Every company, big or small, has sprung up from what once had been a startup. While many continue to remain fairly small, many others grow to become some of the richest companies in the world. This BusinessZeal post enlists the top 20 richest enterprise startups.
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There is a great deal of difference in the way huge conglomerates and startups function. Starting a business is no mean feat, it requires a vision and goals, decisions, and actions. Enterprise startups are aimed at improving enterprise technology, they include hardware equipment and software technology.
They are the pioneers of new generation software products, and assist companies in online marketing services, security, and data storage. Here, we have listed down some of the wealthiest enterprise startups in the world.
Top 10 Richest Enterprise Startups
Cloudera
It was founded by Christophe Bisciglia, and is one of the most successful startups of 2015. Located in the Bay Area of California, it has a total funding of USD 1.2 billion. It specializes in the manufacture of the Apache Hadoop-based software and business training.
Dropbox
Dropbox is the name of the service developed by Dropbox Inc. It provides cloud computing software, file synchronization services, and client software for Microsoft Windows, Linux, Android, Blackberry, iOS, Mac OS X, etc. It is located in San Francisco, California, and has a funding of USD 1.1 billion.
Palantir Technologies
Palantir Technologies has a number of founders, and the company specializes in data analysis services. It is an American software company and is located in California. It has a funding of USD 950 million.
Pure Storage
Headquartered in Mountain View, California, Pure Storage was founded in the year 2009 and specializes in enterprise storage. It has a funding of USD 534.9 million.
Deem
It was founded by Patrick Grady, and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. The company specializes in e-commerce, trading, content, productivity software, etc. It has a total funding of USD 516.9 million, as of 2015.
Nutanix
It specializes in enterprise storage systems, hardware platforms and products. It was founded by 4 Indians and is headquartered at San Jose, California. It has a total funding of USD 312.2 million.
MongoDB
It was developed by MongoDB Inc. and is cross-platform database. It works on the principle of the traditional relational databases (table-based). As of 2014, it was ranked as the best NoSQL database system. It is located in New York City, New York, and has a total funding of USD 311.1 million.
Mozido
It is a cloud-based online platform that specializes in online marketing, shopping, mobile payments, and more. It is founded by Michael A. Liberty, and is located in Austin, Texas. This company has a funding of USD 307.2 million.
Good Technology
It is located in Sunnyvale, California. It is one of the best services for businesses that use mobile platforms. Its forte is to provide secure mobile management services. It has a total funding of USD 291.3 million.
SimpliViti
It was founded by Doron Kempel in 2009. It combines the functions of different devices into a single IT device. Headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, this company has a total funding of USD 276.5 million.
Other Richest Enterprise Startups that Follow
◼ NewVoiceIndia
Location: Basingstoke, Hampshire
Funding: USD 2621.3 million
◼ Domo
Location: Salt Lake City
Funding: USD 248.7 million
◼ Zuora
Location: Bay Area, California
Funding: USD 242.5 million
◼ Raging Wire
Location: Sacramento, California
Funding: USD 230.0 million
◼ Avalara
Location: Seattle, Washington
Funding: USD 223.6 million
◼ Atlassian
Location: Bay Area, California
Funding: USD 210.0 million
◼ Solarflare Communications
Location: Los Angeles, California
Funding: USD 209.8 million
◼ Actifio
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Funding: USD 207.5 million
◼ Jasper Technologies
Location: Bay Area, California
Funding: USD 205.3 million
◼ Evernote
Location: Bay Area, California
Funding: USD 205.0 million
Source: Forbes.com
The list presented above are cloud-based enterprise software startups. There are a myriad other categories that include many other startups with similar revenue, give or take a few. In 2014, some of the best-rated ones included Aptuss, Box, Birst, among many others.
