15 new venture companies valued at more than 100 million US dollars

The vast majority of the world's start-up companies have not been established for a long time. Some of the companies that valued more than 100 million dollars were set up this year, while others have been set up for some time, but they have only begun to pick up in the last few months. Science and Technology blog Business Insider recently took stock of 15 of the current year's valuation of more than 100 million U.S. dollars of new start-up companies, specific description as follows:

1. Dropbox

Valuation: USD 4 billion

Establishment Date: 2007

Main business: Free online storage site, to provide users with the images, documents and video services at any time

Ceo:drew Houston

Investor: Rumor has it that Dropbox closed the $4 billion trillion of massive funding that was held by Index Ventures last month, and this round of funding received seed money from Y Combinator.

A brief analysis: Before last month's funding was reported, rumors of Dropbox's valuation could be as high as $8 billion trillion. Dropbox's final valuation has shrunk sharply, as market conditions are sluggish and only a specific investor is interested.

A 4 billion dollar valuation could be reasonable. Dropbox is easy to achieve synchronization between cloud storage and devices, helping to solve problems that people often encounter and having a large potential market.

As the cost of cloud computing is decreasing, so does the cost of Dropbox, and its earnings are soaring. Dropbox's freemium (free Value added) business model provides users with free file backup services, charging a small amount of file storage fees, which is conducive to the continued expansion of the Dropbox user base.

2. Square

Valuation: USD 1.6 billion

Establishment Date: 2009

Main business: Accept the iphone, IPad and Android phone card payments anytime, anywhere

Location: San Francisco, CA

Ceo:jack Dorsey

Investor: In 2009, Khosla Ventures invested 10 million dollars; in January this year, square financed 27.5 million dollars from Sequoia Capital, Khosla Ventures and Jeremy Stoppelman; this June, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Tiger Global Management jointly launched $100 million trillion in large-scale financing.

Analysis: Following the early this year, the square was financed with a 240 million dollar valuation, raising $100 million this June. According to two insiders, this round of financing makes the square valued at around 1.6 billion dollars.

More and more small businesses are starting to work with square, but to a large extent it is still unprofitable. The New York Times has reported that "Square's total revenue shortfall will reach $40 million trillion, adjusted operating income is expected to lose 20 million U.S. dollars." It is expected that 2012 will make a profit when the total revenue reaches $200 million trillion. ”

3. Airbnb

Valuation: USD 1.3 billion

Establishment Date: August 2008

Main business: Provide a global network for local accommodation

Location: San Francisco, CA

Ceo:brian Chesky

Investor: This July, Andreessen Horowitz, DST Global and General Catalyst invested $112 million trillion

Brief analysis: Airbnb provides short-term housing leasing service. It is reported that the total sales of Airbnb in 2011 will reach 500 million U.S. dollars, of which net income accounted for 5%. A 1.3 billion dollar valuation, about twice times the total sales of the company plus the recently reported financing amount.

4. Rovio

Valuation: USD 1.2 billion

Establishment time: 2003; December 2009 Classic game "Angry Birds"

Main business: Game development and sales, the most familiar game-"Angry Birds"

Location: Finland

Ceo:peter Vesterbacka

Investor: Accel and Atomico Ventures

A brief analysis: In March this year, Rovio received $42 million in financing from Accel and Atomico Ventures at a 200 million dollar valuation. The company is expected to earn $80 million trillion this year, valued at $1.2 billion trillion.

5. Spotify

Valuation: USD 1.1 billion

Establishment Date: 2006

Main business: Digital music service with millions of songs

Location: Stockholm, Sweden

Ceo:daniel Ek

Investor: Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Digital Sky Technologies Global

A brief analysis: Spotify is very popular in Europe, has recently landed strong in the United States, and has accumulated 2 million of users. It is reported that Spotify received $50 million in funding for $1.1 billion trillion in February this year.

6. STORM8

Valuation: USD 1 billion

Establishment Date: March 2009

Main business: Iphone,ipod Touch and Android device role-playing game developer

Place: Redwood Shores, California

Ceo:perry Tam

Investor: Accel and Marvell Crossover Ventures

Brief analysis: STORM8 for mobile device development role-playing game. It is said that it is not enough for 10 of dollars to Accel and Marvell Crossover Ventures to obtain 300 million dollars in financing. Social game giant Zynga has said it is interested in acquiring STORM8, but at the cost of it, it will end up being abandoned.

