Startups have long been one of the main drivers of the modern economy. By the number of successful companies, promoted from scratch, one can judge the level of development of the business space of countries. And although it is obvious that most startups, estimated at $ 1 billion, have an American residence permit, some successful companies operate in Europe and China. We bring to your attention a list. This is not quite a rating: all 40 startups can be considered winners by default.

40. Evernote, $ 1 billion

A service and a set of software for creating and storing notes Evernote costs at least $ 1 billion. He got into the elite club of the most expensive startups in May 2012, when he was able to raise $ 70 million as part of the D-financing round. Since then, the company has raised $ 240 million. An interesting list of investors: Allen & Co., China Broadband Capital Partners, DoCoMo Capital, Harbor Pacific Capital, m8 Capital, Meritech Capital Partners, m8 Capital, Morgenthaler Ventures, Sequoia Capital, T. Rowe Price and Valiant Capital Partners.

39. Eventbrite, $ 1 billion

A ticketing service and marketing campaign for social media ticketing, Eventbrite was listed just a month ago. The company recently managed to attract financing in the amount of $ 60 billion. After that, the entire startup, which, of course, has not yet traded shares on the stock exchange, was estimated by experts at $ 1 billion. The total funding for Eventbrite at the moment is $ 197 million. Note that the company was founded sufficiently a long time ago - in 2006, but at that time I could not quickly spin up, because the new generation social networks were in their infancy. Facebook, for example, has just begun a global expansion.

38. Nutanix, $ 1 billion

The first representative of cloud systems for business on our list. Nutanix provides companies with cloud-based data warehousing. The company managed to attract an impressive amount of funding, which currently stands at $ 1 billion. But amid fierce competition in this niche, experts estimate the total cost of a startup at the same $ 1 billion.

37. Dianping.com, $ 2 billion

The first Chinese startup to reach the billionaire rating. The portal, which publishes reviews of restaurants, is estimated at $ 1.8 or even $ 2 billion. During its existence, he managed to raise $ 164 million. According to insiders, last year Dianping.com rejected the offer of takeover by Google China. In addition, it is known that the telecommunications company from the Middle Kingdom, Tencent, earlier this year invested a large sum of money in Dianping.com - the same $ 1.8 billion or $ 2 billion.

36. Beats Electronics, $ 1 billion

Rapper Dr. Dre and producer Jimmy Jovin created one of the most successful music startups, which is gradually mastering new niches and turning into a full-fledged large company. Beats started with the production of headphones, proving to the whole world that "bugger shakes", and then organized their own online music service on which you can listen to any music, but it is better, of course, to do this with Beats headphones. Beats Electronics raised $ 560 million in financing and costs about $ 1 billion.

35. Xunlei Network Technologies, $ 1 billion

The Chinese peer-to-peer service Xunlei Network Technologies, which receives support from the Internet giant Google, has become one of the largest new generation file hosting services in the world. The company was founded in 2003, when the whole world gradually switched to Soulseek, Bear Share and other peer-to-peer networks of the first generation. But the Chinese decided to go the evolutionary path, which allowed them to survive in the face of the emergence of new types of peer-to-peer platforms, such as torrent trackers. Xunlei supports a huge number of protocols and works with torrents as well. The startup managed to raise $ 111 million, and today the company is valued at $ 1 billion. Among investors are Ceyuan Ventures, Fidelity Growth Partners Asia, Google, IDG Capital Partners, Morningside Group, Primavera Capital Group and RW Investments.

34. Good Technology, $ 1 billion

The American company Good Technology specializes in security systems for mobile devices. Its main customers are companies that want to protect internal data flows. The startup has already begun acquisitions of smaller players and recently acquired BoxTone, expanding its list of capabilities in the field of mobile computing. In April, the company received financing in the amount of $ 50 million. In total, it received $ 396 million from investors - this is since 1996. Now Good Technology costs about $ 1 billion.

33. Coupons.com, $ 1 billion

Coupons.com discount service has recently applied for an IPO. The company helps stores attract customers by distributing discount coupons. Despite the fact that there are more than a dozen similar Coupons.com portals in the world, the startup has attracted the attention of investors. In 2013, he received $ 115 million, which prompted the founders of a successful business to conduct an initial public offering.

32. Pure Storage, $ 1 billion

Pure Storage offers an unusual business-oriented storage product. We are talking about a kind of solid-state drives for corporate use, based on flash memory. Speeding up computer systems allows companies to reduce costs, so Pure Storage products are sold very successfully. Since its founding in 2009, the startup has raised $ 245 million. Among investors are Greylock Partners, Index Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, Samsung Venture Investment and Sutter Hill Ventures.

31. CloudFlare, $ 1 billion

CloudFlare is a system that allows you to speed up the work of sites and protect them from external threats. This startup was enjoyed not only by companies, but even by the authorities of some countries, including Turkey. In December 2012, CloudFare raised financing in the amount of $ 50 million. The total amount of financing is $ 72 million. Among investors are Greenspring Associates, New Enterprise Associates, Pelion Venture Partners, Union Square Ventures and Venrock.

