{"id":1835,"date":"2017-03-21T16:48:00","date_gmt":"2017-03-21T16:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.selvedgeventure.co.uk\/?p=1835"},"modified":"2021-05-26T09:20:53","modified_gmt":"2021-05-26T09:20:53","slug":"the-top-7-startups-from-y-combinator-w17-demo-day-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.selvedgeventure.com\/index.php\/2017\/03\/21\/the-top-7-startups-from-y-combinator-w17-demo-day-1\/","title":{"rendered":"The top 7 startups from Y Combinator W17 Demo Day 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1835\" class=\"elementor elementor-1835\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-581624a7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"581624a7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"aux-parallax-section elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7546916a\" data-id=\"7546916a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2097562d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2097562d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<p class=\"p1\">A Fitbit for cows, USB ports for bionic limbs and microbatteries were amongst the most promising companies of the <a href=\"https:\/\/beta.techcrunch.com\/2017\/03\/20\/yc-demo-day-winter-2017\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">52 that launched<\/a> at Y Combinator\u2019s winter 2017 Demo Day 1 yesterday. After asking investors their favorites and huddling with the TechCrunch team, here are our picks for the top 7 startups.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Click through\/scroll to learn about each. You can <a href=\"https:\/\/beta.techcrunch.com\/2017\/03\/20\/yc-demo-day-winter-2017\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">read our full coverage of all the companies that demoed yesterday here<\/a>, and plus here\u2019s our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/beta.techcrunch.com\/2017\/03\/21\/demo-day-y-combinator\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">write-ups for the 51 Day 2 companies<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/beta.techcrunch.com\/gallery\/yc-startups\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">our top Day 2 picks<\/a>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2e43ded elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2e43ded\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"aux-parallax-section elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7e6539e\" data-id=\"7e6539e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c83f7f3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c83f7f3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/gallery\/y-combinator\/?_ga=2.114541828.2007751317.1616758430-1984991851.1616503008\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">read more.<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Fitbit for cows, USB ports for bionic limbs and microbatteries were amongst the most promising companies of the 52 that launched at Y Combinator\u2019s winter 2017 Demo Day 1 yesterday. After asking investors their favorites and huddling with the TechCrunch team, here are our picks for the top 7 startups. 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