5 best startups of 2018
For the last few years, startups have grown in popularity in hundreds of ways. This is especially true with the emergence of the blockchain technology.
Some entrepreneurs have chosen to use blockchain for their existing products as a way to give them a “fresh new feel.” Other forward thinkers’ product and service ideas could only come to life with the help of decentralization.
So which of these myriad startups had the very best ideas in 2018? In this article, we’ll take a look at the top ideas — and not all of them are blockchain-based products.
Journy is a platform that’s changing the travel industry. Starting at $25 per day, the project creates a personal itinerary. It helps each user explore a new city like never before while still giving the visitor time to truly enjoy the vacation. The platform’s goal is to eliminate the often confusing, frustrating, self-research involved in planning a trip, as well as bypassing expensive luxury travel concierges. Journy believes that vacations and other ventures should be comfortable and relaxing.
More information about this promising platform can be found on Journy’s official website.
Revere is a startup designed to add natural sources to your workout routine. In answer to those concerned about possible chemicals and artificial ingredients in traditional workout supplements, Revere’s products strive to offer nature’s best homegrown performance enhancers such as green tea and beetroot. Revere promises that with its plant-based energy products, there will be no more jitters and crashes. The company’s founders believe that if you respect your health enough to work out, you should respect what you’re putting into your body.
Find more information about these natural resources on the Revere website.
Blockchain-based startup OPP OPEN WiFi has already recruited 25 million WiFi Hotspot Hosts across the globe. Its long-term goal is to become the largest guest WiFi community in the world.
This innovative project rewards hosts for their unused data within their P2P ecosystem. As a result, the company will provide, especially for underserved people, increased global WiFi access points. This startup is truly the first of its kind.
OPP Open WiFi’s aim is to reach 25 million hosts around the world and is projected to hit 1 million downloads by the end of 2019.
To learn more about how to be a host or to contribute to this incredible startup, visit the OPP OPEN WIFI website.
Ripple is a network that uses blockchain to allow global banks and payment processors to securely and directly send money to one another without a middleman. Ripple’s CEO is former AOL and Yahoo executive, Brad Garlinghouse. Ripple’s founders predict that we’ll see a sharp rise in blockchain-enabled startups, and with good reason:
“They’re convenient, they’re secure — and while early adopters have already noticed, we forecast that the rest of society will follow.”
Check out more of this amazing startup on Ripple’s website.
Founded in 2015 by four specialists in the business, photographic, and tech fields — each of whom is an expert in their respective fields and understand what it takes to deliver top-quality service on demand and on a large scale — Splento’s founders believe that valuable collaborations are the key to success. This is the basis of the project’s singular focus of working with partners who share the same drive to offer quality and reliability to their customers by adding value to their services.
Details of this specialized startup can be found on Splento’s website.
Bonus
Another new 2018 startup, GoRecruit built an AI designed for improved human resource management. The company provides HR and scoring software via the SaaS model. Subscriptions are sold to HR agencies, SMB, and corporate companies. GoRecruit automates evaluation, risk, and personality analysis through its web-services. This results in higher talent acquisition as well as faster HR decision rates.
Check out Go.Recru.it on its website.