Research · refreshed nightly · August 17, 2026

Companies That Never Need to Raise Money (October 2026)

Self-funding companies still growing fast.

A company that never needs to raise money never faces a financing window slammed shut. These 50 self-funders are ranked by our growth dimension, and Palantir leads at 90 with a $351B cap. Applovin, NVIDIA, and Credo share 88, Arista sits at 87 while growing revenue 27% a year, and every one of them pays for tomorrow out of today's cash flow.

Self-funding changes the risk shape more than the return shape: no dilution treadmill, no lender's veto, no covenants to renegotiate. The median score of 78.5 marks an unusually strong field, and it is not all giants: Italian jeweler FOPE, at $244M, makes the top ten. Click any name for the full citation-backed analysis.

50companies qualify
79.5median growth
67median MGI
0joined this week

The ranking

Sorted by growth
1
AppLovin CorporationAPP🇺🇸
growth 90 · revenue +20%/yr · asset light
G 72V 65O 79Cap $106.0B
2
NVIDIA CorporationNVDA🇺🇸
growth 88 · revenue +60%/yr · asset light
G 38V 47O 36Cap $5.25T
3
Credo Technology Group Holding LtdCRDO🇺🇸
growth 88 · revenue +80%/yr · asset light
G 75V 46O 73Cap $48.5B
4
Palantir Technologies Inc.PLTR🇺🇸
growth 86 · revenue +32%/yr · asset light
G 61V 40O 56Cap $418.2B
5
Comfort Systems USA, Inc.FIX🇺🇸
growth 85 · revenue +30%/yr · scale economics
G 68V 56O 72Cap $66.1B
6
Astera Labs, Inc.ALAB🇺🇸
growth 84 · revenue +118%/yr · asset light
G 73V 39O 68Cap $55.8B
7
Arista Networks, Inc.ANET🇺🇸
growth 84 · revenue +29%/yr · asset light
G 68V 53O 70Cap $232.5B
8
Arm Holdings plcARM🇬🇧
growth 84 · revenue +21%/yr · asset light
G 74V 33O 65Cap $338.6B
9
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company LimitedTSM🇹🇼
growth 84 · revenue +23%/yr · asset light
G 50V 45O 47Cap $2.22T
10
Atour Lifestyle Holdings LtdATAT🇨🇳
growth 83 · revenue +38%/yr · scale economics
G 72V 66O 79Cap $4.7B
11
argenx SEARGX🇳🇱
growth 83 · revenue +58%/yr · asset light
G 71V 57O 74Cap $55.6B
12
Reddit, Inc.RDDT🇺🇸
growth 83 · revenue +42%/yr · asset light
G 74V 62O 77Cap $33.8B
13
FOPE S.p.A.FPE.IT🇮🇹
growth 83 · revenue +27%/yr · asset light
G 70V 62O 74Cap $247.5M
14
Microsoft CorporationMSFT🇺🇸
growth 82 · revenue +12%/yr · asset light
G 39V 50O 39Cap $3.22T
15
Shopify Inc.SHOP🇨🇦
growth 82 · revenue +24%/yr · scale economics
G 73V 49O 72Cap $173.9B
16
Dave Inc.DAVE🇺🇸
growth 82 · revenue +33%/yr · asset light
G 61V 66O 66Cap $4.5B
17
BillionToOne, Inc.BLLN🇺🇸
growth 82 · revenue +77%/yr · asset light
G 77V 58O 81Cap $5.0B
18
Insulet CorporationPODD🇺🇸
growth 81 · revenue +23%/yr · asset light
G 72V 68O 80Cap $10.2B
19
Goodwin PLCGDWN.GB🇬🇧
growth 81 · revenue +13%/yr · scale economics
G 76V 58O 79Cap $2.1B
20
Mastercard IncorporatedMA🇺🇸
growth 80 · revenue +13%/yr · asset light
G 63V 59O 67Cap $474.8B
21
Samsara Inc.IOT🇺🇸
growth 80 · revenue +36%/yr · asset light
