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101 Most Innovative Location Based Services Startups & Companies (New York)

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This article showcases our top picks for the best New York based Location Based Services companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Location Based Services industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow.

We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.

We selected these startups and companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:

  • Innovation
    • Innovative ideas
    • Innovative route to market
    • Innovative product
  • Growth
    • Exceptional growth
    • Exceptional growth strategy
  • Management
  • Societal impact

Top New York Location Based Services Startups

Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.

Carto

Carto

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Carto is a platform that turns spatial data into an efficient delivery route, better behavioral marketing, and strategic store placements.

Radar

Radar

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Radar is a location data infrastructure platform that helps growth and product teams to build location-aware app experiences.

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Unacast

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Unacast built the Real World Graph® and is the leading transparent and contextualized location data platform

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Verve Group

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Verve Group’s omnichannel ad platform connects advertisers, agencies, brands, and publishers to people in real time.

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Roomi

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Roomi is a free mobile platform that helps people find flexible, affordable co-living solutions.

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PlaceIQ

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PlaceIQ provides location intelligence services that enable advertisers to reach mobile brand audiences for marketing activities.

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Cuebiq

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Location intelligence and measurement company

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The Infatuation

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The Infatuation is a website, app, newsletter, and recommendation platform that helps users find restaurants for every situation.

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Estimote

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Estimote is a technology start-up, building a sensor-based Operating System for the physical world

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Kontakt.io

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Kontakt.io Inc. is the global leader in Bluetooth® LE IoT devices and indoor location solutions that connect people, locations, and things.

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Minibar Delivery

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Minibar Delivery provides on-demand delivery of wine, spirits, beer & mixers.

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Cloud4Wi

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Cloud4Wi enables businesses and organizations to seamlessly and safely collect, analyze and act on location-based customer data

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Lynq Technologies

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The network for when failure isn’t an option.

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Ubimo

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Ubimo is a Location Intelligence SaaS platform that lets enterprises of all sizes see and act on offline consumer behavior.

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StreetCred

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StreetCred offers accessible data for places people care about.

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Playground

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A next-gen social platform intentionally designed to connect people more deeply to community and each other.

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Opportunity

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Opportunity is a professional discovery network that brings professionals together based on a real opportunity to do business.

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Mira

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Mira is the crowd analytics platform

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Blink

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Headquartered in New York, Blink is a platform that connects the world’s best storytellers to companies that have a story to tell.

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Arrivalist

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Arrivalist measures the way people visit places by looking at the changing locations of mobile computing devices after media exposures.

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Alluvium

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Alluvium builds products that empower teams working in the foundational industries of the global economy, through data.

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Mommy Nearest

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Mommy Nearest is one of the fastest-growing mobile communities for parents looking for child-friendly places while on the go.

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Munch Ado

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Munch Ado is a fully-managed marketing / e-commerce growth platform for restaurants.

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Leantegra

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Complete suite for indoor location intelligence: Real-time Location System, Proximity Marketing and Location Analytics

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Connexient

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Connexient is dedicated to creating innovative Indoor Mapping, Navigation and Indoor Location-based Services Solutions.

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Monaeo

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Monaeo is a location data analytics platform that helps businesses and individuals identify and manage tax risks created by travel.

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QWASI

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QWASI is a technology team building customer experience and communication solutions for global brands.

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Capture Media

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Capture leverages the power of social networks to connect newsrooms to over 1 billion smartphone cameras for real-time, worldwide coverage.

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Dasher

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Dasher is building a next-generation messaging platform enabling delivery of rich, interactive, real-time data in 1:1 and group chats.

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iSharingSoft

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iSharing is a real-time locator service that allows family members and close friends to privately share their location information.

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UPJAUNT

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Travelers, professionals and businesses discover and connect around mutual interests and stories.

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Dart Technologies

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Passenger In-Vehicle Infotainment for Connected and Autonomous Mobility

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Seamless

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Seamless North America is an online platform and smartphone app that allows customers to order food from preferred restaurants.

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itellio

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Data Driven – Place Based Marketing Platform

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Bivid

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Bivid allows you to capture moments and share it with your friends and others in your location.

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Start.io

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Start.io is a mobile data platform that enables organizations to uncover insights and make data-driven decisions that drive growth.

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Kapture

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Kapture is a mobile app that connects businesses with consumers by offering perks for taking and sharing photos.

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WiFi Map

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WiFi Map is the largest Wi-Fi community in the World!

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Fuzd

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Meet new people from around the world! You can chat with people in your language and they’ll receive messages in theirs instantly!

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LokaTrain

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Location based app to discover fitness professionals in your area, connect with those you like, and schedule training sessions.

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Cityglobe

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Cityglobe is a resource portal that helps location-seeking companies meet investment-seeking cities.

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PlaceTell

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PlaceTell is the next gen map search engine. Available at placetell.com and mobile apps.

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ConvertCart

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ConvertCart is a machine learning based all-in-one conversion optimization tool suite that ties together 21 tools into a powerful ecosystem.

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Place Pixel

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Place Pixel is a New York-based software company that creates next-gen mapping experiences.

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Hearts & Science

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Hearts & Science has been inspired by confident marketers seeking business advantage in a world of personalized digital marketing.

