14 promising startups in 2015 according to Business Insider
This year, a lot of startups have started their work. Which of them in 2015 will break out in the lead? We chose 14 startups that, in our opinion, made a lot of noise in 2015. Some people are trying to change the way they communicate on the Internet, some are sharing files, and some are becoming major media companies.
Why: Slack is an application that allows work colleagues to chat, send private messages and share files, including in the browser. It broke into the world of business like a storm, and became one of the fastest growing enterprises. Next year, most likely, will grow even more.
Financing: $ 180 million.
Founders: Stuart Butterfield, Eric Costello, Cal Henderson, Sergey Murashov
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Why: Silicon Valley companies seriously consider meditation as a way to increase employee productivity. Headspace is on the wave of a trend and offers mobile and web platforms to help meditators. The startup already has over a million users in 150 countries.
Financing: $ 4 million
Founders: Andy Paddicombe, Richard Pearson
Why: a mobile application that works in a similar way to Pinterest — it only shows you the products you want to buy. According to Techcrunch, the startup is negotiating $ 100 million in funding. Startup CEO Peter Stsulstsevsky says: "Our goal is to become Google AdWords for retailers."
Financing: $ 78 million
Founders: Peter Stsulstsevsky, Danny Jang
Why: a startup sells mattresses over the Internet. It has a clear and informative site and a convenient ordering system, which has already taken thousands of orders.
Investment: $ 15 million
Founders: Philip Creep, Jeff Chapin, Gabriel Flatman, Luke Sherwin, Neil Parih
Why: A startup helps to order products via the Internet with delivery within an hour. Works in 10 cities. Most representative offices deliver food and household goods from Costco, Harris Teeter and Whole Foods stores.
Financing $ 155 million
Founders: Aprouva Mehta, Max Moulin, Brandon Leonardo
Why: a new-generation game development company. Their first game “Dots” became a hit, gathered over a million users a week after launch in May 2013. The sequel to “TwoDots” was released in the summer. Two game developers, initially working in Betaworks, fluttered out of the company after receiving funding.
Financing: $ 10 million
Founders: Paul Murphy, Patrick Moberg
Why: Mark Lour, the former CEO of Quidsi, is working on a new online store Jet, promising to become the "killer of Amazon." Lour promises that Jet will be "a new kind of online store, uniquely suitable for working with users." The site has not been launched yet.
Financing: $ 80 million
Founders: Mark Lour
Why: wants people to stop eating eggs. As CEO Josh Tetrik says, getting rid of food that doesn’t fit our body and has a bad effect on the planet’s life. The company released mayonnaise without eggs, and so successfully that the mayonnaise manufacturer Hellmann's already sued them, while the startup announced it had received $ 90 million in the third investment series in addition to the $ 23 million received in the second series.
Financing: $ 30 million
Founders: Josh Tetrik
Why: media company, built for the ages. Over the three years since its foundation, its creators have built a modern media company from scratch, managing to hire talented employees.
Financing: $ 15 million
Founders: Chris Altchek, Jake Horowitz
Why: a photo frame that shows different works of art from the Internet. Requires a minimum of settings. Founded by former Betaworks employee Jake Levin, who was involved in the development of Digg.
Financing: $ 1.7 million
Founders: Jake Levin
Why: an application for sharing rumors. Users post whatever they want anonymously. Works on the principle of geolocation, that is, you see only posts from those people who are close to you. In some schools already banned.
Financing: $ 73 million
Founders: Tyler Drol, Brooks Buffington
Why: This American Life Producer Alex Bloomberg after successful podcasts decided to establish his own media company. So far, it shows only two shows - one of which tells about the work of the company itself, but plans to expand rapidly to receive investments.
Financing: $ 1.5 million
Founders: Alex Bloomberg, Matt Lieber
Why: Hackers get access to all new data, ranging from intimate photos of celebrities to details from the work of Sony employees. The startup offers secure messaging by providing self-destructing messages and photos. It looks like Snapchat, where your message disappears after 30 seconds, but better because no message traces. And they are not tied to your name.
Financing: Unknown
Founders: Ryan Ozonian
Why: a startup for developers. Allows you to deploy your workplace anywhere in 30 seconds. The system works through the clouds and frees programmers from the difficult process of setting up their favorite environment again and again before starting work. It also allows developers to share their work environment with colleagues in real time. They promise that they will change the idea of ​​the work of engineers.
