Founded in 1997

Startups founded in 1997: 329 companies and their founders

329 companies in the founder graph were founded in 1997, each listed with the people who started it. Most notable first.

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Encounter BooksPrivate

Media & Entertainment · United States · 1997

Endurance International GroupPrivate

Software & IT · 1997

Hari Ravichandran

Estonian Film InstitutePrivate

Media & Entertainment · Estonia · 1997

EurosetPrivate

Retail & E-commerce · Russia · 1997

Timur Vladimirovich Artemiev, Evgeny Davidovich Livshits

Evoke plcPrivate

Gambling · Gibraltar · 1997

Shay Ben-Yitzhak, Aharon Shaked

Experimental JetsetPrivate

Netherlands · 1997

Marieke Stolk, Danny van den Dungen, Erwin Brinkers

Extreme AssociatesPrivate

Media & Entertainment · United States · 1997

Extreme MusicPrivate

Media & Entertainment · United Kingdom · 1997

Dolphin Taylor, Russell Emanuel

Farmacias SimilaresPrivate

Biotech & Pharma · Mexico · 1997

Víctor González Torres

Figurentheater Wilde & VogelPrivate

Germany · 1997

Michael Vogel, Charlotte Wilde

FinjanPrivate

United States · 1997

FlagshipPrivate

Gaming · Japan · 1997

Yoshiki Okamoto, Justin Abrams

FoveonPrivate

United States · 1997

Federico Faggin

Frederator Networks, Inc.Private

Media & Entertainment · 1997

Frederator StudiosPrivate

Media & Entertainment · United States · 1997

GN BankPrivate

Fintech · Ghana · 1997

Paa Kwesi Nduom

Gala TelevisionPrivate

Media & Entertainment · Taiwan · 1997

GencoPrivate

Media & Entertainment · Japan · 1997

Global SiliconPrivate

United Kingdom · 1997

GoDaddyPrivate

Retail & E-commerce · United States · 1997

Goliath BooksPrivate

Media & Entertainment · Germany · 1997

Good Karma BroadcastingPrivate

Media & Entertainment · United States · 1997

GrameenphonePrivate

Telecom · Bangladesh · 1997

Greater Wynnewood Exotic Animal ParkPrivate

United States · 1997

Gresini RacingPrivate

Italy · 1997

GunvorPrivate

Energy & Climate · Netherlands · 1997

Gennady Timchenko, Torbjörn Törnqvist

Guédelon CastlePrivate

France · 1997

Michel Guyot, Maryline Martin

HITT ProductionPrivate

Media & Entertainment · Turkey · 1997

HTCPrivate

Hardware & Electronics · Taiwan · 1997

Cher Wang, Peter Chou

HetznerPrivate

Germany · 1997

Himalaya CapitalPrivate

United States · 1997

Hindawi Publishing CorporationPrivate

Media & Entertainment · United Kingdom · 1997

Nagwa Abdelmottaleb, Ahmed Hindawi

Hornbeck Offshore ServicesPrivate

United States · 1997

Todd M. Hornbeck, Larry Hornbeck

IBC TamilPrivate

United Kingdom · 1997

Baskaran Kandiah

IERIPrivate

Belgium · 1997

Irnerio Seminatore

ImageMoversPrivate

United States · 1997

Robert Zemeckis

Information Society ProjectPrivate

United States · 1997

InsexPrivate

Media & Entertainment · United States · 1997

Institute for Molecular and Cell BiologyPrivate

Portugal · 1997

Alexandre Quintanilha

International Vale Tudo ChampionshipPrivate

Brazil · 1997

Sérgio Batarelli

International federation of multimedia associationsPrivate

Canada · 1997

Irving Place CapitalPrivate

United States · 1997

Itamar Medical LtdPrivate

Healthcare · Israel · 1997

Japanese Society for History Textbook ReformPrivate

Japan · 1997

Nobukatsu Fujioka

JazwaresPrivate

Gaming · United States · 1997

Jihlava International Documentary Film FestivalPrivate

Czech Republic · 1997

John Thompson ProductionsPrivate

Media & Entertainment · Germany · 1997

John W. Thompson

Jungle WorldPrivate

Germany · 1997

Jürgen Elsässer

KMGi GroupPrivate

1997

Alex Konanykhin, Silvina Moschini

Kaspersky LabPrivate

Cybersecurity · United Kingdom · 1997

Eugene Kaspersky

Kinder MorganPrivate

Energy & Climate · United States · 1997

Kink.comPrivate

Media & Entertainment · United States · 1997

Kyungdong UniversityPrivate

South Korea · 1997

LDH CorporationPrivate

Japan · 1997

Leeds Rugby LimitedPrivate

Enterprise Software · 1997

Gary Hetherington

Liberty Tax ServicePrivate

Fintech · 1997

Lone Pine CapitalPrivate

Fintech · United States · 1997

Los ZetasPrivate

Mexico · 1997

Osiel Cárdenas Guillén

M5 IndustriesPrivate

United States · 1997

Manav Rachna International Institute of Research and StudiesPrivate

India · 1997

O. P. Bhalla, Dr. O.P. Bhalla