Launch Ideas #04
9 of last week’s most interesting new start-up ideas that get you inspired for your next project
Hey 👋 - Nik here, founder of Launchkit.
Happy Tuesday to 331 builders!
Last week, over $5.3B has been invested in over 870 new startups and projects around the world.
Here are 9 of last week’s most interesting new start-up ideas & deals that might get you inspired for your next project:
✍️ Start a content marketplace like Pepper Content in your country
🎓 Help students get hired with a recruitment platform like RippleMatch
🏘️ Start a niche accommodation platform like StudentRoomStay
💰 Launch a lightweight freelancing site like Speedlancer
🎨 Launch a niche marketplace & community like Artfinder
🚚 Make moving homes hassle-free with a service like Just Move In
🍲 Build an Etsy for home-made food, like All About The Cooks
💻 Launch an enterprise-grade freelancing platform like Comet
🚀 Start a professional apprenticeships business like Multiverse in your country
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Enjoy, until next week.
Nik
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✍️ Start a content marketplace like Pepper Content in your country
Series A $14.3M (5 days ago) | Lightspeed et al. | India
A one-stop platform for all your content needs
Pepper Content is a content marketplace that connects global brands such as Google, Meta, Amazon and Adobe with over 100,000 creators. Pepper says creators on its platform have to go through rigorous tests and vetting processes, a factor that has helped the startup improve and retain the quality of talent it provides to customers. Pepper Content works with over 2,500 customers, including startups such as CRED and Groww, and over 1,000 enterprises that includes Big Tech as well as Adani Enterprises, Hindustan Unilever, HDFC Bank, Tata Capital and Binance. Pepper Content has grown 16 times in revenue in the last 14 months alone. It aims for a high double-digit ARR growth by the end of 2022. In addition, the startup invested in building tools for its freelancers.
Source | Website
🎓 Help students get hired with a recruitment platform like RippleMatch
Series B $45M (6 days ago) | G20 Ventures et al. | US
Spend less time applying and more time interviewing
RippleMatch is a hiring platform connecting employers with students. Its product automates entry-level recruiting and career coaching, allowing candidates to spend less time applying for jobs and more time interviewing and getting to know a company. RippleMatch users are able to create free profiles where they can upload their professional information and what they’re looking for in an employer. The startup then uses artificial intelligence to scan students’ profiles and identify top candidates for internships and jobs posted by employers, who pay an annual subscription fee between $30,000 and $250,000 to use the platform. Employers are able to set up events for, interact with and receive recruiting data on job seekers.
More Info | Website
🏘️ Start a niche accommodation platform like StudentRoomStay
Seed $2.51M (6 days ago) | undisclosed investors | US
Building the future of student accommodation worldwide
StudentRoomStay is a safe and user-friendly accommodation platform designed specifically for students. The startup provides host family matching for international students, homestay packages for study abroad groups, and more. “This platform was built with students in mind. We will be focusing on improving student options in accommodation and enhancing the student experience,” said CEO and co-founder Adam Lee. For Students, StudentRoomStay is the first step in finding a new home or planning a new adventure. For Providers, this is an opportunity to positively impact a student’s life and earn revenue through their available space. StudentRoomStay is currently available in the United States, but will soon be expanding to Australia, Canada and eventually the rest of the world.
Website
💰 Launch a lightweight freelancing site like Speedlancer
Seed $1.87M (6 days ago) | Watertower Ventures et al. | US
A freelancing service with a twist
Speedlancer is a unique freelance service that pairs highly-qualified writers, designers, and data-entry professionals with clients looking to have quality work done in as little as four hours. Businesses can purchase tasks instead of managing a complex bidding and hiring process for staff or contactors when they’re looking to get a job done. This means work gets delivered within hours of deciding that you need it done, rather than weeks to even find the best person. The startup recognised, that the existing freelance platforms make using freelancers unnecessarily complicated. You have to create a project, accept applications (expecting a deluge of poor quality submissions) interview candidates, brief them and so on. On Speedlancer, all you need to do is choose the task you need completed from their curated list and the startup assigns a top notch freelancer to complete it in hours.
