The 100 startup pdf

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This is done in privacy settings. 1. Facebook Image: Facebook.com Estimated Value: '25 BillionLast's Rank/Estimate: #1/'6.5 billion Business: Facebook is the largest social site in the world with over 500 million users, which is 66% more than 300 million users last year. According to Compete, it is the third largest web property based on unique visitors. Location: Palo Alto, CA Read more: About Facebook CEO: Mark zuckerberg Investors: The company has raised more than '400M in funding since 2008. Microsoft (.246M), Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing ('60M), Greylock Partners and Meritech Capital Partners ('25M), Accel Partners ('12.8M), PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel ('500,000), European Founders Fund ('15M),' Digital Technologies Sky, and TriplePoint Capital ('100M'). Analysis: Facebook dominates the internet. He left a trail of waning competitors on his way (MySpace, Ning, Bebo). It just replaced Google as the number one destination users donate most of their time. Revenue last year was estimated at around 700 million pounds with branded and performance advertising consisting of the bulk. The company has had significant ad sales success because of its size, brand and ability to develop products such as engagement ads that interact with users. Facebook is also rumored to deepen its search relationship with Microsoft by extracting anonymized data from consumer usage, illustrating the importance of facebook's massive information-generating audience, not too mention, probably off from Google. Mark zuckerberg said that 2010 estimates of revenue from 1 and $1.1 billion is not that far away. If we take the conservative end of this range and apply the 25x somewhat because of its incredible growth, segments of emerging markets, low cost products, platform applications and advertising and gaming potential, we get a $25 billion valuation. In addition, Elevation Partners recently acquired 2.4 million shares on the secondary market, with an estimate of $23 billion. The shares traded as high as $34 billion on Sharespost, a whopping 30x estimated sales and more than eBay's market capitalization. 2. Image of Sing: Sing Estimated Value: $5 billion Last year Rating/Assessment: #12/$1.2 billion Business: Social Games Location: San Francisco, California Read more: About Singa CEO: Mark Pincus Investors: Singa has raised a total of $510 million Series A ($10 million): Avalon Ventures, Clarium Capital, Foundry Group, Pilot Group, Union Square Ventures, Reed Hoffman, Peter Thiel, Bob Pittman, Andy Russell, Brad Feldman, Serie B ($29 million): Kleiner Kleiner Perkins Kaufield and Anders Series C ($180 million): Andreessen Horowitz, Institutional Venture Partners, Tiger Global, Digital Sky Technologies and Kevin Rose. Series D ($300 million): Softbank and Google. Analysis: Singa has established itself as an outstanding leader in social games with more than 50 million daily active users playing their games. The company is estimated to rake in more than $500 million in revenue this year from a combination of ads and virtual merchandise. That's 150% more than last year,200 million dollars. We are bullish in the social gaming market because it does not require much development costs like traditional games. Singa lives mainly on social networks such as Facebook, where people spend an incredible amount of time. Finally, the virtual goods model is a high-margin business that is finally taking hold in the US. Many gaming companies trade in 5-10x sales. If we accept a high level of this range for leadership accounting, we will arrive at a valuation of $5 billion 3. Wikimedia Foundation (Wikipedia) Image: Estimated value of Wikimedia: $5 billion Last year rating/estimate: #2/ $5 billion Business: The Wikimedia Foundation is a non-profit organization 501c3. Its asset is a global user encyclopedia that relies heavily on donations and profit-gathering activities. Location: San Francisco, CA Read more: About Wikipedia Executive Director: Sue Gardner Investors: Vinod Khosla, Open Society Institute, Alfred. The Sloan Foundation, the Omidyar Network, and countless individual donor analysis: Being a nonprofit, the company does not work for the purpose of generating revenue. The Wikimedia Foundation's revenue is expected to increase by $20.4 million in 2010, an increase of 28% over the previous year. Wikipedia as is one of the top 10 sites in the world. Had it been transformed into a to make a profit, therefore, and to work with the intention of making money, it would do a lot. Wikipedia page views are estimated at about 10-14 billion per month. Assuming conservative annual page views of 100 billion and conservative $5 per thousand page views, you get a potential revenue of about $500 million. The company's costs are minimal, as its content is promoted by the public for free. As a result, his profit will be well above 50%, leading us to give him a 10x income somewhat. That brings us to an estimate of $5 billion, according to last year, as competition from Facebook, Twitter and other user-focused news sources has skyrocketed. 4. Skype Estimated Value: $4 billion Last year Rank/Assessment: N/A (part of eBay last year) Business: Online Phone and Messaging Company Location: Luxembourg Read more: About Skype CEO: Josh Silverman Investors: Bessemer Venture Partners, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Index Ventures, eBay, Andreessen Horowitz, Canada Retirement Plan Investment Board and Silver Lake Partners eBay completed the sale of Skype, valuing the company at $2.75 billion late last year. A consortium of investors, led by Silver Lake Partners, bought the company and will control 70% of the shares. Analysis: Now that Google has built a simple phone call in Gmail, this service will be needed for any company that wants to offer an online communications tool (think Microsoft Outlook, Facebook, Yahoo, etc.) meanwhile, the old carrier charging model for minutes will increasingly go the way of bird dodo. Skype is an independent leader in this market and it has been quietly growing its business while (absurdly) hidden inside eBay. But it's over. Once Skype becomes public (or perhaps earlier), someone will develop gonadas to make the game for it. And once one big player does, others will follow. Potential buyers include Cisco, Google, Microsoft, Facebook and Verizon (though unlikely). Meanwhile, revenue for the first half of the year was $400 million, implying revenue of $800 million in 2010. If we apply just over 5 times multiple, we get a $4 billion valuation. 5. Craigslist Estimated Value: $3 billion Last year Rating/Estimate: #5/$3 Billion Business: Classified Ads Location: San Francisco, California Read more: About Craigslist CEO: Jim Buckmaster Investors: eBay purchased a 25% stake in 2004 for $30 million. Recently Craigslist took poison pills that diluted eBay's stake in the company from 28% to just under 25%, which a judge ruled was in violation of their fiduciary trust. However, eBay will still not be able to appoint a director even after its share has been restored, stunned by the election provision that remains in force. Analysis: Newspaper revenues have fallen to levels not seen in more than 40 years. Craigslist remains one of many newspaper killers. Teh Teh The listing site famously charges only a small percentage of its ads as work and real estate ads in about 18 major cities. If a company actually went after real income by charging for much more of its ads, it could generate at least $1 billion in revenue. As a private company, income data is not disclosed. However, we estimate that the company will generate about $122 million with a profitability of between 70-80%. Thus, we give the company a healthy 25x multiple on unused income and high profits. This brings us to a $3 billion valuation, flat since last year due to the downturn in the real estate market and labor (two areas of classification that the company charges for). 6. Twitter Image: Twitter Estimated Value: $3 billion Last year Rating/Assessment: #15/$1 billion Business: Messages, Microblogging and Social Networking Location: San Francisco, CA Read more: About Twitter CEO: Evan Williams Investors: Charles River Ventures, Union Square Ventures, Marc Andreessen, Dick Costolo Naval Ravikant, Ron Conway, Chris Sacca, Bezos Expeditions, Spark Capital, Digital Garage, Kevin Rose, Tim Ferriss, Benchmark Capital, Institutional Venture Partners, Insight Tweets up to 90 million a day, according to Twitter CEO Ev Williams. This is 450% more than a year ago, and more than 1.5 tweets per day from 145 million users. The problem for Twitter is traffic only grew by 100% over the same period. This will be troublesome in the long run. However, the company recently unveiled a new Twitter that is likely to lure more users to the actual Twitter site rather than go through third-party apps. This should, in the long run, help Twitter sell more brand advertising. The company will start pushing out paid tweet ads (which function just like the usual ad display) more aggressively in the next few months. Unfortunately, we do not have any updated revenues or financial performance based on our valuation. However, Twitter is unique. It has killed all its competitors and it continues to grow (albeit at a slower pace). The company is in the early stages of developing a business model, and early performance reports for its sponsored tweets are good. Google IS ON social media and it desperately wants to be. Microsoft, meanwhile, has finally pulled the plug on its own could be a Twitter-killer. If any of these cash-rich companies want to have hope in the hell of building social business, they will take a deep and write a check. Given the likeness of the business model, a dynamic ecosystem, not to mention the untapped potential, we believe that $3 billion is a reasonable estimate. According to the secondary market Sharespost, buyers give the company an estimate of $3.6 billion (at a minimum of $2.6 billion). 