Tom ntej Billion-Dollar Startups 2022

Nrog kev lag luam poob qis thiab cov tub ua lag luam thev naus laus zis skittish, nws yog lub xyoo nyuaj rau cov tub ntxhais hluas, kev lag luam-rov qab pib. Cov 25 no sawv cev rau cov uas peb xav tias muaj txoj hauv kev zoo tshaj plaws kom ncav cuag tus nqi ntau txhiab daus las.

_{Kho los ntawm Amy Feldman}

_{Cov neeg sau xov xwm: Nina Bambisheva, Igor Bosilkovski, Elisabeth Brier, Kenrick Cai thiab Will Yakowicz}

Flos yog xyoo thib yim ua ke, Forbes koom nrog TrueBridge Capital los tshawb nrhiav lub teb chaws 25 venture-backed startups feem ntau yuav dhau los ua unicorns. Peb cov ntaub ntawv teev tseg tau ua lub hnub qub: Ntawm 175 lub tuam txhab los ua daim ntawv teev npe no nyob rau xyoo, 116 tau dhau los ua unicorns; Lwm 22 tau txais, thiab cuaj mus rau pej xeem ua ntej ntaus lub cim. Tsuas yog tsib imploded lossis kaw. Xyoo no yuav yog qhov nyuaj tshaj plaws, nrog rau kev lag luam poob qis, cov tub lag luam thev naus laus zis skittish thiab qee cov tswv cuab yuav raug txiav vim muaj kev poob haujlwm tseem ceeb. Cov tuam txhab 25 no, nyob rau hauv cov ntawv sau, sawv cev rau cov uas peb xav tias muaj lub sijhawm zoo tshaj plaws los ua cov hnub qub yav tom ntej.

0s Lab

Founders: Amir Bandeali (co-CEO), Will Warren (co-CEO)

Equity tsa: $ 85 lab

Kwv yees 2021 cov nyiaj tau los: $ 5 lab

Lead investor: Greylock Partners, Pantera Capital

Thaum Warren, 33, thiab Bandeali, 31, tau ntsib rau xyoo dhau los, lawv tau sib koom kev ntseeg tias txhua yam ntawm cov nqi, xws li cov khoom muaj nqis xws li fiat currencies, stocks and bonds or digital collections like video game items, yuav nws thiaj li tokenized. Warren hais tias "Peb xav txog yav tom ntej uas muaj ntau txhiab lab ntawm cov cim sib txawv no," Warren hais. Nrog rau lub tswv yim no hauv siab, nws thiab Bandeali pib 0x Labs, uas ua rau cov neeg tsim khoom thiab cov lag luam tsim kev lag luam tshiab rau lawv cov tokens ntawm cov blockchains loj xws li Ethereum thiab Avalanche. Lub tuam txhab San Francisco-based kuj tseem ua haujlwm kev sib pauv hloov pauv (DEX) sib sau ua ke Matcha, lub tshuab tshawb nrhiav cov hom uas pab cov tub lag luam txhim kho cov nqi los ntawm kev qhia tus nqi zoo tshaj plaws thoob plaws ntau qhov kev sib pauv. Lub hli tas los, Matcha tau tuav kwv yees li $ 1 nphom ntawm tag nrho $ 5.2 nphom hauv DEX aggregator trading. Thaum lub Plaub Hlis, 0x koom tes nrog Coinbase, qhov loj tshaj plaws cryptocurrency pauv hauv Teb Chaws Asmeskas, kom muaj zog Coinbase lub khw tshiab rau NFTs.

AtoB

Founders: Harshita Arora, Tushar Misra, Vignan Velivela (CEO)

Equity tsa: $ 100 lab

Kwv yees 2021 cov nyiaj tau los: $ 2 lab

Lead investor: Bloomberg Beta, Elad Gil, General Catalyst

Peb xyoos dhau los, Velivela, 32, uas yav dhau los ua haujlwm ua tus kws tshaj lij neeg hlau ntawm lub tuam txhab tsav tsheb tus kheej Cruise, koom nrog Misra (ex-Uber) thiab Arora (leej twg tau tsim lub cryptocurrency tus nqi taug qab app) los tsim ib qho Uber rau tsheb npav. Tom qab Covid tsoo, lawv tau piv rau kev ua haujlwm ntawm Stripe lossis Square rau kev thauj mus los. Thaum lawv taug kev mus rau cov chaw thauj khoom xws li Stockton, California, txhawm rau paub seb cov tsheb thauj khoom xav tau dab tsi, lawv tau kawm txog cov npav roj uas muab los ntawm Wex thiab Fleetcor thiab xav tias lawv tuaj yeem ua tau zoo dua. Nrog AtoB, lawv tsim lub dashboard qhov twg cov tsheb thauj khoom tuaj yeem pom tus nqi roj, lawv cov nqi roj tiag tiag thiab lwm yam, txhua yam ntawm nws txuas nrog lub nkoj taug qab software. Velivela hais tias "Peb tuaj yeem siv telematics los tiv thaiv kev dag ntxias thiab txhim kho kev siv roj," Velivela hais. Nrog rau daim npav rho nyiaj xoom uas muaj tsib-xees-ib-nkas loos luv nqi tau txais kev sib tw nrog cov tsheb thauj khoom thiab kev tshaj tawm tsis ntev los no ntawm cov khoom lag luam them nyiaj tshiab, cov nyiaj tau los yuav tsum tshaj $ 20 lab xyoo no.

