1) Universal Music Group Universal Music Group is a global music publishing, recording, and merchandising company.
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Started in: 1934 Founders: David Gould Industries: Media and Entertainment, Music, Publishing Number of employees: 10001+ Funding amount: $45,368,869,030 Number of funding rounds: 3 Number of investors: 3 You can find their website here .
2) Bird Bird creates a vehicle sharing network that offers low-cost transportation to communities all around the world.
Details of the startup:
Started in: 2017 Founders: Travis VanderZanden Industries: Electric Vehicle, Mobile, Mobile Apps, Ride Sharing, Transportation Number of employees: 501-1000 Funding amount: $623,000,000 Number of funding rounds: 9 Number of investors: 32 You can find their website here .
3) Headspace Headspace is a digital health platform that offers mindfulness training and guided meditation sessions.
Details of the startup:
Started in: 2010 Founders: Andy Puddicombe, Richard Pierson Industries: Health Care, Mobile Apps, Training, Wellness Number of employees: 251-500 Funding amount: $215,853,477 Number of funding rounds: 10 Number of investors: 24 You can find their website here .
4) ReCharge E-commerce companies can use ReCharge's subscription management software.
Details of the startup:
Started in: 2014 Founders: Michael Flynn, Oisin O'Connor Industries: Billing, E-Commerce, Mobile Payments, Software Number of employees: 251-500 Funding amount: $277,000,000 Number of funding rounds: 2 Number of investors: 3 You can find their website here .
5) Songtradr Songradr is an online marketplace for music licensing for films, television shows, advertisements, apps, and other forms of media.
Details of the startup:
Started in: 2014 Founders: Paul Wiltshire Industries: Digital Entertainment, Digital Media, Marketplace, Music, Music Streaming Number of employees: 101-250 Funding amount: $101,240,000 Number of funding rounds: 9 Number of investors: 9 You can find their website here .
6) Happy Returns Leading online and omni-channel businesses and their consumers benefit from Happy Returns' comprehensive return solutions.
Details of the startup:
Started in: 2015 Founders: David Sobie, Mark Geller Industries: Customer Service, E-Commerce, Retail Technology Number of employees: 51-100 Funding amount: $25,020,000 Number of funding rounds: 5 Number of investors: 8 You can find their website here .
7) Beachbody Beachbody has created and is selling at-home fitness and weight-loss programs.
Details of the startup:
Started in: 1998 Founders: Carl Daikeler, Jonathan Congdon Industries: Fitness, Health Care, Wellness Number of employees: 501-1000 Funding amount: $8,500,000 Number of funding rounds: 1 You can find their website here .
8) MomentFeed MomentFeed is a technology that helps multi-location brands optimize for proximity search so that customers can engage with them.
Details of the startup:
Started in: 2010 Founders: Rob Reed Industries: Advertising, Analytics, Digital Media, Local, Local Business, Mobile Advertising, SaaS, Social Media Marketing Number of employees: 101-250 Funding amount: $27,537,305 Number of funding rounds: 5 Number of investors: 17 You can find their website here .
9) Tala Tala is a financial services-focused mobile technology and data science firm based in emerging markets.
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Started in: 2011 Founders: Shivani Siroya Industries: Analytics, Big Data, Credit, Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology, Mobile, Software Number of employees: 501-1000 Funding amount: $204,439,706 Number of funding rounds: 9 Number of investors: 30 You can find their website here .
10) StarNews Mobile StarNews Mobile is a mobile video network that allows celebrities and brands in Africa to monetize their fan communities.
Details of the startup:
Started in: 2017 Founders: Guy Kamgaing Industries: Content Delivery Network, Mobile, Video Number of employees: 11-50 Funding amount: $2,400,000 Number of funding rounds: 2 Number of investors: 2 You can find their website here .
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11) Formative Formative is an ed-tech firm that provides a platform for real-time evaluation.