7. Vente-Privee Estimated Value: $2.5 billion Over the last years Rank / Evaluation: N /Business: Member Only, High-End E-Commerce Location: Paris, France Read more: About Vente-Privy CEO: Jacques-Antoine Granjon Investors: Summit Partners (20% shares) Analysis: Vente-Privee Priv started in France in 2001. Last year it became the locomotive of a new wave only for members of e-commerce sites (BuyVIP, null, Gilt Groupe, Ideeli, Rue La La). The company offers online private sales clubs featuring designer fashion brands (known as the raw materials market). Last fall, it was reported that the company was talking about selling for $1.5 billion and $4 billion. At almost $1B in global sales, if we apply the 2.5x somewhat we get to a valuation of $2.5B. 8. Estimated value of Yandex: $2.5 billion Last year Rating / Assessment: #7 / $2.6 billion Business: Russia's largest search engine and Internet company Location: Moscow, Russia Read More: About CEO Yandex: Arkady Volozh Investors: Baring Vostok Capital Partners, ru-Net Holdings, Tiger Technology Global Management Analysis: Yandex The company reported a decrease in revenue in 2009 due to the devaluation of the ruble. Yandex's U.S. revenue fell 9 percent year-on-year from $300 million in 2008 to $274 million in 2009. The company also lost Mail.ru with Google. However, Russia represents a significant search opportunity for those who become leaders in space. As a result, we are applying a 9x multiple of revenue to get a $2.5 billion valuation. 9. Betfair Image: Betfair Estimated Value: $2.3 billion Last year Rank/Estimate: #3/$4.5 billion Business: Gambling Site Location: London, UK (and San Francisco) Read more: About Betfair CEO: David Yu Investors: Index Ventures, JP Morgan Partners, Benchmark Capital, UBS Capital, Balder Capital, and Mild Banking Analysis As an example, Betfair's revenue last year was 303 million pounds ($425 million), which is 26% more than in the previous year. EBITDA margin is also 20% plus EBITDA. Given strong revenue growth, solid margins and a steady recently filed to go public with an estimated estimated 1.5 billion pounds ($2.3b). If we apply 5x sales somewhat, we come up with a $2.3B estimate. 10. LinkedIn Image: LinkedIn Estimated Value: $2.2 2.2 Rating/Assessment last year: #14/$1.1 billion Business: Social Networking Site Focused on Professionals Location: Mountain View, California Read more: About LinkedIn CEO: Jeff Weiner Investors: Sequoia Capital, Greylock Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners, European Founders Fund, Bain Capital Ventures, SAP Ventures, Goldman Sachs and McGraw Hill Analysis: LinkedIn Social Networking for more than 75 million members in more than 200 million members. Traffic increased from about 29 million last year to more than 45 million, according to kwantcast. Given the current state of the labor market, we believe that the company's premium subscription model and paid vacancies will grow significantly this year, with revenue estimated north of $200 million in 2010, up from about $110 million last year. Shares on the secondary market on Sharespost traded between $1.8 billion and $2.4 billion. Given healthy revenue of 10 times, the multiplex gives the company a valuation of $2.2 and a higher range of the average point of valuation of the secondary market. 11. Groupon Estimated Value: $2.0 billion Last year Rating/Assessment: N/A Business: A Daily Deal website that sells groups to users - the discount is only valid if a certain number of people sign up. Location: Chicago, Illinois (with a growing office in Palo Alto, California) Read more: About Groupon CEO: Andrew Mason Investors: $173 million in total venture capital. Angel Round ($1M): Eric Lefkofsky, Brad Keiwell. Serie A ($6.8M): New corporate partners. Series B ($30 million): Accel Partners, New Enterprise Associates. Series C ($135 million): Digital Sky Technologies, Battery Ventures, Accel Partners and New Enterprise Associates. Analysis: Groupon has invented a new form of marketing that will become part of everyday advertising and commerce as ads used to be. Groupon was so wildly successful that within a year, more than 100 Groupon clones emerged to benefit from the daily deal concept, but none of them got anywhere near the traction Groupon has. Estimated revenue for 2010 ranges from $200-$400 million. Given the company's market leadership, staggering user growth (1 million new users per week), we give the company 5 times several at the high end of the revenue range for an estimate of $2.0 billion. Groupon is also the target of noting. The company will no doubt require a massive premium, but forward-thinking companies, such as Amazon or eBay or Walmart, may realize that Groupon's success will be hard to emulate. And then they will pony up $4 billion (10x gross sales). 12. Taobao Estimated Value: $1.5 billion Last year Rating / Evaluation: N/Business: Online Store Market Location: Hangzhou, China Read more: About Taobao General zhao- Xin Lu Alibaba analysis: Taobao serves more than 210 million registered. Gross merchandise sales in 2009 topped $29 billion. Growth in the Chinese market is set to explode over the next decade as under 2% of total retail sales was online in 2009. Taobao attracts over 40 million unique visitors daily and is one of the 20 most visited sites in the world, according to Alexa. Alibaba Group said it expects the gross volume of goods on Taobao to double to 400 billion Chinese yuan in 2010 ($58 billion). In separate reports by Goldman Sachs and Piper Jaffray, analysts forecast Taobao's total revenue in 2010 at $500-600 million. Mozilla Corp. Picture: Mozilla Estimated Value: $1.5 billion Last year rank/estimate: #6/$2.7 billion Business: Open Source Firefox Browser Location: Mountain View, California Read more: About Mozilla CEO: NA (no replacement has been announced since John Lilly resigned) Investors: AOL, Mitch Kapor Analysis: Mozilla makes a ton of the bank just from its licensing deal with Google, or rumored to be about 85% of total revenue. It's not a big diversification. Google's deal will end in November 2011 and concern is becoming will Google continue given the launch of Chrome? Since the deal was signed, Google has supplied versions of its Windows, Linux and Mac Chrome browsers, as well as several extensions. This would allow the company to sever its financial ties with Mozilla. If this happens, it will be a huge financial blow to the open source browser. It is interesting to note that Chrome's market share came at microsoft's expense; not Firefox, with Firefox holding steady at about 30% market share over the past year. We estimate that Mozilla's revenue is in the range of $150-200 million for 2010. As a result of the potential demise of the Google deal, we have taken our revenues several to 10 times (from 15x last year), giving the company a $1.5 billion valuation at the low end of revenue. 14. HomeAway Estimated Value: $1.5 billion Last year Rating/Assessment: N/Business: Vacation Home Rental Services Venue: Austin, Texas Read more: About HomeAway CEO: Brian Sharples Investors: $479 million in total venture capital. Austin Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, Institutional Venture Partners, Trident Capital, American Capital and Technology Crossover Ventures. Analysis: HomeAway is a massive holiday home rental service winding down with more than 215,000 properties and 480,000 paid holiday rental home listings in 120 countries. According to rumors, the company will grow towards an IPO, probably in 2011. According to our estimates, revenue for 2010 is in the range of $200-$300 million with a profit of about 35%. If we apply 5x multiples to the high end of the range estimate of $1.5 billion. Tudu Estimated Value: $1.5 billion Last year Rating/Assessment: #27/$500 Million Business: Internet Video Location: Shanghai, China Read More: About Tudou CEO: Gary Wang Investors: IDG China, Granite Global Ventures, JAFCO, General Catalyst Partners, Venrock, and Capital Today Analysis: Tudou is one of the largest video sites in China with a market share of 16%, for Youku at 20% (for the second quarter). However, the income figures paint a different picture. While Youku is estimated to book about $50 million in revenue in 2010, Tudou is expected to print three times as much. Looks like one knows how to monetize content better than others, or something. However, the company is likely to lose a lot of money due to high bandwidth and licensing costs. Online video aggregators have come under intense scrutiny recently due to questions about the viability of their business models, but we still believe that opportunity is still great in space and there is value in the leaders while the industry figure out how to turn viewers into profits. Tudou CEO Wang Wei recently said the company's revenue from online advertising could reach 1 billion bMB in 2010 ($150 million). It also said its online video ad revenue is expected to double or triple in 2011 ($300 to $450 million). If we apply 10x somewhat given the huge growth in online usage in China we get an estimate of $1.5 billion 16. GoDaddy Estimated Value: $1.2 billion Last year Rating/Assessment: #9/$1.4 billion Business: Domain Registration and Hosting Location: Scottsdale, Arizona Read more: About GoDaddy CEO: Bob Parsons Investors: Self-Insured Analysis: The Wall Street Journal report, Bob Parsons is tuckered out. GoDaddy is on the auction block, hiring The Catalist Partners (a boutique firm run by veteran technology banker Frank Quattron) to find a buyer. We believe there is more room for growth in domain registration and hosting space, especially as it becomes easier for people to build websites. It is obvious that the company will find it difficult to achieve such rapid growth as since its launch in 1997. We estimate that GoDaddy will generate $1 billion in revenue this year, relative to between $750 and $800 million last year. We apply just over 1x revenue somewhat (1.2x), resulting in a $1.2 billion valuation. 