Getting to a billion dollar valuation in the private markets isn’t as hard as it used to be. The 2015 tech IPO pipeline has many companies who’ve already crossed this threshold, and globally, 2014 saw 38 tech companies enter the billion dollar valuation club for the first time.
Here they are in alphabetical order:
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Actifio |
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| Actifio is radically simple copy data management. | |
| Valuation: $1.1B | |
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Total Funding : $208M |
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Select Investors : Greylock Partners, A16Z, Technology Crossover Ventures, Tiger Global |
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Time between first funding and billion dollar valuation : 4.5 Years |
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Competitors : Tintri, SimpliVity, Zerto |
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AdYen |
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| Adyen provides an internet payment system for international merchants. | |
| Valuation: $1.5B | |
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Total Funding : $266M |
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Select Investors : Felicis Ventures, Index Ventures, General Atlantic |
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Time between first funding and billion dollar valuation : 0.5 Years |
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Competitors : Stripe, Paypal, Square |
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AppDynamics |
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| AppDynamics is a provider of Software-as-Service (SaaS) and on-premise application performance management for modern application architectures in both the cloud and the data center. | |
| Valuation: $1B | |
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Total Funding : $157M |
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Select Investors : KPCB, Battery Ventures, Greylock Partners |
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Time between first funding and billion dollar valuation : 6.5 Years |
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Competitors : New Relic, Stackify, Datadog |
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AppNexus |
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| AppNexus is a New York City-based company that provides a platform specializing in real-time online advertising. | |
| Valuation: $1.2B | |
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Total Funding : $225M |
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Select Investors : First Round Capital, Venrock, Khosla Ventures, Technology Crossover Ventures |
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Time between first funding and billion dollar valuation : 7 Years |
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Competitors : MediaMath, DataXu, OpenX Software |
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Atlassian |
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| Atlassian products help innovators everywhere plan, build and launch great software. | |
| Valuation: $3.3B | |
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Total Funding : $60M |
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Select Investors : Accel Partners, T. Rowe Price |
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Time between first funding and billion dollar valuation : 3.5 Years |
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Competitors : Slack, Basecamp |
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Avito |
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| Avito.ru is an online classifieds service in Russia, which makes communication between buyers and sellers, allowing users to give away the things that have become unnecessary in the house while earning money. | |
| Valuation: $1.8B | |
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Total Funding : $168M |
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Select Investors : Accel Partners, Northzone Ventures, Naspers |
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Time between first funding and billion dollar valuation : 3.5 Years |
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Competitors : Craigslist, Slando.ru |
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Cloudera |
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| Cloudera is revolutionizing enterprise data management by offering the first unified Platform for Big Data, an enterprise data hub built on Apache Hadoop™. | |
| Valuation: $4.1B | |
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Total Funding : $1B |
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Select Investors : Accel Partners, Google Ventures, In-Q-Tel, Intel, T. Rowe Price |
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Time between first funding and billion dollar valuation : 5 Years |
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Competitors : Hortonworks, DataStax, MapR Technologies |
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Coupang |
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| Coupang is a collective buying service that features exclusive daily deals from Korea. | |
| Valuation: $2B | |
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Total Funding : $442M |
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Select Investors : Sequoia Capital, Founder Collective, BlackRock |
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Time between first funding and billion dollar valuation : 3.5 Years |
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Competitors : Livingsocial, Groupon, JingDong |
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Credit Karma |
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| Credit Karma is a consumer finance and technology company that provides more than 20 million consumers with free access to their credit scores, free monitoring of their credit and financial accounts, and more. | |
| Valuation: $1B | |
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Total Funding : $194M |
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Select Investors : Tiger Global Management, Google Capital, Founders Fund |
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Time between first funding and billion dollar valuation : 5 Years |
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Competitors : Credit.com, Credit Sesame, Quizzle |
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Delivery Hero |
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| Delivery Hero, along with its sister company Lieferheld, is a worldwide network of online food ordering sites. | |
| Valuation: $1B | |
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Total Funding : $657M |
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Select Investors : Insight Venture Partners, Kite Ventures, Point Nine Capital |
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Time between first funding and billion dollar valuation : 4 Years |
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Competitors : FoodPanda, Seamless, iFood |
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DocuSign |
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| DocuSign is The Global Standard for Digital Transaction Management. | |
| Valuation: $1.6B | |
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Total Funding : $233M |
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Select Investors : KPCB, Ignition Partners, Accel Partners, Google Ventures |
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Time between first funding and billion dollar valuation : 10 Years |
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Competitors : Silanis Technology, Adobe |
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Eventbrite |
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| Eventbrite, a San Francisco-based company, is a provider of online event management and ticketing services. Eventbrite enables people all over the world to plan, promote, and sell out any event. | |
| Valuation: $1B | |
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Total Funding : $168M |
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Select Investors : Sequoia Capital, DAG Ventures, SoftTech VC |
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Time between first funding and billion dollar valuation : 6 Years |
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Competitors : Ticketfly, Ticketmaster, Eventbee |
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Good Technology |
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| Good Technology, formerly Visto, transforms enterprises by mobilizing employees through secure, collaborative workflows. | |
