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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The Right StuffPrivate

2012

The SkimmPrivate

Media & Entertainment · United States · 2012

Danielle Weisberg, Carly Zakin

The SpunPrivate

United States · 2012

Matthew Lombardi

The ZebraPrivate

Fintech · United States · 2012

Joshua Dziabiak, Keith Melnick (CEO), Adam Lyons

Three Arrows CapitalDefunct

Fintech · Singapore · 2012

Su Zhu, Kyle Davies

ThuzioPrivate

United States · 2012

TinderPrivate

Social · USA · 2012

Sean Rad, Justin Mateen, Jonathan Badeen, Whitney Wolfe Herd, Joe Munoz, Dinesh Moorjani, Chris Gylczynski

TinkAcquired

Fintech · Sweden · 2012

Daniel Kjellen, Fredrik Hedberg

Top Level DesignPrivate

United States · 2012

TranscendPrivate

Developer Tools · 2012

Ben Brook, Mike Farrell, Rebekah Robertson, Michael Farrell

TravelokaPrivate

Travel & Hospitality · Indonesia · 2012

Ferry Unardi, Derianto Kusuma, Albert Zhang

TrifactaPrivate

Data & Analytics · 2012

Joe Hellerstein, Jeffrey Heer, Sean Kandel, Joseph M. Hellerstein, Jeff Heer, Adam Wilson (CEO)

TwitchyPrivate

2012

Michelle Malkin

TypeformPrivate

Enterprise Software · Spain · 2012

Robert Munoz, David Okuniev

UniregistryPrivate

Software & IT · United Kingdom · 2012

Frank Schilling

UpworthyPrivate

Software & IT · United States · 2012

Venus Over ManhattanPrivate

United States · 2012

Adam Lindemann, Adam Lindemann. Today

ViaPrivate

Automotive & Mobility · United States · 2012

Daniel Ramot, Oren Shoval, Maite Diez-Canedo, Itziar Diez-Canedo

VineDefunct

Social · USA · 2012

Dom Hofmann, Rus Yusupov, Colin Kroll

Vinegar SyndromePrivate

Media & Entertainment · United States · 2012

Ryan Emerson, Joe Rubin

Vishal Film FactoryPrivate

Media & Entertainment · India · 2012

W MotorsPrivate

Automotive & Mobility · United Arab Emirates · 2012

WikidataPrivate

Developer Tools · 2012

Markus Krötzsch, Denny Vrandečić, Marcelo Valle Silveira Mello

WirePrivate

Productivity · 2012

Jonathan Christensen, Priidu Zilmer, Alan Duric

Wit StudioPrivate

Media & Entertainment · Japan · 2012

Wonder WorkshopPrivate

Education · United States · 2012

Vikas Gupta, Mikal Greaves, Saurabh Gupta

World Forum of Russian-Speaking JewryPrivate

2012

Alexander Levin

World ViewPrivate

Aerospace & Space · United States · 2012

Jane Poynter, Taber MacCallum, Ryan Hartman (CEO), Alan Stern

XOXOPrivate

United States · 2012

Andy Baio, Andy McMillan

YESPrivate

Lithuania · 2012

Artūras Zuokas

YUNAPrivate

Ukraine · 2012

DJ Pasha, Mohammad Zahoor

ZenoRadioPrivate

Telecom · 2012

Baruch Herzfeld

ZulipPrivate

2012

Jessica McKellar

elDiario.esPrivate

Spain · 2012

Ignacio Escolar

foodpandaAcquired

Logistics & Supply Chain · Germany · 2012

jsDelivrPrivate

2012

Dmitry Akulov, Dmitriy Akulov

miHoYoPrivate

Gaming · People's Republic of China · 2012

Cai Haoyu, Liu Wei, Luo Yuhao

yourKarmaPrivate

2012

1min30Private

Marketing & Advertising · France · 2012

Gabriel Dabi-Schwebel

24SlidesPrivate

Denmark · 2012

2m2Private

Switzerland · 2012

Simon Lamunière, Christian Pirker

42FloorsPrivate YC W12

Real Estate & Construction · USA · 2012 · YC W12

Jason Freedman, James Bracy, Jonathan Bracy

538 GroepPrivate

Media & Entertainment · Netherlands · 2012

John de Mol Jr.

99dressesPrivate YC W12

Consumer · USA · 2012 · YC W12

Nicole Durkin, Peter Delahunty, Dan Walker

9gagPrivate YC S12

Consumer · Hong Kong · 2012 · YC S12

Ray Chan, Chris Chan, Derek Chan, Marco Fung, Brian Yu

AR Music StudiosPrivate

Media & Entertainment · India · 2012

Jaan Nissar Lone

ART CorporationPrivate

Belarus · 2012

Angelika Krasheuskaya

Academy of the Arabic Language on the World Wide WebPrivate

2012

Abdul Aziz al-Harbi

Ademi HoldingPrivate

Food & Agriculture · 2012

Advokátní kancelář Pokorný, Wagner & partneřiPrivate

Legal · Czech Republic · 2012

African Poetry Book FundPrivate

United States · 2012

Afroguinée MagazinePrivate

Guinea · 2012

Ain MediaPrivate

Palestine · 2012

Yasser Mourtaja

AirsharedPrivate YC S12

Consumer · 2012 · YC S12

Rosanna Myers, Arjun Vasan, Alex Shkolnik

Akademia EchokardiografiiPrivate

Education · Poland · 2012

Monika Budnik, Radosław Piątkowski

AmeratecPrivate

Hong Kong · 2012

David Oberlander

AmiatoPrivate YC W12

Enterprise Software · USA · 2012 · YC W12

Apeel SciencesPrivate

Food & Agriculture · USA · 2012

ArendalsukaPrivate

Norway · 2012

Øystein Djupedal, Stein Gauslaa

ArkPrivate YC W12

Consumer · USA · 2012 · YC W12

Jonas Templestein, Yiming Liu, Patrick Riley