17. Hulu Image: Hulu Estimated Value: $1 billion Last year Rating/Assessment: #23/$750 Million Business: Internet Video Service That Offers a Selection of TV Shows, Clips and Movies Location: Los Angeles, CA Read more: About Hulu CEO: Jason Kilar Investors: Providence Equity Partners, The Walt Disney Company, NBC Universal and News Corp. fragmented almost every competitor, falling under one of three categories: equipment (Roku, TiVo, WD TV Live, Live, etc.), platform (Sonic Solutions, Yahoo!, VUDU, etc.) and content (Hulu, Netflix). Hulu is one of the leading content plays. And given that content is king and Hulu has premium content, the company may charge a higher CMP rate that online networks (lack of ethereal quality content) cannot compete with. The company recently launched Hulu Plus, its ad-backed subscription offer. For $9.99/month, iPhone and iPad users can view significantly more shows (back seasons and/or full season). According to the New York Times, Hulu is approaching investment banks to hold an IPO this fall, valuing the company at $2 billion. So even with a decent top line, Hulu's bottom line is considered small. With an estimated gross revenue of $250 million, we apply a 4x multiple (given low margins and various competitive challenges), giving the company an estimate of $1 billion. AdKnowledge Estimated Value: $900 million Last year rating /Estimate: #22/$750 million Business: Advertising Network Location: Kansas City, Missouri More Info: About Adknowledge CEO: Scott Lynn Investors: Technology Crossover Ventures Analysis: AdKnowledge's multiplatform advertising network has an revenue run of about $300 million. While the company has grown organically, it has been devouring companies such as Google (including Miva, KITN Media, Lookery, Adonomics, Super Rewards). Jurors are still on how well ad networks will continue to perform given the rise in trade exchanges and the growing perception among publishers that networks underestimate online ad inventory. Given the strength of revenue but questions about the industry, we apply a 3x multiple of revenue, resulting in a $900 million valuation. 19. TheLadders.com Image: Stairs Estimated Value: $800 million Last year Rank/Assessment: #19/$810 Million Business: Subscription-based job search and hiring site for positions to pay $100K Location: New York, New York, New York More Info: About TheLadders.com CEO: Marc Cenedella Investors: Matrix Partners, Kevin Ryan, Roger Ehrenberg, Tom Matlak, Megunticook Management, Robert Schefc and NJTC Venture Fund Analysis: According to quantcast, TheLadders saw its traffic peak in January 2009 as everyone lost their jobs. Since then, the visit has slipped. Maybe because people looking for $100K jobs have either found a position, stopped looking or resigned to lower their jobs. Either way, subscriptions are held nicely with over 4 million paid users with 30K listings. The company has four lines of business: subscription, renewal services, online recruitment services and international business. Unfortunately we do not have estimates of income for 2010. Last year, the company was generated 90 million pounds in sales. If we use 8x somewhat from approximately $100 million in revenue we get an estimate of $800 million. 20. eHarmony Image: eHarmony Estimated Value: $800 million Last year Rating/Assessment: #24/$700 Million Business: Online Dating Location: Pasadena, CA Read more: About eHarmony CEO: Greg Waldorf Investors: Fayez Sarofim Co., Tech Crossover Ventures, Sequoia Capital and Tuputele Ventures. Analysis: Believe it or not, people don't just use the internet for a seedy connection. eHarmony, which operates in the US, Canada, Australia and the UK, is the place for online daters to go for a serious relationship. The company has more than 33 million registered users. The company's revenue last year was $250 million, and since 2004 it is profitable. We believe dating will continue to experience strong growth, especially those sites with strong brands like eHarmony. The high rate of outflow (probably the reason they stopped publishing user numbers) characteristic of dating sites makes us take a small haircut to our few though. We apply just over 3x times last year's revenue, resulting in an $800 million valuation. Research available on Sharespost values the company between $400 and $800 million.21. Gilt Groupe Estimated Value: $750 million Last year Rating/Estimate: #32/$370 million Business: Online Private Sales of Luxury and Fashion Brands Location: New York, New York More Info: About Gilt Groupe CEO: Susan Lyne Investors: $83 Million in total funding. General Atlantic, Matrix Partners Analysis: Gilt basically takes excess luxury items and sells them only on the e-commerce site by invitation only. The company is well funded and has a management team with extensive industry experience. We believe that e-commerce will continue to gain a share of the overall U.S. retail market, which bodes well for sites like Gilt. The company is on track to achieve as much as $400 million to $500 million in revenue this year, according to data on $170 million last year. Applying almost 2x revenue somewhat (due to low e-commerce margins) brings us to a $750 million valuation. Disclosure: Gilt Groupe shares investors with The Business Insider 22. Media Demand Estimated Value: $750 million Last year Rating/Assessment: #10/$1.3 billion Business: Content Creation and Publisher Location: Santa Monica, CA Read more: About Demand Media CEO: Richard Rosenblatt Investors: $375 Million in total venture capital. 3i Group, Generation Partners, Goldman Sachs, Oak Investment Partners, Spectrum Equity Investors Demand Media recently applied for an IPO. According to the documents, demand revenue reached $114 million for the six months ended June 2010, with a loss $4.3 million, up from $91.3 million and $11.4 million last year. The company has not made a penny since its launch in 2006, in fact it lost a total of $52 million. The content business accounts for only 56% of revenue. The remaining 44% comes from its eNom domain registration business, which has essentially zero barriers to entry. The company's content business faces competition from competitors including About.com (NY Times), AOL and Associated Content (Yahoo!). The demand for media is also very dependent on Google. Its do-it-yourself site eHow gets 60% page views from Google search. These advertising agreements expire within the next few years. Given that the company is less profitable than previously thought with the above problems, we apply the conservative 3x somewhat year-on-year 2010 sales of 250 million pounds and we get an estimate of $750 million. 23 years old. Palantir Technologies Estimated Value: $735 million Last year rank/estimate: N/Business: Analytics Software/Platform Location: Palo Alto, California Read more: About Palantir Tech CEO: Alex Karp Investors: Founders Fund, Youniversity Ventures, Glynn Capital Management, Ulu Ventures, Jeremy Stoppelman, Ben Ling Analysis: Palantir Tech is high Although we have no revenue indicators to say, earnings have at least doubled each year for the past three years. This summer, the company received $90 million in Series D funding with an estimate of $735 million. Coupons.com Inc. Estimated Value: $600 million Last year Rating/Assessment: N/A Business: Online Coupons Location: Mountain View, CaY Read More: About Coupons.com CEO: Stephen Boal Investors: N/A Analysis: Coupons.com has been in the coupon business since 1998. The company has evolved to include digital coupon programs, serving 65,000 websites daily. While the company will not elaborate on the finances, we learned from sources close to the issue that the latest round of funding puts the company on valuation of about $600 million. Livingsocial Estimated Value: $600 million Last year rank/estimate: N/A Business: e-commerce (daily social transactions) Location: Washington, D.C. More Info: About LivingSocial CEO: Tim O'Shaughnessy Investors: Steve Case, Grotech Ventures, U.S. Venture Partners, Revolution, Lightspeed Venture Partners Analysis: LivingSocial is a group buying program that invites users to local attractions in major cities at deep discount rates (usually between 50-80% discount). The company actually has comparable traffic with Groupon, the leader in this category and up to 72x on last year. LivingSocial more than 85 million users and boasts revenue of more than $100 million. We apply a 6x multiple of total revenue we receive an estimate of $600 million 26. Yelp Yelp Cost: $600 million Last year rating/estimate: #42/$265 million Business: Social Network for recommendations on local businesses, restaurants and the like. Location: San Francisco, CA Read more: About Yelp CEO: Jeremy Stoppelman Investors: Max Levchin, Bessemer Venture Partners, Benchmark Capital, DAG Ventures Analysis: Yelp has managed to successfully take on employees in this space and command very high CPMs given their local targeting and active user base. Recently, the company held its first daily deal with Groupon in San Francisco and it killed! Assuming Yelp pockets 30% (compared to Groupon's 50%), the company took home $23.8K in one day. Yelp's annual revenue for 2010 is estimated at $50 million from at least $30 million last year. The shares are traded on the secondary market in the range of $200 to $450 million. However, the price could probably be twice as high as the company rejected bids from Google and Microsoft late last year in the $500-$700 million range. 