50 Creative Startup Websites for Design Inspiration

Whenever I’m looking for design inspiration I always end up on startup websites & startup landing pages. They are, in my opinion, the best of the best in terms of what you can see online. The performance of any given startup often correlates to the design quality of their website. This is why startup websites act as a great guide in my design process.

Below are 50 of the best startup site designs that i have seen out there, for your inspiration. Enjoy!

Fundable

Fundable is a crowdfunding startup based on rewards and equity.

A Small Orange

A Small Orange provides web hosting to users in an innovatively small local business type of way.

TripLingo

With its hugely innovative app, TripLingo makes it super easy to learn a local language when you’re abroad.

Woothemes

Woothemes provides custom wordpress themes for all types of web publishers. Including both ecommerce stores and blogs.

Duolingo

Duolingo enables you to learn a language for free, by helping to translate the web.

Folyo

Folyo is a small community consisting of some of the best hand picked designers. To allow clients to come in and better find right people for themes.

AppTopia

Apptopia is a marketplace for buying and selling iphone apps.

Lujure provides social marketing solutions for small businesses.

Fancy

The Fancy is an interesting, Pinterest like site, that seems more geared towards men. As opposed to Pinterest’s more feminine orientation.Â

JamPlay

Jamplay makes learning to play guitar easier, by providing very good and very detailed Guitar Videos.

PawnGo

This site allows you to borrow money, using your jewelry items as leverage.

SpyderLink

This site has tech behing it that transforms your logo into an interactive tool. This is then used to improve your marketing efforts by leveraging the technology to open up new lines of communication with customers.

SecretEscapes

This startup offers exclusive deals for hotel rooms at ‘member-only’ prices.

Joulies

These guys make a simple metallic coffee bean that you can pop into your coffee to cool the temperature down to a good level, without having to wait an age.

ValueMyStuff

ValueMyStuff acts an online Sotheby’s auction expert. They allow users to evaluate their antique items so they know what its worth before they put it up for auction.

ParcelGenie

A UK based startup, ParcelGenie, allows users to easily send their friends and family gifts via their online service.

HappyTables

HappyTables provides a simple way for restaurants to create websites online. With an easy to use an intuitive interface.

Mentor.im

Mentor.im is and easy way to find the right mentor for you.

CageApp

This site makes it easy to collaborate and project manage for designers and design teams.

Verbling

Verbling makes it dead easy to learn a new language by connecting you with locals for interactive interactions online.

Visual Website Optimizer

Visual Website Optimizer or VWO as it is commonly referred to as, provides a tool that allows websites to split test pages on their site.

FutureAdvisor

This site acts as your personal financial advisor. With innovative software, it guides you towards the right investment and money management decisions.

TaskRabbit

TaskRabbit provides an easy way to get just about anything done for you. Whether thats house chores, or grabbing something from the local supermarket.

Chute

This is a startup providing software that makes it easier for brands to create media rich applications.

Foodzy

This startup allows people to keep track of what they eat, in a way that helps keeps them fit and healthy.

PrintEco

This is a business that helps people save on printing costs and simultaneously help the environment by using innovative, useful software.

WPEngine

WPEngine is a custom wordpress hosting company that specializes in mid-high traffic sites.

Zaarly

Zaarly is a startup that makes it easy to buy and sell services from the people around you.

Kik

Kik is a simple messaging platform for smartphones. It has rapidly risen with popularity. With recent numbers boasting 19 million users.

Bundlr

This startup makes it super easy to share content with people by putting it into what they call, ‘bundles’.

Lore

Lore, with its innovative platform and user experience. Bring the education experience online.

SimplyMeasured

These guys provide social media analytics and tools to improve social media marketing.

Freshii

Freshii operates a number fresh ‘fast food’ outlets, they also allow for online ordering of food.

RecycleBank

Recycle Bank allows users to collect rewards by recycling their stuff in return for them.

Farmigo

Farmigo allows people to join small farming communities online. Where they can buy and sell whole foods and fresh food produce directly from source.

GetAround

While previously mentioned startup, ‘Arounded’, would one day like to become the air b’n’b of cars, GetAround already is. Allowing to rent cars from people who are nearby in a safe and convenient way.

MixPanel

Mixpanel provides a super advanced analytics platform that is very modular and allows users to get very deep into what is making their website tick, as well as what is happening on it.

Positionly

Positionly makes it dead easy to track your ranking in google. With an easy to use, uncluttered interface, it allows you to see how much you are moving up and/or down the search engines. Allowing you to improve your ranking.

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• 10 Effective Custom Facebook Landing Page Designs
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About the Author:

Tapha is the founder of MyAppTemplates.com, a site that provides custom iphone app templates to people who cannot afford to spend $1,000’s on their iphone app design.