Founded in 2005

Startups founded in 2005: 492 companies and their founders

492 companies in the founder graph were founded in 2005, each listed with the people who started it. Most notable first.

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JanrainPrivate

United States · 2005

Journal of Middle East Women's StudiesPrivate

United States · 2005

Junction Point StudiosPrivate

Gaming · United States · 2005

Kebab Turki Baba RafiPrivate

Indonesia · 2005

Kingfisher AirlinesPrivate

India · 2005

KlarnaPublic

Fintech · Sweden · 2005

Sebastian Siemiatkowski, Niklas Adalberth, Victor Jacobsson, Viktor Jacobsson, Evgenii Kondratev

KokoromiPrivate

2005

Heather Kelley, Phil Fish, Cindy Poremba, Damien di Fede

Konichiwa RecordsPrivate

Media & Entertainment · Sweden · 2005

Konvict MuzikPrivate

Media & Entertainment · United States · 2005

KrioRusPrivate

Enterprise Software · Russia · 2005

Valerija Pride, Danila Medvedev

Krohn RacingPrivate

Sports & Fitness · United States · 2005

KubuntuPrivate

2005

Jonathan Riddell

LaikaPrivate YC S19

Media & Entertainment · United States · 2005 · YC S19

Phil Knight, Will Vinton, TULIO JIMENEZ, MANUELA SANCHEZ, Camilo Sanchez, Manuela Sanchez Villamarin

Les' Copaque ProductionPrivate

Media & Entertainment · Malaysia · 2005

Burhanuddin Md Radzi

LiFOPrivate

Media & Entertainment · Greece · 2005

Stathis Tsagarousianos

LibriVoxPrivate

Developer Tools · 2005

LifeLockPrivate

Software & IT · United States · 2005

Todd Davis, Robert J. Maynard Jr., Robert Maynard

LifehackerPrivate

Media & Entertainment · United States · 2005

LightspeedPrivate

Retail & E-commerce · Canada · 2005

Dax Dasilva, Jason Richelson, Amy Bennett

Ligier AutomotivePrivate

Industrials & Manufacturing · France · 2005

Jacques Nicolet

Lion Capital LLPPrivate

United Kingdom · 2005

Live NationPrivate

Media & Entertainment · United States · 2005

Robert F. X. Sillerman

LooptAcquired YC S05

Media & Entertainment · USA · 2005 · YC S05

Sam Altman, Nick Sivo

Louverture FilmsPrivate

2005

Danny Glover, Joslyn Barnes

Lübeck Museum of Theatre PuppetsPrivate

Media & Entertainment · Germany · 2005

MMX MineraçãoPrivate

Industrials & Manufacturing · Brazil · 2005

Magic Circle MusicPrivate

Media & Entertainment · United States · 2005

MakePrivate

Media & Entertainment · United States · 2005

Man of Action StudiosPrivate

United States · 2005

Joe Kelly, Joe Casey, Duncan Rouleau, Steven T. Seagle

MashablePrivate

Media & Entertainment · 2005

MeeboAcquired

Social · USA · 2005

Seth Sternberg, Elaine Wherry, Sandy Jen

MenéamePrivate

Software & IT · Spain · 2005

Ricardo Galli, Benjamí Villoslada

MeridiamPrivate

France · 2005

MetawebAcquired

USA · 2005

Danny Hillis, Robert Cook, William Daniel Hillis, Veda Hlubinka-Cook, John Giannandrea

Minimal Wave RecordsPrivate

Media & Entertainment · United States · 2005

Veronica Vasicka

Mogens Dahl Concert HallPrivate

Denmark · 2005

Mohammad Ali Jauhar UniversityPrivate

Education · India · 2005

Motor MusicPrivate

Media & Entertainment · Germany · 2005

NALA FilmsPrivate

Media & Entertainment · United States · 2005

Emilio Diez Barroso

ND Studios, KarjatPrivate

Media & Entertainment · India · 2005

Nitin Chandrakant Desai

NETVIBESPrivate

Developer Tools · France · 2005

NashiPrivate

Russia · 2005

Vasily Yakemenko

National VanguardPrivate

United States · 2005

Kevin Alfred Strom

NavizonPrivate

Telecom · United States · 2005

New York University Journal of Law & LibertyPrivate

Legal · United States · 2005

Ngā AhoPrivate

Real Estate & Construction · New Zealand · 2005

Desna Whaanga-Schollum

Non-Stop ProductionPrivate

Media & Entertainment · Russia · 2005

Alexander Rodnyansky

North East Indian Linguistics SocietyPrivate

India · 2005

Stephen Morey, Mark W. Post

Novae Terrae FoundationPrivate

Italy · 2005

Ny VågPrivate

Media & Entertainment · Sweden · 2005

Dennis Lyxzén, Inge Johansson

OdeoAcquired

Media & Entertainment · USA · 2005

Evan Williams, Noah Glass

One Laptop per ChildPrivate

United States · 2005

Nicholas Negroponte

Orascom TMT InvestmentsPrivate

Enterprise Software · Luxembourg · 2005

PEMA GruppePrivate

Real Estate & Construction · Austria · 2005

Markus Schafferer

Pakistan Broadcasters AssociationPrivate

Pakistan · 2005

Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman

Palo Alto NetworksPrivate

Cybersecurity · United States · 2005

Nir Zuk, Tim Prendergast, Justin Lundy, Tim Junio, Matt Kraning, Kumar Ramachandran, Mani Ramasamy, Venkataraman Anand

Pampa EnergíaPrivate

Energy & Climate · Argentina · 2005

Marcelo Mindlin

Panorama StudiosPrivate

Media & Entertainment · 2005

Kumar Mangat Pathak

PastafarianismPrivate

Government & Nonprofit · 2005

Bobby Henderson

Patriots of RussiaPrivate

Russia · 2005

Gennady Semigin