Founded in 2012

Startups founded in 2012: 736 companies and their founders

736 companies in the founder graph were founded in 2012, each listed with the people who started it. Most notable first.

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BunqPrivate 🦄 Unicorn

Fintech · Netherlands · 2012

ByteDancePrivate 🦄 Unicorn

Media & Entertainment · China · 2012

Zhang Yiming, Liang Rubo, Yiming Zhang, Rubo Liang

Checkout.comPrivate 🦄 Unicorn

Fintech · UK · 2012

Guillaume Pousaz

Compass REPrivate 🦄 Unicorn

Enterprise Software · United States · 2012

Ori Allon, Robert Reffkin

CourseraPublic 🦄 Unicorn

Education · USA · 2012

Andrew Y. Ng, Daphne Koller

DidiPublic 🦄 Unicorn

Automotive & Mobility · China · 2012

HomeLightPrivate 🦄 Unicorn

Marketplace · United States · 2012

Andrew Uher, Drew Uher

LyftPublic 🦄 Unicorn

Automotive & Mobility · USA · 2012

Logan Green, John Zimmer, Matt von Horn, Marcus Cohn

MiraklPrivate 🦄 Unicorn

Retail & E-commerce · France · 2012

Adrien Nussenbaum, Philippe Corrot

NykaaPublic 🦄 Unicorn

Retail & E-commerce · India · 2012

OYO RoomsPrivate 🦄 Unicorn

Travel & Hospitality · India · 2012

PelotonPrivate 🦄 Unicorn

Hardware & Electronics · USA · 2012

John Foley, Tom Cortese, Hisao Kushi, Yony Feng, Graham Stanton

RipplePrivate 🦄 Unicorn

Fintech · USA · 2012

Chris Larsen, Jed McCaleb, Arthur Britto, David Schwartz, Brad Garlinghous, Stefan Thomas

SkiftPrivate 🦄 Unicorn

Travel & Hospitality · United States · 2012

Rafat Ali, Jason Clampet

Snowflake Inc.Private 🦄 Unicorn

Developer Tools · United States · 2012

Benoît Dageville

The Times of IsraelPrivate 🦄 Unicorn

Media & Entertainment · Israel · 2012

David Horovitz, Seth Klarman

0404 NewsPrivate

Israel · 2012

22CansPrivate

Gaming · United Kingdom · 2012

AXS MapPrivate

2012

AdallomAcquired

Cybersecurity · Israel · 2012

Assaf Rappaport, Ami Luttwak, Roy Reznik

AffirmPublic

Fintech · USA · 2012

Max Levchin, Nathan Gettings, Jeffrey Kaditz, Alex Rampell, Jeff Kaditz

AirtablePrivate

Productivity · USA · 2012

Howie Liu, Andrew Ofstad, Emmett Nicholas

Airwolf 3DPrivate

United States · 2012

AkesoPrivate

2012

Al Sharq ForumPrivate

Turkey · 2012

Wadah Khanfar, Fahmi Huwaidi

Al-MonitorPrivate

United States · 2012

AleteiaPrivate

France · 2012

Jesús Colina, Olivier Bonnassies

AlgoliaPrivate YC W14

Developer Tools · USA · 2012 · YC W14

Nicolas Dessaigne, Julien Lemoine, Bernadette Nixon (CEO)

All India BakchodPrivate

India · 2012

Gursimran Khamba, Tanmay Bhat

All Things ComedyPrivate

United States · 2012

Al Madrigal, Bill Burr

American Homes 4 RentPrivate

Fintech · United States · 2012

B. Wayne Hughes

AmplitudePublic YC W12

Developer Tools · USA · 2012 · YC W12

Spenser Skates, Curtis Liu, Jeffrey Wang

Anime LimitedPrivate

Media & Entertainment · United Kingdom · 2012

Andrew Partridge

AnswerDashPrivate

Software & IT · United States · 2012

Auto1 GroupPublic

Retail & E-commerce · Germany · 2012

Christian Bertermann, Hakan Koc

AwesomenessPrivate

Media & Entertainment · United States · 2012

Brian Robbins, Joe Davola

Babban GonaPrivate

Food & Agriculture · Nigeria · 2012

BeameryPrivate

Software & IT · United Kingdom · 2012

Abakar Saidov, Michael Paterson, Sultan Saidov, Mike Paterson

BenchlingPrivate YC S12

Biotech & Pharma · USA · 2012 · YC S12

Sajith Wickramasekara, Cornelius Chen, Ashu Singhal, Cheng Kang, Ashutosh Singhal

Bitcoin MagazinePrivate

Crypto & Web3 · 2012

Vitalik Buterin, Mihai Alisie

BitfinexPrivate

Crypto & Web3 · 2012

Raphael Nicolle

Black Mask StudiosPrivate

Media & Entertainment · United States · 2012

BlinkistPrivate

Software & IT · Germany · 2012

Sebastian Klein, Holger Seim, Niklas Jansen, Tobias Balling

Blue Haven InitiativePrivate

2012

Liesel Pritzker Simmons

Blue StartupsPrivate

Belgium · 2012

Maya Rogers, Henk Rogers

Boisset CollectionPrivate

Food & Agriculture · United States · 2012

Jean-Charles Boisset

BookBubPrivate

Media & Entertainment · United States · 2012

Nicholas Ciarelli, Josh Schanker

Boston Philharmonic Youth OrchestraPrivate

United States · 2012

Benjamin Zander

BrandlessPrivate

Retail & E-commerce · United States · 2012

Tina Sharkey, Ido Leffler

Breakout LabsPrivate

2012

CR Fashion BookPrivate

2012

Carine Roitfeld

Cadenza InnovationPrivate

2012

Christina Lampe Önnerud, Dr. Christina Lampe-Onnerud

Canadian Women in Literary ArtsPrivate

Canada · 2012

CarFestPrivate

United Kingdom · 2012

CareemAcquired

Automotive & Mobility · United Arab Emirates · 2012

Mudassir Sheikha, Magnus Olsson, Abdulla Elyas, Abdullah Elyas

CarousellPrivate

Marketplace · Singapore · 2012

Quek Siu Rui, Lucas Ngoo, Marcus Tan

CartaPrivate

Fintech · USA · 2012

Henry Ward, Manu Kumar

Center for Applied RationalityPrivate

United States · 2012

Centre for Contemporary PoliticsPrivate

Serbia · 2012

Nemanja Todorović Štiplija

Childfree RussiaPrivate

2012

Edward Lisovskii