| Valuation: $1B | |
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Total Funding : $570M |
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Select Investors : Draper Fisher Jurvetson, NEA, Oak Investment Partners |
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Time between first funding and billion dollar valuation : 15 Years |
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Competitors : AirWatch, MobileIron |
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HootSuite |
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| HootSuite provides a social media management system equipped to serve Enterprise business and individual power users. | |
| Valuation: $1B | |
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Total Funding : $227M |
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Select Investors : Accel Partners, Insight Venture Partners, Hearst Ventures |
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Time between first funding and billion dollar valuation : 5 Years |
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Competitors : Credit.com, Credit Sesame, Quizzle |
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Houzz |
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| Houzz is an online platform for home remodeling and design, providing people with everything they need to improve homes from start to finish. | |
| Valuation: $2.3B | |
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Total Funding : $214M |
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Select Investors : NEA, Sequoia Capital, KPCB, GGV Capital |
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Time between first funding and billion dollar valuation : 4 Years |
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Competitors : Porch, Pro.com |
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InsideSales |
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| InsideSales.com offers cloud-based sales acceleration technology powered by predictive analytics and machine learning. | |
| Valuation: $1B | |
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Total Funding : $139M |
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Select Investors : KPCB, US Venture Partners, Venrock |
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Time between first funding and billion dollar valuation : 1.5 Years |
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Competitors : Velocify, Aktana |
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Instacart |
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| Instacart develops a mobile app that allows users to shop for groceries directly from a phone and have it delivered to their door within an hour | |
| Valuation: $2B | |
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Total Funding : $265M |
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Select Investors : KPCB, A16Z, Khosla Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Y Combinator |
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Time between first funding and billion dollar valuation : 1.5 Years |
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Competitors : Good Eggs, Postmates, Fresh Direct |
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ironSource |
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| ironSource is a platform for software discovery, distribution, delivery and monetization. | |
| Valuation: $1.5B | |
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Total Funding : $165M |
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Select Investors : Carmel Ventures |
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Time between first funding and billion dollar valuation : N/A |
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Competitors : N/A |
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Jasper Technologies |
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| Jasper aka Jasper Technologies and formerly known as Jasper Wireless is a provider in cloud-based platforms for the Internet of Things (IoT) and the defining player in the Service IT category. | |
| Valuation: $1B | |
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Total Funding : $208M |
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Select Investors : Sequoia Capital, Benchmark Capital, DAG Ventures |
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Time between first funding and billion dollar valuation : 7.5 Years |
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Competitors : Ericsson, Arrayent, People Power |
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JustFab |
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| JustFab, formerly Just Fabulous, is a subscription-based, fashion retail and styling platform. | |
| Valuation: $1B | |
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Total Funding : $300M |
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Select Investors : Matrix Partners, Technology Crossover Ventures, Rho Ventures |
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Time between first funding and billion dollar valuation : 3 Years |
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Competitors : Fab.com, BeachMint |
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Kabam |
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| Kabam is a developer in massively multiplayer online and mobile games. | |
| Valuation: $1B | |
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Total Funding : $166M |
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Select Investors : Alibaba Group, Google Ventures, Redpoint Ventures |
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Time between first funding and billion dollar valuation : 7 Years |
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Competitors : Supercell, King, Bigfish Games |
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Lazada |
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| Lazada is a Southeast Asia-focused ecommerce retailer offering a convenient, safe and fast shopping experience | |
| Valuation: $1.25B | |
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Total Funding : $763M |
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Select Investors : Temasek Holdings, Summit Partners, Rocket Internet |
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Time between first funding and billion dollar valuation : 3 Years |
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Competitors : Dianping, Nuomi, LaShou Group |
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Lookout |
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| Lookout is a San Francisco-based mobile security company. It provides security to both private and business mobile devices. | |
| Valuation: $1B+ | |
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Total Funding : $281M |
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Select Investors : A16Z, Greylock Partners, Index Ventures, Accel Partners, Khosla Ventures |
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Time between first funding and billion dollar valuation : 4.5 Years |
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Competitors : Bitglass, RiskIQ |
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Magic Leap |
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| Magic Leap is a developer of novel human computing interfaces and software. | |
| Valuation: $2B | |
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Total Funding : $592M |
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Select Investors : KPCB, A16Z, Google, Qualcomm Ventures |
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Time between first funding and billion dollar valuation : 0.5 Years |
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Competitors : Oculus VR, Atheer, Meta |
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Meituan |
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| Meituan is a China-based group discount platform. | |
| Valuation: $5B | |
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Total Funding : $1B |
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Select Investors : Sequoia Capital China, General Atlantic, Alibaba Group |
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Time between first funding and billion dollar valuation : 5 Years |
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Competitors : Dianping, Nuomi, LaShou Group |
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Mogujie |
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| Mogujie is a Pinterest-like social commerce site. | |
| Valuation: $1B | |
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Total Funding : $220M+ |
