Startup directories and company indexes
These index the company rather than the product. Most give a nofollow link, and the reason to be in them is that journalists, investors, and procurement teams look you up — not the link.
15 listed · Checked 8 days ago · every row re-checked at least every 90 days.
- CrunchbaseStartup
Company database used by press and investors. The link is nofollow; the reason to be here is that journalists and diligence checks look you up.
Not yet checked
- DR
- 91
- Link
- No follow
- Cost
- Free
- Launching NextStartup
Long-running index of new startups. Minimal traffic, but a fast free follow link and almost no rejection rate.
Submission page has moved — start from the homepage
- DR
- 51
- Link
- Follow
- Cost
- Free
- DR
- —
- Link
- No follow
- Cost
- Free
- DR
- —
- Link
- No follow
- Cost
- Free
- DR
- —
- Link
- No follow
- Cost
- Free
- DR
- —
- Link
- No follow
- Cost
- Free
- DR
- —
- Link
- No follow
- Cost
- Free
- DR
- —
- Link
- No follow
- Cost
- Free
- DR
- —
- Link
- No follow
- Cost
- Free
- DR
- —
- Link
- No follow
- Cost
- Free
- Y Combinator DirectoryStartup
Public company directory — only open to YC-funded companies.
Checked 8 days ago
- DR
- —
- Link
- No follow
- Cost
- Free
Questions people ask before submitting
Are directory backlinks still worth anything for SEO?
Some are. Google discounted bulk directory links more than a decade ago, so volume does nothing on its own — a hundred links from sites nobody reads is a footprint, not a strategy. What still works is a small number of listings on directories with genuine editorial review and real visitors. That is why this list records the domain rating and the link type separately: the two answer different questions, and most lists conflate them.
What is the difference between a follow and a nofollow link?
A follow link passes ranking signal to your site; a nofollow or sponsored link does not. Most high-authority directories — Product Hunt, Crunchbase, G2, Capterra — are nofollow, which does not make them worthless. They send buyers, and they are what people find when they search your company name. Chase relevance and traffic first, and treat a follow link as a bonus rather than the reason to submit.
Should I pay a service to submit my product to 100 directories?
Usually not. Those services charge between $99 and $299 to fill in forms you can fill in yourself, and the list they work from is public — this one is. Paying makes sense if your time is genuinely worth more than the ten to fifteen hours it takes. What you are buying is labour, not access, and no service can get you accepted somewhere that would have rejected you.
How often is this list checked?
Every entry is re-fetched automatically and each row shows the date it was last confirmed working. Anything older than 90 days is flagged as due a re-check, and directories that stop responding or close their submission form are removed from the list rather than left to rot. Most lists like this were accurate on the day they were published and never again.
Why do some entries have no domain rating?
Because nobody has audited them yet. A blank rating means we have recorded the directory and confirmed the submission page loads, but have not verified what the outbound link is worth. We would rather show a gap than invent a number — those entries also default to "no follow" until someone checks the rendered markup.
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