Aileen Lee was the first to get us hooked to the Unicorn Club trend when TechCrunch released her ground breaking analysis, Welcome To The Unicorn Club: Learning From Billion-Dollar Startups in November 2013. Fred Wilson followed with his own post The Billion Dollar Valuation Club, noting primarily that Aileen’s list of 39 companies was US and Silicon Valley centric, and missing several other companies. Fred invited his readers to contribute to a public Hackpad to try and complete that list.

Fred’s Hackpad was an excellent jumping point for a more complete and global list, and it was an essential starting point for my own analysis. But it needed lots of scrubbing, and also was missing several companies. So, last December, I embarked on this analysis, with the goal of being as inclusive and global as possible, and I initially relied on Mattermark data to complement the research, as well as Crunchbase.

I poured over more than 500 companies, and after at least 50 hours of intermittent research, I compiled the following list of global startups that were founded since 2000, and with market valuations over $250 million. I set the bar high for global inclusiveness, but set the valuation threshold to $250 million. In my opinion, any startup that has reached the $250M mark in market valuation has a really good chance to reach or jump over the magical $1 Billion valuation club. I ended-up with 232 companies (and counting).

This list is way beyond the initial TechCrunch unicorn list. It includes private, public and acquired companies. It is also sortable by any column, so you can derive your own analysis from it.

I will be updating this list weekly, or as changes occur. It is my hope that it becomes a reference point for tracking the tech startups that have popped on the scene. Please provide additions or suggested corrections in the comments, and I will make updates accordingly.

[Click on any column to re-sort it]

