Top 10 Companies Acquired By Facebook

Ankita Banerjee

Facebook is still young, and still growing. But they were never in a mood to slow down as far as growth was concerned, even when they were in the midst of becoming a publicly traded company. They purchased Instagram for $1 billion anyway. It was their most expensive at that time and continued to be so, till they acquired WhatsApp for $19 billion in 2014. A deal that’s still considered a high point in startup circles. Since 2005 Facebook have bought more than 50 companies and most of these companies are based in the USA. Here is a list of top 10 companies acquired by Facebook.

Know The Narwhals: Top 5 Start-ups In Canada

Ankita Banerjee

Since 2013, when Aileen Lee of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers came up with the concept of ‘Unicorn club’, start-up culture has spread all over the globe. As a result, Canada came up with an indigenous club for top start-ups in Canada. Brent Holliday of Garibaldi Capital Advisors, a Vancouver based tech focused capital advisory firm, created the concept of ‘Narwhal Club’. Canadian start-ups founded in or after 1999, with a valuation of $1billion or more are considered to be members of the club.

These Are The Top Startups In China

Ankita Banerjee

While start-ups in the West continue to innovate, Asia is keener offer solution to problems that are unique to the local population. This results in fast growth and increase in international investment. China, for instance, has the best start-up ecosystem in Asia and among the top 10 Unicorn start-ups in the world, 4 are Chinese. Here we focus on 10 top start-ups in China.

Here’s Where India’s Top Startup Founders Studied And Worked At

Ankita Banerjee

Is an IIIT or IIM degree is mandatory to build a successful start-up? No. But can you impress a venture capitalist without having the right qualification from a premier institute? Probably not. Anybody can become entrepreneur, no confusion there. But once you are fighting for funding, VCs are going to look at your academic background and achievements. If they are going to invest in your product or service, they need to know that you have got the right mettle to earn them profit. Having the right education from premiere institutions helps to achieve that goal. Here we have made a list on Indian start-up founders education to give you an insight. Needless to say, investors look for the right product and team first, once that part is checked off, they look at the founders’ background.

The Top Fintech Startups In The World

Ankita Banerjee

In a world where consumers’ trust on the banking system continues to waver, financial technology or Fintech is tapping into the potential. “Last year, financing for fintech start-ups hit over $20 billion, a 66 percent increase on the $12 billion recorded in 2014, according to KPMG”, CNBC reported. As Paytm and MobiKwik gained significant popularity in the past months due to demonetization drive in India, their international equivalents are also growing by leaps and bounds. Here we have listed the top fintech start-ups from the Unicorn club.