Oculus VR
Startup or tech company
VR headset maker that raised 2.4 million dollars on Kickstarter and was bought by Facebook.
Irvine, United StatesKickstarterAcquired
OLX
Startup or tech company
Global online classifieds, owned by Prosus.
Amsterdam, NetherlandsAcquiredPaystack
Startup or tech company
Nigerian payments company acquired by Stripe in 2020.
Lagos, NigeriaY CombinatorAcquired
Peak Games
Startup or tech company
Turkish mobile game studio acquired by Zynga.
Istanbul, TürkiyeAcquiredPebble
Startup or tech company
Smartwatch maker whose campaigns set Kickstarter records; its assets were sold to Fitbit.
Palo Alto, United StatesKickstarterAcquiredPitchBook
Research and data
Private market data provider owned by Morningstar.
Seattle, United StatesAcquired
Product Hunt
Community or network
Daily launch site for new tech products.
San Francisco, United StatesY CombinatorAcquiredRing
Startup or tech company
Video doorbell company acquired by Amazon after being rejected on Shark Tank.
Santa Monica, United StatesAcquired
Riot Games
Startup or tech company
Maker of League of Legends and Valorant, owned by Tencent.
Los Angeles, United StatesAcquired
Rollic
Startup or tech company
Hyper-casual mobile game publisher from Istanbul, bought by Zynga in 2020.
Istanbul, TürkiyeAcquired
Rovio
Startup or tech company
Creator of Angry Birds, acquired by Sega.
Espoo, FinlandAcquired
Scopely
Startup or tech company
Mobile game publisher of Monopoly Go and Marvel Strike Force, bought by Savvy Games Group in 2023.
Culver City, United StatesAcquired
Seedrs
Crowdfunding platform
Equity crowdfunding platform, later merged with Republic.
London, United KingdomAcquired
Segment
Startup or tech company
Customer data platform acquired by Twilio.
San Francisco, United StatesY CombinatorAcquired
Skype
Startup or tech company
Internet calling service built by an Estonian engineering team; acquired by Microsoft.
Tallinn, EstoniaAcquired
Skyscanner
Startup or tech company
Flight search engine acquired by Trip.com.
Edinburgh, United KingdomAcquired
Slack
Startup or tech company
Team messaging app that began as a game company's internal tool; acquired by Salesforce.
San Francisco, United StatesAcquiredPublic company
Small Giant Games
Startup or tech company
Helsinki studio behind Empires & Puzzles, bought by Zynga in 2019.
Helsinki, FinlandAcquired
SmartThings
Startup or tech company
Smart-home platform funded on Kickstarter and acquired by Samsung.
Washington, United StatesKickstarterAcquired
Souq.com
Startup or tech company
Arab e-commerce leader acquired by Amazon in 2017.
Dubai, United Arab EmiratesAcquired
Stack Overflow
Community or network
Question-and-answer site for programmers, acquired by Prosus.
New York, United StatesAcquired
Supercell
Startup or tech company
Mobile game studio behind Clash of Clans, majority-owned by Tencent.
Helsinki, FinlandUnicornAcquired
Tinder
Startup or tech company
Dating app incubated inside IAC's Hatch Labs.
West Hollywood, United StatesAcquired
Tokopedia
Startup or tech company
Indonesian marketplace, part of GoTo and later majority-owned by TikTok.
Jakarta, IndonesiaAcquired
Trello
Startup or tech company
Kanban-style project boards acquired by Atlassian.
New York, United StatesAcquired
Trendyol
Startup or tech company
Turkey's largest e-commerce platform, majority-owned by Alibaba.
Istanbul, TürkiyeUnicornAcquiredTruebill
Startup or tech company
Subscription-tracking app acquired by Rocket Companies.
Washington, United StatesAcquired
Tumblr
Startup or tech company
Microblogging platform, now part of Automattic.
New York, United StatesAcquired
Twitch
Startup or tech company
Live-streaming platform for gamers, spun out of Justin.tv and bought by Amazon.
San Francisco, United StatesY CombinatorAcquired
Twitter
Startup or tech company
Microblogging network, renamed X after its 2022 acquisition.
San Francisco, United StatesAcquired
Unsplash
Startup or tech company
Free stock photo library acquired by Getty Images.
Montreal, CanadaAcquiredViaweb
Startup or tech company
Early online store builder acquired by Yahoo, which became Yahoo Store.
Cambridge, United StatesAcquired
Weebly
Startup or tech company
Website builder acquired by Square.
San Francisco, United StatesY CombinatorAcquired
Weights & Biases
Startup or tech company
Tools for tracking machine learning experiments, bought by CoreWeave in 2025.
San Francisco, United StatesAcquired
WhatsApp
Startup or tech company
Messaging app acquired by Facebook in 2014.
Mountain View, United StatesAcquired
Wolt
Startup or tech company
Food and retail delivery platform acquired by DoorDash.
Helsinki, FinlandAcquired
Yahoo
Startup or tech company
Early web portal started by two Stanford students.
Sunnyvale, United StatesAcquired
YouTube
Startup or tech company
Video-sharing platform acquired by Google in 2006.
San Bruno, United StatesAcquired
Zynga
Startup or tech company
Social and mobile game maker behind FarmVille and Words With Friends, bought by Take-Two Interactive in 2022.
San Francisco, United StatesAcquired