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1) Drata

Drata

Drata is a compliance and security automation company that provides a quick and easy approach to achieve and maintain compliance.

Details of the startup:

  • Started in: 2020
  • Founders: Adam Markowitz, Daniel Marashlian, Troy Markowitz
  • Industries: Compliance, Cyber Security, Internet, Software
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding: $28,240,856
  • Funding rounds: 2
  • Number of investors: 8 (GGV Capital, SV Angel, Cowboy Ventures, AAF Management Ltd., Okta Ventures)

You can find their website here.

2) MK Decision

MK Decision

MK Decision's objective is to assist community financial institutions in becoming more successful by increasing deposits and lending.

Details of the startup:

  • Started in: 2015
  • Founders: Guru Dharam Khalsa, Har Rai Khalsa
  • Industries: Banking, Credit, Credit Bureau, Credit Cards, Financial Services, FinTech, Lending, Risk Management, Web Apps
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding: $1,079,000
  • Funding rounds: 2

You can find their website here.

3) Seismic

Seismic

Seismic is a sales enablement and marketing orchestration software that helps sales teams close more deals and close them faster.

Details of the startup:

  • Started in: 2010
  • Founders: Douglas Winter, Ed Calnan, Fred Xie, Marc Romano, Nasser Barghouti
  • Industries: Analytics, Enterprise Software, Machine Learning, Marketing Automation, Sales Automation
  • Number of employees: 501-1000
  • Funding: $446,500,000
  • Funding rounds: 7
  • Number of investors: 8 (General Atlantic, T. Rowe Price, Lightspeed Venture Partners, EDBI, JMI Equity)

You can find their website here.

4) Beauty Bakerie Cosmetics Brand

Beauty Bakerie Cosmetics Brand

Beauty Bakerie is an e-commerce cosmetics firm that sells a whole line of delicious ingredients from across the world.

Details of the startup:

  • Started in: 2011
  • Founders: Cashmere Nicole, Roderick Roberts
  • Industries: Beauty, Cosmetics, E-Commerce, Retail
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding: $9,599,994
  • Funding rounds: 3
  • Number of investors: 9 (Unilever Ventures, 645 Ventures, Harlem Capital Partners, New Voices Fund, Kenneth Chenault)

You can find their website here.

5) Tealium

Tealium

Tealium is a customer data orchestration tool provider that aims to solve problems in online search, marketing, and segment targeting.

Details of the startup:

  • Started in: 2008
  • Founders: Ali Behnam, Mike Anderson
  • Industries: Analytics, Data Integration, Developer APIs, Enterprise Software, Marketing
  • Number of employees: 501-1000
  • Funding: $263,900,000
  • Funding rounds: 9
  • Number of investors: 17 (Silver Lake, Battery Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures, Citi Ventures, Bain Capital)

You can find their website here.

6) Biosplice Therapeutics

Biosplice Therapeutics

Biosplice Therapeutics is involved in tissue regeneration research and development.

Details of the startup:

  • Started in: 2008
  • Founders: Osman Kibar
  • Industries: Biotechnology, Health Care, Life Science
  • Number of employees: 51-100
  • Funding: $778,000,000
  • Funding rounds: 5
  • Number of investors: 11 (Sands Capital Ventures, aMoon Fund, Eventide Asset Management, Vickers Venture Partners, Esas Ventures)

You can find their website here.

7) Once Upon a Farm

Once Upon a Farm

Once Upon a Farm produces high-quality, environmentally responsible, and healthy food for kids.

Details of the startup:

  • Started in: 2015
  • Founders: Ari Raz, Cassandra Curtis, Jennifer Garner, John M. Foraker
  • Industries: Baby, Food and Beverage, Health Care, Snack Food
  • Number of employees: 1-10
  • Funding: $33,100,000
  • Funding rounds: 4
  • Number of investors: 5 (S2G Ventures, Cambridge Companies, CAVU Venture Partners, Beechwood Capital, LayJax Ventures)

You can find their website here.

8) AttackIQ

AttackIQ

AttackIQ is a security optimization technology that allows security firms to have a unified threat-informed defense.

Details of the startup:

  • Started in: 2013
  • Founders: Rajesh Sharma, Stephan Chenette
  • Industries: Computer, Cyber Security, Network Security, Security, Software
  • Number of employees: 101-250
  • Funding: $74,586,842
  • Funding rounds: 6
  • Number of investors: 10 (Index Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Salesforce Ventures, Qualcomm Ventures, Telstra Ventures)

You can find their website here.

