These were new once.

1,536 startups as they appeared on Stompstart between 2014 and 2019, each with what we can verify about what happened next.

28 of 1,536 startups match · those with an image and a known outcome first, then by when they were first on Stompstart

On Stompstart by 8 February 2016 · New York · United States

Influenster

“Product Discovery. Reviews. Rewards”

Acquiredas of 28 Sep 2026

A New York product review and sampling community that rewarded its most vocal members, bought by Bazaarvoice in August 2019.

Marketing and salesCommerce and marketplaces

On Stompstart by 12 February 2016 · San Francisco · California · United States

Mezi

“Your personal shopping assistant”

Acquiredas of 28 Sep 2026

A text-message shopping assistant from San Francisco that switched to travel booking and was bought by American Express in 2018.

Commerce and marketplaces

On Stompstart by 12 February 2016 · Boulder · United States

Pivotdesk

“Flexible office space that grows as you grow”

Acquiredas of 28 Sep 2026

A Boulder marketplace for subletting spare desks that was bought by Industrious in 2017, closed in 2018 and then revived by SquareFoot.

Real estate

On Stompstart by 12 February 2016 · Burlingame · California · United States

UpNest

“Real estate agents compete to earn your business.”

Acquiredas of 28 Sep 2026

UpNest let home sellers make local real estate agents compete for their listing, and Realtor.com's owner bought it in 2022.

Real estate

On Stompstart by 29 February 2016 · New York · New York · United States

Button Frogs

“Custom Buttons Made Easy”

Mergedas of 28 Sep 2026

A custom button shop that Sticker Mule launched in April 2015 and folded into its main store 16 months later.

Commerce and marketplaces

On Stompstart by 29 February 2016 · San Francisco · United States

hopOn

“The Simple and Social Way to Book Travel”

Acquiredas of 28 Sep 2026

A San Francisco booking site for group trips, with shared itineraries and split expenses, later sold to Kayak co-founder Paul English's Lola.

Travel

On Stompstart by 4 March 2016 · Washington · District of Columbia · United States

Framebridge

“Framebridge is the easy and affordable way to custom frame your art and photos.”

Acquiredas of 28 Sep 2026

A Washington, DC startup that framed art you mailed in or photos you uploaded, later bought by Graham Holdings and grown into retail stores.

Commerce and marketplaces

On Stompstart by 5 March 2016 · Sherbrooke · Canada

Agendrix

“Agendrix makes employee scheduling painless and effective.”

Acquiredas of 28 Sep 2026

Employee scheduling software from Sherbrooke, Quebec, that grew into a workforce management platform and was acquired by The Citation Group in 2024.

Jobs and HR

On Stompstart by 21 May 2016 · Austin · Texas · United States

StopLight

“Mock, document, and test your way to API nirvana.”

Acquiredas of 28 Sep 2026

An Austin tool for designing, mocking and documenting APIs that SmartBear agreed to acquire in August 2023 and still runs under its own name.

Developer tools

On Stompstart by 12 February 2016 · Boston · United States

BeaconsInSpace

“Airbnb for iBeacons”

Acquiredas of 29 Sep 2026

A Boston startup pitched as Airbnb for iBeacons that became Fysical, a location data market, which the ad-tech company now called Infillion lists among its 2019 acquisitions.

Developer toolsHardware

On Stompstart by 12 February 2016 · Santa Monica · United States

Ferris

“Photo Album for your Videos”

Acquiredas of 28 Sep 2026

A Santa Monica iPhone app that stitched everyday video clips into shared stories, later renamed Wheel and bought by Tinder in 2017.

Media and entertainment

On Stompstart by 13 February 2016 · Quebec · Canada

BIM Track

“Collaboration platform to enhance the workflow in your construction project”

Acquiredas of 28 Sep 2026

A Quebec cloud platform for tracking coordination issues on building projects, bought by Newforma in 2021 and folded into Newforma Konekt.

