The 30 Best Industries in Tech If You Want to Exit Right Now

Global tech exits are increasing across the board, but which specific industries have seen the most growth in exits? We used CB Insights data to identify the tech industries seeing the biggest uptick in exits.

• Health & Wellness
• Data Storage & Security
• Customer Relationship Management
• Travel
• Application & Data Integration
• Accounting & Finance
• HR & Workforce Management
• Supply Chain & Logistics
• Food & Grocery

The full list of the top 30 Industries for Exit Growth

Notable Exits: Everyday Health, MapMyFitness

Select Top Acquirers: Practice Fusion

Exit Growth (2011-2012 vs 2013-2014): 181%

Median Time Between First Funding and Exit: 3 years

Notable Exits: Nimble Storage, Fusion-io, MANDIANT

Select Top Acquirers: j2 Global, SilverSky, The Herjavec Group

Exit Growth (2011-2012 vs 2013-2014): 166%

Median Time Between First Funding and Exit: 6 years

Notable Exits: Zendesk, RelateIQ, Five9

Select Top Acquirers: Salesforce, Oracle, Groupon

Exit Growth (2011-2012 vs 2013-2014): 148%

Median Time Between First Funding and Exit: 3 years

Notable Exits: HomeAway, Kayak Software,Trivago

Select Top Acquirers: Tripadvisor, HomeAway, Concur

Exit Growth (2011-2012 vs 2013-2014): 106%

Median Time Between First Funding and Exit: 2 years

Notable Exits: iGware, ServiceMesh, Mashery

Select Top Acquirers: Google, Twitter, Intel

Exit Growth (2011-2012 vs 2013-2014): 100%

Median Time Between First Funding and Exit: 2 years

Notable Exits: OnDeck Capital, Check, Sterci

Select Top Acquirers: Intuit, Bottomline Technologies

Exit Growth (2011-2012 vs 2013-2014): 100%

Median Time Between First Funding and Exit: 6 years

Notable Exits: Workday, Paylocity, Paycom

Select Top Acquirers: Yahoo, Monster, Kronos

Exit Growth (2011-2012 vs 2013-2014): 100%

Median Time Between First Funding and Exit: 3 years

Notable Exits: Fleetmatics, ShipStation, Integrated Export Systems

Select Top Acquirers: Descartes Systems Group, Stamps.com, Rakuten

Exit Growth (2011-2012 vs 2013-2014): 95%

Median Time Between First Funding and Exit: 6 years

Notable Exits: Just-Eat, Grubhub Seamless, Pizza.de

Select Top Acquirers: Foodpanda, Delivery Hero, Just-Eat

Exit Growth (2011-2012 vs 2013-2014): 92%

Median Time Between First Funding and Exit: 2.5 years

Top 30 Tech Industries for Exit Growth

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