The Microsoft Mafia — Dealroom

5,493 VC-backed startups founded by Microsoft alumni. $3.1T combined value, 234 unicorns. The chart shows 32 of them.

Companies

  1. xAI

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

  2. Databricks

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

  3. Snowflake

    Founder: Marcin Zukowski · Valuation: $114.8B · Founded 2012 · Sector: Enterprise Software, Hosting · HQ: Menlo Park, United States

  4. Xiaomi

    Founder: Lin Bin · Valuation: $83.4B · Founded 2010 · Sector: Telecom, Home Living · HQ: Haidian, China

  5. Natera

    Founder: Jonathan Sheena · Valuation: $58.2B · Founded 2004 · Sector: Health · HQ: Austin, United States

  6. Safe Superintelligence

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

  7. Wiz

    Founder: Assaf Rappaport · Valuation: $29.5B · Founded 2020 · Sector: Security · HQ: New York City, United States

  8. Rubrik

    Founder: Arvind Jain · Valuation: $26.7B · Founded 2014 · Sector: Enterprise Software · HQ: Palo Alto, United States

  9. Rippling

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

  10. Applied Intuition

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

  11. Lenskart

    Founder: Peyush Bansal · Valuation: $14.8B · Founded 2008 · Sector: Fashion · HQ: Faridabad, India

  12. Figma

    Founder: Dylan Field · Valuation: $13.1B · Founded 2012 · Sector: Enterprise Software, Media · HQ: San Francisco, United States

  13. Temporal

    Founder: Samar Abbas · Valuation: $12.6B · Founded 2019 · Sector: Enterprise Software · HQ: Bellevue, United States

  14. DraftKings

    Founder: Matthew Kalish · Valuation: $10.4B · Founded 2012 · Sector: Gaming, Sports · HQ: Boston, United States

  15. Alchemy

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

  16. Smartsheet

    Founder: Brent Frei · Valuation: $8.4B · Founded 2005 · Sector: Enterprise Software · HQ: Bellevue, United States

  17. Zillow

    Founder: Rich Barton · Valuation: $7.5B · Founded 2005 · Sector: Real Estate, Fintech · HQ: Seattle, United States

  18. Dream11

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

  19. Glean

    Founder: Arvind Jain · Valuation: $7.2B · Founded 2019 · Sector: Enterprise Software · HQ: Palo Alto, United States

  20. Commure

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

  21. Auth0

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

  22. Island

    Founder: Dan Amiga · Valuation: $6.4B · Founded 2020 · Sector: Enterprise Software, Security · HQ: Dallas, United States

  23. Physical Intelligence

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

  24. ShareChat

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

  25. Icertis

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

  26. Coalition

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

  27. Momenta.ai

    Founder: Gang Sun · Valuation: $4.6B · Founded 2016 · Sector: Transportation · HQ: Haidian, China

  28. Color Health

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

  29. Unconventional AI

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

  30. humans&

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

  31. Airtable

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

  32. ByteDance

    Founder: Zhang Yiming · Valuation: $24M · Founded 2012 · Sector: Telecom, Media · HQ: Haidian, China

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