27. Youku Estimated Value: $500 million Last year Rating/Assessment: N/Business: Internet Video Location: Beijing, China Read more: About Youku CEO: Victor Ku Investors: Farallon Capital Management, Chengwei Ventures, Sutter Hill Ventures, Brooksire Capital, Maverick Capital Analysis: Youku operates the largest video sharing service (similar to YouTube Google) in China. The video market in China is heavily fragmented with Youku only capturing 20% of the market. The company is now moving from a form of user-generated content to more professional syndicated content similar to Hulu. The company generates the bulk of its revenue through advertising. The company's revenue in 2009 was 200 million yuan ($29.3 million), and in 2010 it was estimated to have triple-digit growth. We estimate 2010 revenue at a conservative $50 million with a multiple of 10x given the shift in business model and the increase in Chinese internet users gives an estimate of $500 million to 28. Active Network Estimated Value: $500 million Last year Rank/Assessment: N/Business: Online Sports Media and Outdoor Social Networking Events Location: San Diego, CA Read more: Active Network CEO: Dave Alberg Investors: Austin Ventures, Ticketmaster, Kettle Partners, William Blair New World Ventures, ABS Ventures, Canaan Ventures, Charles Rivers Ventures, DB Ventures Shareholder Partners, Tao Venture Partners Analysis: The Active Network is a company that provides marketing services to promote and ensure participation in events and events. Online communities include: Active.com, CoolRunning.com, LaxPower.com, ActiveGolf.com, etc. The company has more than 75K business for business customers and over 60 million active users. Last year, the company's revenue grew by more than 40% to almost $250 million. Pandora Estimated Value: $500 million Last year rank/estimate: N/A Business: Streaming Music Online Location: Auckland, California Read more: About Pandora CEO: Joe Kennedy Investors: Labrador Ventures, Selby Venture Partners, Walden Venture Capital, Peter Gotcher, Robert Kavner, Crosslink Capital, Hearst Interactive Media, Greylock Partners, GGV Capital, Allen Company struggled to build a business for years, but when the iPhone opened to third-party applications, Pandora began adding 35,000 users per day. At the end of 2009, Pandora reported its first profitable quarter with annual revenue of $50 million. Most of the revenue comes mainly from advertising with the rest of subscriptions and payments from iTunes and Amazon when people buy music. Revenue is estimated to be in the $100 million range this year according to William Blair. If we apply 5x times to sales, we get an estimate of $500 million. MediaBank Estimated Value: $500 million Last year Rank/Assessment: N/Business: Ad Analytics Platform Location: Chicago, Illinois Read more: About MediaBank CEO: Bill Wise Investors: New Venture Associates Analysis: MediaBank offers tools to maximize media purchases. We estimate that this year the company's revenue is about $50 million. Kayak Image: Kayak Estimated Value: $500 million Last year rank/estimate: #20/$800 million Business: Travel Meta-Search Engine Location: Norwalk, Connecticut Read More: About Kayak CEO: Steve Hafner Investors: Accel Partners, General Catalyst Partners, GoldHill Capital Lehman Brothers, Norwest Venture Partners, Oak Investment Partners, Sequoia Capital, Trident Capital, SVB Financial Group, AOL Analysis: Model Kayak, where it charges travel providers for clicking destinations, is a high-margin business. Or it was. Buying Google software ITA can blow a big hole in this business. Kayak uses ITA data to avoid fully structured data. If last year the NEGOTIATIONS on the IPO were swirling with estimates of $1 billion, now the water is calm. The company's last funding round at the end of 2007, at $196 million, valued the company at $700 million, or about 8 times more sales. Now on the secondary market on Sharespost shares are trading at the level of $500 million, given the increased competition from the search giant. 32 years old. Indeed Image: Really Estimated Value: $400 Million Last year Rank/Assessment: #30/$380 Million Business: Job Search and Aggregator Location: Stamford, Connecticut Read more: Actually CEO: Paul Forster Investors: The New York Times Company, Union Square Ventures, Allen and Company Analysis: Another company whose business model is well suited to the struggling labor market, Really, is finding a job. Indeed, is one of those business models that doesn't need to run expensive ads on your site in order to turn a profit because it gets its content for free. In addition, its Pay- Per-Click ads performed relatively well last year. According to our estimates, this year the company's revenue amounted to about 50 million dollars. Due to its strong growth and high margins we apply 8x multiples of revenue, resulting in a $400 million valuation. 33. Quantcast Image: Kwantcast Estimated Value: $350 million Last year Rank/Assessment: N/A Business: Media Measurement and Online Analytics Location: San Francisco, CA Read more: About CEO quantcast: Konrad Feldman Investors: Revolution Ventures, Founders Fund, Polaris Venture Partners, Cisco Systems Analysis: Kwantkast has become one of the first in the media to measure space. The company is rumoured to be collecting another round of funding last summer, but due to markets, this round has been pushed back to an earlier year. The preliminary estimate was about $300 million and the round was about $27.5 million. 34. Habbo (Sulake) Estimated value: $350 million Last year Ranking/Assessment: #18/$880 Million Business: Social Network and Virtual World Location: Helsinki, Finland Read more: About Habbo CEO (Mother Sulake Corp.): Timo Soininen Investors: 3i Group, Benchmark Capital, Finnish telecommunications company Elisa Group and advertising group Taivas Analysis: Habbo Hotel serves more than 15 million unique visitors from more than 150 countries in 11 different languages. Users spend a total of 45 million hours playing The Habbo Hotel each month. Between January and June 2010, Sulake's revenue grew by more than 20% compared to the same period last year (in part savings from layoffs in the fourth quarter. Sales during this amounted to $39 million with an increase in EBITDA by 63% to $4.6 million. We give Habbo between 5x revenue a few (bottom end gaming companies given dependence on one game) for 2010 revenues of $70 million to come up with a $350 million estimate. 35. Chegg Estimated Value: $350 Million Last year Rank/Assessment: N/Business: Online Textbook Rental Place: Santa Clara, California Read more: About Chegg CEO: Dan Rosensweig Investors: Gabriel Venture Partners, Maples Investments, Primera Capital, Kleiner Perkins Cowfield and Byers, Foundation Capital, Insight Venture Partners, Pinnacle Ventures Company allows students on 6,400 college campuses to rent in a virtual bookstore containing more than 4 million books. It is reported that the company intends to receive revenue of $130 million this year, which is 420% more than last year, when it was $25 million. Brightcove Value Estimate: $350 million Last year Rating/Assessment: N/A Business: Online Video SaaS Location: Cambridge, Mass Read more: About Brightcove CEO: Jeremy Allaire Investors: Accel Partners, General Catalyst Partners, AOL, IAC, Hearst Interactive Media, GE Commercial Finance, Allen and Company, Brookside Capital, Maverick Capital, New York Times, Dentsu, J-Stream, Cyber Communications, TransCosmos Analysis: The Wall Street Journal reports that Brightcove is expected to generate $50 million this year, the company raised $12 million in Series D funding earlier this year for an estimated $350 million in shares of the company traded at the same rate. 37. Estimated value of quidsey: $300 million Last year Rating/Estimate: #47 /$200 million Business: e-commerce Location: Jersey City, New Jersey Read more: About quiddy CEO: Mark Lodish, Nicholas Negroponte, BEV Capital, MentorTech Ventures, Accel Partners, New Enterprise Partners, Venture Partners Pinnacle Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners Analysis: quidsey is the parent company of Diapers.com (child care) and Soap.com (health, beauty and household essentials), with the view of the customer reported that in 2009 the company's sales amounted to $182.5 million Soap.com Diapers.com., in the range of $250 million, given the notch from zappos on 1x sales, we would like to apply a similar multiple between 1-2x to get an estimate of $300 million. LoveFilm Estimated value: $300 million Last year rating/rated: N/A Answer Europe on Netflix Location: London, UK Read more: About LoveFilm CEO: Simon Culver Investors: Accelerator Group, Index Ventures, Balderton Capital, Amazon Analysis: LoveFilm is Europe's leading online DVD rental subscription service with over 1.25 million members and operates in the UK, Germany, Sweden, Norway and Denmark. The service increased its position as a market leader, acquiring subscription service on Amazon DVD in 2008 (the investor was Amazon). In 2009, the company reported revenues of 97 million euros ($129 million) and an operating profit of 8.9 million euros ($11.8 million). Estimated revenue for 2010 at a conservative $150 million with 2x sales somewhat gives an estimate of $300 million. Idealab Estimated Value: $300 million Last year Rating/Assessment: N/A Business: Technology Incubator Location: Pasadena, CA Read more: About Idealab CEO: Bill Wald Investors: NA Analysis: Back in 1996, Bill Gross put together an incubation company for internet startups. The company raised $1 billion at the peak of the Internet bubble in 2000 with an estimate of $8 billion. Since its inception, Idealab has invested in almost 80 companies, 6 of which are currently in residence, 8 IPOs and 28 mergers and acquisitions. The average investment of the company in the first round is between $2-20 million and the source close to idealab says that the value of its shares in the companies is $275-$300 million. FreshDirect Image: FreshDirect Estimated Value: $300 million Last year rating /Rated: N/Business: Internet Grocer Location: New York, New York More Info: About FreshDirect CEO: Rick Braddock Investors: AIG Global Investment Corp, AIG Capital Partners, Maverick Capital, CIBC Capital Partners, Canyon Partners, Mercantile Capital Partners Analysis: FreshDirect is an online grocer providing quality fresh food and popular food and household items at competitive prices, The company expects revenue in 2010 to grow to $300 million from $250 million in 2009 with ebitda margin of nearly 10% (higher than Kruger's 6%). We apply 1x somewhat to the high end of expected earnings this year for a $300 estimate. 