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AlphabetPublic
$3.92T▲1.8%$446B8.8x$20M$2.2M▲15.1%198,933Sundar PichaiLarry PageSergey Brin1998InternetMarketingMountain View, CA
2
MicrosoftPublic
$3.89T▲11.6%$332B11.7x$17M$1.5M▲17.8%223,000Satya NadellaBill GatesPaul Allen1975DesktopITRedmond, WA
3
AmazonPublic
$2.68T▲9.5%$776B3.4x$1.7M$486K▲12.4%1,595,000Andy JassyJeff Bezos1994InternetSoftware EngineeringSeattle, WA
4
BroadcomPublic
$1.54T▼7.0%$89.1B17.2x$47M$2.7M▲23.9%33,000Hock E. TanHenry SamueliHenry Nicholas III1991Client–ServerITPalo Alto, CA
5
AnthropicPrivate
$965B--$47.0B20.5x$193M$9.4M--5,000Dario AmodeiDario AmodeiDaniela AmodeiJared KaplanJack ClarkChris OlahBenjamin MannSam McCandlishTom Brown2021AISoftware EngineeringSan Francisco, CA
6
OpenAIPrivate
$852B--$41.3B20.6x$189M$9.2M--4,500Sam AltmanSam AltmanGreg BrockmanIlya SutskeverWojciech ZarembaJohn SchulmanElon MuskTrevor BlackwellVicki CheungAndrej KarpathyDurk KingmaPamela Vagata2015AISoftware EngineeringSan Francisco, CA
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Palantir TechnologiesPublic
$473B▲17.2%$6.16B76.8x$107M$1.4M▲56.2%4,401Alexander KarpPeter ThielJoe LonsdaleAlex KarpStephen CohenNathan Gettings2003InternetDataDenver, CO
8
Cisco SystemsPublic
$420B▲41.9%$63.3B6.6x$4.4M$662K▲11.8%95,612Charles H. RobbinsLeonard BosackSandy Lerner1984InternetCyber SecuritySan Jose, CA
9
OraclePublic
$382B▼34.7%$71.8B5.3x$2.7M$509K▲17.3%141,000Clay MagouyrkMike SiciliaLarry EllisonBob MinerEd Oates1977MinicomputerITAustin, TX
10
Palo Alto NetworksPublic
$311B▲112.2%$11.5B27.1x$14M$524K▲24.5%21,921Nikesh AroraNir ZukRajiv Batra2005CloudCyber SecuritySanta Clara, CA
11
Dell TechnologiesPublic
$290B▲260.9%$151B1.9x$3.0M$1.6M▲18.8%97,000Michael DellMichael Dell1984DesktopITRound Rock, TX
12
SAPPublic
sap.com · Founded 1972
$277B▲8.4%$44.1B6.3x$2.4M$390K▲7.7%113,076Christian KleinDietmar HoppHasso PlattnerClaus WellenreutherKlaus TschiraHans-Werner Hector1972MinicomputerFinanceWalldorf, Germany
13
CrowdStrike HoldingsPublic
$264B▲127.1%$5.40B48.9x$23M$461K▲21.7%11,706George KurtzGeorge KurtzDmitri AlperovitchGregg Marston2011CloudCyber SecurityAustin, TX
14
xAIAcq
$250B--$3.20B78.1x$45M$576K--5,559Elon MuskElon MuskIgor BabuschkinYuhuai WuKyle KosicGreg YangZihang DaiToby PohlenChristian SzegedyGuodong ZhangRoss NordeenJimmy BaManuel Kroiss2006AISoftware EngineeringPalo Alto, CA
15
International Business MachinesPublic
ibm.com · Founded 1911
$240B▼11.2%$69.9B3.4x$907K$264K▲7.6%264,300Arvind KrishnaCharles Ranlett FlintHerman HollerithThomas J. Watson1911MainframeITArmonk, NY
16
SiemensPublic
siemens.com · Founded 1847
$220B▲8.3%$90.8B2.4x$693K$286K▲3.9%317,000Roland BuschWerner von SiemensJohann Georg Halske1847MainframeManufacturingMunich, Germany
17
ShopifyPublic
$217B▲7.3%$13.3B16.4x$29M$1.7M▲30.1%7,600Tobias LütkeTobias LütkeDaniel WeinandScott Lake2004InternetRetail & E-commerceOttawa, Canada
18
SalesforcePublic
$205B▼1.3%$43.9B4.7x$2.5M$527K▲9.6%83,334Marc BenioffMarc BenioffParker HarrisDave MoellenhoffFrank Dominguez1999CloudSalesSan Francisco, CA
19
RevolutPrivate
$200B--$6.00B33.3x$17M$500K--12,000Nik StoronskyNik StoronskyVlad Yatsenko2013CloudFinTechLondon, United Kingdom
20
DatabricksPrivate
$190B--$7.00B27.1x$21M$778K--9,000Ali GhodsiAli GhodsiAndy KonwinskiIon StoicaPatrick WendellReynold XinMatei ZahariaArsalan Tavakoli2013CloudDataSan Francisco, CA
21
ServiceNowPublic