30. Tango, $ 1.1 billion

The free Tango messenger works in difficult conditions. Its competitors, such as WhatsApp and Viber, are much more popular and have already sold to larger players for billions (in the case of WhatsApp, tens of billions) of dollars. Nevertheless, Tango received funding from the Chinese Internet giant Alibaba in the amount of $ 250 million. Against this background, investors believe in a bright future for the startup. Experts estimate its value at $ 1.1 billion. Since 2009, Tango has received $ 367 million from investors.

29. LaShou Group, $ 1.1 billion

LaShou Group's Chinese service thrives, not least because it is Chinese. This is another portal that provides discounts to customers, but the model of its work, within which discounts are available for a limited time, that is, constantly changing "offers of the day", is completely copied from the American Groupon. The closed Chinese market provided LaShou Group with $ 166 million in financing and an estimated total value of $ 1.1 billion.

28. Gilt Groupe, $ 1 billion

Gilt Groupe is an American online store. 6 million people use the trading platform for a wide variety of goods. In order to buy something, you must register. In addition, the number of brands and the validity of offers is limited. In 2011, the startup received additional financing in the amount of $ 138 million. Experts estimate the cost of Gilt Groupe at $ 1.1 billion. Insiders say that this year the company can conduct an IPO.

27. Fab, $ 1.2 billion

Fab is an even more successful e-commerce site. From 175 thousand participants in 2011, its audience increased to 10 million, and the number of visitors per month reaches 6 million. The company managed to sell 7 million products, it already operates in three countries and in two languages \u200b\u200b- English and German. The startup has raised $ 335 million from investors. Among them are Andreessen Horowitz, Atomico, Baroda Ventures, Docomo Capital, First Round Capital, German Startups Group Berlin, ITOCHU, Mayfield Fund, Menlo Ventures, Phenomen Ventures, Pinnacle Ventures, RTP Ventures, ru-Net Ventures, SingTel Innov8, SoftTech VC, Tencent Holdings, VTB Capital, Washington Post, Zelkova Ventures, A-Grade Investments and SV Angel.

26. MongoDB, $ 1.2 billion

MongoDB provides its customers with the ability to create NoSQL databases. The services of the startup are used by such large corporate players as the eBay online store, the MetLife insurer and The New York Times. MongoDB technology allows them to streamline huge data streams. Last year, MongoDB attracted financing in the amount of $ 150 million, after which it was valued at $ 1.2 billion. In total, the startup received $ 231 million from investors and, quite possibly, it will conduct an IPO soon.

25. Sogou, $ 1.2 billion

Sogou is a search engine about which almost nothing is known outside of China, but which is extremely popular in the Middle Kingdom. The site helps to find information of any type, and most importantly, it is able to identify pages that contain a potential threat and will not display them. Such "clean" results are so popular with Chinese users that they have already found 10 billion pages with Sogou. As a result, Sogou's value today is estimated at $ 1.2 billion.

24. Deem, $ 1.4 billion

The software developed by Deem allows companies to evaluate travel expenses and other additional costs. Deem services are used, in particular, by Coca-Cola, Goldman Sachs and Siemens. The startup’s cost is estimated at $ 1.4 billion, and it managed to attract an impressive amount of funding: $ 424 million. Among the investors are American Express, Charter Venture Capital, Citigroup, Empire Capital Partners, Foundation Capital, Jafco America Ventures, JPMorgan & Chase, Micro Cap Partners and Oak Investment Partners.

23. Mobileye, $ 1.5 billion

Mobileye collaborates with leading car manufacturers in the world. The technologies developed by the startup help BMW, General Motors and other major players in the sector to create security systems that track and prevent accidents. The company was founded in 1998 and today is valued at $ 1.5 billion. The funding volume for Mobileye is $ 487 million. Financial investors include BlackRock and Goldman Sachs among the investors.

22. Fanatics, $ 1.5 billion

The startup, which received the original name Fanatics, was founded back in 1995. According to various estimates, it costs from $ 1.5 billion to $ 3 billion, but there is no confirmation of the second figure from authoritative sources. Fanatics supplies licensed sports equipment and other items for fans. Analysts have a positive view of the prospects in this niche, so this year Fanatics business should be expected to grow. Interestingly, among investors who have invested in the company, there is also the Chinese Alibaba Group.

21. Stripe, $ 1.8 billion

Stripe is a payment system that defied the famous PayPal. The ease of use of virtual terminals developed by Stripe, according to many experts, puts PayPal in a dominant market position. Last month, the startup raised $ 80 million, and the total funding for four years is $ 120 million. Against this background, analysts estimated the cost of the business at $ 1.8, which allowed him to become one of the youngest participants in our list.

19. Trendy Group, $ 2 billion

French clothing manufacturers conquer China. The giant LVMH poured $ 200 million into the startup of Trendy Group, which produces inexpensive things for residents of the Middle Kingdom. Having learned about this investment, experts estimated the Trendy Group's business at $ 2 billion. Note that the Trendy Group itself was founded by a Chinese, but a large proportion of the French people believe that they can influence the company's strategy. Startup was founded in 1999. The Chinese clothing market is constantly developing, so Trendy Group and LVMH were in a good place at a good time.