41. Estimated value of Etsy: $300 million Last year rating / Estimate: #51 / $180 million Business: a site dedicated to buying and selling homemade and (eBay for arts and crafts). Venue: Brooklyn, New York Read more: About Etsy CEO: Rob Kalin Kalin Katerina Fake, Stuart Butterfield, Joshua Schachter, Albert Wenger, Union Square Ventures, Accel Partners, Hubert Burda Media Analysis: Etsy, Arts and Crafts eBay, recently received a $20 million investment, valuing the company at $300 million (6-10x revenue). And business is thriving. The company expects between gross merchandise sales of $400 million with a percentage take (revenue) of between $30-$50 million, an easy triple rise compared to last year. The company is also profitable. 42. King.com Estimated Value: $300 million Last year Rating/Assessment: N/Business: Internet Games Location: London, UK Read more: About King.com CEO: Richard Sakconi Investors: Apax Partners, Index Ventures Analysis: King.com is a great skill gaming portal with free games for more than 15 million visitors per month. The company's revenue last year was about $50 million. 43. Zazzl Estimated Value: $275 Million Last year Rating/Assessment: #46/$225 Million Business: Custom e-Commerce Products Location: Redwood City, California Read more: About Szasle CEO: Robert Beaver Investors: Sherpalo Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Cowfield and Byers, TransCosmos Analysis: The Custom Goods e-Commerce site has been around since 1999 and quietly built a solid business while other dotcom went bankrupt. Users create many of the logos and images used on mugs, shirts and other accessories the company sells, taking a reduction in any revenue earned on products. We estimate that the company earned about $135 million in revenue this year (compared to $115 million last year) and applied 2x somewhat tailored to a tough retail environment and e-commerce-type margins. As a result, we come to an estimate of 275 million dollars. The shares are traded on the secondary market on Sharespost at a high valuation of $279 million. Vibrant Media Estimated Value: $275 million Last year Rating/Assessment: N/Business: Contextual/In Text Advertising Network (Video) Location: New York, New York Read more: About Vibrant Media CEO: Doug Stevenson Investors: Fortis, ABS Ventures Analysis: We estimate that bright media will reach revenue between $125-150 million in 2010 with a positive operating margin. If we apply 2x somewhat given the plethora of video advertising networks, we get an estimate of $275 million 45. Thumbplay Estimated Value: $260 million Last year Rating/Assessment: #43/$260 Million Business: Mobile Entertainment Location: New York, New York Read more: About Thumbplay CEO: Evan Schwartz Investors: Vain Capital Ventures, Silicon Valley Bank, Softbank Capital, i-Hatch Ventures, Brookside Capital, Cross Creek Meritech Capital Partners, Hatch Ventures, Softbank Capital Analysis Analysis back in the day (when ringing sales were on the rise). We believe that there has probably been some revenue growth over the past few years. However, the company recently launched a cloud-based music service that delivers an unlimited amount of music (10 million tracks under license) for $9.99/month. Long-term Thumbplay will need to solve problems for its business, namely Apple, Google and the fact that people buy less subscription-based mobile entertainment. While the company is profitable, we estimate revenue is still probably below $100 million. 46. Yodle Image: Yodle Estimated Value: $250 million Last year rating /estimate: #37/$300 million Business: SEM Agency for Local Businesses Location: New York, New York Read more: About Yodle CEO: Court Cunningham Investors: Bessemer Venture Partners, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Draper Fisher Jurvetson Growth and JAFCO Ventures Analysis: Yodle specializes in helping local businesses drive clients to their sites and in some cases builds websites for some of their clients. We estimate that this year's revenue was almost $70 million, for a who's $50 million last year. If you apply between 3-4x multiple (as multiples for SEM companies have descended) you arrive at a $250 million valuation. 47. Riot Games Estimated Value: $250 million Last year Rating/Assessment: N/Business: Game Development Location: Culver City, CA Read more: About Riot Games CEO: Brandon Beck Investors: Benchmark Capital, FirstMark Capital, Tencent Analysis: Riot Games is an independent game developer. The company's first title, League of Legends, is the 4th game in the world. We estimate that the company will generate revenue of between $25-50 million this year, from a relatively low base in 2009 given the October launch. Given that the company has only one title, we will apply the lower end of the game to a somewhat range of 5x to estimate $250 million 48. SecondMarket Value Rating: $250 million Last year Rating/Assessment: N/A Business: Online Market for Illiquid Assets Location: New York, New York More Info: About SecondMarket CEO: Barry Silbert Investors: FirstMark Capital, Li Ka-Shing, Temasek Analysis: Site places markets for various securities and allows each of the private investors to trade these assets. The company intends to achieve revenue of $50 million this year, up from $15 million last year. If we apply 5x somewhat we get a $250 million estimate. 49. Rubicon Project Estimated Value: $250 million Last year Rank/Assessment: N/Business: Advertising Location: Los Angeles, CA Read more: About Rubicon CEO: Frank Addonte Investors: Clearstone Partners, Square 1 Bank, Mayfield Foundation, Stanford University, UC Berkeley, Matt Coffin, IDG Ventures Ventures Silicon Valley Bank, Peacock Equity Analysis: Rubicon project a digital advertising infrastructure company with the goal of automating buying and selling for global online advertising. The technology company processes more than 50 billion advertising transactions each month (600 billion per year) for more than 350 major Internet publishers (NBC, Tribune and Time, Inc.), reaching more than 550 million Internet users worldwide. According to our estimates, the company's revenue this year will be about $100 million. Ozon Image: Ozon Estimated Value: $250 million Last year rating/estimate: #25/$600 million Business: Amazon-esque online store that sells Russian books, movies, music and software. Venue: Moscow, Russia Read more: About Ozon CEO: Bernard Lukai Investors: Index Ventures, Cisco Systems, Holtzbrinch Ventures, Baring Vostok Capital Ventures Analysis: Ozon, Russia's leading e-commerce site, has a similar Amazon model and is positioned just as the Russian e-commerce industry is in the early stages of high growth. We estimate that revenue will increase to about $200 million (January to June) or increase by about 36% compared to last year. In a few between 1-2x, we get a $250 million estimate. 51. ideeli Estimated Value: $250 million Last year Rating/Assessment: N/Business: Online Store Location: New York, New York Read more: About ideeli CEO: Paul Hurley Investors: Kodiak Venture Partners, Constellation Ventures, StarVest Partners Analysis: Ideeli is similar to Gilt Groupe in that the basic idea of designers place excess inventory on site sales at 50 expected that this year the company's revenue will co-or.To get to $250 estimate, it would be sales somewhat between 1-2x. 52. Glam Media Estimated Value: $375 million Last year rating/estimate: #33/$360 million Business: Fashion/Style Advertising Network Location: Brisbane, California Read more: About Glam Media CEO: Samir Arora Investors: Hubert Burda Media, GLG Partners, Hercules Capital Growth Technology, Accel Partners, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Walden Venture Capital, Information Capital Ltd., DAG Ventures, Mizuho Venture Capital Analysis: Glam remains a major advertising network with a lot of cash in the bank. We remain concerned about what seems like a steady stream of ad networks (even with recent acquisitions). We significantly overstated revenue last year ($120 million). This year, according to internal sources, the revenue will be about $75 million. Federal Media Image: Federated Media Estimated Value: $250 million Last year rating/ #41/$265 million Business: High-End Advertising Network: Sells and Serves Advertising Campaigns for Sites. Location: San Francisco, CA Read more: About Federated Media CEO: John Battelle Investors: Omidyar Network, New York Times, Mitchell Capor, Andrew Anker, Mike Homer, Tim O'Reilly, JP Morgan, Oak Investment Partners Analysis: Federated has moved in recent years from selling primarily displaying advertising to focus more on user sponsors that include engagement and interaction elements in advertising packages. The company has found some success moving to this model with higher CPM. We estimate that revenue this year will grow slightly to about $50 million. The shares are trading on the secondary market OfPost around the latest round of financing estimates of $215 million. Turn, Inc Estimated Value: $225 million Last year Rank/Assessment: N/A Business: Advertising Location: Redwood City, CA Read more: On Turn, Inc. CEO: Bill Demas Investors: Northwest Venture Partners, Shasta Ventures, Trident Capital, Focus Ventures Analysis: Turn of online display advertising company with SaaS platform. Revenue has doubled over the past four years and we estimate that the company is on track to achieve revenue of $70-$80 million in