Fintech
ACORNS
Founder
Jeff Cruttenden, Walter Cruttenden
Founded
2012
$507 million
PrivateDirectory
COMPANIES
102 companies
Fintech
ADYEN
Founder
Pieter van der Does, Arnout Schuijff
Founded
2006
$266 million
Public (Euronext: ADYEN)
Fintech
AFFIRM
Founder
Max Levchin
Founded
2012
$1.5 Billion
Public (NASDAQ: AFRM)
Marketplace
AIRBNB
Founder
Brian Chesky & 2 others
Founded
2008
$6.4 billion (pre-IPO)
Public (NASDAQ: ABNB)
Defense
ANDURIL
Founder
Palmer Luckey & 4 others
Founded
2017
$3.7 billion
Private ($14B valuation)
AI
ANTHROPIC
Founder
Dario & Daniela Amodei
Founded
2021
$13.7 Billion
Private ($61.5B valuation)
RIPMarketplace
BEEPI
Founder
Ale Resnik, Owen Savir
Founded
2014
$150 million
Shut down (2017)
RIPElectric Vehicles
BETTER PLACE
Founder
Shai Agassi
Founded
2007
$850 million
Bankrupt (2013)
Fintech
BETTERMENT
Founder
Jon Stein, Eli Broverman
Founded
2008
$435 million
Private
Fintech
BLOCK (SQUARE)
Founder
Jack Dorsey
Founded
2009
$590 Million
Public (NYSE: XYZ)
Aerospace
BLUE ORIGIN
Founder
Jeff Bezos
Founded
2000
$15+ billion (mostly Bezos personal)
Private (Bezos-funded)
Fintech
BREX
Founder
Henrique Dubugras, Pedro Franceschi
Founded
2017
$1.5 billion
Private
Design
CANVA
Founder
Melanie Perkins & 2 others
Founded
2013
$572 million
Private ($26B valuation)
Health Tech
CHARLIE HEALTH
Founder
Carter Barnhart
Founded
2020
$400M+
Private (Series C)
Fintech
CHECKOUT.COM
Founder
Guillaume Pousaz
Founded
2012
$1.8 billion
Private
Fintech
CHIME
Founder
Chris Britt & Ryan King
Founded
2012
$2.3 Billion
Private ($25B valuation)
Collaboration
CLICKUP
Founder
Zeb Evans
Founded
2017
$537 Million
Private ($4B valuation)
Cybersecurity
CLOUDFLARE
Founder
Matthew Prince & 2 others
Founded
2009
$332 million
Public (NYSE: NET)
Health Tech
COHERE HEALTH
Founder
Nikhil Garg
Founded
2019
$100M+
Private (Series B)
Crypto
COINBASE
Founder
Brian Armstrong
Founded
2012
$547 Million
Public (NASDAQ: COIN)
Health Tech
DANDY
Founder
Henry Stott
Founded
2020
$250M+
Private (Series C)
Crypto
DAPPER LABS
Founder
Roham Gharegozlou
Founded
2018
$610M+
Private ($7.6B peak valuation)
Data Analytics
DATABRICKS
Founder
Ali Ghodsi & 6 others
Founded
2013
$4.2 billion
Private ($62B valuation)
Collaboration
DISCORD
Founder
Jason Citron & Stan Vishnevskiy
Founded
2015
$995 Million
Private ($15B valuation)
Delivery
DOORDASH
Founder
Tony Xu & 3 others
Founded
2013
$2.5 billion
Public (NYSE: DASH)
Cybersecurity
DRATA
Founder
Adam Markowitz & 2 others
Founded
2020
$328 million
Private ($3B valuation)
Marketplace
FAIRE
Founder
Max Rhodes & 3 others
Founded
2017
$1.29B+
Private ($12.4B peak valuation)
RIPFintech
FAST
Founder
Domm Holland, Allison Barr Allen
Founded
2019
$124.5 million
Shut down (2022)
Design
FIGMA
Founder
Dylan Field, Evan Wallace
Founded
2012
$332 million
Acquired by Adobe ($20B)
E-commerce
FLIPKART
Founder
Sachin Bansal & Binny Bansal
Founded
2007
$12.6B+
Private (Walmart subsidiary)
RIPCrypto
FTX
Founder
Sam Bankman-Fried
Founded
2019
$1.8 billion
Bankrupt (Nov 2022)
HR Tech
GLASSDOOR
Founder
Robert Hohman & 2 others
Founded
2007
$204 million
Acquired by Recruit Holdings ($1.2B)
Mobility
GRAB
Founder
Anthony Tan, Tan Hooi Ling
Founded
2012
$12 billion
Public (NASDAQ: GRAB)
Health Tech
GROW THERAPY
Founder
Jake Cooper
Founded
2020
$175M+
Private (Series C)
HR Tech
GUSTO
Founder
Josh Reeves & 2 others
Founded
2011
$746 million
Private ($9.5B valuation)
Health Tech
HEADWAY
Founder
Andrew Adams, Jake Sussman
Founded
2019
$226 million
Private ($2.3B valuation)
Delivery
INSTACART
Founder
Apoorva Mehta & 2 others
Founded
2012
$2.9 billion
Public (NASDAQ: CART)
