When we came across this infographic about billion startups by Staff.com, we were impressed to see the number of young companies that have sky-high valuations. That is, until we started calling out big names that we expected to see on the list. Where is Pinterest? What about SurveyMonkey, Rovio and Kayak? Once we started doing some research we realised that the billion-dollar club has in fact become more of a party in the park than an exclusive VIP snootfest. The New York Times did the thumbsuck-math and came up with a number between 25 and 40 startups that now have billion dollar plus valuations. Many companies like Palantir, which does predictive data analysis or Zscaler, a startup that provides online corporate data security, shine outside of the consumer mainstream spotlight. Lesser-known consumer companies like Jawbone, the mobile gadget maker has a US$1.5 billion valuation, while private sales site Vente Privee fly well below the radar despite boasting a US$3 billion price tag.
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