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Funding Rounds
$110.0m
Money raised
Clubhouse is a San Francisco-based social app offering a space for casual, drop-in audio conversations with friends and other interesting people.
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Location:
Key people:
- Paul Davison (entrepreneur) ****@clubhouse.com
- Rohan Seth *****@clubhouse.com
5
Funding Rounds
$286.0m
Money raised
Quora is a question-and-answer website founded in 2010 by Adam D'Angelo and Charlie Cheever.
Location:
Key people:
- Adam D'Angelo ****.*******@quora.com
- Charlie Cheever linkedin
3
Funding Rounds
$22.8m
Money raised
Distil Networks was an American cybersecurity company founded in 2011 and headquartered in San Francisco, California.
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Location:
Key people:
- Rami Essaid ****.******@hq.bill.com
- Engin Akyol linkedin
- Sean Harmer ****@nurvee.com
5
Funding Rounds
$86.0m
Money raised
Strivr is a Menlo Park, California-based developer of a virtual reality platform for learning and training employees.
Industries:
Key people:
- Jeremy Bailenson *********@strivr.com
- Derek Belch *****.*****@strivr.com
2
Funding Rounds
$16.7m
Money raised
About.me is a company that has developed a platform for users to make personal and professional websites.
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Key people:
- Tony Conrad (entrepreneur) ******@trueventures.com
- Ryan Freitas linkedin
10
Funding Rounds
$1.1b
Money raised
Deel is a technology company offering a human resources management system solution for businesses working with global remote contractors.
Location:
Key people:
- Alex Bouaziz ****.*******@deel.com
- Shuo Wang (entrepreneur) ****@deel.com
- Ofer Simon
7
Funding Rounds
$638.8m
Money raised
TradingView is a platform which provides instruments for publication and the viewing of trading ideas.
Location:
Key people:
- Stan Bokov ******@tradingview.com
- Denis Globa ******@tradingview.com
9
Funding Rounds
$312.9m
Money raised
Prosper is an online peer-to-peer lending marketplace connecting people who want to borrow money with individuals and institutions who want to lend money.
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Location:
1
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Hirect is a chat-based hiring application designed for high-growth start-ups and small- to medium- sized enterprises.
1
Funding Rounds
South Pole is a Zurich-based climate solutions company offering sustainable project development services in order to provide carbon offset credits to businesses and organizations.
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Key people:
7
Funding Rounds
$120.0m
Money raised
Lever is an Applicant Tracking System which recruiters and hiring managers can use to track their candidates. The company participated in the S12 cohort of Y Combinator.
Industries:
Location:
Key people:
- Sarah Nahm *********@lever.co
- Nate Smith (entrepreneur) ****.*****@lever.co
- Randal Truong
4
Funding Rounds
$370.0m
Money raised
IRL was a social media company with the purpose of connecting users in real life, or "IRL," through in-person events.
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Location:
Key people:
- Scott Banister ********@banister.net
- Henry Khachatryan
- Abraham Shafi linkedin
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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Location:
Key people:
- Eytan Elbaz *****@scopely.com
- Walter Driver ******.******@scopely.com
4
Funding Rounds
$30.4m
Money raised
Moz is a company developing and providing inbound marketing analytics software.
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4
Funding Rounds
$176.8m
Money raised
AI software platform for recruiting and talent management
Industries:
Key people:
- Ashutosh Garg ********@eightfold.ai
- Varun Kacholia
3
Funding Rounds
$2.8m
Money raised
HackerNoon is a free online technology blog.
4
Funding Rounds
$45.5m
Money raised
HireEZ, formerly Hiretual, is a Mountain View, California-based developer of an artificial intelligence-powered recruitment platform to help companies find employees.
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Location:
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- Steven Jiang ***********@hireez.com
- Xinwen Zhang ***********@hireez.com
6
Funding Rounds
$34.7m
Money raised
Investing tool and Public Benefit Corporation that emphasizes social responsibility.
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Location:
Key people:
- Phillip Wei **********@gmail.com
- Conor Murray (finance) linkedin
- Joshua Levin linkedin
4
Funding Rounds
$95.2m
Money raised
VRChat is a virtual reality communications platform. It was founded in 2014 and is located in San Francisco, California.
6
Funding Rounds
$39.7m
Money raised
Also known as the Daily Muse, The Muse is a company developing an online career platform that provides job listings and career advice to people. It participated in the W12 cohort of Y Combinator. It was founded in 2011 and is located in New York City, New York.
Industries:
Location:
Key people:
- Alexandra Cavoulacos *********.**********@aya.yale.edu
- Kathryn Minshew linkedin
- Melissa McCreery Reeves linkedin
11
Funding Rounds
$50.0m
Money raised
An industrial biotech company developing a commercial bioprocess for manufacturing bio-based malonic acid.