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Roomster

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The leading multi platform roommate matching & shared housing application. IOS, Android & fully responsive design

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XYverify

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Geolocation Verification Services

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iTutor.com

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iTutor offers schools and education institutions cloud-based technology solutions to support teachers and advance student learning.

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Kate’s Goodness

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User-generated location content 2.0

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EstroHaze

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EstroHaze is a multimedia platform for women that provides a network of resources for women seeking to access the legal cannabis industry.

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Traansmission

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Traansmission is an alumnus of Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator that connects shippers and truckers to reduce the time to move freight.

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Live XYZ

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Live XYZ is on a mission to map the world – a live map of every place on every block showing the culture, activity, and life of a city.

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MeetMoi

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MeetMoi is a location-based dating site enabling members to meet others based on preferences and proximity.

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Swill

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Swill is an online delivery platform that enables its users to find and buy from among a range of alcohol products.

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Whim

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Contacts ranked by availability and proximity

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Bar Stars

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Bar Stars is a social discovery app making it easier to meet new people and connect with friends in real life and in person.

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UpNext

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Upnext is an interactive 3D mapping platform engaged in digital strategy, mobile application development and user experience design.

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Stylr

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Stylr is a location-based shopping application that helps consumers find the fashion they love in stores around them.

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Zenbe

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Zenbe is a mobile and web apps developer allowing users to share contextually-specific information with a select group of people.

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Common

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Common is a mobile app and a community that allows its users to share their lifestyle experiences with other people.

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Xtify

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Xtify is an IBM company providing mobile app publishers with the tools to execute push and location-triggered notification campaigns.

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FACTORY PR

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FACTORY PR is a PR & communications company specializing in production and social media services.

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Nichewith

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Nichewith is a private location-based, photo-sharing application for sporting events, concerts, and after-school activities.

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VenPath

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VenPath is the world’s largest consumer data marketplace. We instantly deliver the data your business needs.

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Fondu

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Fondu is an online community for sharing bite-sized reviews about places to eat and drink.

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BroadwayWorld.com

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BroadwayWorld.com offers online content management and advertising services.

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SPREO

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SPREO is a developer of a cloud-based indoor mapping platform used for indoor positioning.

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Topos

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Topos creates location intelligence products that provide new social, cultural, and business insights about neighborhoods and cities.

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Loud-Hailer, Inc.

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We are a solution to an age-old problem, communication. With patented two-way Bluetooth tech, our clients can communicate like never before.

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Now

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Now is a free iPhone application that enables users to find out happenings around the city, based on crowd sourced photos.

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Hyperpublic

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Hyperpublic develops databases of local information and makes them freely available to developers.

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Treker

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Treker is an app that tracks students as well as a communication platform.

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Snapette

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Snapette is a mobile shopping application for finding and sharing fashion products available in neighborhood stores.

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bring10

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Bring10 is an online platform that enables users to connect with nearby shops and restaurants of their liking.

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First Tube Media

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First Tube Media connects Brands to Music Artists & Fans creating authentic relationships thru an “always on” platform.

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MessageParty

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MessageParty is a mobile blogging service for creating and consuming content from mobile browsers, iPhone apps, and the web.

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YouMap

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YouMap is your social map that instantly connects you to the world around you.

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Sense Networks

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Sense Networks offers MacroSense®, a technology platform for analyzing vast amount of mobile location data.

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Generator Media + Analytics

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Generator Media + Analytics is a marketing and advertising company offering strategic media planning and buying services.

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FoxNext

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FoxNext is the new gaming and VR division of 21st Century Fox.

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RoadGoat

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Where will you travel next?

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Menupages

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MenuPages provides online menus that enable users to find nearby restaurants that offer they food they want.

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Badger

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Badger develops interactive technology based solutions provides tool for social picture sharing and thematic mapping with mobile device.

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Thinaire

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The Internet of Things, monetized

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StudioBookings – Yoga Studio Software

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Studiobookings is a premier online yoga studio software company.

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myPlanit

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The world’s first visual search of your life.

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Hmmm

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Hmmm provides a mobile app with which anybody can present on live.

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Snapr

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Snapr is a online site that makes it easy for Developers and people who want to create their own mobile application.

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Wanderant

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Wanderant is a smart travel planner that offers its users with processes of planning, choices, and logistics and guides them through trips.

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DigiCollect

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Digital Platform with an ERP system and proprietary applications for the power sector

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Poplr Inc

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Poplr has built an innovative big data platform that learns about human behavior using location data via the users’ mobile phones

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FeedMe

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With FeedMe, users can capture and share the dynamic and personal food moments around people, location, interests, ingredients and history.

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Holr

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Holr is a developer of a social media application designed for people to follow their favorite interests and artists.

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Common Connect App

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Connect with people who share a common interest, job title, or work in the same field as you based on your location services on your phone.

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Mobihires

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MobiHires is an audio, video, and time driven job app. With built in chat video, email, and location features.

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Verifyed.com

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Saas for Influencer Marketing

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Kronoz

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Location based platform for on demand home and business services

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Hopskoch

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Hopskoch provides brands with customer engagement solutions to improve their social media content.

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Blockfeed

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Blockfeed is the only app that features a news stream tailored to your exact location in the city.

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Hardcastle GIS

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Our primary focus is the agile development of Geospatial , Software Development , Data Analytics and mobile Application.

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Justmap.it

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Justmap.it is a source for professional, visually appealing custom maps and will meet your custom mapping needs quickly and accurately.

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