Top Apps Startups in 2024

42 million Americans receive government benefits for programs like food stamps on an EBT card. They spend a combined $66 billion every year through EBT cards, making it one of the most important payment methods in the United States. But the EBT card isn't very user-friendly - in order to check your balance, you have to call a phone hotline or save your old grocery receipt. As a result, poverty-fighting programs like food stamps aren't nearly as effective as they could be. We build Fresh EBT, a free smartphone app that allows EBT cardholders to see their balance and transaction history, in seconds, for free. Fresh EBT provides much more than EBT card services: we aim to build a platform for financial health by helping our users save money on groceries, set a budget, and find jobs. Fresh EBT has over a million monthly active users across the country and is one of the top finance apps on Android and iOS.

Coda is a new type of doc that blends the flexibility of documents, the power of spreadsheets, and the utility of applications into a single new canvas. That’s Coda. It lets non-technical and technical folks alike make a doc as powerful as an app.

Sidebench is a modern tech consultancy that looks to partner with forward-thinking companies across various industries and verticals. We strive to build first-in-kind products that solve every day problems and enhance the user experience. Client List: Microsoft Corporation, Facebook, Instagram, Red Bull, Sony Pictures, Andreessen Horowitz, NBCUniversal, Imagine Entertainment, Legendary Entertainment, United Talent Agency, Oakley, Pabst Blue Ribbon, Accel Partners, Pressed Juicery, American Heart Association, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, UCSF Clinical Innovation Center, Cedars-Sinai, and many more.

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MaxRewards makes personal finance more rewarding. We are on a mission to enrich the lives and finances of billions by unlocking the max potential of every financial decision. Today, the MaxRewards app helps people unlock the full value of their credit cards. We automatically activate hidden credit card offers & perks, reveal the best card for every purchase and provide the most comprehensive aggregation of credit card accounts. Our members earn, on average, over $1,200 in rewards and cash back every year! We raised a [$3M seed round](techcrunch.com/2021/09/10/maxrewards-banks-3m-to-reveal-best-payment-methods-…) from amazing venture firms and strategic angels last year and plan to raise our Series A later this year. We have over 125,000 members and are growing rapidly!

Braze (Nasdaq: BRZE) is a leading, comprehensive customer engagement platform that powers interactions between consumers and brands they love. With Braze, global brands like Burger King, Delivery Hero, HBO Max, Mercari, and Venmo can ingest and process customer data in real time, orchestrate and optimize contextually relevant, cross-channel marketing campaigns, and continuously evolve their customer engagement strategies. And we do it at scale – last fiscal year our customers used Braze to send approximately 1.5 trillion messages to billions of monthly active users.

Hopper is the smart way to book travel on your phone. Combining massive amounts of data and advanced machine learning algorithms, Hopper predicts and analyzes airfare and accommodation to save users money and enable them to travel more often. Since its launch in 2015, Hopper has become one of the fastest growing travel apps ever with over 25 million installs to date. It is now the most downloaded flights booking app in North America and travelers have booked hundreds of millions of dollars in flights and hotels around the world using Hopper. The app has received accolades such as Fast Company’s Most Innovative Company in Travel 2018, the Google Play Award for Standout Startup of 2016, and Apple’s App Store Best of 2015. But this is just the beginning. Learn more: hopper.com

At Cleo, we make a real impact by doing work that matters: helping families be their best at home and at work. Cleo is a family benefits platform that picks up where the healthcare system leaves off. We combine the expertise of our team of guides and specialists – parent and maternity coaches, doulas, lactation consultants, sleep experts, and more! – with a powerful technology platform that helps every working parent succeed as they grow both their families and their careers. Offered by over 100 leading employers, including global Fortune 500 leaders and industry innovators like Box, Chegg, Niantic, and Zenefits, and backed by NEA, Greylock and Felicis, we’re expanding our offerings and our team to meet the growing demand of employers, parents, and the healthcare sector.

We're changing the way millions of small businesses make money, spend money and track money. Wave delivers innovative financial services and award-winning free software to small- and micro-businesses around the world. By improving cash flow (Payments), delivering money to employees (Payroll), helping businesses get paid (Invoicing), preparing for tax time and providing business insights (Accounting, Receipts), Wave covers the spectrum of a small business owner's financial life, and helps businesses grow and thrive.

Snackpass is building the social layer for local commerce, starting with restaurants. We believe that in 5 years, restaurants will be entirely cashier-less. Snackpass mobile order and kiosk are the next generation of the in-store customer experience, replacing traditional registers. We enable mobile ordering, group buying, and social rewards for users. On our platform, restaurants grow their brand by converting offline purchasers into digital followers, while saving on labor costs. image While we’ve seen the rise of online delivery apps, delivery makes up less than 10% of the restaurant market. The rest — takeout and dine-in — is a $600B market that remains offline, anonymous, and on the verge of disruption. There is an opportunity to make these offline transactions digital, self-service, and connected, and we’re leading this movement. Snackpass is one the largest social commerce platforms in the US, one of the fastest growing marketplaces, and a top 100 YC company. And we've built this with a team of under 40 people. The environment at Snackpass is high impact, fast paced, and empowering for everyone. We are growing fast and looking for hungry and humble builders to join us in any of our hubs (NYC, SF, LA) or remotely.