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These are the top 10 most-funded Indian startups of the decade

<p>Hello,</p><p>Welcome to Insider <keyword id="6354525" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="healthcare">Healthcare</keyword>. I'm Megan Hernbroth, the <keyword id="6362513" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="startups">startups</keyword> and venture capital reporter for our healthcare team. Here's what happened this week in healthcare news:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/see-msk-startup-vori-series-a-pitch-deck-nea-2021-5">Here's a pitch deck that one founder used in the 'most painless fundraise of all time'</a>;</li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/medicare-direct-contracting-huge-revenue-opportunity-clover-oak-street-2021-5">Startups are banking on Medicare's direct-contracting program</a>; and </li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/cvs-vc-arm-to-spot-digital-health-innovation-acquisition-targets-2021-5">CVS enters the VC game with a new $100 million fund</a>.</li></ul><p>If you're new to this <keyword id="621414" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Newsletter">newsletter</keyword>, sign up here. Tips, comments, dog pictures? Send them my way at mhernbroth@insider.com or @Megan_Hernbroth on Twitter.</p><p><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/see-msk-startup-vori-series-a-pitch-deck-nea-2021-5"></a></p><h2><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/see-msk-startup-vori-series-a-pitch-deck-nea-2021-5">One founder just completed the 'most painless fundraise of all time,' according to his investor</a></h2><p>Vori, an MSK care startup, is just the latest startup to announce an 8-figure early-stage funding round when it came out with its $45 million Series A on Friday.</p><p>NEA general partner Mohamad Makhzoumi led the investment in Vori and told Insider that the process was one of the "most painless fundraises of all time." </p><p>Healthcare startups are still riding the pandemic-induced record levels of investment activity, with Q1 2021 numbers already setting all-time highs, <a href="https://rockhealth.com/reports/q1-2021-funding-report-digital-health-is-all-grown-up/">according to healthcare VC firm Rock Health</a>. It's never been a better time to be a healthcare startup.</p><p><strong><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/see-msk-startup-vori-series-a-pitch-deck-nea-2021-5">See Vori's pitch deck &gt;&gt; </a></strong></p><p><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/medicare-direct-contracting-huge-revenue-opportunity-clover-oak-street-2021-5"><div type="image" title="Rushika Fernandopulle Top 100" height="4911" width="6549" msid="82457709" hostid="261"></div></a></p><h2><strong><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/medicare-direct-contracting-huge-revenue-opportunity-clover-oak-street-2021-5">A new Medicare program promises to be a 'huge' revenue opportunity for primary-care upstarts, but profiting from it won't be easy</a></strong></h2><p>In other startup news, Clover Health, Iora Health, Oak Street Health, VillageMD, and a number of other hot healthcare upstarts are all participating in a brand-new federal program that promises them thousands of new patients and a big boost to their top lines.</p><p>The Medicare "direct contracting" program kicked off on April 1 with more than 50 organizations participating. It's an experiment to find new ways to lower costs for Medicare, the federal program that provides health coverage for the elderly and some disabled people.</p><p>But, as Shelby Livingston wrote this week, profiting off the program won't be easy. </p><p><strong><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/medicare-direct-contracting-huge-revenue-opportunity-clover-oak-street-2021-5">Shelby dug into why &gt;&gt; </a></strong></p><h2><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/cvs-vc-arm-to-spot-digital-health-innovation-acquisition-targets-2021-5"><strong><div type="image" title="CVS NYC" height="2715" width="3620" msid="82457716" hostid="261"></div></strong></a></h2><h2><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/cvs-vc-arm-to-spot-digital-health-innovation-acquisition-targets-2021-5">Shelby also got the scoop on CVS' new $100 million venture fund</a></h2><p>CVS is late to launching a VC fund, but plans to make a splash with its $100 million fund announced in April. Other big healthcare companies like UnitedHealth's Optum, Humana, and Cigna already have corporate VC arms. </p><p>While CVS and its health insurer Aetna previously have made more than 20 direct investments in companies, the new fund will give it a focused portfolio of early-stage health-tech companies.</p><p>Shelby spoke with CEO Karen Lynch ahead of the pharmacy giant's earnings to learn more about her plans for the fund, which looks likely to develop into a promising acquisition pipeline down the road.</p><p>"The intent here is to really have a good view on digital-tech innovation," <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/cvs-vc-arm-to-spot-digital-health-innovation-acquisition-targets-2021-5">she said</a>. "They may present themselves as opportunities for potential M&amp;A. They may present opportunities for partnerships, or they just might be an area that we invest in. This gives us insight into the front edge of innovation."</p><p><strong><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/cvs-vc-arm-to-spot-digital-health-innovation-acquisition-targets-2021-5">Read the full interview here &gt;&gt; </a></strong></p><p><strong>Finally, here's what's happening in non-startup healthcare news this week:</strong></p><ul><li>Andrew Dunn took a look at <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/modernas-booster-vaccine-works-to-fight-coronavirus-variants-data-2021-5">Moderna's booster vaccine, which included an updated vaccine tailored against the B.1.351 coronavirus variant that worked best, the company said</a>.</li><li>Our news team covered the <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/biden-administration-supports-waiving-ip-rights-for-covid-19-vaccines-2021-5">Biden administration's support for waiving intellectual property rights to COVID-19 vaccines as a way to help make vaccines more available to developing nations</a>. </li><li>Blake Dodge got the scoop on <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-care-just-signed-its-first-enterprise-customer-precor-2021-5">Amazon Care's first healthcare customer</a>.</li><li>Allison DeAngelis profiled the <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/mega-biotechs-take-over-drug-industry-boosting-valuations-2021-4">wave of mega-biotech companies fueled by record-breaking investments and consolidation.</a></li></ul><p>- Megan</p>