Astera Labs

Founders: Sanjay Gajendra, Jitendra Mohan (CEO), Casey Morrison

Equity tsa: $ 85 lab

Kwv yees 2021 cov nyiaj tau los: $ 35 lab

Lead investor: Avigdor Willenz Group, Fidelity, Sutter Hill

Cov cofounders tau ntsib hauv Texas Instruments qhov chaw uas lawv muaj lub tswv yim rau kev lag luam nti tshiab kom tshem tawm cov fwj dej thoob plaws hauv cov chaw khaws ntaub ntawv. Qhov teeb meem yog tias kev sib txuas tsis ua raws li kev nce qib hauv kev txawj ntse thiab kev kawm tshuab. Gajendra, 48, hais tias "Lub sijhawm ntawd yog lub sijhawm zoo rau peb," "Lub tsheb ciav hlau AI thiab tshuab kev kawm no tau mus nrawm heev." Yog li xyoo 2017, lawv tso lawv txoj haujlwm los pib Santa Clara, California-based Astera los tsim cov kev sib txuas uas tuaj yeem pab khaws cov ntaub ntawv ntws. Nws tsim nws cov chips ntawm huab, ua kom cov txheej txheem ntawd, thiab tau tsim los ntawm TSMC. Txhawm rau kom tau Amazon's AWS raws li cov neeg siv khoom thaum ntxov, cov neeg tsim khoom tau mus rau lawv cov neeg sib cuag thiab qhia rau lawv tias vim li cas lawv thiaj xav tau cov kev daws teeb meem zoo li no rau cov ntaub ntawv-qhov chaw tsis muaj zog. Mohan, 49 xyoos hais tias "Kuv tsis paub tias lawv ntseeg li cas, tab sis yav dhau los peb tau ua tiav txoj haujlwm zoo," Mohan, 100 xyoos hais tias. Cov neeg siv khoom tam sim no tuaj rau peb, thiab hais tias, 'Peb muaj qhov teeb meem no, peb yuav daws nws li cas?'” Nrog cov chaw zov me nyuam loj hlob sai, Astera cov nyiaj tau los yuav tsum ncav cuag $ XNUMX lab xyoo no.

cua

Founders: Michael Grisko, John Resig, Leo Resig (CEO)

Equity tsa: $ 140 lab

Kwv yees 2021 cov nyiaj tau los: $ 25 lab

Lead investor: S3 Ventures, SageView Capital, Valor Equity Partners

Ze li ntawm plaub-xyoo-laus Atmosphere muab dab tsi CEO Leo Resig, 42, piav qhia raws li "suab-xaiv" cov yeeb yaj kiab los ntawm YouTube, Snapchat, Tiktok thiab lwm qhov chaw rau tuav, khw noj mov, kws kho mob chaw ua haujlwm thiab lwm yam lag luam. Resig thiab nws tus tij laug John, 43, tau xub delved mus rau hauv lub ntiaj teb no ntawm streaming nyob rau hauv 2015 thaum lawv nrhiav kom ncav cuag lawv thawj koom ua ke venture-theChive, ib tug Buzzfeed-esque website-los ntawm video ntsiab lus, tsim Chive TV. Pom tau tias lawv tsis tuaj yeem sib tw hauv cov neeg siv khoom coob coob uas muaj cov xov xwm goliaths nrog cov hnab ntim sib sib zog nqus, cov kwv tij tau pib Austin, Texas-based Atmosphere hauv 2018. Pub dawb rau cov chaw, cov kev pabcuam tau txhawb nqa los ntawm cov nyiaj tau los ntawm cov neeg siv khoom xws li Jack Daniel's, DraftKings. , tsoom fwv cov koom haum thiab lub xeev rho npe. Atmosphere tam sim no ntws hauv ntau dua 30,000 qhov chaw thoob ntiaj teb, ntes 35 lab tus qhua tshwj xeeb hauv ib hlis.

Boulevard

Founders: Matt Danna (CEO), Sean Stavropoulos

Equity tsa: $ 130 lab

Kwv yees 2021 cov nyiaj tau los: $ 16 lab

Lead investor: Bonfire Ventures, Index Ventures, Point72, Toba Peev

Tom qab tos ntev heev kom txiav plaub hau thiab tsis nco qab hu mus txog thaum tsaus ntuj, Stavropoulos, 35, xav paub vim li cas thiaj li tau txais kev teem caij plaub hau tsis yooj yim li xaj pizza. Danna, 34 xyoos hais tias, "Peb tsuas yog hais lus ntau txhiab xyoo," "Vim li cas qhov no tsis yooj yim?" Tsis ntev, ob leeg tau mus rau qhov rooj mus xam phaj cov tswv tsev hauv Santa Monica, California. Lawv tawm lawv txoj haujlwm ntawm kev sib raug zoo cov ntsiab lus ruaj khov Fullscreen thiab pib Boulevard hauv 2016 raws li qhov yooj yim booking platform. Niaj hnub no, Los Angeles-based tuam txhab, uas ua haujlwm nyob rau hauv tag nrho 50 lub xeev, pab ntau tshaj 2,000 salons, spas thiab nail salons. Nws cov neeg siv khoom loj tshaj plaws yog lub khw muag khoom loj tshaj plaws. Thaum lub tuam txhab pib nrog booking, hnub no nws tau txais feem ntau ntawm nws cov nyiaj tau los ntawm kev tuav nyiaj. Boulevard txawm muab cov neeg siv khoom nws tus kheej lub thawv nyiaj uas tuaj yeem zaum ntawm lub rooj rau pem hauv ntej los tswj kev lag luam. Stavropoulos hais tias "Nws ua tau zoo heev thiab nws muab rau peb tswj," Stavropoulos hais. "Qhov ntawd tau dhau los ua peb cov nyiaj tau los zoo tshaj plaws thiab noj qab nyob zoo."