Financing: $ 1.5 million
Founders: Zachary Hamed, David Bird, Steve Kalisky
Slack
Why: Slack is an application that allows work colleagues to chat, send private messages and share files, including in the browser. It broke into the world of business like a storm, and became one of the fastest growing enterprises. Next year, most likely, will grow even more.
Financing: $ 180 million.
Founders: Stuart Butterfield, Eric Costello, Cal Henderson, Sergey Murashov
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Headspace
Why: Silicon Valley companies seriously consider meditation as a way to increase employee productivity. Headspace is on the wave of a trend and offers mobile and web platforms to help meditators. The startup already has over a million users in 150 countries.
Financing: $ 4 million
Founders: Andy Paddicombe, Richard Pearson
Wish
Why: a mobile application that works in a similar way to Pinterest — it only shows you the products you want to buy. According to Techcrunch, the startup is negotiating $ 100 million in funding. Startup CEO Peter Stsulstsevsky says: "Our goal is to become Google AdWords for retailers."
Financing: $ 78 million
Founders: Peter Stsulstsevsky, Danny Jang
Casper
Why: a startup sells mattresses over the Internet. It has a clear and informative site and a convenient ordering system, which has already taken thousands of orders.
Investment: $ 15 million
Founders: Philip Creep, Jeff Chapin, Gabriel Flatman, Luke Sherwin, Neil Parih
Instacart
Why: A startup helps to order products via the Internet with delivery within an hour. Works in 10 cities. Most representative offices deliver food and household goods from Costco, Harris Teeter and Whole Foods stores.
Financing $ 155 million
Founders: Aprouva Mehta, Max Moulin, Brandon Leonardo
Dots
Why: a new-generation game development company. Their first game “Dots” became a hit, gathered over a million users a week after launch in May 2013. The sequel to “TwoDots” was released in the summer. Two game developers, initially working in Betaworks, fluttered out of the company after receiving funding.
Financing: $ 10 million
Founders: Paul Murphy, Patrick Moberg
Jet
Why: Mark Lour, the former CEO of Quidsi, is working on a new online store Jet, promising to become the "killer of Amazon." Lour promises that Jet will be "a new kind of online store, uniquely suitable for working with users." The site has not been launched yet.
Financing: $ 80 million
Founders: Mark Lour
Hampton creek
Why: wants people to stop eating eggs. As CEO Josh Tetrik says, getting rid of food that doesn’t fit our body and has a bad effect on the planet’s life. The company released mayonnaise without eggs, and so successfully that the mayonnaise manufacturer Hellmann's already sued them, while the startup announced it had received $ 90 million in the third investment series in addition to the $ 23 million received in the second series.
Financing: $ 30 million
Founders: Josh Tetrik
Mic
Why: media company, built for the ages. Over the three years since its foundation, its creators have built a modern media company from scratch, managing to hire talented employees.
Financing: $ 15 million
Founders: Chris Altchek, Jake Horowitz
Electric objects
Why: a photo frame that shows different works of art from the Internet. Requires a minimum of settings. Founded by former Betaworks employee Jake Levin, who was involved in the development of Digg.
Financing: $ 1.7 million
Founders: Jake Levin
Yik yak
Why: an application for sharing rumors. Users post whatever they want anonymously. Works on the principle of geolocation, that is, you see only posts from those people who are close to you. In some schools already banned.
Financing: $ 73 million
Founders: Tyler Drol, Brooks Buffington
Gimlet media
Why: This American Life Producer Alex Bloomberg after successful podcasts decided to establish his own media company. So far, it shows only two shows - one of which tells about the work of the company itself, but plans to expand rapidly to receive investments.
Financing: $ 1.5 million
Founders: Alex Bloomberg, Matt Lieber
Cyber ​​dust
Why: Hackers get access to all new data, ranging from intimate photos of celebrities to details from the work of Sony employees. The startup offers secure messaging by providing self-destructing messages and photos. It looks like Snapchat, where your message disappears after 30 seconds, but better because no message traces. And they are not tied to your name.
Financing: Unknown
Founders: Ryan Ozonian
Bowery
Why: a startup for developers. Allows you to deploy your workplace anywhere in 30 seconds. The system works through the clouds and frees programmers from the difficult process of setting up their favorite environment again and again before starting work. It also allows developers to share their work environment with colleagues in real time. They promise that they will change the idea of ​​the work of engineers.
Financing: $ 1.5 million
Founders: Zachary Hamed, David Bird, Steve Kalisky
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/364647/
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