Healthcare startup's 'most painless' funding environment

<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image"><p class="source"><span>Reuters/Ina Fassbender</span></p></div><p></p></div></div>For the last four years, many startups have been chasing after a billion-dollar "unicorn" valuation.</p><p>Now that the <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/what-happens-when-tech-boom-turns-to-bust-2016-5">steroid era of startup funding is coming to an end</a>, these richly valued companies are in the spotlight. Many will end up being worth a lot less than their last valuation. A few will surpass it. </p><p>Business Insider worked with PitchBook to rank the companies that juiced up their valuations the most since 2012.</p><p>Here are the top 30 companies who saw their valuations rise by at least $1 billion during the past 4 years, ranked by how those valuations have grown:</p>

The 30 startups whose value ballooned the most during the 'steroid era' of funding

<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><p class="source"><span>HBO</span></p><p class="caption">Silicon Valley (HBO) characters Monica, left, and Richard know a thing or two about venture capital.</p></div><p></p></div></div></p><p>The tech startup gold rush continues, and there's no stronger sign of the times than the amount of venture capital money being raised by these young companies.</p><p>In the first quarter of 2018, US venture capital funding across all industries grew 49% from the year before up to $22.1 billion, according to the Goldman Sachs Views from the Valley report, which is based on data from CB Insights. </p><p>Deal sizes grew dramatically as well, with investors funding seven unique mega-deals, valued at over $500 million each, during the quarter. In all of 2017, there were only two such mega-deals, according to the report. </p><p>While US investments were up 21% from the fourth quarter of 2017, the number of deals was nearly stagnant - up just 5% from the quarter before. The average deal size in the first quarter was $14.1 million, up from $12.3 million the quarter before, and far above the historical average of $8.2 million per quarter, according to the report. </p><p>Here are the biggest deals in internet and software in Q1 2018. </p><p class="tagline">Get the latest Goldman Sachs stock price<a href="http://markets.businessinsider.com/stock/GS-Quote"> here.</a></p>

These are the 21 most highly-funded tech startups from the last quarter - and most of them you've never heard of