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Select Investors : QiMing Venture Partners, IDG Capital Partners, Banyan Capital |
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Time between first funding and billion dollar valuation : 2.5 Years |
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Competitors : Pinterest, Taobao, Meilishuo |
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Nutanix |
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| Nutanix delivers web-scale IT infrastructure to medium and large enterprises with its software-driven Virtual Computing Platform. | |
| Valuation: $2B | |
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Total Funding : $318M |
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Select Investors : Lightspeed Venture Partners, Battery Ventures, Khosla Ventures |
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Time between first funding and billion dollar valuation : 3.5 Years |
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Competitors : Nimble Storage, DataGravity, SimpliVity |
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OLACabs |
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| ANI Technologies runs a marketplace for cabs and car rental services under the brand Ola. | |
| Valuation: $1B | |
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Total Funding : $284M |
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Select Investors : Sequoia Capital India, Matrix Partners India, Softbank Corp. |
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Time between first funding and billion dollar valuation : 3.5 Years |
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Competitors : Uber, Meru Cabs, TaxiForSure |
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Powa Technologies |
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| Powa Technologies provides a two-tier solution for maximizing online sales for clients. | |
| Valuation: $2.7B | |
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Total Funding : $178M |
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Select Investors : Wellington Management |
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Time between first funding and billion dollar valuation : 1 Year |
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Competitors : Paypal, Square, Amazon |
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Pluralsight |
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| Pluralsight is a global provider in online learning for professional software developers, IT specialists and creative technologists. | |
| Valuation: $1B | |
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Total Funding : $199M |
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Select Investors : Insight Venture Partners, Iconiq Capital, Sorenson Capital |
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Time between first funding and billion dollar valuation : 1.5 Years |
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Competitors : lynda.com, Udemy, Udacity |
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Qualtrics |
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| Qualtrics is a software-as-a-service company and the provider of an insight platform. Enterprises worldwide rely on Qualtrics technology. | |
| Valuation: $1B | |
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Total Funding : $220M |
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Select Investors : Sequoia Capital, Accel Partners, Insight Venture Partners |
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Time between first funding and billion dollar valuation : 2.5 Years |
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Competitors : SurveyMonkey, QuestionPro |
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Razer |
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| Razer is a privately held computer peripherals manufacturer specializing in products specifically marketed to gamers. | |
| Valuation: $1B | |
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Total Funding : $50M+ |
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Select Investors : Intel Capital, Accel Partners |
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Time between first funding and billion dollar valuation : 3 Years |
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Competitors : Toshiba, Asus, Dell |
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Slack Technologies |
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| Slack Technologies, formerly Tiny Speck, offers a team communication platform in one place that is instantly searchable and available wherever. | |
| Valuation: $1.12B | |
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Total Funding : $190M |
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Select Investors : Google Ventures, Accel Partners, A16Z, KPCB |
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Time between first funding and billion dollar valuation : 4.5 Years |
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Competitors : Atlassian, Basecamp |
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Snapdeal |
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| Snapdeal, operated by Jasper Infotech, is an India-based daily deal site featuring a wide range of products and services from thousands of national, international and regional brands. | |
| Valuation: $2B | |
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Total Funding : $1B |
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Select Investors : Bessemer Venture Partners, Kalaari Capital, Intel Capital |
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Time between first funding and billion dollar valuation : 3.5 Years |
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Competitors : Flipkart, Amazon, Myntra.com |
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Stripe |
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| Stripe is an online-payment system company that gives online merchants the ability to accept credit card payments | |
| Valuation: $3.5B | |
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Total Funding : $190M |
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Select Investors : Founders Fund, Sequoia Capital, Khosla Ventures, Y Combinator |
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Time between first funding and billion dollar valuation : 4 Years |
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Competitors : Paypal, Adyen, Braintree |
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TangoMe |
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| Tango is a free mobile messaging service with 200 million members. | |
| Valuation: $1.1B | |
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Total Funding : $365M |
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Select Investors : Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Qualcomm Ventures, TransLink Capital |
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Time between first funding and billion dollar valuation : 3.5 Years |
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Competitors : Whatsapp, Kik, Skype |
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Unity Technologies |
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| Unity Technologies is revolutionizing the game industry with Unity, its breakthrough development platform for creating games and interactive 3D and 2D experiences | |
| Valuation: $1B-$2B | |
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Total Funding : $17.5m+ |
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Select Investors : Sequoia Capital, WestSummit Capital |
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Time between first funding and billion dollar valuation : 5 Years |
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Competitors : Epic Games, Crytek |
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Yello Mobile |
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| Yello Mobile is an umbrella company that acquires mobile startups in order create a mobile platform company that services consumers across a wide range of industry verticals in the mobile space. | |
| Valuation: $1B | |
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Total Funding : $100M |
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Select Investors : Formation 8 |
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Time between first funding and billion dollar valuation : N/A |
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*Debt and grant rounds were not included in this analysis. Companies that raised and subsequently exited were not included.
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