RIPSocial Media
IRL
Founder
Abraham Shafi
Founded
2017
$200 million
Shut down (2023)
RIPConsumer Electronics
JAWBONE
Founder
Hosain Rahman
Founded
1999
$930 million
Liquidated (2017)
RIPConsumer Electronics
JUICERO
Founder
Doug Evans
Founded
2013
$120 million
Shut down (2017)
RIPConstruction Tech
KATERRA
Founder
Michael Marks, Fritz Wolff
Founded
2015
$2 billion
Bankrupt (2021)
Fintech
KLARNA
Founder
Sebastian Siemiatkowski
Founded
2005
$4.6 Billion
Public (NYSE: KLAR)
Consumer Goods
LIQUID DEATH
Founder
Mike Cessario
Founded
2019
$195M+
Private ($1.4B valuation)
RIPElectric Vehicles
LORDSTOWN MOTORS
Founder
Steve Burns
Founded
2018
$675 million
Bankrupt (2023)
Mobility
LYFT
Founder
Logan Green, John Zimmer
Founded
2012
$5.1 billion
Public (NASDAQ: LYFT)
Health Tech
LYRA HEALTH
Founder
David Ebersman
Founded
2015
$910M+
Private (Series F)
AR/VR
MAGIC LEAP
Founder
Rony Abovitz
Founded
2010
$3.5B+
Private (pivoted to enterprise)
Fintech
MARQETA
Founder
Jason Gardner
Founded
2010
$1.4 billion
Public (NASDAQ: MQ)
Health Tech
MEDALLION
Founder
Derek Lo
Founded
2020
$85 million
Private
Fintech
MERCURY
Founder
Immad Akhund
Founded
2017
$163 million
Private
RIPEntertainment Tech
MOVIEPASS
Founder
Stacy Spikes, Hamet Watt
Founded
2011
$68 million
Shut down (2020)
Neurotech
NEURALINK
Founder
Elon Musk & 7 others
Founded
2016
$680 million
Private ($8.9B valuation)
AR/VR
NIANTIC
Founder
John Hanke
Founded
2010
$770M+
Private ($8.7B peak valuation)
Collaboration
NOTION
Founder
Ivan Zhao
Founded
2013
$343 Million
Private ($10B valuation)
Fintech
NUBANK
Founder
David Vélez
Founded
2013
$2.3 Billion
Public (NYSE: NU)
Robotics
NURO
Founder
Dave Ferguson, Jiajun Zhu
Founded
2016
$2.1 billion
Private ($8.6B valuation)
Consumer Goods
ONCE UPON A FARM
Founder
Cassandra Curtis & John Foraker
Founded
2015
$100M+
Private
AI
OPENAI
Founder
Sam Altman
Founded
2015
$17.9 Billion
Private ($300B valuation)
Crypto
OPENSEA
Founder
Devin Finzer & Alex Atallah
Founded
2017
$427M+
Private ($13.3B peak valuation)
Hospitality
OYO ROOMS
Founder
Ritesh Agarwal
Founded
2013
$3.3B+
Private (IPO planned)
Data Analytics
PALANTIR
Founder
Peter Thiel & 4 others
Founded
2003
$3.4 billion
Public (NYSE: PLTR)
Crowdfunding
PATREON
Founder
Jack Conte, Sam Yam
Founded
2013
$412 million
Private ($4B valuation)
AI
PERPLEXITY AI
Founder
Aravind Srinivas
Founded
2022
$900 Million
Private ($9B valuation)
RIPE-commerce
PETS.COM
Founder
Greg McLemore
Founded
1998
$110 million (IPO) + $82.5 million (VC)
Shut down (Nov 2000)
Social Media
Founder
Ben Silbermann & 2 others
Founded
2010
$1.5 billion
Public (NYSE: PINS)
Fintech
PLAID
Founder
Zach Perret, William Hockey
Founded
2013
$734 million
Private
RIPStreaming
QUIBI
Founder
Jeffrey Katzenberg, Meg Whitman
Founded
2018
$1.75 billion
Shut down (Dec 2020)
Fintech
RAMP
Founder
Eric Glyman & Karim Atiyeh
Founded
2019
$1.6 Billion
Private ($13B valuation)
Fintech
REVOLUT
Founder
Nikolay Storonsky
Founded
2015
$1.7 Billion
Private ($45B valuation)
HR Tech
RIPPLING
Founder
Parker Conrad, Prasanna Sankar
Founded
2016
$1.4 billion
Private ($13.5B valuation)
Fintech
ROBINHOOD
Founder
Vlad Tenev & Baiju Bhatt
Founded
2013
$5.6 Billion
Public (NASDAQ: HOOD)
RIPFintech
SCALEFACTOR
Founder
Kurt Rathmann
Founded
2014
$104 million
Shut down (2020)
Sales Tech
SEAMLESS.AI
Founder
Brandon Bornancin
Founded
2015
Bootstrapped (minimal outside funding)
Private
E-commerce
SHOPIFY
Founder
Tobias Lütke
Founded
2006
$122 Million (pre-IPO)
Public (NYSE: SHOP)
Collaboration
SLACK
Founder
Stewart Butterfield
Founded
2013
$1.4 Billion
Acquired by Salesforce ($27.7B)
Social Media
SNAP INC.
