THE CLOUD 100
Turbulent public markets mean the same three companies from last year stay put at the top of the Cloud 100, our definitive annual ranking of the best and brightest private companies in the cloud. The 11 businesses from the 2021 list that opted to go public all trade far below their IPO price. Another 13 of that class fell out of the ranks altogether. Elsewhere in the top 10, Miro moves up 32 slots to No. 4, while 21 newcomers break into the top 100 overall. This year’s list includes eight female CEOs, inching up from six a year ago. The top 50 are below. For the full list, methodology, company profiles and more, see FORBES.COM/CLOUD100.
1. Stripe ⬅➨
CEO: PATRICK COLLISON VALUATION: $95 BILLION ECONOMIC INFRASTRUCTURE
2. Databricks ⬅➨
CEO: ALI GHODSI VALUATION: $38 BILLION DATA AND AI PLATFORM
3. Canva ⬅➨
CEO: MELANIE PERKINS VALUATION: $40 BILLION VISUAL COMMUNICATION PLATFORM
4. Miro (SEE RIGHT) 5. Figma ⬆
CEO: DYLAN FIELD VALUATION: $10 BILLION COLLABORATIVE DESIGN PLATFORM
6. Airtable ⬆
CEO: HOWIE LIU VALUATION: $11.7 BILLION APP BUILDING PLATFORM
7. ServiceTitan ⬆
CEO: ARA MAHDESSIAN VALUATION: $9.5 BILLION CONTRACTOR SOFTWARE
8. TalkDesk ⬆
CEO: TIAGO PAIVA VALUATION: $3 BILLION CONTACT CENTER SOFTWARE
9. Plaid ⬇
CEO: ZACH PERRET VALUATION: $13.4 BILLION FINANCIAL DATA CONNECTIVITY
10. Attentive ⬆
CEO: BRIAN LONG VALUATION: $7 BILLION** SMS MARKETING
11. Celonis ⬆
CEOS: ALEX RINKE, BASTIAN NOMINACHER VALUATION: $11 BILLION PROCESS AUTOMATION
12. Grammarly ⬆
CEO: BRAD HOOVER* VALUATION: $13 BILLION COMMUNICATION ASSISTANCE
13. Zapier ⬅➨
CEO: WADE FOSTER VALUATION: $5 BILLION AUTOMATION PLATFORM
14. Gong ⬆
CEO: AMIT BENDOV VALUATION: $7.25 BILLION REVENUE INTELLIGENCE
15. Checkout.com ⬇
CEO: GUILLAUME POUSAZ VALUATION: $40 BILLION PAYMENTS PLATFORM
16. Checkr ⬆
CEO: DANIEL YANISSE VALUATION: $5 BILLION BACKGROUND CHECKS
17. Gusto ⬆
CEO: JOSH REEVES VALUATION: $9.5 BILLION PAYROLL, BENEFITS AND HR
18. Klaviyo ⬇
CEO: ANDREW BIALECKI VALUATION: $9.5 BILLION EMAIL AND SMS MARKETING
19. Carta ⬆
CEO: HENRY WARD VALUATION: $7.4 BILLION EQUITY MANAGEMENT
20. Snyk ⬆
CEO: PETER MCKAY* VALUATION: $8.6 BILLION DEVELOPER SECURITY
21. Calendly ⬆
(SEE PAGE 64)
22. Scale AI ⬆
CEO: ALEXANDR WANG VALUATION: $7.3 BILLION AI INFRASTRUCTURE
23. Notion ⬆
CEO: IVAN ZHAO VALUATION: $10 BILLION WORK COLLABORATION
24. OneTrust ⬆
CEO: KABIR BARDAY VALUATION: $5.3 BILLION COMPLIANCE SOFTWARE
25. Tanium ⬇
CEO: ORION HINDAWI VALUATION: $9 BILLION SECURE ENDPOINT MANAGEMENT
26. DataRobot ⬆
CEO: DAN WRIGHT* VALUATION: $6.3 BILLION AUGMENTED INTELLIGENCE
27. Fivetran ⬆
CEO: GEORGE FRASER VALUATION: $5.6 BILLION AUTOMATED DATA INTEGRATION
28. Postman ⬆
CEO: ABHINAV ASTHANA VALUATION: $5.6 BILLION API PLATFORM
29. Collibra ⬆
CEO: FELIX VAN DE MAELE VALUATION: $5.25 BILLION DATA INTELLIGENCE
30. Netskope ⬇
CEO: SANJAY BERI VALUATION: $7.5 BILLION NETWORK SECURITY
31. Rubrik ⬇
CEO: BIPUL SINHA VALUATION: $3.3 BILLION DATA SECURITY
32. Guild ⬇
CEO: RACHEL CARLSON VALUATION: $4.4 BILLION EDUCATION PLATFORM
33. Cohesity ⬆
CEO: MOHIT ARON VALUATION: $3.7 BILLION DATA MANAGEMENT
34. LaunchDarkly ⬆
CEO: EDITH HARBAUGH VALUATION: $3 BILLION SOFTWARE FEATURE TOOLS
35. Intercom ⬆
CEO: KAREN PEACOCK* VALUATION: $1.275 BILLION CUSTOMER COMMUNICATIONS
36. Benchling ⬆
CEO: SAJI WICKRAMASEKARA VALUATION: $6.1 BILLION BIOTECH R&D CLOUD
37. Grafana Labs ⬆
CEO: RAJ DUTT
VALUATION: $3 BILLION DATA ANALYTICS AND MONITORING
38. Contentful ⬆
CEO: STEVE SLOAN* VALUATION: $3 BILLION DIGITAL CONTENT PLATFORM
39. Algolia (SEE PAGE 64) 40. Outreach ⬇
CEO: MANNY MEDINA VALUATION: $4.4 BILLION SALES INTELLIGENCE
41. Forter ⬆
CEO: MICHAEL REITBLAT VALUATION: $3 BILLION E-COMMERCE OPTIMIZATION
42. Podium ⬆
CEO: ERIC REA VALUATION: $3 BILLION COMMUNICATIONS AND PAYMENTS
43. Automation Anywhere ⬇
CEO: MIHIR SHUKLA VALUATION: $6.8 BILLION ROBOTIC PROCESS AUTOMATION
44. OutSystems ⬆
CEO: PAULO ROSADO VALUATION: $9.5 BILLION APP DEVELOPMENT
45. Cockroach Labs ⬆
CEO: SPENCER KIMBALL VALUATION: $5 BILLION SQL DATABASE
46. Automattic ⬆
CEO: MATT MULLENWEG VALUATION: $7.5 BILLION PUBLISHING AND E-COMMERCE
47. Workato ⬆
CEO: VIJAY TELLA VALUATION: $5.7 BILLION ENTERPRISE AUTOMATION
48. Cloudinary ⬆
CEO: ITAI LAHAN
VALUATION: $2 BILLION
MEDIA EXPERIENCE MANAGEMENT