2
Funding Rounds
$21.0m
Money raised
Ozon is a Russian e-commerce platform.
Industries:
Key people:
- Victor Kozlov ******@cleverpumpkin.ru
7
Funding Rounds
$60.6m
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READY Robotics is a company developing an industrial brand-agnostic operating system (Forge/OS) for industrial robots and automation.
6
Funding Rounds
$799.8m
Money raised
A bank offering online banking services with no user no bank fees, and an option to receive direct deposit up to two days early. Chris Britt and Ryan King founded Chime in 2013, and the company is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
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- Ryan King ****@chime.com
- Chris Britt (entrepreneur) *****@chime.com
1
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$31.0m
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An online publishing platform used by amateur and professional writers. Membership fees are used to pay writers.
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- Evan Williams (Internet entrepreneur) linkedin
- Biz Stone ****@twitter.com
- Adil Yusuf linkedin
5
Funding Rounds
$72.2m
Money raised
Arzeda is a biotechnology and software company designing custom microorganisms for industrial applications through computational enzyme design, protein optimization, and metabolic engineering.
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- Alexandre Zanghellini *********.***********@arzeda.com
- Walter G. Rakitsky ******.********@arzeda.com
- Eric Althoff ****.*******@seattlechildrens.org
6
Funding Rounds
$1.7b
Money raised
Discord is an American company that offers users a free messenger with support for IP telephony and video conferencing. About 56 million people use the Discord messenger every month, and its total audience exceeds 270 million users.
1
Funding Rounds
$50.0k
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Pembient uses advances in biotechnology to fabricate horn and other wildlife products to combat the threat to endangered species.
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11
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$1.9b
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Impossible Foods is a plant-based meat company making meat and dairy products that are made to look and feel like animal products by manufacturing heme, the oxygen binding molecule found in blood, using engineered yeast grown in bioreactors.
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3
Funding Rounds
$900.0k
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Pitney Bowes is a Stamford, Connecticut-based company founded in 1920 by Walter Bowes.
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8
Funding Rounds
$406.4m
Money raised
Bolt Threads is a biotechnology company that makes high performance fabrics and materials using biology.
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- Dan Widmaier linkedin
- David Breslauer linkedin
- Ethan Mirsky ********@alum.mit.edu
9
Funding Rounds
$1.5b
Money raised
Faire is a curated boutique wholesale marketplace connecting local retailers with thousands of emerging and established brands.
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- Max Rhodes ***.******@faire.com
- Daniele Perito *******@faire.com
- Marcelo Cortes *******@faire.com
2
Funding Rounds
$103.5k
Money raised
Terminal Africa is the developer of a delivery aggregator platform designed to make it easier for Africans to send and receive products globally.
20
Funding Rounds
$3.8b
Money raised
Klarna is a financial technology company providing e-commerce payment solutions for merchants and shoppers.
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Location:
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- Sebastian Siemiatkowski *********.*************@klarna.com
- Victor Jacobsson **********@klarna.com
- Niklas Adalberth linkedin
JSquare is a San Francisco-based company founded in 1985 by Jeff Herman.
Location:
Key people:
- Jeff Herman (entrepreneur) ****.******@fabric8labs.com
15
Funding Rounds
$3.2b
Money raised
Bolt, previously Taxify, is a technology start-up and developer of an on-demand transportation platform.
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Location:
Key people:
- Markus Villig ******.******@bolt.eu
- Martin Villig ******@garage48.org
1
Funding Rounds
$27.5k
Money raised
Full Circle Biochar is a developer of products and technologies based on bio-charcoal for the agricultural markets.
7
Funding Rounds
$711.5m
Money raised
Perfect Day Foods (formerly Muufri) engineered yeast capable of producing the proteins found in cows milk. They use these proteins to make their own line of animal-free dairy products.
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- Ryan Pandya ****@perfectday.com
- Perumal Gandhi *******.******@perfectday.com
- Isha Datar ****@new-harvest.org
4
Funding Rounds
$118.5m
Money raised
Juicero was a company founded in 2013 that produced and sold an expensive juicer called the Juicero Press, along with fresh produce packets. The company closed after it received extensive negative press regarding its simplistic machine in contrast with its high cost.
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2
Funding Rounds
$15.6m
Money raised
Protera is a biotechnology company that works with protein engineering to address challenges in food, agriculture, the environment, and human health.
Location:
Key people:
- Francia Navarrete Utreras *******@proterabio.com
- Leonardo Alvarez ********@proterabio.com
9
Funding Rounds
$20.3m
Money raised
New Wave Foods is a biotechnology company developing plant-based shellfish food products. The company is based out of San Francisco, California and was founded in 2015 by Dominique Barnes and Michelle Wolf.
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1
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$12.5m
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A bio-based chemical manufacturer focusing on human and animal nutrition, health, and materials markets.
