1) Nova Systems
SambaNova Systems is building the next-generation computing platform, bringing the efficiency and capability of cloud computing to unstructured data.
Details of the startup:
- Valuation: $5.00B (April 2021)
- Country: United States
- State: California
- City: Palo Alto
- Started in: 2017
- Founders: Christopher Ré, Kunle Olukotun, Rodrigo Liang
- Number of employees: 250-500
- Funding: $1,132.00M
- Funding rounds: 6
- Number of investors: 10
You can find their website here.
2) WeRide
WeRide is developing and commercializing advanced software and hardware technologies for self-driving cars.
Details of the startup:
- Valuation: $4.40B (December 2020)
- Country: China
- State: Guangdong
- City: Guangzhou
- Started in: 2017
- Founders: Qing Lu, Tony Han, Yan Li
- Number of employees: 500-1,000
- Funding: $789.00M
- Funding rounds: 9
- Number of investors: 26
You can find their website here.
3) VAST Data
VAST Data is revolutionizing the storage tiering space with a platform that allows enterprises to easily scale flash in the datacenter.
Details of the startup:
- Valuation: $3.70B (April 2020)
- Country: United States
- State: New York
- City: New York
- Started in: 2016
- Founders: Jeff Denworth, Renen Hallak, Shachar Fienblit
- Number of employees: 250-500
- Funding: $263.00M
- Funding rounds: 6
- Number of investors: 12
You can find their website here.
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4) Blockstream
Blockstream is one of the global leaders in Bitcoin and blockchain technology. Their products form the foundations of the future economy.
Details of the startup:
- Valuation: $3.20B (August 2021)
- Country: Canada
- State: British Columbia
- City: Vancouver
- Started in: 2014
- Founders: Alex Fowler, Erik Svenson, Gregory Maxwell, Jonathan Wilkins, Jorge Timón, Mark Friedenbach, Matt Corallo, Pieter Wuille
- Number of employees: 100-250
- Funding: $311.00M
- Funding rounds: 6
- Number of investors: 29
You can find their website here.
5) PsiQuantum
PsiQuantum is building a large-scale, general-purpose silicon photonic quantum computer with at least 1 million physical qubits.
Details of the startup:
- Valuation: $3.15B (July 2021)
- Country: United States
- State: California
- City: Palo Alto
- Started in: 2016
- Founders: Jeremy O'Brien, Mark Thompson, Peter Shadbolt, Terry Rudolph
- Number of employees: 100-250
- Funding: $728.50M
- Funding rounds: 6
- Number of investors: 13
You can find their website here.
6) 1047 Games
Splitgate is an operator of a remote video game developer studio.
Details of the startup:
- Valuation: $1.50B (September 2021)
- Country: United States
- State: Nevada
- City: Zephyr Cove
- Started in: 2017
- Founders: Ian Proulx
- Number of employees: 10-50
- Funding: $126.50M
- Funding rounds: 4
- Number of investors: 11
You can find their website here.
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7) Next Silicon
NextSilicon provides a new approach to HPC architecture that drives the industry forward by solving its biggest, most fundamental problems.
Details of the startup:
- Valuation: $1.50B (June 2021)
- Country: Israel
- City: Tel Aviv
- Started in: 2018
- Founders: Elad Raz
- Number of employees: 100-250
- Funding: $226.60M
- Funding rounds: 4
- Number of investors: 19
You can find their website here.
8) Figment
Figment supports the adoption, growth and long term success of the Web 3 ecosystem.
Details of the startup:
- Valuation: $1.40B (December 2021)
- Country: Canada
- State: Ontario
- City: Toronto
- Started in: 2018
- Founders: Andrew Cronk, Lorien Gabel, Matt Harrop
- Number of employees: 1-10
- Funding: $163.84M
- Funding rounds: 6
- Number of investors: 31
You can find their website here.
9) Timescale
TimescaleDB is a time-series database that is open source and optimised for fast ingest and complex queries.
Details of the startup:
- Valuation: $1.00B (February 2022)
- Country: United States
- State: New York
- City: New York
- Started in: 2015
- Founders: Ajay Kulkarni, Michael Freedman
- Number of employees: 101-250
- Funding: $181.10M
- Funding rounds: 6
- Number of investors: 15
You can find their website here.