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I am not so good in English and business language: I am wondering, that companies which are "well funded" have lower revenue per employee as companies that are modestly funded. Seems to me contradictory at first sight .... (unless "well funded does mean funds from investors and well funded companies are still startups ... but still does not seem to fit in, because startups are more likely burning money and the examples wont fit).

Can somebody explain?

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You basically have the right idea, well funded in this context means that the company has drawn a lot of investment capital. Companies without investor capital have to generate enough revenue per employee to actually pay for the cost of doing business.

Start ups which are growing quickly can operate at a loss, supported by venture capital, and thus may have lower revenue per employee.

If you're well funded you're not worrying so much about revenues at the moment, while if you're not so well funded you depend on them

Hence the "value per employee" has to be higher.

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