Celona

Founders: Vinay Anneboina, Ravi Mulam, Rajeev Shah (CEO), Mehmet Yavuz

Equity tsa: $ 100 lab

Kwv yees 2021 cov nyiaj tau los: $ 3 lab

Lead investor: DigitalBridge Group, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Norwest Venture Partners, NTT Venture Capital, Qualcomm Ventures

Ntawm 2018 Mobile World Congress hauv Barcelona, ​​Shah tau nthuav tawm cov ntawv thesis rau cov neeg siv khoom muaj peev xwm hais txog yuav ua li cas cov tuam txhab xav tau kev sib txuas wireless zoo dua los txhawb lawv cov automation thiab digital transformation. Plaub xyoos tom qab, Celona, ​​lub npe hu ua khoom plig rau lub nroog Barcelona, ​​muab cov thev naus laus zis uas pab cov tuam txhab siv, khiav lag luam thiab koom ua ke 5G cellular technology nrog lawv cov IT infrastructure. Shah, 15, uas yav dhau los ua haujlwm ua tus thawj coj ntawm Federated Wireless hais tias "Peb tab tom taug kev ntawm kev ua cov xov tooj ntawm tes kom nkag mus tau rau cov lag luam raws li WiFi tau dhau 20 txog 44 xyoo dhau los," Lub tuam txhab Cupertino, California, uas suav Verizon thiab Google ua cov neeg siv khoom, cia siab tias cov nyiaj tau los rau peb lub xyoo no.

CloudTrucks

Founders: Tobenna Arodiogbu (CEO), George Ezenna, Jin Shieh

Equity tsa: $ 142 lab

Kwv yees 2021 cov nyiaj tau los: $ 4 lab

Lead investor: Caffeinated Capital, Craft Ventures, Tiger Ntiaj Teb

Nigerian neeg tsiv teb tsaws chaw Arodiogbu, 31, cofounded CloudTrucks tom qab muag tus kheej tsav tsheb pib Scotty Labs rau DoorDash hauv 2019. Thaum lwm qhov kev pib ua haujlwm tsom mus rau digital freight, CloudTrucks, nyob hauv San Francisco, pab cov tsheb thauj khoom, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog cov tswv lag luam me, tswj kev ua haujlwm. Piv txwv li, nws muaj kev pov hwm ntawm tus nqi qis dua li ib- lossis ob-tus txiv neej lub tsheb thauj khoom tuaj yeem tau txais. "Peb tsis yog pab lawv ntawm kev lag luam," Arodiogbu hais. "Peb pab lawv tsim cov nyiaj tau los ntau dua, txhim kho cov nyiaj tau los, txo cov nqi thiab ua raws li kev ua raws, uas nyuaj rau niaj hnub no." Nrog 3.4 lab tus neeg tsav tsheb thauj khoom hauv Asmeskas, Arodiogbu, uas tau ua tus thawj coj khoom ntawm HR tuam txhab Zenefits ua ntej nws poob rau xyoo 2015 thiab ntawm lub tuam txhab kev lag luam thev naus laus zis Opendoor hauv 2016, muaj cov phiaj xwm loj dua, suav nrog cov cuab yeej xws li tsis muaj nqi. credit card rau cov neeg tsav tsheb. "Peb tau nqis peev ntau hauv software thiab cov ntaub ntawv tshawb fawb los pab lawv," nws hais.

Cowbell Cyber

Founders: Trent Cooksley, Rajeev Gupta, Jack Kudale (CEO), Prab Reddy

Equity tsa: $ 123 lab

Kwv yees 2021 cov nyiaj tau los: $ 20 lab

Lead investor: Anthemis Group, Brewer Lane Ventures, Manchester Story Group

CEO Kudale, uas yav dhau los yog tus thawj coj ua haujlwm ntawm lub tuam txhab huab-kev nyab xeeb, tau siv sijhawm 100 hnub ntawm kev pib ua haujlwm nrawm hauv Des Moines, Iowa, ua haujlwm rau kev tshaj tawm nws lub khw muag khoom pov hwm cyber. Founded hauv Lub Ib Hlis 2019, Cowbell, nyob hauv Pleasanton, California, siv cov kev txawj ntse txawj ntse los txheeb xyuas cov kev pheej hmoo thiab tau kos npe rau ntau dua 18,000 cov lag luam me thiab nruab nrab ua tus tuav txoj cai. Kudale, tus neeg nyiam tua npua hauv av, tau xaiv lub npe Cowbell rau nws siv rau kev nyiam qhov chaw nyob ntawm ib pab tsiaj thaum nws txav ntawm ib qho mus rau lwm qhov. Nws hais tias "Cowbell yog qhov kev pheej hmoo nrhiav pom lossis ceeb toom ntxov," nws hais. "Cybersecurity teb yuav tsum mus dhau qhov kev teb thiab rov qab los."

