🚀 Rising startups
Venture-backed companies, not yet public, with fast-growing H-1B programs. Membership is hand-picked; everything about each company (filings, the roles they hire, and pay) is pulled live from U.S. Department of Labor data, FY2017–2026.
Stripe
Payments infrastructure
H-1B total
2,066
FY2025
292
▼1%
Median pay
$163k
Rippling
HR + IT + payroll platform
H-1B total
465
FY2025
97
▲35%
Median pay
$234k
Brex
Corporate cards & spend
H-1B total
401
FY2025
31
▼42%
Median pay
$180k
Ramp
Corporate cards & spend management
H-1B total
140
FY2025
30
▲3%
Median pay
$155k
Plaid
Bank-data connectivity
H-1B total
285
FY2025
42
▼2%
Median pay
$189k
Deel
Global payroll & EOR
H-1B total
212
FY2025
81
▲72%
Median pay
$136k
Gusto
SMB payroll & benefits
H-1B total
307
FY2025
51
▼12%
Median pay
$209k
Notion
All-in-one workspace
H-1B total
132
FY2025
36
▲44%
Median pay
$215k
Canva
Design for everyone
H-1B total
32
FY2025
6
▲0%
Median pay
$198k
Discord
Community chat platform
H-1B total
166
FY2025
47
▲47%
Median pay
$235k
Cohesity
Data management & backup
H-1B total
784
FY2025
116
▲38%
Median pay
$163k
Wiz
Cloud security
H-1B total
15
FY2025
5
▲0%
Median pay
$245k
Abnormal Security
AI email security
H-1B total
103
FY2025
10
▼57%
Median pay
$169k
Retool
Internal-tools builder
H-1B total
55
FY2025
12
▲33%
Median pay
$176k
Curated cohorts are editorial: there is no sector or funding field in the DOL data, so we hand-pick the companies and let the filings speak. Counts use a precise employer-name match; a company filing under multiple legal entities may be undercounted.