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| Company Name | Founder Name(s): | Year Started: | # of Employees: | City: | State: | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
4923
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Bottlenotes, Inc. |
Alyssa Rapp(45) |
2006 | 7 | Palo Alto | California |
| 2 |
2506
|
Ahkeo Ventures |
Brent Skoda(38) |
2010 | 60 | Dallas | Texas |
| 3 |
1267
|
TerraCycle |
Tom Szaky(42) |
2003 | 125 | Trenton | New Jersey |
| 4 |
1060
|
Melen, LLC |
Alex Melen(40) Michael Melen(34) |
2011 | 20 | Englewood Cliffs | New Jersey |
| 5 |
649
|
Yodle |
Ben Rubenstein(40) John Berkowitz(41) |
2005 | 890 | New York | New York |
| 6 |
222
|
Phusion Projects |
Christopher Hunter(45) Jeff Wright(46) Jaisen Freeman(46) |
2005 | 86 | Chicago | Illinois |
| 7 |
142
|
HUMAN Healthy Vending |
Sean Kelly(41) |
2008 | 27 | Culver City | California |
| 8 |
135
|
DMV.org: The DMV Made Simple |
Raj Lahoti(42) Ravi Lahoti(46) |
2003 | 8 | Encinitas | California |
| 9 |
113
|
'ZinePak LLC |
Brittany Hodak(40) Kim Kaupe(38) |
2011 | 3 | New York | New York |
| 10 |
87
|
Rising Tide Capital |
Alfa Demmellash(44) Alexander Forrester(43) |
2004 | 16 | Jersey City | New Jersey |
| 11 |
61
|
Gravity Payments |
Dan Price(39) |
2004 | 82 | Seattle | Washington |
| 12 |
50
|
Academy for Global Citizenship |
Sarah Elizabeth Ippel(42) |
2008 | 34 | Chicago | Illinois |
| 13 |
49
|
AirSplat |
Kenneth Wu(45) |
2002 | 84 | Irwindale | California |
| 14 |
44
|
Pure Fix Cycles |
Zachary Schau(37) Jordan Schau(35) Austin Stoffers(35) Michael Fishman(35) |
2011 | 16 | Los Angeles | California |
| 15 |
43
|
Ifeelgoods |
Suchit Dash(39) |
2010 | 22 | Redwood City | California |
| 16 |
42
|
Two Bit Circus |
Brent Bushnell(45) |
2012 | 8 | Los Angeles | California |
| 17 |
40
|
OrgSync |
Eric Fortenberry(41) |
2007 | 34 | Dallas | Texas |
| 18 |
35
|
iCracked Inc. |
AJ Forsythe(36) Anthony Martin(37) |
2010 | 230 | Redwood City | California |
| 19 |
29
|
ONEHOPE |
Jacob Kloberdanz(40) |
2007 | 24 | El Segundo | California |
| 20 |
28
|
The Nicholson Center |
Robert Nicholson(44) |
2009 | 34 | Niles | Ohio |
| 21 |
25
|
Gravity Media |
Yuriy Boykiv(42) |
2009 | 35 | New York | New York |
| 22 |
23
|
UniversityParent |
Sarah Schupp(42) |
2004 | 18 | Boulder | Colorado |
| 23 |
21
|
LKR Social Media |
Laura Roeder(39) |
2007 | 4 | Austin | Texas |
| 24 |
21
|
2 Wheel Bikes |
May Chu(44) |
2005 | 6 | Irwindale | California |
| 25 |
21
|
CPXi |
Mike Seiman(44) |
2000 | 105 | New York | New York |
| 26 |
21
|
Ajax Union |
Joe Apfelbaum(44) |
2008 | 70 | Brooklyn | New York |
| 27 |
18
|
Contently |
Shane Snow(39) Joe Coleman(40) Dave Goldberg(42) |
2010 | 15 | New York | New York |
| 28 |
15
|
ThinkImpact Company |
Saul Garlick(40) |
2011 | 6 | Denver | Colorado |
| 29 |
14
|
Ciplex |
Zach Ferres(37) Ilya Pozin(42) Nikola Mickic(46) Adam Lilly(44) |
1999 | 23 | Los Angeles | California |
| 30 |
12
|
PeerFly, Inc. |
Chad French(39) |
2009 | 8 | Alachua | Florida |
| 31 |
9
|
Adscend Media LLC |
Fehzan Ali(34) Jeremy Bash(40) |
2009 | 8 | Carrollton | Texas |
| 32 |
8
|
ScanDigital |