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5
Funding Rounds
$58.2m
Money raised
Shelf Engine is a Seattle-based software company and developer of an automated prediction ordering platform for food retailers, intended to reduce food waste.
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Location:
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- Stefan Kalb ******.****@shelfengine.com
- Bede Jordan ****@shelfengine.com
8
Funding Rounds
$431.5m
Money raised
Coursera is an online education technology company founded in 2012 by Daphne Koller.
9
Funding Rounds
$37.5m
Money raised
Finless Foods is a biotechnology company producing cultured marine animal food products through implementing cellular agriculture and manufacturing technologies.
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Key people:
- Michael Selden
- Michael Selden linkedin
- Brian Wyrwas *****@finlessfoods.com
4
Funding Rounds
$390.0m
Money raised
An Israeli startup company that is working to make sustainable "animal-free" cell-based meat products available at the local level by adapting the distributed manufacturing model
8
Funding Rounds
$220.0m
Money raised
Just, Inc. (formerly known as Hampton Creek) is a food technology company developing and selling plant based food products around the world.
26
Funding Rounds
$1.1b
Money raised
GetYourGuide is a travel booking and planning platform.
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- Johannes Reck ****@getyourguide.com
- Tao Tao (entrepreneur) ***@getyourguide.com
- Martin Sieber
4
Funding Rounds
$119.8m
Money raised
Aleph Farms is an Israeli cellular agriculture start-up founded by Didier Toubia and Shulamit Levenberg in 2017 developing technologies for culturing meat products into 3D structures.
Industries:
Key people:
- Didier Toubia ******.******@aleph-farms.com
- Shulamit Levenberg ********.*********@aleph-farms.com
2
Funding Rounds
$13.9m
Money raised
Tacit Knowledge is a London-headquartered software and IT consulting company developing enterprise software solutions for digital commerce companies.
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Location:
Key people:
- Manish Bardolia linkedin
- Scott Askew
- Chris Andrasick ******@tacitknowledge.com
6
Funding Rounds
$898.4m
Money raised
Wise, previously TransferWise, is a company that offers money transfers services founded by Kristo Käärmann and Taavet Hinrikus.
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Key people:
- Taavet Hinrikus (entrepreneur)
- Kristo Käärmann ******@transferwise.com
8
Funding Rounds
$551.0m
Money raised
Eat Just is a San Francisco based food technology company founded in 2011. The company is known for its bean-based egg substitute called Just Egg. Eat Just also produces egg-free mayonnaise.
4
Funding Rounds
$580.8m
Money raised
Upside Foods is a San Francisco-based company making cultured meat products. The company was founded by Uma Valeti, Nicholas Genovese, and Will Clem.
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- Uma Valeti ***@upsidefoods.com
- Nicholas Genovese linkedin
- Will Clem linkedin
21
Funding Rounds
$1.9b
Money raised
Apeel Sciences is a company that develops treatments to prevent spoilage of fruits and vegetables using molecules naturally found in peels, which maintain moisture and keep out oxygen.
Industries:
Key people:
- James Rogers *****@apeel.com
4
Funding Rounds
$477.4m
Money raised
Grove Collaborative is an online, subscription-based retailer selling natural home and health products.
1
Funding Rounds
$1.0m
Money raised
Chess.com is an internet chess server, news website and social networking website.
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1
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A Canadian food biotech company focused on the development of hypoallergenic peanuts
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8
Funding Rounds
$398.6m
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Patreon is a San Francisco-based crowdfunding platform for artists and creators founded by Jack Conte and Sam Yam in 2013.
14
Funding Rounds
$2.5b
Money raised
N26 is a is a mobile banking company headquartered in Berlin, Germany.
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Location:
Key people:
- Valentin Stalf twitter
- Gino Cordt ****.*****@n26.com
- Maximilian Tayenthal **********.*********@n26.com
12
Funding Rounds
$1.7b
Money raised
Revolut is a London-based Fintech startup and bank offering mobile banking, card payments, money remittance, and foreign exchange services.
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Location:
Key people:
- Nikolay Storonsky *******.*********@revolut.com
- Nik Storonsky ***@revolut.com
- Vlad Yatsenko
7
Funding Rounds
$66.0m
Money raised
Superplastic is a creative product and experience studio founded in 2018.
2
Funding Rounds
$80.9m
Money raised
Hawkers is an Elche, Spain-based sunglass brand.
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4
Funding Rounds
$11.2m
Money raised
Misterb&b offers a property rental marketplace used to connect travelers and hosts in the LGBTQ+ community.
8
Funding Rounds
$1.2b
Money raised
Scopely - leading mobile game development company.
