The Cloud 100
For the fifth straight year, Forbes, along with Bessemer Venture Partners and Salesforce Ventures, provides the definitive ranking of the world’s top private cloud companies. These businesses, vetted by 43 public cloud-company CEOs and execs, share a few key traits: industry-leading sales and growth, a high valuation and a strong culture. See the top 25 below. For the full list, methodology, profiles and more, go to FORBES.COM/CLOUD100.
Edited by Alex Konrad • Reported by Elisabeth Brier, Kenrick Cai, David Jeans and Monica Melton
1. Snowflake CEO: FRANK SLOOTMAN1 SAN MATEO, CA EMPLOYEES: ~2,000 FUNDING RAISED: $1.4 BIL
2. Stripe CEO: PATRICK COLLISON SAN FRANCISCO, CA EMPLOYEES: 2,800 FUNDING RAISED: $1.6 BIL
3. UiPath CEO: DANIEL DINES NEW YORK, NY EMPLOYEES: 2,850 FUNDING RAISED: $1.2 BIL
4. HashiCorp CEO: DAVE MCJANNET1 SAN FRANCISCO, CA EMPLOYEES: ~1,000 FUNDING RAISED: $349 MIL
5. Databricks CEO: ALI GHODSI SAN FRANCISCO, CA EMPLOYEES: 1,442 FUNDING RAISED: $897 MIL
6. Confluent CEO: JAY KREPS MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA EMPLOYEES: 1,000 FUNDING RAISED: $456 MIL
7. Canva CEO: MELANIE PERKINS SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA EMPLOYEES: 1,000+ FUNDING RAISED: $300 MIL
8. Procore CEO: TOOEY COURTEMANCHE CARPINTERIA, CA EMPLOYEES: 2,000+ FUNDING RAISED: $600 MIL
9. Rubrik CEO: BIPUL SINHA PALO ALTO, CA EMPLOYEES: 1,600 FUNDING RAISED: $553 MIL
10. Toast CEO: CHRIS COMPARATO1 BOSTON, MA EMPLOYEES: 1,500+ FUNDING RAISED: $850 MIL
11. ServiceTitan CEO: ARA MAHDESSIAN GLENDALE, CA EMPLOYEES: 950 FUNDING RAISED: $327 MIL
12. Tanium CEO: ORION HINDAWI EMERYVILLE, CA EMPLOYEES: ~1,500 FUNDING RAISED: $837 MIL
13. GitLab CEO: SID SIJBRANDIJ SAN FRANCISCO, CA EMPLOYEES: 1,309 FUNDING RAISED: $436 MIL
14. JFrog CEO: SHLOMI BEN HAIM SUNNYVALE, CA, AND NETANYA, ISRAEL EMPLOYEES: 600 FUNDING RAISED: $228 MIL2
15. Checkout.com CEO: GUILLAUME POUSAZ LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM EMPLOYEES: 750+ FUNDING RAISED: $380 MIL
16. Freshworks CEO: GIRISH MATHRUBOOTHAM SAN MATEO, CA EMPLOYEES: ~3,000 FUNDING RAISED: $327 MIL
17. Asana CEO: DUSTIN MOSKOVITZ SAN FRANCISCO, CA EMPLOYEES: 900+ FUNDING RAISED: $213.5 MIL2
18. Squarespace CEO: ANTHONY CASALENA NEW YORK, NY EMPLOYEES: 1,143 FUNDING RAISED: $278.5 MIL
19. Auth0 CEO: EUGENIO PACE BELLEVUE, WA EMPLOYEES: 700+ FUNDING RAISED: $330 MIL
20. Automation Anywhere CEO: MIHIR SHUKLA SAN JOSE, CA EMPLOYEES: 2,000+ FUNDING RAISED: $840 MIL
21. Mailchimp CEO: BEN CHESTNUT ATLANTA, GA EMPLOYEES: 1,200+ FUNDING RAISED: N/A
22. Gusto CEO: JOSHUA REEVES SAN FRANCISCO, CA EMPLOYEES: 1,300+ FUNDING RAISED: $516 MIL
23. Airtable CEO: HOWIE LIU SAN FRANCISCO, CA EMPLOYEES: 270 FUNDING RAISED: $170 MIL
24. Zapier CEO: WADE FOSTER FULLY REMOTE EMPLOYEES: 350 FUNDING RAISED: $1.3 MIL
25. Samsara CEO: SANJIT BISWAS SAN FRANCISCO, CA EMPLOYEES: 1,350 FUNDING RAISED: $930 MIL