Starlink Startups

Reflect is a note-taking app built by Alex McCaw, the former CEO of Clearbit, who left a 200-person SaaS company to bootstrap and code daily on this consumer product. After nearly going broke during development, the team raised $1M from customers via crowdfunding with a dividend model promising to return profits to investors. Currently generating $43K MRR with 2,000+ customers and growing 15% month-over-month through organic growth and word-of-mouth.

Ulysses is a robotics company building autonomous underwater vehicles to restore seagrass ecosystems at scale. Founded by Will O'Brien and a five-person team based in San Francisco, the company generated $1 million in revenue in its first year after raising $2 million in funding. They've secured government contracts in Western Australia, Florida, and Virginia for compliance-driven seagrass restoration, and are positioning their platform for broader maritime operations including infrastructure inspection and defense applications.