Red Rocket gets introduced to hundreds of startups each year, in the normal course of doing business, or via our involvement with various startup groups or events. We wanted to honor the best of these startups that we met in 2019, in Red Rocket's 8th Annual "Best Startups of the Year". This list is not intended to be an all-encompassing best startups list, as there are many additional great startups that we are not personally exposed to each year. And, this list is not intended to be only for businesses that launched in 2019, it is open to startups of any age, that they or their advisors had some personal interaction with us in the last 12 months. The business simply needed to have a good idea, good team or good traction, that caught our attention. Congrats to you all!!
THE BEST STARTUPS OF 2019 (in alphabetical order):
ABC Insights (President, Steve Beisser) - B2B financial benchmarking universities
Annex Tech Partners (CEO, Doug Speight) - B2B corporate divestiture service
Craft Brew Systems (CEO, Andrew Baker) - B2B small batch brew systems
Fytte (CEO, Adam Spisak) - B2C on-demand yoga app
How U Dish (CEO, Michael Gayed) - B2C restaurant food discovery app
Intake (CEO, Michael Bender) - B2B and B2C urine testing at home
Kelaca (CEO, Keith Langbo) - B2B talent advisory service
Keona Health (CEO, Oakkar Oakkar) - B2B call center phone system for healthcare
Luca & Danni (CEO, Fred Magnanimi) - B2C ecommerce jewelry brand
Momentum (CEO, Jessica Mitsch) - B2C technology coding school
Root Bioscience (CEO, Garrett Perdue) - B2B and B2C CBD manufacturer
Shortcut (CEO, John Meurer) - B2C and B2B haircuts on demand
Sock Fancy (CEO, Stefan Lewinger) - B2C customized socks ecommerce
TrueCare24 (CEO, Leo Popov) - B2C marketplace to find caregivers
Wellistic (CEO, Oz Merchant) - B2C to find and review doctors
And, don't forget to check out the 2012 winners, 2013 winners, 2014 winners, 2015 winners, 2016 winners, 2017 winners and 2018 winners, many of whom continue to be doing great things.
Congratulations to you all!! Keep up the good work.
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