<ul><li>The BJP’s <keyword id="42763" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Manifesto">manifesto</keyword> promises a seed <keyword id="982552" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Startup-fund">startup fund</keyword> of ₹200 billion. </li><li>However, as of December 2018, the government’s ₹100 billion startup fund-of-funds had disbursed only 19% of the amount. </li><li>Currently, only 182 <keyword id="6362513" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="startups">startups</keyword> have been funded by the government. </li></ul>India’s ruling party Bharatiya Janata Party released its election manifesto which promises to build a ‘New India of 130 crore dreams” also made way for a new Seed Startup Fund of ₹200 billion. <br /><br />However, its startup <keyword id="647801" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Fund-of-funds">fund of funds</keyword> of ₹100 billion is grossly underutilized. According to a report in TOI, as of December 2018, VCs had <a href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/startup-india-fund-allocates-just-19-to-vcs-in-3-years/articleshow/67316586.cms">allocated</a> only 19% of the ₹10,000 crore funds. The report had further quoted Mohammad Mustafa, chairman and managing director of SIDBI had said that the fund-of-funds would close the financial year at ₹3,300 crores. <br /><br />The current number of funded startups today stands at 182, according to the official Startup India website. The government had said that the ₹10,000 crore fund would be released in two tranches until 2025. <br /><br />According to the new election Manifesto, the BJP has also promised a new scheme to provide collateral-free credit up to ₹50 lakh for entrepreneurs. The manifesto also says that 50% of the loan amount will be reserved for women entrepreneurs. <br /><br />The party wants to establish 50,000 new startups by 2024 along with 500 new incubators and accelerators.<br /><br /><strong>See Also: </strong><br /><a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/bjp-manifesto-released-for-2019-lok-sabha-elections/articleshow/68774925.cms">Narendra Modi's election manifesto packs larger doles and a rosy narrative</a><br /><a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/bjp-manifesto-for-lok-sabha-election-2019-on-data-privacy-and-protection/articleshow/68775987.cms">Narendra Modi’s manifesto keeps the fear over data privacy and protection alive</a><br />

BJP promises ₹200 billion for startups now even as an existing fund remains mostly unused

<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image"></div><p></p></div></div>Before a startup has a product ready to sell, it usually keeps its mouth shut about what it's working on. In the tech industry, that's called "stealth mode."</p>
<p>Most startups either bootstrap or live on a small seed investment while in stealth mode. They use that time to build the product, get some beta testers, and make a business case. They take all of that to the venture capitalists to raise the funds they need to operate.</p>
<p>But some startups are able to raise huge amounts of cash while still underground.</p>
<p>The folks at <a href="http://www.cbinsights.com/">CB Insights</a>, which collects data on venture funding startups, recently sifted through its massive database to find <a href="http://www.cbinsights.com/blog/stealth-startups-well-funded/">the most well-funded startups still in stealth mode. </a></p>

The 12 Best-Funded Startups You Probably Never Heard Of

<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><p class="source"><span>HBO</span></p></div><p></p></div></div></p><p>The tech startup gold rush continues, and there's no stronger sign of the times than the amount of venture capital money being raised by these young companies.</p><p>In the first quarter of 2018, US venture capital funding across all industries <strong>grew 49% from the year</strong> before up to <strong>$22.1 billion,</strong> according to the Goldman Sachs Views from the Valley report, which is based on data from CB Insights.</p><p>Deal sizes grew dramatically as well, with investors funding <strong>seven unique mega-deals, valued at over $500 million</strong> each, during the quarter. In all of 2017, there were only two such mega-deals, according to the report.</p><p>While US investments were up 21% from the fourth quarter of 2017, the number of deals was nearly stagnant - up just 5% from the quarter before. The average deal size in the first quarter was $14.1 million, up from $12.3 million the quarter before, and far above the historical average of $8.2 million per quarter, according to the report.</p><h3><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/most-funded-startups-q1-2018-2018-5?r=NL">Click here to go to BI Prime and read all about the biggest deals in internet and software in Q1 2018.</a></h3>    <div class="margin-top">        <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/signal-snowboards-led-lights-board-snowboard-2018-4">This one-of-a-kind snowboard is filled with LEDs</a></h3>        <div>                    </div>    </div>

Check out the 21 most highly-funded tech startups from the last quarter - and most of them you've never heard of

