since 2008
major
Womply
Guardant Health → IPO
late stage
CipherCloud → Lookout
airbnb → IPO
Lyft → IPO
minor
Golden → ComplyAdvantage
Getaround → IPO as GETR
Collectrium → Christie's Int'l
Arcus → Mastercard
PlateJoy → Healthline
Swiftype → Elastic → IPO
Life360 → breakeven SVP
good natured Products → IPO
landfill gas project
Playhaven → Upsight
Pantry Labs → Byte Foods
TripFlavor → Zozi → Peek
vudu → Walmart (breakeven)
Ekso Bionics → IPO as EKSO
deadpool (16)
- social: Ark search, PerceptualNetworks dating, Presdo events, EveryMe network, PilotWorks cottage food
- shipping: Bluwrap, Pakible, EquaShip
- finance: Domeyard hedge fund, HireAthena accounting
- transportation: LocoMobi parking, MissionMotors EV components, Moon Express moon lander, Starsky Robotics self-driving trucks, 2 hyperloops (Arrivo, Virgin)
before 2008
early internet
IGN Entertainment → IPO (snowball) → private → News Corp
excite → IPO
Infoseek → IPO → Disney
productivity apps
Frame Technology → IPO → Adobe
Netmosphere → CriticalPath
content delivery
Red Swoosh → Akamai
Tumbleweed → IPO
ProxiNet → Puma Technology
EDA/semiconductors
SDA →merger Cadence Design Systems
chipestimate → Cadence Design Systems
High Level Design Systems → Cadence Design Systems
Hierarchical Design → Xilinx
SmartMachines → Brooks Automation