Can you believe we're already on our 11th accelerator batch? For those of you keeping track, this is our ninth batch in Mountain View!
As always, our companies have all types of founders from everywhere on the globe. There are 30 companies in this group, and 37% of our companies have at least one woman on the founding team. Additionally, 57% of our companies have at least one foreign‐born founder. Countries include: Canada, Brazil, Argentina, Ireland, Norway, Italy, Egypt, Turkey, Kenya, Lebanon, Israel, Russia, Singapore.... < cue... It's a small world world after all.....>
If you want to join 500 in the future, you're in luck – Batch 12 applications are currently open. We're always on the look out for great companies with traction and awesome founders. APPLY NOW
Without further ado, here are all the companies in our latest accelerator:
AppZen
AppZen is changing the way large enterprises process expenses and stay compliant. Using a MLS and other data science they process reports automagically.
AngelList: https://angel.co/appzen
Founders: Kunal Verma, Anant Kale
From: Silicon Valley
Fun Fact: Kunal loves cooking late night snacks.
Cleanify
Cleanify is an Expedia for cleaning companies - they aggregate cleaning companies and market them to consumers online. Addressing the $100B cleaning market consisting primarily of SMB cleaning companies.
AngelList: https://angel.co/cleanify-1
Founders: Justin Potter
From: Vancouver, Canada
Fun Fact: Justin was a rapper in a second life.
Tourlandish
Find amazing tours and adventures while your travel. Like Hotel Tonight but for activities.
AngelList: https://angel.co/tourlandish
Founders: Suren Sultania
From: Banaglore
Fun Fact: Suren's an avid fan of fantasy novels (Game of Thrones)
tappio
A wearable controller platform for managing devices and interactions with a simple tap of hardware that is part of your everyday wardrobe. Starting with Drumpants (as featured on Shark Tank) this team is helping to drive a new way to interact with the things and technology around you.
AngelList: https://angel.co/tappio
Founders: Tyler Freeman, Lei Yu
From: San Francisco
Fun Fact: Tyler plays guitar in a metal band, and VJs for other bands.
Italist
Italist is a marketplace for high end luxury fashion boutiques and emerging Italian brands. Through Italist, Italian boutiques, artisans, and emerging designers are able to gain distribution and sales. Consumers access luxury Italian goods they can’t easily get at home, as well as discover the next Gucci or the next Prada.
AngelList: https://angel.co/italist
Founders: Raffaele Giovine, Fulvio Marcello Zendrini, Andrea Milani
From: Italy
Fun Fact: Raffaele is the proud father of two and ex-professional football player.
Studypool
Studypool is an academic support community that helps students solve questions. Getting stuck on difficult problems is at the heart of learning, yet students get so frustrated that they give up and lose their passion for academic subjects. Studypool solves this issue by instantly connecting students with high quality tutors to help them with their questions.
AngelList: https://angel.co/studypool
Founders: Samraaj Singh Bath,
From: Silicon Valley by way of Atlanta
Fun Fact: Samraaj performs a cultural dance called Bhangra. He enjoys wildly flailing his arms and jumping up and down.
Doughbies
Doughbies delivers freshly baked cookies in 20 minutes or less. Everything is handmade in small batches by local bakers who care about quality and method. Whether you're ordering for yourself for the after lunch pick-me-up, for a friend's birthday, or to close a deal with a client, Doughbies brings them to you in minutes.
AngelList: https://angel.co/doughbies
Founders: Daniel Conway, Mariam Khan
From: San Francisco
Fun Fact: Daniel was born on 8/9/89 at 8:09am
Bohoclo
Bohoclo is a seasonal clothing service and lifestyle brand for gay men. Subscribers pay a $39 styling fee and receive 8-10 pieces of clothing tailored to their tastes and size with total retail value between $600 and $800. We launched this summer with 100 subscribers and will be shipping to 250 subscribers this fall.
AngelList: https://angel.co/bohoclo
Founders: Stephen Conn, Natalie Pavlovsky
From: California & Maryland
Fun Fact: Natalie is a karaoke pro.
