உலகின் மிகவும் அதிக மதிப்புடைய 15 ஸ்டார்ட் அப் நிறுவனங்கள்
உலகம் முழுவதும் தொழில்முனைவின் எண்ணம் அதிகரித்து வருகிறது. ஸ்டார்ட் அப் (startups) நிறுவனங்கள் அதிக அளவில் தொடங்கப்பட்டு வருகின்றன. ஸ்டார்ட் அப் நிறுவனங்களின் மதிப்பு $ 1 பில்லியன் டாலர் என்ற மதிப்பை கடக்கும்போது, அவர்களால் மிகப்பெரிய வெற்றியாக கருதப்படுகிறது. அடுத்த ஸ்டார்ட் அப் நிறுவனங்களின் இலக்கு $ 5 பில்லியன் டாலர் மதிப்பை மிஞ்சுவதில்தான் இருக்கும்.
உலகின் மிகவும் அதிக மதிப்புடைய 15 ஸ்டார்ட் அப் நிறுவனங்கள் (The most valuable Startups in the world)
#15 Spotify : $ 8.5 billion
Valuation : $ 8.5 billion (April 2015)
தொழில் : Spotify நிறுவனம் இசை, பாடல், podcast, video ஆகியவற்றை வழங்கும் இணையத்தளத்தை கொண்டுள்ளது.
CEO : Daniel Ek (co-founder)
Founded : 2006
Total funding : $ 1 billion
Competitors: Apple, Google, Pandora
முக்கியமான முதலீட்டாளர்கள் : BAbu Dhabi Investment Council, Accel Partners, Baillie Gifford, Coca-Cola, Creandum, D.E. Shaw, Digital Sky Technologies, Discovery Capital Management
#14 Theranos : $ 9 billion
Valuation : $ 9 billion
தொழில் : Theranos அமெரிக்காவைச் சேர்ந்த சுகாதார தொழில்நுட்ப (health technology) மற்றும் மருத்துவ ஆய்வக-சேவைகள் நிறுவனம்.
CEO : Elizabeth Holmes (founder)
Founded : 2003
Total funding : $ 750 million
Location: Palo Alto, Calif.
Competitors: Quest Diagnostics, Laboratory Corporation of America
முக்கியமான முதலீட்டாளர்கள் : ATA Ventures, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Sand Hill Finance, Tako Ventures
#13 Lufax : $ 9.6 billion
Valuation : $ 9.6 billion (March 2015)
தொழில் : Lufax is an online marketplace for trading of financial assets in China. Online peer-to-peer lending platform.
CEO : Gregory Gibb
Founded : 2011
Total funding : $ 488 million
Location: Shanghai, China
Competitors: CreditEase, PPMoney
Investors : CDH Investments, China International Capital, Shenzhen Ping An Innovation Capital Investment, Zheng He Capital Management
#12 Dropbox : $ 10 billion
Valuation : $ 10 billion (January 2014)
தொழில் : Dropbox is a file hosting service. That offers cloud storage, personal cloud, file synchronization and client software.
CEO : Drew Houston (co-founder)
Founded : 2007
Total funding : $ 607 million
Location: San Francisco, California
Competitors: Amazon.com, Apple, Box, Google, Microsoft
Investors : Accel Partners, Benchmark Capital, Y Combinator, Goldman Sachs Group, BlackRock Private Equity Partners, Glynn Capital Management, Morgan Stanley Investment Management, Greylock Partners, Institutional Venture Partners, RIT Capital Partners PLC, Salesforce.com, Sequoia Capital, T. Rowe Price Group, Valiant Capital Partners, Index Ventures.
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#11 Pinterest : $ 11 billion
Valuation : $ 11 billion (February 2015)
தொழில் : Pinterest operates a photo sharing web and mobile appilication. A content sharing service that allows members to “pin” images, videos and other objects to their pinboard. Also includes standard social networking features.
