Take stock of 13 start-up companies worth 1 billion dollars

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Beijing Time June 16 news, according to foreign media reports, since 2007 double click to sell to Google 3.1 billion dollars, Tumblr is the first New York to 1 billion U.S. dollars successful exit of the start-up company, but it will never be the last one. Recently, the U.S. Technology blog site Business Insider summed up the New York 13 in the near future or to 1 billion U.S. dollars of start-up companies, they are:

1 Open source Database Developer 10gen

10gen developed MongoDB products are used by many Fortune 500 enterprises. The company also provides technical support and training to MONGODB customers.

Valuation: USD 550 million

Total financing amount: USD 73.4 million

2 Online Health Solutions provider Everyday Tiyatien

Everyday Tiyatien provides users with health solutions through a range of websites and 20 of mobile apps. By March 2012, the company had received 160 million dollars-175 million dollars, most of which came from subscriptions and advertising revenue. Last year, the company CEO said Everyday Tiyatien will soon achieve 1 billion dollars in revenue. Over the past few years, the company has been looking for an IPO.

Valuation: USD 650 million

Total financing amount: USD 153 million

3 Crafts E-commerce website Etsy

Etsy is an E-commerce trading platform for personal and Small business crafts. In May 2012, the site received $40 million trillion in financing, valued at around 700 million dollars.

Valuation: 600 million-700 million USD

Total financing amount: USD 91.7 million

4 Creative Flash shopping site Fab

It is reported that the FAB website is in the 250 million-300 million dollar financing, investors are in the hands of a lot of money in droves. Fab has gained a great reputation through publicity, but its spending is also very large. People close to the situation said the 1 billion dollar valuation could be a bit high because the overall environmental economy is not optimistic.

Valuation: USD 1 billion (USD 600 million last year)

Total financing amount: USD 171 million (if the website completes current 250 million dollar financing, this number will increase to $421 million)

5 Online Advertising booth auction platform AppNexus

AppNexus is an online advertising auction platform where brand owners can compete online for real-time advertising booths. Last year, AppNexus more than 13 billion ads a day, more than five times times the number of 2011.

Valuation: 1 billion dollars or so

Total financing amount: USD 141 million

6) Online Doctor appointment tool ZocDoc

ZocDoc through its website and mobile application software to provide users with the same day Doctor appointment service, from dentists to dermatologists, ZocDoc covered the various departments of doctors. More than 2.5 million patients use ZocDoc per month. Medical institutions pay 300 dollars a month to display information in ZocDoc.

Valuation: USD 750 million

Total financing amount: USD 95 million

7 Flash purchase website gilt Groupe

Gilt Groupe is an E-commerce site for fashion brands, food and tourism industries. The flash-shopping industry is currently experiencing setbacks and Gilt Groupe failed to make a profit in the time it had expected, as it had hoped. But the company is ready for an IPO.

Valuation: USD 700 million

Total financing amount: USD 221 million

8 Open source 3D printer manufacturer MakerBot

MakerBot is far from the 1 billion dollar company target, but it has become one of the most innovative start-ups and is leading the 3D printing industry, which aims to create low-cost, Open-source 3D printers. By the end of last year, the company had sold 8,000 3D printers, priced between $1100 and $2000 trillion, meaning the company had earned 10 million dollars to 15 million dollars of revenue since its establishment for three years.

Valuation: Unknown

Total financing amount: USD 10 million

9) Kickstarter website

Kickstarter is currently the largest platform for public financing, which has helped many projects raise more than 1 billion dollars in 30-60 days.

On the Kickstarter platform, people can post their ideas, and those interested in it will pay to support the project. At least 100,000 projects have been successfully funded on Kickstarter, with a cumulative fund-raising of $535 million, while Kickstarter a 5% commission from projects that have been successfully funded. In this case, the site has been earning about 26.75 million dollars since 2009. Similarly, Kickstarter is still a long way from the 1 billion dollar company, but it has become the industry leader and is growing at a rapid pace.

Valuation: About 150 million USD

Total financing amount: USD 10 million

10 Fashion glasses manufacturer Warby Parker

Warby Parker produces and sells fashion glasses, and the company is now getting attention outside the tech circle. Warby Parker's fashionable glasses have begun to enter the mainstream market. Glasses industry is not competitive, Xun almost occupy the entire glasses market. Warby Parker is also building valuable partnerships. The company is rumoured to be cooperating with Google in its design of Google glasses.

Valuation: More than 200 million dollars (investors see it as a lifestyle company, not an E-commerce company, so give it a higher valuation)

Total financing amount: over 50 million USD

11 Enterprise Information online management company Yext

Yext Help enterprise users to publish information to the major well-known websites and mobile phone service platform, so that users on the Internet easier to find local enterprises, access to the latest product information, so as to help enterprises expand market size and influence.

Last year, Yext to support a new business by selling its profit-making business Feli, which was fast growing. The company currently has more than 160,000 paid sites, charging companies 500 U.S. dollars a year service charge. But Yext is just getting started in this market. In the United States alone, there are 20 million local display sites.

Valuation: USD 250 million

Total financing amount: USD 27 million

12 Local Marketing company Yodle

Yodle helps local small businesses to "select" Internet Platform Marketing to get more new customers. The company is growing fast and has an opportunity to make an IPO in 2014. Last year, the company received 130 million dollars in revenue and is expected to reach $160 million this year.

Valuation: 600 million dollars or so

Total financing amount: USD 40 million

13 Content recommendation Engine Outbrain

Outbrain is a large content recommendation engine platform that covers 80% of the American online population. The company provides a plugin for bloggers and news sites, and each blog post and news will end up with a scoring interface that allows readers to score the content of the article. At the same time, the reader will also see the relevant recommendations.

If a website wants to recommend its own article on its own page, it is free, but if you want to display your articles on other sites, you will need to pay the flow fee, Outbrain and content publishers.

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