Consumer Tech
36 companies in this sector.
| # | Company | Description | Location | Status | Funding |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Airbnb | Global online marketplace that connects travelers with unique accommodations, from apartments and homes to boutique hotels and experiences. Pioneered the sharing economy for short-term lodging, enabling millions of hosts worldwide to monetize their spaces while offering guests alternatives to traditional hotels. | San Francisco, US | Public | $3.3B |
| 02 | Snap | Camera and social media company behind Snapchat, the visual messaging app with disappearing messages, Stories, augmented reality Lenses, and Snap Map, reaching over 800 million monthly active users. | Santa Monica, US | Public | $2.6B |
| 03 | Meta | Social technology company (formerly Facebook) operating the world's largest social networking platforms including Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger, serving billions of users worldwide, with growing investments in virtual and augmented reality through Reality Labs. | Menlo Park, US | Public | $2.4B |
| 04 | SoFi | Digital personal finance company offering student loan refinancing, mortgages, personal loans, investing, banking, and credit cards. Originally founded by Stanford MBA students to provide more affordable student loan refinancing, it has grown into a comprehensive online financial services platform. | San Francisco, United States | Public | $2.4B |
| 05 | Nubank | Brazilian digital banking platform and one of the world's largest neobanks, offering credit cards, personal loans, digital accounts, insurance, and investment products to over 100 million customers across Brazil, Mexico, and Colombia through a fully digital, mobile-first experience | Sao Paulo, Brazil | Public | $2.3B |
| 06 | Chime | The largest US neobank offering fee-free banking services including early direct deposit, no-fee overdraft protection, and a secured credit-building card, serving over 22 million customers. | San Francisco, United States | Public | $2.2B |
| 07 | Spotify | Swedish audio streaming and media service founded in 2006, offering music, podcasts, and audiobooks to over 750 million monthly active users across 184 markets, making it the world's largest music streaming platform. | Stockholm, SE | Public | $2.1B |
| 08 | Perplexity AI | AI-powered answer engine that combines large language models with real-time web search to deliver direct, sourced answers to user queries, challenging traditional search engines | San Francisco, United States | Private | $1.7B |
| 09 | Visual discovery and bookmarking platform where users find and save ideas for recipes, home decor, fashion, travel, and more through image-based 'Pins' organized on boards, serving over 450 million monthly active users. | San Francisco, US | Public | $1.5B | |
| 10 | Discord | Communication platform for communities and friends, offering voice, video, and text chat used by hundreds of millions of people worldwide. | San Francisco, US | Private | $995M |
| 11 | Peloton Interactive | Connected fitness company that pioneered the at-home interactive cycling and workout experience. Combines proprietary hardware (bikes, treadmills) with subscription streaming content and a large community of members. | New York City, United States | Public | $994M |
| 12 | Whoop | Human performance wearable company that builds a membership-based health and fitness tracker measuring strain, recovery, and sleep. The screenless WHOOP strap provides continuous biometric monitoring, used by professional athletes and consumers globally. | Boston, United States | Private | $981M |
| 13 | Whatnot | Live-stream shopping marketplace where buyers and sellers connect in real-time video auctions. Originally focused on collectibles like Funko Pops and Pokemon cards, now expanded to dozens of categories including sports cards, sneakers, fashion, electronics, and art. | Los Angeles, US | Private | $974M |
| 14 | Quince | Manufacturer-to-consumer e-commerce platform that partners directly with factories to offer premium-quality essentials at radically lower prices by eliminating traditional retail markups. | San Francisco, United States | Private | $962M |
| 15 | Beats Electronics | Premium consumer audio brand that made headphones, earphones, speakers, and launched Beats Music streaming service. Co-founded by hip-hop producer Dr. Dre and music executive Jimmy Iovine, it became the dominant premium headphone brand before Apple's largest-ever acquisition. | Culver City, US | Acquired | $869M |
| 16 | Sweetgreen | Mission-driven restaurant chain serving healthy salads, warm bowls, and plates made with fresh, locally sourced ingredients. Combines a farm-to-table approach with technology-enabled ordering and a focus on sustainability and community impact. | Los Angeles, United States | Public | $635M |
| 17 | Warby Parker | Direct-to-consumer eyewear company that disrupted the optical industry by selling prescription glasses online at a fraction of traditional retail prices. Pioneered the home try-on model and expanded into retail stores. | New York City, United States | Public | $537M |
| 18 | Cloaked | Consumer privacy platform offering disposable identities, VPN, data removal, and AI-powered spam screening. Protects over 10 million identities for 350,000 paying users, now expanding into enterprise privacy solutions. | New York, United States | Private | $404M |
