Top Location Based Services Startups in 2026

Match pioneered the dating category over 20 years ago, redefining the way we meet and fall in love. Today, in an age where there’s more swiping and less liking, we’re proud to be the dating app that has sparked millions of love stories and continues to create meaningful connections every day. Meeting through an app is the #1 way singles meet today and Match is a top-rated dating app available on iTunes and Google Play. Over 80% of our members access Match through our mobile app and can experience Match in eight languages, within 25 different countries. Match subscribers have access to an arsenal of premium features to help them find love including IRL events, dating content, free upgrades like Boost and profile reviews by date strategists.

Jinn is an urban logistics and delivery platform that allows users to order anything they want from local stores and restaurants. We have built a mobile app that connects our users with our fleet of couriers. When we receive an order, we send over one of our couriers to buy the item on the customer's behalf and deliver it in less than one hour. Users are able to track their delivery in real time and pay through the app for a great delivery experience. Apart from allowing users to order anything they want, we display a short list of curated products from local stores and restaurants. Our users are given the opportunity to discover new products that can be delivered to them within the hour. We want to bring the high street shopping experience to mobile phones.

Lifesight is a Location Intelligence platform, headquartered in Singapore, that helps companies gain deep consumer insight, both online and Offline, so they can make better business decisions and optimize ad spend. The company harnesses the power of location data to bolster the complete marketing lifecycle of businesses in Asia through Insights, Ad Targeting, and offline Marketing Attribution. Lifesight also offers their signature Lifesight Data Solutions to DSPs, publishers, e-commerce, telecom, banks and other large enterprises.

Aura is a seed stage mobile first startup creating a location aware social art network. The Aura app for iOS is a personal art notebook that recognizes when you are in presence of a work, presents further information on artist names, terms, movements and other topics referenced in the notes about a given work, and shares your memories with other users on private Aura channels and via social media. Aura.com web app lets you search, edit and share your Aura memories and is backed by the Aura Art Universe, a graph of art knowledge, reactions and connections that remembers your art experiences.Over time, Aura will become a location-aware engine of discovery and universal guide to art, artists, and exhibits. The collective use of Aura around the world by millions of people will silently build valuable new knowledge of art viewing patterns, private market prices, exhibition histories, curatorial notes and digital provenance that have never before been assembled into a single platform.

Community engagement, capacity building, 3P, social enterprise

Collabri is a mobile application that provides a peer to peer marketplace for services encompassing small gigs and jobs as well as leisure activities.

Slingshot Aerospace, Inc. builds space simulation and analytics products that help worldwide commercial and government organizations accelerate space sustainability to create a safer, more connected world. The company synthesizes data from multiple trusted sources, including the newly acquired global sensor network and the Seradata SpaceTrak database, to bring the space domain into the digital environment. With these insights, Slingshot Aerospace customers are empowered to confidently make decisions and achieve clarity in the complexity of the space domain. Slingshot Aerospace was launched in 2017 and maintains offices in Austin, TX, El Segundo, CA, Colorado Springs and Fort Collins, CO.

Hire Help is a tech-enabled startup with a mission to revolutionize the domestic help industry in major metro cities across India. We are proud to be recognized as a startup by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Government of India, which underscores our commitment to innovation and entrepreneurship. Our platform serves as a bridge between customers and trained, reliable, and verified helpers for various household needs, including nannies, babysitters, housemaids, and cooks. At Hire Help, a customer-centric approach is at the heart of our operations. We prioritize delivering exceptional services and ensuring a seamless hiring process. At Hire Help, we believe in creating a win-win situation for both customers and helpers. We not only offer households access to trustworthy domestic help but also provide legitimate employment opportunities that come with fair wages and supportive working conditions. As a startup, we are dedicated to continuous innovation and improvement with the aim of building lasting relationships with our customers and helpers. Visit us at hirehelpz.com to learn more.