Top NYC, NY On-Demand Companies (14)
We’re a next-generation platform that provides a comprehensive, business-in-a-box solution—combining cutting-edge technology, personalized training, a vibrant community, and exclusive industry partnerships—all designed to empower anyone with a passion for travel to turn that passion into a thriving business. Whether you're a travel enthusiast or an experienced professional, Fora equips you with everything needed to launch and scale a successful travel advisory business, making it the ultimate way to align work with your lifestyle. At the heart of Fora is our mission: to enable 100,000 entrepreneurs to transform their love for travel into a fulfilling full-time or part-time career, offering unparalleled flexibility, autonomy, and support. We believe that everyone, from seasoned travel professionals to first-time entrepreneurs, can build a career that’s both profitable and aligned with their passions. Our platform combines innovative technology with the human touch, offering: - Best-in-class training programs to help agents develop expert knowledge, no matter their starting point. - A powerful suite of tools for booking, client management, and marketing, ensuring agents can focus on delivering exceptional travel experiences. - Access to an engaged community of fellow advisors, fostering collaboration, support, and shared learning. - Exclusive partnerships with top travel brands, providing access to competitive rates, perks, and experiences that elevate advisors’ offerings. Since our founding in 2021 by experienced travel entrepreneurs Henley Vazquez, Jake Peters, and Evan Frank, Fora has experienced rapid growth, expanding to a team of 70+ full-time employees based in downtown New York City. We are proud to be backed by an incredible group of investors, including Forerunner Ventures, Insight Partners, and Heartcore Capital, whose support underscores our commitment to building a platform that not only revolutionizes the travel industry but also creates meaningful opportunities for individuals everywhere. Fora is a mission-driven company that believes in the power of entrepreneurship, community, and passion. As we continue to grow, we are looking for more talented and like-minded individuals to join our team - people who are excited about transforming the travel space and helping us scale our vision globally.
Inspired by Philo T. Farnsworth, the inventor of electronic television, Philo was created to build a better TV experience. The company started in the college market and is available nationwide, offering subscribers dozens of top-rated television channels for a low monthly subscription. In addition to being the first entertainment-focused streaming TV service, Philo offers live TV, unlimited 1-Year DVR, on-demand, and content from top programmers all available on Android devices and Android TV, Fire Tablets and Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, iOS/iPad, Roku, PC/Mac web browsers, and Chromecast with Android functionality. Philo currently offers 60+ channels for just $25/month and allows three separate streams on three different devices with up to 10 profiles. Philo features a streamlined interface, intelligent search, and the ability to easily send your favorite shows to friends – right from within the platform. Philo is based in San Francisco, with offices in New York and Cambridge, MA. For more information, philo.com.
At DoorDash, our mission to empower local economies shapes how our team members move quickly and always learn and reiterate to support merchants, Dashers and the communities we serve. We are a technology and logistics company that started with door-to-door delivery, and we are looking for team members who can help us go from a company that is known for delivering food to a company that people turn to for any and all goods. DoorDash is growing rapidly and changing constantly, which gives our team members the opportunity to share their unique perspectives, solve new challenges, and own their careers. Our leaders seek the truth and welcome big, hairy, audacious questions. We are grounded in our company values, and we make intentional decisions that are both logical and display empathy for our range of users—from Dashers to Merchants to Customers.
Papier is a VC-backed consumer stationery brand that sells online and ships direct to customers. Papier launched over in the UK in 2015 and has been growing rapidly in the US since launching here in 2018, putting the US on course to become our largest market. Growth has been fuelled by over ~$15m of venture funding to date and we have just secured our Series C to help accelerate this still further. Alongside in-house collections, Papier collaborates with upcoming artists, iconic brands and exciting fashion labels to curate its emporium of notebooks, notecards, diaries, and journals. Our mission is to invite people to uncover the possibility of a blank page. We recently placed 8th on LinkedIn’s Top 15 UK Startups, and we are now seeking to support and strengthen our progress by building a team on the ground alongside our existing US partnerships.
Newprint is a trade printing company that specializes in custom projects for a wide range of customers. Other areas of expertise include made-to-order custom packaging and marketing materials. Order custom retail packaging, labels and marketing material for your business through Newprint's online store. Custom quotations are also possible for larger volumes and special makings.