Anderson Schoenrock(45) |
2007 | 45 | Torrance | California |
| 33 |
8
|
Pacific Columns, Inc. |
Robert Sellek(45) |
1998 | 65 | Brea | California |
| 34 |
6
|
COMSTOR Outdoor |
Jason Duff(42) |
2001 | 5 | Huntsville | Ohio |
| 35 |
6
|
Meathead Movers |
Aaron Steed(43) |
1997 | 127 | San Luis Obispo | California |
| 36 |
5
|
HillSouth |
Robby Hill(41) |
2001 | 25 | Florence | South Carolina |
| 37 |
5
|
goods for good |
Melissa Kushner(43) |
2006 | 8 | New York | New York |
| 38 |
5
|
MorrisCore |
Benji Rabhan(38) |
2010 | 16 | Charlottesville | Virginia |
| 39 |
4
|
ReGreen Inc. |
David Duel(37) Kevin Refoua(38) |
2008 | 45 | Los Angeles | California |
| 40 |
4
|
Sanghavi Solitaire Inc. |
Vinit Jobanputra(37) |
2012 | 4 | New York | New York |
| 41 |
4
|
ContextMedia, Inc. |
Rishi Shah(38) Shradha Agarwal(38) |
2006 | 35 | Chicago | Illinois |
| 42 |
4
|
Ntiva |
Steven Freidkin(40) |
2004 | 72 | McLean | Virginia |
| 43 |
4
|
The Starter League |
Mike McGee(35) Neal Sales-Griffin(36) |
2011 | 10 | Chicago | Illinois |
| 44 |
3
|
Video Blocks |
Joel Holland(39) |
2001 | 15 | Reston | Virginia |
| 45 |
3
|
Ampush |
Jesse Pujji(40) Nick Shah(40) Chris Amos(40) |
2009 | 51 | San Francisco | California |
| 46 |
3
|
Enplug |
Nanxi Liu(33) Alex Ross(33) Zach Spitulski(33) David Zhu(35) Navdeep Reddy(36) |
2012 | 30 | Los Angeles | California |
| 47 |
3
|
ReTargeter |
Arjun Arora(40) |
2009 | 36 | San Francisco | California |
| 48 |
3
|
Conversation |
Frank O'Brien(42) |
2008 | 48 | New York | New York |
| 49 |
2
|
Crazy Egg |
Neil Patel(39) Hiten Shah(42) John Butler(40) |
2008 | 12 | La Palma | California |
| 50 |
2
|
The Marketing Zen Group |
Shama Kabani(39) |
2009 | 30 | Dallas | Texas |
| 51 |
2
|
Peeled Juice Bar |
Riana Lynn(38) |
2011 | 14 | Chicago | Illinois |
| 52 |
2
|
Next Big Sound, Inc |
Alex White(37) David Hoffman(37) Samir Rayani(37) |
2008 | 19 | New York | New York |
| 53 |
2
|
ooShirts Inc. |
Raymond Lei(33) |
2007 | 80 | Berkeley | California |
| 54 |
2
|
Highland Concerts |
Scott Osburn(37) Hank Keller(37) |
2010 | 2 | Dallas | Texas |
| 55 |
2
|
Brightergy |
Adam Blake(38) |
2010 | 51 | Kansas City | Missouri |
| 56 |
2
|
General Fuels Company |
Ali Saad(34) |
2007 | 15 | Dearborn | Michigan |
| 57 |
2
|
SECURE ITADS, LLC |
Mario Jurcic(39) |
2008 | 7 | Mentor | Ohio |
| 58 |
2
|
EarTop Technologies Inc. |
Ketan Rahangdale(31) |
2011 | 9 | Tallahassee | Florida |
| 59 |
2
|
Mixbook |
Andrew Laffoon(41) Aryk Grosz(39) |
2006 | 60 | Palo Alto | California |
| 60 |
2
|
Cater2.me |
Zachary Yungst(40) Alex Lorton(40) |
2010 | 20 | San Francisco | California |
| 61 |
2
|
Gsm Nation LLC |
Ahmed Khattak(38) Junaid Shams(38) |
2010 | 14 | Seattle | Washington |
| 62 |
2
|
Mile High Organics |
Michael Joseph(43) |
2010 | 36 | Boulder | Colorado |
| 63 |
2
|
CoachUp |
Jordan Fliegel(37) |
2012 | 7 | Boston | Massachusetts |
| 64 |
2
|
Design Vacancy LLC DBA Fueled |
Rameet Chawla(41) |
2007 | 20 | New York | New York |
| 65 |
2
|
MeetMe |
Catherine Cook(34) David Cook(35) |
2005 | 146 | New Hope | Pennsylvania |
| 66 |
2
|
Miss O & Friends |
Juliette Brindak(35) |
2005 | 3 | New York | New York |
| 67 |
