Unicorn (finance)

Delivery robot company Starship Technologies is an Estonian unicorn

Self-driving truck manufacturer Einride is a Swedish unicorn

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.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

CB Insights identified 1,170 unicorns worldwide as of June 2022^[update].^[7] Unicorns with over $10 billion in valuation have been designated as "decacorn" companies.^[8] For private companies valued over $100 billion, the terms "centicorn" and "hectocorn" have been used.^[9]

^ Hirst, Scott; Kastiel, Kobi (2019-05-01). "Corporate Governance by Index Exclusion". Boston University Law Review. 99 (3): 1229.
^ Cristea, Ioana A.; Cahan, Eli M.; Ioannidis, John P. A. (April 2019). "Stealth research: Lack of peer‐reviewed evidence from healthcare unicorns". European Journal of Clinical Investigation. 49 (4): e13072. doi:10.1111/eci.13072. ISSN 0014-2972. PMID 30690709.
^ Rodriguez, Salvador (September 3, 2015). "The Real Reason Everyone Calls Billion-Dollar Startups 'Unicorns'". International Business Times. IBT Media Inc. Retrieved January 3, 2017.
^ Lee, Aileen (2013). "Welcome To The Unicorn Club: Learning From Billion-Dollar Startups". TechCrunch. Retrieved 26 December 2015. 39 companies belong to what we call the 'Unicorn Club' (by our definition, U.S.-based software companies started since 2003 and valued at over $1 billion by public or private market investors)... about .07 percent of venture-backed consumer and enterprise software startups
^ Griffith, Erin & Primack, Dan (2015). "The Age of Unicorns". Fortune. Retrieved 26 December 2015. Subtitle: The billion-dollar tech startup was supposed to be the stuff of myth. Now they seem to be... everywhere.
^ Chohan, Usman (2016). "It's Hard to Hate a Unicorn, Until it Gores You". The Conversation. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
^ "The Complete List Of Unicorn Companies". CB Insights. Retrieved 2022-07-01.
^ "What Is A Decacorn? The Era Of Decacorn Companies". FourWeekMBA. 2019-01-25. Retrieved 2021-08-29.
^ Sheetz, Michael (2019-01-25). "Elon Musk's SpaceX hits $100 billion valuation after secondary share sale". CNBC. Retrieved 2022-07-01.

[1] Hirst, Scott; Kastiel, Kobi (2019-05-01). "Corporate Governance by Index Exclusion". Boston University Law Review. 99 (3): 1229.

[2] Cristea, Ioana A.; Cahan, Eli M.; Ioannidis, John P. A. (April 2019). "Stealth research: Lack of peer‐reviewed evidence from healthcare unicorns". European Journal of Clinical Investigation. 49 (4): e13072. doi:10.1111/eci.13072. ISSN 0014-2972. PMID 30690709.

[3] Rodriguez, Salvador (September 3, 2015). "The Real Reason Everyone Calls Billion-Dollar Startups 'Unicorns'". International Business Times. IBT Media Inc. Retrieved January 3, 2017.

[al2-4] Lee, Aileen (2013). "Welcome To The Unicorn Club: Learning From Billion-Dollar Startups". TechCrunch. Retrieved 26 December 2015. 39 companies belong to what we call the 'Unicorn Club' (by our definition, U.S.-based software companies started since 2003 and valued at over $1 billion by public or private market investors)... about .07 percent of venture-backed consumer and enterprise software startups

[fortuneGriffithPrimack15012-5] Griffith, Erin & Primack, Dan (2015). "The Age of Unicorns". Fortune. Retrieved 26 December 2015. Subtitle: The billion-dollar tech startup was supposed to be the stuff of myth. Now they seem to be... everywhere.

[6] Chohan, Usman (2016). "It's Hard to Hate a Unicorn, Until it Gores You". The Conversation. Retrieved 26 October 2016.

[7] "The Complete List Of Unicorn Companies". CB Insights. Retrieved 2022-07-01.

[8] "What Is A Decacorn? The Era Of Decacorn Companies". FourWeekMBA. 2019-01-25. Retrieved 2021-08-29.

[9] Sheetz, Michael (2019-01-25). "Elon Musk's SpaceX hits $100 billion valuation after secondary share sale". CNBC. Retrieved 2022-07-01.

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