Details of the startup:
Started in: 2013 Founders: Craig Jones, Kevin McFarland Industries: Big Data, EdTech, Education, Software Number of employees: 11-50 Funding amount: $76,573,239 Number of funding rounds: 3 Number of investors: 5 You can find their website here .
12) Dollar Shave Club DSC is a lifestyle brand and e-commerce company that sends consumers razors and other personal grooming supplies via mail.
Details of the startup:
Started in: 2012 Founders: Mark Levine, Michael Ryan Dubin Industries: E-Commerce, Internet, Retail Number of employees: 251-500 Funding amount: $163,500,000 Number of funding rounds: 7 Number of investors: 27 You can find their website here .
13) Pray.com Pray.com is the most popular app for daily prayer and faith-based audio.
Details of the startup:
Started in: 2016 Founders: Matthew Potter, Michael Lynn, Ryan Beck, Steve Gatena Industries: Communities, Private Social Networking, Religion Number of employees: 11-50 Funding amount: $16,000,000 Number of funding rounds: 2 Number of investors: 8 You can find their website here .
14) Verishop Verishop is a high-end lifestyle brand that specializes in fashion, cosmetics, home, and more.
Details of the startup:
Started in: 2018 Founders: Cate Khan, Imran Khan, Jay Le Industries: Consumer Goods, E-Commerce, Internet, Lifestyle Number of employees: 51-100 Funding amount: $30,000,000 Number of funding rounds: 5 Number of investors: 11 You can find their website here .
15) PatientPop PatientPop is the only complete practice growth solution for healthcare practitioners that want to survive in the digital age.
Details of the startup:
Started in: 2014 Founders: Luke Kervin, Travis Schneider Industries: Digital Marketing, Health Care, Internet, SaaS Number of employees: 251-500 Funding amount: $125,000,000 Number of funding rounds: 5 Number of investors: 8 You can find their website here .
16) Liquid Death Liquid Death is made entirely of mountain water from the Australian Alps and offered in environmentally friendly cans.
Details of the startup:
Started in: 2017 Founders: Jon-Ryan Riggins, Mike Cessario Industries: Manufacturing, Product Design Number of employees: 51-100 Funding amount: $48,600,000 Number of funding rounds: 4 Number of investors: 19 You can find their website here .
17) Prima Prima is a purpose-driven, best-in-class holistic wellness brand that elevates hemp-based CBD and functionally creative botanicals.
Details of the startup:
Started in: 2018 Founders: Christopher Gavigan, Jessica Assaf, Laurel Angelica Myers Industries: Cannabis Number of employees: 1-10 Funding amount: $12,475,000 Number of funding rounds: 2 Number of investors: 10 You can find their website here .
18) RED 6 ATARS is a system developed by RED 6 that allows real pilots in real planes to fly and visually maneuver against any synthetically generated enemy in real time.
Details of the startup:
Started in: 2018 Founders: Nick Bicanic Industries: Augmented Reality Number of employees: 11-50 Funding amount: $40,850,000 Number of funding rounds: 5 Number of investors: 10 You can find their website here .
19) Beautycounter Beautycounter is a cosmetics company that sells its goods through affiliate networks and online.
Details of the startup:
Started in: 2013 Founders: Gregg Renfrew Industries: Beauty, Consumer Goods, Cosmetics, E-Commerce, Health Care Number of employees: 1001-5000 Funding amount: $93,939,417 Number of funding rounds: 5 Number of investors: 4 You can find their website here .
20) Happs Happs is a real-time news portal that broadcasts breaking news from around the world.
Details of the startup:
Started in: 2019 Founders: Drew Shepard, Mark Goldman Industries: News, Social Media, Social News Number of employees: 11-50 Funding amount: $4,700,000 Number of funding rounds: 2 Number of investors: 10 You can find their website here .
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21) Tradesy In the United States, Tradesy is the most popular peer-to-peer luxury apparel resale website.