18. Box, $ 2 billion

Box is another cloud service provider, primarily for corporate customers. The system allows you to store data in the cloud and quickly share it. Box business model is interesting. For personal accounts, 50 gigabytes of free disk space is available, but a startup encourages customers to purchase additional storage space. Moreover, even to get 50 gigabytes you have to download a special application developed for iOS. In December, Box attracted financing in the amount of $ 100 million, after which it was valued at $ 2 billion. Insiders say that the startup has applied for an IPO, but does not want to advertise it.

17. Wayfair, over $ 2 billion

An online home goods store specializing in furniture and decor recently received $ 157 million in funding, after which the startup was valued at $ 2 billion. The total funding for the company from Boston, founded in 2002, currently stands at $ 358 million among investors are Battery Ventures, Great Hill Partners, HarbourVest Partners and Spark Capital.

16. Woodman Labs, GoPro camera developer, $ 2.3 billion

One of the most famous startups on our list. Not everyone knows that the company was founded back in 2002. At first, the business grew slowly, but in recent years, the market has appreciated devices developed by a California company that are great for shooting high-quality video in extreme conditions. Last year, GoPro revenue reached $ 1 billion, and now the startup plans to conduct an IPO in June or May. Investors include Foxconn, Riverwood Capital, Sageview Capital, Steamboat Ventures, USVP Management, and Walden International.

15. Airbnb, $ 2.5 billion

Airbnb is a service that helps travelers and home owners who want to rent them find each other. In 2012, the company received financing in the amount of $ 200 million and brought the total investment in its business to $ 526 million. In the top 40, Airbnb was in 2011, when it managed to raise $ 112 million. Since then, its position has only strengthened. Insiders say that after a new round of financing, the estimated cost of a startup will grow to $ 10 billion.

14. Bloom Energy, $ 2.9 billion

Startup Bloom Energy produces solid oxide fuel cells, kits called Bloom Box. Giants such as Wal-Mart, Federal Express and Coca-Cola use these solutions in their energy systems. Each Bloom Box costs $ 750 thousand, and even at this price, customers are willing to buy innovative Bloom Energy products. But in just 10 years, the developers promise to reduce the cost of "Flowering Boxes" to $ 3 thousand.

13. Legendary Entertainment, $ 3 billion

Legendary Entertainment is a production company that worked with Warner Brothers on a new series of Batman films. The startup was one of the first to risk joining forces with hedge funds to co-finance film production. The Legendary Entertainment contract with Warner Brothers has been completed, and now the company is going to work with Universal Studios. Startup was founded in 2005.

12. VANCL, $ 3 billion

Another player in the Chinese clothing market: the online store VANCL was created in 2005, and already in 2011 it was valued at $ 3 billion. Initially, the site specialized in the sale of inexpensive clothes, but recently it has entered into partnership agreements with luxury brands. The total funding for its activities reached $ 472 million. Among investors are Ceyuan Ventures, CITIC Private Equity Funds Management, F&H Fund Management, IDG Capital Partners, Kerry Group, Qiming Venture Partners, SAIF Partners, Temasek Holdings and Tiger Management.

11. Square, $ 3.3 billion

Unusual startup Square produces both software and payment terminals for corporate clients. One of the company's most famous partners is the Starbucks coffee chain, which, according to experts, can overtake McDonald’s on the stock exchange. In 2012, Square received $ 200 million from investors. The total amount raised was $ 345 million. Investors: Citi Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Rizvi Traverse Management, Sequoia Capital, Starbucks, and Tiger Global Management.

10. Jawbone, $ 3.3 billion

Jawbone manufactures headphones and wireless speakers that can be connected to mobile devices. They are popular both among music lovers (due to good sound quality) and among people involved in sports (because they are convenient to use and do not interfere). Interestingly, initially Jawbone worked with the military, creating noise reduction technologies. But the startup’s experience came in handy on the wide consumer electronics market. The value of the business as a result is estimated at $ 3.3 billion.

9. Uber, $ 3.8 billion

Uber taxi search system operates in several dozen cities in the United States. She is able to set prices in the market depending on supply and demand. In August, the startup received financing in the amount of $ 258 million, which allowed to bring the total amount of attracted investments to $ 405 million. Experts estimate the cost of Uber at $ 3.8 billion. This is not surprising, given that in good weeks the company is able to receive revenue of $ 20 million. Investors include Benchmark Capital, Bezos Expeditions, First Round Capital, Founder Collective, Goldman Sachs, Google Ventures, Jumpstart Capital, Lowercase Capital, Menlo Ventures and TPG Growth.

8. Pinterest, $ 3.8 billion

Pinterest is a portal that allows users to communicate by posting images in various thematic collections and “pinning” them to “discussion boards”. The company entered the list of billionaire startups in May 2012 when it received $ 100 million from a consortium of investors with Rakuten at the head of the company. And after another round, which brought in $ 225 million and ended in October 2013, Pinterest's estimated value more than doubled $ 1.5 billion to $ 3.8 billion

7. Spotify, $ 4 billion

European member of our elite club. Spotify, a Swedish streaming music service, has attracted 24 million “thanks” and another 6 million for $ 10 a month. It is not surprising that a company with such impressive indicators has already attracted a total of $ 521 million from investors, including Coca-Cola and the well-known Digital Sky Technologies. According to the results of the last round of financing of $ 250 million, which ended last November, the company was valued at $ 4 billion.

