Wow, I just saw this list being posted at Techcrunch (3rd best blog in the world, as ranked by Technorati.)
It is a list of all technology startups in the US that have raised equal or more than USD25 million over the past 2 years! Goodness, will we ever get this kind of funding in Malaysia?
I know there are a couple of opportunity offered by MDec and Cradle, but they are not in the millions, and certainly not in the USD. Sigh ..
Anyway, here are the list and please drool because they deserved every bit of your drool.
- Facebook - $455M
- ZeniMax - $310M
- Nanosolar - $300M
- OverSee - $210M
- OANDA - $200M
- Kayak - $196M
- GridPoint - $167M
- Plastic Logic - $150M
- eSolar - $140M
- Demand Media - $135M
- SulfurCell - $134M
- Modu - $120M
- United Mobile - $115M
- Zhaopin - $110M
- Ning - $104M
- Glam Media - $104M
- hulu - $100M
- 9You - $100M
- Specificmedia - $100M
- SpinVox - $100M
- Rearden Commerce - $100M
- Ausra - $97.8M
- CDNetworks - $96.5M
- Move Networks - $91.3M
- Spot Runner - $91M
- Tesla Motors - $85M
- Big Fish Games - $83.3M
- Realtime Worlds - $81M
- Adconion Media Group - $80M
- The Active Network - $80M
- HelioVolt - $77M
- Youku - $77M
- Datapipe - $75M
- Trion World Network - $70M
- Arcadian Networks - $70M
- Vantage Media - $70M
- A123Systems - $70M
- Boston Power - $68.6M
- Infinia - $66.5M
- LinkedIn - $65.8M
- Fisker - $65M
- Brightcove - $64.4M
- SilkRoad technology - $64M
- Coremetrics - $60M
- ReachLocal - $55.2M
- Veoh - $55M
- Federated Media - $54.5M
- Slacker - $53.5M
- RockYou - $52.5M
- 51.com - $51M
- HealthCentral - $50M
- ChannelAdvisor - $50M
- Blowtorch - $50M
- Dayjet - $50M
- GarageGames - $50M
- Revolution Money - $50M
- Slide - $50M
- Strands - $49M
- obopay - $49M
- JumpTap - $48M
- ice - $47M
- Greenplum - $46M
- Internet Mall - $45M
- Clear - $44.4M
- Jingle Networks - $43M
- Avail Media - $42M
- Metaweb Technologies - $42M
- BitTorrent - $42M
- Amobee - $42M
- Enforta - $40M
- Undertone Networks - $40M
- Turbine - $40M
- Pure Digital Technologies - $40M
- Trilliant - $40M
- SiBEAM - $40M
- Teneros - $40M
- SearchMe - $39.6M
- fabrik - $39.2M
- Zynga - $39M
- Turn - $38.5M
- LifeLock - $37.9M
- Digg - $37.2M
- GreatCall - $36.6M
- Segway - $35M
- hi5 - $35M
- Bestofmedia Group - $35M
- Yodlee - $35M
- Angie’s List - $35M
- Lehigh Technologies - $34.5M
- Sermo - $34.5M
- ooma - $34M
- meebo - $34M
- Dailymotion - $34M
- Clearspring - $33.5M
- XunLight - $33M
- Cuil - $33M
- Seatwave - $33M
- Dilithium Networks - $33M
- Waterfront Media - $33M
- Mzinga - $32.5M
- Vanu - $32M
- Vuze - $32M
- PicScout - $32M
- Pando - $31.9M
- Etsy - $31.3M
- BuzzNet - $31M
- Global Roaming - $30.5M
- NebuAd - $30.2M
- MFG - $30M
- Zillow - $30M
- GodTube - $30M
- 56.com - $30M
- Zazzle - $30M
- Metacafe - $30M
- Batanga - $30M
- VideoJug - $30M
- Eyeblaster - $30M
- badoo - $30M
- Viagogo - $30M
- IGA Worldwide - $30M
- Leapfrog on-line - $30M
- MobiTV - $30M
- MOLI - $29.6M
- Automattic - $29.5M
- Intacct - $29M
- Genius - $29M
- Kosmix - $28M
- LiveOps - $28M
- RadioFrame - $28M
- PGP Corporation - $27.3M
- Milestone Systems - $27M
- Palo Alto Networks - $27M
- Tideway - $27M
- BlackArrow - $26.8M
- ChoiceStream - $26.5M
- Ruckus - $26M
- ContextWeb - $26M
- Solarflare - $26M
- Quantcast - $25.7M
- Become - $25.5M
- Mimeo - $25M
- Reunion - $25M
- Gemini - $25M
- PharmaNation - $25M
- InMage Systems - $25M
- Aurora Biofuels - $25M
- Nimbuzz - $25M
- Firefly Energy - $25M
- Yelp - $25M
- Meraki - $25M
- Dash - $25M
- Retail Convergence - $25M
- Trulia - $25M
- SpringSource - $25M
- Zecco - $25M
- Koolanoo Group - $25M
- Verimatrix - $25M
- Optaros - $25M
- Visible World - $25M
- Splunk - $25M
- DeviceVM - $25M
Hey guys .. I received a good deal of traffic to this particular post (which is rare) so I am wondering if you are getting this link from a forward email?
I cannot pinpoint the origin of the traffic, so I thought I should just ask .. :)
Now read this... http://www.internetevolution.com/document.asp?doc_id=165412
LOL!
It's the top link on Hacker News right now, that might account for it.
I see, thanks for the info. Actually, the traffic died down a couple of days ago and today, it picked up again.
Thanks to Prakash for the Shout Out.
And please do continue to let me know where are you from. I'll like to return the favor. Thanks much!
It was featured on the Hacker News. One of the best startups-related bookmarking service on the web. Anywhere, it is surprising that there is a malayisan like you who is so concerned about the VC environment in Malaysia. Anyway, nice to meet you. I am Malaysian too. But, currently, I am in US. Feel free to contact me.
@siong1987, hey there and nice to meet you. Yeah .. Hacker News is the one bringing traffic in this time.
Yeah, I am interested in funding because I am those guys that follow the IT news from the US closely. My god the fundings that they get (this is all before the economic downturn recently). Some ideas that the VC funds are ridiculous! But still, they get millions!
I wish we have such facilities here, so that I too can start something on my own :)
Yeah, lets link up. How do I contact you? I don't see any contact information you left behind .. hmmm.
@Laskar You can contact me via siong(1000+987) at hotmail dot com
You can also add me via msn with this email. Anyway, you don't need a VC to start on something. If you were here, you will know in fact there are so many people who hate VC. When I first came here, I thought that once you take VC, you don't have to worry about how your idea will go. And, you may think that you're actually not risking your own money and you can do whatever you want. But, that thought is totally wrong.
Many web application became so successful even without VC. For example, 37signal, Onelist, blogline, delicious, etc. They raised their first rounds almost after they had more than 500k users.
So, try to work on something that might attract users first before thinking on raising capital from VC.
@Siong, I have added you on MSN, lets chat there ya? :)
Yeah .. in US, you have the luxury to hate VC, here, we cannot even find a VC .. haha. Hence, no VC to hate. Hmmm .. interesting world we live in.