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The top 27 startups that launched in 2016

Biz CarsonDec 28, 2016, 19:04 IST

Daniel Schreiber, Lemonade CEOLemonade

Great businesses can be launched any time, even when there's a downturn in funding.

While 2016 might have spelled trouble for some well-established startups, it also saw the birth of companies tackling things like a cure for cancer, life-saving drones, and competition for Uber.

Business Insider spoke to founders and venture capitalists and took a look at funding data to identify some of the startups that had the biggest starts in 2016. Some names on the list are officially launching out of stealth, while others are still in their early months of forming a company.

Here are 27 of the top startups that launched in 2016.