{"id":24748,"date":"2015-09-18T09:44:29","date_gmt":"2015-09-18T07:44:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=24748"},"modified":"2015-09-18T09:44:29","modified_gmt":"2015-09-18T07:44:29","slug":"billion-dollar-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2015\/09\/18\/billion-dollar-club\/","title":{"rendered":"Billion dollar club"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/billion-dollar-club.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"24749\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2015\/09\/18\/billion-dollar-club\/billion-dollar-club\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/billion-dollar-club.png?fit=927%2C632&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"927,632\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"billion dollar club\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/billion-dollar-club.png?fit=660%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-24749\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/billion-dollar-club-500x341.png?resize=500%2C341&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"billion dollar club\" width=\"500\" height=\"341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/billion-dollar-club.png?resize=500%2C341&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/billion-dollar-club.png?w=927&amp;ssl=1 927w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/graphics.wsj.com\/billion-dollar-club\/\">The Wall Street Journal<\/a> compiles a list of venture-back private companies, valued at $1 billion or more. \u00a0There&#8217;s a table with the list of 120+ companies and an interactive chart to navigate it.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>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. 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