Seven high-profile business soldiers of 2017

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2017 became a record in volume of venture investment. According to PitchBook, it amounted to about $ 148 billion - higher than the peak indicator of two years ago ($ 142.8 billion). Several dozen companies have replenished the number of unicorns - projects with a market capitalization of more than $ 1 billion. Among them is the developer of the Peloton Auto Coastal Management System, the Robinhood exchange trading application and Delivero delivery service.

According to statistics , most startups are failure projects. According to the CB Insights study , about 70%, having received funding, close or turn into zombies (companies whose debt payments are exceeding profit). From this, as practice has shown, even investment leaders are not safe. Business Insider and Inc collected the most high -profile examples of the outgoing year - projects that received financing of tens of millions of dollars.

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