Details of the startup:
Started in: 2012 Founders: John Hall, Sash Catanzarite, Tracy DiNunzio Industries: E-Commerce, Fashion, Internet, Marketplace, Retail Number of employees: 101-250 Funding amount: $133,728,830 Number of funding rounds: 7 Number of investors: 15 You can find their website here .
22) Pathmatics Pathmatics is a marketing tool that allows brands, competitors, and entire industries visibility into their digital ad success.
Details of the startup:
Started in: 2010 Founders: Gabe Gottlieb, Seth Demsey, Tom Lorimor Industries: Advertising, Advertising Platforms, Analytics, Marketing Automation Number of employees: 51-100 Funding amount: $7,700,000 Number of funding rounds: 4 Number of investors: 14 You can find their website here .
23) TigerConnect TigerConnect is a collaborative platform for healthcare that improves clinical operations and systems.
Details of the startup:
Started in: 2010 Founders: Andrew Brooks M.D., Brad Brooks Industries: Compliance, Enterprise, Health Care, Messaging, mHealth, Privacy, Text Analytics Number of employees: 101-250 Funding amount: $100,400,000 Number of funding rounds: 6 Number of investors: 17 You can find their website here .
24) AirMap AirMap is a platform for unmanned aircraft that provides airspace services.
Details of the startup:
Started in: 2014 Founders: Ben Marcus, Gregory McNeal Industries: Aerospace, Autonomous Vehicles, Big Data, Drones, Navigation, Robotics Number of employees: 101-250 Funding amount: $78,657,664 Number of funding rounds: 7 Number of investors: 22 You can find their website here .
25) Swell Energy Swell is a domestic energy storage developer and aggregator based in California.
Details of the startup:
Started in: 2014 Founders: Andrew Meyer, Matthew Rising, Suleman Khan Industries: Energy, Renewable Energy Number of employees: 51-100 Funding amount: $462,000,000 Number of funding rounds: 4 Number of investors: 5 You can find their website here .
26) Quantgene Liquid Biopsy, Genomics, A.I., Cancer Diagnostics
Details of the startup:
Started in: 2016 Founders: Dr. Monika Hagen, Johannes Bhakdi Industries: Bioinformatics, Genetics, Health Care, Health Diagnostics Number of employees: 51-100 Funding amount: $20,734,143 Number of funding rounds: 4 You can find their website here .
27) Ring Ring is an outdoor home security company that offers a variety of preventative security doorbells and cameras to homes.
Details of the startup:
Started in: 2012 Founders: James Siminoff Industries: Consumer Electronics, Security, Smart Home Number of employees: 1001-5000 Funding amount: $203,700,000 Number of funding rounds: 5 Number of investors: 23 You can find their website here .
28) Provivi Provivi creates biopesticides for use in agriculture, commercial pest control, domestic pest control, and public health pest control.
Details of the startup:
Started in: 2013 Founders: Frances Arnold, Pedro Coelho, Peter Meinhold Industries: Agriculture, Biotechnology, Chemical Number of employees: 11-50 Funding amount: $169,971,104 Number of funding rounds: 6 Number of investors: 10 You can find their website here .
29) The Black Tux The Black Tux is a company that rents tuxedos and suits.
Details of the startup:
Started in: 2012 Founders: Andrew Blackmon, Mike Gammarino, Patrick Coyne Industries: Fashion, Internet, Rental Number of employees: 101-250 Funding amount: $67,600,000 Number of funding rounds: 4 Number of investors: 13 You can find their website here .
30) Edmunds Edmunds is a consumer review website that provides consumers with new and used automobile research, shopping, and buying features.
Details of the startup:
Started in: 1966 Founders: Ludwig Arons Industries: Automotive, Online Portals, Shopping Number of employees: 501-1000 Funding amount: $50,000,000 Number of funding rounds: 1 Number of investors: 1 You can find their website here .