9) Kyriba

Kyriba

Treasury departments can plan for market volatility, regulation, and opportunities with Kyriba's SaaS-based treasury solutions.

Details of the startup:

  • Started in: 2000
  • Founders: Jean-Luc Robert
  • Industries: Enterprise Software, Finance, Financial Services, FinTech, Payments, Risk Management, SaaS, Software
  • Number of employees: 501-1000
  • Funding: $152,500,000
  • Funding rounds: 11
  • Number of investors: 12 (HSBC, Bpifrance, Mitsubishi UFJ Capital, Upfront Ventures, Commerzbank)

You can find their website here.

10) Kandji

Kandji

Kandji is an Apple device management platform that works with macOS, iOS, iPadOS, and tvOS.

Details of the startup:

  • Started in: 2018
  • Founders: Adam Pettit, Mark Daughters, Wesley Pettit
  • Industries: Information Technology, iOS, Mobile, Software
  • Number of employees: 51-100
  • Funding: $88,375,000
  • Funding rounds: 4
  • Number of investors: 10 (First Round Capital, Felicis Ventures, B Capital Group, SVB Capital, Greycroft)

You can find their website here.

11) Trust & Will

Trust & Will

With an easy, fast, and safe approach to set up your estate plan online, Trust & Will is reinventing the trust and estate planning business.

Details of the startup:

  • Started in: 2017
  • Founders: Brian Lamb, Cody Barbo, Daniel Goldstein
  • Industries: FinTech, Internet, Legal
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding: $23,030,000
  • Funding rounds: 5
  • Number of investors: 23 (Techstars, Tech Coast Angels, Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund, Western Technology Investment, Right Side Capital Management)

You can find their website here.

12) Classy

Classy

Classy is a web and mobile platform that allows socially responsible organizations to generate cash for a variety of causes.

Details of the startup:

  • Started in: 2006
  • Founders: Joe Callahan, Marshall Peden, Pat Walsh, Scot Chisholm
  • Industries: Crowdfunding, Events, Non Profit, Software
  • Number of employees: 251-500
  • Funding: $183,500,000
  • Funding rounds: 6
  • Number of investors: 15 (Salesforce Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners, Bullpen Capital, JMI Equity, Mithril Capital Management)

You can find their website here.

13) Kneron

Kneron

Kneron creates artificial intelligence-based technologies using an application-specific integrated circuit and software.

Details of the startup:

  • Started in: 2015
  • Founders: Albert Liu, Frank Chang
  • Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things, Machine Learning, Robotics, Software
  • Number of employees: 101-250
  • Funding: $90,000,000
  • Funding rounds: 7
  • Number of investors: 12 (Sequoia Capital, Foxconn Technology Group, Qualcomm, Horizons Ventures, CDIB Capital)

You can find their website here.

14) Cue

Cue

Cue allows users to track their health at the molecular level, displaying how activity, food, and sleep interact.

Details of the startup:

  • Started in: 2010
  • Founders: Ayub Khattak, Clint Sever
  • Industries: Health Care, Health Diagnostics, Medical, Medical Device
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding: $664,603,339
  • Funding rounds: 9
  • Number of investors: 28 (Marc Benioff, Foresite Capital, Johnson & Johnson, MaC Venture Capital, U.S. Department of Defense)

You can find their website here.

15) Blooma

Blooma

Blooma is the premier artificial intelligence-powered digital underwriting platform for commercial real estate.

Details of the startup:

  • Started in: 2018
  • Founders: Shayne Skaff, Shayne Skaff
  • Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Commercial Real Estate, FinTech, Software
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding: $20,750,000
  • Funding rounds: 3
  • Number of investors: 8 (Nyca Partners, Abstract Ventures, Floodgate, Canapi Ventures, Serra Ventures)

You can find their website here.

16) Housecall Pro

Housecall Pro

Housecall Pro is a company that creates mobile software that connects back-end business operations with homeowners.

