Top Startups

Name: Top Startups
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Database of top startups and jobs, backed by top VCs

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Database of top startups and jobs, backed by top VCs

5.0•1 review•

40 followers

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Researching startup used to take forever. Now, everything's in one place. All backed by top investors like Sequoia, A16Z and YC. Searchable and filterable. Updates daily.

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Thank you and Congratulations, Linda! This is brilliant! If I got it right, I think you're underestimating the use-cases you serve -- your narrative sounds like you're targeting job seekers, but I think the real massive market is lead generation. To have one place to find recently funded startups, regularly updated, is a time saving boon for early stage startups like mine. BTW, are you adding a sort of some kind?

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5yr ago

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@kirank5a ah good call! Would you use this for lead gen? Current sort is based on recency of funding, but can add more options if you have any in mind

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5yr ago

@thelindazhang -- recency was what I had in mind. And yes, I looked at the site with prospects/leads in mind. We're building an Employee Retention SaaS targeted at growth-stage companies (where cost of attrition is highest) and were looking at varied sources to reach out to: the YC directory, LinkedIn, TechCrunch (and YourStory, India's TC equivalent). Crunchbase is kinda pricy, so an open/free directory like this is golden. Were you going to consider startups in India as well? There is a huge boom here.

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5yr ago

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@kirank5a ah gotcha, ya I don't have email contacts which I imagine most lead gen services offer, but should still be good for top-of-funnel sourcing Startups in India are included if they've been backed by one of the top 9 investors. Have definitely noticed a boom!

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5yr ago

@thelindazhang -- @thelindazhang -- indeed, I did mean top of the funnel prospects -- just the LinkedIn link you have there is enough. Tools like Apollo.io can help get email ids -- just knowing the recency of funding is what's hidden in the paid filters on those services. So no lead-specific functionality needed on your service. I do think it'll help if you called out LinkedIn and Glassdoor in brackets on those links though. And the Glassdoor rating. Not sure of your process for updating it all, but all this metadata about companies in one view is golden. If you'd consider looking beyond the top investors, here'a a couple more sources we've been using to maintain similar lists in Google Sheets: US/Global news of latest funding in narrative form (I think chronological) -- https://angel.co/today/topics/vc... Indian funding news, also narrative form, chronological -- https://yourstory.com/search?cat... Lastly, would you mind sending a "hey" to kiran@yugahq.com -- I'd love to get your views on our product. TIA!

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5yr ago

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Maker

@yugahq @kirank5a yup i'll shoot you an email later!

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5yr ago

Hey Linda! Remember checking out this website in your learn how to code in 30 days blog post. I think your advice to take up a passion project and invest in it to learn coding is awesome, and it's something I've been telling my non tech friends as well. Great use case and solution. Would like to suggest one feature - select the number of listings in page for the jobs tab as there's too much information while scrolling. Can I also ask what technology was used to make the chat bot?

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5yr ago

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Maker

@bhaskar_sai thanks! Chat bot was no-code, you can find it here: https://crisp.chat/en/ And great feedback! What's a better # of listings on the jobs tab? That's a quick change :)

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5yr ago

Hey there, After checking out the website, I wanted to ask what are the preconditions or what are the ground rules for accepting a startup in your list?

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5yr ago

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Maker

@robert_kormoczi good q! Right now, it's any startup that's been funded recently by a top investor (YC, Sequoia, A16Z and 6 others listed in the investor dropdown)

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5yr ago

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Maker

Hi everyone, thanks for checking out Top Startups! 🤔 Problem Researching startups takes a TON of time, especially early-stage. I remember bouncing from VC sites to Crunchbase to LinkedIn to career pages... and then giving up. So I thought: why not bring everything under one roof? 🛠 Solution I track all startups that are freshly funded by a top investor and their open roles. You can filter by funding stage, company size, industry and much more. Even check mutual connections and Glassdoor reviews. Updates daily. Fun fact: I used this project to learn how to code! Welcome questions and feedback, or tweet me @thelindazhang 🙂

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5yr ago

Hi Linda. It must have taken quite a bit of effort to collate the information and develop the front end for this application. Thank you very much for developing this and sharing it with us. Two questions: - How do you make sure that the information is current, refreshed and reflects the most up to date information? - How can we get hiring and role opening insights alerts in these startups? Who is hiring and for what? I love the feature for adding startups. Since I don't see info on my aligned areas for AgTech, DeepTech and Longevity startups; I would like to add them if you don't mind.

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5yr ago

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@harsha_srivatsa great questions! - I have scripts that remove stale links and startups that have shut down / been acquired; same for adding new ones - Right now, you can click view jobs in the startups tab or check the jobs tab; there's also a "subscribe" button where I curate my favorite new startups of the week based on recent funding, which also includes who's hiring and for what - Noted on those industries! There weren't that many last time I checked, but will look into adding once they fill out more

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5yr ago

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Hey Linda, awesome job. Def time saving resource that I am bookmarking. Would love to hear your process/ data pulls etc. in a future blog post :)

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5yr ago

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Maker

@pradipcloud thank you!! TLDR is building a number of scripts to monitor who's getting funded by top investors, then pulling in their links, like website, jobs, glassdoor etc. The data's pretty scattered, which is why I wanted to make this. Hard part is keeping up to date, but I have that mostly automated now.

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5yr ago

Podcast Stuff Notebook

@thelindazhang "The data's pretty scattered" I feel this 🙌

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5yr ago

Hi Linda, Congrats on launch 👏🏻. I really like that you can filter down feature through investors. That's what most miss.

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5yr ago

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Maker

@_ritikamehta thanks!!

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A well-organized directory of promising startups, Top Startups is praised for its comprehensive database backed by top VCs like Sequoia, A16Z, and YC. Users appreciate its solid community engagement and daily updates, making it an ideal tool for tracking emerging companies. It is particularly valued as a primary resource for those searching for new opportunities. The platform's searchable and filterable features enhance its usability, providing a streamlined experience for users interested in the startup ecosystem.

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