2018 RankStartup NameFunding Amount (millions)Founder(s) Name(S)Year FoundedIndustrySchoolLatest Funding RoundLocation
18Guild Education$31.50Brittany Stich and Rachel Carlson2015EducationStanford Graduate School of Business$21 million Series B on September 6, 2017Denver, Colorado
19Away$31.00Steph Korey and Jen Rubio2015Consumer ProductsColumbia Business School$20 million Series B on May 19, 2017New York, New York
25Dia&Co$20.00Lydia Gilbert and Nadia Boujarwah2014E-commerceHarvard Business School$20 million Venture on September 13, 2016Brooklyn, New York
35Havenly$13.32Jessie Dixon, Emily Motayed, Lee Mayer2014Interior DesignWharton$5.8 Series A on March 29, 2016Denver, Colorado
38Hello Alfred$12.50Jessica Beck and Marcela Sapone2013Home AutomationHarvard Business School$10.5 million Series A in April 2015New York, New York
47LOLA$11.20Jordana Kier and Alexandra Friedman2014Consumer ProductsColumbia Business School$7 million Series A on December 12, 2016New York, New York
53Vow to be Chic$10.00Kelsey Doorey2013E-commerceUCLA Anderson$5 million Series A on June 15, 2016Santa Monica, California
87Simple Mills$4.22Katlin Smith2013Food ManufacturingChicago Booth$3.04 million Venture on February 17, 2016Chicago, Illinois
91ExplORer Surgical$4.00Jennifer Fried2015HealthcareChicago Booth$3 million Series A on August 29, 2017Chicago, Illinois

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