Gopuff is the go-to solution for immediate everyday needs, fulfilling customer orders of cleaning and home products, over-the-counter medications, baby and pet products, food and drinks, and in some markets, alcohol – in just minutes. With micro-fulfillment centers in every market it serves, the company delivers thousands of products quickly for a flat $2.95 delivery charge. Gopuff is open 24/7 in many markets and late-night everywhere else to bring customers what they need when they need it most. Gopuff was founded in 2013 by co-CEOs Rafael Ilishayev and Yakir Gola when they were college students at Drexel University. The Philadelphia-based company now operates more than 600 micro-fulfillment centers in more than 1000 markets across the United States, including Chicago and its suburbs. It has raised more than $3.4B in funding.
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Markit Digital provides the tools and intelligence investors need to successfully navigate the complexities of global financial markets across devices.
Bespoke Search Group is a professional boutique recruiting consulting firm specializing in placing Executive (C-suite) & Senior-Level Managerial talent focusing on early-stage to pre-IPO startups. We partner with the most innovative and disruptive companies today helping them grow, scale, and dominate their industries. In 2020, Forbes recognized us for our exceptional client support and track record of successful top-talent placements. As a result, we have earned a prominent reputation as one of the most well-respected recruiting firms in the startup sector.
We think the world would be a nicer place if everyone could afford to buy incredible, in-person groundtruth captured anywhere in the world in real time. So we’re making it happen by taking the on-demand model of Uber and matching it to our founder’s real-world experience of on-ground research.
Relay is on a mission to make food deliveries better. Relay was founded in NYC in 2014 by Alex Blum (CEO) and Mike Chevett (CTO) who noticed a major gap in operations for restaurants who relied on their own in-house couriers to make deliveries. With the emergence of “Big Delivery” and exorbitantly high fees for restaurants, our services are even more imperative to help operators keep their costs manageable. Relay offers restaurant owners an easy way to optimize their delivery operations all while regaining control over their businesses output and financial health. Today, we work with thousands of restaurants (SweetGreen, JustSalad, Tacombi, Papa Johns, just to name a few) to deliver over 25,000 orders per day. We are headquartered in NYC and operate in the NYC metropolitan area, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Chicago, and Miami.
Gooten is a workflow automation platform for eCommerce businesses to create products, market their businesses, and provide first mile logistics services on a global basis. Our platform allows thousands of eCommerce companies to access print on demand production capacity.
AOX Apps is a well-established offshore software development business in India with an excellent and proven track record in offering software development, mobile app development, technology consulting, and IT outsourcing services to clients all over the world. Through our distributed project management capabilities, we enable firms to transform their businesses by accelerating digital innovation, enabling agile business platforms, and reducing time-to-market.
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Who we are Buyk is a new real-time retail service that delivers groceries within 15 minutes. Via the Buyk app, customers simply select the items they'd like from our assortment, click "Order" – and we do the rest, with your order arriving on your doorstep in 15 minutes or less. We know that your time is precious, and you want to spend it doing something truly important – whether that's working on a new project, spending time with family and loved ones, or simply kicking back to enjoy some well-deserved rest and relaxation. Now, Buyk takes care of your shopping, while you take care of yourself. How does it work? Buyk is much more than a well-oiled, genius logistical system. Behind the curtain, a multimillion-dollar software system, combined with artificial intelligence and a meticulously selected product assortment, provides for a streamlined shopping experience, eliminating time-consuming browsing through irrelevant items. We use our darkstores, stocked with between 2-3000 items to deliver groceries and other essentials to customers’ doors within 15 mins. These darkstores are strategically located to enable maximum coverage in the quickest possible time and are fitted out with Buyk’s proprietary technology to optimize the speed of order picking and delivery. Buyk’s technology also provides its teams with detailed information on a hyperlocal level, to ensure each darkstore is stocked according to the specific needs and desires of consumers in that area. Our mission To give our customers back the one thing that is truly valuable - their time. Life isn’t for waiting in line to check out or spending hours each week running back and forth between stores. Instead, it should be spent doing things we truly love. Buyk takes away the burden of the shopping experience, giving you the time needed to live your best life. Buyk – making real-time retail a reality.
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Alfred brings together resident services and community engagement offerings through our all-in-one app. We bridge the gap between intuitive support and personalized experiences into the most crucial space in our lives: our homes because time is finite and support should be for everyone. Alfred is currently available in 44 cities across the U.S. and Canada. Alfred is the leading resident experience and building management platform that is changing the way people live by bringing together at the intersection of real estate, hospitality, and technology—embracing a diversity of experiences and perspectives to bring about meaningful change for how we live together. Our Values: Integrity Embedded in everything we do is a continuous effort to build trust with our members, our partners, and one another. Empathy From anticipating our members’ needs to our collaborations with local businesses, we lead with empathy to support our members, partners, and community. Excellence We strive to learn and improve continuously. Working as one team, we adapt to a changing world and achieve a meaningful impact on people’s lives.
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