Domino Data Lab

Founders: Nick Elprin (CEO), Chris Yang, Matthew Granade

Equity tsa: $ 228 lab

Kwv yees 2021 cov nyiaj tau los: $ 50 lab

Lead investor: Coatue, Great Hill Partners, Highland Capital Partners, Sequoia Capital, Zetta Venture Partners

Elprin, 38, pib Domino Data Lab nrog ob tug npoj yaig los ntawm billionaire Ray Dalio's Bridgewater Associates. Tom qab ua haujlwm nrog lub ntiaj teb cov tuam txhab loj tshaj plaws ntawm cov peev nyiaj hedge, trio tsim Domino nrog tib cov neeg siv khoom hauv siab. San Francisco-based startup cia siab tias yuav mus loj los ntawm kev ntxias cov tuam txhab loj los them rau nws cov khoom lag luam raws li kev siv nyiaj ntau dua li siv cov peev txheej los tsim lawv tus kheej cov ntaub ntawv kev tshawb fawb. Piv txwv li, Bayer thiab Lockheed Martin, tam sim no muaj ntau pua tus kws tshawb fawb cov ntaub ntawv uas siv Domino txhawm rau txhawm rau tshawb nrhiav thiab kev txhim kho AI qauv. Ntawm Bayer, Domino's software tau pab pawg ua liaj ua teb txhawm rau txheeb xyuas seb yuav ua li cas nce cov noob qoob loo rau cov neeg ua liaj ua teb, thaum nyob hauv Johnson & Johnson, nws tau pab kom cov kws tshawb fawb muaj peev xwm nrhiav cov qog nqaij hlav cancer hauv kev tshawb fawb. Lub caj npab venture ntawm huab loj heev Snowflake tsis ntev los no tau nqis peev hauv kev pib ua haujlwm cuaj xyoo.

EquityBee

Founders: Oren Barzilai (CEO), Oded Golan, Mody Radashkovich

Equity tsa: $ 87 lab

Kwv yees 2021 cov nyiaj tau los: $ 5 lab

Lead investor: Pawg 11

Israeli neeg tsiv teb tsaws chaw Barzilai, 38, launched ob lub tuam txhab nyob rau hauv nws 20s. Zoo li ntau tus tsim, nws tau muab nws cov neeg ua haujlwm ncaj ncees raws li ib feem ntawm lawv cov nyiaj them poob haujlwm, tab sis pom tias tsawg tus tau siv lawv cov kev xaiv. Ntau tshaj 55% ntawm cov kev xaiv pib ua lag luam mus tsis ua haujlwm, tawm ntawm $ 33 nphom rau ntawm lub rooj, nws hais. Nws hais tias "Cov neeg ua haujlwm pib thaum ntxov muaj txiaj ntsig zoo heev thiab ntau yam uas yuav tsum muaj nyiaj txiag niaj hnub no tsis yog," nws hais. "Kev ncaj ncees yuav tsum muaj kev ncaj ncees." Rau nws txoj cai thib peb, Barzilai thiab cov phooj ywg Golan thiab Radashkovich pib EquityBee hauv 2018 los pab cov neeg ua haujlwm nkag siab txog lawv cov kev xaiv thiab nyiaj ntsuab los ntawm kev sib txuas nrog cov neeg ua lag luam raug lees paub. Cov neeg ua haujlwm tau txais nyiaj tam sim ntawd rau lawv lub tuam txhab ntiag tug-kev ncaj ncees thiab zam kev pheej hmoo ntawm kev qiv nyiaj hauv kev cia siab tias lawv qhov kev pib yuav mus rau pej xeem lossis tau txais. Cov neeg ua lag luam them tus nqi luv nqi raws li kev ntsuas yav dhau los thiab tau txais ib feem pua ​​​​ntawm cov nqi yav tom ntej ntawm cov neeg ua haujlwm cov khoom lag luam, uas yog tuav los ntawm EquityBee hauv cov peev nyiaj. Raws li EquityBee, nws tau txais 5% tus nqi los ntawm tus muag khoom thiab tau txais cov paj laum thaum cov tuam txhab muag lossis mus rau pej xeem. Txog tam sim no nws tau pab ntau txhiab tus neeg ua haujlwm ntawm ntau dua 100 qhov kev pib ua haujlwm thiab thov kom tau minted ntau lab tus neeg tshiab.

FirstBase

Founders: Trey Bastian, Chris Herd (CEO)

Equity tsa: $ 65 lab

Kwv yees 2021 cov nyiaj tau los: $ 5 lab

Lead investor: Alpaca VC, Andreessen Horowitz, Kleiner Perkins

Thaum ib zaug ib tus kws ncaws pob ncaws pob Herd, 32, sim tsim lub tuam txhab fintech hauv nws haiv neeg Scotland, nws tsis tuaj yeem tau txais cov neeg ua haujlwm hloov chaw. Hauv 2019, nws pivoted, pib FirstBase los tswj cov cuab yeej siv rau cov neeg ua haujlwm nyob deb. FirstBase automates kev yuav khoom, teeb tsa thiab xa rov qab ntawm cov khoom siv xws li laptops, rooj thiab rooj zaum los txhawb kev lag luam nyob deb. Nws hais tias "Kev ua haujlwm nyob deb ua rau muaj kev ywj pheej rau cov txuj ci thiab muaj lub neej zoo dua," nws hais. Thaum ntxov, Herd muag bitcoin los pab nyiaj rau kev lag luam thiab nyob hauv 24-chav hostel hauv London los ua lag luam. Niaj hnub no lub tuam txhab ua haujlwm ntau dua 100 tus neeg siv khoom, uas them nyiaj nruab nrab ntawm $ 12 ib hlis ib tus neeg ua haujlwm rau nws cov software.

