Who Are the Most Promising Series A Candidates for 2015?

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Based on our analysis, which you can read in greater detail here, these are the top 20 companies who look primed to raise a Series A soon (or already have, but didn’t announce it yet). I’ve filtered by startups who last raised between September 1, 2013 and January 31, 2014 with at least 15 employees and at least 20% employee growth in the past 6 months:

• Estimote— developer platform for adding real-world sensors to applications (47 employees, Growth Score: 951). Full disclosure: I am an angel investor from before I even started Mattermark.
• RISE — 1:1 person diet coaching (38 employees, Growth Score: 816)
• Happify — games designed to achieve personal improvement goals through positive psychology (15 employees, Growth Score: 739)
• Drizly — Alcohol delivery on demand (39 employees, Growth Score: 734)
• ALOHA — health and wellness company providing gluten free, vegan and mineral based foods (43 employees, Growth Score: 598)
• Attendify — tools to build mobile applications and private social networks for events (26 employees, Growth Score: 583)
• GoldieBlox — children’s toys encouraging girls to explore STEM fields (25 employees, Growth Score: 580)
• MeUndies — underwear (16 employees, Growth Score: 550)
• Bugcrowd —tools to create and manage bug bounties (40 employees, Growth Score: 533)
• Karma —take reliable wifi with you anywhere, made to support up to 8 devices (17 employees, Growth Score: 494)
• Pipeliner CRM — customer relationship management software (46 employees, Growth Score: 431)
• BucketFeet — artist designed footwear (37 employees, Growth Score: 421)
• Ministry of Supply — high technology professional attire for men (21 employees, Growth Score: 420)
• ViralGains — platform for viral videos (34 employees, Growth Score: 398)
• Swivl — robotic accessory for remote collaboration via mobile video (27 employees, Growth Score: 384)
• Certify — online travel and expense management tools (74 employees, Growth Score: 351)
• RootsRated — outdoor experiences recommended by local experts (16 employees, Growth Score: 317)
• TheReadingRoom —book-centric social discovery platform (16 employees, Growth Score: 294)
• Badger Maps — mobile sales route mapping and management (15 employees, Growth Score: 273)
• CheckIO — social game for software developers (16 employees, Growth Score: 261)