Here's a list of 17 marketing unicorn startups, including the well-known Klaviyo and 6sense.
The Marketing space is filled with successful companies that have raised millions of dollars in VC funding that came from some of the top investors in the world.
Many of these successes have turned into unicorns—private companies worth over $1 billion.
If you want to achieve it, these 17 companies can be your inspiration.
6sense uses proprietary algorithms to provide actionable business insights that turn marketing campaigns into customer engagements, helping B2B organizations with predictable revenue growth.
Details of the startup:
Valuation:
$2.10
B (
December 2018
)
Country:
United States
City:
San Francisco
Started in:
2013
Founders:
Amanda Kahlow, Dustin Chang, Premal Shah, Shane Moriah, Viral Bajaria
Industries:
Big Data, Business Information Systems, Marketing, Sales Automation
Number of employees:
250-500
Funding Amount:
$226,000,000
Number of funding rounds:
6
Number of investors:
12
ABOUT YOU offers a wide selection of quality apparel and accessories at a great price, all in one place.
Details of the startup:
Valuation:
$1.00
B (
July 2018
)
Country:
Germany
City:
Hamburg
Started in:
2014
Founders:
Sebastian Betz, Tarek Muller
Industries:
E-Commerce, Fashion, Marketing, Personalization, Retail, Shopping
Number of employees:
500-1,000
Funding Amount:
$300,000,000
Number of funding rounds:
2
Number of investors:
3
Alisports is building a global platform for community sports, where clubs, leagues, federations, and sponsors connect with their communities in new ways.
Details of the startup:
Valuation:
$1.27
B (
April 2018
)
Country:
China
City:
Shanghai
Started in:
2015
Founders:
Dazhong Zhang
Industries:
Marketing, Sports
Number of employees:
100-250
Funding Amount:
CN¥1,200,000,000
Number of funding rounds:
1
Number of investors:
2
Attentive is a mobile messaging platform that provides marketing automation, social media engagement, and ecommerce solutions for innovative organizations.
Details of the startup:
Valuation:
$2.20
B (
September 2020
)
Country:
United States
City:
New York
Started in:
2016
Founders:
Andrew Jones, Brian Long, Ethan Lo
Industries:
Advertising, Marketing, Marketing Automation, Messaging, Mobile, Personalization, SaaS, Software
Number of employees:
500-1,000
Funding Amount:
$863,000,000
Number of funding rounds:
7
Number of investors:
19
DotC United Group helps governments and businesses with digital transformation to thrive in a connected world.
Details of the startup:
Valuation:
$1
B (
July 2017
)
Country:
China
City:
Shanghai
Started in:
2009
Founders:
Yi Shi
Industries:
Android, Internet, iOS, Marketing, Mobile Apps, Software
Number of employees:
500-1,000
Funding Amount:
CN¥2,500,000,000
Number of funding rounds:
3
Number of investors:
7
InMobi uses search algorithm to allow highly targeted and optimised ranking of mobile advertisements.
Details of the startup:
Valuation:
$1.00
B (
December 2014
)
Country:
India
City:
Bangalore
Started in:
2001
Founders:
Abhay Singhal, Amit Gupta, Mohit Saxena, Naveen Tewari, Piyush Shah
Industries:
Advertising, Advertising Platforms, Digital Media, Marketing, Mobile
Number of employees:
500-1,000
Funding Amount:
$320,600,000
Number of funding rounds:
7
Number of investors:
6
Klaviyo is a powerful email platform that combines automation, marketing-based business intelligence, and lead nurturing to help grow your ecommerce.
Details of the startup:
Valuation:
$4.15
B (
November 2020
)
Country:
United States
City:
Boston
Started in:
2012
Founders:
Andrew Bialecki, Ed Hallen
Industries:
Advertising, E-Commerce, Marketing, Marketing Automation, Software
Number of employees:
500-1,000
Funding Amount:
$678,500,000
Number of funding rounds:
5
Number of investors:
15
MediaMath delivers world-class, global technology and data science solutions that provide an end-to-end advertising platform - from planning to activation - for brands and agencies.
Details of the startup:
Valuation:
$1.00
B (
July 2018
)
Country:
United States
City:
New York
Started in:
2001
Founders:
Erich Wasserman, Greg Williams, Joe Zawadzki, Srinath Gaddam
Industries:
Advertising, Analytics, Digital Media, Internet, Marketing, Software
Number of employees:
500-1,000
Funding Amount:
$607,500,000
Number of funding rounds:
10
Number of investors:
13
Ola is a mobility platform and a ride-hailing company providing intercity transport for customers.
