Six Philadelphia-area companies are on a new Forbes list ranking the 500 best startup employers in America.
The fourth annual list ranks businesses founded between 2012 and 2019 by their reputation as employers. Forbes works with Statista to review blog posts, articles and social media posts about the employer to come up with its rankings.
Philadelphia-based Piano is one of the few startups located outside of California, New York or Boston to crack the top 50, coming in at No. 41. Founded in 2015, Piano has been growing rapidly. It was named one of Deloitte's fastest-growing tech companies, recently acquired social media startup SocialFlow and brought LinkedIn on as an investor as part of an $88 million fundraising round last May.
The analytics company boasts media clients like CNBC and the Wall Street Journal, which it works with to track publisher data and grow subscriptions, as well as personalize reader experiences.
The other Philadelphia startup to crack the top 100 is dbt Labs, which checked in at No. 90. The data analytics company works with clients like JetBlue, Nasdaq and Canva. Its valuation recently rose to $4.2 billion as it continues to blaze through fundraising rounds, bringing a total of $414.6 million since launching in 2016.
Perhaps Philadelphia's most recognizable startup, Gopuff, is next on the list at No. 199. The consumer good food delivery platform was last valued at $15 billion. With over $1 billion in funding, the unicorn is reportedly prepping for an initial public offering. Gopuff was founded in 2013 by two then-Drexel University students, Rafael Ilishayev and Yakir Gola, who both still serve as the company's co-CEOs.
Tech firm Guru found itself at No. 308 on Forbes' list. Founded in 2013, the knowledge base software company is one of the highest-valued startups in the region at $230 million.
Plymouth Meeting's Braeburn fell not far behind Guru, coming in at No. 367 on the list. The biotech company, founded in 2012, has been working to develop a treatment for opioid abuse disorder.
Barely sneaking onto the list is Philadelphia health care company Tmunity Therapeutics. Founded in 2015, the biotherapeutics company looks to use T-cell immunotherapy to help treat patients with solid tumors.
At the top of Forbes' list are Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Commonwealth Fusion at No.1, followed by two California-based firms, Nuro and Lyra Health at Nos. 2 and 3, respectively.
