Analyzing Enterprise Startups Worldwide

Recently Founded

(see 2012 activity)

waccbox
Founded
09/12

FixUp
Founded
08/12

Wallmob
Founded
08/12

Techsemo
Founded
07/12

Plutora
Founded
07/12

Received Angel Funding

(see 2012 activity)

Social iQ Networks
Angel Funded
08/12

Duedil
Angel Funded
08/12

Sherpaa
Angel Funded
08/12

Influitive
Angel Funded
08/12

ViS
Angel Funded
08/12

Received VC Funding

(see 2012 activity)

Finalta
VC Round
09/12

UserTesting.com
VC Round
09/12

Kantox
Series A
09/12

Urjanet
Series B
09/12

daPulse
Series A
08/12

Recently Acquired

(see 2012 activity)

myDIALS
Acquired
09/12

SiteTagger
Acquired
08/12

VaraLogix
Acquired
08/12

Yammer
Acquired
06/12

Tracelytics
Acquired
06/12

Ranking	City	Startups Founded	Angel Funded	VC Funded	Exits
1	San Francisco (USA)	4	7	13	3
2	New York (USA)	3	4	8	2
3	London (GBR)	1	3	4	1
4	Cambridge (USA)	1	1	6	-
5	Palo Alto (USA)	-	2	6	-
6	Chicago (USA)	1	1	3	1
7	Boston (USA)	-	-	6	-
8	Portland (USA)	1	3	2	-
9	Mountain View (USA)	-	2	3	-
10	Los Angeles (USA)	1	1	3	-

Activity Year	Founded	Angel	VC	Exits
2011	217	86	118	25
2010	243	53	161	24
2009	211	50	144	20
2008	202	44	151	14
2007	155	33	75	1
2006	112	7	65	1
2005	75	3	40
2004	74	2	8
2003	43	2	7
2002	42	1	6

Founded Year	Founded	Angel	VC	Exits
2011	217	56	13	1
2010	243	62	41	5
2009	211	48	52	12
2008	202	44	46	8
2007	155	45	66	7
2006	112	16	96	11
2005	75	3	75	6
2004	74	3	51	10
2003	43		30	3
2002	42	2	37	3

Angel Funding
Founding Year (left) vs First Angel Round Year (top)

	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
2012					5
2011				38	8
2010			15	22	10
2009		17	13	5	2
2008	20	7	7	1

VC Funding
Founding Year (left) vs First VC Round Year (top)

	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
2012					1
2011				2	9
2010			10	11	8
2009		10	9	8	5
2008	3	7	6	6	2