$164B▲7.8%$14.7B11.2x$5.6M$505K▲20.9%29,187Bill McDermottFred Luddy2003CloudITSanta Clara, CA
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StripePrivate
$159B------$16M----10,000Patrick CollisonJohn CollisonPatrick Collison2010CloudFinanceSouth San Francisco, CA
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AccenturePublic
$153B▼1.3%$74.2B2.1x$187K$91K▲7.4%814,000Julie Sweet--1989DesktopITDublin, Ireland
24
FortinetPublic
$132B▲131.1%$7.53B17.5x$8.5M$487K▲14.2%15,472Ken XieKen XieMichael Xie2000InternetCyber SecuritySunnyvale, CA
25
Automatic Data ProcessingPublic
adp.com · Founded 1949
$121B▲23.0%$21.9B5.5x$1.8M$328K▲6.7%67,000Maria BlackHenry TaubJoe Taub1949MainframeHRRoseland, NJ
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CloudflarePublic
$116B▲66.2%$2.51B46.2x$21M$458K▲29.8%5,483Matthew PrinceMatthew PrinceMichelle ZatlynLee Holloway2009CloudCyber SecuritySan Francisco, CA
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SnowflakePublic
$115B▲50.2%$5.43B21.1x$13M$600K▲29.2%9,060Sridhar RamaswamyBenoît DagevilleThierry CruanesMarcin Żukowski2012CloudDataMenlo Park, CA
28
AdobePublic
$103B▼20.8%$26.0B4.0x$3.3M$828K▲10.5%31,360Shantanu NarayenCharles GeschkeJohn Warnock1982DesktopMarketingSan Jose, CA
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BloombergPrivate
$100B--$14.9B6.7x$3.8M$573K--26,000Vlad KliatchkoMichael BloombergThomas SecundaDuncan MacMillanCharles Zegar1981DesktopCapital MarketsNew York, NY
30
DatadogPublic
$96.8B▲101.6%$3.97B24.4x$12M$490K▲27.7%8,100Olivier PomelOlivier PomelAlexis Lê-Quôc2010CloudSoftware EngineeringNew York, NY
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IntuitPublic
$91.8B▼44.7%$21.4B4.3x$4.9M$1.2M▲13.9%18,600Sasan GoodarziScott CookTom Proulx1983DesktopFinanceMountain View, CA
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AppLovinPublic
$87.4B▼57.9%$6.83B12.8x$97M$7.6M▲70.0%898Adam ForoughiAdam ForoughiAndrew KaramJohn Krystynak2012CloudMarketingPalo Alto, CA
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Cadence Design SystemsPublic
$87.2B▲2.0%$5.84B14.9x$5.6M$378K▲14.1%15,445Anirudh DevganRichard NewtonJames Solomon1988DesktopManufacturingSan Jose, CA
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SynopsysPublic
$82.4B▼10.5%$9.42B8.8x$3.0M$339K▲15.1%27,809Sassine GhaziAart de GeusDavid GregoryAlberto Sangiovanni-VincentelliBill Krieger1986DesktopSoftware EngineeringSunnyvale, CA
35
Hewlett Packard EnterprisePublic
hpe.com · Founded 1939
$75.3B▲137.3%$41.9B1.8x$1.1M$625K▲13.8%67,000Antonio NeriBill HewlettDavid Packard1939MainframeITSpring, TX
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Epic SystemsPrivate
$70.0B------$4.7M----15,000Judith FaulknerJudith Faulkner1979MinicomputerHealthcare ProvidersVerona, WI
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VMwareAcq
$69.0B------$4.3M----16,000Raghu RaghuramDiane GreeneMendel RosenblumEdouard BugnionScott DevineEdward Wang1998InternetITPalo Alto, CA
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RampPrivate
$61.9B--$2.00B30.9x$25M$810K--2,469Eric GlymanEric GlymanKarim AtiyehGene Lee2019CloudFinanceNew York, NY
39
CursorAcq
$60.0B--$4.00B15.0x$86M$5.7M--700Michael TruellMichael TruellSualeh AsifArvid LunnemarkAman Sanger2022AISoftware EngineeringSan Francisco, CA
40
AtlassianPublic
$57.6B▲47.1%$6.57B8.8x$4.3M$494K▲26.0%13,301Mike Cannon-BrookesMike Cannon-BrookesScott Farquhar2002InternetSoftware EngineeringSydney, Australia