Global Unicorns Universe

Company	Valuation ($M)	Founded	Exited	Country	Segment	Status
MakeMyTrip	944	2000	2010	India	Online Travel	Public
E2open	487	2000	2012	USA	Procurement SaaS	Public
ExactTarget	2500	2000	2013	USA	Email Marketing	Acquired
Just Eat	1340	2000	2014	UK	Restaurant Ordering	Public
SuccessFactors	3400	2001	2012	USA	SaaS Enterprise	Acquired
Jive	502	2001	2013	USA	SaaS Social	Public
Neolane	600	2001	2013	USA	Marketing Automation	Acquired
500.com	1200	2001	2013	China	Sports Lottery	Public
AutoNavi	1580	2001	2014	China	Online Mapping	Acquired
Miniclip	300	2001		Switzerland	Online Games	Private
Lithium Technologies	500	2001		USA	SaaS Social	Private*
Vente Privee	3000	2001		France	eCommerce	Private
Renren	1250	2002	2011	China	Social Network	Public
Roku	700	2002		USA	TV Streaming	Private*
Atlassian	3300	2002		Australia	SaaS Enterprise	Private
Shazam	1000	2002		UK	Music Streaming	Private
Sonos	2000	2002		USA	Sound Speakers	Private*
Wayfair	2200	2002		USA	eCommerce	Private
LogMeIn	997	2003	2009	USA	Remote Connectivity	Public
Changyou	1470	2003	2009	China	Online Games	Public
LinkedIn	2114	2003	2011	USA	Social Network	Public
Skype	8500	2003	2011	Estonia	Voice over IP	Acquired
Splunk	7760	2003	2012	USA	Intelligence Software	Public
Sungy Mobile	637	2003	2013	China	Mobile Development	Public
RingCentral	1050	2003	2013	USA	Telecommunications	Public
Tableau	3940	2003	2013	USA	Data Presentation	Public
AirWatch	1540	2003	2014	USA	SaaS Enterprise	Acquired
Dianping	2000	2003		China	Restaurant Reviews	Private
GoPro	2250	2003		USA	Mobile Cameras	Private
Rovio	4000	2003		Finland	Online Games	Private
King	5610	2003		UK	Online Games	Public
Trulia	1170	2004	2012	USA	Real Estate	Public
Indeed	1400	2004	2012	USA	Recruiting Marketplace	Acquired
Kayak	1800	2004	2012	USA	Online Travel	Acquired
Demandware	1940	2004	2012	USA	eCommerce	Public
ServiceNow	7510	2004	2012	USA	SaaS IT	Public
Facebook	150000	2004	2012	USA	Social Network	Public
YuMe	221	2004	2013	USA	Video Advertising	Public
Gigamon	500	2004	2013	USA	Networking Visibility	Public
Textura	507	2004	2013	USA	Online Collaboration	Public
Gree	2377	2004	2013	Japan	Games	Public
Autohome	3670	2004	2013	China	Auto Information	Public
Yelp	4630	2004	2013	USA	Online Reviews	Public
FireEye	6530	2004	2013	USA	Security	Public
A10 Networks	870	2004	2014	USA	Server Appliances	Public
GrubHub	2820	2004	2014	USA	Food Delivery	Public
Cleversafe	300	2004		USA	Storage	Private
TutorGroup	400	2004		China	Online Education	Private*
SugarCRM	500	2004		USA	SaaS CRM	Private
Turn	675	2004		USA	Advertising Network	Private
Shopify	1000	2004		Canada	SaaS eCommerce	Private
Mu Sigma	1000	2004		India	Decision Analytics	Private
Sogou	1200	2004		China	Search Engine	Private
Evernote	2000	2004		USA	Content Manageement	Private
Jingdong	7250	2004		China	eCommerce	Private
Palantir	9000	2004		USA	Big Data	Private
Bebo	850	2005	2008	USA	Social Network	Acquired
Qihoo360	1145	2005	2011	China	Internet Security	Public
Zillow	3750	2005	2011	USA	Real Estate	Public
Youku Tudou	4360	2005	2011	China	Video Content	Public
BazaarVoice	540	2005	2012	USA	eCommerce	Public
LifeLock	1470	2005	2012	USA	Identity Protection	Public
YY	3720	2005	2012	China	Social music	Public
Palo Alto Networks	5180	2005	2012	USA	Application Firewalls	Public
Workday	14680	2005	2012	USA	SaaS HR	Public
Tremor	227	2005	2013	USA	Advertising	Public
Mavenir	368	2005	2013	USA	Mobile Infrastructure	Public
Chegg	451	2005	2013	USA	Education	Public
SoftLayer	2000	2005	2013	USA	Cloud Infrastructure	Acquired
Criteo	2170	2005	2013	France	Advertising	Public
Qunar	3330	2005	2013	China	Travel	Public
HomeAway	3340	2005	2013	USA	Hospitality	Public
58.com	3500	2005	2013	China	Classifieds	Public
Flurry	350	2005		USA	Mobile Advertising	Private
Souq	400	2005		UAE	E-commerce	Private
Zoho	700	2005		USA	SaaS Enterprise	Private
Violin Memory	800	2005		USA	Storage	Private
Etsy	1100	2005		USA	eCommerce	Private
Automattic	1250	2005		USA	Blogging Software	Private
Conduit	1300	2005		Israel	Content Marketing	Private
TrueCar	607	2005	2014	USA	eCommerce Cars	Public
Box	2000	2005		USA	SaaS Enterprise	Private**
Klarna	2500	2005		Sweden	Internet Payments	Private
Arista	2500	2005		USA	Cloud Networking	Private**
YouTube	1650	2006	2005	USA	Video Streaming	Acquired
Xero	3500	2006	2009	New Zealand	Online Accounting	Public
Radian6	326	2006	2011	Canada	SaaS Social	Acquired
Fusion-io	1000	2006	2011	USA	Storage	Public
Millenial Media	686	2006	2012	USA	Advertising	Public