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- Eytan Elbaz *****@scopely.com
- Walter Driver ******.******@scopely.com
4
Funding Rounds
$295.0m
Money raised
Califia Farms makes plant-based dairy products (primarily almond based) such as plant-based milks, plant-based creamers, juices, and dairy-free probiotic yoghurts. The company was founded in 2010 by Greg Steltenpohl and is located in San Joaquin Valley, California.
4
Funding Rounds
$126.0m
Money raised
Mercury is a company making banking products for startups based in San Francisco and backed by a16z.
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- Immad Akhund *****@mercury.com
- Max Tagher ***@mercury.com
- Jason Zhang *****@mercury.com
2
Funding Rounds
$21.0m
Money raised
Planet A Foods is a cocoa-free chocolate maker founded in 2021 by Sara Marquart.
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- Sara Marquart ****@qoacompany.com
- Maximilian Marquart ***@forplaneta.com
2
Funding Rounds
$35.0m
Money raised
Stardust is a company that develops solutions for gaming in the metaverse.
4
Funding Rounds
$84.9m
Money raised
Physna is a Cincinnati-based 3D modelling software company offering 3D models understandable by software applications for manufacturing, engineering, product design, 3D printing, augmented reality and virtual reality applications.
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- Glenn Warner *******@physna.com
- dennis demeyere *********@physna.com
- Paul Powers *******@physna.com
5
Funding Rounds
$104.5m
Money raised
A cellular agriculture company making fresh and frozen cultured seafood products.
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- Christopher Somogyi
- Chris Dammann ********@bluenalu.com
- Lou Cooperhouse ************@bluenalu.com
7
Funding Rounds
$484.7m
Money raised
Whatnot is a California-based livestream shopping platform and marketplace.
1
Funding Rounds
$300.0m
Money raised
BGI is a life science and genomics organization following a development model of research, production and application.
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11
Funding Rounds
$256.5m
Money raised
Meatable is a cellular agriculture company making 100 percent clean meat products.
9
Funding Rounds
$24.5m
Money raised
Zeel is a New York City-based provider of in-person and virtual on-demand massage and health services from vetted therapists.
4
Funding Rounds
$4.4m
Money raised
App Samurai is a San Francisco-based company that provides mobile marketing technology.
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Location:
Key people:
- Soner Sensoy *****@appsamurai.com
- Şeyhmus Ölker
- Emre Fadillioglu ****@appsamurai.com
2
Funding Rounds
$21.0m
Money raised
ElevenLabs is a voice artificial intelligence (AI) research and development company developing text-to-speech and voice cloning software.
Industries:
Key people:
- Mati Staniszewski ********************@gmail.com
- Piotr Dabkowski *****@elevenlabs.io
10
Funding Rounds
$1.1b
Money raised
Starling is an UK-based mobile-first digital banking startup.
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10
Funding Rounds
$5.5b
Money raised
Udaan is an Indian business-to-business e-commerce company based in Bengalore. It was registered as Hiveloop Technology pvt.ltd. in 2016.
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Location:
Key people:
- Vaibhav Gupta *******.*****@udaan.com
- Sujeet Kumar (Odisha)
- Amod Malviya ****.*******@udaan.com
9
Funding Rounds
$1.3b
Money raised
Back Market is an online refurbished goods marketplace connecting consumers with sellers of electronic devices.
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Location:
Key people:
- Thibaud Hug de Larauze *******@backmarket.com
- Quentin Le Brouster *******.***********@backmarket.com
12
Funding Rounds
$507.3m
Money raised
Acorns is an Irvine, California-based micro-investing company allowing users to round up consumer purchases and invest the change.
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6
Funding Rounds
$678.5m
Money raised
Klaviyo is a marketing automation software company which has a email software platform with SMS for ecommerce companies.
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- Andrew Bialecki ******.********@klaviyo.com
- Ed Hallen **.******@klaviyo.com
7
Funding Rounds
$114.3m
Money raised
Geltor is a cellular agriculture company making essential proteins, such as collagen and gelatin, using microbes in their own bio-fermentation recombinant protein production facility.
6
Funding Rounds
$138.2m
Money raised
Mosa Meat is a Dutch start-up company that makes and commercializes clean meat, meat made by growing animal cells directly rather than slaughtering animals.
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Location:
Key people:
- Peter Verstrate *****.***@cytovale.com
- Mark Post ****@mosameat.com
4
Funding Rounds
$22.0b
Money raised
A venture capital firm in China that focuses on bringing inclusive financial services to the world.
Industries:
9
Funding Rounds
$24.2m
Money raised
Seattle Food Tech is a food manufacturing technology and production company producing plant-based meats. They make plant-based food and plant-based chicken nuggets.
2
Funding Rounds
$15.0m
Money raised
Launch House is a physical and digital community for entrepreneurs and creators.
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Location:
Key people:
- Michael Houck *****@megaphone.network
- Brett Goldstein *****@launchhouse.com
- Jacob Peters linkedin