CEO : Ben Silbermann (co-founder)
Founded : 2008
Total funding : $ 1.3 billion
Location: San Francisco, California
Competitors: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter
Investors : Andreesen Horowitz, Bessemer Venture Partners, FirstMark Capital, Fidelity Growth Partners Europe, Goldman Sachs, Pequot Ventures, Rakuten, SV Angel, Valiant Capital Management, Wellington Management Co.
#10 SpaceX : $ 12 billion
Valuation : $ 12 billion (January 2015)
தொழில் : SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft.
CEO : Elon Musk (founder)
Founded : 2002
Total funding : $ 1.1 billion
Location: Hawthorne, California
Competitors: Boeing, Lockheed Martin, France’s Arianespace
Investors : Capricorn Capital Partners, Google, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Valor Equity Partners, Fidelity Investments, Founders Fund.
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#9 Flipkart : $ 15 billion
Valuation : $ 15 billion (April 2015)
தொழில் : Flipkart is Ecommerce company. Online shopping for products like mobiles, electronics, appliances, lifestyle, clothing, deals, coupons on products & etc,.
CEO : Binny Bansal (co-founder)
Founded : 2007
Total funding : $ 3 billion
Location: Bangalore, India
Competitors: Amazon, Snapdeal.com, Ebay
Investors : Accel Partners, Adveq Management, Ballie Gifford, Dragoneer Investment, DST Global, Tiger Global Management, GIC Private, Greenoaks Capital, Helion Venture Partners, Morgan Stanley Private Equity, Iconiq Capital, IDG Ventures India Advisors, Naspers, New Enterprise Associates, Qatar Investment Authority, Sofina, Steadview Capital, T. Rowe Price, TR Capital, Vulcan Capital
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#8 WeWork : $ 16 billion
Valuation : $ 16 billion(March 2016)
தொழில் : WeWork provides shared workspace, community, and services for entrepreneurs, freelancers, startups and small businesses.
CEO : Adam Neumann (co-founder)
Founded : 2010
Total Equity funding : $ 1.4 billion
Location: New York
Competitors: Regus
Investors : Aleph, J.P. Morgan Chase, Harvard Management, Benchmark, Commonfund, Fidelity Management, Goldman Sachs, , Hony Capital, Jefferies Group, Legend Holdings, Rhone Group, T. Rowe Price, Wellington Management
#7 Snapchat : $ 16 billion
Valuation : $ 16 billion (May 2016)
தொழில் : Snapchat is an image messaging and multimedia mobile application.
CEO : Evan Spiegel (co-founder)
Founded : 2012
Total Equity funding : $ 2.4 billion
Location: Venice, California
Competitors: Facebook, Kik, Tango, WhatsApp
Investors : Alibaba, Benchmark, Coatue Management, Dragoneer Investment Group, Fidelity Investments, General Catalyst Partners, Glade Brook Capital Partners, Institutional Venture Partners, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Meritech Capital Partners, Sequoia Capital, Spark Capital, SV Angel, Tencent Holdings, Yahoo, York Capital Management
#6 Meituan-Dianping : $ 18.3 billion
Valuation : $ 18.3 billion (January 2016)
தொழில் : Meituan-Dianping offers deals of the day by selling vouchers on local services and entertainment. China’s largest group deals site. Meituan-Dianping joint company was formed last October when competitors Meituan and Dianping announced a merger.
CEO : Wang Xing
Founded : 2010
Total Equity funding : $ 3.3 billion
Location: Beijing, China
Competitors: Baidu’s Nuomi, Alibaba Group Holding’s Koubei, Lashou
Investors : Google Ventures, Xiaomi, Baillie Gifford, Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board, DST Global, Fosun Group, Qiming Venture Partners, Fountainvest Partners, Sequoia Capital China, General Atlantic, Ignition Partners, Lightspeed China Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Northern Light Venture Capital, Temasek Holdings, Tencent Holdings, Trust Bridge Partners, Wanda Group, Walden International.
