17 Start-ups Raise $1.4 Billion in 24 Hours

By Crowdability, on Friday, May 15, 2015

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17 Start-ups Raise $1.4 Billion in 24 Hours

In a span of just 24 hours, seventeen start-ups announced $1,401,700,000 in venture capital funding. Here are the companies behind the cash.

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