revenue this year. If we apply a 3x multiple for an advertising company we get an estimate of $225 million 55. Trialpay Estimated Value: $200 million Last year Rank/Assessment: N/A Business: Online Payments and Promotion Platform Location: Mountain View, California Read more: About Trialpay CEO: Alex Rampell Investors: Basic Ventures, Battery Ventures, Index Ventures, Bob Pittman, Ron Conway, Skype, Google, Atomico Ventures Analysis: TrialPay's payment and promotion of the company's revenue platform in March 2009 was $50 million. We believe that given the growth of virtual currencies and online gaming, we expect the company to achieve revenue in the $75-$100 million range this year. An estimate of $200 million implies a multiple of 2x. 56. Thought Of The Movement Shares Estimated Value: $200 Million Last Year Rank/Assessment: N/A Business: Licenses Stock Video Location: Denver, Colorado Read more: About Thought Movement Equity CEO: Kevin Schaff Investors: N/A Analysis: Thought Equity Movement is Stock Personnel and Video Rights Management Company for Media, such as CBS Sports, BBM Traffic, etc. Revenue Company for the last year was $25 million. The application of the 8x somewhat gives us an estimate of $200 million 57. Tagged Estimated Value: $200 million Last year Rank/Assessment: N/Business: Social Discovery and Network Location: San Francisco, CA Read more: About Tagged CEO: Greg Tseng Investors: Reed Hoffman, Mayfield Fund, Horizon Technology, Finance Management LLC, Leader Анализ: Tagged Tagged a social network that focuses on meeting new people through online social games. The company has more than 80 million registered users worldwide and a daily audience of more than 4 million unique visitors. Tagged saw revenue approaching $25 million in 2009. As social networks continue to grow as well as gaming games, we estimate the company could make revenue this year in the $40-50 million range, giving the company an estimate of about $200 million with a multiple of 4-5x. 58. Sugar Inc Estimated Value: $250 million Last year Rank/Assessment: NA Business: Media Conglomerate Targeting Women Location: San Francisco, California Read more: About Sugar, Inc. CEO: Brian Sugar Investors: Sequoia Capital, NBC Universal Analysis: Sugar Content, Social Media, and Trade for Women. With 14 million unique and 100 million monthly page views, the company is profitable in revenue of $10 million to $50 million. Specific Media Estimated Value: $200 Million Last Year Rating/Assessment: N/A Business: Advertising Network Location: Irvine, CA Read more: About Specific Media CEO: Tim Vanderhook Investors: Kenneth Partners, Enterprise Partners, Shepherd Ventures, Francisco Partners Analysis: As one of the largest ad networks, especially in Europe, specific media has experienced significant growth over the past 4 years. In 2007, the company raised $100 million to acquire small companies to develop its core technology. While the revenue figures are not known, we are putting 2x on total funding to date to estimate at $200 million to 60. Ning Image: Ning Estimated Value: $200 million Last year Rank/Assessment: #26/$500 Million Business: Allows users to create social networking Location: Palo Alto, CA Read more: About Ning CEO: Gina Bianchini Investors: Marc Andreessen, Reed Hoffman, Legg, Mason and Company, Lightspeed Venture Partners Analysis: Ning's continues to unravel. A month after longtime CEO Gina Bianchini was replaced by Jason Rosenthal, he made huge changes. It killed its free product, forcing existing free networks and users to either make changes to premium accounts or quit. The company has also recently cut 40% of its staff. Last year we valued the company at about $10 million, and in light of the recent headlines, we tend to assume that growth is at the same level. Having raised $500 million last year, and far from it the latest round of funding estimates of $700 million, we believe the company is likely to have hovered in the $200 million range of 61. MiniClip Image: Miniclip Estimated $200 million Last year Rank/Assessment: #38/$290 Million Business: Social Game Location: England Read more: About MiniClip CEO: Robert Small Investors: Self-Atepible Analysis: MiniClip is one of the lesser known online gaming companies, but the company reaches about 60 million players each month. The company earns on a combination of advertising and virtual goods. We estimate about $35 million in revenue this year and apply six times multiple for an estimate of around $200 million. 62. CafePress Image: CafePress Estimated Value: $200 million Last year Rank/Assessment: N/Business: Allows Customers to Customize Clothing Location: Foster City, CA Read more: About CafePress CEO: Fred Durham Investors: New Millenium Partners, PacRim Venture Management, Staenberg Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital Analysis: CafePress is an online store. While financial data is not given, the company's shares are traded on the secondary market Sharespost at an estimate of $200 million 63. Automattic Estimated Value: $200 million Last year Rank/Assessment: N/A Business: Blog Software Platform Location: San Francisco, CA Read more: Automattic CEO: Tony Schneider Investors: Blocksmith Capital, Polaris Venture Partners, Radar Partners, True Ventures, Tony Conrad, Shelby Bonnie, New York Times Analysis: Automatic Power Over WordPress. The company has rejected several acquisition offers over the years estimating the company in a $200 million range. 64. Estimated value of Angie's list: $200 million Last year rating/estimate: #28/$460 million Business: Provides user reviews to local services. Location: Indianapolis, Indiana Read more: On Angie's List CEO: William S. Esterle Investors: Beacon Capital Ventures, Battery Ventures Analysis: With all the free service recommendation sites there it's hard to believe people will pay for contractor referrals, but Angie's list has been quietly running this business since 1995. The company has about 1 million subscribers who spend about $50 a year to access information from Angie's list. The entry of new, free competitors into the space does not appear to have an impact on Angie's list. Traffic to the site more than doubled in the past year, and much of this has led to paying subscribers as revenue is likely to grow by 15% this year. We estimate that the company will generate about $60 million in sales this year and apply 3-4x revenue somewhat to get a $200 million valuation. 65. Huffington Post Estimated Value: $200 Million Last Year Rating/Assessment: #54/$150 Million Business: Online News Aggregator and Blog Location: New York, New York Read more: About Huffington Post CEO: Eric Hippo Investors: Greycroft Partners, Softbank Capital, Ken Leiler, Bob Pittman, Oak Investment Partners Analysis: 5-Year-Old Huffington Post The combination of company aggregation, original content and user have put the entire newspaper industry in disgrace, and HuffPo is now more online than all newspapers (except the New York Times). HuffPo is in the business of Yahoo! and other content companies want to be in, and it is a unique asset that others will find difficult to duplicate. It is also a great hedge for companies that are heavily dependent on print advertising revenue. We estimate that the company will generate about $30 million in 2010 revenue and apply nearly 5 times multiple (higher than other blogs given the growth and strength of the brand) to come to a $175 million valuation. However, we believe that the price of the notch may be as high as $300 million 66. Adigno Estimated Value: $200In last year rank/assessment: N/Business: Mobile Advertising Location: Toronto, Ontario Read more: About Adenyo CEO: Tyler Nelson Investors: Genuity Capital Partners Analysis: How smartphone use has increased over the past five years, Adenio has experienced triple-digit growth. We estimate that the company's revenue this year is about $25 million. Meebo Estimated Value: $185 million Last year Rating/Estimate: #40/$270 Million Business: Allows users to access most major instant messaging services through one website. Location: Mountain View, CA Read more: About Mibo CEO: Seth Sternberg Investors: Jafco Ventures, KTB Ventures, Time Warner Investments, Sequoia Capital, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, True Ventures Analysis: Five-year-old Mibo saw incredible growth last year as his browser chat for social networking becomes widespread. Meebo has 3x as unique as it was last year with 4x revenue. Although the figures are unknown, the shares are traded on the secondary market on Sharespost at an estimate of about $185 million 68. myYearbook Estimated Value: $185 Million Last year Rank/Assessment: N/Business: Teen Social Networking and Gaming Site Location: New Hope, Pennsylvania Read more: About myYearbook CEO: Jeff Cook Investors: U.S. Venture Partners, First Round Capital, Northwest Venture Partners Analysis: myYearbook is an online game targeting ages 13 - 24 to meet new people. The company produces cash and has revenue run speeds of about $20-$25 million, which is received from advertising and virtual goods. Applying 6-7x multiples we get the company's value of $185 million. Tremor Media Estimated Value: $175 million Last year Rank/Assessment: N/Business: Internet Video Advertising Network Location: New York, New York Read more: About Tremor Media CEO: Jason Glickman Investors: Canaan Partners, Masthead Venture Partners, European учредителей, Meritech Capital Partners, SAP Ventures, Дрейпер Фишер Jurvetson, Tirangle Peak Peak a network that provides advertising in the stream and in the banner. The company has over 177 million unique per month to its network video. We estimate that revenue for 2010 will be in the range of $60-70 million. Estimated Value Datapipe: $175 million Last year Rating/Assessment: N/A Business: Hosting Solutions Location: Jersey City, New Jersey More Info: About Datapipe CEO: Robb Allen Investors: