Startups Best Positioned To Weather A Downturn
Written by on September 30th, 2008 in Uncategorized.
Now that Congress has failed to bail out Wall Street, the country (and world, to a lesser extent) has begun bracing itself for nuclear winter. The technology sector is no exception, even if the Silicon Valley tends to fancy itself as immune to broader economic turmoil.
As Fred Wilson points out, startups fortunate enough to enjoy venture capital will fare the best during these hard times. So we compiled a list of all the technology startups that have raised at least $25 million over the past two years, according to CrunchBase. The ~160 startups to stockpile that much capital recently are listed below.
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- Facebook - $455M
- Xiaonei - $430M
- ZeniMax - $310M
- Nanosolar - $300M
- OverSee - $210M
- OANDA - $200M
- Kayak - $196M
- VMware - $150M
- Plastic Logic - $150M
- eSolar - $140M
- Demand Media - $135M
- SulfurCell - $134M
- Modu - $120M
- United Mobile - $115M
- Zhaopin - $110M
- Ning - $104M
- Glam Media - $104M
- Specificmedia - $100M
- hulu - $100M
- SpinVox - $100M
- 9You - $100M
- Rearden Commerce - $100M
- Ausra - $97.8M
- CDNetworks - $96.5M
- Move Networks - $91.3M
- Spot Runner - $91M
- Tesla Motors - $85M
- Big Fish Games - $83.3M
- Realtime Worlds - $81M
- Adconion Media Group - $80M
- The Active Network - $80M
- HelioVolt - $77M
- Youku - $77M
- HowStuffWorks - $75M
- Datapipe - $75M
- Vantage Media - $70M
- A123Systems - $70M
- Boston Power - $68.6M
- Infinia - $66.5M
- LinkedIn - $65.8M
- Fisker - $65M
- Brightcove - $64.4M
- SilkRoad technology - $64M
- Coremetrics - $60M
- ReachLocal - $55.2M
- Veoh - $55M
- Federated Media - $54.5M
- Slacker - $53.5M
- RockYou - $52.5M
- 51.com - $51M
- GarageGames - $50M
- ChannelAdvisor - $50M
- Slide - $50M
- Revolution Money - $50M
- HealthCentral - $50M
- Blowtorch - $50M
- obopay - $49M
- Strands - $49M
- JumpTap - $48M
- GridPoint - $47M
- ice - $47M
- Greenplum - $46M
- Clear - $44.4M
- Jingle Networks - $43M
- freebase - $42.5M
- BitTorrent - $42M
- Avail Media - $42M
- Amobee - $42M
- Metaweb Technologies - $42M
- Pure Digital Technologies - $40M
- Teneros - $40M
- Enforta - $40M
- Trilliant - $40M
- Undertone Networks - $40M
- Turbine - $40M
- Tagworld - $40M
- SiBEAM - $40M
- SearchMe - $39.6M
- fabrik - $39.2M
- Zynga - $39M
- Turn - $38.5M
- LifeLock - $37.9M
- GreatCall - $36.6M
- Bestofmedia Group - $35M
- Segway - $35M
- hi5 - $35M
- Angie’s List - $35M
- Yodlee - $35M
- Sermo - $34.5M
- Lehigh Technologies - $34.5M
- TicketsNow - $34M
- Dailymotion - $34M
- meebo - $34M
- Clearspring - $33.5M
- XunLight - $33M
- Cuil - $33M
- Waterfront Media - $33M
- Dilithium Networks - $33M
- Seatwave - $33M
- iWeb Technologies - $32.6M
- Mzinga - $32.5M
- Vuze - $32M
- Vanu - $32M
- Pando - $31.9M
- Etsy - $31.3M
- BuzzNet - $31M
- Global Roaming - $30.5M
- NebuAd - $30.2M
- Metacafe - $30M
- 56.com - $30M
- IGA Worldwide - $30M
- Batanga - $30M
- VideoJug - $30M
- Zillow - $30M
- GodTube - $30M
- MobiTV - $30M
- Eyeblaster - $30M
- badoo - $30M
- Zazzle - $30M
- Viagogo - $30M
- MFG - $30M
- MOLI - $29.6M
- Automattic - $29.5M
- Intacct - $29M
- Genius - $29M
- RadioFrame - $28M
- LiveOps - $28M
- PGP Corporation - $27.3M
- Tideway - $27M
- Milestone Systems - $27M
- Palo Alto Networks - $27M
- BlackArrow - $26.8M
- ChoiceStream - $26.5M
- ContextWeb - $26M
- Solarflare - $26M
- Ruckus - $26M
- Quantcast - $25.7M
- Become - $25.5M
- Yelp - $25M
- Trulia - $25M
- Dash - $25M
- Zecco - $25M
- Visible World - $25M
- PharmaNation - $25M
- Meraki - $25M
- Nimbuzz - $25M
- Gemini - $25M
- DeviceVM - $25M
- Retail Convergence - $25M
- Splunk - $25M
- Mimeo - $25M
- Reunion - $25M
- Firefly Energy - $25M
- Optaros - $25M
- Koolanoo Group - $25M
- SpringSource - $25M
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