Tug ciav

Founders: Jeremy Cai, Keith Ryu, Sean Behr (CEO)

Equity tsa: $ 225 lab

Kwv yees 2021 cov nyiaj tau los: $ 40 lab

Lead investor: B Capital, DCM Ventures, Keeb Kwm Ventures, SoftBank, Uncork Capital

Fountain pab cov lag luam suav nrog Deliveroo, Stitch Fix thiab Sweetgreen nrhiav cov neeg ua haujlwm ib teev. Yuav kom ua tau li ntawd, lub tuam txhab San Francisco tau tso siab rau cov txheej txheem neeg hlau automation. Nws txhawb cov neeg thov nrog cov ntawv uas pib nrog cov hauv paus ("Koj puas muaj hnub nyoog tshaj 18 xyoo?") txhawm rau nrhiav cov neeg uas phim txoj haujlwm thiab ua rau lawv koom nrog, tom qab ntawd muab cov neeg sib tw ntawm qhov chaw sib tham. Cai thiab Ryu, uas yog 25 thiab 30, tau pib lub tuam txhab hauv 2014. Ob xyoos dhau los, lawv tau coj los ntawm Behr, uas yav dhau los tau tsim lub nkoj tswj kev pib Stratim, ua CEO los pab lub tuam txhab nthuav dav.

Instawork

Founders: Sumir Meghani (CEO), Saureen Shah

Equity tsa: $ 100 lab

Kwv yees 2021 cov nyiaj tau los: $ 100 lab

Lead investor: Benchmark, Craft Ventures, Spark Capital

Ntau tshaj 70 lab tus tib neeg ua haujlwm ib teev ua haujlwm xws li tshuab ntxhua khaub ncaws, ua noj, cov neeg ua haujlwm forklift thiab lwm yam. Meghani, 41, uas yav dhau los tswj hwm pab pawg muag khoom ntawm 150 ntawm Groupon, nrhiav tau Instawork, nyob hauv San Francisco, xyoo 2015 kom phim cov neeg ua haujlwm no (nws muaj 2 lab hauv nws qhov system) nrog qhib txoj haujlwm siv nws tus kheej algorithm. Cov neeg thov haujlwm tau txais kev nkag mus dawb, thaum cov neeg siv khoom (nrog rau cov chaw ntau pob ntawm New York Yankees thiab Mets) them ntau feem pua ​​​​nyob ntawm hom haujlwm. "Kuv siv sijhawm ntau los xav txog qhov LinkedIn rau cov neeg ua haujlwm ib teev yuav zoo li cas," Meghani hais. Nws tau sim ua ntej pib lub tuam txhab uas tsim kev kawm ua si, tab sis cov noob ntawm lub tswv yim rau Instawork tuaj thaum tham nrog tus tswv ntawm lub tsev noj mov Italian hauv San Francisco lub North Beach cov zej zog txog qhov nyuaj npaum li cas los ntiav cov tshuab ntxuav tais diav. Instawork them nws cov neeg ua haujlwm tso rau qhov nruab nrab ib teev ntawm $ 19.68 nyob rau lub Rau Hli; lawv tuaj yeem xaiv tau txais cov nyiaj ntawm daim debit card yuav luag tam sim tom qab clocking tawm ntawm kev ua haujlwm. Txawm hais tias kev lag luam yuav tsum poob rau hauv kev lag luam poob qis, Meghani cov nuj nqis Instawork yuav txuas ntxiv ua haujlwm zoo nrog cov neeg ua haujlwm nrog cov tuam txhab uas yuav tsis xav tau cov neeg ua haujlwm tas mus li.

Txheeb

Founders: Giorgos Zacharia, Snejina Zacharia (CEO), Tod Kiryazov

Equity tsa: $ 128 lab

Kwv yees 2021 cov nyiaj tau los: $ 40 lab

Lead investor: MassMutual Ventures, Motive Insurtech, Nationwide Ventures, Rationalwave, Viola FinTech

Xyoo 2012, Snejina Zacharia, tom qab ntawd tus tub ntxhais kawm MBA ntawm MIT, tau muaj tsheb sib tsoo uas ua rau nws cov nqi pov hwm tau nce siab. Nws tshawb hauv online rau ntau tshaj peb teev thiab hu rau cov neeg sawv cev thiab cov neeg nqa khoom ncaj qha. Tom qab ua tiav tib daim ntawv ntau zaus, nws kawm tau tias nws tuaj yeem txo nws cov nqi them tsuas yog los ntawm tripling nws qhov kev txiav tawm. Zacharia, 45, ib haiv neeg ntawm Bulgaria uas tuaj rau Tebchaws Meskas xyoo 2003 hais tias "Kev tuav pov hwm kev lag luam nyuaj, nws tau tawg, tib neeg tsis muaj txoj hauv kev yooj yim los tshawb nrhiav txhua tus neeg nqa khoom hauv ib qho chaw," hais tias Zacharia, 48, ib txwm nyob hauv Bulgaria uas tuaj rau Asmeskas xyoo 37. Yog li nws pib Insurify los pab cov neeg siv khoom. los tshawb nrhiav, sib piv, yuav thiab tswj lawv lub tsheb, tsev thiab kev tuav pov hwm lub neej tag nrho hauv ib qho chaw. Nws koom nrog lub tuam txhab nrog nws tus txiv, Giorgos Zacharia, 160, ib txwm nyob hauv Cyprus uas tam sim no yog tus thawj tswj hwm ntawm Kayak mus ncig, thiab Kiryazov, XNUMX, tus thawj coj ntawm cov tswv yim digital ntawm Northeastern University. Niaj hnub no, Cambridge, Massachusetts, tuam txhab muaj XNUMX tus neeg ua haujlwm, ze li ib feem peb ntawm Pakistan thiab nws lub nroog Sofia. Zacharia hais tias kev vam meej tsis tuaj yeem yooj yim: "Nws nyuaj dua thaum koj yog neeg txawv teb chaws, thiab nyuaj dua ob zaug thaum koj yog poj niam tus tsim."

