What they do:
World's largest online library.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Startups Launched in 2006
This list has 17 startups and was last updated on Oct 15, 2026. Biggest hubs: San Francisco (6) and Boston (3). Largest teams: Scribd, Clustrix, and OMGPop.
17 startups
OMGPop
Acquired
What they do:
An independent flash game studio.
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
Clustrix
Acquired
What they do:
Clustrix provides the leading scale-out relational database engineered for the cloud or data center. ClustrixDB is a drop-in replacement for MySQL and an…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Xobni
Acquired
What they do:
Xobni makes your inbox and address book smarter. Xobni, and its Smartr product suite, discover all the people you've ever emailed, called or SMS'd, and…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Inkling
Acquired
What they do:
Inkling, based in Chicago, Illinois, offers collective intelligence solutions to help organizations make more informed decisions. Inkling's products have been…
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HQ: Chicago, IL, United States
Wufoo
Acquired
What they do:
Online form builder.
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HQ: Tampa, FL, United States
Project Wedding
Acquired
What they do:
Finding wedding vendors is hard. In 2007, a couple started Project Wedding to tackle this problem and eventually grew it into a full-featured wedding planning…
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HQ: Los Angeles, CA, United States
Zanbazaar
Shut down
What they do:
Community-curated catalogs for product recommendations
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HQ: Boston, MA, United States
Shoutfit
Shut down
What they do:
We tried to build a social network around clothing. Also briefly built a search engine for clothing.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Jamglue
Shut down
What they do:
Jamglue is an online community allowing users to listen or mix music from a library of user-contributed music.
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HQ: Seattle, WA, United States
Likebetter
Shut down
What they do:
An online personality test game, where you look at two photos and choose which one you “Like Better”.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Jumpchat
Shut down
What they do:
A platform bridging mobile text messages, email, and IM communication without needing to download anything. Users can send mass messages on any of the…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Flagr
Shut down
What they do:
Flagr enables users to share places, adding photos, video and descriptions from their mobile phone. They can then create maps and embed them on any website.
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HQ: NY, United States
Pollground
Shut down
What they do:
Online polls.
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HQ: Boston, MA, United States
YC S06Early stage
Snipshot
Shut down
What they do:
We sold Snipshot to Ansa in 2013.
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YC W06Growth stage
Audiobeta
Shut down
What they do:
AudioBeta develops web-based applications that helps bands communicate with fans and make informed decisions when planning tours. AudioBeta is a U.S.-based…
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HQ: Boston, MA, United States
YC W06Early stage
Thinkature
Shut down
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YC S06Early stage
Questions and answers
How many startups are on this list?
There are 17 startups on this list, last updated on Oct 15, 2026.
Which of them are hiring?
None of them shows open roles right now.
Which of them have the largest teams?
By team size: Scribd (300 employees), Clustrix (51 employees), and OMGPop (11 employees).
Where are they based?
The biggest hubs are San Francisco (6) and Boston (3).