Adap.tv	405	2006	2013	USA	Video Advertising	Acquired
Wix	805	2006	2013	Israel	Website Software	Public
Climate Corp	930	2006	2013	USA	Weather	Acquired
Trusteer	1000	2006	2013	Israel	Fraud Detection	Acquired
Twitter	25000	2006	2013	USA	Social Network	Public
Care.com	390	2006	2014	USA	Healthcare	Public
Maker Studios	950	2006	2014	USA	Digital Entertainment	Acquired
Kenshoo	300	2006		Israel	Digital Marketing	Private
Prosper	500	2006		USA	Peer Finance	Private
Kabam	700	2006		USA	Games	Private
MuleSoft	800	2006		USA	SaaS Integration	Private**
Outbrain	1000	2006		Israel	Content Marketing	Private**
EventBrite	1000	2006		USA	Event Tickets	Private
PubMatic	1000	2006		USA	Online Advertising	Private
MediaOcean	1500	2006		USA	Mobile Advertising	Private
Lending Club	3800	2006		USA	Peer Finance	Private
Spotify	5270	2006		UK	Music Streaming	Private
HubSpot	450	2006		USA	SaaS Marketing	Private
Playfish	400	2007	2009	UK	Games	Acquired
AdMeld	400	2007	2011	USA	Advertising	Acquired
Vostu	300	2007	2012	Brazil	Online Games	Acquired*
BuddyMedia	689	2007	2012	USA	SaaS Software	Acquired
Nicira	1260	2007	2012	USA	Cloud Infrastructure	Acquired
LightInTheBox	286	2007	2013	China	eCommerce	Public
Marin	316	2007	2013	USA	Advertising	Public
Braintree	800	2007	2013	USA	Payments	Acquired
Tumblr	1100	2007	2013	USA	Blog Publishing	Acquired
Marketo	1240	2007	2013	USA	SaaS Marketing	Public
Qiwi	1770	2007	2013	Russia	Digital Wallet	Public
Veeva	2810	2007	2013	USA	SaaS Life Sciences	Public
Rubicon Project	696	2007	2014	USA	Advertising Network	Public
Fitbit	300	2007		USA	Wearables	Private
News Distribution Network	300	2007		USA	Video Content	Private
LivingSocial	330	2007		USA	eCommerce	Private
Zuora	500	2007		USA	SaaS Subscriptions	Private*
Lyft	700	2007		USA	Transportation	Private
ZocDoc	700	2007		USA	Healthcare Access	Private
Twilio	750	2007		USA	Software	Private
SoundCloud	800	2007		Germany	Sound Content	Private
AppNexus	850	2007		USA	Advertising	Private
Avito	1000	2007		Russia	Classifieds	Private
Gilt	1000	2007		USA	eCommerce	Private
Hulu	1000	2007		USA	Movies	Private
MobileIron	1000	2007		USA	Mobile Management	Private
Zendesk	363	2007	2014	USA	SaaS Support	Public
InMobi	1100	2007		India	Mobile Advertising	Private
MongoDB	1200	2007		USA	Database Software	Private
Flipkart	2500	2007		India	eCommerce	Private
Wonga	2000	2007		UK	Peer Finance	Private
Dropbox	10000	2007		USA	Cloud Storage	Private
Zynga	3760	2008	2011	USA	Online Games	Public
Groupon	5060	2008	2011	USA	eCommerce Groups	Public
Yammer	1200	2008	2012	USA	SaaS Collaboration	Acquired
Colopl	3075	2008	2012	Japan	Online Games	Public
Rocket Fuel	1250	2008	2013	USA	Programmatic Advertising	Public
Waze	1300	2008	2013	Israel	Location Traffic	Acquired
Vipshop	8300	2008	2013	China	eCommerce Discounts	Public
2U	454	2008	2014	USA	Online learning	Public
Castlight Health	1720	2008	2014	USA	Health Data	Public
Quikr	250	2008		India	Online Classifieds	Private
Cardlytics	500	2008		USA	Loyalty Marketing	Private*
Payfone	500	2008		USA	Mobile Security	Private
Tintri	700	2008		USA	Storage Management	Private
GitHub	750	2008		USA	SaaS Development	Private
New Relic	750	2008		USA	SaaS Enterprise	Private
HootSuite	1000	2008		Canada	Enterprise Social	Private
Counsyl	1000	2008		USA	Healthcare	Private
Lookout	1000	2008		USA	Security Software	Private
ZScaler	1000	2008		USA	Cloud Security	Private
Cloudera	4100	2008		USA	Software	Private**
Zalando	4900	2008		Germany	eCommerce	Private
Airbnb	10000	2008		USA	Hospitality	Private
MakerBot	604	2009	2013	USA	3D Printing	Acquired
RetailMeNot	1640	2009	2013	USA	Digital Coupons	Public
Zulily	6000	2009	2013	USA	eCommerce	Public
WhatsApp	19000	2009	2014	USA	Mobile Messaging	Private
xAd	250	2009		USA	Advertising Network	Private*
Asana	280	2009		USA	SaaS Collaboration	Private
Wandoujia	500	2009		China	Android Apps	Private
StackExchange	500	2009		USA	Knowledge Forum	Private
The Fancy	600	2009		USA	eCommerce	Private
Foursquare	700	2009		USA	Location	Private
Kickstarter	700	2009		USA	Funding Marketplace	Private
Quora	900	2009		USA	Questions & Answers	Private
One Kings Lane	912	2009		USA	eCommerce Home	Private
CloudFlare	1000	2009		USA	SaaS Cloud	Private
Nutanix	1000	2009		USA	Storage	Private
Pure Storage	3000	2009		USA	Flash Memory	Private
Tango	1000	2009		USA	Mobile Messaging	Private
LaShou Group	1100	2009		China	eCommerce	Private
Weibo	3157	2009		China	Social Network	Private**
Pinterest	5000	2009		USA	Social Sharing	Private