6. SpaceX, $ 4.8 billion

Well, where are we without Elon Mask - one of the most famous and most controversial "startups". SpaceX, whose goal is to conquer space no longer at the expense of the state but for purely commercial purposes, currently costs about $ 4.8 billion. At the same time, investors have poured into the business of Elon Mask only $ 115 million. But he still promises to save America from the need to use Russian rockets and rocket engines. Moreover, this is one of the most modest promises. Many people believe that yet another Mask project, Tesla, is already generating real profit.

5. Zalando, $ 4.9 billion

Another European player, this time from Germany. Zalando, an online retailer, sells clothing and other "stylish" goods in 14 countries in Europe. Initially, the company sold only shoes, and now it even distributes company magazines in which customers can find information about new products and discounts. The total investment in Zalando is only $ 49 million, but its estimated value is 100 times more!

4. Jingdong, $ 7.3 billion

And again to China: Jingdong, formerly known under the 360Buy brand, is one of the largest online stores in the Middle Kingdom in terms of turnover. Jingdong is called the "Chinese Amazon", and it is popular not only with buyers, but also with investors. The total funding reached $ 2.2 billion, which allowed the company to be valued at $ 7.3 billion. Jingdong was founded in Beijing in 2004.

3. Palantir, $ 9 billion

  Palantir is the device with which in the book The Lord of the Rings, Tolkien, the main villain Sauron watched his proteges and gave orders. This is also a great name for a startup, which allows US intelligence agencies to spy on the population. Using Palantir technology, the FBI and the CIA filter information flows. The business is developing successfully: the startup has already attracted $ 594 million, and its estimated value reached $ 9 billion in September 2013.

Dropbox's highly popular cloud-based data warehouse has already attracted over 200 million active users. The next goal is corporate clients. The creators of the startup once decided to challenge traditional email, which did not allow sending large files. They created a service that allows you to store content and instantly send it to any person, regardless of the restrictions imposed by the mail client. One of Dropbox's innovations: a user can create a special folder directly on the desktop and upload files that he wants to send to the Internet. Dropbox followed many cloud services, but it remains the most popular. 200 million people are actively using this system. The total amount of investments attracted by Dropbox is $ 507 million.

1. Xiaomi $ 10 billion

Xiaomi's Chinese gadget maker has conquered the home market by setting record low prices for its devices without sacrificing quality. Last year, the company sold 18.7 million smartphones alone, and in its holder a wide range of consumer electronics and even branded applications. In the past, one of the top managers who led the development of Android, Hugo Barra, moved to Xiaomi and now helps the Chinese player win the global gadget market from competitors. The volume of investments attracted by Xiaomi is $ 507 million against the background of the company's estimated value of $ 10 billion.

Having seen the successful stories of billionaires who invented Internet services from scratch and became rich, newcomers to the business also want to go this way. They also try to come up with something completely new that will be useful to people, but not all expectations are met. To make startup ideas relevant, follow these guidelines:

1. Invent a service, service or product that will improve your life.
  2. You yourself have a clear idea of \u200b\u200bhow to realize your plan.
  3. Your idea is also interesting to others.

How to find startup ideas?

Do not complicate your life, do not invent a bicycle again. Constant brainstorming of ideas can only cause constant tension and nervousness.
  1. Examples of successful startup ideas suggest that you need to find a problem and meet the needs of people. This is easy to do - you need to observe and identify grievances in the current life.

Mark Zuckerberg, creating Facebook solved his problem. He spent a lot of time on the Internet, he wanted to meet and chat with people on the Internet too. He solved his main problem, and then it turned out to be a solution to the problem of the world community.

Watch what annoys you, that others, while pondering how to fix the situation.

That is, reprofile from the category to come up with a position to notice.

2. After you notice the problem and come up with a solution, evaluate at first glance the prospects for the development of this idea. How many people can benefit? Can a startup grow into a big company?

3. The next stage is the search for like-minded people, like you, who believe in the idea, who are encouraged by only one thought to work on a project, and not ready to work only for a salary.

Typical mistakes startups!

1. Most likely, little was believed in this idea or the problem was precisely invented, but in fact society did not need it.
2. Not all startups work with like-minded people. Try to organize everything yourself. The presence of 1 founder in a startup makes it difficult to attract investment.

3. This error does not apply to online startups; it is more for offline business. It is important to choose the right location. Perhaps for promotion it is worth choosing a more central area in the city or choosing a completely different city.

4. The choice of a startup with a low margin. Small sales combined with low margins and, as a result, loss-making of the enterprise.

5. No customer focus! In this case, when a businessman oppresses his policy and does not analyze the feedback from the client. By listening to the wishes of customers, you can improve the product, thereby retaining new satisfied customers.

6. Not a qualified team. The ability to recognize a professional in your business and invite to work in a team is worth a lot. Only a beginner, this is not always within the power. He does not always understand who is a professional, especially in that area in which he does not understand anything.

7. Lack of adequate funding. Try to hold out on your own funds as long as possible and achieve certain results. To go to investors it is important to show some results from independent work. In this case, they will have more confidence in the project than if the idea is at a zero stage.

