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\"billion<\/a><\/p>\n

The Wall Street Journal<\/a> compiles a list of venture-back private companies, valued at $1 billion or more. \u00a0There’s a table with the list of 120+ companies and an interactive chart to navigate it.<\/p>\n

Note: This chart only includes companies that are privately held, have raised money in the past four years and have at least one venture-capital firm as an investor. Excluded from this list are companies that were majority-controlled by an institutional investment firm at one point. Only valuations confirmed by VentureSource or The Journal are included, based on direct investments, not secondary deals.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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The Wall Street Journal compiles a list of venture-back private companies, valued at $1 billion or more. \u00a0There’s a table with the list of 120+ companies and an interactive chart to navigate it. 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