Productivity and collaborationDesign

On Stompstart by 27 February 2016 · Mumbai · India

sumHR

“sum up your HR”

Acquiredas of 28 Sep 2026

A Mumbai cloud HR and payroll system for startups and small firms that Indian neobank Jupiter acquired and now runs as a subsidiary.

Jobs and HR

On Stompstart by 29 February 2016 · New York · New York · United States

Handwriting.io

“Handwriting.io is a patented API solution that takes text and turns it into digital handwriting.”

Acquiredas of 28 Sep 2026

A New York API that turned typed text into realistic digital handwriting, bought in 2018 by the Pittsburgh software firm BlueSky ETO.

Developer toolsMarketing and sales

On Stompstart by 29 February 2016 · New York · United States

Pepperi

“A brand new sales experience Mobile sales automation and B2B eCommerce suite”

Acquiredas of 28 Sep 2026

A mobile order-taking app for sales reps, first called WRNTY, that grew into a B2B commerce platform and was bought by Advantive in 2024.

Commerce and marketplacesMarketing and sales

On Stompstart by 3 March 2016 · San Francisco · United States

Drunk Mode

“Get Crazy, Stay Safe”

Acquiredas of 28 Sep 2026

A college app that stopped drunk dialing and tracked friends on nights out, whose makers turned its location technology into the data broker X-Mode.

Everyday lifeSocial and community

On Stompstart by 3 March 2016 · Los Angeles · United States

MaxSold Estimator

“Online Downsizing & Estate Sale Auctions”

Acquiredas of 28 Sep 2026

A companion app for an online estate sale auction house, estimating what a home's contents would fetch in a two-week MaxSold auction.

Commerce and marketplacesEveryday life

On Stompstart by 3 March 2016 · Atlanta · Georgia · United States

MotionArray.com

“Make Amazing Videos”

Acquiredas of 29 Sep 2026

A Georgia stock-media membership selling After Effects templates, music and footage, bought by Israel's Artlist for 65 million dollars in 2020.

Media and entertainmentDesign

On Stompstart by 3 March 2016 · Boston · United States

Privy.com

“Free email list growth tools”

Acquiredas of 29 Sep 2026

A Boston pop-up and list-growth tool for marketers that grew into an ecommerce email and SMS platform, bought by Attentive in 2021.

Marketing and sales

On Stompstart by 3 March 2016 · Austin · Texas · United States

Standup Bot

“Automated standups for Slack Channels”

Acquiredas of 28 Sep 2026

A Slack bot that ran daily standups in team channels, launched by SoFetch in 2016 and still running a decade later under a Portuguese owner.

Productivity and collaboration

On Stompstart by 3 March 2016 · Los Angeles · United States

The KIND

“overing and uncovering cannabis news and culture”

Mergedas of 29 Sep 2026

A Los Angeles cannabis lifestyle site, also known as KINDLAND, that combined with a design startup in 2018 to become Proper, a cannabis product recommendation platform.

Media and entertainment

On Stompstart by 4 March 2016 · Atlanta · Georgia · United States

Fittery

“The ultimate marketplace to help men find perfectly-fitting clothes.”

Acquiredas of 28 Sep 2026

An Atlanta marketplace that matched men to clothes that fit from brands like Bonobos and Club Monaco, bought in 2018 by Under 5'10.

Commerce and marketplaces

On Stompstart by 4 March 2016 · Jacksonville · Florida · United States

LessChurn

“Reduce churn and increase revenue.”

Acquiredas of 28 Sep 2026

A tool that swapped a SaaS app's 'delete my account' button for offers to stay, sold by its makers LessEverything in 2017.

Marketing and sales

On Stompstart by 5 March 2016 · Palo Alto · California · United States

invi

“texting. reinvented.”

Acquiredas of 28 Sep 2026

A Palo Alto texting app that put YouTube clips and other mini apps inside SMS threads; a 2024 profile of its co-founder says Google later bought it.

Social and community