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1 | Pacific Biosciences Inc. | Menlo Park, Calif. | Health Care | 19 | 10 | 32 | 38 | High-speed DNA sequencing instruments, which are high-tech machines that can determine the order of the nucleotide bases--adenine, guanine, cytosine and thymine--in a DNA molecule |
2 | Fusion-io Inc. | Salt Lake City | Information Technology | 38 | 28 | 12 | 19 | Flash-memory drives (the same technology in digital cameras and iPods) that allow servers to handle as much as 10 times the data of traditional storage systems |
3 | HomeAway Inc. | Austin, Texas | Consumer Services | 6 | 30 | 47 | 13 | Online service for vacation rentals |
4 | Zynga Inc. | San Francisco | Consumer Services | 13 | 8 | 46 | 41 | Online social games |
5 | Solyndra Inc. | Fremont, Calif. | Energy and Utilities | 4 | 32 | 48 | 11 | Cylindrical solar panels for the commercial rooftop market |
6 | Azul Systems Inc. | Mountain View, Calif. | Information Technology | 45 | 12 | 49 | 3 | Specialized network appliances that large organizations can use to boost the performance of applications written in Java, a popular programming language |
7 | Complete Genomics Inc. | Mountain View, Calif. | Health Care | 36 | 25 | 16 | 20 | DNA-sequencing service |
8 | Fisker Automotive Inc. | Irvine, Calif. | Consumer Goods | 12 | 32 | 2 | 50 | Environmentally friendly sports cars |
9 | Xirrus Inc. | Thousand Oaks, Calif. | Information Technology | 35 | 17 | 34 | 12 | Large-scale indoor Wi-Fi networks |
10 | nGenera Corp. | Austin, Tex. | Information Technology | 23 | 5 | 30 | 47 | Software that helps large companies collaborate and communicate with employees, customers and partners |
11 | Portola Pharmaceuticals Inc. | South San Francisco, Calif. | Health Care | 20 | 15 | 44 | 21 | New treatments in cardiovascular medicine |
12 | NeuroPace Inc. | Mountain View, Calif. | Health Care | 47 | 6 | 45 | 8 | Implantable device and system to treat neurological disorders |
13 | Glam Media Inc. | Brisbane, Calif. | Consumer Services | 15 | 21 | 36 | 26 | Vertical media company connects brand advertisers to target audiences online. |
14 | Ventana Health Services Inc. | San Francisco | Health Care | 46 | 18 | 5 | 31 | Technology that helps consumers determine out-of-pocket medical costs before receiving care |
15 | Suniva Inc. | Norcross, Ga. | Energy and Utilities | 24 | 24 | 14 | 35 | Crystalline silicon solar cells |
16 | Workday Inc. | Pleasanton, Calif. | Business and Financial Services | 14 | 23 | 22 | 42 | On-demand software for managing large companies' back-office tasks |
17 | Fanfare Group Inc. | Mountain View, Calif. | Information Technology | 44 | 4 | 38 | 14 | Software that helps networking gear makers automate quality testing of their products |
18 | ParAccel Inc. | Cupertino, Calif. | Information Technology | 37 | 19 | 10 | 34 | Database software that's designed to aid analysis of trends within businesses |
19 | Gilt Groupe Inc. | New York | Consumer Services | 18 | 32 | 1 | 48 | Invitation-only Web site for online sample sales |
20 | Silver Peak Systems Inc. | Santa Clara, Calif. | Information Technology | 42 | 11 | 41 | 5 | Appliances that speed the movement of data between datacenters operated by large, far-flung corporations |
21 | Xanodyne Pharmaceuticals Inc. | Newport, KY | Health Care | 17 | 32 | 29 | 10 | Medications tailored to women's health and pain management |
22 | HuffingtonPost.com Inc. | New York | Consumer Services | 39 | 2 | 28 | 39 | News and opinion Web site, with a collective blog of nearly 4,000 contributors |
23 | Pandora Media Inc. | Oakland, Calif. | Consumer Services | 27 | 20 | 15 | 36 | Technology for personalized Internet radio |
24 | Small Bone Innovations Inc. | New York | Health Care | 2 | 32 | 18 | 43 | Orthopedic products and technologies for small bones and joints |
25 | RecycleBank LLC | New York | Business and Financial Services | 7 | 32 | 33 | 15 | Partnerships with cities to boost recycling |
