Das US-Magazin VentureWire hat die innovativsten, Venture Capital finanzierten Start-ups in den USA im Jahr 2011 ausgewählt. Die Auswahlkriterien waren:
- Haupsitz in den USA
- Unternehmensanteile befinden sich in Privatbesitz (keine Börsennotierung)
- Das Produkt oder die Dienstleistung wurden vor weniger als drei Jahren auf den Markt gebracht
- und am wichtigsten: das Start-up Unternehmen soll eine Innovation auf den Markt gebracht haben, welche bisherige Methoden oder Technologien radikal verändert.
Die nachfolgende Tabelle gibt Unternehmen einen guten Eindruck, welche Themen bei Venture Capital Gesellschaften gerade „in“ sind und welche Venture Capital Geber in den USA aktiv in Start-up´s im Jahr 2011 investiert haben.
Nachfolgend in alphabetischer Form die 50 innovativsten und Venture Capital finanzierten Start-up Unternehmen der USA im Jahr 2011 (Quelle: VentureWire):
Firma | Sitz | Gründung | Sektor | Investoren |
AirStrip Technologies |
San Antonio, TX | 2004 | Medical Software | Sequoia Capital |
Alpine Data Labs |
San Mateo, CA | 2010 | Software | Mission Ventures, Sierra Ventures |
Apptio | Bellevue, WA | 2007 | SaaS | Andreessen Horowitz, Cisco Systems, Greylock Partners, Ignition Partners, Madrona Venture Group, Shasta Ventures |
Aryaka | Milpitas, CA | 2008 | Cloud | Mohr Davidow Ventures, Nexus Venture Partners, Stanford University, Trinity Ventures |
Authentic8 | Mountain View, CA | 2009 | Software | Foundry Group, Merus Capital |
Avere Systems |
Pittsburgh, PA | 2008 | Data storage | Menlo Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners, Tenaya Capital |
Bluefin Labs |
Cambridge, MA | 2008 | Software | Kepha Partners, Lerer Ventures, National Science Foundation, Redpoint Ventures |
BlueStacks | Campbell, CA | 2008 | Software | Ignition Partners, Radar Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, Helion Venture Partners, Redpoint Ventures |
BranchOut | San Francisco, CA | 2010 | Social network | Accel Partners, Floodgate, Norwest Venture Partners, Redpoint Ventures |
BrightTag | Chicago, IL | 2009 | Software | Epic Ventures, Illinois Innovation Accelerator Fund, New World Ventures, TomorrowVentures |
Bump Technologies |
Mountain View, CA | 2008 | Mobile services | Andreessen Horowitz, Felicis Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Sherpalo Ventures, SV Angel, Y Combinator |
Castlight Health |
San Francisco, CA | 2008 | Medical SaaS | Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Fidelity Growth Partners Europe, Maverick Capital, Morgan Stanley Investment, Oak Investment Partners, U.S. Venture Partners, Venrock, Wellcome Trust |
Chomp | San Francisco, CA | 2009 | Mobile | BlueRun Ventures, SV Angel |
Connected | San Francisco, CA | 2009 | Social network | 500 Startups, Ignition Partners, Trinity Ventures |
Corduro | Southlake, TX | 2008 | Mobile payments | Google Ventures |
Couchbase | Mountain View, CA | 2009 | Software development | Accel Partners, Mayfield Fund, North Bridge Venture Partners |
DataXu | Boston, MA | 2007 | Software | Atlas Venture, Flybridge Capital Partners, Menlo Ventures |
Dicom Grid |
Phoenix, AZ | 2005 | Medical software | Canaan Partners, CHL Medical Partners |
DotCloud | San Francisco, CA | 2010 | Software development | Benchmark Capital, Trinity Ventures, Y Combinator |
Doximity | San Mateo, CA | 2011 | Medical service | Emergence Capital Partners, InterWest Partners |
EnergyHub | Brooklyn, NY | 2007 | Electronics & computer hardware |
.406 Ventures, NYS Energy Research & Develop Authority, Physic Ventures |
Factual | Los Angeles, CA | 2007 | Business services | Andreessen Horowitz, Felicis Ventures, Founder Collective, GRP Partners, Index Ventures, Miramar Venture Partners |
FindTheBest.com | Santa Barbara, CA | 2009 | Consumer services | Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers |
Palo Alto, CA | 2010 | Digital media | Comcast Ventures, Index Ventures, Insight Venture Partners, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, SV Angel |
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Funzio | San Francisco, CA | 2010 | Mobile gaming | IDG Capital Partners, IDG Ventures SF |
Gogii | Marina del Ray, CA | 2007 | Mobile services | GRP Partners, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Matrix Partners |
Greplin | San Francisco, CA | 2010 | Consumer services | Sequoia Capital, Founder Collective, Lerer Ventures, SK Telecom Ventures, SV Angel |
Inkling | San Francisco, CA | 2009 | Education | Felicis Ventures, Pearson, Sequoia Capital, Sherpalo Ventures |
Kiip | San Francisco, CA | 2010 | Mobile advertising | Crosslink Capital, Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, True Ventures, Venture51 Capital Fund |
Knewton | New York, NY | 2008 | Education | Accel Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners, First Round Capital, FirstMark Capital |
Lookout Mobile Security |
San Francisco, CA | 2007 | Mobile security | Accel Partners, Index Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Trilogy Equity Partners |
Lytro | Mountain View, CA | 2006 | Consumer electronics | Andreessen Horowitz, Greylock Partners, New Enterprise Associates, K9 Ventures |
Matrixx Software |
Mountain View, CA | 2009 | Software | Greylock Partners, Tugboat Ventures |
Nimble Storage |
San Jose, CA | 2007 | Data storage | Accel Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital |
Nutanix | Santa Clara, CA | 2009 | Data storage | Blumberg Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners |
Oblong Industries |
Los Angeles, CA | 2007 | Hardware | Foundry Group |
Peel Technologies |
Santa Clara, CA | 2009 | Mobile services | Harrison Metal Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Redpoint Ventures |
Scale Computing |
Indianapolis, IN | 2010 | Data storage | Benchmark Capital, Blue Chip Venture Company, CID Capital, Northgate Capital, Scale Venture Partners, Spring Mill Venture Partners |
Schooner Information |
Sunnyvale, CA | 2007 | Data storage | CMEA Ventures, Menlo Ventures, Redpoint Ventures |
Sencha | Palo Alto, CA | 2007 | Software development | Radar Partners, Sequoia Capital |
Shopkick | Palo Alto, CA | 2009 | Mobile advertising | Greylock Partners, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, SV Angel |
Silver Tail Systems |
Palo Alto, CA | 2008 | Security software | In-Q-Tel, Leapfrog Ventures, Seraph Group, Startup Capital Ventures |
Smartling | New York, NY | 2009 | Business services | Felicis Ventures, First Round Capital, U.S. Venture Partners, Venrock |
SocialShield | San Mateo, CA | 2009 | SaaS | U.S. Venture Partners, Venrock |
Taykey | New York, NY | 2008 | Business services | Sequoia Capital |
TellApart | Burlingame, CA | 2008 | Business services | Bain Capital Ventures, Greylock Partners, SV Angel |
Translattice | Santa Clara, CA | 2008 | Data storage | DCM |
Yammer | San Francisco, CA | 2008 | Business services | Charles River Ventures, Emergence Capital Partners, The Founders Fund, U.S. Venture Partners |
Zendesk | San Francisco, CA | 2007 | SaaS | Benchmark Capital, Charles River Ventures, Matrix Partners |
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