8. There is no clear presentation of the portrait of the audience who wants to buy a product. Not knowing the customer is a failure in marketing promotion.

Successful startups in Russia!

The foreign and Russian entrepreneurship market is markedly different. What is popular abroad does not always take root with us. I’ll pay attention to Russian startups that have development prospects. The most popular industries are IT technologies, medical, nuclear, space developments. Here are some successful startup ideas:

1. IT, Internet technology, mobile applications.
  http://www.ecwid.com - a convenient online store module. This is an application that can embed a store on any website and is the best Facebook sales app. For convenience, the store is added to all your social accounts. networks, blogs and is administered from one place.

http: //gvidi.ru- convenient mobile application for iPhone and Anroyd. This mobile guide recommends where to eat. It takes into account the tastes of a person, searches for nearby establishments, with its help you can reserve tables.

http://oktogo.ru - a convenient service that allows you to book a hotel anywhere in the world.

http://wizee.ru is an indispensable app for offline shopping. It makes it possible to arrange stores in a shopping center where some promotions and discounts take place.

http://ibuildapp.com is a unique platform that allows people who are not literate in programming to create their own applications for iPhone and Android.

http://www.excursiopedia.com - a useful service for tourists and vacationers, which allows you to book places of entertainment, excursions and other outdoor activities.

2. Another broad area is medical research.

http://www.knopka24.ru - a service through which assistance can be called. Designed for older people and people with disabilities.

http://www.latan.info - the scientific development of an artificial lens for the eyes, which is of high quality and can enter the international market.
  http://lactocore.com –unique development of components identical to breastfeeding, which allows baby food to have a beneficial effect on baby development.

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Successful start-ups help their owners live a full life after the first hundred-meter race is completed: developing an idea, or offline, launching a project. Sometimes it turns out to be difficult, but the brightest startups of 2016 in Russia definitely deserve attention and are worth it to learn about them and, perhaps, to take an example of successfully implemented business ideas.

Moreover, for the realization of the most daring ideas, their authors do not always need to have their own “financial parachute” behind them, they are assisted by projects to collect sponsorship, which themselves are, in fact, successfully implemented startups in practice.

Sofa? No, the sofa is furniture from the air!

An alternative to the bedspread, deck chair, lounger, logs in the forest, a hammock, an inflatable bed, a mattress, a sofa was invented by Nikolai Belousov, a startup from Omsk. The idea and design of the product, which is called "bevan", was developed by him in January 2016.

Bivan - this is an inflatable sofa, for the filling of the air which does not need any additional devices, whether it be a pump or blowing with your own mouth. Everything is simpler: you can inflate a beaver in 15 seconds by simply opening and waving it, taking several steps, first in one direction, then in the other direction.

Bivan is an inflatable product made of parachute fabric, consisting of two sections sewn together, inside a polyethylene insert folded in half, which is filled with air with a wave. Then the edges of the product are tucked and fastened with straps with a plastic carabiner.

The usable area of \u200b\u200bthe inflated tusks is 2 meters long and 90 centimeters wide. When folded, the product is placed in a small backpack 35 cm in length and 15 cm in width, included in the kit, and weighs no more than 1.5 kg.

On a bivan you can lie, sit, sleep, relax, sunbathe, look at the stars, not only alone, but even together, the product can withstand a load of up to 300 kg, and holds air from one blow for more than 12 hours.

Nikolay Belousov, placing the idea of \u200b\u200ba startup on the BoomStarter crowdfunding platform in April 2016, planned to raise 1 million rubles to start production, but the sponsors liked the idea so much that the project managed to raise 3 million 890 thousand 140 rubles, and the startup itself became a record holder platforms.

In early May, production was launched, and at the end of the month the first sales had already begun.

Flash safe or endless flash drive

An infinite amount of information from the network, as well as photos, films, games, documents, need to be stored somewhere. Yes, you can download all this on your home computer, but you won’t carry it around forever, and ordinary flash drives are limited in terms of the amount of information they contain.

This problem was solved by startup Alexey Churkin, the head of Flashsafe. He came up with endless flash drives. These are flash drives through which information is downloaded to the cloud storage on the Internet. You can use them anonymously and absolutely safely. Data stored in the cloud is encrypted and not associated with a specific user. FlashSafe has built-in software that allows you to connect to stored information from any device and is a kind of key, saving the user from having to go into the mail, enter a username, password.

Sales of the device in Russia began at the end of August 2016, the cost of an endless flash drive is 4 199 rubles in the Russian Federation and $ 79.99 abroad.

Not all Russian startups related to information technology smoothly go through the process of their formation and development. So, in August 2016, media reported on a startup from Novosibirsk NeuroMama, whose total stock price on the American Exchange amounted to $ 35 billion (!) And overtook companies such as Airbnb and Tesla Motors, after which it was withdrawn from trading by the American Commission on Valuable papers.

NeuroMama is the first intelligent search engine in the world based on neurotechnologies without the use of ranking algorithms, that is, it is a search system that can learn by itself in the process. The startup was accused of fiction with the inflating of capitalization of shares, not providing financial reports, when in fact the value of the company tends to zero. However, a refutation and explanation of the reasons for the fabulous increase in the value of shares, as well as information that an explanatory letter is being prepared by the Securities Commission, immediately appeared on the NeuroMama website.

