Founded in 2008

Startups founded in 2008: 510 companies and their founders

510 companies in the founder graph were founded in 2008, each listed with the people who started it. Most notable first.

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510 companies · page 2 of 9

Dovetail GamesPrivate

Gaming · United Kingdom · 2008

DreamPrivate YC S26

Enterprise Software · Japan · 2008 · YC S26

Sadaharu Tanikawa, Keiichi Sasahara, Ryland Birchmeier, Alexander Halpern, Shalev Hulio, Sebastian Kurz, Gil Dolev

Dream11Private

Gaming · India · 2008

Harsh Jain, Bhavit Sheth

DripDropPrivate

United States · 2008

Dymon AsiaPrivate

Fintech · Singapore · 2008

EntagenPrivate

2008

Christopher Bouton

Epoch Media GroupPrivate

Media & Entertainment · United States · 2008

FEMENPrivate

2008

Anna Hutsol, Alexandra Shevchenko, Oksana Shachko, Victor Svyatski

Facile.itPrivate

Fintech · Italy · 2008

Alberto Maria Genovese

FetLifePrivate

Social · 2008

FiveThirtyEightPrivate

Media & Entertainment · United States · 2008

Freedom HoldingPrivate

Fintech · Russia · 2008

Friends of Newin GroupPrivate

Thailand · 2008

Fäviken MagasinetPrivate

Food & Agriculture · Sweden · 2008

GaikaiPrivate

Gaming · United States · 2008

Garage Center for Contemporary CulturePrivate

Media & Entertainment · Russia · 2008

Genii CapitalPrivate

Enterprise Software · United Kingdom · 2008

Eric Lux, Gerard Lopez

Giant BombPrivate

Developer Tools · United States · 2008

Jeff Gerstmann, Ryan Davis

Giant Olive Theatre CompanyPrivate

Media & Entertainment · 2008

Ginkgo BioworksPublic YC S14

Biotech & Pharma · USA · 2008 · YC S14

Jason Kelly, Reshma Shetty, Tom Knight, Austin Che, Barry Canton

GitHubAcquired

Developer Tools · USA · 2008

Tom Preston-Werner, Chris Wanstrath, PJ Hyett, Scott Chacon, P. J. Hyett

GlavkinoPrivate

Media & Entertainment · Russia · 2008

Fyodor Bondarchuk, Konstantin Ernst, Ilya Bachurin

Gondwana RecordsPrivate

Media & Entertainment · United Kingdom · 2008

Matthew Halsall

GoopPrivate

Healthcare · United States · 2008

Gwyneth Paltrow

Gorm'sPrivate

Food & Agriculture · Denmark · 2008

Grace AcademyPrivate

Education · United Kingdom · 2008

Robert Edmiston

Marketplace · USA · 2008

Andrew Mason, Eric Lefkofsky, Brad Keywell

HTMLGIANTPrivate

2008

Hello GamesPrivate

Gaming · United Kingdom · 2008

Sean Murray, Grant Duncan, Ryan Doyle, David Ream

Heritage Film ProjectPrivate

2008

Eduardo Montes-Bradley

Hindu SamhatiPrivate

India · 2008

HootsuitePrivate

Media & Entertainment · Canada · 2008

Ryan Holmes, David Tedman, Dario Meli

Htoo FoundationPrivate

2008

IOMAPrivate

2008

Jean Michel Karam

IPVMPrivate

United States · 2008

Icelandic Digital Freedom SocietyPrivate

2008

Smári McCarthy

India Art FairPrivate

2008

Indian KanoonPrivate

2008

Institute for Indo-Pacific SecurityPrivate

United States · 2008

Randall Schriver, Mark A. Stokes

International Journal of Feminist Approaches to BioethicsPrivate

Education · 2008

Mary C. Rawlinson

Iranian Railroad for Queer RefugeesPrivate

Canada · 2008

Iraq Veterans for CongressPrivate

United States · 2008

Isar KlinikumPrivate

Healthcare · Germany · 2008

JFrogPublic

Developer Tools · Israel · 2008

Shlomi Ben Haim, Yoav Landman, Fred Simon, Frederic Simon

JW AndersonPrivate

Fashion & Beauty · United Kingdom · 2008

Jonathan Anderson

JasadPrivate

Media & Entertainment · 2008

JobTeaserPrivate

Consulting & Services · France · 2008

Adrien Ledoux, Nicolas Lombard

Journal of Language RelationshipPrivate

2008

July Moon ProductionsPrivate

United States · 2008

Selena Gomez, Mandy Teefey

KairosPrivate YC S25

Fintech · USA · 2008 · YC S25

Ankur Jain, Shivum Pandove

KeyFilmPrivate

Media & Entertainment · Netherlands · 2008

King of the DotPrivate

Media & Entertainment · 2008

KloutPrivate

United States · 2008

KnewtonPrivate

Education · United States · 2008

Kyushu Pro-WrestlingPrivate

Sports & Fitness · Japan · 2008

Ryōta Chikuzen

Legal InsurrectionPrivate

2008

William A. Jacobson

Let's Do It! WorldPrivate

Estonia · 2008

Lethal LesbianPrivate

Media & Entertainment · Israel · 2008

LevdeoPrivate

Automotive & Mobility · People's Republic of China · 2008

LibraryThing, Inc.Private

United States · 2008