Seven of the 10 highest-valued companies, plus Snapchat, have acquired at least one startup except for car-sharing firm Uber, space transport company Space X and Pure Storage, according to CB Insights.
The top 10 highest valued companies, ranked by number of acquisitions:
Dropbox: 18 acquisitions AirBnB: 6 acquisitions Pinterest: 5 acquisitions Square: 5 acquisitions Jawbone: 4 acquisitions Palantir: 3 acquisitions Cloudera: 2 acquisitions Snapchat (it is reportedly raising money that would peg it at a $10 billion valuation): 1 acquisition Pure Storage: 0 SpaceX: 0 Uber: 0
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