Kev tuav pov hwm Kin

Founders: Sean Harper (CEO), Lucas Ward

Equity tsa: $ 227 lab

Kwv yees 2021 cov nyiaj tau los: $ 30 lab

Cov tub ua lag luam: 500 Startups, Lub Yim Hli Peev, Kev Lag Luam Kev Lag Luam, Flourish, Hudson Structured Capital, Senator Investment Group, QED Investors

Kin Insurance siv tshuab kev kawm kom muaj kev pov hwm tsev zoo dua, pheej yig dua. Nws sau cov duab saum toj saud los ntawm kev ua cov duab algorithm, thiab txheeb xyuas cov ntaub ntawv zoo li ntau qhov kev pabcuam sau npe los nrog kev txiav txim siab ntawm lub xeev ntawm lub tsev kom tau txais kev pov hwm. Vim tias cov tuam txhab tuav pov hwm ib txwm tsis tau txais cov ntaub ntawv zoo los ntawm kev nug cov tswv thiab cov neeg sawv cev cov lus nug txog kev tsim vaj tsev, lawv "nqi siab heev rau cov tsev uas tsis tshua muaj kev pheej hmoo thiab nqi qis heev rau cov tsev uas pheej hmoo dua," Harper, 42, uas yav dhau los ua haujlwm. tus kws tshaj lij kev tswj hwm nrog Boston Consulting. Lub tuam txhab Chicago-based cia siab tias yuav tau them nyiaj ntau dua ob npaug rau xyoo no rau $ 250 lab.

Yuav tsaws

Founders: Bill Smith (CEO)

Equity tsa: $ 237 lab

Kwv yees 2021 cov nyiaj tau los: $ 83 lab

Lead investor: Delta-v Capital, Foundry Group, Greycroft

Smith, 36, tau muag nws cov tswv cuab-raws li kev pabcuam khoom noj khoom haus hauv online Nkoj rau Lub Hom Phiaj rau $ 550 lab hauv 2018. Tam sim no nws tau rov qab nrog Landing, lwm tus tswvcuab network-qhov no rau cov chav tsev nrog hloov pauv hloov pauv. (Saib zaj dab neeg.)

LeafLink

Founders: Zach Silverman, Ryan Smith (CEO)

Equity tsa: $ 131 lab

Kwv yees 2021 cov nyiaj tau los: $ 28 lab

Lead investor: Founders Fund, L2, Lerer Hippeau, Nosara Capital, Thrive

Hauv xyoo 2016, Smith, 31, thiab Silverman, 38, pom tau tias lawv tuaj yeem hloov pauv cov lag luam wholesale cannabis kev cai lij choj nrog software. Txog thaum ntawd, kev lag luam tau vam khom rau cov laus-tsev kawm ntawv daisy saw xov tooj, kev sib ntsib thiab hnab nyiaj. Niaj hnub no, New York City-based LeafLink lub khw muag khoom lag luam pab 8,300 lub khw muag khoom thoob plaws 30 lub xeev yuav cov khoom lag luam cannabis online los ntawm 3,400 hom. Lub tuam txhab kuj tau tshaj tawm cov khoom lag luam them nyiaj los txo cov nyiaj ntsuab pauv hauv $ 25 nphom kev lag luam raug cai, uas txwv tsis pub nkag mus rau hauv tuam txhab nyiaj ua tsaug rau tsoomfwv txwv tsis pub siv tshuaj maj.

LinkSquares

Founders: Chris Combs, Vishal Sunak (CEO)

Equity tsa: $ 162 lab

Kwv yees 2021 cov nyiaj tau los: $ 11 lab

Lead investor: G Squared, Hyperplane, Jump Capital, Sorenson Capital

Sunak, 38, thiab Combs, 39, nrhiav tau LinkSquares hauv 2015 los muab AI-tsav software los pab cov lag luam tswj lawv cov ntawv cog lus. Lawv tau tawm tsam nrog qhov teeb meem ntawd tom qab lawv tus tswv haujlwm yav dhau los raug muag, thiab lub tuam txhab cov tswv tshiab nrhiav cov ntaub ntawv hais txog cov ntawv cog lus uas tau ua tiav. Sunak hais tias "Cov ntawv cog lus tsis tau taug qab thiab txhua tus tau sib txawv," Sunak hais. “Chris thiab kuv tau xa email rau ntau pua cov lus ntuas kev lag luam thiab pom tias qhov teeb meem tsis txawv rau peb. Peb pom tias kev tswj xyuas daim ntawv cog lus feem ntau yog qhov mob hnyav heev, phau ntawv qhia, lub sijhawm nqus ntawm qhov teeb meem. " Sunak, tus kws tshaj lij los ntawm kev lag luam, siv sijhawm ib xyoos thiab ib nrab tsim cov software ua ntej kos npe rau nws thawj tus neeg siv khoom. Tam sim no nws tau siv ntau dua 600 lub tuam txhab suav nrog Fitbit, Wayfair thiab TGI Fridays, uas them ntawm $ 20,000 thiab $ 500,000 rau software.