26 | Metaweb Technologies Inc. | San Francisco | Information Technology | 32 | 3 | 42 | 29 | Freebase, an open database of online information drawn from open data sets like Wikipedia and community input |
27 | Satiety Inc. | Palo Alto, Calif. | Health Care | 31 | 32 | 21 | 7 | Medical technologies for less invasive treatment of obesity |
28 | GroundWork Open Source Inc. | San Francisco | Information Technology | 50 | 9 | 7 | 28 | Open-source IT management and network monitoring software |
29 | Boston-Power Inc. | Westborough, Mass. | Information Technology | 9 | 32 | 26 | 25 | Next-generation lithium-ion batteries |
30 | DriveCam Inc. | San Diego | Information Technology | 29 | 29 | 19 | 18 | A video and audio recorder service for improving driving and preventing crashes in corporate fleets |
31 | CVRx Inc. | Minneapolis | Health Care | 3 | 32 | 39 | 17 | Implantable device to treat hypertension |
32 | Chegg Inc. | Santa Clara, Calif. | Consumer Services | 11 | 32 | 25 | 24 | Textbook rental service |
33 | Oceana Therapeutics Inc. | Edison, N.J. | Health Care | 34 | 26 | 4 | 45 | Marketer of drugs targeting medical niches |
34 | Schooner Information Technology Inc. | Sunnyvale, Calif. | Information Technology | 40 | 31 | 3 | 23 | Appliances that speed up certain popular datacenter applications |
35 | Vidyo Inc. | Hackensack, N.J. | Information Technology | 33 | 32 | 27 | 4 | HD-quality video-conferencing applications and services used via personal computers |
36 | Soasta Inc. | Mountain View, Calif. | Information Technology | 48 | 1 | 24 | 40 | Cloud-based software-testing services to Web-application developers |
37 | Slide | San Francisco | Consumer Services | 10 | 14 | 43 | 37 | Applications and virtual communities where people can showcase creativity on social-networking sites |
38 | Adchemy Inc. | Redwood City, CA | Business and Financial Services | 25 | 16 | 17 | 44 | Technology aimed at helping marketers serve more relevant and effective online ads |
39 | Etsy | Brooklyn, NY | Consumer Services | 16 | 32 | 35 | 6 | Online marketplace to buy and sell handmade goods |
40 | PhotoThera | Carlsbad, Calif. | Health Care | 30 | 32 | 13 | 16 | Laser therapy for ischemic stroke |
41 | Force10 Networks Inc. | San Jose, Calif. | Information Technology | 43 | 32 | 50 | 1 | Ethernet switches and routers and related networking products for Internet and communications companies |
42 | Zoosk Inc. | San Francisco | Consumer Services | 26 | 32 | 6 | 22 | Social network dating application and service |
43 | Akorri Networks | Littleton, Mass. | Information Technology | 41 | 27 | 23 | 9 | Software for managing virtualized servers and the entire network environment inside large datacenters |
44 | Casabi Inc. | Campbell, Calif. | Information Technology | 49 | 7 | 8 | 33 | Carriers with digital and mobile services for consumer customers |
45 | Service-Now.com Inc. | Solana Beach, Calif. | Business and Financial Services | 21 | 32 | 11 | 27 | Software as a cloud service that allows large companies to manage employees' IT requests |
46 | iCrossing | Scottsdale, Ariz. | Business and Financial Services | 5 | 22 | 40 | 32 | Digital-marketing services |
47 | SmartDrive Systems Inc. | San Diego | Business and Financial Services | 8 | 32 | 20 | 30 | Driver risk-management systems and services for large vehicle fleets |
48 | eMeter Inc. | San Mateo, Calif. | Information Technology | 28 | 13 | 9 | 49 | Smart grid management software for utility companies |
49 | RockYou | Redwood City, Calif. | Consumer Services | 1 | 32 | 31 | 46 | Applications, virtual goods and games for social networks |
50 | Acceleron Pharma Inc. | Cambridge, Mass. | Health Care | 22 | 32 | 37 | 2 | Drugs to treat musculoskeletal, metabolic and cancer-related diseases. |
*Equity raised: The total amount of capital raised by the company over the three years ended Nov. 30, 2009, compared to the median amount raised by their industry peers in the same period.