Details of the startup:

  • Started in: 2013
  • Founders: Adam Perry-Pelletier, Chris Zwickilton, Ian Heidt, Reza Olfat, Roland Ligtenberg
  • Industries: Apps, Home Improvement, Home Renovation, Information Technology, Mobile, SaaS, Software
  • Number of employees: 251-500
  • Funding: $50,049,997
  • Funding rounds: 8
  • Number of investors: 10 (General Catalyst, Balderton Capital, August Capital, Headline, Akkadian Ventures)

You can find their website here.

17) Koji

Koji

Koji is the most powerful bio platform in the world, constructing the app store for the Creator Economy.

Details of the startup:

  • Started in: 2016
  • Founders: Dmitry Shapiro, Jonathan Miller, Sean Thielen
  • Industries: App Discovery, Content Creators, Developer Platform, Developer Tools, Social Media
  • Number of employees: 11-50
  • Funding: $16,100,000
  • Funding rounds: 5
  • Number of investors: 32 (Greylock, Galaxy Interactive, BITKRAFT Ventures, Mark Pincus, Moonshots Capital)

You can find their website here.

18) Mercato

Mercato

Mercato is an online food store that connects customers with local businesses.

Details of the startup:

  • Started in: 2015
  • Founders: Bobby Brannigan, Dave Bateman, Edward Politis, Jesse Villanueva, Matthew Alarie, Michael Mason
  • Industries: E-Commerce, Grocery, Marketplace
  • Number of employees: 51-100
  • Funding: $34,700,000
  • Funding rounds: 7
  • Number of investors: 18 (Correlation Ventures, Greycroft, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Team Europe, Velvet Sea Ventures)

You can find their website here.

19) SOCi

SOCi

SOCi is a centralized platform that allows multi-location marketers to communicate with and engage local customers.

Details of the startup:

  • Started in: 2012
  • Founders: Afif Khoury, Alo Sarv, Tony Rindsberg
  • Industries: Advertising, Digital Marketing, Marketing, Social Media, Software
  • Number of employees: 101-250
  • Funding: $117,750,000
  • Funding rounds: 8
  • Number of investors: 18 (Stanford University, JMI Equity, Blossom Street Ventures, Vertical Venture Partners, EvoNexus)

You can find their website here.

20) Cordial

Cordial

The Building Blocks for Customized Customer Experiences

Details of the startup:

  • Started in: 2014
  • Founders: Adam Gillespie, Chris McGreal, David Baker, Jeremy Swift
  • Industries: Email Marketing, Marketing Automation, Mobile, Personalization, SaaS, Software
  • Number of employees: 51-100
  • Funding: $23,550,000
  • Funding rounds: 5
  • Number of investors: 5 (Upfront Ventures, High Alpha, R/GA Ventures, PeakSpan Capital, Ignite Farm)

You can find their website here.

21) BlueNalu

BlueNalu

BlueNalu is a cellular aquaculture startup that aims to meet the world's demand for fresh, sustainable, and compassionate fish.

Details of the startup:

  • Started in: 2017
  • Founders: Chris Dammann, Christopher Somogyi, Lou Cooperhouse
  • Industries: Biotechnology, Food and Beverage
  • Number of employees: 1-10
  • Funding: $84,750,000
  • Funding rounds: 8
  • Number of investors: 24 (OurCrowd, Tech Coast Angels, Clear Current Capital, CPT Capital, Nutreco)

You can find their website here.

22) Lytx

Lytx

Lytx, Inc. is a company that creates video-based driver safety and fleet management software.

Details of the startup:

  • Started in: 1998
  • Founders: Gary Rayner
  • Industries: Corporate Training, Fleet Management, Logistics, Transportation, Video
  • Number of employees: 251-500
  • Funding: $769,000,000
  • Funding rounds: 9
  • Number of investors: 13 (Menlo Ventures, Insight Partners, Tech Coast Angels, Clearlake Capital Group, JMI Equity)

You can find their website here.

23) NetraDyne

NetraDyne

NetraDyne is a software firm that uses computer vision and deep learning technology to solve real-world challenges.

Details of the startup:

  • Started in: 2015
  • Founders: Avneesh Agrawal, David Julian
  • Industries: Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Computer, Internet of Things, Machine Learning, Robotics, Software
  • Number of employees: 101-250
  • Funding: $47,520,546
  • Funding rounds: 3
  • Number of investors: 4 (Reliance Industries, Point72 Ventures, M12, Reliance Industrial Investments and Holdings)

You can find their website here.

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