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While the seven on this list collectively raised nearly $400 million in venture capital, these startups are only a few of the high-profile startups that ended up shuttering their doors in 2015. (CBInsights has $4 from the past few years.)
Here's how they tried to change the world, and what other startup founders can learn from their demise: