It is important to note that this ranking is a selection of startups. That is why there is no Google or Nike there. The list was compiled by evaluating 2,500 American businesses with at least 50 employees, and Forbes editors paid attention to employer reputation, employee satisfaction with the workplace, and employee growth. Click here for the full methodology.

The list includes two companies from Ukraine:

• GitLab — No. 52
• Allset — No. 220

Both startups were in the last year ranking as well.

Also, Sila Nanotechnologies, founded by a native of Ukraine, Gene Berdichevsky, is ranked 353rd.

The list of the top ten is as follows:

1. Hiya
2. Bestow
3. Unite Us
4. Curology
5. Petal
6. Dispatch
7. Human Interest
8. Faire
9. Dataiku
10. Well Health

Technology category:

• Stas Matviyenko (28) and Anna Polishchuk (29) – cofounders of Allset, food pre-order service. Currently, the company has 2,500 connected restaurants in the U.S. and about $16 million in investments.
• Victoria Repa (27) is a cofounder and CEO of BetterMe, health and fitness apps that have over 50 million installs and about 400,000 paying subscribers.

Entertainment category:

• Rapper alyona alyona (28). The magazine writes that she introduces Ukrainian rap to the world, and also mentions her tours all over Europe and success in the local market.

The ranking includes two companies founded by the Ukrainians: GitLab is No. 35 on this list, and Allset – No. 263.

About the companies

GitLab

GitLab is a collaboration and DevOps platform. The startup’s main competitor is GitHub, which is owned by Microsoft since 2018.

The startup was founded by Kharkiv citizen Dmitriy Zaporozhets in 2011. In 2013, the second founder, the Dutch entrepreneur Sid Sijbrandij, joined the startup. From that moment on, they started working on GitLab fulltime.

The company has about 100,000 corporate clients, including Ask Media Group, Charter Communication, Delta Air Lines, Goldman Sachs, Ticketmaster, Nvidia, etc. The company employs over 800 people from 55 countries.

In September 2019, GitLab raised a $268 million Series E round. The company was evaluated at $2.7 billion. Among the investors were Goldman Sachs, Iconiq Capital, Y Combinator, and Continuity Fund. Together with the new round, GitLab raised a total of $426 million.

Previously, in an interview with AIN.UA, Dmitriy Zaporozhets commented on the geographical identity of the company as follows:

“One founder is from Ukraine, so it is partly a Ukrainian startup. Another founder is from the Netherlands – so it is partly a Dutch startup. Later, investors from California came, so, now, it is partly an American startup as well. On this basis, I believe that GitLab can be called a Ukrainian startup.”

Allset

Allset is a service for booking of tables in restaurants, which also allows you to pre-order a meal and pay via a mobile application.

Allset was founded by Ukrainians Stas Matvienko and Anna Polischuk in 2015. Before the rebranding in 2016, the application was called Settle.

The company has two offices: in San Francisco and Kyiv. The development team is in Ukraine, and application tests take place in the U.S. The company has about 50 employees.

The company has raised a total of $8.35 million in investments, including from Andreessen Horowitz, Vaizra Investments, Compound, FJ Labs, and the Ukrainian SMRK VC Fund, founded by Oleksandr Kosovan, also known for CleanMyMac.

Now Allset partners are 1,700 restaurants in 11 US cities. The company’s application allows visitors to pre-book a table, order a dish and make payment through the service. Allset partner restaurants include BJ’s Restaurant & Brewhouse, Buffalo Wild Wings, Bareburger, Pokéworks, Freshii, The Bean, Noon Mediterranean, by Chloe and others.

In 2018, the number of orders through the service increased by more than 100% compared to 2017. The company’s plan for this year is to connect three more new cities and increase the number of orders by 150% compared to 2018.

“Working with Google is a big win and a big challenge at the same time. In 2019, we expect strong organic growth for customers and partners. And cooperation with Google will only consolidate our position in the market and help increase their number. That is why we are expanding the team so that, despite the scaling up of the business, we continue to guarantee the quality of the Allset service,” commented Stas Matvienko, Allset CEO.

Allset was founded in 2015 by Stas Matvienko and Anna Polishchuk. Now the company has two offices – in San Francisco and Kyiv, and all the technical development takes place in Ukraine.