<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><p class="source"><span>Axios/Lazaro Gamio</span></p></div><p></p></div></div></p><ul class="summary-list"><li>Clearbanc has now raised a total of $1 billion in capital to fund startups.</li><li>The company offers startups an alernative to raising funds through a venture capital firm, giving loans (that don't require an equity stake) with 6% interest that are repaid by taking a portion of the startup's revenue.</li></ul><p>Clearbanc, a company that provides non-dilutive funding to startups as an alternative to VC funding, has closed $1 billion in capital (including the<span> </span><a href="https://www.axios.com/venture-capital-finding-e-commerce-companies--d137c4a7-1425-45ad-a544-d04d2dfcbd8b.html">$120 million it disclosed last year</a>).</p><p><strong>The bottom line:<span> </span></strong>"Today, 40% of VC dollars in companies are spent on Google and Facebook ads," Michele Romanow, co-founder of Clearbanc and an investor, tells Axios. "Founders are using the most expensive capital for this."</p><div id="hidden-0ff83cad-7a99-4ea6-b2ee-c1a64f139adb" aria-hidden="false" aria-expanded="true"><div><ul><li>Instead of buying equity in a startup, Clearbanc simply charges a 6% fee for a loan. The startup shares a percentage of its revenue with Clearbanc until it's paid back.</li><li>Clearbanc uses data like a company's Stripe transactions and Facebook ad conversions to vet potential investments. It mostly funds e-commerce startups with consistent revenue.</li><li>Investors in Clearbanc's funds include CoVenture, Upper90 and Social Capital (which debuted its own<span> </span><a href="https://medium.com/social-capital/capital-as-a-service-a-new-operating-system-for-early-stage-investing-6d001416c0df">similar program in 2017 called "Capital-as-a-Service"</a>).</li></ul><p><strong>Go deeper:<span> </span></strong><a href="https://www.axios.com/venture-capital-finding-e-commerce-companies--d137c4a7-1425-45ad-a544-d04d2dfcbd8b.html">Venture capital may not be a one-size fits all system</a></p></div></div>    <div class="margin-top">        <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/foldable-phone-samsung-huawei-apple-motorola-2019-3">Everyone's talking about foldable phones, but a few things need to happen before people start buying them</a></h3>        <div>                    </div>    </div>

A company looking to convince startups to ditch VC funding in favor of taking out a loan just raised $1 billion

Indian <keyword id="6362513" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Startups">startups</keyword> are facing a tough time and entrepreneurs are finding it hard to secure investments. Several startups had to fold up their operations due to lack of funds. Almost 30 startups funded by either angel investors or VC firms have, reportedly, closed down since the turn of the year, while around 11 ventures had to shut shops within just two months.<br />
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High cash burn rate and failure to secure more funds have been the most prominent reasons quoted by these startups for discontinuing operations.<br />
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The investment numbers seem to corroborate with the slowdown in funding. The total funding into Indian tech startups for the first half of 2016 was around $2.1 billion, a decline of nearly 40 percent from $3.5 billion when compared to 2015.<br />
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Moreover, according to a joint study conducted by KPMG and CB Insights, the total amount of funds injected into the country’s start-ups has decreased by a steady 24 percent per quarter since Q3 2015.<br />
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Industry experts have attributed this decline to the decreasing investor confidence in the Indian startup ecosystem, which seems to be in hot water owing to faulty unit economics and unsustainable business models followed by many ventures.<br />
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While there is a tangible decrease in startup investments in terms of the total value of deals, the number of deals conducted has gone up substantially since the turn of the year.<br />
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Indian ventures closed 307 investments in Q1 2016, marking an increase of 108% over the number of deals completed in Q1 2015. So if the number of investment deals is increasing, why is there such a sharp decline in the overall funding amount?<br />
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This apparently baffling trend is not as mystifying as it seems, especially when considered that the same timeframe has also seen a sharp rise in angel and seed investments in India. Startups across the country have raised nearly Rs 113.6 crore in angel investments through 69 deals so far in 2016. The value of angel investments has grown by about 62% over the previous year, while the deal volume has also demonstrated a concomitant growth of 47%.<br />
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A major part of this growth is due to an increased involvement of the country’s HNI segment as angel investors to start-ups. Indian tech ventures, owing to their potential and disruptive impact, have emerged as a highly viable asset class for investments. Several initiatives, such as ‘Start Up India, Stand Up India’, rolled out by central and state governments to foster entrepreneurship in the country have also made investments into upcoming ventures more attractive for potential investors. This has resulted in nearly 100 percent growth in the number of private investors and investment firms operational in the country over the past one year, thereby giving a massive boost to the Indian early-stage investment landscape.<br />
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However, despite the growth witnessed by early-stage investments, several fast-growing start-ups often struggle to secure VC funding needed to unlock the next phase of their growth. This is mostly because start-ups don’t realise that greater amounts of risk capital involved makes VC funding a completely different ballgame from an angel or seed investment. Moreover, with the market renewing its focus on profitability and sustainable unit economics in lieu of hyper growth, traction and aggressive scale, most venture capital firms are now raising the bar of what it takes for start-ups to secure funds. This, in addition to the negligible help available to guide start-ups about VC investments, causes most ventures to find the transition tough.<br />
<br /> This is what makes the rise in the number of structured investment platforms, such as <keyword id="3189966" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Venture-Catalysts">Venture Catalysts</keyword>, in the country good news for the Indian entrepreneurial community. By focussing on innovation and technology, these platforms have been providing highly personalised, end-to-end solutions to various issues faced by emerging start-ups across the country. Be it investments, access to mentorship, or better networking and business opportunities, new-age ventures have been benefitting from the advent of such start-up enablers, growth facilitators and innovation platforms.<br />
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The writing on the wall is clear: investors, be it at early-stage or VC, are increasingly averse to make heavy capital investments into overvalued ventures. In such a measured funding environment, start-ups which focus on sustainable growth, robust unit economics and profitability are the ones who will eventually emerge as winners with investors.<br />
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(The article is authored by Dr Apoorv Ranjan Sharma, Co-Founder &amp; President, Venture Catalysts)<br />
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Here’s why structured investment platforms are the need of the hour for ailing Indian startups