| 19 | Foursquare | Foursquare is a location technology platform that provides geospatial data and intelligence to help businesses make smarter decisions and create engaging customer experiences. Originally launched as a check-in app at SXSW in 2009, the company evolved into the industry-leading platform for spatial analytics, powering location services for apps like Uber, Spotify, Apple Maps, and Airbnb. | New York, United States | Private | $379M |
| 20 | Suno | AI-powered music creation platform that enables anyone to generate original songs with vocals, lyrics, and instrumentation from simple text prompts. Nearly 100 million people have created music on the platform since launch. | Cambridge, United States | Private | $375M |
| 21 | Sunday | Humanoid household robotics company building Memo, a personal robot that handles chores like laundry, dishes, and tidying up using AI trained on millions of real household routines | Mountain View, United States | Private | $200M |
| 22 | Cape | Privacy-first mobile carrier that built its own mobile core and SIMs from scratch. Offers features like daily identifier rotation and secondary numbers to prevent tracking, serving government agencies, enterprises, journalists, and privacy-conscious consumers. | Arlington, United States | Private | $191M |
| 23 | Duolingo | Language learning platform used by over 100 million monthly active users. Gamified approach to education with courses in 40+ languages. Founded by the creator of reCAPTCHA, Duolingo went public in 2021 and has expanded into math, music, and ABC literacy. | Pittsburgh, US | Public | $183M |
| 24 | North | Canadian wearable technology company, originally founded as Thalmic Labs. First gained attention with the Myo gesture control armband, which used electromyography sensors to translate arm muscle activity into computer input (named one of Time Magazine's top inventions). Rebranded to North in 2018 and pivoted to Focals, everyday smart glasses with holographic display and Alexa integration. YC W13. Acquired by Google/Alphabet in June 2020 for a reported $180M. | Kitchener, Canada | Acquired | $176M |
| 25 | Roku | Leading streaming platform that manufactures digital media players and smart TVs, and operates The Roku Channel. Connects users to streaming content from hundreds of providers, serving as the top streaming device platform in the United States by market share. | San Jose, United States | Public | $168M |
| 26 | Pika | AI-powered platform that enables anyone to generate and edit videos from text prompts, images, and other inputs, making professional-quality video creation accessible to all. | Palo Alto, United States | Private | $135M |
| 27 | Beyond Meat | Plant-based meat company that produces burger patties, sausages, ground meat, and other products designed to replicate the taste and texture of animal-based meat using plant proteins, primarily pea protein. Pioneered proprietary extrusion technology to create realistic meat alternatives. | El Segundo, United States | Public | $124M |
| 28 | Bluesky | Decentralized social network built on the AT Protocol, offering an open alternative to centralized platforms. Has grown to over 43 million users with more than 1,000 third-party apps built on its protocol and 400,000 monthly developer tool downloads. | Seattle, United States | Private | $123M |
| 29 | Fitbit | Consumer electronics and fitness company that designed wearable activity trackers, smartwatches, and related software for tracking health metrics including steps, calories, sleep, and heart rate. | San Francisco, US | Acquired | $67M |
| 30 | Posh | Event technology platform enabling organizers to sell tickets and manage events directly. Described as the Shopify for events, tackling event discovery and ticketing with a creator-first approach. | New York, United States | Private | $59M |
| 31 | Allset | Allset was a food pre-ordering and pickup platform connecting local restaurants with diners, allowing customers to book tables, pre-order meals, and pre-pay to eliminate wait times. Founded in Ukraine and headquartered in Los Angeles, the company raised over $17M before being acquired by SoundHound AI in 2024 to become part of its voice commerce ecosystem. | Los Angeles, United States | Acquired | $17M |
| 32 | GlobalComix | Digital comics publishing and monetization platform for creators and independent publishers. Provides tools for distribution, audience building, and revenue generation in the digital comics market. | New York, United States | Private | $13M |
| 33 | Meadow Memorials | Digital-first funeral home platform that lets families manage logistics, documentation, and memorial services entirely online. Provides price transparency and reduces the administrative burden of traditional funeral planning. The largest independent funeral home in California, expanding to Texas and Washington. | New York, United States | Private | $11M |
| 34 | Bumble | Women-first dating and social networking app that empowers women to make the first move. Expanded into friendship (Bumble BFF) and professional networking (Bumble Bizz), becoming a leading platform in the online dating space. | Austin, United States | Public | $10M |
| 35 | Apple | Consumer electronics and software company known for the iPhone, Mac, iPad, and Apple Watch. Operates the App Store, Apple Music, iCloud, and Apple TV+ services. | Cupertino, US | Public | - |
| 36 | Midjourney | Independent AI research lab that develops generative AI tools for creating images from text prompts, operating as one of the most profitable bootstrapped AI companies with over $500M in annual revenue and zero external funding. | San Francisco, United States | Private | - |