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Ask HN: how many $100M companies emerge from Silicon Valley each year?
We're debating the startup climate in Scandinavia over at the Arctic Startup-blog and just as a comparison (to see how far behind we are :) it would be interesting to know how many startups valued above $100 million Silicon Valley produces per year.
Anyone knows or can give a rough estimate?
The SAI 50 would be an indication but I'd love your thoughts.
Edit: I don't mean that the company goes from 0 to $100 million in one year. I mean number of new startups per year, regardless of age, breaking through the $100M barrier.
- dmix 17y agoDo you mean $0-100 million in a year? Or companies that started in the valley and reached $100 million regardless of companies age.
- erikstarck 17y agoNo, sorry, should have been clearer with what I meant. Of course hardly any company goes from 0 to 100 in just one year. I mean startup companies breaking through the $100 million barrier - newcomers to the "$100 million league" per year. OTOH, in order to qualify as a startup I guess you shouldn't be older than, say, 5 years (not that age is the only qualifier for a startup).
- mixmax 17y agoSince I'm from Scandinavia I'd love to know where the Arctic Startup-blog is. Do you have a link?
- erikstarck 17y agoGee, I wonder what domain name the site called "arctic startup" can have. ;) http://www.arcticstartup.com/ http://www.arcticstartup.com/
- mixmax 17y agoI guess I deserve the ridicule :-)
- earle 17y agoDidnt Facebook just recently break this number? Not very many in the user-game!