Startups Best Positioned To Weather A Downturn

Now that Congress has failed to bail out Wall Street, the country (and world, to a lesser extent) has begun bracing itself for nuclear winter. The technology sector is no exception, even if the Silicon Valley tends to fancy itself as immune to broader economic turmoil.

As Fred Wilson points out, startups fortunate enough to enjoy venture capital will fare the best during these hard times. So we compiled a list of all the technology startups that have raised at least $25 million over the past two years, according to CrunchBase. The 160 startups to stockpile that much capital recently are listed below.

Facebook tops the list with $455 million raised over the last two years (the bulk of its total $496M). Clean tech comes in highly as well with Nanosolar having raised $300 million, eSolar $140 million, and SulfurCell $134 million.

Of course, to know truly how well-prepared these startups are for the next few years, we'd have to see other figures like burn rates, revenue and head counts, not all of which are publicly known. Nevertheless, their recent funding rounds provide a good guideline.

Have we missed any relevant companies or funding rounds? Submit them to CrunchBase and we'll update this list.

Facebook- $455M ZeniMax- $310M Nanosolar- $300M OverSee- $210M OANDA- $200M Kayak- $196M GridPoint- $167M Plastic Logic- $150M eSolar- $140M Demand Media- $135M SulfurCell- $134M Modu- $120M United Mobile- $115M Zhaopin- $110M Ning- $104M Glam Media- $104M hulu- $100M 9You- $100M Specificmedia- $100M SpinVox- $100M Rearden Commerce- $100M Ausra- $97.8M CDNetworks- $96.5M Move Networks- $91.3M Spot Runner- $91M Tesla Motors- $85M Big Fish Games- $83.3M Realtime Worlds- $81M Adconion Media Group- $80M The Active Network- $80M HelioVolt- $77M Youku- $77M Datapipe- $75M Trion World Network- $70M Arcadian Networks- $70M Vantage Media- $70M A123Systems- $70M Boston Power- $68.6M Infinia- $66.5M LinkedIn- $65.8M Fisker- $65M Brightcove- $64.4M SilkRoad technology- $64M Coremetrics- $60M ReachLocal- $55.2M Veoh- $55M Federated Media- $54.5M Slacker- $53.5M RockYou- $52.5M 51.com- $51M HealthCentral- $50M ChannelAdvisor- $50M Blowtorch- $50M Dayjet- $50M GarageGames- $50M Revolution Money- $50M Slide- $50M Strands- $49M obopay- $49M JumpTap- $48M ice- $47M Greenplum- $46M Internet Mall- $45M Clear- $44.4M Jingle Networks- $43M Avail Media- $42M Metaweb Technologies- $42M BitTorrent- $42M Amobee- $42M Enforta- $40M Undertone Networks- $40M Turbine- $40M Pure Digital Technologies- $40M Trilliant- $40M SiBEAM- $40M Teneros- $40M SearchMe- $39.6M fabrik- $39.2M Zynga- $39M Turn- $38.5M LifeLock- $37.9M Digg- $37.2M GreatCall- $36.6M Segway- $35M hi5- $35M Bestofmedia Group- $35M Yodlee- $35M Angie's List- $35M Lehigh Technologies- $34.5M Sermo- $34.5M ooma- $34M meebo- $34M Dailymotion- $34M Clearspring- $33.5M XunLight- $33M Cuil- $33M Seatwave- $33M Dilithium Networks- $33M Waterfront Media- $33M Mzinga- $32.5M Vanu- $32M Vuze- $32M PicScout- $32M Pando- $31.9M Etsy- $31.3M BuzzNet- $31M Global Roaming- $30.5M NebuAd- $30.2M MFG- $30M Zillow- $30M GodTube- $30M 56.com- $30M Zazzle- $30M Metacafe- $30M Batanga- $30M VideoJug- $30M Eyeblaster- $30M badoo- $30M Viagogo- $30M IGA Worldwide- $30M Leapfrog on-line- $30M MobiTV- $30M MOLI- $29.6M Automattic- $29.5M Intacct- $29M Genius- $29M Kosmix- $28M LiveOps- $28M RadioFrame- $28M PGP Corporation- $27.3M Milestone Systems- $27M Palo Alto Networks- $27M Tideway- $27M BlackArrow- $26.8M ChoiceStream- $26.5M Ruckus- $26M ContextWeb- $26M Solarflare- $26M Quantcast- $25.7M Become- $25.5M Mimeo- $25M Reunion- $25M Gemini- $25M PharmaNation- $25M InMage Systems- $25M Aurora Biofuels- $25M Nimbuzz- $25M Firefly Energy- $25M Yelp- $25M Meraki- $25M Dash- $25M Retail Convergence- $25M Trulia- $25M SpringSource- $25M Zecco- $25M Koolanoo Group- $25M Verimatrix- $25M Optaros- $25M Visible World- $25M Splunk- $25M DeviceVM- $25M