G 74V 54O 76Cap $20.5B
22
Liquidia CorporationLQDA🇺🇸
growth 80 · revenue +104%/yr · asset light
G 47V 48O 46Cap $6.9B
23
Veeva Systems Inc.VEEV🇺🇸
growth 80 · revenue +14%/yr · asset light
G 75V 60O 83Cap $39.6B
24
KLA CorporationKLAC🇺🇸
growth 80 · revenue +11%/yr · asset light
G 67V 39O 58Cap $266.2B
25
Plejd ABPLEJD.SE🇸🇪
growth 80 · revenue +28%/yr · asset light
G 75V 68O 81Cap $858.6M
26
Rush Street Interactive, Inc.RSI🇺🇸
growth 79 · revenue +23%/yr · scale economics
G 68V 61O 73Cap $6.2B
27
Sezzle Inc.SEZL🇺🇸
growth 79 · revenue +36%/yr · asset light
G 62V 56O 64Cap $5.1B
28
Vertiv Holdings CoVRT🇺🇸
growth 79 · revenue +18%/yr · scale economics
G 67V 57O 71Cap $121.0B
29
ASML Holding N.V.ASML🇳🇱
growth 79 · revenue +14%/yr · asset light
G 64V 42O 59Cap $794.8B
30
LIMES Schlosskliniken AGLIK.DE🇩🇪
growth 78 · revenue +37%/yr · asset light
G 65V 64O 70Cap $202.3M
31
Datadog, Inc.DDOG🇺🇸
growth 78 · revenue +31%/yr · asset light
G 68V 49O 67Cap $92.6B
32
Applied Nutrition plcAPN.GB🇬🇧
growth 78 · revenue +44%/yr · scale economics
G 62V 57O 64Cap $1.1B
33
innoscripta SE1INN.DE🇩🇪
growth 78 · revenue +43%/yr · asset light
G 66V 70O 73Cap $867.5M
34
IES Holdings, Inc.IESC🇺🇸
growth 78 · revenue +19%/yr · scale economics
G 64V 53O 65Cap $14.9B
35
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.ALNY🇺🇸
growth 78 · revenue +42%/yr · asset light
G 73V 59O 77Cap $35.4B
36
Visa Inc.V🇺🇸
growth 78 · revenue +12%/yr · asset light
G 62V 53O 64Cap $660.4B
37
Caris Life Sciences, Inc.CAI🇺🇸
growth 77 · revenue +48%/yr · asset light
G 72V 58O 75Cap $5.6B
38
CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc.CRWD🇺🇸
growth 77 · revenue +32%/yr · asset light
G 65V 39O 58Cap $220.9B
39
Saab ABSAAB.B.SE🇸🇪
growth 76 · revenue +18%/yr · scale economics
G 67V 56O 69Cap $32.4B
40
AvePoint, Inc.AVPT🇺🇸
growth 76 · revenue +19%/yr · asset light
G 68V 67O 74Cap $2.6B
41
BELIMO Holding AGBEAN.CH🇨🇭
growth 76 · revenue +10%/yr · asset light
G 62V 46O 60Cap $13.3B
42
D-BOX Technologies Inc.DBO.CA🇨🇦
growth 76 · revenue +27%/yr · asset light
G 62V 63O 66Cap $194.2M
43
Tatton Asset Management plcTAM.GB🇬🇧
growth 76 · revenue +14%/yr · scale economics
G 69V 65O 74Cap $527.6M
44
The Vita Coco Company, Inc.COCO🇺🇸
growth 76 · revenue +13%/yr · scale economics
G 63V 55O 65Cap $3.8B
45
MongoDB, Inc.MDB🇺🇸
growth 76 · revenue +27%/yr · asset light
G 67V 44O 65Cap $37.0B
46
Intuitive Surgical, Inc.ISRG🇺🇸
growth 76 · revenue +14%/yr · asset light
G 66V 50O 66Cap $141.0B
47
K92 Mining Inc.KNT.CA🇨🇦
growth 75 · revenue +39%/yr · asset light
G 51V 55O 52Cap $5.3B
48
Friedrich Vorwerk Group SEVH2.DE🇩🇪
growth 75 · revenue +22%/yr · asset light
G 65V 69O 73Cap $1.6B
49
Medistim ASAMEDI.NO🇳🇴
growth 75 · revenue +11%/yr · asset light
G 58V 58O 60Cap $463.2M
50
Micron Technology, Inc.MU🇺🇸
growth 75 · revenue +25%/yr · asset light
G 34V 56O 36Cap $1.07T

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