The five largest high-tech startups in the world at the moment
The Wall Street Journal and the Dow Jones VentureSource monitor the success of companies that are valued more than a billion dollars by venture capitalists. The five most expensive startups include Xiaomi, Uber, Palantir, SpaceX and Snapchat.
The largest startup at the moment is Xiaomi, which attracted $ 1.4 billion in investments in five rounds. At the moment, the company is estimated at 46 billion. For five years, Xiaomi, founded in 2010, has become the third largest smartphone maker in the world. How did they do it? Read the Xiaomi Phenomenon article : to become the third smartphone manufacturer .
The company from San Francisco Uber was founded in 2009. She created a mobile application to search, call and pay for a taxi or private drivers. The system is available to cities around the world, including Moscow and St. Petersburg. The startup in six rounds attracted $ 2.8 billion of investment and is estimated at 41.2 billion. Working with the application allows particularly enterprising people to earn money by selling their own goods and services.
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Startup Palantir was created in 2004 with the money of the In-Q-Tel venture fund, behind which stand the NSA, the FBI and the CIA. The company has created the most powerful tool for intelligent analysis of big data, which at the output transforms data into maps, charts and animations that are intuitively understandable. The project is intended for the military and intelligence, now it is also used by the Anti-Drug Administration. The total investment amounted to 0.9 billion dollars, a startup is estimated at 15 billion.
SpaceX was founded by Ilon Musk in 2002. The startup produces Falcon space rockets, which were successfully launched several times. Together with NASA, the company developed a module for providing cargo to the International Space Station, which successfully docked with the station in April 2014. The amount of investments in a startup in five rounds amounted to 1.1 billion dollars, the company is estimated at 12 billion.
Snapchat closes the first five - a startup has developed a photo messenger with self-destructing messages. The startup rejected Facebook’s offer to buy and for three rounds since 2012 it has raised $ 150 million, and is currently valued at $ 10 billion. Snapchat's position in the ranking may soon change: Bloomberg reports that the company plans to raise another 500 million, after which it will be valued at between $ 16 billion and $ 19 billion, which will raise it to third place.
1. Xiaomi
The largest startup at the moment is Xiaomi, which attracted $ 1.4 billion in investments in five rounds. At the moment, the company is estimated at 46 billion. For five years, Xiaomi, founded in 2010, has become the third largest smartphone maker in the world. How did they do it? Read the Xiaomi Phenomenon article : to become the third smartphone manufacturer .
2. Uber
The company from San Francisco Uber was founded in 2009. She created a mobile application to search, call and pay for a taxi or private drivers. The system is available to cities around the world, including Moscow and St. Petersburg. The startup in six rounds attracted $ 2.8 billion of investment and is estimated at 41.2 billion. Working with the application allows particularly enterprising people to earn money by selling their own goods and services.
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3. Palantir
Startup Palantir was created in 2004 with the money of the In-Q-Tel venture fund, behind which stand the NSA, the FBI and the CIA. The company has created the most powerful tool for intelligent analysis of big data, which at the output transforms data into maps, charts and animations that are intuitively understandable. The project is intended for the military and intelligence, now it is also used by the Anti-Drug Administration. The total investment amounted to 0.9 billion dollars, a startup is estimated at 15 billion.
4. SpaceX
SpaceX was founded by Ilon Musk in 2002. The startup produces Falcon space rockets, which were successfully launched several times. Together with NASA, the company developed a module for providing cargo to the International Space Station, which successfully docked with the station in April 2014. The amount of investments in a startup in five rounds amounted to 1.1 billion dollars, the company is estimated at 12 billion.
5. Snapchat
Snapchat closes the first five - a startup has developed a photo messenger with self-destructing messages. The startup rejected Facebook’s offer to buy and for three rounds since 2012 it has raised $ 150 million, and is currently valued at $ 10 billion. Snapchat's position in the ranking may soon change: Bloomberg reports that the company plans to raise another 500 million, after which it will be valued at between $ 16 billion and $ 19 billion, which will raise it to third place.
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