Startups That Went Big
This company started in 2008 renting out air mattresses in an apartment during a conference.
What is Airbnb?
This social media company faced backlash over the Cambridge Analytica data scandal.
What is Facebook?
This Pacific Northwest city is home to Amazon and Microsoft headquarters.
What is Seattle?
This company makes the PlayStation console.
What is Sony Interactive Entertainment?
Facebook paid $1 billion in 2012 for this photo-sharing app.
What is Instagram?
This collaboration software company was acquired by Salesforce for $27.7 billion.
What is Slack?
This beverage company faced criticism for a 2017 ad featuring Kendall Jenner during a protest.
What is Pepsi?
This Middle Eastern city is known as the “Startup Nation” capital.
What is Tel Aviv?
This company publishes the Call of Duty franchise.
What is Activision?
Amazon acquired this grocery chain in 2017 for nearly $14 billion.
What is Whole Foods?
This payment company was founded by Elon Musk and Peter Thiel and later sold to eBay.
What is PayPal?
This coffee chain closed thousands of stores for racial bias training after a 2018 incident in Philadelphia.
What is Starbucks?
This Indian city is often referred to as the “Silicon Valley of India.”
What is Bangalore?
This company is behind Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption.
What is Rockstar Games?
Google bought this navigation app company in 2013 for $1.15 billion.
What is Waze?
This design tool startup became popular for making social media graphics easy.
What is Canva?
The airline famous for forcibly removing a passenger from a flight in 2017, leading to a PR crisis.
What is United Airlines?
Known as the “Silicon Island” of Brazil, this beach paradise attracts tech workers for its surf culture and growing startup scene.
What is Florianópolis?
This company developed The Sims franchise.
What is Electronic Arts (EA)?
Salesforce acquired this customer data platform in 2020 for $15.7 billion.
What is Tableau?
This video platform began as a dating site before pivoting.
What is YouTube?
This food chain dealt with a major PR crisis after multiple E. coli outbreaks in 2015.
What is Chipotle?
This Chinese city is home to tech giants like Tencent and Huawei.
What is Shenzhen?
This company created Minecraft before being acquired by Microsoft.
What is Mojang?
Adobe acquired this e-commerce experience platform in 2021 for $4.75 billion.
What is Magento?