Who are the 20 Most Valuable Startups in the U.S.?

March 19, 2018

Pitchbook is out with their most recent list of the 20 most valuable venture capital-backed companies in the U.S.  We will take a look at which  companies show up on the list.

The Top 5

The following is the top 5 most valuable companies backed by venture capital funding in the U.S.  Interesting, even after all the strife Uber has been through, Uber tops the list at a valuation of about $69.6 billion.  The eight-year old company was founded in San Francisco and its most recent round of financing netted $1.3 billion.

Switching ride sharing for home sharing, in second place Airbnb’s most recent estimated value is an amazing $31 billion.  The company, founded in 2008, recently went through a $1 billion financing round in March 2017.

In third place is Wework, a New York-based shared workplace business.  The company last went through a financing round of $4.4 billion in August 2017, which valued a company at $21 billion.

In fourth place is Spacex.  The Hawthorne, California-based company is worth an estimated $20.8 billion, having recently gone through a $450 million financing round in November 2017.

In fifth place is Palantir, the secretive big data platform used by governments and big business.  Palantir is worth an estimated $20.5 billion after going through an $880 million financing round in January 2016.

Top5 Source: Pitchbook

Ranks 6 – 10

The next five most valuable venture capital-backed companies are as follows.

Number 6 is Pinterest.  The San Francisco-based company, founded in 2010, recently went through a $150 million financing round in June 2017 that valued the company at $12.3 billion.

In seventh place is Samumed, a company engaged in small molecule drug development.  The San Diego-based company, founded in 2008, has a value of $12 billion based upon a $100 million financing round in January 2016.

Following in eighth place is Lyft.  Another ride-sharing company and chief competitor to top-ranked Uber, is worth an estimated $11.7 billion based upon a $1.7 billion financing round in March 2018.

In ninth place is Stripe.  The San Francisco-based company is worth an estimated $9.2 billion, based upon a November 2016 $150 million financing round.

Rounding out the top 10 is the biotechnology company, Moderna.  Based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, they recently went through a $500 million financing round in February 2018 that valued the company at $7 billion.

Top6to10 Source: Pitchbook

Ranks 11-20

Among the remaining top 20: Magic Leap ($6.4 billion), Vice ($5.7 billion), Slack ($5.1 billion), MachineZone ($5 billion), SoFi ($4.4 billion), Instacart ($4.2 billion), Intarcia ($4.1 billion), Houzz ($4 billion), Wish ($4 billion), and Tanium ($3.6 billion). The figure below lists the others.

EntireList Source: Pitchbook

Conclusion

In a review of Pitchbook’s most recent accounting of the top 20 most valuable venture capital-backed startups, the list include some very well-knows names in the business and retail world, including Uber, Lyft, Airbnb, Instacart, and 16 others.  Overall, the entire value of these 20 companies sums to an astounding $262 billion.  The world of venture capital-backed startups is alive and well.

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