New graduate? Jump on board one of these high flying companies Graduating students hungry to dive into the (aka ) often struggle to select the right, specific opportunity to start their career. startup community StartUpLand Each spring, I provide a comprehensive list of exciting, growing, hiring startups–both private or recently public–that are worthy of consideration as places to start or continue a career in StartupLand. The criteria for being on the list is subjective but is a mix of fundraising (typically > $10m in the most recent round), scale (typically > 50 employees), momentum (typically growing revenue or users > 50%) and hiring (typically > 10 open reqs, including a number of entry level positions that would be a fit for recent college or business school graduates). Before we get into the companies themselves, I suggest checking out my posts and , where I give some more detailed advice on how to select the right company for you and position yourself to secure a job. Getting Your First Startup Job Are You Suited For A StartUp? Once you have reviewed this framework for deciding what you’re looking for, this post will give you to research and approach. a list of over 500 companies As usual, the list is compiled and organized based on location since I believe in selecting a geography to plug in to (and contribute to) a community and ecosystem. I received fantastic input from angels, entrepreneurs, lawyers and VCs across the world, helping me pressure test and compile this list (note: Flybridge portfolio companies are in blue). I recognize that the list contains no companies from India or China. I hope to cover those geographies in the future but just didn’t feel I had good enough intelligence at this time. I’d also point folks to Stanford’s Andy Rachleff’s , which he publishes each fall with a similar theme (albeit more Silicon Valley focused). terrific list I’m sure I made many mistakes and omissions, which are all my own. Feedback welcome! East Coast West Coast International Other Startup Hubs Bitpay, Ionic Security, Kabbage, MailChimp ATL: AvantCredit, , BucketFeet, Civis Analytics, Dough, Fooda, Groupon, Iris Mobile, Kapow, Narrative Sciences, , Raise.com, ShopRunner, Shiftgig, SpotHero, SproutSocial, Tastyworks, Uptake CHI: bloXroute Precognitive FullContact, Ibotta, LogRhythm, Rally, SendGrid, Sympoz, TeamSnap, VictorOps, Webroot, CO: Welltok 2U, Cvent, Optoro, Sonatype, Vox Media, WeddingWire DC: Apptio, Avalara, Avvo, ExtraHop, Julep, Juno, Koru, OfferUp, Outreach, Peach, Porch, Pro, Redfin, Rover.com SEA: Bamboo HR, Canopy Tax, Domo, Health Catalyst, HireVue, InsideSales, Instructure, Lucid Software, Observe Point, Pluralsight, Qualtrics, Solution Reach, Workfront UT: That’s it! Special thanks to all those who provided me with anonymous input as well as my colleague, , who did most of the heavy lifting to help me in compiling this list. Caroline Constable