More Info | Website
🎨 Launch a niche marketplace & community like Artfinder
Angel-III $560K (6 days ago) | Crowdcube | UK
Discover original art from independent artists around the world
Artfinder is a platform that aims to help users discover, experience, and share art. The startup is on a mission to make art sustainable, accessible, affordable, and a joy to discover, while supporting artists to make a living doing what they love. Artfinder helps buyers find pieces that they can’t find anywhere else by connecting them with artists and original, authentic artwork from around the world. The company has seen 140% sales growth since pre-pandemic 2019, as the online art market booms. Money raised will be used to accelerate technology transition, improve checkout experience and introduce duty and tax calculation and shipping and logistical support for artists, leading to a better delivery experience for customers.
More Info | Website
🚚 Make moving homes hassle-free with a service like Just Move In
Seed $5M (6 days ago) | Tech Nation et al. | UK
From switching over the broadband, to organizing storage
Just Move In helps new homeowners to transition to a new home with a range of services, from switching over the broadband and informing the council of the new address to organizing removals and storage. The company is building technology to automate as much of the move-in/move-out administration as possible, streamlining the registration and payment process with dozens of suppliers. “Moving home is one of the most stressful things you’ll ever do, and on average, we each move home 11 times during the course of our lives. Just Move In exists to make moving home hassle-free,” Ross Nichols (pictured right), co-founder of Just Move In, said.
Info | Website
🍲 Build an Etsy for home-made food, like All About The Cooks
Angel $0.41M (7 days ago) | Crowdcube | UK
The opposite to “faceless takeaways”
All About The Cooks is an online marketplace for talented, trusted home-cooks to sell their home-made food to local people. The platform caters to users of all kinds, whether they are looking to host a dinner party with friends, need meals prepared for their week ahead, or are hosting a corporate event. Unlike faceless takeaways, all their food is pre-ordered from local people and, like Etsy, cooks and buyers make the arrangements between them. All About The Cooks aims to create personal interactions within communities, neighbours and cultures. When you buy from one of their cooks, you share their stories and their passions, as well as delicious homemade food. All About The Cooks plans to become the go-to place to buy home-cooked food in the UK & beyond.
More Info | Website
💻 Launch an enterprise-grade freelancing platform like Comet
Seed $4.2M (4 days ago) | Bridge to Growth et al. | France
The “agile talent ecosystem”
Comet matches a pool of over 10000 motivated and available, qualified and active tech freelancers, with company missions. The startup’s goal is to satisfy both sides: relevant and prompt skills for companies, security and inspiring projects for freelancers. Comet’s freelance talent community comes highly motivated, because they choose the projects on which they work. Comet’s mission is to build a new business model that allows enterprises to leverage the power and agility of freelancers. Product development, team staffing, the talent retention and development, training, and help with digital transformation are the pillars of Comet offers in order to allow companies to transform and grow at the speed of digital.
More Info | Website
🚀 Start a professional apprenticeships business like Multiverse in your country
Series D $220M (6 days ago) | Audacious Ventures et al. | UK
An outstanding alternative to university and corporate training
Multiverse matches ambitious non-graduate talent to professional services and digital roles, then delivers job-relevant applied learning over the course of their apprenticeship. Multiverse apprenticeships offer tuition-free, paid programs in areas including Software Engineering, Digital Marketing and Data Analytics that typically last 12-15 months. With a unique combination of on-the-job training and education, professional apprenticeships help individuals jump start a career or enter an entirely new field while earning a competitive salary. Companies that introduce apprenticeship programs aim to address the challenges associated with short supply of digital skills. While creating more opportunities for those without degrees, these companies often see an increase in employee productivity and engagement, higher retention rates and decreases in hiring costs. The Multiverse community has now reached over 8,000 apprentices globally.
More Info | Website