Remember, you're talking about the 90s which had as a flagship startup a company that sold pet food. Broadcast.com alone was purchased for $5.9B (eq. to $8B of today's money), and all they did was stream video over the Internet.
Sadly, most of the startups are finance/marketing/hr-focused. I haven't seen many other large startups outside that. Ones that come to mind are TempoDB, BellyCard, ShipBob, Raise, ParkWhiz, and SpotHero.
"1.6B in funding! Oh boy, robots, life extension, hover cars!"
"Err, no. But you will be targeted with ads about food delivery and HR services much more precisely!"