18 Hot Mobile Startups That Can Stun The World


The company is trying to reign the video section as Mixel is taking over the photo side in the mobile app world. The company has also raised $2.7 million.

5. Flipboard

Founder: Mike McCue and Evan Doll

Founded: January 2010

Based in: Palo Alto

Flipboard is a startup that is focused on helping news readers using social media to organize and structure personalized links. Almost 1.5 million people use this service and around 2.5 million people use it monthly. It has also successfully raised $60.5 million as investment.

4. Brewster

Founder: Steve Greenwood

Founded: July 2012

Based in: New York

Brewster is a smart contact list app for an iPhone. It breaks the traditional system of updating a contact manually and just letting you store name and phone number. This mobile app lets an user use social media and fills the contact information with pictures and such other things from the sites. The company has also raised undisclosed funds from Union Square Ventures and others.