2021 Best Tech Startups in Jersey City

October 1, 2020March 1, 2023 thetechtribune

The Tech Tribune staff has compiled the very best tech startups in Jersey City, New Jersey. In doing our research, we considered several factors including but not limited to:

Revenue potential
Leadership team
Brand/product traction
Competitive landscape

Additionally, all companies must be independent (unacquired), privately owned, at most 10 years old, and have received at least one round of funding in order to qualify.

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1. BlockFi

Founded: 2017

“We provide the wealth management products crypto investors need, all powered by blockchain technology. Currently, we service clients worldwide and in all U.S. states, with USD loans backed by crypto, interest earning accounts, and trading.

Learn more about our products, company, and team at BlockFi.com.”

2. OpenDoor Trading

Founded: 2015

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“OpenDoor Securities enhances liquidity of Off-the-Run Treasuries (OFTR’s) and TIPS, the principal pain points in US Treasuries, through a cost-effective, all-to-all, session-based trading platform. Our customers include some of the world’s largest asset managers, central banks, primary dealers, hedge funds, and trading firms. OpenDoor offers free access to our browser-based platform.”

3. Apprentice.io

Founded: 2014

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“Apprentice is a leader in enterprise augmented reality. Winner of Interphex’s best new product and CIO Review’s 20 most promising AR solution providers, we’re currently working with the most sophisticated companies in the world. We are Venture funded and we’re rapidly
growing our team. Headquartered in Jersey City, NJ near various modes of transportation, we offer a great work/life balance and plenty of work from home opportunities. You’ll also receive comprehensive medical, dental and vision benefits, as well as a generous vacation policy.”

4. TrialScope

Founded: 2012

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“TrialScope simplifies the complexities of clinical trial transparency. Our award-winning, proven solutions have been implemented successfully and rigorously tested in the most complex environments and are managing disclosures for sponsors that are responsible for over 35% of industry sponsored clinical trials posted on clinicaltrials.gov. The company’s market-driven solutions and expertise enable sponsors to improve performance, mitigate compliance risk, and ultimately optimize efficiencies with clinical content life-cycle management tools, expertise and processes. TrialScope technologies are offered via a validation-ready SaaS platform hosted in a private cloud.”

5. Eventcombo

Founded: 2015

“The next-gen, nimble event technology, Eventcombo’s revolutionary approach to events and event marketing is disrupting business as usual. Whether your event is virtual or in-person, Eventcombo’s adaptive technology drives engagement and increases conversion.

Unlike any other product in the market, Eventcombo goes beyond the event registration, enabling end-to-end capabilities including scalable solutions for marketing, event websites, logistics, travel, hotel, transportation, and hyperlocal experiences. In addition to endless integrations and the traditional CRM, Eventcombo provides ticketing, donations, memberships, silent auctions, and communications that make it a complete solution for your organization.”

6. Blockparty

Founded: 2017

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“Blockparty is revolutionizing digital assets on the blockchain.

Built on Ethereum, the Blockparty blockchain provides Layer 2 infrastructure for non-fungible digital asset marketplaces, such as event and airline tickets, digital music, art and gaming.

We combine digital identity technology and quantum smart contracts (ERC-721 + ERC-20) to enable fraud-proof high frequency digital asset transfers and resale.

Our first application is in event ticketing. Ticketing is broken – fake tickets, bots, scalpers, unfair prices. Blockparty is designed to solve all this. And our native token provides rewards that can move tickets.”

7. PONS Digital

Founded: 2020

“PONS is a machine learning approach for automatic identification of US scans that have important anatomical brain features, and extraction of regions from the identified US scans that contain important anatomical brain features.

Specifically, PONS is a deep learning method based on a deep convolutional neural network (CNN).”

8. CrossTower

Founded: 2020

“We have spent the past 20 years designing, building, and maintaining financial services infrastructure to reduce friction in capital markets. CrossTower is improving capital market efficiency and building the future of digital asset infrastructure for institutions and active traders.”