Other than going public, startup founders dream of one thing above all else: Cracking the Digital 100. Becoming one of the most valuable privately held startups brings prestige, opportunity, and acclaim, creating intense competition for the top spots. Here are 2011’s Digital 100 Startups (including newcomers) and where they are located. Up and coming Startups frequently assign themselves outrageously high valuations (using preferred stock and sweetheart terms) that real investors would never agree to. The Digital 100 Attempts to remedy this by looking at common stock values – the prices the stock market might put on the company in real trading. This graphic will show you company valuations from Facebook all the way too Rightscale. Some of which you will probably never heard of but be aware of what these companies have accomplished. Especially for the 33 newcomers that have pushed their way on to the list – some ranking quite high. 

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Digital 100 by Location & Valuation

Everyone believes that most of the worlds digital startups are in San Francisco, when in fact only 10% of them are in the U.S. – of all digital startups in the United States, 35% are in the New York area and only a bit over 10% are in Silicon Valley. Once you limit to California, over 37% of digital companies are in the Bay Area and only 11% of California startups are in Southern California with the LA area representing only 3% of the state total.

1. FACEBOOK Palo Alto CA $80 Billion
2. ZYNGA San Francisco, CA $11 billion
3. GROUPON Chicago, IL $10 Billion
4. 360 Buy Beijing, China
5. TWITTER San Francisco, CA $8 Billion
6. DROPBOX San Francsico, CA $4 Billion
7. WIKIPEDIA San Francsico, CA $4 Billion
8. VENTE-PRIVEE Paris France $3 Billion
9. LIVINGSOCIAL Washington, DC $3 Billion
10. CRAIGSLIST San Francsico, CA $2.5 Billion
11. PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES Palo Alto, CA $2.5 Billion
12. VANCL Bejing, China $1.8 Billion
13. HULU Los Angeles, CA $1.6 billion
14. SQUARE San Francisco, CA $1.6 billion
15. JAWBONE San Francisco, CA $1.6 billion
16. AIRBNB San Francisco, CA $1.3 billion
17. ROVIO Finland $1.2 billion
18. MOZILLA Mountain View, CA $1.1 billion
19. SPOTIFY Stockholm, Sweden $1.1 billion
20. KAYAK Norwalk, CT $1.05 billion
21. GILT GROUP New YORK, NY
22. STORMB Shores, CA $1 billion
23. COUPONS.COM Mountain View, CA $1 billion
24. DATAPIPE Jersey City, NJ $800 million
25. TUMBLR New YORK, NY $800 million
26. EHARMONY Pasadena, CA $800 million
27. LEGALZOOM Glendale, CA $800 million
28. YELP San Francisco, CA $800 million
29. ANGIES LIST Indianapolis, IN $700 Million
30. TRULIA San Francisco, CA $700 Million
31. ZULILY Seattle, WA $700 Million
32. ZOCDOC New York, NY $700 Million
33. CHEGG Santa Clara, CA $600 Million
34. SERVICENOW San Diego, CA $600 Million
35. FOURSQUARE New York, NY $600 Million
36. WORKDAY Pleasanton, CA $600 Million
37. BOXNET Palo Alto, CA $550 Million
38. BUDDY MEDIA New York, NY $550 Million
39. MEDDIABANK Chicago, IL $500 Million
40. ADKNOWLEDGE Kansas City, MO $480 Million
41. INDEED Stamford, CT $450 Million
42. ZOOSK San Francisco, CA $450 Million
43. ONE KINGS LANE San Francisco, CA $440 Million
44. YODLE New York, NY $400 Million
45. EVERYDAY HEALTH New York, NY $400 Million
46. KABAM Redwood City, CA $400 Million
47. STELLA AND DOT San Francisco, CA $400 Million
48. GLAM MEDIA Brisbane, CA $350 Million
49. FLIPKART Bangalore, India $350 Million
50. IDEELI New York, NY $350 Million
51. OZON Moscow, Russia $350 Million
52. FRESH DIRECT Long Island City, NY $350 Million
53. FEDERATED MEDIA San Francisco, CA $350 Million
54. QUANTCAST San Francisco, CA $300 Million
55. XIU Shenzen, China $300 Million
56. HABBO Finland $300 Million
57. IMPERVA Redwood Shores, CA $300 Million
58. VOSTU Sao Paulo, Brazil $300 Million
59. SHOEDAZZLE Los Angeles, CA $280 Million
60. COLLECTIVE New York, NY $275 Million
61. RUBICON PROJECT Los Angeles, CA $250 Million
62. BRIGHTCOVE Cambridge, MA $240 Million
63. JIVE SOFTWARE Palo Alto, CA $240 Million
64. REDFIN Seattle, WA $230 Million
65. ETSY Brooklyn, NY $225 Million
66. THE LADDERS New York, NY $225 Million
67. Tremor Video New York, NY $225 Million
68. SUGAR Inc. San Francisco, CA $210 Million
69. FLIPBOARD Palo Alto, CA $200 Million
70. SAY MEDIA San Francisco, CA $200 Million
71. PHREESIA New York, NY $200 Million
72. SPECIFIC MEDIA Irvine, CA $200 Million
73. TAGGED San Francisco, CA $200 Million
74. MIND CANDY London, UK $200 Million
75. CLEARSPRING McClean, VA $200 Million
76. RECYCLEBANK New York, NY $200 Million
77. UNDERTONE New York, NY $200 Million
78. SECONDMARKET New York, NY $200 Million
79. RETURNPATH New York, NY $200 Million
80. MEEBO Mountain View, CA $185 Million
81. APPNEXUS New York, NY $175 Million
82. VIBRANT MEDIA New York, NY $175 Million
83. GAWKER MEDIA New York, NY $175 Million
84. EVERNOTE Mountain View, CA $175 Million
85. EVENTBRITE San Francisco, CA $150 Million
86. THRILLIST New York, NY $150 Million
87. MEDIA6DEGREES New York, NY $150 Million
88. BEACHMINT Santa Monica, CA $150 Million
89. CAFEPRESS Foster City, CA $150 Million
90. XIRRUS Thousand Oaks, CA $140 Million
91. COMPLEX MEDIA New York, NY $140 Million
92. CAFEMOM New York, NY $140 Million
93. 10GEN New York, NY $125 Million
94. BETTER WORLD BOOKS Mishiwaka, IN $125 Million
95. BLEACHER REPORT San Francisco, CA $120 Million
96. BREAK MEDIA Beverly Hills, CA $120 Million
97. THOUGHT EQUITY MOTION Denver, CO $120 Million
98. WARBY PARKER New York, NY $120 Million
99. MANTA Columbus, OH $120 Million
100. RIGHTSCALE Santa Barbara, CA 110 Million