41
Thomson ReutersPublic
thomsonreuters.com · Founded 1850
$53.4B▲3.0%$7.83B6.8x$2.0M$289K▲3.0%27,100Steve HaskerPaul Julius Reuter1850MainframeLegalToronto, Canada
42
AutodeskPublic
$52.7B▼12.0%$7.79B6.8x$3.7M$545K▲17.5%14,300Andrew AnagnostJohn Walker1982DesktopManufacturingSan Francisco, CA
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ThalesPublic
thalesgroup.com · Founded 1968
$52.5B▼2.2%$25.5B2.1x$662K$322K▲7.6%79,263Patrice CaineElihu ThomsonEdwin Houston1968MainframeCyber SecurityMeudon, France
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Veeva SystemsPublic
$52.3B▲47.2%$3.46B15.1x$6.6M$436K▲16.3%7,928Peter GassnerPeter GassnerMatt WallachDoug Ostler2007CloudBiotechPleasanton, CA
45
Constellation SoftwarePublic
$51.4B▲5.0%$12.6B4.1x$882K$217K▲15.5%58,254Mark MillerMark LeonardJames D. Foy1995InternetITToronto, Canada
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WorkdayPublic
$50.6B▲2.0%$10.2B5.0x$2.4M$486K▲13.1%20,896Aneel BhusriAneel BhusriDave Duffield2005CloudHRPleasanton, CA
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PayPal HoldingsPublic
$48.8B▼1.1%$34.1B1.4x$2.0M$1.4M▲4.3%23,800Enrique LoresMax LevchinPeter ThielLuke Nosek1998InternetSoftware EngineeringSan Jose, CA
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CognitionPrivate
$48.0B--$1.00B48.0x$137M$2.9M--350Scott WuScott WuSteven HaoWalden Yan2023AISoftware EngineeringNew York, NY
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IQVIAPublic
$46.0B▲24.0%$17.0B2.7x$541K$200K▲5.9%85,002Ari BousbibDennis Gillings1982DesktopBiotechDurham, NC
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BlockPublic
$45.9B▲17.4%$25.0B1.8x$7.7M$4.2M▲0.3%6,000Jack DorseyJack DorseyJim McKelvey2009CloudRetail & E-commerceOakland, CA
51
NebiusPublic
$43.2B▲76.5%$1.36B31.8x$28M$878K▲479.0%1,543Arkady VolozhArkady VolozhRoman Chernin2024AISoftware EngineeringAmsterdam, Netherlands
52
NetAppPublic
$42.3B▲104.5%$7.39B5.7x$3.6M$632K▲5.4%11,700George KurianDavid HitzJames LauMichael Malcolm1992Client–ServerITSan Jose, CA
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CanvaPrivate
$42.0B--$4.00B10.5x$7.9M$755K--5,300Melanie PerkinsMelanie PerkinsCliff ObrechtCameron Adams2012CloudMarketingSurry Hills, Australia
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ZscalerPublic
$41.6B▲15.7%$3.35B12.4x$4.8M$385K▲25.4%8,700Jay ChaudhryJay ChaudhryK. Kailash2007CloudCyber SecuritySan Jose, CA
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EverpurePublic
$41.1B▲78.7%$4.26B9.6x$6.4M$666K▲15.6%6,400Charles GiancarloJohn 'Coz' Colgrove2009CloudDataSanta Clara, CA
56
PrometheusPrivate
$41.0B------$273M----150Jeff BezosVik BajajJeff BezosVik Bajaj2025AIManufacturingSan Francisco, CA
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HCL TechnologiesPublic
$40.5B▼9.0%$14.8B2.7x$173K$63K▲11.2%234,496C. VijayakumarShiv NadarAjai Chowdhry1976MinicomputerITNoida, India
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TwilioPublic
$40.2B▲89.2%$5.57B7.2x$7.3M$1.0M▲13.7%5,492Khozema ShipchandlerJeff LawsonEvan CookeJohn Wolthuis2008CloudCustomer SupportSan Francisco, CA
59
Checkout.comPrivate
$40.0B------$17M----2,292Guillaume PousazGuillaume Pousaz2012CloudRetail & E-commerceLondon, United Kingdom
60
KalshiPrivate
$40.0B--$4.00B10.0x$267M$27M--150Tarek MansourTarek MansourLuana Lopes Lara2018CloudCapital MarketsNew York, NY
61