Uber	10000	2009		USA	Transportation	Private
Square	5000	2009		USA	Payments	Private
Dangdang	1030	2010	2011	China	eCommerce	Public
Instagram	1000	2010	2012	USA	Picture Sharing	Acquired
MoPub	350	2010	2013	USA	Mobile Advertising	Acquired
91Wireless	1900	2010	2013	China	Wireless Internet	Acquired
Ticket Monster	260	2010	2014	South Korea	Group Buying	Acquired
Nuomi	270	2010	2014	China	Group Buying	Acquired
Viber	900	2010	2014	USA	Mobile Messaging	Acquired
Nest	3200	2010	2014	USA	Home Monitoring	Acquired
DataSift	250	2010		USA	Big Data	Private*
Cheerful	300	2010		USA	Video Apps	Private
Coupang	550	2010		Sout Korea	Social Commerce	Private
Chukong	500	2010		China	Mobile Gaming	Private**
Flipboard	800	2010		USA	News	Private
55tuan	1000	2010		China	eCommerce Deals	Private
Mobli	1000	2010		Israel	Visual Media	Private
Fab	1200	2010		USA	eCommerce	Private
Paydiant	1000	2010		USA	Mobile Payments	Private
Kakao	2400	2010		South Korea	Mobile Messaging	Private
Jumei.com	3250	2010		China	Cosmetics eCommerce	Private**
Supercell	3000	2010		Finland	Online Games	Private
Meituan	5000	2010		China	Group Buying	Private*
Xiaomi	10000	2010		China	Smartphones	Private
Hailo	500	2011		UK	Transportation	Private
Aereo	500	2011		USA	TC Streaming	Private
Lamoda	700	2011		Russia	eCommerce	Private*
Domo	825	2011		USA	Business Intelligence	Private
Hortonworks	1000	2011		USA	Big Data	Private
Stripe	1750	2011		USA	Internet Payments	Private
Fanatics	3100	2011		USA	eCommerce Sports	Private
Line	28000	2011		South Korea	Mobile Messaging	Private
DeepMind	400	2011	2014	UK	Artificial Intelligence	Acquired
Oculus	2000	2012	2014	USA	Virtual Reality	Acquired
GungHo	6635	2012	2014	Japan	Online Games	Public
Tinder	500	2012		USA	Online Dating	Private
Zalora	400	2012		Singapore	eCommerce	Private*
Blue Apron	500	2012		USA	Food Delivery	Private
Lazada	1500	2012		Indonesia	eCommerce	Private*
Snapchat	4000	2012		USA	Social Sharing	Private
Edmodo	275	2008		USA	Online Learning	Private*
Birchbox	485	2010		USA	Beauty eCommerce	Private
Actifio	1100	2009		USA	Decentralized Storage	Private
AdRoll	700	2007		USA	Advertising retargeting	Private*
Weebly	455	2006		USA	Website Software	Private
Betfair	1400	2000		UK	Online Gambling	Private
Instacart	400	2012		USA	Grocery Delivery	Private
Campaign Monitor	600	2004		Australia	Email Marketing	Private
SolarCity	5300	2006	2012	USA	Solar Energy	Public
Flipagram	300	2013		USA	Mobile Videos	Private
Shutterstock	2600	2003	2013	USA	Stock Photography	Public
Rally Software	335	2001	2012	USA	Cloud Development	Public
LightSpeed Retail	300	2005		Canada	Retail Software	Private*
Beyond The Rack	400	2009		Canada	Private eCommerce	Private*
Collective	450	2005		USA	Programmatic Advertising	Private
Chango	275	2008		Canada	Advertising Retargetting	Private*
Thalmic Labs	250	2012		Canada	Gesture Control	Private*
Pandora	4640	2000	2011	USA	Online Music	Public
DocuSign	1600	2003		USA	Online Signatures	Private
AppDirect	250	2009		Canada	Cloud Management	Private
EdgeCast Networks	390	2006	2011	USA	Video Management	Acquired
BlueKai	400	2007	2014	USA	Marketing Data	Acquired
OpenX	250	2008		USA	Advertising Network	Private
Adconion	2000	2005		USA	Digital Distribution	Private*
Demand Media	375	2006	2011	USA	Content Marketing	Public
Kiva Systems	775	2003	2012	USA	Warehouse Robotics	Acquired
MySpace	580	2003	2005	USA	Social Network	Private
SpaceX	4800	2002		USA	Space Exploration	Private
Beats Electronics	1000	2008		USA	Music Gear	Private
Xunlei	1000	2003		China	P2P File Sharing	Private
Myntra	330	2007	2014	India	Fashion eCommerce	Acquired
Jasper Wireless	1000	2004		USA	Internet of Things	Private
Tapjoy	450	2007		USA	Mobile Advertising	Private*
JustFab	600	2010		USA	Fashion eCommerce	Private*
Applause	250	2007		USA	Software Testing	Private
Deem	1400	2000		USA	Cloud Commerce	Private
VANCL	3000	2007		China	Online Clothing	Private
Warby Parker	500	2010		USA	Eyeware eCommerce	Private
Heroku	250	2007	2011	USA	Cloud Applications	Acquired
HotelTonight	250	2010		USA	Online Hotels	Private
FreeWheel	360	2007		USA	Video Advertising	Acquired
LiveRail	800	2008		USA	Video Advertising	Private**
Netezza	1700	2000	2010	USA	Data warehousing	Acquired
Massive Incorporated	280	2002	2006	USA	In-game Advertising	Acquired
Vitrue	300	2006	2012	USA	Social Media	Acquired
Danger	500	2000	2008	USA	Mobile Software	Acquired
SendGrid	350	2009		USA	Email Infrastructure	Private*
BrightRoll	500	2006		USA	Video Advertising	Private*
SpotXchange	600	2006		USA	Video Advertising	Private*
