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Top 8 Business Development Unicorns in 2024

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The Business Development industry is filled with successful companies that have raised millions of dollars in VC funding that came from some of the top investors in the world.

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1) Zipline

Zipline

Zipline is the first company to operate drones directly into remote medical supply chains serving regions with no road access.

Details of the startup:

  • Valuation: $2.80B (May 2019)
  • Country: United States
  • State: California
  • City: South San Francisco
  • Started in: 2014
  • Founders: Jeremy Baker, Melissa Wong
  • Number of employees: 50-100
  • Funding: $487.16M
  • Funding rounds: 3
  • Number of investors: 8

You can find their website here.

2) GO1

GO1

GO1 allows companies to upscale their workforce with on-demand training and a dynamic content-driven platform.

Details of the startup:

  • Valuation: $2.00B (July 2021)
  • Country: Australia
  • State: Queensland
  • City: Brisbane
  • Started in: 2015
  • Founders: Andrew Barnes, Chris Eigeland, Chris Hood, Vu Tran
  • Number of employees: 100-250
  • Funding: $273.25M
  • Funding rounds: 8
  • Number of investors: 27

You can find their website here.

3) ZenBusiness

ZenBusiness

Zenbusiness offers business products and services that help business owners in starting, running, and growing a business.

Details of the startup:

  • Valuation: $1.70B (November 2021)
  • Country: United States
  • State: Texas
  • City: Austin
  • Started in: 2015
  • Founders: JC Glancy, Rafael Lopez, Ross Buhrdorf, Ryan Pitylak, Shanaz Hemmati
  • Number of employees: 250-500
  • Funding: $275.75M
  • Funding rounds: 7
  • Number of investors: 20

You can find their website here.

4) Upside

Upside

Upside is a two-sided marketplace dedicated to bringing value to all points of physical commerce.

Details of the startup:

  • Valuation: $1.50B (April 2022)
  • Country: United States
  • State: District of Columbia
  • City: Washington
  • Started in: 2016
  • Founders: Alex Kinnier, Jan Rubio, Joanna Kochaniak, Rick McPhee, Thomas Vaughan, Wayne Lin
  • Number of employees: 251-500
  • Funding: $165.00M
  • Funding rounds: 6
  • Number of investors: 4

You can find their website here.

5) impact.com

impact.com

Impact.com is a top global platform for partnership management.

Details of the startup:

  • Valuation: $1.50B (July 2021)
  • Country: United States
  • State: California
  • City: Santa Barbara
  • Started in: 2008
  • Founders: David Sendroff, Lisa Riolo, Per Pettersen, Roger Kjensrud, Todd Crawford, Wade Crang
  • Number of employees: 501-1000
  • Funding: $361.40M
  • Funding rounds: 6
  • Number of investors: 8

You can find their website here.

6) WTOIP

WTOIP

WTOIP has been designed to help entrepreneurs take their ideas to market. The platform provides startups with a shared resource library of patents, trademarks, and copyrights which can be accessed on-demand.

Details of the startup:

  • Valuation: $1.27B (April 2018)
  • Country: China
  • State: Guangdong
  • City: Guangzhou
  • Started in: 2013
  • Founders: Amy Chan
  • Number of employees: 1,000-5,000
  • Funding: $306.98M
  • Funding rounds: 4
  • Number of investors: 9

You can find their website here.

7) CloudBees

CloudBees

CloudBees builds a cloud-based platform that automates the end-to-end software distribution process.

Details of the startup:

  • Valuation: $1.15B (December 2021)
  • Country: United States
  • State: California
  • City: San Jose
  • Started in: 2010
  • Founders: Adrian Brock, François Déchery, Kohsuke Kawaguchi, Michael Neale, Ryan Campbell, Sacha Labourey, Vivek Pandey
  • Number of employees: 500-1,000
  • Funding: $2,075.00M
  • Funding rounds: 8
  • Number of investors: 16

You can find their website here.

8) Razor

Razor

Razor Group is a global consumer holding company that partners with e-commerce merchants to acquire and scale brands.

Details of the startup:

  • Valuation: $1.00B (November 2021)
  • Country: Germany
  • City: Berlin
  • Started in: 2020
  • Founders: Christoph F. Gamon, Jonas Diezun, Oliver Dlugosch, Shrestha Chowdhury, Tushar Ahluwalia
  • Number of employees: 100-250
  • Funding: $558.71M
  • Funding rounds: 8
  • Number of investors: 12

You can find their website here.

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