Industries:
Key people:
- Eric Steen (entrepreneur) linkedin
- JAY D. KEASLING ********@berkeley.edu
- Jeffrey Dietrich *********@rarebird.coffee
1
Funding Rounds
$30.6m
Money raised
Badoo is a dating-focused social networking service.
8
Funding Rounds
$863.8m
Money raised
Weee! is an Asian and Hispanic grocer in North America, founded by Larry Liu.
3
Funding Rounds
$14.0m
Money raised
Lenddo EFL offers loans underwritten by social media data to borrowers without established or robust credit histories.
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Location:
Key people:
7
Funding Rounds
$420.0m
Money raised
Handshake is a Caliornia-based college career recruiting network for college students, career centers, and employers.
7
Funding Rounds
$1.5b
Money raised
Dataminr is a company providing a real-time AI platform delivering information on high-impact events and breaking news.
Industries:
Location:
Key people:
- Jeff Kinsey ****.******@dataminr.com
- Sam Hendel ******.******@aya.yale.edu
- Theodore Bailey *******@dataminr.com
5
Funding Rounds
$3.4b
Money raised
OYO is a south East Asian hospitality company.
Industries:
Key people:
- Abhishek Bhardwaj
- Ritesh Agarwal ******@oyorooms.com
3
Funding Rounds
$400.0k
Money raised
Buffer is a company founded by Joel Gascoigne, Leo Widrich and Tom Moor.
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Location:
Key people:
- Tom Moor ***@getoutline.com
- Joel Gascoigne ****@buffer.com
- Leo Widrich twitter
5
Funding Rounds
$2.3m
Money raised
An app that aggregates social media data to produce a real-time map of sickness.
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1
Funding Rounds
Notch is a talent platform that focuses on software developers.
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Location:
5
Funding Rounds
$373.0m
Money raised
Gupshup is an AI-powered messaging platform that integrates with communication software and protocols for commerce, marketing, and support applications.
Location:
Key people:
- Milind R Agarwal
- Rakesh Mathur ******@webaroo.com
- Beerud Sheth ******.*****@gupshup.io
4
Funding Rounds
$24.0m
Money raised
Pave is a software company specializing in developing compensation documenting solutions for businesses.
1
Funding Rounds
$50.0m
Money raised
Vyond is a video animation software company.
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Location:
Key people:
5
Funding Rounds
$528.0m
Money raised
Zomato is a company providing a search engine application that offers information on restaurants and online food delivery.
Industries:
Location:
Key people:
- Deepinder Goyal *********.*****@zomato.com
- Pankaj Chaddah ******.*******@betheshyft.com
3
Funding Rounds
$31.0m
Money raised
Azimo is an online remittance service founded by Marta Krupinska.
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Location:
Key people:
3
Funding Rounds
$76.0m
Money raised
Gather is a video-calling platform that combines video conferencing with a two-dimensional video game-like world.
Industries:
Location:
Key people:
- Nathan Foss ******@gather.town
- Phillip Wang *******@gather.town
- Kumail Jaffer ******@gather.town
4
Funding Rounds
$59.5m
Money raised
Calaxy Inc., is a US company developing the Calaxy app, an open social marketplace for creators.
2
Funding Rounds
$50.0m
Money raised
Neighborly drives investment in world-positive infrastructure projects like broadband, solar microgrids, and libraries.
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Location:
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5
Funding Rounds
$502.3m
Money raised
A company with a car-sharing platform and hardware. It was founded in 2009 and is located in San Francisco, California.
Industries:
Location:
Key people:
- Sam Zaid
- Elliot Kroo ******@getaround.com
- Jessica Scorpio (entrepreneur)
4
Funding Rounds
$48.0m
Money raised
Hearsay Systems (formerly Hearsay Social) is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) digital marketing platform for financial services that uses predictive analytics to help financial advisors automate marketing tasks.
2
Funding Rounds
$36.0m
Money raised
WorkSpan is a company and business ecosystem platform designed to help technology companies grow revenue by co-selling with their partnered companies.
Industries:
Location:
Key people:
- Milind Joshi ******@workspan.com
- Amit Sinha ****.*****@workspan.com
- Mayank Bawa ******.****@workspan.com
2
Funding Rounds
$55.5m
Money raised
StartEngine is an equity crowdfunding platform. StartEngine allows non accredited investors invest online, own shares in startups and early growth companies. Over 150 Startups and entrepreneurs have been funded on StartEngine.
Industries:
Location:
Key people:
- Howard Marks (investor) ******@oaktreecapital.com
- Paul Kessler linkedin
- Peter K Chen ****@venture.studio
1
Funding Rounds
$490.0k
Money raised
One Planet Pizza is a company making plant-based pizza founded in 2016.
