INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
When we put out the call for early-stage startups to apply to be a TC Top Pick at Disrupt San Francisco 2018, which takes place September
5-7, we knew we were in for something good
But crikey! The competition was fierce, and narrowing the field to a cohort of 60 startups was no easy task
Fortunately, we love a challenge, and our work here is done
Read on to find the list of winners and what they receive.
TC Top Picks is our latest way to shine a spotlight on amazing pre-Series A
We carefully reviewed and vetted each application and chose only five startups from each of these categories: AI, AR/VR, Blockchain,
Biotech/Healthtech, Fintech, Gaming, Privacy/Security, Space, Mobility, Retail or Robotics/IoT/Hardware.
These TC Top Pick founders have won
a free Startup Alley Exhibitor Package, which includes a one-day exhibit space in Startup Alley, three Founder passes (good for all three
days of the show), use ofCrunchMatch— our investor-to-startup matching platform — and access to the Disrupt SF 2018 press list
They also will receive a three-minute interview on the Showcase Stage with a TechCrunch editor — and we&ll promote that video across our
social media platforms.
Without further ado, here are our TC Top Picks for Disrupt SF 2018.
AI
Jack Automation Technologies: A
conversational platform for automated messaging and voice experiences with tenants/residents for all property types and portfolio
sizes.
ConserWater Technologies: AI to grow more plants or crops with fewer resources.
Rosey: A web platform that automatically grades
freely written text for teachers and provides meaningful feedback to students.
Vence: Reinventing livestock management
An invisible fence/Fitbit for livestock, which eliminates costs and increases profits for customers.
3DLOOK: Develops the most advanced
mobile body scanning tech for apparel brands and e-commerce and retail.
AR/VR
COZYO: An interior design technology for e-commerce
optimization.
KeepEyeOnBall: Virtual reality and virtual 360º tours software development.
ORBI Inc.: Specializes in developing innovative
360° imaging technology that captures life best moments.
Skrite Labs: A sky-based augmented reality platform.
Blockchain
Airfox: Offers a
free Android app to extend critical financial services to billions of unbanked and underbanked people in emerging markets around the
globe.
Zeehaus: Real estate marketplace with equity sharing fractional ownership.
Omega Grid: A peer-to-peer blockchain energy platform for
utilities.
Humaniq: A London-based fintech firm that provides next-generation financial services using its blockchain-based mobile
application.
LifeBank Technology and Logistics Services: A platform that makes blood available when and where it is needed in Nigeria to
save lives.
Biotech Health
Slighter: A smart device with cutting-edge smart technology that helps you master your smoking habit and reduce
cigarette consumption.
Listen Longer: Track personal sound exposure in your ear for safe, lifelong enjoyment of your music.
Actijoy: A
sophisticated system for monitoring doggy activity, health, rest and water and food intake.
Circadia Technologies: Wireless sleep sensor and
personalized sleep coach to improve your sleep, mood and energy.
Virtue: An award-winning startup that applies the research-proven benefits
of virtual reality to improve mental wellness.
Fintech
ID RD: Developer of biometric authentication for conversational interface (voice,
behavioral).
Oxygen: Banking and lending for the massive gig economy.
Mount Wish: Fully automated mutual insurance for FICC risks (Fixed
Income, Currencies, Commodities) and digital CIB front office.
SimbaPay: A mobile application that offers money transfer services to its
users.
Gaming
SportsMe: Turn sports fandom into a mobile video game.
Storyball: A screenless gaming console that keeps children active,
playful and engaged.
Sonder Design: Infinite possibilities at your fingertips, with the world first E Ink keyboard.
Privacy/Security
Carbn:
A developer of data and privacy management software for business customers.
Openpath: An access control system that grants entry to
locations.
UATAG: Unique authentication tag for product originality verification and counterfeit protection.
Space
Audacy: A space
communications service provider.
Infostellar: A satellite antenna sharing platform.
Mobility
Cargofy: Virtual AI-assistant for
owner-operators.
Einride: A cargo and freight company that designs and builds technologies for transportation systems.
Toposens: Builds
robust, ultra-low power and low-cost 3D ultrasound and radar sensors for smart buildings and autonomous vehicles.
Caaresys: An Israeli
startup that develops a vehicle passenger monitoring system based on contactless low-emission radio frequency radar.
Rideshare Sellers:
In-vehicle headrest advertisement delivery system for rideshare.
Retail
GreenSTOP: An ancillary cannabis technology company that utilizes
hardware and software to automate the retail cannabis industry.
Garbi: A smart trash can that can recognize anything you throw away and
reorder it with the tap of a button.
Eazyloop Express: A platform that delivers packages from the USA to Ghana.
Resonado: Introduces
patented audio hardware that enables essential solutions to the sound experience.
SmartBins: Promotes shopper traffic to the bulk aisle
boosting high-margin bulk sales.
Robotics, Hardware and IoT
Cedar Robotics: Revolutionizing the restaurant industry with menu digitization,
cloud infrastructure and robotics.
Robotic Materials: Materials that make robots smart.
Orby: Flying robots for your business.
Livin:
Creating products and services that improve people lives where they use water.
Mitte: The world first smart water system that unites water
purification with enhancement.
If you missed out on applying to be a TC Top Pick and exhibiting for free, it not too late to buy a Startup
Alley Exhibitor Package and showcase your startup alongside 1,200+ companies and sponsors in Startup Alley
Exhibiting makes sense for early-stage founders, but don&t just take our word for it
Luke Heron, the CEO ofTestCard.com, had this to say following his Startup Alley experience:
If you&re a startup or an entrepreneur,
exhibiting at Disrupt is a no-brainer.
Disrupt San Francisco 2018takes place September 5-7 at Moscone Center West
Come join us and discover new opportunities
We can&t wait to see you there!
