In honor of our local unicorns, we’ve rounded up the following tech companies that have either IPO’d or have raised private capital to reach the billion dollar club.
$9.1 billion market cap
TripAdvisor is a free travel guide and research website that provides reviews of travel-related content and includes interactive travel forums.
Local Employee Count: 1,000+
Founded: 2000
Funds Raised: $1.3M
$3.6 billion market cap
Wayfair is an e-commerce site that sells furniture, lighting, cookware, and more. Since its founding, Wayfair has grown into the largest pure-play online retailer of home goods in the U.S. Wayfair generated $786.9 million in net revenues for the second quarter of 2016.
Local Employee Count: 5,398
Founded: 2002
Funds Raised: $351M
$5 billion market cap
athenahealth is a leading provider of cloud-based business and clinical services for physician practices that makes patients and doctors’ lives easier and more efficient.
Local Employee Count: 4,619
Founded: 1997
Funds Raised: $40M
$2 billion market cap
HubSpot develops cloud-based, inbound marketing software that lets businesses transform the way that they market online.
Local Employee Count: 1001-5000 employees
Founded: 2006
Funds Raised: $100.5M
$1.1 billion market cap
Software startup Actifio virtualizes the data of businesses in more than 30 countries around the world. Its Virtual Data Pipeline™ technology helps businesses to manage, access, and protect their data faster and more efficiently.
Local Employee Count: around 400
Founded: 2009
Funds Raised: $207.5M
$9.48 billion market cap
Akamai is the leading provider for cloud services for all types of enterprises around the world, ensuring that users get fast, secure experiences on any type of device.
Local Employee Count: about 6,000
Founded: 1998
Funds raised: $180M
$1.2 billion market cap
This storage company aims to take on the likes of EMC and IBM.
Local Employee Count: 35
Founded: 2010
Funds raised: $230M
$1 billion market cap
SimpliVity simplifies IT with its new IT infrastructure platform that provides enterprise computing, storage services and network functionality to customers.
Local Employee Count: around 400
Founded: 2009
Funds Raised: $276M
$2 billion market cap
DraftKings is a knowledge-based daily fantasy sports website allowing users to play against other users for cash prizes.
Local Employee Count: about 200
Founded: 2011
Funds Raised: $596.4M
