The Microsoft Mafia — Dealroom

48 documented Microsoft alumni startups. $1.7T combined value across 5 countries. Alumni-founded startups ranked by Dealroom enterprise value.

Companies

  1. ByteDance

    Founder: Zhang Yiming · Valuation: $550B · Founded 2012 · Sector: Telecom, Media · HQ: Haidian, China

  2. xAI

    Founder: Zhang Guodong · Valuation: $250B · Founded 2023 · Sector: Enterprise Software · HQ: Palo Alto, United States

  3. Databricks

    Founder: Arsalan Tavakoli-Shiraji · Valuation: $190B · Founded 2013 · Sector: Enterprise Software · HQ: San Francisco, United States

  4. Snowflake

    Founder: Marcin Zukowski · Valuation: $124B · Founded 2012 · Sector: Enterprise Software, Hosting · HQ: Menlo Park, United States

  5. Airbnb

    Founder: Nathan Blecharczyk · Valuation: $99.7B · Founded 2007 · Sector: Travel · HQ: San Francisco, United States

  6. Xiaomi

    Founder: Lin Bin · Valuation: $73.7B · Founded 2010 · Sector: Telecom, Home Living · HQ: Haidian, China

  7. Natera

    Founder: Jonathan Sheena · Valuation: $46.4B · Founded 2004 · Sector: Health · HQ: Austin, United States

  8. Safe Superintelligence

    Founder: Daniel Levy · Valuation: $32B · Founded 2024 · Sector: Enterprise Software · HQ: Palo Alto, United States

  9. Wiz

    Founder: Assaf Rappaport · Valuation: $32B · Founded 2020 · Sector: Security · HQ: New York City, United States

  10. Rubrik

    Founder: Arvind Jain · Valuation: $18.5B · Founded 2014 · Sector: Enterprise Software · HQ: Palo Alto, United States

  11. Rippling

    Founder: Prasanna Sankar · Valuation: $16.8B · Founded 2012 · Sector: Enterprise Software, Fintech · HQ: San Francisco, United States

  12. Lenskart

    Founder: Peyush Bansal · Valuation: $15.8B · Founded 2008 · Sector: Fashion · HQ: Faridabad, India

  13. Applied Intuition

    Founder: Peter Ludwig · Valuation: $15B · Founded 2017 · Sector: Enterprise Software, Transportation · HQ: Sunnyvale, United States

  14. DraftKings

    Founder: Matthew Kalish · Valuation: $12.9B · Founded 2012 · Sector: Gaming, Sports · HQ: Boston, United States

  15. Zynga

    Founder: Linus Liang · Valuation: $12.7B · Founded 2007 · Sector: Gaming · HQ: San Francisco, United States

  16. Proofpoint

    Founder: Brad Pelo · Valuation: $12.3B · Founded 2002 · Sector: Security · HQ: Sunnyvale, United States

  17. Figma

    Founder: Dylan Field · Valuation: $11.8B · Founded 2012 · Sector: Enterprise Software, Media · HQ: San Francisco, United States

  18. Alchemy

    Founder: Nikil Viswanathan · Valuation: $10.2B · Founded 2017 · Sector: Enterprise Software, Fintech · HQ: San Francisco, United States

  19. Confluent

    Founder: Jun Rao · Valuation: $10.2B · Founded 2014 · Sector: Enterprise Software · HQ: Mountain View, United States

  20. Guazi

    Founder: Joyce Zhang · Valuation: $9B · Founded 2014 · Sector: Marketing, Transportation · HQ: Xicheng District, China

  21. Razorpay

    Founder: Shashank Kumar · Valuation: $7.5B · Founded 2014 · Sector: Fintech · HQ: Bengaluru, India

  22. Zillow

    Founder: Rich Barton · Valuation: $7.4B · Founded 2005 · Sector: Real Estate, Fintech · HQ: Seattle, United States

  23. Dream11

    Founder: Harsh Jain · Valuation: $7.3B · Founded 2008 · Sector: Gaming, Sports · HQ: Mumbai, India