Cube with cartoons

Another successful start-up is MULTI-CUBE - a mini projector with which you can watch cartoons, fairy tales, photographs on any surface, ceiling and even on the street, for example, on the wall of a high-rise building.

The creators position the product as an excellent alternative to tablets that can cause a child some harm: posture spoils, eyesight, the child goes into himself, it is difficult to control what he does while sitting at the tablet. A completely different thing is a multicube. With it, you can watch your favorite tales and cartoons just like in a movie theater. The picture is not too bright so as not to harm the eyesight of the child. A great opportunity to spend time with the whole family watching tales, cartoons, photos and videos from the home collection in the evenings, which can be easily downloaded into the multicube.

The founders of the startup conducted a successful crowdfunding campaign through the Indiegogo site, where they raised $ 150,000 to launch sales with an initial goal of $ 75,000, and also became finalists of the Startup Village innovation project competition in 2016 with a main prize of 3 million rubles for their development .

Prisma Mobile App

In June 2016, a new application appeared in the App Store developed by an employee of the Russian technology company Mail.Ru Group - Alexey Moiseenkov. Later - in July, a version for Android devices was published, the number of downloads on the Play Market for the week amounted to more than 10 million.

The highlight of the Prisma application is that using it you can process photos in the style of paintings by famous artists: Kandinsky, Munch, Chagall and others. It would seem that here is surprising, now there are many programs for processing photos!

The principal novelty of the application is as follows: the photo is analyzed by a self-learning neural network located on the server, after which the image is completely redrawn. Other photo processing programs simply overlay a set of filters on top of the image. At the beginning of August, more than 1 billion photos were processed using Prisma.

The creator of the project quit Mail.Ru Group, and Servers.com became the investor of the startup, providing its servers around the world for the Moisenkov project.

FootyBall - Football Club for Preschoolers

People who have small children know firsthand what kind of delight kids play with outdoor games. Of course, developing children's centers, studios and kindergartens are great ideas for business. But in the sports section, three-year-olds are not accepted. This is the niche occupied by startups - the creators of the FootyBall project. And did not fail. FootyBall is a network of soccer clubs for kids from three to seven years old.

Since the beginning of 2016, the creators of the startup have attracted more than 10 million rubles of sponsorship money using the StartTrack crowdfunding platform.

Kids from the age of three are happy to play football, learn the right serve from a professional trainer. Who knows, maybe the little students of FootyBall will grow into real champions, for whom you don’t have to blush at the championships. After all, every month the club carries out the selection of capable students with a penchant for a professional football career.

Before you sign up for a club, you can come to a trial training for free.

MoyGrafik - time tracking and solving problems with employees being late

Startup-participant of the 9th Accelerator from the Internet Initiatives Development Fund (IIDF) - cloud service MoyGrafik - an assistant to business in the fight against lateness and taking into account staff time.

The creators of the service estimated that an employee’s delay of 15 minutes costs the business 300 thousand rubles for every 10 million payroll, and the shift delay for every 15 minutes is a loss of 300 thousand rubles for every 10 million turnover.

MoyGrafik is a service that helps solve problems of absenteeism and lateness of employees in the retail business. Installing the program on a personal PC is not required, the service is available 24 hours a day and helps: maintain a work schedule, register arrival, care, the presence of employees at the workplace using mobile phones, create reports for staff assessment and motivation.

The benefits of the service are obvious for: grocery stores, as well as other retail chains, services, fast food chains, restaurants, cafes, night clubs. MoyGrafik allows you to manage shift work schedules, simplifies time tracking, and reduces time and labor costs for scheduling.

All that is required to get started is the presence of a Wi-Fi network to which employees connect when they come to work, their data is entered into a common interface and the service automatically collects information about the time of arrival and departure.

Shoe factory "Tiborz" and the project "Couple for a couple"

Completing our list of startups in 2016 in Russia, the “Pair for a Pair” project of the Tiborzh shoe factory, which attracted the attention of 1254 sponsors and an investment of more than 2 million rubles with the goal of collecting 1.7 million rubles to launch a startup.

Why, it would seem, such an ordinary business as shoes was on our list? The fact is that this is not an ordinary factory:

• the first feature is that people with 2-3 disability groups work in the factory, they produce shoes using direct casting technology;
• and the second is the implementation of the “Pair for a Pair” charity event, which means that for each pair of shoes sold, the creators of a startup give a pair of shoes to someone who needs it and is unable to purchase it.

The factory produces slippers, bags, sneakers. The creators of the project actively collaborate with social protection funds: Children's Smile and Good City Petersburg. Startup author Stanislav Sorokin believes that the goal of any business is not money. Money is a result and a reward for a good job. And the goal is the transformation of the world in which we live, and it is for this purpose that I want to wake up in the morning.

A platform for teaching programming in English, where 16 million users are registered (!). In 2012, the creators of Codecademy announced the launch of the Russian version, but did not finalize it: only a few menu items and tasks were translated.

There are no video lectures on Codecademy. Each lesson consists of a short funny text and a short assignment. The student enters the resulting code in a special field and proceeds to the next module.