Details of the startup:
Valuation:
$1.00
B (
July 2019
)
Country:
India
City:
Bengaluru
Started in:
2017
Founders:
Anand Shah, Ankit Jain
Industries:
Automotive, Electric Vehicle, Manufacturing, Marketing, Sales
Number of employees:
250-500
Funding Amount:
$307,338,821
Number of funding rounds:
5
Number of investors:
7
Tealium is the leading provider of customer data orchestration tools that improve the effectiveness of digital marketing using first-party data across advertising, ecommerce and digital analytics.
Details of the startup:
Valuation:
$1.20
B (
February 2021
)
Country:
United States
City:
San Diego
Started in:
2008
Founders:
Ali Behnam, Mike Anderson
Industries:
Analytics, Data Integration, Developer APIs, Enterprise Software, Marketing
Number of employees:
500-1,000
Funding Amount:
$263,900,000
Number of funding rounds:
9
Number of investors:
17
Veepee is a multi-platform e-commerce company that helps connect customers to sellers around the world.
Details of the startup:
Valuation:
No Data
B (
-
)
Country:
France
City:
La Plaine-saint-denis
Started in:
2001
Founders:
Michael Benabou
Industries:
E-Commerce, Fashion, Marketing, Retail, Sales
Number of employees:
5,000-10,000
Funding Amount:
No Data
Number of funding rounds:
2
Number of investors:
2
XANT.ai is a predictive marketing platform that provides salesforce with automated tour guided messaging for speeding up agile sales cycles.
Details of the startup:
Valuation:
$1.65
B (
April 2014
)
Country:
United States
City:
Lehi
Started in:
2004
Founders:
Chris Harrington, David Elkington, Ken Krogue, Rob Christensen
Industries:
Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Machine Learning, Marketing, Predictive Analytics, SaaS, Sales, Sales Automation, Software
Number of employees:
100-250
Funding Amount:
$251,200,024
Number of funding rounds:
6
Number of investors:
15
Yello Mobile aims to build a world-class, horizontally integrated business platform under its flagship Yello Digital Marketing.
Details of the startup:
Valuation:
$4.00
B (
November 2014
)
Country:
South Korea
City:
Seoul
Started in:
2012
Founders:
Sanghyuk Lee
Industries:
Internet, Marketing, Mobile, Shopping, Travel
Number of employees:
1,000-5,000
Funding Amount:
$187,200,000
Number of funding rounds:
4
Number of investors:
3
Yotpo is a customer experience company that empowers eCommerce brands through authentic product content and engaging marketing tools.
Details of the startup:
Valuation:
$1.40
B (
March 2021
)
Country:
United States
City:
New York
Started in:
2011
Founders:
Omri Cohen, Tomer Tagrin
Industries:
Content, E-Commerce, Marketing, Social Media Marketing
Number of employees:
250-500
Funding Amount:
$406,000,000
Number of funding rounds:
10
Number of investors:
21
You & Mr Jones is a strategic content marketing platform for business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-consumer (B2C) brands.
Details of the startup:
Valuation:
$1.30
B (
November 2019
)
Country:
United States
City:
New York
Started in:
2015
Founders:
David Jones, Jean-Marc Antoni
Industries:
Advertising, Brand Marketing, Content Marketing, Marketing
Number of employees:
1,000-5,000
Funding Amount:
$610,000,000
Number of funding rounds:
3
Number of investors:
1
Zenoti offers a cloud-based spa management platform that enables salons and spas to manage their business operations in real time. It gives salons the ability to find, book, track, and manage all its services, inventory, employees, schedules, clients, purchases, bills and invoices.
Details of the startup:
Valuation:
$1.00
B (
December 2020
)
Country:
United States
City:
Bellevue
Started in:
2010
Founders:
Anand Arvind, Dheeraj Koneru, Rohit Agarwal, Saritha Katikaneni, Sudheer Koneru
Industries:
Billing, Cloud Data Services, CRM, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Point of Sale, SaaS, Scheduling, Software
Number of employees:
250-500
Funding Amount:
$251,000,000
Number of funding rounds:
6
Number of investors:
5
Zeta is a customer engagement technology platform that helps brands communicate with customers via the channels they prefer.
Details of the startup:
Valuation:
$1.30
B (
July 2015
)
Country:
United States
City:
New York
Started in:
2007
Founders:
David A. Steinberg, John Sculley
Industries:
Advertising, Analytics, Information Services, Marketing
Number of employees:
1,000-5,000
Funding Amount:
$602,500,000
Number of funding rounds:
6
Number of investors:
14
