Y Combinator Summer 2013 Demo Day, Batch 1: Meet Glio, 7Cups, Prim, Teleborder And More
Summary
[Update: For our highlights from across all 45 pitches, check out TechCrunch’s top 8 startups from Demo Day] GoComm bills itself as “Yammer for the mobile workforce” with a tool for managing large events. With the product built and working with clients, the company has already become profitable — having signed one large, $150,000 a year contract — and sees the opportunity to go after the $450 million events space. It faces local competitors in San Francisco like LaundryLocker, Sfwash, and Sudzee, but hopes its founders’ computer science background and online customer acquisition skills will help it beat them. 7 Cups of Tea aims to situate itself in the middle of those two options, with an online marketplace that connects people anonymously with trained “active listeners” that provide an empathetic ear for free or a voluntary fee or “tip.” 7 Cups, which takes a 40 percent commission on all transactions, has seen solid growth since it launched eight weeks ago: It now has 160 active listeners on its platform and is now fielding more than 1,800 call and chat requests per week. Today, Kivo has already signed up a bunch of consultancy firms like Deloitte and McKinsey to enable their teams to work on documents in Microsoft Office, PowerPoint, and Excel together.