First DataAcq
firstdata.com · Founded 1971
$38.3B------$2.0M----19,000Frank BisignanoPerry "Bill" EspingMike LiddyJack Weekly1971MinicomputerRetail & E-commerceAtlanta, GA
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OktaPublic
$37.2B▲154.7%$3.07B12.1x$5.9M$483K▲11.8%6,366Todd McKinnonTodd McKinnonFrederic Kerrest2009CloudITSan Francisco, CA
63
Dassault SystemesPublic
$35.9B▲4.2%$6.95B5.2x$1.4M$268K▲0.4%25,967Pascal DalozFrancis Bernard1981DesktopManufacturingVélizy-Villacoublay, France
64
AnsysAcq
ansys.com · Founded 1970
$35.0B------$5.2M----6,703Ajei GopalJohn A. Swanson1970MinicomputerManufacturingCanonsburg, PA
65
Red HatAcq
$34.0B------$1.8M----19,000Matt HicksMarc EwingBob Young1993Client–ServerITRaleigh, NC
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AdyenPublic
$33.4B▼31.7%$2.89B11.5x$6.7M$576K▲18.9%5,020Pieter van der DoesPieter van der DoesArnout Schuijff2006CloudRetail & E-commerceAmsterdam, Netherlands
67
WizAcq
$32.0B--$1.00B32.0x$10M$318K--3,149Assaf RappaportAssaf RappaportYinon CosticaRoy ReznikAmi Luttwak2020CloudCyber SecurityNew York, NY
68
SSI / Safe SuperintelligencePrivate
$32.0B------$1.5B----21Ilya SutskeverIlya SutskeverDaniel GrossDaniel Levy2024AISoftware EngineeringPalo Alto, CA
69
Cognizant Technology SolutionsPublic
$31.8B▼11.6%$21.6B1.5x$92K$63K▲7.0%345,049Ravi Kumar SingisettiKumar MahadevaFrancisco D'Souza1994Client–ServerITTeaneck, NJ
70
CrusoePrivate
$30.9B------$17M----1,800Chase LochmillerChase LochmillerCully Cavness2018CloudSoftware EngineeringDenver, CO
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VAST DataPrivate
$30.0B--$500M60.0x$25M$415K--1,206Renen HallakRenen HallakShachar FienblitJeff DenworthAlon Horev2016AIITNew York, NY
72
PerplexityPrivate
$30.0B--$450M66.7x$21M$321K--1,400Aravind SrinivasAravind SrinivasDenis YaratsJohnny HoAndy Konwinski2022AIITSan Francisco, CA
73
CoreWeavePublic
$29.9B▼31.6%$7.59B3.9x$11M$2.9M▲167.9%2,637Michael IntratorMichael IntratorBrian VenturoBrannin McBee2017AISoftware EngineeringLivingston, NJ
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MongoDBPublic
$29.8B▼7.1%$2.78B10.7x$5.2M$481K▲22.8%5,783Chirantan "CJ" DesaiDwight MerrimanEliot HorowitzKevin Ryan2007CloudSoftware EngineeringNew York, NY
75
CernerAcq
$29.8B------$1.1M----28,000David FeinbergNeal PattersonPaul GorupCliff Illig1980DesktopHealthcare ProvidersKansas City, MO
76
Scale AIAcq
$29.0B------$22M----1,300Jason DroegeAlexandr WangLucy Guo2016AIDataSan Francisco, CA
77
HexagonPublic
$28.6B▼4.5%$6.12B4.7x$1.8M$382K▲0.4%16,036Anders SvenssonBörje Andersson1975MinicomputerManufacturingStockholm, Sweden
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Bending SpoonsPublic
$28.0B▲8.8%$2.04B13.7x$16M$1.2M▲288.7%1,743Luca FerrariLuca FerrariFrancesco PatarnelloMatteo DanieliLuca QuerellaTomasz Greber2013CloudProductMilan, Italy
79
SplunkAcq
$28.0B------$3.0M----9,231Gary SteeleMichael BaumRob DasErik Swan2003InternetCyber SecuritySan Jose, CA
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Zoom CommunicationsPublic
$27.9B▲14.9%$4.99B5.6x$3.8M$671K▲4.4%7,438Eric YuanEric Yuan2011CloudITSan Jose, CA
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LinkedInAcq
$27.1B------$1.6M----17,500Daniel ShaperoReid HoffmanAllen BlueKonstantin GuerickeEric LyJean-Luc Vaillant2002InternetSalesSunnyvale, CA
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SlackAcq
