Billionaire startups claiming to be the most successful in 2017

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Several factors, including the presidential election, slowed down the US securities market, but experts note that the situation will improve in the first quarter of 2017, and they call start-ups that have already earned billions and are expected to start selling shares publicly next year. .

Their list was published edition Time.

1 Airbnb

This may be the most successful startup 2016 of the year, he leads the direct rental segment, and about 2 million ads from different parts of the world are posted on the portal. In total, a startup has collected a 3,2 billion investment.

2. Palantir Technologies

The founder of PayPal and several other graduates of Stanford University have founded a data analysis startup Palantir Technologies, which works under the auspices of the CIA and keeps the details of its activities in strict confidence. The company announced its intention to buy its own shares worth $ 225 million from former and current employees.

3.Snapchat

This popular photo messaging app is one of the most successful startups of the moment. The approximate value of the company is from $25 to $40 billion. In April 2016, the company received about $17 billion.

4 Lyft

Despite the competition with Uber, the company is successfully developing and has an investment fund of $ 5,5 billion.

5 Uber

This startup is estimated at $ 68,5 billion after the last round of investment.

6. Okta

In the 2015 year, when the company was collecting investments, its total fund was $ 1,3 billion.

7 Spotify

The music service was valued at $ 8,1 billions in 2015 a year after the last investment round.

8. Elevate credit

The online service for issuing loans initially lends at 51%, but gradually reduces the rates for regular customers.

9. Univision

This is a Spanish-language television network operating in the US since 2007. The start of the process of publicly selling shares was laid by the company in 2015, but the process has stalled, it is expected that it will continue in 2017.

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