In Russia, there are no educational projects similar to Codecademy. Creating its analogue is not an easy task, but the result will be worth it: in 2016, the company attracted $ 42.5 million of investments.

When a developer launches an English-language application, he knows exactly where to start the promotion: on the site. This is an incredibly authoritative resource for searching applications and services: 100-200 votes on Product Hunt can attract thousands of new users. In addition, Product Hunt is an important source of information for foreign media.

When a developer launches a Russian-language application, the promotion issue remains open. The Product Hunt community is English-speaking and not interested in local projects. So why not open a similar platform for Russian-language services and applications?

We all made mistakes of varying severity on the Internet: 18+ photos from parties, obscene comments on Facebook. How to find and hide all the dirt?

For example, using - a tool for managing personal reputation on the Internet. The service helps to keep track of mentions of your name on the Web and shows a step-by-step strategy for improving search results.

The problem is that the service does not track content in Russian and does not take into account the search results in Yandex. If you close these gaps, based on BrandYourself, you can create a new useful product for Russian-speaking users.

This is Uber for hairdressers and makeup artists. Instead of phoning salons or looking for masters on the Internet, US residents can now order makeup and home styling through the app.

Investors of the famous Y Combinator believed in StyleBee, and the company received $ 1.2 million from them.

Women in Russia face the same problems in finding hairdressers and makeup artists as American women. And we need the help of Russian developers.

5. Eden

Imagine that all computer masters with ads near the entrance are collected on one site. They will not only repair your equipment, but will also bring friends with them who will wash the floor and paint the ceiling. This is exactly what Eden offers - a service for ordering technical support, cleaning and minor repairs to offices.

Eden is office oriented and based in San Francisco. But nothing prevents to adapt such a service for apartments, retail premises, cottages or warehouses in any region of our country. Go for it!

New business ideas are the engine of progress. But there are some advantages to using the experience of other projects: someone definitely needs an existing product and you can find a monetization model for it. In addition, the team can focus on development, rather than thinking about the concept. After all, the main thing is not to boast of a new concept, but to create a product in demand and develop it in a direction that is interesting to users.

The international publishing project of the Rossiyskaya Gazeta Russia Beyond The Headlines (RBTH) amounted to the TOP-50 of the most ambitious Russian startups for 2015. This year young Russian companies with development potential abroad are represented in the ranking.

RBTH has been ranking new startups since 2012. The main goal of the project is to inform foreign investors and consumers about the potential and services of Russian technology companies. Traditionally, the rating includes companies that would like to enter or are already entering foreign markets, and startups with Russian participation abroad.

The startups presented in the rating were selected according to the following criteria: the interest of foreign investors, the uniqueness of the idea, the demand of foreign consumers for the products and services offered, the potential for commercialization, as well as social significance, that is, the desire to improve people's lives through technology. TOP-50 was composed of more than 200 Russian startups that met the requirements of the authors of the project.

The rating includes Russian-Ukrainian startup 2for1, aimed at the US market. The project was founded by businessman Alexei Romanenko, who lives in San Francisco. 2for1 is a service that combines the best deals from the 15 most visited online stores in the US and Europe.

The application is designed for middle-class and fashionable women who will be able to see products selected by the service with discounts of more than 50%. At the same time, 2for1 does not position itself as a retailer, calling itself a “filter” for customers.

Another participant in the ranking was the technological project “3D Bioprinting Solutions”, which was founded by the chairman of the board, the director of INVITRO Group of Companies Alexander Ostrovsky and biologist Yousef Hesuani. The project is a biotechnological research laboratory that explores the topic of three-dimensional organ bioprinting and creates its own products.

For example, 3D Bioprinting Solutions created the first Russian 3D bioprinter FABION - a hardware-software complex designed for printing living functional three-dimensional tissue and organ constructs.

An environmental project invites users around the world to monitor air quality in their region of interest. A startup called AeroState uses the simple Web API technology for this - an application programming interface.

The rating included the AstroDigital project - a platform for access to satellite data, which provides quick and convenient search, as well as the integration of satellite photos on the Internet and mobile applications.

Another participant in the rating is a service for yachtsmen or those who wish to join this culture. In other words, with the help of the Anchor.Travel portal, anyone can rent a boat, boat or yacht, as well as offer someone their own water transport. The service works similarly to Airbnb and provides direct communication of users with the owners of yachts.

Russian scientists have made a breakthrough in medicine by launching the Antioncoran-M project, a gene-therapeutic antitumor drug designed to treat head and neck cancer. According to the results of preclinical studies, the drug increases the effectiveness of radiation therapy by 63%.

Another medicine that has taken a place in the rating of the “Russian Newspaper” is the drug Iviks, also known as female Viagra. CA medicines - women with sexual dysfunction. While Ivix is \u200b\u200bat the testing stage, however, it has proven itself in animals.

The TOP-50 includes the Cardberry project, which will help people save space in wallets. Engineers are working on an electronic card, which can replace a whole stack of discount cards, synchronizing with the application of the same name via Bluetooth. The project received 800 pre-orders for 2016, and is currently at the funding stage.

Contactless payment provider CardsMobile, along with British startup Tedipay, have begun work on an open platform for secure transactions. Using technology, it will be possible to make any payments, including payment for transport, lunch, etc. For this, you only need a smartphone, which the authors of the idea call a "wallet."

