The Best Crowdsourcing Startups To Watch Out For In 2021

December 27, 2020

This article showcases Startup Pill’s top picks for the best Crowdsourcing startups. These startups are taking a variety of approaches to innovating inside of the Crowdsourcing industry and around the world. They are all exceptional startups well worth a follow.

We selected these startups for exceptional performance in one of these categories:

  • Innovation
    • Innovative ideas
    • Innovative route to market
    • Innovative product
  • Growth
    • Exceptional growth
    • Exceptional growth strategy
  • Management
  • Societal impact

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1. OpenAVN

The idea behind this startup: OpenAVN is the World’s 1st Decentralized Antivirus Solution. It’s a crowdsourced Realtime Malware Protection based on Blockchain & AI.

Headquarters: New York, New York, United States

Industries: Architecture, Blockchain, Cloud Security, Crowdsourcing, Cyber Security, Network Security, Security, Software

Founders: Harish Prasanna, Shivaprakash Bidlur

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2. Bizzit, Inc.

The idea behind this startup: Collective business intelligence

Headquarters: San Francisco, California, United States

Industries: B2B, B2C, Business Development, Business Information Systems, Business Intelligence, Crowdsourcing, Direct Sales, Internet, Marketing, Software

Founders: Ryan Rudin

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3. Globalmark

The idea behind this startup: Globalmark is an online B2B marketplace, designed to drive business innovation for micro, small and medium enterprises.

Headquarters: Querétaro, Queretaro de Arteaga, Mexico

Industries: B2B, Collaborative Consumption, Crowdsourcing, E-Commerce, Marketplace, Social Network

Founders: Raymundo Montes

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4. GraffitiTagr.com

The idea behind this startup: Free your city from illegal graffiti

Headquarters: Roskilde, Sjelland, Denmark

Industries: Apps, Big Data, Crowdsourcing, Geospatial, Image Recognition, Mapping Services, Mobile Apps

Founders: Jakob Adeltoft

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5. FranShares

The idea behind this startup: Fractional Franchise Investing

Headquarters: Chicago, Illinois, United States

Industries: Crowdfunding, Crowdsourcing, Finance, Financial Exchanges, Financial Services, FinTech, Franchise, Funding Platform, Personal Finance

Founders: Unknown

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6. One24

The idea behind this startup: One24 is a Retail Eco-system, where Brands,Wholesalers,Distributors,Manufacturers, Retailers, and Consumers are connected.

Headquarters: Unknown

Industries: Business Development, Crowdsourcing, Delivery, Delivery Service, E-Commerce, Internet, Retail, Shopping

Founders: Aryaman Mishra

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7. ConnectBud

The idea behind this startup: ConnectBud is a leading marketplace to find and hire talented students for internship, freelancing, tutoring and coding classes.

Headquarters: San Jose, California, United States

Industries: Advice, Crowdsourcing, E-Learning, Education, Higher Education, Internet, Outsourcing, STEM Education

Founders: Unknown

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8. Sourceful

The idea behind this startup: A search engine for high-quality, public Google docs

Headquarters: Unknown

Industries: Crowdsourcing, Open Source

Founders: Unknown

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9. Crypto Tron

The idea behind this startup: Exchange and Shop

Headquarters: Bangkok, Krung Thep, Thailand

Industries: Angel Investment, Bitcoin, Blockchain, Crowdfunding, Crowdsourcing, Cryptocurrency, Financial Exchanges, FinTech, Impact Investing, Stock Exchanges

Founders: Unknown

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10. Nuclu, Inc.

The idea behind this startup: A Business-to-Business Social Commerce Platform

Headquarters: Los Angeles, California, United States

Industries: B2B, Business Development, Crowdsourcing, E-Commerce, Internet

Founders: Unknown

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11. SolarTrade

The idea behind this startup: Fintech meets cleantech. Democratizing global participation in renewable energy projects in SEA.

Headquarters: Manila, Manila, Philippines

Industries: CleanTech, Crowdsourcing, Information Technology

Founders: Wouter Gyssels

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12. BugHunt

The idea behind this startup: Security experts in our community test companies’ software for vulnerabilities and receive a reward for finding them.

Headquarters: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Industries: Crowdsourcing, Cyber Security, Security

Founders: Bruno Telles, Caio Telles, Ronen Ben Efraim

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13. Pondr

The idea behind this startup: Start collecting ideas from your team within minutes. Stop disrupting your workflow and let Pondr show you what to work on next.

Headquarters: Unknown

Industries: Collaboration, Crowdsourcing, Innovation Management, Product Management, Productivity Tools, Software

Founders: Unknown

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14. NuNotions

The idea behind this startup: NuNotions is the central destination for inclusive beauty and personal care product reviews.

