Meet the New Software Unicorns of 2024

1) Canva

Canva is a free, online design tool that helps you create eye-catching, shareable content.

Details of the startup:

  • Valuation: $40.00B (January 2018)

  • Country: Australia

  • State: New South Wales

  • City: Surry Hills

  • Started in: 2012

  • Founders: Cameron Adams, Cliff Obrecht, Melanie Perkins

  • Number of employees: 500-1,000

You can find their website here.

2) Databricks

Databricks is a fast-growing company with best-in-class engineers and data scientists, creating the future of cloud computing, data services and universal computing resources.

Details of the startup:

  • Valuation: $38.00B (February 2019)

  • Country: United States

  • State: California

  • City: San Francisco

  • Started in: 2013

  • Founders: Ali Ghodsi, Andy Konwinski, Ion Stoica, Matei Zaharia, Patrick Wendell, Reynold Xin, Scott Shenker

  • Number of employees: 1,000-5,000

You can find their website here.

3) Epic Games

Epic Games offers full-featured game engine technology, giving developers everything they need to bring their creative visions to life.

Details of the startup:

  • Valuation: $31.50B (October 2018)

  • Country: United States

  • State: North Carolina

  • City: Cary

  • Started in: 1991

  • Founders: Mark Rein, Tim Sweeney

  • Number of employees: 1,000-5,000

You can find their website here.

4) BYJU's

BYJU’S is an educational technology company that designs and develops personalized, high quality learning programs for K-12 students.

Details of the startup:

  • Valuation: $22.00B (July 2017)

  • Country: India

  • City: Bengaluru

  • Started in: 2008

  • Founders: Byju Raveendran, Divya Gokulnath

  • Number of employees: 1,000-5,000

You can find their website here.

5) Discord

Discord is the only Free and Secure All-in-one Voice+Text+Video App designed for gamers that’s trusted by over 38 million gamers.

Details of the startup:

  • Valuation: $15.00B (April 2018)

  • Country: United States

  • State: California

  • City: San Francisco

  • Started in: 2012

  • Founders: Jason Citron, Stanislav Vishnevskiy

  • Number of employees: 500-1,000

You can find their website here.

6) Celonis

Celonis is an innovative, fast-growing software company that develops enterprise software solutions for improving business performance through better process execution.

Details of the startup:

  • Valuation: $13.00B (June 2018)

  • Country: Germany

  • City: Munich

  • Started in: 2011

  • Founders: Alexander Rinke, Bastian Nominacher, Martin Klenk

  • Number of employees: 1,000-5,000

You can find their website here.

7) Notion Labs

The Notion workspace consolidates your efforts from multiple sources — notes, tasks, wikis, and databases - into one app.

Details of the startup:

  • Valuation: $10.00B (April 2020)

  • Country: United States

  • State: California

  • City: San Francisco

  • Started in: 2016

  • Founders: Ivan Zhao, Simon Last

  • Number of employees: 250-500

You can find their website here.

8) OutSystems

OutSystems helps enterprises have a new competitive advantage by allowing them to rapidly develop, deploy, and manage enterprise-grade apps.

Details of the startup:

  • Valuation: $9.50B (June 2018)

  • Country: United States

  • State: Massachusetts

  • City: Boston

  • Started in: 2001

  • Founders: Paulo Rosado, Rui Pereira

  • Number of employees: 1,000-5,000

You can find their website here.

9) TripActions

TripActions is a travel management platform that helps streamline the business travel and expense process for companies.

Details of the startup:

  • Valuation: $9.20B (November 2018)

  • Country: United States

  • State: California

  • City: Palo Alto

  • Started in: 2015

  • Founders: Ariel Cohen, Ilan Twig

  • Number of employees: 1,000-5,000

You can find their website here.

10) Klaviyo

Klaviyo is a powerful email platform that combines automation, marketing-based business intelligence, and lead nurturing to help grow your ecommerce.

Details of the startup:

  • Valuation: $9.20B (November 2020)

  • Country: United States

  • State: Massachusetts

  • City: Boston

  • Started in: 2012

  • Founders: Andrew Bialecki, Ed Hallen

  • Number of employees: 500-1,000

You can find their website here.

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