Despite popular stereotypes, not all of the world’s top startups are in Silicon Valley. Here’s where the Digital 100 resides geographically:

PERCENT OF STARTUPS

• LONDON 1%
• FINLAND 1.5%
• MOSCOW, RUSSIA 1%
• PARIS FRANCE 1%
• STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN 1%
• BEIJING, CHINA 2%
• SHENZEN, CHINA 1%
• BANGALORE, INDIA 1%
• SAO PAULO, BRAZIL 1%
• SEATTLE, WA 2%
• CHICAGO, IL 2%
• CAMBRIDGE, MA 1%
• NORWALK, CT 1%
• STAMFORD, CT 1%
• NEW YORK, NY 25%
• BROOKLYN, NY 1%
• LONG ISLAND CITY, NY 1%
• JERSEY CITY, NY 1%
• WASHINGTON D.C. 1%
• MCLEAN, VA 1%
• COLUMBUS, OH 1%
• INDIANAPOLIS, IN 1%
• MISHIWAKA, IN 1%
• KANSAS CITY, MO 1%
• DENVER, CO 1%
• PALO ALTO, CA 5%
• SAN FRANCISCO, CA 20%
• REDWOOD SHORES, CA 2%
• FOSTER CITY, CA 1%
• PLEASANTON, CA 1%
• SANTA CLARA, CA 1%
• REDWOOD CITY, CA 1%
• BRISBANE, CA 1%
• MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA 4%
• BEVERLY HILLS, CA 1%
• LOS ANGELES, CA 3%
• SANTA MONICA, CA 1%
• IRVINE, CA 1%
• SANTA BARBARA, CA 1%
• PASADENA, CA 1%
• GLENDALE, CA 1%
• THOUSAND OAKS, CA 1%
• SAN DIEGO, CA 1%