#5 Palantir Technologies : $ 20.1 billion
Valuation : $ 20 billion (Dec 2015)
தொழில் : Palantir is a private American software and services company, specializing in big data analysis.
CEO : Alexander Karp (co-founder)
Founded : 2004
Total Equity funding : $ 1.9 billion
Location: Palo Alto, California
Competitors: Centrifuge Systems, SynerScope, IBM
Investors : Fluke Venture Partners, Founders Fund, Glynn Capital Management, In-Q-Tel, Point72 Asset Management, Tiger Global Management, Ulu Ventures, Youniversity Ventures
#4 Didi Chuxing : $ 25 billion
Valuation : $ 25 billion (June 2016)
தொழில் : Didi Chuxing provides vehicles and taxis for hire in China via smartphone applications. Didi Dache and Kuaidi Dache, China’s two largest taxi-hailing applications, agreed to merge in February.
CEO : Wei Cheng (founder)
Founded : 2012
Total Equity funding : $ 8.5 billion
Location: Beijing, China
Competitors: Uber Technologies
Investors : Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., Ameba Capital, Apple Inc., Capital International Private Equity, China Investment Corp., Citic Private Equity, Coatue Management, DST Global, Farallon Capital Management, GGV Capital, GSR Ventures, Matrix Management, Ping An Ventures, Softbank, Temasek Holdings, Tencent Holdings, Tiger Global Management, Weibo
#3 Airbnb : $ 30 billion
Valuation : $ 30 billion (June 2016)
தொழில் : Airbnb is an online marketplace that enables people to list, find, and rent vacation homes for a processing fee. It has over 1,500,000 listings in 34,000 cities and 200 countries.
CEO : Brian Chesky (co-founder)
Founded : 2008
Total Equity funding : $ 8.5 billion
Location: San Francisco, California
Competitors: HomeAway, Orbitz, Diamond Resorts, Wimdu
Investors : Y Combinator, Andreessen Horowitz, Axel Springer, Baillie Gifford, China Broadband Capital, Sequoia Capital, DST Group, Dragoneer Investment, ENIAC Ventures, Tiger Global Management, Fidelity Investments, Founders Fund, General Atlantic, GGV Capital, Greylock Partners, Hillhouse Capital Group, Horizon Ventures, General Catalyst Partners, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Temasek Holdings, TPG Growth, T. Rowe Price, Wellington Management, Youniversity Ventures
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#2 Xiaomi : $ 45 billion
Valuation : $ 45 billion (Apr 2015)
தொழில் : Xiaomi is a privately owned Chinese electronics company. It is the world’s 5th largest smartphone maker in 2015 and was countable for almost 5% of the smartphone global market share. Xiaomi designs, develops, and sells smartphones, mobile apps, and related consumer electronics.
CEO : Jun Lei (co-founder)
Founded : 2010
Total Equity funding : $ 1.4 billion
Location:Beijing, China
Competitors: Lenovo Group, Huawei Technologies
Investors : IDG Capital Partners, All-Stars Investment, Digital Sky Technologies, Qualcomm Ventures, GIC Private, Hopu Investments Management, Management, Morningside Group (Holdings), Qiming Venture Partners, Temasek Holdings, Yunfeng Capital Management
#1 Uber : $ 68 billion
Valuation : $ 68 billion
தொழில் : Uber நிறுவனம் டாக்ஸியை பதிவு செய்யகூடிய அப்ளிகேசனை கொண்டு செயல்படும் நிறுவனமாகும். பயணிகளை டாக்ஸி ஓட்டுனருடன் இணைகிறது. Uber நிறுவனம் பயணத்திற்கான கட்டணங்களை நிர்ணயிக்கிறது.
CEO : Travis Kalanick
Founded : 2009
Total funding : $12.9 billion
முக்கியமான முதலீட்டாளர்கள் : Benchmark Capital, Menlo Ventures, Google Ventures, KPCB
