportunities. We match aspiring entrepreneurs with the right franchise brands based on their goals, experience, and budget, making the path to business ownership simpler, faster, and more accessible.
• Starbridge — Starbridge helps businesses win government and school contracts with AI-powered sales intelligence. Track RFPs, buying signals, and automate proposals in one platform.

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• Skio — We help Shopify merchants sell subscriptions without ripping their hair out.
• FranShares — Diversify your portfolio and potentially earn passive income through franchise investing.

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• Bezel — Shop for thousands of the most collectible watches online. Find Rolex, Cartier, Patek Philippe, Panerai, IWC, and more. All of our watches are authenticated in-house by our team of specialists and watchmakers with decades of experience in luxury watches.
• Kind Designs — Kind Designs is a trusted 3D Printed seawall contractor in Miami offering custom seawall construction, shoreline protection, erosion control solutions.
• Exponent Financial — Exponent Financial is a financial platform designed for franchise owners and multi-location enterprises.

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• Cattler — Cattler is a integrated management platform that allows the cattle farmer to run all his operation in one place.
• Immigify — Immigify simplifies U.S. immigration for individuals, startups, and enterprises with AI agents that guide users through every step of the process.
• Grapple — Do-It-Yourself Data Analytics

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• CallRail — CallRail is a phone call tracking and analytics platform businesses use to understand which marketing campaigns drive leads and conversions. Its intuitive software helps data-driven marketers optimize the performance of their online and offline advertising campaigns, increase sales effectiveness, and improve customer retention.
• ScienceLogic — Empower your IT staff & propel your digital transformation with ScienceLogic's AI-driven observability and IT infrastructure monitoring platform.
• ShopKeep — Everything ShopKeep does supports growing and independent businesses. Built by and for small business owners, ShopKeep provides an intuitive, secure, iPad point-of-sale system with POS software that empowers merchants to run smarter businesses by optimizing staffing, managing inventory and accessing real time sales reports and customer informationon one seamless, cloud-based platform. With more than 25,000 customers, ShopKeep’s award-winning customer care team is available to help 24/7 and provides a robust support network for growing business owners. ShopKeep is headquartered in New York City, with offices in Portland (OR), Chicago (IL), and Belfast (NIR).

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• Men In Blazers — Men in Blazers delivers top Premier League news, soccer podcasts, match analysis, interviews, and weekly football coverage for fans across the global game.
• Cast Iron Media — Cast Iron Media provides unique sports advertising campaigns empowering clients to engage targeted audiences during live events, both at home and at the game.
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• YO-KAI EXPRESS — Yo-Kai Express is the revolutionary high tech company who develope future autonomous restaurant to serve people gourmet food 24/7

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• Lendio — Lendio is the free, easy way to see all your loan options and find the best rate. We make small business loans simple. Get funded in as little as 24 hours.
• RealDirect — RealDirect is a next-generation real estate technology company and brokerage that uses the power of the web to help people buy and sell real estate better. Founded in 2010 by Doug Perlson, a real estate lawyer and online technology industry veteran, RealDirect features services for both sellers and buyers of New York City real estate. RealDirectfor Sellers is the first web-based, data-driven marketing platform for homeowners to maximize their net proceeds in the sale of their home. Whether buyers want to work with an agent or on their own, RealDirect for Buyers helps clients accurately assess their living needs and recommends the right properties based on this analysis. RealDirect is located in the Flatiron neighborhood of Manhattan.
• Crowdtap — Crowdtap harnesses collective insights from millions of consumers worldwide to deliver real-time intelligence. It was founded in 2009 and is based in New York.

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• Lendio — Lendio is the free, easy way to see all your loan options and find the best rate. We make small business loans simple. Get funded in as little as 24 hours.
• Sphero — Sphero bridges the gap between the real world and the virtual world with its smartphone-controlled robots. It began the connected play revolution in 2010 by creating something unlike anything and they never stopped. They fuse robotic and digital technology into immersive entertainment experiences that ignite imagination and defy expectations.Optimized by data and powered by fun, these ever-evolving experiences are changing the way the world thinks about play.
• ShiftUp — ShiftUp works your entire market to surface net-new, expansion, and win-back opportunities your team would otherwise miss.

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• Bland AI — Transform your enterprise communication with Bland AI. Automate inbound and outbound phone calls using AI that sounds human. Perfect for sales, customer support, and operations with customizable voices and seamless integrations.
• Vendelux — AI-Powered Event Intelligence Platform with speaker, sponsor and attendee data covering over 250,000 trade shows and conferences.
• Fora — Fora's expert travel advisors will help you plan your dream trip while unlocking exclusive perks and upgrades. Welcome to the modern travel agency.

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• Yardstik — Human security for gig marketplaces and SaaS platforms. Build modular packages to screen your workforce and verify info critical to your industry.
• Vali Cyber — Vali Cyber specializes in addressing Linux-specific security solutions. It secures workloads effectively, prevents attacks via hardening, and catches anything that gets through. It also minimizes the resource impact of security, saving costly computer resources for real work.
• Notable Systems — Our mission is to automate data collection from any source. Our clients use our system to provide better service, sell more and collect revenue faster.

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• Jenesys AI — Meet Jack, your AI-powered bookkeeping agent, automates line-item extraction, GL coding, and bank reconciliation with real-time insights.
• Qureight — Pioneering data curation to solve complex diseases
• Proxima Fusion — We are a European fusion energy startup pursuing the clearest path to grid deployment.

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• FranShares — Diversify your portfolio and potentially earn passive income through franchise investing.
• Classify — Classify is a digital advertising company that offers smart contextual advertising.
• Rent Small Small — New Zealand's Biggest most reliable Online Store for all your Phone Parts needs! Fast shipping, NZ owned and Operated and here to help. Shop Now!