Ranking	Investments	Investors
1	7	TechStars, 500 Startups
2	6	Y Combinator
3	3	Andreessen Horowitz, Baseline Ventures, Crosslink Capital, Lerer Ventures, SV Angel, Dharmesh Shah, Yuri Milner
4	2	Excelerate Labs, Seedcamp, Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania, Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ), Founder Collective, Google Ventures, IA Ventures, Index Ventures, Innovation Works, InterWest Partners, Kima Ventures, Matrix Partners, MI Ventures, New World Ventures, Northstar Equity Investors, Quotidian Ventures, Xenia Venture Capital, Auren Hoffman, Chris Yeh, Gil Elbaz, Jason Calacanis, Josh James, Kenny Van Zant, Matt Ocko, Naval Ravikant, Paul Buchheit
5	1	Acina Investments, AngelCube, Anon, BBCapital, Bison Sporting Events, LLC, Bootup Labs, creative madness, East-West Capital Partners, LLC, Elevation Capital, faberNovel, First Advantage, Hill Creek Holdings, Invest 4 LLC, Live Oak Ventures, LLC, MJM Investments, Open Priority, Openfund, Pollenizer Ventures, Quest Capital, Quotidian Ventures, Rackspace, Rheingau Ventures, Rogers Communications Inc., Rogers Corp., Salesforce, Southern Cross Venture Partners, SRC, Startupbootcamp, UnLtd, UpWest Labs, Wasabi Ventures, Watson Technology Group, Wayra, Weborama, Whitaker Investments, XMI High Growth Fund, YellowBot, Zelkova Ventures, Acadia Woods Partners, Accel Partners, ACE & Company, Aeneas Ventures, Ambient Sound Investments, Anthemis Group, Aspiration Capital, Atlas Venture, Austin Ventures, Avalon Ventures, Battery Ventures, BI3 Solutions, Blume Ventures, Boralis BV, Brand Ventures, Brustart, Catapult Venture Managers, Chalmers Innovation, Charles River Ventures, CIT GAP Funds, City Hill Ventures, Clearwater Capital Management, Common Angels, Costanoa Venture Capital, CrunchFund, Delta Partners, DFJ Frontier, DFJ Gotham Ventures, DFJ JAIC, DN Capital, Emerge, Endeavor Partners, Enterprise Ireland, Equitas Capital, FF Angel LLC, The FSE Group, First Round Capital, FLOODGATE, Flybridge Capital Partners, Founders Fund, Freestyle Capital, Garage Technology Ventures Canada, General Catalyst Partners, Giza Venture Capital, Globespan Capital Partners, GrandBanks Capital, Highland Capital Partners, Hillsven Capital, IDG Ventures, Ignition Partners, Innovation Bridge, Inventures, JumpStart, K9 Ventures, Kapor Capital, Kepha Partners, KIZOO, KOMM Investment, LaunchBox Digital, Life Sciences Greenhouse of Pennsylvania, Logoden, London Business Angels, Menlo Ventures, Midven, Miramar Venture Partners, Morado Venture Partners, Naiot Venture Accelerator, New England Clean Energy Council, NESTA Investments, Neu Venture Capital, Newion Investments, NextView Ventures, NYC Seed, Omidyar Network, Opus Capital, Ouest Angels Developpement, OVP Venture Partners, Passion Capital LLP, phiLabs, PivotNorth Capital, Polaris Venture Partners, Quest Venture Partners, RTP Ventures, Scottish Equity Partners, SeedFund, Serenda Estonia, Sherpa Invest, Shotput Ventures, SJF Ventures, Slater Technology Fund, SoftTech VC, Stage One Capital, Start Fund, Sunstone Capital, Tech Columbus, Tech Wildcatters, Trinity Ventures, TriplePoint Capital, Ulu Ventures, Venture51, Volvo Technology Transfer, Walden Venture Capital, Windforce Ventures, X/Seed Capital, YFM Private Equity, A. Saslawsky, Aaron Stone, Aaron Stone, Adam Riggs, Adam Schwartz, Adam Wiggins, Al Sutton, Alex Giarrante, Alex Khein, Alex Payne, Alex Yaroslavsky, Alexander BrÃ¼hl, Alix Taffle, Amit Kothari, Andrew McCollum, Andy Bechtolsheim, Aryeh Bourkoff, Aydin Senkut, Azat Mardanov, Baris Yuksel, Barney Pell, Barry Silbert, Benjamin Joe, Benjamin Rohé, Bernard Barton, Boston Angels, Brad Garlinghouse, Brian Bedol, Brian Matthews, Bruno Bowden, Buckeye Oil Producting Company, Carla Geisser, Carlos Blanco, Chris Fralic, Christoph Janz, Confidential information, Craig Drechtrah, D. Garson, Dale Okuno, Dan Gilbert, Dave Pell, Dave Spector, David G. Cohen, David Tisch, Dr. Puranjaya Singh, Ed Roberts, Eghosa Omoigui, Elad Gil, Elaine Wherry, Ernesto Salinas, Esther Dyson, Federico Pirzio-Biroli, François Derbaix, 'Friends & Family', Garry Tan, Gary Kremen, Gaurang Tanna, Geoff Ralston, George Kliavkoff, Georges Harik, Gil Penchina, J. Corso, James Ksiazek, Jimmy Lindenbaum, Jan Charles Fine, Jared Kushner, Jason Glover, Jason Ostheimer, Jason Seats, Jay H. Eum, JC Goldenstein, Jean Hammond, Jeff Hammerbacher, Jeff Miller, Jerry Colonna, Jerry Yang, Jim Krenz, Jim Pallotta, Jim Whitehurst, Joe Lonsdale, John Krenz, John Maloney, John Pelly, John Pestana, Joi Ito, Jon Koen, Jon Woltkamp, Jonathan Bonanno, Jonathan Heiliger, Jonathan Katzman, Jonathan Peachey, Jonathan Siegel, Jonty Hurwitz, Josh Kopelman, Joshua Baer, K. Steinberg, Karl Jacob, Kimani Lovan, Kolja Hebenstreit, Laura Castaneda, Lorenzo Thione, Lou Mindar, Lukas Biewald, Lukasz Gadowski, Luke Rajlich, Luke Weil, Marek Fodor, Mark Cuban, Mark Giarrante, Mark Goines, Mark Kvamme, Mark Montgomery, Marten Mickos, Matthew Hiltzik, Maynard Webb, Mehdi Daoudi, Merrick Merrick, Michael Abbott, Michael Dearing, Michael Fleisher, Michael McDerment, Mikael Berner, Mitch Kapor, Nat Friedman, Nich Kachiroubas, Nitin Khanna, Nobutaka Mutaguchi, Norman Packard, O. Vance, Orion Henry, Pete Grillo, Pierre Andurand, Private Investor, R. DelPriore, Rasool Rayani, Rebecca Roven, Reid Hoffman, Richard Kretz, Roger Dickey, Romane Orlando Robb, Roy Rodenstein, Rufus Griscom, Russ Fradin, Russell Siegelman, Ryan Blinstrup, Ryan Scott, Sam Teller, Sandy Jen, Sasha Mirchandani, Scott Dietzen, Scott Thompson, Shaoqing Sun, Sherry Coutu, Sky Dayton, Steve Chen, Strauss Zelnick, Sungmoon Cho, Thomas Madsen-Mygdal, Tobias Lutke, Tom Glocer, Tom Hulme, Travis Kalanick, Udi Manber, Undisclosed Private, Walter Kortschak, William Kasel, William Lohse, William Stefani, Yossi Vardi, Zach Weinberg, Zelkova Ventures

