upstart
/ˈʌpstɑːt/ noun [C]Definition
› WORKPLACE a company that has only recently been started: The article shows how mature companies can challenge upstarts. Larger drug companies are buying up many of the upstart firms.
(Definition of upstart noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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