Tremor Video	227	2005	2013	USA	Video Advertising	Public
TubeMogul	400	2006		USA	Video Advertising	Public
Isilon	2250	2001	2010	USA	Data Storage	Acquired
Starent Networks	2900	2000	2009	USA	Mobile Infrastructure	Acquired
Sourcefire	2700	2001	2013	USA	Network Security	Acquired
Intucell	475	2009	2013	Israel	Mobile Software	Acquired
Ubiquisys	310	2005	2013	USA	Mobile Software	Acquired
Meraki	1200	2006	2012	USA	Cloud Networking	Acquired
Proofpoint	935	2002	2012	USA	Email Security	Public
Aerohive Networks	436	2006	2014	USA	Enterprise Wi-Fi	Public
Wotif	567	2000	2006	Australia	Online Travel	Public
Ocado	1930	2002	2010	UK	Online Food	Public
Gamesys	1600	2001		UK	Online Lottery	Private*
DoubleDown	500	2010	2012	USA	Online Casino	Acquired
NaturalMotion	527	2001	2014	UK	Online Gaming	Acquired
Five9	320	2001	2014	USA	Call Centers	Public
Guidewire Software	2640	2001	2012	USA	Insurance Software	Public
Nimble Storage	2030	2008	2013	USA	Storage Solutions	Public
Gogo	1550	2008	2013	USA	Flight Wi-Fi	Public
Barracuda Networks	1410	2003	2013	USA	Network Appliances	Public
Invensense	1820	2003	2011	USA	Motion Sensors	Public
Infinera	1090	2000	2007	USA	Optical Networking	Public
Ruckus Wireless	839	2004	2012	USA	Smart Wi-Fi	Public
Xoom	840	2001	2013	USA	Digital Money	Public
NextG Networks	1000		2011	USA	Distributed Antennas	Acquired
OnDeck	350	2007		USA	Online Loans	Private
Practice Fusion	700	2005		USA	Health Records	Private
Quirky	526	2009		USA	Innovative eCommerce	Private
Nextdoor	500	2010		USA	Neighborhood Network	Private
Mandiant	1000	2004	2014	USA	Information Security	Acquired
SoFI	500	2011		USA	P2P Students Lending	Private
AppDynamics	500	2008		USA	Application Performance	Private
Redfin	500	2004		USA	Real Estate Software	Private
Glassdoor	500	2007		USA	Online Jobs	Private
MINDBODY	450	2001		USA	Business Software	Private
Knewton	315	2008		USA	Adaptive Learning	Private
SimpliVity	306	2009		USA	IT Infrastructure	Private
Bonobos	300	2007		USA	Custom Clothing	Private
Act-On Software	300	2008		USA	Marketing Automation	Private
Yext	270	2006		USA	Cloud Marketing	Private
Tradeshift	300	2009		UK	Digital Invoicing	Private
ClearSlide	267	2009		USA	Sales Platform	Private
Freshbooks	350	2003		Canada	Digital Invoicing	Private
TripAdvisor	1175	2000	2005	USA	Online Travel	Acquired
Quidsi	545	2005	2010	USA	eCommerce	Acquired
Bill Me Later	945	2000	2008	USA	Online Payments	Acquired
Sprinklr	525	2009		USA	Social Media	Private
ngmoco	400	2008	2010	USA	Video Games	Acquired
Tiny Prints	369	2004	2011	USA	Entertainment eCommerce	Acquired
Greenplum	325	2001	2010	USA	Database Software	Acquired
Pure Digital Technologies	590	2001	2009	USA	Video Cameras	Acquired
ArcSight	1500	2000	2010	USA	Security Management	Acquired
Vertica	350	2005	2011	USA	Database Software	Acquired
Skrill	800	2001	2013	UK	Online Payments	Acquired
Octo Telematics	555	2002	2014	Italy	Insurance Telematics	Acquired
TDX Group	327	2004	2014	UK	Debt Software	Acquired
Area9
Manta	450	2005		USA	SMB Networking	Private
Glam Media	500	2003		USA	Online Content	Private
Apptio	350	2007		USA	IT SaaS	Private
eHarmony	350	2000		USA	Online Dating	Private
FreshDirect	350	2002		USA	Food Delivery	Private
Nasty Gal	400	2006		USA	Online Clothing	Private
iZettle	300	2010		Sweden	Mobile Payments	Private*
LiveRamp	310	2011	2014	USA	Marketing Data	Acquired
Optimizely	300	2010		USA	Website Optimization	Private*
Wattpad	275	2006		Canada	Online Reading	Private*
Desire2Learn	500	2007		Canada	Online Learning	Private*
Vision Critical	400	2000		Canada	Customer Feedback	Private*
Addepar	250	2009		USA	Wealth Management	Private
Stella & Dot	370	2004		USA	Social eCommerce	Private
Oscar	1000	2013		USA	Health Insurance	Private
Anaplan	1000	2006		USA	SaaS Financials	Private
Life360	250	2008		USA	People Security	Private
Kosmix	300	2005	2011	USA	Categorization Engine	Acquired
Accedian Networks	275	2004		Canada	Network Performance	Private*
Kik	250	2009		Canada	Online Messaging	Private*
Q1 Labs	250	2001	2011	Canada	Security Intelligence	Acquired
Lumenpulse	400	2006	2014	Canada	Lighting Solutions	Public
Slack	250	2009		USA	Team Collaboration	Private
Doximity	500	2011		USA	Physicians Network	Private
Ambri	300	2010		USA	Battery Technology	Private
LeTV	4800	2004	2010	China	Video Sharing	Public
NavInfo	1700	2002	2010	China	Online Mapping	Public
Sunrun	700	2007		USA	Solar Energy	Private
Swagbucks	400	2008		USA	Rewards Comunity	Private*
Twitch	2500	2011		USA	Video Streaming	Private

