Earlier this week, Forbes published a list of America’s 100 most promising private companies. The rankings are based on annual revenue, number of employees, company strengths, partnerships, and a number of other qualifications.
Three Finovate alumni made it onto the list, all the top 20:
Category: Mobile payments platform
Founded: 2009
Funding: $38 million
Headquarters: San Francisco
FinovateEurope 2011 demo
SecondMarket
Rank: 8
Category: Alternative trading platform
Founded: 2004
Funding: $34.2 million
Headquarters: New York
FinovateStartup09 demo
Lending Club
Rank: 20
Category: P2P Lending Platform
Founded: 2006
Funding: $77.7 million
Headquarters: San Francisco
FinovateStartup09 demo
To learn more about the ranking methodologies, visit here.