Niaj hnub Tsiaj

Founders: David Bowman, Steven Eidelman (CEO), Ben Jacobs

Equity tsa: $ 150 lab

Kwv yees 2021 cov nyiaj tau los: $ 5 lab

Lead investor: Founders Fund, True Ventures

Yav tas los tus kws pab tswv yim Bain Eidelman, 37, tau tsim nws thawj lub tuam txhab Whistle-tus tsiaj taug qab cov cuab yeej lag luam-hauv 2012. Plaub xyoos tom qab ntawd nws tau txais los ntawm Mars Petcare rau tus nqi tsis tau tshaj tawm, thiab Eidelman tau los ua tus lag luam nyob hauv Mars, siv nyiaj ntau heev. ntawm lub sijhawm hauv nws cov chaw kho tsiaj tsiaj Banfield thiab VCA. Nws tau hais tias "Pom yuav ua li cas dhau los ntawm cov chaw kho mob no tau ua rau kuv xav tsim kev saib xyuas tsiaj rau lub xyoo pua 21st," nws hais. Nrog Bowman, 35, thiab Jacobs, 39, Eidelman teeb tsa cov tswv cuab-tsuas yog kev pabcuam Niaj hnub nimno Tsiaj hauv 2019. Nws muaj plaub qhov chaw hauv Los Angeles, xya ntxiv ntawm txoj kev hauv LA thiab San Francisco thiab lub xov tooj ntawm tes uas cov neeg siv khoom tuaj yeem teeb tsa. Kev teem sijhawm ntawm tus kheej lossis tau txais kev saib xyuas virtual 24/7. Nws muaj 20,000 tus tswv cuab (uas tam sim no them $ 129 ib xyoos los koom) thiab cov npe tos ntau txhiab ntxiv.

Tshiab

Founders: Tyler McIntyre, Michael Rangel (CEO)

Equity tsa: $ 136 lab

Kwv yees 2021 cov nyiaj tau los: $ 8 lab

Lead investor: Crosslink Capital, Kab laug sab, Valar Ventures

Qhov no Miami-based fintech tsom tshwj xeeb rau cov lag luam me, muab lawv yooj yim, pheej yig hauv tuam txhab nyiaj uas tsis suav nrog cov nqi them txhua hli lossis qhov tsawg kawg nkaus, cov nyiaj rov qab rau txhua tus nqi ATM, mobile apps thiab tshwj xeeb perks. Tsis yog lub txhab nyiaj nws tus kheej, nws koom tes nrog Middlesex Tsoom Fwv Teb Chaws Txuag Nyiaj. Rangel, 35, tus tub ntawm Cuban cov neeg tsiv teb tsaws chaw uas loj hlob hauv Miami, tsim Novo hauv 2016. Nws tau kos npe ntau dua 100,000 cov neeg siv khoom txij li thaum. Xyoo tas los, lub tuam txhab - uas tseem nyob rau hauv Forbes Fintech 50 - ua tiav ib ncig ntawm $ 5 nphom ntawm tag nrho cov kev lag luam.

Ocrolus

Founders: Peter Bobley, Sam Bobley (CEO), John Guerci, Victoria Meakin

Equity tsa: $ 127 lab

Kwv yees 2021 cov nyiaj tau los: $ 27 lab

Lead investor: Bullpen Capital, Fin Capital, Laconia, Oak HC/FT

Ocrolus siv automation los txheeb xyuas cov ntaub ntawv nyiaj txiag. Nws tuaj yeem faib lawv yooj yim, ntes cov ntaub ntawv tseem ceeb, tshawb xyuas kev dag ntxias thiab cais cov nyiaj ntsuab ntws. Dab tsi ua rau Ocrolus, nrhiav tau nyob rau hauv 2014, txawv yog hais tias nws combines automation nrog ntau tshaj 700 human data verifiers los daws kom tau zoo tswj. Bobley, 30, hais tias kev sib koom ua ke ntawm software nrog tib neeg kev tswj hwm zoo tso cai rau Ocrolus los tswj cov ntaub ntawv uas cov ntaub ntawv tsis nyob hauv tib qhov chaw txhua lub sijhawm thiab qhov twg cov duab zoo tsis zoo, xws li faxes thiab scans. Lub tuam txhab hauv New York City suav nrog PayPal, SoFit thiab Plaid ntawm nws cov neeg siv khoom.