7. ZocDoc

Valuation: USD 700 million

Establishment Date: 2007

Main business: Online Doctor appointment website

Location: New York

Ceo:cyrus Massoumi

Investor: Jeff Bezos, DST Global, the founders Fund, Khosla Ventures, Mark Benioff and SV Angel

Brief analysis: ZocDoc provides the convenient and quick doctor on-line booking service, the monthly user amount is up to 700,000. ZocDoc is free for patients, but charges 250 dollars a month for certain services. This summer, ZocDoc a 700 million dollar valuation, respectively, for DST Global and Goldman Sachs 50 million and 25 million dollars in financing.

8. One Kings Lane

Valuation: USD 440 million

Establishment Date: 2009

Main business: Flash sales website

Location: San Francisco, CA

Ceo:doug Mack

Investor: Tiger Global Management, Institutional Venture, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and Greylock

WSJ: The Wall Street Journal says one Kings Lane's revenue this year will grow from $30 million trillion last year to $100 million trillion this year. Last week the company financed $40 million in a 440 million dollar valuation.

9. Vostu

Valuation: USD 300 million

Establishment Date: 2007

Main business: Online gaming website and virtual goods

Location: Sao Paulo, Brazil

Ceo:daniel Kaife

Investor: At the end of 2010, Tiger Management, Accel, Intel Capital and General Catalyst Partners invested $30 million

Analysis: Brazil's large online gaming website, user 42 million.

Vostu $30 million trillion in financing at the end of last year, and the company is valued at around 300 million dollars. Since then, the company has grown rapidly and is expected to have a turnover of $50 million trillion this year, one-sixth of its valuation.

ShoeDazzle

Valuation: USD 280 million

Establishment Date: March 2009

Main business: including shoes, bags, jewelry and other sales of personalized styling and fashion services

Location: Los Angeles, California

Ceo:brian Lee

Investor: This May, Andreessen Horowitz, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Polaris Ventures jointly invested 40 million dollars

Brief analysis: ShoeDazzle for its members to provide personalized fashion services, including shoes, jewelry, handbags and other accessories. Each month, users receive a variety of accessories at their doorstep and pay a fee for these services. The company is expected to increase its revenue this year to $70 million trillion on the basis of $23 million trillion last year. In May this year, ShoeDazzle received $40 million trillion in funding at a 200 million dollar valuation. ShoeDazzle valued 280 million dollars, four times times the 2011-year income.

Flipboard

Valuation: USD 800 million

Establishment Date: 2010

Main business: ipad personalized Social Magazine

Location: Palo Alto, CA

Ceo:mike McCue

Investor: Venture, Comcast Capital, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Index Ventures, the Chernin Group, Ron Conway (angel Investor), Jack Dorsey (CEO of Square), Ashton Kutcher (actor), Dustin Moskovitz (co-founder of Facebook co-founder and Asana founder).

Brief analysis: Flipboard provides a simple news reading experience for the ipad. In April this year, it received $50 million trillion in $200 million worth of financing.

BeachMint

Valuation: USD 150 million

Date of establishment: End of 2010

Business: A social business company for star-launched products

Location: Santa Monica, CA

A brief analysis: It is reported that the company to 150 million U.S. dollars valuation to obtain 23.5 million U.S. dollars of financing.

13.Warby Parker

Valuation: USD 120 million

Established at the end of 2010, released in early 2011

Main business: Prescription glasses online retail Store

Location: New York

Co-ceo:neil Blumenthal and Dave Gilboa

Investor: Round Capital, SV Angel, Lerer Ventures, Davis Smith.

Analysis: Although online retail profits are not big, but glasses are people almost every year to buy things, so the Warby product itself is very attractive to repeat customers. Warby Parker sold 100,000 pairs of glasses only a year ago, sources said.

Two of people involved in financing and another industry said the company had recently received $12 million trillion in funding at a 1.2 billion dollar valuation.

Instagram

Valuation: USD 100 million

Establishment Date: November 2010

Main business: Provide photo sharing for iphone
Location: San Francisco, CA

Ceo:kevin Systrom

Investor: Andreessen-horowitz, Baseline Ventures, Benchmark Capital

Brief analysis: Provides the picture sharing service for the user. At present, Instagram is developing at an alarming rate, with more than 9 million users in less than a year.

Although there is no revenue model, investors are excited about the rapid growth of the user base. The company valued 100 million dollars.

BetterWorks

Valuation: USD 100 million

Establishment Date: 2011

Business: A business platform for companies to create a better working environment for their employees

Location: Santa Monica, CA

Ceo:paige Craig

Investor: Redpoint Ventures

Brief analysis: BetterWorks is a social platform that rewards employees and encourages cooperation. Last month, the company received $8 million trillion in funding at a 100 million dollar valuation.

(Responsible editor: Lu Guang)