2
|
Back to the Roots |
Nikhil Arora(37) Alejandro Velez(36) |
2009 | 26 | Oakland | California |
| 68 |
2
|
Novatek Communications, Inc. |
Amy Castronova(41) |
2003 | 26 | Rochester | New York |
| 69 |
2
|
Affiliate Media |
Warren Jolly(40) |
2006 | 18 | Costa Mesa | California |
| 70 |
1
|
sellbackyourBook.com |
glen nothnagel(36) |
2008 | 20 | Montgomery | Illinois |
| 71 |
1
|
Wendell Charles Financial |
Evan Kirkpatrick(40) |
2011 | 4 | Manhattan Beach | California |
| 72 |
1
|
Idea Buyer LLC |
Eric Corl(38) |
2007 | 4 | Columbus | Ohio |
| 73 |
1
|
AArrow Advertising |
Max Durovic(40) Mike Kenny(40) |
2002 | 10 | North Hollywood | California |
| 74 |
1
|
The GUILD Agency |
James Marshall Reilly(42) |
2011 | 7 | New York | New York |
| 75 |
1
|
Inigral |
Michael Staton(43) |
2007 | 35 | San Francisco | California |
| 76 |
1
|
Leading Edge Design Group |
Todd Boucher(42) |
2007 | 15 | Enfield | New Hampshire |
| 77 |
1
|
Oscomp |
Pedro Santos(40) |
2010 | 21 | Houston | Texas |
| 78 |
1
|
Mobius Consulting |
Melaine Privitera(42) Frank Privitera(44) |
2011 | 25 | Alexandria | Virginia |
| 79 |
1
|
WePay, Inc. |
BIll Clerico(38) Rich Aberman(39) |
2008 | 45 | Palo Alto | California |
| 80 |
1
|
shoeboxed.com |
Taylor Mingos(39) Tobias Walter(39) |
2007 | 63 | Durham | North Carolina |
| 81 |
0
|
HiDef, Inc. |
Azin Mehrnoosh(42) |
2003 | 21 | Denver | Colorado |
| 82 |
0
|
Elite SEM |
Ben Kirshner(46) |
2004 | 40 | New York | New York |
| 83 |
|
greeNEWit |
Jason Jannati(37) Josh Notes(40) Matej Harangozo(40) |
2008 | 25 | Columbia | Maryland |
| 84 |
|
GBI |
Savneet Singh(40) |
2009 | 30 | New York | New York |
| 85 |
|
Pencils of Promise |
Adam Braun(40) |
2008 | 60 | New York | New York |
| 86 |
|
Channel Factory |
Tony Chen(33) |
2010 | 27 | Los Angeles | California |
| 87 |
|
College Hunks Hauling Junk and College Hunks Moving |
Nick Friedman(42) Omar Soliman(41) |
2004 | 306 | Tampa | Florida |
| 88 |
|
Newport Academy |
Jamison Monroe(43) |
2008 | 30 | New York | New York |
| 89 |
|
Docstoc |
Jason Nazar(45) |
2007 | 44 | Santa Monica | California |
| 90 |
|
Wpromote |
Michael Mothner(43) |
2001 | 81 | El Segundo | California |
| 91 |
|
Mobile Roadie |
Michael Schneider(43) |
2009 | 27 | Beverly Hills | California |
| 92 |
|
Spartz |
Emerson Spartz(37) |
2009 | 21 | Chicago | Illinois |
| 93 |
|
Tieks |
Kfir Gavrieli(41) Dikla Gavrieli(44) Elram Gavrieli(36) |
2008 | 25 | Los Angeles | California |
| 94 |
|
Blue Track Media |
Shahzil Amin(35) |
2009 | 5 | Dallas | Texas |
| 95 |
|
Mutual Mobile |
John Arrow(37) Tarun Nimmagadda(37) Mickey Ristroph(37) Sam Gaddis(39) Jason Story(38) |
2009 | 294 | Austin | Texas |
| 96 |
|
Hipmunk |
Adam Goldstein(36) Steve Huffman(40) |
2010 | 24 | San Francisco | California |
| 97 |
|
Scopely |
Walter Driver(42) Ankur Bulsara(43) |
2011 | 41 | 9950 Culver City Bldg. #2 | California |
| 98 |
|
SHANTH |
Alexandra Mysoor(43) Prashanth Mysoor(43) |
2012 | 2 | Los Angeles | California |
| 99 |
|
GiveForward |
Ethan Austin(42) Desiree Vargas-Wrigley(42) |
2008 | 22 | Chicago | Illinois |
| 100 |
|
ZIVELO |
Ziver Birg(41) |
2001 | 30 | Gas City | Indiana |