Ranking	Investments	Investors
1	13	Battery Ventures
2	12	Redpoint Ventures
3	11	New Enterprise Associates, Sigma Partners
4	10	Sequoia Capital
5	9	Index Ventures
6	8	Benchmark Capital, eujrmoq, Ignition Partners, Intel Capital
7	7	Austin Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners
8	6	Accel Partners, Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ), Emergence Capital Partners, General Catalyst Partners, Menlo Ventures, Tenaya Capital, True Ventures
9	5	DAG Ventures, Foundation Capital, Foundry Group, Gimv, Trinity Ventures, Valhalla Partners
10	4	500 Startups, Crosslink Capital, Flybridge Capital Partners, Founders Fund, Genesis Partners, Globespan Capital Partners, Kennet Partners, Madrona Venture Group, North Bridge Venture Partners, Norwest Venture Partners, Polaris Venture Partners, SAP Ventures, Shasta Ventures, StarVest Partners, Sutter Hill Ventures

Ranking	Acquisitions	Acquirer
1	4	EMC, Microsoft, Salesforce
2	3	IBM
3	2	BMC Software, CA Technologies, Hewlett-Packard, Oracle Corporation
4	1	33Across, ACTIVE Network, Adaptive Planning, Adobe Systems, Alfresco Software, AOL, AppNeta, athenahealth, Atlassian, Barracuda Networks, Best Buy, Box, Brightside Group, Brightstar, BrightTag, CallidusCloud, CDC Software, Cisco, Citrix Systems, Codesion, Constant Contact, Context Optional, DecisionOne, Dell, Deltek, Doctor.com, e-Rewards, ExactTarget, Exist, Funky Android, Google, GreenPages Technology Solutions, Hobsons, HubSpot, Huffington Post, Infobolsa, Informatica, InnoCentive, Jack Henry & Associates, KIT digital, Liberty Consulting, Limelight Networks, M86 Security, MagnaQuest, MediaMiser, Millennial Media, Mirapoint Software, Motorola Mobility, Motorola Solutions, Netezza, Neutron Interactive, OfferIQ, Physicians Interactive, Printelligent, Progress Software, Quantum, Rackspace, Raytheon, RCM Technologies, ReachLocal, Research In Motion, RightNow Technologies, Rimage, Sailthru, SaleSpread, Samsung Electronics, SanDisk Corporation, Sanmina-SCI, SAP, Serena Software, ServiceMagic, ShoreTel, Siemens Healthcare, Smarsh, Stanley Black & Decker, SuccessFactors, Sun Microsystems, Talent Technology, Teradata, The Selling Source, Trustwave Holdings, VCE, Versata Enterprises, VMware, Yahoo!, Ambassador

Analyzing Enterprise Startups Worldwide

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Recently Founded

Received Angel Funding

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