Notes

* = estimated valuation, ** = rumoured to go public.
The public companies market caps will be updated weekly. Current prices are as of close April 18, 1014.
Private valuations are difficult to nail accurately, so estimations were made when data or reports weren’t available. (labelled with *)
The 3 Graphs were generated when there were only 226 companies, but they will be updated weekly as well.

Vertical Marketplaces and the Durability of Craigslist

Dave Hendricks

Doesn’t Unicorn imply some form of product uniqueness? Or are these just standout investments, meaning they are unusual since they will return 10X+ for early stage investors? Thanks for putting the list together, good compendium.
- William Mougayar
  
  In this context, it’s the latter; i.e. standout investments/valuations, companies that rise above the frey. Thanks.
big data analytics

I guess the effect of economic downturn wasn’t just on the US …
- William Mougayar
  
  In reference to what years?
  - big data analytics
    
    After 2007…
    - William Mougayar
      
      i see. but the last 2 years have been good i think, no?
disqus_0YZJyPGDVT

I don’t think xero is valued at $12b, one to many 0′s?
Tyler McNally

Did you pay for “mattermark data” which is actually crunchbase data? or to ask differently, does matttermark have financing data that does not exist within crunchbase?
- William Mougayar
  
  you’re right. it’s $3.5B
  http://www.bloomberg.com/quote/XRO:NZ
- Danielle Morrill
  
  William has been wonderful about helping spread the word about Mattermark, and he collected a lot of additional data that was not in our database to complete his list (Valuations, exit year, etc.) — we know how time consuming this is, and are so grateful that he put this list together for the community. We make special arrangements with bloggers from time to time to exchange free Mattermark services for blog posts that help raise awareness of our tools. Thanks William!
  - Tyler McNally
    
