The Billion Dollar Startups

BILLION DOLLAR STARTUPS Company Birthdays 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 workdoy O Instagram O Square Airbnb O Zynga O Groupon Evernote O Dropbox Twitter Workday O Spotify O Box O Facebook O HomeAway Estimated Value (in Billion S) 5.25 4 4 1 04 3.56 3.25 2 150 130 120 2.00 O Instagram O Evernote O Box O Airbnb O Zynga O Spotify O HomeAway • Square workday O Groupon • Dropbox O Workday O Twitter 48 Facebook's market value is greater than 29 98 that of all the other companies combined. 10,000 Number of Employees 400 2,916 3,976 971 1,237 1,150 400 300 O Instagram 194 a box O Evernote O Box Alrbnb • Zynga O Spotify O HomeAway O Square O Groupon workday O Dropbox O Workday O Twitter O Facebook Total Capital Raised (in Million $) 2,240 1,160 860 1,140 166 57 284 220 512.5 340 188 257 175 O Instagram O Evernote O Box O Alrbnb • Zynga O Spotify O HomeAway O Square O Groupon workdoy • Dropbox O Workday O Twitter O Facebook Created by: Staff.com The following web sites have been cited in the creation of this graphic: http://seekingalpha.com/article/929001-facebook-valuation-over-20-per-share-based-on-search-advertising-potential • http://www.bus inessinsider.com/2012-digital-100#3-twitter-525-billion-3 • http://www.tint.com/2012/10/11/workdays-big-ipo-would-you-believe-it-puts -its-value-at-4-billion/• http://techcrunch.com/2011/10/18/dropbox-raises-250m-in-funding-boasts-45-million-users/ • http://www. chicagobusiness.com/article/20120814/NEWS08/120819925/groupons-stock-plunges-as-earnings-report-brings-questions • http://all thingsd.com/20120917/square-finally-closes-200-million-round-at-blockbuster-valuation/ • http://www.gurufocus.com/news/190960/ homeaway-inc-away-coo-brent-bellm-sells-2083-shares • http://www.businessinsider.com/2012-digital-100?op=1 • http://seeking alpha.com/article/906071-zynga-shares-hit-yet-another-record-low-valued-at-merely-its-cash-balances • http://www.fastcompany.com Imost-innovative-companies/2012/airbnb • http:/lwww.businessinsider.com/box-raises-125-million-at-12-billion-valuation-2012-7• http://venturebeat.com/2012/05/03/evernoted-raises-70m-1b-valuation/ • http://thenextweb.com/insider/2012/08/20/the-facebook- instagram-deal-now-worth-just-738-million/ • http://www.crunchbase.com/company/facebook • http://www.crunchbase.com/company/ twitter • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workday,_Inc.#cite_note-wsj-0 • https://www.dropbox.com/about • http://www.crunchbase.com/ company/groupon • http://buzzsparks.org/homeaway • http://www.crunchbase.com/company/spotify • http://investor.zynga.com/ faq.cfm • http:/lwww.crunchbase.com/company/lairbnb • http://www.crunchbase.com/company/box • http://www.crunchbase.com/ company/evemote • http://mashable.com/2012/04/06/instagram-50-million-series-b-funding/• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Facebook, Inc. • https://twitter.com/twitter/team• http://www.crunchbase.com/company/workday • http://www.groupon.com/about • http://www.homeaway.com/info/media-center/press-releases/2012/homeaway_third_austin_office • http://www.spotify.com/us/about- us/press/background-info/ • http://www.crunchbase.com/company/zynga • http://forwardthinking.pcmag.com/none/300466-ceo-brian- chesky-on-why-airbnb-works-surprisingly-well • http://techcrunch.com/2012/04/04/box-ceo-aaron-levie-why-were-not-afraid-of- google- drivel • http://www.businessinsider.com/evernote-pays-for-its-employees-to-have-their-houses -cleaned-2012-10 • 0 • htp://www.crunchbase.com/company/instagram • http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?p ers onld=11899150&privcapld=11609415&previousCapld=11609415&previousTitle=Evernote%20Corpora F-------