Goldman Sachs Analysis: Datapipe provides custom managed hosting solutions. According to our estimates, the company's EBITDA is positive, with operating margin of between $15 and $20 million per year. If we apply 12x multiples we get a company valuation of $175 million. UStream Estimated Value: $150 million Last year Rank/Assessment: N/A Business: Internet Video Location: San Francisco, CA Read more: Ustream CEO: Jon Ham Investors: Band of Angels, Western Technology Investments, Infinity Venture Partners, Incubator Fund, Chris Yeh, Doll Capital Management, Band of Angels, SoftBank Analysis: Ustream is a live video platform. YouTube has been kicking tires on live stream for years. Although there is no financial data, we estimate that the company is worth 1-2x total funding of about $80 million, giving it an estimate of $150 million to 72. Shade Networks Estimated Value: $150 million Last year Rank/Assessment: NA Business: Advertising Network, Digital Media Buying Location: New York, New York Read more: About Undertone Networks CEO: Michael Cassidy Investors: JMI Equity, ORIX Venture Finance Analysis: Undertone Networks souped up the advertising network for Fortune 500 companies. According to our estimates, this year the company's revenue amounted to about $60 million with positive cash flow. Given the saturation of the market, we give it a 2x to 3x multiple to estimate $150 million 73. Estimated value of Synacor: $150 million Last year Rating/Assessment: N/A Business: Internet Solutions Location: Buffalo, New York Read more: About CEO Synacor: Ronald Frankel Investors: North Atlantic Capital, Mitsui Ventures, Crystal Internet Venture Funds, Advantage Capital Partners, Walden International, Intel Capital, Rand Capital Analysis: Synacor According to our estimates, the company's revenue in 2010 is in the range of $60-70 million. Applying 2x to 3x res thoroughly sales, we get an estimate of about $150 million 74. Estimated cost of Gawker Media: $150 million Last year Rating/Assessment: #49 / $190 million Business: Internet Media Company Location: New York, New York More Info: About Gawker Media CEO: Nick Denton Investors: Self-funded Analysis: Gawker Media When it comes to driving traffic and monetizing that traffic with quality ad packages. Nick Denton's pageview-driven editorial vision is proving to be the future of online journalism as painful as it is for print journalists to hear it. Blogs don't have a ton of overhead, although using full-time writers to shoot down as much content as possible has its limitations when it comes to scale. We apply 3x somewhat to about $50 million in estimated 2010 revenue to come to a $150 million estimate. 75. CafeMom Estimated Value: $150 million Last year Rank/Assessment: N/Business: Social Network and Community for Moms Location: New York More Info: About CafeMom CEO: Michael Sanchez Investors: Highland Capital Partners, Draper Fisher Jurvetson Analysis: CafeMom is a consistently popular social network for moms where women come together to get tips and support on various topics. According to our estimates, the company's revenue is about $25-30 million per year. Recent rumors have been swirling that Yahoo! was interested in buying the company for $100 million. 76. Buddy Media Estimated Value: $150 million Last year Rank/Assessment: N/Business: Social Media Management Platform Location: New York, New York Read more: About Buddy Media CEO: Michael M. Lazerow Investors: Roger Ehrenberg, Softbank Capital, European Founders Fund, Greycroft Partners, Ron Conway, Bay Partners Analysis: Buddy Media provides brands and agencies for social networking. We estimate that the company is on track to achieve nearly $25 million in revenue this year. Given the low cost of the operation, it is possible that the company has a positive impact on cash flow. The potential for incredible operating margins, as well as the growth opportunities we give the company 6x revenue somewhat to estimate $150 million 77. Next Jump Estimated Value: $135 Million Last year Rating/Assessment: N/Business: E-Commerce Location: New York Read more: About Nextjump CEO: Charlie Kim Investors: Kevin Parker, Ram Shriram Analysis: The next move is the provider of online awards and royalty programs 70% of Fortune 500 corporations. The company recently took over the MasterCard rewards program and manages discount programs for about a third of all corporate employees in the United States. Financial benchmarks are not disclosed, however, given the company's incredibly established base, we would appreciate that the company is valued at approximately 3x total funding of $45 or an estimate of $135 million. Break Media Image: Break Media Estimated Value: $120 Million In Rating year/Assessment: N/Business: Media Company for Guys Location: Beverly Hills, CA Read more: About The Media Break Keith Richman Investors: Lionsgate Analysis: Break Media is the third largest video network. The company is the publisher of original content, with in-house video, editorial and gaming groups. The company recently reported that it was on track to book $10 million in revenue in the third quarter of the profit placement with positive cash flow. With annual revenue of $40 million, if you apply 3x multiples, we will get an estimate of $120 million 79. Amobee Estimated Value: $120 million Last year rank/estimate: N/Business: Mobile Advertising Serving Location: Redwood City, California Read more: About CEO Amobee: zoar Levkovitz Investors: Accel Partners, Sequoia Capital, Globespan Capital Partners, Vodafone Ventures, Cisco, Motorola, Telefonica, Amdocs Analysis: Given Apple's acquisition recently the company acquired RingRing Media, a British agency for booking and planning mobile advertising campaigns, and said it will continue to acquire neighboring companies. Amobee's latest funding round was after a money estimate of $100 million, so we assume the so-out premium will be about $120 million. BetaWorks Estimated Value: $100 million Last year Rank/Assessment: N/Business: Running Business Accelerator Location: New York, New York More Info: About Beta CEO: John Borthwick Investors: RRE Ventures, Ron Conway, Intel Capital, DFJ Growth, AOL Ventures, Softbank Capital, Lere Ventures, Founder Collective, Joshua Steelman, Peter Hershberg, Gordon Crovitz, Howard Lindzon, Pilot Group, New York Times Analysis: Betaworks Story includes helping to start companies such as Bit.ly and Chartbeat, while investing in other web applications in real time, like Tweetdeck, and helping to sell others. Most recently, the company announced that it was working with The New York Times to provide social news (which is essential for outdated publishers). 81. ScanScout Network Estimated Value: $100 million Last year Rank/Assessment: NA Business: In a Stream Video Advertising Network Location: Boston, Massachusetts Read more: About ScanScout Network CEO: Bill Day Investors: Angel Investment Partners, First Round Capital, General Catalyst Partners, Michael Parekh, EDB Investments, Time Warner Investments, Ron Conway Analysis: ScanScout is estimated that the company's revenue this year was about $20 million at an estimate of $100 million, or 5 times more. It may not have a ton of overhead, so the company may be approaching profitability as well. 82. Runway Rental Estimated Value: $100 million Last year Rank/Assessment: N/Business: E-Commerce Location: New York, New York Read more: About Runway Rental CEO: Jennifer Investors: Bain Venture analysis: Runway rental allows users to rent dresses for a fraction of the cost of buying dresses right away. The company has an inventory of 12,000 dresses, 2500 accessories with more than 100 designers. Runway rentals are poised to generate $20 million in sales this year for an estimated $100 million, or 5x sales. 83. RecycleBank Image: RecycleBank Estimated Value: $100 million Last year Rating/Assessment: N/Business: Net Technology Location: New York, New York Read more: About RecycleBank CEO: Jonathan Hsu Investors: RRE Ventures, Sigma Partners, Kleiner Perkins Kaufield and Anders, Westley Group Analysis: RecycleBank Partners with cities and carriers. Households then earn RecycleBank Points, which can be used for purchases at participating businesses. The company is rumored to generate about $10 million in sales this year. Given the geographic potential and potential of user growth combined with the impact on the environment, we apply a 10-fold multiple to get an estimate of $100 million. PlentyOfFish Estimated Value: $100 million Last year rating/assessment: N/Business: Online Dating Location: Vancouver, Canada Read more: About PlentyOfFish CEO: Marcus Frind Investors: NA Analysis: Marcus Frind, founder and sole employee genius (and rich man). Its dating site, PlentyOfFish is free for users and generates advertising revenue. According to rumors, this year the company will earn about 30 million dollars. If we apply a little more than a 3x a few, we get a $100 million estimate. Not bad for one dude. 85. Oodle Estimated Value: $100 million Last year Rating/Assessment: N/A Business: Classified Aggregator Location: San Mateo, CA Read more: About Oodle CEO: Craig Donato Investors: Greylock Partners, Redpoint Ventures, Jafco Ventures Analysis: Oodle is an online classified community with more than 15 million monthly uniques. The company is experiencing explosive growth between 200-300% as the company powers The Facebook Marketplace. Oodle makes money from paid ads and we estimate that the revenue for 2010 is about $10 million. Given the incredible growth and traction, not to mention the plus from Facebook, we give the company a 10x multiple to estimate at $100 million. Media6Degrees Estimated Value: $100 million Last year Rating/Assessment: N/Business: Advertising/Social Targeting Location: New York, New York Read more: About Media6Degrees CEO: Tom Phillips Investors: Coriolis Ventures, U.S. Venture Partners, Contour Venture Partners, Venrock Analysis: Media6Degrees is a pioneer in social targeting The company is profitable with about 10% net an estimated $20-22 million in revenue this year. If we apply a 5x multiple to the lower end of the range we get an estimate of $100 million 87. Estimated cost of Foursquare: $100 $100 Year of Rank/Assessment: N/A Business: Location-based Social Network Location: New York, New York Read more: About Foursquare CEO: Dennis Crowley Investors: Union Square Ventures, O'Reiley AlphaTech Ventures, Jack Dorsey, Kevin Rose, Alex Reinert, Ron Conway, Joshua Schachter, Sergio Saltover, Andreessen Horowitz The company has signed numerous partnerships with major brands to promote the service, as well as working on business development projects with local merchants. Facebook recently launched Places, which essentially does the same. Many speculate that this launch will drop Foursquare. Given that this summer the company raised $20 million with an estimate of about $100 million, we'll go with that, as our estimate is a metric as there is no funding for the company. 