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Great businesses can be launched any time, even when there's a downturn in funding.
While the start of 2016 might have spelled trouble for some well-established startups, it also saw the birth of companies tackling things like a cure for cancer, superfast internet, 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 17 of the top startups to launch so far in 2016.
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Starry is making more powerful Wi-Fi for your house.
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What is it:Launched in January by the former CEO of Aereo, Chet Kanojia, Starry will sell wireless equipment that will deliver supercharged internet speeds up to 1 gigabit per second. That's fast enough to download a two-hour movie in a just a few seconds.
Starry makes a receiver called the Starry Point that hangs out your window like an antenna. You can hook up your own wireless receiver or use its own Starry Station, a $350 device that can tell you right from its screen how fast your internet is performing.
Funding: Unknown, backed by FirstMark Capital, Tiger Global, IAC, KKR, HLVP, and Quantum Strategic Partners.
Website:https://starry.com/
Juicero wants to make the freshest juice you've ever tasted.
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What is it: Simply described as the "Keurig for juice," the three-year-old startup finally launched out of stealth in February. The product is a smart, Wi-Fi-connected kitchen appliance that presses pouches the size of IV bags into tasty concoctions of fresh fruits and veggies. There's no preparation, mess, or cleanup — you simply slip in the pouch, press a button, and out pours your juice.
It starts at $699, a price tag that has drawn criticism about the young startup, but its investors believe the price will decrease as the company matures.
Funding: More than $100 million from Campbell Soup, Google Ventures, Artis Ventures, and Kleiner Perkins, with additional funding from Two Sigma Ventures, First Beverage Group, Acre Ventures, Double Bottom Line Ventures, Thrive Capital, and Vast Ventures, among others.
Website:https://www.juicero.com/
Cheddar is betting it can be the new CNBC for millennials.
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What is it: Jon Steinberg, former president of BuzzFeed and CEO of Daily Mail US, founded Cheddar to present business news with a twist for millennials. Now using a paywall, the company has short clips of its interviews for free but is hoping business-savvy 20-somethings will pay to have news tailored to their interests.
Funding: $3.1 million from Lightspeed's Jeremy Liew, Homebrew, and Vivi Nevo.
Website:http://www.cheddar.com/
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