(Backup) Top 50 Linkedin Startups in 2018
On Thursday, LinkedIn released its annual list of the 50 top startups in the U.S. (privately owned companies less than 7 years old with at least 50 employees)
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, startups added 1.7 million jobs between March 2016 and March 2017.
Laura Lorenzetti Soper, a senior news editor at LinkedIn, tells the BBG Innovation Forum …. “These companies are growing fast, hiring fast companies and are really gaining attention.”
She says companies were judged based on
Profile, Interest in company, Employees, Open to hires and Startups ability to land high profile hires
Non tech companies featured strongly in the top 10 – Lyft came in first place ( Uber did last year ) with Halo, Bird and Glossier, with Away and Allbirds making the Top 30
Many of these jobs in these companies are flexible with workers working from home or off site and feeding the gig economy –
If companies want to hire the brightest and the best – they have to cater for their needs !
Below are the top 50!
1. Lyft – shared rides
2. Halo Top Creamery – low Calorie ice cream
3. Coinbase – crypto
4. Noodle.ai
5. Bird – shared scooters
6. Robinhood – online trading
7. Ripple – crypto
8. Glossier – cosmetics
9. Aurora – performance and service of Amazon services
10. Rubrik – backup that’s simple and fast
11. Puls – repairing tech (Natan)
12. TripActions – corporate travel management
13. Flexport – freightforwarding using technology and human service
14. Ellevest – investing for busy people
15. Outreach – sales automation software
16. Samsara – fleet tracking
17. Argo AI – autonomous vehicles
19. InVision – product design platform
20. Snowflake Computing – data warehouse as a service
21. Zoox – self driving cars
22. Drift – conversation on web
23. Aha! – roadmap software
24. Affirm – similar to afterpay
25. Gemini Trust Company digital currency exchange
26. ConsenSys – crypribuilder?
27. Clutch software development company?
28. Databricks – analytical platform
29. Allbirds – shoe company
30. Away – luggage company
31. BlueVoyant – cyber security
32. Convoy – trucking company technology – moving freight
33. UnitedMasters – music licence system https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/techcrunch.com/2017/11/15/united-masters/amp/
34. Plenty hydroponic grower
35. Drive.ai – self driving cars
36. The Wing – Co- working space
37. Solovis – investment management platform
38. Enjoy – online store?
39. Bumble – dating site
40. Skift – business conferencing (I think)
41. Glint – employee engagement surveys
42. Thrive Global behaviour change technology
43. Outdoor Voices – activewear
44. Cohesity – backup technology for secondary data (that you have on apps etc
45. Formation – advertising company
46. Katerra – tech construction company
47. Axoni blockchain for capital markets
48. Harri tech tools for hospitality industry
49. Crowd Strike cyber security
50. Highspot – sales enablement tools
- Which companies caught your eye?
- What are the characteristics that have given these companies the X factor?
- What can you learn from these companies that you can implement in your own business?