The SV150, our annual report about Silicon Valley s biggest companies by revenue, is here. (Check out our searchable database, and our blog posts about the first-timers on the list, as well as the companies that have exited the list.)
After realizing late in last year s process that we were missing a deserving SV150 company, we took our initial search back to formula this year and discovered three others that had revenues worthy of inclusion in previous years, but were missed in our research.
Veeva Systems: The Pleasanton company markets its cloud-enterprise software to life-sciences companies and has found rapid adoption in the biotech and pharmaceutical industries. Veeva continued to produce profits in 2014, a rarity among the software-as-a-service crowd.
NeoPhotonics: The San Jose fiber-optics-focused firm fights with Finisar, JDS Uniphase and Oclaro to sell optical-networking components. After going public in 2011, the SV150 didn t notice NeoPhotonics growing revenues until this year — the company would have been on the list the past three years in a row.
Aemetis: The Cupertino biofuels company seeks to buy into ethanol plants and turn them into advanced biorefineries. Aemetis — which means the one prudent wisdom, according to the company — jumped onto the Nasdaq from over-the-counter markets in 2014 after buying an ethanol and feed plant in Keyes, California, and another facility in India.
Photo illustration: Veeva Systems software is used in the biotech industry. (Thinkstock)