    Makes sense! Mattermark is doing some really cool things, exciting to see the growth. My question was more specifically around data attribution -> is the data (financing, dates, country, etc.) here that is from mattermark data that is unique/distinct/different from the crunchbase data?
    - William Mougayar
      
      In my experience, Mattermark’s data is quite comprehensive, and has a really easy & powerful user interface.
Mairi Johnson

BetFair should be on that list. It was founded in 2000 in the UK and was valued at IPO at $2.2bn.
- William Mougayar
  
  Just added it, at $1.5B which is most recent documented valuation. Thanks!
  http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/04/22/uk-betfair-idUKBRE93L06Y20130422
csertoglu

William do you plan to include companies that have never received outside funding, but would be assumed to have EV>$250m?
- William Mougayar
  
  Yes, if the info is available.
JLM

.
What a great list. Something that should be developed and published annually. Very well done.

Well played.

JLM
.
- William Mougayar
  
  Thanks. I will maintain it continuously so it’s a living / real time reference.
  - JLM
    
    .
    Revenue stream. Publishing opportunity.
    
    JLM
    .
FAKE GRIMLOCK

MOST IMPORTANT SUCCESSFUL STARTUPS ONES YOU NOT HEARD OF.
- William Mougayar
DanielHorowitz

Commented on Fred’s blog but probably better here…
Here are a few more: Rally software, Heroku, Solar City, Kiva systems,
Admob, Foundation Medicine, Nanosolar, Stubhub, Hotel Tonight, Instacart
(Rumored), Wildfire Interactive, Nextdoor, Spacex, Quirky, Pacific
Biosciences, Practice Fusion, Brightcove. Fleetmatics (?)
- William Mougayar
  
  SF bought Heroku for $212M, so they are below the cut.
  
  Instacart is in at $400M, and so is Rally and I was on the fence for Solar City because it’s not pure soft-tech, but I added them now!
  
  I’m going through the others, one by one, and you’ll either see them or not in 2-3 days, depending if they meet the criteria. Thanks a lot.
Guillaume Lerouge

Thanks for the great effort! Regarding Neolane, I believe it was originally a French company, prior to getting acquired by Adobe: http://www.societe.com/societe/neolane-438384406.html
- William Mougayar
  
  Thx. Will update it.
Elia Freedman

Great work, William. Can’t help but wonder how many venture backed businesses this is out of? How many business starts in general? Very long odds, is my guess.
- William Mougayar
  
  Thousands for sure. Thx
Wonyoung Kim

Here are several more – PA Semi, Invensense, Primesense, Beceem, Inphi, all semiconductor companies (a rare breed).
Ada Chen

Great work – really getting a lot out of the data. Would have expected more Canadian companies (maybe in a few years?) and would love to see investment numbers on rounds/VCs/etc (I realize it’d be difficult). Thanks for putting this together! Can’t wait to see what this list looks like in a few years or even a few months.

Tiny note – South Korea is misspelled for Coupang!
pointsnfigures

Add EchoGlobal Logistics and Innerworkings. Both IPOs out of Chicago-Lightbank guys. Belly might be there too.
jenslapinski

Trivago in Germany
Navneet Gosal

I believe Mandiant and NetWitness out of the DC area were both north of 250M in the last 3 years. Would be interesting to see a geographical breakdown in US of these
jenslapinski

Delivery Hero, Germany
jenslapinski

Natural Motion, UK
jenslapinski

Beebo, UK
mark sugarman

Happy to help contribute a few names, love to see a comprehensive list:
OPOWER 2007- NYSE IPO 2014 (OPWR)
Aerohive 2006- IPO 2014
Five9 2001- NASDAQ
Would suggest looking at IPO lists
- awaldstein
  
  Good to see Open English here.
  
  Quite a success story. Just recently met with one of the founders.
  - William Mougayar
    
    Cool!
Wade Friedel

Ubiquiti Networks $UBNT founded in 2003 as Pera Networks reincorporated as Ubiquiti in 2005.
Hendrik Laubscher

William, this is a great post.

I think you are missing a rather large one in terms of ecommerce and an up and comer:

Alibaba (China) Started in 1999, valuation – ? anything between $ 80 -160 Billion – going public soon

Snapdeal (India) Started in 2010, $240 million invested – private
Srivatsan Sivanandan

Myntra (from India; started 2007) was recently acquired by Flipkart for well north of $250M http://www.crunchbase.com/acquisition/1fede19770fb9e2945ee23bf7df9d72e
g_b_c

A couple more from Australia – Campaign Monitor and BigCommerce.
- William Mougayar
  
  Campaign Monitor is in @ $600M. I’m checking on BigCommerce & you’ll see it if it checks. Thanks a lot.
ek

Pandora, OpenX, Adconion, Demand Media, Brightroll, MySpace, SpaceX, Tapjoy, Lynda.com, JustFab, Heroku, Warby Parker, Solar City, Hotel Tonight
- William Mougayar
  
  thanks. Great add-ons!
  
