Globally, 254 new unicorns were added during the first half of 2022. The US tops the list with 625 unicorns. It is followed by China with 312 and India is in the third spot with 68.
As of November 2022, the country with the most unicorns, or privately owned companies with a valuation of one billion U.S. dollars or more, was the United States.
In 2022, there are almost 900 unicorn startups in the world, valued at more than $3.5 trillion combined. Even bigger variations of unicorns have popped up since the birth of the original term: Decacorns are valued at more than $10 billion and hectacorns are valued at more than $100 billion.
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Fractal. AI and advanced analytics solutions startup, Fractal's latest round of funding made it the first entrant into the unicorn club in 2022. The Private Equity round saw $360 Mn raised from TPG Capital Asia and secondary share purchase from funds advised by Apax Partners.
It is a term for a company valued at more than US $10 Billion, while hectocorn status is used for a company valued over US $100 Billion.
At the city level, it's unsurprising to see San Francisco as the undisputed leader, with 496 special entities. New York has overtaken Beijing to become the city with the 2nd highest number of special entities, and the only other city to cross the 100 special entities threshold with 170.
They would roam around what we now call Asia, although nowadays it's said that unicorns tend to live in forests, and are rarely seen by humans.
Russia has two very prominent unicorns, Avito.ru and Wildberries. These two companies exceed their valuation of billion dollars. Russia is quite famous for its economy and startup ecosystem.
Unicorns are companies that have reached over a billion dollars in market value. As of 2022, there are 10 unicorns in Japan. This isn't a huge number compared to places like the US and China, but Japan's market is unique.
As of the first half of 2022, the tech company Douyin was not only the highest valued unicorn in China but also worldwide. In the Asia Pacific region, China was home to the majority of unicorns followed by India and South Korea.
As of July 2022, Douyin, the Chinese tech company which owns TikTok, was valued at about 200 billion U.S. dollars, which made it the highest valued unicorn globally. A unicorn is a privately held company with a market valuation of one billion U.S. dollars or more.
Baby unicorns are called foals, just like baby horses. Sometimes baby unicorns are called sparkles. Unicorn foals, or sparkles, are born without their horns.
A unicorn company, or unicorn startup, is a private company with a valuation over $1 billion. As of October 2022, there are over 1,200 unicorns around the world. Popular former unicorns include Airbnb, Facebook and Google.
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According to CB Insights, as of June 2022, there are more than 1,150 unicorns worldwide. Forty-seven countries have at least one unicorn, with the U.S., China, and India leading with 612, 174, and 65, respectively. In Europe, the U.K., Germany, and France lead with 43, 29, and 24.
The UK is home to the highest number of European unicorns, privately held startup companies valued at over $1 bln, with a total of 47 unicorn start-ups, according to MoneyTransfers. Germany takes second spot with 30 firms, while France is in third slot with 28.
TikTok owner ByteDance is the world's largest unicorn with a market valuation of $353 billion (RMB 2.25 trillion), according to a Monday unicorn ranking list from the Hurun Research Institute.
A tech, financial, or fintech companies worth more than $ 100 billion is called Hectocorn.