$27.1B------$9.2M----2,935Rob SeamanStewart ButterfieldCal HendersonSerguei Mourachov2009CloudITSan Francisco, CA
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VeriSignPublic
$26.9B▲26.0%$1.71B15.8x$29M$1.8M▲6.4%926D. James BidzosJames Bidzos1995InternetITReston, VA
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RubrikPublic
$26.7B▲70.6%$1.54B17.3x$7.0M$406K▲48.5%3,797Bipul SinhaBipul SinhaArvind NithrakashyapSoham MazumdarArvind JainMukeash Rawat2014CloudITPalo Alto, CA
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FiservPublic
fiserv.com · Founded 1971
$26.5B▼24.0%$21.2B1.3x$698K$558K▲3.6%38,000Takis GeorgakopoulosGeorge DaltonLeslie Muma1971MinicomputerBankingMilwaukee, WI
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SamsaraPublic
$26.3B▲32.4%$1.85B14.2x$6.4M$451K▲29.6%4,100Sanjit BiswasSanjit BiswasJohn Bicket2015CloudSupply ChainSan Francisco, CA
87
CyberArkAcq
$26.2B--$1.44B18.2x$6.6M$360K--4,000Matt CohenUdi Mokady1999InternetCyber SecurityNewton, MA
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BasetenPrivate
$26.0B------$98M----266Tuhin SrivastavaTuhin SrivastavaPhilip HowesAmir HaghighatPankaj Gupta2019AISoftware EngineeringSan Francisco, CA
89
F5Public
$25.8B▲77.5%$3.31B7.8x$4.0M$508K▲9.7%6,512François Locoh-DonouJeff Hussey1996InternetCyber SecuritySeattle, WA
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Reflection AIPrivate
$25.0B------$123M----203Misha LaskinMisha LaskinIoannis Alexandros Antonoglou2024AISoftware EngineeringNew York, NY
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WorldpayAcq
$24.3B------$2.5M----9,632Charles DruckerNick Ogden1993Client–ServerRetail & E-commerceCincinnati, OH
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Mistral AIPrivate
$24.0B--$400M60.0x$69M$1.1M--350Arthur MenschArthur MenschGuillaume LampleTimothée Lacroix2023AISoftware EngineeringParis, France
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Wolters KluwerPublic
wolterskluwer.com · Founded 1836
$22.0B▲2.7%$6.83B3.2x$1.1M$329K▲3.5%20,771Stacey CaywoodJan Berend Wolters1836MainframeFinanceAlphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands
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Global PaymentsPublic
globalpayments.com · Founded 1967
$21.9B▲10.7%$10.2B2.1x$843K$393K▼0.4%26,000Cameron BreadyGeorge W. Thorpe1967MainframeRetail & E-commerceAtlanta, GA
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CirclePublic
$21.8B▲2.9%$2.91B7.5x$20M$2.6M▲63.9%1,100Jeremy AllaireJeremy AllaireSean Neville2013CloudWeb3 / Crypto InfraNew York, NY
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WhatsAppAcq
$21.8B------$396M----55Jan KoumJan KoumBrian Acton2009CloudMedia & EntertainmentMenlo Park, CA
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PTCPublic
$21.1B▲13.9%$2.95B7.1x$3.0M$422K▲19.2%7,000Neil BaruaSamuel GeisbergMike Payne1985DesktopManufacturingBoston, MA
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GenesysPE
$21.0B--$3.00B7.0x$2.4M$345K--8,684Tony BatesAlec MiloslavskyGregory Shenkman1990Client–ServerCustomer SupportMenlo Park, CA
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PolymarketPrivate
$21.0B------$105M----200Shayne CoplanShayne Coplan2020AIWeb3 / Crypto InfraNew York, NY
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VismaPE
$20.7B--$3.49B5.9x$1.4M$232K--15,000Merete Hverven--1996InternetFinanceOslo, Norway
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