24 startup ideas that investors are begging to fund

If there is any mystery in what kind of startup ideas are fundable, the good new
s is there are quite a few ideas that clearly are. Why don t people jump on them r
ight away? These ideas are just as useful as they are challenging. But not impos
sible.
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1. Energy low-cost energy directly increases the quality of life.
Generally speaking, anything you can create to make energy from current energy s
ources cheaper will be revolutionary. Same goes for extracting energy out of new
sources. The newer sources of energy are solar, wind, ethanol biofuels, biofuel
s from other sources, like Jatropha, geothermal, hydrogen, thorium, etc.
2. Artificial intelligence
This is just as revolutionary as it is overhyped. For all the talk, there has no
t been a practical breakthrough. Perhaps, it helps to point out there won t be a s
ingle artificial intelligence machine. Rather products that will apply A.I. to c
reate artificial creativity, artificial reasoning, etc. will be useful.
3. Robots
Robots are already here in manufacturing and military uses. There are few consum
er robots yet. As with Garmin GPS, the breakthrough could come by adopting milit
ary technology for consumer needs rather than developing robotic hardware and so
ftware from scratch.
4. Biotech
The ultimate promise of biotech to make us disease free and forever young, seems
to be almost within reach now. The Human Genome project is finished. Now it s a m
atter of figuring out how to tweak the genes. There are moral considerations in
this, too. A startup that addresses either side of this story would be revolutio
nary.
5. Healthcare
In the United States health care is far too expensive. And not as effective as i
t could be. A startup that would make medical insurance less costly, or better y
et create a preventative healthcare system is worth funding.
6. Pharmaceuticals
Drugs should be developed faster, and less expensively. Preventative drugs, and
drugs that enhance not patch up human health after the fact would be worth fundi
ng.
7. Food and Water
Between 1940s and 1960s Norman Borlaug led the Green Revolution that saved 1 bil
lion people from starvation, especially after World War II. New uses of pesticid
es, herbicides, and fertilizers as well as new genetically engineered breeds of
high yield crops were employed to greatly increase global food production. The n
ew water and food crisis is inevitable as global population is rising. A startup
that discovers new food sources, or optimizes the current ones, would save mill
ions of lives. Same goes for water. Desalination of sea water that is commercial
ly feasible will be a breakthrough.
8. Education
Connecting students to the right disciplines and the right teachers would make t
he world population smarter. Although you can t scale good teachers physically, yo
u can scale their reach through the internet, even in one-on-one teaching. Educa
tion being the key to when all the things on this list happen, this may be a sta
rting point for those reading this who are not sure what to do.

9. Internet Infrastructure
Internet is still vulnerable to governments, natural disasters, hacking, and it s
own size. Products that will keep the servers safe, boost security, and invent b
etter ways to store vast amounts of information are worth funding.
10. Government
Government is a very large client. Its software is routinely outdated or just pl
ain bad. It can be done better with the efficiency of a startup.

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