Founder
Evan Spiegel & 2 others
Founded
2011
$4.9 billion
Public (NYSE: SNAP)
Data Analytics
SNOWFLAKE
Founder
Benoit Dageville & 2 others
Founded
2012
$1.4 billion (pre-IPO)
Public (NYSE: SNOW)
Fintech
SOFI
Founder
Mike Cagney & 3 others
Founded
2011
$3.1 billion
Public (NASDAQ: SOFI)
RIPClean Energy
SOLYNDRA
Founder
Chris Gronet
Founded
2005
$1.6 billion
Bankrupt (2011)
Aerospace
SPACEX
Founder
Elon Musk
Founded
2002
$9.9 Billion
Private ($350B valuation)
Streaming
SPOTIFY
Founder
Daniel Ek, Martin Lorentzon
Founded
2006
$2.7 billion
Public (NYSE: SPOT)
Health Tech
SPRING HEALTH
Founder
April Koh
Founded
2016
$470M+
Private (Series C)
Fintech
STRIPE
Founder
Patrick & John Collison
Founded
2010
$8.7 Billion
Private ($91B valuation)
Infrastructure
THE BORING COMPANY
Founder
Elon Musk
Founded
2016
$675 million
Private ($5.7B valuation)
RIPHealth Tech
THERANOS
Founder
Elizabeth Holmes
Founded
2003
$945 million
Dissolved (2018)
Procurement
TROPIC
Founder
David Campbell
Founded
2020
$105 million
Private
Mobility
UBER
Founder
Travis Kalanick & Garrett Camp
Founded
2009
$25.2 Billion
Public (NYSE: UBER)
Automation
UIPATH
Founder
Daniel Dines, Marius Tîrcă
Founded
2005
$2 billion
Public (NYSE: PATH)
Fintech
UPSTART
Founder
Dave Girouard & 2 others
Founded
2012
$160 million
Public (NASDAQ: UPST)
RIPSocial Media
VINE
Founder
Dom Hofmann & 2 others
Founded
2012
Acquired pre-launch
Shut down (2017)
Consumer Goods
VUORI
Founder
Joe Kudla
Founded
2015
$400M+
Private ($4B+ valuation)
E-commerce
WARBY PARKER
Founder
Neil Blumenthal & 3 others
Founded
2010
$535M+
Public (NYSE: WRBY)
Fintech
WEALTHFRONT
Founder
Andy Rachleff, Dan Carroll
Founded
2008
$204 million
Private
RIPReal Estate
WEWORK
Founder
Adam Neumann, Miguel McKelvey
Founded
2010
$22.2 billion
Bankrupt (filed Chapter 11, Nov 2023)
Marketplace
WHATNOT
Founder
Grant LaFontaine, Logan Head
Founded
2019
$746 million
Private ($4.8B valuation)
RIPFintech
WIRECARD
Founder
Markus Braun
Founded
1999
Public company (DAX 30)
Insolvent (2020)
Fintech
WISE
Founder
Kristo Käärmann & Taavet Hinrikus
Founded
2011
$396 Million
Public (LSE: WISE)
Cybersecurity
WIZ
Founder
Assaf Rappaport & 3 others
Founded
2020
$1.9 billion
Acquired by Google ($32B)
Marketplace
YELP
Founder
Jeremy Stoppelman & Russel Simmons
Founded
2004
$56M+ (pre-IPO)
Public (NYSE: YELP)
RIPE-commerce
ZILINGO
Founder
Ankiti Bose, Dhruv Kapoor
Founded
2015
$310 million
Liquidated (2023)
RIPServices Tech
ZIRTUAL
Founder
Maren Kate Donovan
Founded
2011
$5.5 million
Shut down overnight (2015)
Collaboration
ZOOM
Founder
Eric Yuan
Founded
2011
$161 Million
Public (NASDAQ: ZM)