Top 10 Startups which starts in the time of Crisis.
                     Top 10 Start-ups 
which starts in the 
time of Crisis
WHATSAPP
• Yahoo veterans Jan Koum and Brian Acton created encrypted 
messaging app WhatsApp in 2009 as a way for people around the 
world to message each other quickly.
• It came to the market just after 2008 crisis.
Source: Google Image
VENMO
• Magdon-Ismail and Andrew Kortina launched digital payment app 
Venmo in 2009 as a way for peers to exchange cash digitally.
• It also enter the market just after 2008 crisis. 
Source: Google Image
GROUPON
• Andrew Mason founded Groupon, a website that promotes 
companies by offering deals on their products and services to 
consumers, in the middle of the 2008 recession.
Source: Google Image
INSTAGRAM
• Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger created Instagram in 2010 as a 
visuals-focused form of social media that is centred around images 
and videos.
Source: Google Image
UBER
• Businessmen Travis Kalanick and Garrett Camp founded Uber in 
2009 after they couldn't find a taxi ride on a cold night in Paris.
Source: Google Image
CLOUDERA
• Christophe Bisciglia, Amr Awadallah and Jeff Hammerbacher 
created Cloudera in 2008.
Source: Google Image
SLACK
• Photo website Flickr co-founder Stewart Butterfield created Slack, a 
work messaging app, in 2009.
Source: Google Image
SQUARE
• Twitter founder Jack Dorsey and businessman Jim McKelvey 
started Square, a merchant services and mobile payment service, in 
2009.
Source: Google Image
SKYRORA
• UK based Rocket start up Skyrora shifts production to hand 
sanitizer and facemask during break out of COVID 19.
Source: Google Image
NANOCLEAN
• IIT-Delhi alumni’s start-up Nanoclean rose to the occasion and 
launched a product, Naso mask, to address the COVID 19 issue.
Source: Google Image
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