  24. SAP Concur

    Founder: Andrew Dent · Valuation: $7.3B · Founded 1993 · Sector: Fintech, Enterprise Software · HQ: Bellevue, United States

  25. Gong

    Founder: Eilon Reshef · Valuation: $7.3B · Founded 2015 · Sector: Marketing, Enterprise Software · HQ: San Francisco, United States

  26. Glean

    Founder: T.R. Vishwanath · Valuation: $7.2B · Founded 2019 · Sector: Enterprise Software · HQ: Palo Alto, United States

  27. Smartsheet

    Founder: Maria Colacurcio · Valuation: $7.2B · Founded 2005 · Sector: Enterprise Software · HQ: Bellevue, United States

  28. Commure

    Founder: Eugene Kuznetsov · Valuation: $7B · Founded 2017 · Sector: Health · HQ: San Francisco, United States

  29. Auth0

    Founder: Eugenio Pace · Valuation: $6.5B · Founded 2013 · Sector: Security, Enterprise Software · HQ: Bellevue, United States

  30. Nuro

    Founder: Jiajun Zhu · Valuation: $6B · Founded 2016 · Sector: Robotics, Transportation · HQ: Mountain View, United States

  31. Workato

    Founder: Alexey Timanovskiy · Valuation: $5.7B · Founded 2013 · Sector: Marketing, Media · HQ: Palo Alto, United States

  32. Physical Intelligence

    Founder: Quan Vuong · Valuation: $5.6B · Founded 2024 · Sector: Robotics, Education · HQ: San Francisco, United States

  33. SenseTime

    Founder: Li Xu · Valuation: $5.6B · Founded 2014 · Sector: Enterprise Software, Security · HQ: Sha Tin District, Hong Kong

  34. Clear Secure

    Founder: Archit Gupta · Valuation: $5B · Founded 2010 · Sector: Security · HQ: New York City, United States

  35. Temporal

    Founder: Maxim Fateev · Valuation: $5B · Founded 2019 · Sector: Enterprise Software · HQ: Bellevue, United States

  36. Dream Games

    Founder: Soner Aydemir · Valuation: $5B · Founded 2019 · Sector: Gaming · HQ: Istanbul, Türkiye

  37. ShareChat

    Founder: Ankush Sachdeva · Valuation: $5B · Founded 2015 · Sector: Media · HQ: Bengaluru, India

  38. Icertis

    Founder: Samir Bodas · Valuation: $5B · Founded 2009 · Sector: Security, Enterprise Software · HQ: Bellevue, United States

  39. Coalition

    Founder: Joshua Motta · Valuation: $5B · Founded 2017 · Sector: Fintech, Security · HQ: San Francisco, United States

  40. Color Health

    Founder: Othman Laraki · Valuation: $4.6B · Founded 2013 · Sector: Health · HQ: Burlingame, United States

  41. Island

    Founder: Dan Amiga · Valuation: $4.5B · Founded 2020 · Sector: Enterprise Software, Security · HQ: Dallas, United States

  42. Unconventional AI

    Founder: Michael Carbin · Valuation: $4.5B · Founded 2025 · Sector: Semiconductors · HQ: San Diego, United States

  43. humans&

    Founder: Andi Peng · Valuation: $4.5B · Founded 2025 · Sector: Enterprise Software · HQ: San Francisco, United States

  44. Momenta.ai

    Founder: Gang Sun · Valuation: $4.4B · Founded 2016 · Sector: Transportation · HQ: Haidian, China

  45. Kingsoft Cloud

    Founder: Hong-Jiang Zhang · Valuation: $3.4B · Founded 2012 · Sector: Hosting · HQ: Haidian, China

  46. Airtable

    Founder: Emmett Nicholas · Valuation: $1.3B · Founded 2013 · Sector: Enterprise Software · HQ: San Francisco, United States

  47. Abridge

    Founder: Zachary Lipton · Valuation: $10M · Founded 2018 · Sector: Health · HQ: Pittsburgh, United States

Data by Dealroom.co