Headquarters: Unknown

Industries: Beauty, Crowdsourcing, Personal Health, Social Network

Founders: Marjai Roberts

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15. LiUU

The idea behind this startup: LiUU is the first crowdliquidity platform: we provide a platform where the public can provide liquidity to companies that need it

Headquarters: Lauerz, Schwyz, Switzerland

Industries: Commercial Lending, Crowdfunding, Crowdsourcing, FinTech, Lending

Founders: Gregory Brown, Isabella Sorace

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16. Designfier

The idea behind this startup: Designfier.com is an online crowdsourcing marketplace that helps business or entrepreneurs find graphic design artists for hire.

Headquarters: New Jersey, Saint Patrick, Trinidad and Tobago

Industries: B2B, Crowdsourcing, E-Commerce, Graphic Design, Information Technology, Internet, Marketplace, Web Design, Web Development

Founders: Unknown

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17. Denzity

The idea behind this startup: Your Go-To Real Estate Discovery Platform

Headquarters: Mong Kok, Kowloon, Hong Kong

Industries: Commercial Real Estate, Crowdsourcing, Database, Information Technology, Online Forums, Peer to Peer, Real Estate, Real Estate Investment, Search Engine

Founders: Darren Wong

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18. GrowVation

The idea behind this startup: GrowVation aims to grow innovation & collaboration around the world.

Headquarters: Chandigarh, Chandigarh, India

Industries: Crowdsourcing, Information Technology

Founders: Unknown

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19. Good Here

The idea behind this startup: Find social impact startups and funding

Headquarters: Unknown

Industries: Charity, Crowdfunding, Crowdsourcing, Funding Platform, Non Profit

Founders: Unknown

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20. w8time

The idea behind this startup: w8time is a crowdsource public service App which tracks lineup waiting times and local announcements. Save time with w8time.

Headquarters: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Industries: Apps, Crowdsourcing, Software

Founders: Guillermo Herrera-Valencia

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21. EyCrowd

The idea behind this startup: AdTech Multi-Sided Marketplace

Headquarters: San Francisco, California, United States

Industries: Advertising, Artificial Intelligence, Crowdsourcing, Marketing, Marketplace

Founders: Ayman AlZamil, Brad Cowdrey

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22. QOLAB SOLUTIONS

The idea behind this startup: Co-creation and Open-Innovation platform for Brands and Creators

Headquarters: Belgaum, Karnataka, India

Industries: Communities, Consulting, Crowdsourcing, Innovation Management, Marketing

Founders: Elton Dsouza, Sarvesh Kulkarni

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23. Fobe.

The idea behind this startup: Kuwait’s first restaurant discovery app.

Headquarters: Unknown

Industries: Apps, Consumer Reviews, Crowdsourcing, Food and Beverage, Restaurants

Founders: Abdulla Alshaya

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24. Zoodbox

The idea behind this startup: Zoodbox is an On-Demand Crowd-Sourced Delivery Platform for Light and Small Packages Across Town.

Headquarters: Montréal, Quebec, Canada

Industries: Apps, Crowdsourcing, Internet, Same Day Delivery, Shipping

Founders: Kamal Rezvaninejad

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25. Narrato

The idea behind this startup: Marketplace and suite of tools to get quality Content fast, for websites and marketing.

Headquarters: Unknown

Industries: Content, Content Creators, Content Marketing, Crowdsourcing, Freelance

Founders: Sophia Solanki

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26. Report a Car

The idea behind this startup: SaaS solution for locating abandoned cars

Headquarters: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Industries: Automotive, Crowdsourcing, SaaS

Founders: Pascal Persoon

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27. Global Virtual QA

The idea behind this startup: Worldwide Crowd testing services

Headquarters: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Industries: Crowdsourcing, Information Technology, Mobile Apps, Quality Assurance, Software

Founders: Rajalingam R

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28. LineUp – Wait Times in NYC

The idea behind this startup: LineUp is an app that utilizes crowdsourcing the display current wait times for popular venues.

Headquarters: Unknown

Industries: Apps, B2C, Crowdsourcing, Information Technology, iOS, Travel, Young Adults

Founders: Unknown

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29. ColdCrowd

The idea behind this startup: Crowdfunding and crowdsourcing for cold and unsolved cases.

Headquarters: Unknown

Industries: Crowdfunding, Crowdsourcing

Founders: Unknown

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30. ALT Consult NG

The idea behind this startup: ALT Consult is a Real estate development consortium making property asset acquisition more accessible to average Nigerians.

Headquarters: Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria

Industries: Crowdfunding, Crowdsourcing, Real Estate, Real Estate Investment

Founders: Unknown

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31. Daiko Advanced

The idea behind this startup: Daiko Advanced provides in-house services from design and construction to content production and operation.

Headquarters: Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Industries: Construction, Crowdsourcing, Service Industry

Founders: Unknown

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