Together with
Hunter Walk, a seed VC at Homebrew and early YouTube employee, we surveyed some
of the top startup investors and asked which companies they would recommend new
grads join early in their career? The results: 17 Best Startups to Join for New
Grads.
Further Reading: Midstage
Startups Are Your Best First Job in Tech
Amplitude is building a world class analytics
platform to help companies build better products and drive growth. Product
teams around the world, from Microsoft, to Square, and Hubspot are using their
analytics. In August 2017 the company raised a $30M Series C from IVP, with
existing investors Benchmark and Battery Ventures also participating.
BuildingConnected makes communication
ridiculously easy in the $8 trillion commercial construction industry. Builders
use their platform to send invitations to bid, qualify vendors, and track
opportunities, while providing analytics and reports on how the business is
performing.
Coinbase is on a mission to create an open
financial system for the world, and is the leading platform for buying and
selling cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and ethereum. In August 2017 the company
raised a $100M Series D to fuel its explosive growth and is hiring in multiple
roles across the entire organization. If you are interested in helping build
the future of currency and payments and are passionate about cryptocurrencies, join
their team in San Francisco.
Color believes that everyone deserves access
to high-quality information they can use to improve and maintain their health.
Their genetic test for hereditary disorders risk is transforming how genetic
testing is done by removing financial, educational, and geographic barriers to
clinical-grade genetic testing. In August 2017 the company raised an $80M
Series C and is looking for talented designers and engineers to join their
team.
Dronebase is an on-demand marketplace for
drone services. The company has a network of pilots flying in 50 states and 40+
countries providing aerial imagery, video, and data for any business. As
Dronebase investor Fred Wilson explains on AVC:
This is a business to business oriented
marketplace. If you are in the construction industry and want to hire a Drone
Service Provider to monitor or survey your job site, Dronebase is for you. If
you are in the mining industry and want to hire a Drone Service Provider to
measure inventory values in your stockpiles, Dronebase is for you. If you are
in the real estate industry and want to hire Drone Service Provider to create
aerial imagery for your properties, Dronebase is for you.
The eero WiFi system blankets every corner of
every room in fast, reliable WiFi. No more dead zones. No more buffering. In
2016 the company raised an additional $50M, bringing their total funding to
date $90M. If you believe that WiFi is the new
electricity join this world-class team — they are hiring in multiple positions
Carta
eShares offers cap table management, 409A
valuations, and liquidity for private companies. In October 2017 eShares raised
a $42M Series C led by Menlo Ventures and Social Capital. The company is hiring
engineers, designers, analysts, and other skillsets all across the
organization.
Guild Education is helping large employers
offer college education and tuition reimbursement as a work perk to the 64
million working-age adults who lack a college degree. In September 2017 the
company has raised a $21M Series B led by Bessemer Venture Partners, with
participation from Redpoint, Social Capital, Cowboy Ventures, and others
Gusto reimagines payroll, benefits, HR, and
personal finance by automating the most complicated, impersonal business tasks
and making them simple. The company has raised $161M to date and was recently
named #7 on Fortune’s Best Places to Work list. Gusto has multiple open
positions across all departments in Denver and San Francisco.
Heap builds analytics infrastructure that
powers decisions for over 6,000 online businesses. While other analytics tools
require you to define events upfront and manually instrument code, Heap automatically captures everything:
clicks, submissions, and taps — which lets users analyze data instantly and retroactively without writing code. In May 2017 the company raised a 27M
Series B round.
Honor is a comprehensive home care company
helping older adults continue to live safely in their own homes as they age.
Honor offers a higher level of in-home care by combining the best professional
caregivers with smart, easy-to-use technology that makes scheduling,
delivering, and managing care simple and safe. The company counts Marc
Andreessen as a board member, and in August 2016 raised a $42M Series B led by
Thrive Capita.
Intercom
Intercom is a communication platform with a suite of integrated products for every team - including sales, marketing, product, and support. Their products enable targeted communication
with customers on your website, inside your web and mobile apps, and by email.
In April 2016 Intercome
raised $50M led by Index Ventures, bringing their total funding to date to
$116M. The company is hiring in multiple positions in Dublin and San Francisco.
Managed By Q is the platform for office
management. They makes it easy to run an office by connecting offices to
services, including cleaning, maintenance, office administration, IT, and
security. Companies use Q’s marketplace to discover vetted service providers,
request project quotes, schedule work, and pay for office services, all in one
place. In December 2016 the company raised a $30M Series C and is hiring in
multiple positions in San Francisco and New York City.
Mark 43 is building crimefighting technology
that helps law enforcement keep communities safe by changing the way police
officers collect, manage, share, and analyze data. The company raised a $27M
Series B in April of 2016, and counts Jeff Bezos and Ashton Kutcher as investors.
Mark43 has multiple engineering roles available in New York City.
Opendoor is on a mission to make it simple to
buy and sell homes. The traditional process is broken, with an average home
taking over 90 days to sell and costing thousands of dollars. Opendoor make
buying and selling a home stress-free and instant. The company has raised over
$300M from top-notch investors and are growing fast, buying and selling more
than $100M of homes per month. Opendoor has multiple engineering roles
available in San Francisco.
Parachute makes modern bedding and bath
essentials for a more comfortable home. The company sells their product
directly to customers, and is looking to expand a physical and experiential
version of Parachute in more cities around the world through retail spaces.
Parachute raised a $10M Series A from top investors and is hiring in multiple positions.
Textio invented augmented
writing, which is writing supported by outcomes data in real time. The first
application of Textio’s technology was in talent acquisition, where customers
could submit draft job postings and get feedback on how well those postings
would perform. The company raised a $20M Series B in June 2017 and is looking
to expand beyond recruiting and job posting.
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