  Those that made are: pandora, openX,demandmedia, solarcity, spaceX,justfab,tapjoy, heroku, hotel tonight.
Sakari Sipola

Thanks for putting the list together. One small point – Supercell is from Finland not Sweden
- William Mougayar
  
  oops. fixed. thx
David Fraga

Great list. One addition: Shutterstock (NYSE: SSTK) which was started in 2003 and currently has a ~$2.5 billion market cap.
- William Mougayar
  
  yep. just added them. thanks.
gusguida

Great work, thanks!
Some startups from Brazil: Buscapé, acquired by Naspers in 2009 by 340 million (total valuation was 391 million at that time); Hotel Urbano, valuation around 600 million nowadays; Netshoes; Dafiti; Submarino.
- William Mougayar
  
  Perfect. Thanks. I will check them and add the ones that pass the mustard.
elliewheeler

Great list. Collective is actually based in NYC, so that should be USA not Canada.

Also, Extreme Reach should be added to this list.
- William Mougayar
  
  Good ones. I corrected Collective and added Extreme Reach.
  I estimated the valuation of Extreme Reach to be 1.2B based on $300 mil in sales. Do you think it’s in the ball park?
Mark Essel

This is some good work @William , just catching up on avc and saw your collection. Interesting to see the industry trends at very high level.

Always be curating.

Curious about one thing, if a company is acquired @250 mil, how does it have the ability to become a “billion dollar company” (ie heroku etc)
- William Mougayar
  
  ah, typically we stop tracking that company after it gets acquired, but there are cases where the company stays separated and gets re-acquired at a higher valuation, but these are rare cases.
  - Mark Essel
    
    just thought of a potential that I didn’t remember seeing on the list (may have missed it)
    github, I know they raised a decent chunk, assume their valuation is Nx that number
    - William Mougayar
      
      thanks. yep, i typically go by the last known raise, unless there is new data otherwise.
Tom

One from the UK – bet365, founded in 2000 I believe
salima

TripAdvisor
Quidsi (Diapers.com)
BillMeLater
Coupons
Ngmoco
Tinyprints
Huffington Post
Docusign
Glam
Living Social
Manta
Nasty Gal?
Path?
Reddit
Stella & Dot
360buy
Ietv
Cloudary
trivago
Gmarket
Buzzfeed
RightMedia
Playdom
AdMob
Club Penguin
Apartments.com
Meetic
Lovefilm
Revolution Money
Adify
Fotolia
BlueLithium
Last.fm
Photobucket
Tacoda
GittiGidiyor

Blue Apron
davey_cont

blinkx. public in 2007. current market cap is $550M.
- William Mougayar
  
  Added it. Thanks!
David Rosenthal

A few more from Seattle: PopCap Games, Big Fish, Inrix.
Koh Zhili

Hello there,
How did you arrive at the valuation for each of these companies?
Is there some way you calculated it or gleaned it off the web?

Cheers
Mohit Mehta

William – this is fantastic! Couple more contributions to the list:

1. Snapdeal – It’s in the 3-horse race in India’s rapidly growing e-commerce market. Recently, raised $627M from Softbank http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/snapdeal

2. Cumulus Networks – Data-Center Networking with Linux. Recently, valued at $300M – http://www.businessinsider.com/cumulus-dell-deal-delivered-300m-valuation-2014-4 http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/cumulus-networks
Ken Sielecki

Hi William this is a really cool list. Would you be looking at updating it with Q1 2015 data? If you are interested I think it would also be helpful to show the change in valuation (where available) for the unicorns as done in this breakout post (http://www.breakoutlist.com/unicorn-club/). Thanks again for contributing this information to the community!
- William Mougayar
  
  Thanks Ken! I do have an update in the works.
  Stay tuned
Yousaf Bhattiiii

Fred’s Hackpad was an excellent jumping point for a more complete and global list, and it was an essential starting point for my own analysis. But it needed
lots of scrubbing, and also was missing several companies. So, last
December,
This was amazing … and wonderful sharing .. softwarescrack

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