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.

247 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 13 January 2016 · Boston · United States

Yoke

“Track all your cloud accounts in one place”

Changed courseas of 28 Sep 2026

Yoke gathered your Asana tasks, Pocket articles and Zendesk tickets onto one board of cards that tried to learn when you were falling behind.

Productivity and collaboration

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

Beaker Notebook

“Open Source Polyglot Data Science Tool”

Product discontinuedas of 28 Sep 2026

An open source notebook where a variable set in Python could be read in R, later rebuilt by Two Sigma as BeakerX extensions for Jupyter.

Data and analyticsDeveloper tools

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 8 February 2016 · Austin · Texas · United States

SearchRPM

“Design, Measure, Evolve.”

Still onlineas of 29 Sep 2026

An Austin search-marketing agency that sold performance-built websites as 'D + U + S' and now pitches itself as marketing as a service.

Marketing and sales

On Stompstart by 11 February 2016 · San Francisco · United States

Angee

“An advanced security and communication system changing how you protect – and connect – to your home.”

Company closedas of 28 Sep 2026

A San Francisco home security camera that turned to follow motion, recognised voices and armed itself, crowdfunded on Kickstarter in 2015.

HardwareSecurity and privacy

On Stompstart by 12 February 2016 · California · United States

Boon

“No good deed goes unrewarded”

Still operatingas of 29 Sep 2026

A California startup that promised cash rewards for referring friends to jobs, and still sells referral hiring software from the same domain.

Jobs and HR

On Stompstart by 12 February 2016 · Austin · Texas · United States

Chimichurri

“Create your own SaaS application”

Changed courseas of 28 Sep 2026

An Austin startup that paired an automatic SaaS app generator with a hire-us development team; today it sells custom development instead.

Developer tools

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

HappyFox Chat

“A powerful live chat software for customer support”

Still operatingas of 29 Sep 2026

A live chat tool for customer support teams, listed in private beta and still sold by HappyFox with unlimited agents on every plan.

Marketing and sales

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 · Berkeley · United States

Packlane

“Custom packaging in just a few clicks.”

Still operatingas of 29 Sep 2026

A Berkeley startup that let small brands design custom printed boxes in a live 3D editor, still selling packaging at packlane.com a decade later.

Commerce and marketplacesDesign

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 · Palo Alto · United States

rollApp

“Desktop Applications on Any Device”

Still onlineas of 29 Sep 2026

A Palo Alto service that ran desktop programs like Inkscape inside a web browser, now winding down after its makers' January 2026 notice.

Productivity and collaborationDeveloper tools

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

SketchBox

“Monthly Subscription Box for Art and Art Supplies.”

Still operatingas of 29 Sep 2026

A monthly box of five or six art supplies with a piece of art to inspire subscribers, still taking orders for its October 2026 box.

Commerce and marketplaces

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 12 February 2016 · California · United States

Wiith

“Hang out with someone new”

Still onlineas of 29 Sep 2026

Wiith let newcomers to San Francisco post plans like a Golden Gate bike ride and choose which strangers could come along.

Social and community

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

Axis Drones

“Learn to Fly For Less. Tiny Drones for under $50.”

Still onlineas of 29 Sep 2026

A New York maker of tiny beginner drones under $50, whose quarter-sized Aerius drew tech press coverage in 2015.

Hardware

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 Mateo · United States

Happy Apps

“Performance and Uptime Matter”

Service closedas of 29 Sep 2026

A San Mateo service that watched apps, databases and IT systems for downtime, and signed off in 2022 with a farewell page titled 'Adios'.

Developer tools

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 29 February 2016 · New York · New York · United States

IID

“business card app with tracking”

Company closedas of 28 Sep 2026

A digital business card app from the small French company Instant-ID that sent contacts, social profiles and files by text or email.

Social and communityMarketing and sales

On Stompstart by 29 February 2016 · Cambridge · Massachusetts · United States

Insurify

“smarter, easier car insurance”

Still operatingas of 28 Sep 2026

An MIT spinoff that let drivers compare car insurance quotes by texting a photo of their license plate to a chatbot called Evia.

Finance

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

StatusGator

“Status page monitoring”

Still operatingas of 28 Sep 2026

StatusGator watched the public status pages of cloud services and alerted teams by email or Slack when one went down, and it still does.

Developer tools

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

Sticker Mule

“Custom Stickers That Kick Ass”

Still operatingas of 28 Sep 2026

Sticker Mule sold custom stickers online with free proofs, free shipping and fast turnaround, and the Amsterdam, New York company still does.

Commerce and marketplaces

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

ZenLocator

“A beautifully simple store locator.”

Still onlineas of 29 Sep 2026

ZenLocator gave shops a store-finder widget with directions, street view and a warning when the store you picked was about to close.

Marketing and salesCommerce and marketplaces