An online car auction called Caprice is the equivalent of Webuyanycar, WirKaufenDeinAuto and Al wataneya. The creators of the domestic auction promise that using the service you can sell a car in half an hour.

In 2015, a Siberian startup raised $ 1.4 million to create the first batch of 3D pens called CreoPop. Pens contain new photopolymer ink, which cures under the influence of ultraviolet light.

The rating included the CrocoTime project - a program for HR professionals that tracks up to 10 thousand users at a time. The service offers automatic monitoring of employees for a fee of $ 14 to $ 50.

Among the most ambitious startups is Dauria Aerospace, a Russian private space satellite manufacturer. In 2015, Cybernaut, a Chinese investment fund, invested in the development of the project, which gave the company $ 70 million, with the ultimate goal of tracking the life of one of the largest cities in the world.

Institute of Catalysis named after G.K. Boreskova SB RAS has developed EcoCat technology. The project helps to reduce the cost of heating industrial premises by 4 times.

A project called Ecwid can change the e-commerce industry: it is a platform for creating online stores on AJAX, which allows you to develop a website for an online store for free in a few minutes.

Another Elbi member is an app created by supermodel Natalia Vodianova. The mobile service allows you to send donations of £ 1 or $ 1 to charities around the world.

The rating also included the Russian analogue of the numerous instant messengers and social networks FireChat; in 2015, the number of registered users exceeded 5 million. The new version allows users to exchange private messages in group chats.

The authors of the rating also attracted the attention of the Russian version of virtual reality from FIBRUM. Engineers created a headset in which the main element is not expensive materials, but a regular smartphone.

The IBOX project, an innovative solution that allows customers to accept cash and non-cash payments without cash registers and terminals, was included in the list of best startups.

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iBuildApp is a platform that allows enterprises to create mobile apps for iOS and Android in minutes. This service already has 1.3 million users, including the US Department of State.

One of the participants in the rating was the startup Intersoft Eurasia, which develops cross-platform devices for tracking human radiation exposure. The company offers several options for devices and their integration: a compact device, an addition to a mobile device, a processor and watch dosimeters built into the mobile phone circuit.

Travel service Intui.Travel helps travelers book a hotel and find airport transfers. Using the application, users can create a route to any place.

Cloud Surveillance Service Ivideondesigned to work with cameras already installed, including on personal computers and laptops.

Kribrum has developed a social media monitoring system. The project is a tool for analyzing various references in the media. In 2015, the startup collected generous investments - more than $ 600 thousand. The system is aimed, first of all, at PR and marketing services.

Another participant in the rating is the Kuznech visual image search system, which allows you to track brands in the media stream, filter “adult” content, control offline merchandising, etc. The project supports video recognition and is adapted for smartphones.

The famous project LinguaLeo, an online service for learning languages, also got on the list of the best. Now about 12 million users who study English are registered on the portal. The service is available to Russians, Brazil and residents of Turkey.

The Forest Watch project is a security system that allows you to prevent and track forest fires. The startup covers 33 regions of Russia and Bulgaria.

The Luka app gives recommendations on over 2,000 restaurants in San Francisco. With the help of an SMS conversation, the service finds out whether you are a vegetarian or a fan of cheese, after which it gives a list of restaurants that suit your tastes.

Startup Mailburn offers to reverse the standards of business correspondence using ambiguous templates. Almost 80% of application users work outside of Russia, and the majority of the audience comes from the United States.

One of the TOP-50 participants was the MarketMixe project - a platform for trading from suppliers' warehouses with individual data processing for online stores and online trading floors. MarketMixer automatically processes the price lists of suppliers and prepares a selection of goods to be sent to the storefront of the online store

Startup Nanosemantics is a natural programming language developer that should be used on chat sites with its representatives. The main key of the project is a laid-back human language in which bots communicate with site visitors.

The company Optograd Nanotech, which works on hardening products. The technology of nanostructured surface modification of materials and alloys using a laser was recognized as one of the best startups.

The N-tech.lab project, created at the University of Washington, allows face recognition, surpassing other systems in quality and speed.

Another payment system that will simplify the lives of users is PayQR. With this online banking and QR codes you can make purchases in seconds.

A product that can replace architects and designers in the future - the Planner 5 D app. It allows you to design a house and interior even before the start of construction, starting with walls and ending with furniture.

Startup Prixel will give anyone an opportunity to become a collector of the most famous paintings for symbolic money. To create pictures, the company uses the 3D scanning technique, which allows you to create exact copies. Prixel already has clients in the USA, Mexico, Europe, Canada, South Korea and other countries.

One of the most positive start-ups in the rating is the Panda Money service, which is essentially online banking. However, it differs from other projects by the presence of a small character - a panda that “feeds” due to user payments.

Promobot is a retail robot that identifies people's speech and recognizes their appearance. Thus, the robot can help existing customers and find new ones.

The online service for ordering cleaning Qlean has attracted investments of more than 327 thousand dollars, the service plans to enter the Asian market.

Relap is a B2B service aimed at increasing the time visitors spend on the site. The system recommends them using the built-in widgets. The creators of the project promise that they can increase the number of clicks up to 30-50%.