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Many VCs are optimistic that the frosty conditions of the funding landscape will thaw this year. </li><li>That spells hope for cash-crunched startups most likely to seek funding in the new year. </li></ul><p>Everyone in the venture capital ecosystem hopes 2024 will be better than 2023 — another year of mass layoffs and sparse funding.</p><p>The past 18 months have been challenging for many, especially those who haven't experienced such extended economic fragility. We've witnessed <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/startup-wave-shutdowns-late-2023-vc-2023-8">startup after startup decide to hang up their cleats</a>, thousands of workers get pink slips, and some VC firms show kinks in their armor.</p><p>But many VCs are optimistic that this year will, at the very least, be slightly better than the state of play in 2023. While <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/2024-tech-trends-predictions-top-vcs#funding-will-remain-hard-to-come-by-4">startup funding is likely to remain muted</a>, some believe the market will start to thaw next year.</p><p>"We anticipate that fundraising markets will open up in 2024 when compared to 2023, but it'll still be a challenging environment," said Marcos Fernandez, managing partner at Fiat Ventures.</p><p>Adding to that cautious optimism, analysts at PitchBook in their 2024 US Venture Capital Outlook report, foresee that 2024's funding environment will improve as more capital gets deployed to VC firms. </p><p>They predict VC fundraising "may be an increase on 2023 values, though it will remain well below 2022's peak." The fundraising landscape could resemble <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/vc-deals-broke-records-in-2020-surpassing-150-billion-in-deals-2021-1">2020's US VC trends</a>, they said, which turned out to be a relatively good year for the industry, despite fears about the pandemic.</p><p>For startups, that means there's a scintilla of hope that readier access to funding becomes available, though the likely capital will remain limited and <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/2024-tech-trends-predictions-top-vcs#the-flight-to-quality-will-continue-5">reserved for the cream of the crop</a>.</p><p>"Startup founders may think that the worst is over, but we're not out of the woods just yet and that isn't going to immediately change in 2024," said Pegah Ebrahimi, a managing partner at FPV Ventures. "Startup founders should still practice caution."</p><p>She recommends that companies have a minimum of 12 months of runway, and start thinking about fundraising when that runway is in the 18-month range.</p><p>With so many companies seeking capital, some VCs expect a logjam in funding, particularly at the earlier funding stages. Many startups raised money during the boom times of 2021. With the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/late-stage-startups-vc-lack-funding-forced-shut-down-2023-10">average time between funding rounds</a> around two years and shrinking, according to Carta data, that means runway is looking pretty slim for many startups heading into 2024.</p><p>"Venture capital funding at the earlier stages has been ultra competitive lately due to heightened scrutiny across the industry, and it's likely going to get even more so," said Brad Svrluga, cofounder and general partner at <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/primary-vc-returns-new-york-startups-brad-svrluga-ben-sun-2022-8">New York-based firm Primary</a>. "Due to frosty funding conditions of the past year and a half, many startups that raised seed rounds in 2021 have held off on doing so, but will be forced to go back out and fundraise in 2024."</p><p>All things considered, this year will be pivotal for the venture capital ecosystem to recover from the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/silicon-valley-fears-exctinction-event-startup-failure-rate-increase-2023-6">doom and gloom of the past two years</a>, and in some cases, come to <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/startup-mass-extinction-event-has-begun-venture-capital-2023-6">terms with the harsh realities</a> of the boom or bust startup lifecycle.</p><p>"It'll be a time to make the tough choices after a couple of years of fearing the shoes will drop," said Chuckie Reddy, a partner and head of growth at QED Investors. "While this will be the defensive piece of a VC's work, most are very hungry to go back on offense and will see some energy return to the market. It's been a brutal 18+ months for most that haven't experienced a downturn."</p>