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Location:
1
Funding Rounds
$8.4m
Money raised
XOR is an artificial intelligence powered recruiting chatbot founded in 2016 by Aida Fazylova.
6
Funding Rounds
$17.4m
Money raised
Company
Location:
Key people:
- Ty Abernethy **@grayscaleapp.com
- Andrew Paradise *********@lookoutgaming.com
1
Funding Rounds
$3.6m
Money raised
A decentralized capital market powered by a cross-margin cross-collateralization clearing engine protocol.
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Location:
5
Funding Rounds
$1.9m
Money raised
Rival IQ is a Seattle-based social media analytics and competitive benchmarking company.
Industries:
Location:
Key people:
- Seth Pollack *****@rivaliq.com
- Seth Bridges *****@rivaliq.com
- John Clark (entrepreneur) *****@rivaliq.com
14
Funding Rounds
$1.2b
Money raised
Zopa is a peer-to-peer lending platform founded in 2005 by Giles Andrews.
1
Funding Rounds
$120.0k
Money raised
Staax is a San Francisco-based peer-to-peer lending and payment platform allowing users to purchase and send fractional shares of stocks.
Location:
Key people:
- Victoria Yang ********@staaxapp.com
- Lucy Yang ****@staaxapp.com
- Nikki Varanasi *****@staaxapp.com
9
Funding Rounds
$973.2m
Money raised
Thumbtack is a company operating an online platform for finding and hiring workers for particular tasks.
Location:
Key people:
- Marco Zappacosta ***********@thumbtack.com
- Sander Daniels ******@thumbtack.com
- Jonathan Swanson ********@thumbtack.com
1
Funding Rounds
$10.0m
Money raised
Brilliant is a San Francisco-based educational technology company.
1
Funding Rounds
$1.6m
Money raised
Mercu is a Singapore-based software-as-a-service company developing an artificially intelligent platform for hiring, training, and engaging remote workforces.
Location:
Key people:
- Elliott Gibb *******.****@mercu.com
- Jascha Zittel ******.******@mercu.com
11
Funding Rounds
$598.0m
Money raised
Degreed is a San Francisco-based company founded by David Blake.
Industries:
Location:
Key people:
- David Blake (entrepreneur) ******@degreed.com
- Eric Sharp (entrepreneur) ****@ericgsharp.com
- David Wiley *****.*****@gmail.com
3
Funding Rounds
$405.0m
Money raised
Course Hero is a Redwood City, CA based company that provides access to study resources, test prep, tutors, etc.
10
Funding Rounds
$750.5m
Money raised
Personio is a software company in Munich, Germany founded in 2015.
Industries:
Location:
5
Funding Rounds
$81.8m
Money raised
Fauna Inc is a data application programming interface for applications.
30
Funding Rounds
$1.5b
Money raised
Jobandtalent is a linguistic analysis recruitment platform founded in 2009 by Felipe Navio.
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Location:
Key people:
4
Funding Rounds
$95.9m
Money raised
Olio is a London-based sharing company working to solve the problem of food waste and hunger.
Industries:
Location:
2
Funding Rounds
$93.5m
Money raised
Snackpass is a technology company that develops solutions for ordering food for take-out from local restaurants.
Industries:
Location:
Key people:
- Kevin Tan *****@snackpass.co
- Jonathan Cameron linkedin
- Jamie Marshall *****@snackpass.co
2
Funding Rounds
$6.7m
Money raised
An online marketplace to find co-working, private, and shared office spaces
3
Funding Rounds
$169.0m
Money raised
A company offering an enterprise workplace visitor management software platform.
Industries:
Location:
2
Funding Rounds
$4.0m
Money raised
Cryptocurrency company/ The Block is the first and final word in digital assets.
7
Funding Rounds
$35.3m
Money raised
NewsWhip is a predictive media monitoring tool founded in 2011 by Paul Quigley.
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Location:
Key people:
5
Funding Rounds
$74.1m
Money raised
Founded in 2017, Comet provides tools that assist in the development of machine learning and deep learning models for other organizations and enterprises.
1
Funding Rounds
$118.0k
Money raised
A software company offering an online job marketplace for connecting job seekers, employers, and employees.
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Location:
Key people:
1
Funding Rounds
$1.5m
Money raised
Promptly is a company founded by Richard D. Titus.
Location:
Key people:
6
Funding Rounds
$208.3m
Money raised
SoundCloud is an entertainment company providing an online audio distribution platform for listening to music and podcasts.
Industries:
Location:
Key people:
- Eric Wahlforss ****.*********@soundcloud.com
- Alexander Ljung twitter
3
Funding Rounds
$10.9m
Money raised
500Friends was a company developing loyalty marketing programs for brands and retailers. The company was acquired by Merkle in 2014.