Upstart 100 – most promising Startups to watch (for Ideas)
Article from CNBC 08 Oct 18 with the latest business news on stock markets, financial & earnings.
Startups Topics: 100 Startups thinned out to about 25 key Startups – I thought you’d be most interested in – by Peter/CXO Wiz4.biz. For the complete List go to CNBC.
Upstart 100 is CNBC’s exclusive list of promising young startups, featuring a diverse group of companies that are building brands and breaking industry barriers on the path to becoming tomorrow’s famous names. Selected from more than 500 nominees, each one was scored on 8 equally weighted quantitative measures. While there’s always focus on the $Billion-dollar-plus Unicorns, there is now increasingly more investment activity taking place among younger start-ups. Venture Capitalists poured a record $11.5 billion into early stage companies in the second quarter of 2018, according to PitchBook, while the average deal size reached a 10-year high of $18 million. Many companies that received some of that funding have made it onto this Startups list.
Who are they? The Startups that made this year’s Upstart 100 list represent nearly every sector of the economy, from enterprise SW & finance to insurance, health care & retail. They come from 9 different countries &13 U.S. states. 19 of the 100 are led by women (19%). All of the Startups are less than 5 years old, but 28 are less than 3years old and 6 were founded just last year. All of the 100 Startups on the list have quickly become entrepreneurial success stories worth keeping an eye on.
Company | Description | HQ | Year Founded |
6 River Systems |
Autonomous warehouse robots that work alongside humans | Waltham, MA |
2015 |
6Sense Insights |
Predictive analytics to help marketers generate new leads | San Francisco | 2013 |
Apptimize | Testing platform for iPhone and Android App developers | San Francisco | 2013 |
AREVO | 3-D printing process designed to speed production | Santa Clara, CA |
2013 |
Blockstack | New internet structure for decentralized Apps | New York | 2013 |
Bulletin | A way for digital brands to get shelf space in physical stores | New York | 2015 |
Buoy Health |
A digital health app & AI-based diagnosis assistant | Boston | 2014 |
Clarifai | Artificial intelligence focused on visual recognition | New York | 2013 |
Data.World | An enterprise platform for building, sharing and discussing data across teams | Austin | 2016 |
Electric | Outsourced IT solution for small business | New York | 2016 |
Fetch Robotics |
On-demand autonomous mobile robots for warehousing and logistics | San Jose, CA |
2014 |
Flow | An e-commerce platform for cross-border sales | Hoboken, NJ |
2015 |
Flytrex | Autonomous last-mile drone delivery | Israel | 2014 |
HeadSpin | Cloud-based App developer management tool | Palo Alto, CA |
2015 |
Heptio | Open-source enterprise platform service | Seattle | 2016 |
Hive | Productivity and collaboration platform for the workplace | New York | 2016 |
Hypergiant | Customized AI for corporate brands, | Austin | 2017 |
Immuta | Management platform for big data | College Park, MD | 2014 |
JASK | AI-driven automation security operations, protecting companies against cyber-attacks | Austin | 2015 |
Kano | A DIY computer-building & coding | London | 2013 |
LovePop | 3-D pop-up greeting cards manufacturer | Boston | 2014 |
OhmConnect | Energy-sharing platform that incentivizes users to reduce electricity consumption | San Francisco | 2013 |
Opkix | Compact, wearable smart cameras with companion editing and sharing app | Costa Mesa, CA |
2016 |
Otonomo | Automotive data platform that delivers apps and services to drivers | Israel | 2015 |
PayStand | Blockchain-based B2B billing and payments service | Scotts Valley, CA |
2013 |
PerimeterX | Cybersecurity firm that detects difference between human users and malicious bot attacks | San Mateo, CA |
2014 |
ProoV | Testing platform for companies to try new enterprise SW solutions | Israel | 2015 |
SafeBreach | Cybersecurity firm that uses hacker techniques inside a network to detect flaws | Sunnyvale, CA |
2014 |
Scale | Provider of data tools for companies working on AI solutions | San Francisco | 2016 |
ShapeShift AG |
Blockchain technology firm that offers marketplace where users can buy and sell digital assets | Zug, Switzerland |
2014 |
StrivR | VR training technology for workforces and athletes | Menlo Park, CA |
2015 |
Unravel Data |
Application performance mgt for AI, Internet of Things | Palo Alto, CA |
2013 |
VayaVision | Aggregated system of sensoring technologies for autonomous vehicles | Israel | 2016 |
Veem | B2B cross-border wire-transfer and payment system based on the blockchain | San Francisco | 2014 |
Veo Robotics |
Factory robots designed to minimize risk of working alongside humans | Waltham, MA |
2016 |
Verifly | On-demand job insurance for contractors and freelancers | New York | 2015 |
Comments: Do you know any of these Startups that have really impressed you?
from CNBC 09 Oct 18 enhanced by Peter/CXO Wiz4.biz
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