The venture capital funding crunch will continue in 2024, but it won't be as bad 

<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><p class="source"><span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6nFOVlkocs">Google</a></span></p><p class="caption">Google VP of engineering Anna Patterson</p></div><p></p></div></div></p><ul class="summary-list"><li style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Silicon Valley tech companies are some of the biggest startup investors through <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/to-4-corporate-venture-capitalist-funds-slack-airbnb-coinbase-stripe-2019-6">corporate venture funds</a> run independently of the core business.</strong></li><li style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Some of the biggest names in tech have pursued corporate venture investing, including Google, Salesforce, Intel, Microsoft, and Dell.</strong></li><li style="font-weight: 400;"><strong><a href="https://files.pitchbook.com/website/files/pdf/PitchBook_2Q_2019_Analyst_Note_The_Golden_Mean_of_Corporate_Venture_Capital.pdf">According to a PitchBook report</a>, Intel, Google, and Salesforce have the most active corporate venture funds based on 2018 data.</strong></li><li style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Meet the executives running the funds.</strong></li><li style="font-weight: 400;"><strong><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/prime?module=article&amp;area=summary">Click here for more BI Prime stories</a>.</strong></li></ul><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Silicon Valley's tech giants are placing their bets on the next generation of startups.</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Instead of relying solely on a traditional mergers and acquisitions strategy, some of the biggest names in tech are sinking their own money into hot startups through </span><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/to-4-corporate-venture-capitalist-funds-slack-airbnb-coinbase-stripe-2019-6"><span style="font-weight: 400;">corporate venture capital</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Here's how it works: a corporation, public or private, can set up a separate entity to invest the company's own money into private companies the same way any other investor would. The entity needs to be entirely separate, from leadership teams to workflow and information access, to the parent corporation to qualify for special exemptions reserved for venture investors. </span></p><p><strong>Read More:</strong> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/to-4-corporate-venture-capitalist-funds-slack-airbnb-coinbase-stripe-2019-6"><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Private venture-backed startups like Slack and Airbnb are investing in other startups. Here's where their money is going.</span></em></a></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Many tech companies invest in what they see as strategic partnerships with smaller companies in similar or related fields so that they have access to innovative technology, but each fund, and each executive running the fund, is different. But </span><a href="https://files.pitchbook.com/website/files/pdf/PitchBook_2Q_2019_Analyst_Note_The_Golden_Mean_of_Corporate_Venture_Capital.pdf"><span style="font-weight: 400;">according to a recent PitchBook report</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Intel, Google, and Salesforce have the most active corporate venture funds based across industries in 2018.</span></p><p><strong>Meet the executives running the corporate funds pumping billions of dollars into the tech startup scene.</strong></p>

POWER PLAYERS: Meet the 9 executives helping Silicon Valley's biggest corporate venture capital funds pump billions into tech startups

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Most major companies - including Goldman Sachs, Deloitte, and Disney - now use artificial intelligence to recruit, screen, and onboard job applicants. </li><li>Business Insider rounded up the 6 most valuable US startups that make recruiting technology with AI.</li><li>HireVue, an AI program used by more than a third of the Fortune 100, has raised more than $90 million in VC funding since it founded in 2004.</li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/?hprecirc-bullet">Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories</a>.</li></ul><p>Most job applicants learn quickly that a <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/tips-to-make-your-resume-is-robot-friendly-2019-4">robot will likely read their resume before reaching any human</a>.</p><p>Lesser known are the companies that build this type of hiring AI software. These startups build tech that analyzes tens of thousands of data points to target and recruit the best job applicants, all while claiming to save their clients time and money.</p><p>Business Insider analyzed the AI recruiting startups with the greatest amount of total funding on Crunchbase. We excluded companies based outside the US.</p><p>HireVue, the world's most valuable recruiting AI startup, has raised more than $90 million in VC funding since 2004. </p><p>Many companies that build AI for hiring claim their tech reduces bias, but experts warn <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/ai-expert-job-sites-must-prove-not-exacerbating-inequality-2020-1">algorithms can exacerbate existing racial and gender disparities</a>. </p><p>Here are the 6 most valuable AI recruiting startups - and how much they're worth.<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/ai-expert-job-sites-must-prove-not-exacerbating-inequality-2020-1"></a></p>

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