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This is a list of unicorn startup companies: In finance, a unicorn is a privately held startup company with a current valuation of US$1 billion or more. Notable lists of unicorn companies are maintained by The Wall Street Journal, [1] Fortune Magazine, [2] CNNMoney/CB Insights, [3] [4] TechCrunch, [5] PitchBook/Morningstar, [6] and Tech in Asia ...
In business, a unicorn is a startup company valued at over US$1 billion which is privately owned and not listed on a share market. [ 1 ] : 1270 [ 2 ] The term was first published in 2013, coined by venture capitalist Aileen Lee , choosing the mythical animal to represent the statistical rarity of such successful ventures.
Nonetheless, that same year saw the emergence of eight new unicorn startups in Mexico, [20] which received funding from funds that also had Kavak in their investment portfolios. In 2021, according to Endeavor data, Mexican startups raised a historic $3.4 billion, 13.5% of the total foreign direct investment received by Mexico that year.
Nearly half of all unicorn startups in the U.S. have been founded by immigrants, generating millions of jobs and driving innovation. There’s also a critical shortage of AI expertise in the U.S ...
The country has invested in new schemes to attract foreign talent and is developing a sprawling $110 million tech campus. It’s minted some of Europe’s most promising companies besides Nord ...
List of unicorn startup companies; By industry. List of advertising technology companies; ... List of film production companies by country; List of fitness wear brands;
In late 2013, Lee's initial analysis found only 39 unicorns out of thousands of startups. Of that small batch, 60% were consumer-facing, none had a female CEO, and only 5% had a female cofounder.
In 2011, InMobi became the first Indian unicorn startup company. [11] It has 22 offices in 12 countries across 5 continents and employs around 2,500 people. [12] [13] The company is backed by Soft Bank, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Ram Shriram's Sherpalo Ventures.