ElWafeyat
ElWafeyat is an online platform for obituaries and condolences for the Middle East. Obituaries are a huge part of Middle Eastern culture, as are sending public condolences to the deceased. Starting first with Egypt, Elwafeyat will build family trees and map the social graphs for people to instantly announce the death of a family member, reaching a much wider audience than through physical newspapers.
AngelList: https://angel.co/elwafeyat
Founders: Yousef ElSammaa
From: Egypt
Fun Fact: Yousef started this company while in the military.
Vaivolta
VaiVolta is a marketplace that helps construction companies to rent and manage equipment.
AngelList: https://angel.co/vaivolta
Founders: Lincoln Ando, Victor Queiroz
From: Sao Paulo, Brazil
Fun Fact: Victor loves learning new languages. He can speak Portuguese, French and English and has studied some Italian, Dutch, Spanish and Japanese.
ChouxBox
To date the restaurant industry has relied on paper invoices and receipts in its back office operations. ChouxBox is SaaS software that helps restaurant owners manage their receipts and invoices online.
AngelList: https://angel.co/chouxbox-1
Founders: Benjamin Kanner, Tony Aiazzi
From: NYC
Fun Fact: Tony is a classically trained chef by trade and produced a collection of cookbooks as a side project.
ProSky
To date the restaurant industry has relied on paper invoices and receipts in its back office operations. ChouxBox is SaaS software that helps restaurant owners manage their receipts and invoices online.
AngelList: https://angel.co/prosky
Founders: Crystal Huang, Andy Sio, Matthew Ang
From: Los Angeles
Fun Fact: Crystal was asked to audition as a host for MTV Asia and actually got an offer but had to return to the US to finish college.
AstroPrint
Right now 3d printing is at an early stage. Requiring the installation of 3 open source software packages and configuration of 130+ settings, 3d printers today are only used by hobbyists. AstroPrint is like an Android of 3d printing, a software layer that makes 3d printing easy for consumers on any printer.
AngelList: https://angel.co/astroprint
Founders: Drew Taylor, Joshua White, Daniel Arroyo
From: San Diego, CA
Fun Fact: Drew was an acupuncturist and Chinese medical professor for years.
Socialight
Socialight is a Google Analytics for social media. In the last five years, social media tools have become widely adopted by businesses -- Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, etc are all mainstream tools, but currently companies have no way to analyze how well they are using them. Socialight helps companies understand how their social media promotions are performing relative to their peers.
AngelList: https://angel.co/socialight-io
Founders: Lindsay Silver, Jessica Jochim
From: New York
Fun Fact: Linsay climbed Mt. Nyaragongo in the Congo while working for the UN. Jessica brews beer.
Funne.ly
Online store owners spend hours creating their social media ads for Facebook, Twitter, etc. Funnely is a SaaS platform that creates social media ads for ecommerce companies automagically. With just a few clicks, an online store can have ads up and running without hours of work.
AngelList: https://angel.co/funnely
Founders: Gabriel Maffia, Susana (Tuli) Cipriota
From: Argentina
Fun Fact: Gabriel can play (left handed) Guitar, Bass and Uke.
Catnip
A platform for discovering and sharing snackable content. After building a user base of millions in Russia the team is now focused on establishing a US based audience.
AngelList: https://angel.co/catnip
Founders: Dmitry Dumik, Artem Ptashnick
From: United States
Fun Fact: Dmitrii can cover 50 meters swimming underwater.
Cloud Academy
An educational platform for learning about cloud infrastructure and gaining certification with the major players in the space (Amazon AWS, Google, Microsoft).
AngelList: https://angel.co/cloudacademy-com
Founders: Stefano Bellasio, Giacomo Marinangeli
From: Italy
Fun Fact: Stefano built another company when he was younger and it paid for everything he did until the age of 18.
Mountary
Easily order amazing custom frames for all of your framing needs. Select your style, matting, and measure and get a easy to assemble kit in the mail.
AngelList: https://angel.co/mountary
Founders: Hans Gill, Neil Ayton
From: San Francisco
Fun Fact: Hans is an Indian with a German name.
Device On A Cloud
Test your mobile applications across a wide array of devices in the cloud. Easily check for compatability and UI issues without having to purchase and maintain your own mobile hardware.