Nplaim paj

Founders: Jack Arenas, David Ehrich, Andrew Endicott, Jason Gross (CEO), Berk Ustun

Equity tsa: $ 240 lab

Kwv yees 2021 cov nyiaj tau los: $ 26 lab

Lead investor: Brooklyn Choj Ventures, Tarsadia Investments, Valar Ventures

Siv tshuab kev kawm los txheeb xyuas kev lag luam hauv txhab nyiaj, Petal muab cov npav rho nyiaj rau cov neeg uas yav tas los yuav tsis tsim nyog. Nws muaj ob daim npav tsis them nqi ib xyoos ib zaug - ib qho rau cov neeg muaj kev ncaj ncees lossis tsis zoo thiab lwm qhov rau cov uas nyias lossis tsis muaj credit - uas muab nqi zog raws sijhawm nrog nyiaj rov qab pib ntawm 1%. "Cov qhab nias ib txwm tsuas yog saib cov nuj nqis," said Gross, 35. "Petal xaiv los saib kev siv nyiaj thiab cov duab ntawm tib neeg lub neej nyiaj txiag nrog rau cov nyiaj tau los, cov nqi thiab kev txuag nyiaj." Txij li thaum nws pib xyoo 2017, lub tuam txhab hauv New York City tau tshaj tawm ntau dua 270,000 daim npav. Ntau tshaj 40% ntawm cov kev pom zoo los ntawm Petal xyoo tas los tau raug tsis lees paub qhov credit, raws li Gross. Lub tuam txhab yuav tsis nthuav tawm cov nqi ua ntej.

R-Xoom

Founders: Ben Boyer, Eli Harris, Grant Morgan (CEO)

Equity tsa: $ 170 lab

Kwv yees 2021 cov nyiaj tau los: $ 13 lab

Lead investor: CDPQ, DBL Partners, World Innovation Lab

Lub trio tau tsim R-Zero thaum lub Plaub Hlis 2020 hauv kev siv zog siv tshuaj tua kab mob ultraviolet kom qeeb kis ntawm Covid-19. Pab los ntawm tus thawj kws tshawb fawb Richard Wade, uas tau ua haujlwm hauv thaj chaw huab cua thiab kev noj qab haus huv ntawm pej xeem txij li xyoo 1975, R-Zero tsim cov khoom siv hluav taws xob pheej yig UV-raws li tshuaj tua kab mob, software thiab sensors uas ntsuas qee yam kev pheej hmoo rau huab cua zoo thiab lub dashboard los muab kev tshuaj ntsuam xyuas. . Nws tus nqi qis, dhau los, ua rau nws muag rau cov tsev kawm ntawv, tsev noj mov, tsev so thiab kev lag luam. Niaj hnub no, lub tuam txhab, nyob hauv Salt Lake City, vam tias yuav siv nws cov thev naus laus zis los hloov pauv cov neeg xav li cas txog huab cua sab hauv tsev ntev ntev tom qab tus kabmob kis tau zoo dua los ntawm kev pom. "Kuv xav tias peb tuaj yeem tawm ntawm Covid thiab tsim kom muaj kev nyab xeeb, noj qab nyob zoo ib txwm muaj," hais tias Morgan, 33, uas yav dhau los yog tus lwm thawj ntawm engineering ntawm kev pib iCracked thiab ua haujlwm ntawm stent kev txhim kho ntawm Abbott. R-Zero cov nyiaj tau los yog nyob rau hauv txoj kev mus rau peb npaug rau xyoo no.

Secureframe

Founders: Shrav Mehta (CEO), Natasja Nielsen

Equity tsa: $ 78 lab

Kwv yees 2021 cov nyiaj tau los: $ 6 lab

Lead investor: Accomplice Ventures, Base10 Partners, Gradient Ventures, Kleiner Perkins

CEO Mehta, uas tau tsim ntau dua 15 apps raws li ib tug hluas, cofounded Secureframe thaum muaj hnub nyoog 23 xyoos tom qab ntsib kev qeeb thaum sim ua kom dhau qhov kev tshuaj xyuas kev nyab xeeb thiab ntawv pov thawj rau nws tus tswv haujlwm yav dhau los. "Kuv xav tias tej zaum peb tuaj yeem ua qhov no los ntawm ob peb txoj kev sib txawv," hais tias Mehta, thawj tiam neeg Indian uas muaj bachelor's hauv computer science los ntawm University of California, Santa Cruz. Niaj hnub no, San Francisco-based tuam txhab muab kev ruaj ntseg thiab ua raws cov kev pabcuam automation uas koom nrog lub tuam txhab cov peev txheej tib neeg, IT systems thiab kev pabcuam huab.

Kev hais sib haum

Founders: Aleksander Koenig (CEO)

Equity tsa: $ 82 lab

Kwv yees 2021 cov nyiaj tau los: $ 14 lab

Lead investor: Founders Fund, Kleiner Perkins, Ribbit Capital, SciFi Ventures

Settle, lub hauv paus hauv paus hauv San Francisco, yog lub tuam txhab kev tswj hwm nyiaj txiag uas feem ntau pab cov lag luam me me uas muag khoom noj khoom haus, rooj tog zaum thiab lwm yam khoom. Nws qhov sib txawv loj, Koenig hais tias, yog tias nws muaj nws tus kheej ua haujlwm peev kom cov neeg siv khoom tuaj yeem xaiv them cov khoom xws li cov khoom muag thiab kev lag luam nrog lawv tus kheej cov nyiaj lossis nrog Settle's, tom qab ntawd them Settle rov qab thaum lawv tsim cov nyiaj tau los. Koenig, 36, ib tug neeg tsiv teb tsaws chaw Polish thiab Johns Hopkins grad, ua haujlwm ua tus thawj coj ntawm credit rau fintech Affirm mus txog rau 2019. "Kev sib tw nrog ib yam dab tsi uas muaj ntau tus neeg siv khoom thiab muaj zog network cuam tshuam, koj tsis tuaj yeem tsim qee yam zoo dua, koj muaj los tsim ib yam dab tsi 10x zoo dua, ”nws hais.