Five Mass. companies make it to Forbes’ ‘hottest startups’ list: Onshape, DraftKings and more – Boston Business Journal
Five Mass. companies make it to Forbes’ ‘hottest startups’ list: Onshape, DraftKings and more – Boston Business Journal
Forbes released a list this week of this year’s hottest startups based on the fastest growing valuations over time between funding rounds. Three of those companies made it on the BBJ’s 2016 startups to watch list.
Here are the Boston-area startups on the list:
- Jibo, a Boston-based social robot-maker, valued at $128 million.
- DraftKings, a Boston-based online daily fantasy sports startup, valued at $1.2 billion.
- Pronutria Biosciences, a Cambridge-based amino acid and therapeutics company, valued at $321 million.
- Placester, a Boston-based real estate software startup, valued at $150 million.
- Onshape, a Cambridge-based computer-aided design software startup, valued at $800 million.
From http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/blog/startups/2015/12/this-years-hottest-u-s-startups-include-five-mass.