AngelList: https://angel.co/device-on-cloud
Founders: Nina Wieczorek, Marcin Gasperowicz, Jake Buszynski
From: Poland
Fun Fact: Nina scored a free upgrade on over 20 flights.
SlideBean Inc.
Quickly create beautiful slide presentations using templates and other design technology that automatically transform your slides into something great.
AngelList: https://angel.co/slidebean
Founders: Caya, Jose Enrique Bolaños, Vinicio Chanto
From: Puerto Rico
Fun Fact: Vincio trained in equitation, swimming, gymnastics, karate, taekwondo, tennis, golf, dancing and acting.
99Gamers
The largest marketplace for selling and buying used video games. This company is growing incredibly fast and super serving their audience who is looking for alternatives to retail players in the space who offer poor unit economics for consumers.
AngelList: https://angel.co/99gamers
Founders: Jon Kruzeniski, Brandon Kruzeniski
From: Vancouver
Fun Fact: Jon works hard and stays positive.
Coinpip
Providing a better remittance solution to the SE Asia region using Bitcoin. Easily send money to the area without ever having to touch (of even know you’re using) Bitcoin.
AngelList: https://angel.co/coinpip
Founders: Anson Zeall, Alexander Angerer, Arseniy Kucherenko
From: Singapore
Fun Fact: Anson loves traveling. Loves getting lost. Loves ad hoc. :)
Plotbox
A SaaS solution to help cemeteries better manage their land, billing and personnel. Using drones they also provide digital maps for improved accuracy and other consumer applications.
AngelList: https://angel.co/plotbox
Founders: Sean McAllister, Leona McAllister
From: Belfast
Fun Fact: Sean has a beard and feels there is a camaraderie between the bearded community.
Techpear
Helping tech companies more easily locate, interview and hire interns. Specializing in customer service, marketing and operations.
AngelList: https://angel.co/techpear
Founders: Sebastian Almnes, Paal Stian Aagenæs
From: Oslo, Norway
Connected2me
An anonymous web chat application like Whatsapp but with a web component in addition to mobile applications.
AngelList: https://angel.co/connected2-me
Founders: Ozan Yerli, Yurdakul Göksu Orhun
From: Turkey
Fun Fact: Ozan is a very good dream interpretor.
Cardplanet
Powering remittance and digital money services for Africa. Focused on healthcare remittance, bill pay and other vouchers. Delivers vouchers and mobile money through SMS message.
AngelList: https://angel.co/cardplanet-solutions
Founders: Samuel Masinde Busolo, Rodgers Muhadi
From: Kenya
Fun Fact: Samuel appreciates the small things in life that make him smile.
Coinding
Using mobile apps and gaming mechanics to drive bitcoin adoption with consumers and merchants.
AngelList: https://angel.co/coinding-2
Founders: Emi Velazquez, Mauro Velazquez, Claudio Adrian Marrero, Juan Ciullini
From: Argentina
Fun Fact: Mauro is an ex pro-poker player. Current lord of pingpong at Mountain View.
eTobb
Interactive platform for patients to connect with doctors in the MENA region. Users can ask questions to receive advice and doctors can acquire new patients in the process.
AngelList: https://angel.co/etobb
Founders: Paul Saber, Jad Joubran, Sara Helou
From: Lebanon
Fun Fact: Paul likes to party a lot. Ray likes to joke around.
Blinq
Brings you latest social updates of the people you communicate with, while you communicate with them! Every time you open a new conversation touch the blinQ fab to get fresh updates from Facebook, Instagram & Twitter streamed in a layer over your conversation.
AngelList: https://angel.co/headboxhttps://angel.co/headbox
Founders: Yossi Ghinsberg, Gal Bracha
From: Tel Aviv
Fun Fact: Yossi can cook and plans to whip up meals for Batch 11.
HeTexted
HeTexted allows for crowd sourced, real-time advice on the questions young women care about most - dating and relationships. Highly compelling user interface, private one-on-one Bro messaging service, and addictive content creation. Screenshot your date's text messages and upload for immediate feedback and dating advice.
AngelList: https://angel.co/hetexted
Founders: Lisa Winning, Carrie Henderson McDermott
From: New York, NY
Fun Fact: Lisa's first pet was an adopted eel called Frank.