48 documented Microsoft alumni startups. $1.7T combined value across 5 countries. Alumni-founded startups ranked by Dealroom enterprise value.
Founder: Zhang Yiming · Valuation: $550B · Founded 2012 · Sector: Telecom, Media · HQ: Haidian, China
Founder: Zhang Guodong · Valuation: $250B · Founded 2023 · Sector: Enterprise Software · HQ: Palo Alto, United States
Founder: Arsalan Tavakoli-Shiraji · Valuation: $190B · Founded 2013 · Sector: Enterprise Software · HQ: San Francisco, United States
Founder: Marcin Zukowski · Valuation: $124B · Founded 2012 · Sector: Enterprise Software, Hosting · HQ: Menlo Park, United States
Founder: Nathan Blecharczyk · Valuation: $99.7B · Founded 2007 · Sector: Travel · HQ: San Francisco, United States
Founder: Lin Bin · Valuation: $73.7B · Founded 2010 · Sector: Telecom, Home Living · HQ: Haidian, China
Founder: Jonathan Sheena · Valuation: $46.4B · Founded 2004 · Sector: Health · HQ: Austin, United States
Founder: Daniel Levy · Valuation: $32B · Founded 2024 · Sector: Enterprise Software · HQ: Palo Alto, United States
Founder: Assaf Rappaport · Valuation: $32B · Founded 2020 · Sector: Security · HQ: New York City, United States
Founder: Arvind Jain · Valuation: $18.5B · Founded 2014 · Sector: Enterprise Software · HQ: Palo Alto, United States
Founder: Prasanna Sankar · Valuation: $16.8B · Founded 2012 · Sector: Enterprise Software, Fintech · HQ: San Francisco, United States
Founder: Peyush Bansal · Valuation: $15.8B · Founded 2008 · Sector: Fashion · HQ: Faridabad, India
Founder: Peter Ludwig · Valuation: $15B · Founded 2017 · Sector: Enterprise Software, Transportation · HQ: Sunnyvale, United States
Founder: Matthew Kalish · Valuation: $12.9B · Founded 2012 · Sector: Gaming, Sports · HQ: Boston, United States
Founder: Linus Liang · Valuation: $12.7B · Founded 2007 · Sector: Gaming · HQ: San Francisco, United States
Founder: Brad Pelo · Valuation: $12.3B · Founded 2002 · Sector: Security · HQ: Sunnyvale, United States
Founder: Dylan Field · Valuation: $11.8B · Founded 2012 · Sector: Enterprise Software, Media · HQ: San Francisco, United States
Founder: Nikil Viswanathan · Valuation: $10.2B · Founded 2017 · Sector: Enterprise Software, Fintech · HQ: San Francisco, United States
Founder: Jun Rao · Valuation: $10.2B · Founded 2014 · Sector: Enterprise Software · HQ: Mountain View, United States
Founder: Joyce Zhang · Valuation: $9B · Founded 2014 · Sector: Marketing, Transportation · HQ: Xicheng District, China
Founder: Shashank Kumar · Valuation: $7.5B · Founded 2014 · Sector: Fintech · HQ: Bengaluru, India
Founder: Rich Barton · Valuation: $7.4B · Founded 2005 · Sector: Real Estate, Fintech · HQ: Seattle, United States
Founder: Harsh Jain · Valuation: $7.3B · Founded 2008 · Sector: Gaming, Sports · HQ: Mumbai, India
Founder: Andrew Dent · Valuation: $7.3B · Founded 1993 · Sector: Fintech, Enterprise Software · HQ: Bellevue, United States
Founder: Eilon Reshef · Valuation: $7.3B · Founded 2015 · Sector: Marketing, Enterprise Software · HQ: San Francisco, United States
Founder: T.R. Vishwanath · Valuation: $7.2B · Founded 2019 · Sector: Enterprise Software · HQ: Palo Alto, United States
Founder: Maria Colacurcio · Valuation: $7.2B · Founded 2005 · Sector: Enterprise Software · HQ: Bellevue, United States
Founder: Eugene Kuznetsov · Valuation: $7B · Founded 2017 · Sector: Health · HQ: San Francisco, United States
Founder: Eugenio Pace · Valuation: $6.5B · Founded 2013 · Sector: Security, Enterprise Software · HQ: Bellevue, United States
Founder: Jiajun Zhu · Valuation: $6B · Founded 2016 · Sector: Robotics, Transportation · HQ: Mountain View, United States
Founder: Alexey Timanovskiy · Valuation: $5.7B · Founded 2013 · Sector: Marketing, Media · HQ: Palo Alto, United States
Founder: Quan Vuong · Valuation: $5.6B · Founded 2024 · Sector: Robotics, Education · HQ: San Francisco, United States
Founder: Li Xu · Valuation: $5.6B · Founded 2014 · Sector: Enterprise Software, Security · HQ: Sha Tin District, Hong Kong
Founder: Archit Gupta · Valuation: $5B · Founded 2010 · Sector: Security · HQ: New York City, United States
Founder: Maxim Fateev · Valuation: $5B · Founded 2019 · Sector: Enterprise Software · HQ: Bellevue, United States
Founder: Soner Aydemir · Valuation: $5B · Founded 2019 · Sector: Gaming · HQ: Istanbul, Türkiye
Founder: Ankush Sachdeva · Valuation: $5B · Founded 2015 · Sector: Media · HQ: Bengaluru, India
Founder: Samir Bodas · Valuation: $5B · Founded 2009 · Sector: Security, Enterprise Software · HQ: Bellevue, United States
Founder: Joshua Motta · Valuation: $5B · Founded 2017 · Sector: Fintech, Security · HQ: San Francisco, United States
Founder: Othman Laraki · Valuation: $4.6B · Founded 2013 · Sector: Health · HQ: Burlingame, United States
Founder: Dan Amiga · Valuation: $4.5B · Founded 2020 · Sector: Enterprise Software, Security · HQ: Dallas, United States
Founder: Michael Carbin · Valuation: $4.5B · Founded 2025 · Sector: Semiconductors · HQ: San Diego, United States
Founder: Andi Peng · Valuation: $4.5B · Founded 2025 · Sector: Enterprise Software · HQ: San Francisco, United States
Founder: Gang Sun · Valuation: $4.4B · Founded 2016 · Sector: Transportation · HQ: Haidian, China
Founder: Hong-Jiang Zhang · Valuation: $3.4B · Founded 2012 · Sector: Hosting · HQ: Haidian, China
Founder: Emmett Nicholas · Valuation: $1.3B · Founded 2013 · Sector: Enterprise Software · HQ: San Francisco, United States
Founder: Zachary Lipton · Valuation: $10M · Founded 2018 · Sector: Health · HQ: Pittsburgh, United States