The Top 10 Hottest Startups Of 2015 - Forbes
The bubble hasn’t popped yet.
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That’s the easy conclusion of Forbes’ latest Hottest Startups list, which ranks Silicon Valley’s flashiest companies in 2015 by one simple metric: the fastest growing valuations over time between funding rounds. That means our list captures the most in-demand startups, the ones for which investors had the highest hopes–and wrote the biggest checks.
Combined, the top 50 hottest startups raised over $7 billion this year and have a total valuation close to $120 billion.
That’s the easy conclusion of Forbes’ latest Hottest Startups list, which ranks Silicon Valley’s flashiest companies in 2015 by one simple metric: the fastest growing valuations over time between funding rounds. That means our list captures the most in-demand startups, the ones for which investors had the highest hopes–and wrote the biggest checks.
Combined, the top 50 hottest startups raised over $7 billion this year and have a total valuation close to $120 billion.
1. Uptake Technologies - $1.1 billion valuation: Predictive analytics for the industrial Internet of things.
2. Slack - $2.8 billion valuation: Workplace communication tool.
3. Porch - $500 million valuation: Home services network.
4. OfferUp - $814 million valuation: neighborhood marketplace app.
5. PicsArt - $250 million valuation: photo editing and sharing app.
6. Casper - $555 million valuation: online mattress seller.
7. DoorDash - $600 million valuation: local restaurant delivery.
8. Expensify - $147 million valuation: spending tracking app.
9. Postmates - $450 million valuation: local restaurant delivery.
10. Zenefits - $4.5 billion valuation: cloud human resources platform.
The Top 10 Hottest Startups Of 2015 - Forbes
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