Startups - About the company
Startups is a funded company based in Powell (United States), founded in 1999 by Wil Schroter. It operates as an Online startup accelerator. The company has 516 active competitors, including 24 funded and 4 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Jumpcut, trica and Sebrae Santa Catarina.
Company Details
Online startup accelerator. It helps startups with education, business planning, mentorship, customer acquisition, funding, and staffing.
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- startups.com
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Founded Year
1999
Location
Powell, United States
Stage
Funding Raised
Ranked
40th among 516 active competitors
Employee Count
103 as on Mar 31, 2026
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Startups's funding and investors
Startups is a funded company.
Startups' founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileThe founders of Startups is Wil Schroter. Wil Schroter is the CEO of Startups.
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- Wil Schroter: Founder + CEO of Startups.
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Startups' employee count trend
Startups has 103 employees as of Mar 26. Here is Startups's employee count trend over the years:
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Startups's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of Startups include Jumpcut, trica and Sebrae Santa Catarina. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Startups, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
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1st | Jumpcut 2005, Los Angeles (United States), Acquired | Online courses for entrepreneurs, leveraging trends and technology for business success | $125K | 56/100 | |
2nd | Provider of equity management and private market investment technology platform | $3M | 53/100 | ||
3rd |  Sebrae Santa Catarina 1972, Brazil, Unfunded | Provider of online courses for entrepreneurs | - | - | 51/100 |
4th | Provider of cap table management, 409A valuations, and equity planning tools | $10.5M | 51/100 | ||
5th | Mobile-based platform providing entrepreneurship-related learning solutions | - | - | 49/100 | |
6th |  smartBeemo 2014, Miami (United States), Series A | Online platform providing courses for digital entrepreneurship | $6M | 47/100 | |
7th | App-based financial management platform for startups | - | 47/100 | ||
8th |  EHE Ventures 2021, Manchester (United Kingdom), Unfunded | Tech accelerator providing growth solution for businesses | - | - | 46/100 |
9th |  Nordic Angels 2020, Stockholm (Sweden), Unfunded | App-based platform for finding the finest startup transactions and facilitating the deal flow and decision making | - | - | 46/100 |
10th | Mixergy 2007, San Francisco (United States), Unfunded | Learn from successful entrepreneurs through interviews and courses | - | - | 45/100 |
40th | Startups 1999, Powell (United States), Funding Raised | Online startup accelerator | - | - | 30/100 |
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3 min read . Updated: 14 Jul 2020, 05:37 AM IST Tarush Bhalla Many startups have curtailed their expansion plans and tailwinds for online adoption are helping to build profitable revenues in the short-term, as the pressure from investors rises Topics StartupsCovid-19 Startups are undertaking measures including slashing fixed costs and marketing expenses, and diversifying revenue streams, in a bid to turn profitable, as they gear up for a prolonged funding winter. Many startups have curtailed their expansion plans and tailwinds for online adoption are helping to build profitable revenues in the short-term, as the pressure from investors rises. Some of the measures have helped a few startups achieve profitability at an EBITDA level in the June quarter. Technology platform for MSMEs Instamojo said that it became EBIDTA profitable in May, with its gross margins jumping from 35% to 60%, during the June quarter. “By March-end, we took some serious business calls and undertook several cost cutting measures. Two-thirds of our employees had to take salary cuts, we had to renegotiate infrastructure costs including office rents and pulled the plug on digital advertising which was 40% of our acquisition costs," said Sampad Swain, co-founder and CEO, Instamojo. EBITDA level indicates the profit made before paying the expenses, taxes, and depreciation costs. The pandemic has forced offline merchants to move their businesses online, which has resulted in more signups, with Instamojo now acquiring 1500 merchants daily, versus 1200 in pre-covid times, Swain added. Online travel aggregator ixigo, which reinstated salaries of its employees recently, cut its digital marketing budget and re-negotiated contracts with vendors to reduce fixed costs. In April and May, when travel bookings took a massive hit, ixigo worked on automation to reduce customer redressal costs and increase unit economics. “Covid-19 has taught companies to be more efficient, especially on marketing and operational costs, and rationalise spends. We cut our marketing spends completely and were still able to retain more than half of our active user base," said Aloke Bajpai, co-founder and CEO, ixigo, which aims to turn profitable this financial year. Conversations around unit economics and profitability are gaining more importance than ever for investors. "Lately, EBITDA profitability has gained a lot of importance in deal evaluations especially in current circumstances. Lenders want to work with businesses which demonstrate growth & scalability in a sustainable manner," said Ankur Bansal, co-founder and director at venture debt firm BlackSoil. Investors, who have been pushing portfolio firms to conserve cash and focus on profits, believe that short-term salary cuts is not real profitability and counter-productive in the long-term. “We see some smaller startups achieving profitability prematurely because of a renewed focus by mid-stage investors on unit economics, or to stay afloat since capital is getting scarce. We have been investing more capital in our companies with good unit economics so that they can grow faster and use the pandemic to further consolidate market position," said Anand Prasanna, managing partner, Iron Pillar, a VC investor. Point-of-sale (PoS) solution provider Innoviti Payment Solutions said that they focused on automation to reduce costs - helping its customer support team address grievances to the closest merchant in their locality; and expanded existing value-added services to all merchants, increasing gross margins per PoS terminal. “During lockdown, we focused on aspects, which otherwise gets difficult, with a growth mindset […] With an aim to increase gross margins per terminal, we re-jigged our entire supply chain and spread existing VAS services to all terminals on priority, aiding us to increase margins per terminal," said CEO Rajeev Agarwal. As startups focus on turning profitable, growth has taken a clear hit. In certain covid-impacted sectors, growth is not possible, hence there is a shift towards managing costs. [...] increasing runway is the most important thing right now," said Anup Jain, managing partner, Orios Venture Partners. 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