88. Linden Lab Image: Linden Lab Estimated value: $100 million Last year Rating/Assessment: #21/$800 Million Business: Virtual Worlds Creator Location: San Francisco, CA Read more: About Linden Lab CEO: Philip Rosedale Investors: Benchmark Capital, Catamount Ventures, Kapor Enterprises, Inc. Company announced that it is laying off 30% of its employees and is taking Second Life in a new direction, not to mention Mark Kingdon resigned and founder Philip Rosedale took over. 89. Estimated Cost of Eventbrite: $100 million Last year Rating/ Evaluation: N/A Business: Event Management and Sales Location: San Francisco, California Read more: About Eventbrite CEO: Kevin Hartz Investors: Michael Birch, Roelof Botha, Saran Charie, Jeff Clavier, Ron Conway, European Founders Fund, Ryan Gilbert, Joe Greenstein, Kevin Hartz, Peter Jackson, Javet Karim, Keith Rabua, David Sachs, Steve Apfelberg, Brian Phillips, Sean Ellis Analysis: Eventbrite The company is currently focused on creating verticals. The company closed 2009 with a push over $100 in gross ticket sales and has a $1 billion target over the next several years. However, Eventbrite take only 2.5%, so at $1 billion in sales, it's only $25 million dollars. Given the subsidiary ventures the company can launch, we give the 4x company a few for the future of GMS or an estimate of $100 million to 90. Digg Estimated Value: $100 million Last year Rank/Assessment: #50/$190 million Business: Social News and Content Exchange Site Location: San Francisco, CA Read more: About Digg CEO: Matt Williams Investors: Greylock Partners, Omidyar Networks, Mark Andreessen, Reed Hoffman, Ron Conway, Mike Al Avery, Highland Capital Partners, SVB Financial Group Analysis: The Digg news tagging model created by users is being destroyed by Facebook, Twitter and Reddit (among others). The company recently launched its long-awaited redesign, which was to help it regain some of its former glory. What happened was a significant backlash, with a surge in competitors' traffic. However, we estimate that the company will generate about $20 million in revenue this year combined with low overheads. If we apply 5x revenue somewhat (apart from 15x last year) this results in a $100 million valuation. The company's latest funding round valued the company at about $150 million, but the shares are now trading on Sharespost at between $50-80 million, given increased competition and uncertain futures. 91. Blurb Estimated Value: $100 million Last year Rank/Assessment: N/Business: E-Commerce Location: San Francisco, CA Read more: About Blurb CEO: Eileen Gittins Investors: Anthem Venture Partners, Canaan Partners, Hercules Technologies, Capital Growth Analysis: Blurb (along with photo-sharing sites) destroys album sales. In 2009, the company created and shipped more than 1.2 million books. Blurb is profitable and has achieved more than 50% year-on-year revenue growth since 2009 sales of more than $45 million. Applying 2x sales somewhat to the minimum growth this year (which is very conservative), the company achieves an estimate of $100 million 92. Best World Books Estimated Value: $100In last year's rating/assessment: N/Business: E-commerce Location: Mishawaka, Indiana Read more: About The World's Best Books Founders: Christopher Fuchs and Xavier Helgesen Investors: Good Capital Analysis: The World's Best Book Collects and Sells Books online to fund literacy initiatives worldwide. The Company generated revenue of $45 million for the fiscal year ended June and has a positive EBITDA margin. If we apply 2x revenue somewhat and take on the minimum top line growth we get an estimate of $100 million to 93. Playspan Estimated Value: $100 million Last year Rank/Assessment: N/Business: Monetization Solution Venue: Santa Clara, CA More Info: About Playspan CEO: Carl Mehta Investors: Easton Capital, Menlo Ventures, Roman TMT Ventures, STIC International, Vodafone Ventures, Soft Bodbankhi Foundation Analysis: Playspan is a monetization tool for social games and networks. The company experienced a 100% revenue increase on the $50 million gross sales deal. The company's sales are about 10%, or $5 million. 94. ngmoco Estimated Value: $80 million Last year estimate: N/A Mobile Games Location: San Francisco, CA Read more: About ngmoco CEO: Neil Neal Investors: iFund, Norwest Venture Partners, Maples Investments, Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers, Institutional Venture Partners, Google Ventures Analysis: ngmoco is an iOS developer in which Google recently acquired a stake in Android gaming porting. The company is profitable and we hear the latest round of funding gave the company between $80 and $100 million in valuations. Specific financial data is not known at this time. 95. KickApps Estimated Value: $80 million Last year Rank/Assessment: N/Business: Hosting Social Apps Location: New York, New York More Info: About KickApps CEO: Alex Blum Investors: Spark Capital, Prism VentureWorks, Softbank Capital, Jarl Mohn, North Atlantic Capital Analysis: KickApps makes money by charging about $3,000/ This year the company's revenue is likely to be about $12 million, and next year - $20 million. Buzz Media Estimated Value: $80 million Last year Rank/Assessment: NA Business: Pop Culture New Media Location: Hollywood, CA Read more: About BuzzMedia CEO: Tyler Goldman Investors: Focus Ventures, Anthem Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, New Ventures Associates, Sutter Hill Ventures, and Universal Music Group Analysis: BuzzMedia is a publisher of entertainment achievement of more than 50 million monthly The company owns 40 brands (including BuzzNet, Celebuzz, etc.). Not much information is disclosed about the company, however it has raised $45 million in funding. If we take almost twice as much as the total funding, we will get an estimate of $80 million 97. Thrillist Estimated Value: $75 million Last year Rank/Assessment: N/A Business: Online Newsletter Service Location: New York, New York More Info: About Thrillist CEO: Ben Leiler Investors: NA Analysis: Thrillist is a digital lifestyle publication, currently reaching over 2 million subscribers in 17 markets. We estimate that the company is on track to achieve sales of between $10-$15 million this year with double-digit growth likely next year. Given the 5x somewhat on the upper sales range and we get an estimate of $75 million 98. hi5 Image: hi5 Estimated Value: $75 million Last year Rank/Assessment: #34/$350 Million Business: Social Network and Entertainment Location: San Francisco, CA Read more: About Hi5 CEO: Bill Grossman Investors: Mor Davidow Ventures, Hercules Capital Growth Technology, Crosslink Capital Analysis: hi5 has been since about 2003 so is one of the oldest social networks. It recently added virtual goods to its revenue mix (compared to advertising only). Adding a good line of virtual goods as Facebook continues to dominate social media, we tend to give hi5 below a few about 3x sales or $75 million 99. Sillow Image: zillow Estimated Value: $60 million Last year Rating/Assessment: #57/$60 Million Business: Real Estate Info Site Location: Seattle, Washington Read more: About zillow CEO: Spencer Rascoff (recently taken over by Richard Barton) Investors: Benchmark Capital, Technology Crossover Ventures, PAR Capital Management, Legg Mason Analysis: Sillow is best known for providing an estimated property value to 100 million homes across the U.S. for 12.5 million visitors per month. Sillow increased sales by 65% compared to another year, despite the collapse in housing and advertising. The company has reported positive cash flow in revenue in the range of $20-$30 million this year. Given the growth amid the downturn in the housing market, we give the company a 2x valuation or valuation of $60 million, flat from last year. This is a small premium to several that Move.com on the market (1.6x). This valuation is a huge haircut from the post-monetary valuation obtained in the last round of financing in 2007, which valued the company at approximately $400 million. Auditude Estimated Value: $50 million Last year rank/assessment: N/A Business: Management Video and Monetization Platform Location: Palo Alto, CA Read more: Auditude CEO: Adam Kahan Investors: Greylock Partners, RePoints Analysis: Auditude is a video management platform that helps users monetize content. We estimate that the company is on track to generate revenue of $5-$10 million this year, or a $50 million estimate of 10 times sales. Confessions We want to thank hundreds of our users, companies, investors and executives who have taken the time over the past few months to submit nominations and share information with us. We thank our colleague Adam Fusfeld for doing most of the background research. In addition, we thank our generous sponsors British Airways and NYSE for making the project possible. 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