The Cloud 100 Archives
Talia Goldberg & Atlas Editors
Published on Aug 3, 2021
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Since 2016, Bessemer Venture Partners has teamed up with Forbes and Salesforce Ventures to bring you the Forbes Cloud 100—the definitive list of the world’s top 100 private cloud companies—and the emerging cadre of 20 Rising Stars poised to join their ranks.
Making the list has become more competitive each year, and since Cloud 100's beginning, we've seen emerging startups grow into massive public cloud companies. Dive into the archives below to see who has made the top ten each year and explore what Forbes has to say about this unique cohort of the world's top 100 cloud innovators.
Cloud 100 2021
- Stripe
- Databricks
- Canva
- HashiCorp
- Toast
- Plaid
- Figma
- ServiceTitan
- Checkout.com
- Freshworks
Dive into Forbes 2021 Cloud 100 to learn more.
Cloud 100 2020
- Snowflake
- Stripe
- UiPath
- HashiCorp
- Databricks
- Confluent
- Canva
- Procore
- Rubrik
- Toast
Dive into Forbes 2020 Cloud 100 to learn more.
Cloud 100 2019
- Stripe
- Snowflake
- UiPath
- HashiCorp
- Datadog
- Procore
- Tanium
- InVision
- Rubrik
- Confluent
Dive into Forbes 2019 Cloud 100 to learn more.
Cloud 100 2018
- Stripe
- Slack
- Zoom
- Tanium
- Procore
- CrowdStrike
- Qualtrics
- Squarespace
- Elastic
- Eventbrite
Dive into Forbes 2018 Cloud 100 to learn more.
Cloud 100 2017
- Stripe
- Dropbox
- Slack
- DocuSign
- Adyen
- Qualtrics
- Medalllia
- Tanium
- Mailchimp
- Squarespace
Dive into Forbes 2017 Cloud 100 to learn more.
Cloud 100 2016
- Slack
- Dropbox
- DocuSign
- Stripe
- Cloudera
- SurveyMonkey
- Mailchimp
- Squarespace
- AppDynamics
- Adyen
Dive into Forbes 2016 Cloud 100 to learn more.
Contributors

Talia Goldberg
Partner
Talia Goldberg is a partner in Bessemer’s San Francisco office. She supports teams that leverage AI to create new categories and progress the way we live and work. She looks for founders building radically better products with unique distribution models, or those pushing the frontier.
Talia joined Bessemer in 2013. She is partner to Cognition, Discord, DeepL, fal AI, Fin (fka Intercom), Kindred, Mind Robotics, Papaya Global, Perplexity, Ramp, Recall, ServiceTitan, Shippo, Stubhub, Supermaven (now Cursor / XAI), and Toss, among others. Learn more on her blog and hear from many of the entrepreneurs she has backed by listening to This is Series A. She was featured in Forbes 30 Under 30 for Venture Capital.
Talia graduated from the University of Pennsylvania. She grew up in Portland, Oregon, which she insists is home to the best ice cream and pizza in America.

Atlas Editors
Disclaimer: The information presented here is for general informational and educational purposes only and does not constitute investment advice, a recommendation, or an offer or solicitation to buy or sell any securities or investment products. Certain companies discussed may be current or former portfolio companies of Bessemer Venture Partners. Past performance is not indicative of future results. All investments involve risk, including possible loss of principal.



